Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 10, 1899, Editorial, Page 20, Image 20

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    THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE : STHSTDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 , 189 ! )
PARIS RIPE FOR THE SHOW
The Fionch Capital Patting the House in
Order for Coming ; Crowds.
WORK ON THE EXPOSITION BUILDINGS
fiomo of the "Wonder * AmnnK < li
nxlilhlln A I.nrwo Collroilon of
1'roulin I'lniiN for Ilntiilllnir
lie Hn li of VUllorn.
PAIUS , Sept. 2. The exposition of IflOO Is
nnsumlnK form. Exhibitors arc beginning
lo got tholr mnrvcla undbr roofs. For Iho
first tlmo In hlirtory nn International show
wilt open on tlmo. The growth of the great
whlto buildings bring ? to mind the mush
room rifling of boyhood's circus tents. The
great and llttlo art p.ilaccs ara almont com
pleted , and the ugly buildings which hid
them from the ever pnosInK throngs on the
Champa Elysco have been torn down. The
beautiful hrldgo across the Seine , which was , ) i
In a moment of hyeterln , named after the
czar of Rucala , and which will , of course ,
have to bo re-named In case the llusnlnn boar
eiiarls at Franco , Is nearly finished. The
builders nro changing their attention from
the framework to the dccomtlons ot build
ings and the railway lines nrn already beginning - (
ginning to feel the great runh of freight bun- ,
Incss which will clog their lines from now
until after the exposition opens. Almost
every hotel In Paris has rented many , if not
most , of lln host rooms for the first weeks
of the exposition. The greatest rush will , of
course , bo during the first weeks , because
Intending visitant realize that after those
first weeks are over the fuzz will bo off the
peach to soma extent. It would scarcely bo
fair to say that the exposition will "wear
out" so quickly , but the French show Is not
being prepared on the ecalo of broad and
brilliant beauty that wne the magnificent !
chaructorlfltlc of the World's fair In Chicago.
at mnall Khapktcpent. Napoleon Mid ft
dozen times that that foot alone would save
It. It makes the proportion of nonproperty
holders thoite who have little or nothing
to save or lose comparatively dmnll. Half
n dozen mobs have rushed through the
Paris streets during recent months , any one
of which would , In an ordinary year , have
gathered strength and numbers enough to
have done great harm. Hut , with the expo
sition In view , the efforts to prevent such
a catastrophe < to nave- the Ilfo of the geese
that lays the golden egg were not only
earnest. They were desperate. And so far
they have succeeded. How completely the
government realizes the danger la shown
by the almos * continuous press censorship
exorcised on telegraphic dispatches going out
' of Paris President Loubot and his cabinet
know that to frighten the foreigners at
this stage of the game would bo fatal to
the show. Fond mammas have no deslro
to take tholr darlings on streets likely to
bo mob-swept ! nor have exhibitors any
yearning to place their treasures In build
ings which may bo looted. "It Is possible
that the approaching of the exposition may
save Franco from a cataclysm , " said my In
formant.
The Moon TVItliln n Ferr Mllpn.
The most Interesting of the scientific ex
hibits will bo the great telescope , built on
an entirely now plan. The difference be
tween 240,000 miles and forty-two miles Is
eald by Us projectors to bo what this great
Instrument will bring about when the
anxloua American looks at the moon through
it. It will magnify the moon 10,000 times.
The highest magnifying power obtained
through , any other telescope so far has boon
about 4,000 times. An object on the sur
face of the moon 700 feet long will be vis
ible to the eye ftt the telescope's Wg rei i
doctor as an object one-thirtieth of an Inch
In length. The very largest ocean steamer
that sails earthly seas would look , It transported - i
ported and set afloat on a ' .noon lake , nomo-
what smaller than this when gazed at by I
the aid of the big telescope. |
This machine will cost , completed , more i
than $300,000. Its object glasses will weigh
BOO pounds , and cost not less than $120,000.
Its plan of construction Is distinctly
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CARRJACC ENTRANCE - .
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USARAAY2.75.0OO
ARi-w or THE
THE MAIN GATEWAY OP THE EXPOSI T10N , WHICH WILL ADMIT 960,000 PER
SONS A DAY.
The buildings , with two exceptions only , are
of oven a more temporary type of construc
tion than were our flimsier structures , and
their plans Include much work which the ar
chitects characterize as "ginger bread. " This
will be affected by the lapse of time and the
brilliant paints which nro everywhere to bo
used ere likely to grow dingy.
PnrlM In n Hunt Storm.
