JAPANESE CARRYING THE
KIN
A SPLENDID FEAT OK ARMS.
One of the most splendid feats of arms In the iinwnt war In tin- East was the battle of Kin-Chun, In which
:he Japanese charged nnd captured the lit'lRhts hold by the Russians, thereby establishing their place among the
foremost mlltary people of the world. The height were strongly fortllied and were deemed practically impregna
ble. Nevertheless tlie Japanese, after silencing artillery fire, carried them by the bayonet, driving the Russians
from the trenches and sending them In quick retreat toward Port Arthur. Our illustration Is from the Illustrated
I-ondon News.
SAILING.
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Wind and ware and gold-washed weath
er. Wind fling loose and wave set free;
Jsiie and I alone together
Sailing on a sapphire sea.
Clang and clamor of the crowded
Oily street in heard no more;
Only billows, foam enshrouded
Freighting music to the shore!
Hall full blown and sl(Mp prow flinging
Floods of song on cither side;
IVhite gnlls in the wide blue winging
Gipsies ef the roving tide!
Tesks afar that know the splendor
Of the sunset's waste of wine;
Twilight sky grown strangely tender
Mice the eyes that look in mine.
Lettlie's Monthly,
A New Cinderella
JACK BEHEv.dON cuught sight of
her as lie was going to the offlce
ftft.?r lunch. He frequently caught
sight of her, but this was the extent
of their acquaintance. He hud groan
ed more than once to think convention
ality forbnde a more extended one.
She was ,not the kind of a girl with
w hom one might scrape up k bowing
recognition, to be later elaborated into
an interchange of commonplace that
(itilght culminate In permission to call.
Indeed, If she hod been, It Is safe to
conclude Berensen would not have
troubled bis head about her, for he
had a social position to maintain, a
good deal of personal pride and more
than the averago sense of exclusive
nous. "Hallo!" he said, suddenly, and stop
ped short
The girl ahead had paused. She was
vldontly In some predicament, for she
tooped as though to extricate herself
or to pick up an article dropped. Al
most at the same Instant, however, a
tremendous dray, plied with boxes,
bore down upon her, and at the shout
of the driver, who was striving to
rein In bis huge rercherons, she
sprang toward safety and reached the
sidewalk.
Berenson let the dray pass. Looking
down directly on the siot where the
girl had hesitated, he saw that which
had arrested her, and bending quickly,
h pulled out of the thick, black, sticky
mud an absurdly small rubber, with
lta wrinkles holding the arch of a high
Httle Instep.
"Weill" he ejaculated, "here'a luck!"
He felt ridiculously elated. So
pleased did he look, In fact, that a
friend Jostling him as he renched the
opposite sidewalk reuwrkod his satis
faction. "Wheat gone up, Bereuson?"
No rubber!" laughed Berensou.
And but friend walked off, wondering
what there was In flsldng footwear out
of the mire to make a fellow look so
idiotically pleased.
"It was mighty muddy, too!" he
commented disgustedly.
This accusation could not be made
agitinst It an hour later, cleansed and
polished to the highest possible degree
' by the man who kept the shoestand in
the otllce building where Berenson had
a suite.. He took Ms prlBO upstairs,
and deposited It, wrapped In tissue pa
pnr, on the top of his desk.
Then he sauntered to the window
to look over at the skyscraper across
the way, where at a certain window,
in a certain tier, he had often seen
certain head. It was a shapely head,
ringleted as close as a baby'a with
sunny brown curls. Indeed, so fre
quently of late had he gone to his own
vasciuent to discover if tlint particu
lar bonnie bead and rose-leaf face
were within range of his vision that
his business began to suffer from uucu
erratic absence.
