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MINERAL PAVILION.
Irterwtlnj: TForid's I'alr Building to Bo
Erected by New York.
Ojio of the prettiest structures which,
tnll be erected by Now York btate will
be that for the mineral exhibit. Archi
tect Ieacc Gf. Perry has just completed
too drawings for it. They, call for a
rectangular pavilion in pure Eoman
Ionic architecture, 81x01x22 feet
high. The four corners are to be sur
mounted by balustrades; the caps of
the fluted columns are to be richly
carved; there will be an ornamental
i rieze, and the spandrels will be deco-
kew tore mistral tjlvilion.
rated with mining implements worked
into the ornamentation.
Tho structure will bo of white and
gold. There will be a balustrade all
about the floor, except across the front.
The front, or entrance, is of a concave
half circle. Directly opposite the en
trance an obelisk will rise to a height
of thirty feet. This will be three leet
square at the base and taper gradually
to tho top.
It will be composed of rocks illustrat
ing the geological formation of the
earth as has been developed by re
search. The accompanj'ing illustration
gives an excellent idea of how the com
pleted pavilion will look.
FAIR APPROPRIATIONS.
Xlne Million Dollars to Be Spent
br
Horns and Foreign htstes.
Nearly $0,009,000 has been appropri
ated for exposition purposes by foreign
governments and over $3,000,000 by
states and territories of this country.
The complete list to date is as follows,
Iventuclcy being credited with an appro
priation tliat iB now in course of legis
lative approval:
Argentine .5100.003
Austria 102.KVJ
Hawaii ..!
Honduras. ....
Havti ..
India
Japan ...
i o,ooo
20 coo
25,000
3,000
C30.000
24.SS3
6,000
7.000
Bslfdum. 67,X0
Bolivia -... 30,03a
Brazil GOJ.O30
British Gnlrraa.
la.owUacwtaa..
Brit'u Honduras '.7.500
BirbodocjL -&i0
Ijccwarttllacd3
Ubtrhi. i...
Mwnco
Colombia.,.,..,... JKD.COCH
50,000
Costa Rica 1S1000 Morocco 180.000
Canada.., ia).0MKrothcrlanfla.... l.'Q,0u0
Cane Colony.... 50.003
Nicarafua 81.000
Ceylon Co COO
Cuna. 28000;
Denmark 07, W
Norway CO 280
Now S. "WalPS.. 2US25
OranKO Fr.Stato 7,600
Paraguay. 100.000
TianiBb W. inula I.S33
Dutch Gcitvna . 10,003
Dutch Vr. InUia. 5,030
Peru lW.OCO
KtJ83i -I6.S23
.Ecuador. 125,000
SamuUor 12 500
J'rsnoe 733,400
Germany, Sto.OOO
San Domlnrro... 25 COO
Brain 2H.G00
(Grocce '.'.'. toioOOllrlnidad'!."" l&'.OOG
Great Britain... S01.UOW
SVedon 103,000
Tho stato and territorial appropria
tions follow:
.Arizona... ...... 9 80,000
California...... 300,003
Nebraska. 3 50,000
Now Hampshire 23,00
Colorado J&D.OJO
T)oUwara.... 10,000
Idaho 20.0M
Illinois.......... 600,000
Indiana . 75,030
New "iork 200,000
NewJereoy 20.0W
Now Mexico.... 25,000
North Carolina. 25,009
Ohio. 100.000
Iowa.., 1X3,000
ICcntncky 53,000
Pennsylvania .. 330,000
Ithodo Island... 25,000
Vermont. 15,000
Uino 40,000
Maawbnsotto.. 75,0o0j
jrichlgan. 100,000
Washington..... 100,003 t
West Virjjlnla.. -iO.CCO
.Minnesota 50.000
Missouri lMCEo!
Wisconsin 60OOO
Wyoming 30,000
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TREE RESIDENCE.
Qn f the I"cntnr of the Govurnmrat's
WuriU'i Fair Exhibit.
