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HOW TO REACH THE FAIR.
There Are Many Routes and Facil,tia
are Abundant.

Intending visitors to the Columbian
Fair at Chicago frequently ask tho
question. "How can l best and quick
est 60 to the Fair from the City" To
this there can be but one answer. Tho
writer, a resident of Chicago, has made
n special study of this question and
unSesitatingly says: go on the
Illinois Central Special trains" Near.
ly every person has Mt some time or
other visited Chicago and is familiar
with the lake front. Just 4 little
south of the new Art building which
stands on the spot formerly occupied
by the old Exposition building, an i'm.
mense viaduct has been erected cspc-
cially for the convenience and comfort
of Worlds Fair visitors. Tickets for
entrance to the Fair.may be purchased
before going over the viaduct, and this
plan is recommended. Crossing this
viaduct and keeping to the right, q
short walk lands one on n platform on
q level with the cars, which start every
few minutes. Half Il dozen booths on
this platform are occupied by ticket
sellers for the Illinois Central, and the
visitor may purchase enough tickets at
10 cents a trip to last during the con.
tempiatcd visit.
The cars are open on the side after
the manner of open street cars, and
can be loaded and unlonded in less than
80 seconds us has been demonstrated
time and again. a rapid run, without
n single stop, and in Is minutes the
passenger is within Il block eli the
principal entrance to the Fair. Those
who have plenty OF leisure and desire q
trip by lake will find boats across this
same viaduct. To reach these take the
center of the viaduct.
The Elevated road starting on Con-
gress street between State street and
Wabash Avenue is a pleasant route, the
only drawback being the numberless
stops, and the time consumed, being
frequently nearly an hour, seldom less
than As minutes. Cable cars on Wabash
Avenue also land passengers within
two blocks of the gates.
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Treating Them Alike.
udab)c as the desire to mako every

Laudablc rs the desire to make every
one feel pleasant is, there is a point
beyond which it can scarcely be com
mended. Sam Bassett was II of the
hardest and best workers in Green
VILE aud in harvest time he earned
large wages by "hiring out" as he had
no farm of his own, to the various
farmers who needed extra help. Sans
chief fault was his apparent inability
to refuse to do anything for any one
who asked him.
Once, when farm-hands were scarce,
one man had secured Sans service at
the beginning of the harvest. The
first day, while the two were at work,
another farmer came up and asked
Sam to help him the next day.
"I'll see what l ken do for ye," said
Sam, encouragingly.
Presently another farmer came
along, asked the same question and re-
ceived the same answer.
The farmer for whom he was work
ing was somewhat indignant and
amazed at Sans evident intention to
assist three different people IN the
same day.
sam" said he, awhat do you
c%al'late TO do? First you promised to
help mo tomorrow and now you've
agreed to help two others. What do
you mean"
"Oh, WE'LL" SAID Sam. easily, 81 like
to see folks go off feelin' good; treat
'em all alike, that's my mottcr when it
m to talkin'. AS fer work, I've got
to tote my wife over to Slowtown to-
morrcr an you car settle il betwixt
you three whichll hev me next day;
Jest make it pleasant all round"
And with u smile of universal good
will Sam returned TO his task, evident
ly feeling that his method of adjust
ing Il delicate matter was above re-
proach.
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Intelligent Cow.

Col. l. D. Mcdonald, of Columbia
City, Ind. as reported by the Indian
apohs News, tells n good story of an
imal intelligence. He had bought q
lot of stock, including a COW and her
calf, which he was driving home. The
cows affection for its offspring had
attracted attention more than once.
AT length a river was reached, which
being unbridged, tho cattle had to
ford. The water was deep, and as tho
cattle plunged in they we're swept off
their feet, the mother COW among tho
rest.
The calf, meantime, was taken by
the current several miles downstream
and when the poor COW regained her
footing and discerned this, her distress
was apparent. Instead of making for
the opposite shore rs the other animals
had done, she swan down tho stream
below the calf. The current drove tho
young creature against the protecting
bulk Of the mother.
The COW, satisfied at this state Of
affairs, started for the shore. the calf
swimming alongside of her. About
midway Of the river the swift current
striking the calf in the f%ore-quarter,
swept it behind the COW and again il
houndcred downstream.
Once more the mother went TO the
rescue. She had to swim around to
the other side of the calf. and this
done, she had to steady herself in the
stream until the calf was against her
side. Her efforts were this time sue.
cessful and cow and calf swan safely
to shore.
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THE LATEST
low Henri De Bornier Became On, OF the
c. Ir-.

