Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1901 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. ■ i 1 ,;i. - ■ OEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - • INDIAN*.

NOT HURT BY PANIC.

DISTURBANCE IN STOCK MARKET FAILS TO CHECK BOON!. Conditions the Country Over Were Never So Sound, Payments Prompt, and Dealing* Heavy—Passenger Bid* ing on Pasa Entitled to Damage*. “A panic in Wall street does not mean that legitimate business has suddenly ceased to prosper, nor is the condition of mercantile trade and manufacture adversely affected by a violent fall in prices of securities. Throughout the entire country fundamental conditions were never as sound as at the present time; reports from nearly every city this week showing an exceptional volume of transactions 'and payments promptly met,” says the weekly trade review of R. G. Dun & Co. It continues: “Production is not overtaking demand at the finished steel mills, and all Pittsburg plants are two months behind orders, while ninety days is the limit at many. Although the expected advance in bar iron did not appear, the tone continues firm and orders are liberal. Less events occurred in the cereal markets than in the preceding week, although quotations are slow to recede. Com eased off a few cents, but is still about 10 cents a bushel, or nearly 25 per cent above the quotation at the corresponding date in the two preceding years. Failures for the week numbered 187 in the United States, against 192 last year, and 26 in Canada, against 15 last year.”

PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Standing; as Leagne Cltibs in Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...10 oßrooklyn .... 7 8 Cincinnati ..10 6 Philadelphia.. 7 9 New York... 7 5 Chicagb 8 12 Boston 7 6 St. Louis.... 7 11 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Detroit 13 4 Washington.. 6 0 Chicago ....11 G Philadelphia.. 5 8 Baltimore ... 7 5 Milwaukee ..6 11 Boston, 7 6 Cleveland ... 4 13 RAILROAD MUST PAT DAMAGES. Passenger Riding on a Pass Competent to Recover for Injuries. In the case of John R. Payne against the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company the Appellate Court in Indianapolis held that a railroad company cannot exempt itself from liability for negligent injury of a passenger traveling dn a pass. Payne was injured by the alleged carelessness of the railroad company’s employes in permitting the two parts of a freight train on which he was a passenger to come in collision while trying to make a "flying switch.” Woman Chokes Her Child. Mrs. Nick Mark and Mary Mark, the wife nnd daughter of a wealthy farmer near Wichita, Kan., took Mary Mark’s child from a hospital on the pretext that they were taking it to their home, and \an hour afterward it was found choked and buried in the sand of the Arkansas river. The women were arrested and the young woman confessed to killing the child.

Cattlemen Lynch a Farmer. J. L. Chandler, an old resident farmer of loland, Oklahoma, was taken from his home the other night, presumably by cattlemen, and lynched. For some time there has been trouble between the farmers and the cattlemen, and a great many cattle have died from drinking poisoned water. Chandler was suspected of having been responsible for the loss. Fight Has Fatal Resnlts. A horse doctor named Ziegler and George Browner were having a fight back of Colby’s billiard hall at Fairbury, Neb., when the Rock Island switch engine, pushing a string of ears out of the way, ran over the two men, cutting off both of Ziegler’s feet and injuring Browner’s right band. Cherokee Note. The Indian Bureau has received word that the official count of the vote of the Cherokee nation on the Cherokee agreement with the Dawes commission shows a majority of 1,023 votes for rejection, instead of 1,235, as first announced. Murderer Surrenders Himself. John Turner surrendered to City Marshal Smith, stating that he had killed Jerry Boulden, one and a half miles south of Alvarado, Texas. The parties were brothers-in-law and the killing was the result of a family quarrel.