In tho center of tho dome of the gov
ernment building, rising up thirty feet
irom tho floor level, is the hollow trunk
of a giant redwood tree, twenty-ono
Ifeet in diameter. Inside of its walls,
two foot in thickness, is a viry comfor
table sitting-room space. Tho walls
have been planod and tho ceiling of ono
compartment and the floor of that
abovo it are .formed by a transverso
section of the tree, sixteen inohos
thick. This section is held up by cross
boctiona of railroad rails, and the in-
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tcrior is lighted by electricity. A ladder
leads upward through tho ceiling to the i
Fccond floor, and below a full-sined
single doorway lias been cut from tho
cast side. It will be fitted up as a resi
dence. A 'Wrnlijp to .Tournnlists.
With a view to averting further
trouble, writes Eugene Tiold in tho
Chicago News Record, wo ask our news
paper friends elsow here to dissomin.itff
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assiduously the information that now-' hov:'as absolutely untrammeled and
paper work is not to bo had in Chicago: iraPartial in the selection of men for hi
that every place is filled here; that al- fiards- With this undesirable class out
Tcady we have with us an army of un- , of the wa-v' a "er class of applicants
employed reporters, and that every ' came b hndreds; students from col
newspaper writer who comes to Chi- S anxious to earn enough during
ago with a view of getting work is ! rhe summcr months to enable them to
pretty sure to have nothing but his l,ursuc t3loir studies next year: ambi-
trouble for his pains.
Kara I.itomry TrcMurrv
i Lady Gordon, chairman of tho British
women's comm.ttce, has, turned up somo
curious literary treasures m her benrch
through English libraries and book
shops for material. Among other
things she found a map of Italy, msde
by an Engliswoman in Danto's time.
Another is tho "Boke of St. Albans,"
printed in 1-150 and attributed to Dame
Julia Barnes. It treats of hawking,
hunting and heraldry, and is among the
earliest boons printed In England.
Who Will Furnish the Where
withaL "A New York philanthropist
has just enlarged the skating-rink at
Vassar." "So I hear. All the colloiro
needs now is an endowed caramel
counter." J udge.
The real moaning of reform i& try
ing to make a tiger Iwhavc itself.
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THE COLUMBIAN GUARD.
How Visitors to the World's Pair
Will Bs Protected.
The Irreprcmrhablo Body of Men Under
Command of Col. KIco The Most
Intelligent Pollc Torce Erer
Orar? 'Ized.
Special World's Fair Letter.
When the exposition buildings at the
world's fair grounds are thrown open
to the world on the first of May, it is es
timated that materials valued at 5350,
000,000 will be on exhibition. By an
arrangement with the Underwriters
National association the exposition
company will place insurance to the
amount of 20,000,000 on the buildincs
and their contents. As the buildings
stand to-dav they are valued at $20,000,-
000, including structures erected by the
several states, and to protect them from
fire every possible precaution has been
taken. In addition to the maintenance
of a battalion of the Chicago fire depart
ment on the grounds, and a rigid en
forcement of laws governing tho use of
lights, fires in buildings, smoking on
the grounds, etc., the Columbian guard
was formed, every member of which,
in addition to police porv ers conferred J
COHJMBIAJI
by the city of Chicago, is a member of a
fire company and is drilled at regular
intervals in the use of Babcock extin
guishers, hose practice and ladder work.
Should a fire occur in Jackson park to
day four engine companies stationed
within the groundB, three from the city,
two hook and ladders, six hose carts
and 600 Columbian guards could be re
lied upon to answer the first alarm.
The daily routine of a Columbian
, guard is dull enough now, but when
the exposition is opened, and thousands
of visitors, each of whom will ask num
berless questions, and who must be pro
tected from accident aa well as tho
depredations of pickpockets and sharp
ers who will find their richest harvest
in the throngs iniido the buildings,
then will the guards have a busy time.
