Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23


light Il given of at night In sparkling
lamp Jewels. There II railway to carry
people from one end Of the city to the
other. There are all sorts OF craft on the
canals, basins and lagoons. The city has
its own pier, the greatest pier In the
world, with line OF steamships touching
at Il, and even tramway to carry people
from one end Of the pier to the other.
There L. complete hre department, Just
such as any city has; only, perhaps, better
than most cities can boast. The police de-
partment has more than 1000 men under
Il, control, and among them are smart de-
tectives by the score on the outlook for
plckpockets and confidence men. This po-
lice force has It's guard houses, its patrol
wagons, it, police telegraph line. There II
even sort of police court In which COM
plants are first heard by Judge known
as ''the officer Of the day" and he decides
In case Of arrest whether the offender shall
be let 20 or turned over to the regular
civil authorities without the grounds for
punishment. There In q medical depart
ment, with HOSPITALS and ambulances and
surgeons. There Is o hank, where ono
may deposit or draw. The United States
government has here complete postofiics,
with all departments, and service Of car.
riers Just as In any other city.
In addition to all this there is o city
council, composed of the board Of directors
Of the exposition company and the nation.
nj commission, and they make the laws
and tie ordinances. Iftherei Is any official
corresponding to the mayor Of the city he
Is Director General Davis. This quickly
created city has It's music hall, its restau-
rants, its telegraph lines, its railway sta
tions, its streets and alleys, It's palaces and
its shops, like any other city. but II II Q
city In which people do not sleep, except
Ing the guardians OF peace and property.
Il Is city I'm which there are no novels
and no display of poverty, no public exhi-
bitlon Of vice. 1t Is city In which the
weakness and the wantonneSs OF man arc
excluded, where he has gathered TO show
all the good aad great and beautiful things
of which he II capable. Therefore Il IA an
Ideal sort OF city. As social study II Il
lltogct ther rs interesting as from any In
,lustrial or artistic point Of view. You
aud | viii live long time II We survive
TO behold another likeit.
Like any other city. too, IL has It's idlen
snd its drones, its Indifferent people, its
,!cniLens who seek pleasure rather than
,nowledge. Down at the great pier saw
, scene today which startled me. II was
...st Of score or NJ Of men with fishing
rusls In hand, watching their lines In tho
'sa,ers Of the lake. II was indeed startling
b come upon men who had the time or In
clination for such an a,ocation as fishing
In tie midst Of assembled splendors Of the
world. How man could sit watching Q
cork dancing ON the water and praying
for bite from some poor fish while the
palaces and their splendid contents, the
fountains and the statuary, and the NOV.
Ing picture made by the masses OF people.
were within o few steps from the spot,
was more than could understand. There
was but one explanation, and that the
.ritc one, that II takes all kinds Of people
to mako up aworld.
] was surely right In the observation
made In the second paragraph OF this letter
10 the effect that human nature II ono OF
tho most interesting studies TO be seen at
the Worlds Columbian exposition.
WALTER wEiiMkN.