THE OMA1TA DAILY HUE : TUESDAY , APK1L 11 , 1800.
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( ropyrlght , 109 , by Robert IJarr )
"Travel makes a full man , " salt ! Lord
Bacon. I am not sure that 1 have the quo
tation right ; perhaps it Is "reading" that
makes a full man , or probably drinking ;
nnyhow , a man picks up a good deal of In
formation while traveling which ho would
not acquire had ho remained at homo.
Nearly everything 1 know I have picked up
on the road from one tramp or another , nnd
although I have met sclontlatsho sneer at
my acquirements , I pui their contempt down
to Jealouny , because the learning they pos-
ness lifts been gathered slowly and painfully
from much reading of hooks , while I arrlvo
nt my knowledge through a few minutes'
pleasant conversation with an Utter stranger.
Scientists naturally do not llko another man
to take a short cut across the Holds of
knowledge ; they stick to the broad round
about beaten highway of education ; a dry
nnd dusty road , while I toke n ploibiit : path
across the fields and arrive ahead cf them.
For Instance , 1 was returning from Switz
erland awhile ago , and In the same ralhvay i
compartment with mo were three cyclists
who had been enjoying themselves among
the mountains. They wen- quite evidently
bashful countrymen , uhllo I , being from thu
city and knowing most things , spoke conde
scendingly to them , just as If they' were
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" 11-- YOU STHIKi : A UOCK YOU JOIN TH13
AVALANCIIi : LOWKK DOWN. "
my equals , HO as to put them at their case
with me , which Is my Invariable custom
when meeting non-cltlfled strangers. They
wore naturally very much gratified at this ,
and proceeded to tell mo all they know.
"Yes , " said John \V. Simpson , leaning to
ward me with thankfulness for my geniality
beaming from his eyes , "I've had a very
nlco time In Switzerland , thank you ; a very
successful time , although I didn't go so
much for the cycling as to try my now
avalanche wheel. "
"Your avalanche wheel ! " I cried In amaze
ment. "I never heard of such a thing. "
"It Is a little Invention of my own. Noth
ing has been published about It yet and I
tell you this In strict confidence. Some people
ple have studied avalanches and some have
not. Perhaps you have made avalanches a
specialty. "
"No , " I replied with some reluctance , hat
ing to admit my Ignorance , "I can't say that
I have investigated avalanches to any great
extent , my solo rare being to get out of
their way as quickly as possible. "
"Quite so , " retorted John W. Simpson ;
"that Is the usual attitude of mankind to
ward an avalanche. Of course people can't
study the habits and customs of avalanches
while running away from them. Now I
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, ' ' 1
"YOU GET AN EXCELLENT IDEA OF
THE CATAHACT BY SIMPLY TUHNING
YOUH HEAD AS YOU (10 ( DOWN. "
have estimated that 20,000,000 horse power
goes to waste cMiry year through the
avalanches , Heretofore nobody has made
nny effort to use this tremendous power
and avalanches are allowed to slide down ,
In utter Idleness , all over the place. Of
course , when people grow wiser this wasted
force will all be utilized and at present I
am doing a little In my humble way to
show how useful un nvalancho can bo to n
cyclist. It takes a man , roped to a couple of
guides , ten hours to descend from the top
of thu Jungfrau to the level ground below.
The distance la , with the itgzagglng they
must do , something under eleven miles.
