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By Robert Louis Stevenson.
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CHAPTER VI. (Continued.)
"Is It In tho pavilion?" I naked.
"It Ib; aud I wish It was In the bot
tom of the sea Instead," snlil North
mour; and then suddenly "What uro
you making faces nt me for?" he cried
to Mr. Huddlestone, on whom I had tin
consciously turned my l-ack. "Do you
think Cnssllls would Hell you?"
Mr. Huddlestone protested that noth
ing had been further from his mind.
"It la a good thing." retorted North
mour, In his ugliest manner. "You
might end by warylng us. What were
you going to eay?" he added, turning
to mo.
"I was going to propose an occupa
tion for tho nftcrnoon." said I. "Let us
carry that money out, piece by piece,
and lay It down before the pavilion
door. If tho Carbonari come, why, It's
theirs, at any rate."
"No, No!" cried Mr. Huddlestono;
"It docs not, It cannot belong to them!
It should be distributed pro rata among
all my creditors." ' '
"Como, now, Huddlestone." said
Northmour, "none of that."
"Well, but my daughter," moaned
tho wretched man.
"Your daughter will do well enough.
Here are two suitors, Cassllls and I,
neither of ub beggars, between whom
she has to choose. And as for- your
aolf, to mnke an end of arguments, you
havo no right to a farthing, and, un
less I'm much mistaken, you nre going
to die."
It was ccrtnlnly very cruelly said,
but Mr. Huddlestone was a man
who attracted little sympathy,
and, although I saw him wlntc
nnd shudder, I mentally Indorsed
tho robuke; nay, I udded a contribu
tion of my own.
"Northmour and I," I said, "arc w'lll
Ing enough to help yon to save your
life, but not to escape with stolen prop
erty." Ho struggled for a while with him
self, as though ho were on tho point of
giving way to anger, but prudence had
tho best of the controversy.
"My dear, boys," ho said, "do with
mo or my money what you will. I
leave It all In your hands. Let n.e
compose myself."
And so wo left him, gladly enough I
am sure. Tho last that I saw, he had
once more taken up his great Bible,
and with tremulous bands was adjust
ing his spectacles to read.
CHAPTER VII.
Tho recollection of that afternoon
will always be graven on my mind. We
debated over and over again my pro
posal with regard to tho money, and
had wo been in complete possession of
our faculties I am sure we should have
condemned it as unwlso; but wo wcro
flustcrod with alarm, grasped at a
Htraw and determined, although It was
as much as advertising Mr. Huddle
Btone's presence in tho pavilion, to car
ry my proposal Into effect.
Tho sum was part In specie, part In
hank paper and part In clrculnr notes,
payable to tho name of James Gregory.
We took lt"but, counted It, Inclosed It
once more In n dispatch-box belonging
to Northmour and prepared a letter In
Italian which ho tied to the handle. It
was signed by both of us under oath,
und declnred that this was all the
money which had escaped tho failure of
the house of Huddlestone. This was,
perhaps, the maddest action over per
petrated by two persons professing to
bo sane.
Had the dispatch-box fallen Into oth
er hands than those for which It wan
intended, we stood criminally convict
ed on our own written testimony; but,
ns I havo said, we wore neither of us
in a condition to Judge soberly, and
find a thirst for anion that drove us
to do something, right or wrong, rather
than enduro th,e agony of walttng.
Moreover, as we weie both convinced
that tho hollows of the links wcro alive
with hidden spies upon.our movements,
we hoped that our appearance with the
box might lead to a parley, and, per
haps, a compromise.
It was nearly 3 when we Issuod from
the pavilion. The rain had taken off;
tho sun shone qulto cheerfully. I have
novor seen tho gulls fly so closo about
tho house- or approach so fearlessly
to human bolngs. On the very door
Btep ono flapped heavily past our heads,
and uttered its wild cry In my very
ear.
"There Is an omen for you," said
Northmour, who, like all freethinkers,
was much under the Influenco of su
perstition. "They think wo are al
ready dead."
I made some light rejoinder, but It
was with half my heart, for tho clr
cumstanco had Impressed me.
A yard or two beforo tho gate, on a
patch of smooth turf, wo set down the
dispatch-box; and Northmour waived
n white handkerchief over his head.
