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T i1 ' j. ii Y . PARIS' (AT "MIDWAY" (ENTER OF (Paris Letter.) It ws, ns tho French ndmlnlstrn tlon of tho exposition Itself nrknowl edges, tho Chicago fair which gave the linpclun to build Ita Oriental theaters nnd vlHnBcs of the slopes of the Tro cadero, rind to give til) onu wholo hank of the Seine to a scries of gay side shows, different from anything Hint has appeared at other exposition. After ChlcaKO, Antwerp In 1891 offered n varlntlon of the Mldwuv In Ita "Cairo Street" nnd "Oii.l Antwerpen," and many AmcrlcaiiH who vlHlted the Antwerp fair wcro hailed by delighted Ksklmos nnd South Sea Islanders with the query: "HI there! Didn't wis moo yon nt Chicago Inst year?" As the Paris exposition wan to be tho grentest tlilmr of the kind over heen, the management decided very early to make it special point of the "attiartlons dlvcr8CH" ur they called tho side-shows, for want of a better iiaino; and thoy gathered all tho Infor mation they could nbout tho corre sponding fentures of the Chicago world's fair, even railing In tho tlln tlngnlshed Frenchman who represent ed France there In 1893 to confer with them about tho matter, lie used the word "Mccdvay" so often, In giving them Information they wanted, that finally the olllecrs of tho Paris expo sition themselves adopted the word ns a classification of the novel undertak ings thoy desired to Introduce, and It Is now generally used by the French public. The Fiench "Midway." then, consists of two main divisions Tho so-called "Rue de Pails" on the right bank of the Seine, Just opposite tho Hue of foreign buildings, nnd the former pret ty little park of the Trocadero, Imme diately facing the Eiffel tower. There Is still another section clustering In tho shadow of tho tower Itself, but It la so close to tho Trocadero that It may bo Included In the second group. The "Rue da Paris" conslsta, for tho most part, of coquettish little theaters, In which one sees short llttlo plays and the farces typically Parisian In flavor, AN ENTRANCE TO and onjoys a sort of wit that smacks of the essence of French life. On tha slope of tho Trocadero one soes, besides the Algerian theater, tho Egyptian playhouse and other such attractions, an exhibition of subter- FREAK HOUSES, for Which Amateur ArrhlteeU Ar He- pomlblt. Amateurs nro everywhere and in everything, but none of them shlno more conspicuously than tho amateur architect. Thero Is a growing desire among some people to decline the pro fessional assistance of capable archi tects and to till up the plans for edi fices they contemplate electing with their own bands. Speculative builders aro particularly Inclined this way, and consequently some pecullur freak houses are the rohitlt. An old-established speculative builder recently ran up a row of ten or twelve modest cot tages upon plans which ho had him self drawn up to avoid tho somewhat high fees of a professional architect. Tho tow wits almost complete, when, to the chagrin and astonishment of Mr. A. Architect, his foreman suddenly discovered that, while ample elilinneya had been built to e.i'h i image, not a room In the row had a fireplace nor stovo-plpo hole. How Biicfi an o -r-slght could have been made It la dim cult to Imaglno, but It proved voiy t.-. pensive and made tho bpecnlnt.eu a sorry one. A very opposite tn'.ta'te wnn made by a lawyer, who dtuw his own plans for the housio he contem plated building. Thin gentleman pro vlded for overythlnu on an elaborate scalo, except fires, In which connection he entirely overlooked the necessity for chimneys, a fact which his bulldor at once pointed out, much to tho ama teur architect's disgust. An experi enced builder nnd contractor says that during tho forty odd years he had been In the trado, he had had some most wonderful freaks of amateur architects put before him, In one caso a two story houso was to be built without any facilities for getting to the upper floors beyond an exterior gutter pipe; no staircases whatever were allowed In tho plans. Owing to an oversight on ono occasion his workmen actually 'SFrMr '' nmKf&tftffiXKuk l nlflv rrM-a VimMii'VVfa:.ii:mM iS-wrm rancan mining, a street In Tunis nnd another In Algiers, a vlllngo In Atidnlu sla at tho distant time of tho Moors, and a Persian danco hall, besides many nun ii THE GLOBE other allied attractions. They are all tolerably elaborate, but little different from what was seen In Chicago In 1893; they are certainly very hot nnd stuffy on the Interior, anil ono prefers the open air Swiss village, with Ita M sB3m: i. fcs.af IT" THE EXPOSITION. real wnterfall, its dairymaids and mountain yodlurs. The French "Midway" Is somewhat more expensive than that at Chicago. Nearly all the places demitm. V.O cents for admission, nnd some of the thea- bullt a villa, standing on Its own grounds, without any drains or gut ters, with two fireplaces In one room and mine In another1. And all this had been done by following the owner's plans too exactly.