The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-25
Worlds Fair .Hits and Mrs. !"

choice Worlds Fair matter, OF
which these paragraphs are excerp-
ia:
The walls Of the Art building are
hung with many handsome pic
lures, the paint alone on some
of them costing the price Of admis-
sion. The clothes on many of them,
however, would be but small
Item if reduced to money; this is
especially true of pictures in the
French exhibit. The most natural
painting saw was that of a hen
laying fresh egg.
Wild geese and ducks swim
from one lagoon to another at the
Fair; they are in their native
feathers, and converse in hoarse
whispers; in a moment of North
Dakota thoughtlessness, l was sor-
ry that | didn't bring my gun. I
asked man who wore soldiers
cap and bed-spring star why they
didn't fly out; he said the price
was too high. The lake coughed
up four barrels of soapsuds in his
face. Lake Michigan can hold up
an iron ale-back, but it can't
stand everything.
The elevated railroads in Chic
ago and in the Worlds Fair
grounds are not elevated on pur-
pose fol a blind man to read them,
but more especially to keep from
running over the Columbian
guards who get in the way of every
thing else. There are signs up, in
United States language, warning
employees and others interested in
life not to walk on the track and
especially not to try to walk on
the third rail, which is highly
charged with Franklin kite light
ming. Funeral expenses at the
Fair grounds, not being down on
the "bill of fare" might come high.
The conductors on the elevated
electric railway cars shut the side
entrances with pair of tongs,
doing the whole job by one up
right movement. A stout lady
who sat in the same pew with me
left her foot outside during one of
these upright movements of the
conductor, and when the sides
shut up they took a mean advan-
tage Of her foot, She said her hus-
band was in the pile-driving busi-
ness, and that she didn't have to
go to the Worlds Fair to get a
hamburger steak made out of her
foot. She was very mad and all
the passengers were sorry to wit
ness her pain. She got out at the
first station to consult pharmac-
eutical association.
met an old friend sound asleep
in the North Dakota building. He
was the tiredest looking sleeper |
ever saw. | hated to call him out
from what evidently he was in need
Of. But his clothes looked like
ready money and he owed me four
dollars. He awoke with good
start, but / caught him. He said
he was dead tired, and got into
Chicago by electric light and went
to Is cents-an.hour lodging
house. He had q bed in his room,
and it seemed to all appearances
ready for business. A small plac-
ard suspended by cobwebs from
one side of the room attracted
more or less of his attention. The
card, when read, said, "Don't feed
the Animals" He said he didn't
want to get into trouble with the
landlord and he had to keep him.
self busy keeping out of that bed
all night. He said the landlord
had locked the door from the out
side with crowbar and he couldn't
get out and he had to stand around
and read the directions for not
going to bed, until 7 a. M, when
the night clerk came around and
gathered up the crowbars. That
was what the matter with my four
dollar friend; he sat up with him
self the night before. He paid me
the four dollars and returned to
his occupation,
In the Convent of La Rabida
sleep the ashes of Columbus. +
heard that some light-fgured type
setter had put them in his pocket
and that they were no longer on
deck, but after buying q catalogue
and asking several piano.bred
guides. | found out that they |
were still doing business at the old |
stand, With the kind permission |
Of the janitor Of the building, who |
was also superintendent, removed |
all appearance of gladness and |
prepared myself to view the last |
remarks Of the celebrated man. +
was hustled along to a small room |
inhabited by shot guns and butch
er knives in the hands of a num-
ber of "board--and--g -to--school |
The ashes were in
glass case, dark gray and two
pinches in quantity. asked the
nearest guards if they we're good |
goods. He said he was studying
for the ministry, and | withdrew
the question. They might have
been hardwood ashes, and again
! can't tell what they were. Col.
umbus, doors, pants, coat, hat,
sockcloth and ashes, all under one
roof, besides letters, manuscript
and bills, some ofthem unreceipted,
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