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ducers of fine fruits and grains. In
this way the department was assured
OF the very best specimens that could
be produced, and in many instances
the fruits were grown with the spe-
cial idea in view of having them ex-
hibited at Paris. The agricultural de-
partment has had charge of the in
stallation of 1,4cO collective exhibits
at Paris. These goods have been fur
nished by the various agricultural
men throughout the country, and
have been arranged in the various
buildings as our commissioners
thought best. Commissioner Peck al
lotted space to'40o individual exhibit
ors, who shipped and installed at
their own expense displays of. fine ag-
ricultural products and various types
of farming implements.
The exhibit in charge of the govern
ment officials is very extensive and in
cludes wheat and corn in all stages
of growth, as we'll as large quantities
of the ripened grain, samples of which
are furnished for personal inspection.
There is also comprehensive exhibit
of all varieties of vegetable food prod
ucts. including rye. barley, rice, mil
let, beans. peas, beets. The dairy in
terests are also fully represented and
there are samples of American cheese,
butter and preserved milk. The ined-
IDLE agricultural products include cot
ton, flax, hemp, fats, oils, etc.
BERNHARD BRISTOL.
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1t is expected that this exposition will
prove of inestimable value to the
farming interests of America, because
OF the demand that our exhibits will
produce for American-grown products.
With this idea in view everything pos
sible has been done to show the ex-
cellence of American wheat, corn, rye
and other cereal products, while equal
attention has been given to display
ing the best of our apples, pears and
other fruits. 1t is believed that the
Paris exposition presents splendid
opportunity to make all Europe well
acquainted with the possibilities of
this country as grain and fruit pro-
Queer. The agricultural department
has gone into the present exhibition
with the sole idea of helping the farm
ing and export interests, and it is be-
lieved that as result of this exhi-
bition a large foreign demand will
be created for many of our goods
which are now Kept entirely at home.
Commissioner General Peck assured
me that the preliminary work of Sc
Letting specimens for Paris was be-
gun nearly year ago. The depart
,nent designated certain farmers in
various parts of the country to fur
nish samples for Paris. These men
were selected on account of their rep.
utations as expert growers and pro-
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The yiceroy recently declared that con-
ditions are steadily growing worse.
The plague is spreading a,arlningly
and another drought is Threatened.
He announces his intention to spend
all the money in the treasury for the
relief of the sufferers. Outsics con.
tributions have been made, but avail.
able funds are inadequate to meet de-
mands. a5 j.. So <. &
Afull-grown man at the relief works
may only receive four cents per day.
However, five cents daily will keep q
Hindoo alive indefinitely, for, in his
land, the supporting of life on mini
mum Of cheapest food has been reduced
to IN art. A few grains of rice, sup
plemented with roots and grass seed,
will furnish him fair meal. When
the garrison of the British fort at the
siege of Lucknow were reduced to
daily rations. of four ounces of corn
made into cruel, some of the Hindoo
auxiliaries offered to live for a week
on the water in which the corn was
boiled. If the whole civilized world
would unite in the work of assisting
people who are satisfied with so little
tho worst features of this famine. the
details of which are too horrible to de-
scribe or read. would be alleviated.
To their abstemiousness, the Eng
lish are largely indebted for the loyal
ty OF the native soldiers. Each man
knows that when his time of usefulness
has. expired the government guaran-
tee OF pension sufficient to purchase
yearly suit of white cotton, and rice
for his daily meals, is assurance of a
sufficient provision for his old age.
The religion of the country prohibits
the use of animal food. AS available
funds of the relief committee are only
sufficient to reach about IS per cent.
of the sufferers it is feared that wan
dering groups may resolve themselves
into armies of bandits who, having
disposed of their homes through want,
will for years constitute menace to
the safety of the more fortunate in
habitants of India. Crowds of dis
tressed human beings are daily stream
ing into the cities, and even in Bonn
bay people without means of Obtain
ing food starve in the Streets Famine
prices prevail. Owing to financial de-
preston mills are closed down and
in many cases the wages of those still
employed have been reduced. What
sufficed perhaps for mere existence in
prosperous times means now slow
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PERSONAL AND nfPERsoFAL,

