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THIS 18 A CHIEF OF THE HEAD
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PICTURE.
B World' fair grounds Is th Hall
thirty rods wide and a total
lenvth of almost one hundred
rods.
It stands on a rise of land which
separate! It by a little from a'.l the other
buildings. Some idea of Its Immense plze
may be obtained by comparing Its height
with that of the crowds of people at Its
doors In Figuro 1, which shows the north
nd of the building. Approaching It from
the north, one's attention Is attracted by
the Ceylon building on the left and the
Canadian building on the right, both flliod
with exhibits characteristic of the coun
tries to which they belong. The Ceylon
building Is snld to bo a reproduction of
an ancient Buddhist temp'.e. In It one
may get a cup of genuine Ceylon tea.
Directly ahead Is the great floral clock,
wl.loh Is no doubt thelargest clock ever
built. The face la more than 100 feet In
diameter nni made entirely of flowers.
The figures n.'e made of dark-follagci
plants set In a mass of lighter foliage.
The faco Is so large that a single minute
la about five feet '.ong. The clock Is of
tho kind In which the minute hand moves
minute by minute, the hand resting be
tween each movement. At the hour the
time is struck on a large bell In the lit
tle white tower on the right at the back.
I may say in passing that the machinery
for running the clock Is found In these
little towers.
That Agricultural Exhibits.
Entering the main doorway of the Hall
of Agriculture, one Is bewildered at the
vaatness of th room and the multitude of
exhibits. Great Britain, Japan, Germany,
New Zealand, Austria attract one's notice
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Latest Developments in Electricity Described
(Copyright, 1904. by Frank O . Carpenter)
ITi LOUIS, Oct 28.-(Speclal Cor
respondence of The Bee.) If you
want to see what the world la
Louis exposition. The largest In
ventions along every line are shown here.
This 1 the twentieth century fair, and It
has all sort ot new twentieth century ma
chinery. I have spent today In the. grenl
Palace of Electricity, talking with Prof.
Goldsborough, who has charge ot tho elec
trical department. I have watched girl
cooking . with lightning, and smoothing
boiled shirts with eleotrlo Irons. I have
seen men healing diseases with electrto
parks, telegraphing a thousand word a
minute, telephoning without wire, and
even without the aid of the "hello" girl.
Ye. .. Actually telephoning without the
Intervention ot her nasal twang, and with
out the danger of her bearing the secrets
they transmit. They make their own con
nections and talk as long as they please,
unbosaed by her majesty.
Sphere of the Automatic Telephone.
In my talk with Prof. Goldsborough, I
asked, him about these automatic tale
phone. He said:
"W have three different system exhib
ited here. The Strowger system has been
in process of development for a number
of years, but It has only recently become
thoroughly commercial, and It Is now ex
tensively used In the faotory town about
Boston and Chicago. We have It here in
the electricity building and. use It In our
business. The exchange Is so arranged ai
to show the working of about 10,000 tele
phones. We have telephones at each of
the various entrances ot this building, In
our oflloes, in the laboratory of the na
tional bureau of standards and otherwise.
The system - gives us a means ot secret
The Lost of Nebraska's Buffaloes
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1 Editor of Th Bee: In Sunday
f I tattia of Tha Bee I notice an
article entitled "Nebraska' Last
- Buffaloes," in which I took consld-
eiwu interest on account of th fact that It
refers to matter which took place In my
old homo, Furnas county, Nebraska, where
the writer "run wild" in his boyhood days,
from 1871 to 187& In the year "71 my father
emigrated from, Warren county, Iowa, to
Furnas county, Nebraska, and located a
claim Ova rolles south of Beaver City, now
the county seat of that county. At a small
town called Richmond a store and postofnee
combined -was operated by a man by the
name of Brown Judge Brown the flrat
Judge In Furnas county.
Beaver City was at that time composed
of a store and postofllce. This was In 1871.
In 18T3 a man came and built a hotel and
put up a blacksmith shop. Beaver -City la
located on Beaver creek, and Richmond Is
five miles south, on the Sappe, from which
place I carried mall on horseback, tied on
behind tho saddle.
