The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-28
THE AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
Work Done and Progress Made
During the First Weeks.
y. B. READ AT wnp-
States and Foreign Countries Renr.-
senting-.-Preparing For the
Montana Exhibit.
Special Correspondence of The M,srp

Special Correspondence of THE M1srp
NEW ORLEANS, November 19.-The frs
week OF the American Exposition hs
closed auspicionsly and promisinely. n,
more IDEAL weather could be imagined tina,
has attended it th~roughout-a prolonoe'
Indian summer, fresh and inyiporat;no
win GEAR azure skies. and balmy breeze
delight. Thu work of getting the exh;h;t
in order has progressed RAPIDLY. and ~
BOARD OF Management and COMMISSIONS
have been encouraged to issue a proclama
ton TO the world, announcing that every
thing will be.in it's position in Decemher. an
earlier, if the tardy exhibitors. who nv
causlngall the delay, will but hurry nm the;
goods. ''
There has been quite an attendance .
strangers, much larger than was expected
as II was generally thought that. with thei,
experience OF previous exhibitions tha1
would await the announcement that ~,
American Exposition vas in thoronol
order. AS FOR the home people, tbev bay,
patronlzed 1T well, and been finely enter
tanned and amused. The wisdom nj tn.
management in providing celebrations 70,
%vititors is now fully recognized: and even in
its incompleted state, the Exposition
offers more pleasure and enjoyment,
FATEs AND ATTRACTIONS.
than any place in town.
Over in England, where they have made
a study OF Worlds Fairs, and have met
with complete success, not only artistic and
industrial, but financial as well, they un.
derstand these things and seek 20 make
their Expositions social attractions. fields
for enjoyment and amusement as we'll as
instruction. There are exhibits there, OF
course, but the music, and concerts and
rfes are equal attractions. AS many per-
sons went to the Crystal Palace to hear or
see these as to examine the exhibits.
1t promises to be the same here. There
are two concerts daily, and scarcely an
evening passes without some special and
popular feature. On Saturday, was given
the Baden-Baden fete, or festival of lamps
arranged by Professor Paine, OF London.
Picturesque Lake Rubro, which stands in
the center OF the grounds, was crnamented
with thousands OF prismatic lamps and
lanterns that noated above it, while the
heavens were illuminated with brilliant
fireworks, producing an effect ~rivaling Fairv-
land.
BASE BALL.
Monday, the Base Ball Park was opened
by a sharp contest between the New York
league and St. Louis American league team
the latter successful-with another large
crowd. Similar entertainments are prom.
IS'N IL ioEpu ouSCSoSIOH, Cuu UlcTc Will ne
10 day without it's special distinguishing
and attractive feature.
These sports and entertainments have
not been allowed to interfere with the work
OF preparing and arranging exhibits. Every
available carpenter and painter in the city
is at work on them and the progress is
marked. From day to day an average of
twenty-five to thirty exhibits are installed
daily in the Main Building; but it's vast
s. $L.@. -a~
difficult to fill as the sieve in which the
Danaides poured their urns of water; and
it will require fully 5000 carloads of ex-
hibits to give it a proper appearance.
The largest numbers of the new exhibits
arriving are from Missouri, Illinois, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Massachusetts,
although the other States are represented.
The joint or collective display made by the
manufacturers OF New Orleans is finally in
position; hat made by Chicago will soon
be. A good deal OF machinery has lately
FOREIGN EXHIBITS.
Among the foreign exhibits there is also
much improvement. Both Honduras and
Guatemala will increase their displays, and
have asked for more space for them. The
French and Russian sections are being rap
idly arranged and the exhibits installed.
Mexico has the central figurei In the foreign
department of the late Exposition; Brazil
promises to occupy this position here as it
did among American States in the Philadel
phia Centennial. The Brazilian Government
is taking the deepest interest in the present
Exposition as a means OF increasing its
with this country, and OF secur-
ing direct trade with which it greatly desires.
1t will accordingly participate in grand
style, will send a man-Of-war here, and a
splendid national exhibit. This, unfortu-
na.ely, can not arrive here, such is the
great distance of Brazil, before next month.
In the foreign department., a very attrac'
tive feature will be the Consular and Dlplo-
matte Exhibits, collected by our consuIs
and diplomatic agents abroad, and repre-
senting every country on the lace OF the
globe. Some of these have already arrived
and been located.
GOVERNMENT UILDlNG
The progress in the Government building
is even more marked than in the Nam
building, for here nearly everyone OF the
thirty-seven Commissioners is at WORK
separating and putting things III oroer'
The Iowa, New Jersey, Tennessee and Ar
displays are complete, but will re-
receive many additions from TIM to time:
The building is running to rurallty ana
model farms. Nothing could be more pop
ularlv instructive and interesting Than these
.reproductions OF farm life IN the seVeral
States: and when Iowa started off in this
line she was quickly followed by Colorado,
Kentucky and I~lli'ois. These farms are
really transplanted from their homes, LOT
the grass growing on them and the very SOL
was brought from these seVerai o'aues'
The ., emery, which serves as a background,
is the only thing produced in New Orleans
and is an exact reproduction OF nome
scenery from paintings and photographs:
The Colorado. Kansas and Utah exhlol's
arrived during the week, and are being ar
RANGED. Among the States and Territories
that baye made large additions to thelr
displays are New Mexico, Texas-to Mhien
the exhibit of the Texas PACING aaiwa!
has been Observation-Disclosures, Arizona Ne
vada, Kentucky and Mississippi, anu na a
ba ma-wbich has received the city collec.
tive exhibits Of Mobile and Annlston. VI
the New England States, Maine Is IN 'ne
van in the matter OF preparations.
OUR COMMISSIONERS.
Mr.. John B. Read, Commissioner IRON
Montana. has thoroughly surveyed Ine
space allowed the Territory in the Govern.
ment building and already begun the WORK
of installing the exhibit, some OF WHICH nao
already arrived. The bulk CT it, however,
and the ores and minerals from the bu''e
City district, are yet TO be piacSo ps' .he
Muntana's exhibit is comple.eu, ~" =. tho
occupies the high position she he'G r;ch.
Exposition, AS one OF the lefii'o'
est in minerals in the Unlon'
THE ART GALLERY. :,
II is nrobab BILE that the Art Gallery VIII -
be completely .,rranged before .n T.evs the
the month. The Art Hall Is ai"ayS ~.
last portion or an Exposition 70 FL IN
der, as we have to depend so ialse'. avsr
Europe, and this year, nor t tn here e snd
Louisville Exposition arrived this is ~ chiei
but is not yet entirely hung; but t 5ae colIec.
attraction of this departn,sm ,o There are
two CHIEF European collections, one
at Antwerp, which place it left OF soSet there
3, when the international The latter
Si5Ssi Miv sef in o t%enty y cases e,, on ot this
week. The collection consists Dor r Inc Studios
part, OF works from the Paris of the
which have anneared in the saions orn