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AT CHICAGO.
What is Going on at the
Great Exposition.
jortbeTMOBAM.l
Chicago. Ill |
I May 18. 1893, f
Guides to right o! you.
Guards to left of yon.
Uniform men and boys in front of yon!
Thus one is metas he is ushered
through the turnstiles at the
World's Fair gates. There are
guides to show you about the
grounds and through the build
ings; guards to keep the peace;
boys dressed in light blue selling
tfguide books; boys dressed from
? tip toe in bright red selling the
official catalogue; boys in grey
and yellow selling Chicago
papers and the Daily Columbian;
custom officers, letter carriers,
telegraph boys and many others,
who have official husiness, all
wearing uniforms. One almost
becomes bewildered until the
} title of their office is made ap-.
^parent by inspection of their
caps. As a rule these uniformed
men and boys courteous and
polite, and seem to take pleasure
in answering questions.
The second week of the great
Fair is numbered with the past,
and during that time many re
sults have been accomplished,
although much remains to be
done?much more than to have
the "finishing" touches put on.
While perhaps many of us
would not have done as well
under like circumstances, still
* there is room for complaint, and
I just where to lay the blame is
perhaps not an easy matter. The
general public expect so much,
especially in view of oft-repeated
promises made by the Pair
officials, that everything would
be ship-shape and in or^er on
the opening day, and from some
cause said officials have so for
gotten their pledges, that the
) long suffering public are not will
ing to exercise the virtue of
? patience. Of course we all un
derstand (those of us. who have
watched the rise of the White
City by the' Lake) that the build
ing thereof required no ordinary
measures, rather extraordinary
ones; and perhaps they have
been taken, but we were rather
in hopes that in respect to the
general finishing, more would
have been accomplished, so that
in after ages history could point
with pride to the fact that the
World's Columbian Exposition
^as practically opened on May
1, 1893.
All meet on the same level
here; you jostle perchance
against some titled foreigners, or
one his superior?an American?
and bearing no handle such as
"Earl," "Duke." or what not;
hard-working mechanic: those
who adorn and likewise tho pro
fessions, laws, medicine and of
the "cloth," the sunbrowned
sailor from over the seas.
The man of war and of peace,
all come together on one common
plane. To the mind of many this
fair will be a great object lesson,
with much to learn, with their
eyes for their teacher, and many
will make good use of the oppor
tunity. There are others, who
having the time to spare, and
necessary "wherewithal," to
spend, will not embrace this
chance. To one who has had a
foretaste oh what the future
SJ'eeks and months promise, it
can hardly be conceived that any
?f the latter class exist. How
many less favored with time and
means, would like toOexchange
places with them until Novem
ber 1st. next.
In the makeup of the grounds
and buildings Mr. Burnham and
his aids havs accomplished won
ders. The lawns in some parts
?f tho grounds are not yet in so
forward a state; in fact, in many
Places the bare earth appears.
t what is black to-day will be
?reen to-morrow.
The exhibits are not oy any
?eans installed in their final
resting place, and this is perhaps
more noticeable in the manu
facturers building than else
where. Boxes and crates are
waiting to be unpacked, but
"BRACE UP"
n tantalizing admonition to those who
*ith? J*"80"'601 8,1 out. weak,
the ."J "J'Potjt? and discouraged. But
buillu *hioh Hood's Saraaparilla
Soo,l 'f^ed frame and gives a
?o sn? 18 roa"y wonderful. So
yon /p :.T?k? Hood's and it will brace
?flioBtii8<meral cathartic we con
recommend flood's Pills. |
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much of this work cannot be done
until the booths for their re
ception are ready;the carpenters,
however, seem to be working
hard toward that end, and each
day seems to bring its reward in
much being finished. The aisles
in this building are broad uud
spacious, and will accommodate
many people without crowding.
The grounds and buildings
when fully illuminated by elec
tricity present a sight never to
be forgotten, and although the
electrical | exhibit at the Paris
Exposition was fine^ such rapid
strides have been made in this
department of science since that
time, and such wonders have
been achieved, in order to con
vince one of the truths of this
assertion, a visit is necessary to
the building devoted to this ex
hibit.
Your readers from different
states who hope to find the build
ings of your own particular
State all in readiness to receive
you and fully complete, probably
will be'disappointed. There are
many sails to be driven, saying
rothing about placing the ex
hibits. beiore your hopes will be
realized.
