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1 CaroMga Watchman Supplement TITE GREAT EXPOSITION A Atlanta, Georgia What it is what it, has done What reA suits are certain to. grow from On the. first day of June of this year, , visitorto Oglethorpe Park, in the city of """Atlanta, would have seen an enclosure of boot seventy-five acres, consisting of a series of terraces, more or lees wooded, ia ' fewhells of buildings, long lines of empty tables ana eoops, stalls and a very fair race ronfse, with the usual accompaniments of jtrandjnnsic and judges stands,- Hid any one said to snch a visitor : u On thefirst -Jftfot next December -yon will find the Mace inside the course occupied by mag jiificejiit buildings, other large strnctore on tfie.su mmit of yonder terrace, all filled ilh the most elaborate machinery, fine wares arid rand exhibits of the mineral forest and agricultural resources of the fanlhern States, and meet thousands of .-other, visitors, come like yourself to see this miracle,"-, the person so addressed might wefl have been pardoned for regard - . jng the speaker aoan enthusiastic crank. "Yet there Was one man inthe country who ' rot only saw all this in his mind's eye, but was able to make the visiona real, tangible. fact. That man was Hon. H. I. 'Kimball, . Director General of the International C'ot t ton Exposition. To his broad grasp and ' jteneratacquaintanc with en andffairs re the people of all sections indebted for re)trcgs and industries that are daily ex ' anuried and .admired by thousand. The . Wkill of Mr. Kimbn?', an of all great exec ' utiv'thinds, is his - Sility Jo select men to " carry out his plan, ml in-thisjfe has been " insru1:irly successful; His private secre- tarr, KHm. W. Small, now city editor of " tbfAtlanja Cons&ution, better known in thenewwpaper wor-ld by the nowi de plume, 4lG!4 Si p one of the most promising vminjpuTrialUts of the South, a brilliant writer, all astonishingly rapid stenographer, and a capital business correspondent. In The inceptive da of this enterprise, wheir jut immense correspondence was required. y- Mr.-Kimbill would give him " the nub of the thrg,w arid Secretary Small would dash .. , t8 a hundred or more-letters a day. - .-.Another of 'his effective lieutenants is " ' Gen. John R. Lewis, the actual head of t theDepartment of Publication. He organ ized the entire system of circulars, direc " tionfTtd exhibitors, admissions and other essentials, and performed an astonishing -amount of work in a cleir, practical style, that drew from one of the most experi enced exhibitors the following complimentr . "0ar firm has taken p-irt in every impor . . tant-'Exhibition at home and abroad, for twenty years, and we have never found snch business, precision, combined with .simplicity of details, as is contained in all the publications of this Cotton Exposition! -They-are moclel papers that cannot be im proved.", . f ' ; The mechanical unpervision of this im " mense undertaking was intrusted to two men eminently qualified for theirrespec - tlve duties, Charles T, Rabin, Chief of En gineering and Machinery, and J. C. Peck, ", Chief of Construction.. Each of these gen - tlemen managed his departmentwith the v greatest -skill and contributed essentially to ; Iheaoccess of Mr. Kimball's plan--. Be stde.these two, the C'ef of the Depart ment of Mineral and Wovls is entitled to special notice. Col. J. 13. Killebrew, of " Tennessee, had made himself a name in Europe and at home, for his practical ac ' qnaintance with botany, geology and: kin dred subjects, and in selecting him for the fcreat department he supervises, the Direc tor General found the right man for the . pface. .' Besides these chiefs of department there are on the Executive Committee some two score men of ! large business experience who-gave a considerable part of their val nabletime to the work..? Prominent amon? them are R. M. Inman, Esq., Treasurer of the Exposition, a gentleman accustomed to handle great interests, and noted for his integrity .and liberality, and Major :B. E. Crane a prominent merchant, whoe hard, practical common sense has been a constant aid to J the Director General. The Com mittee has acted both as an advlsorv and revisory bodv and all Executive plans and ' work have passed before it for approval. j Aljjhe. same the conception and execution nf this great and succewliir enterprise has been the work of the Director General and Ms excellent lieutenants, aided from first olait. by the entire press of the United States.' .Having thus awarded to the. real workers in this National- Exhibition a moiey of deserved praise for thei grand achieve ment, let us see what the Exposition really - The- central thoughj of Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Rosjon, pnt of whose RHhlic "iggestion the idea- took shape, was to get ' to?ether planters, sjnners and makers of ttill -machinery, thit ideas and things "flight be discussed in the light of the in dividual experience of practical, men, for tKWf .i 5mrvpd and savin methods in the handling of cotton between the field and the factory. That was he veerm idea of the International Cotton Ex Wition Irtter Mr. Atkinson proposed ;t the natural resource of what is known a. the Piedmont region of the South should "cted by the railroad companies and make part of the .how. This suggest! Jn wa. adopted and preparations began ac Uvely last April, for the double exhibition. 