Because of the peculiar requirements of
the occasion directors of tho exposition
hesitated long before adopting the pres
ent system of policing Jackson parti
Tho disadvantago of appointing patrol
men after tlio municipal system was at
once recognized, and it was finally
deemed best to make tiho Columbian
guard semi-militnry in character, leav
ing the appointing power ha the hands
of a chief, to be selected for his fitness
in handling and organizing military
bodies. At tho request of the expo
sition directors President Harrison
ordered CapL Edmund Rioe. Fifth in
fantry, U. S. A., to report to Director
General Davis, and Capt. Rico submit
ted tho plan of organization which led
to tho present organization. Tho Co
lumbian guards was organized by tho
exposition company with Capt. Rico
placed in command with the rank of
colonel. The new commander called to
his assistance other military men, soma
from the regmlar army, others from tho
state militia, and the first call for troops
was issued last September. Thero were
hundreds of applicants, of whom less
than 50 were accepted. The exactions
of military qualifications as to height,
weight and physical conditions proved
a bar to many applicants, while others
were rejected for lack of moral and
mental fitness.
Intelligence, good character, steady
habits, and a physique that stands the
test required of rfcruits entering Uncle
Sam's service, soon drove the crowds of
loafers and lazy follows from the field.
They found that political influence
availed them nothing with Col. Rice,
; nous young men irom city ana country
1 who desired to avail themselves of the
advantages they might derive during
their hours off duty; applications even
from clergymen, physicians and law
yers, from Europe as well as America,
their object apparently being educa
tional advantages rather than for the
modest salary paid the guards. There
was no stipulation as to age. however,
provided the applicant had reached
twenty-one. and an old soldier in good
physical condition was never rejected.
As a result CoL Rice has under his com-
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intelligence, in appearance and in gen- .
tlemanly bearing. Erect, vigorous
and handsomely uniformed, carefully
drilled, imposing, polite, they are as un
like thc ordinary policeman on guard as
can be imagined. At present there are
but six companies, comprising 600 men.
Thi number will be increased to 2.500,
perhaps more if nece;-snry, by the time
thc exDOAition owms. This i not to bv
d faK
construed to mean that CoL Rice has
1.900 or more places to fill, for most of
them are already assigned to young
men now hard at work over their books
in colleges all over the land. Thus in
directly the exposition is an aid to edu
cation. Appointment to a place in CoL Eice's
command is of easier access than posi
tions that politics controL Any young
man can apply in person or by letter to
Col. Edmund Bice, Service building,
Jackson park, and secure immediate
hearing. Letters of introduction from
members of state world's fair commis
sioners or other public and well-known
persons are naturally of assistance to
the applicant, though not indispensable.
The applicant in person will be ques
tioned by Col Eice as to his habits,
morals and mental equipment, and if
the interview be satisfactory and CoL
Eice has been a soldier all his life,
handling troops in the civil war and
many Indian campaigns, and reads
faces as most raon read a printed page
the applicant is referred to Dr. Yeager,
or some of his assistanLs in tha Colum
bian medical bureau, for physical ex
amination. Having stood this test tho
applicant is dismissed to hold himself
in readiness for summons for service.
When that summons comeb the apnli-
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cant presents himself before Quarter
master Hoppen, who is a lieutenant in
Uncle Sam's Second cavalry, but ranks
as captain in the Columbian guard.
The applicant is measured for u uniform,
consisting of cap, dark blue blouse,
similar to the fatigue uniform worn by
army officers, and trousers of tho regu
lar army blue with a black and red
stripo on the side. A police whistle and
bronze croBsbow on which tho guard
number is engraved, and a short two
edged sword worn in an ornamental
ficabbard at the hip, 'complete the equip
ment. If he chooses, tho guard can
also be provided with a Btorm coat,
overcoat and rubber boots, the total out
fit being furnished to him by the Expo
sition company at a cost of about 345.
Each month 55 is deducted from the
guard's pay, until he has been in the
service six months, when the money is
refunded and the uniform becomes tho
property of the wearer. If the guard
should leave the service before the ex
piration of six months Quartermaster
Hoppen appraises tho value of the uni
form, which is returned by the guard,
and pays tho latter the difference held
out of his pay.
Prom the quartermastor the new
guard, after having taken the oath of
office and sworn in with full police
powers by a city official, is sent to the
drill room, where he becomes a mem
ber of the awkward squad. Energetic
drill masters soon give him grace and j
freedom of motion, tho graoeful mili
tary salute, and standing at "attention
whon addressed by superior officer or i
civilian soon become easy and natural
methods. He is assigned to service in
one of the companies and may live
outside the grounds on barracks pro
vided in a roomy structure especially
erected at Sixty-second street and
Stony Island avenue. Eight hours
-ach day he is on duty, the first week
from 9 a. m. to 1p.m. and from 9 p.
in. until la. m.; the second week from
1 a. m. until 9 a.m.
