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FASHION CAN'T be FORCED.
Style IN Costume Generally the Result q
Accident or Incldanf

style In Costume Generally the Result q
Accident or Incidsnt.
Fom the first beginnings Of the his
tory Of dress, which date from tho gar.
den Of Eden, there is no instance Of
the deliberate adoption Of . costume.
No person or body of persons has ever
said: ''Go to, we will now mako .
fashion" and has made 1t. The his.
tory Of dress Is the history Of the aoci-
dental and the incidental. It does not
require very long memory to look
back over the futile efforts to force
fashions, supported by the most unan-
swerable arguments, on tho unohend-
ing women of this country. The New
York Evening Sun instances bloomer
costume, which was organized and pro-
NOTED by Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, now q
Woodworking woman in long skirts
out west. A few years ago the divided
skirt, which Lady Barberton has for
twenty years tried to coax English
women into, was busily taken up and
eloquently promulgate ted in this coun-
try. A number of outwardly well-clad
women were really persuaded to put II
on. It proved to be not only ugly, but
q nuisance, and the same women not
only discarded it, but put on tights; Il
is easy to go down hill. The pro-
moters of the divided skirt now call
themselves q national council, and
have put forth another scheme of dress
for women. National is large word.
It is pretty safe to say that unless tho
national council is backed up by tho
army and navy there IL very little hope
that their costumes. even those I'M
qualifiedly supported by reason and
anatomy, will be adopted by the wom-
en- of the country. Neither reason nor
anatomy has ever had much to do In
enforcing a fashion.
The best thing going-An unweloome
guest.-Yale Record.
A NAN with cast to his eye ought to be
able to throw glances.
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There is one portion Of the fair, how
ever, that sticks them. That is Mid
way Plaisance. in spite of all their
plans they find it an utter impossibility
to get through that marvellous aggrega-
ton of wonders on schedule time. Its
attractions are all too potent for the
strength of their resolutions and they
linger in spite of themselves amidst the
destinations of the Kaleidoscope thor
oughfare.
In this connection it might be we'll to
impart a little advice, which is con-
tanned in the words of an honest old
lady from the back districts, who,
when her filial spouse was departing
for day at the fair said: "Now, Hiram,
you'd better leave what money you
don't need with me-" As the story has
it Hiram left the bulk of his cash with
mother and he was sorry for it when
he struck Midway Plaisance.
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SEEING THE FAIR UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
furnishing some rare surprises by the
magnificence of their displays. The
Russians among others are distinguish
ing themselves in their section in the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts build
ing, their arrival all but completing
the grand central avenue in that
leviathan of buildings. Germany,
France and many other nations have
been in place for some time and are
dividing among them the wonder and
admiration of the visiting hosts each
day. -,
A great many people come to visit the
fair who expect to do the whole thing
up in a few days, or week at most.
These invariably go away unsatisfied
or conclude that their business else
where is not SO pressing as they at first
thought it was. After spending a
whole day in one corner of one of the
vast buildings they begin to realize the
magnitude of their task and resolve to
forego minute inspection of the exhib-
its, unless they can arrange for a
lengthy stay, and bestir themselves to
get over as much ground as possible,
contenting themselves with only q
cursory glance at objects of superior
interest while on the wing.
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IN DEFENSE OF CHICAGO.
A Worlds Fair Visitor Refutes the Charge
of Extortion and Imposition.