-i-ClnelnuHtl En quirer. Me t'liiiriTiiIni; tlrrnt l'.rniinlil. Charles Pliuzl Smyth, ex-astioiiomer royal of Scotland, died recently. Ho was born at Naples and was called 'Plazzi" after the discoverer of Ceies, who was the olllclal astronomer of the two Sicilies He was Interested In sci ence at an early age, and In 184! was appointed astronomer royal of Scot land. He tried for many ynra to get a new obsurvatory and at last he resigned uftor pi titrating vigorously against tho ways of olllclaldoin. Ho then jetlivd to Clova. In Yorkahlre, where ho devot ed hinibclf to the photographic, study of the aolor spectrum und of cloud forms. Ht Is best known, however, by his eccentric lews lelatlve to the groat Minister Conger atui Mandarin The story Is told of a Chinese man dnrln who early learned that Minister Congor was not to bo balked or bluffed. A missionary of tho American Ulble society, duly provided with passports and credentials, was stopped by the otllctnls, and .held In tho military quar ters on somo paltry trumped-up charge Tho missionary tent word to Minister Congor and tho minister went In per son to soo about It. When ho hoard the trivial naturo of tho trouble he de manded tho reloaso of the missionary, saying he was an American citizen, EXPOSITION EON. ters coat ns much ns CO, This may have something to do with tho fact that many of the variety fontures of tho exposition are complaining of CELESTE. threatened failure. There are too many things to be seen free of cost, when once you are Inside the grounds, to expend much In dotting the "1" of amusement on tho "Midway." The "Globe Celeste" has also had hard luck, due, perhpps, to the fearful accident that happened some two months ago through tho collapse of the llttlo bridge that led to It from the main pot Hon of the grounds. It seems to ho shunned by the merry crowds of exposition visitors on account of the unpleasant association. It consists of a large blue sphere, which rests on a solid steel foundation some sixty feet squat e. On this sphere are painted tho different constellations nnd fami liar stais of tho firmament, nnd a stairway runs all round the equatorial line, up on one side, down on the other, passing along which tho visitor studies tho surface of the most Interesting chart of the hky ever constructed. In cidentally he also gots a superb view of Paris lying In the sun nt his feet. In the Interior of the globe, nftor pene trating a nerles of restaurants and the aters, etc.. ono enters a vast circular space hound by the curving lines of the great hollow sphere. Again there Is the sky as wo look up to it from our earth; there is a soft bluish light through which comes stealing tho "muslque cch'ste" of Salnt-Saens, com posed especially for the globe. Look lug off Into this bluish haze, one feels us If on the shore of an Infinite sea. The whole thing Is a piece of spectac ular effect really stupendous, though a little solemn for tho Paris summer season. Always up to date the calendar. pyramid. A controversy relating to this "paradox of a very high order," as He Morgan called It, led to his resig nation. In 1871, of his fellowship In the Royal society. Among his views were that tho great pyramid was erected un der the eye of Molchlsedee. KmcM 'I roue', mi Cur. Street railway companies of many cities might take n suggestion from that of Hartford, Conn., which hns lilt upon a device that Increases the com foit of wet weather traveling in sum mei. In the eaves troughs with which its open cars have been supplied. Tho troughs rim from end to end of the car, just beneath tho ed;;cs of tho roof, and tho water Is carried to the street trvough Iron plps. The constant drip ping of rain front the roofs of tho cars is a sore dial to tho conductors nnd to those passengers who cannot obtain seata, and they aro numerous on rainy days. and as such his rights must be re spected, "Hut my orders aro to hold him hero," said the ofllcer. "And my orders from