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VOLUME XXVI.
EXPOSITION LETTER
An Instructive Description of the Trans
Mississippi Exposition at Omaha.
Midway in All Its Oloty.
Exposition Grounds, Omaha, Nub.,
July 20, 1898. No visitor to the expo,
sition should, undor nny consideration,
miss a view of the south portion of the
Bluff Tract. Tho statt buildings, taste
fully grouped nrnund the immense
Horticultural building; the grass and
shado tree?, and gravel walks mako 11
beauty spot that is becoming famous'.
On n hot afternoon this is a very popu
lar place. Tuo dazzling whiteness of
the buildings of the Main Court is ab
sent, and the peculiar noises of the
midway are only an echo. With the
fresh breezes from the river, and tbo
view of the Iowa bluff in tho distance,
this is a delightful spot for a rest. Tho
Nebraska building with its many com
fortable settees and chairs scattered
throughout tho rooms is tho most pop
ular havon of rest. Tho employes (lif
teen in number) spare no pains to
mako tho guests think that they aro
welcome. The Nebraska sod house, an
anuex to tho Nebraska building, with
Mrs. Bowser in charge as hostess,
serves as an iun where leficsbmuuts
are served iu typical western style. It
was, indeed, a happy thought when
Mrs. Bowser suggested tho "sod houso"
to tho Nebraska commission. Nothing
could demonstrate thu development of
tho west better than a companion of
tho sod house o- thoexposition grounds
with tho magnificent buildings on
every hand.
Phinney's United Slates band com
menccd a livo week's engagement at
tho exposition on Wednesday of last
week. This is a reorganization of tho
Iowa stuto.band that made such a hit
til tho world's fair in 1803. Tho band
is made up of forty livo nieinbeis, every
ono of whom was compelled to undergo
a sovero examination to establish his
merit. There is no doubt that it Is a
superior organization in every way and
that its daily musical programs will bo
much enjoyed by visitors to tho expo
sition. Two well known young people iden
tiiicd with tho midway were married
in tho east car of tho Giant See-Saw,
235 feet above the surfaco of tht earth
ono day last week.
Starting from the south viaduct over
Sherman avonuo, tho first of tho at
tractions on tho East Midway as tho
visitor turns his face to the north to
seo the sights, is tbo "Dancing Girl Il
lusion." Tho Dancing Girl and Rider
Haggard's "She" on the East Midway
are two illusions that appear to be in
explicable. No mirrors are used but
the effect is astonishing. They aro
well worth seeing, and those who havo
seen them will benr witness to their
worth.
Tho Moorish Pnlaco comes next at.d
will bo well remembered by visitors at
tho world's fair. Tho tableaux aro
perfect, and some of tho pictures aro
calculated to causo horrible dreams.
Some touching stories aro told by tho
pictures picsontcd.nnd an hour in tho
palace is an education. One of tho
best tomporanco sermons over deliver
ed may be found in two scones present
ed hero. Tho chamber of horrors is
really horriblo, but it is wonderfully
fasoinating.
Ou tho othor sido of tho street is tho
Ouyn Sodu Fountain, tho largest soda
touutaiu over built.
Next in liao la tho German village
Tho buildings aro truo representations
of somo of tho most famous and histor
ical structures in tho Gorman euipiro.
This applies especially to tho "Brat
wurst Floeokloln," tho famous inn '6f
Nuremburg, which was built hundreds
of yoara ago.
Mr. Stephen vonlSzlnuyoy, a gentlo
man of wldo reputation as a journalist,
author and traveler, favorably known
in this country as well as in many
parts of Europe, , is manager of the
"Deutaches Dorf ."
Across tho way aro two displays,
tho "Flying Girl" and tho Mystic Maze.
Tho Flying Lady is o ol tho mol
mysterious as well as onu of tho pret
tiest exhibitions over offured in tho
west. A beautiful young lady appears
to be flying through space, and while
floittBg through the air couvewes with
the spectators. The illusion Is so oi-l
feet Unit it is difficult to realize that it '
is an illusion. This attraction is rapid
ly securing tho patronage Its merits do
serve, and fiom now on should bo ono
of tho best pattonlzedon tln Midway.
Tho Mystic Maze continues to attract
crowds Tho sensation of seeing one's
self approach from a dozen different
directions is not to be described. Tho
man dellcit in tho sense of location has
a hard cxpoticuce in tho maze, but
after all it is a pleasant one.
The big rock on tho cast side of tho
roadway is tho "Devil's Danco," con
sisting of tho dance, singing nnd a
grand spcctccular of pleasing ladies.
