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THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 14,1892
REPLY TO “MT. BLANC."
For Thk Sunny South.
Who art thin that wouldst explore
The mystery of my solitudes?
If thou coaldot mount empyreal heights,
And drag yon porphyry walls Mown.
Then migbcet thou scale my rugged sides
And Head my isolated crown.
I grant that ambient rhythms sweep
Concordant through my rocky cave
While airy voices, grandly sweet
Oft float upon the ether waves.
If wralth-'lke is the misty abroad
That darkly wraps my massive pi’e
Yet o’er my brow the sunbeams creep,
Warm and bright as infant’s smile.
Though grim and dread my chasms deep
* here stygian darkness holds its sway
High on my foiebead bold and steep,
Caressingly the moonbeams play.
Aye is my mighty summit crowned
With stars innumerable
Whose opalescent b-mms illume
My crags impregnable.
Yea. my hoary sides do lift
Eternal snows on high
And vain for man to count my years
Or with my strength to vie.
True. Omniiic Power has decreed
Me resolvable to dust;
But thou. O man shalt higher mount
Than e’en those spheres that music breathe.
And join in anthems grander far
Than those that ’round my columns wreathe.
But know that when my change shall come
And I to chaos yield,
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Regretless I shall pass away,
My mission well fulfilled.
E’en so must thon perfect thy work
In thy primordial state
If thon wouldst soar to grander heights
When change doth thee awake.
—K. G. K.
THK CHICAGO bHOW.
Wonders of the World's Fair.
Editor Sunny South :
The Ferris wheel is a big thing. It
is 250 feet in diameter and weighs,
when loaded, upward of 1,200 tons;
but as an engineering achieve
ment it is a good deal big
ger than it’s diameter and
weight. General Miles says it dwarfs
the seven wonders of the ancient
world, and competent judges, who
have measured both structures declare
that it out-ranks the great Eiffel
tower, of the Paris exposition, (t is
the largest piece of movable machinery
ever constructed, and the axel on
which it turns is the largest pieoe of
single steel ever forged, being 32
inches thick and 45 feet long. It is a
sort of big circus merry-go-round, but
presents engineering problems that
had never been formulated before, and
whose successful solution has render
ed George Washington Ferris a famous
name in the history of the world.
There are 36 cars on the wheel, each
of them seating 40 people, so that the
carrying oapacity of the wheel is 1,-
440 persons. The axle rests on two
pyramidal towers 140 feet high and 40
by 50 at the base. The motive power
Is furnished by a 1,000 horse power
reversible engine, which turns the
wheel moderately fast below danger
speed, and the two revolutions that
constitute the trip are made in 30
minutes.
There is an immense Westinghouse
air brake by which the machine may
be checked instantly, making it en
tirely safe. Novel sensations are ex
perienced during a ride on the wheel.
No motion perceptible to those within
the car. The earth seems gradually to
recede from view, and then as slowly
to approach sgain, as though it were
swayed by a mighty earthquake, and
the dark blue waters of lake Michigan
seem to be moving in a tremendous
tidal wave.
Smoky Chioago lies away to the
the nort, south and west, and below the
wheel the White City glitters resplen
dent in the sun. Delicate, graceful
columns bear up the buildings below,
and our slight elevation from terra
flrma intensifies the loveliness of
mother earth, as the distance softens
the rugged outlines, rendering all
things soft and beautiful in the lu
minous haze.
THE TEMPERANCE CAMP.
The Temperance camp is a canvas
city of some 300 tents alongside the
elevated railroad near 55th street.
Life in a tent is very inexpensive, and
is possibly the very cheapest mode of
living. A tent will accommodate five
or six people, and can be had for $10 a
week and meals at the restaurant will
not cost over 25cts. each. The ar
rangements of the camp are very sim
ple, but adequate.
The main thoroughfare through the
center is called Sylvan avenue. The
cross streets are lettered, and each
tent has a number on it, so that mem
bers of a party renting 21 C. street
have no trouble finding the way home
after a day’s jaunt, and they have got
ten away from the main gang. The
floors are tightly boarded and raised
from the ground,and consequently are
quite healthful. 3
Water and sewer pipes are connect
ed with each tent. As a matter of
course the ventilation is perfect, and
so we are lead to believe that the re
pose of the “Tenters” is sweet and
restful as our own, in a dusty hotel,
crowded to its utmost capacity.
