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The Forrest City times., 1893-05-05

glad to meet you" The works Of art were ln- spected by the president, and then he returned to administration building 10 take rest.
 MT. Cleveland and the party accompanying him were taken to the office of Dlrector-Geh- eral Davis. but in short time the president alone was escorted to the private once oI President Higginbotham where he spent the rest of the time from to o'clock. resting and expressing his delight at the sights he had seen and the welcome he had received
 At6o'clock the wives and daughters of the cabinet officers returned from the women building and all were ready to bc driven to the terminal station. where speclal tram was in waiting. The demonstration on me way was on a small scale, because most or the thousands bad already seen enough ol me president fer sae day.
 At5:l5 o'clock the engine whistle blew the signal for departure, the exposition ofhclals Gov. Altgeld and others said goodbye, and a parting shout went up from the crowd as the presidential train drew out of the station, while Mir Cleveland stood on the rear plat form hat in hand. with smile on his face.
 President Cleveland's departure from ad- ministration building shortly after o'clock was the signal for the days crowd to leave. and the grounds bore a deserted appear ance until nearly half-past six. Notw1th- staning the chilly air which settled over the grounds as the evening grew. people began to gather early. and by the tune oafk- ness had encireled the White City multitude filled the plaza from the administration build ing 10 the peristyle. The first touch Of magic given the night setting of the great scene was s fringe of ircandesccut light which surulounted the columns os the peri style running from music hall "a the Casino. This was followed a moment later by strips of light which sprang into life in all parts of the administration building. The en- tire structure was gilded with seams of light running around the top of the pavillions and to the dome. The effect was one of surpasslng beauty and was greeted with great applause Much disappointment was felt later when il was made known that the piece de resistenee of the evenings display-the MacMonies foun tafn-would not be illuminated Its two com panions were dark also, an undiscovered break in the wires causing postpo. ement Of the dis play.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-05

avoirdupois tissue into a naptha launch and made flying trip through the lagoons. Having thus made the grand tour Of the exposition ne was thoroughly tired out, and the rest Of the time until his special train started for Wash ington was spent in chatting with his friends and visitors who could pass the colored ceroe- rus at the door
 Meanwhile the American public were having the full run of the grounds for the first time and were enjoying themselves hugely. The crowd did moi mind the mud anyhow, and rom noon until the las: gate was closed the broad avenues were alive with throngs moving from one to another of the big buildings and sweep ing through the Midway plaisance in an un- broken current. Everyone saw all the sights possible and at last when the hour for depart ure arrived went away with the firm resolution to come again.
 After the president. duke and other distin- gushed guests had partaken of luncheon in the administration building the whole party di- vided according to sex. The duchess of Vera qua and other women Of distinction had ac- cep;ed the invitation to participate in the dedication Of the womens building. and they were escorted there in carriages by troop of cavalry. The president and vicepresi- dent. the male members of the ducal party. the cabinet officers governors of states and foreign diplomats arrayed in curious and gorgeous costumes and military uniforms. proceeded in carriages from the administration building to the colossal structure devoted to manufactures and liberal arts, where the commissioners rep resenting every nation exhibiting were in their respective sections to receive the presl- dential party. The route from the admins tration 10 the manufactures building is 6 short one. but it packed with 6 mass of humanity that was held in check with difficulty by the United States cavalry and infantry forming continuous double line for the party 10 pass through. Thousands Of people pressed and surged outside the main entrances to manufactures building, yainly clamoring for admission to see the reception. The barriers of guards and closed doors seemed impregnable but when the president mad en- tered the building hundreds effected an en- trance after the main aisle had been lined on both sides with thou sands who were passed by the guards. The natural consequence was that the force Of
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-05

Inside the administration building the scene was one Of dazzling splendor. the structure, from the rotunda to the peak of the splendid dome. being a dream of Rlittering loveliness, Eight bronze columns, from each Of which branched fifty lights. gave forth a flood of Splendor from The ground floor. A row of lights surmounted the gallery two stories above, and before the effect of this display could be lost similar circle al the base Of the great dome caught the spirit of the brilliant scene and sent the whole against the magnifcently- decorated dome with an effect never before witnessed in an interior. The crowds gazed in speeches. wondermont upon the view and in- stinctively fell back into the shelter of the pavillions supporting the dome to escape the bewildering spectacle The scene. while one of intense bri illiancy. had withal remarkably soft effect.
 Manufactures. machinery. mines and mining transportation and horticulture buildings were also beautifully Illuminated.
 It was 10 o'clock befores the currents were shut of and the crowds left for home.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-05
THE GREAT WHITE CITY
The Worlds Columbian Exposition
 Formally Opened.
President Cleveland Presses the Button In the Presence of Of an Immense Throng of Invited Guests
 and other Visitors.
Incidents of the Opening of the Grand est Worlds Fair Ever Conceived A Panic Among the Crowd
 Narrowly Averted.