1 he leading papers of the North and Vet were unanimous in approval of the pro posed Exposition and its name and purpo ses were soon well understood. f" v In his visits to the money centers of tfie orth, to obtain subscriptions to the Btolk of the Exposition Company, Mr. Kimball was repeatedly asked, " Why not enlarge its scope And admit alljndustriesT This Inquiry became at last a generaV request, nd, with the. approval of the Executive Committee, public announcement was made that exhibits would be received in All t branches of industry and art. The response was prompt and emphatic. Ap plications for space poured in from all directions, until, overwhelmed by their numbers, the Executive Committee, on he 10th of September, refused to receive more Then, and nothefore, began the work! of allotting space; and in a verj fe days it was manifest that the buildings already finished would not hold one-halt of al! the entries. Jfew structures were ordej-ed and begun, but as most of the timber tofbe used in them was still growing in the for ests when the order was given, it was im possible to finish them in readiness If or opening day .October 5th. j When. that day eame the motive power wasj-eady in the main building, and three or four exhibits were arranged ; but the rest was chaos.. The grounds were littered with, lumber and the debri of building materials ; cars stood on the track loaded with cases ot machinery and merchandise; the spacer were heaped with nnepened cases; and everything was confused except the brain of the Director General. Yet the flag and pennons fluttered gaily; in .the bright sunshine, and ten thousand peo pi applaiided 4le boldness of Governor Colquitt when, with flashing eves' h stood in their presence and said in tone that ang like trumnet notes : We rhal nr the admiration of the world.'' That bold" challenge has been fully justified.' To day. in all its parts and details, the Interna tional Cotton Exposition is the best illus tration the world hs ever seen of everv form of American industrial progress. In it are to be found. every adjunct of the royal staple, cotton,'from seed to perfected fruit from, tools and implements employed in it cultivation to the most complex ma chinery used in its manufacture. With these also are the fabrics derived from it as found in all parts of the world. Silk linen and other textiles are there in great variety. With them are thousands of ma chines and implements, great and small, employed in our diversified industries, xne uispiay oi natural resources is im merse and-surprising. The. golden grains of Kansas and the golden nuggets of Geor gia, are almost side by aide, and evt ry ore and 'mineral that has a commercial value ia to be seen in these . magnificent collec tions. The railroad exhibits show that the region they traversT can furnish all those materials that constitutethe bases of man ufacturing industries, and also all the food products neeaea to sustain an immense population of artisans. Turning from these to the.Art and In dustrial exhibits, the visitor Pees articles of practical value, of luxury and of high art,-displayed with wonderful taste and skill. All these departments combined make an exhibition unequalled in Ameii can history, and worthy the careful study of -every citizen This Exposition has already opened the eyes of American' citizens to the vast unde veloped wealth that lies in the near prox imity to the Atlantic seaboard.. It has brought together in friendly competition manufacturers and merchants from all parts of the Union. Jthas demonstrated the dignity of labor by quiet, unobtrusive, but most effective arguments. It has brought into friendly council men of diverse politics and antecedents, and ce mented friendships born of mutual respect. It has strengthened the bonds of our com mon nationality," which began to knit closely after the foul assassination of Presi dent Garfield. It has demonstrated that no one section of country has a monopoly of practical knowledge, but that each has something to learn as well as somewhat to impart. It is not merely a, great school of technical andapplied science although it ia all of that; but it is ah incentive to progress, and a grand teacher of national unity. What will be it outcome This grand Exposition will certainly close on the last day o December. The gay flags will: be furled, the wondrous machines, the delicate fabric, and the thousand choice and beauti ful things new on exhibition, will be packed and shipped away; exhibitors and their em ployes will return to their homes, and the scene-of enchantment will disappear for ever. But its grandest work will remain to be accomplished. The skilled artizans brought here to show the uses of the ma chines they tended will