Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-01

commercial woods in the Michigan ex- hibit are many photographs te show the industry of numbering in all its details. Here, too, are fine groups of deer by d hunters lodge and great strings of fish by a shore tent. Here is big black bear in trap with a wish-I-hadn't expression on his face. Here are strings of partridge too big to seem real, all bespeaking fine sport and fine dinners to follow. <. All sorts of things butt in to inter- fere with ones sightseeing. Here comes brass band of fifty pieces from some big eastern, western, northern or southern city playing the Louisiana March" Behind them marches regl- ment of soldiers, and the earth frem- bles with their rhythmic tread. There is band of Indians wrapped in bril- liant table spreads and bareheaded. The round poles of papooses wabble on sauaw mothers backs. All eyes turn to look at them. At home, I sus- pect, these indians live in houses like white folks and wear the citizens garb. They are only show people here. Here ,fe a newsboyS' band from Anderson. Ind, and q company of cadets from some military school marching by AS proud as well disciplined boys should be- An automobile clangs by with twenty people aboard while the chauf- feyr describes the exposition in wholesale way that leaves little to be desired. A balloon shoots up in the sky, and of course the eyes can't miss such a sight. The sky seems to be plastered with signs that float from the strings of kites that are still far ther of in the blue. And then the crowds nothing is quite so interesting as a crowd. There were overs 100000 people on the grounds on St LDnfs-d8y, the largest crowd that ever gathered in a single place on one day in Amer ica with one exception. A crowd of 15O,O0o to 100000 people may be seen any day. These are tRs things that draw us away for 8 little time at least from the exhibits, but are ali part of the wonderful show after all and help to make the holiday one of varied de- lights.
 Even in such small matter as an abrasive or grinding material the world makes progress We used to think that Turkish emery was the top notch of perfection But the Turk may keep his old emery if he will. The electric furnace wherein Niagara power is turned to heat units of such intensity as to melt thermometers and n1A nN dfA rrd can give the Turk new points in the matter of hard abrasives. Some one has set up pyramid of Niagara dia- monds in the Palace of Machinery to show what the artificial gems are like. While jewelry may be made of these rainbow crystals, their chief usefulness is in being crushed and sifted and sorted and graded and then made into tiny grindstones for dentists to use on human nerves at steen dollars per sitting. Everything that emery was more quickly with carborundum. Even razor homes are made of it, and the material for this is so fine that it will float fifteen minutes in water. Only by the floating process may this fine diamond dust for razor homes be
 separated from the coarser grade.
 At Barry's bay, in Canada, is quar- ry of corunduD1 rock. Even this takes rank above the emery, and here it is a thousand miles from home in every shape to meet modern demand. Then there is another material called alum dunn, made artifcially of kind of clay in the electrical furnace, so nearly like the others in hardness that if they were all race horses they would be 1; neck and neck to the last quarter If medical science and dietary wisdom have not prolonged human life, think i-how much more of labor and pleasure we may crowd into our allotted period by reason of the discoveries, creations and inventions which make up such a large part of the worlds fair! Think of the years of time saved by quick and efficient abrasive in sharpening moving machine knives and farm tools! 1t is poor workman who uses dull tools, whether carpenter, mill man or farmer.
 Fair Grounds, St. Louis. 
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