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ISSUED TWIOE-A-WEEK?WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
L. M. grist & sons, Publishers, j % Ifamilu flcwspapcr: 4or ",c. fjrontotion of the ?otiticat, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. { TEKs^'oS;?cVpi% tmiii: cSts^e'
VOLUME 41. YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1895. NUMBER 87.
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BY CAPTAIN CI
Copyright, 1894, by the J. B. Lippincott Co.
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CHAPTER XII. '
"Colonel Maynard, I admit every- 1
thing yon say as to tho weight of the 1
evidence," said Frank Armitage 20 1
minutes later, "but it is my faith? '
understand me, my faith, I say?that 1
she is utterly innocent. As for that <
damnable letter, I do not believe it was
ever written to her. It is some other ^
* woman." I
"What other is there, or was there?"
was the colonel's simple reply.
"That is what I mean to find out.
Will you have my baggage sent after
me tonight? I am going at once to the
Btation, and thence to Sibley. I will
write you from there. If the midnight
visitor should prove to have been Jerrold,
he can be made to explain. I have
always held him to bo a conceited fop,
but never either crack brained or devoid
of principle. There is no time for explanation
now. Goodby ar 1 keep a good
lookout. That fellow may be here
again."
And in an hour more Armitage was
skimming along the winding river side
en route to Sibley. Ho had searched the
train from-pilot to rear platform, and no
man who in the faintest degree resembled
Mr. Jerrold was on board. He
had wired to Chester that he would
reach the fort that evening, but would
not resume duty for a few days. He
made another search through the train
as tney nearea tne ciry, ana son mere <
was none who in stature or appearance <
corresponded with the descriptions given 1
of the sinewy visitor. 1
Late in tne afternoon Chester received 1
him as he alighted from the train at the "
little station under the cliff. It was a 1
beautiful day, and numbers of people <
were driving or riding out to the fort, f
and the high bridge over the gorge was ]
constantly resounding to the thunder j
of hoofs. Many others, too, had come
out on the train, for the evening dress 1
parade always attracted a swarm of visitors.
A corporal of the guard, with a 1
couple of men, was on hand to keep I
vigilant eyes on the arrivals and to persuade
certain proscribed parties to reenter
the cars and go on, should they ^
attempt to revisit the post, and tho faces '
of these were lighted up as they saw 1
their old adjutant, but none others of 1
the garrison appeared.
"Let us wait a moment and get these 1
people out of the way," said Armitage. J
"I want to talk with you. Is Jerrold
back?"
"Yes. He came in just 10 minutes '
after I telegraphed to you, was present '
at inspection, and if it had not been for |
your dispatch this morning I should not 1
have known he had remained out of
quarters. He appeared to resent my :
having bee'' to his quarters. Calls it
T >?
Bjjjiug, x picouino.
"What permission had he to be 1
away?" '
"I gave him leave to visit town on \
personal business yesterday afternoon. 3
He merely asked to be away a few hours
to meet friends in town, and Mr. Hall *
took tattoo roll call for him. As I do *
not require any other officer to report
the time of his return, I did not exact (
it of him, but of course no man can be '
away after midnight without special i
permission, and he was gone all night. *
^ What is it, Armitage? Has he followed 1
her down there?" f
"Somebody was there last night and *
capsized the colonel pretty much as he 1
did you the night of the ladder episode,"
said Armitage coolly.
"By heaven, and I let him go!" 1
"How do you know 'twas he?" '
"Who else could it be, Armitage?" 1
"That's what the colonel asks, but it 5
isn't clear to me yet awhile." J
"I wish it were less clear to me," 6aid
Chester gloomily. "The worst is that <
the story is spreading like a pestilence <
all over the post. The women have got f
hold of it, and there is all manner of 1
talk. I shouldn't be surprised if Mrs. i
Hoyt had to be taken violently ill. She
has written to invite Miss Renwick to *
visit her, as it is certain that Colonel 1
and Mrs. Maynard cannot come, and
Hoyt came to me in a horror of amaze 1
yesterday to know if there were any <
truth in the rumor that I had caught a |
man coming out of Mrs. Maynard's
window the other night. I would tell 1
him nothing, and he says the ladies
declare they won't go to the german if i
she does. Heavens! I'm thankful you ,
are come. The thing has been driving <
me wild these last 12 hours. I wanted J
' to go away myself. Is she coming up?" .
