The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
THE GREAT FAIR.
A Splendid Attempt to Describe
What Is to be Seen There.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. II. {

millions Of people attended the Fair
last week, and that is said to be the
largest number that ever attended
any international fair in one week.
Great efforts are being made to
induce large attendance this week
and next. Next Saturday will be
Manhattan day, and will be cele-
brated by New York. Excursions
from New York are arriving already.
Strong efforts are being made to
get the President and cabinet here
on the closing day. During the
present week the admission fee has
been reduced to twenty-five cents
for boys and girls under eighteen,
aud all the public school children
are expected to be in attendance.
The public schools of Chicago are
all closed this week. | notice an
unusual number of children IN the
fair grounds to-day. Taking the
crowd as a whole it is the best ma
tured aggregation of people | have
ever seen. Nevertheless 1T fur
nlshes a fine opportunity to study
human nature. There are some
people who are disagreeable, and
who seem bent upon making just
as many people unhappy as possible.
1t is astonishing how much fuss an
individual of this class can make.
We had an exhibition at the break
fast table this morning. There
was a great crowd in the breakfast
room and the walters were sorely
pressed, and there was some delay
in serving the guests. A little fell
low with red head seemed to get
worried and began to abuse the
young lady who was waiting on the
table. lie complained of every
thing, and said he generally paid
his way and did not wish to be
swindled. lie talked in such loud
tone as to attract the attention of
all the people in the room. When
the little fellow found he had an
audience he let himself out. He
declared that if he were a minister
he would swear. His wife called
him doctor, but there was nothing
else to indicate his professional
standing. The scene which he
created made a profound impression,
and lady who heard him remarked
in my hearing, "well. that man is
not used to much at home" He
announced that he was from Bes-
ting. | have seen a great many
mothers walking around the great
buildings of the fair with infants in
their arms, and it seems to me that
they must have a great desire to see
the show or they would not under
take it under such advantageous
circumstances. Stalwart men be-
come exhausted and seek a rest.
but delicate looking females tramp
from morning until night and
"neyer mind it bit. "
OF all the disagreeable people l
have met is the fellow who assumes
that he knows everything and
insists open explaining what he
really does not know to everybody
else. The most unhappy persons L
have seen were the young girls who
bought new shoes to come to the
fair, and now as they walk around
day after day they suffer the most
horrible torture. They will know
better next time.
visited the krupp gun estab-
lishment to-day and saw the i'm
mcnse guns worked as they are in
action. The great Krupp gun was
unloaded at Locust Point, Balti.
more, and has been described so
often as to make repetition
unnecessary. ! WIS much interested
in the armor plates for iron clad
vessels. There are steel plates
eleven inches thick, which haye
been perforated by solid shot as
readily as pistol ball would 90
through piece Of ordinary paste
board. There were plates fifteen
inches thick which had been perfo-
rated also. 1t seems almost incred-
IDLE that ship covered with such a
mass of iron will feat at all, and
more incredible still that such
armor does not afford protection
against the great guns of the present
day. Krnpp has also on exhibition
shaft and propeller Of an Atlantic
steamer. The shaft is ninety feet
long and weighs one hundred and
three tons. The propeller is twenty
six feet in diameter. There is on
exhibition in the Krupp building
also an iron plate used in making
boilers. 1t is siXty-iye feet long,
eleven feet wide, an inch and a
quarter thick and weighs sixteen
tons In the matter Of exhibits Of
this character, however, as in al
most everything else, the United
States is ahead. TIE Bethlehem
iron works, Of Bethlehem, Pa,
have an iron aud crr1u rvhibit yCbIcb