Riot in Detroit Streets. An attempt of the new director of police of Detroit to qnlet a curbstone orator caused a riot that lasted four hours. Involving thousands of disturbers and injury to nearly a score. Force of 300 reserves was needed to dispense the mob. Farmer Kills His Wife. Merritt Chism, wealthy farmer residing near Bloomington, 111., stabbed and beat his wife to death in the presence of the family, and then attempted to drown himself in a shallow well. President in a Crush. Enthusiasm of crowd at San Luis Obispo, Cal., to shake hands with President McKinley caused panic from which he was extricated with difficulty. Body Found in Wabash River. . The body at Wolf Betz of Carmi, 111., was found floating in t4e Wabash river near Mount Vernon, lud. The head was crushed in and several bruises were found on the body. Betz disappeared from his home two weeks before and'had $5,000 on his person. > Votes Kina's Civil List. The English House of Commons, by a vote of 307 to 58, voted the civil list for the King, the sum being fixed at $2,350,000 annually. The opposition was made sp almost entirely of the Irish members

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

VETO POWER IN QUESTION. (•Governor’s Approval of Proposed Constitutional Amendments Necessary? The State Supreme Court will be asked to decide a perplexing point which has arisen in Nebraska as to the Governor's veto power. No ruling exists as to whether the Governor has any part in the submission of constitutional amendments to the people. The Nebraska constitution follows those of other States in this particular and the problem must be solved sooner or later in each commonwealth. Gov. Dietrich of Nebraska believes that no amendment can be submitted to the people by the Legislature without first passing through his hands. He has vetoed the proposed amendment framed by the recent Legislature providing for the manner of submitting constitutional amendments. The Legislature desired that the constitution should be amended by a majority of all votes cast for and against the amendment. At present a majority of all votes oast at the election is necessary. This stipulation has defeated many needed reforms. The Governor vetoed the amendment because of the expense of submitting it ($50,000) and because he believed that a special session of the Legislature would deal with the subject later. His right to do so is questioned. JEALOUSY CAUSES A CRIME. Indiana Man Fatally Shoots Sweetheart and Then Commits Suicide. At Rockfield, Ind., Wilbur Miller, aged 26 years, son of a wealthy contractor, shot his sweetheart, Birdie Timmons, aged 21 years, in the face and breast, inflicting fatal injuries, and then sent a bullet through his own brain. Anger and jealousy prompted the deed. Miller had been engaged to the young woman for three years, but upon his return from the university she found he had contracted bad habits and recently she wrote him, jilting him and announcing that she had accepted the attentions of another. The other night he went to her home and began importuning her to marry him, and in a quarrel which followed blows were exchanged. Outsiders were attracted, but when the three shots were heard help was too late. GIRLS SET FIRE TO SCHOOL, Confess Finn to Murder Matron and Superintendent of Home. After making things lively at the State Industrial school at Beloit, Ivan., for a few days, Mary Hix, a white girl, and Amanda Wharfield and Corinne Otey, colored, are locked up in solitary confinement, and will probably be prosecuted on serious state charges. They Tobbed the tijls of the school, set fire to the building, and escaping, gave the posse a merry chase before they were captured. They have each made n separate confession to the effect that they had planned to kill Mrs. Hnnback, the superintendent, and Mrs. Baker," the matron, but this part of their plot had failed, as the two women were away at the time.

Kills Guard at Fort Fheridan. Private Henry Cumberlage, a soldier in Company C of the Twenty-ninth infantry, now stationed at Fort Sheridan, 111., was assaulted and killed by Smith Wheeler, a deserting member of the same company, who has been a prisoner in the guardhouse. The prisoner was engaged in doing some work on a road under guard of Cumberlage, who was acting as a sentinel. Wheeler escaped immediately after the assault. Derailed by Drove of Cattle. West-bound passenger train No 11 on the Rock Island road ran into a drove of cattle half a mile west of Unionville, Mo., ditching the train. Engineer Blake was instantly killed and his fireman slightly injured. The two sleepers and a combination buffet car rolled down a steep embankment, but none of the passengers was injured. Robbed of SB,OOO in Gems. ■ One of the largest robberies ever committed in Washington occurred the other afternoon when the house of Mrs. Olivia Starring was entered and diamonds, jewels and money approximating in value over SB,OOO were taken. Lewis Mortimer Monroe, an inventor, was arrested on suspicion. Hampolla Favored by Pope. Cardinal Rampolla is believed to have been designated by Pope Leo as his choice for successor. While regarded as the most able man in the college of cardinals, he will be opposed by conservative factions, being inclined to democratic ideas.

