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douin chief, who, of course, would cut q
throat with no compunction, is shown. The
dancing girls keep the hall crowded with
spectators.
Javanese, to the number of seventy, have
built village in the style OF their country on
the Midway Plaisance. 1t is made Of bamboo
poles, split bamboo and palm leaves and
tliatched with native grasses. A screen Of
split bamboo and leaves encircles the village
to keep out those who haven't paid. The
| Iayanese girls dance to the music of IN Or
chestra and puff cigarettes. They are little
bits of creatures with black shiny hair.
In the centre OF the settlement are two big
bamboo poles with holes cut through them.
When the wind whistles through these holes
strange melody Is produced that makes the
Jayans feel homesick and romantic.
With the Javanese is an old priest named
Hadji, who has a great influence over his
aock. They are a very lazy race and get
tired Of work about once day, throwing
down their tools and saying they have had
enough. But the old priest knows his busi-
ness. Just as soon as they quit he has v1s-
ion in which 1t Is revealed to him that II
they do not at once resume they will be de-
voured by red devils or develop horns and
tail. Humility and paucity Of clothing are
acteristics have been carefully encouraged by
the Hollanders who control the island. One
Of them, real Prince named Raden Soekma-
dilaga speaks Dutch and German, but no
English. Some OF the dancing girls are
quite comely. They wear their black hair In
knots and cut away the bangs from the fore
head with a razor.
remarkable display in the Plaisance is
that of feminine beauty. A building has
been put up and in it are installed fifty young
women, who represent the style of face Of va
rious Nations and their fashions In costumes.
They were got together by Chicago beauty
collector who spent some months in Europe
advertising for types of the different races.
Minister Lincoln when the party were In
Southampton notified them that they were
violating the Contract Labor law in coming
to America, which was not so, as Congress
exempted the Worlds Fair from the law.
After they arrived in Chicago all their COS
tunes were burned In fire that very nearly
burned them, too. All these had to be du-
plicated and the girls sit in their pavilions
and smile day after day. The management
contracted for smiles lasting six months. The
Vienna girl is musician, and others have
accomplishments as dancers. Russia, Greece,
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Italy, Germany, France, England, Austria,
Bohemia. Hungaria and Chicago are equally
we'll represented. and there are beauties from
different parts of the United States.
Carl Hagenbeck. a famous German animal
tanner has building with hall seating 5000
people, in which he gives his performances. M
he domeshcates the lion 80 that he VIII LIE
down with the lamb, and tigers and wildcats
become so tame under his care, it is said,
that they are no more dangersous than
guinea pigs. Such animals as these he does
not coop up in their cages, but gives them
plenty OF breathing space and they live to-
gether without fighting.
Germany has village in which the artis-
tic and mercantile tastes Of her people are
combined. The Germans have put up
model OF town Of the Middle Ages, and
other divisions of the empire. The houses
are filed with original furniture. DR.. Uric
Jahn. of Berlin, manages q German ethno-
logical museum.
The Ferris wheel is the real triumph OF the
Midway Plaisance It represents better than
any other exhibit the genius Of American In
vention. 1t looks something like the paddle
wheel of steamer, multiplied, however.
hundredfold. Instead of the paddles 1t bears
passenger cars, and when it revolves the
passengers get something of the sensation
that fy must have that sits on the side OF q
cart wheel and feels 1t revolve.
The wheel is 264 feet high and 254 feet In
diameter 1t bears thirty-six passenger cara,
each larger than railroad coach, and with
seating capacity Of sixty persons. When the
wheel Is loaded it contains 216O citizens.
They are carried up and then down like birds
sitting in their nest.
It Is steelthroughout and is not unlike BIZ
cycle wheel revolving between two huge
towers. There are really two wheels placed on
the same axle and 2S15 feet apart, and held TO-
gether by struts and ties. The cars are built
Of wood and steel, upholstered and artist
cally finished. and each weighs 19 tons. The
great axle, it Is said, is the largest piece OF
steel ever forged. It is SSinchee In diameter,
As feet 2 inches long and weighs 56 tons.
Arranged in groups on the rods around the
crown Of the wheel are 5000 tncandescent
lights of various colors, which are extin,
guished and reighted at intervals as the wheel
revolves, producing at distance an enect
like that Of huge fireworks. Six cars can be
loaded at time from the platforms: Inc
wheel takes ten minutes to make revolution,
80 there is no danger Of the passengers being
emptied out OF their nests. The engines are
OF 1000 horse power. The wheel was the In
vention of G.. W. G. Ferris, bridge engineer
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the ignorance Of their ways betrayed by ths
Americans, who are as great a show to them
.as they are to the purchasers Of admission
tickets.
