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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

this. like the second, is devoted TO indi-
vidual states. In this building the
American suffering from temporary
nostalgia will find a good cure for any
qualms OF hcmesickness, for here he
can talk to his American friends. read
American newspapers, hire American
guides, dictate letters 10 American Ste
nographers, change his American money
and drafts and even solace his weary
body with a good draft of American Ice
water. From to 6 every afternoon the
American financier with large interests
at home can inspect the New York and
Chicago stock market quotations for
the day and even consult a ticker" OF
his own. The American chamber OF
commerce has also opened a little Office
in this building, and here the American
merchant abroad can secure reliable in
formation regarding commercial mat
ters in Paris and impartial information
as to Paris firms and business houses.
No pains have been spared TO make
this American pavilion as comfortable
ms money and ingenuity could do, and
from the point OF view Of comfort and
convenience IL Is generally conceded by
impartial critics-which. OF course. are
not always easy to find--that there is
no building on the grounds that COM
pares with IL. IL must not be supposed,
however. that I'm this building viii be
found all OF the exhibits sent over by
our republic. According to the class-
hcation of exhibits into 1s different gem
eral groups, regardless OF national dis
tinctions, the United States exhibits
are. Of course. distributed in many diff
ferent buildings.
Some Of the state exhibitions are
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

Some one congratulated Count Tolstoi
on having a charming. loving wife. as
well as universal fame. health-every-
thing. THAT is not because fate Is par
tlal TO me-" he replied but because I
have always wished only for that which
God has sent me. He has given me that
sort OF a wife. and I am satisfied with
her and want no other"
The Tolstois live very happily and en-
tertain a good deal. having many
friends and callers. So minutely has
the countess (who is much younger)
studied her husbands habits that she
knows by his aspect as soon as he
emerges from his study how his work
has thriven and in what frame OF mind
he is.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

farm exhibit at Paris excels anything
ever before attempted by the United
States, either at home or abroad. No
less than "a agricultural experiment
stations have sent pictures illustrating
American methods and their happy re-
suits, and the outcome Is a most inter-
esting and valuable collection of photo
graphic pictures. The cotton exhibition,
for Instance. Is made up OF between 600
and 200 specimens of choice lint cotton
furnished by American growers. One
feature that is proving a novelty to
foreigners Is a fun sized cotton plant
covered with bolls. The tobacco indus
try has been similarly treated. and the
exhibit is the finest ever made by this
country. No less than 1000 specimens
OF the fragrant weed are TO be seen,
these being accompanied by an ex-
haustiv6 Photographic display OF the
different processes OF cultivation and
manufacture.
The part which the American cereal
plays i'm the exhibition is no insignih-
cant one. The grain specimens now be-
ing gazed on at Paris Is all carefully
put up i'm glass Jars one foot i'm
height and five inches i'm diameter
These assorted grains look very spick
and span i'm their long rows. and con-
stitute an exhibition of which the Amer
ican farmer may well be proud Our
official government exhibit in the mat
ter OF grains Is a model grain elevator
and other models OF machinery connect
ed with the great grain and flour indus
try OF this productive new world OF
ours. American corn Is shown on the
ear on framed panels.
An important display is that OF the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