How Henri De Bornier Became On, oil the
Famous Forty"
Baroness Althca Salvador: Never has
che French academy been more criti-
cised than ut the present day. 1t is ac-
cused of admitting within its sacred
precincts men who have no claim to
literary greatness and excluding those
who are an honor to France 1t is
charged with welcoming among the
''immortals' men who possess great
titles, great riches aud great social po-
sition rather than authors OF distinc-
ton. But the bittcrest enemies of the
French academy must now be silent,
because all tacitly approve the election
of Viscount Henri de Bornier, who to.
dav takes poss ssion of the fauteuil left
vacant by the death of Xavier Mar
Inier.
The viscount dc Bornier's ..litcrary
baggage consists of La File de TO
land, " ''Noces d'Attilln'' and .'Moham-
med He is received among the i'm
mortals rs Il dramatic author, and
Count d ~lIuussonvilie in his address Of
welcome said:
Eighteen years ago you had rare good
Ioitbils. III YOUR ilpcF years you telllLDu
II youthful dream, and that, / believe, to
be the most exact definition ever given to
happiness. What man of our generation
when seated ut the college desk has no.
dreamed of writing Il tragedy of five acts
and OF b:i:.stcs it ont at til. Come lie
Franco 81" ilat is precisely what i p
i'n!sr., 10 yout Your tragedy had i3J con
,ecutire representation, ana when re-
City the L, u cselita tiai.s were renewed
ltm2t with tn sne.c success as the .:tst
day. II las been TRANSLATED in nearly all
Danish aud Dutch. Not onir
Is made the tour of Eu-
rope, but it has penetrated into the sew
word ana bccOma 50 interna iona! II
work that the day the Paris exposition
was opeilea the president OF the republic
himself foand III hts speech ptact Tor IL
quotation.
IKE municipal council or your native
ssn has given your name to the street
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4 TEXAN cAMsLER,s HEROIC ACT
Hs Gave His Life to saws . roddliss
Child from. Dsath.

1T was out in Texas some years ago
that l Witnessed as grand an act of he
roism as ever was performed In this
world" said the man Of many expe-
riences to the crowd in the hotel ro-
tunda. aThe man was a tough as
they I called, a gambler and a bar
room loafer, and with MS little OF the
heroic and grand about him as you
q we'll imagine, but he gave his life
TO save from possible harm alittle tod
ding, curly haired child with eyes
like bits Of heaven.
sThe way OF it was that he and an
other gambler had had a quarrel the
day before and had sworn to kill each
other on sight, which mutual threat
was carried back and forth by the men
always to be found on such an occa-
sion and who in my mind are rs much
murdorers in fact rs tho principals In
the affair.
well, toward sunset these two came
in sight OF each other, one on ono side
of the narrow village street and tho
other on the opposite. Both pulled
out their revolyers and tho exchange
of shots commenced. when everybody
cleared from behind the men to one
side out of the way of stray bullets.
That is, every one except the baby,
who had slipped from the mothers
arms as breathlessly she watched the
duel TO the death. The little thing
ran out into the street, and, before
any one was aware of it or could stop
it, was right between the firing men.
"Tho gambler on the left saw It then
and cried out: Stop shooting. Ben,
until the kids out of danger. We can
finish this thing then" and lowered
his own weapon, but the other fellow
merely glanced at the child and CON-
tinued to pour his murdcrous fire into
his enemy, who gazed back ut him
with n look of unutterable contempt.
while the on-looking crowd, not dar-
ing to emulate his courage and rush
between them to snatch the little one
from danger. cheered him till he fell,
q ball having found its way to his
heart at last.
Afterwards | went up to him as he
lay covered with n sheet on the floor
of q saloon, and, drawing down the
cloth, gazed on the quiet face. The
child was his?' / said to one beside me.
"'No, SIR was the reply. Wasn't
no kin to him. But wasn't he a brave
onep My!
"And the other, whose decd ordina.
rily would have gone UNPUBLISHED, had
to flee the town that night to escape
lynching."-PhHadelphia Times.
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EGectine a Settlement.

