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UNCLE SAM'S 141aF«f b- k. jjjEi fill if WONDERS 1 All Executive Departments Send Treasures to the World's Fair. Dliplay ln»talle.d In the Largest Gov ernmental Exposition Buildlnp Ever. Constructed Precious Docu ).v» ments Relics of Famous Statesmen and 8oldiers Working Postal Exhibit. 1-t, The United States Government build ing at the World's Fair occupies an elevated site just south of the main picture of the Exposition. The great central dome of the Government build ing Is visible from the very center of the Fair, looking across the picturesque sunken garden that lies between the Palaces of Minos and Metallurgy and Uberal Arts. k£J ••ftS f|f% The hill slope In front of the Gov ernment building Is terraced with broad stairways, almost completely covering the slope. The building Is 800 feet long by 250 feet wide and Is the largest structure ever provided at an exposition by the federal government It Is distinguished from all the other largo buildings at the Exposition by the steel truss construction, the entire roof being supported by steel arches, forming a splendid domed coiling. In thl^ building are installed the ex hibits of all the executive departments of the government The building is a vast storehouse of an endless variety of treasures dear to the heart of every true American. Trccious documents ore to be seen here, and the autographs of our great men of the past are on display, llellcs of famous statesmen and soldiers, carefully preserved through generations, are exhibited. Each governmental department has In stalled an exhibit showing Its official character and mode of operation. 8Mv* Entering the Government building from the eastern end, the visitor sees at Ills left a railroad postoffleo car. This Is not a mere coacli standing idle', FAIBi but is. one of the most improved mail cars, in which men attached to the United States railway mail service are actively engaged in "throwing*' the mails. Here you will see the postal clerks at work, Just as they work while speeding along a railroad track. A curious collection of old time rel ics from the postofiice museum at ^Washington illustrates as uo verbal description can do the crude begin nings of the postal system. One of these relics is an old fashioned stage coach that once carried United States mails through a portion of the Louisi ana purchase territory. Fresideut Roosevelt, who once inspected It, ex amined with a rough rider's iuterest the bullet holes which stage robbers and mountain brigands shot through Its stiff leathern ourtains. Generals Sherman and Sheridan and Presidcut Garfield rode in this old coach during the strenuous days of frontier life. Among the collection of documents showing the primitive postal methods In vogue in the early days is to be seen the old book of accounts kept by the first postmaster general, Benjamin Franklin, all written by hand. There Is a rare collection of stamps, includ ing ancient Filipino, Porto Rican and Cuban stamps. The postofiice depart ment's exhibit occupies 12,409 square feet. Across the aisle, at the right, is the exhibit of the new Department of Commerce and Labor, occupying 1.9GC square feet. Tills exhibit shows what the new executive department stands for and what it is accomplishing. Mr. Carroll D. Wright, United States Com missioner of .Labor, had charge of the preparation of the exhibit Charts ar ranged by him, showing the rapid growth of the nation lu agriculture, arts, manufacture, population, etc., are of special interest to sociologists and all students of the labor problem. The Census Bureau exhibit is made in this section. It shows the tabulating ma chines used in compiling the census re ports. The Lighthouse Board, also op erating under this department, shows the great revolving lenses in light houses, with other interesting appli ances, The space In the projecting north west corner of the building is devoted to the Library of Congress. The edi fice which jhouses this library at Wash ington is held by many architects 'MBE "•W'! KT-T-'.tH I iSR-S*!? Lincoln's celebrated (lovico for lifting [steamboats off slionls Is shown h6re. The first harvesting machine, made In tlio year 150 B. C„ Is one of the most ahcient exhibits at the Exposition, There is also a model of the first steam engine, made- In Egypt In the samo year. Every foot of the 200,000 feet of floor space In Uncle Sam's World's Fair building Is occupied by exhibits of surpassing interest, and every "phase of the people's welfare is shown. CURIOUS THINGS FROM CHINA The Most Magnificent Beds Ever Seen Are Part of the Celestial Empire's World's Fair Exhibit. Tho Chinese exhibit at the World's Fair Is filled with pleasing surprises. Some of the most magnificent articles of furniture are part of this wonder* ful display. The carving and inlaying of ivory, bone and wood illustrate the marvelous skill of the Chinese. Models included In this Interesting exhibit show the homes and homo life of the Chinese, their weddings and funerals, Chinese tea bouse, restau rant and shop, Chinese weaving and some of the beautiful silks and wear ing apparel of the Chinese and their methods of manufacturing them. One feature of the exhibit is two magnificent Chinese beds, each of which has the appearance of being a small bouse of great beauty. One is a summer bed, the other for winter. The summer bed is hand carved and Inlaid with ivory and bone figures and land scapes exquisitely carvcd and so skillfully Joined as to appear a part of the wood. The bod and furniture are of carved bamboo. The bod consists of an anteroom, with tables, chairs and tea stands, and in an inner room, which is the sleeping apartment, there is a couch 1th coverings of gauzy silks. The winter bed Is still more elabo rate. It consists of three compartments. The first contains four chairs, a tea poy and a chest of drawers. This is the sit ting apartment. The second is the dress ing room, and the third is the sleep ing apartmeut, or the couch itself. The furuituii Is of rosewood inlaid with ivory carving of birds, flowers ijnd trees. The couch Is covered with silks of the finest texture