t "ii iii im mi
, DUFFMO'SfXP
1 iiiiiiijiitjiiiiiutitwifiMtiiw im iroi
EXT Rir;Mgr t.e e.ijC of Butralo
HI! throw open t t!l World the
'rates of an f xpoKiiitiu which will
go far toward making Uuffalo fauiovt
for tomethlnK els Uvalde tb N'lagara
Fall. For two yeara artist, lauuVape
tardeucrt, architect aud publlc-aplrlt-d
cltticn nave labored with but one
point of view, to make the Fau-Amrl
can exposition of 1U01 a ahow notable
among the minor expositions of the
country. It will not be of a chins with
the Chicago World's Fair, for to that
tupenrlou exposition all the civilised
,world contributed tta share. Indeed, the
,rery name of the Buffalo exposition
algnldes that It Is not a world's fair,
tut an exhibition of the products and
progress of all America. Canada. Mexi
co and the State of Central America
,wlll Tie with manufacturers and pro
ducers of the United States In the com
petition for medala and diplomas, and
the exposition will serve to bind atlll
closer together the peoples of this con
tinent The aggregate resources of the Pan
American exposition authorities
amount to S3.NO0.0OO and with this
sum a splendid exposition should be as
sured. The government appropriated
1500,000 for tho government exhibit,
the State of New York added f: ItMUXM
and In addition there In an authorised
capital of $2.ro0,000 and nn authorised
bond Issue of tho same amount.
In June, 18D9, tho national govern
ment, through the Department of State
the foreign nations of the western hem
isphere to participate In tho exposition.
Official acceptances have already been
received from Canada, Mexico, Hon
duras, Nicaragua, Salvador, Guate
mala, Guadaioupe, Dutch Gulnnn, Bo
livia, Argentine Republic and Chill. In
official assurance have been received
that the other South American coun
tries will accept the Invitation ni coon
aa the necessary forms of legislative
sanction have been compiled with.
General Plan of Exposition,
The exposition grounds include 300
acres, of which 133 acres are Improves!
park lands, a part of Delaware park.
The grounds are about one mile from
north to south and a half mile from
east to west Their situation Is In the
northern part of the city, accessible
from every direction. The park land
form the southern part of the extensive
grounds and are pronounced by expert
landscape architects to be among the
most beautiful In the world. The trees
and shrubbery In wonderful variety,
the romantic footpaths leading In all
directions among the thick foliage, the
loveliest of lakes, on whose surface
numberless swans and other water
fowl of Immaculate; plumage are con
stantly at sport, the wide reaches of
lawn and the rich embroidery of flow
er everywhere to be seen all combine
to refresh and restore the mind of him
who tarries within these delectable pre
cincts. The visitor who approaches tho expo
altlon from the south will enter the
grounds on Lincoln parkway, a brond,
beautiful, shaded boulevard. Crossing
the triumphal bridge, which will be
one of the artistic beauties of the
grounds, the visitors enters the esplan
ade, an Immense open space which will
accommodate 250,000 people and In
which It Is designed to carry out vari
ous ceremonies during the exposition,
at which a great concourse of people
may attend.
The visitor is now fairly within the
grand court formed by the main group
of exposition buildings. The court Is of
the shape of an Inverted T. The ap
proach, fore court and bridge are about
1,000 feet in length, 300 feet wide. The
main court is 2,0(K) feet long, BOO feet
wide, and the transverse court, across
the esplanade, Is 1,700 feet from cant
to west. On either side of the trium
phal bridge are the mirror lakes. These
are a part of tho grand canal, which
completely encircles the great group of
buildings, and upon which the visitor
may ride in one of the many electric
launches or take a more leisurely trip
In a Venetian gondola. The canal Is
lined with young trees and banked with
gras3 on Its outer edge, ricturesque
bridges cross It at ninny points.
Standing on the esplanade and fac
ing north the great group of buildings
at the right, at the extreme east end
of the transverse court, are those of
the federal government. The main
building, In which will be sheltered a
greater portion of the government ex
hibits, Is 600 feet long by 130 feet wide.
A central dome rises to a height of 250
feet above the main floor and Is sur
mounted by a statue of Victory, twenty
feet high. The lesser buildings, each
150 feet square, are west of the main
building 150 feet on the north and
outb Unes of the main structure.
Curved colonnades connect the smaller
building with the greater, forming a
spacious semi circular court opeulng
to the west The government exhibit
will Include the aquariums and lohtliy
ologlcal collection of the I'ulted State
flab commission and extensive collec
tive exhibits from the Philippines, I'ur
to Rico and Hawaii.
At tho far western end of the broad
transverse court I the horticultural,
bulhllug, !E0 feet square, Hanked on'
the uorth by the graphic art building
and on the south by the forestry aud
mine building. They are cenuected by
circular arcades, forming a broad court
similar to that Im-loaed by the govern
ment group, liehlud the arcade are
the consrvatorles. The Esplanade la
made beautiful with fountains, sunken
gardens, pergola and colonnade.
