The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-22

wood. inlaii, showing figures ~ Texas
flowers, cattle, hogs, etc., and the won
der of all who soe II, Upon this desk IN
a water bueket made Of Texas woods,
containing 28i0 pieces ~ timber, made
at the penitentisry. Next IL the port
abba house, made without nail, serow or
bolt, of u Mas curly pine, by John Boyd,
this IN the private offices of the United
Stplrs and state commissioners Tor
'rsAss, neatly furnished by the ponlten-
giurN board. Then comes our displays
of'roxas limbers, embracing III varieties,
secured from various portions OF the
state at great cost, and, regret "a say,
does not embrace all the varieties grown
in tho stale. Adjoining this j. placed
the collection al our wonderful grasses
indigenous tn Texas, numbering IN
botanical aud forage grasses no less thhn
800 varieties. Next In order approached
/ is the collection OF minerals, ores, los,
siis aud building stones, collected aud
placed mainly by DIR. A, Gregg, OF san
saba, VIM. DcRyll, al corpus christi,
aud Jay q. Kelly, OF III Pasp, under
whose skillinl arrangement tho collec-
lion IL the wondoruiall visiting Texans.
Then moving on We come into the dis
! plny la Woinen's work department.
| This display II not composed OF crazy
quits, htmstitched and crochet tides,
Iut al master pieces OF paintings In oil
and water colUrs, etchings ana draw
inps, beautifully hand painted china,
rcpi oseniing the flora oi Texas, ele-
gantly worked >hawls, covers, etc., up
holsIered furniture, handworked IN
beautiful designs, screens, tables, lnlald
MosaiAc nantes, gates, chairs, ana
wondrous collection, showing, rs mas
been often acknowledged by visitors
from the north and east, the superior ar
tistic skill in handiwork by our Texas
women. This display Is grand sue
ress. pr ictedlng IN our Walk We come
10 the display in taNiuormy OF the
natural history of Texas ana the collec.
ton in entomology. II tho hrsI named
il filled row OF show cases NJ
feet long, q feet high ana y ieet
deep; the latter consists of 15,OOo spec
linens. No state can compare with
these collections. | desire hero 10 state
that wa have ON exhibit but very few
specimens of reptiles; fewer than any
other state making display In natural
history. Leaving this display, we 20
into the space ii led with specimens
from the farm and garden. Here we
have upon exhibit, splendid specimens,
in quantity, of corn, cotton, rice, sugar,
syrups, oats, barley, wheat, rye, AL
ialfa, nlil'ot, forage grasses, vegetables
OfAll Kinds aud in splendid order, large
melons, .quaShcs, pumpkins, grapes,
grape vines, wines. fruits, apples, pears,
peaches, piums, persimmons, pecans,
tpricOis, r9c-arines, ounces, etc, etc',
in variety. In these departments are
iully displayed the capabilities OF
our generous soil. Now we are at
Tho display made by tho Texas
d. Pacific railway company. This
display Is simply splendid,
showing as IL does the industries and
resources If the territory along the line
of the Texas " Pacific from El Paso on
the Rio Grande, To Woskoms station, on
Cado Lake. Interspersed throughout
our space Is corn, oats and wheat in
sheai, cane and cotton in stalk, cacti
and Innguay, aloes and other rare and
beautiful plants from west Texas, splen-
cid paintings and photographs OF our
puuiic school buildings, with ham
nrrs, shields aud notices giving grand
relief to the whole.
The educational display, will be
rretitabie. On the eight marginal sides
Of the Central Pagoda are inscribed in
letters of gold the following mot oes:
Wealth valuation, Sl,0l5,3l7 1876.
Scuool fund, S0,0O0,CO0.
State tax, 20 on the 500.
Area, q 1915 square miles.
Cereal products, T,2l1,iS5 bushels.
Live stock, l3VUO,00D head.
Population, 2,2l5,1U9.
Cotton products, | 1926 bales.
These are read by visitors with Won
d on and ,naz ment, no less than expe- |
Iienced when they look ut our speci-
mems On display.
In M Judgment, honored sir, our eX-
hibiti grand success, and viii result
in gre lgood and wonderous agrandize-
meut to our beloved state.
The investment Of the $2O,0OO appro-
priated 10y the legislature will, in my
opinion, repay to the state great diyi- |
dand, even To one thousand fold, or
more.
In closing my report, l beg to
cknow!cdge the co rtesies and conii-
dence you have ext ided me, and, in
dulgiug the hope u Al my work shall
prove satisfactory you and my people
and in the end prot. able to the state, l
am, sir, with great respect,
Your obedient servant,
II. II. CARNAGE,
United States Commissioner for Texas.