e>HE Paris exposition has openedl
The compact little city of cream
y and gold, lying in the busy heart
OF that greater city of milk white
masonry ffingng the Seine. has opened
its gates TO the world and at last the
great exposition OF 1900 has become an
actual fact. After years OF deliberation
and planning, after months OF hard
work and weeks OF feverish haste, the
flags have at last gone up OH the new
Alexandrine bridge and all the civilized
nations OF the world are now lined up
with their industrial and artistic toe TO
the scratch. as IL were, all prepared for
the race and all hungering for the prize.
ii Is gigantic competition OF civillza- :
tions. And while the great nations OF
the world are competing the citizens of
those nations are i'm Paris enjoying the
amusing panorama. IL II for its les
sons, however. and not for its laughs
that the exposition viii become one OF
the great events OF the passing century.
But perhaps Ii is wrong to say that
every competitor is prepared for the
fair. The wheels OF the great machin-
cry have started of with "A tremendous
amount of rumbling, and visitors are
already pouring into Paris. but ii Is a
well recognized fact that II viii be a
month or more before all the buildings
arc completed and ali the exhibits in
place. A number OF things have hap
pened TO delay work on the grounds
and structures. and weeks ago IT was
felt that Mile. Paris would hardly have
her house In order by the time the first
guests should come knocking at her
highly polished front door. Hurry and
fret as might the directors and archi-
tects and contractors, strikes, bad
weather, miscalculations and hundred
and one other things combined TO keep
Paris from being en- fete To all the
world on the day announced. Paris has
had fairs before this. but none 80 great.
She now stands with her arms out
stretched 10 all the world, and the
world. or at least good part OF IT, is
responding 10 the seductive invitation.
Within the gates of this magic little
city within a city have been gathered
together examples OF the national prog
ress OF every country in the world. ev-
erything representative of peculiar ma
tional ideas and customs and every
thing typical OF the worlds advance In
science and art during the last century
All this sounds rather big and preten-
tious, but Paris rs taking to six months
of posing as the schoolmistress of the
world and is already working very hard
at her object lessons. And II is not Of
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embracing ali the countries of the world,
naturally makes II Impossible for the
exposition managers TO recognize indi-
viduals. 1T is a matter of nations only.
The Individual exhibitor has been merg-
ed in his national exhibit. More than
so different countries are now taking
part in the exposition: in fact, the par
ticipation on the part of the different
foreign powers has proved surprisingly
liberal. 1t Is well known what extraor-
dinary eclat the French government it.
self has given to the scheme. that body
having practically fathered the enter
prise from Its first conception.
Each country participating i'm the ex-
position has a national building or a
headquarters for It's citizens. These
different pavilons are each supposed to
represent some particular phase in the
life of the country for which II stands.
The country which is taking most i'm
terest in the exposition outside of
France itself is. OF course. our own
United States. 1t Is this country's ex-
hibits, too. that most interest Amer
leans. Both the federal and state gov
ernments have been liberal in their APP
propriations. For months past Com
missioner Peck has been bending every
effort toward making the American ex-
hibit one creditable 10 his country. He
not only succeeded In interesting an ex-
ceptional number Of Americans In the
exhibits and arousing a new enthusiasm
In the fair in general, but also secured
an additional grant OF space. so that
now, with the exception OF France and
Russia. America has more space than
any other country. More than 1000
American exhibitors, In fact. have
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

six months enlightening the world as TO
this same old worlds progress in the
arts and sciences and get nothing for
her pains. Monsieur loves art, but he
also loves his france, and II will be
found that the exposition will prove one
OF the most carefully engineered spec
uiative schemes OF the end Of the CEN
tury.
So today everything in France is play
ing second fiddle to the exposition. Mu-
nicipal fetes have been given up be-
cause the money was needed for spec
tacles at the great fair that was 10 do
France proud. Rumors of war have
been laughed down because such things
might affect the foreign attendance.
Revolutionary sheets have quivied
down because political complications
would mean smaller dividends. Today
the Parisians are saying that foreign
pilgrims are going to leave 100000, 900
I'm their capital before the exposition
closes, and even though this gigantic
figure is not realized the money chests
OF monsieur wM be enormously enrich
ed.
An exposition on plan so extensive.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

erything from locomotive to sewing
machine needle, and by the gorgeous
display of our agricultural products
that we shall cause the eyes of the Eu-
ropean TO open in WONDER wa it fh
In the meanwhile the "bloodless
struggle of the nations" as the great
exposition has been called, is going on.
Side by side the great countries of the
world are ranged up i'm their great COM
petitive examination, and. though COM
parisons have been said to be odious, 1t
is only by such comparisons that the
real powers and the real progress OF a
nation can be determined.
ARTHUR TITCOMB.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
HE PARIS EXPOSITION AND IT'S OPENING

