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court in front of the main entrance to
the building. The main structure, in
the rear, is one story, while the wings
are two. The playground is on the
main structure. -.
In the corners of the court that
spreads before the wide entrance two
towers rise to a height slightly above the
roof line. On the ground floor of one
of these towers is an Office and in the
other is room for an exhibit of chill
dren's games. The building gains q
festive appearance by brilliant awnings
and banners that snap in the breezes.
The entire structure is ninety feet by
$50. ,.-
Mrs. George L. Dunlap is Treasurer
of the Children's Building Committee.
In chatting about the enterprise with a
New York World correspondent she
said: ~ can't for the world tell how the
impression got out that this is to be a
check stand for children. There is to
be a creche in the home, but that is no
more reason for calling it creche than
the fact that q primary department in
the public schools is a reason for call.
ing them primary schools. The plan OF
the enterprise is really very inclusive,
In fact we propose to make it an object
lesson to mothers and teachers aud to
present the best thought on sanitation,
diet, education and amusement for chill
dren in the most forcible way possible.
"There was a children's building at
the Paris Exposition, but our plan is OF a
much wider scope, for you see we have
arranged to do so much more than
merely to make it possible for parents
to enjoy the freedom of the exposition,
while their children have the best care
and attention. The building itself IS
going to be as pretty as picture.
"Of course, We shall raise the neces-
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building. It is located at the west end
of the great court in the southern part
of the site, looking eastward, at the rear
of which will be the railroad loop and
the great passenger depot. The first OBJ
ject which will attract visitors on reach
ing the grounds will be the gilded dome
of this great building. To the south of
the administration building will be the
machinery hall, aud across the great
court in front will be the agricultural
building to the south and the manufac-
turers building to the northeast. |
This great building, the administers
ton building, will be the only one be-
sides the electrical building that will
cost IS much as $3.50, 900. The architect
is Richard N. Hunt, of New York, Pres.
ident OF the American Institute of Archi-
tects, to whose established reputation it
will be memorable addition. It covers
an area of $50 feet square and consists of
four psvilions, eighty.four feet square,
one at each of the four angles of the
square of the plan aud connected by a
great central dome 120 feet In diameter
and 222 feet in height, leaving at the
centre Of each facade recess eighty.two
feet wide, within which will be one Of
the grand entrances to the building. The
general design is in the style of the
French Renaissance, and it will be
dignifed and beautiful specimen Of az
chitecture as belts its position and pur1'
pose among the various structures by
which it will be surrounded. !;
As to the uses of the administration,
building each Of the corner payiions,
which are four stories in height, will be-
divided into large and small Offices for
the various departments Of the admins
tration. The ground floor contains in
one pavilion the fire and police depart
ments, with cells for the detention of
prisoners; in second pavilion the Offices
of the ambulance service, the physician
and pharmacy, the foreign department
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cost is $2O, ,0OO, and $15, 900 will be
spent in furnishing it. The money has
been guaranteed by Potter Palmer, Mar
shall Field, N. e. Fairbank and George
N. Pullman. The women, however,
propose to allow the children of the land
an opportunity to pay for their OVID
home. They will be asked to subscribe,
and every child sending 81 will receive
q souvenir in the form of receipt bear
ing the great gilt seal of the Board of
Lady Managers.
The building, the architect Of which
is Mr.. George Cary, of Buffalo, N. Y,
is an adaptation from the palace of Fran
chs l., who was King of France when
Columbus found Watling's Island. The
palace overlooks the seire. It is one of
the historic structures of Paris. The
general form of the building is that of q
long rectangle, with projecting wing at
either end. These wings leave a wide
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instruct their children, to give them an