Cousins in an Klopement . Shaler Berry, the oldest son of Congressman A. S. Berry of Newport, Ky„ and his first cousin, Miss Jessie Southgate, also of Newport, have eloped. They have been lovers for a long time, but their kinship has been gegnrded as a barrier to matrimony. Smallpox Spreads in Indiana. The smallpox is spreading rapidly through Indiana, and as there is no law preventing unvaccinated children from attending school, the health authorities fear the epidemic will get beyond control. Killed in a Keatnurnnt. Fred Smith, son of ex-Judge Smith of Osborne County, Kansas, was shot and killed at Cleo, O. T. lie began discharging n revolver in a restaurant filled with women nnd children and Cook Snoddy opened fire upon him. Black Rain Seen in Dakota. At Lakota, N. D., there was a heavy fall of water which was as black as ink, nnd which, upon examination, was found to contain a fine, black, greasy sediment. A second shower of perfectly clear water fell later in the day. Fallnrea In Cleveland. Two failures in,Cleveland follow disappearance of President K. N. Pollock of the Cuyahoga Savings and Banking ComBany.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.85; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $5.82; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 72c to 73c; corn, No. 2,51 cto 52c; oats, No. 2,27 c to 28c; rye, No. 2,51 cTo 52c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 12c; potatoes, 34c to 42c per bushel. ' Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.60; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $5.80; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 white, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.85; wheat, No. 2,73 cto 74c; corn, No, 2, 44c to 4sc; oats, No. 2,29 cto 30e; rye, No. 2,55 cto 56c, Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.80; sheep, $3.00 to $4.45; wheat. No. 2,76 cto 77c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2,58 cto 59c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $4.90; hogs, $3.00 to $5.70; sheep, $2.5Q to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,75 cto 76c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 31c; rye, 54c to 55c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 45c to 4Gc; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2,54 c to 55c; clover seed, prime, $6.50. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 3,43 cto 44c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 1,53 c to 55c; barley, No. 2,55 cto 56c; pork, mess, $14.90. Buffalo —Cattle, choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.60; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $5.90; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to $4.50; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.15. New York—Cattle, $3.75 to $5.65; hogs, $3.00 to $6.10; sheep, $3.00 to $4.65; wheat, No. 2 red, 81c (o 82c; corn, No. 2, 52c to 53c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 34c; butter, creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, western, 13c to 14c. STRIKE RIOT IN KANSAS Italians Are Driven from Town by Lock si-Out Employes. Italian laborers who came to dola, Kan., to take the places of striking cement workers were assaulted by strikers and sympathizers and driven to the railroad station for deportation. Four persons were shot, three lolqi men and one Italian, in the fight in which the out-of-town workers were captured. Employes from the smelters joined with workmen from the lola cement plant to run the Italians out of town. For some time there has been trouble between the men employed at the cement plant and some of the foremen. To fill the vacancies caused by strikes and disagreements a carload of Italians was shipped in from Kansas City. There were twenty-two of the Italians.

HAS BIG SNAKE IN STOMACH. Wooster, Ohio, Woman Learns Cause of Six Tears’ Sufferin'--. Mrs. Mary Swain of Wooster, Ohio, has been complaining of pains in her stomach for the past six years. A few weeks ago she commenced a country physician, who gave her medicine for stomach worms. The remedy brought to light the startling discovery that her stomach contained a snake two feet long. She is suffering from poisonous effects, but will recover. steamer Makes a Record. The Hamburg-American line steamship Deutschland, which arrived in New York the other day from Hamburg, Southampton and Cherbourg, succeeded in making a day’s run on this voyage which surpassed any previous day’s record in the history of steam navigation. Five hundred and eighty-seven knots, or G7G.GI statute miles, is the record. Accused Murderess Freed. Doris Noble, the young woman who recently shot and killed Broker A. W. Hogan of the Memphis and New Orleans Cotton Exchanges, is now free. The murder charge against her was dismissed in Memphis upon the request of the Hogan family. Suicide of R. N. Pollock. Prepared with a dozen means to cause his own death, a man who has been practically identified as R. N. Pollock, the missing banker of Cleveland, c<%mitted suicide in the Hotel York at Seattle, Wash., sending a bullet crashing through his brain.