Not that Jack Berenson was bother
1 in $ hlnihc.f ultout business. iMirlng
those minutes be stood, 'absorbeil In
day tlrcnnis, staring apparently at the
nnlntcrcstiug wall of an uninteresting
building, he wus thinking for the most
purt bow ktrunge it was that he. who
had come Billy up the road of life,'
heurt whole eud fancy free, until ho
ihad reached his thirtieth milestone,
shou id 'al) at once he beset by the.
imot chimerical" hopes, the most fu
tile desires, the most glorious of cha
.otic Imaginings. . . '
It was lunacy, he told himself
tark, at&rrng lunacy that he should
'go on his way. with a bounding heart
a feeling of the most teuseleas
J '-t bcai'ie h hud pas
r fewalk,
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i , v river, aud while I-was
RUSSIAN POSITION AT
CHAU, WHICH HAD BEEN
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black-lathed eyes, looking forth from
bencnth a while brow, or caught the
faint, elusive perfume of her demure
garments. And the worst of it was
that he .-ould not bring himself to be
Indignant with himself for being such
a fool!
"You like to be a fool!" he told him
self angrily, "You're hugging your fol
ly! Ami much good it will do you'.
You've not got enough sense, Jack Be
renson, to last a crazy man till break
fast time!"
With which tlnal shot he was apt to
break away from bis vigil, return
sternly to his desk and plunge Into
work until until he began to wonder
if she might have returned to her chair
In the window, or by any chance be
going out. Though whether out or In,
there had seemed slight chance of
making her acquaintance lcfore Fate,
In the guise of a treacherous street
crossing, had placed a belonging of
hers In his possesion.
But when he hud sallied forth with
his prize his courage almost failed
him. And when the elevator man let
him off at the eighth floor, as bidden,
It was an insane desire to make his Im
mediate escape by way of the stair
case that overwhelmed him. But he
pulled himself together and went to;
ward the suite of doctor's offices,
which he knew occupied thnt particu
lar ongle of the big building. Some of
tho physicians whose names were In
scribed on the tablet in the corridor
were friends of his.
"Hope I don't run Into Norton, or
Bchrlener, or Maclntyre," he said.
"Hope I don't."
But he did all three of them. They
and a few of their professional asso
ciates hhd met In the reception room
previous to attending a medical con
vention In a bod. It seemed to poor
Berenson, standing helplessly In the
doorway with his package In his hnnd,
that the place was packed with eyes .
curious, Inquisitive, mocking eyes!
But a few voices called out pleasant
ly enough, ' nallo how d'ye do, Be
renson?" And Maclntyre came for
ward with a smile that made his ugly
countenance quite charming.
"Your the young lady " stammer
ed Jack. He held out the package
much as though It were a letter of in
troduction. "She lost this, and "
"Oh, I see!!' The doctor turned hast
ily. "Miss Meredith!" he called.
A girl the girl came from an ad
Joining room. She looked lovelier than
ever without her hat and coat. Her
soft, green gown fitted her as lta
sheath fits a flower. And the pretty,
bewildered look In her eyes made
GIANT SWING
soiivn6 Hoona
OH WHCCL
The "Human Whirlwind." a daring French athlete. Is sendlug bunches
of thrills up and down the spines of the spectators at the Casino in l'arui
where be dally risk his life in performing the "Thriller," Illustrated by the
accompanying cut
Tho bicycle and 1U rldor. after descending tho inclined plane, continued
their course for an Instant upon the seml-clrculnr part of the track, and
then, held by the rope, finish describing the circle In the air. At the moment
at which the wheels of the bicycle rfsurae contact with tho ground, the rope
beepmes detached automatically, owing to the special form of the hooks that
sustain It at It seuds. and It Is possible for the bicyclist to continue his Jour
ney In a straight line, the curved iJart of the track having been removed
nd the straight part lowered to thAluvel of the ground during tho ihort
time that he was In the sir. V
The curved part Is mounted upon tlo rail on which it Is slid to on
side, and the level part to supported by metallic horse that U folded up
when the pedal Is pressed by the tftenojW The-n two parts are manh
,mIm1 st the same time by one n"a. T
Uvutlvuieu: tor -i rut - . U
DEEMED IMPREGNABLE.