"No, she isn't, but let me say this, 1
Chester?that whenever she is ready to 1
return I shall bo ready to escort her." <
Chester looked at his friend in amaze- 1
ment and without speaking.
"Vnc T cor> T*nn nrn netmiiclmrl lmt.
you may as well understand the situa- 1
f> tion. I have heard all the colonel could <
tell and have even seen the letter, and <
feince sho left hero a mysterious stranger '
has appeared by night at Sabloii, at the <
cottage window, though it happened to
be her mother's this time, and I don't I
believe Alice Renwick knows the first
thing about it." ;
"Armitage, are you in love?"
"Chester, I am in my sound senses. '
Now come and show mo the ladder and ]
where you found it and tell mo the ]
whole story over again. I think it grows
interesting. One moment. Has he that <
picture yet?" j
"I suppose so. I don't know. In these
last few days everybody is fighting shy i
of him. He thinks it is my doing and
looks black and sulky at me, but is too
proud or too much afraid of conse- i
E RANKS
iARLES KING.
juences to ask the reason of the cold
shoulders and averted looks. Gray has
taken seven days' leave and pone off with
that little girl of his to place her with
relatives in the east. He has heard the
stories, and it is presumed that some of
the women have told her. She was
3own sick here a day or two."
"Well, now for the window and the
ladder. I want to sec the outside through
rour eves, and then I will view the in
terior with my own. The colonel bids
me do so." '
Together they slowly climbed the long
stairway leading up tho face of the cliff.
Chester stopped for a breathing spell
rnoro than once.
"You're all out of condition, man,"
said tho younger captain, pausing impatiently.
"What has undone you?"
"This trouble and nothing else. By
jad, it has unstrung tho wholo garrison,
I believe. You never saw our people
fall off so in their shooting. Of
lourse wo expected Jerrold to go to
pieces, but nobody else."
"There were others that seemed to
fall away too. Where was that cavalry
seam that was expected to take the
skirmish medal away from us?"
"Sound as a dollar, every man, with
she single exception of their big sergeant.
I don't liko to make ugly comparisons
with a man whom I believe to be
more than half interested in a woman,
Dut it makes me think of the old story
ibout Medusa. One look at her face is
:oo much for a man. That Sergeant McLeod
went to grass the instant he caught
sight of her and never has picked up
since."
"Consider me considerably more than
half interested in the woman in this
;ase, Chester. Make all the comparisons
that you like, provided they illumine
matters as you are doing now, and
sell me more of this Sergeant McLeod.
What do you mean by his catching
sight of her and going to grass?"
"I mean ho fell flat on his face the
moment ho saw her and hasn't been in
good form from that moment to this.
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me uuutur s it a uctuv vnovwou.
"That's what the colonel says troubles
Mrs. Mayuard. She was senseless and
ilmost pulseless some minutes last
light. What manner of man is McLeod?"
"A tall, slim, dark eyed, swarthy
fellow, a man with a history and a
mystery, I judge."
"A man with a history, a mystery,
tvho is tall, slim, has dark eyes and
swarthy complexion and faints away at
sight of Miss Renwick might be said
So possess peculiar characteristics, family
traits, some of them. Of course
pou've kept an eye on McLeod. Where
is he?"
Chester stood leaning on the rail,
ireathing slowly and heavily. His eyes
lilated as he gazed at Armitago, who
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was surveying mill cuuny, iuuugu tuc
tone in which he spoke betrayed a new
interest and a vivid one.
"I confess I never thought of him in
connection with this affair," said Chester.
"There's the one essential point of
lifferenco between us," was the reply.
"You go in on the supposition that there
is only one solution to this thing, and
;hat a woman must be dishonored to be;in
with. I believe there can be several
solutions, and that there is only one
:hing in the lot that is at all impossible.
"
"What's that?"
"Miss Renwick's knowledge of that
light's visitor or of any other secret or
iin. I mean to work other theories first,
md tho McLeod trail is a good one to
start on. Where can I get a look at
him?"
"Somewhere out in the Rockies by
this time. He was ordered back to his
.Toop five days ago, and they aro out
scouting at this moment unless I'm
rastly mistaken. You have seen the
morning dispatches?"