tell their fellow workers of the wondrous resources of the South. The savings banks of New Eng. land ami ttie wiaaie ciaies,tnoBe great. I. . -wr' a li fu . i it a reservoirs of the capital accumulated from labor savings, will be drawn upon by prac tical mechanics, who will seek among the Southern hills a place to establish the indostriei to which the have bee trained. Capital from Europe and from the North will follow all along the lines to which this Exposition has blazed a path. Tue youth of the South, who will have had their eyes opened to the grand rewards that await intelligent labor in their own forests and mountains, will apply them selves diligently to the task of developirg the resources that lie at their doors. The inspiration-has been given to minds pre pared to receive and to act opon it. The Exposition has dissipated the mists that ung over this beautiful Southland, and flooded it with a glory b ighter than that of the sun. And the lime will come in the v not distant future, when forest, field and mines, in all this Piedmont region will con - ubute, each its share, to the support of a rest, prospering, intelligent and energetic population. The American -Watcli Com pany. This is the only establishment engaged n watch manufacturing that has thought enough of tbe Cotton Exposition to send uown a display, ivortunatrlv. hnvvr nobody will be tue loser but themselves, for the Waltham people have done the thing so handsomely that they would have obscured competitors into insijrnifieanp had they come. A more elaborate disDlav of watches could not be made than they nave nere txcept at the cost ot monoto nous repetitions, for it includes everything in the shape of a pocket timepiece, that ingenuity and taste have hitherto combin ed in introducing to the public. Ttiis is me pioneer watch manufactory ol America winch negan in Iboo by turning out only ten watchrs a flay, which were then almost a drug upon the market, so deep-sealed was tLe popular prejudice in favor of for eign makes, liut in this, as in j many other branches of manufacture, merit slow ly but surely prevailed in the end, and witliln the Jat tew years their watches have been considered equal, if not superior, to any made in .Geneva itself. This has been shown by the result of the sharp con tent at all the world's fairs since 1875, in which the Wallbam has come out univer sally victorious. A trophies of their vic tories, they have a number of handsome medals dating from 1857 up to the present lime, among which are noticeable one of lid gold, awarded them at Paris, in 1878, "for beauty of finish, durability and gener al excellence," and another, scarcely less elegant, won at the World's Fair, held in l7y, atHidney, JS-w South Walet-. While maiiy so-called watch manufacturers con fine their operations to making movemems only, ihe American company makes the complete watch, both works and case. Their horse-timers are now recogn zed by leading turfmen as the finest and most ac curate made in the world, and are fast get ting into universal use. Their factory is the large-t factory in ihe world, and is now making 800 complete watches in a day, which number will soon be augmented to supply a demand which is growing apace. The Southern people, in view of the fact that they can get as good a Waltham as any other watch, with a larger variety of kinds and styles to- make selections from, will not forget when tney go to buy that these were the only watch manufacturers in the North that came to their cotton show, and that, toowilli a display as large and handsome as was shown at Philadel phia or Paris, in the face of a world's com petition. This company positively declines to sell at retail, but visitors who wish their watch es, will find them in every first-class jewel ry store, while on the Exhibition grounds, as above stated, only the E. Jaccard Jew elry Company will sell them, and at figures advantageous to Southern buyers. Louis ville Courier Journal. Tlte Poorest Rooster on Earth. In the Agricultural Annex, ihe first pe culiar object that catches the eye from ihe east entrance is a large yellow fl.tg with heavy, bordor, with a picture of thtrstarved rooster whose portrait is familiar o far mers every where, which has been adopted and patented as the trade mark of The Aultman & Jay lor Company, manufactur ers of engines and threshers al Mansfield, Ohio. Drawing a little nearer, one be comes interested in the operation of two perfect miniature machines run by steam, and performing the functions of the laryer ones which are found in the display. One of these is a traction engine, which is self propelling, or stationary as desired, ami is used for running the other whicn is a thresher on the same sca-le. These ma chines attract more attention than any thing in the building, and the avenue is constantly blockaded with curious visitor. Farmers and others are shown the full grown engines and thresher in the display and are presented witn attractive merwuir, all of which is humorously embellished with pictures of the rooster nhat was fat tened on an Aultman & Taylor