Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-02
INDUSTRIES EXPOSITION.
RUMORS OF ENTOR ION PRO
NOUNCED UNFOUNDED.

exposition is now fairly in shape. The
financial difficulties which were so threat
ening couple of weeks ago appear TO
have been overcome. The number of Wis
itors is rapidly increasing, and there APP
pears to be no doubt that the city Will
have all it can do to provide fer the thou
sands who are certain to come here dur
ing the months of February, March and
April. The talk about eXtravagant
charges for entertainment is all nonsense.
Living is as cheap here as in any city in
the country. The exhibitors haverecovered
their spirits and are now in fine feather
The rainy season is over, and Northern
visitors will have chance to realize
what really fine weather is during the
month of February.
THE GEORGIA EXHIBIT
is now about complete. For the past
three weeks workmen have been con
stantly occupied in locating and mounting
the various parts of this States exhibit
under the direction of Mr.. n. =. Pratt, OF
Atlanta. who, as chief assistant, has
charge in the absence OF Maj. d. Z
Bacon. of Savannah, the United States
Commissioner.
At each end of the space is large
dOuble-face sign, showing the limits tC
the right and left. They are conspicuous
from all the approaches. Around the
three open sides has been raised, alter
natelv, ratings and panels OF native
woods, finished in bard oil to show the
natural grain of each of the many varie
ties. Very conspicuous among these arr
several large and handsome panels Of
bird s-eye cypress, one Ofthe most beaul.
| full woods we have ever seen. 1t IS found
| in the cypress swamps Of the State, along
| all tie rivers as they approach the sea OF
the gulf. 1t is admirably suited to inside
| finishing of all kinds.
The Savannah Board OF Trade has back
ed Mai. Bacon very substantially in his
untiring efforts to represent his state
here IN the face of no legislative appro
! priation, and among other things con-
| tributed beautiful case made of native
| woods. heavy plate glass and mirrors
with its contents. The design is to show
! the forestry in a compact and attractive
way. The. case is patterned after large
| book case, and the woods are cut and ar
ranged as books on their shelves, the bark
| being turned out to view; a part of this
! has been cut away from each, the WOOD
polished and labeled with its proper
name.
| At the extreme left, as you enter the
! space, is located the naval stores exhibit
| contributed by the same body Savannah
! has long been noted for this branch o.
trade springing from the broad belt o
| long leaf pine that skirts Southern Geor
| gia from Carolina to Alabama, and indeed
| it is growing quite formidable to that o
| the Tar Heel State. Two sections OF pine
trees illustrate the primary boxing anC
the subsequent accumulation OF the crude
rOsin ready for collection. A still, witt
its worm, is mounted complete to illus
| trate the distillatiOn of turpentine, the
manufacture of tar, and all the grades o
rosin known to the trade. A very pretty
| easel holding a large case presents sam
pies of all these products in their varlou!
| colors and grades. the last being arranged
artistically in the shape of Maltese cross
AS is NOT GENERALLY KNOWN
| there are tens of thousands of acres Of
| land along the whole Georgia coast suited
! exclusively to the production OF. rice
| Before the war much of this land was
under a high state Of cultivation, though
not 1.-THE of it has ever been touched
! 1t lays there awaiting immigration, an
when the proper means are taken TO cal
| attention in that quarter the rice prOduc
| ton OF the State will rival its cotton and
naval stores. The Savannah Board Of
| Trade has sent here a round walnut and
glass case containing snowy samples oil
| all the grades of rice -four, rice threshed
and in the chat. The case is surmOunteS
with sheaves of rice, and it reveals to the
visitor the grain in all its stages, from
! the field to the pantry.
Georgia ranks first among the Southern
States in cotton manufacturing. This
fact Is significant, and shrewd New Eng
landers are beginning to awake to the
case. This branch of manufacture there
feels sharply the powerful Georgia CON-
petition in the cOarser grades Of goods,
lust as the Pennsylvania iron manufac-
turer breads the coal and iron outlook in
Alabama. Each day new developments
are being made in Southern cotton manu-
facture, finer grades are produced, dye
ing and bleaching establishments are be-
Ing erected, and rapid strides are being
ing made to control completely the home,
the western and many foreign markets
Indeed, regular invoices are shipped
weekly to China and Japan from sew
eral of the Georgia factories. The water
powers of the State are scarcely touched
as vet, except along the granite formation
that belts the State through Columbus,
Macon and Augusta, and which gives a
great fall in all the rivers as they roll over
its southern border. Many of the chief
manufacturing companies have full lines
of their goods on exhibition, and prOmi-
nent among them may be mentioned the
Eagle and Phoenix, the Sibley, the Au-
gusta, the John p. King, the AlgernOn
and others.
The Savannah Cotton Exchange, by way
of showing the advantage the farmer has
in sending his cotton to that market, has
erected a very handsome walnut case,
with a line of samples, showing the grad
ing in that city of both the long and short
staple. Pamphlets of information accom-
pany the case, which visitors interested
will find it advantageous to study.
THE COURT OF JAPAN
has received and placed in position its
exhibit, representing the educational de-
partment of that progressive empire. The
kindergarten schools have sent over a
great lot of instructive toys, bows and
arrows, rifles, tops, hand balls and
kitchen utensils. There are forms of ami
mails and tools, made by cutting and fold
ing the paper into the desired shape.
These schools have been but latterly IN
troduced into Japan, but are making
rapid and favorable progress.
There are many samples of embroidered
screens, curtains. ceremonial garments,
all of the finest texture and most beauti-
full designs, made by the female students
of the elementary schools. There are
ornamental children's toys, lace and
beautiful specimens fpenmanship. One
article of fancy work Is deliberately en-
broidered with the figure of Confucius
seeking an omen, by looking at the Kelvin,
an animal formerly believed not TO tramp
on live insects or eat live grass.
There are groups of statuary, fine
needlework, needlework cases, the small
delicate tools used in relief work, geo.
graphical models, geological specimens
fish, birds, turtles, rats, skeletons, birds,
animals and insects preserved in alcohol.
There are screens OF embroidered silk
representing cranes in different positions,
moonlight shining among the pines, the
sun in the clouds, engravings of flowers,
all manufactured by the blind and mute
pupils of the Institution of kiOtO-Fu.
There are all descriptions of school
desks and chairs and the necessary access
series. The blackbOards for schOol-rOOm
use consist of two boards which can be
freely raised and lowered by means of
pulleys fastened on each side. This is to
allow children to write on the lower
board without having to strain them
selves in reaching, and when this is filled
it is raised and the top one lowered in its
place The underwriting cOpy-bOOk has
the popularity that its characters are
traced BY a brush dipped in water instead
of ink, the writing remaining visible long
enough to be inspected and corrected by
the teacher, and then disappearing alto
gether, leaves the paper free for the ope-
ration to be repeated. This system keeps
the children clean and saves paper.
The class students of the higher grades
have contributed many very creditable
drawings and paintings, pictures and
photographs of schools. There are
stereotypes of relief letters made by the
blind in the school of Osaka. There are
several cases of specimens of insects,
butterflies, beetles, worms, etc. Cabinets
of object lessons and a school room
ahaccns. TINS is an apparatus for per