I stopped at Spring Green and made two
or three other points up the Sappe, as th
settlements were at that time only on the
streams, and the distance from Richmond
to Kimball was twenty-eight miles, and we
mud the trip in a day two days each week,
rain or shine, as we were under bonds to
protect that mall "unto death." So I pro
vided myself with a big, ugly looking .44
Colts and a carbine, and considered myself
well . fortified. We also drove freight
wagons from what was then Plum Creek
Station south across the country to Rich
mond, a distance of about sixty-five miles;
stopped at a place railed Dad's Rsnche and
at another called Vaughn's Ranche.
The next stop was Arapahoe, then Braver
City, then on to our own little town of
Richmond; and on one or two occasions I
remember In making the trip we were met
near Arapahoe and 'escorted home by hunt
ers, or scouts, for fear some one would
hold U up and Lake our good. I remember
among foreign countries, whl!e here the
states of the union rle with each other
In showing what they can do In the Way
of making an effective showing of their
products. I cannot attempt to tell here
what the different states show. That task
must be reserved for the "Official Cata
logue." Of course I looked at the corn,
wheat, oats and grasses shown by Iowa,
the Immense exhibit, mainly of corn, made
by Missouri, the corn, wheat and oats and
the "corn steiT" of Kansas, but 1 pass
these rapidly os I make rr.y way to Ne
braska. Its beautiful sixty-foot tower of
golden corn Is the finest thing of its kind
In the ' building. And so Is Its exhibit of
grasses and grains. Here Is where the
brains of those who prepared the material
came Into play. Everything about the
exhibit is very perfectly done. This Is
the characteristic feature of this unique
exhibit. Instead of a manufactured model
of an ox, we have the genuine thing In
the skin of the most perfect steer that
this country has seen for many a year.
There tie stands, the Incomparable "Chal
lenger," admired by everyone who passe
by. He represents something real. . There,
too, are his ribbons the very ribbons that
he won laat year in Chicago. That ex
hibit alone Is worth more than the whole
how made by some states.
I cannot say soo much for the llttie
'theater and the moving pictures of Ne
braska scenes. I was so fortunate
as to be given an excellent seat at one of
these exhibits. The room was packed
with a most appreciative audience. Here
they saw herds of fat hogs, flocks of fine
sheep, herds of cattle and horses, and
many characteristic farm scenes, all taken
from actual life. It was a most p'.easing
series of pictures, and all who saw them
felt that indeed this is a good state, flow
Ing with milk and honey. At the close of
the exhibit I heard a man say that his
only criticism was that It wasn't long
tnough.
Hall of Horticulture.
But I must not stop too rone, even In
the Nebraska exhibit. I must hurry away
to the Hall of Horticulture, directly south
of the Hull of Agriculture. Here I find
apples,, apples, apples. They are of all
sorts and colors and sizes and kinds. They
all look nice, and one wishes he could ea.
them all. I walk through .the aisles, by
state after state, and grow more and more
tiungry. I find Arkansas, "the land of the
big, red apples," and, sure enough, here
they are in quantity, and they are big and
red. At this point I meet Prof. Hanson,
the expert judge, who is perspiring over
his work of determining which fruits are
the best. At list I reach Nebraska and
feel at home, for here I am asked to eat
somo of the beautiful samples. I eat and
pronounce them good. Were I the Judge,
Nebraska fruit would be placed very high
Indeed.
One of the most Interesting buildings Is
the one devoted to forestry, fish and game. .
The west end U devoted to forestry wholly,
while In the east end most of the apace
is given to fish and game. I don't care
especially for the latter, but notice that
the crowds are densest In this end. People
like to Icok at moving things, and so they
communication with one another, th cen
tral office being eliminated. ' We can tele
phone what we please, and It is practically
Impossible for any one else to know, what
goes on,,
"In addition to this," continued Prof.
Goldsborough, "we have the Faller auto
matlo telephone system,, which Jias . been ;
so developed that It, is now ready for com
mercial application on a . large scale, and
also the automatlo telephone ot the Bell
Telephone company. The Bell Telephone
company has been quietly perfecting such
machines for several years, and they have
their apparatus now on view in section IT
ot this building. This Is practloally the
first announcement that baa been mad ot
It, and It 1 on of our most Important
novelties."
"Will such telephones come into general
use?"