straw-stack. The idea conveyed is that a chicken will narveif he gets nothing but the grain that is left in a straw stack that has gone thrcugh an Aultman & Taylor Thresher. This significant trade mark will be found on every thresher made by them. We cannot enter into a discussion of the merits of Messrs. Auliraan & Taylor's threshersand engines, but the writer is fa miliar with the history and reputation of the Company and their workmanship, and from lacts in his possession he could easily prove to any one interested that these en gines and threshers are absolutely the best in the wo.ld for the purposes for which they are designed. There are many feat ures in the exhibit which have not been mentioned, but which ar fully explained int heir Catalogue, a very interesting book, full of facts thatevery fanner should have who is seeking to keep pace with the im provementa of the day. These books can be had by addressing the firm at Mans field, Ohio. - Artificial Limbs. Few fail to see and wonder when they pass such a curiosity as tbe miniature silver electric enzine tnat gives motion to all the ioints of & little artificial leg that every one says is " so cute." This belongs to a dis play of Artificial Limbs made by Charles M. Evans, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who by his enterprise has in 15 years experience built up ft large business, now being one of the most extensive manufacturers of arti ficial limbs in the world. Those interested shouW see thi display in Art the Building. THE SOUTHERN BEAUTY. i j As Seen at the International Cotton Exposition Diamonds and Pretty Women at Atlanta -How they Affected the Pro posed Reception of Sherman. .. i i Atlanta Coreepndence CincinnaU Commercial. During the past week the Northern visi tor at the Cotton Exposition has enjoyed a more than favorable opportunity of Observ ing at his leisure that fascinating element in Southern society immortalized byj Mrs. South worth and her cotemporaries, and popularly known as the Southern beauty Among the thousands of citizens o( Geor gia, Alabama, the two Carol inas and sister States represented here in the largely in creased attendance of the past fivi days, the Southern beauty has been presentin no inconsiderable proportion, and j wher ever found she is distinctive among her sex, and Is collectively the reflex bf sev eral types of feminine loveliness.! You find her as a slender brunette, J with classic features, faultless though deli cate form, and flashing black eye's; or, less numerous but fully as attractive, in the entrancing and ever popular blonde, who, while of, more robust figure and of less delicate (out ensemble, is equally graceful and eminently fitted to shifie with and in contrast to her dark-eyed rival. There is another type here which a stran ger will 6nd prominent among the two, but which can not properly be classed as a beauty. That is the blondine, who must be called pretty, but not beautiful ; whose dignified manner, charming presence and graceful carriage, necessarily add to her natural attractions. She is met in a mixed throng in greater percentage than either of the others, and when seen invariably com mands extensive and respectful comment from the opposite sex. DIAMONDS AND PRETTY WOMEN. Just here, to a close observer, there is one very pleasing and .striking peculiarity auuui me tri uunouig wnicn ios not ex ist to nearly the same extent at any other point on the grounds, and that is the fact that it is a opular resort for ladies of re finement, beauty antl culture. Take the dark-eyed Southern beauty in her native atmosphere, and her intellectual attain ments and fascinating manners form an appropriate setting to her prepossessing personne1. In no place can her combined qualities be seen to better advantage than here. She goes through the several build ings, admires the exhibits which interest her sex exclusively, gra-pa the intricate scientific problem as it is presented in the mass of cotton and other machinery, and reads in the exhibits of improved agricult ural instruments the discrepancies and ne cessities of the soil culture in this section, but it is in the Art building where she is found in her natural element. Here are features more congenial to her taste and at one point particularly is this mo t prom inent: 1 speak of the Diamond and Jew elry of tiie E. Jaccard Jewelry Companv, of St. Louis, which 'attracts more wide gpreitd attention than any other here. It is in the main Art building, immediately west of the Arcade and deserves special mention not only because of the popular reputation of the firm, but because of the varied and valuable character f the ex hibit and its handsome surroundings. In this portion of the building, the first thing that greets the eye of the visitor is a mas sive and hand-tome EBONY AND GOLD PAVILION Draped in curtains of rich material, car peted, and with heavy plate-glass sides forming, also the outer walls of commodi ous show-cases, which are artistically up holstered in silk and sstin. This is where the Jaccard Jewelry Company exhibit is located, and if nothing