found space at the exposition I'm the va.
rfous buildings. So the American cit
izen who goes TO Paris this summer Will
look about him with justifiable pride,
for eyeryiyhere he will see that his
country has not Jagged behind in this
bloodless international struggle for SUI
prcmacy. He will be able TO take a spe-
cial delight In the national pavilion OF
his country, rising with It's domelike ef-
feet 200 feet above the river Seine. IL
stands on the Quai d'Orsay, among the
buildings OF the other great powers. and
its site is one of the best locations in
the grounds. The uppermost tip OF the
American building is fittinely crowned
by large eagle with outstretched
wings. Another equally American fea-
ture will be the two elevators which
will whiz up and down inside this big
structure. The building itself is square.
with a large central dome and rotunda.
On three sides OF the rotunda open fair
sized rooms, one OF which-that on the
left OF the main entrance-is being used
as a lounging room for men, while that
on the right is being used as a waiting
and. reception room for ladies. The CEN
trail parlor or reception room has been
set apart as a place Of rest and recrea-
tion for both-men and women. The sec
ond story OF the pavilion has been given
over to individual states, and here, too.
the visitor from the land of pie can
register and find out the whereabouts of
his friends from home. The story above
this. again. just at present is a place OF
much hustle and business. for il is here
that the different officials have their
offices, the commissioner general and
his staff making their headquarters on
this floor. There is fourth floor. and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

1t has become a fixed tradition to
look upon the Partisan as a pleasure
seeker pure and simple and upon Paris
as a city of pleasure. Never was great
er mistake made. Paris Is first and
foremost manufacturing city. a great
center OF factories and frugal minded
people, with only its superficial upper
crust OF frivolity. Some people have
come 10 look upon the great exposition
as mere frolic of the Parisans. The
great globe, the Eiffel tower and the
Ferris wheels they regard as freaks.
and not as triumphs Of engineering in
genuity. A frolic this fair never was.
This exposition is nothing but huge
and brilliant business speculation. and
one. too, that promises 10 reap a rich
harvest for the investors interested.
France is not so altruistlcally inclined
that she considers II her duty TO spend
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

his classmates and Miss Wheeler some-
envy.
lust at present England is fighting the
Beers and the Uganda hill tribes
France has three rather mild cam-
paigns ON her hands. all directed
against tribesmen I'm the interior. and
the Moors are battling with the tribes
men along the boundaries OF Algiers.
senator Vest of Missouri recently sent
a Newspaper clippins go tho sccrctsry Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

dent was somewhat put out. but he did
his best. When he had finished, Blackie
said: The spirit of that grace Is ex-
cellent, STR. But heaven. / hope. will
not look too closely into It's GRAMMAR"
Dawson Us now equipped with two
steam FIRE engines, IA patent fire extin-
guishers, one hook and ladder truck.
two hose carts and 5000 feet OF hose and
has n pair ffe department Of 20 men. a
working head Of steam Is kept on the
engines at all times.
although the sYmpathics Of the great
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

the senate 10 be read aloud for the ben
eft of the members OF that body. The
secretary held the clipping with the
wrong side toward him. ana instead OF
reading an editorial on the money ques-
ton began: Ridiculous, We are Civ
ing away fhtsc goods at half price
The other sider' cried Mr. Vest
or the 80 bishops OF the Church OF
England . are the sons OF temporal
peers. Of bishops. n OF clergymen. of
lawyers l of a doctor Of bankers. . tt
country squircs, 4 OF trsdesman, . oi
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

banking house OF the Rothschlds are
with the British In the present war, ~.
M. Rothschild a. Sons and NM. De
Rothschild of Paris have sent 100000
francs TO relieve the immediate neces-
stiles or the diamond workers of Ann
sterdam. who have been thrown out of
employment a. "A result OF the war.
Lieutenant w. w. Fiscus' acquaiut-
ancc with the daughter of General Jo-
scph Wheeler. Miss Annie Wheeler.
dates back Co his West Point days,
when General Whccler's two sons were
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

est lobbyists ever seen In Washington.
He owns beet factory In Ora nd Island.
which he built with money contributed
by the farmers Of that place I'm order
that they might have a market for their
beets. and they have been fighting him
ever since for reasonable prices.
Once. when Professor Biackie had
some students to breakfast with him, he
called upon one OF them unexpectedly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

Emile Fouget. a new member Of the
French academy. is rather a Bohemian.
with little OF an immortars dignity.
Daily he walks down the boulevard st.
Michel balancing his cane and whis-
fling loudly the latest popular song.
Henry T. Oxnard. the sugar trust mill
llonaire. who Is credited with having
succeeded i'm forcing congressman 60
enact bill imposing tarif1 on imports
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
LEGENDS ABOUT THE
BEAUTIFUL EASTER LILY.

