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WATEHBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1895.
A FEUD SETTLED.
! The fends of Kentucky have been
tolebrated in song and story, and many
it stirring refrain or bloody tale has been
founded on the family wars of "tho
dark and bloody ground," but no feud,
ancient or modern, was ever settled in
n more satisfactory manner or resulted
In a more lasting peace between tho
factions than was brought about by the
settlement of tho feud between the
Drown and Jones families in a county
bordering on tho Ohio river which shall
be nameless.
How tho enmity between tho families
arose in tho first place belongs not to a
Btory of modern times, for the beginning
Was far back in the early history of tho
State. At first it was bloody enough to
Buit tho most sanguinary partisan, but
as the county became more settled and
peaceful tho Brown-Jones feud took the
shape of a political rivalry no less bitter
than tho old warfare, but not quite so
destructive of the population of tho
county. Business rivalry also sprang
op, and tho family of Brown was ar
rayed against tho family of Jones on cv
rry possible occasion, and their respec
tive retainers always stood by their
rhiofs.
This led to somo deplorable affairs on
such occasions as conventions, election
days and other gatherings, where both
parties came in contact, but the leaders
of tho factions, advising law abiding
conduct on every occasion, managed to
keep tho ill fooling from breaking into
open warfare as a general thing. No
one accused either of the parties to tho
feud of cowardice, and when at tho
breaking out of the war Brown cast his lot
with tho 1'edovals it followed of course
that Jones took up arms for tho Con
federacy, as he was in duty bound to do
even if his sympathies had not been
with that cause.
Each began as a captain of a company,
find during tho whole progress of the
Strife each fought valiantly, and ou
more than one occasion their commands
mot in tho jnidst of the horrid storm of
War and helped to make a few pages of
history sodden with the blood of heroes,
for in those days, when men in gray mot
men in blue, deeds of daring were per
formed that made the actors immortals
mid wrote their names high iu tho tem
ple of fame.
Tho people at. home watched anx
iously the course of their respective
leaders, and when Brown was promoted
his partisans held a grand mass meeting
which was still the talk of tho town
When word caiuo that .Tones had been
promoted also, and his retainers met to
rejoice.
i So the fight went on, and Brown and
Jones woro in the thick of it, and their
bravery was rewarded, until when the
days of peac came at. last, it was Gen
eral Brown and General Jones who
came back to the little town, and neither
of them hud performed a deed of valor
that: had not been equaled by tho other.
General Brown had a sen, John, and
General Jones hadudaught r. Jeanctto,
but they passed o-vh other by in sct 4
when school children together, and -ss
they grow older they were never known
to speak to each other. In fact, they
rarely met at any social function, he
cause there was no middle ground in
that county. He who was not for Brown
was against him, and iho same mig'11
be said concerning Jones.
Society was divided into the Drowns
and tho Joneses, and the members of
one party ('id "not associate with tho
other more than was absolutely neces
sary. When a Brown partisan died, the
Brown faction buried him from the
Methodist church north, and when a
Jones diod he was carried to the ceme
tery from the Methodist church south,
and tho only place whero the two parties
rested togotlier in peace and quiet, was
the littlo cemetery on tho hills beyond
tho town.
John Brown nnd Jeauette Jones were
12 and 10 respectively when the war
ended, and they grew up hating each
tho name of the other, as had their an
cestors sineo tho memory of man went
not back to tho time, and tho Brown
Jones foud Was as bitter as it ever was
as the yeurs went on.
Then caiao a sad blow to each. Ou
the very same day General Brown was
thrown from his horso and killed and
Mrs. Jones died sitting in her chair from
some suddou stroke, and tho coroner of
tho county rendered his verdicts ac
cordingly, and from tho church north
and tho church south solemn processions
moved, composed of tho friends of each
party, and there was one day when the
two factions met and passed no jeering
word or insulting remark between them
and when each went his way decorously
as becomes Christians in a civilized
land.
Then the years went on again. Mrs.
Brown, fair to look upon, and as stately
as a queen, became tho leader of tho
Brown faction, while General Jones,
the courtly and polished gontleman in
all things, pursued tho even tenor of his
way, having regard for tho sex of his
opponent, and gradually peace began to
settle over tho community.