The rose garden on Wooded Island
is in the zenith of its glory, its 150,000
bushes bearing such a wilderness of
blossoms as the world has never seen
w or# * w Bvery vari ®ty, almost, ^may
be seen here.
To the north of the Children’s
Duilding is the semicircular avenue
between the buildings of the various
states, which I have not space to enu
merate here, hut which the visitor
will doubtless visit for himself. The
foreign powers are all represented in
this end of the grounds also, and over
in the extreme northwestern corner
is the Eskuno village, where sealskins
will he fashionable all season, and
which make one hot to look at. The
great center of attraction at the north
end is the 5-arc art building, which
will require at least two days for the
most cursory inspection. The fisher
ies building comes next in order, and
then the curious brick and mortar
battleship, Illinois, which attracts
every one strongly.
* * *
Then the Agricultural building
must be taken in, and the Fostery
building, the leather exhibit, the stock
pavilion, the Indian village, ot the
ethnographical display, the live stock
sheds, *and Herr Krupp’s gun works.
Ruby Beryl Ktlb.
The island is a fairy spot, and a
most popular resort these days
its shady nooks and odor
ous atmosphere render it a de
lightful spot to rest in. The graveled
paths are traversed by thousands of
weary feet daily. The benches con
veniently scattered about do not lack
for occupants, and to sit under an ar
dent rose-bush, watching the ever-
changing panorama as it passes before
our eyes is about as interesting a
spectacle as any we enjoy.
The children are supremely happy
here, and their restless little fingers
will sometimes pluck a wee, down
drooping floweret, in spite of the
hateful placards bearing the odious
inscription, “Keep off the grass
Tired roen and women who are striv
ing to “do” the World’s Fair in twen
ty-four hours, lie literally lopping
over the benches, I was about to say
with their tongues hanging out, but I
do affirm with their mouths opeD, se
renely oblivious of aught else but
physical recuperation.
The driving rays of the sun glis
tens almost blistering hot from the
white buildings which surround the
landscape. The State buildings afford
grateful shelter to the multitudes.
They have commodious piazzas, fur
nished with easy chairs.
It don’t make a particle of differ
ence whether a man is from Pennsyl
vania, or New York, or Alabama, or
Maryland, if he happens at the Wis
consin building when exhaustion
overcomes him, he walks in and drops
boldly into an inviting rocker and
snores away to bis heart’s content.
The parlors, the laboratories and
lounges are also at his disposal.
It is an encouraging feature of
American National and State life, that
at last the little sectional feeling has
faded away into oblivion. Men are
brothers, be they from the West or
East.
The advanced age has almost done
away with narrowness and sectional
ism, and we are asked no longer,
“Where do you bail'*" rom?’’ with a
view to getting tangled up in a politi
cal discussions.
Jf it were not for these state build
ings and their luxuries a great many
people would fall by the way side.
There would be more cases of heat and
fatigue prostrations than the exposi
tion hospital]could take care of. “Don’t
try to do too much I” That is a golden
injunction not to be disobeyed for
your own sake. Don’t try to see the
whole fair in three days. Select those
features which you fancy will inter
est you most, and let people tell you
about the rest when you come home.
The Keystone State has erected a
beautiful -palace here for* the con
venience of its sons and all who may
come for rest and comfort to its doors.
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The Woman’s building is of course
the most interesting to women. Some
cynical man told me this morning that
if you are a woman or have a woman
on your arm, you will have gone there
first in spite of all directions.” Well,
for my part, a mere man, I think
should never enter that place alone,
for he would not be likely to feel the
proper amount of reverence, unless he
had a very charming woman with him
to point out the beauty of this grand
structure. In fact, unless he be very
thoughtful he can not anyway,
for this building is the glorification
of woman was planned by women
and has been altogether under the
management and control of women
from first to last, and it is one of the
most imposing and handsomely equip
ped edifices on the grounds.
When we leave the Woman’s build
ing we go over to the Children’s de
partment to see the collection of dolls,
rattles, hobby horses, rockers, cradles,
swings, hoops, and other toys pro
vided tor the amusement of the infant
tourists in their own special quarters.
