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Exposition at St. Louis in July.
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Tho World's Fair at St. Loula is
now in tho midst of its splendid sen
sou. Colossnl, complete, cosmopoli
tan, it commands tho attention of tho
world ns no other cntcrnrlso of tho
present year. From all nations thoro
aro pilgrims coming to this shrine,
and from all our stntos nnd territories
thero is a constantly growing throng
at visitors. United States Sonators,
Governors of States, men eminent In
science art nnd letters all express
unqualified admiration for tho Exposi
tion nnd freo ncqulosconco in tho oft
ropeatcd statement that this Is by far
tho greatest nnd best univorsal expo
sition ever hold.
During July n woll-known magazlno
nnd nowBpaper writer from Now York,
Mr. Addison Steele, spent a wcok nt
tho World's Fair, inspecting tho
grounds, buildings nnd various attrac
tions ns thoroughly as was posslblo In
that limited period. Returning homo,
Mr. Steele published in Brooklyn
Llfo tho following appreciative com
ments on tho Exposition:
In tho oxpresslvo languago of tho
tiny, St. Loul3 "has tho goods." I had
expected much of tho Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition, far I had kept In
touch with tho making of it from its
very Inception, flvo years ngo; but
nftor nearly n week of Journoying
through this now wondorland I must
confess that in every essential par
ticular it is far beyond my expecta
tions. Tho biggest and best It was
mennt to bo and tho biggest nnd best
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
It is. Tho exposition, rumors notwith
standing, Is qulto finished.
One of tho greatest, nnd certalrly
one of tho most agreeable, of my many
surprises was tho oxtromo beauty of
tho main group of buildings. For tho
stmplo reason that tho camera doc3
not exist which could tako In tho
vnst plcturo as tho eyo sees it, tho
early views of tho group a bit hero
and a bit thoro gnvo a scant Iden of
tho schemo as a wholo. Nor did tho
early vlows of tho ten individual
buildings which ninko up its compon-
HAS FAD FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Thousands of Negatives Made For
Millionaire August Belmont.
Among rich Americans porhnps
nono is so fond of being photographed
as August Belmont, James R. Keeno
being a close second. Ono Now York
photographer, whoso patrons aro most
ly wealthy men, has mado thousands
of negatives for Mr. Belmont in the
last few years. Ono of tho largest
singlo orders for prints from old nega
tives over received by this photog
rapher camo from Mr, Belmont himself
eoon after the death of his wlfo. It
Included a good print from every nega
tive In which Mrs. Belmont appeared.
Tho photographer nover guessed how
many photographs ho had takon for
Belmont till then; ho found that they
numbered nearly a thousand.
Why Birds Live Long.
Why do birds llvo so much longer
than mammals, which are often a hun
dred tlmea their size? Possibly, among
other things, because they bavo beaks
Instead of teeth. All carnivorous
beasts become weak and liable to star
vation, as their teeth drop out or
break. Nelthor arfa tho herbivorous
animals ln much better caso. Old
horses would probably dlo of starva
tion If wild, for their teeth would fall
them; Indeed, in some stony countries
old horses havo to bo killed because
their teeth aro worn away by cropping
grass close to tho rock. Rodonts con
stantly dlo from Injuries to teeth. But
a bird's beak neither wears out nor
drops off, and aB it constantly swal
lows fresh grit to aid ln grinding food
in tho gizzard that needs no repairing
either.
cnt parts do Justico to their nobility
of architecture nnd gonoral grandeur.
Then again in tho ground plans and
bird's-oyo sketches tho only possible
mnnnor of Bhowing it tho fan-shaped
arrangement of this group looked stiff
nnd unsatisfying. Far from that, it is
qulto as roroarkablo In Its way as tho
famous Court of Honor of tho Colum
bian Exposition. In ono respect it is
even moro notnblo, for instead of two
grnnd vistas it offers a dozen. Tho
main vista Is, of course, tho ono look
ing ip tho Plaza of St. Louis whoso
crowning featuro is tho great Louisi
ana Purchnso Monument and across
tho Grnnd Basin to tho Cnscado Gar
dens. On tho right aro tho Varied In
dustries nnd Electricity buildings nnd
on tho loft Manufacturers and Edu
cation, these with Transportation and
Machinery still further to tho right
and Liberal ArtB and Mines boyond
nt tho left making up tho body of tho
fan. For its handlo tho fan has tho
Cascado Gardons rising In n grand
terraco to a height of slxty-flvo feet
above tho lloor level of tho buildings
mentioned and crowned by tho great
Festival Hall, tho Torrace of States
end tho East and West Pavilions and
tho Fine Arts building directly bohind.