The Browns and tho Joneses were as
;bitter toward each other as ever, but
their partisans noticed that there was
en unwonted quiet between the imme
diate members of tho families, and those
who wero not of tho blood of either be
gan to see that one might belong to the
faction they were opposed to and still
be a decont sort of a person, and gradu
ally a bettor feeling began to find a
footing in tho community. To bo sure,
no one deserted this party. It was not
that party fealty had grown weaker,
but the charity that coveroth a multi
tude of sins spread its whito mantle
over tho whole peoplo and made them
understand that others might be good
men and women and not believe in all
things as they did.
Now a strange thing happened. John
Brown and Jeauette Jones were sent
north to finish their education, and it
happened that they were sent to the
same college, and it being a coeduca
tional institution both entered the sam
class. Then the old feud took a new
shape, for these two heirs apparent to
the leadership of the ancient feud began
a" strugglo for educational supremacy
that lasted from the day they entered
the college until the day they graduated,
and on that day Jcanetto Jones was the
victor, with John Brown next to her.
It was no triumph for Jeanette
though, for she was very well satisfied
in her own mind that John Brown had
made his examination to fit the occa
sion, and had given her first place de
liberately and intentionally, and ,ihis
mado her feel that there aro times when
victory is worse than defent.
They had been on speaking terms for
somo timo, because it was necessary on
occasions for them to speak, but there
was nothing like intimacy or even
friendship existing between them.
The more Jeanette thonght about the
matter the more fully was she convinced
that she was tho victim of John Brown's
courtesy, and she felt that sho must let
him know that she understood this to
bo tho fact, or the laurels she had won
would forever burn her brow. Sho could
not make any excuse for approaching
him until she was ready to go home.
The coaches wero filled, and it so
happened that she got a lower berth in
tho Wagner that was to carry them
home. John saw tho situation at a
glance, and betook himself to the smok
ing compartment and staid there un
til midnight in order not to annoy his
fair neighbor and enemy, but sho had
mado up her mind to speak to him, and
when ho sauntered down the aisle to re
tire he saw Miss Jeanetto sitting in her
seat and was about t6 turn back when
sho called to him :
"O110 niinuto, please, Mr. Brown,"
sho said.
John doffed his cap nnd bowed with
out speaking.
"I want, to say to you," began Jean
ette in some confusion, "that I am per
fectly aware of tho fact that you placed
tho honors of our class on my head by
not doing your host. I owe you thanks,
from the ordinary point of view, but
under the circumstances I can but wish
that you had pursued a different course. "
This speech was a rather prim one,
and was not well delivered, in spite of
tho fact that Jeanette had been conning
it fur hours and had it wold perfei r.
The young man was no whit, less con
fused than was the young lady, and for
a moment he stood unable to reply. Ho
could not lie by saying that, sho was
mistaken, and lie did not want, to ac
knowledge that she was crm t.
"You have no reason for your belief,
Miss Jones, " ho said, resolving ou a
middle course, "and if your surmises
could by any possible chance be correct,
the honors go to Kentucky and to our
home, and that is honor enough."
This was a question that required
considerable !i:;.-u.-cU)i ;.i:d Kforo
either of them was aware of it tho
light of the new day broke through tho
windows and tho porter smiled grimly
to himself as ho slippc-ilthe dollar John
gave him into the proper receptacle
and said something in an undertone to
the conductor of the ear about some
folks b"ing "awfully sweet on each
other. "
The dispute between the young peoplo
was not definitely seitlul that night,
and after their arrival at homo every
timo they met casually when going
about the country it was rene wed. It
was surprising, too. how often their
rides 011 horseback were over ihosamo
roads and at the fame time, and if there
bad been any one in their scci-eis that
one would have concluded that the old
dispute between the families was going
to I rcak out in a new form, though it
must bo said that the arguments of the
young people were very decorously con
ducted and frequently strayed away
from the original matter of the school
honors.
One day as John went up tho hill ho
nu t Jeanetto coming down. This was
lief, a very unusual occurrence, and
neither of them mado any prctenso of
being surprised. In fart, Ji.hu said
plainly that ho came that way because
he hoped to meet. Jeauette.
Thero was that in Jifhn's eyos that
day that mado Jeanetto's brown orbs
droop when sho looked at him. With
a woman's prescience sho know that ho
was going to talk to her of things that
had not been spoken of beforo and tell
her a story that would eonnd infinitely
sweet to her coming from his lips.