"I believe that they will be used at first
in small Installations," said Prof. Golds
borough. "It may take some time to adapt
them to the cities or to make It possible
that they should take care of the enormous
traffic ot a large city without the use of
operators. That la a matter of gradual de
velopment, and it Involves serious engineer
ing problems."
"Then we shall have operators for soma
time yet?"
"I think so," was the reply. "We still
use tallow candle, gas lamps and coal oil;
although we have the electrio light, which
excels them as an lllumlnant. It is not
possible to say . as yet that the automatlo
telephone will do away completely with the
central station telephone"
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"How about the wireless telephone?"
"That I a new Invention which 1 shown
In a comprehensive way and on a sound
' engineering basis for the first time at this
one man very distinctly Harry Brayton
who rode behind my wagon aud said to me,
"Don't be afraid, kid, the old man is here."
In 1873 the postmaster at Spring Green,
Wlckllffe Newell, took the contract to sup
ply several thousand pounds of buffalo, and
myself and two other parties, Mathon and
Galon James, took the contract to deliver
the meat to Beaver City. About the laat
of November we loaded our wagons with
provisions and grain enough to last us
three weeks and started for the headwaters
of the south fork of the Republican river.
We left Beaver City about the 1st of De
cember, followed up the Beaver creek
through a place called WllsonvUle, then to
Cedar Bluffs and from thence to Big Tim
ber, and then crossed over onto the Re
publican and followed It up to the head
waters, got onto tne wrong trail and missed
our man, Newell; wandered around three
or four days, became discouraged and
started back. By and by we overtook a
hunter by the name ot Ray, and James
hired him to kill our meat, which he soon
did, and we struck the back track for
home. The weather began to get cold, our
horse feed waa exhausted, our flour and
coffee had run out and we were Anally com
pelled to abandon our loads of meat In
order to get back. The weather got colder,
the snow began to coma down thick and
fast, and the wind blew a perfect gale from
the north, and such a bllzsard no one ever
saw. unless he lived In that country. The
storm lasted for three or tour days. Finally,
my team gave out, ss did alao on ot the
horses belonging to James, and we were
forced to abandon them; took the best one
of James' team. "loaded all our bedding in
one wagon and finally, after being out
forty-eight days, managed to get back
home with badly frocen feet about all in
Speaking about buffalo tn Nebraska, the
last one I saw In Furnas county was Allied
'by a man named Harve Brohard. He and
Loren Tompkins were together, and after
considerable effort Anally bagged the big
fellow. Thia was along In June, 1OT.
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hang about the fish tanks, and lean eve
the railing to look at the disconsolate
Nbeavers and other beasts. That they are
attracted by the living, moving thing Is
shown by the fact that they pass by the
stuffed animals with scarcely a glance. Ea
the crowd goes on by the samples of ex
qulslte woods shown by many states. Call
fornia has a magnificent exhibit with wood
of many colors. Louisiana shows Its many
woods In a very Instructive and helpful
way, for each block Is not only labeled In
large letters, but on it Is a suggestive '
printed paragraph calling nttcntion to the
value and uses of that particular wood.
.The United States bureau of forestry
tenches several valuable lessons In a serle
of large photographic transparencies show
Ing methods of planting, cutting, reforest
Ing, forest destruction, effect of fires, etc.
Beveral of these views are taken from the
forest reserve In central Nebraska, show
ing how the seedlings were started and
how they are set In the ground afterward.
Near the building Is a plot of ground
showing aU stages of the growth of forest
trees from the seed beds to those whlclt
have attained considerable size. Not far
away are several larger areas devoted to
Out of, door demonstrations by the United
States bureau of forestry.
Big; Locomotives.
In the Transportation bulldmg I saw th
biggest locomotive ever built It la In "
reality a double locomotive. Near the front
of the monster machine are the. steam
cylinders In the usual place. Thee turn
NORTH END AND MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE- AGRICULTURAL BUILDIKO,
THE RIGHT AND THE CEYLONESH BUILDING AT' THE LEFT.
exposition. You can see It in the Palace ot
Electricity and listen to the transmission
of articulate speeph without wires. Prior
to this, demonstration have been effected
where tbm ground or currents ot water
have been used as a means of perfecting
tha circuit between the instruments. Here
at the exposition we have sn absolute di
vorcement of the tran m ttlng and receiving
Instruments, one from the other, without
any physical connection whatsoever. A
person, equipped with one of these tele
phone transmitters and the coll attached
thereto, can pass freely through the court
and central aisles of this great building and
distinctly hear the words spoken at the
transmitting station, which is entirely out
of view and far beyond ear range.
