Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-03-23

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Worlds Fair Notes.

Bulgaria has decided to participate IN
the Exposition. Foreign participation, so
far as ascertalned up to the present, en-
braces seventy two nations and provences.
Canada has been given 6S,47l square feet
of space in the yari u, buildings, exclusive
of space We, to be granted in the agriculture
q I'd live stock departments.
The Women's Christian Temperance I'm
ion wants TO put up building, Z xlVo ieet'
in the Exposition grounds, in which to ex'
hbit the entire system Of its work and to
conduct cafe for the sale OF temperance
drinks
Seven OF the Wold's Fair buildings are
nov 50 far advanced that they are iast AS
suming the appearance OF finished struc-
lures.
Five acres OF space in the Midway Plais-
ance have been reserved for Il nursery ex-
hibit
The Suffolk Horse society, England, has
offered two gold medals, OF the value so
each, for the best Suffolk horse aud mare or
illy exhibited at the ord's Far III Chi
cago.
The Custer Mining Company, OF Idaho,
is making very extensive collection OF
ores for exhibition at the Fair.
The city of Cincinnati wants to erect a
building at the Exposition, To be used both
IL club house and receptacle for munlc-
ipal exhibit. 1t is willing to expeDd $780,
600 in the undertaking.
English women are active in preparation
for their participation in the Expostlon.-
At meeting of the womans committee IN
London, on March Ord, it was announced
that Queen Victoria had promised Speci-
mems OF her own work in spinning aud knit
ting, done when she wss u GIRL also some
of her embroidering, fine drawing and va
ter-color painting. Princes Louie will CO n
tribute some clay modelling, Princess Bea-
trice several paintings, and Princess Chris
tian some embroidery.
1t is pr ,bable that the visitor to the Elk
position will have an opportunity Of seeing
d more extensive aud finer exhibition of an
cient Greek art than il has heretofore be. II
possible to see outside of CIR zee.
\ friend in Pennsylvania seat Us a Re-
publican paper from which we take the fol-
lowing;
The father and brother of the great cleo
lrical inventor, Thomas a. Edison We're
Democrats, Some one recently asked him
10 explain how he happened TO be R"pub
ncan when the environment WAS Demo
cratic.
Il will tell you all about it in a very few
words, said he. became a Republican
III New Orleans. 1t was on Il street corner,
where there was Il poor devil in blue uni-
form grinding an organ. He was blind III
one eye. He had big scar above the 9TH
rr eye Oae leg WAS cut off below the knee,
The other leg was severed ab.ve the knee
Ills left arm was cut of above the elbow -
! His right hand wa mutilated 50 that only
the little finger remained. With that fin
! ger he turned the organ handle and bruugh'
forth dolefu tunes big brute of Soath
rnrr came along and stopped in front o!
| The organ, looking the crippled soldier all
aver Then he drew a ten dollar bill out OF
| his pocket and tossed it OIL the organ A.
he started away The old soldier called after
him TO know il he mad not made mistake.
saying that M man had ever given him a
| hill before. The SoutherRer turned about
with a fierce look and responded that he
was willing to give ten dollars ANY time 10
see Il Yankee sliced up like the organ grind
or, because that was the way he would like
t. see every blankety bank d Yankee car' :
e up. Well, that incident made Il Repub-
lican of me-
Edison is great inventive genius. aud
the above story is, doubtless, one Of his in
ventions. But it hardly does him credit
it isn't more than candle to his electric
light. But it may serve the purpose #
making Republicans and South haters OUT
| of ignorant men. The hest that can be said
of the story is that it was rather a lame OK
cuse for changing his political principles
if he had any.
State Sunday School Convention.
State Sunday School Convention will