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NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. 



mills, in which the rough logs were reduced 

 to every form of manufactured lumber. 



The display of the United States Govern- 

 ment occupied a broad section across the entire 

 width of the Government Building. An appro- 

 priation of $300,000 was made by Congress 

 for this feature of the Exhibition. The officers 

 of administration occupied the extreme eastern 

 end of this section, and the exhibits were ar- 

 ranged thence across the building in the follow- 

 ing order: Department of the Interior, with 

 an area of 22,670 square feet; the Smithsonian 

 Institution, with an area of 19,965 square feet; 

 the Agricultural Department, 10,780 feet; War 

 Department, 7,014 feet; Naval Department, 

 6,815 feet; Treasury Department, 2,030 feet; 

 Department of Justice, 968 feet ; Post-Office 

 Department, 5,876 feet; and State Depart- 

 ment, 3,300 feet. Among the exhibits of the 

 Interior Department were contributions from 

 the Land-Office, consisting largely of maps, 

 charts, pictorial and statistical representations, 

 and a large collection of ores and minerals 

 from the public lands. The Patent-Office con- 

 tributed over 5,000 models, and many pictorial 

 representations of inventions and mechanical 

 designs. The Bureau of Education exhibited 

 models of school architecture and furniture, 

 apparatus, charts, text-books, and other appli- 

 ances and illustrations of various methods of 

 teaching, including those of institutions for the 

 deaf and dumb and the blind. A large and in- 

 teresting display was made of the Bureau of 

 Ethnology, illustrating especially the antiquities 

 of the Indian country. The Smithsonian In- 

 stitution made a full display of its scientific 

 publications; the Fish Commission exhibited 

 models of many species of fish, apparatus for 

 artificial hatching, boats and other appliances 

 for catching fish, and many photographs illus- 

 trative of the fishing interest; and a large 

 collection of specimens, including stuffed and 

 mounted animals and birds, was furnished by 

 the National Museum. The Geological Survey 

 presented relief-maps, and an interesting col- 

 lection of specimens. A series of photographic 

 transparencies illustrated features of geology 

 and ethnology in the Rocky Mountain and 

 Pacific coast regions, and a series of pano- 

 ramic views of the cations of the Colorado was 

 presented. The space occupied by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture contained systematically 

 arranged collections of products of the soil, 

 pictorial representations in botany, entomol- 

 ogy, horticulture, arboriculture, etc., together 

 with charts and statistics in great variety. 

 The chief feature of the War Department ex- 

 hibit represented the work of the medical 

 staff and the hospital service. The Navy De- 

 partment made a display of models, ordnance, 

 torpedoes, surveying, and other instruments, 

 charts, equipments for Arctic exploration, etc., 

 together with an astronomical clock connected 

 by electricity with the Naval Observatory at 

 Washington. The Treasury Department in- 

 cluded in its exhibit illustrations of the Light- 



house and Life-Saving Service, and specimens 

 of the work of the Bureau of Printing and 

 Engraving and of the Mint. The most promi- 

 nent feature of the State Department display 

 was a globe fifty feet in diameter of different 

 colored glass, showing the geographical and 

 political divisions of the earth, with the area, 

 population^ principal productions, and indus- 

 tries and commercial interests graphically de- 

 lineated. Grouped about this were specimens 

 of the products and manufactures and charts 

 illustrating the trade of various countries. 

 This section also contained a collection of por- 

 traits of public men connected with the his- 

 tory of the Government. The Post-Office De- 

 partment constructed a model post-office with 

 all the appliances of the mail service, in which 

 business was actually carried on during the 

 Exposition. The mail-cars, pouches, and other 

 post-office agencies were fully shown. 



The separate State exhibits were grouped 

 upon the floor of the Government Building on 

 either side of that of the national Govern- 

 ment, being supplemented by special displays 

 of several railroad companies. The Exposi- 

 tion managers set aside the sum of $5,000 for 

 each State and country to promote their spe- 

 cial displays, and in many cases appropriations 

 were made by the State governments for the 

 purpose. These means were supplemented by 

 private effort, and the result was a remarkable 

 display of the resources, products, and varied 

 interests of the several States. The Southern 

 States and the Northwestern States and Terri- 

 tories, and those of the Pacific slope, were rep- 

 resented with special fullness and variety. 



The State exhibits differed according to the 

 contributions made by their citizens, the ef- 

 forts of their governments, and the taste and 

 judgment of those having them in charge. The 

 prevailing plan included specimens of the min- 

 erals in some cases of the soil as well build- 

 ing and ornamental stone, woods and wild pro- 

 ductions, grasses, grains, vegetables and fruits, 

 manufactured products, works of skill and art, 

 and the appliances of education and mental 

 cultivation. New Hampshire and Florida pre- 

 sented models in relief of the surface and topo- 

 graphical peculiarities of the States. Kentucky 

 displayed a series of photographic representa- 

 tions of scenery, buildings, cattle, etc. Colo- 

 rado and some other Western States and Ter- 

 ritories presented scenic displays on a large 

 scale, and in many cases picturesque struct- 

 ures were formed of some of the leading prod- 

 ucts of nature and industry. Several States 

 included in the exhibits collections of the ani- 

 mals, birds, fishes, and fossils found within their 

 borders. In the sections of Dakota and Mon- 

 tana there were illustrations of camp-life and 

 of hunting, mining, etc. Ores and mineral 

 specimens were especially prominent in the 

 displays of Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New 

 Mexico, and California. Coal and iron were 

 conspicuous features of the displays of Ken- 

 tucky, Tennessee, and Alabama; cotton, of 