This is true of the West Vir
ginia building, which, by the
way, will be very pretty and com
fortable when completed. It will
be headquarters for all West
Virginians. T. Y. C.
THE HOMELIEST MA.N IU
Clarksburg us well as the handsomest,
and others are invited to call on any
druggist and get free a trial bottle of
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs, a remedy that is sellingentirely
upon its merits and is guaranteed to re
lieve and cure all ohronic and Acute
toughs, Asthma, Hronohitis and Con
sumption. Large bottles 50 cts. and $1.
True Greatness.
There Is a wide diversity of opinion
as to the qualities requisite to make a
truly great man. In the following a
moralist in the Detroit Free Press
somes very close to the line:
"Moral greatness consists not in the
office a man fills, or the elevation be
has reached by the zeal of his friends.
The humblest individual in the neigh- i
borhood may in reality be the greatest
man in town. He is unknown by the
crowd, but In correct principles, moral
habits, unbending integrity he shows a
grandeur of character which no man in
power can boast- Bis talents and ex
ertions are forming and fixing the prin
ciples of multitudes who aro not sen
sible of the influence he has upon
them. He works silently, judiciously
and constantly. This is moral great
ness. Where you find a man leading
you along imperceptibly, as by silken
cords and silent, resistless appeals, you
may lie sure he possesses in a pre
eminent degree the elements of real
greatness. Such an Individual is worth
to God and humanity a thousand times
as much as the man who is elevated in
the glare of selfishness and popular ap
plause?who has been fitted up by the
hands of others?but who never raised
himself an inch by his courage. Ills
steadfastness, his moral power or vir
tue."'
CHINESE niGHBINDERS.
They Murder and Malm Kaoh Other
In Broad Daylight..
A Peculiar Kentnre of Criminal f>lf? In
fran KrancUco?Conspiracy Fully
? n Dutijjrrous u? the Ital
ian Mutla.
California has been struggling with
the Chinese problem for a good many
years. Most of the people of Califor
nia dislike the Chinese, and those who
know them best like them least. This
used to bo attributed to race prejudice.
It was a quite prevalent belief in the
eastern states that the anti-Chinese
agitation In California was started and
encouraged entirely by men of other
foreign nationalities who had been
crowded out of various employments
by their Inability to compete with the
I little yellow man. This, says the New
York Advertiser, was not true. Of
course such men were connected with
the anti-Chinese movement, but they
were right in line with the prevalent
public sentiment of their state, and in
deed of the whole Pacific slope.
Nor is the prevalence of this senti
ment difficult to explain. Aside from
the significant reason so persistently
urged by those who treat the matter
from a politico-economic standpoint?
that the Introduction of cheap labor
necessarily lowers the standard of com
fort of the masses of a nation?there
is another and far more urgent cause
for the widespread dislike of the
Chinese. They seriously menace the
public health wherever they gather in
any considerable numbers, und ure
constant disturbers of the public peace.
Now York city has begun to find this
out lately, and now extends in sym
pathy to San Francisco the hand that
formerly fanned the tip of her nose in
decision.
When tho Italian mafia was discov
ered in New Orleans and the members
of it were so summarily dealt with, the
I world stood aghast at the discovery
and applauded the lynching. It cer
tainly was terrible that an organized
band of murderers should exist in a
I civilized community, and the com
munity was justified In ridding itself
of them by almost any means, siuce
? UIGirBlNPEH OX PICKET DUTY.
the usual channels of justice were not
inrosningorder. Yetth.it very thing
has been going on in San Francisco for
years, and should bo by this time well
known to the ent ire world. Organized
bands of mr4erers have been in exist
ence among the Chinese there ko long"
that the general public merely shrugs
its shoulders when any new case of
Celestial deviltry is mentioned in the
newspapers, and congratulates itself
tl>at Chinamen usually light among
themselves
These fighting "tongs," as they aro
called, have recently been at war
among themselves, and the polled have
heen kept busy looking after them.
It would seem impossible of belief that
pangs of highbinders of rival tongs
ciAUl gather on tho Comoro of public
sticts In broad daylight and carry on
a .tfitol fusillade across the roadway.
