Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 23, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 February 1898 — Page 3

Net . yf

IS W IKK looked o'sr a valentine. An J did not know

near:

She r.nj it over lint

l" line-

He i'ouIJ not help

but hear.

Whai Kit It maile

his pulse tlr.

And lit the lieht of dsy Ions dl? ywa one that he had lent to her ir Krfore they were wttl. ra Mi of younc loves fondest terms. .:n ut rejcard to rhyme or etile

... .i,,n ouiiei. ana ilmtJ germs 4 tut I l.-idlffennce. I mi to the Word he hear I -t e urprised him wp.h Its dirt; , . r.. -Ine he hii lrt-ithtd word . hi io that lone heart. r . lessly he step;ed behind i.r. and heard a sob of pain. OM "Ut: "I have been Ij.uitl f -. in eke attain. her cently to his breat - land railed her "U ar: of Mine!" : all the love once more confessed l ir. that valentine. ;. rye Itirdieye. in Hosten Globe.

I V

-Vdlenllncr.

m

Ar'

..r.rer.

KS. t.ILI.KsriKs

new skirt oulil not come right in

the hanging, an!

Doric llilburn w as.

as she expressed it.

o worked up"

mat me could not

Mie fiacl a.wavs

.. rnlf on ber banging of a skirt. ; that day ber right hand had forgo:-

" .-unnng.

D b'i worry, Doris." sad Mrs, G Hits- . putting another slice of boiled mut-

the dressmaker's plate. "Lay

rmorro. and b-g:n Sarah

c hoc! gingham.

''. . if you don't care. sa'd Dorit,!

:. a look of relief. "it would he a ' tf mr mind. and she ate

ta of mutton in im r sat.fac-

.I yoo krow (bat Eber. DoolittlC

"' hfr, .':. -pie after dir.

' p'in! her b:i;i g-: eedle.

r s looked up from the sewing ma

quickly that a keen rb-erver

.' rs -aid he was startled, but

M' tf'a- . -i'd ursus

I g ye. 'V -ay he's threatened with

No wfinicr. Living a!rre. and

' hi 'n cook i rig and farming

r. ary man in b's sense would n hoi:ekeepf r long ago. or

Ba fried, which would have been itM ee

r iiiji. j ney say tie s worrt g

bjm payment he can't meet BsOBth, and. take it altogether. I to! "order if he was pnf v bad Would yon bare tb' gingham rred at the ten. or laid in nlaits

v r. w -. Doris?

'.resnr.ai. r near: wi

I o that she thotig'it her com

i I; ,-ar ;t. But the p!ac;d

r"Jte was absorbed in the plat d -Irrrings.

u mirr rn. 'nriiclit p.-'r

n puckered up close ar.d light ebadyi got to cut the gather

lie'rtre thirg wil! come rut

' (Sbf atd I'.brn Dno'it'le

ee hrert much more thaa friends .. i .i .

e i,au iiD(,frkfi to io some

p. r.d there was robody at o "cut tbe gathering thread.) ': -c i Mrs. ;;'. -p a best id, and started the machine

m r i tf, and Wnmi h rs If j() do ar. tmmi. She Lurr ed along the quiet tillage streets to the btMiawaa qtMrl and when she met a group of gleeful schof.lgirl. joking over the r!Btiaea Ibtj w ere going to send, sbe pressed her hand oiera Utile thin b... k in 1. r n ufT. and wat i.d to kip at d laugh as the schoolgirls did. The jflii-ial who waited on her seemed a little surprised at the nature of her erra nd. "He ror.Vt stare so. I have a right to do hat I please with my u thought Doris, a trifle indigra'ntlv et

with a certain feeling that she wa "doing something ttoefully unbusinesslike and unpractical. "I don't care. If I starve. I'll starve. I Will hae my comfort out of thi. at I rsVjr sie said. M r exes were so briarht and her cheeks so rosy, that Mr. Gillespie viewed her through her spectacles with w onder. "I declare. Doris, if yon weren't so sensible and so settled in your arara, I should think 3011 had just been having an offer ar.tl accepting it. too. You ! .ok as young and MadlOWt as the het of them." Doris la ighrd. sSfsped off her hat and jacket, collated into the little sewing chair, and in anot her tnii ute was an-

parenrly absorbed in Sarah Jane's bias bards and skirt ruffles. "Dor.'t make it too scant. Doris." sa'.l her compar ion. Sk impiness don't pav when jron're making up gii pham. (".Vor rbea roafre artsdiBg a valentine." MM D-.ris lowardlT. with a sui-

den Thrill of joy.)

