The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-02
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Al your request and iu com 1lisnru
with the solicitation of many particular
riends, will Isglte nay Impressions u
{ he great Cotton C,ugeuaia. exposition
now aud which ha, Tor i've months pEst
beer m pr gross "a. Ngw uTleunH,
In the lrst place the word section"
II the apI citation is misleading. Strike
out that and substitute universal, COS
mos, or sny other Wulu convey iug tho
1 deA OF the world reelected M from -
mirror upon the eye aud upon tho lralu ,
AZ would convey more correct ldod 90
th6senu fortunate enough 40 Nisi. the
most complete aud The sraudcat expo
sltiln since the destruction az Solo
mons Temple OF the Alexandria u
brary.
Tfere arg Sis great building known
~ the GOV eminent Use main mauAin
cry. horticultural oIt aud the Mexican,
OF an aggregate area ul the ou,iro bust
moss port va ui Dallas from sycamore
street TO .hu river. Besides these arc
scattered uygT the Immense park many
houses bull, iIr the 'CpuNtuialce
OF visitors. -apA..tum walks by tho
milo, ana green > ards proiusely
planted with trees, llWtr- and shrubs
iuui guuous J0 rlD s.mi tropical latitude
OF New Olleaus A. lJ- h41b flows tho
Mississippi, and the grounds viewed
from the deck 10. I. s.HHiuyT show Won
deTful panorama aud is @ sight .U it-tll
wei worth seeing, The PARK % some
hve miles from the heart Of the cify,
cached by four or five lines OF horse,
one line OF steam cars, aud steamers
plying every half hour. There IL no
lack OF rapid transit, although the car,
Are HlwaNS crowded 400 the early hours
1.-THE morning aud late afternoon.
In the government building are the
collective exhibits o! our - states, six
Territories, the exhibits of the war, navy
.-f Interior departments OF the United
#.ltas ygruUtuy, the Smithsonian
aliute, lnu HIt l~iDn known ~
.rHl'- work., .IuCa,lugI depart
.....sut -.uI,., .. exhibits ui VI HNicl,
honduras, Central American states,
D. al. Jaug.i.a, h. gland, Russia, Cor
UHuw, Italy, lta.cs, Belgium, India,
Sam, China, Japan, aud perhaps one
dozen other nations, and perhaps
W other collections, more or less o.
their own individuality,
Tho main building 10 cut into spaces
OF irregular sizes for the display Of
cities, communities, firms, work shops,
foundries, factories ana other terms
des grating ho& modern man employs
his wit for the sustsuauCc, Adjournment
nd amusement OF his fellow, ana puts
money In his purse.
TIE horticultu al hall is an almost
complete tNposi OF the ornamental anu
fruit producing plants OF tho western
homi ph.ro, as we'll as endless Spcci-
mems Of every variety Of fruit known
20 hat divi-i0. u The world. As 4 sill.
moi ask the reader t. go with me there
again, ! vii briefly dismiss 60. For
instance, Florida has no less than 100
distinct ya.Ie. -s OF oranges Oh the
table,, beside other fruit NOT uI any o!
us ever how even rad existence.
Thar stT4 a.. j. than AZ
apples from an The states, IN his dis
y y California, aud many northwestern
rtg'oS, show matcdless wealth. Nhl.5
'.Jpical and 10 us rare plants Mexico
.....a : The rest and stands without a
+ r. From the delicate mountain fern,
ali u, plains and along the coasts
Or H. Hsans her bOtanists nave gath
cred II Il beautiful 10 giant jewels OF
forests I'd gardens. Nor are the Cen.
trial, So, h American and our own
southern 4tes lacking in thousands
upon tn 'nds Of plants and germs
from F. SingdOm in this hall. a
botanist amuse and instruct him
self for o., nth in this division, and
I must il of that class OF our Cit
liens and upon them TO 20 there
and see 70. Ives. No man, how
ever gifted, u-. give them proper
lea of these bits, the mere naming
which wOI five columns OF your
Der. You have seen many OF
IL in your and foreign lands,
5ut l doubt ii sucl perfect speci-
mems.
Returning 70 irst or government
building, l will you TO the war ana
navy departu What's this2
A little looking iron
field piece, lr ieet long
and mounted pom trucks two
two feet high. the first breeCh-
loading cannon k n, and was used
by CorteZ III tn, inquest OF Mexico,
more than 800 yea ago. eve Thought
that gun was inv, cd since our civil
war;. | will ntiOn the fact
without describing It's crude construp-
ton. There stanu in row musket,
or rifle, or carbIne, used by infantry III
every war fought 81. America; one can
non of every arm )f the service OF the !
present day ,inciud ing the gatliu g,the re- |
voivlng cannon, T. great Dreecn-Ioauer |
of the navy and iolt; complete exhibit |
of the terrible tori 5do, with ali manner
of shot, shell, oil ctric and other APP
paratus used upon men.ot-war, in the
held and in the fortitications of our
country. Scattered over the floor of
this enclosure ire dozens of articles
actually used by Lieut.. Greedy in The
Arctic, incluc ng the tent in
which the poor remnant Of his com
nand was foun' the bags made ofpolar
ear skins, in Y lich they slept the long
yinter night, their shoes, clothes,
yuns, harpooE5 }, utensils. boats, sleds,
and forty other relics of that ill-Starred
though heroic expedition.
And here arc complete models OF stone
and iron lighthouses, as they stand off
our coasts, with the modes OF rejecting
light from 10 10 50 miles. Models OF
men of war, indeed of everything used
by the army and navy when guarding
or defendir our country. But what is
this curiou little thing, four feet long,
lying upon this table? A complete
geodetic model OF the coast OF the
United SGates and West Indies, the
Bahamas and along and up to Green
land, showing the ouths of every
stream, small and great, as they come
down from land, the projecting points
of land or penInsulas, the depth OF
water from lands aud to mid-ocean,
the size and height of islands and
fact complete view of our continent
along the coast with the water left en-
tirely out. 1t is as If the water was
sent away and you stood looking down
upon all the great and small basins
where it had been, and their bottoms
and sides lay completely uncovered.
a whole book could be written just here,
but must hurry on.
In the department of the interior l
ound every bird, every winged insect,
every wild animal, every reptile, every
fish, most of us ever heard of or saw In
the four grand divisions OF the world.
And more than this, there were restora- .
ions or models of extinct animals
known to have once existed but no Ion
ger found. The most prominent OF