The reliefs are so !
arranged that each guard gets a half hol
iday each week. Careful attention to
personal appearance, with neatly
blackened shoes, clean linen, just
showing abovo tho closely-buttoned
blouse, and the wearing of white cot
ton gloves, are required of each guard
while on duty. He must be at all
times respectful and attentive to the j
questioning of visitors, and must be a
living encyclopedia of everything con
cerning the grounds, buildings, loca
tions of exhibits, etc. He must be alert
as a police officer to protect visitors.
prompt to respond to ambulance serv
ice as a member of the hospital corps, !
and untiring in vigilance as a fireman. ant boil for five or six hours. Detroit
He may use tobacco off duty only, and ' ree Press.
at all times must maintain dignified and ' A Good Puddinrr. When you have
respectful attitudes toward the public i oatmeal or breakfast food left over you
he is employed to serve. In barracks he ! can make an excellent pudding for din
may read.smoke,play poker excepted j nex out of it. Add to it a slice or two
cards, or indulge in any form of recrca- j of bread or two or three crackers soaked
tion not disturbing to occupants of the , in milk, two eggs, well beaten, a cup
dormitories. Lights are extinguished s of sugar, nutmeg to taste and milk
promptly at 9 o'clock each night in the ! enough to thin to the consistency of an
dormitories, and the lone sentry is j ordinary pudding. Mix well together,
hailed at regular intervals by an in- put in the buttered pudding dish and
spector of the guard whoseduty it is to . slice two or three good-sized apples over
see that guards oa the grounds and in the top; then bake. Chicago Ledger,
the buildings are not sleeping at their Celery Sauce. Cut the tender parts
posts or otherwise neglecting their
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been found asleep at his post. Di5- ; and place on the back of tifts stove to
missal is prompt and Irrevocable. The simmer one hour. Mix two tablespooa
pay of the rank and tile is $60 per s fnH of tkmr and four of butter. When
month, thouah there is a system of pro- , tne celery has boiled one hour, add to
motion which some of the present mem- j it the butter and flour, one pint of milk
Vers will profit by when new compaa- or cre&m. ad seaM to taste. Boil up
ies are formed. vhereby they will re- ' once. &od erve with roast dnek. twrkey
ceive .o for a month's service. or broiW fo-t Haaltn an H-
Thc policje sy&tem of the cxDosijioti is j
7et more intricate Chan the employe
ment of good-looking and physically
sound men for the guard. CapL Hor
ace Elliott, for many years a member
of the Chicago police force, and recent
ly retired on half pay for age, is in
charge of the gatemen. Photographed
on CapL Elliott's memory are the faces
of thousands of noted criminals, and
many of his assistants are old-time i
thief takers. Many a visitor to the fair J
will be "spotted" before he gets inside
the grounds, and his every move will be I
shadowed by a detective. The secret
service department, under Capt. Bon
field, will include detectives from every
large eity in America and Europe, j
.Noted confidence men, pickpockets and
ordinary criminals will be under strict
est surveillance. It is to be expected
that the exposition will attract thou
sands of the criminal classes, and un
usual police precautions have already '
been taken to protect the public from i
their wiles. Paul. De H. Sweexey.
VERMONT'S BUILDING.
It "Will Be of tho l'ompelan Style or
Architecture.
The Vermont building at the world's i
fair will be, when completed, one of tne
most unique on the grounds. The style
is Pompeian. On the right and left of
the entrance are two shafts with alle
gorical figures, representing agricul
ture and quarrying and stonecutting
tho two principal industries of the
state. Tho entrance is through a por
tico into a courtyard, in the center of
which is a handsome marble fountain.
Marble will also be used all through
the interior. On the right and left are
TEBKOXT'a WOBLXS FAIH BUIMJIXG.
covered porches, off which lead tho re
ception room, committee room, post
office, etc At the end of the court is a
porch supported by five caryatids, on
which is a semi-circular Greek -window
with a bas-relief around it, representing
freedom and unity. In the rear is the
circular reception hall with wooden
beamed dome. To the efforts of Dr. H.
