Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-11


/ individuals, nor as productive OF INJURY
+ to the country at large, as are the more
/ respectable % Exchanges " OF either
/ Chicago or New York. For, while the
+ New Orleans concerns now and then
/ swallow mp the crop of money OF sin
! gle person, the former often so manip-
/ ulate prices as to swindle entire sections
! out of their labor. But don't gamble
/ neither here nor elsewhere, unless you
/ have too much money.
Several blocks below Canal street
and near the river, is the famous old
/ French Market, established under Span
/ ISL rule generations ago. The ori6aal
was destroyed by a hurricane in 1912,
and partly rebuilt in the following year,
/ but since added to at different periods
/ The present buildings, three in number
are plain specimens of the Roman Dor
( ic order, supported with high pillars,
plastered and rooted with slate. Other
/ points OF interest, the ancient cathedral
/ courts cemeteries, etc, must wait fU-
/ ture letters.
The magnificent exhibits made by the
Mexican government in this exposition,
are a continual source OF admiration
and establishment, not only excelling
those made by any other foreign nation,
| but attracting more attention even than
the exhibits made by our own govern
! ment, fine and great as they are ad-
mitted to be. To the great mass Of
Americans, owing to misrepresenta-
tons, end falsehOOd, the Mexican peo-
pie have been made to appear as rude,
semi barbarOus tribes, among whom
! life and property We're unsafe, and to
/ whom the arts of civilized life were
practically unknown. Every triding,
petty riot, or mob, common to all cOun-
/ tries, has been maGnified by the foreign
| press into revolution, and every band
Of thieves and robbers, also common to
! every country, has. been made to stand
as a representative of the entire Mexi-
can people, Enlightened and honest
facUs at once dispel all such ibelOus
| and false deductions, and it is found
that such exceptional phases are no
more representative Of that country, or
people, than the occasional depreda-
! ton Of t'cOW-bOys'' or traiu-rObbery,
is representative of society, or of gov
eminent in the United STATES. Their
exhibit here, covering thousands Of
/ square feet of space, and occupying
hundreds of great cases, demonstrate
that the Mexican people are as far ad-
Fanced in civilized arts as our own, or
the people of the older European ma
/ tons, Briefly epitOmiZed, her display
! includes unVarnished woods OF many
( tints and many varieties, figured goods
bearing like designs on both sides, IN
/ wool. silk or cotton; the very finest
sugars. tObacco's, chocolates, liquors
| and essences Of such excellence as is
/ rarely met with in any other country,
and spices, gums, fruits, vegetables,
etc., which are unsurpassed by any
other land. Their leather goods made
/ from native stock, never have been and
are never likely to be eXcelled, inelud-
| inc saddIery and harness, figured by
hand, with gold and silver decorations
of great beauty. Think of an exquisite
ly beautiful pair of lady's CATERS val
ued at $50, and of a gold and silver en-
brOidered saddle valued at 5000!
Where could such goods be found in
any other country.
IDAHO.
This, the ssGem'' territory presents to
the public at the Worlds Fair, a mag
nifcent display of minerals. Her
wealth in this line can be easily under
stood from the following figures, com
piled bv u. S. Commissioner Col. Geo.
L. ShOup, who has published a very
useful and instructive catalogue OF ms
territOry's exhibit. MIEING-The pro
ductiOn of gold and silver for the year
lust past, 1884, amounts to nearly 81
GOO. 600. 1t Is predicted by those best
informed that the production Of pre-
ciOus. metals in 1885, viii reach S12,-
OOO.OO with an additional increase in
each succeeding year. Mineral lands
cover an area of 8,O00,OO acres, Ia
which are found gold, silver, "copper"
iron, coal, lead, cinnabars anthony,
mica, salt, soda, tin, ETC., also a great
variety of crystals, agates, rubies and
other precious. stones Building stone
of all kinds and of every geological
/ formation are found in great abUnd-
ance.
Idaho has MT done as many other
mineral states and territories have done
} at this Exposition brought only the
richest specimens of her Ores-but she
has brought the ore and quartz just as
% If runs. While Idaho is strictly speak
inc a mineral territory, her great vari
. etV of climate, soil and altitude makes
, her specially adapted to agricult uraI
! / farming and stOck-ralslng pursuits,
f The Yields of wheat from the fertile val
levs average 80 bushels to the acre
e while oats run over 10 One Of the
S most attractive parts OF IdahO's eZhib
. its is the taxidermy display Of NATIVE
, birds and animals, especially wild ami
4 mails. over 200 different specimens be
B inc shown this adds much to the at
p Effectiveness OF her elegant display
s. Col. Geo, L. Shoup, the United State
q commissioner is now absent, but hI
/, position is ably filed by Air- A. J.. Nc
it Nab, acting commissioner. The legis
T Iatnre of Idaho, which met early In tn
q season, adjourned before hearty inter
IS est was taken in the Worlds Fair an
l. did not make any appropriation tower
d defraving the expenses of the eIhlpl'
r therefore the whole cost Of matntalnln
a. collecting and bringing the distinguish
20 ed display Of Idaho has fallen upon th
commissioners who have advanced so
% 600 Of their own money If your eo