A Worlds Fair Visitor Refutes the Charges
of Extortion and Imposition.
lately came from Australia with
the double purpose of settling in Chi
cago and seeing the worlds fair. Some
people advised me not to visit your city
at present and told me tales about ex-
tortion, imposition and robbery that
would alarm anybody. But took it
for granted that such noble city as
Chicago was not built upon structure
of fraud nor sustained by imposition,
and that justice was very necessary
element of greatness; so I determined
to come right along.
confess that I had some very Sc
rious misgivings., But what was my
surprise on landing in your marvellous
city when I found everythingasat most
moderate prices. The cabman charged
me fifty cents to drive me to my hotel,
and was accommodated in very ad-
mirable manner with room and board
at four dollars per day, and if it were
necessary I could. have lived for one
dollar and fifty cents day. The the
aters give magnificent performances
for very reasonable rates. The BARRIERS
are treating everybody fairly. In fact
all the necessities and Injuries of life
are surprisingly cheap. I do not know
if Chicago has raised its prices since
the opening of the fair; if it has, then
things must have been phenomenally
low prior to that date. ..s-@s
The world is ringing with all kinds
OF rumors regarding Chicago and its
general extortion, and surely some
means ought to be used by which this
injustice to your people may be
checked. It only tends to defer the
success Of the big exposition, for when
people discover that they have been un-
necessarily alarmed by false and mali
cious reports they will flock here from
all parts of the civilized world by hum
dreds Of thousands. What, amazes me
is to find some American cities SO ridic-
ulously shortsighted as to disparage the
wonderful fair. They must surely
know that the success of the fair will
be q benefit to the entire country, while
it's failure will not only ipjure your
city, but the whole of the United
States. But the fair will be success
in spite OF the petty malice Of one or
two cities that are mad with jealousy
Alfred Williams, in Chicago Tribune.
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Simeon Sulks BY tho neck, because 81:
his 'total depfsvity. And yet the lad
never did anything worse than miss his
lessons, and % fail 70 6 enthusiastically o.
plain why he missed them. He was
Cont inually being piled with questions
that were too suddenly asked or were
too profound to penetrate 10: his slow.
diligence. ss.
Why he stayed in the school no one
Imagined. He did not appear like one
who had an inordinate thirst for knowl-
edge. No one in the world tried to in
fiuence him to study, nor gave him the
slightest encouragement to continue
his efforts in that direction. While he
was reciting, all other lessons were sus-
pended; the scholars snickered or open
" laughed ct his blunders, and the
teacher scolded or punished without re-
straint. !. 8
The boy endured this treatment with
logged patience until the school year
was at its close. He had so often been
told that he was everything wicked
that it would scarcely have been sur
prising if he had come to believe it, and
to live up to his reputation. But he
did not believe 1T. Deep beneath his
reticence was conviction that he de-
served better treatment than he was re-
ceiving. He had learned to hate the
schoolmaster who punished him for his
ignorance. He had silently endured q
great deal Of suffering, but he was not
50 obtuse as he appeared. He had suf-
fered more from ridicule than from
Horace Carver's ferule; but the finish
ing trial of his patience came on the
third of July-the last day of school
before the summer vacation.
1t had been Mr.. Horace Carver's hab-
it TO make a little speech before he
closed the school for, the summer. and
on this occasion he did not vary his
rule. He told the old story of the early
struggle in this country for independ-
ence. He told of all the taxes, battles
and humiliation to which the British
government had subjected the people
In this country. He fought the battles of
Lexington and Bunker Hill over again.
He told of the privation, the cruelty,
the cold by which the American SOL
diers suffered to make the United States
an independent government. And then
he got down to that celebrated declara-
ton of independence, which is the key
note of our great government, which de-
clares all men equal and which rings
with self-respect, justice and independ-
ence from beginning to end. Poor
downtrodden Simeon Sulks listened and
began to think better of himself be-
cause he was an American and entitled
TO some rights!
When Mr.. Horace Carver told of the
signing of the declaration of independ-
ence on that famous Fourth of July in
1776, he said that it was everybody's
duty to celebrate the anniversary of this
great event. He meant to give the
girls and boys of his school a treat on
the night of the Fourth. He had
bought lot of fireworks for his chill
dren, and they would be set off on
Playfair hill after eight O'Clock.
Every scholar in the school was invited
to be there to witness the display
every scholar with one exception.
Simeon Sulks, he said, had been an
annoying and disappointing scholar all
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The Grandson of . Statesman.

At q booth in the worlds fair, called
the Booth of the Sunshine league, there
is q little boy in attendance who at
tracts great deal of attention from
visitors. The boy is James &. Blaine
Sd. and he is grandson of the great
James G. Blaine who died last January
in Washington. jamie Blaine has
been very sick with scarlet fever all the
spring, and he is now far from strong.
But his pretty young mamma thought it
would amuse him to spend q few hours
q day in the Sunshine booth, and might
make him stronger; SO he is there every
day selling things and assisting In the
work Of the booth. He is only six or
seven years old, but he il tall and has
the same grave expression which you
see In the pictures Of the great states
sasn who was his graduates
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He went back and again climbed
through the open window, but before
he reached. the fuse the-oi ignited.
There was an appalling glare of fire
running across the floor. Then it ap-
peared to encircle him. He was wild
with fear and remorse, but he remem-
bered the water pail and struggled
across the room to get it. He caught it
up and threw its contents upon the
flames; but he did not refill it. He was
overpowered by cloud of smoke
which filed his lungs, and he fell upon
the burning floor.
A day or two later he was vaguely
conscious of being better cared for
than he had ever been before. He was
In real bed with clean clothing on
him. Gradually it came to him that he
was in DR.. Maybury's house. He was
profoundly thankful to know that it
had not been burned. Later he knew
that the doctor had seen the blaze in
the schoolhouse and had rescued him.
The fire had been easily extinguished.
The schoolhouse had a new floor, and
this green wood had been scorched but
had not ignited. The doctor had
dragged the boy out and had cared for
him.
He did more than that; he induced
the boy to talk. Gradually the doctor
learned that Simeon had wanted to be
schooled, had stubbornly borne all the
hard knocks he had received in school
because he was determined to learn,
and had finally been expelled after all.
Before Simeon Sulks was we'll the doc
tor knew more of his character than,
anyone else had ever imagined. The
boy had lost his obtuseness. It was as
tonishing how his understanding and
his better nature developed. -
+ He was never prosecuted for his at
tempt at incendiarism. There was no
Jail in ANN oniaville, and no one cared
to take the trouble to drag him to the
county seat when he had succeeded in
damaging nothing but himself. -
''Let us keep the little chap with u.s."
DR.. May bury said to his wife. Cruelty
was rapidly making criminal Of him,
but Kindness is making gentleman of
him quite as fast"
1T was his gratitude to you that
made him risk his life to save this house
from burning" said Mrs. MayburJ.
He is not q brilliant lad. but his devo-
ton will make him faithful to you
while he lives. The Fourth of July
has been great day to Simeon Sulks.
1t has emancipated him from cruel
treatment, and has given him the pro-
lection and the liberty to which he IL
entitled. Frances Isabel Currie, in
n. 7. Independent.
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GO INTO THE GALLERIES.
People Who Do Not Climb the Stairs Mis-
Many Fine Exhibits.