H. Mclntyre, of Vermont, and Col.
Aldace F. Walker, of Chicago, is mainly
due the success of this building. Jarvis
Hunt, of Boston (nephew of William
Morris Hunt, the artist, and Richard M.
Hunt, architect of the administration
building), is tho architect. This build
ing will bo used for social purposes
only.
COLUMBUS' FLAGSHIP.
Model of the Santa ."Maria Koir at Jack
son Parle.
The model of the Santa Maria, the
flagship of the Columbus fleet, has ar
rived from San Domingo and will soon
ride the waves of the Jackson park la
goon. That is, it will attempt to ride
AS THE SANTA MAMA JfpW APPEARS.
them, but as to its probable success '
there is a diversity of opinion. Somo '
of those brilliant land-lubbers who are
made glorious by tho uniform of tho
Columbian guard aver that the
"Maria" is quite a ship. But anyono
who has ever been out of sight of land
would hesitate to venture aboard the
new arrival.
How the Spaniards ever succeeded in
reaching America in such a craft is
puzzling the salts who hang about
Jackson park. In general appearance
the model resembles two huge spare-
ribs riveted together and given a deck,
prow and helm. The boat, however, is
guaranteed to be historically correct,
and it will no doubt attract tho atten
tion of millions of thoso who will visit
the fair. The spot where it will bo lo
cated has not yet been decided upon.
HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES.
White Pudding Sauce. Moisten
one tablespoon ful of cornstarch with a
little cold water, pour over it half a
pint of boiling water; have ready the
well-beaten whites of two eggs; add to
tne cornstarch one-hall cup ot pow
dered sugar. Pour this gradually over
the whites beating all the time; when
cold add the vanilla. This makes a
light and very palatable sauce. Boston
BudgeL
Plum Pudding. One pound and a
half of stoned raisins, halved, but not
chopped;
half a pound of dry, picked
currants; half a pound of mixed peel,
three-quarters of a pound of grated
bread crumbs, three-quarters of a pound
of suet, minced fine; eight egg, well
beaten. Mix the ingredients well and
press the pudding into a buttered mold.
Tie down tightly with a buttered cloth,
of a head of celrv verv fine: pour on
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THE GREAT EXPOSITION.
Somo of the Spectacular Features
of the World's Fair.
Everything to Bs Conducted on a Seal
of Magnitude and Magnificence Hith
erto Unparalleled Startling Exhib
its from the States sod Europe.
Special World's Fair Letter.
It is a curious study to observe how
many features of the world's fair
may properly be described as "the big
gest in the world." To begin with, the
grounds are larger than the size of any
previous world's fair. The main hall
Manufactures and Liberal Arts building
is the climax of all construction work
in modern times; the money spent and
to be expended on the grounds and
buildings is double any appropriation
ever made for a similar purpose: and I
the total valne of promised n-hi'hit.K i
reaches the enormous sum of SS50,000,-
000. eclipsinc- the axrcreirate value of all
the exhibits of anv two modern exhi-
bitions.
These figures, stupendous as they
seem, find a counterpart in the ma-mi-
tuoe of exhibits. Whether one takes
the model dairy, the agricultural ex-
hibit, the power plant in Machinery
hall, the electrical illumination, the
marvels of the Mines building, the
flow ers and fruits of Horticultural hall,
the quaint collection in the fisheries,
the array of statuary and paintings in
the art galleries, the historical exhibit I
of transportation methods, the display
of educational institutions, or the prod
ucts of the world's factories in the Man
ufactures building no matter what the
section, it may be described without
any exaggeration as the biggest the
world ever saw.
Coming to individual exhibits, there
are single features conspicuous enough
to overwhelm the imagination. For in
stance, the world's fair has a power
plant of 15,000 horse-power where tne
Paris exposition had but 3,000. Of the
15,000 horse-power at Jackson park,
8,000 is applied by electricity, while the
Centennial had no electrical exhibits
save a few arc lights. One engine of
this big plant has 2,000 horse-power
capacity, eclipsing the Corliss engine at
the Centennial, and outdoing anything
ever attempted in mechanical apparatus
in this countrj'.