else were to give this information a mammoth iron safe in side would almost tell of the. great treas ures which it is its duty to hold within its grasp. The most prominent feature of the dis play consists iu the diamonds which it embraces, and here, the ladies, true to the instinct of their sex, congregate and appar ently never wrary in canvassing the many qualities of the solitaires and other Costly gems. At all hours of the day the pavil lion is thronged with the elite of the gen tle sex, whose position in society and circumstances make them critical connovs aeurs in this particular branch of the art of female adornment. In passing judgment in this respi ct the visitors are greatly as si-tted by the very reputation of the Jaccard Conif:iny, which having been established in 180 more than a half century ago has acquired an extensive and valuable business throughout the South" and are conslanily making important sales at the Exposition, which compels from day to d y the replenishing of ihe stock of dia monds from the home establishment,. a ten-thousand-doll.au pair. Among the extensive display of dia m'nds is a matched cut pair of fifty-two and one-half a rats, valued at $10,000, which are the largest matched pir ever brought to this country. When one views them the mind naturally reverts to the crown jewels of England, France and Rus sia, to I hose in the Green Vault of Dresden, and to the celebrated Kohinoor of India. The latter, you will remember, weighed five or six hundred carats in the rough, and 132 carats when cut. ' But while dia monds are a special feature with the Jc eard Company, they are also extensive matfocturers , of silverware, of which therei?re many most bean' if u I, artistic and modern specimens on exhibition. Th company ba- large connections in Europe, by which means they are enabled to im parl all of the latest French, English and Viennese goods, bronzes, clocks, bric-a-brac, etc. Tne exhibit also embraces cab inets of silverware, clocks, cutlery, bronzes, bisque, parian and porcelain ware, vases, repousse ware, watches, bracelets, and many other articles iu the fine jewelry line. A pair of large Satsuina vases which were recently sold to ex-Governor Bross, of Illi nois, are greatly admired. They are beau tifully illustrated in traceries of gold oxides by martid scenes taken froio th earliest history of Japan, and ae articles of vertu are very valuable.. The Jaccard Company are to be congratulated on the exhibit made here, and during the earlier days of the Exposition it appeared as though the enormous outlay and the heavy draft on their'itock had been made for naught, but under the present improved condition of things the value of their dis play is being properly appreciated. While spaking on this subject! it would be well to show what moral influence the Southern woman exerts in her proper sphere, as demonstrated incident to General Sher man's visit nere on Tuesday. 11 is a re markable fact that while the male natives have ceased to bear animosity towards the grim old warrior who left a black souve- nier in Georgia "forty miles wide and three hundred long," the women, on the contrary, will never forget that Sherman burned their homes, and they uniformly refuse to regard him as anything els than an invader and despoiler. Speaking to some Southern ladies about Sherman, a lew days ago, they said they never would forget him, and they would not permit him to be feted here if they could prevent it. "Why," said one, "when be came 8outh before, and was feasted here, there were women at the banquet table who wished every drink he took could be transformed into poison; and others, while lending their presence as a matter of necessity, hid beneath the guise of politeness, a hatred which boded no good for the destroyer of their homes." I have found that this sen timent still exists here very largely among the women of Georgia, and if report be correct, it wss a potential agency in in flu encing a chanire of programme on Tuesday. A committee of citizens proposed to honor the General of the Army with a banquet, but current rumor has it that the members of the committee were informed that it would be distasteful (to some, and that a number of ladies visited a merchant who was on the committee and warned him not to give the banquet or they would with draw their patronage. I give this as I got it, and one corroborative fact is present in the absence of the banquet. General Sherman came here as a private citizen, and by his conservative and sensible course did much to allay the feeling against him, and I take it that his next vi-it South, if he comes again, will witness a change in popular sentiment, anJ he will be received as his rank and position deserve. The Estey Organs in the South. In 1879 the Estey Organ Company opened a house at Atlanta, Ga., as head quarters for the sale of their instruments in the Southern stat s. About one year ngo Mr. C. M. Cady took charge of this house, and was given the entire control of eight Southern states. Since then he has more than doubled the business of the previous year