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them look more than ever tike violet
stars.
Berenson knew then how a man felt
who performs a deed of daring In the
cannon's mouth.
"I was behind you this noon," he be
,an, "and when you lost this"!
"Oh, thank you!" she Interrupted,
omprehending at once, and taking the
offered bundle. "You were very kind
to bring it to me!"
"Vera," Maclntlre said, "let ine in
troduce to you Mr. Berenson. You
have often beard Alice mention him, I
am sure. Jack this Is Miss Meredith,
my wife's sister!" And then as they
bowed he went by way of explanation,
"Vera has been looking after callers
at the olllces here during the last six
months. She would work you know
what girls are!"
Jack didn't know, but he mentally
decided to remain Ignorant no longer.
He would remedy bis deficiencies in
this respect as soon as possible, at
least ns far as this one bewitching
maiden was concerned. And he vowed
that he had never before guessed what
a thoroughly delightful dinp Macln
tyre was until he heard the latter say
ing before he went off With his friends:
"Oh, I say, Berenson! Come to din
ner to-morrow night quite Informal,
you know. Six o'clock. Alice will bo
mighty glad to see yon!"
Jack looked doubtfully Into tho vio
let eyes.
There was a smile In them, though
the Hps were sweetly serious.
"I'll come!" promised Jack fervently.
He wrung his friend's hand vigorously
In tho ardor of his friendship. "Lord,
yes, I'll come!"
And ho said to himself as he strode
back to the office, with his head In a
whirl, that It might not be quite so
romantic to find a rubber in Chicago
mud as a slipper on a ballroom floor,
but taint It has Its possibilities! It
would serve! San Francisco Call.
No Koom to (Spare.
Mrs. Sehoppen I'd rather have this
wall paper than the other for our
rooms, but unfortunately it's so much
thicker.
Dealer Goodness! What difference
docs that make?
Mrs. Sehoppen A great deal of dif
ference; we live in a flat. 1'hlladeN
phla Press.
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llrtilntl in I tie Kent.
Hewitt Ills words moved me.
Jewott Whose?
Hewitt My landlord's. Smart Set.
Colored Bank Offiocrs.
All the officers and stockholders of a
bank in the Creek Nntlon are negroes.
ON BICYCLE.
GOOD
Short Qtories
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A man In North Carolina who was
saved from conviction for horse steal
ing by the powerful plea of his law
yer, after his acquittal by the Jury
was asked by the lawyer: "Honor
bright, now. Bill, you did steal that
horse, didn't you?" "Now, look a here,
Judge," was the reply, "I oilers did
think 1 stole that hoss, but sense I
heard your speech to that 'ere Jcry. I'll
be doggoned If I ain't got my doubts
about it."
At' a dinner given some time ago in
honor of Hall Calno, Thomas Nelson
I'nge was Invited to Introduce the Eng
lish novelist. One of the guests next
to Mr. Tnge, Just before the toasts be
gan, passed his menu card around the
table with the request that Mr. Caine
put his signature on It "That's a
good Idea," said I'nge; "I must do that
too. I've got to introduce Ctdne In a
few minutes, and I want to be able to
say that I have read something he has
written."
A young globe-trotter was holding
forth during a dinner in Toris about
the loveliness of the Island of Tahiti,
ond the marvelous beauty of the wom
en there. One of the Barons Uoths
chlld, who was present, ventured to
Inquire If ho had remarked anything
else worthy of note In connection with
the island. Resenting the baron's In
quiry, the youth replied: "Yes; what
struck me most was that there were
no Jews and no pigs to be seen there."
"Is that so?" exclaimed the baron, In
nowise disconcerted; "then if you and
I go there together we shall make our
fortunes."
