Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-15

CHOCOLATE STATUE OF oERhAStA-
ridge In the middle. They always intend
to do more, but by that time their road tAx
ID worked out. The rain comes and turns
the plowed earth TO Quagmfre. The hot
sun comes out 10 dry Il and the road
warps In drying. Then It's beauty. The
dry weather comes and the Oft plowsd
earth becomes bed Of dust.
Well, there is q section OF Just such .
road ON exhibition In Jackson park and
near Il are sections showing three styles
Of model roads, the best Macadam, the
Telford and one other. But the cheapest
Of these costs 5000 mile and the best,
the Telford, 5000, and that settles IL with
the farmers who gaze on the specimen
with admiration. You might ~ well sing
psalms TO q dead horse a. to talk to the
people of q western state now, whether In
town or country, about spending $500
mile for q road. They cannot afford tho
half Of II, nor yet the quarter OF u except
on q few main lines. The little building
In which the National League for Good
Roads has its headquarters In at the south
end OF the grounds, east OF the windmill
exhibit, and there are men there who will
talk 20 ably ON good roads as TO make
farmer feel, for the time being. that teO,-
oOO mile would not be too much for such
blessing.
All this brings me around by easy and
natural stages to evolution again and the
Midway plaisance and the great society
event which IL to come Of there just .
week from today and which all who can
get there ought to see, for then and there
will be the International ball and congress
Of nations aud q grand parade Of all races
and colOrs. August II will indeed be the
greatest day Of the fair on the plaisanoe
and possibly the greatest day Of any fair.
for Il Is not probable that % many indi.
viduals Of % many different races wero
ever thus collected before. Forty.hve
races and subdivisions Of races will take
part and after the main show Of the day
there will be q rather private affair
(rather, for the tickets even for spectators
are g each) at night. This will bs the
ball and supper. where every nation and
race will have its own accustomed food
prepared by Its own cooks.
And this brings me back by quite logical
stages TO the question with which began,
viz, how did all these fellows come soi
Everybody knows how different classes
mutually improve each other, burglars
and lockmakers for instance. No sooner
does the lock man invent lock which 10
absolutely burglar proof than the burglar
invents q jimmy which will open any.
thing. Then the lock man does little
better and the burglar improves again.
It's the same, observe In the exhibit
here, with armor aud projectiles. Fint
one man invented an armor which was alb
solutely impenetrabls and then another
man invented q gun which would send q
ball through II like . knife through old
cheese. Well, it'sths same with these fel.
lows. Il really makes me sweat to look at
the Esquimaux, especially the women,
they ars 30 round and fat and oily looking.
And II almost gives me pain In the back
to see some Of the Algerians and Egyp-
tians, they are 90 long and lean and lathy
and leathery. Well, It's q plain case; all
the lean folks died long ago up north and
a. To the fat ones In Africa death was Ger.
tainly mercy to them.
OF course this social evsut viii DO o
fancy ball, for each race will wear its pe-
culiar costume and ~ each will dance In
turn to the music OF Its own band the oc-
casion will not lack variety. II 10 mat
ter for congratulation that the health OF
all these far foreign people continues good.
And this brings up the old question.
asked after every worlds fairi do not
these great gatherings soften race and M.
tional prejudices and tend to make ns-.
tions more friendly. Everybody says yes,
on general principles, but 20 far exl r.
ience has been Just the other way. ltN 3
confidently predicted that the first worlds
fair. In London, would bring In the era OF
peace. The people went home to get ready
tor war and In the next twelve years oc-
CURED the most dreadful wars OF modern
times. Ana what do all these strange
people think Of our rsligioni Nothing
ct all, apparently. Asked an English
gentlemen engaged In business this quss-
ton, "Of all the Asistics and Africans
you have taken to England or brought TO
America to exhibit, bow many adopted
Christianity" His answer was en-.
phstlc: mot Opsl" J. u. BEADlx.