Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-06-23

IL necessary. Mr.. George Pullman, Of h
Chicago, is to be president of the new board a
of managers, aud an advisory committee =
will aid in the direction of financial matters =
The state commissioners promise enlarged :
exhibits In November next land the managers
are assured that Europe and South America | J
will be better represented In the coming sea- 9
son than before This outside endorsement !
Is encouraging, for more complete and at
tractive foreign display and finer art col
lection are needed to place the New Orleans
Exposition upon an equality with the
here in the government building, however,
surpassed anything of the kind seen at
Philadelphia. This wonderful accumulation
of agricultural and mineral production has
called forth the admiration of all visitors,
especially foreigners, who are amazed at the
wealth and natural resources of our country.
~
International fairs rarely pay expenses,
and from financial standpoint this EXPOSE
| ton cannot be regarded as a successful COM
mercial enterprise except in its stimulating
| influence upon home and foreign trade, but
there is no doubt of its benefits as edu-
| Gator of the people and i'm the establishment of
| closer fraternal relations between all sections
| of the United States, achievements certainly
| more to be desired than vast monetary re-
| suits.
Upon the re-opening Of the exposition in |
| November, steam transportation to the |
grounds Will insure a more regular attend
ance of citizens, much-needed improve
ment upon the snail like travel of the horse
cars recently in use and the present favor
able crop prospects will enable many
Southerners to visit the fair next fall who
| were kept at home last winter by poverty,
resulting from several years of overflow and
disaster.
The spot selected for the exposition is
, known as the Upper City Park, five miles
, above New Orleans and fronting upon the
Mississippi river. 1tisa level tract of land,
| containing $50 acres. The situation is an adj
nirable one and the grounds are ornamented
: with groves Of tropical trees and plants,
: winding walks, beds of flowers, fountains and
, miniature lakes.
, Northern visitors find an especial atLrac-
ton in the avenues of giant live oaks, tower
. | ering above the multitude, whose widespread
= branches are festooned with swaying gar
y lands of the gray Spanish moss, peculiar TO
u | Southern forests and swaInpS. This curious
& epiphtye fastens its delicate fibresand thread
:, like tendrils in the bark of the tree and hangs
N in large trailing pennants, twenty-five feet III
:, length tho moss derives It's sustenance from
= the fatal exhalations of the surrounding at
II mosphere, and although feeding upon poison
V | il purifier OF the air and entirely harmless
il | itself When dry 1t IL used for various do
o, nestle purposes.
3 Beneath the grateful shelter aud inspiring
influence of these guardian live oaks, yerita-
BILE harpers hoar," the Mexican band has
;, given us some of its hest music melody 80
a quaint, original and full OF pathos that il
,e fascinates the ear and fingers long in the
Ne memory. This band belongs to the Seventh
n cavalry regiment of the Mexican army, and
d "A picturesque sight these seyenty-five per
formers made in their becoming uniforms
arranged in huge crescent and
sh | playing one man under the skill
on ful leadership of their captain, En-
mi carnacion Payen. New Orleans no longo
" enjoys their characteristic and sympatheti,
DO harmony. They have left for an extended
m concert tour throughout the United States
IN aud though their repertoire Is limited the,
he will no doubt attract by the novelty and grac
Int of their Mexican airs
49,, The most extensive foreign exhibit at tn
AS exposition was sent by Mexico, and tw
". WI handsome structures er9Sted in the ground
va by the Mexican government have excite,
h' general admiration by their oriental style G
oi architecture and rich interior coloring. Th
fer Moorish pavilion, built entirely OF iron, con
hT, | tanned an elaborate mineral display, and tn
en- Mexican barracks, as it is called, (used TO
ale offices and military qusrters) was planne
rd | after a Mexican gentlemans residence,
no, | quadrangle enclosing an open court var
~ with graceful towers at each corner.
,oi ~
les MeXico's resources and industries were eA
u
at stones, plants, fruits, wines and pottery
The beautiful specimens of marbles and ony
'lr were shown similar to those at the Center
the nial valuable carvings, cabinets, tables an
ng- side-boards of ebony, mother Of pearl an
the inlad woods, elegant velvet and silve
ry, mounted saddles worth $500 and 81 600 Fan
tv ciful and expensive sombreroS of gay color
~, | with immense brims and trimmed with gol
1a. and silver cords wore displayed as worn
nd' the wealthy classes, and the rabozo, Ion
ION | narrow shawl of silk and cotton. used for Ii
or- head and shoulders, ia so nicely woven tn
the II can be drawn through a finger-ring
rk. Mexican city newspaper, edited by woma
no | proves that feminine influence Is felt an
10 10 her voice heard in this Southern republic
100 and exquisite needle work shows that heI
the her hand has not lost its cunning"
3 of ~.
SOL A gorgeous throne intended for the use
ma President NDiaz, suggests court magnificent
his rather than republican simplicity, but as
in work of art it is a triumph of beautiful an
inst skillful embroidery having employed in
ces- execution one hundred and fifty your
ladies in the government schools Of Mex
for six months The chair of state is
1 crimson plush, with the Mexican arms er
on broidered upon it in gold bullion, and fro
will the elevated canopy above hang long plus
and satin draperies of crimson, with u
richest gold ornamentation, designed al
no, | wrought by these Mexican girls; in the cent
GUS OF the canopy but leo concealed IRON n view, Us Is
ned OF the Aztecs this old relic, so highly prize
the by their descendants, was formerly in the gre
ust | temple OF Mexico and is now preserved in Il
,me cathedral. 1t possesses some Hydrologic
tha and astronomical value, and Is covered wi
Wv, 1ne figures representing the Aztec sun worshi
Ola the movements of the solar orb and the
re- cosmoganic theory OF tour suns.
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mi Plaster casts Of many interesting antiquiti
ent of the Aztec period were shown in Il
de Mexican exhibit among the most curious
ob. model of the Goddess of Death, who was su
one | posed to perform the same Office as Il
rho balkyric of Scandinavia; this idol, which
ne seven feet high, was exhumed in 1890, fro
per- the plaza of Mexico, where it was buried
was tho time of tho conquest.
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ere | A horrible remnant OF barbarity is repr
tro- sented i'm the sacrificial stone upon whi,
ong the sun is sculptured, and around it de,
the trench is cut in which ran the blood of IL
Gus human victims offered to the Sun God. III
een Yoka of Orizaba, is another cruel sight, an
!. :, was used in human sacrifices to inclose Il
vi neck of the tortured one while the heart w
Ton cut out. EsPLANADE.
tier NEW ORLEANS, June 10 1885.
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