Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-15

operation, illustrating the manufacture
of turpentine and resin, the products OF
the pine tree.
AS we 60 out into the cold mist that
greets US as we cross the threshold. we
feel as if We must be way up north again,
and gladly retreat to the T. 5. govern
ment buildings close at hand.
The stay We can make in the beautiful
frescoed grotto where Is the aquarium
connected with the $4,000 fisheries ex-
hibit, is all too short, and the articles Of
historic interest in the state department
can have only hasty glance. We look
long enough in the interior department
at the display, geological and otherwise
from all over the United States to know
that the Piedmont region, and the south
age not behind in the procession, and
while we could net see, or if We had seen,
should have speedily forgotten, many Of
the interesting things connected with
these departments and those ol the war
and navy, we have very dist net mt mo-
ries Of the figures Of soldiers so real in
th cir reproduction that one could seem to
read in their faces the anxiety they felt in
the transmission Of the messages they are
bearing 70 and fro, and, suddenly coming
upon the group of cavalry, TO jremhle lest
We be traInpled under the feet of the
prancing horses that bore their fearless
riders. We remember cur half incliua-
ton to hide away from the Indian scout
who loomed up before lie, and we seem
indeed to have been sailing close to the
queer seals that climb over the slippery
rocks, 10 have breathed the upper air with
the Yentugesome goats of the Rocky
Mountains, TO have fled before the coyotes
on the dreary prairies of the far West,
wondering the while if Solomon III all
his glory was ever aIraycd half as gorge
ously as the golden-rcd ilamingoes or the
beautiful birds Of Paradise We almost
feel that we have locked into the faces of
the repre- of every nation under
the sun. who, in their strange costumes
have stepped out of the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington, to stand upon
their Atlanta pedestals, reviewing the EN-
position details with their searching eyes.
The Massachusetts building. few steps
away. an exact reproduction of the
Craigie house. Longfellow' s home at
Cambridge, furnished fine headquarters
for al New England As far rs we saw.
but six other states had their own build
ings-New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Georgia, Alabama and California. And
now We find ourselves in the small build
ing, sacred to many "a Southern man and
woman, as the repository Of Confederate
relics. My companion Of the forenoon,
after giving Il hurried glance around,
throws herself into chair by tine door,
saying, "Oh my what o stuffy old room
I don't want to stay here any longer
among these old Clothes they smell too
bad. - More than once the writer had
been exasperated by having to move on
because somebody in the mad rush Of
doing the Exposition, had seen all she
wanted to- before fairly looking ct any
thing, and 50 We kept calmly on our
rounds among the cases, casting a sly
glance, once in a while, at the martyr-lille
figure by the door, whose manner said
as plainly as words, q wasn't a rebel: |
can t get up any sentiment over this old
trash With feeling of infinite relief
we saw her accept our proposal to separate
for Il time, and we turned again TO our
reveric over the tattered flags, the blood
stained shoulder straps and the bullet
riddled garments. There seemed some
thing pathetic about it all. We didn't
feel that we ought TO produce the stars
and Stripes to show our loyalty, or to
shout in stentorian voice, "Im Il
Northern woman and | wish our army
had killed every soldier who wore the
grey. We didn't feel so. We We're just
as glad that the old yellow leaved Bible
with its legend of having been carried
close to the heart and thus saving the
life of Keller Anderson of Memphis, did
save 1t as II he had been northern boy.
Did he not have waiting and praying at
home, some mother or wife, or sister, to
whom his home coming meant as much
as it might have meant to your home
circle dear reader? Brave boys were
those who rallied under the Stars and
Bars, though the conviction was often
forced home to their hearts that their
cause was lest.
One may say we We're fighting for a
principle they for property. Aye but
their property meant their homes and the
comfort OF their loved ones. In this CON
dton Of affairs see marked difference
between North and South Our soldiers
left their homes in safety, those OF the