Now I have done it in two minutes and
Elxtern seconds oil my avalanche bike. Look
what a saving of tlmo that is , not to mi'ii-
tlon the comfort. "
"Comfort ! " I cried. "Rood gracious , do
you mean to tell mo you have cycled down
an avalanche ? "
"I have cycled down forty-seven of them
this season and never had nn accident , ex
cept once I punctured the tire of the front
wheel. "
"But how do you know when an ava
lanche is going-to start , ? As I undemam ;
you , you must travel with jt from the be
ginning. There are no avalanche tlmo tablet
In Switzerland that I ever heard of , " ,
"No , I don't wait for ax-alanchcs ; I malt
my own. You bee , tit the top of a mountain
if a man starts a snowball down hill , it becomes
comes an avnlancho on very short notice
My cycle Is so constructed that It throw
up a bit of snowball na it goes along ,
start from tbo top of a peak In any dlrec
lion and the first thins I know I am In tli
midst of a tremendous uvalanche. On th
front of the machine are n couple of tins , I
I may call them BO , which spread out au
tomatlcally , and they Keep the cycle Bteadj
The great point U , of course , to remain uji
right in your saddle and keep your machlu
on the surface of the avalanche. There islets
lots of room on top , ns the philosopher bays ,
nnd that applies to avalanches as to every
thing else. There are three dangers to n
man coming down without a machine on an
avalanche ; first , he may bo smothered In
the debris ; second , ho may toe smashed
against n rork ; third , ho may get ahead of
the avalanche and the wind which It causes
will kill him. More people are killed 'c ry
year in Switzerland by the wind of nn nval-
nncho than by the avalanches themselves.
Now , jou sec , golnj ? with avalanche you
are out of the wind ; then the fins on my
machine keep you from sinking In the snow ,
and If you strike n rock the wheels revolve
and send you up Into the nlr , where , after
a most delightful flight , steadied by the
patent fins 1 have spokch of , you Join the
avalanche lower down. I know of nothing
moro exhilarating than going eleven miles
In two minutes nnd sixteen seconds. When
the avalanche quits business nt the bottom
your momentum carries you out of It until
you strlku some path and then you cjvlo
along as nny ordinary mau would on any
ordinary wheel. I Intend to get up aval
anche parties for Switzerland next summer
and wo would bo very glad to have you join
us. "
There was u deep silence after John W.
Simpson had concluded. I uioppod my brow
11 ml thought deeply for a while ; then I said
to the man who sat next Simpson , Lapthorn
Davis by name :
"I suppose you have been avalnnchlng
with your friend , also ? "
"No , " said Davis with a sigh ; "I'm afraid
I am rather n reckless person , and lame ,
plain , ordinary avalanche cycling , such aa
my friend Simpson delights In , has few at
tractions for me. 1 have been practicing
with my aquatic bicycle , which has qulto
justified all the expectations I had of It. "
"Dear me ! " said I , "and what is an
aquatic bicycle ? " ,
"Well , perhaps you have been over In
Havre nnd have seen the now roller steamer ,
the Ernest Basin , Invented and built by an
engineer of that name. As doubtless you
know , It goes on six wheels , which nro
simply exaggerated pneumatic 'tires made
of steel. There nro three on each sldo and
Sir Edward Heed says that ho believes this
wheeled boat will mark an era in steam
navigation. It struck me that a blcyclo on
two wheels could bo made somewhat simi
lar lines. I accordingly ordered two gi
gantic pneumatic tires a foot and a half
through. I had these lilted on my wheel
and practiced for a whllo on a pond at home
In a bathing suit until I got thorough con
trol of my machine. "
"Do you mean to say jou venture on the
surface of the water with that machine
how do you keep afloat ? Doesn't it turn
over and sink you ? "
"Yes , It Is a llttlo apt to do that until you
get accustomed to It. Of course you turn
the wheel toward the direction you are fall
ing and by and by you go along
on the surface of tbo water as if you
were on a smooth road. Of course , I don't
advise any one to practice In an ordinary
suit , but even then there Is little danger , be
cause the two wheels form life preservers
when the machine goes over. At first I In
tended to take oft these huge covers when I
was cycling along the road , but after I
found they made the machine easy riding I
didn't trouble to remove them , but ran along
the road until I came to a canal of a river
and then took to the water , coming out on
the road again when I got tired of acquatlc
traveling. "
"But can you get up any speed on that
machine ? "
"That Is Just the trouble. 'As my wheel
Is now constructed , you can't go verv fasten
on the water , but I think that might be
easily remedied by sort of fln-Hhaped pad
dles , llko my friend has on Jils avalanche
bike ; still. It was not for smooth water I
wanted It. You SPP , there are a great many
cataracts In Switzerland , of which , owing to
their situation , it Is Impossible to get a com
plete view. My pleasure consisted In goIng -
Ing over the cataracts. "
"Good gracious ! " I ejaculated.