That only two buildings the great nnd
little art palaces are being built of the
famous French sandstone , is a temporary
blessing to all Paris. The dust from this
sandstone is whlto nnd BO penetrating that
It becomes a public nuisance. It has ac
tually changed the color of the roadway
In the Champs Elysee. From the ordi
nary brown ot the average macadam road
the pavement has became a dirty gray
from the whlto dust blown nnd tracked
Into it from the neighborhood of the art
palaces. This has also had Us effect on
the health of the trees which have helped
to make this famous avenue one of the
most beautiful in the world. The etono
of which these superb buildings are being
constructed is taken from the very bowela
of Paris , from the same stratum of under
ground Franco in which the catacombs
were dug. It Is soft and very easily worked
when first taken out , but It hardens after
exposure to the air. One of the early won
ders of the show is the famous diamond
saw , which Is now continually at work on
the exposition grounds and which cuts this
rock as a sharp knlfo might cut whlto
cheese thereby adding to the dust which
pervades Paris nnd blows and blows and
blows , until your eyes nnd your cars and
your mouth nro full of it. No such ma
chine was ever made before. It is about
seven feet In diameter und Its wiwlng edge
la studded with Brazilian diamonds or
"boorts. " It has cut atones two feet thick
and twelve or fourteen feet long In a
quarter of an hour. The same work would
take throe or four days of a competent
man's ttmo.
Danger In Polltlci.
Tarls believes the show will be a great
success. There is no likelihood that she will
bo mistaken If sbo succeeds In keeping her
temper lone enough and falls to have a
rovolutlf/n. "Tho Dreyfus case , " said a very
Important Frenchman to me the other day ,
"nould have caused a real revolution long
before tliU had it not been for the approachIng -
Ing exposition. " This Is probably true.
More principle would scarcely keep the mer
curial French people cool-headed through
such a crisis ; but the hope of gain will
make e Frenchman do anything even keep
quloL The middle class and that Is the
governing element Is thrifty almost to the
point of meanness , and has been thoroughly
trained In the gentle art of plucking for
eigners. Its pco > pla will spare no effort to
preserve and make perfect so flue a chance
as the exposition will offer. Paris Is a city
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
Itartlflcinlly digests the food and aids
Nature in strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive o
guns. Ibis the latest discovered digest-
ant ana tonic. Ruothur preparation
can approach it in cfllciency. It in
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia , Indigestion , Heartburn ,
Flatulence , Sour Stomach , Nausea ,
BIcklleadachc.Gastralgla.Cranips.and
all other results of Imperfectdlgestion.
or.Dartd by E. C. DeWIU A Co. . Chlcaca.
novel. The tube win remain stationary
on a great brick foundation , laid horizon
tally on the earth's surface. Before the
object glasses or lenses will be a great
mirror , which may be so moved as to throw
the reflected image of any part of the
heavens Into the object glaases. From the
other end of the telescope ( where the hu
man eye would ordinarily bo applied ) the
magnified imago will be projected on a
screen after the fashion of a magic lan
tern. The wonderful Instrument is already
nearlng construction in the "Parace of Op
tics , " near the bottom of tha Eiffel tower.
The big tube will be made of twenty-four
enormous steel castings , each seven and
one-half feet long and four nnd one-half
feet in diameter. The thine Is being built
by M. Cnuthler , the most celebrated op
tical Instrument maker In France.
Clnocr 1'rcnkd of flip Show.
Of course the crank bos had and is still
having hlo day in connection with the
Paris show. A list of the wild schemes
which have been submitted to the man
agers of the exposition would fill all the
columns of thla paper. The Eiffel tower
and the great wheel already stand on the
exposition grounds. Another plan which
will probably be carried out consists of
an Immense umbrella , with its atetn or
handfe planted firmly In the earth. To the
end of each of Its ribs will be attached a
car somewhat cmnller than thoee in the
Ferris wheel. When the steam engine
opens the umbrella these cars will , of
course , be carried up Into the air by the
ribs. Just where the fun of being slowly 1
rallied to a height of olxty or seventy feet
at the end of a big umbrella will come
in , I leave for the gentle reader to figure
out alone.
The "Bottom of the Sea Aquarium and
Panorama" will be really beautiful and
highly educational. In its enormoua glaa's-
Blded tanks there will be , In the first place ,
the flneet collection of strange fish and sub-
rnarlna animals ever gathered in one place.
Sections will nleo bo devoted to rare marine
plants. Dy clever planning it has been
arranged to give visitors a perfect view of
what really goes on at the deep bottoms of
the sea. There will be divers at work on
the wrecks ot ehlpa , which will show the
plain effects of long sojourning beneath the
tea. A submarine volcano will be in active
eruption , and the method of laying and re
pairing an ocean cable will be illustrated.