aud in gaudy col ors. The sleeping compartments are lighted with Chinese lanterns of silk hung at the outer entrance, while the light enters through gauze panels, hand painted and in forms of rosewood in laid with ivory figures. A tablo and dish made of highly pol ished ash, with exquisitely- carved bamboo figures inlaid, are shown. The work is so artistically done that each article seems to have been made of one piece of wood. There Is also a large display of Chi nese lanterns made of silk, gauze and other light material and some made of beads artistically arranged with glass centers. The silk and gauzo are beau tifully hand painted. There aro models of some of the great Chinese temples, theaters and arches, showing elaborate carving in wood and ivory and two large elephant tusks exquisitely carved. WHARFAGE FREE AT ST. LOUIS Twenty Miles of River Front For Wa ter Craft at World's Fair City. Free wharfage will be given to all. ^oats landing at St. Louis during" the s_FaIr. Traffic Manager Hi]- leary of tfie~lixposUIou and Joseph P. Whyte, harbor and wharf commission er of St. Louis, have decided on the lo cations assigned to the various kinds of boats. Yachts, steam launches and all boats propelled by their own power have been assigned wharf space between Chotcau avenue and Riddle street. These streets, running east and west, form the boundary lines for the cen tral business district of the city. House boots have been assigned wharf space north of Riddle street aud south of Choteau avenue. St. Louis has a river front of twen ty miles. The Broadway line of the Transit company parallels the river from the city limits on the north to Jefferson Barracks on the south. At no point are the cars more than five blocks from the Mississippi river. The World's Fair may he reached for one fare by transferring to any of the eight linos that cross Broadway and reach tlu* Exposition grounds. No charge will be made for wharf age. Application for space should be made to the harbor and whnrf com nilsKiofu-r at the City Hall, on Twelfth street between Market street and Clark avenue. Cliff of .Natural Gluofl. A cliff of natural glass can be seen in Yellowstone park. Wyoming. It is half a mile long and from 150 to 290 feet high, the material of which it consists being as good glass as that artificially manufactured. The dense glass which forms the base is from 75 to 100 feet thick, while the upper portion, having suffered aud survived many ages of wind' and rain, has naturally worn much thinner. Of course the color of the cliff Is not that of natural glass transparent and white—but is mostly black and in some places mottled and streaked with brownish red and shades of olive green and brown. The Tomb of Dnvld. The tomb of David, king of Israel, is still pointed out to travelers in Pales tine and, despite its age, is in a re markably good state of preservation. David died In 1015 B. C. and was bur ied in the "city of David." His tomb became the sepulcher of several subse quent kings aud one of the sacred places of the kingdom. It stands on Mount Zion, at Jerusalem, Just outside of the city»wall. fo be the most beautiful building In the world. Its Interior decorations, by El mer Ellsworth Garnsey, furnish one of the chief delights of a visit to the national capital. A large model of this splendid building is a feature of the exhibit The decojativo features of the Interior are reproduced in their original colors. The next exhibit on the right hand side of the central aisle is that of the Interior Department, occupying 11,702 square feet In this large space the visitor finds so many things of com pelling iuterest that he is loath to leave. The Patent Ofilce exhibit be longs to this section. There are mod* els of many machines that have borne an important part in the development of the nation's Industries. The earliest form of every device of human inven tion, so far as possible, is shown here. For Instance, you may see the actual sewing machino that was the first con trivance of its kind every constructed It was patented In 1840 by Elias Howe. The first typewriter, patented by 5. Thurber in 1842 the model of the first cast iron plow, patented by Charles Newbold In 1707 the first screw pro peller, invented by Robert Hook in 1680 and many other "first*"' things are to be seen. The model of Abraham A Jlatlci* of Doubt. A minister in a certain city said: "My brethren, the collection will now be taken for my expenses for a trip, for I am going away for my health. The more I receive the longer I can stay." The largest collection ever made iu that church was taken. And now the question under discussion Is "whether the sifco of the collection was a compli ment to the preacher or much the re verse. Maximrt Por All ParpoNcn. "Remember, my son," said tho pru dent man, "that a penny saved is a penny earned." "That's so," replied the reckless youth. "The trouble with me-is that I nni always getting hold of the wrong proverb. 1 was thinking, 'Nothing venture, nothing have.' "—Washington Star. The Terrible Boy. Tho Mother—Eunice, was there any kissing In that pantomime yotTand tho others were rehearsing in the parlor last evening? Tho Daughter—Why, of course. Herbert and I had to kiss, but it was In pantomime.—Johnny—No. it wasn't, mamma. I heard it!—Chicago, Tribune. *4? THE UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION The Achievements of Individuals and Na tions Faithfully Recorded by This Encyclopedia of Society. 