PPR .Feheate: of war, and| erany . rateAS) ~ In Buch afi_ undertaking the questiontor. of transportation is one of natural"_" prominence.,and every person in any-osubscription 25 cents per f\onth. | wise interested in this exposition, everyS42 064 persow proposing t become én éxhibi-tor or a vistor has doubtless propound-Entered as second-class mail matter. tedthe inquiry, whether the Seuthern|railroads are equal to the emergency of/handling the enormous travel and traffic(0 and from Atlanta during the periodATLANTA EXPOSITION,re 2 of thé exposition. ~I'bis question ofj»aji 3] 00drDAILYaDD. J. Ww irf�,�.by ~*EVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY)Ree ==The oChicago of the South,T _fradspertation of @he Alanta Fair; but'for the neft of many who: acquiredThe most important event of the cur- thejr knowledze of treut year cee cy; sees peciaily ~ he railroats of theC y. ; y South during a period of.ten-or fifteento the South, @nd Stik thore es ecially veurs sueceeding the ee of thecout Leu pte mangcally notliing gn & wilolling lazily @md@er look?more or less inebriate and contenhis back propped up by the tree, hishead on oue_ side, contemplatingwith serene expression alternatelyhis well rounded paunch and a» course Ras jong since been ~answered to|tLeirs@figtaction by the Committee on|| and tall.brother fakir, who-was performing| his devotions very energetically ashort distance off.~*This other was a very lean manWhen I first noticed him,he was seated in abstraction, Bud-| dhawise, which is sometaing like a| tailor sits, only that the feet are'to the city ofAt'ant® aad the State of). perhaps it will be wl] to say that, Drought out on to the oppositeGeorgia, is the Cottup States and Luter-| ), Giparbon ean be well ead be thighs, soles uppermost. He was ap-national Exposition which opened atAtlanta, Ga.. onthe 18th day of Sep-tenaber lose son mae bee day Of with the really splendid roadbeds anda ta of about 116% 99 oGQuipment, and service of the present.: ~Atlanta is iailv &population should have the enterprise! essentiaily @and public spirit, not to say the temeri-t utgertake, almosc single handedo¥ thie £3 so wide in itS Seope, soma]and a great railroad center,roads, and good ones, radiating to everysection of the .euntry. But withoutconsidering any of the Others, there is, vhesystem fully capableoft handling ex-peditiously, comfortably avd satisfac-mam in its proportions and requir-tg &¥ast outlay of money us tobh~Saentitle it tothe designation of toriiy. all the travel :enti t : and traffic to andSn eniibiobel,� in the faceuf a nnivet-|trons the exposition from any andmamercial depression and tinancial every directionMad /that AtlantaT Ga.. which ~combination operated by a ainvle mran-was left but fitUe more than a heap ef), t =~ é sth ite seement, with headquarters at Wash-ashes and smou'dering ruins. with it8 ingten, D. C under the name of thpopulation of 10,000 scattered and home-| 3 ithern Raflwey. neo ©} Dygsti uTs- army, when i pO Kous, oMdarch fo the Sea,"s |abcity ,it is notsurpesing | minu:at the first : . ienterprise were received with: general nection with the Pennsylvania Railroadmisgiving and that even the Sweuthern from New York, through Philadelphia,Dtates and cities counselled against it.) Balrimore, Washington Atlanta to al], yeSmé to the assistance *parrs of the South and -Seuttwest, in-of a sis er.g¢sty in au undertaking which|cluding New Orleans and points inat such a time was regarde4 as hazard-| Florida, and whieh makes ithe cnn fromaudthat isthe greatF One'ef its lines hagits riorthern tep-*W ashingtop,-andy ft isoverous in the