Immediately uorth of the Ksplanailo
Is the court of the fountain. At the
right Is the ethnological building and
at the left the uiuale building, each 150
fect square. The court of the foun
tains I to be the great center piece' of
the exposition. Here the principal elec
trical dlaplaya are to take place. The
court Is to be Illuminated nt night with
the dlffUNcd light of more ttmu loo.two
Incandescent electric lamp, the dis
tribution being so perfect that there
will be no shadows. Colors will be ex
tennlvcly employed to produce fantastic
effect. The huge steel tower. 3.V) feet
high, which stands at the north end of
the court of the fountains, will he ued
In the production of extraordinary elec
tric feature. One of thee will be an
electric waterfall thirty feet wide and
of seventy feet descent, from a niche
, 1 1 ' " 1 ' f
Pasj - Ai i r !Tt ExjS e H le t Pef f s-lo . OJX'-fl Y
In the tower. The tower Itself Is of Im
posing design and Intricate workman
ship. The many foundations In the
great basin of the court will be mnde
beautiful at night by means of electric
lights of all color. The very extraor
dinary electrical features of the expo
sition are made possible by the fact
that electric power from tho largest
power plant In the world, at Niagara
Falls, Is to be provided In unlkultcd
quantities. This poer plant Is only
half an hour' ride from Buffalo aud I
one of the great sight for visitors to
the exposition to Include In their Itiner
ary. Opposite the court of tho fountain
the the two big building of the exposl
tlon, the machinery aud transportation
building on the west and the manufac
tures building on tho east. These are
each COO by 350 feet and each has a
beautiful tropical court with an
aquatic pool In the center.
Home of the Building.
From here a broad avenue shaded by
poplars, called the Mall, extends be
tween the agricultural and electricity
buildings and beyond them are the
manufacturer Ifhlldlng and ten acres
devoted to live stock exhibits. Head
quarters of all the officials of the expo
sition will be In the service building,
wblcb Is close to the machinery and
transportation building, one of the most
Important structures of the exposition.
The massive steel tower divides tho
court of the fountains from the Plana.
It stands In a large aquatic basin and
a picturesque bridge enables the vis
itor to reach It from the Plaza. In tho
tower, at the height of seventy feet, Is
a large restaurant. There are prom
enade floors at various heights and a
balcony near the summit, from which
a bird's-eye view of the exposition, the
city, Lake Erie, Niagara River, and
open country may be obtained. AH the
noors are reached by means of eleva
tors. The Tlaza is 500 feet by 350 feet.
Standing at the tower building, at tho
right, Is the stadium building, 841 feet
long by 52 feet wide, with towers IC4
feet high. This ornate building forms
the entrance to the athletic Held or
stndlum, where 25,000 people may be
seated to witness the high-class ath
letic contests to be provided. The ath
loctlc carnival of 1001 Is Intended to be
the greatest ever given In America.
Of course there Is a Midway. No ex
position would be complete without one
after the world-famous "Midway" of
the Chicago exposition of 1803. Mid
way of the Buffalo show will be.In the
form of an anchor, one rather winding
street lined with the principal shows
and a cross street at the end for the
"overflow." Applications for space on
the Midway have poured In from all
conceivable sources and for all man
ner of entertainments and novelties,
nnd the director of concessions will be
enabled to choose a splendid lot of
"shows" for the street.
The general style of tho buildings Is
that of the Spanish renaissance, modi
fled to' suit the character of an exposi
tion. There Is a generous use of color,
the red roofs and tinted walla giving
the completed work-a festival aspect.
Domes, lanterns, pinnacle and statues,
OSITION
waving flag and streamer make gay
the sky Hue, The families of the build
ing are everywhere broken with elab
orate architectural feature and ar
ceded effect are much used through-
out the vast group. There are more
than twenty large bulldlii)! and ma
vivo architectural work, beside the
numerou slate and foreign building.
building for HMclnl exhibits, putdk'
comfort and other purMe. The ex
tensive use of tree, shrub, flower
aud aquatic (tool relieve the severity
that Is usually etUHiuiitered lu exposi
tlon group.
Clara Itarton'a Characteristic.
"Everyone probably ha an Idea of
what Clara Httrlon Is like, but few
have a correct one," said a lied Cross
nure to a New York Tribune rejKii ter.
"The photograph of her represent a
plaln koklng, elderly woman, of cnl
hlo appearance. She tin attributes
that a photograph never reproduce.
Combined with the characterUilc that
go to make her tho rally wonderful
woman that she U, is one Unit the ma
jority would never syipcet her of, and
which, perhaps, more than any other,
make her In-loved In the very kind of
work lo which she has given her life,
Ml Harton W a regular bohemlan.