William d. Hall, a.street car conduc-
tor Of st. Louis, is in active service,
though he just celebrated his eight
ieth birthday. ". .
DR.. Edward Greig recently gave a
concert in Copenhagen at which only
small shopkeepers were invited, his
idea being that, as in Greece of old
art should appeal to all classes. LIS
Bishop Brooks was quite portly of
figure and used to laughingly lay
claim to being the most polite man in
Boston, because whenever he got up
in crowded street car he gave two
Indies seats.
Miss McCaul, a volunteer nurse in
South Africa, gave up a large private
hospital in England to work gratu-
itously for the sick and wounded SOL
diers of her country. She is the only
purely civilian nurse at the front, and
was the first woman to enter Lady,
smith after the siege.
One of the most interesting dele
gates to the .ecumenical council held
in New York city was DR.. Mary Pier
son Eddy, an American woman and
the only female physician authorized
to practice medicine in the dominions
of the sultan of Turkey. Like ex-
Minister Terrell and Gen. Lew Wal
lace, DR.. Eddy speaks highly of the
sultan.
A lucky barber dwells in Chicago.
His name is Thomas Whalen. He
shaves only four patrons, and they are
all millionaires. They are P. D. Ar
mour, S. w. Allerton, Marshall Field
and n. X. Fairbank. He visits them
at their residences every morning, and
there does his work. From each he re-
ceives a monthly income, and his
earnings average nearly $4,000 a
year.
Princess Victoria of Wales, grand
daughter of Queen Victoria, is very
modern in her ideas. Some time ago
she decided to learn a trade and Sc
lected bookbinding as the one which
best suited her abilities. Since then
she has worked hard and to such good
purpose that the jury of an eXPosi-
ton held in London for the purpose of
displaying the work of bookbinders
all over England conferred a prize
upon an unknown Miss Matthews,
who turned out to be Princess Vic
toria
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starvation covering period of weeks
or even months. Those dying in cities
are buried in bitches, if in the open
country they lie where they fall. Near
some of the relief works men are con.
stantly engaged in burning bodies;
often large numbers of them together.
1t is fearful sight, but seems the only
way of protecting the living.
The suffering seems to be largely
among the agricultural classes, OF
which 80 per cent. of the population OF
India is composed. Large sections OF
the arabic lands depend entirely for
their productiyeness upon irrigation
the source of which is in rivers and
streams which are supplied by rains
Every recorded Indian famine may be
traced to failure of rainfall. A number
OF years ago the Indian forester an.
nounced his theory that the responsi.
bility for droughts might be placed
upon the great herds of goats (some.
times $4,000 or 100000, always appar.
emily starving, which attack the shoot.
OF every young tree in the course OF
SAA~AA ASPA Suo OAOASs Illus With OlU
trees die off there are no young ones
to take their places. Rains, which de.
pend so largely upon the existence OF
forests fall short, then famine >and
plague follow. The early rains come
in June, are known as the southwest
monsoons and originate in vapors
drawn from the Indian ocean and the
Arabic sea. Breaking on the Malaba1
coast for three months, they may be
expected to flood India, the average
fall OF water being about 100 inches.
At such times crops are abundant.
But when these rains fail, as was the
case last year, famine is the result.
The later" rains or northeast mon.
soons arrive in November and Decem.
Der from the Bay of Bengal. These also
failed last year. insufficient rainfall
may be expected at intervals of from
five to twenty-five years. Existing con.
ditions are the worst recorded. The
present drought, following so closely
that of 1897, has rendered the ground
so dry that there is scarcity of wa.
ter, even for drinking purposes, here
totore unknown. EDWARD JULIAN.
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STARVING TO DEATH.
Direful Results Of the Famine Now
Prevailing in India.
Millions Of Men, Women and Childrel
Are Dying BY Inches in City and
C0untry-Disaster Caused
by Drought.
Especial Correspondence

/ Il BOVE the noise of everyday
~ events, the clamor of political
intriguers, the din of more or
less disreputable warfare, the cry of
starving India, increasing in volume
from day to day, so demands for itself
o hearing that it can no longer be dis
regarded. How much longer the lives
of white men in the outlying districts
will be safe, while the natives are ex-
periencing death in it's most CHASTITY
forms, is q question which is beginning
to agitate that portion of the public
mind which is personally interested in
the fate of that unhappy country.
White men are already regarded by the
ignorant classes as responsible for .
great amount of the suffering; but,
while there may be grounds for COM
plant, it is certain that no nation
would have accomplished more than
has England while laboring at such a
disadvantage. OF course, mistakes
have been made. In the distant past,
conditions, to certain extent, righted
themselves. During years of drought,
followed by famine, the population
was so decimated that in the succeed
ing years of plenty there was an
abundance for all. But, as it was noted
that the drought usually affected but
one or two provinces at time, the
government caused the poorer people
to be moved around from place to
place, thus preserving life, until, at
present, in territory but little over
half as large as the United States,
there is population OF 3oO,o00,0o0 OF
people. During the last two years the
drought has become general and now
100000 are suffering from the
famine which, with slow insistence,
seems likely to desolate the entire
country. In its wake follow bubonic
plague, cholera and smallpox. The
germs of all these diseases find the best
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Attempt at s:Bohemia" In Americ.

