n SNAP SHOTS OF THE Some of the Inter esting Features Briefly Described Any effort nt exaggeration, In at tempting to describe the World's Knlr nt St Louis woutil more tlmn lllioly result In fnllure. One's Imagination would Indeed bo abnormally develop ed It lio wero lo concolvo more glor ies, more beauty, more majestic splen dor, and a moro comprehensive gather ing of inon and tbo works of men, than has boon assembled on two wpiaro miles comprising llio Louisiana I'urrhaso Exposition. Moro than a thousand native Filipi nos nro living In tbo 40-acro Philip pine) tract at tho World's Fair, Their homes havo boon reproduced In St. liouls and they aro counterparts of Mtoso left behind In the Pacific archl potsgo. Tho Filipino colony em braces representatives from mnny tribos, and Americans anil Europeans will bo interested In seeing the sub jects that Undo Sam acquired with tho Philippine islands, and In learn ing of their lives and habits. Besides tho native villages, tho Philippine commission, which bus ex pended nearly $1,000,000 on tho oxhl lilt, has orocted replicas of many of tbo most famous buildings on the is lands. Sovoral bits of old Spunlsh architecture aro suro to delight nil visitors. Putagoulan giants nro oven less Ituown than Filipinos. And there are n number of these strange people domiciled nearby, while a little fur ther on may bo found another strnngo race pygiylcs from darkest Africa, whoso very existence, until recent yours, was doubted. Tho Alnus, tho aborigines of northern Japan, are an other atrango raco that may bo seen Looking Down on at tho World's Fair. Theso queer peoplo nro smalt of stature and their bodies aro covered with hair. Thoy aro qulto a different rnco from tho modern Japanese. Japan, Indeed, is In the front rank of nations at the groat World's Fair. The site selected My Japan for her group of buildings is ono of the choicest allbted to for eign nations, and tho enterprising Japanese have mado the most of their advantages. On a high hill overlook ing Machinery Palaco workmen from tho Mikado's realm havo built a num ber of quaint and beautiful pagodas and havo embellished the surround ings with just such gardens ns have won tho Japanese tho enviable reputa tion of developing and perfecting such flowers and plants as they cultivate. An Experience. Ono of Allentown'a young ladles re turned recently from her first trip to Now York. On reaching the metrop olis nho had accepted an lnvltntlon to a matinee. It wa3 a brilliant pro duction and left an impression which was dimmed only by a visit somo time later to tho opora In the even ing. She was giving a glowing ac count of tho first oxperlence to somo friends tho other day, ono of whom interpolated onvlously: "Yob, I havo scon it." "Hut." continued tho othor, "did you over attend a matinee in tho even ing?" Philadelphia Ledger. Why Co-operative Colonies Fall. Cooperative colonies fall because thoy get out of touch with the great world around thorn," said a lecturer recontly who had been a member of tho famous colony of Hoar. "All tho property and all tho earnings of the Zoar colonists were divided equally," tiald ho. "As a result thero was less energy and thrift. Petty jealousies interfered with the colony work nnd when its leader died It gradually went to piecos." Canadian Route Is Shorter. At a recent meeting of the royal transportation commission In Halifax, reports and maps were submitted Bhowlng that tho Canadian route be tween Europe and the Fast was C80 miles shorter than those Stem United States porta. Russian Ship Canal. Surveys, which havo Just been com pleted, for a ship canal across Russia to connect the Baltic and Black seas, show that tho distance will be 1.468 miles and the cost $180,000,000. I jjtiLLHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIHLIIlW 111! 1 tr I III "" W""TTY tlt ? t jL'ij ." . .it wmmniiiiWf v"?-s. ,ij.. -..