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rhe left and Keep by the edge OF the lagoon
until you reach the bridge lmmedlstely IN
front OF the Electricity Building, when you
may cross over to Wooded Island and take
look at the Boone and Crockett Clubs cabin.
1t is modest enough log hut, with an old
canvas-covered wagon in front OF it, and the
doorway is ornamented with old horns. In
side there are bear and deer skins, some old
harness and working utensils. The design is
simple enough. being the illustration OF the
frontier hunters cabin, and Is we'll carried
out. Having inspected this bit Of the far
west. you will do we'll to cross back by the
way you came, as the other attraction OF the
island, the Japanese village, Is not yet
sufficiently complete to warrant visitor in
spending much time over it, when there are
So many other more completed displays.
The Mining Building which you find your
self in front Of is hardly worth the expendi-
ture OF much time at present. A few Of the
exhibits are partly in place, but others are In
q state OF chaos.
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HOW TO SEE THE FAIR.
USEFULHIN TO EC0N0MIZE
TINE AND TROUBLE.

Exhibits That Are Ready and Those
That Are Not-A Trip Through the
Grounds and the Buiidings-A
Glance at the Various Buildings
and Objects of Interest.
After all complaints have been made and
praises sung about tho Worlds Fair, it is
probable that the question will be asked by
by the average American: "How shall see
it?" What things are good to spend long
time over, what should be merely glanced at,
and what should be skipped entirely. In the
first pi&:e says the New York Posts Chicago
correspondent, the general advice may be
given to keep away from the Midway Plais-
ance until the end OF your stay, on the sane
principle that more solid food should precede
dessert. Once within that fascinating side
show. and there Is a possibility OF visitor
not going anywhere else.
The first thing necessary for visitor to
do is to get the general effect OF the architec-
ture and the grounds. This Is best accom-
plished taking the Intramural Railway, on
elevated road which runs inside the fence OF
the Park and takes In the complete circuit OF
the Fair grounds. The fare is only ten
cents. and the cars are comfortable and thus
far have not been crowded. But the 1ntram-
sral does not afford one satisfactory look
at the lagoons and the basins, and to accom-
p!ish this it Is advisable that the fifty cents
necessary for a trip in an electric launcn or
In one Of the gondolas be expended. The
more picturesque craft is, OF course, the
gondola, but it does not move quickly and
It's route is shorter than the route OF the
launches
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THE INCUBATOR Is A COMFORT.

The incubator is very reliable hen !;
1t has records SURPRISING the average
of the hen in the number of chicks
Matched from a given number Of eggs.
It is 80 scientifically adjusted that at
fixed and proper periods the eggs are
turned and the proper moisture for
advantage to them during incubation.
Instead of dozen, hundreds of eggs
can be set as easily as small number
and, under favorable conditions, hun
dreds of the little downy creatures may
be found scampering about, making all
the music any one could wish for
from hundred or more tiny throats.
If you can afford it and the time buy o
hatcher, brooder, and test this pleas
ure by yourself.-New York Inde-
pendent.
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The visitor having thus taken IN the gen
era effect Of the Worlds Fair, has seen what
will probably in years to come be regarded as
Its strongest attraction. He may now turn
his attention 10 the individual groups Of
buildings and the exhibits. II he Is q New
Yorker, he will Of course go to the New York
State buildings and register there, and take a
look at the one building in the grounds which
he feels he has right to call peculiarly his
own. Back OF New York's building and sur
rounding it may be seen the buildings Of the
other States, some Of them peculiarly appro-
pirate and representative, and others de-
signed apparently to illustrate precisely what
Is not the prevailing style Of architecture Of
the State whose name the building bears.
There is not In all Montana 3 structure with
the most distant resemblance to the Montana
State building; Vermont, steadiest Of all New
England States, has run riot In Chicago with
little Pompeiian palace; and other similar
Instances might be named. But taken all in
all, the State buildings are good. and are we'll
worth inspection. The visitor, beginning at
the South Park gate, may pass among all
these structures In about half an hour, find
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WRECK OF A CIRCUS.
Men and Animals Mixed in tho Debris
Of the Cars.