Fanda, a gaudily dressed woman, rather
fat, is the beauty Of the party, and among
them are Egyptians bearing such names as
Fahima Osman, Hosma Bint, Mitwali Naba-
weih and Falmi Hourl. Curiosities Of divers
sorts from the museums OF Cairo and Alex
cndrla can be seen.
One Of the old streets OF Stamboul Is repro
Guced and tenanted with people from that
city and from Constantinople, who show
pretty much the same sort of entertainment
as their Egyptian neighbors. One OF their
features is fire department such as is
in service at tho City of the Golden
Horn. The fire pump; which 5 has o,aa .
on the shoulders Of the natives, who trot
through the streets astonishingly fast When
they reach the fire tine water 1s supplied to
them by carriers, who bear leather bags that
are reflled from the wells as fast as their con-
tents are used up.
Turkish luncheons are peddled by costumed
natives, who serve them from tray
A saddle belonging to the Sultan ofTurkey
is placed in the Transportation Building. l,
is covered with red plush and gold and Il
used by its owner only on the most solemn
allowed by the Sultan to be exported.
4 silver bed, owned by enc OF the sultans
OF Turkey, and said to weigh two tons, ls IN
the collection. and Turkish tent once be-
longing to- Persian Shah, and used by him
in travelling. 1t is made almost wholly o.
embroidered cloth.
Near tho Tunisian and Algerian section is
o Moorish palace modelled after one Of the
old style temples which are found in Spain
and Northern Africa. A restaurant, accom-
modating five hundred people, in the palace
shows that the Moors are practical race. In
the building is al immense collection of gold
coins.
An Algerian merchant VINO erected villages
OF the three last Paris expositions has put w
q building in which are quartered large sup
ply OF natives wao mail.ai q bazaar, II
which are displ@ ed precious stones, swords
pistols with &'..i1ue flint locks, dsSgers
faces, brocades ';Ishi ons and table covers. II
another store - found perfumery, seragltt
pastilles, alta. ,i roses and sweetnests
though these u, not half as sweet as tn.
dreamy dsmss,s who sell them to you. 4
Bedouin CAM, - -sside1 over by real Be
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names are considered vulgar by many Illi-
nois people, and 80 they borrowed word
from the French.
This side show avenue is mile long and 1t
smacks just little bit of Coney Island. 1t Is
oparated under the eye Of the fair manage
I.:prt and it is in the grounds, strictly speak
j." admission being included with a fifty
Worlds Fair ticket. It is very broad
I. NJ Get wide over ALL Every concession
. ye':-more French-pays percentage
o his receipts to the " orld's Fair Ways
snl Means Committee. Guarantees are al
io:ied that the exhibits are worth the price
o. admission.
i Tower of Babel is built near the entrance
t. the Plaisance. It is 400 feet high and has
{; , ameter at the base OF 100 feet. This
tow3- deviates from the plan OF the original
! ; having q double track electrical circular
.iivay from the base to the top. chime
o. 5eils is installed at the top, from which
1904 view'of the ground is had.
Lord and Lady Aberdeen have been inter-
estel in making display OF the cottage in
Gussries of Ireland. Towering over row OF
lr. r.si cottages in fac-simile Is reproduction
OF donegal Castle, Throughout this exhibit
taere are specimens o. the work OF Irish
p ;ssants and some OF The people themselves.
A .srry COW has been brought over specially to
sacw one of the means Of livelihood. Laces
I uu SudWlS dl0 uotC cAo ooAo tASASs
SIMPLE architecture Of these homes, like
tla; OF the convent of La Rabida, is pleas
TN: relief to the eye after the stucco flowers
tn figures crowded on too many OF the
lGiitiings.
Cone with me to Cairo. It Is shown by a
e.. scene peopled with more than one hun
Grc.i and fifty Egyptians who were taken
1rom the midst Of their dancing, smoking and
t.:.Ling and dumped into the Windy City.
Lar. brown beauties from the banks OF the
Nile, who dance oriental measures, look
coquettishly upon the Yankee, their big eyes
winning his attention as soon as they flash
'taem upon him. They wear spangles, chains,
beads and gilt bands. Black slave boys walt
upon the dainty ladies, some Of whom cover
their faces In the modest fashion OF the East.
Arab traders, donkey boys and camel
.Cr.vers are there. While the dancers are
performing in the theatre the merchants sell
beads. turbans or shells from the Red Sea
and other curiosities, and the snake charmers
subdue reptiles and the magtcians show
their familiarity with the black art. There
are performing monkeys, too, and parrots:
It Is truly glimpse OF an Eastern city, ana
here and there one gets Whit Of 1t.
