Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-12-18

aIaryiand's biographical In
dustrial exhibit at the Charleston
Exposition bax been brought hack
70 baltimore and il now on exhihi-
ton there. Asannounced some time
ago, the exhibit was distinguished
q Charleston By g aNaras, svalve
|of which we're msdaIs of the tirst
class. It'wns prepared ior The Ma
Fyland CO. lssione1s ~ tho Mary
land Geological Survey under the
direction of Professor William Bul.
lock Clark. the State GeoIouist. He
decided to reinssal il In baltimore
Or tvo reasons. II had heea sng-
gesfed 70 him In view Of heinstruc.
tive and stimulating nature of the
display fhas Ii vsa,lsl he vii i s.sssls..
ss1sfs Iis6ff u the rass dents 81 flsa
State mighs see Il than the compare.
tive few who wereahle toat Charles.
ton. With the approach os the great
Iouisiana Purchase Exhibition. 10
be held in St. Louis. where theoom.
petition between the States for gen.
eral recognition win be much sharp
er than 1t was at Buffalo or Charles
ton, it is considered that Maryland
might be very much more effective
~ represented there IL the nucleus
OF her future exhibit were set up In
order that the additions and improve.
ments might be systematically made
TO it.
To serve those two purposes the
Johns Hopkins University made
some sacrifice to lot the Director of
the Geological Survey have the cor
ridor and two large rooms in its
Howard street Building. There the
exhibit was opened to the public on
Monday, December I. It cannot. of
course. be seen to such advantage
as IN its more spacious quarters down
South. Nevertheless It's main fea-
lures are fully reproduced and il af-
fords an excellent and instructive
idea OF the resources OF the State and
the way in which these have been
developed, and points to further de-
yelopment Of the same sort. IL may
be said in brief that the exhibit EN-
braces comprehensive series Of
the leading raw and manufactured
products that come from the mines,
qnarries and pits OF the State, in
cluding the Goals, building and dec
oratiye stones. slate, brick, tile and
pottery clays; fints, building and
moulding sands, mineral paints, ST.
lica, kaolin, iron ores, cement, rocks,
limestones, marls and other natural
substances as well as the various
types OF pottery, tile, FIRE brick,
building and enameled brick, terra
Gotta and the other articles manu.
factured from them. The special
value OF seeing these In this way is
the greater appreciation Of their re-
lations to each other which may thus
be formed.
A systematic geological collection
in the corridor represents all the
formations Of the State and shows
the plant and animal fossils char
acteristic Of each throughout the
great range for which Maryland is
remarkable. Many manufacturing
processes and land scenes are Illus
irated by pictures, maps and trans
parencies.
Governor Smith and Comptroller
Herring saw the exhibit on the fifth
instant, after the meeting OF the State
Geological commission, and both ex-
pressed their satisfaction with its
new place. The rooms where It
stands will be open on each day
from nine o'clock. until five ION Sat
urday) until three throughout the
winter and spring. Doctor Clark,
through this paper. invites all resi-
dents of Ss. hary's county TO visit
the exhibit whenever they happen
10 be in Baltimore. The Survey
building is at 532 North Howard
street, just above the Academy Of
Music.