The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-11
SEEING THE BIG FAIR
The Government Building, the fisheries
and the Pike.

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On a Tuesday afternoon l made
my way t % the United States gov
eminent building. This building is
situated on the eastern side of the
grounds and from its eminence on
the brow of q hill overlooks most of
the great palaces to the north. From
it's northern approach you look
down upon the sunken garden, and
the waterways just beyond. In size
this building is 25Ox800 feet and in
| point of interest is not excelled by
any building on the grounds. AT
the western entrance is the fish COM
mission building containing 30
tanks with living specimens. In
this building you are shown the
mysteries of fish Matching, from the
egg until the fish is big enough to
care for himself. AS 1 viewed the
many beautiful specimens of the
finny tribe, from the speckled trout
of the mountain streams to the
black bass of our own waters, l
thought of my fishermen friends in
Waxahachie n how happy ii
would make them to hang such a
specimen at the end of their lines.
1t does a fisherman good just to
imagine the sport to be had in a
catch of this kind.
Entering the government building
proper our attention is first directed
to the display from the state depart
ment. Photos of each president and
the members of his cabinet, photos
of our most famous diplomats, and
copies of our most important treat
les with foreign countries. Back OF
this is q section of the battIeship
Missouri, showing the construction.
Go in and you see grouped in one
room wax figures of Admirals
Dewey, Schley, and Bob Evans,
with a number of inferior officers.
You view the commanders office
and bed room, his locker and his
dining room. Forward you find the
hospital, surgeons office, store
room and operating room Every
thing in the finest order and ready
for use at a moments notice. You
pass around the sides of the ship
and view the big guns, real guns,
equipped and ready for action and a
trained gunner in charge TO explain
them. Go upon deck and you find
the small bore rapid fire guns, rifles,
| beIieve they call them, Down in
the hull is a Whitehead torpedo,
description of which was given in
these columns several months ago.
Half az hour here viii give you a
pretty fair idea of our big men-of-
war. On up across the main aisle
is the war department whore you
view relics of all our wars and pie
lures Of all the great generals OF the
United States. Disappointing to a
S@outherner is the absence Of the
pictures OF Lee, Jackson, Johnston,
Longstreet and Gordon. These were
not soldiers of the Union, Of course,
but they were Americans, products
Of the stars and stripes, and ii ap-
pears that a broad spirit Of brother
hood would have suggested that
their pictures adoru the walls of our
gallery Of famous generals. You
step out and view the manufacture
of those missiles of death, the final
arbiters Of the destIuies ~ nations,
and you look with awe upon a Max
inn gun capable Of sending those
missiles on their deadly mission
faster than you "a count. A ma
chine of eight separate large bore
rifles. working automatically aud
sending death dealing bullets AS
thick as hail ia "a spring hail storm
Next We view the ordnance wagons
NJ tho various periods. Here is one
used iu che civil var 10y p com
maudiug general, the ear of which
is fitted With numerous small lock
boxes containing bis papers orders.
reports, etc. Here il The wagon