John turned his horse, and together
they went slowly down tho hill along
tho winding road beneath the green
trees. All tho glory of summer was
about, them, and tho sai?phiro skies
seemed to bend just above tho hills to
' the south, whilo across tho river to tho
north tho blno Ohio heights lay basking
i in beauty, dim, blue and far away.
j "Jeanette, darling, I love you. Will
: you bo my" wife?"
I John spoke without preface andwith
I out warning, and tho girl gasped at the
i suddenness of it all.
I "Don't 6ay no," pleaded tho big and
j handsome John, as tho girl bent her
I eyes to her horse's mauo and paled and
I flushed from tbe sweet emotion that
j surged through her heart. "Don't throw
mo over, for I lovo you better than life,
I better than ever any othor one can, and
I will lovo you always. You say you owe
J your college honors to me and want mo
I to have them. You do not owe mo any
thing that your lovo will not repay a
million times over and leave mo hopo
! lussly indebtea to you. I know we be
long to two factions who have been at
war always, but cannot wo go down tho
way in peace with each other? Cannot
wo forget that our families aro enemies,
and by joining bands make the old
hateful feud a thing of tho past to bo
forgotten forever? Won't you say yes,
dearest?"
Tho young man grow eloquent in his
earnestness, and yet the girl said no
word nor gave him even a glance. Sure
ly this was the day of triumph for her
when she saw the hereditary enemy
begging a favor at her hands, and tri
umph was in her heart, but not of the
sort that the warrior feels when his ene
my lies vanquished before him. It was
tho triumph that caused the maiden in
far Judaea, long years agone, to sing,
"My lover is mine and I am his," and
she simply put out her hand in. a bland
sort of a way toward John, who seized
it and kissed it as if he wero saluting
an embassadross.
What further was said belongs not to
this story, for there are somo things
that sound well when time and circum
stance may bo fully considered, but
which seem to bo quito silly when put
in cold words in black and white. Suf
fice it to say that the question of what
tho people would say caino up, and
theso two bravo young people concluded
that they had not quite tho courago to
make open announcement cf the treaty
of everlasting poaco which had been
duly ratified and scaled after tho man
ner known to lovers since tho world bo
gan, and they then planned and con
spired to escapo to Ohio and at the
town of Aberdeen, known and famed as
tho "Gretna Green of Ohio, " bo married
unknown to friends and relatives, who,
lifter it was too late, might discuss tho
question of what they would doabont it.
Tho night when tho elopement was
to take place was set and the young peo
ple went their respective ways fyappy as
young people are ou such occasions.
I The night when John Brown was to
j steal his lady fair and carry her away
j across tho river camo as dark as tho
j most timid lovers could wish, and John
could hardly wait till tho day was done
: Ho consulted his watch every two miu
! ntes and wandered about like unto one
: possessed of tho spirit of unrest. And
'. finally the night fell,
j Tho thick clouds hid tho moon and
i cast a dense gloom over the wholo face
j of the earth, and tho young man rejoiced
and told himself that Fato had favored
liim in all things. Saddling two horses,
lie proceeded to a wood near the homo
j of his inamorata, and hardly had lie got
! there when :i female form, clad in
; black and deeply veiled, stepped from
: tho darkness under tho trees and stood
dimly revealed.
1 "Aro you ready, darling?" whispered
, John.
" Yea," was tho whispered response,
"but I thought you said you would
come in a carriage."
"You must have rnisnndorstood me,
j sweetheart," replied John, "for I don't
remember saying how I would come.
Let me assist yon to mount."
! "I don't know whether I can rido or
not, I feel so queer and foolish."
"That is natural under the circum
stances. Yon are nervous, rlcnr, and will
soon bo all right. We must hurry, for I
have hired tho ferryman to wait, for
me. "
In a minuto later tho two wero flying
down tho road. Soon tho sound of car
riage wheels came t their ears. For a
few miuutcs John said nothing, but it
was not, long beforo ho was convinced
that some one was following him.
"Don't bo frightened, dear," be said
in a loud whisper, "but let us ride
faster. "
j "Why?"
i "I think wo aro pursued, and if not I
I do not care to have the carriage behind
, us overtake ns. "
1 The lady caught her breath, and in a
moment they wero going at top speed
along tho lovel river road to tho landing
place of the ferry.
Thccarriagu still kept within hearing
distance, but did not seem to gain on
them. Presently they came fo the ferry,
and hastily tying the horses John lifted
tho lady down and stole a kiss from
under hev veil as be did so. Tho ferry
man was waiting, but it seemed to the
flying lovers that bo would never bo
ready to cast off.