in organs, added an exten sive piano department, and opened a large export trade in small musical instruments. They hold the Southern agency for three celebrated makes of pianos, Steinway, eber and Decker Brothers, and have made expressly for them a piano called the "Gate City," which they guarantee first class in every respect. In the Gate City " pianos they have a trade extending from Virginia to Texas. Their imports from Europe embrace all kinds of musical instruments, including Italian violin strings made expressly for their use, called " clear grit." Mr. Cady is a man of many rears' practical experience in every brand) of the music trade, and we know of no one more competent to handle so large a business They have, during the past year, estab lished a large number of agents in the different towns and cities, and created a demand, for the Estey organs. which i al most beyond their ability to supply. Added to their musical- instrument trade, they keep a select stock of sheet music, of only salable pieces at low prices. Their build ing is located at the corner of Broad and Alabama streets, anrf is thirty feet front by one hundred and twenty-five feet deep, with basement, in which are kept goods boxed. The warerooms are finely fitted up and well stocked with instruments. Mr. Cady sends daily telegrams to the factory for instruments; in fact, he says he has no time to write, and does nearly all bis correspondence by wire. During the past season they have given almost weekly musical entertainments at their warerooms, which were well patronized by the elite of the city of Atlanta. The entertainments were principally piano and organ recitals, and were strictly complimentary and given for the benefit of the lovers of music in the "Gte City." Mr. Cady has the able assistance of Mr. Robert B. Toy, superintendent of avencies and general traveler for the South ; Samuel Bradley, salesman, piano and organ depart ment; Mr. John O'Donnelly, salesman sheet mudc department ; Mr. 0. E. Bost wick. book-keeper: besides a number of traveling men. The Little World. This wonderful result of patience, in genuity and mechanical pkill, continues to draw the largest crowds of any exhibition on the grounds. Of the thousands who visit the Exposition daily, very few fail o pay a visit to the wonderful Little World in Art hall hear the center. This piece of mechanism is indeed most remarkable a multiplicity of automatic figures, a steam bout in. motion upon a lake and a train of cars with train men, who get on and ofl at the stations and signaling the engineer make up a panorama of the busy world of labor that is most unique and interesting. It is useless to attempt, a descripton of what is to be seen in this attractive room, but the admission fee is nlv ten cents and the best thing The'Conlitution could do is to say that no man has seen the Exposi tion until he goes to the Li 'tie World. He-no Tea. The most unique and attractive displays in ihe Industrial Art B'lilding is the Chi nese Pagoda in the very centre of the build ing, where pure, uncolored and unal'ilter ated He-no teas ar introduced by Messrs. Martin, Gillet & Co., of Baltimore, Md. Tnere is but one secies of tea plant from which all teas are made. Th many vari eties in market are produced by different methods of coloring, and by assorting the d'fierent sizes or shapes of the leaves. Messrs. Gillet & ,Co. are endeavoring to induce people to drink pure, uncolored lea. Chinamen will not drink tea that has been prepared for the American market. The materials used for coloring of inferior teas to improve their looks are the rankest poi son, including Prussian blue, gypsum and indigo.' The Kimball House. The Kimball Honse was the beginning of new Atlanta. None - bnt a prophetic mind would have thought of building snch a honse in a town or city the size of At-' (aula at the time it was bnilt. It was 'a bad speculation for Mr. Kimball, but It was the making of Atlanta. Had this mag nificent hotel never been built Atlanta would not have been the prosperous city she is to-day. Bnt the enterprise of one man who saw far enough ahead to risk his fortune in snch a building stimulated oth ers to greater enterprise ' and when the bouse wa opened in aj little more than six months from the time the ground wasbro- ken, the word went out through the whole country that Atlanta had the largest first cluss hotel in the South, and ever after that Atlanta was known to the traveling publio as the most enterprising city in the South. Thescarcitv of good hotels in the South made the Kimball hrtuse more conspicu ous. Commercial men would travel, hundred miles out of the wav to find, first-class hotel in Atlanta. And so itii to-day, one of the best! houses in America, and ss it costs no more to stop at the Kim ball than at second class hotels, it is always fall, and its guests srel well provided for. If h hd not been far this immense ho tel, Atlanta would nevr have had a Cotton- Exposition With onlv moderate and or dinary hotel accommodations, the Impor tant question of taking care of visitors would have surmounted alj other advant ages which Atlanta possessed, and tbe thing would have been dropped or the Exposi tion taken elsewhere. But here was an advantage which settled the question of entertainment, and upon this the location of the Exposition was determined. The Kimball honse is kept by Messrs. Scoville & Terrv, who are also proprietors of the "Arlington" and the ,4Norval,M Lvnchbnrg, Va., and the "Duval" at Jacksonville, Florida.