The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-11

on hts march to the sea, travelling
over 1000 miles. 1t IL o good wagon
and the old cover, powder
stained, is still over it. At one
corner of the Iowa building il o.
bronze statue of Gen. VIM. T. Sher-
man. / looked upon it and then at
this wagon which carried part of
his ammunition, and the thought
came that If the nation hsd no bet
ter hero to honor than n whose
fame rested upon the fiendish muir
der of women and children, the wan
ton destruction of their homes, and
the confiscation of what little be-
longed to the helpless women of the
South at the time of his much
Wanted march to the sea, that 1t
was time to tear down the statues
of Washington, Franklin and Jeffer-
son and teach the boys of the coun-
try that Sherman's march to the sea
was the highest ideal of civilized
warfare.
But to pass to ~pleasanter subjects.
We next come to the bureau of in
dustry where we are told and shown
how to raise a calf to a yearling,
how to save him from ticks and
Texas fever, how to fatten and ship
him and how to kill and prepare him
tor market. We are shown how to
care for our horse, to shoe him, feed
him and treat him when sick. The
farmer or cattle raiser a profta-
bly, spend a day right here. The
educational exhibit next will inter-
est teachers, as will the Smithson-
ian exhibit just across the way. But
/ spied the mint and engraving de-
partment hard by and there / went.
/ saw the whole process of money
making from beginning to end, but
it 10 too complicated to attempt an
explanation of 1t. Quite a number Of
metal and getting it ready before
finally going to the stamping ma
chine. Side by side stand the latest
improved stamping machine and the
first one, a hand concern, ever used
by our government. Adjoining is
the engraving department showing
how Uncle Sam does the work on
our paper money which no artisan
has yet been able to successfully
counterfeit. In alarge glass covered
frame are samples of the various
bills issued by the government from
Sl.00 to $4,000. You a step over
and view the railway mail service,
the cars, roads, pigeouholes and all
accessories for the quick despatch of
the mails. Mutuscope pictures give
you an idea of how mail clerks must
work in order that your letters and
papers may reach you at the ear
lest moment. And then you can
turn aside and view the old time mail
carrier. A mule, with armed rider
and leathern pouch, ready for the
Journey. In the far eastern corner
of the building is a model p%ostofiice
where you may post your letters or
call for your mail, II you wish. This
is the p~ostotfice department. Every
department of the government is rep
resented Ia this building, beginning
with the state, the first i'm import
auce, and ending with commerce,
the last one 10 be established. In
the interior department you are ike
ly to spend oue little time, as il
deals with our Indians, Indian
schools, lands and semi-aunual dis
burSemeuts. The American Indian
has always been q study. Here you
have demonstrated the progress he
has made in four hundred years, aud
you are made 70 wonder that IL has
been SO little he hash Q yet learned
that civilized man wears clothes
AT Eve O'Clock a whistle attracted
my attention, aud then all over the
great hall the police began shouting
An out All out CLOSING. n
hurried out, picked my way over the
cobblestone roads to the car line
aud ia a few minutes was At the en-
rance 20 the Pike.
Now here Is richness a stretch
% road half q mile long contaius
buildings aud equipments costing
five millions # dollars enter the
ryroleau Alps aud hud myself ia a
great concert garden with a band ~
i8 pieces over y0uder 10 . restau
rant and bar. You eau Sat oF sup,
er 81 both while you listen 60 the
music. You enter the Alps take -
and iu "a few moments are ln the
cavefuous depth uf a seeming cave
: ou disembaFk aud your guide leads
yea by devious PATHS, rAst beautt
tai villages aut vallsys by rtppiias
brooks aud yawulns chasms Hs
Puts yea tn ia elevator and sends
yuu ap sewers hundred feet lestlnw
you ua: right where you xot iu Nou