If you are so unfortunate as to have a
half dozen, more or less, with you,
they can, with perfect safety, be
“tagged” and left till called for. They
will be nicely cared for until you re
turn, and will doubtless he pleased
with the turn of affairs, for enough is
there to delight their baby fancies
without tugging around after mamma
till the little feet are tired and dusty,
and mamma is half*distracted.
ORIGINS OF CRIME.
The Literary Digest prints the fol
lowing condensed version of an arti
cle taken from the London, England
Quartro’y Review for September.
HE RAMIFICATIONS
of the great upas-tree
of crime into the so
cial fabric are so in
tricate and extensive
that, in the space at
our disposal, it is only
possible to deal with a
few of the more salient
factors which tend to
wards social disorgan
ization. In this arti
cle it is proposed to
deal more especially with drunken
ness, insanity, epilepsy, and similar
affections in their mutual relation
ships to crime as being factors which
play a very prominent part in the his
tory of our criminal community. Of
late years it has become customary to
lay less emphasis upon alcoholism as
a cause of crime, and the fact that
comparative sobriety amongst large
communities is frequently associated
with the most heinous offenses lends
some weight to the belief. As the rev
erend W. D. Morrosin observes:
“It is a remarkable fact that the
most drunken nations in Europe are
the least addicted to crimes of blood
and if sobriety is to be accounted the
chief preservative against criminality
we ought to find a very low percent
age of offenses among the temperate
communities in the South of Europe.
As a matter of fact, it is these com
munities which present the blackest
criminal records.”
But, after making due allowance for
the complex and impalpable factors of
cosmical agencies, we still must re
cognize alcoholism as a most potent
agency in establishing an organized
predisposition to crime—in fact, as
interpenetrating the whole criminal
community.
The records of the criminal statistics
of England show us that the densely-
populated centres of a mixed mari
time and manufacturing class afford
the highest ratios of drunkenness,
and it is just these which give us the
longest roll-call of crime, and espe
cially such as violence against the
person and crimes of blood, and SHoh
as are characterized by extreme bru
tality. Such records prevail to the
least extent in the inland agricultural
communities, and, next to these, in
the inland mining and manufacturing
counties in the kingdom.
Pauperism and lunacy are shown
by the returns to go together, not as
accompaniments of drunkenness, but
rather among the classes which are
too poor to indulge in intemperate
habits. That want, anxiety, and
moral agencies generally play a large
but incalculable role in the produc
tion of insanity among the predis
posed is undoubted; and although in
some 20 per cent, or more we can trace
alcohol as a predisposing or exciting
agency, still the significance of the
relation between pauperism and in
sanity must ever be borne in mind. It
is quite in accord with the conclusion
that alcohol plays, perhaps, a far less
i mportant role in the evolution ofsimpl
forms of insanity than it does in the
production of the degenerate criminal
and the exceptional explosive or im
pulsive forms of insanity.
The degeneration of type, of nerve-
tissue, and in particular of the deli
cate structure of the brain, entailed
by excessive indulgence in alcohol is
a fact open to the observation of every
pathological inquirer.
That a highly important connection
subsists between this struotural degra
dation induced by alcohol, and the
prevalence of epilepsy in the offspring
has been conclusively
means so important a factor in the
evolution of their insanity as is the al
coholism of the antecedents of the
criminal a possible factor in the evo
lution of a criminal type of degener
ates. In thh former, ancestral intem
perance is only one of many predis
posing forces which tend to favor in
sanity in the offspring; but in the
latter, ancestral drink would appear
to be an all-important, if not the mos*
important element in inducing tb*
moral degradation so associated with
crime.
Alcoholism, on the other hand,
tends toward the production of epi
lepsy, and the epileptoid states in the
offspring, and when indulged in to
excess by this degenerate progeny,
tends to issue in the convulsive form-
of insanity so often associated with
criminal propensities.
A large proportion of criminal show
epileptoid features, and are to be re
garded, probably, as the degenerate
relics of an ancestry who have passed
through the more acute stages ol men
tal derangement.
In a large amount of juvenile de
pravity may be distinctly traced these
epileptoid states inherited from an al
coholic or neurotic parentage.
W. Bevans Lewis.
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A Hundred Years Ago and Now.