CHICAGO. May i.--Grover Cleveland. presi- dent of the United States. surrounded by the members of his cabinet. by the high officials of the various states. by various and distin- gushed representatives from the lands across the seas and by mighty throng of American citizens pressed the button which sent the
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-05
Hungry Throngs at the Hotels and Res
 taurants.


 WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS. CHICAGO, May o. The utter inadequacy of the restaurants and facilities for feeding the crowds yesterday was apparent early. Preparations had been made for large crowd, but the multitude be- sciging the eating houses from II o'clock until far into the afternoon exceeded all expec- tations and at every restaurant the doors had to be closed for hours at q time The com bined efforts Of four guards was necessary at each door to keep back the clamorous crowd which after waiting an hour or more took it's depart 'ure, the vacated places being instantly taken by newcomers.
 Inside the restaurants the crowd was four deep in the aisles around each table As fast as those at the tables finished. their places were seized by the hungry popuace. The pro- visions prepared could not long withstand the oaslaughtS of this crowd. and finally toward evening were entirely cleaned out and the restaurants were forced to shut down. For the Use of the Visiting Naval Ofi-
 cers.
 NEW YORK May 2.-Chauncey N. Depew pres ident of the Central railroad said yesterday that he was making arrange ments for a spe- cial vestibuled train which would be put at the disposal of Admiral Gherardi for the purpose Of allowing the visiting naval officers to go to Chicago and Niagara Falls The train will start about the last of the week The party will return by the way Of the Michigan Centra! and Pennsylvania railroads, V hieh have also offered special traiH-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-02-16
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ALAsKANs USE oecoys.

They Carve Wood TO Represent Pop Seals,
Dcciss, ana Even Large Fish.
Shut up In a drawer i'm tho National
museum where no one has the privilege
of seeing them Is n curious collection Of
decoys. Perhaps the funniest nmon9
them is pup seal about foot and a
half long, quite artisticaIly carved out
OF wood. Its little paws ere folded
across it's chest, and 1t Is intended TO
float on its back upon the water, Just as
the animal u represents does in real
life. However, 1t Is not meant as a de-
coy for mother seals, Us may be mag
ined, but as Goat for tying a>fish line
70. Fishes, recognizing the innocence
OF pup seals In general, ere not likely To
suspect that one would bangle hook
and line to catch them.
This Is an Alaskan 'dccoy, of course.
The natives OF that region employ de-
coy ducks made of wood in similar
fashien-nottos attract real ducks within
reach of arrows or bullets, but as iiocters
merely. To the floats, set a-syyimminp
In the rivers, lines are attached, with
hooks and bait for salmon. No ordi-
narily wisc salmon would be afraid of
duck So these fish bite eagerly at
the lures suspended from the counter
felt birds in the water AID ere caught.
Another very queer decoy In the
drawer 10 fish cut out of wood and
painted white. No label states, un-
fortunately, precisely how it is en-
ployed, although it Il certain that Il Is
counterfeit intended 70 attract some
big fishes.
Big salmon could swallow prey of such
o size, and 1t may be designed as bait for
them. Think, however, adds the Wash
ington Star, of the disgust which would
be felt by any scaly ogre at findina.. hat
he had taken Ia wooden fish onSfoot
lonrl
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PROMPT AND HEROIC.
Come Instances where Ready Action
Saved LIE.

Come Instances where Ready Action
Saved LIFE.
ALI Australian boys are taught the
necessity of guarding against snake
bites, says the Youths Companion. The
treatment of such wounds is q necessary
part OF their education. One day two
little fellows, six and eight years old,
went into the bush TO play. The smaller
enc, chasing rabbit into hole, pushed
Ia his hand, and brought It out quickly
with the head of a venomous snake Mt
tached TO one of the fingers.
Quick, Charley." he cried, putting his
hand down on n stump. ''Chop of my
finger. The snake has bitten it."
Charley, without pause, lifted his ok
and chopped, not only the damaged I'm
ger, but two of the others az well. Then
the boys ran straight into town, over a
mile distant, and sought a surgeon, wlro
dipped the injured members In ammonia
before dressing them. Imagine the pain
OF such burning bath.
young Australian lady was one day
walking along the street, when she saw
dirty and wretched-looling tramp to
whose leg a venonous snake had affixed
itself
After killing the reptile with her par
as i, she borrowed his poclSctlsnife, cut
the trousers away from the wound. and
then, cutting n crosse upon the bite Itself
applied her lips TO it, and sucked the
poison away. The trerp's life was
saved, at the sacrifice, perhaps Of some
dainty scruples-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-02-16
The LLANo EsrAcAno.
1t Is a Huge Inland isiend Surrounded
Air.