1)7 FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF, Direct or of i:\!illltn, World'® Fnlr. "The wisdom of ail ages Is none too great for the world's work." In this single salient sentence, uttered in his famous address at Buffalo In Septem ber, li01. President McKlnley de scribed the object and tho result of expositions. A modern universal exposition is a collection of the wisdom and achieve ments of the world, for tho inspection of the world, for the study of Its ex perts, by which they may make com parisons aud deduction and develop plans for future improvements and progress. Such universal exposition might well be called an encyclopedia of society. It constitutes a classified, compact indexed compendium of the achievements and ideas of society in all phases of Its activity, extending to the most material as well as the most refined. It offers illustrations cover ing the full field of social performance, from the production of the shoes on our feet and the pavement beneath them to a presentation of tho rarest and most delicate citations of the brains and hands of men in what are called the fine arts of civilization. The Universal Exposition in St Lou is in 1004 will he such a social ency clopedia in the most comprehensive and accurate sense. It will give to the world in revised and complete details 'a living picture of the artistic and in dustrial development at which man kind has arrived" and will actually provide "a new starting point from which all men may direct future exer tions'" It will present for the inspec tion of specialists lu all lines of indus trial and social endeavor and for the public an assembly of the best which the world has done and has to show,In iudustry, art and science, and. what is very important, it will offer these •achievements of society, these trophies of civilization, in a highly selected, ac curately classified array. The creators of the St. Louis Exposi tion have hud tho experience of all previous great expositions by which to plan and effect its high organization. The continuous and repeated burden of the message of experience handed down by all expositions has been more perfect, more effective classification and arrangement of exhibits. The classification of the St Louis Exposition lias been prepared to pre sent a sequential synopsis of the de velopments that have marked man's progress. On its bases will bo as sembled tho most highly organized ex position tho world has yet seen. The St. Louis classification is divided into 10 departments, 144 groups and 807 classes. These grand departments in their order will record what man has accomplished at this time with his faculties, industry and skill and the natural resources at his command in the environment in which he has been placed. At the head of the Exposition clas sification has been placed Education, through jv^teh^ifian enters Bocial life. Spemd*comes Art, showing the condi tion of his culture and development Liberal Arts and Applied Sciences are •placed* thirds to indicate the result of his education and culture, illustrate his tastes and demonstrate his inventive geni^is, scientific attainment and artis tic expression. These three depart ments equip him for the battle and prepare^him for the enjoyments of life. The raw material departments. Agri culture, Horticulture, Mining aud For estry, show bow man conserves the forces of nature to his uses. The De partment of Manufactures will show what he has done with them the De partment of Machinery the tools he has used. Tho Department of Trans portation will show how he overcomes distances and secures access to all parts of the world. The Department of Electricity will indicate the great forces he has discovered and utilised to convey power and Intelligence. And so through the several departments to Anthropology, in which man studies man and to Social Economy, which will Illustrate the development of the human race, how it has overcome the difficulties of civilization and solved problems in which society is involved. Last Is placed physical culture, in which man, his Intelligence having reached the supreme point, is able to treat himself as an auimal, realizing that bis intellectual'and moral consti tutions require a sound physical body to prompt them to the proper perform ance of their function. Education is the keynote of the Uni versal Exposition of 1904. Each de partment of the world's labor and de velopment will' be represented at St Louis, classified and installed in such manner that all engaged or interested in such branch of activity may come and see, examine, study and go away advised. Each of the separate sections of the Exposition will be an equivalent of—or, rather, will be In actuality a comprehensive and most effective ob ject lesson in—the line of Industrial and social achievement and progress which its presents. Cost of Seeing tho World's Fair. From any point within :X)0 miles of St. Louis a person may travel to the World's Fair this year, view the won ders of the Exposition for three days and expend the same money he would pay In any other year for train fare aloue. This la on absolute fact. The Western Passenger Association has agreed on a ten day excursion rate, 250 miles or more from St. Louis, for one and one-fifth fare for the round trip. The ToaNt Care. Many families that number dyspep tics among their members arc now tak ing what might be termed the toast cure, toast being substituted for bread at every inenl. In mauy cases the good results have been rapid. However, the toast made in the ordinary way—that is, soggy within a scorched outside— will not benefit. The bread must bd thoroughly dried out In tho oven beforo I toasting, then brought to a golden brown. Perhaps more than one dyspep tic sufferer could trace his misery to soggy bread. Even "second day" bread Is not dry enough for a delicate stom ach, and toast properly made does not cause a sluggish state of the system or work auy other evil. ArtlutK. "I see that those New York society women have discovered a method of hiding their blushes." "What is It?" "They paint them over."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Let those who complain of having to work undertake to do nothing. If this does not convert them, nothing will. 1 !L-*\ -V "*^fi V1. THE HAWKEYE STATE Telegraphic Reports of Important Event Occurring During*' Past Few Days. MAIN HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK Items of Special Interest Caught from the Wires and Prepared for Our Headers. -vsw Dubuque, la., June 0.