The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15
InO6 H0RM SCENES.
Interesting Scenic Lecture By Ar
thur jackson.
VIEWS or HISTORIC PLACES,

and Its 0ee0e OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
essse Plssa-Ola Fsrt. Rssxea.
Massive, Impregnable - Orange
Groves ana Tropical Foliage.
Arthur jackson. r. n. G. s.. F. s. A.
and r. i. Inst. who represented Florida
at the Worlds fair, delivered a lecture
yesterday on Florida, historic and pic
turesque. at the state university. Mr..
Jackson Is an eminent scientist. He
talked yesterday with an ease and flu
ency that lent a great charm to his adj
dress. His descriptions were graphic and
varied. his language choice and his voice
Gear ard well modulated. He Ilustrat-
ed the lecture with beautiful pictures
dung on screen with kinesoscope
managed by Prof. Dant.
The lecturer began by saying that Flor
Ida WAS the oldest state in the Union his
torically. but youngest when considered
In respect to industrial progress. Giving
brief sketch of Florida and her people,
he took his audience on a journey from
Savannah to Jacksonville, whose harbor,
filled with ships. is situated on the noble
81. Johns river. with its broad bosom
and majestic sweeps and curves. The
kinetoscope's illustration Of the harbor
was impressive, the river, the ships and
the housetops rising beyond making
beautiful grouping. More views of the
river were presented while Mr.. jackson
continued his address explaining them.
The lecturer told OF the enormous num-
Der of tourists that passed through Flor
ida, and showed views Of the big hotels,
relating all about them. Then he gave
pictures Of the city park, flied with trop-
ical shrubs and oaks. pictures OF antique
looking houses. with trees and bushes
around them. followed in quick succession,
and OF the old curiosity shops with their
delightful treasures, the joy OF the sa-
want; rare birds. beasts, fans. screens,
strange flowers. walkingsticks. sea beans.
alligators. their eggA everything, In
fact, rare and curious that the sunny
South produces.
Then came views Of orange groves. old
streets In Jacksonville. and here IN connec-
ton with the orange grove Mr.. jackson
remarked that Florida far surpassed Cali
fornia as q fruit producer. raising 1000
times more carloads Of oranges than all
the fruit product of California. Next fol-
lowed a beautiful picture Of the st. Johns
river and a steamboat. Proceeding, Mr..
jackson took his hearers Is miles up the
broad river, at some places three and four
miles from shore to shore, and often fol-
lowing straight course for fifteen and
twenty miles. The different pictures
showed the opposite shore vague and dis
tant and fringed with the forest wealth
OF the South, while on the near shore the
trees stood out clear and distinct against
the calm bosom OF the waters. making
view rich in beauty Here and there.
when the river curved. a bay would be
formed large enough to float the biggest
fleet OF war chips in the world. Mr.. Jack
son said that an observer gazing at the
| st. Johns Is filed with an inexarsssihlA
reverence for the exquisite loneliness or
the scene. the poetry Of heaven. Next fol-
lowed picture OF Harriet Beecher Stoves
house. shaded by the magnolia, the home
Of the mocking-bird and the graceful
palm. Here many years ago the Indians
massacred the whites. but now all is the
embodiment of peace and tranquility.
Picture after picture followed OF mirror
| live rivers, rejecting the soft clouds Of
heaven and the trees on their banks; Of
forests. of towns and houses and streets;
OF orange groves and gardens.
The lecturer described the wonderful
source OF the ST. Johns river. fathom-
less. sequestered basin OF water. towards
whose bottom a movement is seen going
on, but that is ali. and not even the light
OF the sun can penetrate down 10 It's
| depths and learn whence II comes. He
| then took his audience stiii further up the
river and told about other places end their
histories. st. Augustine and its great ca
| thedral received their share OF attention,
| the cathedral has been standing for about
three centuries: views Of the seawail, etc,
were presented and commented apon. The
| Plaza an old place full of historic mem
. cries. and made beautiful with many ma
pie trees and fair flowers. was next pre-
sented- Here stands an old monument
erected TO commemorate the adoption OF
| the Spanish constitution in 1872: here also
| IL what Is supposed to be the old slave
market A view OF the old Catholic ca
| thedral came next. with its ancient belfry
and bells. one OF which was made in 1853.
80 placed az TO form a cross. The inte-
ricr OF the belfry Is covered with a picture
| Of the Spanish nrst landing on the Florida
| coast st. George street was then dis
| GUESSED, being very narrow. usually about
seventeen or eighteen feet In width, and
overhung by the balconies of the old
houses on each side. the whole being redo
| lent Of the historic past. A View Of an
other ~reet followed. where carriage
could hardly pass through.
One OF the most interesting views was
thar OF old Fort Marion begun By Spain
as far back as 1920. when the pilgrims were
| first founding their colony farther north,
and continued N 175e Numerous pictures
of the fort were flashed on the screen,
showing its different features. rugged and
massive. Once the fort was used a.
prison for Indians and Mexscans, but now
IL IL deserted, save for the tourists who
often visit IL. Ii was built for 100 guns
and would require 100 men TO garrison
fl. and 1t is the largest in America. II Is
well nigh impregnabse. once having with
stood a siege for forty days. The entrance
gate il exceedingly interesting. above Il
being Spain's coast of arms and an In
scripfion OF f1G. inside. the court yard
| presents a historic appearance. Piles of
neatly arranged cannon balls are here and
there. The waiie around are beginning 10
show Their age and look cold and neg
lected AT one side Is the entrance to the
| dungeon. where many human being has
| nerished and whose 6reary walls and
4 vaai.tea roof .eern harxh and cruel fr The