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GROCERIES,, 2
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QueensWare,
GLASSWARE, HATS d CAPS,
b OTIS and Sh o.ess
ssa e. ssiaoa saqa 81 sbsas s..l
coNFECr1oNRfEs, NsfloNS,
Toys and Fancy Goods,
SToNEwARE, FARM BELLS,
CHUaoH AND SCHOOL HoUsE BELLS,
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Fish, NAILS. s 80, &c.
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all Of which We can and win sell shade
lower than any store in the county. y a.
n AND WIKI?
Because We pay no rents, do our own work,
keep no drones about rs, and attend to our
own business. ss.ss
AND WHY?
We contract no bad debts, go into no fancy
speoulattons, live economical and obey the
Golden Rule.
s1eS AND WHY?
Becsuse W.. b. MALLORY is the
PfO n eer M 9 re h q n
Of Clarington, dating back farther than any
other, a period of 80 years-during which
time be has seen the rise and fall Of many
and examined infinitely into the cause there
of.
Thanking the citizens OF Monroe county
for their liberal patronage IN times past, We
would ask continuance Of the came, as y,
are now able to offer greater inducements thar
heretofore. J8Sc
W. II. MALLORY & SIMS.
Clarington, Monroe County, Ohio,
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new Advertisements.
EEThe Drops are Improving.

EEThe court house roof has been
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oities. Nothing worth mentioning was thon
said about the advantages Of Chicayo aB water-
ing-p!aco and VIC were not in position to boast
of our hotel facilities. Tho bnHinoHs mon WHO
hnye carried tho Exposition through were look
Ing pansivoy at some smoking Aeapa OF ruins.
aud wondering how 30 littlo could onco haVe
boon no much. ANY thoughts Of an Exposition
then would hive been OF u competitive show, OF
Chicugo and tho Cities Of tho Plain were men-
tloued in tho Ra,ne breath, and when 1t
vas judged lilsoly TINT the spider would
SPIN her Hob, aud the owl rear her young In tho
deaertod halla Of trade aud commerce. linen It
was that It was proposed that tho city 10 vailed
about, anl preserved intnok aB monument OF
wrath, while now, about tho only remaining
menloriaa arc tho Court-Holiso, soon to bo
swopt away, aud tho monument Of ruined aud
fAlthloBa HAfeA, which Ii to 80 up OIL the Woat
Sule Central lark.
THE 5un1IEE IDEA.
but aftor this brlol peliod at general doRpond-
oncy aud t0wnllenrtodncsB, tho work of rcco.-
cossfulIy than III tho Southern statoa. Money
WIZ borrowed from ail quarters; laborern poured
In IRON ai tliructlunH; tic wintar months woro
devoted to tbs business Of cluaris'g AWAY, and In
tho following spring, tho leatiess forent Of dor
iotm Of death. Willie tlH work was il its list
heat aud fnrco, tllero wns no time to tl'1uk or
anything clio. All uli1ulH, all energies. wero
bol!t 10 tho anglo task Of borrowing munoyand Of
spending it, Ut tranhmutlng groonbacla into
b.itk a,in nt0ne. Nut had fnany mont!.a e!alHcA
before tho lust Of tho oroakers bad tatlrc to Ela
lluio, u,u 1t bocan,o oylont thnt tlloso nooa lo
10 toarH ~ to tho ron.lrrectiol of tho city.
TlIon IL waB that wlilo many kept oil at work,
wuh is nut yet ondcsl, speculative souls began
to busy themselves with someahing else.
Tho tram OF thought of tloHn rooplo, got down
in black md white, waa Homow!.a! al follows:
We hayu hal grand fire, tho admiration OF
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necessary for them to DO represented bore, and
the moment they made their claims for spaco
and had thohe claims allowed, thoy became M
active element to awaken their respective COM
munitlos to the Importance OF what VAS going On
1t Chicago, and the necoaeity Of thoir attending.
In order to soc that their townHmon had doue al
we'll as tho representatives Of rival placcH.
To-day, then, tho Exposition opens with tho
good wishes Of our citlzons aud Of those Of
ryal and competing cities. For, In this strife to
advance the CAUSE Of industry and manufac.
tures, there ia no unworthy jealousy. Eacll
gladly helps tho other, ainco he thereby helps
himself. For many days to come, tho columns
Of TIE TRIBUNE will bo filled with its chronicle
Of tho progroas Of the Exposition, its history,
day by day, from tho timo the curtain rlsos and
the manager makes his opening speech, down to
the moment when tho laBI act closes, tho curtain
falls, and tho ploaBol spectators, wishing thcro
wcro more, go to thoir several homes. siuco
the future then, will 10 80 full Of labor horo IL
no better time tllan tho prosont IN which to ro-
lato In full tho history OF tho Exposition from ts
beginning down to the present day, to put to-
eotllnr in oru place the information scattered
through scoros Of papers, and to trace, from tts
a1nont unknown fountaiti-hoad, tho progress OF
the undertaking which III officially opened to-
day. For nothing Is ploasautor, In tho day ot
great things, to look baok to tllcir obscure
beginnings, aud to road over, concentrated in 9
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thing 1t WAS putting; but afterwards, WHOM they
saw how steadily tho matter WAS followed up,
whom they sav tho names OF those who were on
gagged in it, and bocamo convinced that it was no
soap-bubblo, bursting tho moment thoy touched
it, they gravely made up their minds that they
must find their way to Chicago. seeing at onco
the rebuilt city and tho wonders Of tho EXPOSE
tion, Harvest would bo ovor; the weather
would bo pleasant, md they could find
no better time for following the advico
OF the Secretary Of tho State Association. and
take little relaxation, "cultivating little moro
brains and little less corn," Tho villages and
towns Of the Northwest, naturally noaror to CHI
cago than tho country, which receives lts no"s
loss rapidly, hare MI felt growing interest in
the Exposition. Gradually QUO aftor another OF
the manufacturers. who arc creating homo
market in tho flourishing minor cities Of Illinois
aud adjoining States, have decided that it WAS
, 1873-09-25