An old priest goes up into the tower OF
fia mosque at daybreak and calls upon al
believers in Mohsmmed to pray. The people
per.orm their ablutions and then bless the
prophet When they have done this the
long-bearded merchants take their pipes and
squat in the bazaars, looking indolently at
the passers-by, while the women and chill
dren gaze In wonder and smile knowingly at
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Carl Hagenbeck, Of Hamburg, has besides
his large assortment Of performing animals
an chronological collection consisting OF arms,
Implements, household goods, theatrical
goods and utensils. OF these 49O numbers
come from Africa, 379 from New Caledonia,
40 from New Guinea, 406 from Islands Oh the
South Seas. 828 from British Columbia, 80
from Greenland and 1913 from Ceylon, max
Ing total of 294O. There is also an arttf-
cial aquarium forty feet long, showing
fish, coras, gorgomas, etc., from the
Indian Ocean, and a number OF hunt
ing trophies, skulls, horns and skins. me
trained animals are group Of six lions, Two
tigers, two leopards, one sloth bear, one I'M
bet hear. six large boarhounds and one polar
bear, ali trained at one time in the great
arena cage, and group Of three tigers, two
lions, three panthers, goats, sheep, bulls,
ronies and dogs, five lions and two boar
hounds performing; six male Lions q lion
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

LIEUTENANT PRARY proposes 70 start ior LILO
North Pole In July.
TIE late Duke Of Sutherland made and
signed ninety-two wills.
THE Duke Of Edinburgh wears gold ban
Gle fastened with gold lock on his LETT
wrist.
"BR1cK" PoMERoY Is sixty years Of age.
Twenty-Five years ago his writings were read
all over the country.
THE Duchess of Edinburgh speaks and
writes five languages-English, Russian.
German, French and Italian.
THE income of the Duke OF Yeragua is
s75, 900 year, and he makes that amount by
raising bulls for the Spanish arena.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, Of Germany, is we'll
grounded in classical and current French
and is q great reader of French poets.
A MEMORIAL to the late Jay Gould is to be
erected at his birthplace, Roxbury, Delaware
County, N. Y, in the shape Of a Presbyterian
Church.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND uses the very tinlest
OF stub pens stuck into massive holder, ana
his handwriting Is small and very distinct
Mrs Cleveland writes In fine large charac-
ters.
DE-. WILLIAM EVERETT, who has been sent
OIL Congress from Massachusetts,, ts one OF
He can quote ofrhand from almost any OF the
classics.
YosH1 Horr. the eldest son Of the Japanese
Mikado, who Is coming to the Worlds Fair,
is only fourteen years old, but is said to be as
precocious as most American youths at
! twenty.
REPRESENTATIVE BAILEY, OF Texas, Will
| no longer be the ''young3st man In Con-
cress." That distinction will be vested here
after In Thomas Settle, OF North Carolina,
who is twenty-eight years old.
John BURROUGHS. the author, has ten
acres OF grapevines on his country estate
overlooking the Hudson. The preparation
| of the fruit for market he scrutinizes as care
fully as he does proof-sheet OF one Oh MS
| new books.
Cry LIBRARIAN JOHN TAYLOR, OF Bristol,
Tenn. who died few days ago, learned the
trade OF blacksmith when youth and ele-
yated himself by bis own talents and energy.
he was an authority on historical and anti
| quarian subjects. :,
| PaEs1pENr DOLE, OF Hawaii, has found
time to write an article on the higher crltl,
cism Of the Bible for "The Male Wreatn.
| he ia deeply interested In the Investigations
| of modern Biblical scholars, and keeps hlE-
self well informed on the subject.
TIE King and Queen Of Greece live in very
simple style, cheerfully adapting their e1-
penses to the impecunious plight of the conn,
try, and his majesty often boards the Tram
| (street carl when he wants to run down 10
the port (the famous Pireus) at Athens.
RECENT advices from England state that
Miss Frances Willard, Ehe temperance aovo-
cate, is entirely broken down in health. sne
has been prohibited by her physicians from
returning to America until fell. and it
seems they are much concerned for her life.
Pope LEO XIII. spends most Of his morn
ings in the Vatican gardens catching birds
with nets, u sport which he practieed when
Bishop of Perugia, and of which he!s partlcu,
larly fond. Hundreds OF birds are caugnt
every morning and distributed among INC
| hospitals and the poor.
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person, bus In hfs stead Mrs. Cleveland
called with the ladies Of the Cabinet on the
royal visitors.
