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HOW TO SEE THE FAIll
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USEFUL HINTS TO ilUUJN UMItfi, <
TIME AND TKOUBLE, |
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Exhibits That Arc Ready and Those !
That Are Not?A Trip Through the j(
Grounds and tho Buildings?A ]
Glance at the Various Buildings ! i
and Objects of Interest. I'
After all complaints havo been made and s
praises sung about tho World's Fair, it is I
probable that the question will be asked by j j
by the average American: "How shall I see - (
it?" What things are good to spend a long :
time over, what should bo merely glanced at, aad
what should be skipped entirely. In the
first piii'.-e, says the New York Post's Chicago
correspondent. the creneral advice may bo
given to keep away from the Midway Plais- I
an'*e until the end of your stay, on the same
principle that more solid food should precede
dess . it. Once within that fascinating sideshow.
and there is a possibility of a visitor
not soin^ anywhere else.
The first thing necessary for a visitor to
do is to \-et the general effect of the architecture
and the grounds. This is best accomplished
taking the Intramural Railway, an
elevated road which runs inside the fence of
the Park and takes in the complete circuit of
the Fair grounds. The fare i9 only ten ?
cents, and the cars are comfortable and thus I
far have not been crowded. But the Intram- J
eral does not afford one a satisfactory look 1
at the lagoons and the basins, and to accom- c
plish this it is advisable that the fifty cents
necessary for a trip in on electric launch or 2
in one of the gondolas be expended. The 3
more pictureeque craft is, of course, the i
gondola, but it does not move quickly and e
its route is shorter than the route of the t
launches. i
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COtOKIX OEOBGE 5. DAVIS.
Dir. ctor-3eneral of the World's Columbian
Exposition.
Thd visitor having thus taken in tho genera!
effect of the World's Fair, has seen what
will probably in years to come be regarded as
Its strongest attraction. He may now turn
his attention to the individual groups of
buildings and the exhibits. If he is a New
Yorker, he will of course go to the New York
State buildings and register there, and take a
look at the one building in thegrounds which
he feels he has a right to call peculiarly his
own. Back of New York's building and surrounding
it may be seen the buildings of the
other States, some of them peculiarly appropriate
and representative, and others designed
apparently to illustrate precisely what j
Is not the prevailing style of architecture of
the State whose name the building bears.
There is not in all Montana a structure with
the most distant resemblance to the Montana
State building; Vermont, steadiest of all New
England States, has run riot in Chicago with
a little Pompeiian palace; and other similar
Instances might be named. But taken all in
all, the State buildings are good and are well
worth inspection. The visitor, beginning at
tho South Park gate, may pass among all
-these structures in about hall an hour, find'
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lug himself finally in Iowa's pavilion on the I
lake. If he will then turn to the right, he I
can walk by the lake and seo the French,
German, Spanish, and several other foreign
buildings. Continuing he will pass the Government
Building, the Manufactures, the
basin which marks the spot known as the
Court of Honor, where he has a Una view on
the one side of the gold dome of the Administration
Building and on the other of the
. Casino and Music Hall, with the beautiful j
peristyle running between them.
Going on and crossing the bridge, the Con- !
vent of Rabida is reached, and a little beyond
that is the Shoe and Leather Building, beyond !
which is the Forestry Building and the j
mountain of the clifT-d wallers. This route
by the lake is not covered by either the In- !
tramural Railway or the launches, and is '
only to be taken by the pedestrian or the in- |
dividual who is willing to have himself ;
wheeled in a chair and is willing to pay for j
the luxury. A man wno nas tafcen tne in- i
tramursl Railway, the trip of the launches, |
; and the walk by the lake from the State
Buildings to the Shoe and Leather Building,
has seen the general effoct of the exhibition
so far as it is possible to do so in three trips.
He may now turn his attention to the exhibits.
If he reaches the grounds by way of j
the elevated railroad or the Illinois Central '
h? will find the Transportation Building the [
nearest large one when he enters, and may j
look at it first. Outside it i9 exceedingly |
ornamental. Wherea9 the general tone of |
the other ouildings is subdued and they are j
nearly all of plain cream color, the Transpor- ;
tation pAiilding is profuse in color, being of j
red, with white and blue stencillings, the J
white figures of angels of life-size. The en- j
trance is a study, being composed of arch j
upon arch of fretted metal work. Large flagstaffs
succeed oae another at frequent inter- |
vals around the whole structure. The pxhib- |
its uniier its roof are so excellent and interesting
that the visitor cannot but wish there ;
were n-ore of them. Particularly interesting,
especially to any one who has never been j
abroad, are 1 ho English locomotives and railway
carriages. Tiiesa are the finest used j
nnd Lhe first, second, and third class sections
are thrown open so as to admit of the j
minutest inspection. In this section, also, ;
are a complete set of the locomotives used
from the ljeginning, which illustrate the evo- !
lution jrom the days of tho discovery of tins
possibility of the steain railroad. Passing
through this fascinating section, the visitor
comes upon carnages of every kind and va
riety. from the feather weight sulky with J
pneumatic tir. s to the heavy four-horsetaliy- j
ho coach, an: from the lightest delivery j
wagon to th?- aviest truck. The Tronspor- :
tfttion Buildin . may b? said to be one in '
which the pr>. >-.ss mailo is sufficient to war- j
rant a visitor ?pending a good deal of his !
time there.