—The Dubu que Retailors association has com pleted allararugements for tl*»e trl-state fair which will be held iu this city in August. This will be the biggest en terprise of Its kind ever undertaken by the business men of Dubuque, and in magnitude will eclipse the annual stale fair held at Des Moines. There will be exhibits of tiie industrial and agricul tural progress of Illinois, Wiscousin and Iowa, and the farmers and mer chants are manifesting much iuterest in the project. The fair will continue one week, aud it is expected that there will be more than 40,000 visitors in the city. It is the purpose of the promoters to make it a fixture and If push and energy count for anything there is no reason why it should not be made a success. The fair association has been Incorpor ated with a capital of $50,000. ROBBED THE DEAD AND ILL Man Kinployeil Cnt-lug for Couple wltli the Smallpox St«uU Tllulr It I* Alleged. ?}&£• Des Moines, la., June (5.—Charles Baleer, formerly an officer of Cedar Uapids, employed iu caring for fami lies quarantined forsuuillpox, has been arrested charged with stealing $3,000 from Charles Strakota in November, 1002. It Is alleged thnt he dug up a crock in tbo cellar of the house, after Stra kota had died with the disease and his wife was uttering from it. He has boon watched by detectives for many months. Fatal Street Car Itunawnj Burlington, la., June 0.—A heavllv loaded electric street car rushed down Valley street hill and was wrecked against a shade tree. The passcugers jumped as the car Hew along, sixteen being badly injured. Mrs. Joseph Keehn was killed. Ora J. Gould, pub lisher of the city directory, had his shoulder broken. Several others had arms and legs broken, and many were badly cut about the head aud shoul der. Wanted to EilaliliKh a Record. Des Moines, la., June 4.—Eu route from tho funeral of her husband, the carriage of Mrs. Florence Stoner was stopped and a committee representing tiie Veomau lodge of Des Moines hand cd her a purse containing $1,777 in cash, the face of a life insurance pol icy held by Stoner in that order. The lodge took this uiilque method of es tablishing a record for quick payment of claims. Iowa AilvmitUU In Camp* Colfax, la., June (5.—The Seventh Day Adventist society of the state of Iowa Is holding Its annual eight-day camp meeting lit thls plaee In a fifty acre tract of timber adjoining Colfax, About 15,000 Adventisls from vari ous parts of the state are in attendance and camping on the grounds. The meeting closed next Saturday. Speak ers of national reputation are pres ent. I'romliicnl luivmi Suicide*. Des Moines, la., June 3.—Kmery P. Merris, formerly of Iowa Palls, la., at one time prominent in business and political life of Hardin eounty, sui cided in the insane asylum at Inde pendence, la., of which he was an in mate. 'Merris sawed at his throat with a pair of dull scissors, Inflicting a ghastly wound, aud then tore it open with his fingers. Sionx City Soldier 3T te? IH Alive. Sioux City, la., June 4.—Frank G. Meredith, of tho Seventeenth Infantry, reported in the list of dead received by tho war department from Manila was uot Frank A. Meredith, of Sioux City, as was first supposed. The dead man's home was In Kansas City. The Sioux City soldier, who Is also a member of the Seventeenth infantry is alive uhd well. Mighty Ka»y on This Man. Des Moines, la., June 0.—Charles W. Graves, accused of wife murder, who Is alleged to have saturated his victim with kerosene after the murder had been committed and then delib erately applied the torch, was permit ted to plead guilty- of manslaughter. Tho limit Is eight years, which ho is expected to receive. Iowa Christians Assemble. Marshalltown, la.. June 3,—The thirtieth annual session of the Iowa state conference of the Christian church has commenced at Legrand. It is expected that a western convention will be formed to Include the states of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas and South Dakota. Ran Into a Washout. Des Moines, Iu., June i).—Robert SlialTer of Milwaukee wns fatally liurt and seven, other passengers Injured by ditching of a Milwaukee eust-bound passenger train near l'erry. The train ran Into a washout Avlille going forty miles an hour. ilett I. Tnkcn to l'riiion. Louisville, .Tune IS.—Curtis Jett, under life sentence for the murder of Attorney J. II. Marcum at Jackson, has been take* to the prison at Frank fort. Filthy Peklnjr. An American lu the orient writes: "Peking Is said to be the Ulthlcst city In the world, and It is. The streets, which apparently have never been re paired, fairly swarm with human and animal life caravans of stately cam els from Mongolia and Tibet tho Pe kingese cart, a creation of its own, lvlth no springs, but drawn by sleek mules in gayly caparisoned harness, with outriders In mushroom hats and rod plumes, the mufoo running along side or mounted on small donkeys coolies without number bearing bur dens on their heads or shoulders rich ly adorned sedan chulrs bearing soiuo mandarin or high Chinese official the biggest Chinamen ridding the smallest, of donkeys with Jangling bells and through It all, underneath and around, swarmed mass of Chinese men, wo men and children, the Mantchoo wo men In gorgeous apparel, with their peculiar headdress and with faces rouged and powdered. Such a sight cannot be seen In any other country nor In uny other city—a combination of gorgeousness and 01th, magnificence and squalor, unequalcd and almost un believably?^. iV 'A v\ j-* -r SIX LIVES ARE LOST By Somebody'** lllumler, Disobedience or Neglect on an Ohio Trolley Line* Norwalk, O., June 3.—In the most terrible accident in the history of the Lake Shore Electric railway six per sons were killed and a dozen or moro others badly hurt as the result of a collision between an east-bound fast electric passenger car and a west bound "package freight" car at Wells Corners, a few miles east of this city. The dead are: Charles Peck, Lorain O. W. W. Sherwood, Garrettsou, O. Neil Sullivan Binghamton N. Y. Clar ence Keteham, Lorain. O. Ralph Will iams, colored,Indianapolis unidentified man carrying a key-ring with tho name (Jeorge Jiuld Taylor, Alliance, O. The accident occurred at a point quite a distance from any 4nunediato means of communication, and assist ance was sent from Norwalk, whero every physician aud nurse in the city was called Into service and hurried to the place of the accident on a spe cial car. All those killed were in tho smokingcompartment of the passenger car, and death came instantly, tho bodies showing no sign of life when recovered. The injuries of several of those hurt arc so serious that they may result fatally. It was necessary to jack up tho freight car, which lay across the bodies of the men in the smoking com partment of the passenger car. Many of the women passengers, hud fainted others were on their knees offering thanks for theirsafety. Manager Stout, of the Lake Shore electric, said as to the cause of the wreck: "Some one did not live up to the rules of the road who it was I do not know." OBJECT LESSON AT ST. LOUIS Must Rave Ileen Iux|tlring to the Foreign er* There, as Evidence of Oor Ad vanced Civilisation. St. Louis, June 0.