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4 oAscARA FROM THE MADEIRA RIVER.

and saddlery exhibit. Then comes the
finest marine exhibit that Great Britain
has ever made outside its own territory.
Nearly all the great shipbuildiDg firms
are represented by models. One model,
that OF the war ship Victoria, IS thirty
feet long and cost $50, 900. 1t is said
to be the finest marine model ever made.
There will be exhibits of naval arma-
ment and coast defense. In this section
will be model, twenty feet long, OF
the great Firth and Forth Bridge in
Scotland.
The railway section of the British ex-
hibit will include complete train and
locomotive, shown by the London and
Northwestern Railway Company, the
irst exhibit OF its kind in this country.
This company will also show models of
railway stations and model of the
original Stephenson locomotive, the
ssRocket." There will also be shown
the Trevitchlck locomotive, the first
| that ever drew cars in 1903. The Lon
| don and Northwestern exhibit will in
clude section Of ideal railway track
also an exhibit Of section Of the actual
strap railway on which the Trevitchick
| locomotive ran in 1904. The latter
exhibit Will include two Of the original
cars, tho whole shipment coming direct
from Wales, and weighing five tons.
The Great Western Railway Company,
Of England, will exhibit in this section
the original seven foot gauge Locomotive,
ssLord Of the Isles, = which was built in
| 1851 for exhibition It tho hrst World :
Fair.
| n the central portion of ths annex,
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The main ilding is $50 feet long by
256 feet deep, with an annex on the
main floor covering nearly nine acres.
There are about seventeen acres OF tioor
space. The main entrance to the build
ing is in the form of an immense arch,
decorated with carvings, has reliefs and
mural paintings. Being treated entirely
in gold leaf, it will be known as the
stgolden door," There are also several
minor entrances, with terraces, seats,
drinking fountains and statues.
The classification of exhibits is in three
main groups railways, vessels and vehl-
cles for common roads. Subdivisions In
these departments are almost imitless.
The historical feature of the exhibits is
to be made especially prominent. The
contrast between the means and apph
ances of barbarous and semi. civilized
tribes and the high development of mod
ern transportation will be made as strik-
ing as possible.
One of the original classi6cations-that
of aerial transit-has been abandoned
for various reasons. The only real prog
ress in the science of aerial navigation
has been made under the auspices of the
war departments of France and Ger
many. These two Governments hold in
profound secrecy whatever knowledge OF
practical aerial navigation they possess,
and. although friendly to America and
the Worlds Fair, their knowledge Is for
the present sacred to military uses. Hun
dreds Of alleged inventors of air ships,
balloons and other aerial devices, America
and Europe, have applied for admission
to the transportation exhibits at the
Worlds Fair, but all their offers have been
rejected as impracticable.
There will be no display Of air ships,
but every object that is built to move on
land or water will be represented.
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ica come strings of shells, which the ma
tives use in swimming long distances.
Pack animals, including q stuffed llama
and stuffed mule from the Argentine
Republic, are among the exhibits. The
mule will be attached to milk crate,
with dummy Indian girl sitting cross
legged on his back.
These are only few of the barbarous
and semi.barbarous methods of transpor-
tation that will be shown as foil to the
great modern exhibit. So complete will
be the display of modern transportation
methods that even the vast building and
annex will not contain it all. The great
central court, near the main entrance to
the grounds, will contain an outdoor
transportation exhibit. Experimental
launches on the lagoons will also be a
portion of this exhibit. A portion of
the Krupp gun works exhibit, which
has special building on the lake shore,
will be under the control of the trans
portation department, and also the fol-
lowing special exhibits: White Star
Steamship Company, which has special
building north of the horticultural
building; the Intramural elevated rail-
way and the Barry sliding railway. The
signaling system. which all the railways
entering the grounds will use, is also en-
tered as an exhibit.
Entering the transportation building
proper by the great golden archway the
visitor will see a succession of striking
vistas and the general plan of the ex-
hlbit will soon be realized. The annex
opens into the main building in such a
way that long aisles or avenues are
formed. As most of the foreign ex-
hibitors insisted on keeping their ex-
hibits together, the American section is
scattered over the centre building, with
an overflow out of doors. There is har-
mony ir the general details, and the ex-
hibits will be SO arranged that in many
instances a direct comparison can be
made between American and European
meth DDS.
Directly to the right of the main
entrance comes the British section. This
extends through the main building into
the annex. In front is to be carriage
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these islands is still active in those
farther south on the equatorial belt.
Before printed cottons became COM
mon in the Hawaiian Islands the dress
of the women consisted of a wrapper
Pau (pah-oo) composed of five thick
nesses of tapa each, about four yards
long and from three to four feet wide,
passed several times around the waist
and extending below the knee, while
that of the men was simply malo or
girdse which was about foot wide and
three or four yards long.
A mantle about six feet square. Kihei
Ri-ha.e .ee), was sometimes worn by both
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pore. Ceylon sends remarkable col
lection of ancient vehicles. Japan,
which now claims to be modern coun-
try, refuses to be represented in the dis