No dally frequenter of little out-of-the-way
table d'hote I a more thorough
bohemlan In taste Ihim Is .Ml Har
ton. When she I In New York she I
never happier than when taking her
meals hit or ni!--oiiiewliere-anywhere!
The oddor the place and time
the better It sutt her. As to time,
Miss Rartou never tMither herself. She
gets thing done when she get around
to It, and If she has planned a thing
for Tuesday morning and get It done
on Thursday afternoon, It In all right.
There may bo considerable remon
strance and fussing on the part of
thoNO who were to do the thing along
with her, but she Iv never fluttered In
the least by that. She Jut pttruc the
even tenor of her way, and If a presi
dent and a cabinet have to wall awhile
because she' Isn't Just on time for her
appointment, well, It Is Mis Barton,
and they simply wait,
Nevada Mpuak,
There Is a humorous florist In this
city by the sen. Whether It I Inten
tional or not, nobody knows, but ho lias
certainly had some funny experience
of late. The other day a woman In
Nevada wrote to liliu that her husband
was dead and Hint she "wauled some
thing nice for John" to be sent at once.
With due dispatch he plucked a horse
shoe off the wall where It luid rested
for years, and Oiling It with .sweet
white roses, he forwarded It to the I
widow.
In a few days the exprcsHtunn drove
up and said the charge on nn nwlv
ward-looking bundle he carried were
1.0o. The florist paid him, ami upon
opening the little gift found (he horse
shoe, looking as if It hud had a bad
night, and thoroughly dilapidated. On
top was pinned a slip of paper which
said:
"Dear Sur-Mebbe you think yer
funny, but even If my John wua a
blacksmith you needn't send no horse
shoe. He wu, rlspectiihlo and honest
an1 you hain't got no tight to mnko fun
by him,"
At last accounts tho budding young
man had mndo no reply, but it's two
to one that If some gambler dies he will
send tip a broken wheel. Salt Lake
Tribune.
Invented the Aro Light.
A patent record which has been un
earthed at Toronto shows that tho or
iginal Inventors of the electric arc light
were two Toronto men, Henry Wood
ward, a medical student, and Matthew
Evans, a saloon-keeper. The Invention,
completed In 1873, was the fruit of their
Joint experiments. It was patented lu
the following year.
Pretoria.
The town of Pretoria nestles among
hedges of roses, which grow every
where In wild profusion, and atnams
of clear water flow down the sides of
the broad streets, which aro laid out In
straight lines.
"Protection" for Gambler.
It Is estimated that gamblers In New
York have been paying over $2,000,
000 a year for "protection."
Attend to trifles today.' The more
Important matters will come In dm
time.
When a woman neglect her. Im
band's shirt she Is no longer the wife
of his bosom. -
The original bunko man prob&Lly
came over In tho steerage. J
AMERICAN POCKITKNIVft. j HOW A MAN SPENDS HIS LIFE,
Greater IVmrUo of Thoold Iter ttm l"'1 J" '
Now Mail in Tbl Couulrv. i Working "' 4'h,r ,'"le.
Of tu million of pockttkulvet anou. An ordinary mm would laugh away
ally told lu tbl country probably 7J It prpoterou the uggetlou that h
per ceut. of tuv jackknlvet aud other w Hkljr W 'peod twenty year of bli
heavy varlvtlv are now made here, and Uf 'P- ,,ut ,uat ' bc,UM ht
thl proportion I lucre ng; while dor not conduct hi Ufa according to
taking th total sale mui than Git per schedul and really baa no Idea of
ceut. of the kulwt In value r now bo be doe spend It. Aa matter uf
mad here, aud tbl proportion altq I fact, niot men over 00 yean old bav
luereailug. Flue peuknlve are Import' already spent more than twenty year
ed from Kugland aud Uerunuy; the lu bed. Wblcb I only on of the ur
cheapest Jackkulvea, cheaper and pooh Iprlaes In tor for tin man who t
er than auy mad here, com from tier- blmaelf lo work lo discover bow those
many.
Covketknlvet have been made In thl
country for tnauy year, and there are
now ber some score of factories for
their production. Th uewest blanch
of the miuufacture here I Hint of flu
peuknlve, wblcb bav been mad In
thl country only about ro.ty years,
and hav com Into their pr-cut largo
and exteuded us ouly within about
Iweuty year. There are peuknlve of
lCugllsb make that bav been made con
tlnuouly under the snuie name for
more than a hundred years; u thi Hie
making of such kulvv In thl country
I something comparatively modern.
The A merles u pcnkulfe, If not now ac
tually tli beat In the world, I at least
the equal lu quality, style and ItuUb of
any produced any where, ,
l'ocketknlve are made In almost enti
les variety. One American concern
make 700 different tort, which vary
In kind, shsne. slit), number of blade.
kind of handle, tvle anil slm of bolster..
and to on. The bet m -ketknlve have
band forged blade. Great a ' Or
variety of pockctktiiv how modi) lo"
n Mill WMt. to . 'l'fTm$ ,
ropt, where the Industry b vta
longer ttablthed and pa'tmt and
design hav accumulate,); and tB
greater number of the odd knlve. con
taining corkscrew and varum other
Implement, still come from there.
