People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — WORLD'S FAIR SIDE-SHOWS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WORLD'S FAIR SIDE-SHOWS.

The Wonderful Villages of the Midway Plaisance. Mintatari- Cities of Strange Race* A Fmture That Affords Much Pleasure to Visitors—Odd Sights and Sounds. [Special Chicago Correspondence]

OTHING seems ■ fto afford the I average sight- * seer at the fair A more genuine pleasure than a trip through I that widely fa- | mous thoroughly A * are ’ the MidW ' way Plaisance. One can hardly stir abroad in these pip in i? “ times of pleasF ure * n ° ur world’s fair city, be it afoot or by conveyance, without O hearing on every hand

scraps of conversation relating to the wonders of its many attractions. The “Playzaunce” is upon every tongue, and deplorable indeed is the condition of the person who has not paid it a visit and become acquainted with its mosques, theaters, panoramas, villages, etc. Even the gamin on the downtown street corner can direct you to the several abodes of the Turks, Javanese. Dahomeyans or any of the strange races, and he regards with a commiserating air the poor unfortunate frater who has not “done" the “whole blooming show” from one end to the other. The exposition proper must needs first claim the attention of the visitor, and until he has viewed the wonders o’er contained in the great white buildings, and made himself familiar with the multitudinous wonders of the arts, manufactures and other departments, he cannot conscientiously say he has I

teen the fair, but if he departs without having turned his steps westward through that wonderful avenue of mysteries and dropped in on the queer people of all lands, he will find himself sadly deficient in information when his friends in his distant home inquire about the sights of the Plaisance of which they have read so much. While embraced in the general plan of the fair and considered part and parcel thereof, the enterprises of the Plaisance are private, and partake somewhat of the nature of side-shows. Each one has a fixed price of admission, which of itself is but a mere trifle, but when once within the gates the cost of entering is apt to be largely increased if a check » not placed upon one’s appetite for viands and drinks of all kinds, and if this desire to possess the

curious and beautiful souvenirs on sate is not promptly curbed. The first thing that strikes the eye on the left on entering the Plaisance from the fair ground is the picturesque Blat-1 ney castle and its surrounding cottages, which compose the interesting Irish industrial exhibit, presided over by Lady Aberdeen. This is the only enterprise in the Midway Plaisance not operated and promoted for private gain. The profits accruing f-om this exhibit go into a fund created for the purpose of making the people of Ireland self-sus-taining and for removing the taint of poverty from the Emerald isle. It is a worthy enterprise, and presents some very interesting and entertaining features, among them being the cclrbrpted

Blarney stondt which is sei in an e» act reproduction es the historic castle. The entrance to the village is a gem of early Celtic areMtectare, bearing over the portal the wordb: “Cead Mile Failte," which, translated, bids the visitor a hundred thousand welcomes. Once within the mimic city, the stranger finds much to instruct and amuse. Here the process of dairying, lace-making and other Irish industries are faithfully represented, and the time may be pleasantly passed in listening to genuine Irish songs, dances, eta The funds to sustain this enterprise were subscribed by people of every political and religious faith x Ireland and by public-spirited citizens of this country. There is another Irish village in the Plaisance, on the right-hand side further west, which offers many fear tures of interest, but the one that has the Blarney stone must, and very naturally, attract the most attention. A little further along the Plaisance, on the right-hand side going west, there is the Javanese village, of which so much has been said and written. Without going into a detailed account of its many queer features, we can but say that it is well worth the price asked to pass through this strange community, rhe people themselves are the greatest curiosities of this remarkable exhibit. Their houses, mode of living and many curios from the land of the Malay offer ample interest for an hour’s visit, but when the visitor leaves their gates he does so with an impression that there is a race that cannot well lay claim to being anything like clean in their habits. A little further along are the German villages, “Old Vienna” on the left and the German village proper on th® right, in either of which there is much to be seen and heard that will afford the visitor a profitable hour’s pause. Aside from the beer and music, which are indispensable adjuncts to most all German entertaiments, there is much to please and instruct in the various productions of art and industrial skill. The concerts in themselves are always a great attraction for lovers of martial music,and great crowds of Germans ar® constantly drawn to the daily concert® in these villages.