Men and Animals A1xeu III Iuo DcohAo
Of the Cars.
Five men were killed and ten injured In
wreck which befell Waiter Mains circus train
on the Tyrone and Clearaeld branch OF the
pennsylysnia Railroad at Vail Station, about
five miles north OF Tyrone, Penn, at half-past
five In the morning.
The circus was en- route to Lewistown from
Houtzdale. The engineer lost control OF t:e
train when going down the mountain ar q
Jumped the track when going at spaed OF
forty miles an hour, throwing thirteen cars
over q thirty foot embankment.
Three sleepers used for travelling coaches
by the performers and leading members OF
the organization remained on the rails. Every
other cor, cage and wagon was utterly de-
molished and mixed UP in tanSle. Ihe
screams OF the wounded men, the Mucous
cries OF the injured and terror-crazad animals
arose in chorus into the night.
From the menagerie section the lions
tigers, leopards, hyenas, wildcats, wolves
and other amir ais were liberated and soon
scatteredsto the cover OF the WOODS. iheIe ere
horses. The bodies OF the dead men ana
those severely wounded were first taken our
Of the wreck.
AS soon as the injured and killed were
cared for the living started out to capture the
escaped animals. The elephants MADE liltie
trouble, but the members OF the big cat IAN
ily were out for liberty or blood In the cap
ture OF some ofthe smaller brutes, several OF
the employees had their clothing nearly
stripped of, and were ciawed and bitten.
Several OF the larger animals reused 20 oe
taken alive, and having tasted the fruitS OF
freedom and Of some OF the farmers i've
stock in that vicinity, hal to be killed.
One OF the tigers killed valuable jersey
cow under the owners eyes. q man named
Thomas, VINO put two rifle bullets into tns
tirer. which died from their effects soon
aftcrward.
The entire hunting population OF the sur
rounding country turned out for the ch;iSe,
armed with Winchester shotgln5. revolFer5'
and even Flobects. In several instances the
aptured animals were tethered securely "
the trees, while the hunters kept uptnelr Pur-
suit. ,r,..
Two injured sacred oxen were killed 70 Dut
them out OF their misery.
Three lions escaped; one was captur9u I'M
medietely, another was lassoed ana tleu "
tree. The other lion remained at large,
A tiger, water buffalo, hyena, Dear, auiSa.
tors. and largo collection OF SNAKES got
away, but were captured. The elephants anu
camels were uniniured.
Almost every ring horse YVES Killed. Ihe
total number of horses killed was forty-nlne
with all the others cut and bruised.
The circus Is complete wreck. The loss
Is estimated at S1OO,0OO.
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market for certain kinds of horses,

market for certain kinds of horses,
says J. G. lowering, in the Ohio
Farmer, it is wise to inquire into the
cause, and, if possible, prescribe a
remedy. While good, frst-class draught
and coach horses are. scarce in the
market and bring good prices, inferior
ones are plenty and drag at very low
prices, resulting from the fact thst the
market is overcrowded with inferior
stock, as the Eastern market reports
show. Since the. introduction OF
electricity for street cars and other
purposes there rs no demand for in
ferior stock, and the farmer can not
afford to raise it at the present market
price, but should breed only from the
very best that is within his reach.
One great mistake the farmers make is
in selling their best mares. Because
they can not sell their inferior ones
they sell the best at what seems fair
price, and keep the inferior ones and
those that are blemishsd, to breed, and
then because they have an inferior or
blemished mare they say it will not
pay to breed to q good, high-priced
horse. They breed to low grade or
scrub horse because he is cheap, and
the progeny is just what they might
expect, a cheap colt such as the mar
ket is overstocked with.
Now the remedy for this trouble is
plain. Farmers should keep only their
very best mares for breeding purposes
and then breed only to the very best,
pure-bred, recorded sires of draught or
coach horses. And the same rule will
apply to road or light harness horses,
and with the mares of mixed breeding.
There will be common ones enough
then to supply the market with that
class, It does not cost any more to
raise good colt than cheap one, one
that will sell for double the price IN
the market without waiting for or
hunting buyer. -. ..-
In times like the present, when strict
economy is necessary 10 success, the
farmer can not afford to feed inferior
stock, especially when the demand for
good, frst-clsss horses exceeds the
supply, and where there is little or no
competition. ' -... ~ ~
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AuLDEw ON THE vERBENA.