A flue penknife of (be bed qual'ty
aud haudsomely mounted I sat lit more
or lest of a luxury; It might cot at re
tail anywhere from $1 to 13 or II One.
bladed Jackknlvr ran be bought at
wholesale fur leventy-Uvt cent a do
eu; On penknlvea run-up to 30adoxn,
New York Sun.
Some of the wooden churche of Nor
way are full 700 years old, aud are tllll
In an excellent ttat of preservation.
Their timber have successfully resitt
ed the frosty and wlmost arctic winter
because they bav been repeatedly
coated with tar.
All the flag for Brill!) ablpi of war,
except the royal standards, are mad
In the Government dock yards, and the
enormous " number required my be
Judged from tb fact that In the color
loft at Cbnthiha alone about 1H.000
fine are made In a year.
Four person out of every 8,000 nten,
women aud children In the fulled
State are either In Jail, or out on ball,
or are fugitive from Justice. Their
total number I 00,000, out of a popula
tlon evtlmated at 70.000,000, Ouly
per cent, of all those who have fallen
foul of the law are women.
Peoplo are right or left eyed Jut at
they are right or left banded, aud Just
a the right hand la usually the more
powerful, to 1 the right eye. Only ou
person In ten I left sighted, it is very
probable that the use of weapon dur
ing counties age bo had something
to do with the extra power or the right
eye.
At Maseall, near the foot of Mount
Ktiia, Is to be seen tne largest tree lo
tho world. Its trunk Is 304 feet In cir
cumference. The largest tree In Ibe
United Stales I tatd to be the gigantic
tree near Hear Creek, ou the north fork
of the Tule River, In California. It
measure 110 feet In circumference.
The famous giant redwood tree lu Ne
vada I 11U feet In circumference.
A curious Ashing wheel 1 used on the
Columbia River, near Portland, Ore. It
I fixed near the bank of the river,
place being selected where the river la
most rapid. The wheel consist of
three receivers. These are Inclosed on
three sides by wire netting, and, a the
wheel revolve by means of the current,
each receiver Is submerged beneath the
water, and scoops up th salmon a
they Jump the rapid.
The clock on the Philadelphia City
Hall I the highest In the world, and
bus the largest dials. If the dials were
removed, there would be (pace for two
train to pass each other, running
through. The glnss In the four face It
fastened by a ton of cement. The glass.
If laid on tho ground, would make a
walk a square long and ten feet wide.
The minute band finished It year's
Journey on New Year's day by complet
ing a 110-mlle trip.
Socialism In Itussta.
In Lodx, Russian Poland, the police
recently discovered a retreat In which
the Socialist Journal, Rabattilk, was
published. Six peoplo working In the
plnco were arrested, yet the paper
came out subsequently, despite the
confiscation of tho press. In this next
Issue wa given the name of the per
son who had Informed the police of the
whereabouts of the press. The body
of this person was afterward found
pierced with a dngfier., ., J.
Am rio in Ainbassattir In Court Dress
The Philadelphia Record bears from
St. Petersburg that Clmrlemagne low
er, the United Stntes-Anibassitdur.i
that court has donned gof J stripes on
full-dress occasions, Instead of the con
ventional black that hi hitherto dlf.
ferentlnled American diplomats. A re
proof from the Grand Duchess Pan
lovna Is reported to have led to th
change.
Continent of Piute n.
Africa Is the most elevated of nil the
continents. It Is tho "continent of
plateaus." Tne great tableland In the
South has a mean altitude of over 8,500
feet; the wide tableland on the north
has an average elevation of about 1,300
feet
Shainrook on Graves in Aft-loa.
Shamrock will bo planted on the
graves of tho Irish soldiers In South
Africa. The Duke of York bns accent
ed a thousund packets of seed, and has
forwarded them to the officers of the
Irish brigade.
American Barings Bunks,
In 181)5 there were 1,030 . savings
banks in the United States, and the
deposit In them amounted to $1,841,.
000,000. In 1800 there were D42 savings
banks In the United States, and their
icposlls were $2,401,000,000.
Flue Flour tne Bust.
German authorities mnde a test of
the nutritive value of bread for sol
diers, uslug twenty-four different kinds,
from flue flour to coarse meal, and
found the coarser bread much Inferior
in results.
As a rule, the man who will lie, won't
pay bit debts.
Lr rai
, ......
: twenty four hour that dally llp by to
1 .terl.uoly are disputed of.
?! pliaMiMj itud t tmngM
nuMM siatlMielaa baa recently arrived
at lv rotiiiiwlott exprAd In the fol
lowing rg'iro. They apply to the av
erage amerlcBn man of tw you of age.