-j-. ,, . i- mamiIIIHVViIVbBHKl. . f vncsnHilHlliM ,41'iM BBBBBBBBBySpfifrJy''iWWBB v -ysffsPsBMiyjIWrir-rU,.. iWiBIbWBPsIsBMBIBB WORLD'S FAIR Never was tho United States gov ernment so deeply Interested In an ex position a3 It Is In this 1004 World's Fair. Already tho government's In vestment has reached tho $11,000,000 mark, and (his does not Include tho Phlllpplno expenditures, which wero paid out of tho Insular treasury. The result is the greatest exhibit ever made by Undo Sam Ono of tho interesting government exhibits Is the great map of tho United States, worked out In growing crops, each state bolng represented by crops chiefly grown In that state. This map covers six acres of ground. Ono who has not seen tho mnp may havo nn Idea of its Immcnso size when ho is told that Illinois' on this, crop mnp Is 75 feet long. Tho bound ary lines between the states are gravel walks and tho World's Fair visitors stroll at will through tho states, and receive simultaneously a lesson in geography and agriculture. Tho largest tlmcplcco in tho world Is at tho World's Fair, and mny bo seen on a slopo on tho north hide of Agriculture Hill. Tho dial of this great clock is 112 feet In dlamotcr. The framo work Is steel, of course, hut It Is so covered with flowers that It appears to have boon built entirely of Mowers, and for that reason it is popularly known as tho "Moral clock." Germany's participation In this World's Fair surpasses anything that that great nation bus ever dono at any qther International exposition, Tho National pavilion, on a high hill over looking tho Cascades, Is a faithful reproduction of tho anclont nastlo Chni'lottenburg, and the gardens sur- the Government Building from the rounding It aro gems of tho landscape architect's art. Germany's Immenso pavilion, of white nnd gold, In tho mammoth Palaco of Agriculture, Is ono of tho features of that Interesting building, whllo tho Palaco of Varied Industries contains nnother German exhibit of unique Interest. Most Interest naturally centers in tho races of tho airships. To win tho grand prize of $100,000 tho suc cessful neronnut must covor tho 10 mile course at tho speod of 18 miles nn hour. Santos Dumortt has several of his wonderful machines on the ground nnd Is sanguine of success. Other noted aeronnuts are prepared to contest vigorously with the famous llttlo Brazilian. The historic stago coach In which SHE WANTED TO KNOW. Girl's Question That Paralyzed Gun nery Lieutenant., She was a denr llttlo girl, and had spent most of her life In a country rectory. It was not surprising, there fore, that her knowledge of things maritime and warllko was not ox tonslve. Tho young gunnery officer of H. M. S. had been showing her round the battleship. It was tho very Mist warship of any kind she had over visited, and her mind was full of the wonderful sights presented. Doing an industrious and a thor ough young man, tho gunnery lieu tenant had explained very fully tho mechanism and the use of tho tor pedo In warfare. Sho examined the long, doadly, cigar-shaped engine of war critically and fearfully. Thon sho tapped It with the point of her parasol and let her glove run over Its burnished side, and finally paralyzed tho gunnery officer with the question: "How does tho crew 'get Inside?" London Tlt-Blts. California's Building. California Is orectlng a pavilion in tho agricultural building at the world's ialr that will attract univer sal attention. Its exterior Is entirely covered with dried fruit, four tons of apricots, peaches and prunes being exhibited. Many Varieties of Mosquitoes. In IxMilslana's world fair exhibit thero will bo shown ninety-eight vari eties of mosquitoes. TJtey aro in cases and are guaranteed not to bito or sting. A Visit to the Exposi tion is Equivalent to a Tour of the Globe Hank Monk drovo Horaco Greeley Into Plncervlllo "on time" Is seen dally in tho Gulch. Mark Twain and ArtcmtiB Ward, in tho early days, mado Hank Monk nnd the old coach famous by their vivid descriptions of tho celebrated ride. Tho landscape of the World's Fair is n ferUiro of diverslMed beauty. It ombracea hill and valley, plateau and lowland. In tho Cascade region alone moro than -1,000,000 brilliantly colored Mowering and foliage plants aro used In tho creation of the Rainbow Gar dons. Moro than 30,000,000 plants aro used In beautifying other sections of tho grounds. All of the main avenues are delightfully shaded with rbws of sliver maples, and in several sections thero aro groat groups of forest trees that over afford a delightful shade. Tho lnrgest cnglno In tho world Is nn exhibit In tho Palaco of Machinery. This monstor with a power equal to that of 5,000 horses, occupies a apace in tho center of tho great structure, and towors 35 feet In tho air. It Is as largo