In the Immediate neighborhood of the German villages are the Turkish, mosques and bazars in which are faithfully portrayed the different phases of life in the oriental cities. Regularly every day, at stated intervals of about two hours, may be heard the plaintive wail of the muezzin who from his lofty perch on the mosque calls his brethren to prayer. Not a word of the invocation is distinguishable; the chant is simply a long, somewhat melodious and plaintively quavering intonation. It would not become a professional muezzin to chant otherwise. He continues on this strain for several minutes long enough for a wonderfully cosmopolitan crowd to collect; and as usual it is an Irishman who volunteers the first criticism of the performance. "Begorra, me sadder on the ould sod once had a baste of a donkey wid a vice intoirely loike thot chapl” Meantime the Moslems have heard, and here and there in the alleys of tha village red fezes may be seen, bowing to the ground. To be in good and proper form, a Moslem should kneel and bow to the southeast—in the direction of Mecca. But the poor fellows appear to be a good deal “turned around’* in Chicago, and are bowing to all points of tha compass. Further along are the Tillages of the Indians and Dahomey ana, the latter being among the most attractive features in the Plaisance. This village recalls, to use the words of John C. Eastman, in an article in the Chautauquan, tha stories of Stanley, Livingstone, and Paul du Chaillu. It is inclosed by a fence made of bark with a platform running along the top and the entii* distance of the Midway front There are also signal towers near the entrance and into these thatched ooxes black and sentinels are to be seer every day dancing madly when they are not singing and shaking long loop* of goats’ hoofs. There is no doubt that the Dahomeyans are more closely allied with the cruel and superstitious ptafi tices of savagery than any other conn try represented in Midway. The worn* en are as fierce if not fiercer than thf men and all of them have to be watched day and night for fear they may use their spears sot other purposes than a i barbaric embellishment of their dances •Thf ray out of it, for Aimralia, la to set her pvici'<w-R to killing rabbl’a.--Gtevelww Plait dealer

And the tariff is still a robbin'. The country needs more money. A single standard makes doubWho is preparing that income tax bill? The two old parties are twins twir. frauds. The plutocrats are driving toe people to repudiation. Silver money al par in .e West and South. What are yo doing to make votes for Em People’s party? What is trie Democratic party doing with its chance? The only creed which the old urties have left is office. Is not silver as old. as honorable. and as useful as gold? Educate a man how to think ■ .d he will know how to vote. Will the gold bugs of England .cop the American congrt ss in -■ slion through the long hot months of August and SeptemWhat are the Democrats -dkiig- about repealing the I-i.c;man act for, won't a tariff revenue only restore confide ace ? Foster said tiu.i money was r .•.!*•' but itis business said it n't. and the ‘•business’’ has ’> .»- .loor. So does Foster have ..e r’oor. that i-. he's “floored.’’

h’nd-r the prose-nt banking ■ in this country no man's ' .money is safe with the bank. With government bunks every . nn's mci/.y would be absolutely i- Me. To be a Populist you must be*..eve in >omethin’g —advocate a of principles. You can be ; Democrat or Republican and b-lieve in anything just vole tue ticket.

Industrial slavery ought not to exist in a count!-/ where we hive political lib.’" . Intelli-: j gent, independt : t ..tdiood alone can save us f.-m the folly i of ignorance and picmaicm There is no eloquence or logic i. a sneer. The man who res -rts to sneers does it because it i • the only argument he can pre-t--nt. In the language of the s' met gamin he is “out of soap/’ It is not the legitimate money ’ ; their pockets that the Populists are demanding of the government, but suclb legislation as will enable them to keep the dollars they earn, or the wealth they create.

The law provides that silver dollars shall be coined out of the bullion deposited to redeem the certificates of such deposits. Wiiy don't the secretary, obey the law and stop paying out gold on such certificates. The concentration of money’ is a concentration of power. This is on account of its use as a corruption fund. It is an ever present menace to the liberties of the people. An income tax will alleviate this peril. We want the names and addresses. also the color of the hair, of the Democrats who still believe that Cleveland is in favor of free coinage of silvei’or any 7 other legislation that will *put wife: on an equality with gold.