Frank Everest, of Atchison, Kan.,
is a good deal of an American, having
small admiration left for foreign lands
or people. Not long ago he went to
Europe on business. During the voy
age ue ana other passengers were
much annoyed by a Bostonian, who
talked a great deal about the number
of times he hnd been abroad. lie laid
grent stress on tho fact that lie went
over twice a year. "Have you ever
been abrond?" he asked Everest. , Ev
erest admitted he was making his first
trip. "I go over, twice a year," said
the Bostonian. "Oh, do you?" replied
Everest; and he added: "Have you
ever been to Omnha?" The Bostonian
said he hadn't. "Well," said Everest,
"I go there twice n week."
Noah Webster was, as might be
supposed, a stickler for good English,
nnd often reproved his wife's misuse
of the language. On one occasion Web
ster happened to be alone In the dining-room
with their very pretty house
maid, and, being susceptible to such
chnrms, put his arms nround her and
kissed her squarely on the mouth. Just
at this moment Mrs. Webster entered
the room, gasped, stood aghast, and In
a tone of horror extiu lined: "Why,
Noah, I am surprised!" Whereupon
Mr. Webster, coolly and calmly, but
with every evidence of disgust turned
upon her. "How mnny times must I
correct yon on the use of simple
words?" he remarked; "you mean,
madam, that you are cstonlshed. I,
madam, I am the one that Is sur
prised." HOW TO DETECT FORGERY.
Kxperta in Handwriting; Are Able to
Read Many Siitns.
"I am not an expert in chlrography,
but I have at least made enough of n
study of handwriting to tell why it is
often easy to detect the forgery of n
name, though even the man whose
name has leen forged may declare the
handwriting a perfect replica of bl.
own." Arnold Keating says: "O?
course, you know everybody knows,
for that matter that a man or woman
never writes his name twice exactly
in the same way. There is always a
slight difference, and where two signa
tures of the auie name appear identi
cally alike it Is safe to assume that
one or both is a forgery. But suppose
the signature has been forged but
once, suppose , the handwriting of
which It is an exact copy has been de
stroyed or Is not obtainable, of what
avail la the comparative method thent
The exact comparison cannot bo eiu
'ployed, but other almost Infallible
comparisons are still available. -Wh.cu
a child is taught how to writet at llrst
its penmanship Is severely stiff and
cramped; then It becomes very much
like that lu the copybook, but after
this Is discarded the child's character
begins to creep Into its handwriting.
There are little ldlosyueras -p, appar
ent that are not to be found In the
chlrography of other children, and this
manifestation of character in writlnj
continues to change It with develop
ment until ubout the age of 25, when
a person's character Is fixed and his
handwriting froiu that time on con
tinues about the same. The forger's
copy of the signature or writing will
appear to be exactly like that of tho
man, but when examined under n
powerful microscope, tho liny evi
dences of character that appear In ev
ery loop and line will be found to be
largely missing, for the same character
Is not behind the pen. It is in the
minute details that the forgery Is dis
covered. Then, again, a man's mental
condition will Impress Itself upon his
wrltlug. If he Is nervous, bubbling
over with Joy or depressed, the fact
will be apparent to the expert In writ
ing. If the alleged handwriting doesn't
show traces of the mental condition
the man was really In at the time he
was supposed to have written a cr
ttln letter or signed a certain letter, the
signature or the writing Is a forgery.
Those are some of the ways by which
an expert detects even the most suc
cessful forgery." St. Ixuis Globo
tDeinocrat CINEMATOGRAPH OF HORRORS.
JSuaaiaa Doctor'e Htory of Hcenes in the
Field Hoapltal.
! The parents of Dr. Samolloff, who
fWaa with the field hospital after the
(Uaiue oi muiencueng. uave receivea
(at Moscow) a letter from their son,
(ivlng an appalling description of his
twortt.-
It was not a hospital but a sham
hosplfnL. but a
bios, and after the first hour's worn
It seemed to us that we were not min
isters of mercy but demons Of blood,
working frantlcilly, recklessly, callous
to pain and life.