Having seen 'hia tuiiding, you may "oms i
out by the tn.-mi entrance, and turning to the J
right prooeeo H.iout a rod, and then turn to .
be left and Keep by the edge of the lagoon
intil you reach the bridge immediately in
ront of the Electricity Building, when you
nay cross over to Wooded Island and take a
ook at the Boone and Crockett Club's cabin,
[t is a modest enough log hut, with an old
anvas-covered wagon in front of it, and the
ioorway is ornamented with old horns. Inside
there ara bear and deer skins, some old
iarnes3 and working utensils. The design is
simple enough, being the illustration of the
rontier hunter's cabin, and Is well carried
>ut. Having inspected this bit of the far
,vest. you will do well to cross back by the
way you came, as the other attraction of the
sland, the Japanese village, is not yet
sufficiently complete to warrant a visitor in
spending much time over it, when there aro
io many othor more completed displays.
1'be Mining Building wnich you find yourself
in front of is hardly worth the expendi;ure
of much time at present. A few of the
exhibits are partly in place, but others are in
i state of chaos.
THE TURKISH VILLAGE, MIDWAT PLAISASCE.
The Electricity Buildin?, which is along(ide
of the Mining Building, may also be
jassed by. The outside is the best part of it
inside there is nuw little to interest one, uness
he desires to make a study of the process
>f installation.
Next to the Electricity Building is that of
Manufactures and Liberal Arts, and into that
rou may safely turn with the intention of renaming
for an. hour or a week. Ten days
igo it was hardly an exaggeration to say that
irnro y\nt t.wnntv nnmnletft exhibits in
>laco in this building, but now one-half of
hem are in place and tba others begin to
ihow signs of what they will soon be. Hour
ifter hour you may walk through rows of
sxhibits, ranging from pyramids of tin paus
o parlors of the rarest bronzes and china.
3oing up stairs among the liberal arts there
s the same attraction. Where you will
inger depends upon your taste, but if you
lave a taste for anything artistic you will bo
kble to gratify it here.
Coming out at the north end of the Manuactures
Building you are immediately in
ront of the Government Building, and if you
mter it by the enirance immediately in front
>f you, you will llnd yourself in the middle of
he display of the Smithsonian Institution and
National Museum. This Is being perfected
lay by day, but to all appearances is almost
)erlect now. The truth is that the Governnent
Building is by far the most completo in
ts exhibits in the grounds. Passing through
ho Smithsonian exhibit you come into the
otuuda, with the large California tree in the
entre. an exhibit that excites a great deal of
iuriosity from visitors, but which really illusrates
nothing In particular. To the right is
;he steel case containing tho fao simile of the
declaration of Independence, the treaty of
>eace with Great Britain, and the treaty of
riendship and alliance withFrance, andphoographic
copies of the Declaration and Conititutlon.
Surmounting the case is a portrait
>f Jefferson, and this is surrounded by prints
)f the signers. The next arch contains
iVashington relics, prints of the framers of
he Constitution and portraits, and around
he corner in the east entrance is the rest of
he exhibit of the State Department. If you
ire a student of American history, it is interesting,
and it contains the most valuable
:ollection of autographs and State papers in
he grounds. Opposite this is the small exlibit
of the Department of Justice.
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lorth entrance of the Government Building,
-on will do well to turn to your right at the
>nd of the State Department exhibit and go
ntothe War Department section, where you
yill see cannon and guns and uniforms, and
weapons of offence and defence innumerable.
There Is a group illustrating the Greely expedition,
which is particularly life-like and
interesting. Passing aoros3 the Smithsonian
xhibit you find yourself among the displays
of the Treasury and Postofflce Deportnents,
from which you pass into those of
;he Geological Surrey, Patent Offioe and
jther bureaus of the Interior Department.
Sext to these is the interesting exhibit of the
Fish Commission, and then that of the
Agricultural Department. Coming out at
;he entrance nearest you, you will be within
i few steps of the building devoted to flsh
ind fisheries, and this, also, is well worth
joins through, for it is in a state of progreai
ffhlch very nearly approaches completion.
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E IS MACniKEBT HALI*
When you leave the Fisheries Building,
you must again pass among some of th<
foreign buildings, but they are hardly wortt
while entering at present, nearly all of -then
L"*? '* '?? in *Kal? rlionla ira VrtV
UVUI^ 1U>( uouuiuuauil in buoii uiopjajui a vu
may turn to your left after proceeding for c
3hort distance,and enter tho Building of Fine
Arts. No other structure approaches this
one. It is the best built, being fireproof; it
is well lighted, and it is a triumph of art out
side and inside. Not all the pictures an
hung, but there are enough on the walls t<
keep you busy for an indefinite length o
time. Shut up the whole of tho rest of th(
Fair, and this building with its contents ii
worth a journey to Chicago and a week o
bad lodgings and board.
The visitor who has followed the itinoran
laid down here has not yel: been in the Wo
man's Building, but he may reach it by pass
ing to the left after leaving the Art Building
which will give him an.opportunity to se?
the large California and Illinois State build
ings, which he did not get a view of when h<
took the ride on the Intramural Railway. H<
need not pause to enter them, as they ure no
yet sufficiently complete, but opposite th?
California Building ho can enter tho Wo
man's Building, which, if not thoroughly
finished yet, is still sufficiently finished t(
warrant as long an inspection as you ar<
able to give it.
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fiTREET IX VIENNA. MIDWAY TLAISAXCE.
From tho south sido o' the Woman's Build
ing you may p;?9s in Horticultural Hali
which also warrants a visit, and from ther
p?33 by Choral Hail, which i3 not fully com
pli't \l. You i:r<? uow baiJ.c at tho Tr^nspor
ration Building when** you started out. am
havo saen tho ehiof taluks, with tho oxcec
tiou of one or two. Turn then to your righ
and pass In front of the Administration Build
ing, thsn by Machinery Hall, and cross th
bridge to La Itabida, which is worth seein
>nri ;q wholly finished. Como back by th
Forestry Building, and go out by the gat
which let you in. You need not loolc int
any of the buildings except La Rabida, u
they contain few completed exhibits.
