The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12
The Exposition Again.
THE GOOD 1T Is DOING MIssIssIPPI-rHE
e BURNING OF PoMPEr.

EprroR CLARION Ny attention has
been called to two omissions in my article
Of lsst week. One was the Excursion rate
from Jackson,--it is four dOllara and nj
toen cents for the round trip, with ticket TO
the Exposition free; the other il that these
Excursion tickets are only sold Monday's
aud TUESDAYS Of each week, aud are good
for one week from the day OF sale--eheap
enough in all conscience.
That the Exposition is destined to prove
Of immense advantage TO the State OF Mis-
si4sippi, in attracting the attention OF CAPT
talists TO her immense natural resources,
specially her fine timber, admits lof no
doubt and ere long the flow of capital TO
this State. will make her flourish as she
has never done before, even In her best
days before the war. The magnificent DIS
play made by Mississippi at the last Expo
sition, and at the present one, Is bearing
good fruit and well repays the State Tor her
outlay. The varied agricultural products
OF Mississippi in grain, fruits, and grasses,
dIspelled the delusion that existed among
the people Of the North that Mississippi
only produced cotton and nothing else
II is true that most Of her agriculturists
are almost crazy on Gotten, but It is equal
Nv true that as good corn, oats, wheat, grass
and fruit as is produced in Illinois, can be
raised in Mississippi by those who will not
rive all their time and attention to cotton,-
! probably not so much TO the acre, but Just
as good. -.
Speaking Of the impression which Mis-
sisslppi timbers made at the last EXPOSE
ton, the New Orleans Times Democrat says {;
THE FRUITS OF THE EXPOSITION.
The Interior Department recognizes the
fact that the late Worlds Industrial Expo
eition has been productive OF most lmpor-
tant results and calls special attention 10
the large purchases of timber land in
Mississippi within the past few months.
No State made finer or more attractive
exhibit of its timber resources last year
than old mississippi, and visitors here had
their attention called to the variety OF the
epecimens on exhibition, their size and
value. The result ia seen to-day in heavy
purchases OF wooded land in Mississippi,
both private and government land, by
people from the North and West. lmmi-
grafton will follow, and industries will
sprine into existence as result OF these
Investments and Mississippi will. for
many years to come, be reaping fruit from
the seed she planted here.
II is. Of course, far too early TO form
any Just or proper estimate q the benenclal
results Of the Exposition. Thatcannot be
done for many years yet to come !; but such
facts as have already crept out about it,
such are are given in the report oil the
Interior Department-are Significant proof
that this early in the day we are reaping
the fruit of the Exposition, and that It is
Already bringing capital, immigration, en-
terprise and industry into the South each
State reaping as she sowed.
While there isenoUgh 10 see at the Expo
sition in the display made by the States OF
the Union and Foreign countries to crafty
the taste Of the most exacting, the
DESTRUCTION OF PoMPEII,
Exhibited only at night, upon Tuesdays,
THURSDAYS and Saturdays, il wonderful
triumph of the genius of its exhibitor,
Prof. Pain. of London, and to see it alone,
is worth the trip to New Orleans. History
tells us that Pompeii was a city of some
Importance five hundred years before
Christ. and when destroyed was probably a
CITY Of one hundred and fifty thousand
inhabitants. After being menaced with
destruction several times before, upon the
oath, day Of August, of the year 20, the
CITY was overwhelmed with lava by the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius and totally
DESTROYED. 1t is this that Prof. Paine frsl
exhibited in London, then at Manhattan
Beach, New York, last Simmer, and now
at the New Orleans Exposition. 1t isa
magnificent spectacle and no pen can do
justice to its splendor. The destruction
OF the city is precededSby an exhibition Of
the games, amu-ements, giadiatorisl con-
tests and religious ceremonies prevalent in
those DAYS. Some three hundred persons
take part in the exhibition, and the
method ical manner in which the whole
programme is executed, makes it the most
Interesting and the most impressive exhibi-
ton Of fireworks ever witnessed in this
country.
Go and zee the Exposition and see "The
Last Days of Pompeii,s and you will
thank the Exposition for afording you 20
much information and so much pleasure
for so little money.
G. d. BusTAMASTE.