The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-19
SOME or THE THINGS TO RE- SEEN
Leading Features of the Cotton State ES-
poeitiOn.

ATLANTA, GA. Sept. In COM
bined exhibit Of four or five collections of
fine musical instruments, at the
Cotton States Exposition. the makers
have amicably concluded 10 place their
products side by side. and TO give the pup
lie a chance to decide between their merits
by concerts performed daily in a paw
lion by accomplished artists
Perhaps the most generally interesting
OF the historical relies shown will be one
of the cannon which, though thousands
OF miles away. helped to save the day Tor
General Jackson at New Orleans. IL Is
a forty-two pound cast-iron gun, ana was
originally one Of the main battery OF the
French man-of-war Hoche. II was cap
tured by Sir John b. Warren, the English
commander, and sent to England, where
IL was sold to the Americans. Condemned
by our naval authorities after II had been
struck on the muZzle by a shot and badly
donted IL was turned over 10 the Hay
items, then I'm the midst of their war with
France After that 1t drifted back 10
this country i'm some way, and lay Tot
several years in "A naval JUNK shop III
South street, in New York city. II was
then mounted on the brig General Arm
strong in the fall OF 1914. This brig, whlle
living i'm the ha rbor of Fayal. was at
a
held them engaged so that they could not
reach New Orleans In time 10 assist the
British army in the fight there. The
Armstrong was afterwards sunk 10 keep
her from falling into the hands OF the
enemy, but this gun was recovered by
the Portuguese government and given 10
the United States.
Sportsmen will find pleasure in looking
at the stuffed skin Of the tarpon caught
with line and reel by Mrs. ;. H. Plant
when she was out with the cleveland
party. IL measures six feet ten lncnes
i'm length. and when living weighed 400
pounds Smokers have an object or stnuy
i'm a very large and fine display OF cigars
made at Tampa: forestry experts and
lumhermen. i'm a case containing specl-
mems of l3O different varieties OF WOODS
taken from the line of the system IN
Florida alone.
A large space is given TO a relief map
OF the State of Florida, on d horizontal
scale of two inches 10 the mile. ana or
one inch 10 80 feet elevation II shows all
the rivers. bags and islands accurately
as far as surveyed and Is modelled as To
the rest according 10 the best accounts
obtainable also, the lighthouses and the
railroad and steamship lines operated ~
the Plants.
Oit the hdlAS are lAhHS pANNHt'S -
pnate mines. including vertical sectors
showing the men digging inside and IN"
node Of conveying the brok n rock 70
the surface. Models Of the ships ara ran
road trains of the Plant system have also
been PREPARED The finest Of the ships Is
tie one now building at Newport News,
reported by those who have studied her
designs 20 be as fine a vessel as the -.
Louis. Her model is eight feet long.
III. .l.lE
be that OF a freight train half the actual
size The train consists Of four cars, each
thirty feet long by four and one-half
wide. and loaded respectively with lum
Der naval stores. cotton and fruit.
Next TO the pyramid is going up Moor
ish pavilion suggestive Of he relies OF
old Spanish architecture still remaining
in the Land of Flowers; and a little FUR
the along palmetto hut-literally what
it claims to be. for everything Of II and In
il will be made of palmetto wood or bark
or leaves.
The transportation building IS another
without many particularly salient feat
ures. In fact. after the matter rad been
pretty thoroughly canvassed IL was de-
cided not 70 push the work OF collecting
exhibits TO- this building very hard; so.
as a reques. for 1900 feet OF space came
along at that time from the republic or
Mexico. and as the space was wanted all
in one piece, and there happened 10 be
no other area of that size vacant, sec
ton of the transportation building was
set apart for the miscellaneous Mexican
display.
The most noticeable fact In connection
with the exhibition of general means or
iocOmotior is the vast array OF bicycles
of all sorts and patterns which have come
In for space.
The one striking single exhibit will he
a model OF the Nicaragus Canal. showing
the topography OF the land In relief. ana
the lakes and streams with real water
I'm them.
The Plant system OF steamships ana
railways will have three separate build
jngs. each unique in its way, besides exs
hibitIng In the transportation building
vestibule limited train fully equipped,
with which IL conveys passengers directly
from New York city to its Tampa hotel
Ira buildings are grouped on one or the
most conspicuous sites on the fair
grounds on the same high plateau with
the United States government building
and tust TO the east Of II. The principal
building is a fovr-slded pyramid, built
on the familiar Egyptianlroport and
100 feet square. The framework Is OF
wood, but the sides are covered with
rough phosphate material mined along
the company's lines. This 10 sct In bed