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GREAT DISPLAY AT PARIS.
AS A SHOW MERELY IT is THE
GREATEST ON EARTH.

The Useful Not Well Represented Yet--The
Curious and the Beautiful Abundant
The Home Life and Work of All Races
In All Ages Well Portrayed.
The American workman, to whom Vhe pas
sage money is an uuattainable fortune, is in
vited to see the Paris exposition by proxy
and Mt trining individual expense.
This is substantially the proposition of MIR.
Edward W. scripps, who proposes to leave
for Paris on the Path Of July with forty rep
resentative and genuine workingmen, each
chosen by the associations Of the trade he
represents; and these forty are not only to
see the exposition. but to investigate the con-
dition Of European laborers from tho south
of France TO tho north of Scotland and make
full report. The claim is made that many
valuable suggestions will be gained, even as
Americans learned to do many things better
by seeing how the foreigners did them at the
Philadelphia exposition Of 1876. Only practi-
col worklnen will be taken, each master in
his own craft, and as each would naturally
take most interest in the foreigners in his
own lines, the variety Of opinions returned
would be amusing as well as instructive. -
In the meantime an army Of reporters. are
giving all readers view by proxy, and as
they are on the ground before more than
half the visitors get there and while the
exhibit is incomplete their views are anus
ing and contradictory enough. Each one
naturally writes Of that feature most inter-
esting to him, and so we get the impression
that the exposition is an odd tumble of sue
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Lincoln president, He declined to take office
under the administration, though the Peru
Wan mission and other places of honor were
offered him, but he remained in Washington
through most Of the war, WIS frequently CON
suited and employed in delicate and contiden-
tial missions He went to Missouri with dis
cretionary powers to remove Gen. Fremont
and reorganize the department, md did the
work with rare skill and diplomacy At the
close OF tho war he located in Chicago, where
he became the successful lawyer, taking com
paratively little share in politics.
Leonard SWEET was born Aug. Ii, 1925, on
farm in Oxford county, Me-, worked hnrd
in youth and gained tolerably liberal cdu-
cation by study in the winters. Emigrating
to the west at majority, he enlisted as pri-
vate for the Mexican war and returned nn
invalid, unable TO get any further than ILL
nois This fixed his residence ut Blooming
ton, in that state, where he entered on the
practice OF law on the same circuit with Abra-
ham Lincoln, Stephen T. Logan, 9. +. Lin
der, Edward D. Baker and others who have
made that circuit immortal. Judge David
Davis long presided over that circuit. In
1854 he married Miss Laura r. Quigg, and
they had one child, Leonard Herbert Swett
now about 80 years old She died early in
1885, and the next year he married Miss Marie
Decker who had been his clerk in the law
Office for several years-a marriage which ex-
cited much Chicago comment Mt tho time
Mr.. Swett's experience at the bar was re
markablc He defended twcnty-nnn men
accused of murder and secured the acquittal
of all but one, who was sentenced to the l'cni-
tertiary for life, but afterwards pardoncd.
Ho then too; charge Of the Anarchists cause
after they had been removed to the supreme
court, but was defeated liz civil cases he
was scarcely less successful His untiring in
dust,y i'll preparing his cases and his power
before jury brought this success In per-
son he was iiuposing--six feet two inches III
height and weighing, when i'll health, 2.5 to
o5O pounds His wife, sou. brother and three
sisters are the only near relatives who sur
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THE NEW LONDON BRIDGE.