Nothing replied Wo raised our voic
es, and cried aloud in Italian that wo
were thero as ambassadors to arrange
tho quarrel; but the stillness remained
unbroken save by tho sea-gulls and tho
uurf. I had n weight at my heart when
wo desisted, and I saw that oven North
mour was unusually pale. Ho looked
'over hlH shoulder nervously, as though
ho feared that somo one had crept be
tween him and the pavilion door.
"By God," he said In a whisper, "this
(s too much for me!"
I replied In the samo key; "Suppose
thero should be none, after nil!"
"Look there." ho returned, nodding
with his head, as though he had been
ufrald to point,
I glanced In the direction Indicated,
Coward.
nnd thero, from tho northern corner of
the Sea-Wood, boheld a thin column of
stnoko rising steadily ngalnat tho now
cloudless sky.
"Northmour," I said (wo still contin
ued to talk In whispers), "It Ib not pos
sible to enduro this suspense. I prefer
death fifty times over. Stay you hero
to watch tho pavilion: I will go for-
wnrd nnd mako sure, If I hnve to walk.
right into their camp."
Ho looked ouco ugnln all around him
with puckered eyes nnd then nodded
nssentlngly to my proposal.
My heart beat like a Blcdge-hammer
ns I set out. walking rapidly In tho di
rection of the smoke; and though up
to that moment I had felt chill and
shivering, I was suddenly conscious of
a glow of heat over all my body. Tho
ground In this direction was very un
even; a hundred men might have lain
hidden In ns mnn square yardH about
my path, nut I had not practiced the
business In vain; chose such routes as
cut at the very root of concealment,
nnd, by keeping along the moBt con
venient ridges, commanded Hoveral
hollows at u time.
It was not long before I was reward
ed for my caution. Coming suddenly
on to a mount somewhat more elevated
than the surrounding hummocks I saw,
not thirty yards away, a mun bent al
most double und running ns fast as
his attitude permitted along tho bot
tom of a gully. I had dislodged one of
the Bplea from his ambush. As soon as
I sighted him I called loudly In Eng
lish nnd Italian, and he, seeing conceal
ment was no longer possible, straight
ened himself out, lenped from the gully
and made off nB straight as an arrow
for tho .borders of thp wood.
It was none of my business to pursue;
I had learned what I wanted that we
were beleaguered and watched In tho
pnvlllon, nnd I returned nt once, nnd
walking as nearly nB possible In my old
footsteps, to where Northmour await
ed me beside tho dispatch-box. Ho
wns oven paler than when I had left
him and his voice Bhook a little.
"Could you see what ho was like?"
ho naked.
"He kept his back turned, I replied.
"Let us go Into the house, Frank. I
don't think I'm a coward, but I can
stand no more of this," ho whispered.
All was still and sunshiny nbout the
pavilion as we turned to ro-enter It,
oven tho gulls had flown In a wider
circuit, nnd were seen flickering along
the beach and sandhills, and this lone
liness terrified mo more thnn a regi
ment under arms. It was not until tho
door was barricaded that I could draw
a full Inspiration nnd relieve the
weight that lay upon my bosom. North
mour and I exchanged a steady glance,
and I suppose each made his own re
flections on the white nnd startled us
pect of the other.
"You were right," I said. "All Is
oven Shake hands, old man, for tho
last time."
"Yes." replied he, "I will shake hands
for as Bine as I am here I bear no
malice. But, remember, If by somo
Impossible accident wo should give the
slip to these blackguards, I'll tnko the
upper hand of you by fair or foul."
"O!" Bald I. "you weary me."
Ho seemed hurt, and walked away In
silence to tho foot of the stairs.
The remainder of the day was passed
in the samo dreadful tedium and sus
pense. I laid tho table for dinner.
while Northmour nnd Clara prepared
tho meal together In the kitchen. I
could hear their talk as I went to and
fro, nnd was surprised to find It ran
all the time upon myself. Northmour
again bracketed us together, and ral
lied Clara on a choice of husbands, but
ho continued to speak of mo with some
feeling, and uttered nothing to my
prejudice unless ho Included himself
in tho condemnation. This awakened
a sense of gratitude In my heart which
combined with the lmmcdlatcness of
our peril to fill my eyes with tears.
