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AUSTRALIAN BUSH CABIN,

tho hugo mound of earth which had
been thrown up on the spot intended
for tho statue.
The statue is twenty feet in height
and is quite different from any other
statue of Columbus here or abroad. 1t
represents the Genoese in the act of dis
covering America. His costume is mil
itary and he wears luxurious cloak,
tho capacious skirts of which are flap
ping in tho wind. His feet are far
apart, one foot being in advance of the
other. His arms are slightly raised.
and his right hand clinched like per-
son thrilled with what he saw. The
co,lntenance is intelligent and noble,
eye fixed and the lips parted.
The statue will face Michigan av-
enue, though q regard for realistic eff
feet would suggest that it he placed
facing the water of the lake. 1t will
be placed Oh plain and massive pedes-
tai of granite, with simple inscription.
and the work is to be finished and the
statue in place, according to contract,
by the middle Of April.
The statue, however, will be covered,
and will not be visible to the public
until formally unveiled. The time for
this ceremony has not yet been posi-.
lively fixed. It may occur before May
l, but the probability is that it will be
deferred until the dignitaries from
Spain and Italy are here in order that
they may take a prominent part.
The particulars concerning the cree.
tfon Of this statue have been kept as
private as possible, partly to proven,
il from becoming state before it is un.
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THE ORIGINAL JUNGLE TOM"

Uncle TOMS Cabin was founded upon
the story of the life of Josiah Henson, q
colored clergyman, who spent the later
years of his life in Canada. He was
born June Is, 1857, in Maryland. When
young man he took all his masters
slaves to Kentucky to prevent their fall
ing into the hands of creditors. They
were scattered about among the plant
ers, Henson himself working for a good
natured man named St. Clair, whose
young daughter read for him. Though
crippled in the arms by blow from a
cruel Maryland overseer Henson was a
faithful and efficient slave and earned
five hundred dollars, which he gave up
as part payment for his liberty. His
masters son took him to New Orleans
to sell him at auction but was stricken
with yellow fever and would probably
have died had not Henson nursed him
and accompanied him back to Ken
lucky. Seeing that he would sooner or
later be taken to the far south again he
determined to make his escape. He
took his wife and two children and
Hdue his way tnrOugn SWampS and for
ests to Cincinnati, where he had friends
OF his own color who concealed him.
Then he slowly traversed the state #
Ohio, which at that time was almost q
wilderness, until he came to Sandusky.
There a kind-hearted captain of q
schooner took him and his family aboard
and conveyed them to the Canadian
shore, where they were safe from pur-
suit. Henson many years later, accord
ing to the Chicago News, met Mrs.
Stowe and told her his story, which she
incorporated in part in her immortal
work. He died about ten years ago.
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Sizing Up the sun.

Says an amateur in astronomy: Zone
of the most startling facts that have
learned about other worlds than ours,
and one that brings the immensely of
the sun before the mind in an impress
sively practical way, is this: That if
the earth were placed at the center of
the sun, and the moon should retain
the same relative position it now has,
the distance from the earth to the moon
would be only a little more than half
the distance from the center of the sun
to its circumference; that is, the entire
orbit of the moon, $50, 600 miles in di-
ameter, is not much more than half the
size of the sun, which is over $50, Oc0
miles in diameter. 1t seems to me tina
nothing can convey to the mind an idea
of the immensely of some things in the
universe add The smallncss of others
our earth for cxample-in q more prac-
teal way than this plain statement of
simple astronomical facts.'-N. Y. Trib-
une.
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midas TEA BUILDING.