The crossing is placed about half mile
above the ferry, the new line making q de-
tour on the New London shore and leaving
the land at Winthrop's Point. The Thames
river is tidal estuary about fourteen miles
long, New London being situated at its mouth.
The United States government has q naval
station above the bridge, and that there
should be no obstruction in the way OF
passing vessels made a requirement that there
must bc an immense draw. There nre two
openings, one on each side OF the pillar on
which tho draw rests. Of 225 feet, making q
draw 5O3 feet long. This bridge may bo
swung around ID complete circle, following
the motion OF the passing vessel and thus
saving time. This is the usual plan Of draw
bridges at lake cities, like Chicago aud Mil
waukee The machinery for moving the
draw Is placed upon the central pier, below
the bridge spun. An engine moves the span
on q turn table Of steel.
Where the bridge is located tho distance
from shore to shore is 800 feet, The chan
mel Is from 40 to GO feet deep, and hard bot
tom is only found l30 feet below the water
surface An open caisson was sunk into a
dredged hole Is feet below the natural bot
tom, aud in this pilins was driven down to
hard bottom Upon the piling nn open top
caisson was sunk. The masonry for the piers
was laid on the bottom Of the caisson while it
tloated, and the weight gradually sunk it
until it reached tho pilins. The masonry
was then carried up to the requisite height.
TIE superstructure is of steel The bridge
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Uses of Electricity.

1t doesn't seem possible that pa would do
such thing, but The Belfast Age says he
did. According to that paper Belfast man
has small electric battery which he put to
q novel use His wife occasionally makes
him stay at homo to take careof the children
He was left the other dny, and wanted to go
across the street badly, but tho children were
too young to he left alone. He finally set tho
battery going, then placing the handles In
the children's hands started the current
strong enough SO they couldn't let go, aud
left them. They were there on his return.
The beauty of this story probably is in tho
electrical current Of imagination that runs
through it.
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the common mind can see does not differ ma
terially from that of Herbert Spencer.
He maintained that there Is one original
and fundamental principle or substance, and
but one; all that we see or feel are but ap-
pearances Of it, 1t is ut once the original in
tellcct and matter, md is eternal Mind and
body, spirit and matter, arc merely varying
phenomena Of the eternal one. So there is a
soul i'll everything, uud ull is immortal, but in
constant change. Thsappenrs to bo only the
modern doctrine Of tue persistence of force.
Bruno died with coolness and bravery, stoutly
refusing to recant any of his views, and for
this, If anything, he deserves Il monument
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A=l}Ook with n=HiStOry

Mrs. John Ogilve Roorbacl, OF Mystic,
has one Of the twenty two copies OF the Epis-
copal prayer book, and administration Of
sacrnments, in the Mohawk language, print
ed by special order of the Rev. John Ogilrie.
assistant minister OF Trinity church, New
York, under whose auspices tho entire work
was published i'll i1G9. These few copies were
ordered by him to be bound i'll calf and gold.
to be used as presents to particular frienda
The book in question came into the hands OF
Sir William johnson, superintendent Of In
dim affairs, aud was given to Thomas,
chief of the Oueitas, for whom he had greet
regard. Ja. y, ITO, it came into the hands
Of Eleazer Williams treputed dauphin OF
France, and was presented by him to the
nraseut owner Hartford Courant
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all STYLES Of human dwellings OF all times
from the cave and brush md bark hut to the
palace, are in good foim and the .restnu-
rants Of ull ages ARE colnicnlly complete.
On these last the Partisan satirists have
turned themselves loose, though the CORE:
spondents indicate TINT their widest carica-
lures scarcely surpuSs the facts. Llllustra-
ton, the illustrated pater, gives u series of
views from the ''rst full meal recorded in
history thnt Of Adam am, Eve down to the
wild Indian dining ut the Vienna cafe In
the "Prchistoric Restaurant the waiter Is
dressed to represent the original mai; OF the
.'Stone Age and the Par IAN eSquls!tes who
dine i'll the cave consider him 'hawlng sue
cessn Thu mammoth tMn Of champagne,
which required twelve uxcu to draw it into
the grounds, is always surrounded by Curl
GUS crowd, unI the choice Epernuy flows in
an almost continuous stream for the thirsty
aud curious
Similarly the local customs Of various na-
tions and races are wonderfully well repre-
sented In the Algerian department sits a
Kabrle girl spinning in the sane primitive
fashion tho Oricntals have kept up for 1000
years, and by her sits an Arab boy in the
same costume, no doubt, us was worn by
young Ishtuncl when Ii. played at tue feet of
tho spinning HaGnr. The woman OF the
Soudnn works i'll native products, the wild
Australians make and sell boolneiangs,
the Turks fabricate many delicate textures
of leather and wool, few Americans are
there to exhibit the telephone and many
other proofs Of the subtlety OF American
genius And the music und dancing of near
ly all nations is equally well represented in
various pavilions.
1u machinery, however, the exposition is
us vet II poor affair, and the French made al
most failure OF their part of it. The ele-
vator for the Eiifel tower is being put i'll by
an American, and the working of the colored
fountain display was finally intrusted to an
Englishman. The gathering Of soldiers FROM
tho semi-civilized nations Is unique and won
derfully varied, the French, OF course taking
most interest i'll and giving to the world the
best pictures of those in their own possessions
or with whom they have close relations. 10
tho American mind there is something lu-
dicrous in these "French soldiers" with black
faces and woollY hair, and the 'Cavalry1nau
OF Senegal" would be taken on this continent
for specimen of "burnt cork minstrelsy."
But tho French take him tau scrieux." They
have few color prejudices and can scarcely
understand the American idea on that sub
ject
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WHOLE NO. 1912.