"It Is well to have a good waterproof on
If you nro particular about getting wet.
After practicing on the lakes of Switzer
land until I had full control over my ma
chine , I took the train up Hie Goscheneii
and from Ihere went to Andermatt and
started down the HCUBS , which , as you
know , Is a very turbulent stream. I found
u good deal of difficulty In keeping upright ,
especially in i.uch turns as when we dashed
under the devil's bridge , but It la safe
enough If you keep your head and don't get
excited. You bounce up into the nlr a good
leal wCion you strike the rocks , as my
'riend does when coming down an ava
lanche , but on the whole It forms n very
l > leasurnblo trip to start with. Then )
inckled my first fall , the Ilandeck on the
Grlmsell pass. It Is hardly possible , ex
cept from the top , to obtain n good view
of this fall , but as you go over It on the
liiko you get an excellent Idea of the cat
aract by simply turning your head as you
go down , taking care , however , to strike fall
at the bottom. After that 1 went over tfu
Grles pass and did the Tosa river. The
Tosn falls are -170 feet 'high ' and 85 feel
wldo ; that Is a trip worth doing , but yoi
ought to look over your machine vcrj
closojy before you fctart It ; bo sure there
am no punctures In thu big cover am' '
tighten up the Bcrows a bit. I have no p.v
tlenco with cyclists who are careless aboui
tluir ni.Hhincs when taking a trip like
thU "
"Then you got safely over the Tosa ? " I
ventured.
"Ob , certainly ; several limns. The lat
time I went over backward so as to get n
better view of the falls as 1 wrnt down , but
this 1 n vrry dangerous experiment , nnd 1
do not recommend It to any one but ex
perts. Still , you do get a much better
know-lodge of the falls , nnd It is preferable
to craning your neck round na you have to
do when you descend fnco forward. Hut
It has Its drawbacks , because when you gt
down to tlie turmoil at the bovtom and lmv
to circle round and turn you. bike the tdt-
uatlon presents many difficulties which i
would not advise an amateur to encounter.
I Intend to do Niagara when I reach home ,
( but won't try It backward al flrst."t
Again there was deep silence In the rail
way compartment nnd It was some moments
before I could command my voice sufficiently ,
1
to make myself Intelligible. 1 looked nt thu
third man , George Washington Verity , ho
said his name was. Ho came from Maine
and I knew by his Innocent countenance
that ho could not tell a lie. Ho admitted
| that himself when he began to speak. Ho
said : j
"Of course If I had not seen my two com |
rades do what they say they have done I
might have some difficulty In believing their I
narrative. " ,
, "O , no , " I said ; "truth Is stranger than 1 '
| fiction , especially In bicycling , ns your two
comrades bear witness. I have no difficulty
I ' In believing every word they say , but that
perhaps is because I have been living In
j Switzerland nnd feel particularly robust.
In my ordinary state of health 1 don't know
that I could have swallowed thu avalanche ,
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'I GOT THE BICYCLE DOWN TO ME AND
TIED IT TO A BUANOlfl ? "
oven when washed down by the Tosa fnlle
But have you had no adventures on your
cycle , Mr. Verity ? "
"No , " he replied , "not one ; that Is not one
worth speaking of. I kept to the ordinary
roads and did the plain everyday cycling. I
did have a little excitement coming down
the Stelvio pass. Perhaps you know that
road , the highest pass in Europe. It runs
between Italy and the Tyrol. "
"Yes , I have been over it. "
"Then you know on the Tyrol side how the
road zigzags down and how frightfully steep
it Is. At the spot whore the man throw his
wife over you are doubtless aware there Is
a sheer cliff a mile deep. I resolved to cycle
down the Stelvlo pass and in order that this
might bo done In bafety I bought a tree
from a wood cutter up at the top and tied
It with a rope to the back part of my bicy
cle , so that It might act as a brake and a
drag as I went down the bleep Incline. "
"I have heard of such a thing being done , "
I said , glad to be on familiar grounds once
more.