"on one OCCASION remarked n well.
known Methodist minister who had
been u circuit rider in the mountains
of North Carolina, "a man from a
n%eighboring county %swooped down on
our side and carried off tho wife and
mule of one of my church members.
There was an immediate agitation and
in the midst of it ! arrived. A consul.
tation was held, and it was decided
that l should go as pcacemaker and
ambassador and effect n settlement.
Jnst before l started the bereaved hus.
band called me to one side for private
conference. 4 reckon, parson,' he said,
that you oughter know my feelin's in
this thing OF course-certainly,' ]
assented. Well, | tell you what you
do. Don't be brash about it ner focoty,
fer I'm n man NV peace, bat CT he'll give
you SIT in money for the mule YOU
needn't ter say a doggonc word about
Lhe ole woman. "-Detyoit Free Press
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pose O. s,ua,.

Er.l1a NI-aGEI ~ WV .N@aELrEE
l. got no patience With the blues at ALL
And ust to kindo' talk
Against.'em, and CHIN, tel long last fall,
They was none in the family stock;
But u nephew of mine from Eelinoy,
That visited us last year,
He kindo' conviuct me different
While he was a-staying here.
From ever'-which-way that blues is frum,
They'd tackle him ever ways;
They'd come to him in the night, and
come
On Sundays and rainy days;
They'd tackle him in corn-plnntin' ti:ie,
And in harvest and airly fall,
But a dose of blues in the wintertime
He lowed WAS the worst of all!
Said all diseases that ever he had
The humps or the rheumatiZ-
Err cyer'-other-day aigger's bad
Pnrt' nigh as anything is!
Err a c%yarbuncle, say, on the back of his
neck,
Err "a fellon on his thumb
But you keep the blues away from him,
And all o. the rest could come!
Ner a spear o. grass in sight!
And the whole w%oodpile's clean under
And the days is dark as night!
And yon can't go out-ner you can't stay
in
Lay ~down-stand up-ner setw
And n case of reguller tyfoid blues
Would double him Test clean shet!
l writ his parents a postal kyard
He could stay till %springtime come;
And Aprile first, as Iricolleet,
Was the day we shipped him home.
NfnSt NJ 1tc ,.nio fty-a, M f1,ar
Has either give up err quit,
Err 'ust died off, but j understand
5. 5 the same old color yit!
james Whitcomb Riley.
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Que of the guards, says the Chicago
Herald, stated he had noticed the same
people come in for days in succession
and spend hours in studying the differ
ent specimens exhibited, nor did their
enthusiasm appear to have abated in
the least after Il week Of sightseeing.
To n person who has had only Il slight
acquaintance with whitefish, perch and
other kindred varieties, which, too, has
generally been gained at restaurants,
the sight of SO many new and strange
specimens swimming about in their
native element is ono of absorbing in
terest. The expire ssions dropped by
guileless strangers, especially those
proceeding from the tender hearts of
the ladies, are at all times entertaining
and amusing. "Dear little things, L
guess they're hungry" observed a
bright little motherly oma who
stood looking intcntly at n double row
of young catfish whose widc-open
mouths presented n series of yawning
cavities against the plate glass. She
would have filled every orifce from her
capacious lunch basket had it been
possible, but, fortunately for the
digestion of the fish, all admission was
barred.
One old lady, seeing the sign &c A
r" IN the glass behind which the gar
fish were disporting, wanted to know
"if them was grand army fish," and if
80 whether any Of 'em was prisoners.
Two school-ma'ams, pausing to admire
the pretty markings on the perch, adj
mitted they looked beautiful, but each
confessed she didn't like them on ae-
count of the bones. The pert, II
expression on the mouths of the shovel
nosed sturgeon is provocative of much
laughter und ~good-natured comment,
while the %aristocratic, supercilious airs
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assumed by the white bass are regard
ed as the exact antithesis of tho
former. 'The sea robins and hermit
crabs come in for a go-d deal of attcn-
ton. but the star cards of the aquarium
are the burfish, whose wurty, terra
Gotta embellishments draw like n load.
stone.
The cynical, LOWERED looks reflected
by the pike are SO akin to the express
sions seen on certain types of human
beings that the resemblance is univers.
ally noted. The fiddler crabs find
plenty of admirers and the plug-pgly
features of the scale carp cause visitors
to dub them the John l.. Sullivans of
the aquarium. The funny teeth of the
sheepshead come in for a fair share OF
queer criticism, while the sand shark
and the remora with Its attendant
parasites provokes great curiosity. A
green turtle, covered with barnacles,
keeps people guessing as to its age, land
n man who figured thatsthe turtle is
at least 1000 years old was looked
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MOST POPULAR EXHIBIT AT THa
COLUMBIAN EXPEDITION FAIR.
Fresh and Sal. Water Collection. of Fin.
Specimens that Attract Thousand. of
visitor. Daily.

