The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-09-19


has the largest, and, considering the
size of the country, does very well.
OF foreign nations, France by far
makes the best display, then comes
Germany and Italy very close together,
and England, and lastly the United
States. The American Propaganda,
where. arc found few American in
vcntions, is little better than wood
shed. No attempt at an artistic ar
arrangement has been made at all.
That which was to have been the
special feature of the Fair has not
materializcd. Paris had it's tower,
Chicago it's wheel, and it has become
about settled that for an exposition to
be a success it must have something
novel and wonderful. Antwerp was
going to have Dirigcablc Balloon.
Is it that aerial navigation is too much
for the inventive gcniuscs 1t has
been up to the present.
Exposition loving people will have
to wait until 1900 to have their desire
for big shows gratifcd. Paris is pre-
pairing now to have one then. They
propose to eclipse everything of this
nature ever undertaken. Those who
know the past success of the French
in similar enterprises expect some
thing wonderful
If the Exposition at Antwerp was
not success, nevertheless | enjoyed
very much being in that old Flcmmish
town again. Being near the Holland
line, and lying on the opposite side of
the channel from England, with which
it does large trade, this city partakcs
of much that is Dutch and of not a
little of that which is English. The
fat country around covered with old
four-armcd wind mills, dogs pulling lit
tic wagons, instead Of horses drawing
large ones, houses with their ends
turned towards the street. and with
gables whose upper side, instead of
being straight lines, arc series of
steps; all these give the city that
picturesque appearance peculiar to
towns of the low country. -Four lam
guagcs arc largely spoken by the in
habitants Flemmish, French, Eng
lish and Dutch.
Now | am here in London, the me-
tropolis of the world, twice as large as
Paris and more than three times as
large as New York. The sight of the
humanity that flows through its
streets and of the business that passes
through it's channels of circulation is
uncqualled in the world. If the yisi-
tor takes his stand at the centre of the
business part of the city at st. Paul 3
Cathedral, and look down Fleet Street
or Cheapsidc, he sees one surging sea
Of humanity and vehicles from early
morning until late at night.
What difference between these
English and the French One could
hardly believe that only narrow
| channel separates them. The former
are large, plcgmatic, grave, almost
painfully so. deeply religious, holding
to royalty, conservative. The latter
arc small, nervous, gay, free-thinkcrs
to large extent, holding to Rcpubli-
can ideas. progressive. Their chief
cities, London and Paris, when COM
pared, give the difference between the
two nations. London is large, busy
and commercial. city of work old,
heavy, with narrow streets and lanes
where the sun scarcely enters if it
should happen to be shining, houses
black with SCOT, and with but little
architecture, the city cnvclopcd in
smoke, through which the people
gropc their way. Yet there is order
in this chaos. Slowly but maiesti-
cally it moves on. Paris is l"'ite, or
dcrly, city of ideas New. light,
with wide boulcyards and sunny
streets, bristling with examples Of
architecture, the city cnvclopcd i'll
light. 1t makes a revolution in day
and the distance it thus travels along
the road Of liberal ideas is measured
by a century. France and England.
as it has been said, are the two feet Of
civilization. The former says move
quick by the latter says not $" last.
The latter has to hinder the former
sometimes ; for example, at Waterloo.
Among the many good qualities "l
the English is that Of honoriug those
who have done the nation service.
This is no better seen than by visiting
Westminster Abbey. To be buried
here under the same roof with Kings
is the highest tribute the nation can
pay to the dead. Here We find erect
cd monuments to warriors and poets.
statesmen and philosophers, inventors
and explorers Equally conspicuous
We find them IT, Wolfe and Milton,
Pitt and Newton, Watt and Stanley.
Sometimes it seems that statue is
erected for very little service. OF
rather 4 peculiar kind of service.
This is especially true in the case Of
the one to Major Andre. The inScril'-
ton says he lost his life in very
dangerous undertaking in His Mai