The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-02

crowd that never comes. Many Of these
persons have gone to great expense in fur
nishineand finishing up magnificent booths
in which to show their goods, and they DO
not feel that the attention given them war
rants the outlay.
ELEVEN OF the judges who will pass upon
! the exhibit in the Electricity Department
and award the medals and diplomas have
been appointed by the National Commission.
They are: 81. s. Oarhart, OF Ann Arbor n.
,, J. Ryan, Of Pennsylvania; B. F. Thomas,
Columbus, Ohio; George F. Barker,
Philadelphia; 7. @. Mendenhall, Washing
ton, D. G. Robert B. Owen. Lincoln, Neb. ;
Michael Odea, Notre Dame, Ind. !; w. NJ.
Slime, Chicago Samuel Reber, U. s. A. II.
A. Rowland, Baltimore E. P. Warner, Chi
cago.
THE heat has had a very queer effect upon
the people of the Midway Plaisance. The
wild man of Borneo, the Dahomeyites, Sand
which Islanders and the Jayanese bask In the
hot sun and grow spirited as they recognize
in the hot rays and penetrating neat the at
mosphere of their native cline, while the
poor Laplander as he fans his perspiring
reindeer bemoans his fato and pray5 for de-
liverance from the fiery furnace into which
/ he thinks he has been drawn Nothing but
O pillow Of ice brings rest to his waking eyes
and throbbing brain.
In the Nebrask;t Building there is Il Ne
| braskan iden OF Justice wrought out by 4
resident of Dorchester. OF that state. Tho
statue is of tin, about seven feet III helght
| and represents Justice holding tho tradi-
tienal scales and sword, but with her eyes
wide open. It simply suggestS that II jus
tice is to be bribed she wants to sse the size
and oo.or OF the ''dust" which is expected to
turn the scales It is not tho only statue,
however, on the grounds In which tho proper
form is given, but in which the expression
and idea are wanting.
UNOFFICIAL information has been resolved
from Germany to the effect that two. lad
perhaps more, members OF the royal family
I will arrive In Chicago early in September.
Ernst Gunthel. better known ~ the Duke OF
| Schleswig- -Hol5tein is already making prop
aratons for his visit. The Duke is Z brother
OF the Empress Of Germany. He will prob
ably be accompanied by Prince Heinrich, q
brother to the Kaiser.
The ballot for q National flower has been
opened in the Women's Building. and great
interest Is being manifested in this method
OF obtaining the expression OF the public
upon 40 important q matter. The Indian
! corn, the flower known as the cosmos, rs
! we'll as the psnsy and sundower. are becom-
ing rivals for fayoritism. Arkansas ladies
vote for the passion flower. Kansas faTorS
! the sunlower, California her poppy and
Nebraska the golden-rod. Whether any one
flo yer will receive sufficient support to con-
81 Ter it q popular choice is a question ot
! much doubt.
| THE Sitting Bull cabin and historical col
lection OF Indian relics Oh Midway Plaisanes
has been formally openad ana old CHIEF
Ran-in- -the-Face, leader under Sitting Bull
at tho Custer massacre, received tue
4 hnI hao in fpI n iDanpnt
exhibit. The cabin is the same one in wlich
Sitting Bull lived during all the time he ro-
sided in house, and mt tho door Of which
the great Sioux chief was shot and killed by
regulars two years ago. Inside the cabin Is
q most interesting collection Of Sitting Bull
and Custer massacre relies. 1t is the most
complete display Of the kind in existence. A
band OF Sioux Indians is encampod about
the cabin.