The roughly sketched route laid down ner
applies to a Hying visit mads ni the pressu
stage or the Fair. Later m the soiiaon it ma
be added to, but its genera: plan will tioubl
less hold good at all times.
John* Walsh, a ten-year-old aew3boy, e
New London. Couu.. lists retired $2000 re
ward for Hading a pair oi diamond oumngf
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED,
Eastern and Middle States.
The gala ball and reception to the Infanta
Eulalia and her husband, the Infante Don
Antonio, arranged by the Circulo Colon Cervantes,
was hold in the Madison Square Garden
Assembly Rooms. Now York City, and
was attended by a brilliant company.
Ex-Deputt Collector Charles Davis, of
Bins*hainton. was appointed receiver of the
Elmira (N. Y.) National Bank.
The Sunda^-sohool children of Brooklyn,
N. Y., had their annual parade. Sixty-five
thousand, representing 200 schools, were reviewed
by Governor Flower.
Bernhard Gueterbock. city editor of the
Staats Zeitun?. was mysteriously killed by a
pistol shot at his home in New York City.
Princess Eolalia attended mass in St.
Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, in the
I morning, took a drive in Central Park in the
afternoon, an?l went to a reception given in
her honor by the Catholio Club in the eveuincr.
Pcrcell Thomas, aeronaut. while making
an umbrella descent trom the top of the
parade house, at Buffalo, N. Y., lost control
of the parachute and w.*s precipitated upon
the ground below, a distance of fifty feet.
His skull was fractured and he died with in
an hour. Thomas's wife and four children
witnessed the fatal leap.
Rhode Island's Legislature met at Newport,
but the Democrats having unseated a
Republican member of the house the Republican
Senate refused to joiu in grand committee.
There was no election of State officers.
Governor Brown threatened to prorogue
the Legislature and continue in office.
Mrs. Marie Nevinb-Blaine, the divorced
wife of James G. Blaine, was married to Dr.
William Tillinghast Bull by the Rev. Dr.
Roderick Terry, at New York City
Cabbie Voot, fourteen years old, committed
suicide by jumping into the Passaic
River, in Newark, N. J. She had been annoying
a neighbor by having goods seat to
her to be paid for on delivery. When she
was discovered she was afraid to face what
she considered the disgrace and killed herself.
Fall River, Mass.. was thrown into a state
of intense excitement, due to the discovery of
an atrocious murder, rivalling in many respects
those of Mr. and Mrs. Borden. The
victim was Miss Bertha Manchester, aged
twenty-two years. She was left alone on the
farm by her father and brother who went to
Wtion hawrohirnBrl th?v fouad thfl
girl lying dead on the kitchen floor.
South and West.
Robert Alexander, Louis and Howard
Pugh, colored boys, were handed at Tuskagee,
Ala., for assaulting Mrs. Cox, a
farmer'8 wife.
Masked robbers held tip a train at Coleman,
Texas, and compelled the engineer and
fireman to help them rob the express car of
eeveral thousand dollars.
American soldiers are to use tho Krag-Jorgensen
rifle unless the Secretary of War interposfts.
The Board of Ordnance and Fortifications.
in session at the World's Fair
Grounds, has reached that decision.
Christian Habaooz's home, at Roanoke,
Ind., was found burning. Neighbors forced
an entrance and found Habagoz's wife lying
on the bed with her throat coat. Finally tho
roof fell in and the charred remains of
Habagoz were exposed to view. He had evidently
killed his wife and then himself.
Standing in front of a looking-glass in his
room at the Saratoga Hotel. Chicago, 111.,
F. H. Milburn, son of the blind chaplain of
tho United 8tates Senate, gashed his throat
twice with a razor and then lay down on tho
bed and died. Despondency drove him to
commit the deed.
The Baltimore (Md.) Sugar Refinery was
almost entirely destroyed by fire. The total
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vaiua 01 me piuni us auuui 'ji^uu^uu, mU
loss is about $1)00,000.
The steamer Haytien Republic was seized
for opium smuggling at Seattle, Washington.
The World's Fair Executive Committee of
Awards decided to maintain the present system
of awards; the Montana silver statue
was unveiled.
Washington.
Br a vote of 405 to 145 the Prsebyterian
General Assembly, at Washington, organized
as an ecclesiastical court, decided to enteri
tain the appeal in the Briggs case, and the
Doctor must now stand trial before that Court
i on the charges of heresy
United States Tbeasuber Nsbekbb paid
' into the United States Treasury $1055, that
I amount having been stolen or lost from the
Treasury cash. The money was lost in the
redemption division of the Treasurer's office
at three different times since Maroh 4.
Secretary Gbesham received official notice
of the purpose of the Italian Government
to raise its Legation in Washington to
the grade of an Embassy. It will, therefore,
correspond in rank with the British and
French Embassy.
Secretary Smith has revoked an order
made by General Raum and approved by Assistant
Secretary Bussoy, and ordered a return
to the language of the statute of Juna
27, 1890, requiring that disability, not of service
origin, must be such as to prevent the
applicant from earning a support by manual
labor. It will reduce the payment of peniit.Hoi"
t'nn nr-t of .Tnnrt '27. 1890. between
^15,000,009 and 820,000,000.
The President has appointed Wendell A.
Anderson, of Wisconsin, to be Consul-General
at Montreal, Canada ; John B. Itiley, of New
York, to be Consul-General at Ottawa, Canada
; Jacob Sleeper, of Massachusetts, to be
Secretary of Legation and Consul-general at
Bogota, Colombia.