After all, I thought and perhaps the
thought was laughably vain wo were
hero three very noble human beings to
perish In defense of a thieving banker.
Before we sat down to tablo, I looked
forth from an upstairs window. Tho
day was beginning to decline; the links
wore utterly deserted; tho dispatch-box
still lay untouched where wo had left
It hours beforo.
Mr. Huddlestono, In a long yellow
dressing-gown, took the end of the
tablo, Clara the other, while North
mour and I faced each other from tho
sides. Tho lamp was brightly trim
med; tho wine wna good; the viands,
nlthough moBtly cold, excellent of their
sort.
Mr. Huddlestono wbb certainly no or
dinary character; ho had read and ob
served for himself; his gifts were
sound, and, though I could nevor have
learned to lovo the man, I began to
understand his success In business, and
tho great respoct In which ho had been
held before his failure. He had, above
all, the talent of society; nnd though I
never heard him speak but on this ono
nnd most unfavorable occasion, I act
him down nmong tho most brilliant
conversationalists I ever met.
He was relating with great gusto,
and seemingly no feeling at shame,
tho maneuvers of n scoundrelly com
mission merchant whom he had known
nnd studied In his youth, and wo wero
nil listening with nn odd mixture of
mirth and cmburrnssment, when our
little party was brought abruptly to an
ad in tho most Btartllng manner.
A nolso like that of a wet linger on
tho window-pane interrupted Mr. Hud
dletone's tale, and In an Instant we
wore nil four ns white ns paper and nail
tongue-tied and motionless round tho
table.
"A snail." I said at last, for I hnd
heard that these animals niakoa nols?
somowhat similar In character.
"Snail bo d -d!" Mid Northmour.
"Hush!"
The Bnme sound was repeated twice
nt regular Intervals, and then a formid
able voice- shouted through tho abut
ters the Italian word "Tradltora!"
Mr. Huddlestone threw his head In
tho air, his eyelids quivered, next mo
ment ho fell Insensible below tho tnble.
Northmour nnd I hnd each run to tho
armory nnd seized a gun. Clara was
on her feet with her hand nt her throat.
So wo stood waiting, for we thought
the hour for attack wuh certainly come;
but second passed after second, nnd all
but tho surf remained Blleut In the
neighborhood of the pavilion.
"Quick," said Northmour. "upstairs
with him beforo they come."
CHAPTER VIII.
Somehow or other, by hook nnd
crook, nnd between the three of us,
we got Bernard Huddlestono bundlod
upstairs and laid upon tho bed In "My
Uncle's Room." During the wholo proc
ess, which was rough enough, he gave
no sign of consciousness, nnd he re
mained, ob wo had Uirown him, with
out changing tho position of a finger.
HIb daughter opened hla shirt and be
gan to wet hla head and bosom, while
Northmour nnd I ran to the window.
The weather continued elenr; tho
moon, which was now nbout ful), had
risen and shed a clear light upon tho
links; yet, strnln our eyes as wo might,
we could distinguish nothing moving.
"Thank God." said Northmour. "Ag
gie Is not coming tonight."
Agglo wn8 tho name of tho old
nurse. Ho had not thought of her till
now; but that ho should think of her
nt nil was a trait that surprised me In
tho man.
We were ngaln reduced to waiting.
Northmour went to tho flreplaco and
spread his hands before tho red em
bers, as If he wero cold. I followed
him mechanically with my eyes, nnd In
so doing turned my back upon tho
window. At that moment a very faint
report was audlblo from without, and
a ball shivered a pane of glaas, and
burled Itself In tho shutter two Inches
from my head. I heard Clara scream,
nnd though I whipped Instantly out of
range and Into a corner, she was thero,
so to Bpeak, beforo mo, beseeching to
know If I wero hurt. I continued to
reassure her, with tho tenderest enress
cb and In complete forgotfulness of our
situation, till tho vjlce of Northmour
recalled mo to myself.
"Thero la ono point that wo must
know' said he. "Are they going to
butcher the lot of us, or only Huddle
stone? "Did they take you for h,lm, or
fire at you for your own beaux ycaux?"
"They took me, for him, for certain,"
I replied. "I am near as tall, and my
head is fnlr."