"About the Indians? Yes. Looks
squally at tho Spirit Rock reservation.
Do you mean that McLeod is there?"
"That's where his troop ought to be
by this time. There is too small a force
in the trail now, and moro will have to
ejo if a big outbreak is to be prevented."
"Thou ho has t?ono. and I cannot see
turn. Let 1110 look at the window then."
A few steps brought them to the terrace,
and there, standing by the west
wall and looking up at the closed slats
rf the dormer window, Captain Chester
retold the story of his night adventure.
Armitage listened attentively, asking
Tew questions. When it was finished,
the latter turned and walked to the rear
door, which opened on tho terrace. It
was locked.
"The servants are having a holiday,
1 presume," lie said. "So much the bet
ter. Ask the quartermaster for the key
jf the front door, and I'll go in while
sverybody is out looking at dress parade.
There goes first call now. Let your orderly
bring it to me here, will you?"
Ten minutes later, with beating heart,
lie stood and uncovered his handsome
head and gazed silently, reverently
around him. Ho was in her room.
It was dainty as her own dainty self.
The dressing table, the windows, the
pretty white bed, the broad, inviting
lounge, the work table and basket, tho
rery washstand, were all trimmed and
decked alike, white and yellow prevailing.
White lace curtains draped the
window on the west?that fateful window?and
the two that opened out on
the roof of tho piazza. White lace curtains
draped the bed, the dressing table
and the washstand. White lace or
some equally flimsy ancl feminine ma t
terial hung about her bookshelves and o
worktable and over the lounge, and bows a
of bright yellow ribbon were every- t
where, yellow pincushions and wall f
pockets huug about the toilet table, soft s
yellow rugs lay at the bed and lounge t
side, and a sunshiny tone was given to t
the whole apartment by the shades of t
yellow silk that hung close to the win- 1
(lows. t
On the wall were some choice etchings c
and a few foreign photographs On the 1
bookshelves were a few volumes of r
poetry and the prose of George Eliot j
and our own Hawthorne. Hanging on t
pegs in the corner of the simple army ^
room, covered by a curtain, were some a
heavy outer garments, an ulster, a a
traveling coat and cape of English make t
and one or two dresses that were ap- 1
parently too thick to be used at this a
season of the year. He drew aside the c
curtain one moment, took a brief glance
at the garments, raised the hem of a 1
cL-irt. tr> hie line find turned nuicklv 8
away. A door led from the room to tho
ono behind it, a sparo bedroom evidently,
that was lighted only from the back
of tho house and had no side window at
all. Another door led to the hall, a
broad, old fashioned affair, and crossing
this he stood in the big front room occupied
by the colonel and his wife. This
was furnished almost as luxuriously,
from an army point of view, as that of
Miss Reuwick, but not in white and yellow.
Armitago smiled to see the evidences
of Mrs. Mayuard's taste and hrudiwork
on every side. In the years he had been
the old soldier's adjutant nothing could
have exceeded the simplicity with which
the colonel surrounded himself. Now it
was something akin to Sybaritish elegance,
thought the captain, but all the
same he made his deliberate survey.
There was the big dressing table and
bureau on which had stood that ravished
picture, that photograph of the girl
he loved which others were able to
speak of and one man to appropriate
feloniously, while yet he had never seen
it. His impulse was to go to Jerrold's
quarters and take him by the throat and
demand it of him, but what right had
he? How knew he even that it was now
there? In view of the words that Chester
had used toward him, .Terrol'd must
know of tho grievous danger in which
he stood. That photograph would prove
most damaging evidence if discovered.
Very probably, after yielding to his
vanity and showing it to Sloat, he
meant to get it back. Very certainly,
after hearing Chester's words, he must
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a coxcomb. J
Looking around the half darkened J
room, Armitage lingered long over the
photographs which hung about the
dressing table and over the mantel, several
prettily framed duplicates of those
already described as appearing in the
album. One after another he took them
in his hands, bore them to the window
and studied them attentively. Some
were not replaced without a long, lingering
kiss. He had not ventured to disturb
an item in her room. He would
not touch the knob of a drawer or attempt
to open anything she had closed,
but here in quarters where his colonel
could claim joint partnership he felt less
sentiment or delicacy. He closed the
hall door and tried the lock, turning the
knob to and fro. Then he reopened the
door and swung it upon its hinges. For
a wonder neither lock nor hinges creaked.