'Yes , it is a very old device. You hitch
the rope round the 'butt ' end of the tree
and let the branches scrape along the
ground. Unfortunately there had fallen a
little snow and the night before there had
been a sharp frost ; so , besides being steep ,
the road was exceedingly slippery. By and
by , to my horror , I found the tree was
chasing me , 'but ' forward , and Instead ol
acting as a drag on my wheel , I had to
pedal like one demented to keep clear o
It , Theio was no going to one side nnd
getting out of Its way , because , you see ,
I was tied to It with a rope , and my only
salvation was to keep ahead of It. I thought
I was going to succeed , and did hucceed until
wo came to that sharp turning near where
the Waloon committed his murder. There ,
to my horror , the trunk of the tree struck
against the granite rock , and bounced over ,
dragging mo and the bicycle after it. "
"Suffering Peter ! " I cried , "what a situa
tion ! Nothing but a mile of clear air be
tween you and the bottom of the granite
elin ! "
"Exactly , " said Oeo-fra Washington ; " 1
see you know the spot. Now It takes a good
deal longer to drop a mile than must people
think It does , and I believe , In fiction , thai
a man in such a position spends the tlmo in
going ox IT all his past dci Is , oop
those of a sinful nature. 1 knew when I
started there would not br time enough for
me to con over nil the evil I had done during
my short life , o 1 abandoned < ho attempt ,
and thought Instead of how I could best
nave my bicycle , which wag a now machine ,
I left the saddle , climbed down the rope and
took tip a position on the butt end of the
tree , which -was going down with the
branches beneath , so I thought that If 1 could
keep It In this position the branches would
act na a aeries of springs , whereas. If It
turned and wont down butt flrit I should
very likely get an arm 'broken , besides
wrecking an expensive wheel , on which , un
fortunately , there was no accident Insur
ance. 1 resolved I would never travel In
Switzerland again without Insuring my bike.
I found that by swinging my body this -way
nnd that , I could keep the trco In the per
pendicular , so , pulling on the rope , 1 got the
bicycle down to me , and tied it to n branch
so that It would not ( lop about. 1 shall
never forget the sickening sensation with
which wo reached the bottom. 1 had much
trouble in hanging on to the butt of the
tree when we struck , though my arms were
clasped tightly round It. The branches acted
just na I thought they would , and the next
Instant wo had taken a great leap upward
again. The tree hopped like a gigantic frog
down the valley for about three-quarters of
a mile , or perhaps to 'bo ' strictly accurate ,
between half n mile , and three-quarters , and
then subsiding It dumped mo gently into the
torrent which Hews nt the bottom oftho ,
gigantic cliff. I was unhurt , 'but I regret
to say that the handle bar of my machine
wns bent a little , and ono of the pedals
was knocked askew. However , these little
accidents are bound to occur to a man who
does much w heeling. "
The train coming to a standstill nt this
point , I asked the boys If they had nny
more adventures , and they replied that they
had only just begun , and had told mo merely
the commonplace occurrences which had
befallen them. This "being " the c.use , I shook
hands with the three of them , nnd sought
another carriage. Ono sometimes gets
enough of information In an hour to last
him several weeks , and I thought It bettor
not to overcrowd my mind by stufilng Into
it nny moro knowledge acquired from the
three truthful bicyclers.
Admiral KnrniK"1 * I'M"Kthip < o .Slinur
KM Ti-i'lli AKtilii.
The glorious old sloop of war Hartford ,
from -whoso wooden sides thundered the
broadsides of Farragut , Is to bo anado an
effective part of our navy once more , re
ports the Washington Post. It was built at
the Boston Navy yard In the year 1808 , nnd
has lately been thoroughly overhauled , re
paired and refitted at the na\y yard , Mare
Island. A modern battery has been placed
on board , nnd an additional dock added ( a
light spar ( leek ) , covering its main bitlery
from the weather , as well as from Injury
from small gun projectiles during action.