One plan in connection with this part of
the show failed. There are certain fish
which can live only in the deepest depths ,
where the pressure of the water from above
Is great. These fish , of course , never have
been put on show , and an effort was made
to arrange a tank for them by means of
hydraulic preaaure. The scheme was found
to be Impracticable.
Wlirre Hnyullr Will I.oilur.
Not least among the shows will be the
gathering of notables. Royalty will be In
Paris during 1000 aa it has rarely been any
where except In London at the time of the
queen's Jubilee , The government long ngo
Bet aside the Pavilion de Flore aa an abiding
place for the chosen ones during the show ,
and is now well along In lt preparations
for their reception there. It is not a par
ticularly beautiful building , although trie
great architect , Lefeul , designed It ( or the
prince Imperial. It wan occupied by tha
State department for the colonlca , and Its
alterations for royal use have been in charge
of M. Kedon , the architect of the Louvre.
No one scorns to know what will take the
place ot Chicago's Midway Plalsance at tha
Paris exposition. Many mysterious conces-
* lens have been given out for the neighbor
hood of the Eiffel tower , and an "annex" has
been arranged for In the Wood of Vlncennes.
Inasmuch as thla is to be largely devoted to
athletic gamea. it seems likely that it will
draw the crowds who would be amuied by
the sort of thing which went on on Chicago's
Midway. Nothing , however , Is telng eatd ,
Dewey & Stone Furniture Co.
. FumitUre HOUSO I
IMS-Ill ? FARNAM STREET. X
Iron Divan
Bedstead
Mahogany finished
frnino , with flno
Whlto onntnol , with Bilk upholstered
brass . trimmings ; all Bent Inlaid panels
sizes. in back.
We Undersell Everyone
in Our Parlor
Bedstead Springs Furniture
alld Mattress Dept.
is one of our strong lines we
Metal Bedsteads . . . $2.25 up 35 show hundreds of nice
Springs $1.00 up Chairs , Divans ,
Colonial and Davenport Sofas ,
Mattresses . . , $1.40 up For this fine Morris Chairs ,
All goods on hand for prompt Reed Arm Chair , Ottomans , Window Seats ,
delivery. shellac finish. Fancy Rockers , Etc.
This Fine This fine
Dining Dresser
Chair $ § 50
9Oc
solid oak , golden
Golden antique antique finish
finish 20x24 , bevel edge
embossed back glass.
fine cane Beat
with brace arms. Odd Dressers and Chif
foniers in all the wanted woods ,
Our Stock of Dining
a beautiful assortment to select
Furniture is quite complete 8E Folding Bed
from and our prices still remain
showing sideboards , china Antique or mahogany finish , at last spring's quotations
finely carved front , with best
closets , chairs , tables , and buffets
woven wire spring attached. while others talk higher prices
fets in price to suit all.
47 Patterns on hand $8,50 up. on everything.
and little can be found out on this most
fascinating subject. It la fair to suppose
that Paris , the gayest of cities , will quite
outstrip any previous efforts made by the
more staid municipalities. It Is also and
pleasantly certain that the Innate art of the
French nature will prevent such gaylsh ex
hibitions of bestial vulgarity as marked our
own world's fair. I have only heard of one
American Midway enterprise , and that one late
to say the least , Inoffensive. Captain Wil
liam C. Oldrlne of Boston , It baa been an
nounced here , will attempt to walk across
the ocean on enormous five foot cedar shoes
and afterwards place himself on exhibition.
The biggest room In the world will also
be a feature of the Paris enow. There are
larger buildings than Machinery Hall will
be , but according to the claims made by
the Parisian promoters , none has ever had
so great a single floor space 12,644 meters.
The amphitheater has been planned to seat
15,000 spectators , daylight being admitted
through an Immense cupola of glass.
Alt American Hallway Train.