The door worked smoothly and
with little noise. Then he similarly u
tried the door of her room. It was in
equally good working order, quite free a
from squeak and complaint with which j
quartermasters' locks and hinges are apt
to do their reluctant duty. The discov- t
erv pleased him. It was possible for one >
to open and close these portals noiselessly,
if need be, and without disturb- r
ing sleepers in either room. a
Returning to the east chamber, he j.
opened the shades, so as to get more c
light, and his eye fell upon an old al- ^
bum lying on a littte table that stood by
the bedside. Thero was a night lamp s
upon the table, too, a little affair that c
could hold only a thimbleful of oil and j.
was intended evidently to keep merely
a faint glow during the night hours. t
Other volumes?a Bible, some devo- j.
tional books, like "The Changed Cross,'' j.
and a hymnal or two?were also there, a
but the album stood most prominent, g
and Armitage curiously took it up and (
opened it. ^
There were only half a dozen photo- c
graphs in the affair. It was rather a n
case than an album and was intended }
apparently for only a few family pic- c
tures. There was but one that interest- t
ed him, and this he examined intently, I
almost excitedly. It represented a little t
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ly?with lirr arms clasped about the t
neck of a magnificent St. Bernard dog r
and looking up into the handsome features
of a tall, slender, dark eyed, black
haired boy of 16 or thereabouts, and the
two were enough alike to be brother and
sister. Who, then, was this boy?
Armitage took the photograph to the
window and studied it carefully. Parade .
was over, aud the troops were marching ^
back to their quarters. The band was
playing gloriously as it camo tramping
into tho quadrangle, and tlio captain r
could not but glance out at bis own old '
company as in compact column of fours r
it entered the grassy diamond and 1
swung off toward tho barracks. Ho saw )
a knot of officers, too, turning the cor- J
ner by the adjutant's office, and for a '
moment he lowered the album to look. 1
Mr. Jerrold was not of the number ?
that came sauntering up the walk, drop- *
ping away by ones or twos as they 1
reached their doors and unbuckled their e
belts or removed their helmetB in eager 8
haste to get out of the constraint or lull f
dress. But in another moment Jerrold, a
oo, appeared all alone, walking rapidly
md nervously. Armitage watched him
aid could not but see how other men
urncd away or gavo him the coolest
>ossible nod as ho passed. The tall,
lender lieutenant was handsomer even
han when he last saw him, and yet
here were gloom and worry 011 the dark
>eauty of his face. Nearer and nearer
le came and had passed the quarters of
he other officers and was almost at the
loor of his own when Armitage saw a
ittle, wiry soldier in full dress uniform
mining across the parade as though in
jursuit. He recognized Merrick, one of
he scapegraces of his company, and
vondered why he should be chasing
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is Jerrold wa9 turning under tho piazza
he soldier seemed to make himseli
leard, and the lieutenant, with an
ingry frown on his face, stopped and
lonfrouted him.
"I told you not to come to mo again,"
.G said, so loud that every word was
indible to the captain standing by the
ipen window above. "What do you
nean, sir, by following me in this
vay?"
Tho reply wa9 inaudible. Armitage
lould see the little soldier standing in
ho respectful position of "attention,"
ooking up and evidently pleading.
"I won't do it until I'm ready," was
igain heard in Jerrold's angry tones,
hough this time the lieutenant glanced
ibout, as though to see if others were
within earshot. There w:? no ono aplarently,
and he grew more confident.
'You've been drinking again today,
Herrick. You're not sober now, and 1
von't give you money to get maudlin
ind go to blabbing secrets. No, sirl Gc
>ack to your quarters and stay there."
The little soldier must indeed have
>een drinking, as the lieutenant deilared
Armitage saw that he hesitatid,
instead of obeying at once, and that
lis flushed face was angrily working,
hen that he was arguing with his su>erior
and talking louder. This was
:ontrary to all the captain's ideas of
iroper discipline, even though he was
ndignant at the officer for permitting
limself to be placed in so false and unLignified
a position Jerrold's words,
oo, had acquired a wide significance,
rat they wero feeble as compared with
he sudden outburst that came from the
oldier's lips:
"By God, lieutenant, you bribed me
o silence to cover your tracks, and then
rou refuse to pay. If you don't want
ne to tell what I know, the sooner you
lay that money the better."