those in charge of this important work,
for fear the cast would prove faulty in
some respect, but when the molds were
cooled and the figure exposed, it was
found that the work had been perfect
and the chief operators were overjoyed
at their success. 1t is announced that
Mrs. Meadow, who is the owner of the
"Spotted Horse gold mine in Mon
tana, will furnish the two hundred and
fifty thousand dollar gold plinth or base
for the statue.
The citizens of Chicago have in store
great surprise. 1t will be sprung
upon them in the course of few DAYS.
1t will be the erection of a heroic
bronze statue of Columbus at the foot
OF Congress street on the lake 'front.'
The statue was determined upon by
the exposition management about a
year ago, but the matter has been kept
very quiet, and only those who were
on the inside knew the significance of
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sands upon thousands of added visitors
is, to say the least, anything but reas-
surfing. We are promised, however,
that by the time the fair opens there
will be ample facilities for taking care
of the crowds, Cbicagoans and all.
But Notwithstanding this promise.
even though it is made by the Stats
tical genius who runs the mathemat-
ical department of the worlds fair,
there is room for fear that there will
be some discomfort in getting about
our big city, when the numerous rail.
ways which center here begin unload
ing their throngs of passengers in our
midst.
The aforesaid statistical genius, who,
by the way, has figured the thing all
out for the guide books. states that in
addition to the present accommoda-
tions there will be extra trains run be-
tween the city and Jackson park on
all the roads running in that direction.
There will also be number of boat
lines which will take great many
people down the lake shore to the fair
grounds, which beyond doubt will be
the route most favored by all who en-
Joy the fresh breezes and ride on the
| water These boats, or a few of them,
at least. were kept busily employed all
last summer in carrying people to the
fair grounds, but the force is to be
greatly augmented and large landings
are being built on the lake front for
the use of passengers.
We hope our mathematical inform
ant is correct in his calculations, and
we have every reason to believe that
he is, but until the fair season is fair
ly on and we have had a test there
will continue to be some doubt as to
our ability to cope with the masses of
people from abroad.
Within the last week the famous
Montana silver statue Justice" has
been cast, and the operation, which
was performed with imposing cere-
monies, was an initial success. The
statue is the largest ever made of such
precious material, and when complete
and mounted will undoubtedly be the
marvel of the century. 1t is the life
size figure of the celebrated actress,
Miss Ada Rehan, and something like
sixty five thousand dollars worth of
.999 fine silver was used in the cast.
The silver in the figure is two inches
thick. and the metal that overlooked
In the casting will be made into SOU
venirs for the people of Montana
Much une asiuess was manifested BY
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CIRCLES OF LIFE.
Each Kind Has Its Own Particular Ele

Each Kind Has Its Own Particular Ele-
me 1t.
The traveller among the islands of the
tropics finds few more curiou>ly inter
'sting sig hts than the coral reefs tina,
surround them. The variety of colo,
exhibited 1.y the reefs where the living
:"lors around IS as wond riul and beau
t'ful SIS that in q flower-ga :1;en. Bat
the eye OF the naturalist detects beau
ties and points Of interest that entirely
escape the casual or careless visitor
For every circling reef is the home of Il
vast variety of living forms, which ex.
hibit some of natures most cunning
handiwcrk in the adaptation of means
to ends.
Among the curious inha bl:ants of the
tropical waters is, for inst nee, the
Caput Meduse. an animal that bears &
remarkable H'seln blance to 4 plant, and
whose remote ancestors in the most
ancient oceans of the earth contrivcd
to prolong the existence of their kind
Dy developing means of keeping the
water around them comparatively pure
This is only one among IL multitude OF
wonderful little animals to be found il,
such places
1t is hardly a matter for wonder,
then. that the great barrier of cora
reefs that runs for twelve hundred
miles around Australia has been recent.
ly described as "a perfect Eldorado'
for the naturalist.
The shallow waters covering it TEEN
with representatives of almost every
group of marine life. and the exhibit
ton of animal forms and colors equally
surprises and delights the beholder
In the deeper waters beyond the reef
the forms of life are comparatively
rare, but as the bottom shelves up
ward the little animals become more
abundant Yet they can not approach
too close to the surface, because they
must be constantly submerged in order
to thrive.
The situation of these myriads, ring
ing the islands of the Sc. with their
living circles, recalls that of man him
self, whose habitation is limited in a
somewhat similar way. He can not
go down into the great ocean deeps,
and he can not dwell in the thin at
mospherc of the highest mountains,
but although infinite space expands
above him, he is confined within a
range of a few thousand feet down and
"p.-Youth's Companion.
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THE OLD HEARThsToNE.