—Incensed over their failure to see a "genuine Spanish bull tight," which the authorities had ordered stopped, a riot was started in an arena near the World's fair grounds by a crowd of 2,500 men and boys, who were unable to get their money back, and the buildiug was burned to the grouud. The price of admission charged was $1. Four men were placed under arrest by the au thorities of St. Louis county, charged with the destruction of the property. The crowd, thinking these men were connected with the show, made au at tempt to mob them. The building cost $2,500 and is a total loss, with no in surance. The show began wlfch a wild west cattle roping exhibition, but that did not suit the crowd, which demand ed the bull fight. When the matador appeared the civil officers served pa pers on the management of the show prohibiting the tight. The result was incendiarism and riot. TWO CRISES IN PROSPECT Situation at Hnnglliff flock, O., Where There Are Labor Troubles Calling for-Oliio Troops. Hanging Hock, O., June 8.—A crisis in the strike situation here will be reached soon. The soldiers will take into custody a union man and striker who is said to be leader of the forces which the troops have been seut here to quell. The soldiers have start ed a house-to-house search .for arms and are conliscathig ail they Hud eith er in the hands of union or non-union men. Tills is one crisis. The other is tho imminence, as allaged, of an end to the strike. The state board of arbitration is at work, and it is stated that an agreement lias .nearly been reached. This agreement involves the discharge of the non union men aud the return of the union men to their old places, accordlug to report. Rothschild Ilegins Prisou Term. New York, .June 2.—David Hoths child, who made millions of dollars as president of the Federal bank and promoter of the (Jlobc Security com pany by swindling methods, began his term in Sing Sing in a cell on the same tier with A1 Adams, the million aire policy king, ftothscliiid wept when he put on the ill-fitting striped felon's garb and appealed to Principal Keep er Naughton to be merciful to liiin. He must serve seven years and six months. Test of Submarine Vessel. Newport, It. I., June 3.—The first test under the appropriation of $850, 000 for submarine torpedo craft trials made by the last congrest4 was made here with the Fulton. A naval hoard observed the submarine while it man euvered for five hours in a choppy sea. The trial will not lie completed before the end of the week. No ofA clal statement was made. It Is said the results were satisfactory. Supreme Court Decisions. Washington, June 2.—The United States supreme court has upheld the oleomargarine law, knocked out the Cleveland 4-eent fare ordinance and declared the constitutional right of trial by jury does not extend to the .Philippines In the absence of specific legislation by congress. Confesses to Heavy Shortage. New Haven, Conn., June 3.—Doug lass M. Smith, paying teller In the Na tiojial Tradesmen's bank of this city, has been arrested, charged with being a defaulter. He Is said to have con fessed to a shortage of between $22, 000 and $35,000. Georgia Instructs for Parker. Atlanta, Ga., June 2.—Ky a vote of 166 to 157 the Georgia Democratic convention instructed its delegates to the national convention to vot? for the nomination of Judge Alton U. Parker, of New York, for president A Typical Bonaparte. Princess Matliilde was a typical Bonaparte. Beneath the skin of a grandc dame there dwelt the soul of a vlvandlere. She was generous and tempestuous. Something of a butt in her prime*, as a certain rather pro nounced passage in Lord Malmesbury's reminiscences shows, she was uni versally admitted at the same time to possess taste and a knowledge of the arts. It was to her credit, too, that she cared not a snap of her fingers for dynastic disputes. She was on the friendliest of terms with the Due d'Au male and is said to have tried, but in vain, to conciliate some of the stlffer branches of the puzzle headed Bourbon family. Altogether, she was a woman who lived every moment of her life.— London Outlook. •v Too Good to Bllaa. "I suppose tiie hero and lierolne of that story get married In tho last chap ter?" she Said. "No, divorced," replied her friend. "Oh, how lovely! Will you let me borrow It when you get through?"— Exchange.^ j, A SLEEPLESS CITY. In Madrid the People See in Never to Go to lied. 'The Mad41enos.are the greatest folks you ever saw for sitting up nights. Business is usually suspended for two or three hours in the middle of the day for a siesta, which is the practice throughout all the Latin countries. In the old fashioned cities and towns ail the shops are closed at noon, tram cars stop running, and tho streets are en tirely deserted between 12 and 2 o'clock, and you would as soon think of calling upon a man at 2 o'clock in the morning as between those )iours. Madrid, however, is an up to date city. It has all the modern Improve ments, the latest fashions from Paris and all of the fads, and the people In a great measure have departed from the customs of their Castillan ances tors. You can usually catch a car and find a cab at noonday, and the big shops keep open, but the streets are more lively and noisy between 12 and 2 o'clock In the night than they are during those hours in the day. All night long, almost until day break, we xfho live in the downtown hotels can hear