The return call OF Mrs. Cleveland and the
ladies Of the Cabinet was made at o'clock.
Mrs. Cleveland was accompanied by Mrs.
Carlisle. Mrs. Bissel, Mrs. Lamont and Miss
Herbert. They were escorted by Colonel
Wilson, the Presidents military aid. Mrs.
Cleveland, for the President, presented an
Invitation to the Princess and her party to
dine at the White House, which was accepted
by the Infanta with graceful compliment.
Mrs. Cleveland remained but few minutes,
and went back to the White House.
The Inianta Euialie passed q quiet Sunday
in Washington attending church In the
morning and driving with Secretary Gresham
in the afternoon. A = r- Z.
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LATER NEWS.

Ny LOOK, Chinaman, was arrested Id
New York City for not having certificate OF
residence, but was discharged from custody
by Judge Lscombe, who ordered his deporta-
ton to China whenever the Government
makes provisions for it.
TIE commission appointed TO investigate
the Custom House, In New York City, began
It's work. = 49,. 49,.
FIRE in the tobacco factory OF D. NJ.
Buchner, in New York City, destroyed stock
valued at 100000.
The most fabulous gold strike ever made
In the Northwest Is reported from the Grand
Summit mine, on Palmer Mountains, IN the
Okanogan mining district, Washington. Al
most solid body Of pure gold was found at
a depth of 200 feet. A seven pound piece OF
ore assayed produced two pounds OF pure
gold, which Is equal In value to S175,0OO to
the ton.
An express train was robbed by unmasked
robbers one mile and half west OF Pacific,
Mo. The express car was shattered with
dynamite and the messenger made to open
the safe and deliver the contents, thought to
be about $4,000.
A STATUE to Alexander a. Stephens, Vice
President OF the Confederacy, was unveiled
at Charlottesville, Ga. .. ......'
The Maine State Building was dedicated at
the Worlds Fair; Chairman Massey, OF the
Judiciary Committee Of the Worlds Fair, re-
signed from the Commission because 1t de-
cided to open the Fair on Sundays.
THE President appointed John G. Edwards,
OF Illinois, to be Deputy Second Auditor OF
the Treasury; Samuel Blackwell, OF Ala
bama, to be Third Auditor of the Treasury !;
Andrew St. John, of Pennsylvania, to be
Consul OF the United States at Batavia, Java.
The Briggs case was taken up In the Pres
byterian General Assembly at Washington.
Prosecutor Birch made short opening
speech, and Professor Briggs argued that
the appeal should not be entertained.
THE Infanta Eulalie and her party went on
an exursion from Washington TO Mounl YER
non, and afterward gave reception to the
Diplomatic Corps and attended ball at the
British Ambassadors house. ...
The Miners Congress in Brussels, Belgium,
voted for the eight-hour day and for an Inter-
national strike to compel its establishment.
CzERSowrrz, capital Of Bukowina, Austria,
situated near the River Pruth, has been
visited by disastrous food. Five persons
were drowned and many rendered homeless.
QUEEN vrcToR1A's seventy-fourth birthday
was celebrated in England. Windsor Castle,
where Her Majesty resides, was decorated
with flags and banners. The First Battalion
of Grenadier Guards trooped their coiors
there. A naval parade took place at Daven-
port. and at Eton the volunteers paraded
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SCORES KILLED.
arm Houses Buried in a Landslide

Farm Houses Buried in Landslide
in Norway.
A serious landslide has occurred at Vser-
dalen, Norway, just north of Trondhjem,
where number Of farms were recently buried
under an avalanche OF slime. An extent OF
land, five kilometres by ten, in the Levanger
Valley, became dislodged and slid down on
the soil below, destroying twenty-five home
steads and fifty cottages. 8,
A vast area was flooded and 1t was feared
many had perished. The missing included
Tessem, President OF the district and his fam.
ily; Road Inspector Rostad and his family,
and about 100 others.
The Government sent 400 soldiers 60 the
locality to assist in the work OF rescue and TO
preserve order.
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Washington.

The President and Mrs. Cleveland gave q
reception at the White House to the members
Of the Presbyterian General Assembly.
TIE President has appointed Kerr Craige,
Of North Carolina, to be Third Assistant Post
master-G General. .
TIE pulpits Of the Presbyterian churches
In Washington were filed whilethe body was
In session by commissioners to the General
Assembly. . ...
TIE President made the following nomina-
lions: Owen McGarry, OF Tennessee, to be
Secretary OF Legation Of tho United States at
Santiago, Chile; Michael J. Hetdrick, OF
New Hampshire, to be Consul Of the United
States at Fsllsvflle, Canada. 49,.