tho United States are to demand hjs release." "Ho must stay here until It suits his majesty to release him." "Tho United States of America de mands his Immediate release," qulotly rejoined Minister Congor, "and wo'ro used to getting what we want." The missionary was given his free dom nt once, SHE BUYS CATTLE Mrs. Olllo Northlano Is fairly "tho cattlo queen of tho West." In her unique vocation of cattlo buyer sho has, Indeed, proved tho theory of woman suffrnglsts, that the gentler sex Is admirably capable of plunging Into tho business world on an equal footing with man. It Is said by stockmen that sho Is one of tho most capablo Judges of cattlo nnd hogs In tho United States. Sho has tho quotations nt hor tongue's end. By glancing nt a consignment of cattlo she can toll very closely what thoy should bring when shipped to market. In deciding on tho relative valuo of stock Mrs. Northlnno enn pick out a good steer as quickly nnd accurately as tho average woman can select a now Easter gown. In busi ness transactions Mrs. Northlnhe pos sesses unusual wisdom to copo with trying business situations, and Is na shrewd nnd clever to trndo with ns often falls to tho lot of man to meet with. Resides the high reputation sho has gained In the stock business, sho hns talent enough left to mako a success In various other and finer lines. She Is an expert telegraph operator, an ac complished musician and a flue lin guist. She converses freoly In Ger man, French, Scandinavian and Rohc mlan. In personal appearance Mrs. North lano has much to be desired. She Is JUDGING STEERS IN A STOCK YARD, n striking llttlo woman of about Svo feet In height. She Is a decided blonde with a wealth of golden hair, which she always arranges in a fluffy manner about her rather small face. Her face and manner are always bright and plcnslng. Sho Is witty and vivacious, quick at repartee, and Is never at a loss to hold her own among tho best In the profession. Her graco of man ner, choice language nnd generally pleasing demeanor quickly win for her friends, which she numbers among tho hundreds. When not on tho road for a large Western commission house she spends her time quietly nt her pretty home at Sioux City, la. When not profession ally employed, Bhe Is a woman among women, and none of the conrsencss of her profession enters Into her charm ing personality in her quiet homo life. Agricultural ICtluriitlon. More general attention biro been di rected to the Increased instruction in commerce and business than Is being given by the universities to tho new EARL'S ELDEST SON. Lord IlnilUn Will Net r Fet tho Hirer on Hrr. Lord Huddo. eldest son of the earl of Aberdeen, has Just eomo of ago amid great rejoicing up Scotland way, says the Philadelphia Saturday Even ing Post. Lord Aberdeen, it will be remembered, was governor of Canada and Lady Aberdeen there, as ovei hero, took an energetic part In temperance nnd other social reform work. Both Lord and Lady Aberdeen have brains, and know how to use them, but to all appearances young Lord Haddo, tho heir to the earldom, will set no river afire, even though It bo inndo of moro Inflammable material than tho Thames. When Abordeen was In Can ndn ho sent Lord. Haddo ncross to Franco in charge of a French tutor. Tho two were to cycle together through tho most glorious districts of France, to see the scenery and Instruct themselves In tho customs and lan guages of tho country, and all that. Well, the unfortunate tutor was driven almost to despair beforo ho could bid good-byo to the wheel and take to a transatlantic liner again. To begin with, his pupil could not summon up presence of mind In tho most Innocent clrcunibtances, and If a dog trotted across tho road 100 yards ahead of his bicycle Haddo would lose his grip, the machine would wnbble, and. lot his teacher shout what warnings ho might, tho young nrlstocrat would find him self pitched Into tho hedge by the road side. Ono thing In the young lord's favor was that ho nevor lost his good nature, and would pick himself up, laughing heartily, mount again with out complaint nnd rldo on bravely to meet ll-o rext disinter, which was sure 'o befall lilni lnsldo of the hour. Ono of tho districts through which tutor nnd lord cycled was tho chnmpagin region. For two days thoy had ped aled their way along winding roads be tween Immense, Interminable vino yards, tho vines then In full leaf. Not a tree was to be seon, not a bush nothing but vines, vines, vines. On tho afternoon