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JUBILEE Or 1883.
THE GREAT CENTENNIAL, PAGEANT
AT CINCINNATI.
THE SPECTACULAR PRECEDENT FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Perfect wilderness of Civic and sfili-
tary DIgnitaries, AIIegorieAI Floats.
Trade Displays and Uniformed organt-
zations So The Greatest Spectacle Ever
Seen in the West.
Jupiter Pluvius Joined the vast pro-
cession Of the Ohio Valley and North
western people in honoring the centen-
NAL anniversary of the settlement Of the
section of country inhabited by them,
and contributed his mite In the shape Of
a cool, refreshing shower, just before the
starting Of the magnificent day pageant
in the Queen City on the afternoon Of
the 4th inst. And such pageant as it
was Great things were expected. but
no such display as occurred was ever
dreamed OF. Cincinnati has earned a
worldwide reputation in this line, but
the spectacular display given left all
future competitors I'm a hopeless condi-
ton, as the only possible way in which a
grander one could be insured demands
the erection of a city expressly for the
purpose. The buildings on the line of
march were profusely decorated with
every conceivable emblem, and birds
eye view from a balloon would have
given the impression that the whole
street was portion OF the procession.
Everybody was present, with his sisters
and his cousins and his aunts, and their
sisters and their cousins and their aunts,
and so on ad infinitum
The populace of the Queen City was
ranged in two divisions-the procession
and its spectators. Six State Governors
helped to swell the ranks Of the parade,
which represented allegorically and prae-
tically the events which have taken
place within the past century, and mill
tary and civic officers lent countenance
TO the large demonstration in a dual
sense.
At $3.50 D. IN. the word was given and
the march began. The patrol-wagons,
gay with the National colors, limited in
an intensely practical way TO the speeta-
tors that the space between curb-stones
was pre-empted by the pageant, and
forced back the surging mass of human
ity until the sidewalks were packed with
people rs close as a daddy MATCHBOX
is with the lueifers We1er's Band with
National strains, heralded the approach
OF the Fire Department, which made brill
liant display, and not even IN their own
annual parades have they exhibited 10
such good effect
The engines, hook-and- ladders, Bah
cocks and hose-carts were profusely ar
rayed with floral and other decorations,
and each company seemed TO have made
great efforts 10 outrival the others. The
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magnificent horses, groomed to the high
est state of perfection; the engines, pol
ished to a brilliant degree, all weighed
down with wreaths and streams of ever
greens, garlands of cut-fowers and bou-
quets, combined to make picture gor-
geous to look upon.
One of the features of this portion was
a miniature Department, consisting of
a microscopic philadelphia double
decker" and hook and-ladder truck
about the size of boys express-wagon.
Governor Foraker, upon a fine horse,
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as Float No. 8. Gathered on the deck
were Indians, hunters and soldiers, all
armed with fiint-lock rifles. The outer
walls of the boat we're decorated with
curious devices and red shirt just
washed had been put out to dry
The Third Ward, with Float No. 8,
represented the Indian Council The
chiefs and warriors, in close confab, were
talking over the matter grayely.
Seventy very harmless looking,
bloodthirsty Indians, with turkey feath-
ers in their hats, now marched along.
Next came Float 10, from the Seven
teenth Ward, which was billed 10 repre-
sent the siege Of Bryant's Station.
There was log cabin with a big picket
fence around II, while ia the yard were
half dozen sahcy ehirTnpjhg girls, who
said they. were tnilkmaids. They wore
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CINCINNATI cENTENNIAL NOTES

The Department Of Information i
booming.
Horticultural Hall has undergone magi,
alterations.
Printing printing-presses and aocsss
series win excite wonder at the Exposi.
ton
Only fifty cents admission to a full
space Of forty three acres--seventeen diff
ferent departments and a colossal Music
Hall performance.
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"oUAkEas8 ANo ''EARTAouAkgs.a