The -Imrt Febrnarv dav came to nn

e:d. Sarah Jare's gingham was finish, i ai d hung over a chair back, ready for the owner to carry upstairs at be time. The troublesome skirt that wouldn't "hang" had come right at !af. and was a triumph ,f gores and pait. "You'll save a day for m in April. Doris, to fix over my black Ilenrietta cloth?" said Mrs. " OillesjuV interrogaf!rlT.

Don! MMleTHM gnyly. She

moo. to promise anything. "Il Tt-. I.ri-. Tlii'bt ;iit ."i well

ai

flour

Tmt a l .ri. with a sat before br kit- lu

Ilea: l;il:'uitl book 1111 hi r I.

pencil ia 1, r Iff 1 hat.d. I .w jf und luti'siiy si 1 Itfajuj, u:nl gatd ut then ')i fourth of a MM of

-a for thr. i bakings, if I ,-.th l:. ,, . fe to work the dough with my ea MMi "Two quarts of In uns, half a pr-ptrof MtMtaJ and ten pint iniik tnketi. "Six quarts of potatoes, a stump of drietl beef, a sugar bowl marly full, und four or five drawings of tea.

"One barrel of conl enough to last ten das and old shing.es enough in the but k yard to keep me from freezing I1.11 the coal's gc tie. "No rent to pay. ai.d f,' c n:s i-oniing to me from Ann Pinner.

"Not such a t'esperate showing, after U. Male my arm will be are' liefore

every sTup is eati 1.

Then siie laughe! till the tears c;nie.

"etrery body will say: 'Bow Itaeky

that Dor s has MRCJ in the bank! She can live on the while Jier arm is 1.-1 :,

tb r grim suiilc, "There'a seme mystery here, sbe

then stcpjicd to

m nsei, iMi is arnai ererybody dil say; and Doris smibd her little erim

smile, and measured her flour and po

tatoe for each .::i. :.,; out her coal so much for the mon ii - so much for i:ight--and was ready, for vcrv joy. to

clap her bände if one had not been belp less, kim-ii Dootlttle, proepernue, hud

imosi Meacd out of her life, of late wars, except us a pcusbe memory

r.oen uoo.itt.e. sick, forlorn and in i 1 ) t . . . 1 ' . . I - - ..11.1 11 im . .

...... , MH u uui an i ii e ( ui an ct ion. re-

enforced ly a maternai pi:y und yearn.

tug,

Mf sTf Htsjr, the potatoes

nwiDu i assf tne nonr grew leas, while

the crippled hand bee Ose no better.

At lav; the final morsel of fo-.d had .

appeared, and Doris scratsed the coal

n If srltk a bit of I conlided to the poki-r, as she cleaned

out a irv ood ash. s. "There hai; t bM : -".il tire in this stoe for two dnjna. Ih.ris looks piucheil with htm ),- r. and that faintii.K was a bad pice tit business." She took an old friend's privilege of softly rJfkMJnf the "but lery"' door and glancing along the shelves. "Not a crumb of au t hing that a Iwhr fly could make a Btftal on. Dorii is ither out of her iiiin.l, and Mowing sTOtnerl r . . Me hns put Mf sax itigs into some humbug eoncern that don't pny nny dividends except to the nun that run it."

Hbe llgwted I be tin I be bedroom dour.

"lori. as soon :- yon get vvnrmcd np 1 ii ;. roe. might put vonr night-

fown Into your little aalcbel bag and mm riffbf bneb with rne lo-nugbt. s.i rah Ja tic thili k- si line 1 if pulling molaaaes candy after supiier, und maybe the Simeon girls will be ocr. You iiv.-d to ba more soc iable." She smiled and gac Doris a mother ly pat M the shoulder. "What t'odMMidl" thought Doris, never dr.-uniing that bar old friend had discovered the trtie state of affairs. It 1 heavenly change when, after letting the shingle flit- down and fasten, ng the doors and windows. Dorfl with her "Mtebel bag" on her left n nn aeeoenpanled her good friend to th

ionic ..urUowiiig with plenty.