Two Interesting railway features are under
Tray. One Is an American railway train
consisting of ordinary coaches , palace car
and express cai , which will run frequently
between the main grounds of the exposition
and the annex at Vlncennes. One might
almost hope that this train might be an
object lesson to the benighted Rails and
Induce them to give up tholr antiquated ey -
tcm of compartment cars In favor of our
more convenient and healthful designs , were
It not tot the experience of an English rail
way Eorce years ago. The American line
of steamships docks at Southampton. From
there to London , trains are run at high
speed In two and a half hours. The Ameri
can line endeavored to plc-aso Its patrons
by Inducing the road to put on the most
Improved and high class American palace
cars. Englishmen would not rMo In the
beautiful vehicles , nnd the service had to be
abandoned. Those superb cars are now
visible neglected and rotting sidetracked
In the railway yard nt Southampton. It
will probably be the earao In Paris. The
other railway novelty will be an immense
panorama of the barbaric scenery along the
czar's famous projected trans-Siberian rail
way.
way.An interesting item appeared the other
day In Le Tempa. It said that 1,164,000 , or
? 8,820,000 , had already been Invested in the
show which , of course , is very far from
what will have been put Into it when it
opone , on April 15. How much of this will
prove to have been pure loss when the gates
are finally closed on November E , of course
no one knows , but experts believe that the
Paris exposition of 1900 will bo much more
successful financially than the World's Fair
was at Chicago.
At any rate , the management is prepar
ing to handle enormous crowds. The main
gateways will be known as "L'Entree Monu-
i mentale , " or Monumental Entrance. The
show will be open sixteen hours a day , and
this entrance Is arranged to give passage to
60,000 persons nn hour. So if thlo one gate
were worked to Its fullest capacity It would
admit 060,000 persons a day. And there are
many gateways. This great gate will bo a
triumphal arch , decorated over Its front
with the arms of the city of Paris. This
will bo surmounted by a statue of Liberty
heroic In size. Including the two great
friezes on the sides representing workmen
carrying their products to the exposition ,
the gate will cost 62,000 francs , or $12,400.
Tlionnnnd Tnnicnen
Could not express the rapture of Annie E.
Springer of 1125 Howard street. Philadelphia.
Pa. , when she found that Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption had completely
cured her of a hacking cough that for many
years bad made Ufa a burden. All other
remedies and doctors could cive her no help ,
but she says of this Royal Cure : "It soon
removed the pain in my chest and I can
now sleep soundly , something I can scarcely
remember doing before. I feel like Bounding
Its praises throughout the universe. " So will
every one who tries Dr. Klnc'n New Dis
covery for any trouble of the Throat. Chester
or Lungs. Price EOc and Jl.OO. Trial bottles
free at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store ; every
bottle guaranteed.
The first elopement by automobile Is re
ported from Berlin , where two young people
rludod the parental pursuit and wrath by
climbing Into a machine and turning on the
power. Fortunately the man was an engi
neer , who knew how to carry his sweetheart
safe and sound to a preacher , nnd the
father of the bride , a wealthy manufacturer ,
has already forgiven them. (
PH1NC FOR INDIAN THEFT
Government Eeimburses an Old Nebraskan
for a Thirty-Year-Old Loaa.
DATES BACK TO DAYS OF CATTLE TRAINS
Attack of Iledfikinn on n Cattle Train
anil Capture of Part of the Mo-
tlve 1'ovrer Oninhn. the
Starting Place.
The government has Just settled with n.
former resident of Omaha for a claim which
had its origin in the Indian troubles of thirty
years ago. Joseph H. Penny , who once lived
hero , but lo now n farmer near Onawa , la. ,
has been notified that his claim for $2,435 , In
payment for forty-five or fifty head of cattle
cut out of his bunch by marauding redskins
in the days when there was only a trail to
connect the small scattered towns of Colorado
rado and Its military outposts with Omaha ,
the western gate of civilization , had been
granted. It Is not every loss by Indians for
which the United States reimburses Us cit
izens , however , as is somewhat borne out by
the length of tlmo which it took a Just claim
of this nature to work its way through the
official mazes.
W. W. Marsh of the Union National bank ,
who operated a ferry between Omaha and
Council Bluffo at the tlmo when Denver was
nothing , and when men had to bo lured by
gold to thread their painful way across the
arid plains with ox teams , was a business
associate of Mr. Penny and tells of how he
came to lose cattle to the Indians In such a
manner that the government felt Itself
obliged to reimburse him.
"While I never accompanied Mr. Penny's
cattle trains across the country , " said Mr.
Marsh , "I did help to start another train
westward , which afterward formed a portion
of the outfit of which Mr. Penny was in
charge. I was then running the ferry across
the river here , my boat being called the
Lizzie BayllBO. The ferry was first started
in 1853 or 18C4 , and landed on this side of
THE GUEAT TELESCOPE AT THE PAIUS EXPOS ITION.
GENEttAU VltW Of THE
AtHLOfcXMUBN *
PVCUHiMt M4OTM *
the river at what was then known as the
'Telegraph Poles,1 near what Is now East
Omaha. On the Iowa side we made our
landing Just above what la now Broadway.
