The Forrest City times., 1895-11-15
The Atlanta Exposition.

Inc common opinion of all who see the
Illumination at the Exposition is that the
decorative lighting at this Exposition has
never been approached. 1t is q work OF
art done III fire, aud it should make Luther
oueringer immortal as an artist. If the
Jury OF Awards dill not pass upon this
picture, they left out the greatest and best
OF All. 1t was Michael Angelo who COM
oIned art with architecture, and was great
IN both. and it is Stiernger who untes
art with architecture, and calls down fire
from heaven to glorlfy their union
The electric fountain, another triumph
OF THIS Exposition. is also the work of the
great fire artist. Here again new fairy
land is opened. The wheat sheaves
might be the ones that Joseph dreamt OF,
Tor some how they have got mixed with
The coat OF many colors. First there is
golden grain, tall and waving. and bend.
ing uder its bearded load as at harvest.
then the field is turned to green. as il
Joseph's bad brother had taken part in
the dream, then there comes a dull red as
of bloody thoughts. and then a violet is
succeeded by mother-of-pearIs. as If
dreams were fading into morning Water
is wizard at making colors. and when
the fire artist adds this element to his
palate. he makes pictures which transcend
description. They give the observer a
kind Of intellectual exaltation which may
be enjoyed and remembered, but may
never be hung upon cold type.
Having spent this much time i'm fairy
land, let us throw off the spell and look
leisurely at the exhibits Take the Woman.s
Annex as point of interest. There is
the Indian chief with garment of sewn
hundred and fifty elk's teeth and a neck
lace of terrapn's claws, and-ugh there
is the same scoundrel with trophy of
hundred human scalps, dried and hung to
his wampum Let us pass on.
Speaking Of Indians, you can 90
from dead ones to live ones, and see Two
Strikes, who is not the hero of baseball
game, but of ghost dance which gave
Uncle Sans soldiers great deal of
trouble before they caught the step.
Speaking of armies, the finest exhibit OF
arms ever seen in America, is in the Man
ufactures Building You can see there
the kind of gun used by the Japanese and
the Chinese i'll the last war. Both were
good. but the Japs had the better weapon
the same used in the German army.
There you see the modern ammunition,
iibh'C EtOCi JULIUS uud SuiOhtltSS DOWutI.
At Fort Mcpherson not long ago. one OF
these bullets overshot the target and killed
mule two miles and half away. The
bullet was identified and the government
paid for the mule. These bullets 90
through fifty inches of wood at fifty yards.
You see sample of this in the exhibit,
also four-inch steel armor pierced by six
pound projecties from Hotchkiss rapid
fire gun. which is on exhibition here.
There is near by a commercial exhibit
which shows the greatness of our com
merce. 1t is by an importing house which
trades with one hundred and fifty-nine
countries. and shows products of many.
1t has as curio Peruvian Inca's head.
dried, and relieved OF its bones. The hair
it still alive, long. and black as let
Among other American wares, it has a
music box which represents whole
orchestra.