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ov+ansivelv and magnificently illus
~ .uo+nd in the swedish building that 1t
- ;+s ncculiar stamp to their whole
exhibit. d;s.,.
+iacial stone. This is so closely imitat-
od a. to deceive the eye and touch,
ond a score OF different stones-gran-
;tns and marbles, porphyry and basalt,
o4c are represented in this. The
stairs leading up to the main door OF
The building. apparently choice porphy-
r,. arc made Of this artificial material.
Svedi.h cement, as fine as the best
Portland. is also in evidence. In
rhina,va1e and pottery there is quite
deal. and while it cannot be truthtully
said that this is as fine in material or
design as the similar wares from Mels-
sen. Sevres or Berlin, they at least are
very low in price. and hence within
the reach of the poorer classes OF the
nonulation. The style affected by the
Swedish makers of china and pottery
rertains about in even proportion to
the French and German schools.
In furniture Sweden does better,
some interiors Ol CAiiipitio'1 VIVA
their harmonious color effects in green
aud gold, their silk draperies and
tapestries being decidedly pretty and
tasteful The same is true of num-
Der of rnantelpicces. Then there is
largo display of native furs-rugs and
cloaks, caps and capes-and here again
the low prices startle us, for pretty
fox rugs are marked So in some
instances. and the bcarslsins, the
beaver and seal and wolves hides arc
correspondingly low. Besides a small
display of chemicals, of Swedish
matches, of rifles and guns for tho
chase, and of sewing machines (some
very pretty in their appointments there
is TO be seen on this main floor dis
play of Swedish folk types-pcasants
and huntsmen. skating. slcighing, rae
ing on snowshocs. reindeer vehicles
and Lapps, interiors of farm houses,
etc and also interesting photographs
and panoramic views of land and
people.
Upstairs on the gallery the Swedish
government and some private societies
have made an attempt to show us
their systems of physical culture, OF
manual training (sloyd), of running a
school for weaving, one for sewing, etc.
There is model OF a gymnasium,
showing all the apparatus. also a col
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which lend to the whole a highly
picturesque air. The interior, how
ever, is very bare of decorations
Although Sweden is. above all. an
agricultural country, She is not repre-
sented at the fair by the products of
her soil, not even by her forestry The
reason for that. it is stated by the COM
missioner, Arthur Letter, is because
Sweden does not export any Of her
raw products to this country. In the
one industry, though, in which Sweden
has shone for centuries, viz: the pro-
duction of fine iron and steel, she has
made an unusually fine display. The
great iron works Of Dannemora,
worked stree 1865, have come to the
front. Though hampered by the lack
OF indigenous coal, which necessitates
either the use of charcoal or the i'm
portation of coal from neighboring
countries the quality of this Swedish
iron ore-the finest in the world, beinr
some 70 to IS per cent. pure iron and
almost wholly free from phosphorus
rs so excellent that the best Swedish
steel and iron find market. too. in
Wills country, Wherever the highest
grade OF the metal is needed in Ameri-
can industry.
The display comprises the best speci.
mems OF Bessemer steel, Of steel ingots
and bars, Of pig iron, etc, as we'll as
OF finished products, notably saw
blades, horseshoe nails (the best in the
world. Sweden shows, too, by her OK.
hibits that she is, 80 far, the only Eu.
ropean country which has adopted the
cut and style Of our American tools. so
much more handy and appropriat.
than the cluInsier European tools.
Her array Of files, too, is great, and a
steel band, marked "the largest ever
made" and being 10 feet wide, ESQ feet
long and yet weighing only 52s pounds
attracts universal attention as a proof
OF the skill Of Swedish artisans. The
same remark applies to the fine exhib-
It OF steel projectiles, next to Krupp's
and those Of the United States govern.
uent the best showing in this lire
- fact. the steel and l. = industry Is
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lection OF fencing weapons, and other
things, but this. exhibit as a whole is
inferior to that sent by other European
countries. a collection Of books and
Autographs, sent by a Swedish So
ciety for the promotion of artistic
bookmaking shows that Sweden
turns out excellent work in some
specialties, for instance expensive
works on natural history, with COL
ored plates, equaling the best done in
this country. Then there is an ex-
hibit of musical and mechanical
instruments, but it is small and rather
inferior in quality.
In Machinery hall Sweden has not
much to show, but at least two pieces
OF mechanical skill deserve mention,
one being turbine wheel driven by
steam, instead Of water, the invention
OF DE Laval, and quite unique; the
other barel,making engine. In the
Woman's building there are embroid-
cries and other evidences of the deft-
ness OF Swedish female fingers, but
nothing very remarkable. And as for
the exhibit which Sweden makes in
the Art palace, it is distinctly of
lower grade than either that of Den
mark or even Norway. A number OF
her paintings are veritable daubs, and
the slavish imitation of that latest
horror IN french art, the impression
ist style, mars other canvases which
would II painted according to the
GOOD old-fashioned canons of art, be
deserving OF praise. Art quite evident
~ Is at just as low an ebb in the
sweden OF to-day as is her literature,
which generation ago showed such .
remarkable awakening.
WOLF NoN SCHIERBRANp.
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THE EXHIBIT OF SWEDEN
OF Great interest to Workers in
Iron and Steel.
Tho Land Made Great by Gustav Adolph
Still Maintains the Lead in Industries
Dependent on the skiIlful
Manipulation of Metals.