play of ancient customs, but the jinrick-
sha, which is really an American inven-
ton, will be shown.
A queer cart from Sicily has high,
narrow box, between two enormous
wheels. The spokes, hubs, stays and
dashboard are all carved in fantastic de-
signs, and the entire vehicle is painted in
rich and gaudy colors. Among the
canoes and dugouts are some remarkable
hide covered ones. From South Amer
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In combined utility and attractiveness
the transportation building will hardly
be surpassed by any other on the Worlds
Fair Grounds. It is convenient Of access
for visitors, no matter by what route
they may enter the grounds. On the
apex of the building is cupola reaching
a height of 165 feet. Eight elevators
will carry passengers from the center of
the main floor to the balconies surround
ing the cupola at heights of 115 and 120
feet. It is planned to carry sidewalk
around the entire terraced roof, connect
ing with the upper bridge by means Of
balustrade. From the various points of
the roof of the transportation building
the general view of the grounds is un-
surpassed. There will be cafes to help
entertain visitors.
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the owners of any ships taking advan-
tage Of the law shall build in American
shipyards ships of equal tonnage. The
international Navigation Company, own
ers of the New York, have contracted
with the Cramps, of Philadelphia, for
two ocean steamships larger than the
New York, and other ships which will
aggregate 55, 900 tons capacity. When
the new ships are added to its feet the
American line will have two sailings a
week between New York and South
ampton, and weekly service between
New York and Antwerp and Boulogne.
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and the entire train will be the finest that
can be built. This train will be right
across the aisle from the London and
Northwestern train, affording complete
contrast between American and English
travelling methods. The remainder of
the Canadian exhibit will include vehi-
cles, boats, small craft and dog trains of
the far northwest.
Next comes the Spanish exhibit, which
will be principally marine models. HIS
torical Spanish marine armament will be
shown. The Mexican exhibit will be
mostly saddlerv. There will be large
relief model map of Mexico, showing
modern systems of transportation. In
the central part of the north court will
be, as decorative feature, two masts,
ninety feet high, reaching to the main
roof
In the main court of the building.
running through to the annex, is part
of the American railroad section. The
exhibit Of the Westinghouse Air Brake
Company will be in this section. One
unique feature of this exhibit will be the
operation of air brakes on train of 100
cars, the longest ever shown by a single
system of brakes.
In the railway section of the annex
will be shown track materials of all
kinds, with working models of Ill
systems, overhead carrying systems and
different methods of conveying materi-
ais.
In the north end of the building iy
the American vehicle exhibit. This oc-
cupies 80, ,000 square feet OF space. and
runs from the front of the main building
to the rear of the annex. All the lead
ing American manufacturers will be rep
resented.
To the left of the main entrance is the
IS, 900 square feet allotted to France.
This includes some of the choicest por-
tions of the main building, the annex
and part of the galleries.
In the central court is part of the
Pullman exhibit. This will include
large model of the town of Pullman.
Then comes the model railway ticket
Office, which is to be fitted up by Rand,
! McNally s. Go. ana operated by the
combined railway companies. In the
center aisle of the annex is the main ex-
hibit OF the Pullman Company. This
will consist of an exact counterpart OF
the New York aud Chicago limited ex
press, made up of brand new Pullman
cars, built and equipped regardless of
expense. President Pullman is author
ity for the statement that this will be the
finest train ever constructed. On an ad-
joining track the Pullman Company will
show ordinary day coaches, mail and ex-
press cars and an elaborate street car
exhibit.
The Russian, Austrian and Belgian ex-
hibits come next, toward the southern
end of the building. A central feature
in the south court will be the largest
steam hammer in the world, ninety feet
high, and weighing 120 tons. This is
used in the manufacture of armor plate
| for vessels. Grouped around the big
hammer will be the exhibit Of the Beth
lehem Iron Works, of Pennsylvania.
This will include specimens of shafting
in the great transatlantic liners and vari :
cites of railroad materials.
Then comes the American marine
exhibit. There will be shown section,
sixty feet long, from the center OF
modern transatlantic liner, folio wing the
designs of the new American steamships
now being constructed. This will be
four stories high, reaching to the top
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over. Another performances is the jump
ing from brick at one end of row OF
six chairs to a similar brick at the other
end. Darby can spring backward over
three chairs, and so light is he on bis
feet that at each exhibition In the
Empire Theatre, London, he jumps
over chair, lighting on mans face,
without injuring the physiognomy OF
his assistant.
Darby's most daring feat is jump
over stiff hurdle six feet high, topped
off with row of forbidding spikes.
Darby easily leaps over horse seven
teen hands high with his ankles tied to-
gethcr.
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mend itself for many uses, ornamental
bed coverings, table scarfs, covers for
books, albums, portfolios and Ike uses.
could not find an example of Ha-
waiian tapa suitable for illustration and
therefore figure represents Samoan
Chief in his scarf dress of woven banana
fiber--a rather modern industry there
the background and the door two fiue
examples CT modern Samoan tapa or bark
cloth. Frederick Stearns, in Detroit
Free Press
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Under Our Flag.