To the citizen of the United States
who lived a hundred years ago
a
Europe had a great significance. Its
immense distance, its wealth, its arm
ies burled upon each other in the Tit-
antic struggles with the first
Napoleon, helped to make this impres
sion upon the strong, vigorous, but in
fant people of the old thirteen states
To Europe our fathers went, and
what a weary, toilsome journey it was
then, to ransack the libraries for in
formation, to feast their eyes upon
the art galleries of Venice, Rome and
Paris, and to be asked by Englishmen
what they intended to do with their
liberty now that they had it.
In a most astonishing and unex
pected way the scene has changed, tne
balance of the world's history has
been shifted from the East to the
West, and Europe, gazing upon the
Chicago Fair in the closing days of
this ever-to-be-remembered century,
declares to Americans through mani
fold voices: “Ye are the people!”
The states of Europe around the
classic shores of the Mediterranean
are within a six days’ journey of New
York; and how they have shrunken in
relative importance as compared with
a hundred years ago!
Spain, like Africa, is deserted.
Italy’s poverty is only exceeded by
her forced military burdens. Austria
floats around unharmed because harm
less, and Germany, with no coast-line
and few colonies, vies with France in
feeding on her own vitals while they
prepare to dine off each other. Eng
land and Russia, the two colonizing
states of Europe, are the only vigor
ous ones, the only two which seem to
have renewed their youth.
There is more promise for the fu
ture in Australia and New Zealand
than upon the Continent of Europe,
and the man who cannot see this phe
nomenal change of quarters upon the
part of civilization and progress is in
need of an awakening.
The two monarchies of the world
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The Long-haired Professor.
Those of us who go up and down on
the face on the earth and meander
around the highways and byways of
it, have often queried why is it that a
great many professors of various
’ologies seem to run so much to hair.
As a rule, these persons, while they
may be exceedingly capable in certain
directions, seem to be correspondingly
weak in others. Whether the egotism
of the man prompts him to in
dulge in flowing tresses as a mark
of distinction or to single him
out from hia fellows in some way
or other, is an open question. Be that
as it may, there are many of these per
sons who appear to take delight in
making themselves conspicuous by an
abnormal growth of hair or beard.
In many instances it is extremely
unbecoming, in others it is no orna
ment whatever, and in every case it
has a tendency to excite ridicule and
detract from the respect and honor
due to the mental attainments of
those who are given to following this
absurd fashion.
An Lee-Bonn* That Wnver Fall*.
A natural ice-honss, on a very large
scale, has been discovered on the north
side of Stone Mountain, in Scott connty,
Virginia. An old settler really found it
in 1880, but as the land on which it wai
situated could not he bought, he refused
to tell its whereabouts, and died without
even revealing the secret to his own fam
ily.
Recently a p^rty of ginseng diggers en
tered the region and came upon the ice,
and had it not been for them the secret
might have remained one for years, as the
mountain is seldom visited.
The bed of ice covers an acre of ground,
and is protected from the sun’s rays by a
thick growth of moss, like that which
dangles from the oak trees of Texas and
Louisiana. The bei is a few inches thick
in some places and several feet in others.
The formation indicates that it had been
spread over the surface in a liquid state,
and then congealed. There are several
theories as to how it formed, the most
plausible being that there is a formation of
ether beneath the bed, and that the process
of lreezing goes steadily on through the
heat as well as the cold.—Golden Days.
of drunkards
shown.
Thus, to quote figures given by Dr.
Henry Clarae, who investigated the
subject with great care, it was found
that while for all cHminals alike, ex
cessive drinking was traced in the
father, in 43.5 per cent of the cases, it
was found to exist in 49 5 per cent of
all epileptic criminals, and in a far
ther percentage of 18.2 recorded as
“ doubtful,” but almost certainly in
temperate.
Tnis association of alcoholism, epi
lepsy, and criminality is a fact of vi
tal importance.
The writer Investigated the direct
alcoholic heredity in 4,125 of the in
sane admissions into West Riding
Asylnm, during a period of ten years,
and found excessive drinking among
the antecedents in but 6 6 per cent.;
but limiting the inquiry for males, for
2,311 men, the percentage rose to 9.39;
whilst again for those patients in
whom personal intemperance played
part as a factor of their insanity, the
parents and grandparents were drunk
ards in 11 2 per cent., and a farther
percentage of 6 0 showed drunkenness
in the collateral line of uncles, aunts,
and brothers.
One obvious conclusion derived from
these figures is this—that the alooholio
inheritance of the insane is by no
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