extreme and too mammoth| New York to Atlanta in 24 honrs. Not16 proutiae @ven a Measurable degree i beans s0, but its connections in other di-aéeomplittime nt. rectionsenable itto give the same first-A visit to Piedmont Park, however,'class service to passengerr from theabout two miles north of the center of) West and Northwest.Adanta. wiil dispel e,ery doubt " of the So important is this great railrcod cysyealization of a degree of success sur-|tem tothe auceess of the exposition andPpRéshiy the most sanguine expectations)so hearty has been its interest in theof the projector: of the Cotton States urdertaking anil its eo-operation withand International Exposition, ithe manazers of the exposition. that itFrom the roof garden of the new anid has been accorded exceptional privilegespoodern oAragon Hotel.� which oceu- 27d will be the only road having trackspies the highest bill in this hill city, a in Pielmont Park, which will enabie it#Pagnificent panoramic view of the city to land passengers from any direction,@end~its surroundings is afforded. AH Without change of cars. either in thearound you, spread over hills and val-, Pack or inthe Union depot in Atlanta.leys, just sufficiently pronounced tu af-/a$ they may-prefer. saeniar asford asi variety to the topograthy| The Southern Railway has alwaysis dl 7: ews Attar hestling Chi-)/ manifested the most generous interestcago of the South Gate City of the in every enterprise or effert to promoteSouth, Attanta, with its wealth of well-| the welf:re of the So ~th, and wil] makepaved streets andavyenues. laid out ap-|# most interesting exhibit in a handsowe~parentiy regardless of rule or plan,! building which it has erected {n the tair|tW@gm/the miserable a tor rail-~roads in the south Sud thot period, |{railpoad city) .having. After a time he took up his conch| shell'exactly the bruying of a more thant| he rinsed his hands and the conchSuggestions of such au operated @ fast throiigh ~service in con-!parently contemplating his firetongs, which were stuck in the|ground before him. Surroundinghim were a number of little fires.and blew a blast, resemblingusually melancholy donkey. Then| With water and stood up. He raisedhis bands outstretcbed above hishead, and, placing the calf of bisiright leg aeross the thigh of bis| left, stood so, on_.one leg, in prayer| for some time.| ~*He looked leaner than ever like |' this.'His boldly was rabbed well| with gray ash, and his rusty eclored\coarse hair was brouzit up in a~bunch above his head and tied firm-(ly with cord so that the ends stood;up likearagged brush, tipped slight.ily to one side. He reminded me of a|Christy minstrel.| o*When the one legged prayer wasdone, he dropped down again and| took another turn at the conch andwater. Then he rose, stepped out-side the fiery circle and began towalk deliberately, with long strides,round and round it. Suddenly hethrew himself down opposite one ofq4~slowly on hands and toes, loweredhimself as slowly to the groundagain two or three times, touching|it alternately with bis nese and top-~knot. He repeated this at every fire(with slight variations, sometimes| drawing his left kneericht up underlhim, so that the leg folded like a{two foot rnle when he touched thethe fires, and then raising bimself |Twhieh join the mac idamized toads that} g'ounds, consisting of specimens of the) ground with his topknot. This con-lead through the picturesque suburbs to mineral and other products of the South |~@heirteh farming lands bevond.oTere fe an appearance of solidity, |~and illnstrative of the marvelous im-provemeit in railroad construction, op-eluded