the rattle of wheels over the stone pavements, the chatter and laughter of people passing, the cries of the peddlers and the newsboys and the men, women and children who sell lottery tickets. The hand organs were playing upon the street at 3 o'clock in the morning, an old blind man who blows a flute at the corner below the hotel keeps it up until 4 o'clock, and two orchestras of blind men who stray about from place to place and perforin melancholy music under the windows of the residences and before the entrances of the shops do not give up their game until almost daylight. The beggars stay till the last, and they are as numerous here as in Con stantinople. You can sec such pitiable creatures in any city of Spain or Italy, and the strange part of it is that they appear tr» be at their posts all the time. When they sleep or eat is a mystery. .They were there yesterday at 1 o'clock when I awoke and went over to close the blinds, and three or /our hours later I saw them again. l»ut It is a peculiarity of this city that people never seem to go to bed. You cannot look out upon the great square called Puerto del Sol, the ren dezvous of the busybodies and the loafers of Madrid, at any hour of the night without seeing 500 or 100 people staudiug idly around, smoking ciga rettes, talking politics and gossiping with one another, evidently without the slightest intention of going to bed. while the peddlers, as a matter of course, als remain and are moving around among them. Human streams continue to pour into the square from the side streets until daylight and dis appear in other directions. Coming home from the theater at 1 or 2 o'clock iu the morning. Ihe side walks are overcrowded. You can meet women carrying children in their arms or leading them by the hand, as if they were returning home from some pleas ure trip or from paying a visit. The cafes aro open all night, and the thea tors have plays beginning as late as 12:30 in the morning. The social life of Madrid Is found at the theaters. Instead of exchanging calls at their homes people visit from bos to box during the plays and be tween the acts. There is a great deal of dressing. Tho theater Is the only place that many women have an op portunity to wear their good clothing, aud the young men and young women have greater freedom there for con versation and flirtation than they can have anywhere else.—Chicago Record Herald. Free From "Help." "Anut Jemima," as everybody called her, was the oldest person in the neighborhood. She was known to be over a hundred years old and insisted that she was nearly 120, but in spite of her advanced age she was still vigor ous and In the enjoyment of perfect health. Moved by that feeling of curi osity which people have about any thing that is abuormal or unusual, sev eral fine ladles from the city w«nt one day to the little village where she lived and called on her. "Tell us, aunty," said one of them, "what is the secret of your great age and your wonderful vitality." 'Deed, honey." responded Aunt Je mima, with a sly twinkle in her eye, "I 'spect hit's bekase I hain't nevah had no trouble wid hlah'd guls."— Youth's Companion. A Correction. Out of the mouth of a very small girl came a correction of the press. She is nine years of age, and she was to go to a party with sundry other small chil dren. "IIow are we going?" she in quired. Her mother explained that she would go In an omnibus. "An omni bus!" (So early does the social twist Khow Itself.) "Yes, but It's a private tannibus," said the mother. Tho little girl reflected. "But there can't be a private omnibus," she exclaimed. .She was quite right, though one wonders how tho small girl leaped from blank Ignorance to the Latin dative which denies privacy "to an "omnibus," which Is "for everybody."—London Chronicle, Itver Complaint. "Tbe most elllcaclous cure for liver complaint Is a clump on the side of the head." So Bays Jerome K. Jerome In "Three Men In a Boat." The cure will be moro lasting If the "clump" is fol lowed up by an abstinence from pie and coffee, byhe eating of much fruit without any sugar, the drinking of quarts of hot water aud lemon and the deep breathing of pure air. Exercise, too, Is an important factor in the cure of liver complaint, but the most Impor tant: of all Is to have something to do-~ something to work for. Maxwell'* Talisman. INDOOR HAMMOCKS. Aii Ideal ItewtlnK Place Suitable For a Small Room. The hummock In the minds of most people Is associated with outdoor life on the veranda and lawn in the good old summer time, but It has possibili ties as an Indoor attraction during er seasons. A woman who believes the hammock us a comfort producer doors and out says: "There are many rooms too srnull to bold conveniently a comfortable sofa. For these I con slder a hammock little short of a ne cesslty, while in large rooms the ham mock would merely be an added beau ty, a perfect lounge for reading and an Ideal resting place. It must be netted with strong silk, It must be very wldo and long enough to lie at ease and rest and sleep In, and the color must be In perfect harmony with the room. The hammock can be bought ready made. "Indian red Is a color which harmo nizes with almost everything, or the hammock could bo made of material o{ one's own choosing, and materials which arc dreams of Joy are nowadays within tbe reach .of nJJ. An oriental I i£4 Aj tu drapery Is needed to tlirow over one end and at least four large Soft cush ions for the inside of the hammock. There now remain simply the hang ing of the hammock and the tying ou of two large silk bows at the extreme ends to cover the hooks. In a small room, when not needed, the hammock can be unslung and dropped to tbe ground. The first siesta in the gently swaying hammocks will, I am sure, re pay all trouble and expense."