The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-09-06

broadening channel from roads to bay
and from bay to broad and mighty At
lantic out between the capes of Charles
and Henry.
The illumination at night is a scene
in itself worthy of journey of a thou
sand miles to witness, and, with all the
outlines Of the buildings agow. the
paths of the Canoe Trail and Lovers
Lane twinkling with the myriads of
little lights, the Warpath a blaze of
electricity, the many powerful search
lights playing the heavens with their
mysterious messages and fifty miles of
shore lines dotted with the lights of a
dozen cities and nesting towns, what
spectacle more sublime or beautiful
could be imagined?
On the amusement section of the ex-
position, called the Warpath, there is
every conceivable amusement and di-
version, where the visitor to the expo
sition, after long day of sightseeing.
can relax and let himself drift with the
pleasure-seeking from one amusement
to the next on the Great White Way"
where the lights ever twinkle and the
noise of the Oriental music is ever in
the air.
The exhibits at the jamestown Ex-
position are the most selective ever as
sembled, and the newest and best in
the various lines of industry stand open
to the scrutiny of mankind. There are
exhibits from the smallest piece of
watch mechanism to the largest loco
motives in the world; the strange
things, the curious things and the beau
tiful things Of manufacture, commerce,
agriculture or what not There are
complete shoe factories, candy fac
tories, cigarette factories, etc; won
derful scientific and educational exhib-
its of divers kinds and thousands of
rare and beautiful things delightfully."-
to the beholder.
In keeping with the character Of the
many of the exhibits have
a historical significance. For instance,
the Historic Relic building has the most
elaborate and priceless collection of
historic relics and heirlooms ever as
sembled In the Manufacturers build
ing there stands as a part Of a foundry
exhibit the old soup kettle from Belle
Isle prison, from which thousands of
Union soldiers received their sustenance
while prisoners at this island fortress
in the James river at Richmond In
the Transportation building are two
vehicles, one the vehicle in
which the Marquis dc Lafayette made
his tour of the State upon the occasion
Of his visit TO this country in 1924 The
other is the landau which conveyed
President Lincoln to Ford's Theator on
the night of his assassination, April
Ia, 1866. These carriages are the prop
erty of the Studebaker Brothers Man
Company, Of South Bend,
Ind, and comprise the historical fea-
lures of the firms fine exhibit at the
Ter Centennial.
The browning feature Of the exposi-
ion. the magnificent piers erected by
The United States Government, late as
hey are in completion. now stands |
forth as the grandest artistic realiza- |
ion of the age. Towering columns |
md magnificent archways studded with /
Millions Of lights and decorations, 1t is |
/ creation beautiful in the extreme, an /
ldjuBct TO the Ter Centennial Court Of
Honor more elaborate than that which 1
has Rraced the courts Of any previous
In short, the Jamestown
reraC centennial has emerged from the
hBos of the early days, and II is now
he beauty spot Of America toward
which the tide of humanity Is surging
With ever-increasing intensity.