instruct their children, to give them an
idea what may be done at home.
. "Now, Mrs. Jones, of Kalamazoo, may
come here and see the childrens home
at the Fair. She probably has never
thought of such thing. Well we
want Mrs. Jones to 60 back to Kalama-
ZOO, tell what she saw at the children s
home and establish permanent chill
dreu's home in Kalamazoo, if she can.
At all events, she will have got new
ideas Oh the teaching of her own chill
dren at home. We are not going to
teach children. We are going to teach
mothers to teach children. They will
learn how to dress them with due regard
to health and comfort, how to feed
them, how to put them to sleep, how to
put them to sleep, how to nurse them,
and to sum it all up, how to raise them. "
The gem and crown Of the exposition
buildings, according to Chief Of Con-
struction Burnham, is the adminltrStion
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sary money. The guarantee was neces.
sary and the gentlemen were very good
to give it. l never did any begging
before in my life until I asked this favor
of them. l dreaded very much to make
the request. but they granted it 50 will
ingly that it seemed positive pleasure.
"Do you know" continued Mrs. Dun
lap, "that everything that pertains to
the development of the child is to have
place in this homer Agnes Hunting
ton is going to conduct the kitchen
garden, Mrs. Quincy Shaw WOOL
carving department, and Mrs. Clara
Doty Bates is going to select juvenile
library, such as will enable mothers to
solve the overcoming and knotty
problem of what to get for their children
to read. The building will be natural
rendezvous for mothers, and l don't
think there will be anything at the Co.
lumbar Exposition more attractive and
progressive than our children's home.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

The most nauseating Aattery is always
bestowed on some other fellow.
Capital and labor are one; each re-
garding itself as the most important
half.
The only good bargain is that in
which both parties derive some adVan'
tage.
It is not good fox man to be alone,
but it would be good for the community
if some men were alone.
Some men ascribe all their failures to
their i'll luck, but their success they at
tribute to their smartness.
No reaper has thus far been invented
which could be of any assistance to a
man in harvesting his wild oats.
The man who practices what he
breaches either does very little preach
ing or great deal of practicing.
A good deal of the honesty we are ex-
pected to admire seems to be nothing
more than a strong fear of the law.
As long as some men find no pleasure
in honest work the demand for charity
will be always greater than the supply.
A man in love with a pretty woman
doesn't love the ground she walks or
where she walks with the other fellow.
If man strikes another man weaker
than himself he is a coward; If he as
saults stronger man than himself he 's
fool.
In seeking wife young man should
remember that beautiful character ls
not liable to become wrinkled and
faded.
1t is a significant fact that the party
who ill-treats his wife seldom has
brother.in-law bigger and stronger thar
himself.
When great man dies it is surprising
the number of close personal friends ht
leaves behind whom he had never knowI
when alive.
Tne man Ioudest in his protestations
that be is as good as any other man is
usually the last to admit that any other
person is as good as he.
The most exasperating fool is not the
young fool, who may only be ignorant,
or the old fool, who may have attained
his dotage, but the fool in the prime OF
life,
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The Egg Of the Roc.

The most interesting egg at the Smith
sonian Institution discounts the egg OF
the ostrich in point of size, being OF a
bigness equal to 14S hens eggs. 1t is
the egg OF a roc, such as sinbad the
Sailor described. Though his account
of it was somewhat exaggerated, that
bird did actually exist only few hun
dred years ago in Madagascar, whence
accounts of it were brought by voyag-
ing Arabs. 1t is known to science as
the epiornis, and it stood ten feet high.
IN its bare feet, its leg bones being as
large and heavy as those OF horse:
Many of the eggs of this gigantic io*l
have been taken from the graves OF ma
tive chiefs in which they were buried
Washington Star.
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delightful touch of realism in the form
of an ancient dame of the present day,
but attired in the costume which is 80
fast diving out, was added to this little
building during the show hours OF the
day.
There she sat With her knitting pins,
dressed, as we see in our illustration, in
tall black hat, short petticoat and loose
cape. This delightful old lady attracted
the attention of the kindly Lord Mayor,
who entered her little domain, and, TAX
ing a seat by her side, conversed with
her for some minutes in Welsh.
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THE OLD HOME.
BIZ J. j. HOWARD