An Exhibition in the Naval Exhibit at
the Centennial
The exhibit made By the Y. S. Govern
ment NJ the Centennial Exposition Is the
most complete aud varied one which its
officers have yet attempted ANY descrip-
ti0n Of the articles exhibited must needs
be somewhat after the manner Of con-
tinued story. aud can not be attempted
in the columns Of a newspaper. Days
might be probably spent In the exami-
nation Of what, 70 the general public,
are curios in the fullest sense. The naval
exhibit &C present Is the most eonspicu-
Gus, but The others are being rapidly put
In shape.
Apparently guarding the entrance %
the Government display, cannon OF va.
nous sizes are arranged, and were II not
known that they are muzzled b. being ia
the opposite condition Of the gun
which the boy didn't know was
loaded, would tend somewhat TO dis
courage visitors 10 that department. One
huge black monster is only by actual
step, twelve PAGES from the safe end 10
the muzzle, which is large enough 70
take in one mau's head except a newly
appointed politicians GrandmR's ad-
vice to her boy, Keep away from ths
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LIGHTNING.

The Greatest Display of Its Harness Ever
Seen In the World.
Little did the old Italian professor OF
anatomy dream Of the mines Of wealth
whose groupings he scratched when he
made frogs hind-legs twitch with his
zinc and copper plates. The old saying,
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LINE AND COLOR.
The Raw Material of the Painter. Which
He Mixes With Brains.

''The value of a line" is a very signi-
fioant phrase to the artist, but lines are
not the only things which have bearing
on his labors with the palette and
brush. Color and its contrasts and har-
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THE SIGNAL SERVICE.
Not Yet Prepared to Make Weather 60
Snit All Kinds of People.

Many years ago an almanac maker was
called upon by the devil for copy. =
II have no weather, said the imp of the
printing office, 'for the 18th of July. =
"Rain, hail and snowr' roared the q.
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thoroughly posted on the intensely prac-
teal way in which the power of the
future" is being saddled and bridled by
human ingenuity, must be indeed dull
ard il not altogether lacking in sense
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CINCINNATI CENTENNIAL NOTES

Look out for the electric owls.
The display of naval gunnery, as well
as ship architecture, promises to be most
complete.
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@yI,orNo4A q, Cdtbdr
''Tall oaks, &c, was never better ex-
emplified than by the history of cleo
tricity The ancients knew that when a
piece Of amber was rubbed it would at
tract fragments of paper; but there
seemed no more promise in that than
in the kicking Of dead bullfrog, or any
connection between these two highly un-
important facts. II was reserved for others
to discover the relation and the addi-
tional fact that that particular cocoanut
was actually bursting with milk of the
creamiest kind.
The display of the electrical apparatus
at the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio
Valley and Central States, held in Gin
cinnati, marks the limit reached to-day
in the utilization of this peculiar agent.
Why the passage of its current around
bar of soft iron should confer upon
that iron the property of acting posi-
lively in the employment of force, is, so
far as present appearances are concerned,
in the condition of the question which
puzzled Lord Dundreary, and which "no
fellow can find out" The fact that such
power is conferred remains, however,
and is the basis Of the vast number of
motors on exhibition. This subtle power,
or agent, or whatever electricity may be
termed, is capable of assuming as many
different forms as there were colors in
Josephs coat, and is as slippery as a
politician running Tor Office One Of
those who have become proficient in its
management, and learned not only its
tricky habits, but how to turn them TO
account, is the one whose picture is given
above, and who, as matter Of course,
is Western-born man. Many Of his
devices are on exhibition at the Centen-
NAL Exposition. Those of hundreds Of
other workers in the same field are there
also, and the one who can not become
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-11
GO TO THE LAKES.