late at night the corridors are thronged
by a curious, happy crowd that is
ready to laugh on the slightest provo
cation.
Naturally enough, people from the
Interior are in the majority az the
aquarium. Here is unfolded a page of
natural history-whole volumes, in fact
which they have never before had
opportunity to study except through
the dry medium of print, and as n
general proposition it may be stated
That the souls of nonprofessional work
ers do not yearn Tor scientific treatises.
Here thrown face to face with the
wondrous creations of the deep, they
look upon the tinny freaks much as the
tropical child who has heard of but
never seen snow gazes on that
ephemeral substance for the first time.
The man from the inland town c~vinces
q prediction for the lobster, crab, sea
robin, sand shark. sheep's.head, skate,
green turtle and dogfsh, while the
visitor from the coast haunts the fresh
water section, and in succession ad-
mires the speckled trout, slim pickerel.
huge Mississippi catfish, white and
black bass and other piscatorial speci-
mems Indigenous to the unsalted seas.
There is n certain fascination in
meeting q si%xty-pound catfish, ahead
on, and, in gazing, cntranced at his
prodigious mouth, long,slim horns and
queer, bullying eyes. OF the crowd
peering in at him Signor Catfish takes
not the slightest notice, and even when
the gnarled fingers of an old farm wife
tap the window of his glass palace he
scorns to blink an eyelash. One can
readily sympnthize with the little girl
who, after peering for a long time at
the shovel-nosed sturgeon, exclaimed:
"What funny things fish arc, amt
they, mammal" The elderly party
with chin whiskers whom the artist
has depicted in an accompanying
sketch, remarked contidentially that,
to his mind, the aquarium was worth
all the rest of the shows on the ground.
and by the way he fingered in front of
each tank it vas evident he means all
he said.
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both. From the outer corridors they
pass into an inner circle where under
glass dome a pretty fountain is con-
stantly plaNu In the basin are seen
disporting Il hundred varieties of fresh
water fish from n Os-pound cat down to
a one-inch recently Matched trout.
The edge Of the basin is a favorite seat
for visitors, and at all times of the day
contentedly on the cement rampant.
Occasionally an overenthusiastic coun-
tryman, leaning toe far over to watch
the specimens, will lose his balance and
fall headlong into the water, to be
hauled out dripping and detected by the
ever-vigilant guard.
1t is estimated that the fresh water
varieties of fish exhibited in the
aquarium cost $50, 900 to place in their
present quarters ready for the public,
while the salt water section probably
cost fully half that mount. The gen.
eral verdict is that the money was
wisely eXpended,n conclusion in which
all those who visit the exhibit will be
inclined to concur. To DIR. S. r. Bart
%lett.of Quincy, Ill. agent for the United
States fish commission, much of the
credit is due for the very fine collection
housed in the aquarium. He has
worked early and late in contributing
to the success of the exhibit and is de-
serving of all praise. Some one once
told the good doctors wife that Il fish
crank was IL part d fool and three
parts enthusiast, upon which Mrs.
Bartlett unthlnkingly remarked,
"Poor, dear doctor!!n
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The duchess of Sutherland, besides
being pretty, highly educated and ~
great traveller, is famous for her bone
VIOLENT work in the east end of London,
where she has established night
schools, rendihg-rooms and regular en-
tertainments for the poor in which
many titled ladies take part. The N.
Y. Tribune says that she is almost
idolized by the gamins of London.
Once she found a champion among
them in an unexpected manner
A ragged, %barefooted boy, n cross
ing-sweeper, had dotted his cap TO the
duchess in tho hope of recognition,
when he observed a well-dressed but
rakish-looking man following her
across the street, as if trying to force
upon her attentions that were evident-
ly obnoxious to her. There was a look
of distress Oh the duchess face.
"Scusc me, lady," said q boys
voice besid. her, shall | punch lis
'ead?"
She turned, looked down angrily
upon the little sweeper and then said,
smiling:
"Why, it's Jemmie!"
She had remembered his name, after
all, and at that moment tho boy was
hers, body and soul. Without wait
ing for another word he dashed off
and turned q sort of violent cart
wheel" so adroitly calculated that he
landed with two very muddy feet right
in the middle of the offensive mans
waistcoat.
Then. before the man could recover
from the shock, the boy had slapped