1t Is "A Huge Inland fsicnd Surrounded by
Air.
The great stake plain of Texas,
known 20 Spaniartis as the Llano
Estacado, has long been held Rcolo-
Eical curiosity, II not n mystery, says
the milwaukee, Journal. Prof Hill has
recently made thorough reconnois-
sance and gathered data which gives
tho first intelligent scientific description
of it. II the reader will conceive an
island greatly elevated above the sur
rounding plains or desert region" of
the interior, bordered, with slight ex-
Scption, on oil sides by steep precipices
resembling palisades, nearly surroun-
died by rivers ut the base, embracing
fifty thousand square miles OF surface,
hc viii get general idea OF it. IL has
no streams, few ponds, no trees or
bushes, and is unbrolScn by surface
channels, yet, such Is the character of
the soil, IL is well watered and densely
earpeted with rich growth of gramma
grapes. Indeed, It's nearly level sur
face is far more fertile than the level
plains about IT, Already stock has
been introduced, and although mar
gincd by precipices of near one thou
sand feet vertical height il promises TO
become great focus Of cattle produc-
ton.
The rainfall of tho region Is ample,
all of which is absorbed. and none
runs off. In many respects IL differs
from all other parts of Texas, having
some resemblance to the so-called Bad
Lands of Dakota, and, like these lands
seems TO be the bottom of an ancient
lake, although its fossils are not stated.
1t is the product of erosion that has
carried away all the country about TO q
depth of nearly enc thousand feet, leav-
ing this great island of grass TO stand
rs mark of earth's olden boundary,
when the country was growing elevated
and oceans rccedcd. 1t is not stated,
but we infer n general altitude above
the sea of moro than mile We have
thus an aerial island, as it were, nearly
the size of the state of Wisconsin, esl-
isting under conditions wholly unlike
the rest of the continent, which
emerged when the Rocky mountains
were in process of elevation, and seems
10 be a mark of the old level of that
section of America In very remote
epoch 1t has long been u puzzle To
f~eoloOiSfs
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-02-16
sREARINGs.
From the Graftoa Leader.

From the Grafton Leader.
Theodore 9. Lynch has compile
ted the painting, granting, paper
ing, &c., of the dining room of the
Ward House. Special mention is
made of the work on this room be-
cause it has been pronounced by all
to be one of the finest jobs ever
turned out in the State.
Il. Il. DAVIS, who has been fore
man in this Office for nearly four
years, left Monday night for
Charleston, w. Va, where, on
March 4, he will take q desk in
Auditor Johnson's Office FOR the
next four years. Mr.. Davis during
his stay in Grafton made host of
friends whose best wishes follow
HIM to his new field of labor.
Col. ]. V. johnson came down
from Philippi Monday, where he
had been the past week attending
the funeral of his father, Mr.. VIM.
johnson, near Meadowville. He
was accompanied by A. d. w.
Stricken and family, of Philippl.
MIR. Stricken will take a clerkship
in the Auditors Office and will
make his home there in the future.
Mr.. McRa, the editor of the SEN
tlnel, on his return from Kingwood
last Monday entered the office,
punched the "devir" out ut the
back window, "pied" tho forms,
chuckcd the foreman in the "hell
box" and began to paste" Peter
Roy with the shooting stick, when
Noah Fittro put in an appearance.
The editor at once let up on Peter
and told the officer be meant no
harm, a big boy arrived at his home
in KiDgwood the day before and he
concluded to celebrate the occas ion
This is Duncan's first and in the
future we shall expect better he
hayior.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-02-16
The Dance Of tho Fatrrs.

