West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-11-21
DOWN IN DIXIE.
FUN. FACT AND FANCY PICKED
UP AND PENCILED DOWN BY
THE EDITOR JUST
FROM GEORGIA
Cotton Field Cuttings and Notes on
The Great Atlanta Exposition.
Continued from last weekly

"March to the Sea-" the beautiful
city was u scene of ruin and desoIa-
ton indeed. 1t is said that but
four houses were left standing, the
ones used by Sherman and his staff
as headquarters. But salamander
like the place has risen from its
ashes and is now the most busy city
Of the South. In fact, it is called
1.-The Chicago of the South" partly
on account of the hustle and BUSH
ness and partly on account of the
enterprise displayed by the second
edition of the Worlds Fair now on
exhibition there.
BY the way, some visitors who
had been at the Worlds Fair, went
to Atlanta expecting this to beat
the Chicago show, and because it is
not bigger aud better, they came
away disappointed. We actually
met people vino were kicking about
it aud said, "Why, this is not as
good as the Worlds Fair at Chi
cage J" If these same people get to
Heaven and are offered harp to
play on, they will kick because it is
not Grand Square piano.
The Exposition has been running
now for two months, and up to the
9TH of this month it had not paid
expenses, but was running consid-
cradle behind aud had accumulated
an Indebtedness of 800, 900. At
that time the attendance had in
creased 80 that 1T was fair to pre-
sumo that from that time on the
receipts would pay all expenses, so
a meeting of the leading business
men of Atlanta was held aud the
800, 900 Indebtedness subscribed
and paid off. One man, Hon. s.
M. lnman, giving half of it himself.
This placed the Exposition on a
sure footing and insured its sue.
cess, as the directors are not ham
pered now with heavy debt over
| them.
URN0
The people from the North are
beginning to flock in to the Expo
sition now, and this will increase
very fast on to the close as winter
opens up in earnest. December will
be splendid time to visit the Fair
and the South generally, but don't
go down there with light clothes
on, thinking your summer wear
will do, for you want to dress Just
as warmly as you do up bere, and
overcoats and gloves are in demand
there, same as here, for Atlanta is
up on table.land 1000 feet above
sea level and cool enough some DAYS
for winter wear, specially standing
around out at the grounds and al
night watching the fire. works and
promenading on the Midway.
HEl
The latter is about the same Of
at Chicago, only not quito so lare,
and noisy. Everything is after the
Almighty Dollar" only the price
varies from tenth to a quarter oil
it for admission. The "Stroets Of
Carlo" are filled with dirty Arabs,
camels, fortune tellers, little stalls
where they want you to buy souve.
Mrs for twice what you can gel
them for in the city. About the
only fun in there is riding the
"ShiP OF the Desert" as the piously
inclined camels are called. They
get up and down, one end at time,
and it is much like riding a buck.
ing bronco.
One Of the greatest attractions on
the Midway is " Shooting tn,
Chutes." You ride up an in.
clined railway to the top of a bill.
The track is double, and the down
going car pulls the other one up
The cars are shaped something lik,
a boat, and this rests on the trucks
without being made fast. At the
bottom Of the iRcline is an artificial
lake Of water. The car come,
down the incline 80 fast it make,
you dizzy, and the track runs right
on into the water. You think you
are going right to the bottom, bul
when the car or boat strikes tn,
water, it bounces several feet in th,
air and splashes water all over Tn,
lake, and keeps on bouncing cleal