Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-19

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ter In the tertiary age of American geolO-
| gy, embrace both marine and terrestrial
specimens. There are mOnstrOus sharks
| teeth, and the bones of the great sea liz
ards, as we'll as the teeth of the megalonyx
and other great land animals of that era.
They are in a fine state of preservation.
A case of stone implements of the an
| cient inhabitants of various periods, from
York county, loaned by DIR. BabcOck, OF
| Chester, and the other containing rich
and varied collection of minerals of South
| Carolina, are also in position.
| A huge upright case containing speci-
| mems of the fishes of South Carolina,
handsomely prepared by Mr.. Huske, the
| Fish Commissioner of the State, has been
| placed in the location intended for it and
| is striking feature of the exhibit. A
| similar case contains very valuable col
| lection Of specimens from the Charleston
| Museum.
| WORK FOR NEW ORLEANS LADIES.
The sum of $4,000 Is needed Immediate
| ly to pay the expenses of unpacking. ar
ranging, making showcases and putting
the exhibits up in an attractive shape in
| the women's department. The ladies of
| New Orleans are appealed to to raise this
sum. Every dollar contributed or raised
for this purpose by the ladies of New Or
| leans will be placed in the hands of Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe, of Boston, and doubt
less will be judiciOusly expended. This
money is necessary and must be raised,
and it seems to be conceded by the male
management of the exposition that it
must be raised by the ladies.
A GUATEMALA BIRD.
The Republic of Guatemala has added to
its exhibits several stuffed specimens of
the bird called Quetzal. This richly
dressed and OrgeOus-plumaged bird is
the emblem of liberty and is thus repre-
sented by the natives of Guatemala. 1t
never lives after the plucking of a single
feather. 1t never lives a captive, for as
soon as caught it pulls out its own feath-
ers and expires. 1t is certainly one OF
the most brilliant and most beautiful
creatures that wings through the air.
The body is shaped similar to that of
parrot. The tail feathers are long. feath-
erlng down to point, and of a deep
bright green, quivering with gold and
silver standings when sweeping along in
the sunlight; the short, under tail featb-
ers are of glossy black, with a few pure
white; the back is of deep green color;
the upper wing feathers are green, the
lower black and very glossy; breast of a
bright red; tOp-knOt green, tipped with
light red; beak bright yellow and of a
parrot formation. 1t is a swift flyer, and
inAabits the mountainous regions of
Guatemala.
THE GENIUS OF INDUSTRY
In the section of the Patent Office, in
the government building, there has been
unveiled a gigantic allegOrical painting
representing the progress and genius of
peace. 1t was painted by Mr. Alfred
Fredericks, of Washington, d. c. 1t
shows Minerva, goddess OF wisdom and
patrOness of all the industrial arts and
sciences, seated on a throne. At her left
hand sits an owl, her chosen bird, repre-
senting wisdom. Under it, on the panel
of the throne, is sculptured a serpent, en-
blematic of subtlety and knowledge. On
the right side of the throne are sculp-
tured sheaf of JoVe's thunderbolts.
representing electricity. At the right
nand OF the goddess stands
Vulcan, the Olympian blacksmith, lean
ing on the throne and balancing globe on
a lever, suggesting the posing of the
earth IN its orbit in the heavens. Near
him is his blazing forge and ponderOus
hammer. At the foot of the throne the
infant Mercury is seated, playing upon a
harp ne has constructed by adjusting the
branching horns of an hex to the she'll of
tortoise, and stretching over it strings
OF slneW. Here are shown the beginning
OF the mechanic and fine arts like the
time when Tubal Cain the smith. and
Ju0al the father of music, as related in
the Scriptures, commenced to practice
their arts. The picture is fine in drawing
and pleasing in color, and as an allegory
is certainly worthy OF attention.
BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES AND BEETLES.
No visitor to the exposition should fail
to see the magnificent collection of but
TEXTILES exhibited in the Texas section
AS might be expected the butterflies of
that great State, like many of its other
products, would be numerous and varied
IN form, but no imagination can con-
ceIYe the gorgeous and respondent cOIOrs
OF many of these specimens. They must
be seen to be appreciated. There are
among them day and night moths of many
strange varieties. Some, the prOpagators
OF worms damaging to vegetation. and
others OF varieties that are apparently
only beautiful. The collection. which
embraces hundred of varieties, has in it
thousands of specimens. They were
gathered and prepared by Mr.. l.. Heigel- |
brOdt, of BastrOp, Tex, who also eXhib- |
its very fine collection of other insects.
especially beetles.
Another fine collection of insects is in
the Maryland exhibit and has been men
toned previously. The cabinets contain
some 100000 species made up of two col
lections, one of 100000 by Prot. Otto Lug
gar, and one of some 10000 by Prof. T. r.
Uhler. The Maryland butterflies make
up some very handsome exhibits, one
showing a large frame under glass dis
playing the arms of the United States
and another an eagle, all in perfect form
and beautiful cOlOrs, the tints being no
other than the butterflies themselves.
These beautiful specimens of art were
made by Mr.. G. EigenbrOdt.
A third frame contains the arms of the !
State of Maryland, beautifully wrought
in butterflies, also by Mr.. l.. Graf. No
entomolOgist can contemplate all the fine
displays without thrill of delight at
these displays of ''bugOlogicaP' wealth.
and the nOn-prOfessiOnal observer who |
has merely an eye to color cannot fail to
admire these collections 0! the brilliant
geWeIed and silk-attired denizens OF the
insect world.
AN EXPOSITION MEDAL.
A very neat medal commemorative of |
The great Worlds Industrial and Cotton |
Centennial Exposition has been coined |
from white metal. The medal is some |
what larger than a silver dollar. and |
bears upon its face a representation in |
relief of the main building, clear cut and |
distinct in all the lines. The Inscription |
reads: "The Worlds Industrial and !
Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Or |
leans, 1S04-85. The main building 1,378x |
905 feet" On the reverse side are shown |
the remaining four buildings, the govern |
ment building, horticultural hall. art |
gallery, and factories and mills, each |
with its dimensions appended. while i'm |
the centre is the American eagle. The |
whole is very pretty and forms an attract |
i've souvenir, both on account of the
beauty and the information contained on |
the faces. The medal was made at Stutt-
CART, Germany.
VIRGINIA'S NATURAL BRIDGE.
Virginia is to have a model of the
natural bridge, which has ever been the
wonder Of the State, and on which
legend says the "Father of His Countrv'
once carved his name at the peril of his
life. Some days ago General Manager
AxtelI, of the Richmond and Allegheny
Railroad, visited this city, and on exam
lining the exposition, expressed great re-
greet and chagrin at the fact that his road
was in no way represented. He, how
ever, determined to do whatever was
possible to repair the error, and the model
of the natural bridge will form part Of the
display made by this road.
PHOTOGRAPHING A CYCLONE.
On Aug. %, 1884, a cyclone passed near
the town OF Howard, Miner county, Da-
kota. 1t was about 4 O'Clock in the after
noon, and it was in sight for some time.
long enough to be photographed by Mr..
F. n. Robinson, of that place. This is
said to be the only instance known where
a cyclone was photographed, and the pic
ture shows gigantic and black column.
like the trunk of titanic tree
spreading far up in the skv into
a vast extent of cloud foliage. This
terrible tree stands out black and formi-
dable against the bright sky. while the
upper atmosphere is filled with rounded
masses OF clouds which outline themselves