The hardy north is not inadequatelv
represented at the worlds fair. and
though all the three countries which
together compose that hyperborean re-
gion which we in America have come
to call Scandinavian name which has
in reality neither geographical nor
other claims to existence and which
the natives and descendants of that
huge domain scout and float hold less
than ten millions of population, they
have made an aggregate showing
which exceeds by far that of large and
populous countries. such as Austria,
for instance Pride Of race had proba-
bly, much to do with that, as well as
that deep-seated jealousy of each other
which one always finds most strongly
developed in nations OF the same blood
and of CLOSELY allied history. Again,
the struggle for independence entire
separation -now vaging in Norway
has brought it about that the eX-
hibit made by the smaller sister-coun-
try. Norway is wholly sundcred from
that made by sweden. not only in
space but even in the matter of repre-
sentation, each country having com
mission that has worked independent
of the other The result is. in some
respects. favorable one. in others,
however distinctly dcplorable
Sweden. after vainly trying to obtain
more space in Manufactures building
than was originally allotted to her,
erected her own huge building, in
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a Much-Traveled Man.

briggs-That fellow over there is ono
y. 'he greatest travellers of modern
the world? ' nc 'eeh-arouAo
q, nrlggs-oh. no. He has been around
the worlds fair, - Clotb;er and Fuy.
nisher e' "H ~"
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Things that secn to helm r..
dong harm. Poisonous = Nat Sa;tarrh b,
a sro,r st tn caustc solutions oaIns
rom the head to the lungs n 9nl Z ii
tarrh he4edy cures CatarrbD W. S ;asl
soothing cleansing, healing H. l.. 1t;
promise $500 or cure us prcn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
ATKINSON'S SCHEME.

Mr.. Edward Atkinson has made pab-
lie his scheme of tariff reform for the
consideration OF congress. He, OF
course, proposes to put what are gem
orally called raw materials on the free
list. He proposes that the revenue from
duties and internal taxes on spirits.
wines, beer and tobacco will be stuff
cient 10 meet the expenditures for civil
service, army, navy and Indians. He
takes great pleasure in having discov-
cred thus much Of the external fitness
of things, and shows his delight with
great columns Of statistics and numer-
Gus paragraphs freighted with statistical
arguments He proposes 10 increase the
internal revenue tax on beer from 81 TO
50 per barrel. and 10 increase the reve-
hue in this way by over thirty million
dollars. He thinks that il the beer tax
is not increased the treasury should issue
pension notes 10 prevent a probable de-
iicit.
These are the more definite features of
his plan. lie leaves us in doubt on most
other points Whether he would ada
new articles to the dutiable list; what
tax, If any, he would put on sugar, tea
and coffee; what duties should be levied
upon woolens, silks. cottons and stee!
goods. linens and other classes of goods
-2n all these very important points he
Is silent. He does, however, hinE at an
objective poiut OF practically free
trade" which shoald be brought within
view in ten 10 fifteen years, in which N
;erval our bonded debt will ali have been
paid.
But what IS the use Of discussing this
or any other tariff measure az TINS time
The chief of the parry in power has
directed that the tariff question be set
aside indefinitely, and that settles it. Il
IS worthy OF note ia this connection that
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
a BULL IN THE NET,