It is said in Washington that China has
given notice of retaliation if the United
States attempts to enforce the Geary law.
Abqcments were finished in the Briggs
heresy trial before the Presbyterian Gener al
Assembly, and it was decided to take a vot3
immediately.
( Foreign.
i The Mercantile Financial Trustees <fc
? Agency Company has suspended payment,
i The nominal capital of the concern exceeds
i $20,000,000, and the British deposits in the
i institution amount to $1,500,000'
Ebcin Pacha, and all his followers are said
1 to have been killed in Equatorical Africa
while fleeing after a battle in which they had
been defeated by Arabs.
, Theodobe Rcnton, United States Minister
f to Germany, and his family, arrived at Ber,
lin. They were received at the station by
j William Walter Phelps, the retiring United
f States Minister, and the whole staff of the
legation, who escorted them to the Kaiserhof.
f The Viking ship, built in Norway for exhibitionatthe
WorlcTsFair, passedSt. John's,
Newfoundland, bound for Chicago.
? William Walter Phelps made his official
* farewell as American Minister to Germany;
Mr. Iiunyca was received at the Foreign
} Office.
J THE LABOR WORLD.
Switzerland has 130,000 union men.
Omaha (Neb.) policemen get 32 a day.
Pittsburg, Penn., has 800 union salesmen.
Womex hotel employes are to be orgsaized.
Bbitish trading vessels employ Chinese
firemen.
Chicaoo hod carriers get $3 to $3.25 for
j eight hours.
Some Boston street car hands work eighteen
hours a day.
The Ohio State Labor Bureau has secured
situations for 38,500 persons.
Chicago machinists in a locomotive works
~ refuse to run two machines.
The Lancashire (England) cotton strike
a cost 810.000.000 in wages alone.
San Fbancisoo (Cal.) union men arc lined
$5 for smoking non-union cigar?.
^ Nkw Yobs union frarners pet a minimum
? wage of forty-rive rents an hour.
St. Louis clerks held a parade to celebrate
0 the victory for eariy closing of stores,
g A St. Lonis barber makes $15 a week by
9 working at the homos of his customers.
0 Indianapolis (Ind.) plasterers want to do
0 thoir own lathing, and demand forty cents an
* hour.
Cleveland union bootblacks will establish
t a clubhouse, and the Socrctary moat burnish
y a bond for ?15.
Some Boston furniture workers were offered
nine hours and nine and a half hours' pay.
Others wish to continue the ten hour day.
^ Helena (Montana) printers will establish
k a paper. Tne union's Secretary will receive
< $150 a year and other officers will serve without
pay.
GATES OPEN ON SU111
THE NEW OEDEE ENTOECE
AT THE EXPOSITION.
Nearly 125,000 People at tt
Grounds?Music of the Day?Stal
Structures, Government Bull<
lnsandtlic British Sections Close
?Where the Sightseers Went.
After much determined opposition tb
World's Fair Directors determined to op9
the exposition on Sunday, and a notice t
that effect was officially promulgated. Tt
Sabbath sun was but two hours old, says
Chicago special to the New York Tribum
when the people began to come into tb
grounds. All modes of transportatic
brought their quotas, and from the steami
piers and the railroads came long lines i
people. But the masses did qot begin 1
until nfumnnn Beiriflninjr aboi
2 o'clock tho multitudes flocked into tl
grounds at every gate, ami by 4 o'clock 60
000 people were inside the enclosure. Tl
people kept on coming the entire afternoc
and overflowed into Midway Plaisanc
where every show was crowded, until tl
attendance mark had been elevated to IOC
000. After dark the grounds were lighte
up. and this, together with other features <
illumination, attracted still more, and whe
the crowds were about ready to go home
conservative estimate placed their numb<
for the day and evening at 125.000.
The music during the day was of an el
vating character, and the bandstands wei
surrounded by large crowds, which grew ei
thusiastic over Schubert's Serenade and
selection from "LohengrinGounod'B s:
cred song, "There is a Green Hill Fi
Awaythe "Meditation," on Bach's preluc
by Gounod ; Handel's "Hallojujah" choru
Wagner's "Hail Bright Abode," the good o
hymn, "Nearer My God to Thee," and tl
coronation march from Meyerbeer's "I
Prophete." The music, which wascontini
ous from half past 1 in the afternoon, wi
furnished by Sousa's, the Chicago and Ci]
cinnati bands.
Sunday opening was frowned upon, hov
ever, in the north end of the Park, where tl
American State buildings are grouped t
Buggest a happy and unit3d family. * A fe
of the State Commissioners were left i
alternative Dut to cioae uw uuura ui u
buildings, as legislatures had so ordered, bi
the great majority of State boards acted <
their own authority in refusing admission i
visitors. The doors of fifteen State and Te
ritorial buildings were locked for this di
only, and visitors were generally informed
that effect by cards. The Missouri. Del
ware, New York, West Virginia, Pennsj
vania, North Dakota, New Hnmpshir
Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticu
Maryland and Massachusetts were amoi
the buildings of which the people obtain*
only an outside view. Utah had the clos<
sign on its door and North Dakota added
Its announcement the invitation, '-Come (
Mouday." On the doors of the ^Bay State
house was the following type-writt*
legend
"By order of the Great and General Cou
of Massachusetts this building is closed (
the Lord's Day.
"E. C. Hovkr, Executive Commissioner
The Maine Commissioners had a sign ?u
side their building which read: <;Open
Maine visitors and their friencu Only," b
everybody who pleased entered, ignoring t]
attempt at exclusiveness witnou; aosoiu
closing.