I he merriment after mnniip ni

it height when there was a knock mi the side door. Eben Doolittle! Mr. Gllleeaie nnd the girls crowderi around him with a hearty welcome, but Doris sat white find tn uihlirg Whv

had he come h:U so soon'.' Und

laKt et"ure faili d? II' gave her a penetrating lordv ns be

came Bp and took her hand, then sfl I-

'I called at your house. Dor-Miss

Bilbnrn, and BUSpeCted yotl were here.

I wanted to see you on business."

Her heart waaw hlrlinir. and her rale

mww w

THE OMAHA BXP06ITI0N. It Promisos to I! n Art it ti- and FillUIK-iiU tSUff. ., 1.

In

Ihr (rouplnu lind lleslKna of the aiuiu HatMlaata it win inner from VII f'ttrmer Aehlet eine 11 1 a.

sav toga

interest

uarrei with her left hand

"I have the shingles to fall back on."

MC Hid. "It's lucky I dried I good pile

Of them in the OVen while theect tire , bL 1 , ,.

.. , , , ; . , in mil. 1 11 re 1 le v

was in a lasted."

saucer of oatmea.. salted instead

take a ooiiple of these mince turnovers. ! aweetenetl. she did rot f. el so brisk ar. They I keep nicely till S-.ndny." so independen t of fsbyaleal limitntir.ns

Iforisj thanke! her. ntd .enil out . Ifoiit..' il,,.;,i..in,...,i 1, 1..

is I -' vi un- 1.' .ii 1 1 in-

",e CC1"- iou:y right. She drew mourn sneak, th " ii i .v....

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Pr-i

1

Per (TllflO um I lien in., try .. IlL

The day after she had eaten hrr la-t Sarah .lane and the Rlmnann oirls hM.i

of the candv ou'lin-r.

Aft'r latTy. p-ip corn, games nrd rid

dles, she and Kben were alone for a minute or two. w bile Mrs. GdlMltle and

Sarah .lane rece!vcl flic long-drrtwn !eae-taling of the Simpson g iris at the

ib- door. Kben came close to Doris. "I have only I minute to speak, and I

suppose I am fin fa Hanf to the Simpson

girls. switnori. do ,oi think I didn't

know who put that hlrll money In niv hall that night? I eaa you. Doris, from the shadow of the window where I was sfnm'irg. lonely, and weak, at-d

. ' . 1 11-1 . , , .

'""oi'i. n urn pici.eu up it. at envelope end sin its contents. I under

stood the innocent little faesnsrr. nnrl

I knew Ibal ran Sana! still care form.."

-oh. how Daria was trenbllHsv Snwi

I took tbnt money, rowing that I

would make it increi.se nnd niultinlv

for you. It i Weil infected in Chicago.

and I have the promise of n good po

sition then, but I co'i'd not settle

down to it fill I had iiv:.', this flvin"

visit back to vou. and tried to put mat

ters 01: ti e 0I1I footing. It is not too

late. do;,-, j, j,7 Shall we not en.f ...

std harden of estrangement away far

ever. ."Ml The side door closed at last.

and the steps of their hostess and her daughter were heard coming aiong the entrv.

rspec.1 Omaha (Mi ' ) Let! I Your oorreapoadent rial ted Omaha for the eecond time Unlay. Hie Ural iit us in iMiT. when the western teriuiniiK of the Bock Isiaml roud lauded paeeentjere a little went of l. Holnca, la., and the old Concord stage was the oalj meane of passage m to Omaha. To be eure the old Hannibal

A- St. Joe road, in connection with Iht

nur boats between Ht. Joseph and

Omaha, afforded an eaiier means Ol reaching tic Kebraaka metro poiia

1 here waa then no railroad bridge at

Omaha, and tbe Incoming paaaengert

bacj to be ferried across the iicr. Th

gnat transcontinental line, tin- 1'nion

Pacific, was then under construction.