Former High Official Fails. Charles Foster of Fostorin, former Governor of Ohio, and Secretary of the Treasury in President Harrison’s cabinet, has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. The petition states that he owes $747,008.34, and has absolutely no assets. Crime of Jealous Husband. Jesse It. King of near Millheim, Pa., shot and fatally wounded his bride of two months, and when an officer attempted to arrest him King shot himself through the heart and died almost instantly. The double crime was caused by jealousy. Fire Homes for Insurance. Six men and one woman are charged with direct complicity in the recent series of fires in the southern portion of Macon County, Mo., with the object of swindling insurance companies. Seven arrests haves been made. Prieat Is Hurled Alive. According to a dispatch from Shanghai Father Paoli, an Italian missionary, was buried alive in the province of ShenSk Callahan Charged with Ferjnrjr. Seven counts charging James Callahan, alleged to be one of the abductors of young Cudahy, with perjury on hia lata fjriaA, bay? been filed to Omaha.

FIVE-STORY BUILDING FALLS. Scores of Persons in Philadelphia Narrowly Escape Death. A score of persons had an almost miraculous escape from death when a fivestory office building at 18 South Broad street, Philadelphia, collapsed. A warning came twenty minutes before the aide wall fell, when a hrege crack appeared in the foundation and a window in tjje front on the first floor sprung from its fastenings and fell into the area way leading to the basement. All but three women, who were on the third and fourth floors, reached the street before the crash came. These women were afterward removed from their perilous places by William H. Platt, an elevator boy, who bravely ran his car up the tottering shaft and carried them down to the street level. The building adjoined the property acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad for an annex to the Broad street station. The immediate cause of the collapie is said to be the undermining of the foundation by workmen engaged In excavating for the annex. The loss is estimated at $7,000.

PAROLE FOR YOUNGER BOYS. Famous Bank Robbers to Leave Minnesota Penitentiary. Cole and James Younger, serving life sentences at Stillwater, Minn., Prison, have been paroled by the Board of Prison Managers. The action of .the board was unanimous. The Younger brothers have been in Stillwater since 1876 for the Northfield Bank robbery and the murders committed during the progress of the raid. The action of the Parole board was taken under authority of the law passed at the last session of the Legislature. Before the parole becomes effective it must be approved in writing by all of the members of the Board of Pardons. When the Younger parole is issued by the Pardon board the question of the validity of the law, raised on the point that the bill gives executive powers to a member of the judiciary, in the person of the Chief Justice, will be left to Judge Start to decide. None of the members of the board will express an opinion as to the validity of the law or the action to be taken in the Younger case.

FIVE MINERS SER.OUSLY HURT. Powder Train in a Colliery Runs Away and Explodes. Five men were fatally injured by an explosion of powder which occurred at the Henry colliery ‘of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, near Wilkesbarre, Pa. The powder was on a “trip” of cars. As the cars entered the slope they broke away and dashed down the mine. When they reached the bottom of the slope the concussion caused the powder to explode. The force of the explosion was terrific, and the men who were riding on the “trip” were badly injured from the shock as well as by the explosion. Girt Victim of Brutal Attack. Miss Ethel Bonnie, while gathering mushrooms near Lansing, Kan., was struck on the back of the head by an unknown person, presumably a tramp, and rendered unconscious, after which her body was thrown into an old well, for the purpose of hiding the crime. The young woman regained consciousness and after repeated attempts reached the surface and went home. Ensland’s Trade la Waning. T. B. Grierson read a paper before the Society of Engineers in London on the treatment of low-grade iron ores, in which he expressed a conviction that “unless steps are taken immediately to prevent it, England's steel trade will become an industry of the past.” An animated discussion followed on American competition in the steel trade.