Concerning the steamer New York,
over which the American flag now proud
" floats, the New York Times says:
The New York was ssnaturalized"
under an act of Congress passed last
spring, which admits to American regis
try foreign built ocean stea nships of over
5000 tons register, capable of speed of
twenty knots per hour, when ninety per
cent. is owned in America, provided that
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AWAlIAN CLOTHING
HOW THE EARLY NATIVES MADE
THEIR GARMENTS.
The Cloth Was Made From the Bark
of Tree-Methods of Turn
ing 1t Out by the
Women.

N interesting art in
the Polynesian group
of islands, where
nothing like a loom
was known until the
natives came in con-
tact with the early
navigators of the
world, was the man
ufacture of their
material for cloth
ing, called in the
Hawaiian Islands,
Tapa or KAPPA. This
art and industry
which has almost en-
tirely ceased In
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A Wonderful Jumper.

John Darby is interesting Londoners
with his novel jumping performances.
Perhaps Darby's greatest feat IS the
sswater skimming" act. In this he
Jumps over tank ten feet in length and
lightly skins the water as he passes
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Palestine, Burmah, Alaska. the AIeut'a an
Islands and South Sea Islands. From
Bogota, the capital of Colombia, come
remarkable specimens of Sedan chairs
that are still used in that country. From
China come most interesting models of
all classes of junks. Mandarin chairs for
the different grades of Chinese society
are shown. Malay boats come from Singa-
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A Parkersburg (W. va.) musician has
Just perfected and patented q novel mu-
sical instrument, which he calls s'key
xither. It is simply either played with
KEYS, but it Is said to be revelation in
the way of musical instrument.
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A clerk in bicycle store in Ksnsaa
City, Mo-, has designed and IS building
new buggy with pDeumaiic-tired bicy-
Gle wheels and number Of improves
mrnts calculated to add strength, light
meas and speed to the vehicle.
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From the dugout of the ancient aborigi-
nes to the swift modern transatlantic
liners is still more marvellous transition
in methods of travel by water. Between
these extremes are 40, 900 stages of de-
velopment which will be, for the first
time in the history of the worlds great
expositions, illustrated by comprehen-
sive exhibits at the Worlds Fair.
No former international exposition has
recognized the important science of
transportation by separating its exhibits
into a special department. With the
single exception of electrical develop
ment, the greatest strides in human
progress during the last fifty years have
been in transportation methods. In
America, where the annhilatlon of dis
lance is prime factor of commercial
growth, the science of transportation has
reached its highest development, and it
was American genius that made prece-
dent for all future Worlds Fairs by
creating the department of transporta-
tion exhibits.
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A GREAT EXHIBIT.
TRANSFORMATIONS PROGRESS
ATTHE WORLDS FAIR.
Illustrations of Mans Struggle to An
initiate Space-Transition in
Methods of Travel, by Land
and Water, Stage by Stage.