In the agricultural section is to be a
mammoth among commonplace dis
plays. It is a cheese a plain, Canadian
cheese, but its weight is 26,000 pounds,
its height six feet and its diameter nine
feet. It furnishes so much weight
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THE 'COLUMBUS QUADBIOA.
Seulptnro Suraonntln; the Peristyle Spanning tho Lake Entrance to the 'World's ColumfcSaa
Exposition.
within a small area that the foundation
of the floor had to be strengthened to
sustain it.
In the live stock department will be
seen the largest steer in the world, a
blooded animal owned by George W.
Cliilds, the famous philanthropist and
fancier of fine flowers and stock.
Kentucky has prepared a surprise for
sight-seers who know little of her min
eral wealth, and particularly her coal
mining industry. It will bo a solid
block of bituminous coal 60 feet high,
mined in one piece and occupying a
point of vantage in the Mines building.
Oneof tho rarest and mostinteresting
of tho big displays will be from the
Kimberly diamond mines in South
Africa. Heretofore the diamond field
have confined their exhibition efforts to
illustration of lapidary processes.
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the Columbian exposition visitors will
see Kaffir natives from the Cape of
Good Hope, washing diamonds from tho
blue earth in which they are found;
they will see the rough stones sorted
put through the grinding and polishing
process by Dutch lapidaries; and they
will see on exhibition the greatest col
lection of gems, polished and in the
rough, that has ever been gathered
outside a royal palace. In tho same
building, not far from tho diamond
washers, will bo the gold and silver
quartz displays of California, Montana,
Colorado, Arizona, Xcw Mexico and
other mining communities.
Most people associate the thought of
quartz with a mental picture of unin
teresting stone heaps, bearing little
trace of value and of interest only to
geologists. The miners of the country
are determined to show such Eight-scers
that gold and silver-bearing quartz are
among the most beautiful and pictur
esque features of an exhibition when
they are developed properly. In this
particular display tho most valuable
veins of the far west will furnish
pyramids, arches and spires of ore rich
enough to recall the fables of Golconda.
No accurate estimates can. of course, be
placed upon unsmelted gold orsilvcr,but
conservative experts who know what
is to be exhibited say the gold and sil
ver camps will send a display worth
more than a million dollars.
Horticultural hall is at the head of
the procession of giant displays. It al
ready has 10,000 primroses blooming in
one collection, which government flor
ists declare is beyond question the larg
est and most beautiful display of the
ltnd ever grown. It has the largest
tree-fern ever sent out of Australia a
monster 30 feet high, measuring
nearly two fettt at the base. K
has a pardon of 100,000 hardy
roses planted on the wooded island
last fall; the greatest collection of
p&nsies in existence- and & projected dis
play of chrysanthemums that wiD equal
ail the great chrysanthemum shows of
this country and ZaropQ rollod into the
bg aggregation.
Then there is the section of & eequoia
or big roowood tree in the govcracusst
building- which required 11 cars for
transportation from Csdifonm. The
section - nt-ed in tlw eeatr of th-
bmldiag as a two-storkd rfceptjon ball j
?1 & iargeenoggh.to izzrsS&XvvxSorir
able quarters lor 10v guests at a time.
The state of Washington comes in tho
category of these exhibits with the tim
bers for its state building at the park.
The foundation-timbers are of pine;
each measures 120 feet long in single
sections and is 39 inches through,
dressed. In front of tho buildings is a
flagstaff, 120 feet high, in one piece.
Kansas shows the variety of the coun
try's forest monstrosities in a section
of a walnut log 9 feet in diameter
and so heavy that, like the big cheese,
it has to have a special foundation in.
the Forestry building.