Tho Piko has Iri tho Tyrolean Alps
tho finest concession that I have over
ccon. Thero is a groat squaro with
many quaint buildings, a llttlo village
t-trcct, and above tho snow-clad moun
tains which look very real as tho
MONUMC NT AND PALACE OF
evening falls. Tho best scenic rail
road yet dovlsed affords several flno
glimpses of tho Alps and there is a
very graphic exposition of tho Obor
nmmorgau passion play ln tho llttlo
church. Tho Cliff Dwellers' conces
nlon also looks very realistic at night
tall. It la elaborato ln arrangement
nnd tho courting, snnko and other
dances by tho Southwestern Indians
ninko it another of tho Piko shows
which should bo taken In by all. In
Sovlllo thero Is an amusing marionette
theater nnd somo genuine Spanish
dancing. For tho rest tho Piko offers
How tho Walter Lost a Tip.
At ono of tho Kansas City hotels
whero tho colored waiters give espe
cially good service, but always expect
nnoquato remuneration for tho came
from tho guests, a sailor was espe
cially officious tho other day In serv
ing a man from whom ho expected a
llboral tip. When tho meal had been
served, and ho was standing off at ono
r'de, eagerly looking for an opportu
nity to bo of sorvlce, ho said to tho
guest:
"Didn't yo' havo a brothah hcah last
veok, sah?"
"No," said tho ono addressed, "I bo
novo not."
"Well," continued tho waiter, "thoh
vras a gem'man hoah at raah table
What looked vo'y much like you, nnd
ho was so well pleased with tho serv
ice that ho gave mo GO cents when ho
left."
Tho guest had by this time finished
his meal, and as ho arose ho said to
the oxpectant servitor:
"Come to think of it, Sam, that was
my brother that was hero, and I guess
ho paid you for tho wholo family, lie
may bo back again in a week or twov'
Kansas City Journal.
Church and School for Indians.
Mother Kathorlno Drexel of Phila
delphia, founder nnd head of tho Or
der of tho Blessed Sacrament, com
posed of nuns who devote their lives
to tho uplifting of tho Indian and ne
gro, has offored $500,000 of her own
private fortuno with which to build
a church and school for tho Indians
of tho WInnobago, Nob., reservation.
The only condition is that the Indians
consent, and this Father Schell of
Homer. Neb., has obtained.
Inflnlto variety, nnd as n rulo tho full
monoy'B worth is given. Tho enor
mous Jerusalem and Boot War con
cessions nro not on tho Pike.
It is a caso of dino at tho Gorman
Pavilion and dio at tho exposition. In
n beautiful Modorno Kunst building
adjoining Das Deutscho Haus tho best
fcod and tho highest prices on tho
grounds nro to bo found, tho tablo
d'hoto lunch and dinner costing two
nnd threo dollnrs, respectively. There
is also d la carto service. Everything
considered, tho prices nro not excos
slve, and at loast ono meal should bo
taken there for tho experience. An
other should bo takon at tho Tyrolean
Alps, cither outdoors or In tho gor
geous dining-room in tho mountain
Eldo. Tho best French restaurant is
nt PotIb, on tho Pike. Lower In prices
nnd In overy way admlrablo aro tho
two restaurants conducted by Mrs.
Rorer In tho pavilions of Cascado
Gardens. The cast ono has wait
resses and no beer and the west ono
wnlters nnd beer. For a bit of lunch
Germany, Franco nnd England nil
offer delicious pastry in tho Agrlc.il
Irral building. These aro not free
ads, but time-saving tips for tho trav
eler. Thero arc no end of restaurants
to fit all purses on tho grounds. I
tried nino of them and nowhero found
tho prices moro than they ought to bo.
As a matter of fact, for neither food
r.or lodging no ono need pay any moro
nc St Louis than ho feols that ho can
VARIED INDUSTRIES.
afford, and yet be well fed and housed,
It ho will uso ordinary common sense
In mnklng a selection out of tho
abundanco offered.
Hot? Yes, but on tho two hottest
days of tho summer at St. Louis I
suffered no moro from tho heat than
In Now York beforo leaving and after
returning. Every day of tho seven
thero was a brcczo at tho fair grounds
and it was always posslblo to find a
shady spot. Tho nights wero cool and
comfortable.