"Th" stream of pierced and shatter
ed bodies pourcxi in so fast that we
hnndled them as Indifferently ns sack4
of flour. As we hacked and sawed
lor it was not surgery, but hurried
bungling I counted the writhing row
on the floor, prnylng that It might gft
less, but for every one maimed nnd
bandaged mnn borne to his couch two
were carried In nnd cast on the ground.
At last my brain, dizr.y In a mist of
blood, pictured the whole universe MS
nothing but a string of clotted liodles
stretching to infinity.
"Yes, I admit that we were callous.
So petrifying to the sensibilities Is this
hurried work of blood thnt some of us
Joked like fiends over our atroclou
tnsk. The hospital servants who car
ried out the bnskets of amputated
limbs bantered one another. 'That Is
Petnisha's leg.' snld one. 'I know his
toenails.' 'That's no Christian leg.'
replied his companion; it's a Jew's.'
"One of these clumsy fellows slipped
In the blood and sent a streaming arm
In the face of a boy lieutenant, who
screnmed with fright. But nt tho time
even this seemed humorous, not horri
ble. "Sometimes the shells fell near our
tent nnd we wondered if we too
would lie laid In thnt eternally grow
ing row, and whether some one, cnllous
as ourselves, would remove our ampu
tated limbs nnd speculate as to their
ownership.
"What made things worse was tho
deficiency of aunestuetlcs nnd ban
dages. Before we were half way
through we had torn up our shirts.
Luckily more bandages arrived before
the end." London News of the World.
MEN AS HOUSEKEEPERS.
Why They Wonld Not Ho Ont of I'lace
in the 8 u sues ted Role.
A writer in an English review ex
presses he opinion that If, for a while,
men coual take over all houseekeping
duties, keeping women entirely out of
domestic management, tho ensuing rev
olution would solve the servant prob
lem. By planning everything on bust
ness lines about 50 per cent of the pres
ent labor would be saved. It is nssert-
ed that nil the labor-saving devices hi
use at present are the Inventions of
men, nnd that there are plenty more of
these beneficent ideas on tap in the
masculine brain only awaiting an op
portunity for renliz""ion. Men do not
have the same troubles with their em
ployes that women do with their ser
vants, says the writer, nnd it would
not take the mighty masculine intellect
very long to do away with the servant
question entirely.
We are Inclined to agree with the
writer to this extent: that after a man
had conducted the domestic affairs of
n household for a few weeks there
would be no servant question, and no
servant cither. It would be a task
of herculean difficulty to persuade a
servant to enter that house again. We
can picture in our mind's eye the do
mestio chaos that would result, the as
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tonisning innovations mat wouiu oe
introduced from cellar to gnrret Fan
cy tho average man attempting to dis
cipline the cook by employing the same
methods with which he is accustomed
to coerce the office boy. Imagine this
man debating the vital questions of
"Thursday afternoons out" and "What
shall we have for dinner?" with an
indignant Abigail whose eloquence ex
ceeds her logic!
As for us, we do not want a home
run on "strictly business principles."
There are plenty of them In the land,
but they are called hotels. Here Is a
conundrum: When Is a home not a
home? When it has a man for house
keeper. Home is that realm whero
woman rules. Housekeeper.
A Cabin Full or Cuckoos.
An old prospector who, between his
periods of gold-hunting, has mnde his
home In a little cabin in a lonely can
yon a few miles from Los Angeles,
Cal., says the Detroit News-Tribune,
has discovered not only gold, but a
continuous entertainment for the hours
he must spend indoors.