We gather round tho old aeorthstone.
Without Is heard the nortl winds moan,
Within all is delight,
While 'gainst the pane tho whispering rain
Speaks of q starless night
We sing the songs No used to sing.
When youth was ouls and pleasure king.
Nor heed the angry storm,
For kindly cheer makes bright the sphera
T. SOf home where hearts arc warm.
Stories are told Of that dear time
When life flowed on like smoothest rhyme.
In the far long ago:
When castles rare were built in air.
To melt away like snow.
Grandfather and grandmother tell
" olden days. when loves sweet spell
Their hearts together drew:
When hope was bright with tenderest light,
And sorrows were but few.
Good Uncle John, Just home from sea,
Tells Of far distant lands, while We
Drink In his honeyed words:
AS sweet they are, as sweet and far,
AS sweetest songs OF birds
And thus with story, laugh and song,
We pass the stormy night and long,
Our hearts all free from care;
Thank Heaven for this: Tonight there is
AT home no vacant chair.
Caleb Dunn. in N. Y. Ledger.
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LAKE-FRONT STATUE OF COLUMBUS.
Each day brings with it some new
feature in the park. One may travel
about the grounds to-day and see every
thing that is to be seen and tomorrow
there will be some new surprise for
him. Among the latest oddities is a
queer-looking structure being erected
on the south end of the wooded island
near the Davy Crockett log house.
When completed it will represent the
sort of cabin the antipodean BUSH
men occupy. 1t is being built
of bark brought from Australia,
and is held together by long
poles dashed together with twisted
grasses. This odd building will be oc-
cupied by Australians during the sum-
mer, who will decorate the interior
with an interesting collection of hum
ter's traps and trophies of the chase.
Another interesting exhibit which il
about to be constructed is that of the
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Syrup

William McKeekan, Druggist at
B1oomingdale, Mich. II have had
the Asthma badly ever since I came
out Of the army and though I have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until a
few months ago, when I used b.
schee's German Syrup. I am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
it has done me. lam greatly reliev-
ed during the day and at nightgo to
sleep without the least trouble" O
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THE COLLECTING MANIA.
Fads Of Young Ladies' for Aooumulatin
lA1a11 Artanl>. $3.50

E00o Va AV0UB L80t08. 104 ACCOUNTABILITY
Odd Articles.
"A most violent fad is that of col
lecting. collecting no matter what. 50
long as q collection is made. Fans,
china, gloves, shoes, watches, gems
and SO on ad nauseam. / heard a man
say the other day to a young woman,
I wish knew something to collect
China, suggested madame. And the
dear fellow went Immediately to work
buying china cups and plates pitchers
t'ne girl know announced some time
ago that she was collecting plates for a
harlequin dessert set, and that contri-
buttons would be gratefully received.
Her friends found it an easy way to
pay her compliment. and at the pres
ent time her collection numbers one
hundred and nineteen. The young
woman would fain have stopped long
ago, but the word had gone forth, and
her last condition is worse than her
first, and her faith will probably be to
lie buried meath these bits of china, as
did the Indian maid who had betrayed
her fathers city beneath the gold and
jewels the invaders heaped upon her.
Another girl is collecting vinai-
grettes. She has seventy-nine at last
counting, and is still at it. These are
few of the least hurtful fads. There
are others, many of them not so harm.
less; and think what might be accom-.
plished if half the time and energy ex-
pended on this one fad of collecting
were devoted to some even fairly use
full purpose! A fad is pretty sure to be
not in the best taste. 1t argues de-
parture from esta blished form, and usu.
ally in matters where custom, necessity
and circumstance have chosen the best
method for establishment. The reac.
ton is sure to come, and after the un.
tasteful prodigality perhaps simplicity
will obtain. When we tire of the or.
child, perhaps we shall 60 back to the
daisy. and bethink ourselves that, afte,
all, old things are best. "-Harper's Ba,
| zar.
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Commendablo Forethouxht.