They 4o not accurately repreneut hi
life to-day, because bis year of lufancy
and childhood are Included In the com
putatlos, They will apply neither to
the man of leisure nor to the laboring
man. But perhaps the average man,
who both work aud play, will recog
nise himself lu them.
Twenty year lu sleep.
Three year nine month In eating
and waiting for the waiter.
Seventeen years six months In work
ing. Seven year tlx months lu pursuit of
pleasure.
ills year three month lu walking
and other exercise.
Two year n moutha In making
etiViollet.
Tw year six uniuths doing abso
lutely nothing
,? Hem of toilet may be undivided
?,! vwu tootiiii for shaving, eleven
tii'Htih for wsthlng, one year for dress
b.g. Most men waif about three years
and six month aud spend two year
and nine month In other exercises. (
The little table bci-omcs more Intel
llgtblo If less Impresalve wheu It I re
duced to a acalo of day. In which cane
It stands a follows:
Eight hour sleeping.
One, hour thirty minute eating.
Seven hour working.
' Three hour amusement.
Two hour thirty minutes exercise.
One hour toilet.
One hour doing nothing.
The average man If confronted with
thl will doubtless claim that be doe
not spend eight hours In Bleep.. You
may retort by telling- htm that It Is
doubftul whether he spends seven at
work, but In bit youth he alept more
and worked less, and all this It taken
into account In estimating average.
Aniiborutlon In any direction of the
atiNtlcs given above Is Interesting,
''or. Instsncfi, It hat been computed that
(a a single year a man may speak 11,
tOtW'frfs and give 1,200 hand
shake. The total energy dispersed In
tbla fashion alone during fifty year
would be sufficient to raise 2,500 ton.
SHOES POLISHED IN RAG TIME.
Experience on'shoeblucV Stand When
a Hand Organ Came A Ion;.
"Just after I had got comfortably act-
tied In oue of the leather-cushioned
chalra," snld Mr. Blfflugton, "there
ma niniis the street one of those big
piano organt with a voice like a calli
ope's, and naitca ngni in rrom. ii was
a two-chair stand, and there were two
m.n nn it. I was the onlv customer ud
at the moment, and the two each took
a foot ,
"Thev had Just begun the polishing
when the hand organ began to hoot
'Loozyana Lou.' Instantly the two
blacking artists swung lu with tho mu-'
sic, and from that on, with many orig
inal rag time variations of their own,
,u nil.ut tlu.lt- lii-iiulioit unit nnllslilliff
l III J J" -" - a .
cloths lu time with It When I stepped j
down to the sidewalk to be brushed off
both men took up that work, the hand j
organ "playing now 'The Georgia Camp
Meeting, and the two men coming in
with their whisk brooms with an Inter
'ocklng flip-flap movement that was
aothlng short of marvelous. I wouldn't
hv been surnrlsed any minute to see
them each turn a cartwheel handspring
changing places In the turning, but
booninr ud the brushing and never for
a minute losing time. They kept right
on down to my feet, ana putting in j
there ft singularly able combination ef-
I
fect to that last final touch srflnnd my
hopper, tbey turned in loo...
"I paid for the polish, and put a nickel
In the organ collector' box, for tb
blacking ertlil aud myself, and then
I walked away, keeping atep with tb
music, on the tldvwalk, oof one aid of
tb band organ, whll a bori pulling
grocery wagon, and going the taut
way, kept step aloog on the other In
the street. The whole eartb seemed to
move, lu fact, to tbs stirring strains
of rsg tluie."Cblcego Inter Ocean.
NOT WHOLLY A COWARD.
Hallroador' (lond . fur Nut Uf
UllNM Train Mobbora.
"When t bear people boast w bat tbey
would or wouldn't do under th per
suasion of a six ihooler," said an old
pasteuger conductor, "1 atn awfully re
minded of an eiperleue of uilue year
tgo en the Iron Mouutalu Itallroat.
"I wa station agent at tbajlm at a
little town near Texarkaua, aud had
beeu summoned up to Little Rock on
some business that has nothing to do
with this story. I wa lu the Drat day
coach, well up lo the front, and lu th
next seat was an expre messenger
who bad attracted a good deal of at
tentlon from the fact that he wore hit
hair long aud had a pair of enormous
revolvers luck In hi belt. The rest of
the car wa well tilled with a mixed
crowd, Including pvrhap a doxen wom
en. At about 0 o'clock at night, while
w were going over a very deaolnit part
of the road, th (rain slowed down tud
deuly, anil before we could Inquire
what was wrong the front door flew
open and a mked ipso stepped Inside
with a a wed off shotgun at bis shoul
der, 'ait st 111' be yelled., 'I'll turn
loose If airy tout moves a ttngerr A
he spoke another masked man stepped
around him with a cocked revolver la
hi band aud'started down the aisle,
looting the passenger a be went.