The old homo Is deserted,
It's walks are covered DER
With greensward and with wild weeh
They ne'er did wear beforei
And nettles now are growing
Along the yellow brook,
But still it ripples down the rocks,
With old-time spray and look.
The spring Is clear and cool,
The trout swims as OF yore,
Or, with CLINT, beneath the rocks
Is lost as heretofore.
The dove its wings has folded,
No dog sleeps in the barn;
A stiffness, like the morning watch"
Has settled DER the farm.
And thus the home deserted,
It's walks all covered DER
With greensward and with wild weeds
Is home to me no more.
HAVANA, N. Y.
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Tney gave me SUBJECT Tor 1urtner
thought when I could ponder upon the
range and possibilities Of an invention
such as that he mentioned.
"Being without such little detector l
am obliged to depend upon other sources
for nv clews. examined the vines out
side the window and discovered that in
places they were torn, showing that some
one climbed up the trellis.
81 also made up my mind that this
person was light of build, much more so
than either you or !, for those vines
would swing loose under our weight
aHaving traced my assassin to the
window look further for evidence.
"On the sill find certain scratches on
the paint that seem to tell OF human
foot having scraped across.
"Thus follow the trail into the room.
Imagine the horror of the old Doctors
soul when, aroused from his slumber by
some sound, perhaps chuckle OF salts
faction from the devil who stood here,
his eyes rested upon the face that had
haunted him sleeping or waking for
years."
could imagine it, and I shivered with
the realization.
What could not these mute walls have
told had they been gifted with tongues3
II imagine that DR.. Seabury, as soon
as he could command himself, seized the
little crystal phial, swallowed its deadly
contents, and then as he struck tho
electric bell in the wall, received the
steel.n
could see it as the old detective spoke
the swarthy villain bending over the
bed, his evil face aglow with hate and
triumph.
at is terrible to think Of, sir. Now, II
you had some idea Of this bloody assas-
sims personal appearance, we might
hope to get on his track"
II believe / can show you the face that
bent over DR.. Sesbury while he expired. |"
~Show me? Is it possible9" l eX-
claimed.
"See here"
H. took photograph out OF his pock-
ct, and passed it over to me.
AS took it I turned so that the light
from the lamp might fall upon 1t. :
Had some one struck me could not
have been more staggered than when my
eyes fell upon the object I held In my
hand.
MIR. Ketcham watched me closely.
~Gracious heaven! woman!"
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The Woman In Wales.

The Eisteddfod, the great National
festival of Wales, brought together
many interesting things, historical aud
archaeological, this year. Among them
was representation of an old Welsh in
terror, the quantity, carved presses and
chairs, lattice windows and spinning
wheel being faithfully reproduced. A
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PRoFEssoR-a.Can you cite notable
instance in which necessity was the
mother of invention?" Student
matches were not made until after
smoking became popular. Detroit
Tribune. ---
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THE WORLDS FAIR.
CHILDREN WILL HAVE A BUILD
ING FOR THEIR BENEFIT.
It Will Show All the Latest Methods
and. Systems for Training and
Educating Children-The Beau
tilul Administration Building.

HILDREN will have
a home at the
Worlds Fair. A
plot of ground, COX
$50, has been re-
served between the
Woman's Building
and the Horticultu-
raj Building, and in
q few weeks work
on the Children's
Building will be be-
gun. It's estimated
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III
that this wonderful girl stood before the
sight of Abner Ketcham criminal-that
her dainty hand it had been which drove
the murderous Malay creese home to Dr.
Seabury's heart before the deadly poison
had been given time to work.
Terrible though the thought was 1t
brought me to my senses.
was no longer in q dazed state, but
wide awake, ready and eager to grasp
the situation and wrestle with it.
"Are you waiting for the Doctor, sir?"
Her voice was musical. 1t sounded to
me like the tinkling of silver bells. I
had never heard voice like it.
At the some time her words told me
that she meant to appear ignorant OF
what had occurred, however much that
feeling might be assumed.
1t occurred to me to watch her while /
impaired the news.
Already her presence was having an
effect upon me in this wav: Instead OF
! III eagernesS TO bring her TO justice as
the criminal, was eager to find posi-
BILE flaw in the indictment OF the detect
i've.
u beg your pardon, miss; am doc.
tor, Vance Burton. ! was sent for on
professional business"
There flashed across her face look Of
genuine alarm.
"Not for guardy-is he sick?"
The little dusky hands which had
been admiring came together in what l
took to be a sudden fear.
How could / tell her?
Still, innocent or guilty, she must hear
the news soon-why not now?
"You are Leonore2" ! asked.
ayes; am Leonore. What has hap
pened to my uncle, sir?"
"Be seated, my dear young lady. I
have something to tell you that may
prove q shock"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-15
Brnnze Il Very Ancient.