ADDISON STEELE.
SET THEM ON EACH OTHER.
Belligerent Callers Fooled by Quick
Witted Newspaper Man.
Roprcsentatlvo Brownlow of Ten
nossoo tells that once ho was running
a country paper during campaign
times and was printing "fighting"
language every week. Ono day, Just
after tho papor was out, a big man,
armed with a club, walked Into the
sanctum and fiercely inquired if the
editor was In. Tho frightened Brown
low had wit enough to answer that he
was not, but that ho would go out
and hunt him up. Ho started for the
street and at tho foot of tho stairs
mot another Irate fellow, who asked:
"Will I find tho editor of this dirty
sheet upstairs?" "Yes," said Brown
low, "ho's up thoro at his desk Just
itching for a fight." Tho second man
wont up and Brownlow disappeared.
Which whipped tho other is not r
lntod and Brownlow didn't go back
during the day to find out.
Ancient Phases Corrupted.
Ancient Plcts in England wore
called by tho Celtic word "pehta" or
flghtors. This was Latinized into Pic
ti. So, too, Barbary of tho ancient
maps is a monument to the miscalling
of tho Berber tribo by tho Greek word
signifying "barbarian." Even tho leg
ond'of tho victory of Guy of Warwick
ovor tho dun cow Is assailed by ruth
less otymologists, who insist upon its
derivation from his cono,uest over tho
"Dena gau," or Danish fettlement, at
tho champion's gates. Tho Celtic
words 'alt maen" aro reiponsiblo for
many "old man" crags upon sea coasts
and among mountains. They nuaa,
however "high rnh."
Wild Flowers.
Scarce known by name, they dot tho
round
With motley colors, starry forms.
In thorn tho sunset skle nro found
. . v" ,v unci Biurms,
And blurs of crimson, blue nnd gold.
A;ir uraceiui cnauccn uniom,
wlillo 'mid tho dead loaves pllo and
pent
Humbly they live nnd dlo content.
HtiRe oaks above them lift their heads
And drop tho ncorn, shed tho leaf;
Tho harvest Held far round them sheds
. , nl? ln many a sheaf,
And they, half fraprnnt, brlshten earth.
Low ln tho shadows where there's
dearth
Of pain or pleasure. loVo or life.
Far from the world's mad, ceaseless
strife.
Tkey speak no message, act no part.
They have no sorka to show;
Deep hidden hero the touch no heart.
And do not nsk to know:
let If ono meet the eyo of man
It nil unfolds tho muster plan
The power that painted thU fair
bloom,
For man can have no futllo doom.
Charles W. Stevenson, ln New York
Observer.
Secret of a Water Light.
If you wero to announco some even
ing that you could stick a lighted
candlo Into a glass of water until It
was submerged almost up to tho
wick, and that tho candlo would not
The Candle In the Glass,
go out, but would burn down to tho
very end of Its wick Instead, wouldn't
everybody laugh at you?
Get a candle; drive a very small
nail Into the bottom end. Tho candlo
should bo about thrco Inches long.
Fill a glass with water; light tho can
dlo and Btlck It Into tho glass. Tho
candlo floats nnd tho nail weighs
down tho end, which results in tho
candle floating perpendicularly, as
shown in tho illustration.
But what is to provent it from burn
ing down to tho surfaco of tho water
and going out?
That Is tho secret of tho trick, and
not ono person in a hundred would
think of tho true cause, which is very
simplo and natural.
Tho candlo loses Its weight as It
burns; tho remaining portion, growing
lighter, hoops rising to tho top, pull
ing tho nail up with it; tho water
maintains tho samo distance from tho
wick it had In tho boglnnlng of tho ex
periment, and tho candlo burns mer
rily away until it reaches tho end of
Its wick, when thero will still bo
onough tallow loft to support tho nail
if it 13 small onough and then It
Is your turn to laugh.
The City of Silence.
Ancient Greece, hundreds of years
ago, was divided into several inde
pendent states. Ono of these was
Sparta and the men of Sparta wero
wonderfully strong and bravo, and so
warlike that all tho neighboring cities
and stales wero much in fear of theso
flcrco men, who fought for tho lovo of
fighting.
Now, about twenty miles south of
Sparta there was another city, called
Amyclae, which was still free, al
though constantly ln dread of being
captured by its northern neighbors.
