Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-22
THE TEXA, EXnInIr.

The crowd surged up and down the
space devoted to Texas, filling every
aisle and pouring into the cottage,
which serves as an office for the two
Texas commissioners, Many of the
crowd bad been here before, but dur
ing the last month there have been
numerous additions TO the Texas ex-
hibits, and the offices, space, etc, had
been specially decorated and put in
order for to-day, making them appear
TO better advantage than ever before,
and allowing them to be better seen
The space devoted TO Texas Is on the
west side OF the government building,
stretching almost across IL from east
to west It liz next TO the united
postoflice department on one side and
the louisiana exhibit on the other,
the Office OF the Texas commissioners
being In the immediate neighborhood
of the gaudy but picturesque Moorish
structurei in which the exposition mails
are received and distributed.
AN IMMENSE FLOOR SPACE.
Texas has the largest space devoted
to its interest of any state in the build
ing. It's floor space is 1920 square
feet, 5000 more than any other state, and
oil this is crowded with articles, there
being not a vacant spot, The space is
tifty-two feet wide by 500 long, and is
divided into a number OF sections.
The decorations are very fine and dis
play much artistic taste, giving
strangers an entirely
DIFFERENT VIEW or TEXAS
from what they had formerly con.
eeived Of 10. In the extreme northern
portion OF "reXasn il the port.
able house, made without screw,
bolt or nail, Of Texas curly
pine, by John Boyd of Gal
weston, and which is divided into
two rooms, serving az offices for
II. T. Gammage, the United
States commissioner, and j. Il. Elliott.
the state commissioner ofTexas. These
offices are elegantly fitted up 10y the
Texas penitentiaTy with furniture
made in that institution, showing oil
the advantages OF the various native
woods Some of the desks, chairs.
tables, ETC., contain several hundred
specimens of these woods Que Of
them made OF lnlaid wood shows fig
ures OF Texas flowers, scenes on the
prairie, cattle ranches, etc. Perhaps
the greatest curiosity Of all, however,
is a bucket mnde Of no less than 2340
pieces OF timber.
THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT.
Prof, L. II. Joor OF Houston has
charge OF the forestry and botanical
| departments, and has a full exhibit Of
woods, grasses, dbree. germs, etc, thor
oughly classified The number Of va.
rieties of wood exhibited are l20, from
all portions of the state
THE WOOL AND COTTON DISPLAY
is In the charge OF III. p, Atwater, and
is intended to show the comparison
between the wool and cotton raised Ia
Texas and those produced in other
portions OF the world This Is pro-
nounced the best exhibit Of the kind
here, being virtually history of cot
| ton and especially suited 20 an eXposl-
ton which calls Itself "the cotton CEN
| tennisl BY II the cotton and wool
production Of the world can be studied
| aud fully understood; and those who
want TO know something about the
| cotton industry always go TO the Texas
number OF large glass cases
are shown over five hundred speci-
mems OF wool ana cotton from differ
ent countries, including specimens OF
| the prize medal wool from the great
| London Worlds faiTs OF 1851 and 1869.
| The collection was made by the late Il.
Il. Steven, +. II. s., Of salisbury, En-.
gland, who, for many years before his
death, was connected with the British
museum. 1t comprises samples Of
cotton from
EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
where 1t is grown, and OF every grade.
There Is Egyptian, Indian, Brazilian
Chinese, Siamese, Australian and Ses
Island cotton, placed alongside
that produced In various sections
OF Texas, the uplands and the
bottom lands. In these are also SAM
ples OF all kinds OF wool and goats hail
used In commerce, from Cashmere
Thibet, Persia and Peru, and from the
/ various states in the Union; also, numer-
GUS specimens of other fibres, such a
hemp and flax from all quarters OF tbs
globe, compared with the hemp raised
IN Tex Hs aud showing the superiority
OF the latter. In making the selection
OF Texas woods for this comparative
display, Mr.. Atwater rigidly discarded
all from imported sheep, those shown
being wholly from sheep born ans