The influence of the Anglican Church w
seen by the visitors who desired to enter tl
building erected by Great Britain and H
Majesty's colonies. All were closed tigl
and no person even could be seen insid
which was not the case with the "close*
State buildings. The great carved doors
Victoria House were shut, although the unit
jack floated 4om the root. Canada's fli
was flying also, but the doors were clos<
and not even a sign was put out for vislto
to read. New South Wales supplement
the "closed to-day" sign with the followii
worda: "Keep out. Tbis means you
Even 4t the India Building, which is cniel
a private commercial enterprise, the "Closet
sign was hung out.
Machinery Hall was a remarkably qui
place. Two or three high-speed, but on
one big engine, ran during the day to furnif
the power necessary to run the Fair, ai
their hum could scarcely be heard 100 fe
away. The crowd in this buiiding was n
very large, but every other department stru
ture waa jammed. Columbian avenue, in tl
Manufactures Building, and the main aif
in Transportation and Fisheries were crow
ed all day, and it was with much difficulty
spectator could forco a passage. As in<
cative of the crowd, it may be stated that t
Fine Arts Building held the greatest mul
tude. Every salon was packed, and the to
era were jammed by a quiet and order
crowd ot picture-lovers.
The official in charge of the Governme
buildings and the battleship Illinois did i
in their power to show the thousands of vi
itors who passed by that Uncle Sam official
did notaoDroveof allowing American citize
or foreigners to view on Sunday tl
panorama of art and genius or t
industrial work of the Natioi
The big painted signs ''Closed," whi(
were used ordinarily when the Gover
ment Euilding was not finished, were plac
in front of the doors, and guards were si
tioned there to keep people from breaku
and disturbing Uncle Sam's peaceful obset
ance of the Sabbath. Even "Old Glory'' tv
hauled down from every flagpole on tne t
domed buildings. The other structures whi
form part of the United States Governme
exhibit were also closed, and visitors wt
stopped at the entrance to the North Pier
the announcement that the model battiest
was closed. Marines patroled the docks, a
a few tars were seen cleaning an 1 burnishix
but no favored civilians ware seen on t'
ship.
CHAELES FOSTER ASSIGN:
Tlio Ex-Secrctary of the Treasui
Embarrassed in Business.
Charles Foster, Secretary of the Treasu
under President Harrison, ex-Represontati
in Congress, ex-Governor of Ohio anyone
the leading Republican politicians in t
State and Nation, surprised his neighbors
Fostorta, Ohio, by announcing that his Sna
cial affairs were in a tangled condition a
that he had made an assignment. Mr. F<
ter says his liabilities are $600,000 and th
hia assets will reach that figure.
He made the assignment during the nig]
and the papers were filed at Tiffin by a
Scott, his attorney. It was then bellev
i that he would not be able to more than p
his debts.
Early in the morning the bank of Fost*Co.
waa closed on an attachment of $3200
favor of Isaac Harter Milling Company, ai
the wholesnlo grocery house of Davis & Fc
ter wa3 olo3od by an attachment for ?1200
favor of O. T. Brown.
The cause of the assignment, bankers sa
was probably no one thing in particular, b
the K?neral tightness in the money marki
Nearly a dozen business institutions wi
which Mr. Foster was connected werepuLl
down by the failure.
SACASA GIVES UP,
Nlcnra.guan President Signs a Trea
of Peace With Hi3 Opponents.
Advices have been received that Preside
Sacasa has abandoned the struggle with t
Revolutionists in Nicaragua. Th9 Preside
signed a treaty of peace with his opponen
The member? of the Provisional Governme
have entered Managua and ;issumed coat;
of affaire. The transfer of the reins of Gc
eminent was effected quietly, and there t
been no disorder of any kind.
Secretary Gresham rocoived the foliowi
dispatch from James A. Scrymser, of N
York : "President Sacasa, of Nicaragua, :
signed last night. Signed terms of paacf
m- anrrmaor L* President of the Cent:
I A.ruericun Cablo Company, and this dispat
was tho first information that the State I
partmcnt received indicating an end to t
war in Nicaragua. ^
suvok Bradley, in the Circuit Court of t
District of Columbia, rendered an import.-,
decision in the case of Pulaster, a dischar^;
letter carrier, in the matter of the enfor.
ment of the civil service laws, holding, in
Jaet, that an employe of thfe Goveru.tio
appointed under and subject to such lav
cannot be dismissed from the service wit hi
just and sufficient cause, and that the coil
, nave the right to pass upon the sufficiency
the cause.
f . DAVIS REINTEBRED.
L i ^
The Confederate President Removed
j From New Orleans to Richmond.
The remains of Jefferson Davis, after reposing
in Louisiana for nearly four years,
were removed from Metalre Cemetery, New
Orleans, and started on the trip to their final
l- resting placo in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond,
Va. The special train bearing the
* aghe3 left the Louisville & Nashville depot
d at 7 :50 o'clock in the evening.
All day the body lay in state in Memorial
Hall, surrounded by the guard of honor, and
9 thousands of people passed through tho hall,
a paying their respects to the dead. Flowers
0 and flags of the Confederacy formed a background
for tho black bier and casket. Half10
past 4 o'clock was the hour fixed for the cerea
monies.