him with one muddy hand across tho
mouth and with the other had deposit
ed Il handful of the filthy compound on
the back of his neck.
The next moment the boy was in
the grasp of a policeman, who dragged
him away to the nearest police station.
He was just being charged by the
constable with having committed m
assault when the duchess entered.
She spoke kindly TO the gamin and
then explained the affair to the in
spector on duty.
AT her request the boy was set al
liberty and he stayed only long enough
to say to the inspector:
"It's the lady what nursed mo when
the cab run over nv leg"
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Eheye you were born. Do you know.
monsieur, that all that resembles gloryt
But this glory needed q conservation.
The academy wishes to confer upon you
this conservation, and in Its name l am
happysta welcome the author OF la File
de Roland"
Early in life the viscount de Bornier
began the preparation of his chef
d'euvre, but la File de Roland" was
represented only eleven years after it
was written. The public did not yet
appreciate historical plays and NJ. dc
Bornier was obliged to be patient
For his patience he was well rewarded,
because when the play was brought
out each representation was q triumph.
Men applauded, women wept; ten,
twenty times the curtain was raised,
and, concealed in u corner of the stage,
the author shed tears of joy. The
French people baptized the play as tho
work of n patriot.
Great was the excitement when in
1889 the %viscount de Bornier's "Mo-
manned" was to be produced ut the
Thea err Francois. 1t will be remem-
bered that Henry Irving bought the
English and American rights of this
play from Jules Claretie; but when NJ.
Claretie announced the production Of
the play in Paris there was much COM
motion in Turkey. The Ottoman gov
eminent refused to sanction the Paris
exposition if a play that clashed with
all Turkish ideas of propriety were
produced, and when the French hold
ers Of Turkish bonds asked that tho
interest be paid they We're met with
the reply: Nov that you insult us,
you may wait for your money"
P~arisians have not yet recovered from
their disappointment about the prohi-
bition concerning "Mohammed." The
mise On scene was to have been superb,
and wonderful new costumes We're or
dered for the actors and actresses. The
Interpretation was to have equaled the
magnificence OF the play. Mounet-
Sully was cast for the role of Moham.
med, Nine. Bartet for Mohammed's
wife. Paul Mounet for Abon-Behr, the
prophets father-in-law, Nine. Brandes
for an Arabian Jewess, Silvain for the
monk Giorgios, etc.
On II side we were to see Moham-
med and his gigantic work, on the
other the feeble being whom he consid-
cred his inferior, crushing the stupetied
prophet. The scenery was SO arranged
that from u large window in the house
of Khadidja could be seen the city Of
Mecca plunged in the gloom of night.
BY the light falling from the starry
heavens were distinguished the statues
of 300 gods Because of these 900 gods,
adored by 400 tribes, Mohammed un-
derstood the necessity of one god, the
god of all the tribes united.
The drama begins at Mecca and fol-
lows the prophet until the supreme
crisis. Throughout the play Georgios,
Il Christian monk, strives to lead
Mohammed to embrace the Christian
religion. The five acts in verso COM
prise the entire religious and political
life of Mohammed.
When Francois Coppee listened to the
reading of the drama he called the Wis.,
count de Bornier effor, "a representa-
tive of the classical school. but highly
tinged with the romantic"
Very few dramatic authors of the
present day are capable of writing
tragedy, but Henri de Bornier is cour-
ngeous enough to follow in to foot.
steps of Corncille and Racine.
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August !,
Flower !

~ am Post Master here and keep
a Store. Ihave kept August Flower
for sale for some time. / think it is
a splendid medicine E. A. Bond.
P. M, Pavilion Centre, N. Y. I
The stomach is the reservoir.
If it fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart, the head, the blood, the nerves
all go wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach first. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. It assures a good appetite
and a good digestion. .
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A Smart Bow,

Ncighbor-still sending money to
yonr son out west, eh? thought after
paying his way through a medical col.
lege and keeping him going Il year he'd
begin to be self-supporting.
Farmer Harrow-Th' trouble is Ike
is too smart, that's what's the matter.
He writes me that he cures everybody
SO quick that he never car get up any
bills for visitin'.