Jts material and roiling stock had to 1 tianaported m bargM up tbe river.

W li a President Lincoln designated

Omaha as the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific line, he fixed thedestinv of this city. And 1 rciiiem'n r t hat tin

people here were exultant and conti

dent that this act of ( lid A be. consum Bated aftera persona! inspection of tin

topograpny 01 compel tug sit. s along

tbe river, would put Omaha on tbe high read to fortune and make i! nltiinutcly the largest city between Chicago Bad San Francisco. This prediction iias been realized. Three bridges DOW span the rii 1 at thil point and 11 railwaya enter the rates oi Omaha. When I Aral ma Omaha the population waa estimated at is.nnii. Today ten tim.s that number la claimed, w 1 i I the population of Nebraska baa grown to

u million and a quarter. At that time Omaha was an cutpoa! Of the frontier. To-day there arc 1.",.OoO.uoo people west of the river. Xebraaka had been admitted to statehood a few aTsaaths prior to my visit and, vith the exception cf Kansas, Texas.

d- -ii of buildings, and the sc eine -if i ulora 1 am told, are all w hoi s üiflereai 1 1 oiu i.nv former uchieveiuent. Tho buildings are to be given the lint of . .1,1ivory, the staff werk being color t pioducc that effect, imposingcoluinna of long aolonnadea, beautiful parttcea facing tin aula court, bae-rellef aeulpture adorning tbe pediments of great, buildinga, ail m rough I in staff, will aoatribate to th.- splendor of the completes! archi; -cturc , itora gutnf by '..at the length of the basin, from the Uaitasl Slat. . I .oM i nnient buildlagOD the wesfc lo dhemsaa avenue on the east, will pan all the main buildings, to w it j On t h south line, the Fine Arts. I.il.ernl Arts, Arch of States. Manufactures and Auditorium building, and on the north sida the Agriculture. Administrat ion building. Mines and Mining building, and tue

Machinery and Klcetricity building, The canal is to be spanned ley four graceful bridges, one of whicli is to remain after the . position closes. As 1 stood on the great viaduct ea aeeting fne two mala tracts of the exposition, this query naturully forced M sell upon my mind: What ail this rual d splaji of srebitacture cost, and how is it possible thut funds siiftici.-nt to complete the l rk laid out can lei raised in n St Ct0B of OOOBtry w hicli nut two years ago. I was told down east, had suffered immeasurably from drought and bus! nesa depression no less disastrous to the west than to the east? I was not prepared to believe that nn exposition planned on a scale so gigantic could be pushed to a successful Issue under conditions which to my mind were far from favorable. Scekg informal . n on this point, I waa told liy one of the chief officials that tho U tal coal of constrnotlon may not rt acii a i mi exceeding a million and R half, and that B early $1,iiOO.(mH) is in fight, to sav nothing of tb reveiiue from concesaioifaircK, gate receipts and

appropriations from the various states which will participate. The people of

Omaha alone subscribed ov er half a mil-

lii.i; dollars to this enterprise, anil I am

old thai a bankers committee scanned

the Subscription list, and adjudged it

M per cent. good. At nny rate, there

has In en no cessation of work for lack

of money, and a meeting of the dircc-

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ttU UXGiiKKIi IX THE HAI Off AN ObD ULM.

' t ritt came she railed up her 'fs. thimble and tape measure ard I her things, despite Mrs. 0 ' ' 1 latiM to stay all night. Doris hv'L' T " 'ore bere sbe could " hard, and the society of Sar-ih fj nho would hare been her bedfeli ret conducive to contempla- - nay home, she passed a low tand ng bu k from tne a house dark and silent, but

T ekered her pufae bv

. 1 r if the poor sont is there all thought Doris. -Any other fbhor could run in and see after him

' l.y way. but that's ' 'I -".on for mel

sat reached home, she MMCd Z. n 'tut of ' all-day sluggishness. ' aa before it without I ghtirg p Sot pony thlok totttf Jn thr

m9 n'r'er when those payments " T-e. she ssid to herself. "It's

wj 'nl-T twofold ides burred r 'V I01"'' Wllsatra'1 brain like a T ... ;.J !t Pin wbeel - snd her ;t - face grew hot and rosv ' " ''' m. fire-: gbted room. ' dared 1" .he d bslf-k-'v then with gathering

. . nut n .lever 'T'l Kben will rotdream of my ' 1 thing. It may tide turnover.