9 Standing around tho bier, with their heads
' bowed, were Miss Winnie Da via, her sister,
Mrs. Hayes; Mayor Eilyson, of Richmond,
who is President of the Davis Monumental As"
I sociation; Governor Foster and many
y veterans. Governor Foster and others
. spoke 3nd tho body was formally given up to
* the Virginians. Rev. A. Gordon Bakeweli,
,, the soldier preacher of the Army of Ten"*
Qessoe, said a short prayer, which concluded
the ceremonies. The detail of the guard of
' honor then on duty lifted the casket
' to the catafalque. The line of march
1 ? was then formed and the' route taken to the
f Louisville & Nashville depot, where the
special train was in waiting, made up of a
baggage car, the funeral car, four sleepers
a and a private car for Miss Davis, her sister
j,r and Mayor Eilyson.
The casket was placed in the funeral car,
g_ and after a little delay and a straightening
r0 out of matters preliminary to so long a journey,
the funeral train pulled out of the depot
? Lit I '.iAJ U UlUU&y VAt7W CV* uj km viviru w?. WW?^M
thousand.
ir After leaving Boauvoir, Mr. Davis's old
j0 homo, the train went straight to Montgom9<
ery, Ala., where it remained live hours and j
then proceeded to Atlanta, in which city it
ie stopped two hours. At Raleigh another^top
jQ of two hours was made, and then the train
a. proceeded to Richmond.
as The funeral train arrived at Richmond at
Q. 3 .-09 o'clock a. m. An hour before it arrived I
the artillery began to fire salutes, and thesa t
7. were continued until the body rested in the !
i0 Capitol. Mns. Davis and her party at about t ho I
10 3ame time reached Richmond from New York. I
w She was met by a committee and the ?rand
10 Camp of Confederate Veterans of Virginia.
j0 From daylight until nine o'clock hundreds
it of strangers and residents passed through
>a the Capitol and viewed the coffin, which wa3
to almost enveloped in floral tributes of various
r. designs from the North a3 well as from the
iy South. Eetween the hours of nine and eleven
to o'clock about 5000 public-3chool children
a- passed by the bier, each one bringing flowers.
rl? At 3:30 o'clock the body was removed to
e, the caisson, drawn by six white horses
t, caparisoned in black, and the line of march
ig was taken up for Hollywood. Houses along
id the line were almost without exception
xl draped In black, and the National, State and
to Confederate flags. General John B. Gordon
)a was chief marshal.
," The services at the grave, while of the
>n simplest nature, were Impressive. At the
close of the ceremonies Mrs. Davis, Miss
rt Winnie Davis and Mrs. Hayes, who had not
>n previously left their carriages, approaohed
the grave. The crowd fell back respectfully
." and the three women took a lingering look at
it- the lowered casket.
to As the three women retired the four batut
teries opened with a salute and the guns o?
tie the infantry flashed in long lines as they
te joined in with the small arms.
S uteb^EWS.
er
it, The annual police parade in New Yori
City, in whioh twenty-five hundred men
marched, was reviewed by Princess Eulalia
>n and city officials. The Infanta then visited
*g Normal College, where exercises were hold
** in her honor.
re
sd At Newport, the Republican Senate of
*8 R jode Island refused to meet in Grand Comjy
mlttee with the Democratic House.
The double turreted coast defence vessel
et Monterey returned to San Francisco, Cal.,
ly from a two days' trial at sea with success
Jjj fairly and fully won at every point. Her
boilers ?tood the severe strain of a four hours'
ot run under forced draught.
? A ctclone struck Rosedale, Miss., comile
pletely demoralizing: the town. Five peopla
d- were reported killed.
a
y. Fif.e destroyed the Wesleyan Female Colhe
lege, Murfreesboro, N. C., but all the students
y* escaped, with the loss of their effects,
ly Aboument began in the Federal Court In
Chicago on the proceedings by the Governjjl
ment to close the gates of the World's Fair on
is- Sunday.
ly
03 The appeal of the prosecution from the
16 verdict of the New York Presbytery acquitb0
ting Doctor Briggs of the charges of heresy
h' was sustained by the Presbyterian General
n- Assembly at Washington, the vote being as
041 follows : Number of votes cast, 492 ; to susa_
tain the appeal, 298 ; to sustain In part, 77 ;
v- total to sustain. 375; not to sustain. 117.
'ad
IsiJfOLA88 won the English Derby; Ravch
ensbury second, Raeburn third.
xl Sib Chables Russell closed his argument
bj In behalf of the British side of the case be"E
fore the Bering Sea arbitrators at Paris and
^ was followed by Sir Richard Webster,
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WKECK OF A CIEC03.
Blen and Animals Mixed in tho Debris
of the Cars.
ry Five men were killed and ten injured in a
wreck whloh befell Walter Main's circus train
ry on the Tyrone and Clearfield branch of the
ve Pennsylvania Railroad at Vail Station, about
of five miles north of Tyrone, Penn., at h3lf-past
jja Ave in the morning.
The circus was en routs to Lewistown from
at Houtzdale. The engineer lost control of tNj
n- train when going down the mountain ard
ad jumped the track when going at a spaed of
>s- forty miles an hour, throwing thirteen cars
iat over a thirty foot embankment.
Three sleepers used for traveling coaches
it, by the performera and leading members of
[r. the organization remained on the rails. Every
ed other car, cage and wagon was utterly deay
molishod and mixed up in a tangle. The
screams of the wounded men, the hideous
& cries of the Injured and terror-crazed animals
in arose in chorus into the night.
ad From the menagerie section the lions,
>s- tigers, leopards, hyenas, wildcats, wolves
in und other anir. i .tie were liberated and soon
scattered?to the cover of the woods. There
y, were 175 persons with the circus and 173
ut horses. The bodies of the dead men and
?t. those severely wounded were first taken out
th of the wreek.
ed As scon aa the injured and killed were
cared for the living started out to capture the
escaped animals. The elephants made little
trouble, but the members of the big cat family
were out tor liberty or blood. In the cap.
ture of some of the smaller brutes, several of
y the employes had their clothing nearly
stripped off, and were clawed and bitten.
t .Several of the larger animals refused to be
taken alive, and having tasted the fruits of
he freedom and of some of the farmers' live
>nt stock in that vicinity, had to be killed.
t3 One of the tigers killed a valuable Jersey
' cow under the owner's eyes, a man named
i Thomas, who put two rifle bullets into the
tiger, which died from their effects soou
,v" afterward.
ias The entire hunting population of the surrounding
country turned out for the chase,
armed with Winchester shotgun*, revolvers,
and even Floberts. In several instances tho
r(?7 recaptured animals were tethered securely to
" tho trees, while the hunters kept up their purr;ll
suit.
cn Two injured sacred oxen were killed to but
.?" them out of their misery.