Bronze, spoken of in the bible as
brass, is of very ancient origin. We
have little or no notion how the
ancients got copper; but in all PROBABLE
ity large quantities were formerly
found in the metallic state, just
as we find it now in the neighborhood
of Lake Superior in America and Bailsal
lake in Siberia. This would only have
requirfd melting to yield tolerably
pure metal. If, however, they smelted
copper from its various ores, it is diff
cult to realize how they could overcome
such a complicated process, and we can
only admit that in this respect, as in
so many others, the ancient people of
Europe were very much cleverer than
we moderns are apt to believe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-15
Punished for InJuring Poets,

An interesting episode is reported to
the European papers from Afghanis-
tan. A high official, Mira Ahmed Jan,
was charged with having appropriated
some public funds TO private purposes.
In the course of the investigation it
was discovered that the official in ques-
ton had also been engaged in literary
work, ard had been indulging in
plagiarizing quite extensively. The
Amir of Afghanistan, in pronouncing
his Judgment, said: II will not punish
you for having appropriated public
funds, for this charge has not been
proved against you; but your pillage of
the sacred poets, Hafiz and Saadi, / can
not let pass by" AS punishment he
caused the culprit's tongue to be
pierced with needles.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-15
Liquids ut Meals.

The Medical Press is authority for
the following: A great deal of misap-
prehension is often found to exist in
the popular mind in regard to matters
of eating and drinking. The cause of
this to some extent is to be traced to
old-time sayings, which have come
down to us in the form of a concen-
trated infusion of somebody's opinion
upon subject of which he OF she was
woefully ignorant. One of these
misapprehensions to which we may re-
fer is as to the righteousness of taking
fluids with meals. One frequently
hears it laid down as a maxim that lit
is bad to drink with your meals, it di-
lutes the gastric juice" BY way of ex-
PLANTATION we may remark that sit i'm
plies that the fluid taken is harmful"
Whence this sagacious postulate
originally came we cannot tell; it has
quite the ring about it of an inconse-
quent deduction formed by a
person whose presumption of
knowledge was only exceeded by
a lamentable ignorance of the sub
ject. Medical men often find much diff
ficulty in dealing with these museum
specimens of antiquated science, for
even educated persons are disposed to
cling to the absurdities of their
Vouth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-15
Inches of His Life.

A Los Angeles physician told us the
other day that the most trying time in
all his experience was during the past
five weeks, when he stood hopelessly
by and saw a poor ranchman near
Puente die by inches of what is known
as progressive paralysis.
The patient was first taken in one
big toe. In short time the limb was
paralyzed to the knee. Two physicians
were called and all the known rene
dies were applied to stay the progress
of the deadening attack, but in vain,
says the Pomona, Cali Express.
Hour by hour death moved on its
victim. The patient was proped up in
an arm chair and fully realized his
condition. He awaited the end with
the GOODNESS and bravery of martyr.
AS the line of death crept nearer and
nearer his heart he made calculations
as to how much longer he could live.
He said: "Now it has reached the
body" indicating the exact place with
his finger. In a little while he said;
at has reached the bottom of my
lungs"
Another short wait and he said
family: 'It has touched my heart, 81
and he fell over dead.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-15