as an ordinary three-story house. Altogether the engines devel op a power of 50,000 horses. At tho Chicago exposition ten years ago, which moro nearly than any other similar enterprise approaches tho present In magnitude, tho greatest power developed was 12,000 horse power. The Plku Is a most alluring place. It Is a broad boulevard moro than a mllo long, with the shows of all na tions arranged on either side In tho most captivating arrav. Tho archi tecture of Tho Pike Is that of all Missouri Building. ages and countries, from the prehis toric ages to tho present day, and everything that Is new, strange and in teresting Is shown In this street of all nations. After night Tho Pike Is a blnzo of glory and myriads of electric lights accentuate the beauties of tho quaint architecture. In ono newspaper article but few of tho places of Interest may be touched. A large volume would bo required were oach feature mention ed In a single line. The visitor who can find time but for a week's stay at the Fair will see more glories than ho ever dreamed of, and were ho to lengthen his stay to the seven months of the fair ho could pass every mo mont In profitable and Interesting sightseeing. Center of Lamb-Raising Industry. Greeloy, Colo., Is becoming almost as noted for Its lamb, ns for its po tato Industry. Shipments or-young lambs from Greeley to Eastern nnd other markets, are now" being made, at tho rate of from 75 to 100 carloads a week. Tho experiment of feeding lambs during the winter months on a food composed, In largo part of sugar-beet pulp, from the many "beet sugar factories In that section of tho State, has been proved a success In northern Colorado. Tens of thou sands of sheep and lambs are now being fed In that manner at Greeley, Ft. Collins, Lovoland and elsewhere, in tho roglon referred to. Real Case of Broken Heart. "Died from a broken heart" an old woman of 74, who married her fourth husband, aged 72, In Decem ber last, at West Ham. was deserted by him a fortnight after tho wedding. Sho died suddenly on Sunday, her last words being: "My heart's broken!" and a coroner's jury, on Wednesday, found that the cause of death was valvular disease of tho heart. Phila delphia Ledger. Noted Scientist. ' Dr. Maximilian Nitze, who just a quarter of a century ago, Invented a luminous apparatus for looking Into tho stomach nnd other internal or gans, Is still living in Berlin, where he Is an Instructor at the university. Telephone Statistics. In the United States there aro up ward of 20,000,000 families and at loast 5,000.000 places of business, raak Ing a total of 25,000,000 opportunities to place telephones. Of these about one-eighth are now equipped. mm the wodld1 BEST yr THE AMERICAN HUSBAND. An American young man does not, as a rule, look forward to marriage nor preparo for It by saving any con siderable portion of his ante-nuptial income. When he marries It Is usual ly on short notice, and because bo has fallen very desperately In love with someone and cannot And it in his heart to wait until cold caution de clares tho venture advisable. Even when an engagement-Is n long one he usually squanders so much on gifts and entertainments for his fiancee that there Is only a very moderate amount to begin housekeeping on. TIiub before his marriage the oung American of tho middle-class begins to give evidence of what Is to be his chief national characteristic as a hus bandhis unfailing, unselfish and al most Improvident generosity. Tho middle-class husband In Amer lea rarely Interferes with the affairs of tho household. He hardly knows tho cost of staple articles of food. As a rule ho does not, make his wife a regular allowance either for household, or personal expenses, but gives her as much as ho can spare, freely, but with a lack of system that Is not con. duclve to tho bestoutlay of their In come. Tho young American husband Is also very Indulgent to his wife's fond ness for fine clothes. Ho would far rnther have an extravagnnt wife than a dowdy one, and although ho grum bles occasionally at a millinery bill, in reality ho glories in the resplendent appearance of his wife In her fine feathers. Tho American husband Is rare who does not concede his wife's right to expend a much lafger sum with her dressmaker than he does with his tailor. Indeed he often leaves his tailor altogether