- The house is at present under the able management of L. W. Scoville, E-q., whose urbanitv and. obliging disposition, together with his efficiency in the manage ment of the house, has made him person ally popular with the guests of the house. And even under the trving circumstances incident to a crowded honse during the past few weeks he has not been amenable to the slightest complaint, except, perhaps from a few who are never satisfied. The rooms are comfortablv furnished and many of them elegantly. The table is supplied with the best the market sfforos, and is prepared in fiist class style. The Clerks are gentlemen of the bet school, and there is not a stuck up, diamond pinned, part-his-hair-in-the-middle clerk in the lot. They are polite and civil, answering ques tions and attending to their duties as if thev were proprietors, and as if they re garded the guests of the house as their personal friends. The House has been crowded during the past month, sometimes to overflowing, and during the remainder of this month those wishing to secure rooms should do so by telegraph at least twenty- four hours be'ore they expect to arrive. Thomas M. Clarke & Co. Hardware. Atlanta may well be proud of the dis play of the leading importers and dealers and Merchants in Hardware of thst City, Messrs. Thos. M. Clarke & 0. It is the largest display made by Atlanta Exhibi tors, and probably the best in any line in the main building. They have a large space in the east side of the North wing, and it is readily seen by all visitors. In the centre of the large space secured by this firm, they have an exhibit of saws, the central piece being a circular saw 100 inches in diameter, the largest saw in the world; around these, onhe show-board, are saws of every description, representing an unbroken reunion, as it were, of the en tire saw family. There are saws of all shape and for all purposes, and it would take a man of more lhan ordinary intelli gence to tell what some of them are used for. There are not less than twenty-five or thirty varieties in the collection. Another boards or frame, displays razor-blade edge tools, making a collection quite as varied and interesting as the one jqst mentioned. There are axes, broad-axes, hand-axes, adzes, hatchets, hoes, etc., all highly pol ished, bespeaking the most careful work manship and the highest quality. In front of the tools is an exhibit of elegantly painted and highly finished Oli ver chilled plows; some of whi8h are made to show the handiwork of the carver, the artist and the mechanic, but there are every-day plows also in the group, such as are made every day by thousands at the Oliver Chilled Plow Works, at South Bend, Indiana, and such as are used by hundreds of thousands of farmers all over the world. - There are several show-cases, one con taining ca renters' and machinists' toolsof the best quality; another case exhibits a stock of Mrs. Potts' improved, patent, cold handle, square back sad rons. These are " better and finer finished, and hold the heat longer, than any iron heretofore pro duced." A table contains American fluting machines, the practical uses of which are demonstrated by a lady in attendance. Back of this in a pyramid of shelves, upon which the flutera and irons are shown in greater numbers. There are many other articles in the exhibit which have not been mentioned, but no brief description will do the subject justice. The exhibit is a fair representation of the business of Thos.M. Clarke & Co., al their extensive warehouei in Atlanta. The Seven Sisters". One of the most interesting places on tl e grounds is the tent in which the Suther land family give entertainments every half hour.' The family consists of seven sis ters, all of whom have tine suits of black, hrir, one of them having the longest hu man hair in th world, being seven feet in length, and another one having the most abundant hair of any lady in the world. The other sisters have fine suits, any one of. which is most wonderfnl for its beauty, abundance and length. The sisters are fine musicians and sing songs and choruses charmingly, and one of them, Naomi, is the only lady in the world, so far as known, who has a bass voice. This entertainment is worth seeing, besides, there are. jug glars, ventriloquists, the fat boy, and other amusements which go to make it "the largest 10-cent show in the world," ss ia claimed by Mr. Crosby, the manager. Ev ery vibitor who goes to see the 44seven won ders'' sends hi friends to see them, because it is a good show.
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Dec. 22, 1881, edition 1
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