Yet that lias been done moro than onco
In'San Francisco's Chinatown, while
Individual contests between members
of op|K>slnff organizations have recent
ly been of almost daily occnrrence.
There are nlno of these men confined
In tho county jail on the charge ?'
murder, anil any number of charges of
assault, battery, theft, gambling, car
rying concealed weapons and such
other crimes as highbinders arc prone
to.
One or the potent causcs of trouble
among the tongs Is the difficulty of
landing Chincso women. Under the
j exclusion law no Chinese women can
be landed except It can be proved that
' she Is the wife of some merchant al
ready hero or that she Is a native of
\ the United States. Female slaves are
very valuablo In Chinatown, and vari
ous aro tho tricks retorted to. A com
; rnon trick Is to have an affidavit that
she is a woll-knowir merchant's wife
i drawn up and signed by some ono who
personates the alleged husband. And I
If the merchant should discover what I
is going on and protest, as has hap- ?
! peued, woo Is his portion. The tong I
i most interested will pursuo him to tho
? death, or If no tong man Is personally
I Interested some one will hire one or
more of them to do the dastardly work.
1 Then perhaps some of the merchants
: friends will hire members of n rival
j tong to avenge him, and soon the now s
, oapors will laconically announce that
another highbinder war has broken out
la Chinatown
OM of tho Pearl Oytmr 8bt.lL
Pi very part of the pearl oyster shell,
which furnishes the best product, la
I utilized for a distinct purpose. From
along the straight .edge of It is cut a
; penholder. Four sliccs of suitable ahapo
adjoining arc for knife handles. From j
the thick middle part is obtained a pis- ,
: t.,l handle. Other portions supply one
, big poker chip, a couple of cloak but
tons, three or four coat buttons, a pair
of cuff buttons half a dozen collar butr i 1
j tons, and as many shirt buttons.
NOW TRY THIP. . '
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cold, or anv trouble with throat, chest n
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: will bo paid haik. Sufferers from la 1
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its use had a speedy and perfect re- 1
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penseand learn for yourself just how II
good a thing it is. Trial bottle free at HI
Clayton k Dent's drug store. Large
hize 50c and >1,00. 8
Wolf's Summit, W. Va., >
October 8, 1803.)
M"th, m ? Our baby is nearly 14
months old, and we had bought and !
given it 7 bottles of "Castora," without
much change for the better, and itnever 111
K.emoci hearty until we gave it a bottle
of Susanna, which cured it entirely.
John T. Williams,
Mus. MabyM. Williams, j
While Mr. T. J. Richty, of Altona, I
Mo., was traveling in' Kansas he. was I
taken violently ill with cholera morbus.
He called at a drug store to got some I
medicine aixl the druggif-t reeom ; j
mended Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera j I
and Diarrhea liemedy so highly he I I
concluded to try it. The result '***} I
immediate relief, and a few doses cured i
him completely. It is made for bowel
complaint and* nothing else. It never J
fails. For sale by H. L. Wells.
"REAR ADMIRAL WALKER."" ,
A Moat Important ?U(1 lullurnilul Factor
In Naval Affairx.
No offlccr In bettor known at homo
and abroad than Commodore nnd Act
ing Kear Admiral John Urlmos Walker.
For many yearn, sayB Harper's Weekly,
ho hau been a most important and in
fluential (actor in naval affaire, nnd
lias been gladly accepted by the scrvice
at lurffo a* one of Its foremost repre
sentatives. Uo wan born in New Hamp
shire, nnd in 1850 was appointed n mid
shipman from Iowa. After a year'*
service at the naval academy, ho won
detailed to the raclflo squadron, and
upon his return In 1850 wns graduated
and promoted to passed midshipman.
Ilo caw servico in lira7.11 and off our
coast, receiving his commission as Ilea- |
HE AH ADM1HA1. JOHN O. WAI.KKH, C. 8. X.
tenant In 1888. His first war service
was in tile west gulf blockading squad
ron, and ho took part In Farrngut's
passage of the forts and the capture of
New Orleans. For the next two years
he was engaged in all the hot work
upon tho Mississippi and adjacent riv
ers. In 180'J ho commanded, as lieuten
ant commander, tho Uaron de lvnlb,
took part in tho operations against
Vicksburg, in tho two attacks on
Haines Muff, In the engagement at
Arkansas Post, In the expedition up
the Yaxoo, the attack on Fort Pombcr
ton and tho capture of Yazoo City;
oommanded the naval battery at the
siege of Vioksburg, and was soon after
wards transferred to the North Atlan
tio squadron. Ho assisted in tho cap
tun of Wilmington, and until tho end
of the war was as actively and honor
ably engaged on tho Atlantic coast as
he had been on tho Mississippi river.