1 s tip aril get well. It mar ' r f he ,irop ,n 1hr hnrket or Trar WtH .. 'V:r- bu W It whiebr .... !ram furred her hnmble ,fsnrt k pl,bion of dr.wn. nnd alTlhtl !"re Wa,!" wr,b tnec,otn bwj I 100 rr,pn- 1"! must torn ..er-?rav wJfh ,ie firjt tcochof "c'nr.r 1 wClo,!l ' h fftlaa. it x. ,bT' through sll the next

-..t yui lomurn ner c.r-

slowly near the old brown house tba: had attracted her the evening before.

I uaasnef if it's i.ark enough vet."

she said, r.s she lingered in the shadou

of an old elm close bv the m.Vall.

The h .s,- seemed gloomy ai d silent as

on the preceding night.

"It won t get jnv darker if I wait till

midnight, for the moon will be up soon

1 must do it now or never."

These nivsterious words implied no

sen emc of burglary or arson, though

the dressmaker's actions verged on

"breaking and entering." She glided

to thr door and tried it softly. Vi:h

the usual depravity of inanimate ob

jects, it g-ave a trescherous sqiuak as

lions tuned the knob, and she fled

its mere swift. v. but not until slie h oi r..-. 1

rt ..

far inside the hall-vvnv u small, fat.

white envelope, directed in a bie.

pravvüng stvie to

i:m: DOOIJriTLff, 11 m 1 Krtend inj Urn: her Luckily no one wss stirring on that quiet sireet. and when Doris was far enough from the brown house she reBUMed her nnlinary gait. l!ut there was a lurmoii under her little black jacket. She hail burned her ships behind bir and for what? To gratify a sentimental fancy and te pn pare for herself still longer vears af toil and self-denial. Yet how she exulted in the thought: "He will get on his feet again and prosper and

be will owe it all to me. aid m v r know ."

fctcmach

out of

Two weeks later. Rcedville was set

agog by the news that Kben Doolitt.

after a rapid recovery, bad settled np his

debts nnd pone west, to make invest

ments that promised to be very profitable. "Must ha lied a legacy or somethin, said nie old crone to mother. "'Itorrsesl from Peter to pay Paul." mos like'.v." was the snswer. The day after Eben left Rrrdvllle. Deris Hi!burr,' right arm became helpless from a siubtr n rheumatic attack.

AS U ..... lb. - I

-.ie o.fl up her bit of roucwork. but fiillespie w as already out in the kitchen, cutting snd sewirv irr nf V. ' : f. : i:j. ... - - - - - -

V - - - w v - I .( I ... M , . m D I U 1 C .IUI), ..F. DUlll. I.JIII,

out of :!. emptiness of the

the though: uttereth itself. "I baanr I've been what people call 'a born feol.' but 1 sain I would take the rik. If I ilie. Eben will never Lnow

w l. . He mav come hack s..me dav . ai d drop a few t.ars on tnv grave, and perhaps remember the pleasant 'hours we bad before the trouble came between us. And hew the neighbors will ex- : a. vvfien they lad I have w ithdraw 11 my haah deposit! They will search every hole and corner for tny hidden cash. ami then bury meat town expense. Well. I shall never know it." Hut Doris did not die. She lived a daj and a half without eating, because she was Iqo proud to run in to any of her neigMiors houses, sociallv, for a

cup of tea. Toward the end of the second dav Mrv. Gillespie opened the kitchen door a ml found Doris w.-nk and shivering in her little downstairs bedroom, debating within herself whether she

should make a friindlv visit to Ann

Finney, her next neighbor, where she

would be sure of a hearty welcome.

warmth and supper.

vv'hv , Doris llilburn. vour fire is as

dead a .lo ins ( ai-sar, and vou look as

if yon were going to have a fever.