"I am going to mako sure," returned
Northmour, nnd ho stepped up to the
window, holding tho lamp above his
head, and stood there, quietly nffront
ing death, for half a minute.
"Yes," snid Northmour, turning cool
ly from the window; "It's only Huddle
stono they want."
"Oh, Mr. Northmour!" cried Clara;
but found no raoro to ndd, tho temerity
sho had Just witnessed seeming beyond
tho reach of words.
He, on his part, looked at me, cock
ing his head with a tire of triumph In
his eyes; nnd I understood nt once that
he had thus hazarded his life merely
to attract Clara's notice, nnd dopo30
mo from my position as tho hero of
tho hour. He snapped his Angers.
"Tho Are Is only beginning." ho said.
"When they warm up to tholr, worV
thoy won't he so particular."
(To bo continued.)
LOVE AMONG LAPLANDERS.
Curious Custom In Vogue Among- In
habitant! of the lojr Land.
When a young Laplander Is in lovo
with a girl ho and she run a race. Ho
Is heavily handicapped, bo that sho
may win If she chooses, and If she out
run him ho cannot propose again. Of
course she Buffers herself to be over
taken If she cares for him, but the con
sent of her parents must be obtained
before Bho can bo married. The law of
the land Is very strict on this point, and
In olden times tho man was subject to
capital punishment If he married with
out the consent of the girl's parents.
After a Laplander has chosen a bride
ho sends her a present of a girdle, a
rloc nnd a quantity of brandy; ho goes
so far as the door of her hut, but re
mains outside until Invited to enter,
when a bumper of brandy Is offered to
tho girl's father; If he drinks it It Is a
sign ho consents to tho marrlago, and
tho young lover then promlsea to glvo
the girl some clothes, and pays a sum
of money, generally 100 copper dollars,
on tho spot. This, of courso, Is a rem
nant of marriage by purchase, which,
In primitive times, succeeded marrlago
by capture. Banna nre published once
In Lapland and tho marriage ceremony
Is very Bhort. The brldo wears her hair
loose and has a gold band round her
hoad. Her presents and her dowry are
generally reindeer, and sho nnd her
bridegroom remain with her parentr
for a year after marriage.
Tim Horso anil the Ilattle Cry.
"Talk about education, that horse ol
tho major's has got moro sense and
patriotism than a wholo lot of people,"
said tho colonel. "That horso, sir, wag
being curried by n recruit. The man
didn't know his business, sir, and he
didn't half do his work. Just as he
had combed out the horse's tall as a
finishing touch nnd was gottlng away,
tho horso shot out his hind legs, snort
ing, aa tho recruit went up Into thr
air. 'Remember the muno,' "
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CUHRENT NOTES OF DISCOV
ERY AND INVENTION.
A Dob's Wonderful Aef I'lays Ilia
Piano lletter Than Out Soma Teachers
mailing- Plants of Insects A Musical
Wheel llrandlng- Heats by Klertrlclt).
Ancient Methods of Hlgnnlluit
The fabulous honor of being the first
Inventor of tho nrt of signaling Is bo
stowed by certnln claHslcnl writers up
on the Ingenious Pulniuodes. This hero
may have Introduced Improvements In
detail, but It Ib certnln that long beforo
tho time of the Trojan war tho Egyp
tians and Assyrians. If not tho Chln.'so
und other nations of remote nutlqulty
of whom monumental records remain
to us--had developed regular methods
of slgnnllng by Arc, smoke, flags, etc.
The great wall, built by the Chlncso
ages ago, and 1,500 miles long, Is stud
ded with towers. Between these slg
nals wero Interchanged when troops
hud to bo collected In order to reHlst
attack nt any point threatened by tho
Tartars or "outer barbarians." By Ma
jor Boucheraeder and others It has been
considered thnt the huge tower of Babel
wns erected for similar an well as for
a number of different purposes. Thnt
Ir to say, for the signaling not necessar
ily of any particular words or sentences,
but of expected events, Imperial de
crees, military orders und other mat
ters Intended to bo understood through
conventional signals, whether of lights,
flags, semaphores or other devices, by
all the motley host of untlonnlltleB and
languages of which the Chaldean em
pire was composed. Cornhlll Maga
zluc. A Curious Fish.