The verbena, with its bountiful
blossoms in such a variety of colors
and shades, would bea favorite house
plant if it were not 80 badly troubled
with mildew upon the leaves, which
sometimes destroys it's beauty even
out of doors, but most surely when in
the house. At the Cornell University
they have kept this mildew in check SO
that it caused no damage, by spraying
twice a week with solution made by
dissolving one-fourth of an ounce OF
potassium in one gallon of water. II
it would do this it might be effectual
upon some other plants similarly
troubled. Boston Cultivator.
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HOW ROOTS ARE GROWN.

The soil for roots should be quite
free from weeds, as the first growth
of these crops being weak the young
plants are quickly smothered and de-
stroyed. For this reason it is neces-
sary to SOW the seed in rows SO that
the ground may be cleaned by the cul-
tivator and hand wedding reduced to q
minimum. The rows are from twenty
four to thirty inches apart for the diff
ferent kinds, as mangles, having the
greater space. The seed required is
from two pounds of ruSabagas to six
pounds of beets or mangles per acre.
The rows are easily seen if a machine
either hand or horse, is used for the
sowing, and in this case cultivator is
run in the rows few days after the
seed is sown to keep the first growth
of weeds under. The rows must be
cleaned by hand and the plants thinned
out to distance Of eight or ten inches
apart in the rows. This work is all
well paid for by the large crop, which
depends on clean land and frequent
cultivation. A fair yield under favor
able circumstances is 600 to 1000
bushels to an acre.-New York Times.
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CHARLES FOSTER ASSIGNS.
The EN-Secrctary Of the Treasury
Embarrassed in Business.

The Ex-Secrctary of the Treasury
Embarrassed in Business.
Charles Foster, Secretary of the Treasury
under President Harrison, ex-Representative
in Congress, ex Governor OF Ohio and one Of
the leading Republican politicians in the
State and Nation, surprised his ncighbors at
Fostoria, Ohio, by announcing that his hnan-
cial affairs were in u tangled condition and
that he had made an assignment. Mr.. Fos-
ter says his liabilities are 5000 900 and that
his assets will reach that figure.
He made the assignment during the night,
and the papers were fled at Tifan by Mr..
Scott, his attorney. 1t was then believed
that he would not be able to more than pay
his debts.
Early in the morning the bank Of FostA- &
Co. was closed on an attachment of $4,000 In
favor of Isaac Harter Milling Company, and
the wholesale grocery house Of Davis & Fos-
ter was closed by IA a:tachc:ent for $1,000 In
favor OF o. T. Brown.
The cause OF the assignment, bankers say,
was pro baby no one thing in particular, but
the general tlshtness in the money market.
Nearly a dozen business institutions with
which Mr.. Foster was connected We're pulled
down by the failure
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Foreign.