When he cam to the express messen
ger he burst out laughing. 'You
caret-row I' he said, 'what are you do-
Ing with them gnus,' and be snatched
one of the pistols out of bis belt and
lilt hltn over the head with the butt,
Theu he took the other, made hi in hand
over his watch and money, and passed
on. The mesMeager wljted the blood
off hi face aud said nothing.
"After It wa all over aud the robber
bad disappeared the messenger wa a
target for numerous sneering remarks.
'If I had made a break,' he si Id to me,
quietly, 'that feller at the door would
have biased away with bis aa wed-off.
gun and killed half the women folk
In the car.' At the next stopping place
he got off, and one of the women stuck
ber bead out of the window and
screamed 'Coward!'
"Two dayt later that same messen
ger walked up to a little cabin In the
mountains, kicked In the door, shot two
of the robbers dead In their tracks, and
capthretl three others, all single-handed.
I often wondered whether the
woman who hollered 'Coward' heard of
that lniident"-Chlcogo Inter Oceau.
How Drowning Can Be Avoided.
Auatouitcal experiments have shown
that the weight of the body Is about
equal to the same bulk of teawuter, so
that persons falling overboard who
cannot swim, If they do uot attempt to
keep moro than their mouth out of wa
ter, can sustain themselves for a con
siderable leugth of time. Most persons
who fall Into the water lose their pres
ence of mind, and either, draw their
hands up or wildly dash tbeiu through
the air aud water. Of course, the In
stant the weight of the arms Is added
to the weight of tin? head above the
water the body sinks, and a few repeti
tions of this end In "another accident
al drowning." The tame struggles
with the hands and feet under the wa
ter would have preserved life. What
all persons should Impress upou their
mind Is this: That In case they should
fall overboard they must retain coutrol
of their tenses, the bauds and arms
must be kept uuder water, aud the feet
and bauds kept In motion to sustain the
head out of water. So long as the
mouth and nostrils do not get sub
merged there It no danger.
Oar Growth In Population,
There were but 5,300,000 people In
America when this century opened.
France had five time as many people;
Germany, and even Austria, had four
times America' population; Italy had
three times as many, and so had Great
Britain. Even Spain had double our
number of people, and little Portugal
was almost pur rival In numbers. We
have more people now than any Euro
pean nation except Russia, which aloue
lends us. We bavo as many people at
live In Great Britain nnd France com
bined. We have one-half more people
than Germany. We have, practically,
75,000,000 people In the United States,
and 10,000,000 more In our now posses
sions. Ladles' Home Journal. ,
An Anecdote of Stanley.
When IL M, Stanley was writing
"Through tho Dark Continent" he was
In tho habit of spreading his maps and
chart upon tho floor. One dny his fa
vorite cat went to sleep ou a chart
spread out on the hearth rug. By and
by the chart was wanted, and one of
the assistants went to turn pussy away,
when Stanley stopped him. "Don't dis
turb the cat," he said, "we can get on
without the chart until she wakes up.
If you ouly knew how good the sight
of that cas was to me, you would never
let her move from where sho Is."
After his ' trials among uncivilized
tribe the sleeping cat was to hun the
symbol of domestic pence nnd comfort.
War Sometime Protttab'e.
The a (hi go that "to the victors belong
the spoils" works very well with na
tions who have been successful in war.
In her war with China, Japan had ouly
80,000 men engaged, and the war cost
her altogether the comparative trifle of
$;i(),0O0,OO0. China had to pay her af
terward tne nice little sum of $180,000,
000, leaving a clear profit of $155,000,
000, whlchj, reckoning the time the war
lasted, worked out a profit of $50 per
Jap a. week-Army and Navy Journal.
The most successful misstatement'
are half, truth and half falsehood.
COMBINATION 8ICTACLE&
Olaaea Which, Mar Be t'xd for Bltbsr
treat or Heading Ifurpoumm.
If you are compelled to wear two
pair of glasses for street and reading
purpose the convenience and utility
of the pair of spectacle Illustrated la
tb accompanying cut will readily sug
gest Rself. Tbls useful novelty la the
Invention of D. Lv Ftltrdeau. of Al
bany, N. I and bas for It object the
combination of tne two palra of lenset
In one frame, In ft manner wblcb will
allow either set to be brought quickly
Into position for use. The lenses are
attached at one end to Individual brack
ets, wblcb are pivoted In tbs main
frame, (xtlng Independent of each other
and adapted to swing on pivot pins In
either end of the frame, The screw
wblcb form the pin ire so arranged
that tbey can be tightened aufflcleutly
to bold tbo leue In place by a alight
frlctlonal contact wltb Ibe bracket,
tuui preventing th accidental dis
placement of ft lens while In use. The
pair of lenses whleb ire at rest art
iwung Into tb oblong frames at right
angles to the pair lo use.
