The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23
AT The WHITE CITY.


THE sofa that Grant and Lee sat up
on at Appomattox when they arranged
the surrender stands in the West Vir-
ginia building. 1t belonged to Andrew
McLain, at whose house the generals
met. 1t comes from Henry E. Still
man, who married Miss McLain. So
there is no doubt about the genuine
ness.
SCAN you tell me whether there Is a
saloon near here?" asked young
woman airily of the rigid marine al
guard on board the navy's brick ship at
the worlds fair. II think you'll find
one over there" said thesmarine, be-
traying considerable surprise as he
pointed far across the grounds. Then
he was astonished almost out of his
military propriety by peal of laugh
ter, IS the young woman said: "Oh, ]
mean a saloon of the ship" Even the
marine smiled as he indicated the way
to the wardroom.
CHICAGO is a big city. And she does
things on big scale, in big way.
AS for the fair it is not only bigger
than any previous effort of like ma
ture, but it is far more artistic. One
looks back upon it as upon a dream of
another world. magic creation on an
unheard-of scale. No words can con-
vey just impression of the effect pro-
duced by this triumph of art and archi-
lecture. Life takes off his hat to the
American city having the public spirit
the energy and the consummate taste
to summon such glories into existence.
IN. Y. Life.
THERE is now to be seen in the Mid
way PIaisance in Chicago Herr PoIIak,
who claims to be the fastest talker in
the world. He has repertory OF
twenty thousand words, which he re-
peats in forty minutes, being at the
rate of five hundred words a minute.
These words are in no way connected
and make no sense, the rapidity of their
enunciation being the sole feature of
Herr Pollak's performance. He places
himself under bonds to repeat no words.
and offers forty thousand forms,
which he carries with him, to any
stenographer who can take down what
he says
Ar the Esquimau village on the
worlds fair grounds, sealslins and 9th
er heavy clothing have been abolished
by the forty Esquimaux, men, women
and children, and an equal number OF
EsqLimaa dogs, which lock like littl.
wolves, look as IL they would like Z,
get fid of their heavy coats of fur il
this unusual, to them, summer wealth
err. Many huts, built in true Esqui
mau fashion, and one simulated Ice hu
lined with dryiif fkins, hfe clustere
nsaf little Moravian chapel, and th
appearance is an admirable representa-
tive of genuine Esquimau life. TIL
short, stout and swarthy natives ar
mild and good-humored, and endt.r
with resignation the life which canno-
be too happy. At the trading post on
may buy canriny little dolls, dresse
Id full saits Of white FUR, snowshoes
canoes. moccasins. furs and baskets
The Fisheries building on the world
fair grounds is always crowded witt
visitors 1t is pleasantly-cool bail;
ingto visit on warm day because
the amount of running water With
and the general style of architecture
though it is much smaller than most
the special buildings. There are com
plete exhibits of fishing products an
fishing boats and implements from No,
way, Sweden, Russia, Canada, Ceylor
Germany, Great Britain and our ow
country; shells, corals, cured fish al
models of fish hatcheries and fish way
mounted aquatic birds in great nun
bers; specimens CT fish and casts o
fish from many lands, and. festoonips
the entire rotunda, are great brow
nets, one of them three thousand fee
long. There are SO many life-size dun
mics dressed in fisherman's costumc
sitting in boats, climbing masts
hauling in fish that the newly-arriye
visitor is at first quite sure that he is l.
the midst of living and breathing fish
er folk. The external decorations o
the building are grotesque figures of al
sorts of sea animals.