The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-14
NEW ORLEANS.
Letter From the Sunny South by Our
Correspondent.
Dskota's Display-Kansas-Iowa-
science-A Big whale skeleton, Etc.
Especial Sentinel Letter. !

Kew ORLEANS, Jan 9.-To-dsy the Sunny
South is voted to be fraud by all Northern
visitors, and the city is full of them. No
warm sunshine, no delightful, refreshing
breezes-nothing bat dark, dismal rainy
weather. But while ell outdoors is so un-
inviting,
TIE ExPosTTIoE
Is daily and hourly growing more beautiful,
more attractive and nearing complete dis
play OF the products Of the world Every
day We find new aud more inviting displays
of mans skin and industry.
The display made by the Territory Of
DAKOTA
is enough of itself to pay for Q thousand
miles tour. If you would like to see forest
with green grass and beautiful shrubbery,
made into a huntsmsn's paradise by the
stately elk, the mountain sheep, mountain
lion, lynx, antelope, deer of all kinds and
sizes, the cinnamon bear, white buffalo.
beaver, otter, wild cat panther, wolves,
badger, dogs, pelicans, looms turkeys, quails.
ETC., come to the exposition and look at
Dakotas artificial forest. By the aid Of q
tsxidermist these animals and birds are
made to appear as natural as life. Near
this park stands Q pyramid ffty-fve feet
high with the great king of birds perched
upon its top, surveying the animal and bird
show beneath,
has an exhibit that attracts much attention.
| Sorghum sugar as pretty and sweet a. the
| best made from sugar cane Is q new industry
| that will doubtless exert q very favorable
influence on the agricultural interests OF
| Western States, where that species OF corn
4 m 0ria Tho silk in he
| Kansas exhibit are the lsrgest saw. and Sn
| enterprisiDg gentleman in 6ilkville is max
ing this raw silk into beautiful ribbons,
thread. and other fabrics. The exhibit Of
fruits and vegetables, dried by the evsporat-
| ing process which retains ell the strength
and flavor Of the original. is quite q success
| in Kansas. There are new industries which
demand careful study from all farmers,
| fruit growers and gardeners. If our farmers
can have new and better methods Oh trans
forming the crude products of their farms
| into articles that Will become more valuable,
| and can be preserved for greater length of
| time, they have certainly gained an i'm
| portant point in the direction Of better
| profits and success.
FLORIDA
has an exhibit of spinners of jute raised
| on her sandy soil, that shows 0 possibility for
new industry in that State that will add
greatly to her prosperity, as she needs some
thing besides oranges, bananas, pineapples
and other fruits. Jute is now being used
largely in making many of the finest fabrics.
The city OF Dunase, In Scotland, uses s4o,-
OOO,0OO worth OF It annually. ton to the
acre is an average crep and it sells as nigh as
$3.50 per ton.
in her educational exhibit, excels anything
have seen 50 far in the way of an educa-
tionsl display. The State exercises in the
primary department is strickingIy meriteri-
| md nv of frrnrta mn in ofF nchrnla
The inventive drawings by children Of six
years Of age is very remarkable. and calcu-
lated to advance their education in several
directions. The specimens of penmanship
and drawings combined, from the Buriing-
ton schools of the third grade, are very credit
able. Drawing seems to receive more than
ordinary attention in the iowa schools. The
schools are fully represented from the pri-
mary department up to the highest brsncees
in the University. Professor 7. b. Mcbride,
of the State University, is in charge of the
exhibit.
WARDS NATURAL SCIENCE EXHIBIT.
This is the largest private exhibit in the
Worlds Exposition, and is intensely inter-
esting to all students of zoology, pal&ont-
oloRy, anthropology, minerslogy, ethnology
and all the other ologies IN natural science.
These specimens are from Wards great e.
tablishment in natural science OF Rochester,
n. Y. He has many specimens that are new
| which he has lately collected himself in his
travels through foreign countries. To illus
| trate the anthropoid type be has family
of ourang-outanes from Borneo, in their ma
tive forest, feeding on the fruit OF the
durion tree, which Is well represented.
OF the extinct animals there is q splendid
| exhibit. The representation of the great
mammoth found imbedded in the ice in
Siberia, which had no doubt lain there
cold, is a great curiosity. 1t is covered with
long black hair, and the tusks are inn
mense. 1t is sixteen and half feet high,
and twenty-six feet from tail to point OF
tusks. Mr.. Ward went to st. Petersburg and
made an exact copy OF the original spec
linen. The Japan crab is a monster, having
spread Of IL x feet.
The South African ostriches were found
there by Mr.. Ward himself. The Irish elk
J is the largest known, having spread of
horns II u feet. The skeleton OF his great
whale is 90 feet in length. and has in its
mouth the baleen through which the water
Is strained so that the animal csn get the
animalcul@ upon which it feeds The min
eraIogical cabinet is probably the most COM
plete in America, showing specimens from
all parts of the known world. The Stillite,
from the Tyrol; the Hamstome. from Scot
land, and the Natrobite, of New Jersey, may
be seen in perfection. The stihirite, from
Japan, is q beauty. and is the only one ever
, brought to this country. Meteoric iron and
, stones are profusely represented. That
. beautiful precious stone, the lspis lszuli,
from Chill, may be seen in this collection.
All the celebrated diamonds and their values
may be seen correctly represented.
Every known fossil from the lowest acicuIa
up the highest formations are in the collec-
ton. Mr.. Ward is a firm believer in evolu-
T ton, still he does not deny the truth of the
Bible except on that point. Nsturalists are
very prone to doubt the truth Of the Bible,
as geologists, ana tomists and Psychologists
used to be. But after these scientists learned
more of the laws which preside over the
earfh's formations and the animal economy.
most of them have abandoned infidelity
and become firm believers in the divine ori-
gin of the Bible. They now find beautiful
: harmony between the laws of nature and
revealed law rs must Of necessity be as
, | they are both divine But the question OF
|, evolution is not settled yet by any means.
Books enough have been written for and
against this new doctrine to ill up one en-
tire page of the Sentinel to give the titles en-
ly, and still the discussion goes on With vigor
and determination. Professor Wards LAT
ural science establishment In Rochester, N
Y, is the largest of the kind in the world,
, and he suppIies universities, colleges and