;. I .;. , ,\ . >\ -; \ 1T> \M INTKKNATloNAL. 



led upon n iMiiM- 

 r\htlut n Mhm-ry 

 JMins* I 



included morr than 100 va- 



, # "'I "- f 



rn. ramie and jute. Periqos 

 -m th parish of 8t James. wl> 

 is exdttsivriy grown), cypress wood <of which 

 tft* State C^faooaOOb feet yrarlr) salt 

 the mine* on Amy island, one nhii.it of 

 .*, .^v i single block of 



mJt and vnghm* 5 ton*, represent m^ 



nd lumps of sulphur from the vicinity of 

 Charim. On IxHiisiana day car loads of 

 me wvre distributed. In the 



of the Woman** Building was exhibited a 



pifltars of the only woman (> whom a public 

 . r. ar. i n \:n. ric i. the 

 Margaret Haugherty, of New 



Carolina was represented by private 

 North Carolina sent. among other 

 thiagB* the entire collection ftatt Mu- 



ram. Arkansas spent her total appropriation 

 of $10.000 upon her exhibit, an.) a similar 

 by Mississippi. California 

 baring a building of her own ..f 

 mission type, on the south side of the 

 the Southern Railway entrance, 

 which was erected under the auspices oft' 

 Antrim Board of Trade, while the State Board 

 of Trade wont the material collected for the ( 'hi- 

 ra*o fair at a cost of $100,000. which was in- 

 rtallcd in the Manufactures Building. On the 

 la $25.000 was expended. It 

 was contained chiefly in the building of the 

 Plant System of railways and steamships, in 

 the form of a pyramid 100 feet smiare at the 

 baM and 00 feet high, veneered with phosphate 

 a* a r iorida rock on two sides, 



Florida pebble on the third, and South 

 lina phmphatc on the fourth. It was entered by 

 wide doors on the four sides, and the interior 

 of a room 100 feet squan and 20 feet 

 Anothern rai made by the 



Railway in a building of its own, 

 octagonal and ornamented with bas-reliefs in 

 plaster, showing the progress of transpor 

 from the days of the stagecoach to the vestibule 

 train. The exhibit of the resources along the 

 line of this railway was very fine, and th 

 cost of the build ing and its contents was $25,000. 

 KxhlblK N< 



officially, but half the space in 

 the Manufacture* and Liberal Art* Building 

 was oonipied by exhibits from those na 

 Italy, which wnt tho largest numlM-r. showed im- 

 portant and beautiful collations of marble 

 statuary, carved and artistic furniture of all dc- 

 paneU and drawing- PK.UI 

 rtistic bronxes, Roman and Floren- 

 tian glancware. artistic majol- 

 , Neapolitan coral- and tortoise- 

 Roman cameos, artistic jewelry. 



Bntain 



pharmaceu- 

 and scientific books 



nd '/7* 1 Tariet r <>f " xliihits 



oils, wine^ a Great 



artistic pottery, electro-plate and 



A are. cut crystals Slu-tVidd cutlrn 

 iningham goods, llrudford wot.lens and cloth. 

 -, piiuiiis, furniture, chemical 

 otta, Statuary, ship mod. 



railway appliances, b< Tin 1 r i 



hibit c'..n-i-t.d of tape^lrirs. rich dra\\n> 

 furniture, bmn/es. lamp>. upholstery. 



scientific and electrical appliain - -. marim and 

 mathematical iii^trumciii-. I'ari-ian no\ 

 jewelry ninl fancy rnaments.enainr; 

 used n't I'asleur's In-titute for the di.M'o\, 

 treatment of bacteria and bacilli, perl 

 soaps, wines, and liquors. An-;: ' ermani 



sent pianos, artistic majolica. Dresden china and 



. new ph. lo-painiin-.- 

 :ic apparatus and a|iplianc< 

 s.-nt Brussels lace, embroiileries. jiatent 

 stitching machines, operative exhibils of glass 

 en-ravini:. fancy gOOOS, chocolates, 

 while Kussia was represented by a superln 

 tion of furs, and by stulTed bears, seal 

 other animals, Russian silversmith woi ':. 

 enamels, carved wood, atid art fabi 



M- xico appropriated $25,000 for an exhibit at 

 the Kxpo-iiinii. which was not in-tall. -d until the 

 first week in November. It occupied l.mos.juare 

 u the north end of the Transportation 

 Building. The decorative work was in r 

 tional colors of the republic, and the exhibit 

 represented its natural and industrial pr< 

 The assortment of Mexican onyx was e-peeially 

 fine, and mineral ores wore displayed in 

 q mint ities, as were cereals and fibrous n 

 nal, and food plants. Photographs on glass 

 traced the progress of Mr xi.,, fn m the tit 

 the A /tecs, and a special feature was the . 

 tion of the idols of the A/tecs, which ha\, 

 before been sent out of the country. 1 Mind by 

 the Mexican National Museum. 



The only foreign country that erected a build- 

 ing of its own was Costa Hica. which, with nn 

 appropriation of $5,000, had two pavili 

 the Moorish style, on the "peninsula" : 

 t he lake opposite Machinery Hall. lull 

 fitted up as a theater, were exhibited 2,000 

 opticon views of Costa Rica, while t i 

 a restaurant and coffee house, was especially in- 

 tended to interest visitors in the coffee pi 

 tion of the country. 



Th. Argentine Republic was the fii 



ieipatc in the Kxpo-ition. appropj 

 $25,000. and its exhibit was in the Min- 

 Forestry Building, occupying the whole . 

 end. It consisted of valuable woods, ma: 

 rid ies of wools, and grains of all kinds. 



In the Woman's Building was an cxhi 

 exquisite Natute lace handkerchiefs. m;i 

 hand by the women of Paragi... 



Adjoining the Mexican exhibit in the 'I 

 port at ion Building was that of Vene/ue! 

 g of 279 samples of woods, gold ; 



.and admirable displays of e< 

 hides, asphalt, jwtrolciim. co'al. cotton. ; 

 marble, indi-o. the milk <f the cow I 



The exhibit of Chili, for which $10.000 were 

 appropriated, con-isted in a gi 

 most conspicuous export of that count r. 

 of soda, a natural fertili/ 



M- \i'-an and .Tapar 



by natives of those countries without ( 

 nient aid. The Mexicans had a theater and a 



