The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-03-27
miscellaneous.
For the AgiS and IateAigencer.
The Worlds Exposition at New Or.
leans

The New Jersey exhibit at the Worlds Elk
position in the Government aud States build
iugs is arranged with as much Taste as the
exhbite of any other State. 1t is placed SC
that the visitor can take the whole situation
in at glance. The centre consists of beau
tful octagon pavilion, which was put up es
pecially to display the Yorktown Centennial
Vase presented TO the New Jersey Battalion
for the best military display during the en-
campment of soldiers at the Yorktown Cen
tennial, October nth, 1881. 1t is mounted
on stand, and on each side are dummy
soldiers guarding it. 1t is of solid silver and
is covered with figures In relief, representing
different war scenes. The rest of New Jer
sey 8 exhibit is placed in cases and consists
of minerals, ores, fruits, vegetable and other
products Of the Stale.
The State of New York occupies the
southeast corner of the building. Consid-
cradle space is allotted to it. The most no.
ticeabe is the public school exhibit, of which
New York makes the largest and best dis.
play in that line OF any State, although Bos.
ton claims to lie the hub" of intellect. New
York displays a large quantity of building
stones, showing the resources of the State.
Virginia comes next to New York. 1t has
large floor space. Most prominent are
large maps representing Appalachian Virgin
ia, the Great Valley of Va, Blue Ridge and
Piedmont, Midland Va, and Tide Water Va
On them are shown the mountains and valleys
and heaped underneath are the ores and min.
erals from the respective sections represented
by each map. Several very handsome gran.
lie monuments are shown, manufactured by
the Richmond Granite Company. Virginia
shows from its exhibit that the State is very
mountainous, as nearly all the exhibit is from
the mines
The next State we come into is North
Carolina. 1t displays also large quantities OF
ores, among them gold. Iron ores are also
shown to large extent. The display of to-
bacco is exceedingly large and attractiveyl ar.
of Durham, being noted for tobacco.
left out West Virginia which occupies
part Of the space originally given TO the old
State, The display consists of ores, mostly
coal, and native woods. Some beautiful spec.
linens of wood are shown.
South Carolina comes next to North Caro-
lima. 1t is exactly north of North Carolina
A pyramid eighteen feet square at the base
and about thirty feet high, is covered entire.
ly with the famous South Carolina rock, q
phosphate deposit well known to far
mers. They will be surprised to learn Of
the immense quantity of this rock shipped
annually out of the State, to be made into
phosphate 1t amounts to 100000 tons
Besides this there are manufactured in The
State three million dollars worth per annum
from this rock. Therefore, there must be
some virtue in il.
North Carolina can boast of two pavil.
lions, one covered with mineral resembling
mica, which has II very shiny and pretty eff.
feet. The other is a lofty octagon, of grace
full design, lined with colored silks and
about the prettest in the whole building.
South Carolina has pavilion also, and in
each are shown the seeds, fruits and vegeta.
bles of those States.
The State of Florida comes next to South
Carolina and lies between that and the
Smithsonian Institute exhibit. The display
of woods is the largest of any State, and
each piece is split or rather cut in pieces
about five feet long, all of the same length
The upper part is vanished to show the fine
vein; next comes the part not vanished and
the bottom contains the bark. Above the
wood are leaves of the tree from which it was
taken. There are shown over one hundred
kinds. This State shows the alligator, and
the orange the lemon and other tropical
fruits.
The Smithsonian exhibit occupies the space
between Florida and the aisle running from
the East to the West main entrances. This
together with the Ten States already men,
TONED, occupies one quarter of the building
that section situated in the South east quar-.
ter. W. II. r.