De Three lions escaped; oae was captured immediately,
another was lassoed and tied to a
. tree. The other lion remained at large.
4 hvana. hfijir. alliira
int ?. ,
,\r? tors, and a largo collection of snakes got
away, but were captured. The elephants an J
'r~ camels were uninjured.
*" Almost every ring horse was killed. The
total number of horses killed was forty-nine,
with all the others cut and bruised.
jv The circus is a complete wreck. The loss
is estimated at 8100,000.
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MILDEW ON THE VERBENA.
Tha verbena, with its btmntifa
blossoms in such a variety of color
and shades, would be a favorite hou&
plant if it were not so badly troublei
with mildew upon the leaves, whicl
eumtj ti intra uesw.uj'D II/D ucquij OTCJ
out of doors, but most surely when ii
the house. At the Cornell Universit
they have kept this mildew in check s
that it caused no damage, by sprayin
twice a week with a solutiou made b
dissolving one-fourth of an ounce c
potassium in one gallon of water. 1
it would do this it might be effectus
upon some other plants similar!
troubled. ?Boston Cultivator.
THE INCT7BAT03 IS A COJTFOKT.
The incubator is a very reliable hen
it has records surpassing the averag
of the hen in the number of chick
hatched from a given number of eggs
It is so scientifically adjusted that t
fixed and proper periods the eggs ar
turned and the proper moisture fc
advantage to them during mcuoatior
Instead of a dozen, hundreds of egg
can be set as easily as a small number
and, under favorable conditions, hur
dreds of the little downy creatures ma
be found scampering about, making a
the music any one could wish fo
from a hundred or more tiny throats
If you can afford it and the time buy
hatcher, a brooder, and test this pleai
ure by yourself.?New York Ind<
pendent.
HOW BOOTS ABE GROWN.
The soil for roots should be quil
free from weeds, as the first growt
of these crops being weak the youn
plants are quickly smothered and d<
stroyed. For this reason it is nece:
sary to sow the seed in rows so th*
the ground may be cleaned by the cu
tivator and hand weeding reduced to
minimum. The rows are from twent]
four to thirty inches apart for the di
ferent kinds, as mangles, having tl
greater space. The seed required :
from two pounds of rutabagas to si
pounds of beets or mangles per acr?
The rows are easily seen if a maohini
either hand or horse, is used for tl
sowing, and in this case a cultivator
run in the rows a few days after tl
seed is sown to keep the first growt
of weeds under. The rows mnst t
cleaned by hand and the plants thinne
out to a distance of eight or ten inch<
apart in the rows. This work is a
well paid for by the large crop, whic
depends on clean land and frequei
cultivation. A fair yield under favo
able circumstances is 600 to 10C
bushsls to an acre.?New York Timei
HINTS ON PLANTING FBUIT TREES.
In most localities the planting (
fruit trees will be completed. Bett<
plant late than not at all Nursen
men dig up a lot of trees of varietic
most in demand and heel them ii
This is done early in the season, an
has the effect of retarding the startin
of the trees, and they are ready for tl
immediate filling of orders. If tref
shrivel in transit, dig a trench, lay i
the trees, filling in the soil so that:
will come in contact with every pai
of the bark. In five days, or a weel
trees that are apparently pa:
- i . ? i -i?
r6336Ciy T? Ill UCUUillO jJi hlh^j ouu v^un
restored. After planting, place
mulch over the root. A "mulch" :
any material that, placed on the soi
will prevent evaporation, its actio
being mechanical, many different sul
stances are used; litter, straw, mars
or salt hay; leaves, with a little so
sprinkled on, to hold them in place
chips, or tan bark, and even ema
stones may be used. After all, a moi
, effective mulch is a layer of fine dr
earth. This is secured by working tb
soil of the orchard with a cultivatoi
or some other implement that wi
keep the surface loose and light j
will keep weeds in subjection.
FBUMNO BOSES.
Amateurs are often afraid to prar
their own roses, says the Gentlewomai
and the unlucky roses are sometim<
left unpruned or else remorselessl
chopped off without rhyme or reaso:
A few clear rules will enable anyoa
to prune her own roses, for, like man
other things, this is a simple matte
if you understand it.
Th? best flowers are borne on tl
strong wood thrown up from ths bas
of the rose in autumn; therefore, thes
stout ' 'canes" must bo preserved, onl
cutting them back to a good "dormant
eye (one that has not as yet made an
growth) about a foot or so from tb
ground.
All weak, twiggy, wood (much c
which will be found to be half deac
must be cut out, using a sharp knife
and removing this just above the soil
Those who wish for a plentiful suppl;
of roses, not of the largest size, ca;
leave their strong canes pretty long
I If ouly a few very large blooms ar
I needed canes may be shortened to witt
i in six inches of the soil.
These rules do not apply to standar
roees, for no "cane" from the base ca:
be thrown up by these, excopt fro:
the brier on which they are budded
and those must, of course, be remove
at once, as they sap the whole strengt!
of the rose.