and cheerfully re pairs to the ready-made clothing house in order that his wife may have more money for extravagant finery. London Telegraph. THE MAN WHO MADE JAPAN. It Is to the Marquis Ito that Japan owes In a very great measure the po sition Bhe now holds In the world. But for him hhe might bo to-day a sec ond China; hut for him she would as suredly not bo'thc rival of Russia, tho chosen ally of England. Ho belongs by birth to what wo should call the lower middle-class, and has therefore had neither wealth nor Influential connections to give him a Ticlplng hand. None tho lessj, nt an ago when In England he would have been counted a boy he was already a minister plenipotentiary arranging terms of peare with the great powers of Europe. For ho had the good luck In very early days It was a pure piece of luck to attract the attention of the old Emperor Komel Ycnno, who was so struck by his extraordinary ability and all-round cleverness that ho took his education into his own hands and set to work to train him for a political career. In 18G7 tho old emperor died, hut his successor, Moutsouhlto, had just as high an opinion of lto as his father had had, and ns soon ns he had power In his hands ho mado him governor of Htogo. A year later he made him finance minister, and from that day to this Ito has practically ruled Ja pan. London World. AMERICAN GIRLS. Tho prevailing tendency seems to be to eulogize this young lady with a fervor calculated to create Jealousy among her British sisters. At any rate, my own feollng Is that tho American girl deserves all she gets. I have seen a good deal of her not only in England, hut on the conti nent. She varies, like the offspring or all nationalities, and it may be said of her, as of the little girl In the nursery rhyme, that "when sho Is bad sho Is horrid." But at her best she seems to me to eclipse the damsels of all other nations, I don't quite know how she does It, and, not being a poet, I could not describe the process if I did, It is nut that she Is exceptionally beautiful. But she has such an irresistible way with her; she Is such an adept in the art of looking nice; she Is so witty and good-humored, and sho enjoys life so thoroughly. In short, had I to decide, like Paris, between tho rival charms of a bevy of modern beauties, I think an American girl would probably take the applo. Consequently I rather envy tho British peers whether or not per sonally repulsive who are able not only to find American brides, but handsome dowries thrqwn In. Henry Labouchcre In London Truth. BEAVERS AS IRRIGATORS. In a dry country tho beavers' hab itation becomes the center of animal life, says Country Life In America. The result of their labors Is to make the barren places most fortlle again. Thelf dams at short Intervals make the water flow slowly, giving it time to percolate into tho surrounding soil, as is proved by the splendid vegeta tion at such lxjlnts; moreover, this prevents erosions that sink tho bod so deeply as to catibo great expense If the power Is to be utilized. If tho land owners only realized how much more valuable to them a live beaer is than a dead one they would speed ily take step3 for their protection WRITERS CZAR'S GRANDEUR. Tho Russian court Is tho most brilliant in tho world. Tho court of Vienna has more of a certain kl.J of hauteur and pretension, but the court nt St. Petersburg Is tho most gorgeous ns well ns tho most gra cious nnd graceful. It has a finer art nnd a more generous hospitality. Its refined air and Its polished perfection might well be envied and emulated In capitals of higher civilization. Though tho emperor gives a reception on tho Russian Now Year, the season really opens with tho blessings of tho Neva, six days later. It Is a ceremonial of religious significance and social demonstration. In the im provised pavilion on the embankment of the river appear tho emperor nnd the metropolitan with tho great dig nitaries of the hierarchy of church and state, the splendid columns of helmeted nnd plumed Chevalier Guards at rest, tens of thousands of respectful spectators just beyond tho lines, and all the court looking on from tho windows of tho winter pal ace. I have seen tho czar standing for twenty minutes with bared head In a temperature of zero while, where the thick Ice had been cut away for the