"Make haste," said John to htm un
der his breath. "Wo aro followed, and
our pursuers are drawing near. "
The. stupid boatman mado a desperato
effort to hurry, and in so doing unship
ped ono of his oars and it flow from bis
hand and was lost in tho dark waters of
the river.
Just then tho furiously driven car
riage'drove r.ji and a gentleman jumped
nut, witlv nf seeming to observe tho
. three at the bout side.
"Hello !" cried tho newcomer in a
stentorian voice. "Whero in blazes are
yon, you lazy lubber?"
"Hero I be, sir, if yon are meanin
me," answered tho boatman.
As the newcomer's voico rang out
thcro were two exclamations in unison
from the ladies, and each tore her veil
from her face, just as tho moon broko
through a rift in tho clouds, and there
was such a tableau as is rarely seen
j anywhero. At. tho side of tho boat stood
John Brown and Mrs. Jones, whilo near
tho carriago stood General Brown and
Jeannette.
For a space tho length cf which nono
of tho parties present have ever tried to
computo theso four stood as if trans
fixed, whilo tho boatman looked with
wondering eyes from one to tho other.
1 Tho general was the first to recover
himself.
"John madam," ho said, "will yon
plcaso explain yourselves?"
To this very reasonable request
neither roplicd.
"It. seems," resumod the general,
; after a solemn pause, "that somo mis
take has occurred. "
I "Mamma, wero yoa goiug to elope,
too?" inquired Jeanette, whoso mind
had gono from cause to effect and back
again, and aidod by woman's intuition
began to divine in a dim way what had
happened.
Thou explanations followed, and it
was discovered that there had been two
elopements planned for the night instead
of the ono wo know of.
"We're discovered, "said tho general,
gmvely, after the matter had been fully
explained. :'Shall wo go on like fools
or go back like sensible people and get
married each to the woman of his
choico, like men and women and Chris
tians ought to?"
That is all. They went back P.ad
wero married, and the writer hereof
sets it down as his own conviction that
they have lived happily ever sineo. And
so the feud ended. Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
THE WORLD'S SILVER
SOME LITTLE UNDERSTOOD POINTS
CONCERNING THE WHITE METAL.
Once Cold Was Loss Valnablo Than Silver.
It Is Everywhere Present, Even In the
Sea America Hasltlost of the liiR mines.
Production.
Let us devoto a littlo attention to sil
ver today not "tho silver question '
I with its complications as to ratios and
I values and economics, but tho white
I metal itself. Everybody is talking upon
I tho "question, " nearly everybody has
views upon it, and yon and I, reader,
may hold such utterly diverse opinions
concerning it that if wo wero to discuss
it wo might fall out and fight. But thero
can bo no possibility of a row over con
sideration of tho metal itself. It is an
' interesting element, and always has
been. It is doubly so just now, both be-
CASTING SILVER PIGS.
cause it seems possible that it will be
tho king pin around which the great
1 political fight of 1 800 will revolve and
j becanso of tho enormous quantities that
' will have to be got together by tho Chi-
neso to p.ay their enormous war debt to
the victorious Japs. Thero aro a lot of
! curious facts about silver, and herein I
shall simply collate some of tho least
i known of these out of tho way bits. It
would be impossible in any space of less
extent than an entire newspaper to in
telligently treat of so big a subject as
silver iu avy other way.
First of all, it seems not to bo goner
ally understood that in 6omo ancient
states silver was held in much higher
esteem than gold, yet such was undoubt
edly the fact. It was certainly so in an
cient Arabia and in ancient Germany.
Dnring tho whole period termed antiq
uity, silver was almost universally at
least equal with gold in value, and
there was no change in their relativo
worth mtil the silver mines began to
show signs of giving out. Owing to the
greater softness of gold, tho yellow
metal was not much used for coinage
prior to that time, silver and copper be
ing employed chiefly for money pur
' poses. But when silver began to grow
scarco gold was pressed into sorvico,
: legally declared to bo worth more,
weight for weight, than silver, and
hardened by alloys, so that it would
boar the wear and tear of circulation.
Down to tho seventeenth century the
two metals wero still held to bo of
: equal valuo in Japan, tho country into
whoso coffers China will shortly pour
all the silver she can vako and scrape
anywhero.
