Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-14


would want to answer your advertisement.
He delighted to put bent pin under you,
and expected IL to stick you. and when you
were stuck how happy was Charley Gut
teau!"
This should be warning to boys who
bend pins. Every animal at tins great ex-
hibition has beautiful moral.
The prospect Of the most splendid fair the
| world has probably seen Is clear to me,
who have been attending these fairs since
the London Exhibition OF 1862. The world
mas made great advances since, but
America IN her departments moro than any
nation. In 1862 not tile nor piece of
the United States; hardly any silk
goods. little ornamental glass or pottery.
Tho history of that day is all told here In
reproductions of our earliest cars, coaches.
aud utensils. But we stood high IN origi-
nal design at the first part of the century.
as the many State quarters attest with
their old portraits and furniture.
This is o feature of our exhibition of the
greatest interest TO our own people-the
State buildings. That of Massachusetts, IS
delight to 90 through, with its fireplaces
lighted. its beds made mp. its utensils in
place. as John Hancock owned them.
The Oldest portions of tho nation seem
to have superior order and promptness.
Boston and Philadelphia are ready and
The General Government In its beauti-
full exhibit sets the State o lesson of dis
clpline. Every part of the United States
Building bristles with pictures and infor-
nation. The great number of lay human
figures, clad IN uniform or old costume,
rival the swarm of spectators rowing
among them. Guns rs long as barn or
! MANSION house, horses and mules TO the
life, models of barracks. and seaports give
the local pupil broad idea of his country
and the fidelity of its government to the
people. This is an exhibition to suppress
egotism and confirm decent ana proper
pride; we are doing well. but are still In
feriOr to Europe in matters where Europe
deserves 10 excel US.
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Our active and. great contemporaries arc
Great Britain. France. and Germany. Our
greatest individual States can hardly match
Sweden. Switzerland, Spain, Italy, and
Belgium.
The greatest testimonial to our place
among the nations is the strong eifort ali
these nations have made TO impress US ana
obtain our market.
The best sensibiity that is touched in
our minds is the real goodwill we have
| worked upon our older peers IN civiliza-
| tion. We do lead an example OF interna-
tional peace, but the mails end express
| trains were robbed q night or two, age
within twelve hours of Chicago ana tbs
inoffensiye passengers made TO hold up
their hands-a picture OF barDarlsm hardly
| to be noted Of Morocco.
Carter Harrison is the Jacques Van Arte-
velde of the fair. the western Fernando
| Wood. and the contrast to that other
southern derived lllinolsan. Lincoln
Harrison has some genuine public traits.
He pursues and patronizes the people m
stead of buying them. Sad my table
waiter to me, pointing to large house,
He owns dat big lot next door to hiln
and will not sell IL, nor improve II, nor
| nothing" The so-called socialistic
think rich real estate owner
ought to employ somebody, instead
/ of waiting for others to bring up the price
| of his land. | was told of one OF these lazy
/ men, whose politics was imported from the
/ State whence he came, that he offered
/ party contribution OF S200,0O0 TO be put on
/ the yice-presidential ticket and the State
| bosses looking on him with that contempt
! the Pretorian guard had for Dldias Ju-
| Iianus. to whom they sold the crown. said !:
From YOU, with your pslf, none OF which
| Won got by toll, we want $780, 600 before we
| will consider YOU" He turned aside fright
ened and forlorn.
Up here they drink Bourbon OF corn
| whiskev. and do YOU notice. as q proba-
| and Kentucky is alike Wives and sons
shoot at husbands and step-fathers. and
| fire upon counsel and would Kill the
| Judge. too, if they could get of. NO
| body suffered for the murder OF the
Chief Judge in Kentucky. He was killed
with gun as he turned his back, hye,
maturing slowly in a cold, sterile soil,
secretes its alcohol slowly, while corn
ripening in few weeks, is grain hre.
They buy new rye whiskey East two
months old and carry 1t TO Kentucky to
mix with their fire-water, and send the
blended new and fiery to Chicago and
call it old rye. The rye of the East at
present is nearly all stripped from Wis
consin, aud | should think Wisconsin
ought to manufacture the rye whiskey
! for Chicago.
| THE REAL MAYOR.
went to the top of the Chicago City
Hall Yesterday and saw in fine, large
rooms a large. orderly congregation read
ing in the city library. In one great room
they were reading the newspapers. In
another room the libraryless lawyers were
reading from q great law library free. In
a third room they not only were taking
books out. but having them Delivered
home as the United States delivers their
letters. In fourth room 100 people, more
than | ever saw at once IN the library OF
ence | thought to myself: This city
free library is the real Mayor of Chicago
Suppose the editors were as mean as the
! preachers. wouldn't they demand that the
| free. newspaper file be taken down and
every poor, unemployed fellow compelled
to buy copy of the paper! suppose the
| LAWYERS were as mean az they were III
| York. Pa. to Young Thad. Stevens,
wouldn't they pass bar law, that any man
using free law books should never be al
mitted to the bar: q,
But the West is the West. IL has in al
its large cities free newspaper libraries.
The newspaper is the gospel OF TO-DAY IL
contains less criminal matter than the Oid
| Testament and 1t finds employment Tor the
poor.
The Germans rule Chicago by numbers
they are double tho Irish in numbers: a
German is Governor of Illinois, Swede
I Governor of Minnesota; numbers rule
! America and back numbers are not often
in demand. The day. the twenty-four
hours, is great rounded existence, ana
before it and beyond IL not many eau
think. Altgelt, the Governor. at the top
| of the State. finds himself poor. cas-.
down, ath-fearIng Invalid.
am told here that the suit OF the United
| Press Association for $500, 600 against the
| Associated Press OF the West Is not highly
! considered by the formers lawyers. Tele,
craphy is too cheap ever to be cornereo
again and jay Gould broke the old news
monopoly to pieces and was more liberal
as an editor than Franklin.
The use of colors and design IN prlnting
has suread all over the land. A colored
| picture given away with the scent Sun
day issue of daily paper makes the press
the author of art IN the household.
But sculpture shows up strong IN TINS
new West. Chicago has in its streets and
! parks the best American statues OF Lin
, coin. Grant. and Columbus. The sculpture
at the exhibition is superb. and good
deal of it is made by Americans OF German
and foreign stock.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND.