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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1904)
fHE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT RICE , Publisher. TALENT1NE , NEBRASKA. Religion is never worn out by every- lay use. Two often cease to be company after they are made one. No man has the heart to say "No" Rrhen a girl asks If he really and truly loves her. Canada wants to buy Greenland. All right , if she will put her torrid little temper on cold storage there. Boston Is pleased to note that the period of intense frlgeration has pass ed. In other words , the beans have thawed. A Philadelphia skiographer has dis covered that the X-ray will bleach the blackest negro. Farewell , then , to the color line. Poet Laureate Austin continues to demonstrate that an author with suffi cient influence can manage to get on without inspiration. This year's cotton crop is reported to be worth $700,000,000. How is it that Mr. Itockcfeller hasn't taken over the cotton business ? Why we smile. The rain-making hoax , which has run its course in this country , is being worked extensively by "drought-busters" in Australia. Perhaps after raiding about the Iroquois - quois theater horror the Chicago car barn murderers may feel that they irere hopeless amateurs. Emperor William's voice is as good RS new again. He has , however , dem onstrated his ability to run things just about as well without as with the use of it. A New York man committed suicide rather than undergo an operation for ippendicitis. He must have been afraid the doctors would do something worse than kill him. The skeleton of a man eleven feet high is said to have been found in Nevada recently. He must have gone there in an early day and grown up considerably beyond the country. The Pope has promulgated the some what caustic comment that there is too much operatic singing in the churches Riid too little real worship. No sinner may climb to heaven on the chromatic scale. A scientist has figured it out that 5.000.000.000 years hence the days will be fifty-five hours long , but the labor ing men who are now clamoring for BU eight-hour day should not allow this to worry them. The personal tax list for 1904 was ibsued in New York not long ago. It shows tliut J. Pierpont Morgan will pay on a valuation of $400,000 this year as against $000,000 in 1903. Not withstanding the bump Mr. Morgan appears to have a tidy sum left. A man isn't necessarily & preacher because he wears a sanctimonious face and has an abnormal appetite for fried Chicken. The ino t ministerial-looking man we ever saw swore till he scorched ell the paint off one side of a freight car just because his train was late. The habit of swearing is not as com mon as it used to be in this country. Gentlemen no longer use the language with the unvarnished freedom of the da.s of Sheridan , when a gentleman was accustomed to consign himself , col- lerthMy and in sections , to the low est depths of perdition in the presence of ladies while paying tribute to their charms. Undoubtedly many youths who were not brought up to swear do swear now and then under provocation , ii it but there is. all things considered , an t increasing respect for the English lan t guage. t Plainsmen on Western cattle ranches t have called attention to a new illus t tration of the adaptability of animal in- P Rtiiu't to emergencies. The cattle of t former days were of the long-horned L kind. When the herd was threatened P with an attack by wolves , the calves were placed in the middle of the s bunch , and the older animals formed s : themselves into a solid phalanx about a afi them , all facing outward. The cattle fi of to-day are largely hornless. If , as I ) occasionally happens still , the herd is ntl attacked by wolves , the calves are tln guarded as before , but the herd faces tlcl In instead of out Then * hoofs , not clu their horns , are now their weapons. cltl tl tls "The average woman" does not s ] pound'like a phrase of high compli- it ni nt. Yet the average woman is itbl doubtless the most needed woman in bln modern civilization. It is interesting n < find inspiring to see that she has made marked progress during the centuries. She is much more capable and more lovable than three hundred years "ago. w Her advance is somewhat due to the hi work of those few leaders who make now paths , and encourage more timid MHils to follow them. But for the most P < part it can be traced to the steady , m plow improvement all along the line n improvement traceable directly to the average woman herself. She makes OC l" better than she OCSI " tter bread and sotrp SI --"d to make ; she reads more books SIp < ! ' ! bf'ttcr ones ; she has a firmer hand ai i 'i.J n uiooe understanding heart irith 'i. Mren ; she gives more discriminaft- l'g'y In charity ; her household , email It ! f ' i or large , is better ordered ; h t I ve more purity and more fire ; hir nttglt * Is more Cnristiike in Its irtatiim its compassion. Of all the exhibits of the earry joat none is more imposing nor of vridac In tercut than that of the life insuranct organizations. These annual showings of what life insurance really is , what it means , how it stands and what it is doing are the source of attention and pride to hundreds of thousands of fam ilies directly interested in the state ments in question. Great arrays ol figures , remarkable lists of responsi ble managerial names and high official indorsements of the grand total foot ings characterize the tabulated state ments , while sound logic and good , vigorous English are features of the whicir'have assertions or arguments to present They tell of a remarkable yearly story of protection to the fam ily ; of vast sums disbursed Just at th time when the heart is heaviest and the brain most distraught ; of the alle viation of distress to bereaved homea nnd of comfort to advancing age. They show how mighty are the sums yet to be distributed nnd the certainty of their distribution as soon as due Whatever else happens In the realm of business and finance , it seems to certain that men nre determined to in sure their lives. This is something they are doing in and out of season and , though their fellows are of course dying day by day , the growth of the companies continues and the new in surants are ever greater in number than those who pass from the scene. Congress virtually decides each yeai what the salaries of the government officers shall be. Few matters require more care than the adjustment of these salaries in the appropriation bills. If they are made so low that no man without independent means can afford to take a public position , only the rich will be officeholders. Mem bers of the British Parliament serve without pay , but to apply that system in this country would necessarily de prive Congress of much of its best ma terial. On the other hand , salaries which are too large become prizes for persons looking only at the pecuniary inducement Uncle Sam has accord ingly adopted a compromise policy. He underpays the occupants of his mora responsible positions : he overpays tha lower grades. The supervising archi * tect's salary would be small return foi ? in architect of the same rank in New i'ork or Chicago. The routine clerical work in his office is better rewarded than similar service in private estab' lishments. Although the public prop- jrly objects to large salaries , it has lever adopted the principle laid down 3y a woman who wrote an open letter to the newspapers at the time a bill tor raising the Governor's salary wag inder discussion In the Legislature o/ i certain State. She asked if the State aad found difficulty in getting men to uike the place at the existing compen sation. Until there was some troubl > n this score she saw no occasion foi i change. In private life we rarelj lire the cheapest person we can get , whether it be to whitewash a fenci > r to set a broken leg. There are som : urious anomalies in government sal- tries. The subtreasurer at New Yorli las a larger salary than the treasure ! n Washington ; collectors of customi n the" great cities receive more that lie Secretary of the Treasury ; import int consuls more than the Secretary 01 State , who usually selects them. Suet 'acts as these emphasize the fact thai : he government officer is the servam lot of his immediate superior , but ol he whole people. LAND OF NO MONEY. d 'rlmitive Methods Prevail in L.e li. . Comity , Eastern Kentucky. * 'I have just returned from casten a sleutucky , where I went to inspec ome timber , " said L. A. Hotchkius o ii Norfolk , to a representative of tin -exington Herald. "My principal op n rations were in Leslie county , and . ras surprised to discover a comuiuuitj i the United States where money i a iiknown , or practically so. The entin usiness of this community Is done 01 lie barter system/ The country store eepers exchange merchandise for any ling and everything the natives havi > sell , and ship his motley array o roducts down to Catlettsburg , when ie merchant has it placed in bank t h ; is credit , when he orders more goodf \v aying for them with check. "These merchants usually keep \ nail amount of money in case i tr lould be required , but the natives , a cc rule , do not handle a cent of casl ccw cm one year's end to the other. The. ' IK irter among themselves" and with thi 111 lerchants , and when I bought landi 111di ie most of those who sold to me wouli di ) t accept my money until the mer dius mnts assured them that it was gen us ine. Leslie county is in the heart o usm ie Kentucky mountains , and is verj th arsely populated , which accounts fo en 3 primitive condition , but it is probi. ci y the only section of the Unitei cifii : ates. remaining where the people d > t know what money is. at tc Easily Believed. "Many have said that if LongfolloA bj ere living to-day he could not se nc s poems , " remarked the girl with tt iok. yc "I'm sure of it , " replied the amateu bj bjw iet "Why , I haven't been able to sol Ine. " Philadelphia Record. w m ; liive by Amusing Others. la : In tie vaudeville business alone 100 0 persons earn a living In the Unite , it atw. All told something like 130,0t irsons gain a livelihood from tt of nusement stage in our country. re reW A man who has time to keep a pip W fkted isn't very busy. Res * r4 to Health. Many weak , suf fering women do not know that their kidneys are sick. Backache tells of sick kid- neya and so do urinary disorders. Sick kidneys make bad blood , and bad blood makes bad digestion , heart palpitation , dizzy h e a d a c h es , ner vousness , sleepless ness , sciatica , rheu matic pains and con stant depres sion. Cun't be restored to health until the kidneys are cured. Read how one woman was restored by using Doan's Kidney Pills : Mrs. H. A. Van Sickle , 311 Gth Ave B. W. , Roanoke , Va. , says : ' "Kidney trouble was hereditary in our family and I had been so continually afflicted with the disease that I began to de- Bpair of even temporary relief. Some times I suffered so severely that I was confined to my bed. The aching in my hack was intense and the kidney dis order caused an excess of uric acid in my blood , which impaired my diges tion. I was compelled to deny myself of many of the little delicacies of diet The doctors diagnosed my case us congestion - ' gestion of the kidneys. I had about given up hope when I bean using Doan's Kidney Pills , but I took only a few doses when their curative powers were proven to my satisfaction. I have never been without them in the house since. " Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers ; price 50 cents ; or mailed on receipt of price by Foster-MiIburu Co. . Buffalo , N. Y. Write for free trial. JDD THINGS ON THE PIKE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR Tableau of Fashions from Period > f Rtman Colonies to the present. Drive of tandem of Zebrules , the oew hybrid animal noi , found in Natural history. Battle history of America in l < u- | est cjclorama ever constructed. Gypsy lane of Barcelona with genu- ne Kumanys ' Boy tire brigade , Shetland ponies md complete apparatus Clouds of creation ol world are of team controlled by vacuum. Burros carry persons up narrow rails into cliffs sixty feet hijjh. genuineGeisha pirls daace , sing nd serve tea in naliv ; kiosk. World created in hollow shell 150 eet in diameter aufl 5 feet high. You remove your shoes before ntenng the mosque of Omar. lUiridba temple with 500 hideous dols ' 'f ' the fourteenth centuiy. Knights in armor tilt in tourna- neiit lists. Cramac's chapel on the rocks of 'ashel. Didera , the annual sacrificial feast f Jadia. Transparent mirrors ; . Yourself ne instant : In the next living mas- erpieces of art. Adam's rib impersonated by a uman being. Street in Paris with architecture ypical of all periods In France. St. Lawrence's gate at Doregal. Way of sorrows is 800 feet long ; > avid street la 1,000 feet long. Fiesta on the Coiso de Seville. Porto Rico has added 810,000 to its rorlds fair appropriation making 30,000 in all. Idleness aud consequent despon- ency are causing an increase of isanlty among the Indians. A year jto the national hospital for insane adians , at Canton , S. D. , began ; s existanco with thirty-four ( atients ; now it has double that umber. t To lie , steal and murder , are the 1 iree most natural pashuns ov man , 1I ad ? 11 three ov them were commit- I id either in the Garden ov Eden or t i sight ov it. C e l THIN DIET. s No Nourishment in It. It's not easy to keep up when coffee is so ruined the stomach that food on't digest A Mo. woman says : "I had been an valid for two years from stomach ouble caused by coffee , got so bad I uldn't digest food and for quite a liile L lived on milk and lime water a ( thing but that a glass of milk and eiH lie water six times a day. In this eid I to live but of * d ay managed , com > e d not gain. "It was about 5 months ago I began ling Postum Food Coffee ; I did nol 'ed ' the mirk and lime water aftei at. for I gained rapidly and can t a good meal and drink from 1 to < it ps of Postum each meal and feel cc ie. ie."I "I would not go back to coffee foi y reasonable pay. I like Postum bet r than coffee now and make Postuir directions on box and it is just fine ver found a better way to make il an on box. Now this is all true an < tldc dc u can easily prove it" Name giver Postum Co. , Battle Creek. Mich. Postum is a brew * rom field graini Sli th all the nourishment left in. I ; to ikes red blood and rebuilds particu ly well where c ffee has done dam e as it does to nearly all who drinl a A. 10 days' trial of Postum la plac coffee works wonders. There's i ison. th Set th little boo * . "The Bo d ellYllIe , " La aok ok * . DISCIPLINING PERSIAN PRINCES. In a country where to-morrow is nore important than to-day the virtue ft punctuality is not considered impor- Sant The Persians regulate their patches by the setting of the sun ; hat is to say , at sundown all well- tegulated watches should point to Jwelve o'clock. The manner of telling lie time from that moment is a luestion of so many hours after sun- tet for the first six hours , or so many lours before sunrise for the next six lours. The meeting of the hands once bore the figure twelve is called by ihe Persians the desteh. Mr. Wilfrid Sparrow , in "Persian Children of the Royal Family , " says that the tardiness > f the children of the house of Kajer Jlumored for an everlasting eclipse of the sun. In his duties as tutor he found that punctuality had no definite ucanlng. "Late again ? " I cried. "Yes. sair. " This from Feridun , in i voice designed to suggest careless in- juiry. "Do you think I am your servant , leune prince ? " I asked , "Y-yes , pair , n-no-no , sair 1 do not know sair , " said Feridun , somewhat alarmed. "When I have given you a sound thrashing , my friend , I shall leave yo. to settle the point at your leisure : " md so saying I suited the action to the ! \'ord. All my pupils divined. I hope | md believe , how hard it was to me In steel my heart against their inroads on my compassion. To his imperial highness I made n clean breast of his son's unpunctuality. Bahrain Mirza acting as interpreter : then I went on to say that while I was proud to be his serviteur , I refuspd to be treated by his children as their do- tnestlque. The latter word caught his ? ar at once , and he awoke to the sub tle distinction. "Dornestique. non ! " he roared turn ing upon the interpreter at his elbow , ind boxing his ears right and left at Svery word. 'Excellence , oui ! Doinesti- flue. non ! " Then , having repeated the words to each boy In turn and enforced them In the same way , he strode plong , very deliberately , to the trembl ing servants , who are lining the walls , and thrashed them round the room with his cane in a manner both digni fied and effective. After this he reach ed out for my hand , saying in Persian. "Did I not tell you to use 'the sticks ? ' Vou have a whip handy. Use it" "Well , it is ordered. " I replied whereat the prince beamed humorously apon me , and then left the room. HOW WE CATCH COLD. Mischievous Germs Locltre In the Nnsal Pas iire' . The London Hospital , a medical magazine , maintains that colds are caught the colds that have nasal ca tarrh for their chief symptom , in the same way that other infectious dis- sases are caught by the lodgment of i germ. The character of the germ s not specified. This Is no new discov ery or theory. Knowing persons have eng been careful about exposing them- jelves to Infection by persons who aave a cold , lest they "catch it" The notion that a cold is result of ex- ? osure to draught or to cold air or of jetting the feet wet has been aban- lonod , although it is true that one nay get a chill in that -way which -will . ifford some of the symptoms and sen sations of the nasal catarrh caused by L noxious germ. It Is safer to avoid t ilose contact with a person who has his cold. A horse that has been win- crerf out often catches cold upon be- ng brought into the stable in the prlng. Experiments with disinfect- ints have shown that it is not the rarmth of the stable that induces the old. Arctic voyagers are commonly ( . ree of colds until their return to a B ommuuity where they prevail. In the mall rock island of St. Kilda , one of he western Hebrides , colds are un- : nown except when it is visited by ome vessel , and it is said that the K ihabitants can distinguish between a he different kinds of colds brought by af ; afferent ships. There Is much simllai vidence relating to the subject and tie Hospital declares that "some ource of infection must be present be- it is possible to catch cold. " What II ppears to be needed is a specific IIa IIu ermicide which may be used either III sr prevention or cure. Boston Her- I A Bargain Hunter. It was a pleasant-looking Irishwom- OiA i , says the Philadelphia Public Ledg- Oiy , who walked into a store and asked y ie price of the collars she had seen b splayed in the window. a < "Two for a quarter , " said the clerk. C ( "How much would that be for one ? ' ' si " " tl "Thirteen cents. She pondered. Then , with her fore- is iger , she seemed to be making invis- le calculations on the sleeve of hei e ( dl at cl "That" she said , "would make the her collar twilve cints , wouldn't it } ist give me that wan. " ai Up to Her. in "John ! " whispered John's wife , "I'm eta oroughly convinced there's a burglai iwnstairs. " "Well , dear , " replied her husband , a iepily , "I hope you don't expect me fr : have the courage of your convic- " 1 ns. " Philadelphia Press. be Quick Action. That distinguished-looking mam is wars. " M ; reteran of seven "Yen don't mean it ! Why , Jie looks " ' > young to hare seen serrice like it How does It happen ? " fa fam "He spent a month in South America m < B time. " Cttacinjuti Tlme-Star. EQc . new courses hive been es- . Jisbed at the auiverslt ? of Michi gan within the pasb three years aiministraiire law , naval archtec ! tare , higher commercial education forestry , and Insurance. Whales and serpents are voiceless. So , are the porcupine , the arma- rMlla and the giraffe. A fireproof cnimney : made entirely of paper , has been erected in Bresiac Prussia. It is fifty feet long. This is Miracuioun. Manhattan , Kan. , March 14. One of the strangest cases that has ever been heard of in Riley Co. is that of the . three-year-old daughter of Mr. Jonas I Brubaker , of this place. Some time ago the little girl took whooping cough , which was followed by pneumonia. When the pneumonia left her , she was taken down with malaria fever with at times symptoms of spinal meningitis. The family doctor brought her safe ly through these troubles , but after the fever Bright's Disease set in and the doctors gave her up. Her father tells the rest of the story : " her Dodd's Kidney "We began to give ney Pills , and after she had taken about three and a half boxes , she was entirely cured. Now she is well as any child , running and playing as if noth ing had ever been the matter with her. The doctors said she was beyond the reach of medicine. Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly saved our little girl's life , when she was so far into the chronic stage of Bright's Disease that we thought nothin. , oould save her. " AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN CANADA. Its Grain Pielcii Ranching : Lund * Dairying Keiourceg. The editor of the Wisconsin Agricul turist , who was one of n party of edi tors of agricultural papers , took a trip through Canada during the past rpring , writes to his paper in the fol lowing strain : The reason of his visiting Canada was to satisfy hlmseJC that the reports coming to his paper regarding the won- ilerful resources of that country were Accurate. In view of the wonderful settlement that was going on there , many from this country crossing the line in search of permanent homes and lu view of what he had heard in re gard to conditions of soil , water , cli- tiiate , topography , fuel , grasses , rain fall , markets. , etc. , and also the influ ence which these have had on the [ u-eseut and future of agriculture he lieemed it necessary to make an ex tended trip through all of the above territory. In speaking of the Province of Man itoba , he says : "The province of Manitoba coni- 3rises within its limits the far famed jrain-growing valleys of the Assini- joine and Red Rivers. Although call- id the Prairie Province of Canada , Manitoba has large areas of forests , lumerous rivers and vast water ex- mnsions. "The soil is a rich , deep mould , or oani , resting on a deep clay sub-soil. t is well adapted to wheat growing , giving a bountiful yield of the finest [ iiality , known the world over as No. hard wheat. During the past ten ears the growth of wheat and' other ; rains has steadily iucreased , until iow the production , by 35,000 farm- rs , reaches over T00,000,000 bushels. ) f the 23.000,000 arable acres in Mani- oba , probably not one-half of it Is ccupied. Cultivated grasses yield bout tw tons per acre , and native rasses a ton and a half. "There can be no question but that airying will become a great industry liroughout the Northwest , and espe- ially cheese making , as the climate > favorable and similar to that of On- irio. j "Crops grown are wheat barley , ats , flax , rye. peas , corn for fodder , rome , potatoes roots etc. The soil is eiy fertile an-1 trioisture ample. The limate is good and the growing sea- Mi , while not quite so long as in Wis- msin , matures crops as the sun shines inch longer , rising about 4 o'clock ad shines until about I1 at night One m easily rend a : io\vsjj.iper at 10 m. The long d-ij'd make growth fast ud push crops to maturity ahead of ost. "The ranching. Hie wheat growing ad the mixed farming belts all cross rer Assiniboia. Tie yield and the iiality of wheat raised along the main ne of the Canadian Pacific Railway , L such places as Indian Head and its lied districts , have become famous , s possibilities are shown by the aver- jes of tests made at the experimental irrn In 1002 , when eleven varieties ! the most snitablo wheat , sown on pril 11) . were cut In 130 days , and elded 4.H14 pounds of straw and 43 ishels and 2 puun-ls of grain per ; re. Its mixed farming area is ex- illent its rnnsre cattle , horses and leep are the equals of any seen in e Northwest and its treeless portion underlaid with coal. The town of \ edicine Hat is heated and illmninat- [ with natural gas. There are abun- int deposits of brick , pottery and fire ays. " Agents of the Canadian Government ill be pleased to mail an Atlas to ty one interested and also all other formation regarding railway rates , c. Mark Twain , while traveling on Ri Kcture tour met on the train a end , who asked the humorist : va Tl Vhat sort of audience do you like st ? Who in your opinion , make e most responsive and sympathetic teners ? " "College men , " replied irk , after a moments thought , ar < ollege men and convicts " Denmark will have at the world's ar ( U large exbloits in the depart- : ID iota of agriculture , liberal arts , , nufactures nod transportation. nfancir To those who have suf * fered long and hopelessly from Humors of th& Blood , Skin , and Scalp , , and who have lost faith in doctors , medicines , and all things human , CUTI- CURA Soap , Ointment , , and Pills appeal with a force hardly to be realized Every hope , every expec tation awakened by them has been more than ful filled. More great cures of Simple , Scrofulous , and Hereditary Humors are daily made by them than by all other Blood and Skin Remedies combined , a single set , costing but one dollar , being often sufficient to cure the most distressing cases when all else fails. Sold fhrousrhont the -wnrtA. Ctrtlcora RetolTmt , . ( In form of Cnocolats Cuattd Till * , 23c. per T ! ! of 60) , Ointment , 0c. . Sotp. I5c. Dtpotit London , 57 Cluuler- bouic Sq. ; Varii , 4 l.uide la I'alx ; Boston , 137 Cohuoixu Are. Potter Drug k Chun Corp. . Sole Prop * . O5- Send for "All About the fckla aud Scalp. " W. L. DOUGLAS * 3.93SHOESVR W. Jj. Douglas shoes have by their excellent style , easy-fitting , ana superior -wearing qualities , achieved the largest sale of any shoes in the world , riiey are fast as good a those that cost you 54 to 63 the only Jifference is the price. Sold Eoerywhere. Look for name and price on bottom. , Donjjlasnses Corona L , , . , * x v * o * / * * L.oitskinwinch is everywhere conceded to 3e the finest Patent leather yet produced. 5s * Co or Eyelets used. Shops bj maiJ.Sor.extra. Yritofor Catalos. W.L.Douslas. Brock ton. Has- Put Up in Collapsible Tubes. A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or a& ) her pl.-ister , and will not blister the most delicat * in. The pain allayingand cnratira qualities of thil tide are wonderful. It will stor > the tootbuh * at ice , nnd relieve headache and sciatica. A'c. recommend it aa the beat and safest external innter-irritaut known , also aa an external remedy foj tins in the chest and utotnach and all rheamati * iurnluic and goaty complaint * . A. trial will prove what vre claim for it , and it will b and to ) > e invaluable in the honx hold. Many p opll T''Itia . tiiebe-tof all jonr preparations. " Price 15 cents , at all druggist ? , or other dealers , or bf nd ing this amount to as in postage staaps , wa wiU nd yon n tbe by wail. No article should be accepted by .L pnbHcnnlftsith ma entries our label , as otherwise it is not genuine. HESEBROUGH MANUf ACTURING CO 17 Stata Street. New York Cfty. ON RAINY DAYS WEAR Waterproof i OILED CLOTHING of YELLOW. MAKES EVERY DAY COUHT M moOtr AM * trrt < JU cwot&w. o ff tsr nt guomtlttd. Att jtor dtottf. If * * mia * af npptr fa * . M f [ Offrtc * Olt tf JOfhrt. SJU. Het * . Hem Coofn. 35)3 ) Uolonel Miranda , ol the Mexican ! irales , will exhibit his famous quero saddle at ihe world's fair , ils siddle , which is a work of art , sb S20.000 and has been eight or j years in course of construction , ' tfost of the equipment of the la- , Ltnnral railroad at the world's fair i closed vestibules cars. Therq j fifty-seven cars , fifty-one closed 3 six open. Their length is . t 2 inches and their width Bfeetj aches.