PRACTICAL COMMON SENSE GUIDE BOOK THROUGH THE WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION AT NEW ORLEANS. GIVING IN BRIEF FORM THE BEST THINGS TO BE SEEN IN EACH DEPARTMENT, AND JUST HOW AND WHERE TO SEE THEM. ALSO. Of IN AND ABOUT THE CITY, Not only making one Certain of Seeing the Best Things, but making an IMMENSE SAVING OF TIME. T PRACTICAL COMMON SENSE GUIDE BOOK THROUGH THE WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION AT NEW ORLEANS. GIVING IN BRIEF FORM THE BEST THINGS TO BE SEEN IN EACH DEPARTMENT, AND JUST HOW AND WHERE TO SEE THEM. Also, the Principal Places of Interest in and about the City. NOT ONLY MAKING ONE CERTAIN OF SEEING THE BEST THINGS, BUT MAKING AN IMMENSE SAVING OF TIME. HARRISBURG, PA- LANE S. HART, -PRINTER AND BINDER. 1885. W .' F G R K I S , Pittsburgh, Pa. " PRACTICAL COMMON SENSE GUIDE BOOK. iii U, S, BUILDING INDEX, Page. Alabama, 27 Arkansas, 27 Arizona, 16 Agricultural Department, 36 California, 17 Center, or General Government, . 32 Colorado, 15 Connecticut, 21 Colored People's Department, . . 44 Dakota, 9 Delaware, 29 East Tenn. and Va. R. R., .... 13 Engraving and Printing Bureau, .37 Electric Railway, Educational Department, 40 Florida, 32 Foote, A,, Mineral Collection, ... 28 Gallery, 72 General Directions for use of Guide, 6 Georgia, 28 Geology and Ethnology, 33 Greely Relief, 38 Iowa, 7 Idaho, 11 Illinois, 18 Indiana, 19 Kansas, 10 Kentucky, 26 Louisiana, 24 Land Office, 34 Light-House and Coast Survey, . . 37 Minnesota, 8 Montana Territory, 12 Michigan, 19 Massachusetts, 22 Maine, 23 Mississippi, 26 Page. Missouri, 27 Maryland, 29 Miscellaneous, 74 Nebraska, <. 9 New Mexico, 13 Nevada, 17 New Hampshire, 22 New Jersey, 30 New York, 30 North Carolina, 31 Navy Department, 38 Oregon, 12 Ohio, 21 Places of Interest in and About New Orleans, 3 Pennsylvania, 29 Patent Office, 35 Post-office, Queen and Crescent R. R., .... 28 Richmond and Danville R. R. Sys- tem, 13 Rhode Island, 23 South Carolina, 32 Smithsonian Institute, 33 State Department, 38 Texas, 23 U. S. Building, 7 U. S. R. R. Commission, .... 34 Vermont, 21 Virginia, . 31 Wyoming Territory, ....... 12 Wisconsin, 18 West Virginia, 30 War Department, 37 Women's Department, 39 Washington Territory, 11 M82465 PRACTICAL, COMMON SENSE GUIDE BOOK. MAIN BUILDING INDEX, A. Page. American Machinery Co., 62 Am. Paper Box Co., 47 Atkins, E. C., & Co., 62 Am. Standard Drop Shot Co., . . .47 Am. Machine Co., 48 Ala. and Ga. Manufacturing Co., . 51 Andrew Bros., 50 Appleton, D., 52 American Wine Co., 52 American Well Works, 56 A very. B. F., & Sons, 56 Automatic Ice-Cream Freezer, . . Allen, S. L., Coleman, H. D., 61 Cooper, Hewit & Co., 6$ Chattanooga Foundry Pipe Co , . .61 Cooper, Jones & Co., .... . . 61 Coleman's Shaft, er of Schools, 5.236. See, near this pagoda, a large panel giving comparative size of state ; near this, and towards front, is the ladies' pavilion, which displays contributions from the ladies of 30 counties in the state, end is very attractive, and well worth careful examination. Notice particularly here, as follows, viz: Screen, painted on mattipg, by Miss Mary S. Keller, of Dallas: " Una, entering the Witch's Hut," valued at $1,000; at rear of pavilion, wonderful mantel of fossiliferous lime- stone, in which can be seen many varieties of insects, &c. ; it is ornamented with hand-painted tiles, decorated with the native birds and flowers, the work of several state ladies, doing them great credit ; j ust above mantel is a paint- ing by Mrs. Senator Lamar. IS ear the ladies' pavilion are cases containing rare specimens of antiquky, minerals, petrifactions,