Lilies always popular are. IN much
more demand about. Eastcr. and florists
IN anticipation OF its approach- inyafi-
ably have large stock OF these flowers
on hand. Great as was the demand for
those beautiful blossoms lin the past.
the request for them within recent
years has so greatly increased that the
dealers find IL difficult at times 10 sup
ply the trade. Large sums OF mone1
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

farmers and (the archbishops OF Cam
terburv and York; Of army officers.
Experts say that the peanut yield this
season will reach nearly 4.bo0oeo BUSH
els of p pounds each. The bulk of the
crop is produced in Tennessee. Virginia
and North, Caryllna. The, American
Wcid constitutes but- sF,ialf proportion
OF the peanut crop OF the world. as the
expectation from Africa and India 10
Europe Is nearly 900. 600 pounds an
nually, .half Of which goes TO Marseillcs
20 bc made into oil. fiti
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

sousa says that one hears more music
in the streets OF our cities than
IN any other country of the world
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

ten that one can get such liberal edu-
cation IN two weeks. The great wheel
shaped city on the Seine has made ev-
cry preparation possible. or at least Is
now busy making them. for the recep-
tion and entertainment OF her expected
guests. outside of the exposition
grounds, with their new parks and gar
dens and the innumerable large and
beautiful structures which have gone
up there. new hotels, new apartments.
new railways. new shops. new streets
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-07
Nicaraguan Canal Means a New
Coast Lumber Market.
TRADE AWAITS THE PRODUCT.
Eastern Lumbermen Are Therefore
Interested I'm Securing Coast sites
MANY VIII Come Within the
Next Three YeaFs-Will Bring
with Them Methods OF Economy
LexrBed in Their sections.

Eastern lumberuien are much interested
in the Nicaraguan canal project from Pa
cifc coast standpoint, and predict that the
completion OF that work win do much Tor
the Pacific coast lumber business In the
East.
The sentiment in that section is told by
George p. Lockhart, a Baraboo, Wis. lnui-
herman, who IS looking over various sites
for lumber mill, with view to locating
on Puget sound.
The people of the Pacific coast and par
ticuiariy the Iumbermen," he said at the
Northern yesterday. "are not half 20 much
enthused over the Nicaraguan canal as are
the lumber manufacturers of the East We
are Interested because within two or three
years at the outside a great proportion
OF the lumber mills OF Wisconsin and Mich
fgan VIII have to seek locations in the vast
forests of Washington and other parts OF
the Coast timber area.
"The opening of the canal means short
route, a low rate and new market for the
lumber OF this district. It Is true that for
the present capacity Of the Pacific coast
you have already found a market in the
West, Middle West and Central states. but
the Coast capacity Is to be increased.
VERY little Pacific coast lumber Is ship
ped to the Eastern markets The reason
is that overland freight rates make IL i'm
possible for Eastern tobbers to handle It.
The relief for this condition il the short
ali-water route. which VIII split rates in
several pieces, and cause demand for
Pacific markets that viii warrant the main
tenance OF good prices here and healthy
trade for the capacity OF all the mills That
may see fit to engage In business in this
section. The Coast may never expect to
invade the Southern markets. as that trade
belongs to and is controlled by the South
ern white pine mills. which are now also
enjoying the Eastern trade.
There is no danger of the Western for
esss being cleared by any great influx OF
mills that may come Their advent how
ever may be means OF preventing the
wanton destruction of timber that Is going
on here. Eastern mill men hsve learned
the lessons of economy since their supply
began to grow short They VIII bring their
systems with them. and fifty years hence
the vast forests OF Washington and the
Coast win not be cleared. There is room
here for all mill mAn who want to come and
a brighter prospect for good business was
never presented to them
1.-THE advent OF Eastern mills means In
their policy OF economy the establishment
OF lath mills Great sides OF fine timber
that would make millions and millions OF
lath are thrown away here. The Coast
mills think 1t does not pay to make iath.
but I'm the East our lath products 20 far to-
ward paying the operating expenses"
Mr.. Lockhsrt Is going to Oregon to look
over some lands that have been offered
him and expects TO return TO Seattle In ten
days.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-07
EMMA NEVADA RETURNS.