The effects of tho water turning into
tire, electrical storm, and apparently
natural water fall is certainly beautiful
and rcnlistlc and a pleasant remein
brauco to tho visitor. It is a strictly
legitimate nnd artistic peiformauco
and is particularly intel esting to tho
ladies who visit the exposition. Theo
dore A. Welsh is thd manager and Boss
Gelfellan musical diicctor. Dr. 0. M.
Crosby tho best "spoiler" ou thu Mid
way is engaged on tho concession.
Following up on thu w st conio tho
Bohemian Inn, tho Temple of Palmistry
and tho Log Cabin Bean-house, which
sutllcjuntly explain themselves, and
thu Stiuots of Cairo, perhaps tho most
famous of all Midway attractions at
the world's tair.
Tho Streets of Cairo continue to at
tract great crouds. Tho camels and
donkeys and dancing girls and thu
Turkish marriage ceremony never grow
tiicsome. Everybody enteiliig tho ox-
position grounds sooner or later visits
tho Streets of Cairo.
Crossing the great north viaduct to
tho West Midway, tho Giant See-Saw
looms into view. This monstrous me
chanical structure takes tho pluco oc
cupied by tho famous Feiris Wheel at
Chicago. Passing this tho visitor comes
to tho "Idols of Art." This is a display
of "living pictures" which all will want
to seo. Thu building in which tho dis
play is given is in tho form of a hide
ous dragon with eyes of rolling balls of
lire, tho entrance belnc through the
mouth of tho monster. Tho spectucu
Iar features of this structure aro of no
mean order.
Continuing up tbo North Midway the
"Shooting the Chutes" contrivance is
very prominent on tho left. When
you atrivo on West Midway don't do a
thing until you havo shot tho shutes.
It's great fpott. Shooting down tho
incline, with water splashing on all
sides and then bouncing over the sur
face of the minature lake well if you
shoot the chutes once you will shoot
them every day.
Next comes tho "Fall of Babylon"
which was opened up to the public
llrst last week. It is the wonder of tho
Midway and sets sightseers wild with
admiration. When this picturo was
first exhibited in Paris it created tho
most intense excitomont, and great
throngs collected before it day after
day. It won for the artist tho ribbon
of tho Legion of Honor. It was at ouco
declared to bo tho most ambitious and
successful work of a modern paintir
It rupiesunts the great sculptured hall
of tho royal palace of Bolshazzor, on
tho morning nfter a night given up to
tho wildest and most extravagant bac
chanalian feasting and debauchery.
Across tho way Is tho Wild West
performances, which aro growing bet
tor ovory day, though they havo boon
exceptionally good from tho start.
Visitors from tho east find in it a
source of historical information, and
wo of tho west liud in it reminders of
days gono by. Tho Wild west is a
clover exhibition.
Next is tho cyclorama of tho groat
naval fight between the Monitor and
the Merrimao produced at a cost of
180,000.
On the loft tho visitor comes to tho
living doll, a wonderful little lady only
twenty-six inches high, Culqulta con
tinues to entertnin her hosts of friends,
for all who seo tho dainty little bit of
humanity become her friends. Her
charming personality, hor vivacity nnd
her womanly ways endear her to tho
hearts of all.
Following is Edison's Vltascopo show
ing moving pictures, reproducing tho
bombardment of Mutant. It is a
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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. JULY 2kJ. 1898.
splendid show and deserves liberal
palioiinge It give -in detail the full
story of one of the ttiumhs uf thu
American navy, and will never bo
forgotten by n spectator.
Acioss thu way is Pabst on tho Mid
way, which is growing in popularity.
Tho clover vaudovlllc performances
and tho delightful entertainment pro
vided, lmvo combined to mako this re
sort a success.
On the south sido following will bo
found tho Hagonbaek wild animal
show, which continues to delight largo
audiences, and tho menagerie, which
is better than that carried by tho aver
ago circus, is a never failing sourco of
amusement. An unusual featuro bf
tho menagerie is a number of Omaha
born lions and other animals. Several
litters havo bcon born sinco the show
opened here, and with tho exception of
tho leopard's babies, all the littlo ones
are fat and saucy and hearty. In tho
ring somo wonderful exhibitions of
animal Intelligence and human daring
aro presented.
Opposite llagonbacks will bo found
nuOitilch faun containing sixtj-two
full grown biuls woighing '275 pounds
each and twenty-thrco chicks. These
birds aio fioin South Pusadlnn, Cal.,
os'.rich farm which is owned by Messrs.
Cawston & Cockbun. This is a great
featuro for all to visit.
