The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-09-06

germs, to the blowing of hostile fleets out OF
The rified guns of the battle ships were the
wonder of all. -
Wax guards and wax soldiers were ltie-ike.
The pictures were in the highest perfection
of the painters art; the incest touch OF the
sculptor's chisel was to 6e seen on every
hand. ~
there In all the perfection OF Nature.
The loom and the spindle were doing their
appointed work.
The sewing machine and the minting ma
chine furnished respective exhibitions.
The richest mineral deposits from the
bowels OF the earth were there 10 great Varie-
| ty and In an aston ishing quantity.
| Rare diamonds and precious stones dazzled
the eye, and struck the slghtseer with amaze
ment.
artistic skill OF the artzan were every where.
The best productions of the hand OF man
and the nOblest growth OF Nature renected
all their glory and splendor.
| The symm etrical beauty, the strength and
the grandeur OF the architecture OF the build.
ings were everywhere apparent, ana nlled
j the eye and the mind with reverence for the
taste, the ski and the art OF man while lead
Ing the beholders thoughts up to the works
OF the Greatest and Sublimest OF all the ar
chitectS.
frightened up by the thousands OF lights
which frlnged the tops OF the building anu clr
cled their centres scene was presented,
which for brilliancy and grandeur as they
shade and color 10 the electric fountains,
while shedding their Illuminating rays Oh
the thousands OF gazing people who occupied
the dry land" made scene which s ~ not oI tOI
glory Of God; and the armament sheweth
his handy work" surely all these achieve
ments in the sciences, and the arts which
man has wrought out declare his glory and
handIwork. His progress In finding out the
hitherto unreveaIed forces and beauties
which may now be seen ard utilized by man
Is the wonder of the world.
TIE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
The daily pay attendance averages perhaps
| no, ,GO0, and the free passes average D,OOO The
! tree list Includes Exhibitors, lahorers. guards,
attendants on the eating tables, aud many
| others. Thursday was illinois day, when
24l. 900 pay visitors were there. Including The
$1,000 free passes, there were on the grounds
| that day 27i ,0AO people, nearly all OF whom re.
mained until after dark 70 see the fireworks
and the electric displays. have no means OF
conveying TO the render any idea OF Inc I'M
could reach the people were standing crowded
together In every direction. There were
acres and acres Of them. SO great was the
crowd that thought we would be nearly all
| night getting away after the fireworks and
the electric display which closed about ten
o'clock. but very much 10 my surprise tnere
seemed TO be no delay At all. AS far as we
as they wished 10 go. The different ways OF
getting passengers TO the Fair and away from
| IL are enumerated as follows. Fare on all
| lines five cents.
| GETTING AWAY FROM THE FAIR.
By the Cottage Grove avenue cable cars.
Capacity per hour. 2O,0OO passe myers;
BY the State street cable cars Capacity per
hour, ~, 600 passengers;
By the Elevated Railroad from Congress
| street. Capacity per hour, 20O
BY Baltimore l. Ohio and Northern Pacific
lines. Capacity 15,OOO per day, from western
By numerous. cabs, hacks and coaches and
IF YOU GO TO THE FAIR.
II you are going To the Fair for the purpose
of seeing 1t, 10 alone one man oy hitnsei
will see more Of the Fair IN one day than
groupe OF half a dozen will see In week.
| The reason for this is obvious. No two men
are likely to be interested In the same exhlo.
| 1t, and II ali wait for single person just that
| much time Is wasted. Another reason is,
| that Il takes much time in trying TO keep To-
gether, which could otherwise be more profit
ably spent in Sightseeing.
THE CITY NOT LESS INTERESTING THAN THE
| FAIR.
Let no man 60 to Chicago with the single
| purpose Of seeing the Fair. The city OF Chi
cago is as great W0nder US the FAR, "a ana 1o no
thing OF the greatest city In America.
WHERE SOUTH CAROLINA EDITORS OUGHT
TO BUY THEIR TYPE.
The members Of the State Press Association
| received the incest attention from Messrs.
| Barnhardt Bros, & Spindler, the largest type
founders in the country. This hrm Is not old,
but it ia one OF the richest and most success
full in all the country. One OF the hrm start
ed out in life as country printer and editor
| of a little paper at one OF the many railroad
tanks in Illinois. He knew how II was him.
self when he was a little younger than ne is
| now, and his early experience as country
printer and editor, may have laid tne founda,
| tion for his future success, Knowing all
about the printing business In its smallest
details he knows how TO supply the needs OF
the country printers, He took great pleasure
| In showing US through their immense estab-
lsshment, and while impressing w with the
magnitude OF bis business, he also impressed
US with his practical common sense, and
sterling character, The country press OF
South Carolina will likely send to this firm
for much OF the little that they will hereafter
buy,
OF WHAT THE BUILDINGS ARE MADE.