The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-27
EXPOSITION WONDERS.
ne woRLp As A RARsesAow.
Everything, from Microbe Co n aIam-
moth--Art and Nature-The Dim
Primitive and the Lurid
Present --Hotchpotoh.

the great Cotton Centennial exposition |
now and which has for fva months past |
beer IN progress at New Orleans.
In the first place The word "cOttonn |
n the appeliatioH IL Misleading. Strike
out that aud substitute universal, COS
mos, or any other word conveying tho
idea OF the world reelected as from a
mirror upon tho eye and uponlthe brain,
1t would convey moro correct idea to
those not fortunate enough TO visit tho
most complete and the grandest expo
sition since the destruction OF Solo
mons Temple or tho Alexandria Ii
brary.
There are six great building known
as the government, tho main machin.
cry, horticultural, art and the Mexican,
Of an aggregate area Of the entire bust.
ness portion Of Dallas from Sycamore
street to tho river. Besides these are
scattered ovUr the Immense park many
houses built for tho co nYenienoo
OF visitors, asphaltum walks by the
mile, and green sWards prOfusely
planted with trees, flowers and shrubs
indigenous to the semi-tropical latitude
OF Now Orleans. At its base lows tho
Mississippi and tho grounds viewed
from the deck OF a steamer show a won
derful panorama, and Is a sight in itself
wen worth seeing, Tho park Is some
five miles from tho heart Of tho city,
reached by four or livo limos OF horse,
one line OF steam cars, and steamers
plying eVory half hour. There " no
lack OF rapid transit, although tho cars
are always crowded in tho early hours
Of the tnOrning aud late afternoon.
In the government building nre the
collective exhibits OF our 38 states, six
territories, the exhibits OF the war, navy
and interior departments OF the United
States government, the Smithsonian
Institute, the division known as
woman'A work, the educational depart
meuts OF stat0s, the exhibits Oe Mexico,
Honduras, Central American statBs,
Brazil, Jamaica, England, Russia, Ger
many, Italy, France, Belgium, India,
Siam, China, Japan, aud perhaps one
dozen other nations, and porhaps
200 other collections, more or less OF
their own individuality.
The man building Is cut into spaces
OF Irregular sizes for tho display OF
cities, communities, firms, work. shops,
ioundrles, factories and other terms
designating how modern man omploys
his wit for the susteuance, adOrnment
and amusement OF his fellow, ana puts
money In his purse.
Tho horticultural hall il an almost
complete eXpJsi OF the ornamental and
uuit.producing plants OF tho western
hemisphere, as we'll rs endless speci-
mons OF every variety Of fruit known
10 char division OF tho world. AS Will
not ask tho reader TO 80 with me there
again, | Will briefly dismiss it. F0r
instance, Florida has no less than 100
distinct varieties OF oranges on tho
taulosi Desihes othor fruit moi many OF
~ over know oven had existence.
There are no less than 500 varieties of
applo3 lrnm all tho states, In this dis
play California, and many northwestern
states show matchluss wealth. While
In tropical and 10 us rare plants Mexico
leads Az the rost and stands without IA
peer From tna delicate mountain form,
all down the plaiuB and along the coasts
OF her OCEANS nor bOtaniat3 have gath
cred FROM beautiful % giant jewels of
forests ana gardens, Nor arc tho Cen.
tral, south American and our own
southern states lacking ia thousands
upon thousands Of plants and permg
irom Flurn's kingdom in this hail. A
bOtanlat could amus0 and instruct him-
self Tor one month In this division, and
l must inYiie all ui thai class oil our cit
liens and eui0in upon them to 80 Jhore
and see for themselves. No man, how
ever gifted, could give them a proper
idoa of these exhibits, the moro naming
of which would I'll Ave columns OF your
paper. You may have seen many of
them in your own aud foreign lands,
but doubt If over such perfect speci-
mems.
Returning 10 the first or government
building, l will lead you TO tho war ana
navy departments. What's this?
little rusty locking iron
and mounted upoa trucks two,
two feet high. II is tho first hroech-
loading cannon known, and was used
by CortO2 in the conquest of Mexico,
more than 300 years ago. (Wo Thought
that gun was invented since our civil
wan. will mention the fact
without describing its crude construc-
ton. Thoro standa In row a musket,
OF rifle, or carbine, used by infantry I'M
every war fought In America; one can
non OF every arm Of the service of tho
present day,including tho gatliHg,t the re-
Nolvlng oaun0n, the gr0at broeCh-lOader
OF The navy and fort; complete exhibit
OF tho terrible torpedo, with all manner
OF shot, shell, electric and other an
paratus used upon mon-of-war, In the
held and In tho Notifications of our
country. Scattered over the floor of
this enclosure arc dozons of articles
actually used by Lieut.. Greedy i'm The
Arctic, including the tent in
which the poor remnant of his COM
mand was found, tho bags made of polar
bear skins, In which they slept the LONG
winter night, their shoes, clothes,
guns, harpOons, utensils. boats, slods.
and forty other relies of that ill-starred
though heroic expedition.
And here arc complete models of stone
and iron lighthouses, as they stand OFF
our coasts, with the modes OF roilecting
light irom 10 TO ~ miles. Models of
men,of-war, indeed of everything used
by tho army and navy when guarding
or DEFENDING our country. But what IA
this curious little thing, four foet long
lying upon this tableS A compleie
geodetic model OF the coast of The
United States aud West Indies, the
bahamas and along and up to Green-
land, showing the mouths of eyory
stream, small aud great, Ms they como
down from land, tho projecting points
OF land or peninsulas, tho depth of
water from lands and TO mid-ocean.
the size aud height OF islands and
straits between them, bays, inlets-in
fact a complete view of our continent
along tho coast with tho wator Loft on-
uroly out. II In AZ II the wator was
sent away and you stood looking down
upon all the great and small basins
where u had boon, and their bottoms
ana sides lay completely uncovered,
awhole book could DO written just here,
but must hurry on.
la the department of tho interior
found every bird, every winged insect,
every wild animal, every reptile, oyerv
nsh, most OF us ever heard or or saw In
the four grand divisions OF tho world.
And more thun this, there were restora.
lions or nouols of extinct animals
known TO have once existed but no Ion.
ger found. The most prominent of
THESE, as Indeed OF the exposition, was
model OF tho mammoth found frozen i'm
the Ice AZ the mouth OF the Lenar river.
siberia, and now In the museum OF NJ,
petersburg. IL In 10 feet high and ri
feet long, and truly "monstor of hid.
eous mien." Beside him lies the back
bone OF a % feet fish back whale, Noble
specimens OF the moose, the elk, the
whole deer family, the gorilla and all |
his monkeys, thousands OF birds from
continents aud islands, frigid, temper-
ate and torrid zones. There was tbe |
thn nllnr dnnIE nf llran..la..a AZ au.-l..-e