4 new fashion, introduced last season
tentatively and fitfully, is TO be tho
rage next May, says the Pail Mall
budget. We arc 70 be ovcrrun with
dancing girls. There are 70 be no more
balls; lancers, waltzes and pollras arc
70 DC as obsolete as politeness, and pro-
f-rammes arc 70 become as rare as we'd
ding cards The new fashion Is already
recognized. Dancing mistresses arc
reaching fascinating steps. 80 that when
Hay comes society shnil be supplied.
The new vogue has one unexpected adj
vantage. a family Of girls has hitherto
beea sore perplezity TO a inancuverinQ
mother; but II they can ali be taupht %
dance, the pas de quatra becomes thoir
salvation. II Is 80 easy for the sitter.
y practice together, and It Is 50 eco-
DoTnic for their mothers - dress them
alike. Society viii Thus languidly do
IS dancing by deputy, and the GoliVhtly
Sisters get the applassc and gsoasibiy
Che hus5aads they deserve. perhapa
~ and 10y this fashion ruay extend 10
dinner pa-tio9 and fow vOracious1v
cUpeptic guets be watched taking
turtle and Taclspunch by % well-bred
crowd who have lost their appotitcs.
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FOR SALE !
Valuable Town Pronertr.

One Of the most desirable residen.
ces in Kingwood can now be bought
cheap. The building is com para
lively new contains eight rooms
including kitchen and pantry.
cellar under the entire house we'll
fenced and plenty Of ground room
This property is on the corner Of
Tunuelt9n and High Streets, on
court.houso square. VIII be sold
cooap FOR cash, or or long time.
II not sold soon the same will be
for rent. For particulars, call ON
or address
UEsRY CLAY HYDE.
q Kingwood, W. Va.
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a writer IN Truth says that william
5teinway. the great piano-nalscr. when
corncrin2 any ono Of the numerous ap
plicants VINO are constantly before him
for positions, has a crucial question
which he applies - them nil ne will
examine mans qualifications, lool ia.
70 hi8 antccedents. AMI ba'anco him
personally with a few careful question:.
aud chen he asks the applicant IN he h
married There IS sorne secret abont
the au1wcr which Mr. Stcinway alone
knows. II q man answers iu r. certain
fashion, The great piano millionaire con.
cludcs that Che applicant e. happily mar
ried, but II there is certain information
OF the voice OF a hcsitancy which lndi
Gates O. separation OF lack 81 domestic
tranquility. Enc applicants doom "a
sealed Marriage ls an Institution In.
dorsed oy Nc. Steinway ira ovory way.
An unmarried man has very small
chance with him
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Said @ prominent physician to q re-
porter for the Philadelphia Press: ''Its
q singular thing that animals rs n rule
arc much more observant OF the ordi.
nary rdles Of health than human boiD1s
are. One half OF the serious colds and
many OF the fatal foycrs originate
through the exposure of the body % q
direct drauyht OF air from q window 70
q door or between doors or windows. II
Is one Of the most common things %
sec oveTheated persons on warr1 dav
with coat end wGisteoat OF enioving
what TO them seems % be an agreeable
breeze between two open windows A
day later they feel badly, have taken
cold and they can't tell where. a DOG
viii lie f1r hours on a porch, in the
room, or hallway, but the vory momcn,
open doors or windows allow current
OK air % touch him, ne jumps ND and
changes his longing place. You can't
force a dog 70 lie IN the drauqht; hc
knows the risk and Invariably avoids
A"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-02-16
THEY SMOKE AND STUDY.
These Seem to ne the Reasons Why GO
mans Know SO Many Things.

These Seem to ne the Reasons WHY Cor
mans Know SO Many Things.
Victor Jacquemont, n very hiyhly cul.
uvated trenchman, wrote as follows:
Being astonished ut the prodigious va
riety and extent of the knowledge DOS
sessed by the Germans, ! begged one of
my friends, Saxon by birth, and one of
the foremost biologists in Europe. TO
tell Tnc how his countrymen managed 10
know so many thingS Here is his an
swer, nearly In his own words: "A Ger
rnnn Except myself. who am the idlest
OF men) gets up carly summer and win
ter at about five o'clock lie works
four hours before breakfast, sometimes
smoking all the time, which does not
interfere with his application. Ills
breakfast lasts half an hour, and he re-
mains afterward another half hour.
talking with his wife and playing with
his children. lie returns to his work
for six hours, smokes an hour after
dinner, playing again with the children;
and before he goes to bed he works four
hours more. lie begins again every dav
and never goes out This Is how Il
comes to pass that 0erstcd, the greatest
natural philosopher in Germany. "a AT
the same time the greatest physician;
this Is how Kant, the metaphvsician.
was one OF the most learned astrono-
mers In Europe; and how Goethe, the
first and most fertile author In Ger
many In almost all kinds of literature
is an excellent botanist, mineralogist
and natural philosopher