The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-13
The New Orleans Exposition.


One of the most complete and interest
ing exhibits at the exposition is that Of the
Smithsonian Institute. A special feature
Is large collection of Indian and Esqui-
maux weapons, clothing, utensils and
games The natural history exhibit is
very FULL consisting Of thousands OF
mounted specimens, ranging from the buff
falO and whale to the smallest insects.
The practical predomnates in his eXhi-
bit and special attention is paid TO the dis
play of raw materials in connection with
articles manufactured from them.
The textile exhibit is large, embracing
all varieties, from grass and bark cloth to
che finest silks
Furs and leather are in great variety,
many curious kinds of the latter being
shown, among them pair of boots made
from the skin of human being. This ar
ticle, tanned, is OF yellow color and to the
eye closely resembles pig-skin.
Economic geology is represented by a
large number of specimens and numerous
other branches of the arts and sciences are
fully illustrated.
The Patent Office has an interesting set
Of engravings illustrating progress in in
Vention, each plate showing ancient and
modern processes with the various steps
between.
Thirtysix cases are filled with models
over two thousand in number
The Bureau of Ethnology exhibits II
number of models of Indian mounds, pue
bios and cave cities, together with collec.
tion of Zuni goods and numerous other ar
rticles relating to the more ancient of the
aboriglnes
Hospital tents and ambulances, sections
of hospitals, and hospital cars and ships,
with a grizzly array of surgical instruments
and appliances, bones, casts and illustra-
tons in the department of field surgery are
shown by the U. S. Medical Department,
The Department of Agriculture deserves
credit for its large and Instructive display,
special features of which are the very full
exhibit of woods, with manufactures there
from, the valuable collection Of fungi and
injurious Insects, with enlarged engravings
for its fruit exhibit, consisting Of more than
seven hundred carefully cOlored wax mod.
els of fruit, with an equal number Of col.
cred illustrations OF grasses, grains and
textiles and its exhibit relative to the sor.
gbum industry.
The Post Office Department shows a
large number OF conundrums for postal
employees" consisting of illegible and In
complete addresses which have been cor
rectly made out by the clerks at the Dead
Letter office and elsewhere Some Of them
from men high in legislative and official
station betray an astonishing amount OF ig-
TsOrance and carlessness on the part of the
writer.
A letter containing sum of money, di-
rected to 1894 Chippewa, Bet. "a" found
lis way safely from Dallas, Tex, to its des-
tination In New Orleans.
One from Germany bears only the fol
lowing inscription set to music:
"To the Brooklyn Brieftrager,
There Is young man in Brooklyn,
Far away DER the sea. Is.
o. Is. Bob, we call him.
OH Find him out for me.
Herr Brieftrager, find him out for me.
st. Monks Ave-,
Brooklyn, n. Y, L. S. A.
Herr Brieftrager did his duty and Bob
1ejoiced in the receipt of his letter.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
mas aase cases of its production from
which We learn that a $4,000 bond is the
most desirable work Of art issued by the
bureau, while as legal tender, we have $40.
900 gold certificates, with 81 900 bank notes,
greenbacks and silver certificates as small
change.
The Gallery of the Government building
contains three important features. One Is
She o0lored exhibit made entirely by ne.
groes The display, which is very large,
consists TO great extent Of fancy work"
although there Is much that is practical |
Some very creditable machinery is shown
and the whole exhibit, though in many
points crude and somewhat inferior, gives
evidence of an artistic sense and often of
q Jeadveness and originality that prove
that the colored race is not only making
efforts, but Is in high degree