The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-07-18


we'll known and delicious summer
apple OF the Mississippi valley. The
| shipment came from Southern Mis-
souri, and is made from the earliest
| products of one OF the finest apple
| belts OF the Union. Com missioner
| Bell has Just returned from Missouri
and has arranged for an exhibit of
| the Stone Hill Wine Company Of
| Hermana, Missouri. He says it will
| be the greatest wine exhibit ever
shown from points between the Mis-
sissippi River and the Rocky Noun
tains. The Stone Hill Wine Company
possesses a cellar capacity and carries
a stock Of wine unsurpassed by any
| firm in the United States. Commits
sioner Bell says this Company has 4
fortune in its wine cellars. all Of
which are below ground. More than
| twenty brands Of Missouri wines are
exhibited in the Horticulture Build
| ing, including the famous BLACK
Pearl, wine which won the medal
| Dor at the Paris Exposition. 1t is
| claimed by Mr.. Bell that the Missouri
wines rival if they do not exec! those
| Of California.
Mr.. Scott, uperintendent of the
| Horticulture has the finest display Of
roses on the Pan American grounds
ever seen in the United States.
Twenty thousand blush roses are now
in full bloom. In walking through
his rose gardens one is reminded of
the famous valley Of Cashmere where
| for centurie, the altar Of roses has
been made. 1t is possible this indus
| try may yet be introduced on a large
| scale into the United States.
The visitor to the PanAmerican
| Exposition should not fail to examine
the group of buildings erected by the
South American, Central American
and Mexican Republics. In these
buildings are displayed products
peculiar to the country they repre-
sent. Take for instance Honduras.
An unique agricultural display first
arrests your attention, then there are
| highly coIored cotton cloths. woven
by the natives Of Honduras, but the
most interesting single feature of
thi. exhibits the ruins of the ancient
tll VI " pan Iio N1tf w dS OulIt
on a vast plain two thousand feet
above the sea level and is surrounded
| by mountains which average three
| thousand feet above the plateau they
encircle. Spanish history is silent
about this wonderful ruin, said to be
six thousand years old. In the niche
set part for the sculpture marbles,
columns, etc. OF Copan are some Won
| derfuily carved heads Of idols, % men
and women. Some of these heads
are classic in outline. Two symm .tri-
cal women are robcd in dresses which
might have been made in the CITY Of
| Rome at the time Of her greatest
| power. There are stone eagles
| splendidly carved and tables bearing
| inscriptions in characters as vet I'M
| known and undeciphered by the
| archeol0gist.
The Mexican Building contains
many interesting souvenirs Of the
times Of the Aztec5. Conspicuously
displayed here is an oil painting Of
King MonteZuma surrounded By his
courtiers. The figures and the land
scape arc of especial interest to those
who have an interest in the great re-
public South OF us. Here are dis
played specimens Of beautiful laces
woven from the fibre Of the cactus,
cloth Of exquisite texture made from
the cotton grown in Mexico and from
the fibre Of the cactus and other
plants. The Mexican drawn-work is
also shown in great profusion. There
are superb specimens of Mexican ONYX.
pearls and opals.
The attractions of the Midway at
the Pan-American Exposition continue
to attract the bulk of patronage. AS
said before in this correspondence
this Midway is remarkably refined
and instructive one. The name of
the diminutive Cuban ..Chiuuita,' -
the Doll Lady, who holds court daily
on the Midway at the Pan-American
Exposition is Senorita Esperito rda
Cenda- Her history is Il romantic
one: She was born in the CITY of
Matanzas, Cuba, thirty-one years ago
in the beautiful mansion of her father,
a wealthy sugar planter. When the
war between the Cubans and Spani sh
commenced her brothers Joined the
Cuban army and later she saw one of
them led out and shot by detail of
Weyler'S murderous butchers. The
Cenda mansion was cOniscated bv
the Spanish army, the vast sugar
flelds burned and the house DESTROY
ed. She was accused Of being spy.
and orders were issued for her arrest
when disguised as child she was
secreted IN wagon, carried to an out
OF the way seaport whence she was
smuggled onto a tilibusterinr steamer
''Lannada,n and taken to Key West
She remained in Florida until HOSTILE
ties ceased, when she returned to her
Cuban home to find it in ruins. and
her parents, brothers and sisters
killed. The little woman speaks
Spanish, English, Italian and French
and IS an accomplished artist and
musician. When she returned 10
Washington. ID. c.. she was c0urte-
ously received at the White House bv
President Mckinley. During her
interview with him, She thanked him
Tor the aid he had given Cuba. When
he told her goodbye he took "A white
tiVu nun Tue laPel OF his coat. |
pinned it on her dress and wished |
her good luck in America.
One Of the most instructive exhi- !
billions on the Midway at the Pan
American Exhibition is the great ami !
maj show owned by Frank {. Bostock. |
rightly called the animal King" In i
an immense circular pavilion are one
thousand we'll kept and well fed deni-
zens of the forest. plain. Jungle. |
mountain and ocean, In the center
Of this pavilion is steel arena.
seventy feet in diameter, in which
many daring feats are performed
with wild animals. Among these are:
captain BOnivita enters a mammoth
cage with twenty-seven African lions
and puts them through a series of
groupings that are most THRILLING.