The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-04-03

anu lulOSN ncfdCleS Was productive
of stIife, quarrels and jealOusies
lnnumerable. The Chief of install.
latiOn had a hard row to weed from
the start. He began by trying TO
suit verybody, and failed lniser-
ably. Then he tried to suit nobody,
and made n still worse failure.
Every exhibitor, like the boy at the
circus, wanted front seats, and those
who failed to get them-and their
name was legiOn-rushed Oft and
howIed through the Northern press,
damning the Exposition from bell
tower to foundation. But, strange
to say, those who were the hardest
kickers, having got rid of their sur
plus bile probably, are now amongst
the most ardent and enthusiastic
supporters of the Exposition. A
detailed description of all the
"sightS to be seen and the sounds
to be heard" at the great show
would fill a volume of the DEMO
Graf STAR.
The scribe who sets out for the
grounds, notebook in hand (as,
alas! many a misguided one has
done. to give a "fnll and eXhaus-
tive description" of the Exposition,
only makes the discovery that he
has "bit off more'n he kin chaw."
The magnitude of the affair soon
reduces the self-important "speciaT
TO the level of ordinary mOrtals.
By the time he Las made tour of
the world from Greenland's icy
mountings, to Ingy's coral strand" +"
and tarried awhile in each Of the
countries that lie between he will
undoubtedly dispair of giving his
I proposed "full and graphic descrip-
ton" thereof.
AS grand and bewildering as the
display is, as seen in day time, 1t
is mt night, under the glow OF the
thousands of electric lights, that
its magnificence strikes the behold
err as akin to the sublime. Stand
ing upon the gallery in the main
building the coup doea surpasSes
description. Were the most graphic
writer in the Union to attempt a
description, and though rs long as
the moral law, he would fail to con-
vey to the realer's mind even an
approximate idea of the maguiti'
cence of the spectacle. 1t is one
of those things that must be seen
TO he understood, appreciated or
enjoyed.
AS an educator, this Exposition
surpasscs anything of the kind
ever before attempted, and there
ale none so wise and learned but
that here may see and learn some
thing new.
The bringing together and pla.
cling side by side of he products OF
the genius aud handiwork of man
kind, from all regions Of the earth,
and the consequent interchange OF
ideas and thoughts resulting there
from will no doubt he felt through
out the civ vlized world in the years
TO come. But it is here, in our
own land, that the benliicent eft.
fects of the Exposition will be felt
in their greatest force.
Owing to insufficient hotel ac-
commodaiions nearly every house
in New Orleans has been tempo.
rarily transformed into a boarding
house. The majority of house
holders probably, lodge and feed
the visitors tor the peeuniary profit.
but still, there is a large class, who
possessing ample means of their
own, also entertain the stranger
within our gates when properly
vouched fOr) not for the shekels
they may bring, but from a desire
to enlarge the circle of their North
ern acquaintance, and also, to do
what they can towards keeping
bright the fair fame of Southern
hospitality.
Aud in this one respect alone,
this introduction of Northern and
Western people iuto Southern
homes, into the iuner sauctuaries,
as 1t were, of our social fabric, the
value of this great Exposition in
cementing bonds OF fellowship be-
tween Northern and Southern eau
not be measured or computed in
cold dollars and cents. Although
citizens of common country we
were, before this Exposition, ac-
quaintances, merely on speaking
terms, now we are friends, and
thoroughly understand each others
nobler qualities as well as we
thought we did our ignObler ones
And further, many a Northern
home will be graeed by fair Sonth-
ern mistress-bpcause of the Ex-
position. And many red-cbeeked
Western or Northern lassie will re-
turn amongst rs to sing lullabys to
her Southern born children. And
now, a "straight tip" to 'honey-
mooners' and III close.
New Orleans seems to be at pres
cut the Mecca of newly married
couples. The hotels are full of
them in the street ears you'll find
them upon the Exposition grounds
aud in the buildings, one meets
them everywhere. Whether lis
tening to the roar OF the machine
~, or down among the palms Of
florida. whether wandering among
the grain heaps OF Kansas or the
golden rocks of California. wher
ever one turns the newly married