The "parrot-flsh" Is an Inhnbltnnt of
tho tropical seas, and Is perhaps the
most wonderfully-colored fish In the
world. Tho whole body Ib covered with
a beautifully drawn pattern of elongat
ed hexagons, ns perfect and regular as
thoso of a honey-comb.
The colors of this romnrkable Ash
are ns follows: Tho general hue Is
azure bluo, covered with a hexagonal
net-work of golden yellow. The oddly
nhnped bend Is bright yellow, streaked
nnd spotted with blue. Tho dorsal and
anal Ans are brown, edged with given,
nnd tho pectorlnls and ventals are
brown with tho front rays green. The
tnll Is wholly green. The species nre
very' numerous, nnd received their title
of "pnrrot-flBh" from the rich beauty of
their colors and the pecullnr form of
their Jaws, which nro very strong, cov
ered with great numbers of mosnlc-ltkc
teeth, nnd curved In a mauncr that
greatly resembles tho beak of a parrot.
As tho Ash wears out Its teeth rap
Idly in crushing the hard substances on
which it feeds, a provision Is made for
ensuring a continual supply of new
teeth to replace those which are worn
away, 'and rendered useless. The
young teeth aro perpetually being de
veloped towards the base of the Jaws,
and ndvanced In orderly Buccesslon to
wards the front, taking their places
with unfailing certainty In the densely
compacted mosaic work which arms the
laws.
A Musical Wheel.
The bicycle has reached another
phaso of Its constant development
through a novel and highly Interesting
Invention, consisting In a musical In
strument which may be attached to any
blcyclo and plays popular airs, without
the aid of tho rider, in a loud and me
lodious manner, when the machine is
in motion. This Instrument consti
tutes an entertaining companion for the
bicyclist on his roamlngs, which are
frequently rather louoly; It la so much
moro welcome ns It will bo a compan
ion entirely submissive to tho rider's
wishes. It has been Invented, patented
and placed upon the market by a Arm
In Hamburg, and Is fittingly called
"troubadour," after tho wandering mu
sicians of tho middle ages. Science and
Invention.
Illddlng- Plants of Insects.
The umateur horticulturist wouid
have a comparatively easy art to pwrsuo
wero It not for the Innumerable insect
peato which aro sure to Infect house
grown plants unless they aro most care-
Ailiy tended. Tho remedies that havo
been suggested for tho nvoldanco of
theso Insect pests aro numorous, but
nono Is so cffectlvo or convenient of
application as the occasional fumiga
tion of tho plants with tobacco smoke.
An Ingenious contrlvanco that makes
this remedy still more cffectlvo is
shown In tho illustration. As will bo
seen, it Lj an arrnngomont consisting
of a pipe bowl with a shortened stem
to which Is nfllxed an India-rubber ball.
Tho stem of tho plpo Is open nt tho
upper end nnd when tho ball Is squeezed
air Is drawn through tho bowl, which
Is Ailed with tobacco and lighted, and
dense clouds of smoko nro expelled
through tho orlflco, as shown, clearing
tho plantn in a short time. It may be
used with equally good effect upon
ants' nests, etc., while Its sphere of
operation nlso Includes tho fumigation
and disinfection of rooms.
Doc's Wonderful Art,
This dog Is Prof. Fillla' most valued
possession. He U the only dog In the
world that can play a tune. Probnbly
half the people who sco this romarkablo
performance believe that It Is a trick
and that the plaun Is Axed to play with
out tho assistance, of Black that Is tho
dog's real name.