Next on tho left tho Chincso theatre
continues to afford amusemeutto largo
thiongs and each peiformanco is gieet
cd by crowdedjhouses. Tho very oddity
of some of the numbers makes them
attractive. To ono used to tho man
agement of American stages tho sight
of iictois and nctresscs peeping through
curtains, sauutoiing across tho stage
and bearing off stage accessoiies while
the play is in progress is delightfully
funny. Tho jugglers aro wondct fully
proficient and tho athletes aro tho best
in their class. Tho little Chinese
youngsters aio cuvcr failing sources of
delight for tho ladies and children.
Across from the celestial town is tho
Old Plantation, whore pickaninnies nnd
othor southern darkies may bo seen as
if on their untivo hearth. Tho old
plantation attracts tho crowds. Tho
darkies aro all from the sunny south
and a numbor of them took thoir llrst
railroad rido when they boarded tho
train for Omaha. Thoy enter into tho
performance with old time abandon,
and thu result is a clever exhibition.
Tom Hoctor'a Dog Show, the only
dogs allowed on tho grounds, tho
Haunted Swing, and a representation
of the sinking of the Maine, are tho
last of the lino on tho south side of tho
street, and across the way aro tho
Streets of All Nations, a veritable
glimpse into tho Orient. Both propri
etor and managor of tho Streets of All
Nations, Messis. Gastou Akouu uud
Khalll E. Neimy havo exhibltod to tho
public a realistic representation of tho
life nnd manners of several nations
surrounding tho Meditterranoan Sen.
The Bcones nnd performances togeth
er with tho costumes and customs of
tho pcoplo living and paiticipating in
tho show, aro so original that n visitor
would soon, after wnlking through tho
ontranco to the Streets of All Nations,
imagine being enrriod away sovernl
thousands of miles to tho regions of
biblical history and old glory. In fact
tho Streots of All Nations is a city by
itself, with its beautiful buildings, rich
booths, camels and donkeys riddon by
visitors all around tho placo adding
considerably to the joliUcation peculiar
to tho Streets of All Nations. The tho
ntro of this placo is tho best vaudovillo
theatro in tho country in every respect
especially as a novelty. In ono word a
visitor to tho Trans-Mississippi Expo
sition must visit tho btreots of All Na
tions or elso his story about tho expo
sition is of no interest whatever.
On the south, opposite the Streots of
All Nations is tho Mining Tunnel, a
typical western exhibit.
Alto opposite tho Streots of All Na
tions is tho Mngio Gardon, tho very
place for thu young inarriod man to
tako his mother-in-law, that is, should
ho desire to lose her. This garden is
simply beautiful. It is laid out in
walks, upon each side of which is im
tnenso banks of handsome llowcrs. A
person who wanders through thoso
walks without a guide will soon dUcoy-
cr that ho is Inst and It will bo an im-1 f
possibility to letiirn to the ontianee or'
iiudyotu wui out until a guide is called
who will direct you to tho outsido.
Another now feature which has been
ndded to tho places of amusement is
tho Whalcback, or what tho littlo folks
call "a lifo on tho ocean wave." It Is
constt noted somewhat on tho same
principle as a merry .go-round, only tho
motion gives one tho sonsatlon of ris
ing and (ailing over largo waves.
There arc now attractions iu tho way
of amusements being added to tho
Midway every day, ono of tho greatest
of which will bo in full sway in tho
courso uf ten days is tho Indian Con
gress, which will consist of about six
hundred Indians. Every tribo in the
United Stntcs will bo represented, in
numbers from six to thirty.
Across tho Boulevard connecting tho
Main Court with tho North tract Is tho
Minatmo railway, where tho smallest
locomotive in tho world draws tiny
cars; tho covered cars being so small
that only childiuii can sit in them.
Other attractions on this part of tho
ground are tho Oregon Wonder Horses
with long manes and tails; the Now
Englaud Colony; the Statu of Maine
log cabin bean house; hot roast beef
sandwiches, tho beef being roasted be
fore a lire of lcdhot coals in full view
of all passersby.
The camera obsouni on tho west sldu
is one of tho most powei fill of nil '.hi
Midway features. It consists of an ar
rangement of lenses by which aplcliuo
ofthevaiicd forms of life on tho two
Midways is thrown on a focus tablo,
thus enabling the visitor to tako in tho
whole Midway nt ono glance.
Tho prices of admission to tho places
of amusement are from ton cents to
twunty-llvo cents with tho exception of
one, and that is tho Moorish Palace
wheio tho admission Is fifty cents, nod
tho sights seen theio aro well worth
tho piico asked.
This completes tho tour of tho Mid
way and leaves the visitor in front of
tho Administration Arab nt tho center
of tho Mbin court, with the general of
llccs of tho exposition on tho right and
tho international hall on tho left.
