The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-13

BUFFALO. y. Y. June BIN the
Louisiana exhibit in the Agriculture
Building Of TIE Pan-American EXPOSE
ton King Cotton occupies the most
conspicuous place. Forty varieties of F
seed and sixty of lint cotton are shown
different varieties are displayed in min
iature bales. Several fuii-sized bales
as they are prepared fer shipment are +
also shown. Cotton seed is shown in q .
large number Of jaIs; cotton seed oil IN /
tall glass bottles The seed is also /
shown after undergoing different com /
merciaI processes The cotton seed .
cake. which Is a product after the oil IS .
pressed out IS also exhibited This +
cake when ground makes cotton seed /
meal. which Is used as feed Tor cattle .
and as a fertilizer sulphur and rock
salt are shown IN the exhibit, the for
ner Of gSis per cent purity and the
latter IS per cent Both the rock salts
are from the fields of Louisiana, which
contain an inexhaustible amount Of
these products An interesting feature
Is an illustration Of the products 81 fat
pine. \ piece OF the wood is shown to-
setker with its products, turpentnne,
tar, oil, creosote, pyroligneous acid,
wood alcohol. and charcoal The char
red remains Of the wood after these
products have been extracted Is shown
beside the natural wood
\ striking feature of the exhibit is
sweet potato weighing 122 pounds
Thirty-five varieties of sweet potatoes
in eleven varieties are displayed Along
one end of the exhibit bales Of moss are
piled. one bale showing the moss as
taken from the tree and others show
| ing the prepared pToCuct, and the fin
ished moss ready for use by the uphoI-
Sterer. Twenty-Five kinds Of hay, some
| of 1t being the famous alfalfa variety.
/ are shown in model bales, twelve varie-
/ ties of wheat in jars, and five of oats
An exhibit that will be most interest
/ Ing to smokers IS one of peTique tobacco
! and cigars. Raw tobacco and cigars in
boxes are shown in considerable guam
titles.
MissourTs exhibit in the Mines Build
ing is an instructive illustration OF the
! mineral resources of the State Zinc
I and lead comprise the most prominent
/ features OF the exhibit. A full line OF
/ the ores Just as they cane out Of the
ground IS shown The minerals are also
+ shown IN different stages Of preparation
for commercial uses. Pigs Of lead rea-
7 DIV for shipment are piled UP on one
. side Of the entrance to the exhibit and
/ lead and zinc in other commercial
/ forms are shown Various cryStallIza-
( tons Of south Missouri minerals, in
Guiding calcite, doIomite, galena dead,
and barite occupy one case. and a rare
and extremely fine collection Of cTys-
affiliations OF zinc occupies another and
attracts much attention Granite build
ing blocks. said 10 be equal, If not SUI
perior, TO the Scotch granite, are shown
KeOIin from which china ware Is made
/ is shown. with the ware made from It
a large disc Of tTipOli, from which
gravity filters are made, IS an interest
/ ing exhibit
/ Many samples of lead ores from JOp-
lin, southwest Missouri, are exhibited.
Another interesting exhibit from the
same place consists of white lead,
I caught from the fumes Of a lead fur
mace. This lead is ground with oil and
/ made into paint. Joplin IS the only
place except Bristol. England IN which
/ this process Of utilizing the lead fumes
Is in vogue. In a pOrtico Of the Mines
Building Missouri has an exhibit con
sisting Of a 1900 pound specimen OF
zinc and several others weighing in the
vicinity Of 1000 pounds At least six
tons Of ore are included in this portion
= Of the exhibit.
An instructive exhibit Of flint nipple
ments from NH Creek, Union county.
J HI occupies five cases in the balcony
Of the ethnology building. Rough pieces
o. Tint are shown in different stages
: Of completeness and Incompetence On
: the left a number Of blocks Of flint are
, shown, and as one walks along the lne
J Of cases he sees the various implements
! assuming more nearly finished cOndi-
! ton. and finally the complete flint
: spade. hammer. ak. knife, or whatever
{ domestic OF agricultural implement the
? crude work produced
In working the rough tools a stone
bearing some resemblance to the sha pc
? ( the implement IS to assume IS usually
p selected TO save labor in chipping and
= . taking the rough block
. Many Of the implements are extreme
, { Is crude, being hardly more than nat
stones Used, probably, IN eXCaTatingi
[ and round hard stones used IN pounding
and taking the larger pieces Of flint
[ Many OF the stone spades and axes
. however, are Clipped down to a re-
markabIe degree OF thinness and mus
have made very effective tools.
T. There IS a group Of official treaties
= in the exhibit Of the United States De
n paTtmEuJ OF state at the exposition
q which excited much curiosity One o.
@ these IS written in Greek on a slab o.
@ white PenteIIcan marble 1t was found
/ among the ruins Of the AcropOlis an,
= / belongs 10 the age Of PericIes. 1t Is
= treaty between the Atheuians an
ChaIcideans- The translation, made b.
Prof. Basil GiIdeTsleeve. Johns HOpkin
j University, accompanies it. It was sen
q TO the United States Department o.
n state by General Merideth Read whe1
q he was Minister TO Greece. but has nev
II CT before been permitted to leave tn
ii ( department building at Washington
q Another curious treaty is in the form
Of the tooth Of a sea monster, presum
ably shark. sent to the President o
the United States by the Chief of tn
n Fiji Islands. There are many others
?, but these two represent the extreme 0
- foreign diplomatic negotiations
A papieT mache reproduction of tn
Chicago Sanitary Canal Will be show
- in the Illinois Building at the Pan
= American Exposition. The model
u forty feet long and FIVE feet wide. an
; shows every feature Of the canal. from
Il the moutil of the Chicago River to III
IS / controlling works at LOckpUrt
4 large Catch of Hardheads.
CRISFIELD. Nd, June I3.-Capfar