purpose, the blessing of tho wat ers In token of baptism proceeded. Saturday Evening Post. LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE. One of the most noted of American surgeons has startled tho fellow mem bers of his profession by his bold ex periments in handling the human heart In cases of cessation of the beat ing of ' that organ under the influ ence of anaesthetics. He has been so daring In desperate cases ns to cut down to the source and foundation of tho circulation of tho blood and so to manipulate the heart as to Mil the arteries anew from the pulsations which he has excited. The marvels of piesent day surgery sometimes seWi to be almost miracles. But both surgeons and physicians confess themsolvcs frequently bafiled in tho presence of serious cases of pneumo nia, or cancer, of leprosy and of tho bubonic plague. New York World. HOW ODORS MOVE. That odors move with tho air, or diffuse through It like gases and dq not pass through it In waves, as sounds do, or in swiftly-moving par ticles like, the radium emanations, seems to lie conclusively shown by recent experiments on the propaga tion of scents through small tubes. In such tubes there can be no general motion of the air, and the rate of travel of an odor is extremely slow. That of ammonia took over two hours to get through a tubo a' yard and a half long. The presence of the am monia could be detected chemically at about the same time that its smell was noticed. It seemed to make lit tle difference In the speed whether tho tubo was held horizontally or verti cally or whether the odor moved up or down. Success. SILENT AGENCIES FOR GOOD The New York labor commissioner has been Investigating tho welfare ol labor, not confining himself to the more letter of tho law, but looking about to find establishments that arr doing better than tho law. In Investigations covering 10S cs tnbllshments, employing 59,291 per sons, ho was surprised to And manj establishments that not only fulfilled the requirements of the laws for the safety and protection of labor, but had really distanced the laws In their ar rangements for the mental, moral and spiritual welfare of their employes. To exceed tho requirements of the factory laws to tho extent of provld Ing free lectures, evening clnsses. free circulating libraries, mtnlcal Instruc tion and manual training, Is a sacri fice that ought to entitlo such employ ers to be posted as public benefac tors. Yet' the labor commissioner found several firms not only doing this, but providing wash rooms, free reading rooms, free lunches and various de vices for tho elevation of those whom they consider their charges. The most gratifying agencies for the betterment 01 employes, are those In the direction of beneficiary funds caring for injured workmen and In surance. Theso and other agencies are doing a good of which the general public are too often kept In Ignorance. Char Ity and justico aro good helpmates, If oach will only keep its place. Bos ton Globe. CHANCE FOR THE MILLIONAIRE. I am of opinion that If any million aire wished to build himself a lasting monument In the affection and hom age of tho English people ho could not find a surer means of gratifying his ambition than by putting down 200,000 to build and ondow a na tional thoater. And I think that be fore many years we shall probably find that some American millionaire, with tho cutenoss of his race, will bo ostabllsh and endow an American the ater nnd will thereby earn the lasting gratitude of the American nation. Henry Arthur Jones, in the Nineteenth Century. The Center of Attraction. Tho discovery of antique vases of romnrkablo merit In excavations bo neath the surface of tho Roman Forum has prompted tho king of Italy to say that this place has become tho center of attraction and tho meeting placo of scientists nnd thlnkors. Wero a system of subways, similar to those of Paris, London nnd New York to bo dug beneath tho city of tho Caesars, what treasures might bo unearthed! 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Somo people think themselves so large and Important that tho conduc tor ought to ring up two fares. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color more goods, brighter colors, with less work than others. Selfishness that hides under tho rloak of religion Is an insult to tho Almighty , s ,