The Elopement-She (from the win.
dow)-Is that you. dear?
Ho-Of course.
Have you tho tickets?'
YEA"
''And the liconse?"
''Yes."
"Oh, I'm 80 scared! Are you sure
those horses won't run away? And
and are you always sure you'll love
me?''
why, darling, l."
''Oh, of course, you think so now. Il
my hat on straight?"
Looks 20 from here"
''Have you sent our photos to tho
newspaper Officer
II have"
Every we'll: I'll be out in q minute,
love. "-Indianapolis Journal.
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$50 you're thirteen years old, are
you?" said a visitor to t!.e little daugk-
Ter of the house. Eyes, aud now real
ize that it is an unlucky number. It's
100 old for dolls, and pa s..ys it's not OK!
enough for gentlemen's society,"" was
The reply.
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? 1t Wasn't There. on have spcc;-
pens Of the furniture use:i by the abo-
~':g:nes?' aslxaf: D visitc: 1T the Smith
oman institution. ''O:,, yes" replied
The attendant ''rhen SHOULD like 80
- sso the ln,:ian bureau. Vogue,
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TALES OF THE FAIR.
A Grist OF Gossip About Chicago
and the Columbian Exposition.
The Question OF Conveyances - Casting
Of Montnna's Silver Statue-A Bronze
Columbus for the Lake Front
At Jackson Park.
Especial Chicago Correspondence
HERE is consid-
cradle talk in

HERE is consid-
cradle talk in
Chicago jus t
now about tho
+ acilitio S at
hand for the
conveyance OF
worlds fair Wis
itors about the
city. The pres
ent population
is sufficient to
tax the.existing
modes of tran
sit to the utter
most. and the
co interpolation
of the situation
with tho tl1n,1.
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jackson Park Will he Open to the Pub
lie Through April.

The idea of closing jackson park to
visitors from April to May has been
abandoned. The failure of congress to
make an appropriation for the benefit
of the judges of awards has made tho
local officials feel poor, and they are
10th to part with the revenue that now
comes from the gates.
All of the great exhibit buildings will
be closed while the installation pro-
ceeds and between March Is and May /
will not open except to those holding
passes signed by Director General Davis.
The first five million of the souvenir
tickets will be turned over to Superin-
tendent Tucker of the bureau of ad-
mission April /. Already many orders
for tickets have been received, and it is
thought that at least eighty per cent
of the lot will be sold to Chicago mer-
chants for distribution among their
customers before May l. Superin-
tendcnt Tucker figures that many of
these tickets will be retained as
souvenirs of the fair. President Hig-
inbotham also expects many of the
tickets to be held back and estimates
that of the first Ave million at least
one-half will never be presented for
cancellation
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Serious Danger

Threatens every man, woman or child living
In a region of country where fever aud ague
is prevalent, since the germs OF malarial
disease are inhaled from the air and are
swallowed from the water of such region.
Medicinal safeguard is absolutely necessary
to nullify this danger. AS means of forti-
flying and acclimating the system so as to
be able to resist the malarial poison, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters is incomparably the
best and the most popular.
You can always find out how much man
is worth when he dies by looking at his will.
1t is q dead give. away.
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eiled Is tho public and partly because

