The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-10-31


Been Going On.
Correspondence Morganton Herald.H
In the thirty years since Sherman's
troops left the city of Atlanta in ashes,
and tine whole country tributary to it
devastated by fire and sword, the Cot
ton States and International Exposi
ton now. in progress in that city has
been rendered possible, and this fact
alone gives assurance Of its success.
The honesty of purpose and the abil-
ity Of those who have undertaken the
development and upbuilding OF the
South is CONSPICUOUS from the great
successes and few failures met with by
capital invested under their direction
or managed by them, and it is but
fair to our old heroes to say that this
refers mainly to them; not to the i'm
ported representatives Of a mythical
"New South" but to those who through
storm and sunshine alike have devoted
themselves to the glorious Old South
and made for her history without a
parallel.
The United States Government has
given to the Exposition subst antial in
dorsement in the form Of an appropria-
ton of $22o, 900 for government ex-
hibit in highly creditable building
full of information and entertainment
for either the student or the casual OBJ
server.
The fisheries exhibit with its mag
nifcent array of live specimens from
river, lake and sea, together with its
casts and skeletons of the mammoths
of the fnny tribe, its practical demon
strations of the methods employed to
hatch, feed and transport the young
fish, and the hooks, seins, boats, spears,
reels, etc., used in capturing the edible
and oil-bearing varieties would furnish
the naturalist or the disciple Of lsaak
Walton many a days pleasure, and
ought to be sufficient in itself to attract
the crowd from the "Midway," which
however it fails to. Perhaps the Soc
iologist can explain why it fails, but
your correspondent is of the opinion
that when he does explain and removes
the cause of this tendency Of mankind
in general to attend Bowery perform
ances in preference to following Sir
Isaak "a-6shing," he will have greatly
reduced the work of the department OF
Justice, which, by the way, has an ex-
hibit adjoining that of the fisheries.
Perhaps it is not out of place to remark
that the life-size bust portrait of oul
much loved President is also, by con-
cidence presume, near the fisheries,
where it is reasonable to suppose the
original himself will spend part Of hi:
time during his stay on the grounds
In the departments of State and
Justice there are portraits of all the
Presidents, the Justices Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, and man
Others sofprominence in Natural history
together with forms of State papers
selections OF curiosities and relics tron
: the National library. Among the lat
ter are copy Of the laws of Nortf
Carolina, 1889, and fac smile of the
original draft of National Declaration
of independence. The penmanshil
on the body of the last mentioned
document would put to shame states
t man of these degenerate type-write
davs, and is exceedingly creditabl'
> when compared with the work of mod
) ern experts in that line.
: In the Weather Bureau, which
t now under the department of Agricul
ture, there is in practical operation
y full set of the instruments used for re
cording temperature, velocity and dl
: rection of wind, number of hours sun
t shine and cloudy weather each day
e amount of rainfall, pressure Of atmos
: phere, etc., all of which we hear {
n read records from almost daily, bu
e which we seldom see in practical opel
s alton. These instruments, while sin
r pie in the fundamental principles {
their construction, are very ingeniousl
IS designed and cannot be intelligibl
t. described without models or drawing
h Electricity is the recording agent an
the force which renders such instru
}. ments possible. This department e.
e hibt is under the management of d
st Dabney, former State Chemist Of Mort
e Carolina, now President ofthe Unive
: sity of Tennessee and assistant Seer
tary Of Agriculture.
is The attendants immedia,ly in chart
n are exceedingly polite and take plea
d ure in explaining the workings Of the
of department.
e, While there, heard them give Ge
% Guaterez, of Mexico, full detai
n through an interpreter.
y Near the weather bureau exhibit is :
1t interesting display of treasury and mi
Us "samples," including coins Of all ISSUE
b, bonds, revenue stamps and documer
>" of all kinds relating to this depal
er ment.
IN 1, is said that a citizen Of sor
:" State, let US hope not North Carolin
e. inquired here to know when the d
I'd ,ribution of twenty dollar gold piet
St, was to begin, and said he had be
&c informed that the government y
i'd going to give one to each head OF
on family.
Leaving the treasury, we find nj
ns the exhibits iof the war departme
,e- which consists principally Of patte
is Of artillery and smaller arms OF
~. types, from the acquebuse and br
di- mortar of CORVALLIS 10 the mod
ma no Hotchkiss and "Craig- -Jorgeusel
a. The Ga,tlins machine gun occuE
Oh a prominent position and see