Another curious point about silver is
tho alleged fact that, if the total cost of
its mining and the actual value of tho
product of the mini's were written on op
posite sides cf a ledger page and a balance
wero then struck, it would bo found
that, tho world's supply has cost many
millions more thau it is worth, even at
tho It! to 1 ratio. At the present com
mercial rates the selling value of the
silver iu existence bears a still smaller
relation to the cost of digging and refin
ing. This should not be considered detri
mental to silver as compared with gold,
however, for gold is alleged also to bo
produced at a loss, everything consid
ered, and figures liavo been published
showing that considerably more than
$3,000,000,000 in money have been ex
pended in petting out the $8, 000, 000.
000 worth of tho two metals that has
been yielded tip by the mines of Cali
fornia, Australia and Nevada.
Like gold, silver has always been
much more plentifully produced in new
countries than in old ones, and this is
easy to understand, sinco the mines are
always weil worked out beforo a land
attains ago. But thero is this difference
between gold and silver. Whilo there
aro very important gold mines in Aus
tralia and Africa, almost all the great
silver mines in the wholo world aro in
America, north and south, tho United
States, Mexico and Peru being the chief
producing countries at this time. It is
not possible to make an nccurato state
ment, regarding tho total annual output
of silver becau.-o its production, unlike
its coinage, being "free" 110 govern -;
ment supervision is mado. It is esti
mated, however, that the present yearly
: production is not far from 60,000,000
ounces, but he would need to bo an ex-
IN A MEXICAN MINE,
ceedingly wise man who should under
take in the circumstances to reduce that
vast quantity of the white metal to a
money value.
Unlike gold, silver is rarely found In
Its native sttrte, and then in compara
tively small quantities. Moreover, most
!aM'f
lit ItfSlI 1
silver ores are difficult to reduce, and
that . is one reason why silver was the
last of the throe money metals to be
used for coinago purposes. Originally
silver was as widespread as gold, oc
curring in nearly all volcanic rocks and
in some of tho primary ones. But gold
remains uualtercd by the elements, and
no matter how far it may bo can'ed
from the place of original Aepisit, by
reason of the breaking down of the
rocks containing it, may bo procured by
comparatively simple moans such as
the "washing" of dirt or gravel whore
it has been carried by water after tho
disintegration of tho matrix rooks or
the crushing by meohanicnl appliances
of the rocks themselves whero they per
sist in spite of nature's attempts to
break them down. Silver, on the other
hand, is only to bo found in the rocks of
original deposit. When these aro broken
down, the silver either enters now min
eral combinations or and this is far
more common disappears entirely. Sil
ver, thou, can bo mined only by appli
ances requiring capital for their crea
tion, while gold may often bo procured
with tho aid of nothing more expensive
than a shovel nnd a pau.
Although silver is fomid in paying
quantities in but comparatively few
places, it is present in varying quantities
everywhere, including tho ocean. Rela
tively tho quantity thus held in solu
tion is small, but whosoever should
come into possession of such a mass of
silver as exists in the world's seas, no
matter how low the current price,
would be quite jnstified in leaving all
work for others to do, sinco according
to the wise men this silver amounts
to some 10,000,000,000 tons or 20,
000,000,000,000 pounds. At $1 an ounce
tho 16 to 1 valuo this amount of sil
ver would bo worth $320,000,000,000.
000. At 60 cents an ounco it would bo
worth $1GO,000,000,000,000 quite
enough to keep the wolf from the door
during ono short human lifetime. This
vast sum is many times greater than
the total amount of silver coins in the
world.
Tho annual production of silver, un
til tho slump caused by tho repeal of
tho Sherman law, was nearly ISO, 000,
000 ounces, of which tho United States
produced 0-1,900,000 ounces, or moro
thau cue-third, and of tho total produc
tion, according to ono unimpeachablo
authority, about two-thirds aro used in
the arts, lost or shipped to Asia. ITow
ever, as another authority, eqnally un
impeachable, statas that, iu only
S.'!, 000.000 ounces out of a total cf 180,
000,000 ounces produced wero used in
the arts, it will bo impiissiblo here to
mako any definite statement upon this
point. It is stated, however, and may
bo safely accepted perhaps, since I can
nowhere find it contradicted, that ono
femrth of all tho silver used in this way
is mado up into spoons and forks. An
other quarter is nsod by silversmiths for
other manufacturing purposes, another
quarter is absorbed in the making of
rnrsniKG ore bt mpi.e power.
plated ware and about one-sixth is dis
posed of by the photographers, dentists
and surgeons. There is a remainder left
after theso fractions are added, but as
tho available authorities fail to state
what is done with the residue I shall
not try to.