basket arr. wheels mounted, to be rotated by
crank ur;., nnl trellcs after the bicycle
fashion
are covered with silk, us is usual md the top
compartment is l1lude to shift into different
positions according to direction and strength
of wind
Tho mechanism in all its various features
can hardly be understood except with the aid
Of a model in operation. Like all other mu-
chimes of the kind, there are n number of con
nections and bits of mechanism too detailed
to specify i'll brief article
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VOL. 21, NO. 1
The Great War Syndicate.
BY FRANK R. STOCKTON.

Author OF "l;u.ldcr Grange" "Amos XII
bright" .'1he Bee Man of Ori," "The
Christmas Wreck" 'The Lady or liie
Tiger" THE Late Mrs. Null 'The
Hundredth Man." "The Casting Away
OF Mrs Lecks and Mrs Aieshine," ''Thc
Dusantes." etc.
Copyrighted by r. r. Collier of Golfers Once
a Week. and published by special arrangement
with him through the American Press Assocla-
finn ALI rinhiS raSnrYehI
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GloRoANo BRUNO IN MARBLE.

Curious Career, Disputes and Doctrines of
the Icnnoclast.
Gior[auo Bruno has It monument in Rome
ut last, which is much the Same us if August
Spies should have monument in Chicago;
and the a.uostics and other innovators of
Italy made its unveiling tho occasion of
great demonstration against the church.
About 81, 900 people from nll parts OF Italy
witnessed the demonstration.
All this was not SO much for what Bruno
did or said or wrote, for not one person in ten
thousand knows what his real opinions were;
but it was for what he has been assumed to
represent Ho was tho Bob Insersoll OF the
Sixteenth century, attacking with wild humor
ull the assniablo points of the peoples faith,
but overlooking its beauties. He roamcl over
southern Europe and England for fifteen
years, disputins with ull who would contend
with him, ridiculing the local opinions of the
place he happened to be III, writing an i'm
mcnso humber of essays and publishing some
forty books and pamphlets. Very naturally,
he got into trouble with the authorities In
many places, was expelled from the Domini-
can order, was driven from Geneva by tho
Calvinists, ridcued out Of Paris by the phil
osophers and finally put to death at Rome,
Ha was horn in 1913 near Naples and
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All reports agree that us display the ex.
position is simply acknowledgements show
on earth"-'a polyhipplc and unrivaled Co
lossal aggregation" as the bills say, but in
the line Of the useful-well. the right men have
not got there vet
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Ito be continued
One Hundred and Two.