Prof. KIIHb laughingly destroyed tho
fond Illusion of the man who believes
animals reason by explaining that this
Russian pondto really has no Idea of
music nnd doesn't know A from 1) when
tho notes nro sounded. It took him two
years to tench tho dog the simplest tuno
so that he could trust his pupil beforo
an nudlence. But the roward wbb
great. Black's first appoaranco was
made In ParlB end tho hit wns Instan
taneous. Prof. Flllls taught Black to
play tho few airs In his roportolro by
the most persistent practice. No naplr
Ing musician ever spent longer hours
or more labor over a piano than did
Blnck. He had one advantage In that
he never hnd to do scales or practlco
Angering or pedaling. Tho profeBssor
guided a paw to one key enough times
to tench the dog Its location, then upon
another and another, going back to the
beginning and repeating an InAnlto
number of times until tho wholo mech
anical procciM of that particular tuno
was Impressed on tho dog's brain. But
even after nil this practice Black can
not bo trusted to play nu air bofore nn
audience without u rehearsal before
hand, If Prof. Flllls should rehenrse
him on "Tho Inst Roso of Summer"
only and the audience, should demand
an encore master and pupil would be In
a qunndary, for, large as Black's ropor
tolro Is, he couldn't strike a note cor
rectly lu any air oxcepttho ono he had
rehearsed and Just played.
Tho piano Black plays on Isn't really
a piano. It la a system of electric
chlmo bells, containing enough notes to
piny any ordinary tune. When Black
presses a key with his paw he really
presses a button, causing a bell to ring.
But tho tuno can readily be rocognlzed,
and with tho accompaniment of tho or
chestra flows prettily. St. Louis Post
Dlspatch. '
Old Potatoes.
Potatoes at this season nro apt to bt
sodden, sticky nnd discolored. Whon
this Is tho case, try steaming them In
stead of boiling, In the usual way. The
result will bo an ngrceable surprise.
It you wish thorn baked, boll them
first about fifteen minutes then finish
them in the oven. This improves them
wonderfully. When they look shrivel
ed, place them In cold water several
hourB beforo cooking; they will become
much fresher. Potatoes to bo used for
early, dinner should be soaked all tho
forenoon.
Potatoes will always bo relished II
thought Is given to their preparation,
planning n variety. They may be
steamed ono day, baked tho next,
scrambled the next, thcu muBhcd, es
cullopcd,' French fried, or made lntc
a salad.
Instead of frying them over In the
morning, mnko a scramble, cutting the
cold potatoes Into dice, covering them
with sweet milk, and adding butter,
pepper and salt. Allow them to come
to a boll, stir to prevent scorching, and
servo; the majority of children are very
fond of them, nnd of courso they arc
much more healthful than when fried.
When you have boiled rlco, plan to have
mashed potatoes. Mix tho remnants,
mold them Into small cakes or cones,
and tho next morning dtp them Into a
beaten egg, and fry brown; thoy are do
i'clous, and may bo served with steak
cold meat, Ash, or crisp bacon.
Branding- Heals by Klectrlclty
Tho surgeon's electric cauterizing
wlro has been used by tho United States
fur seal commission with much success
for branding female fur seals. A dyna
mo, driven by a gasoline onglne, sup
plied tho current, which heated a plat
inum wire to Incandescence, By mov
ing this once over the animal's body,
tho hair and fur wero virtually mowed
away, A second sweeping of tho wlro
ncross tho surfneo destroyed the cells
so that no moro fur can, grow there.
This destroys tho value of tho pelt, and
thiiB operates to prevent the killing of
female seals at sea.
Artificial Inillzo.
Tho large and well-known Badcnlan
anlllno nnd soda works of Ludwlg's
Haven, Germany, havo succeeded In
preparing a valuable and perfect sub
stitute for indigo. It is a product from
bituminous coal tar and Is reported to
bo In every regard equal to the gonulno
Indigo.
Tho Ludwlg's Haven works nre noteo
for many now valuable preparations re
cently discovered, aud tho Importance
of theso works may bo gathered from
tho fact that they employ In their scien
tific department over 100 chemists, and
have about 3,000 workmen.
THE EXPOSITION AT OMAHA.
A Itrlnf Sketch of the III Show Dj aa
Unbiased Visitor.
The Individual who visits tho trans
Mississippi exposition nnd falls to feel
Unit he 1ms been repaid for having
done so, Is certainly hard to please. It
Is true- that the exposition is not yet
complete In all features, and probably
will not bo until the end of July, but
the various buildings contain sufficient
of Interest to occupy the attention of
one for a week or more, und n rest
may be enjoyed between times by vis
iting the .Midway.