Will later givo you a desciiption of
some of the largo department exhibits.
A.J.T.
STATE LINE.
A good rain would bo welcome.
Mr. Arrants is harvesting this week.
Quite a number of tho young people
spent Sunday atT. W. Cline's.
Mrs. Wanamaker has returned from
being away to havo a cancer romoved.
Mr. Davis is hauling rock and lum
ber. Ho had the old houso moved
back from tho building place and is
living in It.
Quito a number of tho Woman's For
eign Missionary society wo.ncn gath
ered at tho church Frlduy in n body
for a carpot rag sowing. Fifty yards
aro being mndo for tho Alaska mission.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Will Osoorn returned
to their homo in Osborne county last
Mondny. Thoy wero hero to attend
tho infair supper given to Mr. and
Mrs. G. F. Dillon. Mrs, Osborn is a
sister of Mrs. Dillon.
Minnlo Pickett, tho lady that wont
from hero tlvo years ago as a mission
ary to Japan, is now sailing homeward.
Sho will bo at North Branch quarterly
mooting in August. -Everyone can
only wish her a safo journoy
Alva Stanton started Friday for
Washington academy. Ho is to canvas
for tho school until it commences whin
ho will tako his place as ono of the fao
ulty. Ho was n member of the gradu
ating class of '08 at tho North Branch
academy.
Liver Complaints and XTorvouanosB
Cured.
A torpid liver alwuys produces dull
ucbs, Irritability, etc. You aro all
clogged up and fool despondent. Per
haps you havo treated with physicians
or tried somo otherrccommended mod
icino without benefit. All that is no
argument against "Dr. Fennor's Blood
and Liver Remedy and Norvo Tonic,"
which wo insist will euro nervousness
and liver complaints. If not satisfied
after using one bottle your money will
bo reiundea oy v. u. trailing.
j PRESENT DAY THOUGHTS.
1IY (1. OUOSVr.NOIt DAWK,
(Co)i;wrlf;lilcl by Dawo A Tabor.)
It Is well for us who fuel that wo aro
right Iu favoring International arbitra
tion, to remember that it is bound to
encounter stubborn opposition. Yet
this is only part of tho conflict that has
always been waged and whoso issues
are progress. On the ono sido tho
children of dawning light have ever
favored moving out of tho old ways
into tho new, on tho other sido has
been th cry of tho conservative "Our
fathors did not do so; wo will follow in
their stops." And so betwoon tho play
of progressivoness and reaction thero
has been gradual and lasting movement
forwnrd. Opposition should bo wel
comed as serving to clarify thought iu
regal d to our belief and tliereforo as
holding down tho desiio for change to
thoso advances that are feasible and
wise.
In order to bo properly patient with
opposition wo must lemumber that tho
worl l has passed through a numbor of
stages of development; and that t lie re
always lap over into tho latorsomu who
belong to tho cailier ones. Tims,
though tho men who rejoice in slaugh
ter livo under tho peaceful benellts of
our modern civilisation, yet thoy havo
hearts dwelling back In tho time when
life was lightly esteemed, when tho
glorj of strength was not to restrain
oneself but to ciush the weak, when
tho weak had no lights save, as it wero
to gnaw discarded bones beneath tho
tables of tho muscular.
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Iu relation to war these dwollors iu
past ngc3 use all sorts of specious argu
ments to conceal thoir lack of progress.
They say that war brings out lino qual
ities, which at once couiirms our belief
regaiding tho backwardness of thoso
men, for the world has grown towards
the fineness of vision that sees heroism
iu tho undinnmtic, unpiiiiscd doing of
duty; in the patient love of butdencd
mothers; in tho silent battlellelds of tho
heart whero fights with bad impulses
aro waged. Compared with theso
things the heroism of wnr is purely oc
casional and casual. No praise is too
high for such an incident as tbo Hob
son ono at Santiago, but such incidents
multiplied a hundred fold would not
equal tbo heroism of daily life that any
country-sido or city could show.
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Theso opponents of ours also say that
war has always been and therefore al
ways will bo. This is an inconcluslvo
argumont. Tho oternnl hills wero hero
before n, but It is thu gluiy of man to
change thu face of uatiuu to suit his
needs. Tho hills ho can rend, tho val
ley! ho can till, tho rivers he can turn.