of tho second day Haddo called out to his teacher In a thin, boyish voice; "Teachor, teacher!" "Well, whnt Is It, Haddo?" Cautiously nodding his head to the vines that clad the countryside, tho young lord said: "I Bay, teacher, hose aro hops, nro tltey not?" Tho tutor fell off Uie machine this timo. h I rJmMM r i 1 1 courses In agriculture. Rut tho lat ter are being developed as never be fore. Tho agricultural papers tell of tho Improvements In combining prac tical with theoretical knowledgo. Thero, was mention somo wopk3 ago In ono of thorn of the demand for univer sity educated farmers for responsible positions In experiment stations nnd also on large ranches, whoso manngers approclato the advantages of scientific agriculture. Ono cvldenco of tlila grow ing Interest la found nt tho University at Missouri. That Institution offered a summer course for teachers and tho attendance has exceeded the expecta tions of tho mo3t sanguine. In sev eral counties In Missouri agriculture has been made a part of the public schools' courses nnd is treated In tho samo manner as other studies. It Is receiving ns much attention ns math ematics and will be made a require ment, and no pupil Is Judged thor oughly equipped without a knowledge of modern methods of agriculture. That teachers mny be fitted to give such Instruction the Missouri Normal J i MRS. OLL1E NORTHLANE. schools are adding agricultural peda gogy to their curriculum. The lde"a is u good one and Is of special value In the agricultural counties. Ignored niidbunil Fifteen Yciira. Mrs. Thereat Lynch, known In New York city and the east geneially as tho "Queen of Diamonds," wns In court tho other day, and It then bocamo known that for fifteen yeats she has not ex changed a word with her husband. Mrs. Lynch Is one of the best Judges of diamonds In America, and Is several times a millionaire by trading In tho gems. w Jnpnneite Slopped. Tho Japanese government has Issued an order prohibiting the emigration of laborers to tho United States and Can ada. This conies on tho heels of ono restricting that emigration consider ably. This action will be a great re lief to the Canadian and British au thorities and also to those of this coun try. About a year ago the Japanese began coming to British Columbia In such numbers as to alarm the people, who called on the Dominion authori ties to take ttteps by the Imposing of a head tax or in somo other way to stop this Inflow. This could not be dono without tho assent of the British gov ernment, which neither wished to dls obllgo the Canadians nor to agree to a vlolatkin of the treaties with Japan. The arrival of so many Japanese In tho Paclfrc coast states was beginning to work on tho feelings of their people. There was danger of a demand on con gress for a Japanese exclusion law. Naturally tho ennctment of such a measure would mako It hard to keep on friendly terms with Japan, whose government would not relish tho put ting of Japanese on tho same level with Chinese. That government has been considerate In Its action. It has shown a desire that tho present friend ly rotations with tho United States and Cannda shall suffer no change It Is possible, also, that at this uncertain moment, when It is impossible to tell what fighting Japan mny have to do with China or with Russia, It Is deem ed best not to let too mnny ablo-bodlod Japaneso go so far away from homo that they will bo unavailable for mili tary duty. Rut when there Is no such special demand for men somo outlet will haye to bo found for tho surplus population of Jnpau. That Is ono rea son why the Japaneso government is so anxious to got Corcn. Tho Island empire Is overcrowded with people. If thoy cannot come to America thoy must settle In Asia or the Islands of the Pacific. Amelln K. Ilurr. Amelia E. Barr. who has been tho mother of fourteen children, hns writ ten thirty-two books, prepared a pro fessor for Princeton college, and at threo score yenrs of ago Is a superb picture of vitality as fresh nnd sweat of heart as a young girl. ,vo, T9m niiiii I iiiiii wMwffifflBfittmBk ., i AN EXPERT I ipjE3g2gJPftvif NOSE TELLS ALL. It Slmim InillmtiM Your Cliarnrtor Tim None nf rlshtor. Physiognomists go so far as to assert that tho noso Is the key to the man's character, tho Index to his brain. And so many people great employers among them share the belief that It Is almost as lucny for a child to bo born with n good noso on Its faco as with tht proverbial spoon In Its mouth. There aro