In taking the inventory of the Demo
cratic assets it may be noted that the
Item known as the Chicago platform Is
thrown out as totally worthless. 1t was
a simple promise TO pay, without bond
or collateral to secure it. Henceforth
Democratic platforms will be taken at
their face valne, after making allowance
for all the tricks liable to be played by
the managers and bosses. All that can
be said in this instance is that it served
its purpose. The well known hostility
of their candidate to some of its pro-
visions was hushed to death-like stiffness
by the lullaby Of the partys chosen
singers, and we have the anomalous
spectacle Of Wall street pr sident made
SO by free coinage Democratic votes. But
it was ever thus. The party has only
been consistent In its inconsistency, and
its not the first time they have had
bull in the net.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
1NCREAsE rHE COMMODITIES.

| To the Editor OF the Eagle.
Ii congress has no more sense than to
| increase the amount in the silver dollar
twenty per cent. to its commodity value,
we, as free and Independent American
citizen and integral part of this great
government, in order to facilitate mat
tiers and increase the great bulk of trade
in this country above that Of any other
country on earth we demand that the
yardstick should be heightened, the
pound weight should be increased, the
bushel measure enlarged twenty per
cent and all, other measures in pro-
portion. In This way our trade will be
vastly increased, not only at home but
with foreign nations. and where we
now export hundreds Of tons it Will be
increased to thousands OF tons and
where we now send thousands 1T will lie
increased to millions. In fact, no coun-
try on earth, not even India, can afford
10 raise such big bushels of wheat and
corn as Kansas, and no nation Oh earth
can afford TO produce such large tons of
iron, lead and coal as America will then
produce. Just think of il! Two thou
sand five hundred pounds to the ton!
No nation on earth but America can
afford to mine such tons.
Then see how it will stimulate trade
with foreign nations. No rauper labor
in Europe can afford to produce 50 much
for so little, so labor Will stop in Europe
and all OF their iaborers will come over
here and help us 10 mine our big tons
of metal ard coal until our mines are
exhausted. And by the time our soil is
exhausted so it will no longer produce
30 or 40 big bushels Of grain, we will
be like The Frenchman's horse, we will
have "learued to live without eating"
And we will then be like the angels of
heaven, providing we do not find our
intrinsic value" in that heavenly land
has been demonetized or completely OBJ
liberated.
Then perhaps we will find ourselves
where the furnaces are larger and hotter
and we will have still larger tons of coal
to shovel, while the '.goldbuss" that we
have worshipped @ will be permitted to
walk the golden streets.
And in this condition the devil will
have fixed the intrinsic value OF our pro-
ductions, worlds without end. And the
prospect of free trade will not trouble the
Republicans there, aud the free trade
Democrats will be permitted TO sing:
There IL he no more tariff there
There'll be no more tariff there;
In b below, where all must 90,
There will be no tariff there.
And unless the American congress re-
pent and do their first work over tins
will be their awful condition. j. S. j.
Wichita, Kan. Aug. II, 1898
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
BRAVE SOLDIER BOYS.

! EIGBT-TENTHs of the soldiers in Rus
STA and Servia can neither read nor
write.
THE greatest average height in any
European army is found in the Nor
wegian, 90 inches; the least in the Ital-
/ ian, 65.
DURING the last Paraguayan war it
been without salt for three months,
and who had been wounded, however
slight, died of their wounds because
they would not heal.
The marquis of Lorne, who is gov
ernor of Windsor castle, has taken it
into his head to fortify that venerable
pile. He has put a lot of old brass six
Founders into the round tower and is
making other warlike preparations.
Albert SNYDER, grandson of Mil
lionaire Lucky Baldwin, of San
Francisco, has enlisted as private in
the United States cavalry. He says he
likes the army and means to study for
commission. His grandfather ap-
proves of his action.
If there is a man in the United
States navy who is entitled to be
called ''old salt" that man is Rear Adj
miral THOMAS o. Selfridge, retired,
now visiting friends in Boston. Adj
miral Selfridge is the oldest United
States naval officer now living, having
entered the service seventy-ive years
400.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
WIT AND WISDOM.