About six months ago the prospector
"struck it rich." He was able to show
such assays of the ores In his claim
that n party of capitalists purchased
his property nnd pnid him forty thou
sand dolbrs. v '
On receipt of the money tho prospec
tor visited Los Angeles. Among other t
pinces ue weui 11110 a restaurant iu
whlcn Is a cuckoo clock. It was Just
the noon hour, and the clock uttered
Its cuckoo notes twelve time In suc
cession. The old prospector was charm-,
ed. He remained In the eating house
nearly all the afternoon, listeniug to
the music of the clock, which also an
nounced the quarter and half hours.
He learned from tho proprietor the
iiame of the firm of which the clock
hud been purchased, and hastened to
the shop. He wanted a clock which
would cuckoo every five minutes. Not
being able to find this kind, be did a
little mental problem, and devised a
plan for "continuous performance." He
bought a dozen of the ordinary cuckoo
clocks, nnd took them to his lonely
cabin.
The cabin is no longer Ionnly. lie
has set the clocks at different times In
live-minute sequence, so that with the
voicing of the hours aud quartir hours
there is scarcely a moment of the day
In which a cuckoo is not singing in the
cabin.
On Ilia Trail.
The Lady Now, if 1 could only
trust you.
Gritty George Ijidy. did yer ever
hear dat old proverb, "Don't trust a
man dat a dog won't follow?"
The Lady I have.
Gritty George Well, yer can trust
me, 'cause every dog iu the country
follows me.
Ue Kuew.
"You must visit our new country
club," said the suburbanite. "The
grounds are beautiful; the golf links
superb. You won't find such acenery
elsewhere. On entering the grounds
the first thing that strikes your eye
"I know!" Interrupted the city man,
"A golf ball !" Philadelphia Press.
All spinster are single from cholca
they aay.
SIGHTS AT THE FAT 12.
LEADING FEATURES OF THE EIG
ST. LOUIS SHOW.
Louisiana Purchase F.i position la n
Soul Awakening Spectacle nnd a
Monument to Human Progress
'Whole World Marvetaat ItaOreatnena
St. Louis corrptpendenre:
What the world hns been looking for
ward to for half a dozen years and what
all civilization will be talking shout foi
generations to come Is the LoulM.in.t
Purchase Exposition, now seen in all in
glory, at St. Louis. It Is a soul-awnkon-Ing
spectacle, a monument to human pro
gress, an epoch in industrial history nnu
an achievement, par excellence, of art.
Over seven million persons visited tin
World's Kair in the first half of its ex
istence, and not one visitor went av:iy
but who proclaimed the wonders of t he
ights beheld. Those who come lnttv
and again will have more to see for the
grandeur of the enterprise grow as it
ge matures
Late summer, autumn and fall arc tin
seasons that will bring nnny millions
more of visitors and when the gates of j
the exposition close on IVc. 1 the world i
will have gotten its full sli.ire of t!ie
benefits accruing from the expenditure of
the enormous sum of $."0,(KN).(KH) and the
employment of the best artists and arti
sans in the entire world.
Covering 1,240 acres, nearly a third
of which is woodland, the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition extends from the west
ern limits of St. Louis city Into St. Louis
county, occupying a site which Is one
half level plain and the other hill nn.l
valley.
In these grounds are over 300 build
ings. Among them are thirteeu innin ex
hibit palaces and several lesser ones, fifty
buildings erected by States, a score con
structed by foreign governments, ten
largo stone structures leased from Wash-
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ington University, perhaps a hundred
unique structures in which concession
aires give entertainment, several villages.
Inhabited by Filipinos and other repre
sentatives from beyond the sons; fire en
gine houses, hospitals, booths almost
without number, camping grounds and a
large ntliletic field on which the ruinous
Olympic gamis are held.
The enterprise of St. Louisiana solved
the hotel problem by erecting a number
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onOt'P of rui:nL0 Indians.
of commodious and attractive hostelries
aud the World's Fair management sup
planted t iese by constructing th Inside
Inn, whLh. as its name implies, is within
the site. Here fi.(X)t) persons can be ac
commodated without crowding, and the
rates, which are supervised by the Ex
position, an within the reach of all.
