Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-08-10
Democratic Northwest.
THEBIG FAIR.
WoRLD's FAM GROUND.
CHICAGO. JULY 81, 1888.
lFrom our speci.l oorrespopdsnt.l


to the people of the world May 1.
Wednesday. July 26, was the eighty
third open day Of the Fair and the end
of the first half ofthe exposition. The
last day Of the fair will be Oct. 80. It
will end, as 1t began, on Monday. Au-
ditor William X. Ackerman of the OK.
position made his first complete report
July 9Th. This report showed the
gate receipts for the pre-exposition
period and the first two months Of the
exposition to amount to 50, 12l 800. .06.
The total receipts from the date Of the
organization ofthe Exposition COM
pany to June 80 were given at SCI ,25l, :
31.52. According to this report the ex-
penditures to June 80 were $40, 500, 100.
The estimated receipts from the month
of May were $7l9, ,402, and the expense
of $609, 1888, leaving balance of $l09,-
519. For the month of June the estima
ted receipts were ST $3.50, 800 and the es-
timated expenses only $642, ,02l, leaving
another balance of 81 ,Ol7, ,899. At the
present time the estimated daily ex-
pendjtures amount to about $4,000,
which is materially less than for the
preceding months.
The attendance is increasing and the
directors are hopeful that the receipts
will be doubled during the next three
months. The attendance Thursday,
July q, was 46,644, of which number
103,65l were paid admissions. When
10000 visitors are present at the fair
the restaurants, villages and plaisance
shows are sure to be well patronized.
When it Is remembered that 25 per
cent. of all money earned by these en-
terprises finds its way into the exposi-
tion's Golfers, 1t does not require a
skilled mathematician to figure out the
large sums that must daily accrue from
this source. The 50-cent admission fee
is but mere atom from the VISITORS
purse. There are souvenirs to buy,
meals TO pay for, and one thousand
and one catchpenny arrangements to
dodge. The most economical visitor
will spend SIS. nearly every day passed
at the fair. Many spend three times
that amount the first two or three days
they are here. OF course the first
glimpse of Midway plaisance sets every
fresh vistorin fiutter. The newcom-
er does not stop to ask questions, but
produces the necessary coin and passes
right along in, taking things just as
they come.
There is probably no other place at
the fair where so much jolly fun can
be had for Is cents as the visitor will
find in Cairo street, Midway pIaisance,
just west of the Ferris wheel. Cairo
street and Its several hundred hustling
Mohammedans seems to catch the
crowd at all times. Go there morning,
evening, noon or night and the won
derful Egyptian thoroughfare is sure
to be fairly overfowing with delighted
partons. Cairo street is made up of
native stores, candy booths, theaters,
museums, workshops, in fact, all that
one would naturally expect to find in
the real Cairo. The prevailing fad In
Cairo street is donkey and camel riding,
and 1t is this pastime that attracts the
multitude and holds them convuIsed
in laughter until merriment positively
becomes wearisome. Husbands who at
home are no doubt as dignified and re.
served as a methodist parson, here lose
control Of themselves and shout and
applaud as their courageous better
halves pass along perched high upon
the hump of stately old camel. Two
persons generally sit together when in
dulging In camel ride, ,and the ankle
ty exhibited by the damosel behind,
lest she slide down underneath the
camel's softly plodding heels, is
worth going miles 10 see. The dom
key boys and their patient little
beasts are great favorites with the chill.
dren, and 1t is needless to say that the
donkeys columbus" and MARY An
derton" are prime favorites.
In the administration building can
now be seen model of the United
States treasury building at Washing
ton, constructed almost entirely of
Columbian souvenir hale dollars. The
frame for the model is made of wood
and zinc, but this is all concealed from
view by the ingenious manner in which
the silver coins have been arranged.
The model is about fifteen feet long,
nine wide and three high. Seventy
five thousand coins were used ia its
construction, cement being employed
to hold them in place. Several young
men, under the watchful eye of the
superintendent, were engaged in put
ting on the roof of the beautiful struc-
ture Friday, and for this purpose the
coins were brought In by the sackful,
each sack bearing the governments
stamp. In order to do finished job,
the young men engaged 10 laying the