The beams and stringers of this deck are
steel , with steel angles and fastening-con
nections to the wood hull , and these arc
covered with a substantial < 3eck of Califor
nia wood.
On this upper or spar deck , around the
rail , Is mounted a secondary battery of four
C-pounder nnd ono S-pounder rapid-fire
guns , two Colts , and ono C-lnch gun nt the
bow on the center line. Below this , on the
gun deck , are mounted twelve C-lnch rapid-
fire guns. This battery of modern guns Is in
strong contrast to the ancient "smooth
bores" that made the Hartford so famous
under the command of the Invincible Karra-
gut in the civil war. It Is also superior to
any of the 'batteries ' placed on our steal
gunboats , and but for the danger that would
result to it in action , duo to splinters and
flro , owing to its wooden hull , It would bo
moro than a match for most of our new-
vessels , also those of foreign navies of
near its displacement. ' '
The vessel is sheathed with copper , and
having alto a large sail spread , It Is capable -
blo of making long voyages without being
obliged to linger near coaling stations.
Wltlr new boilers , and the engines put In
thorough repair , a speed of twelve knots on
i 2,000 horse-power is expected , while under
sail jvlonc , with a stiff breeze , it is expected
to make ti speed of nine knots at least.
At a previous session of congress money
was appropriated to keep this historic ves
sel In repair and In active service a , most
commendable provision. It is noted that
foreign governments keep their celebrated
naval vessels afloat nnd in service for gen
erations. Nelson's llagshlp , the Victory ,
ia ono of these.
The dimensions , etc. , of the Hartfprd are :
Length between perpendiculars , 225 feet ;
breadth , II feet ; mean draft of water , 18
feet 2 Inches ; capacity of coal 'bunkers ' , 280
ton ; complement of officers , 32 ; comple
ment of crow , 212.
It Is expected that the vessel will bo
ready for sea about September 20 , ISOfl.
IllHtitry of Hie : IlnHforil.
The Hartford was Just four years old
when Admiral Knrragut , commanding the
Western Gulf blockading squadron , of which
the famous sloop cf v.ar was the llagshlp ,
t determined to force the passage of the forts
and take Now Orleans. The feat was un
questionably the most 'brilliant ' achievement
In naval history , and 7ias only recently
been paralleled by Oewoy's glorious victory
at Manila bay. The course that Fnrragut's
fleet had to follow ito reach the 'forts ' was
known to bo thickly mined , and all man
ner of terrors were apprehended , but there
was no wavering. "D the torpedoes , "
cried Farragut , "go ahead. " And the ro
bust language of the old fire-eater took its
place among Beiitcncra historical.
Led by the 'Hartford ' , from whoso tildes
there belched forth lire , smoke nnd metal
In a continuous stream , the squadron passei
the 'confederate forts , Jackson and St
Philip , nnd took New Orleans on the follow
ing day , Karragut then attacked am
captured the principal gulf ports of Texas
lumpMing the glorious task ho hnd so > t tori
himself i
The name of KarraRtit was henceforth to ]
be enrolled among our leading naval heroes , |
and the splendid old Hartford 1s designed to !
possess the snmo historical Importance to ,
the American people ns Nelson's llagshlp , '
Victory , to the British. The Vlctorj's fightIng - ]
Ing days are over. Its old age Is being
passed peacefully in harbor nmld no more
exciting surroundings than tha ordinary
hum-drum of commerce provides. Its solo
mission now Is to stir to patriotic fervor the
feeling * of those of the queen's subjects
who cllml ) nbonrd the gray old ship mull
mediate ecstatically on the glory of Britain
ns they gaze nt the brass plato on which' '
J * liifcrlbed : "Hero Nelson fell. " A moroi
useful llfo Is nhead for the Hartford.