This was more than Armitage could
tand. He went down stairs three at a
ump and out through the colonel's
garden with quick, impetuous steps,
ierrold's furious face turned ashen at
irmitaqe took the photograph to the vAn
dow and studied it carefully.
he sight, and Merrick, with one amazed
aid frightened look at his captain,
aced about and slunk silently away,
["o him Armitage paid no further atten
ion. It was to the officer he addressed
limself:
"Mr. Jerrold, I have heard pretty
nuch all this conversation. It simply
idds to the evil report with which you
lave managed to surround yourself.
5tep into your quarters. I must see
rou alone."
Jerrold hesitated. He was thundertruck
by the sudden appearance of the
aptain, whom he had believed to be
inndreds of miles away. He connected
lis return unerringly with the web ol
rouble which had been weaving about
iim of late. Ho conceived himself tc
lave been ruost unjustly spied upon
Lnd suspected and was full of reentmeut
at the conduct of Captain
Chester. But Chester was an old
franny, who sometimes made blunlers
and had to back down. It was
i different thing when Armitage took
lold. Jerrold looked sulkily into the
ilear, stern, blue eyes a moment, and
ho first impulse of rebellion wilted.
3o gave 0110 irresolute glanco around
he quadrangle, then motioned with hie
land to the open door. Something ol
he old, jaunty, Creole lightness of manler
reasserted itself.
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TO IIK t'llXTINTKIt.
How Tntbrkst Kins l>.?In Oc
ober, 1854, (?eorge T. Walker, of Sai
Yaneiseo, gave a promissory note tf
A'illiam Hood, for S1.S50, payable in
ix months, and hearing 3 per cent, i
nonth interest, the agreement, heinp
hat the interest was to he computet'
nonthly and added to the principa
intil the whole was paid. No interest
vas ever paid on the note, and hefort
ts maturity Walker went to Mexico ti
ive. A few months ago he returner]
o Son Francisco, and Hood brought
nit against him to recover on the note
)n computing the interest it was found
hat, added to the principal, it amount
d to the enormous sum of ?9,000,00(
md a default judgment was rendered
or that amount.?San Francisco ^Ex
iminer.
ittisccUancous iicatli?ni
THE SHOW IN ATLANTA.
One of the York County Visitors GlveM Hi
Impression of It.
Written for the Yorkvillc Enquirer.
Previous to visiting the Atlanta ex
' position, I frequently interviewed on
i friends who had just returned, in thi
i hope of obtaining, if possible, an ac
, count of what they had seen. Ii
every instance, however, I was doom
' ed to disappointment. The usual an
. swers to my anxious inquiries weri
; something like this : "It's a big show.'
i "It's a dandy," etc.
, Since my return from Atlanta,
! can very well understand why it wa
i that the answers to my questions wen
so vague and unsatisfactory. No one?
uo matter how gifted he may be in de
scriptive talents?cau give anythinj
i like a full account of the numerou:
> and wonderful things to be seen in th<
i short space of two or three days
i There is so much to see that there ii
no time to ask questions, or to obtaii
1 satisfactory data with regard to things
' In attempting to describe what on<
has seen, the mind becomes over
whelmed and bewildered, and w<
1 don't know where to begin or where t<
end. Yet it seems to me that if differ
' ent individuals who have visited thi
1 exposition would write out a short ac
count of their observations?each fron
a different point of view, and describi
the thing tbut impressed him most
that it would prove of interest, espe
Ciany to tnose who iiuve nut vieiiei
1 the exposition.
My brother and myself boarded tht
1 C. & L. train at Yorkville, Novetnbei
25th, at 4 o'clock p. m. With tin
passengers holding their breath in an
' ticipation of a violeut death by beinj
pitched over some awful precipice, oi
of being precipitated iuto some yawn
[ ing chasm, our wild train rushed mad
ly on at the rate of 8 or 10 miles pe:
' hour. Strange to say, we reachet
1 Chester without injury at 6 o'clock
All drew a deep sigh of relief.
