Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-28

perience, practically inexhauSib6 Gp40
veins may be looked tsy y - . ~ ~
pyuspsqpsd ssue1c01 a British Columbia
Manitoba got here late and 30 her build
ing Is located outside ef the grounds and
comparatively few visit ia-A great pity for
the exhibit is fine. As yet, however,
have inspected only the Canadian display
in the fisheries aud but glanced ut her
minerals and grains. and must give her
another day.
There is one room in the Government
building where one may always ind many
old soldiers and often hear odd reminis-
eences and secure some quiet amusement.
A squad Of bluecoats Is q common sight
there and the militia companies and veter-
ans who come in squads generally go there
in body. There are old blunderbusses
and Queen Anne muskets which. appar-
emily, would jam the shoulder OF a COM
mon man ii fired with Q full load In.
There are old muskets picked up on almost
every battlefield of the Revolution and
war of Isl2, some restored and OF hers just
as the battle Or lapse Of time left them.
There are old flint locks, some made anew
others as they were after one or more gen
erations OF use. And there is a complete
assortment Of all the rifles and muskets
used during the civil war, arranged in the
order they were introduced, so any veterar
can pick out the kind first issued 10 him
and note the dates it came in and went
out And ali these collections are ar
arranged In historic order.
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rifle proposed for the United States army
and often described, Isuppose, and around
it there is generally group os curious
veterans. To a man who 'dfawed an En-.
field" or Belgian smooth bore" in 1861 or
'62 and now looks on this almost ideally
perfect instrument for dealing death, it
looks as II ages had elapsed between the
two inventions There Is really almost Is
much difference as between the bow and
arrow Of the savage and the Enfield. All
around are other instruments of death
and in the big gun department it looks AS
il an enemy could ba annihilated as soon
as he came within reach. Yet the peace
congress has been in session here right
along and General Howard used these
same far-reaching death-dealers as proof
that the gu of peace was at hand. They
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will win and that no half civilized people
will be able 10 withstand u civilized. And
indeed the gap between the higher and
lower races of mankind has been increas-
ing for thousands of years. The best
drilled and armed Roman legion could
hardly contend successfully against three
or four times its numbers Of Gauls or
Getulae, but 500 well equipped British
Inn a1S nf
thousands of southern Asiatics and with
out serious danger.
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The great live stock show is on and
booming. The Stock pavilion is the CEN
ter of attraction and the attendance nj ths
fair has materially increased in conse-
quence. Today the Belgian horses have
their innings. on Monday the Arabs, on
Tuesday Cleveland bays and French car
riage horses, and on Wednesday ninety
two will contend for the lead among Ger
man coach horses. So the programme
will continue with change of horses
every day till Sept. when the great show
Of Shetland ponies will come off and there
will, says the exhibitor, be fun for the
little boys" The cattle show runs with
similar changes: 243 Jerseys next Monday
and Tuesday, 81 Holstein Frisians on
Guernseys, Devons and Ayr
shires on the next three days and so on till
Sept. and 5. when the grand sweepstakes
will end the live animal exhibit. OF fu-
ture days of importance the grandest will
be Oct. 9 when, if present plans do not
miscarry. Chicago will picture her desola-
tion in 1871, and subsequent great revival
In a wonderful series of floats and pa
geants Among the fireworks at night
will be one piece 100 feet long represent
lng Chicago on Fire"