Lakor Famine in Arizona. Women and children have been pressed into service in the hay fields of the Salt River valley, Arizona, double wages are being paid to men and still the loss will be heavy from delay rn harvest. All of the first alfalfa crop should have been put up a week ago, but half of it remains uncut. Travel to the West. The Southern Pacific passenger department has completed its statistics on the west-bound colonist movement, which began Feb. 1 and concluded on May 5. During this time the number of people who came from the east, both colonist and second-class, was 20,434 —a 150 per cent increase over 1900. Kill* Father and Heme)'. Twenty-year-old Ida Baare shot nnd killed her father, Gustav Baare, at their home in St. Louis, and then sent a bullet through her own heart, falling dead within a few feet of her parent. It is said that the daughter accused the father of having insulted her mother. M. Louis Exposition Secretary. Wnlter B. Stevens, the well-known Washington correspondent, has resigned his position with the St. Louis GlobeDemocrat nnd announces his acceptance of the position of secretary to the world's fair corporation. Prof. Herron Married Again. Authentic information has been received by relatives in Keokuk, lowa, that the marriage of Miss Carrie Rand to Professor George D. Herron was performed some weeks ago, and that they are now man and wife. Panic in New York. Fight of rival syndicates to control Northern Pacific baused a wild panic in New York Stock Exchange, sending that stock up to SI,OOO n share and causing drop of 10 to 35 points in other securities. Mnny speculators were ruined. Cap nin Capron in Pen '. Captain Albert Baufield Capron, one of the famous American fighters of that name, is dead at his home in Winnetkn, 111. Death was the result of an attack of pneumonia.

BUFFALO’S BIG SHOW

PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION A GORGEOUS DISPLAY. Plenty of Contrast and Color, Unlike the Chicagra Fair—A Correspondent Says It’s Well Worth Crossins the Continent to See. Buffalo correspondence: The Pan-American exposition In many respects ought to be the most successful international exposition ever held in America. The Centennial at Philadelphia and the Columbian World’s Fair at Chieago are the only exhibitions that can fairly be compared with the Pan-Ameri-can at Buffalo. Each of those was held in a slough of bad times. The nation was sick at heart. Most of the people were too poor for entertainments. Buffalo gets the benefit of the most marvelous rush of prosperity the country has ever, known. She has the advantage, too, of eight years of scientific progress over Chicago,

ETHNOLOGY BUILDING.

and of twenty-five years over PhiiadeJphia—a quarter of a century as full of miracles as half a dozen centuries irl slower times. And then she has Niagara Falls—a thing no other city coukl have matched eight years ago, or twenty-five, or at any other time— It is a happy thought of Buffalo to invite the world to come and see the falls while she has them. They will not last very long. Even if they were left to themselves they would probably wear away and disappear within the next ten or fifteen thousand, years, but industrial enterprise is not likely to let us keep them even as long as that. Within the next half century the Niagara river may be all running through a double row of electric power tunnels, leaving nothing but a dry cliff where now the cataract surges. So all should hasten to Buffalo

ELECTRICITY BUILDING AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.

and prepare to tell their grandchildren truthfully that they once looked upon the glory of Niagara Falls. The Pan-American Exposition is well worth crossing the continent to see. The buildings here, excepting those erected by the government for its exhibits, are in variegated tints the very opposite of the white city at Chicago. Opulent contrasts are offered by the red tile roofs, with the greens, yellows and other tasteful tints of the walls, and the blues, reds, gold, purple and other rich hues used in the decoration of the pavilions, archways, cornices and towers of the Spanish renaissance architecture in which all the buildings are harmoniously constructed. At night the electric illuminations bring out in full the beauties of the statuary and of the many cascades. The effect is wonderful. Over 500,000 incandescent

SERVICE BUILDING.

lights are used in the marvelous illumination. The things that greet the eye of the visitor in the Rainbow City give one a comfortable feeling, and the greetings of the Buffalo people enhance the pleasure. Comparisons are bound to be made between the I’nn-Ainerieari Exposition and the Chicago World’s Fair. But the conditions are so different that comparisons are out of order. Experts in such affairs who have made a study of both displays say the effects at Buffalo are more satisfactory because of the warmth iu the coloring of the buildings, which gives a variety that was lacking in the White City. • , . , . These Pan-Americnn grounds include 133 acres of improved park lands and are completely surrounded by big trees, lagoons, canals and waterways. At the north is the railway approach, and at -the south or city end is a shaded boule-

She Won’t Give Up.

“Whteh sex is the more persistent, Mr. Smithers?” “I thought everyone knew that. Thirty years ago, when we were married, my wife and I started in to make each other over. I gave up the Job at the end of five weeks, nnd m.v wife is working at it yet,”—New York Herald.

Growing Trade of New Orleans.