But "standards" are fast going ou
of fashion, and roses "on their ow;
roots" are now usual]}' preferred, a
they are far more hardy and strong.
Climbing roses, again, must not b
much pruned in spring, the weak an<
the dead wood ouly being removed
and the strong shoots shortened, fo
otherwise they would not make enoug]
grov.th to climb much.
In the autumn tho redundant growtl
can be shortened back and old weal
bits cut out, the host wc.od being usei
to take its place. If thi3 has beei
properly attended to they do uot re
quire much cutting in the spring.
HORSE BREEDING.
When there is depression in th
'
market for certain kinds of horses,
1 says J. C. Levering, in the Ohio
a Farmer, it is wise to inquire into the
9 cause, and, if possible, prescribe a
i remedy. While good, first-class draught
i and coach horses are scarce ia the
a market and bring good prices, inferior ^
a ones are plenty and a drag at very low
y prices, resulting from the fact thit the
0 market is overcrowded with inferior
g stock, as the Eastern market reports
y show. Since the introduction of
?f electricity for 3treet cars and other
1 purposes there is no dentind for ini\
ferior stock, and the farmer can not
y afford to raise it at the present market
price, but should breed only from the
very best that is -n ithin his reach.
One great mistake the farmers make is
. in selling their best mares. Because
g they can not sell their inferior ones
g they sell the beat at what seems a fair
, price, and keep the inferior ones and
^ those that are blemished, to breed, and
,e then because they have an inferior or
ir blemished mare they say it will not
t pay to breed to a good, high-priced ,
J horse. They breed to a low grade or
,. scrub horse because he is cheap, and
the progeny is just what they might
expect, a cheap colt such as the marj]
ket is overstocked with.
r Now the remedy for tiiis trouble is
, > plain. Farmers should keep only their
^ very best mares for breeding purposes
3. and then breed only to the very best,
j. pure-bred, recorded sires of draught or
coach horses. And the same rule will
apply to road or light harness horses,
and with the mares of mixed breeding,
g There will be common ones enough
h then to supply the market with that
_ class, It does not cost any more to
a. raise a good colt than a cheap one, one
j. that vail sell for double the price in
the market without waiting for or
hunting a buyer.
a In times like the present, when strict
T. economy is necessary to success, the
farmer can not afford to feed inferior
ie stock, especially when the demand for
jg good, first-class horses exceeds the
x supply, and where there is little or no
, competition.
"?
ie FABM AND GARDEN NOTES. '
is Wheat hay is very inferior to alfalfa,
k Poultry needs their breakfasts early.
Ensilage should be taken from tlje
d top.
53 Apple trees should not be planted
11 too close.
h Bran and ground oats are good for
4-t*a /ioittoq
r" Vegetables are most easily grown on
a sandy soil
3* Charcoal given in soft food is good
for diarrhoea.'! :
^ Carbolized snlphnr is good for dust}r
ing fowls with.
j. Buhaoh will preserve cabbages from
;s the green worm. ? -i . :
1. Don't allow the weeds to get the
d start of the corn.
S Peas shonld be sown aa early' as pos16
sible in the spring.
:s Poultry require their food as regularly
as the farmer.
,t Fruit-growing requires to be learned
. like any other business.
it In the Northwest farmers will grow
;e more flax this year than usual,
a Moist tree fruits do best on the
is northern slopes of timber ridges.
Sheep will eat a graator variety of
u plants than any other farm animal,
k Vermin c&uae three-quarters of the
^ diseases which are so fatal to poultry.
,; The size and qualities of berries may
11 be improved by pruning in the early
st spring.
y Plymouth Rocks area purely Ameriia
can breed of fowls anil are as popular
r, as ever.
H Arrangements for the maple sugar
^ exhibition at the Chicago Fair are prorrraasnnir
ranirllv
?o --x j If
farmers -would raise more stock
and grass, they would find their bill
for fertilizers diminish.
,g A good remedy for red spiders is
y to dust the fruit trees with powdered
L sulphur when wet with dew.
ie Spray the chicken-house occasionaly
ly with kerosene emulsion. It is said
ir no lice will trouble the chickens.
When the butter is taken from the
'e freezer it has better keeping qualities
i0 than butter held in ordinary cold stor- '
ie age.
J, Young turkeys require care. They
should be given plenty of good food
y and guarded against cold and dampe
ness.
Don't wait for insects and fungi to
|\ do any damage, but start in before
4 11101X1 Willi JUIU pOTuuvaviTCo utovvwu
[' of remedies.
y When a hen becomes crop-bound,
a the crop must be split with a sharp
knife, the dead grass removed, and
e the wound sewed up.
'* Bermuda grass is the best for all localities
subject to drought or inundations.
The pasturage from it is excelQ
| lent, both in quality and quantity.
^ Whenever the average farmer will
' begin to estimate the value of sheep on
^ the farm from a general advantage to
the farm, they will be :uoro generally
t kept.
n A teaspoonfnl ot terpentine mixed
3 with a pailful of ashes will prevent the
i ravages of the er.cnmber beetle until
p j the plants grow stroag enough to reI
j s ist the enemy.
, j Plants should he given plenty of
r j room, and weeds should not be peril
j mitted to interfere with their growth,
or take from them the fertility or
ti moisture of the soil.
k Repeated trials in England of the
1 best method of preserving eggs have
a resulted in favor of the packing in salt.
- The salt prevents evaporation, and if
the tub <St keg in which the eggs are
packed is turned frequently to prevent
the yolks adhering to the shell the eggs
e will keep tor a year. !