Wisconsin's curiosity is a monolith of
granite, outclassing Cleopatra's needle
and every other known monolith. It is
115 feet high, is something like 20 feet
square at the base, and will occupy a
place of honor immediately in front of
tho Wisconsin state building. s
Krupp, the great cannon maker of
Germany? is coming with the biggest
' can eer made. Its size may be
! 5udSed r the statement, given as a
fact' that ifc can throvr a 200-pound
j projectile 40 miles. The skeptic may
i doubt that' but thc railroads and
stamships have attested its enormous
size b refusing to even attempt its
' transportation unless the maker will
I iarnish hoisting machinery stronger
I th.ai1 the possess, and agree to send
Wlta tare bironS- enougn u carry iu
A crowning feature of all the levi
athans will be the search lights built in
Nuremberg, Germany, to bo installed
on the towers of the Electricity building.
If the maker's words may be taken as
truth, the largest of these lights will
be the most powerful in existence. Ac
cording to his statement, it will furnish
ample illumination for reading at a dis
tance of thirty miles from Chicago; and,
according to the same authority, a lawn
party In Milwaukee would be better
lighted from the electric tower in Chi
cago than if lamps of tbe ordinary coal
oil pattern were distributed about tho
lawn.
The search lights will be ued on oc
casion as signals to mariners and it
scheme has been snggested whereby
messages could be sent across the lake
to St. Joseph, Mich., with these same
lights operated on the Morse system
of dots and dashes.
It wonld be easy to describo these
spectacular features of the world's fair
in endless length. Thoso enumerated
are but isolated instances in an aggre
gation of indescribable magnitude
They are to the main exhibits as ono
peak might be to a mountain range. A
stranger traveling through the grounds
might spend a week within tho gates
and not discover half of them, unless ho
ei3?S?
AWE.lh-&ll&.tiiM
devoted special search, so bewildering
will be the extent of the general exhib
its. W. M. IOtEUKJLET.
Some Intereettinc Flfnrfi.
Of thc total 3,642,812 square feet avail
able for all world's fair exhibits,l,419,617
has been assigned to foreign, and 1,77,
S0S to domestic applicants. ConcesMons
absorb 211,-W5 square feet, and only 214.-
476 square feet remain unafisigned in
all departments. o figures are given
from the live stock department because
space is not assigned by area in that
exhibit- The list of Germany's ex
hibitors contains 5,077 names. Repre
sented in it are 230 cities and towns of
the empire, and of these, forty cities
send more than ten exhibits each. Ber
lin leads with 283 exhibitors, Munich
follows with 187. Leinsic with 14.
Frankfort, 55, Hamburg, 57, and Chem
nitz, 4L
Ctu-ioTL Born ut the World Fair.
The other day the Turks consecrated
the grounds on which the Turkish pa
vilion of the world's fair will bo crcctr
ed. First they killed a lrge white
sheep as a sort of insurance to prevent
Allah from destroying the building. A
hundred men in bulging breeches, rim
less red fez and red ullppers stood
around thc sheep. One prayed, another
tied a bandage over the eyes of the
sheep, and Fohri Bey cut tho animal's
throat. After this everybody went to
thc Turkish village, and the sheep w&4
there cooked and eaten.
The KaUer's Eijolao Hihfbtt.
It is said that the emperor of Ger
many will send to the world's, fair a
number of Trakchner stallions from hi
own stables, which he him&elf uss us
carriage hor&cs. Tho other Gem-ran
horses that are to be exhibited ar
mostly of the Hancver &nd Hokldn
breed. The Trakehoers are beautiful
animals with silky black coats, are
swift and have nobly poised hcadi.
A TtII-IrrrT!d Cora.
In "Pagan and Christian Rome Pro!
Lanciani cites a most remarkable cae.
the authenticity of which is ealablkbed
beyond reasonable doubt In JJbe yar
liba the body of a young girl wa ionod
in a marble tomb tweive feet lJow tbe
surface of the earth while making ex
cavations on the Appfaa vray. It wm
intact in all its members, and had taten
preserved with an inch-thick coaling of
aromatic paste. Says theaccotiatof an
eve-witne?-; "Althoagh tbe girl bad
been dead L500 years, she aftpoared to i
have been laid at reat tnat verr vUj.