Minnesota people do not thoroughly
appreciate the boon nature has given
them in the hundreds of lakes to be
found within her borders and within
easy access from her many towns and
cities. Each one is natural summer
resort, and yet for the most part all are
without honor in their own country.
Perhaps it is because of the familiar
ity which breeds contempt that the
lakes are so scantily appreciated; but,
whatever the reason, the fact remains
the same-that it is chiefly to those who
come from beyond our borders that
their merits are known. Minnesotians
are more apt to seek their summer pleas
uring away from home, and are just as
likely as not to spend their summer va
c,.tion, after days of tireSome travel, at
places where the natural advantages
and attractions are no greater than
those of lake resorts within a few min
utes or hours of their homes.
But it is those who find themselves
unable to take vacations of any eX-
tended duration, whose circumstances
or occupations confne them closely,
who should learn to appreciate the fact
that at the adjoining lakes they can
enjoy the advantages of a summer
resort without interfering seriously
with their business or their pocket
books. In fact, the lakes seem espe-
ctally designed for the convenience and
the pleasure of the Stay-at-Home club.
No time is wasted in going to or COM
ing from them, brief season of vaca-
ton, if one happily may be taken. may
be economical to the utmost, and the
greatest possible amount of rest secured
with the minimum expenditure of time
and money.
But each year lake resorts are becom-
ing better known to home people, and
more popular with them. There is ac-
cordingly ground for the belief that the
time is not far distant when by their
numbers Minnesotians will testify their
belief that Minnesota possesses at
tractiveness for summer vacation seek
erS which no other state can surpass.
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matter at least fifteen months ago,
the pronounced hit Of The Henrietta
You see, it is very hard to find plays in
which there are suitable characters for
two comedians. Mr.. Crane appreci-
ates this fact, and believes that he
could find wider scope for his talents
if not limited to productions in which
there are suitable characters for Rob-
son. He fully appreciates Mr.. Rob
sons popular talents, and has never
thought of depreciating them. But he
feels strong enough now to go alone,''
and as he is rich, and can afford to suit
himself, there Is no reason why he
should not do as he pleases.
HE will probably play Falstaff and
some other representative characters,
but our design will be to open in a new
play written to fit him. Probably Bron-
son Howard will do the work. AT all
events there is time enough to get ready,
and everything will be done to insure
success. hope meantime that the pa
perS will not magnify this matter UNI
duly, or endeavor to create the impress
sion that there has been a vulgar quar-
rel. Men, you know, may agree to diSa-
gree, or may conclude to terminate a
partnership when the ends of that part
nership have been served. 1t is no re-
Election on Robson that Crane desires to
experiment on his own account, and, for
that matter, Robson may have the same
desire, and is certainly strong enough
do so if he Wishes"
Some of the other parties who were
FAMILIAR with the facts in the case were
dlSlncllned to commit themselves, but
all admitted that the partnership of the
Two Dromious was decisively limited
TO one more season, and that the per-
sonal relations of the two men were not
SO pleasant as they might be. With
these facts admitted and confirmed an
INFINITE array of gossip would add moth
ing to the testimony.
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MISPLACED CHARITY.

Human nature, and especially sympa-
thetic human nature, is prone to be i'm
posed upon. 1t is creditable to the race
that the charitable instinct exists, de-
veloped to greater or less extent, in al
most every breast; and it is also dis
creditable to the race that willingness
to impose upon each other is pretty
widespread, These two Intimately re-
lated facts have received numerous
practical illustrations in st. Paul within
the past week. Several applicants for
aid have received substantial assistance
from numerous charitably disposed peo-
pie, and it has been subsequently, dis
covered that the recipients of aims were
utterly unworthy of consideration; that.
in fact, they were impostors out and out.
AS a rule, people of generous DISPOSE
ton, listening to moving tale of dis
tress, are inclined to take the chances
of being deceived, even though they may
doubt the genuineness of the stories
told them, through fear that a deserv-
ing person, whose needs are really great,
may be turned away empty-handed.
Happily. however, there is way to
afford assistance where it is really de-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-11
THE MUD HUNTERS.