yelled 70 the public and partly because
spectators were anxiously watching
an opportunity to copy it in the shape
OF souvenirs and make it matter of
merchandise. Even now the artist and
the art committee decline to have it
photographed, reserving it as . sur
prise to the citizens of Chicago and
their visitors.
Out at the worlds fair grounds the
workmen of all descriptions are toiling
like beavers to get things in shape for
the opening day. which is now but lit
tie over month away. The force has
been increased from time to time, as
the weather would permit. until at
present there are over ten thousand
men at work, perhaps nearly double
that number, and large forces are
working at night in many of the build
ings. Most of these men are employed
in. putting tho finishing touches to the
interiors and unpacking and placing
exhibits. which are daily arriving in
train loads.
Most of the debris of the buildinpe
has been removed from the grounds
and the roads and walks are receiving
a final dressing and smoothing: Many
OF the buildings are being freshly
coated with white, and away up in the
air the painters look like pigmies as
they busily ply their brushes upon tho
statues which adorn the lofty domes.
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-He Couldn't Tell.-Waiter-"now
did .you ind your steak, sir?'' Guest
BLAMED if know how I did End
it, it was 90 small "-Detroit Free
Prosa
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NOVELTIES in sandwiches" read pedes-
trian, who exclaimed: ''Gracious! I've
heard O. most everything in 'em, but didn' t
know that they put that ERE kind of stun in
anV.O
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WITH THE AUTHORS.

JULIAN HAWTHORNE, who lives in q
pleasant cottage at Sag Harbor, with
his seven children, has christened his
homo 1.-THE House of the Seven Cab
blers.'
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES is rare
~ seen In society this winter, owing to
necessary precautions for his health.
When he does appear he is surrounded
by admirers, and his presence is consid-
cred an event.
BILL NYE proposes to write history
OF the United States. 1T will contain
q few facts" he says, ''as it is almost
impossible to keep them out, but there
will be only enough for spinal COL
umn. 1t will be the first real book I
have written"
ERNEST REMAIN was very careless
about money matters and, although his
celebrated Life of Christ had reached
its twenty-frst edition, his wife finds
herself compelled to sell her husbands
library and apply for pension from
INDUSTRIAL FIGURES.
CANTON. China, exports Il, 900, 900 fans
every year.
TIE largest Canadian fish hatchery is
at Selkirk. It has a capacity of 1907
600, 1000.
EUROPE has $4,000 match factories,
and they yearly produce matches valued
at s50,000,000.
IT is estimated that during the last
five years the turpentine gatherers Of
Georgia have destroyed s200,000.000
worth of pine timber.
The largest vineyard in the world,
according to correspondent, belongs
to Senator Stanford, of California. 1t
consists of $500 acres Of bearing vines.
In one of the Comstock mines new
water wheel is to be placed which is to
run 1,150 revolutions minute, and to
have speed at its periphery of lo,so5
feet per minute. A greater head OF
water than has ever before been applied
to a wheel will be used
| Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear: There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies: Deafness Is
| C<1uScu NY du VI Luo 1uu-
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inaamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflamm .tion can be taken out
| and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inaamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
NAO--
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars; free. :.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The strength of the ant is prodigious.
| And there ia the hat. what wonderful
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A SHOEMAKER has card in his window
reading: ANY respectable man, woman
or child can have q fit in this store."-
BanakOk Times
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CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
BIOLOGISTS say the cradle of tho deep has
nothing To do with making the bed rock
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Il You Want The Best

A THOUGH you may have had good luck
1 with but few failures ~ making cake and
biscuit in the old-fashioned way with soda and
sour milk or soda and cream of tartar, you
will have better luck and following directions)
no failures with the Royal Baking Powder.
The truth of this must be evident when you
remember that-in the leading hotels and res
taurants, and in the homes of Our city cousins,
where the latest and best methods are invari-
ably employed, and where the most beautiful
and dainty food is always set out for the guests,
the Royal Baking Powder is exclusively used
for all quickly risen food:
Royal Baking Powder never disappoints;
never makes sour, soggy or husky food; never
spoils good materials; never leaves Jumps of
alkali in the biscuit or cake; while all these
things do happen with the best of cooks who
cling to the old-fashioned methods, or who use
other Baking Powders.
If you want the best food, Royal Baking
Powder is Indispensable.
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The progress of science in medicine has
produced nothing better for human ills than
the celebrated Beecham's Pills.