SILENCE is golden, but you never
realize how golden until you have TO
buy it.-Atchison Globe.
A YOUNG lady said to her dressmaker:
eff women are ever allowed to vote.
what do you suppose will be the fash
ion for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SHE-''I only wish to break the en-
gagenent because fear your ina bility
to love one devotedly." He-''Love one
devotedly. Why, l could love dozen
devotcdly."-Life.
"CAS you tell me in what year the
town of Pompeii was burnt?" ''Idon't
remember the precise date, sir, but il
must have been on an Ash Wednes-
day. lie Littorel.
JUDGE-"Was there no policeman
about when your fruit-stand was
robbed?' Antonio-"Oh, "a, plenta
policemen; but dey rob not 50 much a.
thiSa man. Puck
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Yhe aaela Daily Eagle Saturday zlor,ne august ? 1893

and originally cost about 100000.
The cost of raising her was
from $1,000. to $4,000, and as
she floats she would bring between So,
600 and $4,000 An engine viii be
placed ia the hull and she will be con-
verted into steam lighter.
The operation of raising the schooner
from the waters of the Grea. South Bay
was under the direction of Captain
Grant OF Grant Brothers, inventors of
the '';.ir sack" system. He had force
of sixteen men.
Captain Grant and Thomas II. Cava-
nagii claim they can raise any vessel
from the bottom.
This is the initial performance Of the
''air sack" in the east. The next move
of the wrecking company will be TO al
tempt raising the three massad schooner
Booli Brothers, loaded with stone. which
sank oil Atlantic City or May 4. The
outfi. will be moved 70 Atlantic City
this week and work begun Immediately.
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The Wichita EAGLE is in for passing a
resolution censuring the Pennsylvania
railroad for taking its bonds TO Eprope
sor sale. The EAGLE says the road could
have got the money In this country. It's
mighty strange these railroad corpora
lions won't learn how TO manage their
own business, but will commit such ey-
trayagaRces as this.-Leavenworlh Times
Yes. passing strange; and the railroads
are not the only ones who commit such
exlravagances" Ohanks for tie term
The truth is, il has become almost a fad
TO go TO Europe for money 10 start or
keep IN operation nearly every unscr
taking in this country. And vet some
people wonder that our gold continues
tc so to Europe, if not in an unbroken
stream, Yet in large periodic INSTALL
ments. Nor will legislation stop it, I'M
less II he of a Character that viii place
an inhibition upon investments of fer
eign capital in fixed properties in this
country. France has set the world a
valuable lesson along this line, but some
OF the great nations seem to think =
great foreign debt is essential To national
prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
AN INDIAN POTlACH.
When Northwestern Savage Sets 1t Up
Glory That's q Potlach.


Glory That's Potlach.
| One of the most peculiar customs Of
the Cape Flattery Indians is recognized
| liz the ''potlach." This is an Indian
| word, and there is nothing in English
| which fits it. 1t is custom which
finds its source and handspring in the
| desire for notorlety. which exists in
greater or less development among all
| classes of people.
The oldest inha bitant or earliest pr
oneer in the extreme northwest found
the potlach an established custom
among the natives upon his arrival
there, and it is still adhered to when
ever fortune favors the Indians eff
forts to hoard up money or property.
l have seen an Indian sub-chief give
away absolutely and forever, in three
days potlach, six thousand dollars in
coin or its equivalent. When the VIC
tim of this species of insanity has once
determined to impoverish himself he
sends out invitations to all his friends
up and down the coast. for thirty or
forty miles advising them of his inten-
ton. The invitations are not elabor-
ate, neither are they urgent. They
don't have to be- The knowledge that
potlach is to be given is quite suffi-
cient. For it means to the invited par
Elephants a royal good time, an album
dance to eat for day at least, the
probability of getting good blankets,
dollars in silver and perhaps a good
canoe, or fishing and hunting tackle.
rhn hnc 1-C ha nj
most depth of poverty from the height
of opulence Immediately becomes an
object of the utmost Importance. and
the loving attention shown him can
only liken to the sympathetic regard
heaped upon a young woman who is
soon to be married by her immediate
girl friends.
At the time have alluded to an In
dian, who rejoiced in the highly eu-
phonious native name of Phui-pok-sok
sat. but who was for short called plain
Captain John Smith by the whites, was
known to have a large sum of money
in American silver dollars-six thou
sand of them-and he announced that
he would give every cent of IL away.
No meaner Indian ever lived in west
ern Washington, but lie suddenly
leaped into greater prominence among
his fellow citizens than local political
boss who has half dozen Offices To give
out.
The day of the potlach arrived. II
took place at Cape Flattery lighthouse,
on Tatoosh island. Or, the evening
previous the guests OF Ca plain John be j
gan to arrive. They came in a feet |
and in their big canoes capable of hold |
ing from fifteen IN fifty Indians. As
they came near the beach their paddles +
stopped and they sung ia q sort of
chant an Indian story. the women TAX
ing no part in the discourse. II was j
not unmusical, and, coming over the /
water in the falling shadows of the /
evening, rncllowed BIZ distance and .
mingling with the gentle swell whick .
little more than rippled on the beach. /
was wild and mouruful- This ceremo-
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By indicating the fiourishing condition
of the sugar industry, resulting from the
policy of protection and bounty. the
Louisiana planters hope to convince the
Democratic congress that the abolition
of the bounty laws without the substitu-
ton of a protective tariff would bo a
mistake. They have common sense on
their side, but they are asking their rep
resentatives to repudiate the pledges
given in the Chicago platform. II pro-
tee; ion, which WIS declared ''unconsti-
tutionap' by the Democracy at Chicago.
is extended TO the sugar growers, It eau
not be denied 10 the manufacturers and
farmers. And if the bounty is 70 be
continued to the former the latter can
demand it for their interests with Just
as much force and reason.
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THE SCHOONER GLENOLA RAISED.