ROM the Egyptian
chariot, which was
in use thousands of
years before the
Christian era, to
the modern flying
express train is
something of a step
in the science of
land TRANSPORTATION.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
South and West.

The work Of destroying the buildings in
Jackson Park, Chicago, has begun. The first
How VS. struck in the New York state Build
iI.g 4 suit was begun against the Ferris
Wheel Company by the Worlds Columbian
Exposition 10 secure payment of percentages
amounting to $4,000.
FoUR Hooking Valley train hands wero
killed in a collision near Rising Sun, Ohio.
NATURAL gas has been struck near Grand
Junction, Col.
A CRANK with dynamite bomb and re-
voIver in his hanls, who called on Myron L.
Herrick of Cleveland, Ohio, and demanded
$50 600, was promptly knocked down by that
gentleman and forced to beat a retreat after
firing Intellectual shot.
THE Chief and Executive Council of the
Usage Nation have just issued an edlct or
dering all colOred men to .e@.rG the reserva-
ton ~ t.ilty GAYS and notifying them that
any colored man found in the country after
that time will he given fifty lashe5.
WHILE J. D. Davis was cutting the coal
away from around a standing pillar in the
CroZier mine Welch. ". Va. u fall Of coal
struck him. breaking his back. A dozen
men were working to rescue him, when
suddenly the slate roof began to slide. and
before they could get out James Block,
cOored, was instantly crushed to death
John Jones had both legs crushed and died
in about an hour.
EIGHT lives were lost, several persons were
injured, and half million dollars worth of
property was destroyed by fire in the Wet
ter Block on Main street, Memphis, Tenn.
G. H. VAN, an advertising solicitor, and
his wife retired at Memphis, Tenn, in a fold
ing bed. The bed, by some movement, began
to close up. Mrs. Van started to leap out,
but was caught. and Van was crushed 50
badly that he will be cripple for life. The
wife is also badly bruised.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
T!iSSisSjDni House. Boats.

Tho housed boats, it appears, are
SUI ;ival of one among many kinds of
boats which were very much more
numerous upon the great river before
the era of steam navigation than steam.
boats are now. Among the earlier
forms of boats were the famous 'FKen-
lucky flats" or "broad-horns," and
family boats of this pattern were an
early modification of their general
plan, which was that of strong
hullod ark, long and narrow and
covered with Il curving roof. [ have
read "that family boats of this de-
scription, fitted up for the descent of
families to the lower country, were
provided with stove, comfortable
apartment, beds and arrangements for
commodious habitancy, and in them
ladies, servants, cattle, sheep, dogs
and poultry, all floating on the same
bottom and on the roof the looms,
ploughe, spinning wheels and domestic
implements Of the family, were car
ried down the river" Fulton's Cler-
mont, which proved its usefulness as
the first practicable adoption of steam
power to water travel in 1907, must
have been quickly copied on the Mis-
sissip2i, fox in one list Of notable
passa ges mp that river [ have seen
ncte Of trip by steamboat in 1914.
Tut long after that the barges, skiffs,
h0rseboats, brOad-hOrns and family
boats must have remained very num-
crous. They foated down stream with
Il ,Oy,l1n1
by means OF wheels worked by hors es
or cattle and by the toilsome and slow
processes known as warplng and bush
whacking. \ boat which was warpe
up The river kept two rOwboats ahead
o. Ter carrying hawsers, which were
made fast to the trees on the shore
and then pulled in as the bigger vea-
sells we're thus hauled along. When
the length of one cable had been pulled
in the other boat had fastened the
other cable far ahead, and so the yes
sci "inched' along against the five
mile current ofthe stream g little more
quickly than house moves when Its
owner has decided to move 1t down q
country road to distant cellar he has
dug for i. It took n day to 60 six or
eight 11iIes by that method. Cmaller
boats were propelled against the cur
rent By rowing, sailing or polling them
along; and when the water was high
and orerfowed the banks they bush
HhecScd up stream-that -. they
In;fi2d the vessel along by hauling on
III, bushes that b-ushed the sides OF
the craft. -Harper's Magazine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

