Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-06-22

ONCE department. treasury Deparl
ment, War Department add Depart
ment OF Agriculture. The north hal
is devoted to the exhibits Of the Fish
cries Commission, Smithsonian In
stitute and Interior Department. Tn
State Department exhibit extend
from the rotunda to the east end, ant
that of the Department Of Justice from
the rotunda to the west end OF tn
building. The allotment Of space 70
the several department exhibits ID
War Department, 1900 square feet
Treasury, 10,50O square feet; Agrlcul
ture, q, ,250 square feet; Interior, 24;OOo
Postoffice, 1900 square feet; Fishery
10000 square feet, and Smithsonian
Institute balance Of space. The cos
of this building was 100000.
Thursday last was German day, an6
Kaiser Wilhelm could not have picked
out prettier day for his subjects ant
friends to celebrate the anniversary o
bis birth. the 18th day Of June, and 1
he had been present at the celebration
In this city and the Fair, his hear
must have swelled with gratitude and
joy to know that II bis people so homo
him while living how much they will
revere his memory when he shall have
passed away. 1t was meet that the
Germans should set apart this day and
keep it as they did. Many ofthe busi.
ness places were closed, and flags and
banners played an important part In
the decorations. But such a parade
Streets were blocked and travel i'm.
peded, and all because everybody join.
ed with the sons of the fatherland ia
making the day one long to be remem-
bered. Singing societies, instrumental
music, speech-making,all were called
in requisition, and at night the festivi-
ties were concluded with magnificent
display offireworks.
The rush to the fair has not yet COM
menced, and the attendance will prob
ably not reach its highest mark un-
til the cooler days of September and
October, whether the railroad round
trip fair Is reduced or not. But the
prospects are good now for low rates
on the railroads, and In all probability
before the exhibition closes one will
ride to and from Chicago at less than
half fare. The railroads have deter
mined to offer excursion rates, reced-
ing from their former determination
that no excursion rates would be given.
OF course the railroad corporations
wish to make all they can out of the
fair, for they subscribed roundly to the
capital stock of the exhibition and are
large share holders in the bonded issue.
They certainly have keen interest in
recouping themselves, land 1t is to be
expected that they will work to their
own interests. That the railroads will
see before the season is over, that low
rates will fill their Golfers faster than
the lawful rate, is the general belief.
Visitors can have their mail sent to
the fair, as the post Office department
has established an Office on the ground.
It is a great convenience and is being
taken advantage of by thousands. In
May over 2,500,00O letters were dis
patched and received while the value
Of the money orders issued and paid
exceeded $4,000. That was big busi-
ness for dull month.
One of the chief attractions of the
big fair is the Midway Plaisance, and
which is usually thronged with people.
Here the visitor has an excellent op- |
portunity of seeing the different types
Of man, and it will well repay one to
spend part of his time on Midway.
Ofall the people seen on Midway, prob
ably the Samoans are the most inter
esting. and ancient; Others are perhaps
older as individuals of a tribe, but these
people carry back their story of a tribe
nearly 1000 years. The legands of this
people are all kept by one family.
There Is no written record. The his
tory is handed down from father to son
by word of mouth. The historians, as
they are called, are held in great re-
spect by the people, and the boy is al
ways trained by his father for the par
ticular career in life before him. The
marriage customs Of these people are
very peculiar. The actual ceremony
Is performed in church, but the court
ship is out of the common. When a
young man hears of a young lady who
is likely to come into tract of land or
a large and valuable stock Of mate he
takes twenty or thirty of his friends
and goes to her village for a visit.
This, of course, sets all the girls hearts
In a futter, for they are carefully
by old women. After spend
Ing few days in the village the young
man leaves, but orders two of his friends
to remain behind. This they do, and
hang aroundthe girl aud constantly
Sing his praises. When they think
She has been won they send for the
young man, who arrives with a lot of
friends, bringing with them from so to