People Who Do Not Climb the Stairs Miss
Many Fine Exhibits.
Up to the present time it has ap-
peared as If there was some danger that
in the immensely of space that the
sightseer has to cover at the fair, the
galleries of the big buildings would be
neglected. Since the crowds have be-
gun to arrive and the attendance has
run up to the hundred thousand mark,
people have found out that there is
much to be seen above ground, and
have climbed the stairs in search of new
marvels with as much energy as they
have displayed in going from one build
ing to another. -.
Still exhibitors in the galleries are in
clined to complain that the masses pass
them by, and ask for better means of
transportation from the floors to the
galleries. They suggest signs pointing
out the way and stating what can be
found above. The chief of the trans
portation department has promised his
exhibitors more elevators and the ad-
ditional attraction of a band on wet
afternoons.
These people who hurry through q
building without diverging from the
main avenue on the floor make a great
mistake. In the assignment of space it
was impossible to place all the best ex-
hibits in the most prominent parts of
the buildings, and in most of the ex-
hibit halls as much can be seen by TAX
ing a side aisle or walking through the
gallery, as in the crush of visitors on
the main avenues. Especially is this
true in the Transportation building,
where the whole of the bicycle exhibit
is installed in the gallery, and a vast
number Of models of engineering works,
and curious examples of boats and car
riages can be found: .-
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put out the IRE. Well, they would moi |
be able to- put - ont Thu ach0ol-
house Was m old mt tr1p 81 : building
fhat would burn like finder, and there
wasn't 3 big hose or . idre engine IN tho
town.
q .ook ont, lad!" somebody shouted 60
him.
He was interrupted IN his ineendiary
renectlons by Dr. alter Maybury, who
nad drawn MS horse mp sharply.
! Something In Simeon's face rs he
shrank to one side OF the road excited
the. doctors pity. He recognized him q
Doy no nad seen about the livery
stables.
Why don't you go to Playfair hill7''
the doctor asked. kindly. There are
great doings up there. SIS
II wasn't asked, said Simeon, short
". .si.s i. :ss 80
Good gracious, but he's PARTICULAR"
the doctor said to himself He was q
young man and merry one. tsHe
doesn't look like young Ward Nc
Allister, although he seems to be
squeamish about ceremonies" The
doctor did not drive on Immediately.
ne spoke again to simeon:
You 60 yon Will see the fire.
WORKS ana Will hear Mr.. Carver make q
speech.
don't want 70 hear him." the boy
sa1d, anelegantly; I've heard him
Jaw1nR 4ong enough:
~. foor llttie chap!' the doctor said.
gu seem 10 De down on your luck.
Wen, here Is coin. Perhaps you can
get some pleasure out of that"
And when he had dropped the money
In the boys hand the doctor drove away.
There:was great lump in Simeon's
throat. This was one of the rare occa
sions when he came near crying. He
was already thinking better Of his de.
termination to burn the schoolhouse
when ne happened to turn his head and
saw one OF Mr.. Carver's skyrockets. A
RED nag would have been quite as pleas
ing 10 mad bull. He shut his teeth
very nara and hurried on to the school
mouse
The bottle he carried contained kero-
sene Oil, and in addition to this he had
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u 1111T7r7
/

