The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-02

.HM m ..HNH INf Nh.i'. fI N.W
HnlNs REh. sul lrfi, forward anl
b. 3d.. aii through the ,buull B.
exhibitors show iAu Erim delight li
plHsrrss los contrast holding up iheii
honortd ancestors In the most ludicrou'
sly le,
Here an ~ith deal Of the space al
inttrd n1 taken, ami almost nuihiul
comparatively said, 10 II impossible I,
faEgup lhr states aud e'im.utir then
srTiatumi NOT even mention them. IL II
conceded Tex n mas tho largest display
T. o. certainly a. we'll nigh complete A.
it Was possible Ia make b., anu II al
tracts a. much IL not more attention
ThrIr In every 81 God, stone mlnuTal,ant
other Hr6 marble, ANIMAL bird, reptile
aud thousands Of insects, In two ul
o. rec showcases ara perhaps 2uO spe
Uigs ~ the butterfly mounted upon thUll
reut with Out-Irc,ched wings showing
nh the pIislatlc aud blended Culnrs
The products af our fields ana Ofchsrd'
aud gardens, lho haulivuTk oil uul
Tluru, endless articles nom our me
rl mics, paintings, uClirusi together
wi % mOmigrtpr- ui lHpty.1g heroes aud
statesmen, q, lagsu st tho young huI
certainty rising sit.t u the southwest
cauuot boast many, ! scarcely deals
with other than the living present
There il u notified marble man'le'plo'e
from quarry iU san saba county, ihf
wonder Oi as Kind. Sga.psmoR irpm
ut her states looked upon a. win wrap
imirsuuu, and noticed them, from
Vermont mu other northern states
carefully uuHug Wi written anu SAID
about ne. thuY appeared ready % give
orders for shin loads If 10, Texas ilui :
aud cereals, cotton, wool Wu al else wt
raise, aud oul soils, Nr' up ond!diy. rep
ir,ul. si, aud -u illustrated az 10 i!llrll
tue attention uiA yGliI oalarso thc tiu-
cation OF a saydnt.
Pumlucut lg Colorado stands a com
pluto miners otnir, constructed wholly
of the rocks OF the precious metal'boaf'
ing kinds.
Prominent In California stands
cube II $40 feet altitude
aud being tho exact size OF
tho eros, amount of gold takon from
her nIircs aud or the value of Sl,lOO,0O0 d
600. ThuTa are hIurk. from her 0eHi
trees IS ioeE In diameter, and Orhor
things moro u. Jess curious, Not uO.hlug
without interest.
our western H,i2HUrrs, Arizona Gnl
New MtAicH, nave uNguihcent display =
of mines, Of tplper taa AZteG relies, Hi
cereals and grasses.
The northwestern states OF Illinois
4h"hf MIlNI hIts anu Alo A'Aslt.fi D.. n.
stand graud.y forth with gram, Nith
wood, With furniture, implements Ul
hU-baIdry aud tho household. In the
celtor OF Minnesota stands "A young
..., ..Ui. "a..raua hS a bride Tor rus-
hand,n with dress, veil and all, male Of
whoat, oats, rye, barley and grasses,
ribbons, buttons, C6lUrs and all.
Az the head of the state
Is a perfect miniature OF
the falls OF MinnehHha, with
real water and a real TAIL OF 20 feet.
Blu. let u5 come south. North Caro-
linz is on the floor with wealth all
of mica, case after case OF the an >.
brilliant emerllds and g,t teriug stones
standing Just below the diamond IT
iron, gull, coal ores, marble aud pndl' rs
varisttss of building stone, Il hundred
kinds O, wood, tobacco, grasses, cloths
from her looms, ana cabinet alter cahi-
net Of fossils and other curious thin -.
Louisiana i not only illustlIous Ia tho
fine arts aud evidences OF her nigh civ
ilization, but has relies of tho buried
past of the most intense interest.
there saw lock of hair Of Napoleon Boz
uaparte, the old silver watch of LatitJe,
the pirate; a locket taken from the dead
body Of a lady murdered at Fort
Minis and given TO white
child by an indian girl at Pen
saCOla, fac smile of the
death warrant of King Charles l.; a
BRIDES shoes of the time Of George ILL.,;
the first Bible printed in America;
Bibles $50 years old; portraits Of all the
governors, from Bienville to McGuery;
swords 10 centuries old; guns, pistols,
cannon balls and other reics from the
OF New Orleans, with hun
ired other mementoes OF the long. long
ago. The idea OF seeing lock OF hair
from the head of the hero OF Marengo,
Austerlitz and Jena!
While upon relics let US e. over to
Tennessee, Stepping to small glass
showcase we find it contains articles
" hich once belonged to Con. andrew
Jackson. Here lios his dressing gown,
his Masonic apron, The nat he wore
while president, circled nearly to the
top of The great crown with black Grape,
worn foI his beloved wife, Rachel
His old.tashioned open face gold watch,
lob chain and seal pendant. a snui-
box made from the wood Of the frigAte
snuii-box presented by
the proof sheet of h'S veto OF
he United States bank Dill with the
goose Quill pen he signed 1t WIN, iOur
swords. one presented by Phiiadolphl1,
another by the Sultan of Turkey, his
book and Bible. his breast pin, purse
md wood from the Hermitage, ]
Gould not help but stop and muse a
ong time upon these memories Of one
IF the grandest men ever born. Alas,
lature seldom produces SUCH 9 man as
Jackson, and when it does 1t takes q
ong rest az if TO repose from the grand
abOr performed.
Mrs. Pool, of Natchez, has summoned
IL IA
crave aud "burial OF cock robin"
With his widow, Jennie Wren, at the
read as chief mournor. The rock is
eading the service, and arranged
round the foot the partridge, doye, lin
let, jay, lark and red bird, as pail bear
rs. The owl with spade, sparrow with
lis bow and arrow, are prominent
igures, while through the miniature
orrest Is seen every other bird common
O the state, with many OF their nests
md eggs in them. It's simple little
IMPOSITION, and yet completely illus
rating the ORTHODOXY of Mississippi.
+ attracts more notice from ladies and
hildren than any case on the whole
round, This is but one of the thousand
xhibits of that great and chivalric
tate, a complete map of which, woven
q silk and in form of quilt, hangs
in the department. The
! genuity of the fairy fingers that made
is shown in the exact location OF every
iyer, bay, inlet county, town and rail-
gay. "Get Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Rye,
'ats, Barley or Tobacco Reign. as King,
.rkansas Grows Them An" is the
,gend over the gate leading to that
tate. She had them there, and not only
nese but thousand other specimens
-om her forests and streams and mines,
-om her households, mills and factories
nd workshops.
And so we may travel through high
avs and byways for hours, days and
lonths, threading the labyrinths OF an
incomprehensiblei in It's vast
COG and pninutiH Al every step there