noses and noses, even nmong tho good specimens. There Is tho artistic noso (literary men and painters have II); tho "constructive" noso peculiar to architects and engi neers, nnd not tho least Important Is ono labolod by physiognomists "com bative and organizing." This might also bo called tho military nose. It belongs to great commanders on sea nnd Innd, and Is so prominent that it enn not be mistaken. Wellington had It to nn abnormal dop;ree. In this na In other resppcts ho has never been equaled by nny othor soldier. Welling ton wns a great believer In noses, Na poleon nlso admired a good nose, and wns personally wrll endowed In that particular, but nothing llko to tho same extent ns his vnnqulshor nt Waterloo. Roth aro said to havei chosen their men for Important posi tions by tho size and shape of tholr noses. In short, Wellington and Na poleon, for prolcsslonal purposes, pracUced physiognomy, which wns a crlmo in the days of Elizabeth, when "all persons faynlng to have knowl edge of Phylslognomle or llko Fan tastical Imaglnnclons" rendered them selves liable to all manner of perils. TELEGRAPH OPERA TOR. Even In these days we have the fight ing nose at the front where, of course, It should bo. Tho finest speci men Is the property of Gen. Kelly Kenny. It Is quite Wellingtonlan and gives points to Napoleon. With such a nose Gon. Kelly-Kenny ought to go far. From his nose the physiognomist would tell you that Gen. French Is possessed of determination and perse verance. Tho same expert would prob ably describe Gen. Sir Redvers Bailor's nose as that of n "plodder," while, ac cording to Aristotle, who, versatile rann! profosocd some knowledge of physiognomy, Lord Kitchener Is "In sensitive." Of all tlio Boer command ants In the field, Louis Botha Is tho only one whose noso Is of the military model. Notwithstanding the reverses ho hns suffered, he Is generally cred ited with being n very able soldier. Lord Roberts what of his nose? It must be confessed that It Is not of tho fighting stamp. The "face reader" would say that Its owner possessed great artistic Instinct. Quito rlghtl Lord Roberts Is nn artist an artist In war. London Mall. AVAVNAAA AFRICAN DIAMONDS. Flrftt liUeoterctl by nn Irishman, John O'lUllly. Mr. John O'Reilly, who had occasion In the winter of 18G7 to do business In the Hopetown District of Grlqualand West, on the othor sldo of the Vaal river, first discovered diamonds In South Africa. Ho passed a night at tfie house of Schalk van Nlekerk, a Dutch farmer. While bartering with the Boer and his wife O'Reilly's at tention was attracted by a game the children were playing, being particu larly struck with the peculiar trans parency of ono of tho pebbles used In the game. Though O'Reilly had never seen a diamond in the rough ho ex pressed nn opinion that the pebble played with by tho children was really the precious gom. The farmer ridi culed tho idea, saying O'Roilly might have It If ho cared for the rubbish, adding that thero were plenty moro of them In tho river clay, O'Reilly accept ed It on the understanding that It It turned out to be a diamond the farm er should receive half tho sum. At Coleaburg It was submitted to experts, most of whom denied It being of much value, but Dr. Athcrstono, of Grahams town, pronounced It to be n veritable diamond weighing 23 knrats and worth 500. The then governor of tho Capo, Sir Philip Wodehquso, bought It for that sum. Diamonds nftorwards were found In the mud walls of native huts, and this led to the opening of the dry diggings where now stand Du Tolta Pan, Do Beers, Klm herley, Bultfonteln and tho Premier mine, Mtiddletoiue I.effnl I'lirnnrolozT. "if I were going to give you an or ange," said Judgo Foote of Topeka to ' D. O. McCrny, "I would simply say, 'I givo you the orange'; but should the transaction bo Intrusted to a lawyer, to put In writing, ho would adopt this form: "I hereby give, grant und con vey' to you all my Interest, right, title and ndvantngo of and In said orange, together with Its rind, skin, Juice, pulp and pits, and all right and advantage therein, with full power to blto, suck, or otherwise eat tho samo, or glvo away, with or jvlthout tho rind, skin, Julco, pulp ort.ylts, anything herein before, or In any other deed or deeds, Instruments of any naturo or kind whatsoever to the contrary In any wise notwithstanding.' " I A to -11 f J "X wlrfss''tl --- - "mm iliflnf.kia - - i.-f' 4 j ' Jm -. MMM" rtwrw'- ,;iuMsUttliMfc". fflttpWMr fen . ,H tV'-'