The thick zna of hair sened to h vs
been combed then and there. The eye
lids could be opened and sbat. the er
and nose were o well prtiberred that,
having ben bent to one side or Uko
other, ta-y instantly resumed their
original shape. By prsMg the Amh
of the cheeks the color wowid dUappoar
a in a living body. The tongue eoM
b bees tfcroagh Xk piak hp. sad ike
articulation of the hzad and feet Hill
retained their Iasiitr." Tiie hadr
wa taken to the cnptoL wWe it u '
viewed by a lwejw anst W ot pur
pie Jor -wvcral Outk Oo tb ihkd stay
it showed ? of pefaciioe. sarf a j
i end of thc week It - ibHt
2Si il 0
Unlike liie Duicfi Process
So Alkalies
OR-
Otlier Chemicals
are used In the
preparation of
. BAKER & C0S
BreakfastCocoa
trhieh it ahtolutehj
pure and sultthte.
lthnorethanthreftitM$
the strentith of Lucca. mixed
irlth fctarcQ, Arrowroot or
Sucar, and 1 lar more eco
nomical, costing less man cnt cent a cup.
It is delicious, Aourlshtag, and X-UILT
D1GZSTKO.
Sold by Grocer eTrjl'rt.
"W. BAESE. & CO., Dorchester, Haw.
Amy "So you accepted Mr. Thorp
ley last night? I thought yon told mo
you didn't care for him?" Maude
"What was I to do? He was putting oa
my skates, and had fixed one all right,
when he proposed. I had either to ac
cept or fall down." Boston News.
MISSPELLED MENTALLY.
Comxnonplac Hat Carton Xarly Imprti
tton Corrrctf.l in Lter Vvnrm.
"I suppose," said a man who wns
looking in the dictionary, "that many
of us arrive at mature years with a
wrong impression of certain words.
There is. for instance, a word which I
wish I could recall, but I can't, which
was in somo way originally impressed
upon my mind, with an added lettertlt
is a word that is comparatively In com
mon u"5c I grew up carrying that ad
ditional letter in tho word and never
thinking but that I had it right.
I have no doubt that I hod
seen this word in print time
and again in its correct form, but
the abbence there of the letter which I
had in the word in my mind hnd never
struck me. One day, however, it did
strike me very plainly, and the word
then looked so different from the ono
to which I was mentally accustomed,
that at first I thought that it was mis
spelled, ns I saw it In print, but I verv
quickly discovered that it was impelled
there correctly. I remember now that
for bome little time thereafter it halted
me whenever I encountered It, but it
soon censed to appear strange, and tho
proof that it wrh right, ns I now saw
it, was so overwhelming that it m lo
me smile. I had no difficulty in erasing
from my mind thc old spelling and sub
stituting the correct form.
"An acquaintance tells me that for
years the impression upon his mind of
thc word repugnant was repungant.
He didn't discover that the word wan
repugnant until he had ocenhion to
writo it, and then at first he could
scarcely btlieve that he had had it
wrong for so long a time. The simple
explanation of his mLstako was that he
had transposed the letter In hurried
reading.
'Another acquaintance tells me that
for some time in his youth he carried
tho word dislocate in his mind ns dls
colate. Ho says that always it almost
seemed to him as though there was
something the matter with discolate,
and yet he thought It muKtbeall right.
It seems funny that he didn't look
in the dictionary. That is what he dla
at last,and when he discovered hU mis
take he net the word in his in 1ml, and
he tells me that it hann't been out of
joint since." K. Y. Sun.
Children Cry for
Pitcher7s Castorla-
M. W. Levy, Pre.
A. Y. Olitek, V. Pros
STATEMENT
Of Hie Condition of the
Wichita National Bank
Jiadc to the Comptroller of Curreu-
i at the CIo-sC ol liusineiw,
hept 30th, 1V.L.
KESuUKOUS.
Loans and Dmconts. .$609,032.59
Bond Jtad Stock". . . S6.532.22
U. S. Bonds 50,000.00
Jieal Estate (55,000.00
Due from U. S 2,250.00
OTerdrnfU 8,241.55
Cash uud Exchange. 231,297.80
S997.358.96
LIABILITIES.
Capital $250,000.00
Surplus 50,000.00
Undiridd Profits. . . 2,881.10
Circulation 45,000.00
Depo.iU 049,972.77
$997,S53.8(i
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