Attempt At ':Bohemia'' In America.
It is difficult to discuss nonentity;
in fact, it is impossible except where
shadow bears the reputation of sub
stance, as is the case with what passes
for bohemia in the United States. To
begin with, says the National Maya
zine, the unconventional life of our
large cities misses the. first requisite of
European free ng-fascination and
frothy charm. Americans in French or
Italian restaurants, established by en-
terprising Yankees or thrifty foreign.
ers, in quiet byways Of our cities, take
their pleasure weightily-if pleasure it
is to sit around amid dense tobacco
smoke, eat good food, drink poor wine
and listen to an unpleasant din of dis
pleasing music and loud conversation.
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Will they not put forth greater efforts
to reach a land where such products
as we are displaying at this great ex-
position is possible?
Of all our agricultural exhibits none
is proving more popular than the
corn kitchen. It is located on the
third floor of the agricultural build
ing, and is in charge of one of the
most expert cooks that could be found.
Here is reproduction of an Ameri-
can New England kitchen, all sorts Of
foods made from corn are prepared
and served free. Corn cakes, muffin ms,
buildings and host Of other goods
made from this grain. are cooked and
baked, the idea being to show the
many attractive dishes that can be
made from corn.
In appearance this corn kitchen is
a building within itself, and as I have
looked at it thought how we'll it
would have appeared on the outside
of the pig building in which it is stu
ated, but it is serving it's purpose
quite we'll as it is. When the great
fair is over should like to know just
how many people have been fed at
this kitchen, how many bushels of
corn have been consumed, for as vet
no one has been turned away without
some of the dainty morsels prepared
from our American corn, and should
we keep up this record the numbers
fed will run we'll into the millions be-
fore the fair is over.
Aside from the impression our ag-
ricultural exhibits are ma...ng on the
few Of the peasant classes who have
visited the exposition. our agricultural
products are attracting attention from
the importers of the old world. These
men who buy for Europe are investi-
eating carefully our agricultural re-
sources and comparing our products
with those of other selling nations,
much to our advantage, ] believe, and
it is to be expected that our exhibits
will be the means of increasing our
exports of agricultural products.
The Parisians are above all things
judges of wine and fashions, and if
they approve of our vineyard prod
ucts we should feel highly gratified
at the success we have achieved. This
exhibit is the feature of the govern
ment agricultural exhibit, and into it
certain people are invited for the pur-
pose of sampling the products Of our
wine presses. Great discretion is ex-
ercised in selecting visitors to sample
these wines, and only such as are apt
to prove supporters and buyers of the
beverages. are asked to taste them. &
But to 70 back to the more strictly
agricultural interests Of the country.
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In Conn dence.

Old Friend-You should always take
your wife into your confidence. Wom-
en- appreciate that sort of thing.
De Broker-Oh, I do that; that is,
in part.
Old. Friend-You tell her of your
gains and losses, presume?
!. De Broker-Um-I always tell her
Of my losses.-N. Y. Weekly.
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Rural Cordially

- II hope see you WELL" he said, flu
emily, to the old farmer leaning on his
hoe.
II hope you do" was the unexpected
answer; ''but if you don't see me we'll,
young man, put on specs; they're a
wonderful help to poor eyesight."-
Tit-Bits.
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Honest Confesxion ],

= young man." said the careful IA.
Their, III I consent. to you marrying
my daughter, you will furnish her the
luxuries to which she Il accustomed?"
We'll" said the young man, lit is
more than likely that I, won't be buy.
ing her as many thea ter admissi ions as
I have been doing for the past year"
Journal.
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DeCa dence.

''Where have you been all evening,
George? What has kept You out SO
late?"
"Why-why, mother, was coming
home, and I met lot of the boys.
They said there was going to be lee
ture at the-the hall, you know, and
after the lecture was over I missed the
street car. That's why am so late"
20, George!" sighed the gray-haired
matron, your excuses are not nearly
as good as your father used to make!"
Chicago Tribune.
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WHITE HAIR AN ANNUAL CROP
That's What the LOiterer Meant When
He Said an Old Man Is Just
Like q Robin.