Since tho United States stopped buy
ing silver for coinage an enormous trado
in uncoined silver has sprung up be
tween New York, tho great port of sil
ver export for America, and London,
which cit ies aro the centers of the silver
tralfic. In 1894 about $47,000,000 of
the white metal was thus sent to tho
world's metropolis and the year before
about $1,000,000 worth less. It is
shipped in the form of bars moro than
in coins, the bars usually weighing from
100 to 120 ounces and their weight and
fineness being gnnranteed by tho refiner.
More costly machinery is used in tho
silver miues and reducing works of the
United States than anywhere else, for,
even wheu costly, machines are cheaper
thau men and mules wherever Uncle
Sam rules. In tho Spanish-American
couutries, where wages atidho cost of
living are much lower, much cruder
methods of mining silver aro employed.
In placo of tho intricato stamp mills,
fcr instance, the oro is broken up by
primitive crushers consisting of great
round dressed stones rolled over tho
broken rock by mules which tr.-wel in a
circle, and, in place of tho rapidly mov
ing "diamond pointed" compressed air
drills, hand drills operated by men who
work practically naked are used in tho
mines.
In bringing this compilation to a
close, I may ventnro upon certain state
ments as to coinago without iu any way
trenching upon the province of those
who would discuss the silver "question. "
Between 1703 and 1893 427,303,823
silver dollars wero coined iu the United
States and enough smaller silver coins to
bring the total up to $000, 929,323. On
July 1 of this year there was in circula
tion in tho United States of silver coin
and "silver certificates" tho equivalent
of $547,913,340. Ou the same date the
treasury contained $427,131,340 in sil
ver. The cost to the government of tho
silver coinage has uveraged $1,024 an
ounce, or 79 2-10 cents for each dollar,
and tho market value of the. silver now
in each of Uncle Sam's dollars fluctuates
in tho neighborhood of 53 cents.
Charles Applebee,
Followed Tolstoi's Example.
Prince Dimitri Khilkov, a Russian
nobleman, haa followed Tolstoi's advice
and divided his estates among his peas
ants, having reserved only seven acres
for himself, which he cultivates to sup
port his family. ,
THE ATLANTA FAIR.
A Review Of Borne of Its CharaeterMIs)
Features.
Special Correspondence.
Atlanta, Aug. 27. The World's fan?
at Atlanta, known as the Cotton States
nnd International exposition, Is to be do-;
voted primarily to an exhibition of the
products of the southern belt of common--"
wealths of tho Union, but beyond this It la
also Intended to give a thorough display ot
the improvements and progress that have
occurred in our own lnr.il and abroad since
the World's fair in Chicago only two years
ago. In this brief period there have been
so many advances mndo in v.irions fields
that tho present fair will be a series of
surprlsos to those who spent months en
joying and studying tho splendors of the
White City. In aluminium, for example, j
the progress nmdo in tho past two years
has been something phenomenal. There
was a good display at Chicago, but it was
confined chiefly to alloys, jewelry, bolls
and similar small objects. In Atlanta It
will embrace all sorts of donicstio uten
sils, gardening tools, bicycles, boats and
even machinery. Tho price of the new
metal lias dropped in this brief period
from $3 a pound to less than 60 cents and
now enables a manufacturer to turn, out
goods that were impossiblo at tho former
period. In electricity there has been an
other tremendous advance. ore, especially
in tho convoying of power ...id the general
transmission of energy. Tho science of
electrio lighting lias done away with
nearly every difficulty which confronted it
two years ago nnd is now supplnnting gas
and other lights not only in tho United
States, but even in India, China and Ja
pan. In printing presses, paper making
and bookbinding machinery the progress
has been so great that a book can be made
today for 15 cents that ton years ago cost
$1. Tho brainy management of the fair
has made a special effort to secure exhibits
representing tho improvements mentioned
and hundreds of othors In tho more impor
tant industries of the land. Thero will
also be an interesting display In the tobac
co business, showing tho novelties that
have sprung up in lato years. They now
grow tobaccos In Florida, In Tennessee
and other localities which wero unknown
five years ago, which differ from existing
varieties in many details, and yet which
are marked by a very high excellence. In
tho cottonseed oil business they are now
preparing high grades of glycerin, stearin,
oleomargarine, cattle food, husk paper and
other industrial products of considerable
commercial valuo. Another feature of tho
exposition will bo tho presence of many
scieutitlc objects of tho highest Interest.