Beside tho entrance Of the cant wing Of the Old
Court-House,- monument Of official folly and
e1trayagnnco,- block OF stone, on which aro
cut tlo names of those Supervisors who wero
chiefly responsible for that wroch, whilc tho SUBJ
stantial building OIL tho Lake Front nowhore
bears tho name OF tho mon who bullt It, 30 rap
idly aud 10 we'll, with their own money, and ut
tho cost Of go much personal sacrifice. But tho
old Court House. with its caryon block, will soon
bo swopt away, md the names of ltB bnildeta
consigned to forgotfulnoBB, while, though tl'ia
Exposition building may 10 removed, or may
orumblo to dust, yet succeeding expositions,
greater and better than this ono, will keep alive
tho memory Of tho mon who, fighting against
many obstacles, planned and executed tho first
one, iu 1878.
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tween many parents and their children. The
fro, however, was ploliac in its offspring. We
owo to it extended flre-limits. hundreds of
superb buildings, acres OF mortgages, the
Jubilee Of July, the Courthouse plans, in
cuding "Eurcba," A1nyor a1edill. together with
the lagor-beor Sunday excitement, anu the pres
cnt ooplorable condition Of tic Republican party
in Chicngo-all manner Of things, good, had,
and Indifferent. Tho sufficient cause Of ncarly
everything here will, upon investigation, be
found to ho that fire, which, owing to Its thor
oughness, comprohcnsivoncss md general COM
pletcness in its line Is called the Great Fire, as
John Wentworth il distinguished from all tho
other Johns i'll Chicago by boing called "long
john"
And yet tito day after this fire, suruafnea the
Great, t1te people Of Chicago hail worry little
thought on the subject of expostiona or any
thing clio Of q cheerful and instructive nature.
Their idea WIS not so much to got pooplo into
tho city aH to urge thom to quit, md pay
brief vHits to thoir relatives in moro fortunate
, 1873-09-25

