Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-04-23
Our Exposition Letter.
rom our regular correspondent.

From our regular correspondent
NEW ORLEANS, La, Apri., 90. 1885.
In the Exposition of to-day are not
alone pictures of the present, illustrate
ing the rapid advancement Of civiliza-
ton, but the past, with its simple Gus
toms and costumes, its quaint devices
and primative institutions, comes back
from the far away centuries, to mlngle
with the busy, interested throngs, and
to lay its contributions before them
bringing, indeed, even many living rep
rescntatives of not only the older civili-
cations, but also the oldest barbarism.
The avaricious sons of Mahomet meet
in fierce competition with the equally
avaricious children of Christ. to grasp
the almighty dollar, and the filthy un-
couth savage sports his blanket and
paint and plume, among the powdered
bells and corset laced dudes of Broad
way Beacon Street; the almond.evcd
followers of Confucius, the Turk, the
Greek, the jew, "Rock rooted and an
cient, the Duchman, the mild manner
ed and gentle sons of Japan; Wild Bill
and his lOng-haired Cow Boys, and the
much to be pitied though much abused
millionaire, all meet, commingle
among and elbow each other in this
Cosmopolitan "Nlenageric,n the old
and the new, the cultivated and the
coarse, advancing and reccding civil
izations, meeting as if to salute one
another for the last time, before part
lug company tOrever-the one to per-
ish, the other going forward conquer
ing and to conquer.
Among the many collections and eX-
hibits of antiquity, not only tie ancient
civilizations Of America are represent
ed in "Models" of the homes of the
Cliff-Dwellers, Indian Implements and
pottery, but also the more advanced
works of that Roman Empire, whose
capital sat enthroned upon her seven
hills, ruling from tropic to frigid zone.
In one Of the Government buildings
gallaries is an extensive exhibit from
Bath Ohe famous health resort of Eng
landD, of models of the baths which
are supposed to have been built by the
Romans during the reign of the En-
peror Hadrian, A. ID. ll7-l3S. These
models, patterned from excavations al
ready made, show that these wise old
Romans, if not Cody, understood the
Cody virtue of water Their baths
had dry, heated rooms, for different de-
grees of heat, cold baths and hot baths.
regulated by stoves or praefurnia, and
were, in many particulars, as well
adapted to their purpose as the modern
establishments erected upon the an
cient site. 1t is to be hoped that the
enterprise of the City of Bath. In send
ing this very interesting exhibit, may
result in inducing many modern peo-
people to initiate the Romans in its
more frequent application to their feet,
IL not otherwise.
The Exposition is an excellent school
in which 10 study the relative advan-
tages OF the several states, especially
adapted to persons in search of new
homes or fields ofjinvcstment and en-
terpriso. Just now Florida is receiv-
ing more attention than any other state
in the Union, particularly from that
large class who are in search of a mild
er climate. The entire state is overrun
by people looking out locations for
winter residences and for orange groves,
and her exhibitors are constantly ap-
piled to for papers and information.
And considering that Florida is the old
est in the point Of settlement, of all
our possessions, it is astonishing to find
millions of acres there yet open to en-
try, at original government prices,
while very much In private hands can
be bought at figures within the reach
of almost any one that can raise an OK