He was advanced certain numbers for
conspicuous service, and was commis
sioned a commander in 1840. After
duty on board the Shawmut in llrazil,
and with the Sabine on special service,
he was detailed for duty at tho naval
academy, as lighthouse Inspector and
as secretary of the lighthouse board,
lie was mado a captain in 1877, saw
two years' work subsequently In con
nection with a western railroad, to
which ho brought his charactistlo en
ergy and ability, and was then ordered
to sea In command of tho I'owhatan on
the North Atlantic station. In 1681 he
was made chief of the bureau of navi
gation, held tho office for eight years,
and then, with the acting commission
of a rear admiral, was assigned to the
command of the well-known squadron
of evolution. When this was dispersed,
he was given the command of the
North Atlantic station. In his forty
three years' servico he has been seven
teen years at sea. twenty years upon
shore dnty, and but flvo years on leave
or unemployed.
THE REPUBLIC'S GUEST.
Don CbrUtobel Colon de Toledo, Diiko of
Veragu*.
The duke of Veragua, who recently
came over to this country to.witness
the naval review and attend tho
World's Columbian exposition, is a lin
eal descendant of Christopher Colum
1 being removed from tin- great dis
coverer by thirteen (feneration*. II ii
"a'"? '? nothing loss than Don
Christols-I Colon ,|? Toledo de la Cor
day Gante. 111. titles ?re duke of
* eragnu. marquis of Jamaica and ad
miral and adolantado, moj-or of the
Indies. He wan l,orn In ' Madrid In
. f""1""1'-'' ?t the University
of Madrid as a lawyer, became afllll
ated with the lilieral parly,, and. in
Wl, was elected un the representative
of Arovalio fn the cortes. in it#74 lie
DORK l>? VKHAOUA.
became a member of the municipal
counollof Madrid, but soon resigned
his office on account of a change in the
government and devoted himself tu
agriculture ami cattle l>r., .lln- n?
has since held .nany public offlcc*. In
cluding that of the minister of the In
terior, vice president of tfio senate,
councilor of the Mont.- de PUdul. and
royal commissioner of agriculture He
^.comparatively speaking. a rich man
S?. resected throughout
J\. "" now holds the office ofehlef
of the Spanish world'* (aire ..ntnlssi,,,,
em Since his arrival fa this country
ho has received much attention from
woiety and has been pre- ,lted with
the freedom of the city of >;..?? York.
California furiosi^.
In the mountains of Nor ],ern < ill
fornla. at an altitude of ?j.wxj f,.,.t
there Is an extinct crater, eight rulles
in circumference, ami ut a depth of soo
feet there Is a lake at fresh watcr.with
an Island in the center.
An Irish Echo.
The most perfect echo Is at Killarncv,
lV?- . IS ropCats ? uorm,t ""to near
ly twenty times
"?Ci'lcMu {.'antem,
,,A contributor t.. ? .. .em numoer of
the Atlantic Monthly db. course on cer
?mall particulars wherein English
manners differ from Americin. *Th#
English gentleman, he finds, never says
sir to any except royal persons; the
American gentleman often says "sir" to
e'ders, and commonly to such of his
equabi as he desires to treat with re
?pect So the ideal American gentle
man alma to be courteous to his inferi
ors (as he regards them), and at least
as civil to his servants as tbey are to
?Wheress- this contributor says
the English servant or underling likes
tu be treated brusquely and arrogantly
? ? . and the English gentleman sel
dom falls to gratify him."
Most of us, sagely remarks Harper's
Weekly, who arc good Americans be
lieve that American manners arc based
on sound ideas, and would far rather
see our Cousins emulate our behavior
SBSSgpS ?J*1"* " all Into line
with theirs. Only in "the service" it Is
possible that American manners may be
'ban elsewhere, and
English manners more desirable; and If
? plty' BDd the officers are
entitled to our sympathy and an in
creajse of pay.