Al LAIOS141ON ko1AD4NO+
zoalot, but who had, az ho thought, boon un-
justly dropped from the Doard, organized rival
exhibition, to bo held hero at neaily the sn1no
timo, and which lie called
THE UNITED STATES FAIR.
It cAme of In tho grove near tho Chicago
University, and WAS n great success, notwith-
standing the rival at Freeport. It WAS giant
among the exhibitions of that day, and was 30
financially profitable TINT It is q wonaer 1t waa
not ropoatea. Shortly attorward, tho Mo-
ufianica 1nBtituto,-not aa now, deflinct corpo-
ration for whose spoils tho School Fund aud
others arc wraugling, g,-hold woll-attondod and
interesting exhibitions in Smith l. Nixon's Hall.
and in 1BG2 when ". W. Doyington was prosi-
dent, hold worry successful! one in tho old wig
wam on tho corner OF Market md Lake stroets.
Thence came Boyugton'a strong and early ill.,
tsreAt in the Exposition of 1878.
In 1901, Tho State Fair again came horo, with
John ?. Reynolds ~ Secretary. 1t WAS hcla, ~
III 1861, In tho mud at Brighton, antl, owing 10
tho bud weather, WAS very near failure. In
1865 aud 1866 it again returned horo, and waa
hold ut whit waa tl,en yoly ron,oto poi''t, tho
corner OF 6tato aud Thirty-aecond BtrcotB. In
October, 1865 tho Northwestern Sanitary Fnir
oponod In DIyan Hail, and occupied the slto now
hold by Ton. Foley, aud in Juno, 1866, TINT Of
THE gAS1TAnY COMMISSION,
began In a building III Doa:boru Park, both Of
winch woro vol attended, profitable, aud most
olaboratoly described. Binco that poriotl, thcro
have boen poultry shows IN tho old Motropoli-
tan Hall, with Long John Wentworth, from tho
Summit, as an exhibitor, whore poutcr piseons
ga,aococks, and Muscoyy drakos attracted tho
visitor. But these exhibitions have coasea, anl
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at their leisure. Nobody hooda them now.
o'Hnra may have aspirations and MoAyoy may
be pipe-laying, but evory body olso is thinking
Of tho "cottago by tho sen tho big houHo BY
the lako-and tho wonders 1t contains. For 1t
has something which interests ovory ono. It
has Jewels and cunningly-wrought work In gold
and silver for tho ladies, for there are mono Of
them which these things do not please. It haa
something for businosa-1non aud something for
idlors. Hero, too even tho heaviest md most
practical machinery attracts, for it is ono thing
to SEQ 1t in 4 greasy, smoky elop, md another
thing to view it in operation in tho splendid hall
Of The Exposition building.
The country people havo also, in their aobor
and dolibsrasive way, boon medtating upon the
Exposition, and have beon slowly coming to
conclusion thnt 1t was necessary for thon to pay
it q visit. At first, they gave tho subject no
thought, for II this great enterprise lacked any
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GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION BUILDING

THE GREAT INTERSTATE
single pago, tho history Of tile toll Of months or
yoars.
But boforo beginning this long narrative, 1t is
but fitting to say ono bricf word Of acknowl-
edgmont of tho services Of those who devised
the Exposition and onrriod 1t through to q suc-
cossful opening. Even 1t they had boon In
spired simply by hopcs Of personal gain, still 1t
would DO proper to thank thom. since tho roault
Of their laborB viii bo an an advancement Of the
general wealth and prosperity Of tho city. quito
independent Of any individual profits Of tholr
owu. But in this case tho making of money
was mattor which was not thought OF by tho
activo workers. Thoy went into 1t, not since it
ecomotl likely to bo profitable investment, for
it did not seom to bo anything Of the kind, but
because 1t would bo something crcaitable and adj
vantageouH for Chicago. solf had no part in
It, They were working for IN idoal,-th
glory OF the city in which they lfvcd. And
, 1873-09-25
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS.

houorod custom, to loyoto, ut this point, much
apaco to the history Of oxponitiona III general
beginning possibly with the Worlds Exposition OF
Aulmaa, gotteu up hy Nuah, aud carried around
by him for BONO tlnao III tho Ark; Il hotter pan
In HOMO 1eapccta than the presont Que, since 1t
brought tie Exposition to tho door Of every
dwoior OIL naylgablo waters. ly rcsorting to
tue American Cyclopadta, muoh information
could bo obtained touching tho Worlds Fair
near London, and similar exhibitions at Now
york and Paris, together with briof ACCOUNT Of
tlo imprisonment Of hIr. drooley, which grew
out Of Tho former ono, It would also be proper
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The Lake-Front Chosen, the Stock
Put On the Market, and the
Contracts Awarded.
Description Of the Building, and Cata-
loSue Of Articles Oh
Exhibition.
ETC., ETC., Etc, Etc.

