The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-09
FLORIDA's EXHIBIT.
What That state Is Showing Mt the
Pam american.

Pan-Ame rican.
Buffalo, May S.-A visit to the horticul-
ture building and surrounding conserva-
tories is worth the price of admission.
Here Florida has a most interesting ex-
hibit. Among the rare things which par
ticuIarly please the Northern people are
eighteen pineapple trees bearing fruit,
eight cocoanut palms that reach almost
to the ceiling, a great many green and
ripe cocoanuts in clusters, a quantity of
palmetto fiber and two magnificent yucca
gloriosa trees. In about three weeks there
will be added to this exhibit a fine dis
play of oranges, grape fruit, wine, etc,
etc. One carload arrived yesterday;
others are on the way. The commission
ers from Florida are T. M. Wier of Tam
pa, c. c. Challar of Arcadia and Freder
lex Pfeifer of Jacksonville. The most en-
ergetid member of the commission, 1t is
but just to say, is MIR. Pfeifer. He is TAX
ing a great deal of interest in the exhibit
and spending his own money to make it
a. success. He is here now working on
H. but returns to Florida in few days
to get other material. Just over the en-
trance to the space containing the ex-
hibit in rustic letters is the sentence
FLORIDA Fruits" The roof of the en-
closure is painted so as 20 represent the
fruits of the state. The posts which sup
port the dome are treated SO as to resem-
BILE cabbage palmettos. On the apex of
the dome is a golden pineapple.
The Chamber of Commerce at Los
Angeles, Cal, has an exhibit in the horti-
culture building in an enclosure which
resembles the old Spanish missions yet to
be found in California. This is outlined in
oranges. At a distance it looks like
border of yellow gold. The central arch
way is surmounted by a hfe-sized ele-
phant made of English walnuts. Inside
there are oranges, wines, fruits of every
description, cotton and almost everything
else that grows. The exhibit is in charge
of Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins of Los Angeles,
who have a cordial greeting and generally
an orange or two for their visitors. They
were at Nashville and Atlanta, and say
they left many friends in both cities.
The Filipino exhibit exctes much Curl
osity. One large portion of the exhibit
consists of agricultural implements and
products There is the primitive plough
and rake used in the rice fields, knives
for cutting rice straw rice sifters bas-
kets and Selves models of rice mills, ana
finally the rice itself. Next comes the
famous Manila hemp in huge skeins, like
fiaxen hair, or made up into ropes ana
cables. There are sugar baskets and
bales, and native sugar of various grades
tobacco, coffee, indigo dye stuffs, cocoa
nut fibre and oil and the beautiful and
wonderfully delicate pima cloth, made
from pineapple fiber. Most abundant or
all is the bamboo, which the Filipino
adapts to every conceivable use. There
are bedsteads of bamboo chairs, tables,
brushes, milk Jars, rakes, RATS, and
strangest of all musical instruments
Hardly hess important is rattan
of which the native constructs
baskets, balls, mats and numerous other
household articles The palm leaf IS
everywhere in evidence, for roofs, hats,
cloaks. fans, baskets, etc. The collection
includes all kinds of fishery apparatus,
lines, nets, RATS, boats, baskets, etc. The
tools of the various trades are also well
represented, such as a complete carpen-
tiers kit, carriage and harness makers
tools, masons' tools, tinsmith's outht,
farriers implements, etc. Visitors ma
much to interest them in the household
utensils and appliances, not the least GU
rious of which are the little earthenware
stoves, of which no well appointed kitch-
en- contains less than half a dozen. Then
there are spoons and bowls of cocoanut
shell, knives and forks of buffalo bone,
grassbrooms, bamboo bird cages, pottery,
water bottles, baskets Of every size and
description.
quite a different side of life i'm the ISL
ands is shown by the gorgeous embroid-
cred silk and satin gowns worn by the
bellies OF Manila; lace mantillas, embroid-
cred and lace handkerchiefs and scarfs,
neck laces, bracelets and other Jewelry.
Intellectual products have not been for
gotten. There are books on all subjects,
printed in Manila, school books and ex-
animation papers, printed music. includ-
ing a piece dedicated to Aguinaldo.
Among the art products are shell, horn
and wood carvings. A reminder OF the
Spanish government is to be found in the
collection of postage stamps. coins and
paper money. tax receipts, proclamations,
etc. There are also Spanish guns and 9TH
er weapons. Alongside Of these are many
curious native weapons captured by our
troops. armor made OF Buffalo hide,
spears knives and bolos, bows and ar
rows and most singular of an cannon
made with wood wound with wire The
exhibit is supplemented by several hun
dred mounted photographs, colored pic
lures of flowers and plants, and a small
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