The Intent of this demonstration is to
conclusively prove that the connection Is
absolutely wireless. We can easily show
the general public that wireless telephone
stations are Installed and in operation, but
It Is difficult to make many believe that
there is not some means of transmission
between the stations. You can easily see
that this could not be the case with the
wireless telephone system exhibited here,
as the person having the receiving appa
ratus In his hand knows that It is entirely
free from any outside connection."
"Then the only use of this invention
la to listen to soms central speaker or
to talk between man and man?"
"So far the system Is used here only
as a means of enabling one speaker to
talk to large number of listeners
Whether It wl'.l ever have a commercial
value remains to be shown."
"How large an audience could one man
address through one of these machines
and be distinctly heard, Prof. Goldsbor- ,
ough?" I asked.
"As an engineering possibility It would
be perfectly feasible to Install such an
apparatus, so that one speaker could ad
dress at least 100,000 people, and each
could hear him with equal distinctness.
Such an experiment, however, would re
quire the installation of a set of instru
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Thai Wireless .Telegraph.
"How. about-, the . wireless - telegraph?"
. '"That is a different- proposition," said
the chief of the electricity palace. "Half
a dosen systems of wireless telegraphs
are now being used. . There are several
operated in the Unted States, and Gieat
Britain is spending a large sum of money
every year . to equip its battleships with
them. Our. government is also experi
menting with the different systems, and
wirelcaa telegraphy is now used by the
public on a very extensive scale. It is
used far more than the people realize In
communications between station on land
and upon sea. There are at the present
time two well organized and strong com
panies carrying on the wireless telegraph
business in the United States. The De
Forest Wlretesa Telegraph company has
here at the exposition, in addition to two
finely equipped stations inside the elec
tricity building, two towers, each of which
Is over 250 feet high. From these towers
messages can be simultaneously sent out
to two different points, and before the
closing of the fair they will transmit
messages as far as Kansas City and Chi
cago." "Do you think It will ever be possible
to telegraph across the Pacific, Prof. Golds
borough?" '
"It is within the range or possibility, al
though It may be long before It is attained.
The De Forest company has already equip
ped a large station at Seattle. We have
a model of that station In the electricity
building. From Seattle messages will be
sent to Alaska, to cities on the Pacific
coast, and possibly to the Hawaiian Is
lands and the orient. It would be a won
derful thing if we could telegraph from
San Francisco to China, would it not?"
New Things In Transportation.
The conversation here turned to elec
trical transportation, and I asked as to
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Goldsborough replied:
"In electrical transportation there Is
nothing new which the public can appro-,
elate. There are new things. . I might say,
startllngly new, to the engineering world,
and Ukely to entirely revolutionize the sya-'
tern of electrical transportation, especially
over long distances; but the character of
the . inventions . is so extremely technical
. that the general public would not be able
to appreciate all that they carry with them.
A car equipped with an apparatua designed
to work under a high pressure alternating
curient does not appear different in any
degree from the present trolley car to the
- layman, and, Indeed, only a trained and
skilled electrician can appreciate to any
. great extent what this new development in
volves." "Does that mean that electricity will
take the place of steam on our big rail
roads V
"I think It safe to say," replied the elec
trician, "Inasmuch as electric cars are now
being operated between cities several hun
dred miles apart, more cheaply and with
the same saiety and speed as the steam
railroads, and that without the aid of
.freight traffic, that the capitalists will
eventually see that they can make a sav
ing by doing away with the steam locomo
tive and taking the electrio locomotive in
Its place. This Is especially ao because re
cent developments Include electric railway
apparatus which are much more economical
for long distance work than those now com
mon In America.
"The fact that the New York Central
railroad has equipped thirty-six miles of Its
main track near the city of New York with
. electric apparatus and has placed on order
for thirty electrio locomotives capable ot
making a apeed of seventy-five miles per
hour with heavy Pullman trains. Is one in
dication that a great change Is about to
take place In the method of handling traf
fic on our big roads. This change will first
coma where the volume ot business is
heavy, . and where there are many trains
every day."