W hatever in th'. world possewsew you

to keep ra at home? I mea'nt to semi

Sarah .lane down to nk vou to Speed to-morrow with us. but on second thoughts derided to come mv elf. "

Dori tried to Ml e a welcome, anil rose feeMy to start a fire with the next day's sha. e of shingles. "I'm not quite so chipper to dvy." she said, drawing forth her little rocking-

rbalr for he v isitor. "I guess rn he all right to-mor " she staggered and fell for a Brd into Mr. lüllnrpie's arm. i That good lady pat her hack to lied. I

Watehed her shrewd'y a she regained i.er eotisclonsness. then said: "Now.

lie still. Doris, nnd I'll light your fire

for you." The litfle dressmaker murmured something about ordering coal soon.

She meant to be truthful. Tbit Mrs.

Six moMtl;-- after, when Then Doolit

tle came back a second time from Chicago, this time to attend his own wedding, he told Mrs. Ollleaple. In a glow of lover like ei Ti'ide ICC, vv hat his bride

open .lone for him, arid the good 1 seated tin re only by buildings for tin

her

plump

had

'any sad lea und clapped hands in approval.

"Now I know." she said to herself, "why Doris llilburn's buttery shelves were bare anil her kitchen tire out that cold March dav." Deh n T. Clnrkc, in Houeewife.

California ami Oregon, all the territory vvct of Omaha w aj unorganized 1- resmrda statehood, w hlla to-dai every

(iivision is represeatad in noagism save the territories of New Mexico nnd An zona, and so rapid has been the developnu nt of the west that the term "frontier" has become a ini-nomcr and the arts and industries of civilization have poshed out to the RoeJtfCI and beond.

Tin re haa been an tit Illustratloa of the inarv 1 luus irogtess made by the Kates west ,.f the Mississippi tiver durlag the past it jreara. True tlstColaaa btaa fair L-ave evidence in slight incas.11 of western development, but many

of the stati s and territories were re pre

w 11 vr in: vxtkiv.

j si.-- .Jaiws,ar :

"Well." sad the artist, sharplv . to tbe tramp who had entered, "what do vou here? Banff With what vou have to say."

"Sir. replied the tramp, with inborn dignity, "I did not come here to be inlOlted. 1 mervly thought to step in and laonira If yaa had aaj model for j our valentine cupids. If not. I desire to im

ply for the position."- . V. Times. lie M Valentine. I lossj you. my Charming maUen mine; I pray gM te my valentine. I've loveft j-ou tons. I lovo you Well; I love gaa more th.m I cm tell Others may say they love you. too; Their love Is not as mine, so true. They lees yen for your fnees-v swr-ct. v ,r lustre as ages, gone dainty feet.

rjuesMon

nrotvscd.

1 love you for yourself alone; Ml lov e you when your bt-suty's flown. Wbee taee is wrlaaJed, hs:r grow n irray. V)e r. ft.it t. rlni; frl. : It hav e iir.,.r, awijr. Thr R, traj. be k!n1. fair mslden mine, lie kind, nnd l.e my valentine. -Wl im At.wyl Jones. In ChlesRo Inter Octan. The eight great wntr companies of London now supply nearly 8,000 W) people with about 1 SC.000,000 gallons of water s dav.

I vflienainment ot visitors trrnn the several states, and an InadeajMte reprc1 nutation of the wealth, products, resources and eivilia: ion of the vast re- , gion w vt ,,f (he Mississippi bus vet

to In tnade.

I bad been told that the Tanne-lf h ;pi Interaational exposition, w hieb is billed to open its gates at Omaha i m June promises to ha second only to the Worlds fair, but I must confess 1 was soaaewhal skeptical m this point. I took a trolley car to the grounds, which are about if, miles north of the center of the city, but within the corporate limits I found SO ate of the large buildings Hearing Completion, They are rangtdenst and west along either side of a basin nearly half B n.ile long and about l.V) led wide. At the west end this basin spreads out Into a Ibree-lobed

ake. faeine whi:dl is the I nited State.