A lively demonstration OF canine
reasoning occurred at Keller, Cal,
recently. A small brown dog. with q
most intelligent head. Familiarity known
TO the lower country residents as Bar
ney. has been in the habit for long
time past OF following the Darwin
stage never missing trip. Chang.
ing the drivers makes no differences;
he clings to the route and not the man.
On off days he occasionally makes a,
visit to Cerro Gordo and in doing so
recently was set upon and whipped by
u dog there. Attached to Boland's
store at Keller is big strong dog
that has quite u reputation as scrap
per- On the morning of the next
Cerro Gordo trip Barney was noticed.
playing with the big dog. When the
stage started Barney followed, and as
his companion seemed averse to GO
ing he would run back and play, then
forward, and finally persuaded the
John L. Sulli, an dog into going too
Arriving in erro Gordo the little
dog made dash at his former yan-
quisher. John l.. stood in and the
bully was soundly thrashed. Barney
wore a broad grin of satisfaction when
he returned TO Keoler but he does not
visit Cerro Gordo any more.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-15
.ALLiGATORS.
They Are very Numerous In Parag uay,
There Being No Hunters.

They Are very Numerous In Parag nay,
There Being No Hunters.
OF course, there being no hunters TO
kill them. wild animals are very plen-
tiful it is not uncommon to see jaguars.
and deer. even from the deck OF the
steamer. But most of ALL alligators
abound. writes Herbert II. Smith in
St Nicholas. When the waters are
highest they roam over the flooded
land, seeking the small animals water
birds and fish, on which they live: at
that time they are not so common
along the river channels and only
now and then may one be seen in the
shadows with but the top OF his ugly
head above the surface OF the water.
In the dry season. as the waters re-
cede. they gather in the rivers in such
amazing numbers that can compare
them only to tadpoles in pond.
have counted over sixty on a small
sand bank, literally piled one over the
other; while. all around, the water
was full OF them. They lie thus for
hours, basking in the sum- and quite
still; but If steamer approaches the
mass begins to move. there is u great
rafting of scales as they hustle each
other to reach the water. and in mo-
ment only five or six are left who
raise their heads and stare at the YES
sci until it has passed them. Theee
more courageous fellows are generally
the larger ones. and offer tempting
shots. / am no sportsman. but my
brother-in law. who was travelling with
me killed many from the steamers.
deck. using only coarse shot
1t is not so easy to kill those that
are seen on the surface Of the water,
shot, and even a bullet will glance off
from the hard skull unless the eye be
hit The top OF the eye-socket is
never more than two or three inches
above the surface and as they are
usually at rather long range. even q
skillful marksman may be pardoned
for miss.
Though so numerous. the alligators
are not generally regarded as danger.
Gus. | have often seen the young,
negroes and Indian boys swimming
within few yards of them. and the
reptiles paid little attention to their
pi:y. Cattle, too wade about the
flooded grass lands, in search OF pas
turage, and are rarely molested by al.
ligators. In fact unless driven to bay
or ravenous with hunger they dare
not attack man or the larger animals;
but they are always on the watch for
smaller prey.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-15
A BRIGHT BOY.
A Little Slave Who ihoughs 1t Might
WorS Two Ways.

A Little Slave who lhoughs 1t Might
WorS Two Ways.
YES" said the old Georgia colonel,
Il think that up TO the age of four
teen negro children learn quite as well
as the white - better perhaps; but
there they seem to come to halt
Il recall boy owned before the
war who was as sharp as q el-trap
aud a great pet Of myself and family
At the time of the incident am about
to relate he was about ten years OF
age and so full of mischief that it bub-
bled out of him.
Whenever he broke out of bounds
and got unbearable sent him with o
note to the overseer with Instructions
to fog him, always indicating the
weight and number Of stripes.
Seeing the unfavorable conse-
quences OF carrying that bit OF paper
to the overseer, he said to me one
day:
NAUSEA. ken dat papah talkp'
"'1t can l replied. 1T tells When
you are idle and won't work.
But you don't nebbah work ea
sees, he said.
&" Oh l replied. i work with my
head. and that is the hardest kind Of
work.
The next time gave the boy &,
note to take to the overseer he went
of stroking his head.
Il soon learned that he had de-
strOyed the note instead of delivering
it. So / called him up and asked him.
why he had not obeyed me.
Wa'al. NAUSEA said tho boy,
with twinkle in his eyes, Tze done
been doin' some t'inkin' TO myself, an
Pze allowed az how I'd start an work
wild my head. tool Buffalo News