tho prayers, when he bad an-other go at the conch and water,o~grand@ur and beauty in her public build-| eration and architecture in this country.) after which he wrapped himself in-. Ings, er hundred churches, her semij-!Wiarfés, col.eyex. numero'is publie schoo!jones, her Henry Grady Hos:ital, herStor�,�s and private houses, suggestive ofw= ogiftmdant building material near by, andKing away to the east, fourteen miles=Apeross the foothille, the famouse StoneAtain looms up, a solid mountain ofBre nite, where immense quariies are_9 ted now, but where, th r.y-one. rs ago. zrim-visaged war he!d sway.otd thousands -were Slain. and their!oblood trickied over the 1uggec, graniteoRiG Pe OLBtowe Monutain.+ Over these lovely bills ands 2» the gi duess of Southernielding »bundantly to thehand appy husbindman, it isdifficult to realize that itz was ever tneT. E. CyODD RITES OF FAKIRS.The Cxzrteus Keli-icus CeremoniesAre Practiced In India.The following interesting descrip-tion of an Indian f2kir isfrom a cerrespondent in Lahore: ~*Txwo daysazo I returicd trom a short tripwith a triend to the sacred city ofKetas, where I had been before.This time I saw several interestingfakirs. There were the ordi ,blear eyed, ash smeared fellows, onewith long brown hair hanging abouthis shoulders. There was one flabbv.That|a shaw] and went to bathe in the sa-~cred tank, in which men, women~and children all do the same.| *oThere are usually large quantitiesof fish here, but when I inquiredwhy there were so few on this occa:sion I was told that so many peopleihad bathed there during the festivalafew days before that the fish liaddied"through the impurity of thewater I suppose. Yet, as I stood, Isaw &@ woman bathing in one place,& man in another, two children inathird, while a girl drew water fordrinking purposes from it in afourth !T""London Queen.Daily except Sunday.~& WELUON R. R.A iCHES.NCE RAI ROAD.Condensed Schedule.TRAINS GOING SOUTH, +Dated Spin. harJuly 6th jg el=3) |$s9, iA A As ZzA. M./P.M. A. MLeave Weldon | 11 53) 9 27Ar. Rocyk Mt 12 57/10 20Lv Tarboro 12 20Ly Rocky Mt | 1 05/19 20 6 00Lv Wilson 2 03/11 03Lv Selma 2 63Lv Fay'tteville! 4 30/12 53Ar. Florence 7 15) 3 OuaeoRyePp. M. A.Miv Wilson £13 6 35Lv Geldsbore 2 uv 7 20Lv Magnolia 4 16 8 29Ar Wilmington | 5 45 10 00iP. M. A.MTRAINS GOING NOTRH.Dated 2s BJuly 5th 6a s1895. ZA Y-A.M/P.M. |Lv Florerce | 8 15) 7 35Ly Fayetteville) 10 53) 9 33Ly Selma 12 32Ar Wilscu 1 20:11 28==cz7 =ae A. M. oP. M.Lv Wilmington; 9 20 7 00Lv Magnolia 10 56) 8 32~Ly Goldsboro | 12 05! 9 41ar Wilson 1 00) 10 20ox os. P M.| IP. MiP. M,Lv Wilson 1 380) 11 37, 10 37Ar Rocky Mt | 2 33 | 12 00) 11 15Ar ~Tarboro | 2 4sLv Tarboro |Ly Rocky Mt 2 33, Ee 27)Ar Weldon 3 48) 12 60;Train on Scotland Neck Branch Roaqa£aves Weldon 3.40 p. m., Halifax 4.00Pp. m., arrives Scotland Neck at 4.55 pm., Greenville 6.37 p, m., Kinston 7.385d.m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.20a. m., Greenville 8.22 a. m. ArrivingHalifax at 11:00 a. m., Weidun 11.20 amlaily except Sunday. ,Trains on Washnigton Branch lenveWashington 7.00 a, m., arrives Parmele8.40 p. m.. Tarboro 9.50; returningleaves Tarboro 4,50 p.m, Pasmele 6.10p. i1,, arrives Washington 7.35 p. m,Connects withtrains on Scoth nd Neck Brz.nch.Train leaves sarpore, w .C, via Albe-marie & Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun-day, at 5 00 p. m., Sunday 200 P.M;irrive Plymouth 9.20 BP. M., 5.20 p.m.Returning leaves Plymouth daily exceptSundey, 6.80 a. m., Sunday 230 a "n.,urrive ~lurLoro 10.25 am and ll. 4%JOHN F. DIVINE,General ~Supt.,.o. EMERSON, Traffic Manage :.tk. mENLY, GeuTl Manager,