The cause of hard times is. you're a Democrat and I’m a Republican. My vote kills yours, and yours kills mine. The cure for hard times is let us both be Populists, and vote to gether for more money and better times. The Chicago. Milwaukee A- St. Paul railroad company has just discharged 4.000 of its employes. Where is Judge Ricks? The company ought to be brought into court and fined. It has noj more right to discharge its em- i ployes than they have to quit. There is only «5 m ,O/>.'* -j in; silver in circulation There is

about *5“•) in the United I States treasury. Under these Circumstances hard times, caused >’• a scarcity of money, is a crime for which the party in power should be made to answer. it is the fellows that hold the offices and .ive at public expense that cry out the loudest against • •goverr.ment paternalism. ” I here is no salary too la v ge for tnem to tai-:e. There are no privileges too good for them to enjoy at the public expense. But when the demand is made for Uncle Sam to tre« his children all alike they' raise up on their hind feet and cry out “paternalism." Oh. the hypocrites and demagogues. There is a movement on foot among some state- men (*<) who have gone to seed, to have a great Industrial Convention. These gentlemen are way behind the prone.-, i m and what is v.'or. e, th'y don’t seem to know it. The “Great Industrial” convention was held in St. Louis more than a year ago. It was supplemented- at Omaha about a year ago and the decree of the people has gone forth. Read it, gentlemen, read it.

The G. O. lb’s are contending for a sj’.fe and sound monetary system, a system that will restore confidence and prevent future panics. Who gave us this shaky, panicy system? r i hese very parties in years past told us we had the safest and best financial system in the world, now they say it is all wrong and must be changed. They have made bad work of it, they did it intentionally, they will never make it any better. \ve will perhaps have a panic and Cleveland’s policy will proid uce it. We can expect nothing else when the attempt is made lor one dollar in gold to do the work required by ten dollars in currency. But Mr. Cleveland prefers the panic to yielding one iota of his gold-bug ! policy. Ah, well! The “mills ’of gods grind slowly,” but they do grind. Cleveland is leading the hosts of plutocracy into the Red Sea of destruction and, “all's well that ends well.”

Tie have to-day, in this country, more to eat, more to wear, and more work that needs to be done, than ever before, yet want, distrust and enforced idleness have almost complete sway, and all because our great, wise lawmakers have got our monetary system tangled, twisted and up side down. If we only had our common men to make our laws, only had men to represent us that had just sense enough to do their plain duty in a plain, common sense way how much better it would be for us all.

An exchange says: “Mr. Cleveland cannot buy 7 congress.” lie will wager a jug of buttermilk he gets congress. Whether he buys it, bribes it. or bulldozes it is immaterial. There isn’t enough manhood and patriotism left among the leaders of the Democratic party to withstand the pressure he is bringing to bear upon them. Cleveland has the offices to dispense and he knows the weakness of Democrats for office. He is trading offices for anti-silver votes. From a Democratic standpoint he holds the key 7 to the situation.

•‘We are all selfish accordtag I to my tell.* If the silver kings had control they would, in all ■ probability, demonetise gold and make silver the only mohey of i the land. ’ In this they would be no more selfish than the single standard gold bugs. I tt this 1 they would hurt the people no ; more than the gold bugs are trying to hurt them. Give this ' money making bnsiftess into the i hands of the people, where it ! rightfully and lawfully belongs. let our currency be legal tender paper money issued by the gov eminent and nobody will be hurt, nobody will be given undue advantages.

The failure of ex-Secretary r ester is full of significance. Why did he fail? Was it on ac»count of our defective financial system or his own mismanagement? Was it on account of : plenty of money or scarcity of ; money? Was it caused by over ! production or laziness? Foster was chosen as secretary of the treasury, we suppose, on acj count of his efficiency as a busi f ness man. If a man who is fit to ! oe at tine head of the financial • system of the nation can’t stem ; tiie tide who is sam? The gold I bugs whom F oster fostered are wrecking tJk- prosperity of the ■_ I people, and Foster is one of * their victims.

Silly , Republicans, lying Republicans, dishonest republicans are telling us that the people’s distrust of the Democratic party is causing this loss of confidence, bank failures and uncommonly hard times. What is the matter with the fool people anyhow? Don’t they know what they want? Nine months ago they said away with Harrison and lis party, give us Cleveland and his clan. Now. the fact is the people were tired of the Repub-

lican party, they knew it was corrupt, they knew it was not tit to longer rule and they turned it out. If they have lost confidence in this party, they nine months ago voted into power, it is because they think it will do and act just as the party did they so gladly and overwhelmingly defeated last November. The man that says the present financial trouble is due to lack of confidence in the Democratic party is presuming upon the ignorance of the people. Spend no breath on such insuiters, you belittle yourself when you give audience to such idle talkers. The Democrats have sins enough of their own to bear. They will make a record this congress that will bury them deep enough without making them responsible for our present distresses. Those losing confidence in the Democratic party will not turn to the Republican party. The Republican party is dead.

IN THE GERMAN VILLAGE.

IN THE IRISH TILLAGE.