The eldest minister of the Gospel III active
service is tho Rev. William Stoddart, OF tue
parish OF Moderty, in Scotland. The bap-
tisnlal register shows that he was baptized on
the Goth of March, 1857, and is now in his one
hundred anfsecond year. Father stoddart
walks about mile to his preaching service
every Sunday with buoyant step, and
breaches sermon about an hours length.
discharges. unaided, all his pastoral duties,
and is IL most efficient chairman Of the county
school board.-Church Of Today.
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When n man hath forfeited the reputation
Of his integrity l.e is set fast, and nothing
viii thea serve lis turn, neither truth nor
falsehood. -Steel..
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''REsTAuRAST pREu1sro1uQuE."

cesses and failures. It is agreed at the start
that the 'sgrand opening" by President Car
not was little more than farce Even the
could not reprcss their smiles and sneers.
II. Sadi-Carnot is far from being an impos-
ing figure. His duty on that historic date
and eventful day was to typify something,
To personify grand idea-an ho couldn't.
His progress was on plan all lis oWn-to
strike medium between gorgeous royal or
imperial equipage and plain republican sim-
plicity; it therefore combined tho absurdi-
ties Of both and was ten fold more ridiculous
than either.
The point that impresses every one is the
immense size of the affair. Warned by the
crowded condition III 1867 and in again in
1878, the managers this year gave up the idea
of a symmetrical inclosure, and so the boun-
dnries wind in and out on both sides of the
Seine, and the antenn,p Of the exposition SO
to speak, stretch into quiet quarters long
ways from the Champ de Mars, and strangers
ignorant Of the city often leave tho grounds
and 70 along street, which they suppose is
leading them directly from it, only to come
square upon another section Of it. There is
u vast amount of walking to do, and delicate
visitors who can afford it have themselves
wheeled about in regular invalids' chairs.
There ara three miles of outdoor walks pro
tected by awnings, and many more not
protected The grounds take in the whole
Quai d'Orsay and large section Of
tho left bank of the Seine, all the
bridge of jena and all the Trocadero
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24

thwaite were summoned, but failed to
arouse the patient and he died soon after
their arrival The physicians attribute the
fatal termination Of the case to sudden
swelling of the glottis, which prevented
the patients breathing.
[Allen Thorndike Rice was born in Boston,
June lS, 1858. AT the age OF nine years he was
taken abroad, and for five years lived in Eu-
rope In 1857 he returned to the United States
and remained here until 1871, when he went to
England and was graduated at Oxford in 1875.
On his return to the United States he entered
Us student the Columbia Law School. In
1876 he bought the North American Review, OF
which he has since been the editor. He organ
lied in 1879, and subsequently directed, the
Charnay expedition, which was dispatched un-
der the joint auspices of the United States and
France. to investigate systematically the re-
mains of ancient civilization in Central America
and Mexico. In 1884 he bought o controlling
interest in LIE Matin. one OF the chief papers
OF Paris, of which he was still proprietor
Hc has always been actively interested in poll.
tics and in 1886 ran on the Republican ticket
for Congress in the Tenth New York district
against General Spinola. but was defeated by
local political leaders. He was strong advo-
cate of the Australian system of voting: He
has edited "reminiscences of Abraham Lin
coln," and contr. buted 10 "Anc!ent Cities in.
the New World."]
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
SENSATIONAL REPORT.

