The Red Cloud chief., 1895-04-05
ExuOsItlOn Notes.

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statos and international exhibition will
oe very complete.
The forest resources will be shown,
aside from maps and charts, and other
graphic illustrations, as to their amount
and distribution, by a series OF twenty
monographs displays, showing each one
Of tho economically important tree spe-
cies which form the bulk OF the lumber
production Of the South. Here will be
seen, in monster frames, made OF the
trees themselves, a full description OF
the tree, in its foliage and fruit, it's tim.
Der, it's range OF distribution, and all in.
formation desirable regarding the nature
OF the wood and it's application in the
arts.
Among other attractive features of
the exhibit OF the United States Fish
Commission at the Cotton States and
international Exposition the scientific
Investigations Of the commission viii
loo illustrated by casts Of fish and other
animals from life, and by collections Of
spoDges, oysters and other shell fish,
crabs, Holsters and shrimps, corals, sea
lilies, sea pens and numerous other
materials brought up in the dredging
and trawling apparatus by the vessels
of the Commission. The apparatus
used in the collection of these objects
will also be shown, as we'll as the com.
plicated instruments accessory to the
work Of deep sea and inland investiga.
ton.
The committee on promotion for the
woman's department OF the Exposition
have arranged a series Of musicales in
New York City, and-in this way il is pro.
posed to raise funds with which to pre-.
pare a creditable exhibit Of woman's
work for the metropolis.
In a letter discussing public questions
Col. A. X. Mcclure. the veteran editor
OF the Philadelphia Times. who is on a
southern tour. commends the Cotton
States and International Exposition as
follows:
al hope Florida will make an earnest
and united effort to aid the Atlanta
Exposition. 1t should be a landmark
in the history Of southern progress, and
every state south OF the Potomac should
make common cause IN the great work.
Great has been the advancement Of the
southern states during the last dozen
years. You have hardly reached the be.
ginning Of the southern development
and the Atlantic exposition should be
made the most successful illustration OF
industrial possibilities and achievements
in its reconstructed state"
MI. Il. g. DeLeon, who was in Atlanta
the past week, has been appointed by
the mayor Of Mobile as the representa-.
tive OF that city at the Birmingham
convention to provide an exhibit for
Alabama at the Cotton States aud Inter.
national Exposition.
Mr.. DeLeon has been interviewed by
the Atlanta Constitution on the subject
Of a Carnival for the. Exposition, and
the idea has been endorsed by the Elk.
position Executive Committee.
MI. Charles J. Foster. a distinguished
mechanical engineer, who installed the
machinery at the worlds fair, has been
engaged to do the same work for the
Cotton States and International Exposi.
ton. He begins work at once.
Space has been granted to the Van
Wrinkle company OF Atlanta to erect and
operate a cotton seed oil mill.
Sheriff Galloway, a famous connois-
seur in barbecues, has applied for a con
c~ession to run a barbecue at the Cotton
States and International Exposition.
The barbecue is "a f~avorite institution
in Georgia, and the concession will
doubtless be granted. Sheriff Galloway,
who holds that office in Ebert county,
Is quite a character in Georgia, and may
be described physically, as an enlarged
edition of Joel Chandler Harris. He
maintains that the true cuisine of the
barbecue is a lost art, and he only lives
to keep it from oblivion. The secrets OF
the chef are to be willed to his son.
An address to the colored people OF
the south has been issued by the colored
commissioners OF the Cotton States and
international Exposition, setting forth
the nature and purpose OF the colored
exhibit, and intended to stir up interest
and enthusiasm among the negroes.
The address is signed by the full COM
mittee OF colored commissioners, and
!, will be widely circulated among the ne
groes OF the south.
In adding Sousa's band to the list Of
the great musical attractions to be Civ.
en- during the term Of the Cotton States
/. and international Exposition, the man.
agement has secured, for the charm Of
the visitors, what is probably the finest
musical organization Of it's kind on earth.
Beginning with the 18th Of November,
Sousa's band will furnish the music for
the vast auditorium Of the Exposition,