govern men 1 building, which the contractor is rearing with all possible diepatch, tbe winter w PS t her bei ng favorable. This building, by the way. is to be Mill feet long and the height to

pu 1 sc rill ne lev icet. its cost is estimated at oa,000. At the east end Of the baeln there i an immense hi tni cycle stairway hading to a viaduct Bi ross Sherman avenue, which divides the Main tract of lbs exposition from 11 beautiful plat of about M acres, wherein are being treated the various

sfate building, the horticulture, apiary and other buildiufa of lesser degree. This tract overlooks the river and, being high and sightly, affords B magnificent view of the river and the Iowa blaffa beyond, ttlu northern extremity begins the section devoted to amusements of concessionaires utd over to the west, being north of the rectangle where stand the large buildings, is t he mala section devoted to ront csbIou r.ire. Deyondi this will be thf railroad

terminal station and the Transportation building, the vn t army of farm Implemctits, the irrigation and sugar beet ebi "is. tha hortleall aral section and the Bp to data fa; in. together with athletic fields. 11 racing course, fine sti ah s tab! . n. etc. There are U' 0 acres under fence. At Ihis time, howewr. the most interesting Mi:it on the exposition t I dB is the mala tract upon which I ' 1 ! . t buildings are nnder conatruetiOa. One point 0 be noticed is the sue-i-ess of the designers in beeping free from r he Infi in-nee of other ex posit ions. TUe plun of grounds, the grouping and

tors, held a few days ago to cons der the financial question, reported yesterday that the last call for funds haa l.ecn responded to most 1 1 he ra 1 ly . OMbV ha ai a municipality artll contribute Bboat 1100,080, the county of which. Omaha la tbi seat voted 1100,000 in bonds. Nebraska voted $100,000, tha I nited States government ?:.'i:i.niK) to e icr exhibits and building; Illinois. $l.'.luo. The Iowa leirislature is now

idering an eppropration of eqaaj sise, and Montana, Utah, New Mexico. South Dakota. California, taulaiaaa, M SSOUri, Mlnncaota and Wisconsin are all coming into line, while merest in 01 bar States la such that there enn be no question of unanimity. Last spring the state depa f in. nt. by direction of I'm sidenf McKinley, extended invitations to foreign governments to participate in 1 he exposition. Not a few favorable mnnnsn 1, ms

1 11 reeeleed. China. Mexico, Canada, Venecnela, Costa Rica and Bollrla an among the foreign nations that will send exhibits. Articles Imported from foreign eountrlea for the ioi' pnrpoM Of exhibition, upon which there hall be n tarilT or customs duty, will bo admitted free ol pay me n t of d u ty , CI18tOttU fees or charges. Kegllialionsgorrrning entries of foreign gooda int ended for exhibit at the Traaa-Mla llasippl and liternational exposition have been issued by 1 he se re t a r y of t he treasnry and Iraaaaiitted to tha 1'nitecl States onsnls throughout t lie world. The government mint will issue tha medals of award nnd the postmastergeneral has ordered a series of postage stamps, eight denominations, commemorative of the holding of this exposition. How nhnut the attendance? This ia n vital point. When I wns told that

the estimated figure Is 2.500,000 of admissions. I could not see It. Kdward

llosewnter, manager of the department of publicity nnd promotion, told me that as a matter of course the bulk of tho attendance Is execteii from the territory within a radius of :ioo to MM mibs, and that the census population of Nebraska and stntes touching its borders is something like .i,(00,u00. From the railroad people I learn that all signs point to an enormous attendance. Agents of tbe exposition in every part of the country send reports of this nature. The people nut here think that if business conditions continue to improve the qtwstion of n large attendance throughout the five months of the exposition will never vex the management, j. B. if.

The Defendant'! IM en din a.

In n rural district in the west of England there lived an eccentric old farmer, who waa continually appearing be b rc the magistrates for allowing bin cattle to stray on the highway. During the hearing of his case for a ..imilar offense upon the Inst .occasion be cllaltBal much laughter from tha presiding "gentlemen on thst bench" and others. Tha chairman, addressing the defendant, nsked: "Do you plead guilty or not guilty?" "Weil, yer 'onor, I peets as I be guilty, but don't lie too hard on a reg'lar customer." Spare Momeuta,