Thoro wero constant reports that tho
Spartans wero coming, and tho poo
plo wero ln such an excitement every
time those falso reports wero spread
that at last the loading Amyclaeans
passed a law forbidding any one to
mention Sparta by name on pain of
death.
But at last the Spartans did come,
and, although somo of tho Amyclae
ans heard of their approach, they
wero afraid toiglve warning to their
friends, for fear of tho punishment
threatened.
So tho Spartans attacked the city,
which was, of course, not ln a state
of defenso, and it was taken and the
people mado captives to their ene
mies. That was a timo when strict obedl
enco to a law caused diro results,
was it not?
Tiny Man Whose Pluck Won.
Everybody cannot bo big nnd strong
and handsome, or even smart, but al
most anybody can try to get ahead ln
somo way, oven If ho Is homely and
frecklod and awkward. Once there
wa3 a little bit of a drled-up boy who
lived down southeast somewhere, In
Georgia,! think, and everybody but his
mother said he nover would be of any
account. His folks wero very poor,
and so if ho had not been too sickly
and too little to earn anything out at
work ho might novor have got a
chance to go to school. But ho went
to school and kept getting older,
though his head was about all of him
that got any larger. Finally he fin
ished school and graduated from col
lege and tho day he was 21 he said to
his mother: "I'm a man now and I
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must look after you." And sho Bald:
"Yes, Alexander, you arc a man at
last," but ho only weighed ninety
pounds, after all.
Pretty soon that little drlcd-up, sick
ly man said ho wanted to go to con
gress, whero nearly all tho great men
of the country used to go, sooner or
later, ln those days. "Why, sonny,"
said one of Alexander's friends, "how
can you all go to congress? You
ain't much bigger nor a Jackdaw!"
"Why don't you send Knno Free
man's big hog If you want size? He
weighs 400 pounds!" said tho llttlo
drled-up man.
Then everybody laughed. Then they
stopped to think. And ever after that
Alexander kept peoplo lnughlng or
thinking. He went to congress nnd
became tho greatest man In his state.
He served in congress years and
years, and was governor of Georgia
when ho died. His full name was
Alexander H. Stephens, and ho was a
wonderful orator.
Don't give up becauso you aro little
or ugly or dull or weak, because you
novor can tell you never can toll
what will happen when you do your
best.
Novel Fishermen.
Tho boys who llvo near a body of
water containing perch, bullheads or
catfish can mako largo catches by
means of simplo devices.
An old Jug, well stoppered, makes
an excellent assistant. After empty
ing tho Jug, and corking It securely,
tako it to tho place where you want
to fish, and, making a lino fast, bait
your hook and carefully lower the
Jug ln tho water.
A tempting worm on a hook below
a Jug Is liable to result ln a bite, and
then tho Jug commences to bob about
ln an amazing manner. If tho fish is
largo It may tow tho Jug around the
water for awhile, but a heavy Jug
will soon tire out oven a big fish, and
then you can haul in the captive.
If Jugs are not obtainable, largo
bottles aro effective, although they do
not offer tho resistance tho heavy Jug
does, nnd, unless dark-colored, aro
hard to sec on the water.
Which Eye Is Stronger?
Here Is a llttlo test for your oyes
that -vlll foou show you whlcn cf
them Is Hie stronger. Placo an object
about two inches in diameter on a
level with your oyes and move back
from it .ihout ten fee'. Then poln
to it and toko sight nlong tho top of
your poinili g finjior until tho object
and tho lip of a our finger are exactly
ii. a lino with tho eye from which you
are sighting. Next open tho other oyo
and see if tho object seems to hive
moved from tho straight line. If it
has not moved to ono side, apparent
ly, tho eye with which you first looked
is the stronger, as tho addition of
the other's vision does not chango tho
tocu3. If the object seems to have
moved it proves that tho other eye
is the stronger, the difference bolng
mo&burcd by the distance that tho ob
ject appears to havo moved.
Try sighting with both eyes open
flnt. Then lr.ok with first onn eyo
and then tho other and see how far
out of line each makes tho object ap
pear. Tho ono that Is farthest out of
lino is tho weaker eye.
Trick With a Tumbler.
Cut an orange Into halves and from
ono half removo tho pulp, leaving tho
peel entire ln tho form of a hollow
hemisphere or cup. With a penknife
or a toothpick boro two holes In tho
bottom of this cup and put It into a
tumbler, forcing it down about half
way.
Tho tumbler should "bo a llttlo
smaller than tho orango used, so that
you will havo to squeeze tho peel
cup a llttlo in order to get It In.
