Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-30
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
The Texas Exhibition is at Last Pro-
nounced Complete.
All that is Lacking is TeTaus-About
Eight Hundred Registered to Date.


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NEW ORLEANS, LA, Jan. A.-Old
Noah required only forty days and
forty nightsp Of rain TO float his ark,
but this worlds exposition contains
so much more than the antediluvian
ark did that more rain seems to be re-
quired. BE this as It may, during the
past sixty days 1t has rained fifty-two
and It still pours! This alone has
been sufficient TO prevent large at
tendance on the exposition, and the
number IN TO date has not averaged
10, 900 Only about 500 have az yet
registered from Texas, In the Texas
department. We, however, look for
large numbers from Texas and from
other states as soon as the weather
will permit.
The Texas exhibit is now about all
placed, and some general remarks con-
corning the same may prove TO be In
teresting to your readers
The exhibit made by Texas is quite
as extensive and attractive AZ that
made by any Of the states. In some
things II excels all others. The wo-
mems department, for instance, under
the supervision OF Mrs. Terrell aud
Mrs. Foster, SURPRISES that Of any
other aingle state, and 20 does the
Texas natural history department un-
der the management OF Professors Gus
tave Toud1ule and n. p Atwater.
The collections OF Insects belonging
20 Prof Heillhrodt Of Bas-
trOp has 20 900 different
specimens arranged In pairs, and h
valued at $50 600. Over 500 specimens
OF wool and cotton are shown. These
include samples Of the prize-medal
wool and cotton from the great London
exhibitions Of 1851 and 1862 The Tex
as g. Pacific railroad exhibit 10 very
extensive, embracing many objects Of
great beauty and value. In this eX
hibit alone there are 20T different sorts
OF cactus, DR. VIM. DeRyCe OF Corpus
Christi has - large show cases filed
with articles Of commercial value, and
Prof j. r JOOr OF Houston has his
forestry and botanical department
we'll displayed. OF wood alone he has
| $50 specimens. Msi Kelly Of 81
Paso has a fine display OF mineral,
and 30 has Dr. Gregg OF San Saba
who has charge OF the mineral anC
fossil display His section embraces
hundreds OF specimens Of building
stone, coal, salt, crystals, pstrifactions
etc. Prof. IOudouZe. professor of taxi
dermy, has In his collection many very
rare specimens, including jsguRr o
enormous siZe, cougars, armRdillos
reptiles, black bears, wolves, coyotes
foxes, peccaTies, autelopes, deer, wild
cats, etc, etc. He has also a wlngles
and tailless bird, which belonged L
species now extinct. Prof Atwate
in his department has 400 Indian al
row heads, found in an old India
camp
Besides these exhibits there al
many farming Implements and inveI
tions, "A silk display, the Huntsvii
furniture display, Bozet'a portal
house, put together without nails
screws, the Denison gate, Texas "a,
dies and horn chairs, hides and curioi
> horns, and no on 10 an almost unimi
ed end.
But the best thing you folks can
o Is TO come and zee for yourselves VIII
is here displayed, and then you will
able 10 astonish your less fortuna
nelghbons.
!. Ihe holy Landn must have been
dense forest before "Jerusalemsu 1
tackled Il for wood to supply this ma
'. ket, and the trees In that forest mu
have been all of the same color. I'll
!, Jerusalem woodn resembles Vermo
q. wood, with the exception OF its col,
m and with that exception, too, d
u fakirs who sell II resemble Chatha
street Judeans.
When OLD Pluvlus abdioates or sta
reigning and turns over his reins
some other party who will give US |,
RAIN there nay be something more
teresting to communicate. II. p