Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-07-25
THE EDITOR OF THE LEDGER
TAKES A SPELL AT GOSSIP
ING ABOUT WORLDS FAIR
MATTERS.
MISSOURI MINERALS AND APPLES,
The Grand Old State Must be All
Right and Above Ground when
Il Rains-The Editor Talks
About the Worries
Of Debt

BUFFALO, n. VI promised the
LEDGER to write something about
the big Pan American show. l
promised my family to rest during nv
vacation, and it would be the hardest
kind Of work to describe the big show.
/ make it a rule never to tell my wife
or the LEDGER what is not true, 50 /
viii keep both of my promises by
simply writing a goSSiping letter. It
is not work to gossip, you know. Some
people we know consider it rest, in
fact a recreation.
The Pan-American Exposition is
complete.
Its transcendent beauties and com
prehensive exhibits are viewed, n
ioyed and praised by great throngs Of
visitors daily.
There are accommodations in Buffa-
10 and its suburbs for all who may
visit the Exposition.
The rates at the hotels, boarding
houses, restaurants and private houses
for lodging and meals are reasonable
These statements are made on the
authority Of the Exposition officials
with a view OF counteracting as far as
possible false and misleading reports
which have gained currency in GER
tain localities.
No other exposition has offered 50
many fine attractions Never before
has human interest been so gracious
" catered to. The illumination is
the grandest and most inspiring
spectacle eve produced by the genius
OF man Bathed in incandescent radi-
ance the Rainbow City possesses a
beauty exceeding that Of fairyland, a
loveliness beyond expression.
BY day the scene is one neye to be
forgotten. Unequal is the most facile
pen 70 an adequate description Of the
magnificent architecture and beauti-
full %coloring Of the palaces, grand
sculpture, cooling fountains, smiling
lakes, wealth Of flora, waving foliage
and grass covered glades, delightful
yistas, and rising high above all else
Its pinnacle piercing the low-lying
clOuds-a tower Of graceful proper
tions and amazing splendOT, upon
and about which the newest and
~grandest ideas Of genius are fttingly
exploited.
Passing from the enchanted courts
into the splendid palaces one reads in
the comprehensive exhibits the story
Of development and progress in the
New World during the Nineteenth
Century, vast discovery, stupendous
invention, marvellous advancement,
which constitute an example never
before furnished in the revolution OF
time.
Admission TO all the exhibit build
ings of Che Exposition is free. In this
group are included the great Govern
ment Machinery and Transportation,
Manufacturers and Liberal Arts,
Electricity, Fine Arts, Horticulture,
Mines, Graphic Arts, Ordnance, Agri-
culture and Heavy Railway Exhibits
Buildings, in which the visitor might
spend with profit to himself several
days. The great Stadium. in which
sports are held daily, is also free.
Nowhere before have 50 many
m~eritorious attractions been offered
for the sum Of 50 cts. for adults and IS
cts. for children at the Pan-American
Exposition. These include daily con-
certs by the best bands on the western
hemisphere, organ recitals by the
leading organists Of the United States
and drills by United States Marines
United States Heavy ARTILLERY, Unit
ed States Life Saving Corps, and Unit
ed Hospital corps. There are grand
displays Of fire works On special days.
II viii interest Mexico and Audrain
county people who are now interested
in mining to read the following:
Missouri's exhibit in the Mines
Building is an instructive illustration
Of the mineral resources Of the State.
Zinc and lead comprise the most
prominent features Of the exhibit. A
fEll line Of the ores just as they came
out Of the ground is shown. The min
erals are also shown In different stages
Of preparation for commercial uses.
Pigs Of lead ready for shipment are
piled up on one side Of the entrance
10 the exhibit and lead and zinc 10
other commercial forms are shown.
Various erystallzations Of South Mis-
souri, minerals, including calclte,
dolomite, galena lead and barite
occupy one case, and a rare and ex-
tremely fine collection Of crystalizing
OF zinc occupies another and attracks
much attention. Granite building
blocks said 20 be equal, II not superior,
20 the Scotch granite are shown.
Keolin from which china ware is made
is shown with the ware made from 1t.
A large disc OF tripoli from which
gravity flteH 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,
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 consisting Of a fifteen hun
dred pound specimen Of zinc and sew
eral Others weighing In the vicinity Of
1000 pounds. At least six tons OF ore
are Included IN this portion OF the
exhibit
MISSOURI APPLES.
The inst early apples exhibited at
the Psn-American Exposition came In
from Missouri and were put on exhi-
bition July s The variety is the
Early Harvest a well known and
delicious summe apple Of the Mis-
sissippl VALLEY. The shipment came
from Southern Missouri and is made
from the earliest products Of one of
the finest apple belts Of the union.
I hope By this time you have had
g0d rains. The crops look fine all
through the East after yOu pass
Western Illinois, and I think there
has been more rain In Eastern Mis-