—Brook lyn Eagle. The Nur.e Companion. A writer in the Philadelphia Ledger discourses on the advantages offered to women who would lit themselves for the position of nurse companion. Young women wishing to qualify for a posi tion as nurse companion would have to take the regular hospital training, giving sometimes two, but generally three, years to it It is quite probable that as the field widened and sucb po sitions came to be known as complete In themselves and not regarded as a branch of nursing the hospitals would arrange to give a shortened course aiirt a special certificate to women intend ing to devote themselves to this one brnncl). There are few better fields in woman's work than this from a finan cial standpoint. The generous salary to be commanded by women duly qual ified is almost entire profit, tbe nurse's living expenses, with but few excep tions, being met by those who employ her. JAPANESE POETRY. It la Confined to Lyric*! ESnalon. of tiie Utuio.t Brevity. Japanese poetry Is absolutely confined to lyrical effusions of the utmost brev ity. The Japanese pocin is generally limited to three, four br five lines and seldom exceeds a few dozen. One would look In vain for poem of the length of Bryant's "Thanatopsls." Japanese literature has never Invaded the epic field and knowB no metrical form which even remotely resembles an ode, a bal lad or a long poetic narrative like "The Ancient Mariner." Also minor metrical arrangements like the rondel, triolet, villanellc, etc., are absent. Of what, then, does Japanese poetry consist? If one discusses its apparent lack of scope and resources with a Japanese, ho is sure to point to the "Manyoshlu Iiogi" (Collection of Myriad Leaves). True enough, its bulklncss is most alarming, as It extends to 122 volumes. But it proves to be only un anthology of short poems, each complete, bearing no rela tion to other stanzas, excepf in the choice of subject, the work beiq# di vided Into poems of spring, summer, autumn,- winter, pocins of parting, love, sorrow, etc. Collections of tills kind, admirably printed and supplied with numerous indexes and elaborate commentaries, arc published at inter vals under the auspices of the govern ment. They represent the classical poetry of Japan.—The Reader. FEMININE INTUITION. The PhllOMOpltr of the Girl at the Candy Counter. The girl at the bonbon counter put up five large boxes of Judiciously se lected candy under the personal super vision of a nervous young man. Ho left a card for each of them, handed over a list of addresses for their deliv ery, paid liis bill and walked out look' ing decidedly glum. "Ought to bag a sweetheart out of that broadside," remarked the cashier. "Guess again," said tho salesgirl. "It's caramels to car fare that he has (i sweetheart and that he has quarreled with her, their first, probably. He Is sending that candy to his ladylove's dearest friends, because he knows they will not fall to telj her about it. "A candy counter Is the horoscope of the human heart to girls who can read it. When a young man buys pound of candy, nny old tiling handy, without looking twice at it, bis affections are not very deep set. When he begins to get particular in his selections, Cupid is getting in his fine work. The lovers' quarrel inevitably ends in such a reck less display as you saw just now. When the reconciliation takes place, we shall have nothing in stock good enough for that fellow. When he's married, he'll stop coming."—New York Press. INSECT MIMICS. Clever DlHsrnl.ea That Save Them Prom Their Enemlea. A well known naturalist tells us of an Insect lu Nicaragua so completely disguised as a leaf that a whole host of the ants who prey upon It actually ran across It without recognizing it as their food. Mr. Sclater noted In South America another Insect, one of tho inembracldae, which not only mimicked tho leaf cutting ant for Its own protec tion, but, like Its model, carried In Its Jaws a fragment of leaf about tho size of a dime. Even more wonderful is the disguise of the 'mantis of Java, Which turns itself Into so exact a semblance of an orchis flower thnt the Insects upon which it feeds visit It in hope of feast, but remain to furnish one. The liellconldoe'butterflies, which are avoided by all Insect eating creatures, are exactly imitated by another class, which are so good to eat that If they did not assume a protective disguise they would be extirpated, and they do so to such perfection that even expert naturalists sometimes cannot dlstlfi guisli them. Another nitliorlty men tions a small beetle which turned Itself into so good a copy of a wasp that he was afraid to touch it with his Angers. Dr. Bartlett'and Margaret Fuller. Iu regard to brilliant Margaret Ful ler the following story is told by Sen ator Hoar In his reminiscences: "Old Dr. Bartlett, a very excellent and kind old doctor, though rather gruff in man ncr, could not abldo her. About mid night one Very dark, stormy night the doctor was called out of bed by a sharp knocking nt tho door. He got up and put Ills head out of the win dow and said: 'Who's there) What do you want?' He was answered by a voice in the darkness below, ^Doctor, how much camphor -can anybody take by mistake without its killing them?' to which the reply was, 'Who's taken It?' And the answer was, 'Margaret Fuller.' Tho doctor answered In great wrath,'A peck.'" oth in in- —.O.'SvP' Tho Coater'a Curl. Many cast London barbers, who havo been journeymen in many west end es tablishments, declare that young cos* termongers and barmen, with the pe culiar rolling curl that protrudes from under the cap or bowler, aro far moro particular about their hair than the sons of .the aristocracy in general. This same curl, standing forth from a surface of hair that seems to havo been flntironcd, is not achieved with out much trouble. Scores of theso young dandies of tho east subscribe to a "toilet club" and have weekly atten tion given to their distinguishing curl in a manner that might be expected of a~patrlciah beau. Jl .i .WWlWOTttW!!-.*!. ISg|fM,!fi|f! National .Republican Convention, Icugo, III., Jur-p21 to 21,1904. For couveuiii.'i tin 1 i\|j. Ch this tick and plus trip v. wiu sell from iMtnichefct*r lo Chicago' ictum at a rale i»i' £?7.I0,or one tare t»"iny five ivi'U lor the ronnd I''ckels on Bile June 10 to 20th, inclusive, l.imitid for return until .1 uue 211th. li. (}, j'iKiioit, 22w3 Agtct. \'i Fare Excursion to Waterloo. To ih'fl Maecabce Slate I'icnlc and Uniform Kunk Carnival on Thursday Innel», UK)I. Special train via.