TIE Mercantile Financial Trustees d
Agency Company has suspended payment.
The nominal capital of the concern exceeds
s2O, ,0OO, 900, and the British deposits in the
institution amount to 81 800, 900.
EM1N PAcHA and all his followers are said
to have been killed in Equatorial Africa
while fleeing after battle In which they had
been defeated by Arabs.
THEODORE RUNYoN, United States Minister
to Germany, and his family, arrived at Ber-
lin. They were received at the station by
william Walter Phelps, the retiring United
States Minister, and the whole staff OF the
legation, who escorted them to the Kaiserhof.
The Viking ship, built in Norway for ex-
hibition at the World Fair, passed st. Johns.
Newfoundland, bound for Chicago.
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS made his officia
farewell as American Minister to Germany )
Mr.. Runycn was received at the Foreign
Office.
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from the south side 0: the W.oman's Build
inr YOU may pass in Horticultural Hall,
which also warrants vis:t, and from there
psss by Choral Hail. which IS not fully COM
p!ata!. You ire now baLk at the Trsnspor-
ttg.ioa Building wAenaA you started out, and
have seen tho chief things, with tho excep-
ton Of one or two. Turn then to your right
anil Dass In front ofthe Administration Build
ing. then by Machinery Hall, and cross the
bridge to La Rabida, which Is worth seeing
and is wholly finished, Come osek =, by the the
FORESTRY Building, end so out by sae gaze
any OF the buildings except La Rab!da, as
they contain few completed exhibits.
The roughly sketchod route laid down mere
applies 20 c dying visit made n: the present
stage OF the Fair. Later IN the season it may
be sddei to, but its genera: plan Will Goubt-
less hold good at all times.
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HINTS on PLANTING FRUIT TREES.

In most localities the planting OF
fruit trees will be completed. Better
plant late than not at oil. Nursery
men dig up q lot of trees Of varieties
most in demand and heel them in.
This is done early in the season, and
has the effect of retarding the starting
of the trees, and they are ready for the
immediate filing of orders. If trees
shrivel in transit, dig trench, lay in
the trees, filling in the soil so that it
will come in contact with every part
of the bark. In five days, or a week,
trees thst are apparently past
remedy will become plump and quite
restored. After planting, place a
mulch over the root. A "mulch" is
any material that, placed on the soil,
will prevent evaporation, its action
being mechanical, many different sub
stances are used; litter, straw, marsh
or salt hay; leaves, with a little soil
sprinkled on, to hold them in place ;
chips, or tan bark, and even small
stones may be used. After all, most
effective mulch is a layer of fine dry
earth. This is secured by working the
soil of the orchard with cultivator,
or some other implement that will
keep the surface loose and light. It
will keep weeds in subsection.
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PRUNING ROSES.