When the writer visited the ground,
during- tho winter holidays, the lagoon,
was only partly dug, the piles for the
government 'building were not nil
driven, no trees were visible anywhere
on the grounds, und to thlulc thnt mi
desolate u looking state of affair
could between that time and .Inly 4
blossom Into n full grown exposition,
with Its beautiful grand court, elegant
buildings, lawns and flowers is Indeed
little short of the marvelous. Tho
electrical IllumtuiillonH at the exposi
tion arc alone worth paying the prieo
of admission to see. The appearnnco
of the grand court at night almost
causes one to fancy ho Is lu an on
chanted city ns beautiful as any du
pe ted lu "Arabian Nights," and ono
hus to pinch himself to see If he Is
really allvn und existing In the prosntu
Nineteenth century. This beautiful
effect which no pen or brush can ade
quately portray, Is obtained by tho usa
of nearly 10,000 Incandescent lights.
By daylight, the picture of the
grand court from the top of the steps
lendlng-tothc south vhuluet Is ouo nevor
to bo forgotten. It Is worth 50o to see
the buildings, the lagoon aud tho
grand court,
Special days at the exposition aro as
follows;
Inly 20. Minnesota day.
Aug. -I. .Stenographers' day.
10. Red Mens' day.
11. Tennessee Red Mens' day.
15. Business und Fraternal Associa
tions day.
18. Texas day.
28. Bohemian day.
30. Missouri day! ' ,-v
Kept. 1, Kansas day.
3. Editors' day.
5. Labor day.
H. Druggists' day.
t. Woodmen of the World day.
14. National Shrlners' day,
15. New England day.
10. Oklahomu day.
18 and 10. Modern Woodmen da
20 and 21. Iowa days.
24. Commercial Travelers' day.
Oct. 1, Chicago day. w
7. Knox College day.
17. I. O. O. F. day. vWws
18. Tennessee day.
Others will be announced when they
are made.
The Knights of Pythias have at last
their headquarters established In the
Nebraska building. They uro lu tho
northeast room of the first floor, an
apartment nearly twenty feet square.
They aro furnished with more elegance
titan any rooms on tho exposition
grounds. Will Seism has looked after
the furnishing of the apartment, nnd
finds thnt the furnishings have cost
upwards of. 8 1,000. The floor is car
peted with heavy Welton velvet car
pet und rugs to match. Several of the
rugs have woven into them the Pyth
ian shield and coat of arms as a center
piece. rhcro is a splendid piano In
the room, supplied by a locnl music
house. Sofas and easy chairs afford
resting places for Pythian visitors.
E. L. Spotts of Omaha is in charge
and has a desk in one corner of the
room. Near him is n cabinet bearing
a register In which the bravo men are
invited to register nnd Identify them
selves. There, is also a writing desk
for the uso of visitors. Tho reading
table In tho center of the room has an
American flag for a cover. Potted
palms are disposed ubout the room.
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Thero is a whole world of informa
tion in the government building, nnd
visitors should mako it a point to de
vote three days to enjoying it. The
government olllcials having the placing
of the exhibit, showed excellent tosto
In specializing the army aud navy,
and It is indeed a rare treat to view
this portion of tho display. After
looking over the the models of our
ships, guns and shells, one somehow
feels sorry for the Spaniards who lg.
uorantly run up against them.
The state Imlldingsnro worth a visit,
especially if you are tired and wish to
seek rest. Several of the btato build
ings have already been dedicated.
Minnesota's building is to bo dedicated
next Wednesday, July 20. The build
ing is in the form of a Swiss cottage,
constructed entirely of Minnesota loirs
In native condition. A splendid pro
gram has been arranged for that day.
Tho Exhibitors' club rcceptly formed
will fit up quarters in tho gallory of
the Machinery nnd Electricity build
ing. It will havo apartments for the
reception and entertainment of Indies
and gentlemen and a reception com
mittee will be present nt all hours to
extend courtesies to callers.
As to tho cost of eatables inside
tho grounds, one need not got scared.
Plenty may bo had at reasonable
prices. If a box lunch of two sand
wiches, two pieces of cake, a pickle,
piece of pie nnd an orungn will not
satisfy you, try one of the frosh roust
beef sandwiches tit 10c, which, vitlt u
cup of coffee, fie, will make a squaru
meal. If this is unsatisfactory, gotfto
the boys' and girls' building und get a
good dinner for 35c, or a fair supper
for 25c.
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