Cooking by Lightning.
"1 see that you have girls here cooking by
means of lightning. You have electric irons
and electric stoves, and all sorts of cica
trical cooking appliances as well as elec
trical heaters. Are thesu things practical?" -"I
think they are," said the head of the
electrical department of the World's fair.
"Electric heating la now used very exten
sively. A great number of factories now
employ electrio soldering irons and heating
lroru They find it economical luusmush as
the person pressing out huts or cloth does
not have to stop every few minutes to get
o hot Iron from a stove or heater. The
electric inn is nlwiys hot and a ways reidy
for use, and the operator's eliiciency Is
greatly increased by her having an elec
trically heated device rather than one
heatefl by other means. '
"As to .the use . of electrical heating ap
paratus In the household, It Is safe to say
'. that it is constantly encroaching upon the
more primitive methods. Electrical heating
and electrical .cooking are far superior to
any other in the matter of convenience.
' Wherever wuter must be heated it can be
heated as economically by the electrical ap
paratus as by gas or coal, and such cooking
and heating can be more easily done than
' by any 'otier means. -
, "A very important tiling about cooking
.'and heating by electricity," continued Prof.
Goldsborough, "l that it Is' much more
-qlthy than cooking or heating by coal or
.lis.- Electricity 'makes Jn dirt and the
apparatus .can be, quickly and ' readily
jeleaned. Again, you csn heat any desired
vessel without hoattag up the rest of your
surroundings. You can make coffee with-
, out bringing th cook and th room to a
high temperature, as ' you roust do' if you
would heat a, smaller quantity, of water by
coal, i wood or gas. By the aleotrlcal appa
ratus' ail tha beat is kept inside the coffee
pot and taecook and the room are st a
comfortable tesiperature. You .muy-see
this took Ing going on irt the building. We
have here utensils for the entire range of
three pairs of driving wheels. Then Just
. back of the hindmost driver is another pair
of steam cylinder.1 turning three more pairs
of driving wheels. So there are six pairs
of driving wheels upon which rests the en
tire weight of this Immerse engine.
The total weight of engine and tender Is
MO tons, which Is nearly double that of
any other engine shown. And yet some of
the other engines are monsters. One of
these la mounted on an elevated turn
table, where It puffs away, "turning Its
wheels, and at the same time slowly ro
tating on the turn-table. Nearby Is a
series of locomotives from the earliest
crude beginnings up to the present type.
When one compares the feeble little en
gines of teventy-flve to eighty yesrs ngn
with such powerful machine t.s those
mentioned above, he g?ts some idea nf the
great Improvements which h.ive been made
In transportation.
t ntrrrslllea and Sennols.
But I must hasten on. I can only glnnre
t the Kducational building, with its spare
given to the colleges and schools of the
country. Here is , a room labeled "Har
vard," there one with the Inscription of
Yale, another with Columbia, still others
with Johns Hopkins. Michigan. CorneM.
California, etc. Here the loyal eons of
these Institutions write their names In the
visitors' books and fondly look over the
catalogues and descriptions of the glories
and advantages of their favorite college.
I visit the exhibit of the Nebraska school
and again have cause to feel proud of my
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ful commercially.
' Trying; to Ednente the People.
"I . would like to say," remarked Prof.
Goldsborough. "that the exhibits of the
Palace of Electricity have . been designed
especially for the general public rather
than for the electrical engineer. This ex
position I educational and we are trying
to show the people as much as possible
aoout the new things in the electricity of
today. We have here complete arc light
ing systems, so displayed that the layman
can see Just how his city plant is operated
and handled. He can. If he will, have all
the details explained by calling upon th
attendants In charge of the exhibit.
"We have also a splendid laboratory here
for the testing of large electrical ma
chinery. The facilities of this workshop
are beyond those of any of our university
laboratories. Indeed, a group of eight stu
dents could be continuously occupied there
for more than two years, studying the be
havior and characteristics of electrical ma
chines, and not exhaust Its resources It Is
so with many bther features. They are'
made for the public and the attendants are
ready to answer why and wherefore every
thing Is, so that the visitor may carry
away the knowledge of much In each ex-,
hlblt that is not apparent on the surface."
