The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-02

trated that with every step OF advance
the gap between the higher and lower
races of mankind is greatly widened It
was not thought remarkable 2, 600 years
ago that an equal number of Gauls or
Geteslians could give Roman legion q
vsry pretty tight for an hour or two, but
now well drilled and properly armed
infantry regiment could scatter 10, 900
barbarians like chaf before the wind
In short, we have reached the point
where only in the deadliest climates and
densest jungles can unciyilized man hold
his own even for season.
The fish exhibit is of course much
smaller than that at Chicago, but is far
more conveniently arranged. The naval,
forestry, and Smithsonian exhibits are
also in the same line, but in agriculture
the display is quite moved and typically
southern. Here, for instance, is a cotton
plant, apparently, which at first view
seems but the attempt Of an amateur in
waxwork. 1t is really the production of
one of the best artists in that line and
cost the government a pretty penny.
Right by it is another on which the cot
ton worm has begun to get in his work,
and by that sectional diagram of the
boil, showing the damage DONE Here
also is horse with the CHAMBERS, near
by hen with some fatal disease and on
the glass by her the white throat worm
which brought her to an early death.
All these are not tenth part of the
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 en-
during interest to man than is anything
else, and right here and in these opening
days man can be studied in the rough.
Visitors from a distance did not come
in myriads, as had been hoped, and I
think they are wise in waiting week
OR two till the weather of October is
nero and the exposition is on a smooth
~ running basis, but the Georgian is
here, and in the Government building
and Oh the Midway plaisance the Geor-
gian of the hills is very much in evi-
deuce. Any one can see by a glance at
the map that some 20 counties of this
state are more or less mountainous, but
N4AO 0OSS AOb o1Of tAc 1Al6ICEGlIS
fact that the people of Cherokee Geor-
gia. as the region is called, are sui ge
neris, a people as distinct from those Of
the low country as if they were in Eu
rope or Asia. The funniest thing about
the Cherokee Georgian is his sublime
Inconsistencies that he is funny. He Is
so completely self conferred, so we'll sat
isfied 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 neve,
enters his head that it is questioned
and with his good health and breez,
manners all this makes him at once
delightful egotis6 and a courteous gen
tleman. Looking on group of thest
stalwarts as they stand in the Govern
ment building, can see in every one
Of them-see it sticking out Of them, IL
fact-a certain something which plainly
says, 81 respect other white men be
cause they are Of the same species as I
myself, and well, I may be poor
ragged, sometimes drunk and generally
rough; but, sirr-r, am Georgian!''
Even in the cultured citizens of AT
1anta one observes a good deal Of this
sort Of thing. 1 will not go SO far as
to say that the worship Of ancestors pre-
walls here as in China, but they have g
very good imitation Of it in the worship
Of Grady. He must have been truly
great man if the supreme test is to be
taken as conclusive, for the nearer one
gets to him the higher is the popular
opinion. Those who know him most in
timately are most ardent in his praise
In The Constitution Office his memory is
revered and in his family and intimate
social circles he was idolized. Next to
MIN in the popular idolatry come about
a dozen men who have done most to
make this city. There is a general senti-
ment that Atlanta is a very good second
to New York, but in an all around esti-
mate yields to no other city III the coun-
try, and this all pervasive sense of big
ness is comically shown in such express
sion as .''our neighbors Oh the south, .
meaning such countries as Mexico and
Brazil, and meaning also that they are
neighbors to Atlanta in a particularly
near and dear commercial sense, as they
are not to other cities. And really there
is a good deal to Justify this feeling.
Thirty one years ago come November
there were but n houses in Atlanta.
Now there are nearly $4,000, and the
number is growing SO rapidly that in
third of the central section ones way is
constantly DISTRACTED by plaster beds and
piles of brick and stone.
One more fact is worthy of special
notice. At Chicago when opening day
failed to bring the expected crowd and
was followed 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 keepers. Few could be made to
| believe that the later weeks would be
by far the best. Here one hears no such
lamentation. 1t 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