Foreign exports nt New Orleans last year reached a total of $142,000,000, the largest on record nnd an increase over the previous year of $45,000,000.

vard, the Lincoln parkway. The visitor, once in, stands with the music gardens at the left, the court of State and foreign buildings at the right, and the triumphal bridge in front, from which he sees ev*. erything. On the east are the United States government buildings, on the west the buildings devoted to horticulture, forestry, mines and graphic arts. Directly in front is the esplanade, reaching to the court of fountains, with its bubbling cascades from the electric tower. At the right of the court of fountains are the ethnology, manufactures and liberal arts buildings; to the left the temple of music, machinery and transportation buildings. The mall runs east and west across the north end of the court of fountains, and in front of the electric tower, east and west of which will l»e respectively the agriculture and the electricity buildings. At the right, north of the mall, will be the stadium, “Just like the old Coliseum of Rome,” say the Buffaloes, and on the left the midway. “Something like the old Columbian midway," they explain.

OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.

Splendid Exhibit of Island Resources at Buffalo. The diversified and valuable resources of Cuba are exhibited at the Pan-Ameri-can Exposition. A Cuban building has been erected in the Court of State and Foreign Buildings and it is one of the most picturesque of this fine group. Its architecture and materials are peculiar to the island. The building is surmounted by the traditional “Tower of Havana,” and attracts the attention of all visitors. It has a splendid view of the Park lakes, the Approach, the Fore Court, the Triumphal Bridge and other parts of the exposition. The exhibits are the best ever collected in the island and are entirely representative of its industries. Porto Rico has a building desirably lo- - cated in the Court of State and Foreign Buildings. The building was constructed entirely of native woods of all varieties and was built in Porto Rico and “knocked down,” ready to be set up on its arrival at the exposition grounds. The island also has 1,200 square fe£t of space in the Agriculture Building and the same space in the Horticulture Building for exhibits. Most of the space allotted to the island in the Agriculture Building is occupied by a comprehensive exhibit of sugar, coffee and tobacco in various stages of growth and manufacture. Besides everything produced and manufactured on the island, instructive tables of information have been prepared which will be invaluable to agriculturists and others intending to invest in Porto Rico. The space occupied by the Philippine

exhibit covers four acres. It is laid out as a Filipino village with a broad street down the center from the front entrance. The buildings lining both sides of thi# street are of native construction of bamboo and nipa. A very complete collection has been made of the woods, flora, insect, reptile, animal and bird life of the islands. The trade, vocations and professions of the natives are shown by natives at work, material in quantities for this purpose being a big part of the collection. This exhibit is one of the most important at the exposition.

NOTES OF THE BUFFALO FAIR.

Item of Interest to Prospective Visitors of the Exposition. The biggest logs in the Western Hemisphere may be seen at Buffalp. The Ohio State Historical and Archaeological Society has an exhibit. Canada’s exhibit at the Pan-American exposition occupies a space of about 3,000 square feet. The Louisiana exhibit at the PanAmerican Exposition, occupies 2,000 square feet of space. Stamp collectors all over the world are adding the new Pan-American series of stamps to their collections. Wisconsin makes a very important display of agricultural products at the PanAmerican Exposition. Michigan has a splendid State building. New York Stale has about 4,000 square feet of space for its exhibit. The ordnance exhibit at the PanAmerican Exposition surpasses any display of the kind ever made at au exposition.

Chicago yachtsmen propose to organize a fleet of local yachts to cruise to Buffalo for the purpose of attending the Fan-American Exposition. Sousa’s famous band, and more than thirty other great musical organizations have been engaged to give concerts at the Pan-American Exposition. Every woman who visits the < PanAmerican Exposition will make comparison between her home methods of cook-, ing nnd those she will find in the electrical kitchen of the exposition.

The farmers of America are thoroughly Interested in what electricity will do for them on the farm. In the electrical features of the Pan-American Exposition there is mnch for the members of farming communities to study, and they may see where the toil of the farm may be greatly lessened.

This and That.

A face that cannot smile is never good. —Martini. Europe has had 321 rjonarchs since the battle of Hastings. ' To seek favor. Merit Is self-evident. Mediocrity seldom achieves, socially or otherwise. One of the fortunate affairs of life la that the woman of a man s choice will seldom have him. There are no persons more solicitous about the preservation of rank than those who have no rank at all.—Shenstone.