"BROTHER TO THE OX "
Botastblno; that On Farmer fron
Illinois Was Not.
A reporter on the Washington Star
waa out for newa recently and came
upon a well dressed Illinois farmer In
the bote! corridor, apparently quite at
borne In bis surroundlug. Tbe hotel
clerk suggested In an amlablo way that
the farmer waa a good person to Inter
view, He proved to be, and tbla Is the
itory:
"Do I," be aald when be bad settled
for ft talk, "look a If I had tbe empti
ness of agea In my face?"
Th reporter did not reply, because
ho thought tbe man wa going on wltb
hi remarks.
"I ask you, do 17" he repeated.
Tbe rep- ter hastened to assure blin
that aa far aa be could see he did not
"Do I seem to be bearing on tuy back
the burden of the world?'
"You carry It very lightly If yon do,"
milled the reporter,
"Would you say that I was dead to
rapture aud despair, a thing; that
grlevea not and that never hopes?"
"Not unless I wss a liar," ventured
the reporter,
"Would you think tint anybody bad
loosened and let down tny JawT"
Tbe reporter merely shook his bead.
"And bas anybody slanted back my
brow, that you can notice?" tbe man
went on.
"Not In the least
"Or haa anybody's breath blown ojt
the light wlhln my brain?"
"Never a blow," said the reporter.
"Do I strike you as stolid 40U tnn
oed, ft brother to the ox r
"Anything tut that" admitted toe re
porter. "But why are you asking me
l'l these questions?"
"I'll tell you. I raised on my farm
tt Illinois last year 10,000 bushels of
s-heat 12,000 bushels of oats, 40.000
xishels of corn and 1,000 head of cat
lie, to say nothing of other stuff and
dock, and I'm Just bock from a Euro
pean trip. Now, what I want to know
if Markham knew what be waa talk-
ng about when be wrote 'The Man with
e Hoe?'"
Trne to tbe Last.
"Tbe time baa come for me to apeak,''
be aald, going over tbe mantelpiece,
and leaning bis bead abstractedly
against the cold, bard brick. "My dear,
before we are married, aud while there
Is yet time to pause my conscience bid
me tell you the truth about myself. I
have deceived you. I am not the noble-hearted,
unselllsh, retlned and alto
gether desirable man you have been
led to believe. I have deceived you
even about my age. Not only am I 40,
Instead of 34. but I am a widower. I
stay out nlgbta when I feel like it 1
smoke all over the bouse, am a crank
about my meals, And fault all tbe time,
hector the servants, never go anywhere
to oblige anyone else, drink more than
I ought to, swear regularly, and, lu
fact am a vulgar, disagreeable, hide
bound, gruff, Inhospitable, Irritable, In
considerate, Insufferablo nuisance."
"Tell me," said the fair creature he
addressed, repressing with a conscious
look of pride an Inward shudder, "you
own the bouse and grounds that you
showed me, don't you?"
"I do."
"And the beautiful government bonds
you asked mo to look at, the 500 shares
of 1). A. B.. the 200 X. Y. Z., tbe 400
U. P. W. debentures, and four acres In
the heart of the Manhattan abopplug
district are all yours, aren't tbey?"
"They are, dearest."
"Then," snld the undismayed and
still radiant creature by his aide, "my
lading, with all your faults I love you
tllL"-New York Llfo. 1
The Balloon Burst.
The most dreadful aeronautic posi
tion, perhaps, which it is possible to
conceive is that described In "Memoirs
of Sir Claude de Cresplgny." Burnaby,
a noted aeronaut, was making an as
cent from Cremorne with two French
men, one of whom was the Inventor of
the balloon lu use.
When they were about a mile and a
half hlgb the appalling discovery was
made that the neck of the aerostat,
which should have been left open to al
low the gas to escape, was still tied up
with a silk haudkerchlef. The balloon
was'now quite full, and the atmospheric
pressure was rapidly decreasing aa the
aeronauts ascended, while the gns, hav
ing no exit, continued to expand. It
was Impossible to get at the neck and
loosen the fatal handkerchief, and to
make disaster doubly sure the valve
line was out of reach.
The only thing the men could do wa
to sit still and awuit the bursting of the
balloon and the fatal dash to eaith.
Within a few minutes the balloon
burst, and Instantly began to rush
earthward with Increasing velocity.
But by a piece of wonderful good for
tune, the balloon In Its downward
course met the resistance of tbe air In
such a way as to form a huge para
chute, and the happy aeronauts landed
unhurt In a field Just outside the city.
When a real tough man falls In love,
one of tbe funniest things la tbe man
ner In wblcb be gives up poker to d
light In a gam of Old Mali
tTaftsT amp itiw OLkn.
THE CITY BOOK STORE
Carrie ft Fine Line ef-
STATIONERY,
r CONFECTIONERY,
BOOKS, CIGARS,
TOBACCO.