We remained in Chester until li
o'clock, when, in company with i
1 number of relatives, frieuds and schoo
mntps nf our earlv hannv davs. w<
, boarded the G., C. & N. train "for At
[ lanta. Our train cousisted of 8 or 1(
. ears, just filled to overflowing. As ]
| passed through the cars and scanner
the faces of those on board, I could no
> help contrasting the past and th<
( present?a scene of 1861 and th<
, present scene of 1895.
Then, on every Southern railroad
; we beheld large trains, densely packec
with soldiers en route for the field
and later, "forming in the ranks o
war." Next, four long years of self
denial, of hardships, of exposure t<
the scorching sun of summer, and the
piercing icy blasts and snows of win
ler, thinly clad and rations scarce
away from home and loved ones, upoi
the tented fields. Again we see thesi
gallant, heroic men, outnumbered fron
3 to 5 to one, successfully resisting
upon many a bloody field, the splen
didly equipped armies of the East, th<
North, and the Northwest, corabinet
with a large foreign element, "fightinj
an army while all the world wonder
pdan army commanded by thi
ablest generals and possessing almos
unlimited resources until utterly over
whelmed by numbers, they gave uj
the unequal struggle at Appomattox
and returned to their once beautifu
I .Southland, now in sackcloth anc
ashes, with happy homes destroyed
property gone, and the ignorant Ne
gro suddenly elevated into promi
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[ ueuce ana power, auu jci >?c urn
them forgetting, for the time, tbi
. things which were behind, forgetting
. the humiliation of defeat, the decimat
l ed homes, the absence of fathers
brothers and loved ones, with "heav
, en-erected face," and brave hearts anr
indomitable courage commence anev
. the struggle for life. And now, aftei
i 30 years, what has been the result!
i Peace?white-winged peace ? reigns
[ supreme. Our people prosperous anc
; happy. All eyes turned to our beauti
; I'ul and beloved Southlaud as the Ca
> tiaan of America! Now these sam<
i gallant soldiers?all that is left o
them?are on their way in order t<
i accomplish the peaceful conquest o
I Atlanta.
We reached Atlanta at 8.30 nex
i morning. We went at once to a goot
: hotel, and secured board and lodginj
i during our stay. In this connection
I I will state that good board and lodg
iug can be obtained in Atlanta a
1 very moderate rates. My fellow conn
i try-cracker, don't have any fear of hav
ing to tent out. With 25 mammoli
hotels and less pretentious ones by th<
score, with numerous private hoarding
houses on every hand, you need hav<
no fear on the score of hospitality
Representatives from each of thest
places, with smiling faces and suavitt
- of manner and extended hand beseecl
i you to go home with them.
> Owing to the cold, chilly weather 01
i Tuesday, we did not visit the exposi
i tion grounds ; but instead we decidet
i to take a glimpse at the "Gate City" o
1 the "Empire State of the South." Wt
I cannot stop to describe in detail tin
1 "Magic City" with an area of 101 miles
> with her population of 108,644, hei
) 200 miles of streets, her 60 miles o
1 paved streets, 182 miles of sidewalks
: 92 miles of electric street railways
. her parks, with their beautiful and
I picturesque .scenery, her 60 churches
her half do;?n magnificent theatres
) her assessed valuation of property
I $54,600,109, all of which we can onlj
. mention in passing.
On Wednesday we went out to th<
exposition grounds. It 1 were compelled
to describe in three words the
many interesting things which we saw,
I would say "wonderful, beautiful,
grand !" Perhaps one of the most
beautiful things to be seeu is in the
Agricultural building. Here we see
the finest exhibit of fruits from West
Florida, from Louisiana, from Arkau;
sas, from California, and other Southern
B States. Here ue see beautifully, systematically
and temptingly arranged,
1 the finest display of fruits imaginable.
Apples, peaches, qui noes, pears, grapes,
etc., iu great variety.
1 We next spent some time in the
Machinery building?118 feet wide,
500 feet long, and 60 feet high. Here
we saw carload after carload of iuis
proved machinery. Here we saw the
e big Corliss engines and many other
kinds of engines at work, large dynamos
that give electrical current to the
* lights on and in the building. All
s sorts of machinery in practical opers
ation.
