The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-11

plays specimen uniforms of the sol.
dicry from the days Of the Puritan w
TO tho present. in another department
is shown in the evolution Of the fire.
arms, guns and cannon. The navy de-
partment shows models of tho war YES
sells, of tho light house lights and
houses, and other things connected
with the service. The treasury de-
partment has Il specimen OF every bill
and bond printed and issued by tho
Government. us we'll as of tho coin.
The postotlicc Department., besides
having millions Of specimens of United
interesting collection of dead letter rel
les, and illustrations of the progress of
tho postOllicc service in this and in
other countries.
The Indian, educational, agricultu.
ral and Smithsonian exhibits arc all
brimful of interest. The fisheries de-
partmcnt shows some actual work, and
has most attractive display of fish {.
The State department shows many
most unique aud interesting letters and
Official proclamations in cvcry cOnceiv-
able language. a day can be prolitu-
6ly and pleasulnbly spent in Uncle
The patent otlicc exhibit is decided
which South Carolina plays such
small figure, it. will be Interesting to
note that South Carolina has some
credit g iven it in tho patent oilicc'dis
play. A model Of the "Elying Dutch
man. which was kind of car pro-
pclled by walking Il trcadmill, is shown.
1T is credited to South Carolina lS29-30.
The next in the line of railway cvo-
luton is the model Of tho "Wcst Point, ,
which was built at the West Point
Foundery Works, in Now York city,
for the South Carolina Railroad, for
warded to Charleston by the ship Ln-
fayettc, and after several experiment
tai trials in February, 1881, made the
lrSt excursion trip rs above. The
above refers to drawing of the cxcur-
curson train. Bcow The drawing arc
extracts from the Charleston Courier
of January II, 1891, and March IL,
1881. In the account the "b rricr" is
described. II is Il flat car loa ted with
six bales of cotton, between the loco
motive and passenger coach, such AS il
was. The account states: "rhc trip
to the Fivc-milc House, two and three
fOurLhs miles, was completed in eleven
minutes, when the cars wrro stopped
to oil the uXcls for about two minutes.
The next two and II quarter miles to
the forks Of The Dorchester Road were
completed in eight minutes.h The re-
port says that the previous accident
had been provided against by the
"hang" which was made by Mr.. Julius
ID. Pctch, who worked with the South
Carolina Railroad.
Notwithstanding this they have ont
in the transport tation department Il
model OF the Dewitt. and it is marked
the first locomotive and train in the
United States.
THE WOMAN'S BUILDING.
But enough Of this. Suppose the wo-
mans building is visited. Like every
thing with which woman has anything
TO do all is ncatncsS and comfort about
tho building. There is the usual dis
play of fine art and embroidery but,
there is this distinctive feature about
the exhibit in the womnn'S build ng.
In charming room there arc several
thousand volumes OF books written by
women. All Of tho celebrated female
authors have their writings in this hall
and the management has done the best
it could to get the publications. Of 9TH
rrs. Ghc works of many female writ
crs have been obtained through the
publishers and in such cases the finest
bindings are provided.
South CurOlina's place is not rs con-
spicuous us it might be if many writ
ings were available, but there is quite
crcditablo collection of the works of
South Carolina women. The catalogue
shows the following writings on file
from this State:
Fl. Cahill, scrap book of writings.
B. Courtand, "Swamp Lilies of South
Carolina"
*. Courtland, "Song from POct'and."
Mrs. II. w. Dawson, "Thc Ghost OF n
Sunbonnct," "A Midsummer M::hncss"
and "Mc Auntic own silk Umbrella" :"
II. Dcas, ''Thc Little Match Girl"
e. Ellis, "Writings."
&. Gilman, Miscellaneous.
{. Kirton, Poems.
!. G. a. Moore, "Mizpah."
Clarissa Packard, "Rccollcctions Of
! Honscltccpcr.
j. Peoples, scrap book Of writings.
II. II. Ravcncl, Ashhurst and Life Of
Eliza pnckncy.
Grace Raymond: GLOW they Kept
the Faith"
NJ. Richards, Miscellaneous.
]. Russell, Poems.
Virginia ID. Young, "Bcholding as
in Il Glass" "Towcr in Il Desert"
Mrs. NJ. w. Coleman, '"Thc Blue
Chrysanthcmum.'
Miss Blue, ''The Hand Of Fate"
SOUTH CAROLINA NOT IN IT.
South Carolina, rs State, has no ex-
hibit on the grounds. There is moth
ing to show that South Carolina has
any industries or anything else. There
is no need to undertake to explain why
there is no State exhibit. Suffice to
say that while Utah and Mexico all
have displays and invitations to set
tiers there is nothing from South Caro-
lima except the exhibit OF the Harris
Iithia Company. Mr.. Harris never
misses an opportunity to advertise his
far-famed liLhia waters and he has it
on sale all over the grounds as well rs
in the city. Mr.. Harris has arranged
q handsome booth to show the lithia
water for which he is finding such Il
large sale. Mr.. Harris will have the
lithia waters advertised by the fire,
works display in few days.
HOW HISTORY IS ILLUSTRATED.
One of the most interesting buildings
on the grounds is devoted TO history.
1T contains exhibits and relics Of the
Revolutionary, Mexican and COnfcd-