- M. \.and C\ (J. W. Leave Manchester nt :!5 a. m. Fare SI.10 for the round J. L. KKT.skv, 22«2 J*. Try Hie Mgr z1 INSURE YOUR PKOPEKTY apalnflloyctum* JL via loriiHdoH* in ir,(. nw rt-MnMe rbomli 'murance Co., BJtONflON ft rxiiF NOTICE OF INCORPORATION/ 3c• Notluo is hereby «ivtn iliat: Wo. M. K. II. Iloyt. II. A. von Ovon, V. O Kleinsorce, K. V, Hosner, (). C. Clark, and J. T'. «ilb»»rt, citizens of lliu State of Iowa, and such porsons as may hereafter associate tfae'm sotves 1th us, hereby form a corporation under the provisions of chapter ten fioi.tltlo IX of the Couo, and acts nmomllnc aud inodltyloc the same, to that end do adopt tho followlr articles of incorporation: ARTICLE I. The name of the corporation shall bo The Dundoe Savings Bank. ARTICLE If. The objoct of tha corporation is to transact the usual business of a savings bank urnlor the provisions of the acta referred to in the pro Amble and it hereby takes to itself i»ny and alt- Powers, and accepts nil the duties and obligations Imposed by the IAWS Iowa. of Iowa for the ffoverrmont of savings banks. ARTICLE HI. The amount of Its capital stock Is ton thou sand dollars r$iu,000|, divided Into shares of ono hundred dollars oach, lully paid tip. ARTICLE IV. This corporation shall continue for tho lorm of twenty years. ARTICLE v. l:. The affairs of this corporation shall Ue" man aged by a board of S^VPII directors and the following persons shall be sdeh directors for the flrst year: M. F. LeRoy. 1*0 Address Manchester, Iowa. K. Iloyt. I' O Address. Manchester, Iowa. H. A. von Oven. 1M) Address, Lament, Iowa. K.C. Kleinsorge, O Address. lundeo. )owa. Elmer C. Hosner, O Address, Lament, Iowa. O. c- Ciark, O Address, Dundee, Iowa. J. L. GtlbeVt, O Address. Dnndee, Iowa. and the following shall bo ofUcers until tlio first election: l'resldout, il A von Oven, O Address, Lainont Vice-President, E Uoyt, O Address, Uau* Chester. Iowa. Cashier, Klmor Ilesner, Address. La xnont, Iowa. ARTICLE VI. The annual meetfng for the olcctlon of direc tors shall be held on tho second Tuesday of June. At all meetings of stockholders, orfch stockholder shall bd entitled to one vote for each share of stook hold by him, which voto he may cast in person, or by written^proxy. ARTJCLH VII. Tho principal place of business shall be looat ed in the town ox Dundee, County of Delaware and State of Iowa. ARTICLE Villi These articles may bo smendod. in wholeor In part-at any regular or spo» lal meeting of the stockholders, but to effect ho samo there must be cast In tbe afllrmntivo voto of two-thirds in amount of all stcck of tho bank: provided, ithat a notice of such proposed ui..cndmoot slull be published at least thirty days lu every Issue of some newspaper publlshod In the county whore the principal place of business of/ tho bank is located, which notice shall specify tho object of ihe mooting and tbe tlino and place where It' is to bo hold end a co-tlllcate of proceedings shall bo exocuted, signed, aud acknowledged by tho chairman And socrotary of tho meetlug. and a majority of tho directors, and fllod And reoorded tho samo as tho original articles of incorpora tion and a notice, stating tho substance of the amendment or amendments adopted, shall bo published as required at tho organization o' the uompauy. ARTICLE IX. Tho prlvato property of tho stockholders shall be exempt from liability for corporat debt*. Witness our hand this 26th day of May A. O men. H. A'vou Oven KH Iloyt Elmer C. Uesner •VS. O.C Clark J. L. (Gilbert State of Iowa, Delaware County ffi*. Ou thi9 20 day of May, 1(HM, before tho uuder slgncd a Notary Public withiu and for talfoouu ty, personally appbared H. A. von Oven, E. If. Host,ElmerC. Ilesner. F. C. Klelusorse and H.F.Leitoy.O.C.Clark and J, L. Gilbert to me known to be tha identical persons named in and who executed, und whose names aroaillxed 10 the foregoing instrument as grantors, and .acknowledged tho signing and execution of the! same to bo their volu-ua-y act and deed. Witness my hand and Notarial seal the dati last abovo written. Enuis Boggs, Notary Public of Iowa, In and for Dyiawan County. [SEAL] 2w4. International Convention, Baptist Young Peoples Union of Amarica. Detroit, Mich. July 7-10, 1904. For .the above named occasion tbe Manchester and Oneida Kv. will sell hrough round trip tickets to Detroit VJich. at one regulur iiret class fare, PIUSB 25 cte, good to return until July 12th except by depositing tickets with Validating Agent, limit will be extend ed until AuguBt 15th. J. L. Kelsey. 23W5 Trailic Mgr. For your liver ana stonif.cu Ilia, Take Bencom'B Picnic Pills, Thoy will surely do you good They will stimulate your blood, And make you feel as liappyas a clam Iry them. els. All druggists. eotf Special Summer Tourist rates to Bt. L'aul and Minneapolis, via the XL. SCO. »y On July 14 to 18, 1904, inclusive the Manchester and Oneida lly. will sell round trip tickets to St. l'aul and Minneapolis at one iirst-claes fare plug fifty cents ($0.80) for tbe round trip, good to reture uotil Aug 6th except by depositing ticket with joint agent, an extension of limit may be obtained to return up to and Including Septem ber 15,1904. J. L. Kelsey Trailic Mgr. LIVER TROUBLES "JfindThcdford'n Black-Draught •ffood medioino for liver disease. ton ftfte'ho had opont 1100 with doctors. Hisallthb"med CAROLINE MARTIN, Parkersburg, W. Va. I£ your liver does not act reg ularly go to your druggist and secure a package of Thedford'a Blaelc-Draught qrtid take a dose tonight. This great family medicine frees the constipated bowelB, stirs up tho torpid liver and causes a healthy secretion of bile. Thedford's Black Draught will cleanse the bowels of im purities and strengthen the kid neys. A torpid liver invites^ colds, biliousness, chills and fever and ail manner of sick ness and contagion. Weakkid neys result in Bright's disease which claims as many victims as consumption. A &5-cent Btaught ackage of Thedford's Black should always be kept in the house. "I UPed Thedford'a Black Drauclit for liver and kidney com R1?.ini?,?J1£.founcl nothing to excel Wohead^ in COFFUAN' THEDFORD'S ft lit DRAUGHT