We next went through the Mining
s and Forestry building, said to be the
1 largest of the kind in the world?350
fippf Innir ji nrl 110wid?_ This hnildinc
J ,v,vw "v "n " " o
" presents iudeed a rustic appearance,
und looks as if it had been built of
2 slabs (perpendicularly) sawn from
2 every kind of wood to be found in the
South. In this building we find an
2 extensive government exhibit of wood
and mineral products, especially of
1 the Southern States. Here we noticed
2 blocks of wood?maple, hickory, wal>
nut, oak, yellow popular, yellow pine,
* cypress, juniper, etc. We noticed here
some boards of yellow pine, 2 inches
thick and 3 feet wide. The finest and
2 most complete exhibit of woods was
r from North Carolina.
2 We next took a turn through tbe?
Fine Arts building, where we beheld
' paintings from the best artists, crayon
r pencilings, etchings, statuary, etc.
It would require the pen of a Talmadge
to portray the peerless beauty
of everything to be seen in this elegant
buildiug.
Next we come to the United States
Government building, with afioorarea
of 65,000 square feet. Here we saw
the finest show of food fish in tanks
that occupy 10,000 square feet and
brilliantly lighted. Here we saw fish
little, and fish big, fish silverish, and
fish golden, fish half white and half
red, fish from the size of your finger, to
the length of your arm. The fish display
alone is well worth the price of
admission.
We also went through the Manufacturers
and Liberal Arts building, iu
which we beheld the elegant exhibits
from Britain, France, Germany, etc.,
, fine statuary from Italy, fabrics from
the mills of Europe and America, and
a wide range of industries from the
J South American republics. The exhibit
i of Italian statuary alone will well repay
a visit to the exposition. Here
' we see a large and varied collection of
1 images of men, women and children in
? attitude of perfect ease and grace, per1
feet symetry in every part a most
' faithful reproduction of the "human
form divine," and, I speak with rej
verence, as perfect and beautiful as the
angels!
> Lovely, indescribably lovely, is the
beautiful, comprehensive display of
*' tropical fruits to be seen in the Florida
1 building. Here we see orange trees
looking as natural as we have seen
J them before their removal from their
? native groves, just ladened with golden
fruit. Florida has also a fine exhibit
of phosphate rock. .
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' ID ine .fiinrmiiui uuuuiug ?c sect*
splendid display of iron and coal, as
' well as a fine exhibit of agricultural
products, including everything to be
i found iu that grand old State.
' We were very pleasantly surprised
when we came to the South Carolina
? exhibit. Here we found a remarkably
J fine display of agricultural and miner;
al products of the "Palmetto State."
We saw also the complete display of
j firearms of the Winchester and Marlin
[ Manufacturing companies. Guns and
i pistols of every conceivable design,
from the tiny ornamental lady's revolver
to the death dealing rifle warranted
to do effective work at a distance of
" 1800 yards. And we saw the Gatlin
gun which shoots by machinery, with
J lightning rapidity. And we saw the
big guns, the modern cannon, which
carries a ball weighing 100 pounds and
,l to shoot which requires a enarge 01
pounds of powder. These big guns,
? I'm told, are to be used for the pur'
pose of piercing and sinking iron clad
war vessels at long range. As I look1
ed upon those monster guns, I was reminded
of the lines written by a South
Carolina poet after seeing the great
1 Ivrupp gun in Philadelphia in 1876.
He wrote as follows:
? "But there were things which saddened all my
i joy:
i saw tnc monster gun at Kssen cast,
' And though peace reigns while its arts
i employ
, The race; soon war spreads ruin, dreadful,
vast,
l Ah ! why say things of old were till amiss,
And progress boast, then weapons show like
this?"
I will close. This article has already
I grown too long; and yet I've given
j- only the faintest outline of a few of
, the many things we saw in the short
[ space of one day. W. S. Gordon.
^ # t
r Felt Safe.?Sunday-school Teachf
er (to little girl)?Do you say your
, prayers every night before going to
, bed?
1 Little Girl (promptly)?No, ma'am.
, Sunday-school Teacher?Are you
, not afraid to go to sleep without askr
ing God to watch over you during the
1 darkness?
Little Girl?No, ma'am, I'm not
; afraid, 'cause I sleep in the middle.