FPAHCTs PARKMAy, the historian of the
colonial days Of North America. died ut MS
home in Jamaica Plain. near Boston, Mass,
of peritonitis. He was born in Boston, Sep
TENDER 16, 1923.
A MEETING of citizens of Brooklyn, n y,
representing many clubs Of Democrats ana
Republicans. appointed a committee 10 call
a mass meeting to decide upon the line OF
action TO he pursued in the prosecution OF
John Y. McKane. the "bOsS" of GraVesend
THE Sheriff. Under-SherifT and Superlnten-
dent Of Police OF Buffalo, \. Y. have been
subpRnaed to testify in an investigation OF
Illegal acts by public officers on Election Day.
WARREN T. PUTNAM. President OF the Ma
tiOual Granite State Bank of Exeter. n. H.,
was arrested on the charge Of embezzlement
from the funds of that institution. 1t is said
that the amount Of his embezzlement will
reach $50. 900
The Yale eleven defeated the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA at football in New 2rk City
by the score of fourteen 10 six.
4 MASS MEETING was held in Brooklyn, \.
Y, and a committee appointed to push the
work Of furnishing those responsible tor cleo
ton frauds in Kings County.
A,rKF1cA's greatest comedian. Joseph JEFF
fereOn Italys greatest tragedian. JOmmaso
Sllyini. and the leader Of the English stage,
Henry GrvIng, were the principal figures ID
the Edwin Booth memorial services held in
tho Concert Hall Of Madison Square Garden.
New York Civ. With these were joined
hundreds Of tho players Of this country and
others distinguished in other professions, IN
art in commerce. III society. 1t was the an
nivcrsary Of Edwin Booths sixtieth birthday.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
LATER NEWS.

GOVERNOR FLOWER appointed ex~JudSe
Reynolds and Edward N. Shepard to assist
in the prosecution of the men accused VI
election frauds in Kings County, New VOTE
THE sophomore class of Bates College,
Lewiston. Me-, has been suspended because
the members interfered with freshman
literary meeting.
THE lited States cruiser Columbia, Oh
her preliminary trial trip, off Boston, MADE
an average speed of %. 81 knots an hour ana
covered seven kn OTIS at the rate OF twenty
four knots an hour. This makes her the
fastest ship afoat
JOINS JOHNSON, the colored convict who, on
April II last. murdered two fellow prisoners
at Auburn N. Y Prison. was successfully
electrocutcI at that institution a few days
ago.
+. Z. THURBER, the senior member OF the
large and well-knOwn wholesale grocery firm
Of Thurber, Whyland Il Co., New York City,
made an individual assignment for the bene-
fit of creditors. The sum involved is $780,
900. Two receivers were appointed by Judge
Andrews.
FRANCIS GERHARD, a convict of the Wethers-
field Conn State Prison who died Of con-
sumption, was buried with Grand Army
honors by the local Grand Army post. The
body went to the gravv with the National
cOlOrs on the caSket.
THE Interstate Industrial Exposition Of the
South was opened at Augusta, Ga, by
Governor ". II. Northen.
THREE sons Of John Burgraff aged six,
eleven and thirteen years, were husking corn
Mt Marion, South Dakota. The eldest in the
attempt TO shoot over their heads, blew the
head off one and fatally wounded the other.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and his family left
their country home on tho Woodley road and
arc now located at the White House for the
winter.
THE President made eleven customs ap-
pointments. including that of J. Scott Harri-
son, to be Surveyor o. Customs for Kansas
Git. Nc Mr.. Harrigon is the Democratic
brother OF ex-PrcSident Harrison. He has
been an active Democratic politician.
A HURRICANE blew over the frischc-H Half q
bay in East Prussia. Many fishing boats
were lost. Eighteen persons were drowned
IEz Provisional Government of Hawaii
submits statement of abusea in Govern.
ment under Kaakaua in Justification of the
overthrow CT the monarchy.