Many visitors to the grounds declare
the Palace of Education the most artistic
of nil the exhibit buiidings.. It covers
over nine acres, and the entire field of
tJUAND BASIN DI KING
education has been covered. Coueress
appropriated $100,0U0 especially for this
exhibit.
The eeatral art palace, which is a per
manent fireproof structure built of gray
stone, is supplemented by two side pa
vilions and a hall of sculpture built of
brick aud staff. The three larger build
ings cover more than five acrea. Almost
every clvilixvd couutry in tho world has
space lu tin art buildings. The Liberal
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Arts pnlace contains the treasures of art,
science and Industry as applied to the
everyday needs of mankind.
Two bnildings are occupied by the
department of manufactures, the Palace
of Varied Industries nnd the Palace of
Manufactures; each of tln se buildings Is
l.'-tK) feet long by ft2T i'c -t wide. Th
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SOUTH AFRICAN l'VUMIES.
word "Manufactures" represents a regi
ment of th industrial urts and crafts.
This department is especially noticeable
for Its representative f-reign exhibits
ond in tills respect great! surpasses the
great exhibit at Paris in 1DCXI.
Force and power ha.- a home in the
Palace of Machinery, which covers ten
acres, and is one thousand feet long by
5-5 f jet wide. Here are shown the metk
ods of developing and transmitting pow
er, and the methods of crtnstructing every
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variety of machinery. Forty thousand
horses pulling together represent the
power used on the World's Fair grounds.
In a palace of Corinthian Architecture
a part of the main picture, Electricity
has its home. The structure is the same,
size as the home of Education aud costs
$415,000. All classes of machinery for
the generation and utilization of electrical
energy are here exhibited, the majority of
them in motion. ' ,
Fifteen and six-tenths seres are cov
ered by the Palace of Transportation
which is 1,300 feet long by 550 feet wide.
In this great structure the modern meth
ods of transportation thnt have revolu
tionized the commercial world are shown,
and In marked contrast with the wonder
ful machine used for locomotion to-day,
is the primitive appliances of a hundred
years ago
The largest of all the exhibit palaces
is the home of agriculture, which covers
over twenty-three acres. This building
is in the western portion of the grounds
and forms the center of a second picture,
being surrounded by immense beds of
flowers, one of which, devoted to roses
alone, occupies six acres. Special fea
tures are the crops of the United States,
which have never before been demon
strated at any exposition.
The Mines and Metallurgy Palace cov
ers about nine acres and is the largest
structure provided for mines and mining
by any exposition. Like other buildings
it teems with life. Methods of delving
beneath the surface are exhibited n? well
as the ores aud metals that are
The United States government b
occupies an elevated site just souti?
the main picture of the Exposition. The
grca". central dome of the governmenf
building is visible from the very center
of the Fair, looking nr.st tlie plcjnjj
esque sunken gar Jen that lies between
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U the largest structure tvi-r provided at
an exp6IH1tyfi1)ythe Federal government
In this building are insta!'"i the exhjts
of all the executive dc,.,.rtnieuts' of the
government, and space is also devoted to
the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian'
Institute and the Bureau of American
Republics. The building is a vast store
house of an endless variety of treasures
dear to the heart of every true Ameri
can. Passing out at an end of the govern-,
nient building one sees the Government
Fisheries edifice, which is devoted ex-
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THE GREAT WATElt PAUADE.
cluaively to the display and exploitation
of the United States Fish Commissi '
enterprises and the exhibition of food
fishes and shellfish. Specimens of fishes
from river and sea, lake and brook, from
far and near, ure displayed here, swim"
loin iu huge tanks which are sursljee
witn rresti or salt water to suit the ;
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Its or in species Wbloli. they rouj
Hatching apparatus of various V'ri
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on exbibiuou. JOHN C. SMAJJ
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