What fools these mortalS be: or, to
make it more pointed, what fools these
politicians be when they start in to
trump up campaign stories against the
opposition candidates. The most ride
ulous instance of campaign folly that
has yet been known is the story the
Republican press has sprung Oh Presi-
dent CLEVELAND, that he is unkind to
his wife. 1t illustrates the paucity of
campaign material, and also to what
depths low-down politicians will descend
in search of mud to throw at a candi-
date. And yet there is something
amusing in the way these mud hunters
are attempting to create feeling
against the administration by de-
flaming the president. Aware of
the popularity of the mistress of
the White house among the masses,
they thought it a cute trick to
turn on the president to work UP d
personal feeling against him by work
ing up sympathy for his wife. The de-
famers dare not specify any overt act of
cruelty on the part of the president
toward the partner of his joys and of
his fame. They content themselves by
limiting it in general way, and by
establishing gossip bureau at the ma
tional capital they expect to circulate
the SANDER in general way, so that no
one particular person can be held to
account for it. When the newspaper
correspondents at Washington who
seek only for truth and eSchew senSa-
lions undertook to run the rumor down
the most they could get out of the pro-
feSSional defamerS was that the preSi-
dent had been heard to speak cross to his
wife, and she seemed all broken up
over it. Upon investigation it was
found that one day when, the president
was busily engaged in looking over a
batch of important state papers which
had to be disposed of that day, the hoy
denish little mistress of the White house
skipped into the room, Snatched the pa
pers from his hand, and. seating herself
in the great mans lap, putup her sweet
little lips for kiss. If the fate of ma
tons had been trembling in the balance
the president could not have resisted
| the temptation to take time to plant one
that sweet mouth, and he did
| But when the kiss was given he briefly
explained to her the pressing nature of
his official business, and that further
| caressing would have to be deferred
until later hour in the day
And then, just as any loving young wife
would do, the mistress of the White
house pouted a little and wanted to
| know what affair of state could be OF
more Importance in the eyes of her lord
than her own sweet self. And it was
just upon such a slender circumstance
as this the mud-hunters built their col
umny. The other story started about the
same time, that the president snored
and disturbed his wife's rest, died
| q -hnrnin,
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Much Ado About Nothing.

A singular struggle took place be-
between man and woman on Second
avenue the other day for the possession
of pocketbook which the latter had
picked up on the street. While the wo-
man was examining it the man grabbed
one end of it.
"Leggo," cried the woman.
Il won't" said the man. ''It's as much
mine as yours"
sit amt yours, is it?"
''Dunno; mebbe tits. | lose pocket
book every day or two"
''YOu wouldn't a thought of it if you
hadn't seen me find it,"
Yes, L would. l was coming across
the street to find it myself"
''Oh, you were! (scOrnfully). Why
didn't you get here SOOner?"
Il was kept by man who wanted to
talk with me about the tariff"
''Well, | didn't talk with no man. /
was right on hand, and so 1 found the
pocketbook first. Lego, | say"
You picked it UP, but seen it first
l seen it when L turned the corner, and
if hadn't been stopped I'd been here
first. Gimit to mel"
A byStander, in the interest of peace,
suggested that they divide the contents.
but when it was opened and found to
contain nothing but two Cancelled post
age stamps and bogus nickel with a
hole in it, both dropped it with disgust
and beat retreat.
Texas SiftingS.
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SCHEFFER'S STRADDLE.

1t is evident that the friends of Candi-
dates MCGILL and MERRIAM are anxious
to give Candidate SCHEFFER all the
rope on the reel, in confident assurance
that he will wind himself up. And,
from the way he is entangling himself
here latterly, he is likely to fulfill their
most sanguine expectations. The pains
that he is now taking to con-
vince up-country people that he has
never had any sympathy for the
CLEVELAND administration does not
consist with the platform OH which he
accepted nomination from the Farm
ers' alliance. If Mr.. SCHEFFER repudi-
ates the CLEVELAND tariff policy he is
going squarely back On the alliance
platform. There is no rubbing that out,
for the Platforms Endorsement of Mr..
CLEvELAND's position OH the tariff is so
PLAIN that he who runs may read, and
there is no necessity for wayfaring
man to err therein.
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A LEGEND.