Rumor In New York That Chinese Cor.
don Is Alive and Being Held for RAM
som James Gordon Bennett Said to
Have Started for khartoun to Purchase
His Release.
NEW YoRK, May 1S-An evening paper
says that James Gordon Bennett started
three weeks ago for Khartoum, the Mahdi's
capital. There are two stories in regard to
the journey. One is that 1t is undertaken
on account of wager made by Bennett with
an officer who had served in the Egyptian
army who asserted that no foreigner could
enter Khartoum and depart alive.
The other story is that Bennett received
long dispatch from q Cairo correspondent
saying that he had just received visit from
an envoy of the Mchdi with important news,
regarding Chinese Gordon and that the lat
ter was still alive and kept close prisoner:
that the new Mehdi, by reason of his
reverses on Kordofan and the Bahr-eL.
Gael and his loss OF the great province Of
Darfur, was willing to ransom Gordon for
Loo, ,G00 francs. The next few dats Bennett
made all arrangements for the trip and for
the payment OF the vast sum mentioned.
and with an intimate friend set out for
Egypt
But little could be learned in New York
in confirmation of the story. An editor OF
the Herald stated that cablegrams from
Bennett had been received from Mar
scil!cs, Alexandria and Cairo, hut that
nothing was known in the Office about his
prospective movements.
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
LOST At SEA.
on the Pacific-Tive OF Her Crew Re-
ported Drowned.

The Steamer Alaskan Wrecked in a Gale
on the Pacific-Tive Of Her Crew Re-
ported Drowned.
PORTLAND, Ore, May 1.-THE steamship
Columbia, from San Francisco. brings the
captain, mate and eleven of the crew Of
the Oregon Navigation Company's large
side-wheel iron steamer Alaskan, which
left here May II for San Francisco and was
wrecked in a gale off Cape Blanco May 13
Five of the crew are reported to have been
drowned. Two boats containing members
OF the crew have not yet been heard from
The Alaskan had no passengers aboard
She was to have been docked at San Fran
cisco for repairs
Taere were thirty-four persons on board
the Alaskan AS soon as she began to
founder the officers and men took to the
boats, Captain Howse, Captain Woods and
eleven of the crew in one boat and the re-
mainder of the crew in otherks The boats
drifted toward the land and Cap9 n Howse
and his party We're picked up ~ the ting
Vigilante. The fate OF the othcIs IL not yet
known but it is hoped that they drifted
landward and were saved. The Alaskan
was the most elegantly titted-up steamer in
| the Northwest. and cost $3.50, GOO. She was
insured for $2o0, GOO.
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
THOUSANDS HOMELESS.

Firo Sweeps Away . Big Portion Of Sc
saviour, Suburb Of Quebec-seven
Hundred Buildings D6stroyed-A Loss
OF 00O,OOO-Ywo Men Killed.
QuEBEc, Can, May ia disastrous fire
broke out early Thursday morning at St.
Sauveur in the house of Mrs Mccain on
Waller street The flames spread with
great rapidity among the wooden
tenements which surrounded the place.
The people were dismayed ut the rapidity
with which the flames jumped from
one wooden building to another. St Sau-
veur has but poor fire department and it
could make no headway against the confla-
grafton. Help was summoned from this city
and engines were quickly sent, but owing to
lack of water their efforts were crippled.
While the military were preparing to blow
several houses to pieces in order to check
the spread of the flames premature ex-
plosion took place in one Of the buildings,
killing Major Short and Sergeant Wallick,
of Battery B.
from Quebec, but is separated from this
city by only the width of street. It has q
population of about 15,0OO. Only Wednes-
day night the st. Sauveur officials refused
an offer of this city to supply them with
water.
At $3.50 p. m. the fire burned itself out,
after reaching the limits of St Sauveur, tho
toll-gatekeeper's house in Waller street be.
Ing about the last to go. The district
north and west Of Nassau and
st. Ambrose streets has been
swept clean with the exception of a
portion of Waller street About 7OO houses
were burned AS many Of them we're tene-
ments the number of families homeless is
not less than ], 200, comprising 5000 or 8,0O
persons. The total loss by the fire is esti-
mated at $6o0,OOO
Hon. NJ Mnrcier and other prominent
men are interesting themselves in behalf
of the homeless people. Application has
been made TO Sir A. P. Caron for
the use of drill-shed and other
Government buildings to shelter those
who are yet camped out in the
fields. The clergy are distributing food,
and steps are being taken to organize a
regular system of relief. The majority of
the people burned out are of the laboring
class, and, as insurance rates were very
high. few have any thing to fall back On.