Evening capital., 1895-11-27
ATLANTA EXPOSITION.
An Inside View Of the Buildings.
WHAT AN EDITOR saw.

We pass rapidly from building to build
ing and take in at glance the most in
teresting and instructive exhibits TO be
seen, as a great deal of time can be con-
sumed IN lingering and inspecting the
innumerable exhibits. Secure an Off
cial catalogue, and as you pass through
the building refer to it for information,
and mark off the most prominent and
instructive for your future reference.
The Art Building is one of the most
attractive 10 many. There are many
realistic paintings here, but the most
pathetic and impressive one to MS was
Hovenden's s "Breaking of Home Ties.
The picture is an instructive one. A
country lad is about TO leave his home
to seek his fortune in the great city, and
his old mother with her hand on his
shoulder is giving the lad parting in
junction. The father sets silently by
with detected look, while in a far of
corner is the sister with down cast eX-
preston, while near by is the faithful
dog, looking into the youths face with
expressions unspeakable. What the part
ing Injunction is no words can tell, but
the mothers face wears an expression
more eloquent than the words of Polo
MUS or the lament Of Jacob for Benia-
min. This is the only one of the many
paintings from which moral lesson is
drawn.
Every one has heard of the cradle of
Democracy, but few have seen it. In
the Forest Building can be seen the
original highpost cradle IN which Ihos.
Jefferson, the embodiment of democracy
and signer of the Declaration of inde-
4 In ftn ktd
be seen indentations, which, it is said,
were made by the infant statesman
when cutting his teeth. In this build
ing can be seen fine display of Ameri-
crn fOrestry--in trees from the ground
up-wood, bark, leaf and seed, with
photographs of forests-all of which are
we'll worth seeing.
Tie best exhibits of the products of
the South can he seen in the Georgia
Building, which contains some of the
finest specimens of minerals and cerials
to be seen, wrought in the most artistic
manner. This buildingshows conclusive
ly the products of the South, and what
it can do for the new world.
The Electrical Building is also one of
great interest to all interested in cleo
tricity. The great advancements that
have been made in this line are truly
wonderful. The universal opinion of
every one that has seen it is that the
decorative lighting at this Exposition
has never been surpassed. The elec-
tric fountain is another triumph of the
artist power over light and water, like
Joseph's coat it is of many colors.
But to go into all the buildings and
give their contents or even a summary
of the same would exhaust the patience
of the readers and fill paper several
times the size of the CAPITAL. Suffice
it TO say i'll this connection that there
are a great many prominent buildings
that rank second only to those of the
Worlds Fair, and the grounds them
selves by some thought to be superior
to those at Chicago, with Clara Mere in
the place of the lagoons, studded by night
with electric lights, and the famus !" Mid
way" with its sights, its flights and
shadows" T"
Among the famous attractions on the
Midway are the 'sShOOt the Chute ''where
one can slide down steep incline in a
flat bottom boat and be projected into
an artificial lake at frightful speed and
with general shaking up. The Scenic
Railway where at a rapid rate one is
thrust through tunnels and fairy land,
first apparently under water then under
ground beholding hob goblins and de-
nous. The streets OF Cairo with the
camel ride, the mystic maze, the big
wheel, and not the least, the Congress
of Worlds Beauty. But the beauties
mostly were from the city of Atlanta,
Chicago or some other point where they
could be induced to be employed to be
gazed upon.