Amateurs are often afraid to prune
their own roses, says the Gentlewomsn,
and the unlucky roses are sometimes
left unpruned or else remorselessly
chopped of without rhyme or reason
A few clear rules will enable anyone
to prune her own roses, for, like many
other things, this is simple matter
if you understand 1t.
The best flowers are borne on the
strong wood thrown up from the base
of the rose in autumn therefore, these
stout "canes" must be preserved, only
cutting them back to good dormant
eve lone that hos not as yet made any
growth about foot or SO from the
ground.
All weak, twiggy wood (much OF
which will be found to be half dead
must be cut out, using sharp knife,
and removing this just above the soil.
Those who wish for q plentiful supply
of roses, not of the largest size, can
leave their strong canes pretty long.
If only few very large blooms are
needed canes may be shortened 10 WILL
in six inches of the soil.
These rules do not apply to standard
roses, for no "cane" from the base can
be thrown up by these, except from
the b.ier on which they are budded; ;
and these must, of course, be removed
at once, as they sap the whole strength
of tine rose.
But ':standerds" are fast going out
of fnshion, and roses 'on their own
roots are now usually preferred, as
they are far more hardy and strong.
Climbing roses, again, must not be
much pruned IN spring, the weak and
the deed wood only being removed,
and the strong shoots shortened, for
otherwise they would Eotmake enough
growth to climb much.
In the autumn the redundant growth
can be shortened back and old weak
bits cut out, the best wood being used
to take its place. L: this has been
properly attended to they do not re-
quire much cutting il the spring.
HORSE BREEDE;G.
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JUDGE BRADLEY. i'll the Circuit Court OF the
District of Columbia, rendered an important
decision In the case o. Pu!aster, discharged
letter carrier, in tho matter OF the enforce
ment OF the civil service laws, holding, in et-
feet, that al employe OF the Governments,
appointed under and subject to suca laws.
cannot be dismissed from the service without
lust and sufficient cause, and that tho courts
have the right to pass upon the sufaeisncy 81
the CAUSE.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Wheat hay is very inferior to alfalfa.
Poultry needs their breakfasts early.
Ensilage should be taken from the
top. ..''' ..''
Apple trees should not be planted
too close. "
Bran and ground oats are good for
the calves.
Vegetables are most eesily grown on
sandy soil. .'"
Charcoal given III soft food is good
| for diarrhoea. l"' ia" .
Carbolized sulphur IS good for dust
ing fowls with -
Buhach will preserve cabbages from
the green worm. '' -1&''.' :, !.
Don't allow the weeds to get the
start Of the corn. ar;'..' .."
Peas should be sown es early as pos
sible in the spring. ..-" ljH.. ..
Poultry require their food as regu-
larly as the farmer. 49,. ..sl. ;..'G'...
Fruit-growing requires to be learned
like any other business.
In the Northwest farmers will grow
more fax this year than usual.
Moist tree fruits do best ON the
northern slopes Of timber ridges.
Sheep will eat a greater variety of
plants than any other fam animal.
Vermin cause three-auarters of the
diseases which are so fatal to poultry.
The size and qualities of berries may
be improved by pruning in the early
spring. ..a
Plymouth Rocks ares purely Ameri-
can breed of fowls AMI are as popular
as ever.
Arrangements for the maple sugar
exhibition at the Chicago Fair are pro-
crossing rapidly.
If farmers would raise more stock
and grass, they would find their bill
for fertilizers diminish.
A good remedy for red spiders is
to dust the fruit trees with powdered
sulphur when wet with dew.
Spray the chicken-house occasional
" with kerosene emulsion. It is said
no lice will trouble the chickens.
When the butter is taken from the
freezer it has better keeping qualities
than butter held in ordinary cold stor-
age.
Young turkeys require care. They
should be given plenty OF good food
and guarded against cold and damp
ness.
Don't wait for insects and fungi to
do any damage, but start in before
them with your prevontatives instead
of remedies.
When q hen becomes crop-bound,
the crop must be split with sharp
knife, the dead grass removed, and
the wound sew ed up.
Bermuda grass IS the best for oil To-
calities subject to drought or inunda-
tions. The pasturage from it is excel
lent, both in quality and quantity.
Whenever the average farmer will
begin to estimate the value of sheep on
the farm from general advantage to
the farm, they will be moro generally
kept.
A teaspoonful OF t"rpantine mixed
with pailful of ashes will prevent the
ravases Of the cucumber beetle until
the plants grow strong enough to re-
sist the enemy.
Plants should be given plenty of
room, and weeds should not be per-
mitted to interfere with their growth,
or take from them the fertility or
moisture Of the soil.
Repeated trials in England Of the
best method of preserving eggs have
resulted in favor of the packing in salt.
The salt prevents evaporation, and If
the tub 6r keg in which the eggs are
packed is turned frequently to prevent
the yolks adhering to the shell the eggs
will keep for year. !
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SACASA GIVES UP.
Nicaraguan President Signs Treaty
ofPeace With His Opponents.

of Peace With HlS Opp0nehCs.
hdyices have been received that President
sacasa has abandoned the struggle with tho
Reyoiutionists in Nicaragua. The President
signed a treaty OF peace with his opponents
The members Of the Provisional Government!
Inv. entered Munayu. and assumed control
ns ,T,irs The trans:a: OF the reins Of Gov
ernmen: was effected quietly, and there has
been no disorder OF any kind.
Secretary Gresham received the follo o%ius
d;snltch from James A. Scrymser, or Ne"
York: president Sacasa, of Nicaragua, re,
sirned last night. Signed terms OF peace. =,
Mr, Scry,nser is President OF the Centrai
American Cablo Company, and this d1spatcn
was the first information that tho state De-
nartment received indicating an end TO the
war in Nicaragua.