Greatest, of all, thero will bo a woman's
depnrtmcnt which promises to surpass any
and all predecessors. It was started by a
committcoof 41 of the most prominent At
lanta women, headed by Mrs. Joseph
Thompson, who was known socially as tho
hello of Georgia, r.ml contains such repre
sentative women as Mrs. lloko Smith,
Mrs. W. Y. Atkinson, wife of the governor;
Mrs. Clark Howell, Mrs. W. A. Hemphill,
Mrs. Maude Andrews Ohl, tho poet and
littoruteur; Mrs. Loulie Gordon, the orfe
critic and author; Mrs. S. M. Inman, wife
of tho cotton kiiijt; Mrs. Porter King, Mrs.
Hugh IJagin, Mrs. A. H. Steele, Mrs. W.
C. Lanier, Mrs. A. K. Thornton, Mrs. W.
11. Felton, Mrs. It. S. Barrett, and Mrs.
Nellie Peters Black. They have erected a
woman's building so beautiful and excel
lent, in its accommodations that whon the
fair is over it is t4i be converted Into aper
manent museum belonging to tho city of
Atlanta. I
They have formed an organization in
overy state and territory numbering over
1,000 of the leading women of the coun
try. Ixi each state there aro representa
tives who report directly to the executive
committee in Atlanta, and in addition to
this thero aro in all the leading states and
the largecitirs pi v.ertulcommiiteeswhich
report to tho chairmen of tho stantling
committees in Atlanta. Tho managers
have been ingenious in securing attrac
tions such as did not obtain at Chicago.
They havo tried their best to .avoid copying
that famous World's fair and to make ono
which would possess an individuality of
Its own. In this they havo been extreme
ly successful. They will have, for exam
ple, a colonial section which will give a
series of exhibits representing lifo and so
cial and domestic relations from tho settle
ment of the country down to the beginning
of tho nineteenth century Another fea
ture will be a literary exhibit, givingavast
number of portraits, autographs, manu
scripts, pamphlets ami books by every fe
male author from 1700 to 1SU5; a musical
exhibit of the portraits, autographs, man
uscripts and published compositions of ev
ery femalo composer, and, oddest of all, a
collection of the patents, models and in
ventions of tho 500 women inventors of tho
United Stat on.
There will bo a Midway platsance sim
ilar to the ono which was a nine days'
wonder In Chicago; thero will bo an ar
tificial lake, where canoes, Whitehall boats,
gondolas, sampans.eleotrlo launches, naph
tha launches and proas will be at tho beck
and call of every visitor. Most interesting
of all, from an intellectual point of view,
will bo a series of woman's congresses,
continuing through tho duration of the
fair, in which there will be representatives
from overy or.e of the 50 great women's
organizations of tho land.
So much has been dono that when the
fair opens on Sept. 18 it will represent a
total cosh value of nearly ?5(J,00U,000.
Tho peoplo of the south havo joined
heartily In t ho endeavor to make the event
a great success. Tho hotels of Atlanta,
headed by tho Hotel Aragon and tho Kiin-
1 ball House, have agreed to make no in
; crease In rates; the people who ktvp board
ing houses or rent rooms havo mado the
; same contract. All the railways which
j converge at Atlanta will carry and return
. exhibits free of charge and will also make
special rates to every part of tho country
whilo the exposition lasts. Taken alto
gether, the Atlanta World's fair promises
to bo a great step In tho development of
tho new south.
MARGHEIilTA AKI.ISA IlAMM.
A Simple Barometer.
Some morning when you do not care to
drink your cofTeo try this experiment,
which a Spanish savant declares will sure
ly tell you what tho weather will be. 'Take
two or moro lumps of sugarand drop them
into the cup, but do not stir the liquid.
When the bubbles rise, notice how they
form. If you see a round moss In the cen
ter, It is going to bo line. If a ring should
be formed around the sides of tho cup, it
will raiu. If the bubbles aro half way be
tween tho sides nnd center, take an um
brella when you go out, for it will be one
of those days when, as old women say, "it
may do anything." Brooklyn Eagle. j
Water Is Healthful.
M. Germain See thinks that tho use of
water Improves nutrition and that the
obese should therefore bo allowed to drink
ad libitum. The most useful forms in,
which it can bo taken aro as tea aud coffee,
particularly the former. 1