The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-10

sands Of soldiers in friendly inter
course, the blue and the gray, home
ward bound from Chickamauga, illus
trate the good will and fraternity now
prevalent among the citizens of our
United Republic and the re-establieh
ment not only of peace, but sympathy
among those who have been widely
separated. In addition to the build
ings of the Cotton States. those con-
structed by New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts and Illinois, and hat Oh
California, with its contents, afford au-
ditional evidences of the friendly 70
lationship.
Is. Women have made most Impor-
tant contributions to this Exposlolon'
The Womaa's Building, designed Oy a
woman. ia entitled, in the oplnIoa OF
one of u most highly qualified JUDGES
TO a place next to the highest among
all the constructions of Piedmont PARK.
The illustrations of womans WORK are
attractive and suggestive. These ser
vices rendered by women in collecting
and exhibiting papers, relics, memen-
toes pertinent to colonial and revolu-
tionary history promote a spirit OF pa
triotism, a love of Jul social institu-
tions, and the preservation of records
hitherto overlooked and neglected.
Toere is here a rare opportunity to Q
many original documents and por
traits. The educational and charitable
work is excellent, and in all depart
mentso of embroidery and other branch
es of decorative art the exhibits of the
Woman's Building r unsurpassed.
'6 Among the innumerable illustra-
tions of skilled labor the visitor should
not fail to notice
(G) The inventions and apparatus
which have promoted extraordinary
changes in our civilization by the agen-
cies of electricity-a domain in which
the successors of Benjamin Franklin
have won continuous renown, and are
still achieving succ 9sses as promising
as they are surprising. L It it be borne
in mind that the telephone was intro
duc6d at the Exposition of 1876, and
that ouly two dynamos, and those in
significant, could then and there be
seen.
'(b) The improvements in the m ans
of transportation, by which the safety,
the comfort and the pleasure of trav
elers are promoted, and immense a
goes are transported, the familiar ar
engagements of railroads and steam
ers, the multiplications of bicycles and
of rapid transit devices and the varied
indications that good roads for ordi
nary tre fiji are soon to be in demand.
Sc Toe improvements in machinery,
illustrating the skill OF the mechanic,
in instruments of precision which are
indispensable for the advancement of
ell the arts. in labor-saving inventions,
and in the better utilization of fire,
water, steam and electricity.
I'D The Development Of the indus
tries of coal and iron, the discovery
and utilization of new mineral pro
ducts.
SCI The manifold devices for more
economical and advantageous utiliza-
ton of food substances, resulting in
the prevention of waste, the reduction
of prices and the protection of the con
sumner from disease and dirt-these be,
ing largely the o%utgrowth of improved
methods of refrigeration and of simple,
but most s~erviceable modes Of packing
and transportation.
"G) The contents of the building de-
voted to mines and forestry is one of
the most interesting exhibits, contain
ing admirable examples of our natural
resources. Let the observer notice,
without fail, a model of the wearing
out or erosion of a farm-after the for
ests were cut down-and it's restOra
ton when the planting of trees began.
"(g) The progress Of fruit culture
and horticulture Is we'll illustrated by
exhibits of California raisins and olive
oils, apples from Arkansas, and many
other varied and beautiful displays.
'Tnese are only examples which
might be indefinitely multiplied.
~ We ask attention TO exhibits that
illustrate the progress of education and
science. From the nature of the case,
these exhibits are easily passed by.
But here may be studied the progress
of learning IN this country from the
foundation of Harvard, William and
Mary, and Yale to the present time;
the m dern schools of science and tech
nology, agriculture and the mechanic
arts; the new universities; the contri