American patriots can proudly walk its
decks as it plows the waves armed with
guns of the newest type , n more formld.iblo
craft by far than that from which Farragut
flung hla famous defiance to the enemy's
explosives. It should be n gala day through
out America when the Hartford turns Its
prow seaward once more.
trs C1VIMAN IinitO.
A llllt to Krcct it Monument ( o Old
John llnrn * .
Captain William C. iMIller of Carlisle , who
rpprtocutti the Adams-Cumberland district
In the Pennsylvania state senate , has In
troduced n bill appropriating $2,000 for the
erection of a. monument to John Burns , the
clxlllan hero of the battle of Gettysburg. It
will doubtless reach tiho governor and bo ap
proved. The monument will be erected on
the battle-field In whoso glory Burns had a
largo part , relates the iNow York Sun. He
Itwaa who conducted Ocneral Heynolds nnd
his c 2ort down n. by-street of Octtjbburg
'back to the Emmitt burg road , the old man
running ahead of the cavalcade- and pointIng -
Ing the way at the critical Juncture when
the southoriioiswcro preparing to strike.
He then watched the pioneers mow down
the fences for the advancing union troops ,
Heynolds having determined to strike across
the fields by the mmit direct route to the
seminary. Soon after Stone's brigade had
come into position an old man with hair of
grizzly gray , dressed In n long swallow-
tailed coat , and a ellk hat badly battered
and worn , carrying a immket , came tip at
a rapid 'walk through the wheat fields , from
the direction of the town , and desired per
mission to fight. Colonel Wlstor , to whom I
ho addressed himself , a&ked him If he know-
how to shoot , die answered that he would
show them whether ho could or not if they
would give him a chance.
"Wihero ia your ammunition ? " Inquired
\Vistor.
Slapping hie hand upon his pocket , he re
plied :
"I have It here. "
Colonel Wlster told him that ho could
have a chance to light , but advised him to
go to the v > oods , where the Iron brigade
was posted , as ho could there shelter him
self. According to Gates , the historian , this
didn't suit the old man's Idea of a fight ,
and ho persisted in going forward to the
skirmish line nt the fence , -upon the ex
treme front , and hero ho fought as long as
that fence was held. Few were the useless
shots he fired and many a foeman was
made to blto the dust before the sweep of
Ills rifle. When the skirmish line retired
lie was the last to leave. Ho subsequently
fought with the Iron brigade until the end
of the battle and was left wounded upon
the field. Ho was old John Burns , the only
civilian so far as known who fought In
the battle of Gettysburg. His heroism has
been Immortalized by Bret Harto and many
stories have been told of his part In this
great crisis of the war. Ho was born at
Burlington , N. J. , on September 5 , 1793.
His father , Joseph Burns , was a Scotch
man from the banks of the Dee nnd a
relative of the poet. Young Burns fought In
the war of 1812 nnd recounted many deeds
of valor in that enillcr conflict. He re
mained upon the frontier two winters and
until peace was declared. He also enlisted
for the war with ( Mexico , but his company
was not accepted. At the beginning of the
rebellion ho enlisted In iMoPherson's com
pany of Gettysburg men , but was rejected
when It came to be mustered Into the servlco
on account of his ago nnd sent home.
Ho subsequently walked to Hagerstown
and joined a wagon train , remaining In the
column of Banks for seven months , when
ho was again sent home. His fellow towns
men , appreciating his patriotic impulses
and thinking that by giving him employ
ment In which ho should hold responsibility
ho might bo kept from the Held , elected
him constable of tbo borough. This had
the desired effect and until the Invasion
of the state ho devoted himself diligently
to his olllclal duties. On Friday , Juno ,
1SC3 , Early's division reached Gettysburg ,
and the old constable , showing hlmbelf too
conspicuously , perhaps , was taken prisoner and
held in custody until Sunday , when Early
departed on his way to York. The old con
stable made several arrests of suspected
spies and filled the jail with thorn. He
hailed with Joy the appearance of Buford's
men and the following morning came Hey
nolds , leading the First corps. It was not
long until ho obtained a musket from a
wounded union soldier and took his place
on the firing line. Ho was a sharpshooter
and watched especially for hunted men.
