Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-15

those they loved the best.
We read in one Of the cases proclama-
\ tion by Governor Watts of Alabama, to
the people of Mobile. Its opening sem
fences are these, "Your city is about to be
attacked by the enemy, Mobile must be
defended at every hazard and to the last
extremity. The brave defenders Of the
city can fight with more energy and en-
thusiasm when they feel the women and
children are out of danger He closes
with an assurance that people of the in
terror towns and plantations will receive
and provide for all who go, and an appeal
to patriots to quickly heed the call No
women We're ever more loyal to any cause
than We're the women of the South who
sent their loved ones away deeming it the
utmost cowardicc If they shrank from
going, and telling them they were un-
! worthy the respect OF women if they re-
fused to don the paraphernalia of war
| The hearts of few real southern men with
their cbivalrous instincts, could lily hear
this reproach and perhaps the holding of
the love Of woman was the incentive TO
many in the days when the war cloud
was the blacklist. And how the brave
hearted woincu waited almost penDiless
and hungry, Tor those who, bungrier than
they, perhaps, were laying down their
lives by reason Of the wasting famine and
the fever, even if they had escaped the
whis.ling cannon balls and bursting
shells.
A lady whose face was worn and whose
eyes hhd far away look in them, said IN
our heariDg to the one at her side. "Oh,
many the day I've hurried around the
town and got up some sort OF little time
that nobody felt like going TO, to raise
lew dollars to send to our boys away.
By strange coincidence we next visit
the Fine Arts building, and the train OF
thought in which we have been indulglng
seems to reach its climax in the first piece
OF StatUary that meets our eye, the repre-
sentation made by master hand Of
the North and South in loving embrace.
Other beautiful pieces there are, but
nothing that 50 impeesses us. The avail |
| able wall space Of 50. eco square feet has |
been well utilized. 10 our eye the crown |
ing picture was the one by Eric Pope |
founded on Isaiah 9:2 THE people that |
| walked in darkness have seen Il great |
light. At first one might wonder what |
relation is held by the tiny star in the |
heavens 10 the great Sphinx, but the cx
pIsnation is close at hand, for in the fore
ground, AT the right is the figure of a |
camel at rest, glimpse CT tents cooking |
utensils and fire, while in the very shadow |
of the Sphinx Is the sweet-faced Mary |
holding to her bosom the Child Jesus.
While we have not time to visit all the
state buildings, We cannot fail to see the
exhibits in the Georgia manufacturers |
building. OF course there is cotton in
every stage. from the seed "a the great
r,lfa of .l, -.st. -
things too numerous to mention. To
footsorc travellers the miniature house in |
the centre made and furnished with the
splendid Georgia pine, seems most
attractive. In the Georgia state building,
the exhibits Of geology and forestry
cccIpy 2000 feet OF space The agricul-
tural exhibits of fourteen counties are
fine. We cannot soon forget how the ears
of corn, sliced in sections. made marvel
ously pretty roscttcs which were used
with bands Of cotton lint and beautiful
grasses in the arches around the building,
and in lettering the county spaces on the
second floor The roof of the great cen
trail booth Of the California building and
the columns Of the same seemed made of
oranges; moss draped and entwincd. the
whole affair was a striking picture.
Ablaze with mutitudes of electric Lights
it must be most charming. And such
vegetables A squash weighing 800
pounds, ounces, grapes and cereals OF all
kinds. Next summer We shall thnk Of
the Immense lemon cornucopia and long
for the unlimited refrcshment ii might
give to thirsty mortals.
incidentally we notice pr parations for
the exhibition of the L. s. life saving ser
vice. The shooting Of the rope over ,the
ship, the stepping OF the man into the
b. 'eechcs-buoy, the drawing to the
shore take but a few moments, but this
tell the story 1t is not often that
poor Ship-wrccked mariners in a fcarful
gale are saved to the music Of band, hut
let the surroundings be what rhey may,
even the imaginary danger and rescue is
a thrilling sight.
Our memories of the Minerals and
Forestry building, constructed Of woods in
their natural stare with exhihits illus
tr1ting the wealth Of forest and mine,
and the Liberal Arts building. with its
glitter of jewels ana rich displays OF
Bohemian glass in the avenues near the
main entrance, all seen under the glare Of
the electric lights, viii not soon be
effaccd
Did any body ever go to an Exposition
and see everything in all the buildings
If be did he could never have survived
to tell the story, and the world has been
spared a great infliction. We must pass
by without mention much W. saw. and
leave the render to guess what 'Se ddn
see in the Agricultural Electricity Ma
chinery Transportation and othec build
ings, being sure that all who went to
the Centennial or the World Fair know
with what a tired body and mind we
went through the turasrile at night of
the last days visit to the Atlanta Exposi-
ton grounds A good nights rest, how
ever. made US ready to see bit OF the
city proper, and to visit Spelman Sem
mary, which was really the Mecca toward |
which we looked in our journey south
ANNA SARGENT HUNT.
The palace car ''BostOn" which has |