Nine, Emma Nevada returned last night
from Victoria where Monday evening she
gave smother OF her delightful concerts to
. large audience The prima donna. who
in everyday life liz known as Mrs. DIR.
Palmer, IL an American girl. full OF Ameri-
car emotion and great love for the West.
in which part OF the country she was born
and spent her gtrlhood days, She Is a
bright and entertaining conversationalist
II am so glad to get back to Seattle,
she said at the Rsinier-Grand last night
Tomorrow is my birthday, and there is
no city in all the West / should rather
spend It In than Seattle. Really, I am in
love with Seattle and its people. They
seem such big- hearted. good-nstured folk
that You feel at home as soon as you have
II am not surprised 10 find Seattle a
music-Ioving city, for. although this in my
first visit here. l have always heard IL
was The opera house here is one Of the
best I have ever seen In city of this size
Its acoustic properties are perfect
This IL my first concert tour In Amer
lea. Tomorrow evening viii be my last
concert In Seattle In a long time, I sup
pose, although II viii always be a pleas
ure for rpe to know that | am to return
here,
The West. as a rule. might say. is
far advanced In music. Notwithstanding
that the East has more opportunities than
the sparsefy- settled districts of the West
/ have found that here music reaches the
heart. oh, that Is what like II 10 do.
When | sing one of the older melodies.
aid ses and hear that genuine outburst.
| know Il comes from the heart, and il
does me 30 much good.
From here We begin our journey East,
and I'm March open In Chicago. Then. I
have left the West, my home, aud thu
people I love behind, and feel sorry TO
think OF H."
Besides her husband. Nine Nevada is
accompanied by her little daughter, aged
10 years, who gives promise OF some day
becoming as famous as the "Sage-brush
Lfnnet" as the people OF Nevada love to
call her whose childhood and girlhood days
were spent in their midst.
Miss Nevada will appear at the Seattle
thsater tonight and the sale OF seats indi-
cato that she viii be greeted by a crowded
house.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-07
MINERS FIX SALE PRICE.
Henton cooperative Coal Company
wants $50 . share for Its
PrOperty,

The stockholders of the Renton Cooper
alive Coal Company adjourned their spe~
cial meeting yesterday at $50 after elect
ing a new board OF trustees, which was
authorized TO receive bids for the purchase
OF the company's mining property at Rem
ton II was decided that the minimum
price OF selling would be 100000. or $50 q
share, the purchasers 10 assume the COM
pany's Indebtedness.
The meeting yesterday. in sharp con-
trast to that OF Monday evening. was con-
Quoted in a quiet manner and according
to parliamentary usage. IL convened short
~ after 10 a. ma The election of trustees
was the FIRST order of business. The fol-
lowing were chosen James Weir. l.. |.
Jones, Robert Woods. l. i. Calhoun and
William Hughes. James Weir will prob
ably be appointed president of the board
After the election a lengthy debate took
place on motion TO empower the trus-
tees TO bond the company's property. II
was asserted BY those supporting the
measure that funds were needed to keep
the mine IN good running order until IL
was sold. An amendment 20 the motion
was made that the trustees be au horixed
to issue bends 20 the extent OF Sc. ea
Richard Winsor spoke on the question,
saying the compsnys bonds were as good
as gold. and that there would be no
trouble IN raising the amount necessary To
keep the mine In proper condition. He
advocated keeping the mine running until
1t was sold.
The motion was defeated ~ large ma
}arity During the discussion the score
tary reported that Of the so 900 bond Issue
of 1875. 81 COO worth was as yet ansoid.
The question Of what price the company
would sell Tor was then taken up. Altar
a lively debate, the trustees were author.
lied to recsive bids in sealed envelopes. tha
highest 20 get the mine and assume tina
cofnf&nys Indebtedness.