Infantile ignorance always has been
equally douse, but It is tho :rown of
our rnco that a child mind starting now
as feebly as that of any anto-diluvinn
infant, iu a few ytnrs can stand on tho
npox of human thought. Darkness al
ways has been, but by fat, by candles,
by lamps, by gas, by electricity havo
we successfully conquered it and turned
its hours into use nnd stimulus. Tbo
thing that always has been lias no
promiso of always being of lasting and
essontial valuo; elso would these legs of
ours still remain our only method of
progression, So may wo hope to daro
Hint war will bo purely transitory in its
benefit. On tho other hand I would
not insist that arbitration would bo
sure to usher in a new heaven nnd a
now earth. It would simply prove an
other ono of tho slow but permanent
steps by which tho raco has climbed
away from tho bone-splitting savagery
of tho cavo-dwolles towards thej stand
ard of a creature that is upright,
thoughtful, regardful of others.
Another most common und shallow
argument in favor of war Is that it
clears off surplus population and thus
eases up somo of tho competition of
life. Thero nre sovernl strong replies
to this uncoinpassionato view of tho
matter. First let us say that no civil
ized nation selects the tramp or aged
element to fight its battles. In our own
case, particularly, instead of the army
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bolng made up oven of off-scourings of
tho population, It Is in its entirely a
caiofullj selected body from wniks of
life that aro lucrative. If thotoforo in
any nathn tho pioof of eased compe
tition should bo forthcoming surely it
should be In ours. Yet granting that a
series of disasters, quite beyond all im
agining, should romovo 50,000 men n
year it would be solely ono fourteen
hundredth of tho wholo nnd thureforo
purely infinitesimal in its lnlluenco up
on tho crowded and strained conditions
of lifo. Lot it bo understood, however,
that instead of conditions boing ren
dered easier for those who remain, tho
real fact would bo that upon tho toiler
is placed a now class of non producer
to sustain. Our war.budget will amount
almost to $1,000,000 a day. Tho total
of this lingo sum will bo cheerfully met
by our enlightened population, be
causo wo aro by force teaching human
ity to n nation that is unnppoachablo
by modern thought; but our chootf ill
ness does not conjure away tho burden
of meeting such an expenditure. It is
a very rnro ono that effects even tho
smallest of us. And to tho extent to
which wo each fuel It, to that extent
does an army mako it harder for us to
live. Last but not least, theso mon
who talk so flippantly of surplus popu
lation over wriggle or attempt to wrig
gle when asked to explain what thoy
mean by tho term. Ono thing about
tho argument Is reasonably clear; that
tho surplusage is always iu tho family
of another man. So long as mother
lieai ts can love; so long as fathor-lovo
is strong ihoro will never bo n con
scious willingness to have tho family
group reduced; and thus nro wo led to
understand tho Hellish supremacy of
theso friends of lighting who camly
welcome tho reduction of a neighbor's
household,
In brief, arbitration and civilization
nro alike in meaning, "the greatest
good for tho greatost numbor." Arbi
tration has involved in it tho doopest
regard for tho mass of a nntioti. Iu
tho Dark Ages tho whims of choleric
rulers wore tho nrbitors of national
fate. Wo, tho poople with now hopos
nnd now ideals, havo changed all that;
and we protest against any backward
steps.
ECKLBY
W. S. Orr was in Bine Hill Monday.
Thos. Finnoy is visiting a sister in
Iowa.
L. D. Wells of Red Oloud is here this
week helping to caro for his small
grain.
Goorgo Warner and family visited
with Mrs. D. H. Robinson ono day last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bustor of North
Brnnch, Kansas, visited relatives hero
last wook.
Mrs. Carrio Vanco and children of
Hustings were tho guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John Ogilvio last wcok.
Mrs. Minnie Stonor of Juniata, who
was called hero by tho death of hor
brother, returned to her homo Monday.
John Howard and slstor and Miss
Ora Thompson spent Saturday and
Sunday with friends in Nuckolls
county.
Earl, tho littlo son of Mr. nnd Mrs.
Geo. Motter, died Saturday morning
July 10, of membraneous croup Fu
neral services wero hold at tho church
Sunday morning.
Mrs. John Ogilvio and Mrs. Ossio
Britton woro thrown from a buggy on
Monday morning, caused by tho team
becoming frightened at somo rubbish
by the roadside Neither of thorn wero
injured.
Champion Shot of tho World.
Miss Annio Oakley writes: "Myself
and many of the Buffalo Bill Wild
West Co. havo given Allen's Foot Easo
tho powdor to shake into tho shoos, at
most thorough trial, and it doos all if
not nioro than you claim." It instant
ly takes tho sting out of corns nnil
bunions. Allen's foot caso is a certain
euro for hot, aching, norvous or sweat
ing foot. Sold by till druggists and
shoo stores, 25c. Sample rent free,.
Address Allon S. Olmstead, LeRoy,
New York. '
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