Hl unerring aim attracted the attention of
the soldiers nnd officers of the Tenth Wis
consin , with whom the old man was fight
ing.
ing.Ho
Ho was struck several itlmes nnd was left
on tlio field for dead. Hours afterward ho
managed to crawl to a building where some
wounded wcro being cared for , nnd ho secured -
cured attention from a southern surgeon.
Two officers entered the house and Burns
admitted that ho wan fighting them , His
questioners left the scene and In a little
whllo two riflemen ascended to the cham
ber In the house opposite and fired two shots
at the old man , The bullets struck The bed ,
nnd , realizing that their purpceo was to
Kill him , the aged 'hero ' rolled to the lloor
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. Main Buildings of the Philadelphia Exposition of 1899.
Opens September 14 , Closes November 30 , 1890.
The Philadelphia Exposition of IS'JO Is forthe development of American manufactures and the expansion of the export trade of the United States , and It will be the first na
tional exposition of that character over held In this country. It will bo under the Joint auspices of the Philadelphia Commercial museum and the Franklin Institute , , and , con-
lining Itself to the hpecltlc purposes of its organization , will display manufactured products of the United States especially suitable for export , and , for the purpose of compari
son , collections of samples of goods made In tha commercial countries of Europe and successfully soldln the markets of the world. The exposition will open In September and
run through November.
An area of eight acres of ground will be covered by the main group of buildings , and the available exhibition space will bo at least 200,000 Bquare foot. The buildings are to
bo erected on tht > west sM of the Schuylklll river , within fifteen minutes' rldo of the city hall , on a tract of fifty-six acrrs of land given to the Commercial museum by tha
city of Philadelphia. Outside or the space occupied by the main buildings there will thus be within the exposition grounds ample space for the erection of detached btruc-
tiirea for epoclal exhibits , such as agricultural machinery , locomotives , railway mid street curt , etc. , and a largo area for tha nmubcmpnt features , which promise to be as
unique and Interesting as the exposition IB practical.
The main group of buildings Is being bo coubtrudcd as to form ono grand and imposing structure about 400x000 leot in extreme dimensions , and embodying all of those fea-
turoa of design and construction -which the experience of other expositions have proven BO desirable. The entrance will bo through a broad covered colonnade or porch of
double rows of hamlsoma columns extending from each Bide of an arch surmounted by an allegorical group.
The department of manufactured products of the United States , which will occupy four-fifths of the exhibition space , will comprise everything which is , can or might bo ex
ported , from locomotives and heavy machinery to the smallest nou'UloB.
The department of foreign manufactured goods will comprise a veiy comprehensive collection of samples of goods made abroad and sold in all foreign markets In competi
tion wiu American goods , and in foreign markets in which American trade has not yet been developed. In many respects this department will bo the moat Important of the
exposition
nnd managed to crawl Into another room
Several shots were fired under the bed , 1'ut
hearing nothing the cowardly riflemen sup-
posptl tltry had accomplished their deMKii.
During the nlht the enemy retreated ii'nl
ithtt next day the old man was taken to lil *
homo In the town. When President Lincoln
arrived In llcttysburfc lo dedicate the Na
tional cemetery ho expwiwl a dittlrc to sro
Hums' , nnd the old mau was brought to Mm
Later they walked through the streets of Oie
town arm In arm to attend a pubMo tvccptlon
at a church. Uurms soon became famon- .
Ilia bravery was the theme of many a pi-cm
nnd song , nnd ho was the < ( ilef attracts n m
many n parade In larger cities of fine coun
try. HP was voted pensions by congress and
the legislature of Pennsylvania. IIo oi >
tnlned a place In the state senate , whi h be
held for several years , lie dlrd Kebruary
4 , IS' ? , and was burled nt Gettysburg
TOM ) OTT OK < ( ) ! UT.
