Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-24

an early death All theso are not a tenth part of tho wonders of the. Government building, and over all is an exceedingly brilliant display, the flags of all nations, the finest specimens of each, festooning the central space from end to end.
 The study of Men.
 After all, man is himself of more ondur- ing interest to man than Is anything elsc, and right here and in theso opening days man can be studied in tho rough. Visitors from distance did not come in myrlads as had been hoped, and think they are wise in waiting week or two till the weather of October is here and the exposi. tion Is on smoothly running basis, but tine Georgian IS here, md in the Govern ment building and on tho Midway plai- sance tho Georgian of the hills is very much in evidence. Any one can see by glance at the map that somo 20 counties of this state are more or less mountainous, but the map does not show the interesting fact that the people of Cherokee Georgia, as that region is called, are sui generis, people as distinct from thoseof the low country as If they were In Europe or Asia The funniest thing about the Cherokee Georgian is his sublime unconsciousness that he is funny. Ho is so completely self centered, 50 well satisfied with himself, that his ideas and way of life seem to him the standard by which all should be judged. He never thinks of asserting this, because it nover enters his head that it is questioned, and with his good health and breezy manners all this makes him at once a delightful ogotist and courteous gen. tleman. Looking on n group of these stal- warts as they stand in tho Government building, can see in every ono of them. see it sticking out of them, in fact-a cer- tain something which plainly says, ''I re spect other white men because they arc of the same species as 1 myself, and I-well I may be poor, ragged, sometimes drunk and generally rough but sir-rr, I am Georgian"
 Even in the cultured citizens of Atlanta one observes a good deal of this sort of thing. 1 will not go so far as to say that the worship of ancestors prevails hero as In China, but they have very good imi- tation of it in tho worship of Grady. He must have been truly great man if the supreme test is to bo taken as conclusive for the nearer one gets to him the higher Is tho popular opinion. Those who knew him most intimately arc most ardent in his praise. In Tho Constitution office his memory is revercd and in his family and intimate social circles he was idolizeds Next to him in the popular idolatry come about dozen men who have done most to make this city. There is general senti- ment that Atlanta is n very good second to New York, but in an all around estimate yields to no other city in the country, and this all pervasiye sense of bigness is com ically shown in such expression as -Four neighbors on the south, meaning such countries as Mexico and Brazil, and mean ing also that they are neighbors to A tlanta in particularly near and dear commcr- cial sonse, as they arc not to other cities. And really there is q good deal to justify this feeling. Thirty-one years ago come November there were but 27 houses in At lanta. Now there are nearly 27, 1000, and the number is growing so rapidly that in a third of the central section one's way is constantly obstructed by plaster beds and piles of brick and stone.
 One more fact is worthy of special no- tice. At Chicago whom opening day failed to bring tho expected crowd and was fol- lowed by a slim attendance for some days there was loud discussion as to possible failure and a truly mournful refrain among hotel men and lodging house keep CTS. Few could be made to believe that the later weeks Wodlu pS ny rer tne pest. 1ere one hears no such lanentation. It does not enter the head of Georgian to doubt that this show will be the greatest success of the age-in fact it is taken for granted that Georgia alone, with a little aid from adjoining states, could and would make it great success even if nd one should come from far away The only anxiety hear expressed is that the city may be over crowded during Indian summer, 'for though we have done wonders, we could not ill the best style entertain more than 300, 000." Well, In these trying times l suppose 1t is better to have too much con fidence than too little, and 1t is said that if wo do not'respect ourselves no one will respect us It really does my health good to breathe this air of breezy confidence.
 l. H. BEADLE