The Grand Interstate Exposition will be
opened this evening, and will bo "formal1y in
augurated," as tho expression is, with the noise
nf brass bands and tho rounded aontenees OF
distinguished orators from abroad and from
home. Tie great building, which has risen go
steadily md swiftly upon tho Lake Shore, with
loas rapiaty than the palace the Slavea Of tho
Lamp built for Aladdin, but destined to be moro
permanent than that work Of a night, will this
evening be thrown open to tho happy holders Of
tickets, and tho next day will bo thrown open to
the world, if tho world chooses to come aud pay
its admission foe. This future homo Of the ayta
Rud manufactures of tho West, whoro followers
OF all trados and manufactures are to moet, to
teach and to bo talght. and which will serve
honceforth as the worry focus mud centre
has boon but little visited by tho public while
in course of erection. 1t laB boon from tho pa
pers alone that tho majority havo been kept ac-
quaintod with it's daily progress, and have learned
somewhat concerning its sizo mud goneral ap-
poaranco. Tho building IL situated in quiet
part Of the city, exposed to the view OF but few
except those who pass and ropass It upon sub
urban trains. Michigan avenue, In that part Of
its cuurso, is not explored BY many, and hence
this stately structure, which for couple Of
weeks Is to bo tho contro Of tho city's lie and
activity, will bo fresh and interesting, without as
will AZ within, to ts teua Of thousands Of visitors,
for it ia not likely that its "iuanito variety !"
will grow stale before 1t reaoAos its auccossful
conclusion.
It IL time tho suspense Of waiting was at an
end. Tho excitement Oh the subject Of tho
Exposition faint at ilrat, lns been growing week
by week, until it haa come to be consuming
fire. Now 1t Inns swallowed up all lesser things.
It inspireB tho advertisements, and monopolizes
tho local columns, 1t busioa tho hotel mon, and
ncltos tho merchants to bring out their freshest
goods. Thoro IL q ratnodoling Of shop-windowa,
and an unwontod extravaganza in casdH. Tho
bill-poHtor proaporH, anl the streotB arc full
Of boys With hand-blls. WAat arc political con-
vontionH in tho presence OF such oonyocatton
hfr. lIosing drops the ronH Of tho Nov Depnr.
turo for the time. anil tleyoteB himself to tho
discharge Of moro important dutiea as Director
OF tho Exposition. Temperance and Anti-Tem-
peranco men, Democrats and Republicans, may
meet In thoir wards md talk It out
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while othors did expect to make something out
of this, and wore naturally stimulated thereby,
yet tho melting and auimating impulse was tho
thought 4" Chicago ought to havc an Exposition,
and must not bo boatop in anything by Cincin-
nat, st. LoniA, or any other city," Tho mcm-
bors of tho Board Of Directors, and especially Of
tho Executive and other Committees, gayo not
merely their money in tho alapo Of anhsorip-
tions, or, ns somo then thought, Of donations,
but they gave what was infinitely moro valuable.
their time. One loft his hotel, another bis
bank, another his store, aud auothor his Office,
to devoto to labor for tho city's honor time
which they could hardly afford to tako from
their own buHinoss. They gave up, also,
hours which ahould have been given to
recreation, and thus, from March to
September, their trained experience aud on
orgy has beon at tho aorvico Of the Exposition.
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to Hroak Of tho comparative failuro Of tho re-
cent show at Vienna, and to deduce a
moral tlorofronl, as to tho incapacity Of
Germans to cope with Americans In oxpoaitions
Of industry or In political contosta. In fact,
thoro IL 10 mitch that could be done in this way,
that 1t would tako a column to merely catalogue
it. Tic oxpositons of Scriptures which havo
been nndo by clcrgymen. and numerous other
o1poaisons, will have to go nnnoticod. ANY
porson who is really anxioaB on these points ca1,
60 to tho other papers for them.
EAn1Y SHOWS IN ouIoA0o.
But, while it is unnecessary to any anything
concerning Assyrian, Egyptian, or even lattor"
day fairs and expositions got moment mny be
devoted to tho former exploits Of Chicago III
this lino-the first childish attempts in this limo
Of business in which it Ia hereafter to succeed
we'll. ThcHo early performances are neither
crcditablo nor discrcdtablo. They were proba-
bly, as good as anything that could bo gotten up
in their day. In 1856, tho State Fair was held
hero for tho first time, ut Brighton. Tho Associa-
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cock-fghting has bocomo 1oat art in this city.
Tho Cook County Horticultural socicty aleo
had its exhibitions In Smith l. Nixons Hall, md
tho State Horticultural Society onco Btnrtcd to
DO independent. and had flower and fruit show
here, which resulted in financial aipastcr. Last
Of al1 camo the Woolon Manufacturers aud
Wool Growera' Exposition, hold in August Of
1863, and which will bo referred to moro fully
hereafter.
THE FIRE or 1871.
SO far as tho most diligent inquiry and pro-
foundest meditation can make out, ono starting
point of the Exposition Of 1873 was tho fire of
October. 1871, which, Oh will appear hereafter, it
was partly tho original primary design OF tho
Exposition, not exactly to celebrate, for tlo fire
In question is ono Ut those things wl,icl,
only misgnidod fow tako pridc in, and
which mono, probably. want to see repeated,
but rather to commemorate the ami
yersary OF that unfortunate occurrence. In
toel, tho connection letwcon tho fire and
tho Exposition is much palmer than that bo-
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-10-09
The End of the World Next
Year.