TIE President has appointed Ex-Governor
John D. Long. Of Massachusetts, member
of the Board OF Visitors to he Naval Academy
In place OF Governor william Mckinley, OF
Ohio, who was unable to serve. ..,. .
THE Navy Department has issued the long
expected order regarding the assignment OF
Admirals. Admiral Gherardi is ordered to
command the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Admiral
Walker to 60 on three months leave, Admiral
Benham to command the North Atlantic Sta
ton, and Commodore Erben to command the
European Station.
SECRETARY HERBERT assigned Commodore
Oscar F. Stanton as commander OF the South
Atlantic station.
PRESIDENT AND Mrs. CLEVELAND enter
tanned the Infanta Eulaie at State dinner
In the White House. .. ...'
TIE President appointed Samuel Black
we'll, of Alabama, Third Auditor OF the
Treasury.
The friendly mediation Of the United
States, exercised through Secretary Gresham,
has averted serious rupture between the
Governments OF Japan and Corea.
SECRETARY CARLISLE decided that foreign
exhibitors at the Worlds Fair cannot import
into this country free Of duty food products
for their own consumption. The case came
up on the application of certain exhibitors
from Java to import such products for their
use. Other foreign exhibitors had also pre-
ferred like requests.
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IT'S TENTH iBIRTHDAY. 3
Traffic Over Brooklyn Bridge During
the First Decade. 1"''


The tenth anniversary Of the opening OF
the New York and Brooklyn Bridge was ceie-
brated by display Of flags on the lofty sum-
mits of the towers in commenoration OF tho
date which marked the initial use Of the sus-
pended highway linking the two great cities,
both of which have nearly doubled In saze
since It was completed -.
The receipts Of the bridge In the ten years
from all sources have been about $10,OO0,O00,
and the traffic has far surpassed the calcuia-
tions of the engineers and projectors OF the
enterprise. The first cost OF the bridge was
S15. .O0O, 900, and some st, 5,000, 600 has since
been expended upon it. One-haf OF the re-
ceipts OF $40, 600, 900 has been spent on the
maintenance of the structure and the otner
half on improvements. .s.
In round figures 2S0, ,000, 900 passengers
have been carried on the Bridge cars, the
number increasing from S,000, 900 In 1854 70
more than 40, ,000, 600 last year. Before 1881,
when the promenade was made Tree, onIy
5000. 900 foot passengers had crossed the
Bridge. Since then, although no record is
kept. II is estimated that more than 80, ,OOo,Oo
have walked across. From roadway tolls,
now only half what they formerly were, $oo,-
O0) a wear is received. From car fares more
than 81, ,25O, 900 was received last year.
By improvements soon to be MADE IN tne
terminal facilities, with new tracks ana Pia1.
forms. it Is calculated the passenger tramc OF
the Bridge will be nearly doubled.
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THE MIDWAY PLAISANCE.
ACOLLECTION OF SIDE SHOWS
AT THE FAIR.

Grabs, Turks and Moors Found Liv-
ing as in the Orient-The Javan-
ese Village An international
Beauty Show-The Wonderful Re-
volving Wheel-Other Exhibits.
There are many strange things at the fair
with queer names. There Is the "Midway
plaisance," for instance. "What on earth
does that mean?" most people ask when they
hear it for the first time. Whatever it may
mean elsewhere, in Chicago, says the New
York Herald, it means simply collection OF
side shows. The s'Plaisance" is an avenue
lined with buildings in which entertainments
ere given, but where the midway" comes in
1t is hard to guess. The name was selected
by q committee of leading citizens who
wanted to get up something high toned, or,
as they put it, ''nobby. 1t is certainly q
very nobby name and no other word so well
describes it. To call the thing an avenve, it
was decided, was too commonplace. Indian
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REVENUE RECEIPTS.

An Increase of S6,937 ,OS7 for the
First Ten Months of the Fiscal Year.
Reports made to John 8. Miller, Commls-
sioner OF Internal Revenue, Treasury De-
partment, show that for ten months OF the
present fiscal year ending April 80 the col
lections from internal revenue sources
aggregated 1882, ,4s2, ,156, an increase over
the corresponding period OF last year OF
Sc, 9S7 .0s9.
The principal items are: Spirits, $685.
AS; increase, 1874, ,13O; tobacco, 1926, 743.-
1877 increase, 81 ,oos, ,ss1 !; fermented liquors,
S25, GAG, 1893, increase, Sl,SS7 ,623 oleomar-
gerine, 81, Ala, ,944 increase, 1906, ,464.
The receipts for April were $27l ,003H
less than for April, 1891