Robinson & Co.
Independence, - Oregon.
C, C, MULKEY
Drayman.
Goods handled
with care
Cord Wood for Sale.
Independence ... Oregon
G. L. Hawkins
ladepttdtflce, Ore.
Monuments and
Headstones
Cemetery Work
etc.
The Hotel Gail
Dallas, Ore.
Has been refitted and renovated
from cellur to garret, and every
thing is new. (ic od sample room
(or commercial men. Hatinfaction
guaranteed. Rate, $1.00 to $2.00.
Special rates by tho week.
BUCK SMITH,
Proprietors.
C. T. HENKLC, Proprietor
Hot and Cold Baths at aH
Times.
INDEPENDENCE - - OREGON
A CLEAN SHAVE
AND A
STYLISH RAIR GUT
It WHAT YOU OUT WIIK.V YOU PATHO.NIZB
Kutch's Barber Shop.
Iudfciilnce Oregon.
SOUTH and EAST
-via-
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO
Shasta Route.
Train Irs v. Independence ftir Portland and
W.jrM.tlona si 10-'t p. in.
laro lor Corvmlu t 11.00 s. m.
Lt Portland
Lv Albmijr
At A"lud
" Kar.rHiiivnto....
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It:) a.m.
12: II p. in.
. U SI a.m.
, ;.xi p. in.
1M . ui.
7:00 p. m.
10 :M p. m.
11:30 a. m.
4'..Cja. m.
8:15 a m.
" OgdMJ 11:45 a, m. 11:45 a.m.
M Dnvtr Mil a, ui,, uHia.m.
" Kanaa l lty. ....... ?:'-'". in, .7:25 a. m.
" Chicago.... 7:IS a m. :.M a. in.
" Is Angele l:.Op. in. 7:00 a. m.
" II Pii . in. 6:t p. m.
" Fort Worth 0:.Rla. iii. ::a. in.
" CUT ofkMexleo :,V)a. in. (l:.Y a. m.
" Hoiwtou 4:00 a. in. 4:Wa. m.
" New Orleaua :l. lu. 6:S5 p. m.
V a.hlUKUiu t.ti a. m. 6:4Ja. m.
" Now Yurk VIM p. m. 143 p. lu.
Pullman and Tourist rant on both train.
CI alrcart HaoramvuinliiUKdeii and Kl I aso.
and tourist c -r to Chicago, Ht. Louis, Saw
Orleaua aud A Kub ugtou.
Connecting at San FrHtiel-co with acveral
teamitiip hue for Honolulu, Jnati, t'Ulua,
flilllpiiu:a,M:utral aud South America.
He Ma. O. A . Wilcox at Independence ta
tlou.oraddrvsa ('. H . M AKKIiAM,
General PauenKer Agent, t'oitiaud. Or,
um PIMP
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Depart TIME SCHEDULES. Arrlre
r,t,.v. Salt Lake, Jouver.
rVrtUnd Wort"- "'.
Hrm-lal Kanww City, St. 4 p.m. I
9Uiam Chicago and 1
Atlantic 8H.I.lce.I)envef.Kt
Frr-8n Worlh.iimiilia.kan- 7 a. m.
ui nm aa city, st. I ,u In,
-w p u ChlcMfi au.' EmU
Walla Wal'a, Lewis
Ppnknne ton, rtpnkaue, Min- .
Klyer neiipoltii, Ht, l'aul, a. m.
8:00 pm iHilutli, Milwaukee,
Chicago and Ktut,
TCEIN STEAMSHIPS.
gDm All salthi dates nub- . m
Ject to chunge. P. m.
Kor.-au KiauoiMW
Matin every 5 dny
"PR''.V, Columbia River
Ex Sunday steamer.. 4 p.m.
atnrdHy To AMorla and Way- Ki.fiund'r
IUp m Landluga. ,
' Willamette and
T 7 4.n , YaruHill Klvera. :80 p. m.
'SSffsS" Orcgontilty Dayton,
and Way-Laudlnii- aa
e.m. Willamette River. 4:80 p.m.
iiMftiV1' Portland to Corvallli Mod.. Wed.
"a "w and Way-Landings and Krl.
I.vRlparta Snak Ulvei Lv. Lawlai
135 am. ton, dally
I'atly Hlnarlato lwlnlon. Da. m.
a, ni. Willamette River. 4:30 p.m.
Ex. uiid'y Kx.Sund'y
Oregon City, Newberg, Ralem, Inde-
fiendrnceA Way Iandingn.iteamer Morloo
i'vo Portland on Mon, wed, and Friday.
LeHvea Independence Tues, Tlmrs, Hat. at
t::i0 a. M. Kir. Knth leaven Independence:
or Pur. land A way landing. Mon, Wed.
Frl, 9 AM. K r Oorvallia A way landing
Tuei, Tbura, Sat, 6:SJ0 P M.
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PORTLAND
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