A lovely woman ir an eastern land
Once swayed a kingdom with her slender
hand:
Her burdens heavy grew and weighed her
down,
Upon her brow there pressed jeweled
crown. -f
Too cumbersome for its tender resting place,
The golden weight adorned a weary face;
She cried: Il have grown tired of my power.
II seemeth more unbearable each hour.
Let some one come that 1 may crown him
king;
Within his hand he must guerdon bring %
That shall by far my boundless wealth exI
So, having it. I'll feel no other need is
Her wish was known, and 10! from far and
near
There thronged around her poet, prince and
peer,
With offerings of dazzling beauty, wrought
In wondrous shape and with deep meanings
fraught.
They laid their gifts down humbly at her
feet,
She sighed: "Alas find them incomplete.
Within these sparkling stones DO so,ace lies
| dream of wealth revealed in human eyes,"
Morn after morn suppliant went away
Until there came unto her throne one day
A man with empty hands, yet noble face
And form Of matchless mold and peerless
grace.
The queen looked up and asked: What gift
hast thou
To tender for the crown upon my brow?"
He gazed within her eyes and naught replied.
She crowned him, saying: Il am satisfied. ="
New Orleans Picayune.
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No DespOt He.


All accounts agree that the presenta-
ton of Mr.. Cleveland's name was re-
ceived in the convention with an enthu-
siasm that has scarcely been excelled at
the nomination of any of the most pop
ular candidates of either party in the
past, and this without any of that arti-
fetal excitement that is engendered by
a contest. The fact is a very signifi-
cant indication that Mr.. Cleveland's
leadership is not that of an official des-
pot controlling unwilling slaves, as
some Republican writers represent,
still less mere result of the accident of
office, as is somewhat inconsistently sug-
gested by the same class of his oppO-
nents, but that it has been fairly won
by his personal strength and courage
and is freely and spontaneously ac-
corded him by the great popular septi-
ment of his party.
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WIND.RAG FORAKER.
In His Estim alton Thurma an Is
Stronger Than His Party.

In His EStim alton Thurman Is No
Stronger Than His Party.
COLUMBUS. o., June 8.-The follow
ing interview was had with Gov. For
aker relative to the nomination of Judge
Thurman:
Governor, what will be the effect of
the nomination of Thurman for vice
PRESIDENT"
Gov. Foraker replied:
81 do not think that his nomination
will add any strength to the Democratic
ticket in this state, and l do not know
why it should in any state. He is now
not only quite old, but apparently very
infirm. This will weaken him some
what, but the truth is he never was any
stronger than his party-in fact, not
quite so strong. The only time since
the war that he has been can
didate before the people was
when Hayes defeated him for the
goverhorship in 1867. He then ran be-
hind his ticket. Every man on it got
more votes than he received. The DEM
OcratS got the Legislature that year. how
ever, and he was sent to the senate.
But it was not his strength that carried
the general assembly. The result
would have been the same in that
respect had their candidate for
governor been either Payne, Pendleton
or Ranney. 1t was the question of ne
gro suffrage and the prejudice it excited
that defeated us as to the legislature that
year, and not Thurman or any other man,
and so it was, too, that they carried the
state six years later in 1878, when they
again got the legislature and re-
elected Thurman to the senate. His
personal strength had nothing to do
with the result. That w the year of
the Observation-Disclosures campaign
and the panic. His election to the SEN
ate was due both times to what were
for him such fortuitiOuS circumstances
as these. He never had any special
strength. At this time he has less than
ever before. He will have difficulty in
commanding the full strength of his
own party. The dissent to his nOmina-
ton by part of the Ohio delegation
fairly represents the sentiment TO him
among Ohio Democrats.
well, will he get any Republican
votes on the ground that he is especially
honeSt?''
NO" replied Gov. Foraker, she will
not get any Republican votes. He is no
more honest than most men are-Or than
all men should be, and. so far as his
abilities are concerned, whatever they
may be. he has at least not made much
use of them in a political sense. He
opposed the war, emancipation, specie
resumption, and almost every thing
else that has been accomplished during
the last thirty years of which any
American is proud to-day. He has
simply been a lifelong, unfaltering
Democrat of the pro-slavery, anti-war,
Bourbonist character, who has stood by
his party through good report and bad
report, always aiding it to the full eX-
tent of his abilities in all its copperhead,
free trade, fiat money and obstruction
policies and tendencies. Oh, no, in
deed, he will not get any Republican
yOteSn