Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-11-21
ANNAPOLIS. MD TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 81 1899.
THE OMAHA EXPOSITION.
ITS BEAUTIES DISSOLVED
FOREVER.
The Last Great Educational and Amuse-
ment Enterprise Of The Century.

ing we were attracted by crowd stand
ing about a frame. Curious to know
what the attraction was, we became one
of the gathering. Although time was
valuable. we waited to get at closer
range. and did not regret waiting. The
object of interest proved to be poem
written in 1861 by H. Booze. late SER
geant of Co. Z. 44th Indiana Volunteer
Infantry. II was entitled "Old Libby.
and was the experience Of the writer. who
related in verse his horrible suffering in
that famous prison. The familiar word
Annapolis" caught our eye in the last
stanza, which we give verbatim;
"We soon reached the harbor at old An
napolis town.
On the shores OF our own Maryland,
Where they gave US new clothes. and
more yictuals. all free.
And home near their city so grand.
The change from vile prison to Liberty S
home,
Was so sudden. so joyous and great,
That hell turned 10 heaven. could only
compare
With the joys Of our blissful estate.
H>re was one poor fellow, at least, who
thought Annapolis 80 grand" and we
congratulated ourselves we hailed from
the same town. Who would have ever
imagined one would see anything from
Annapolis. OF about it in the Omaha Ex-
position! The world is not so large after
all. In Denver We saw q pencil sketch OF
an Anne Arundel county home. the resi-.
dence of Gel. Boyle, and here we see
reference to the good treatment of SOL
der in tho.e '.times that tried men S
souls. received at Annapolis, "on the
shores OF our own Maryland"
There were pictures Of scenes in An
dersonville Prison, Camp Sumpter, Ca.
in 1864, and illustrations of how the IA
nous tunnel was dug. We saw the
chisel that did the work. and a chain
ten and a-half feet long whitlled from
one block of wood by an ex-prisoner of
war. A gruesome relic was the photo
graph oil John w. January, of the l4th
Volunteer Cavalry, who, owing to bad
treatment while prisoner al Anderson
vile and Florence, was reduced to q
famished condition. The bones of his
feet decayed. and he himself cut them
both of. He weighed only 48 pounds
when exchanged. This man is today
alive and well. He is in business in
Chicago and wears artificial feet. One
often hears the extravagant remark. al
would not do such and such thing to
save my lie. This man dared to cut
off his own feet to save his life.
Among other interesting exhibits in
this building was printing press. upon
which Owen Lovejoy and his brother
printed their anti slavery paper at Alton,
ILL.,, in 1887. A mob destroyed the Office,
killed Mr.. Lovejoy. and threw his print
ing press in the Missouri river. Another
exhibi. that attracted a great deal of at.
tention was an old fashioned marble top
table. beside which Gen. Grant and Gen.
Lee sat during their interview at Mr.. Nc
Leans house atAppomaitox Court House
Va, April 9 h, 1865. and upon which
the terms Of Lees surrender were writ
ten. bringing to close the greatest Civil
War known to history. Perhaps one OF
the most interesting modern exhibits in
the Government Building was Gath
mann's modern aerial torpedo, I8 feet
long. This weapon is capable OF de-
stroying any battleship in existence. No
fortihcation OF the present day can with
stand one hours bombardment. as IFS
destructive power. accuracy. aim and
range is wonderful. This invention will
bring forth revolution in warfare. 1t
destroys an ironclad as quickly as ves-
sci of commerce. Congress has appro-
priated money 20 build cannon for firing
this torpedo. There are over leo 900
objects Of historic interest comprised in
Americas War Museum in the Govern
ment Building from which vast amount
of instruction was to be acquired.
Leaving the Government Building one
next finds his way to the Agricultural
Building near by. Here a week could
be piofiably spent viewing and studying
the cereals aud all farm products of these
wealthy Western states, of which only
twenty years ago little or nothing was
known. particularly is. this true Of Ne
braska. Twenty years ago nothing was
known of Nebraska's soil and climate,
and every act of the new settler in crop
growing was an experiment. Twenty
years ago when this country was being
settled, Chicago had 4oo. 900 people. -
Today 1t has over 7.ooo. 600. Omaha
had 1000. Today it has I65. 600. Min
neapolis had 73 900. Today it has over
aoo. 900. These are only single instan-
ces out of hundreds of similar growths.
1t is the West-Nebraska and Kansas
which supplies these and . hundred other
large cities with beef. pork. -four. butter,
eggs, chickens and fruit. Twenty years
ago the East supplied all the fine grades
Of butter and cheese. Il was supposed
the West never would be able to produce
choice butter and cheese. Today the
Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas rank
among the first, and lead the Eastern
states in quality and favor. The devel-
opment of the dairy industry is astonish-
ing. The average Nebraska creamery
can ship butter to New York or Boston
at cost of less than three-fourths of a
cent pound above the price paid by
New York and Vermont dairymen. That
condition. together with a cheap feed.
gives II a complete monopoly Of the dairy
industry as Of beef and pork. Twenty
years ago il was believed that trees or
fruit would never grow here. Today
there are many thrifty orchards in bear
ing condition as far West as the Colo
RADIO line. Twenty years ago Alfalfa
was unknown. Today. after learning
all the peculiarities Of this wonderful
plant, the farmers Of Western Nebraska
find themselves able. by its use, to raise
hogs and fit them for the market at
cost OF less than one cent pound.
fConfinued