"One day a man named Havlland came
to town with n lot of cattle to sell. Before
ho sold them ho was persuaded to use them
in making up a train , with which to trans
port to Fort Laramlo a lot of corn which
Mlllard , Caldwell & Co. , bankere , were
under contract to move. The corn was at
Plattsmouth , and I went down there to
assist in the loading and to start the train.
It consisted of about twenty wagons and
waa tended by twenty-five men. The train
belonged to Marsh , Atwood & Havlland
after wo had organized it , and It started
in the summer of 1S65.
"As nearly as I can recollect , the train
reached the fort without Incident , except
that on the way It fell In with a train
Penny was taking across the plains nnd
Joined it for the remainder of the distance.
As soon , however , as the trains had been
unloaded they were pressed Into the gov
ernment service something which the rep
resentatives of the government were In the
habit of doing when things had to bo moved
quickly and there was a scarcity of rolling
stock and used to carry supplies from the |
fort to some new post on the Powder river.
They got back to Laramlo without any
trouble and then started on the return trip.
Raided by Indian * .
"Penny had with the train when ho loft
the fort a largo number of passengers for
Omaha , so it happened that there were
about 100 men available for fighting duty
when the tlmo came for that.
"One night , when the party had blvouj j
ackcd on the north side of the Platte , not
far from where Julcaburg now stands , a' '
party of Indians approached under.cover of
the darkness and tried to run off the cattle.
They made so much nolso about it that
they woke up the whlto men , who Immedl- , i
ately charged out Into the night , bent on J
saving tholr cattle , their only means of j
reaching home. They succeeded in getting i
hank all the cattle excepting about forty- '
five or fifty head and then a regular battle
In the dark ensued.
"The firing was heard at a small ( station
on the other aide of the Platte and word
was sent to a detachment of troops twelve
miles away. It was still dark when the
troops arrived and took a hand In the fight.
It did not take them long to put the Ravages
to flight. Fortunately , not a member of the
party waa injured.
"Some of the men from the train and the
soldiers followed the trail in the hopes of
catching up and getting back the stolen
cattle. But they did not dare to go far
from the train and soon abandoned the chase.
But they found articles of clothing with
blood on them , which showed that some of
their bullets bad lodged in the redskins'
bcdlcfl. Whether any of them were killed or
not wo never learned , for , ns you know ,
Indians never leave tholr dead on the Hold
If they can po&ilhly make away with them. "
It was the cattle lost In that raid for
which the government now settles with
Penny , on the ground that the Impressment
of bin train delayed his return.
80MI3 I.ATI3 I\VK\TIO.\S.
Cooking utensils can be provided with a
n w cover-holding device , which holds the
cover tightly for draining off the water or
allows Ita removal without scalding the
hands , a strip of metal being curvnl to fit
the handle of the dish , with a clip to engage
the knob on the cover.
Advertisements are stamped on cigars by
the operation of a new tip cutter , Hie cigar
being placed in a curved dot nd the hinged
top of the machine deprMSBd , bringing a
heated die plate in contact with the nine of
the cigar an the tip li cut , thus burning the
reading matter into th * tobacco ,
A Connecticut woman ha * patented an em
broidery hoop which doe § not have to bo
stretched over the Interior hoop to fasten the
cloth , the outer hoop being provided with o
pivoted lever , which tan b opened to wi-
large the diameter of th hoop , being closed
again to grip the Inner hoco ,
DeWltt's Little Early RIaera permanently
curs chronic constipation , blllouinfiM , n rv-
ouanesi and worn-out fiollng ; cltanae and
regulate the entire ayatem , Small , pliaaant ,
never erij * or ilckenamoua ilttl * pills. "
A few special pieces to close
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$150 CHA.MIIKK SUIT
Uird's-ovo iimplo. 3
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design , finely curved
nnd finished
$65 MORRIS CllAIK
Solid Mahogany Irntno , finely carved
upholstered In real
leather , lull
Beat and book
only
S 0 PARLOR CAIHNET
IMrdVeye maple , with
fjlnss Miolvcf nnd light
bltio Tolour linings
only
$40 HALL SETTEE
A three section Bent , Quely carved
bock and side of antique
oak with oriental
tolour seat
only
$22 IRON BEDSTEAD
Dead black onutnol , flno
dcelpn , with brann tup
rulls. knobs , Hugf nnd
apludlos
$105 CHAMBER SUIT
Oonloy Birch a vary
largo flno suit In per- $75
foot condition
only
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Brass
Tables
with onyx top some beauti
ful designs to close out
regardless of
COST-
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