Then it will press firmly against
me glass and stay whero you put It
Instead of dropping to tho bottom.
Tut tho cup In right side up, that Is,
with tho yellow peel bolow, and pour
red wlno Into It. Tho wino will run
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Diagram of Boat's Construction.
Hero Is a way to make ln five min
utes a boat which will outsail almost
any of tho crack fancy boats your llt
tlo friends may boast, with their three
masts, topsails, balloon jibs, center
boards and all thut. Your horaomodo
boat will not bo exactly beautiful, but
it certainly will be ablo to salt!
Get a thin piece of board, and
sharpen ono end to a point, to repre
sent tho bow. Now boro a small hole
a llttlo forward of tho center, and
fasten a screweyo in the bow, just
at the point, and your deck is com
plete. Easy, isn't it?
Now for tho sail. Get a pleo of
heavy paper, and through it thrust tho
threo slender sticks, ln the positions
shown In tho diagram. Wodgo the
bottom of tho upright stick or mast
through tho, holes, and you must keep
on pouring until the level of tho wlno
In tho glass just touches tho bottom
of tho cup. Now fill tho rest of tho
glass above tho orango cup with
water, and await results.
Soon you will soo a thin red jot
of wino rising liko a fountain through
tho water from ono of tho holes. At
tho samo time, though you cannot sco
It bo well, a colorless stream of wator
flows downward through tho other
hole.
Tho two liquids do not mix much,
but merely exchange places, so that
in a fow minutes tho lower part of
tho glass, below tho cup, will contain
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Position of the Orange,
tho water, and tho upper part will bo
filled with water.
This is as it should bo, because
water is heavier than wino and nat
urally goes to tho bottom. Tho curi
ous thing Is that tho wino and water
do not mix, but each selects ono holo
for itself. It is liko tho trick with tho
candlo burning in a lamp chimney
with a partition at the top, so that
cold fresh air goes down on ono side,
while tho hot air and smoko cscapo on
tho other.
Oil may bo substituted for tho wine,
or you may fill tho bottom of tho
glas3 with water, and then pour in
milk or somo thin-colored ayrup.
Story of the Wood Told.
A boy was sitting near tho stovo
watching tho fire burn. All at onco
ho fancied that ho heard a voice
speak to him and hr thought it was
a pieco of wood. Tho wood said:
"Onco upon n timo I was a seed that
had fallen off a tree. I lay on the
ground for a week. Then somo clouds
sprend over tho sky nnd It began to
snow. Tho snow covered mo and 1
lny on tho ground all winter in tha
warm snow. When spring enmo I bo
gan to grow. I grew until I was fif
teen years old. One day a woodcutter
came along and cut mo down. He
put mo into a wagon and rodo down
to tho woodyard. I lay in tho wood
yard about a month and then youf
father camo and carried mo to youf
house." This was all tho pleco ol
wood said. Ed. Slmonson.
Tho Surgeon's Patient.
It happened that a bulldog saw its
master's broken arm often dressed bj
a surgeon. Ono day tho samo surgeon
was surprised by a pawing and
scratching at his door. When the
door was opened ho behold two doga
his friend's bulldog and another
Tho latter held up ono of Its forelegs
to tho surgeon, who saw that It was
broken. Ho set tho broken limb in
splints and in duo course tho bones
reunited and tho leg becamo whole.
On another occasion this very same
surgeon was summoned to his door
by tho persistent yelping of a dog
standing on three legs. Tho doctor
examined tho fourth limb and found
a pin sticking ln it, which prevented
tho animal from using it without
great pain. Tho pin was extracted
and the dog went away in ease.
Incombustible Celluloid.
Incombustible celluloid Is a French
invention.
SAILBOAT.
firmly Into the holo in tho deck, and
jour boat is almost complete.
Now comes tho novel foaturo ol
your boat. Get one of theso toy bal
loons which aro so often sold by street
venders. You can get a five-cent one
at any toy store. Fasten a light cord
about four feet long to tho balloon,
and tlo tho other end of tho cord to
tho screweyo in tho bow of your boat
and you aro ready to launch her.
Tho balloon will fly at tho end o'.
tho cord, high above your boat, which
will sfclm over tho water like a swal
low. As soon as tho wind changes
tho balloon will yank around tho bow
of tho boat, and sho wll head on a
new tack. Then the square sail will
All and sho will be away at a surpris
ing speed.
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