MAKES ITSELF FELT
tho great, gripping, old-fashioned pill.
Not only when you take it. but I'M
pleasant, from first to last, and it only
gives you little temporary good.
The things to take its place are DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One of these
at dose will regulate the whole system
perfectly. They're tiny, sugar-coated
granules, scarcely larger than mustard
seeds. They act in Natures own way.
No reaction afterward. Their help lasts
and they do permanent good. Consti-
patton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, Sick
or Bilious Headaches, and all derange-
ments of the liver, stomach. and bowels
are prevented, relieved, and cured.
They're the cheapest, for they're guar
antecd to give satisfaction or money is re-
turned. Nothing can be "just as good"
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SIMEON MEETS DIR. MAYR1rRY

the year. He had failed to learn his
lessons, had been sullen under reproof,
had wasted the teachers time and dis
tracted his fellow-scholars. Conse-
quently he had recommended that the
trustees should not permit Simeon to
return to the school after the vacation,
and they had agreed to the expulsion.
Certainly they had learned from Mr..
Carver that the boy was not a proper
companion for clever scholars or good
children. And in addition to the dis
grace that he had brought upon Sim
con Sulks Mr.. Carver had another pun
ishment for him. The teacher said that
the boy would not be allowed to come
to Playfair hill on the night of the
Fourth. The fireworks were not for
him. In spite of all the fine speech
about equal rights he was to share none
of the pleasure that would be given his
mates. For the first time he openly
resented the treatment he was receiv-
ing. He stood up, his face flaming with
anger and shame, and walked out of
the schoolroom.
On the night of the Fourth all the
children in Ammoniaville, save one,
went up to Playfair hill. There was
a. deal of enthusiasm. The fireworks
were hurried, for breeze had risen
which portended 2 shower, and the per-
formance must needs be over before
the rain began. While the crowd was
on the hill Simeon Sulks came out of
the inn and went slowly down the
road. Under one arm he carried a
bottle wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
His face was very white, and he was
as profoundly agitated as his nature
permitted. His blood ran sluggishly,
but deep down in his inner conscious
ness had slumbered spirit of revenge,
and tonight, for the first time in his
life, it controlled him. He had reached
a crisis in his history.
He had determined to burn down the
.schoolhousel As he walked along bent
on this evil mission, he recalled all the
hardships he had experienced within its
walls. What had he done in the year he
had attended that school to warrant the
treatment he had received? He had
tried to learn, and if learning had come
harder to him than to the others that
was his misfortune, not his fault =
And the browning acts of cruelty had
been to prohibit him from seeing the
fireworks and to expel him from the
school. What harm would he have done
if he had been allowed to go to Playfair
hill? If this was a free and indepen-
dent country then he would like to know
why he was not allowed to see the cele-
bration of its independence with the
Others? And he wasn't to be allowed
to go to school again! Well, it would
be good while before there was any
school to 60 to, for he was going to
burn the old schoolhonse down. The
people in Ammoniaville were very slow
about spending money. 1t might DO
many long day before they would build
another schoolhouse, and in the mean
time Horace Carver would 70 without
his salary. Simeon was revengeful
enough torejoice at that prospect.
No doubt there would be pretty
blaze on Playfa hill, but there would
be : bigger one on Schoolhouse COM
mon. And tho people would come to
see the latter blaze without any invita-
ton. Everybody would 30 trying to
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Six Miles Of Roast Pie.

There has been marked change in
the fashion of Fourth Of July celebra-
tons since Capt. Marryat visited this
country in 1888. He was in New York
on Independence day; and the sight
that most impressed him there on that
occasion was six miles Of roast pig''
delicacy being the piece de
resistance in every one Of the hastily
erected booths with which Broadway
was lined on both sides. ,
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CONG 70 I'flE FlllR..

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when there's .i,vs, - nn hat.
~ ~ ais Ss,a. - .no % SOY say
- eni'so anu nef isir. {.
what cara for the trouble
or discomfort or exnensa
When fifty million dollars, worth 5i
'4l.S
I'd miss that biggest thing IN earth
Would he 4 lasting crime
lam going to Chicago #
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lspecia, Chicago Correspondence !

Especial Chicago Correspondence
The worlds fair city has for the last
few weeks had somewhat of a surfeit of
royalty. The city was thrown into
a tumult by the arrival of Duke de
Veragua and his suite, and laid itself
out to entertain the titled descendant
of Columbus in truly royal fashion. For
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q RnorINou1TY. - She (sketchinp) - 81
suppose could get your expression better
II you sat q little further on" He-.sOn
the contrary, / was just going to quote my
favorite hymn" She-ssWhat is thati's
He-"DraW me nearer. Boston Beacon