| Mention was made in these columns a
short time ago of the fact that the con-
tract for raising certain suni1en vessels
| in Now York harbor and vicinity had
| been let to the wrecking company of
which Grant Bros. end Capt. jim Steel,
| formerly Of this city are members. The
New York Herald of the 4th inst printed
| the following account of the successful
attempt, the first trial, to raise the
sunken vessel, which will be read with
/ interest.
The Stars and Stripes were hauled to
| the masthead of the schooner G.enola
| yesterday at noon to celebrate the rescue
I of the vessel from the waters of the
Great South Bay and its entrance upon
a new lease of life.
! The Glenofa was beachsd upon the
| barren strand Of Jones Beach last Feb
ruary. She hailed from Hayti and was
bound for New York, loaded with "a
cargo of logwood. Her Captain after
ward acknowledged that he was ten
miles ahead of his reckoning, aud the
wreck followed. The skipper and bis
| six men were taken off the vessel by the
members Of tho Short Beach Life Saving
! Station.
About one hundred tons of the cargo
| of two hundred and twenty were upon
! the decks and were washed overheard
aud lost The Merritt Wreching com
/ pany took charge of the wreck, saved
one hundred tons OF logwood and
! stripped The craft of all the rigging &C
cesslble. Then the vessel was sold at
/ auction. Shortly afterward during
! high water the Gienola washed clear
/ over Jones Beach and sank IN the Great
South Bay near the lie saving station.
! While the remaining twenty tons of log
/ wood were secured ami the schooner
| came into tue possession Of L. Boyer
/ Sons. They made tie purchase with
/ tile intention of raising the boat, repair
/ ing her and utilizing her in their freight
| ing business, They gave tie contract to
| dislnter the hulk from lis watery grave
| 10 the wrscking company OF Tacoma,
/ Wash. THIS company made lis firs; test
of new method OF r.aIs!n.: sunken YES
! sells BIZ ''air sacks" in Puget Sound last
| November.
| The method consists Of placing huge
/ canvas sacks. twenty feet by four and
half feet, in the hold. Each OF these
sacks IS attached b. . hose TO powerful
AIR pump. The sacks are adjusted by a
diver and then the bags on sacks are IA
| tiated. The water Is forced ous Of tlse
| I.uii, the inflated sacks taking lis place.
/ and the vessel being fall OF air rises TO
I the surface.
| la the case of the G.enola the divers
went to work last Monday and on FriIay.
after air had beea pumped for an hour
into the SACKS, she rose with her cargo
of wind ana was towed into the caanssei.
She Was raised three feet further out into
the sunlight al O'Clock Yesterday
afternoon and viii lie ioged around 10
New York.
The 6ienoIa i a two nlaste.; schooner
Of extra strength. Size was built at
Windsor, y. y. two years ago