A nervous and Irritable lawyer was one
day arguing u rase before Judge \Vllllam K
Cooper of Tennessee when some one on en
tering the court room slammed the donr
very hard. The lawyer , startled by tbo
noise , said : "If the court please , 1 wish
that door was In hell ! " " 1 do , too , llrothor
II ; proceed with your argument , " was
the prompt reply of Judge Cooper.
Law Notes makes this comment on a Ne
braska case : The tear-compelling pathos
which some lawyers can Instil Into nn ap
parently unromantlc case Is frequently
amazing. In State against Moores ( Neb. ) ,
70 N. W , Hep , fine , which was a proceeding
In quo warranto to compel n clerk of court
to show his title to ofllce , the counsel
worked up a lachrymose melodramatic effect
which was llttlo short of the "liast Lynni' "
standard. In referring to this the court
said : "The proceeding nt law Is not a crlm
Inal action , nnd jet , from thu tearful and
pathetic argument of the counsel one would
bo led to suppose that the respondent was
being tried for a murder or treason , nnd
the argument la based upon the false as
sumption that his client is to be hanged
without the Intervention of a Jury. "
The dry routine of proceedings before the
prosy court of claims nt Washington was
broken during February by the unfolding
of a pathcitle romance , the participants In
whlcih were persons of real life. The cr.sr
was that of Clara II. Klowor against tnc
United States for damages on account of
the destruction of her husband's home and
live stock by federal troops during Hie
southern rebellion. ,
Mr. James Fullerton , a southern attorney ,
appeared ns counsel for the claimant. In
the ordinary course of events the case would
probably not have been reached this term ,
but on January 4 Mr. Fullcrton came Into
court and asked that this particular case bo
advanced and heard at once.
IIo then made a dramatic appeal to Uie
court , stating that he was suffering from a
deadly malady and that the doctors had In
formed him that lie could not live more than
a month. Ho added that ho had peculiar
pcrbonal reasons foe closing out the case
In which ho was engaged as attorney , and
that ho was the only mau living who couiil
complete It. . ,
This address had a marked effect upon
the court and ( tie attorneys present. The
court consented to hear the claim at onco.
Despite his weaknened condition , Mr. Fiil-
Icrlon made nn nblo argument In behalf of
his client , but nt Its conclusion iio left the
court room In evident distress.
The prediction of his physician in re
gard to the duration of his llfo was true , for
about the mlddlo of February , before a de
cision had been handed down , ho died , his
doctors stating that dciWi was duo to
cancer.
TLo other day the clerk of the court made
this entry In the lodger devoted to the case
of Clara H. Flower against The United
States : "Judgment for claimant , $22,357. "
J.VI1II ( AM > IMHJ.STUV.
Our potato crop last year yielded $89C13-
000.
North Carolina Is to have a textile school
at Halelgh. Proprietors of the state's cot
ton mills have agreed to contribute the
necessary funds.
"Gossamer iron , " the wonderful product of
the Swansea iron mills. Is go thin that It
takes 4SOO | sheets piled one on the other t < *
make an Inch In thickness.
In 1840 there were b rt seven occupations
open to women In the way of wage-earning ,
whereas now the field Includes several hun
dred branches of Industry. About 01 per
cent of the women of Massachusetts between
the ages cf 15 and 35 years are wage earners ,
domestic servants formliiK a much binaller
class than other occupations.
The census of 1SKO values the entire capi
tal then employed In the manufacturing and
mechanical industries at $ Cu2j,000,000. which
Includes all the minor or retail work done by
small individual proprietors. This means
that the total capitalization of these com
binations is equal to about 'JO ' per cent of thy
entire manufacturing Investments of 1S90.
Of the E,000.000 cases of tomatoes annu
ally packed In the United States. 1.800,000
are packed by canneries on the eastern shore
of Maryland. Thirty thousand acres have
been contracted for the coming season by
canners on the shore , although 16,000 acres
Is the most that was ever before contracted
foe in one seabon.
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