Healing; Diseases by Electricity.
Th use of electricity In curing. disease Is
well shown in the electricity building. Mr.
Goldsborough tells me that startling prog
ress has been made in this Aeld. He has
exhibits of the electrio light bath, and It iff,
I believe, possible for a person who feels
under the weather to take one here In the
full view of the public. In the same way
various electrio brushes are shown and X
ray Instruments of different kinds.
One of the most interesting features of
Romantic and Curious Matrimonial Ties
Three Ceremonies In as Many Day.
N A. dingy little office, nine feet
square, the headquarters of the
Italian consulate at Pittsburg,
Pa., Miss Edith Ann Oliver, un
attended by any member of her
uaiwi family, .was married to the Mar
quis Alfred Dusmot de Smours, a titled
Italian. . . .,
The previous afternoon the couple were
married by a Justice of the peace In Lee
township. The following day there was
another wedding In St. James Roman Cath
olic church at Sewlckley Heights. This
wedding was an unostentatious affair.
Social Pittsburg Is Just a little startled,
to say tha least. Miss Oliver is the daugh
ter of Jamea B. Oliver, and It was not un
til the Oliver family landed In New York
some months ago, bringing with them tha
titled Italian, that news of the engagement
was given out.
Fast TrnlnAlds Elopers.
By stopping one of the fastest trains on
his road at a lutle way biution aupi-rm-tendent
HIx of the Seaboard Air Line,
aided J. II. Gholson, a nierciiaut of Ma
rengo, Va., to escape with pretty Janle -Farrow
before her onery guardian could
Intercept them.
For some reason the girl's guardian, who
was also her uncle, did not look with favor
on the suit of Mr. Gholson. Gholson, how
ever, formed a plan and succeeded In com
municating with the girl. Mr. HIx agreed
to have the fast train stopped for thum
near the girl's house. She gave her guar
dian the slip and before he knew what
was happening, the two were beyond his
reach. They were married at Warrenton,
N. C.
Widow, Brla and Widow.
Widow, wife and again a widow within
the short space ef seven hours Is the nils
fortune of Mrs. Eva H. Lyons, who, brav
ing the danger of contracting smallpox,
entered the Municipal hospital, Philadel
phia, and there a as unKed in marriage to
her lover, Frank E. Lyons, who was crlt-
Mate. The well selected matter and It
artistic arrangement. Impress one meet
favorably. Net raska's educational exhibit
Is one ot the gems of the building.
The Goveramrnt llalldlag.
When I'ncle Sam undertakes te make a
showing of what he does it Is well done.
That wi learned In t'hlcngo and Omaha. In
the first place the Government building In
the St. Ixuita fair Is very pretty, with ef
fective colonr.dea on Its northwesterly side.
If we run down the central corridor and
glance right end left we see the exhibits of
the PosroftVe department. Interior depart
ment. Commerce and Labor, Treasury,
War, Navy, Justice, State and Agriculture,
The postoftlre people show how letters are
stamped" by a machine, whh h does the work
of many men. while the treasury peoplo are
actually coining money. The Agricultural
department shows new seeds and products,
new and strange Insects, models of ma
chines and buildings, et. There are case
t'ontulnliig samples of timber diseases,
models of mushrooms, -sugar beets, apples,
peaches and pears, cases of fibres, grains,
grai'scn, weeds, nuts, etc. In one corner I
a pathological laboratory, with an expert
to run It. In another we find an expert In
general charge of the agricultural exhibit,
genial and ready to give helpful Informa
tion. Yes. Uncle Sam know how to make
a good show.
Little Drown !hea aad Women.
One day I accepted an invitation front
my old time friend. Dr. Wilson, and went
with him to see the little brown men ami
women. We saw the products of the
Islands, the beautiful woods, the striking
pictures nnd statuary, but the most Inter
esting of all are tho people themselves. The
full grown men look like 14-year-old boy
and the women like girls of from I to 13.
