The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-03-28
Edward Stephens, ACT, Henderson, N.
INTEREST AWAKENING,
and international Exposition to be
Held in Atlanta Next Fall.

held in Atlanta Next Fall.
One of the most interesting exhibits in
the machinery department at the Cotton
States and International Exposition,
will be the practical exposition of the
process by which gold is extracted from
the soil Mr.. John Wilkes, of the Meek
lenburg Iron Company, OF Charlotte,
n. c., has completed arrangements for a
separate building in which the company
he represents will exhibit the new chlori-
nation process OF extracting gold from
the soil The building will be a large and
one, and will house one OF the
most interesting exhibits ever seen at
any exposition. The exhibit will be kept
in operation during all hours when the
gates of the Exposition are open, and
will be of peculiar interest to those in
terested in the new gold fields which are
being opened in different parts of the
Piedmont section, as well as to gold
miners from all parts OF the world.
The Department of Justice will make a
small but interesting exhibit in the Gov
eminent building at the Cotton States
and International Exposition. 1t will
include portraits OF eminent men who
have occupied positions as Attorney
General OF the United States from the
time of Randolph, in 1889, up to the
presently year. Among these will be
many distinguished men from the South
ern States. Printed copies of Supreme
Court reports in historic cases, will be on
exhibition. In the same department
will be exhibited photographs of United
States prisons. In this connection, the
prisoners will be shown in various kinds
of employment and discipline, together
with souvenirs showing the ingenuity OF
men in solitary confinement. Among
these will be such curious relics as keys
whitfield from brOOmsticks and used to
unlock prison doors, saws made from
dinner knives and used TO cut through
iron doors, and canes curiOuSly wrought
from polished woods and horn. The
whole prison system will be illustrated in
an interesting manner.
The Buildings and Grounds Commit
tee of the Cotton States and Internation-
al Exposition has just closed a contract
with DR.. P. j. Rerckmans, the proprie-
tor of Fruitlands Nurseries, of Augusta,
for shrubs and evergreens with which
to ornament the Exposition Park. DR..
Berckmans is president OF the Georgia
Horticultural Society, and has been hon
ored by the presidency OF the national
society of the same name. He is one of
the most eminent scientific hOrticultu-
rists OF America and has for years made
a study OF the possibilities of the South
ern States in growing fruits, shrubs and
flowers. A very wide variety OF plants
has been secured and they will be ar
ranged SO as to show to the greatest ad-
vantage the various hues of the foliage.
The lake will be bordered with running
honeysuckle and the park will be elabo-
rately Ornamented with shrubs and ever
greens and such flowers as may begrown
in the autumn. A competent landscape
gardener has been employed, and will
begin planting at once. By the 18th of
September the park will present a rare
scene of beauty.
The courts have granted charter to
the Mexican Village Company, which
will erect a typical village on the Ter
races, at the Cotton States and Interna-
tional Exposition grounds, and the work
OF construction will proceed at once. This
will be one OF the most attractive for
eign Villages on the Terraces, and will
reproduce literally, the characteristic
scenes of Mexico.
One of the most interesting and in
structive features OF the Government
display in the Forestry building at the
Cotton States and International Expo
sition will be a set of three models, the
one to represent 16O-acre farm in the
hill lands of the South, which by bad
management, and especially by improper
cutting of the forest, has become quilted,
furrowed and sifted over, such as one
can see almost in every State.
The next model will show how with
bush dams, with ditching, proper drain
age. with terracing, with sodding and re-
planting, the lost ground may be re-
senting the same 16O acres, is to show
with the fields and meadows and forest
dition. the roads running at proper levels
duced to the smallest extent practicable.
1t is hoped that this object lesson will
be studied by every farmer and stimu-
late him to improved methods.
\ beautiful feature of the Forestry
exhibit to be made by the United States
Government Bureau of Forestry at the
Cotton States and International Expo
sition will be the substitution of trans
parencies for the bare glass in the win
dows of the building. The Transparent
cies will show series OF beautiful views
OF the most important timber trees, and
these pictures will be surrounded by
transparencies OF the leading saw-mill
establishments of the South
At recent meeting the committee on
concessions and privileges granted to
kee Owyang, Chinaman representing
New York company. the right to erect
the Chinese Village at the Cotton States
and International Exposition. This
village will be of characteristic, Chinese
architecture, and one hundred and sixty
feet square. 1t will be surrounded by
wall, and inside will be Chinese theatre,
booths, flower gardens, tea houses, and
all manner of Chinese attractions. Chi
nese merchants will have on sale their
rich and unique wares, and the village
will be a veritable little Chinatown The
cOncessiOnaire is an educated Chinese
gentleman, and is backed by ample capt.
tai. The Chinese Village will be one of
the best attractions on the picturesqe
Terraces the Midway of the Atlanta
Fair.
Work on the Scenic Railway at the
Cotton States and International Expo
sition is proceeding rapidly, and it will
be ready for opening by the first OF May.
Under his contract, the concessionaire
VIII De permitted to operate his scenic
railway from the time OF it's completion,
So that this summer it will be a favorite
recreation for those visiting the EXPOSE
ton grounds before the opening of the
gates on the 18th of September. The
railway is about $500 feet long, and
carries the visitor rapidly through a
magnificent and brilliant scene including
long caverns, brilliantly lighted with
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tites and other famous natural wonders.
Among slimpses of foreign lands, proba-
bly, the most interesting will be scenes
from Japan, one representing Port Ar
thur, which was recently captured by
the japanese after a severe conflict The
railway will be one OF the great attrac-
tons of the Terraces
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