The Adventists are gathered in camp
at Springfield, Mass, and believe that
the world will come to an end in 1874
Their evidence is contained in the fol-
lowing quotations.
"I am God, and there is none like
me, declaring the end from the begin
ning-Isaiah XVII, 9, 10.-'
" "Come near We nations, to hear anC
harken, We people; let the earth hear
and all that is therein; the world and
all things that come forth of it, for it;
the day of the Lords vengeance, and
the year of recompenses for the con-
troyersy of Zion. And the stream there
of shall be turned into pitch, and the
dust thereof into birthstone, and the
land thereof shall become burning pitch.
1t shall not be quenched night or day,
the smoke thereof shall go up forever" ."
Isaiah xxxiv., L, 8, 8, 10.
Here follows seven long columns Of
figures, which, by system of calcula-
ton peculiarly the writer's are inten-
ded to prove beyond doubt that the
people of this world must depart for
another in 1874. The compiler of this
remarkable timetable earnestly as
sured a correspondent that it was very
clear, and called his attention to the
lower part of the poster, whereon was
printed: --
"Write the vision and make it plain
upon the tables that he may run that
readeth. For the vision is yet for an
appointed time, but at the end it shall
speak and not he; though it tarry, wait
for it; because it will surely come; ii
will not tarry.-Heb. H., 2, 8.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-10-09
The Shreveport Plague.

The outbreak of yellow fever at
Shreveport, La, seems to be wholly due
to reckless disregard of the most Or
binary sanitary precautions. The lown
was reeking with filth. Nos only were
the dead bodies of animals allowed to
decay on the streets during the heated
term, and mud holes to give forth their
miasmatic vapors without thought of
removing the one and filling up the
other, but, incredible as it may seem,
on the sinking of steamboat in Red
River, near the city, drowning hun
dred Texan cattle which were on board,
the bodies were dragged ashore for their
hides and then left to dccompose under
the fervid rays of the sun, poisoning the
atmosphere for miles. 1t would be
strange indeed if such wanton viola
ton of the laws of health, could remain
unpunished, and had not the yellow fe-
yer set in some equally malignant dis
ease was inevitable. New Orleans has
been entirely free from the plague which
decimated it year after year since
General Butler gave ita thorough clean
ing, and this alone should teach the val-
ue of publication, were not its advan-
tages and absolute necessity generally
understood. Nature permits no viola
tions of her laws without exacting a
terrible compensation.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-10-09
Fishing with a Frog.

A well known amateur fisherman
who is very fond of the sport, conclu-
ded, upon his last visit to the Cumber-
land, to try what virtue there was in a
frog, for bait, feeling confident that he
would be able to draw in catfish OF
huge proportions. The gentleman who
was his partner in the fishing business,
after getting several nibbles, succeeded
in landing good sized drum. Half an
hour elapsed and the man with the frog
had no Indications of bite, and he sug-
gested to his friend that his new bait
was about to prove failure. "Did your
frog have green head?" asked his
partner. eyes" responded the man
with the frog. Perhaps that's yours,
and he pointed to one on the bank. Up
on examination, the identical frog was
sitting by his side, with the hook in his
mouth. As soon as thrown out, his
frogship no doubt swan ashore, and
crawled up the bank just as far as the
line would permit.-Nashrilie Union.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-10-09
Good Enough.

A German paper contains a reply
from clergyman who was travelling,
and who stopped at a hotel much fire.
quented by what are termed "drum-
mers." The host not being used to
having clergymen at his table, looked at
him with surprise; the clerks used all
their artillery OF wit upon him, with
out eliciting remark in self-deience.
The worthy clergyman ate his dinner
quietly, apparently observing the gibes
and sneers of his neighbors. One of
them at last, i'm despair at his forbear-
ance, said to him:
"Well, 1 wonder at your patience
Have you not heard all that has been
said against your"
"Oh, yes, but am used to it. Do you
not know who I am?'
"No, SIR"
"Well, l will inform you, 1 am chap
lain of lunatic asylum, such remarks
have no effect on me-"