Tho children are the funniest of all, quick
and bright, nnd yet honest and simple
minded. There Is, however, a great dis
tance from them to us. If our ancestor
er- wero like these curious Filipinos, U
tst hove been a very long time ago. Thejr
re still in the childhood stato ot the
human race, and here, no doubt, .they
would have remained for ages had we not
come Into relation with them. We shall
probably be able to develop them wlt,h
great rapidity, for they appear to be eager
to learn. We shall probably witness the
quick development of these Oriental peo
ple, as we have the Japanese Already they
are laying aside their breech-cloth suit
and putting on our coats, trousers, shoe
and hats. I saw one chief wearing a silk
hat. They are like our Indian in their
love of adorning themselves In our gar
ments. Here my visit ended. From the Filipino
village I hurry to my ho.tel and to the
rowded railway station, and still more '
rowded train. The train pulls out, and In
ho distance I catch sight of the flashing
lights of the great exposition as we go
rattling by in the dusk of the early even
ing on our way toward Nebraska. In due
time our train pull Into th home station
once more and the World' fair I a plea
ant memory and a thing of the past.
CHARLES E. BESSES Y. "
the Palace of Electricity 1 an electrical
apparatus by which the deaf are made to
hear. Classes ot deaf mutes come her
and are thus taught to speak, and through
this apparatus their education can be car '
ried on. Indeed, it 1 believed that It will
aoon be In general use throughout th
United States and that It will do rauoh to
better the condition of our so-called deaf
and dumb.
Other New Thins;.
But I cannot even mention the number of
new things In electricity which are shown
here. There is much new in electrto light
ing, including a factory where Incandescent
lamp are made. The complete process yOf
manufacture 1 shown, th factory having
an output of more than 1,000 lamps per day.
And then there are electrio locomotive
which claim a regular speed of more than .
100 mile an hour; and telegraph Instru
ments upon which can be sent from L009
to 2,000 words a minute. There are other
instruments for sending pictures and hand
writing by telegraph, and there are also
telephones and phonographs combined, by
which one can have recorded on a wax
cylinder the messages sent him when be is
away. There are electrio motor and gen
erators, some of th motors so small they
are Just fit to run a sewing machine, and
some generators so large that they do the
work of 10,000 horses. Ther are all kind
of storage batteries, some for use In' coun
try houses ana others adapted to auto
mobiles. There are automobiles from dlf
ferent parts of the United States and from
the several countries of Europe. You . oan
ride about the grounds In automobiles, and
there is on automobile service te and from
the hotels. In short, there are all sorts of
things here moved by electricity, and. In
every branch there are many new-' Inven
tions. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
ically 111 with the disease. Th ceremony
was performed across the 'phone by Mag
istrate McCleary. Seven hours later the
groom succumbed to the malady.
Mrs. Lyons herself is prostrated from th
shock. Her condition, 'however, is not
serious. Mrs. Lyons, then Mrs. Mehrea, a
pretty young ' widow, who married her
stricken lover, had hoped by her presence
to assist in cheering him to a speedy re
covery. It was only a hope, one tn which
the physicians encouraged her but little.
The excitement of the oeremony told on
the patient and be began to sink rapidly.
Stimulants were given, but their' effort
were of little avail. Th wife sank to tha
floor In prayer, while attendant withdrew,
leaving the bride alone to watoh th Ufa
of her lover slowly ebbing away.
When led away and the full realisation
of the death overcame her. th newly,
made bride collapsed.
Wedding; Cost Her f 10,000.
Mrs. Frances Leveling Pfouts Rogers,
whose inarriago In Wllkesbarre, Pa., : to
Joseph Brooks Rogers, a society man, on
8o:iember 28,- wus kept a seoret until Oo
to Lie r 21. when she began suit to recover
ll'i.WO from her husband at Knoxvllle,
Tenn., which sum, she alleges, she gave
him. on their wedding day. Is one ot th
largest heiresses in that section of. Penn
sylvania, She comes of one of the oldest
families in th county, and her fore
fathers were among the early settles
here.
The family home at Riverside, Just bekw
Wllkesbarre, Is deserted, but an interview
with a distant relative of the family
brought out the fact that the couple had
met in Colorado and the match was soon
arranged. The woman claims thst Just '
before she left Wllkesbarre she oonverted
about tli.uoo worth of stocks In a bank
lu Wllkesbarre Into cash. This is supposed 1
to have been the money which she charge
her hiiHbund of three week wila taking
with him when he left but