Lie LolteTef was SmlllnS. IL was
not on account of the weather, though
that had direct bearing on the occa-
sion for his smile. 1t was because he
had made discovery, says the Chi
cago Tribune. He stood in front of a
barber shop. He had stood there for
an hour or more, and during that time,
by watching the shop, he made the dis
covcry.
''Live and learn" said the Loiterer
to the first one of his friends that came
along at the end of the hour. The
Loiterer has many friends, and they
are fond of listening to his converse
ton, for while he loiters he observes
many things.
Live and learn,' he repeated. tive
learned something just now that
tickles me clear through. You wouldn't
think there is much resemblance be-
tween a red-breasted robin and a
white-haired old man, would you?
Well, they're just alike. One is a dead
ringer for the other.''
He likes to talk in riddles, and his
friend waited for him to explain. It is
likewise true that he always explains.
"The robin,' he went on, ''has been
recognized for centuries as sure har-
binger of spring. So he is, but he isn't
bit ahead of the old man, at that.
''What do mean? Just this. With
in the last hour seven of the time men
who have patronized this barber shop
were old men-white-haired old men
and every one of them got his hair cut
What do conclude from that? Idon't
conclude. I know, for the barber came
out here few minutes ago, and when
I asked him what it meant he told me.
"That's how I learned that the
spring time cutting Of white hair is a
regular annual occurrence. White hair
is a harvest that ripens in the spring,
as it were. The barber said he sup
posed everyone knew that; it was COM
monty known to- barbers.'
"You see, the reason for it is this:
The old gentlemen sit around and
SILVER and shy at draughts when the
doors are opened all winter. They are
afraid to get their hair cut lest they
catch cold. Their beautiful thin locks
II don't think anything is more beau
tiful than fine head of white hair on a
venerable man-grow long and trail
down over their collars, but get it cut
they dare not.
Nov, many a robin comes north too
early and runs a risk of getting frost
bitten. The old man runs no risks. He
waitstill the fine spring weather is set
tled,' as he calls it, thea JOINS a pro-
cession of his fellows headed for q bar
Der shop. There comes another now"
Then the Loiterer smiled more broad
ly than before. Perhaps all will not
agree with his statement that an old
man is just like robin, but his friends
like him for his admiration for vener-
able old men.
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About the Size Of

s'Money,''' said the political orator,
sis great lever and.
"That's right, mister" interrupted
man in the gallery, ut is such a
great lever that most of us can't keep
it."-Chicago Evening News.
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No Fnn tor fhe+Parsa,e.

). No Fnnl Tor The ;PaFse. :.
"pid you go to the girls college
benefit supper, major?'' II
eyes; little gall" RI ~s..
"They say it was . circus, major"
\ No. it wan't little gal. If it had
only been e circus I could have bought
a bag Of rancid peanuts for nickel,
instead Of paying so cents for ball
o. burnt popcorn" -Chicago Daily
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A. Conferences.

Prof. Hymen-I object to this state.
ment that 90 per cent. Of all marriages
are unhappy. ~ ,.s.<zs.44
Prof. Cupid-Can't say, I'm sure. ]
never bother about results!-Puck.
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His Opportunity.

Miss Elderly-I'm very sorry, Mr..
Woody, but I can never be anything
more to you than a.
Woody (iaterrupting)-Yes; that's
just my bcastly luck-and I've got
two grandmothers already.-Ch Chicago
Daily News.
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The Usual Way.

Lady-It seems to me these berries
are rather small.
Pedler-I'm sure they have got their
full growth, ma'am.
Lady-Well, I'm sure your quart
boxes haven't got theirs.-Chicago
Daily News.
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Measurement.

what, is your sidea, Of success in
life?" said the inquisitiye man. i
S"Oh, I dunno" answered, Senator
Sorghum, reflectively. IT should say
anything over$5oo, 1000: Washington
Star. :. 49, &
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An Air.Brake Needed.

What the average family man would
like to- see invented is an air-brake
that will stop grocer's bill in less
than half its own length. - Chicago
Daily News. ,. ~ 4 +: IS. /
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Not I'M Anarchist.

II can take down all those fellows
that call themselves great statesmen"
he boldly asserted.
He was not the boy orator eager for
political debate. He was not a pro-
fessional anarchist.
He was a stenographer.-Town Top
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Lets Her Lirht Shine.

"Mrs. Gabbe,' observed a friend of
the family, ''is very superior wom-
an. She can converse intelligently, ]
believe, on thousand different top
ics."
'Yes," sighed Mr.. Gable. ''And abe
does."-
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Part Of the JOY,

He-What makes you wear shoes
that hurt your feet?
EShe-Dear me! If they didn't hurt
me, wouldn't remember that they
were new.-Chicago Record.
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Brutal Man.

"Your wife has very sensitive,
clinging disposition"
"Clinging? Well, it's rather more
like what you might call 'grasping.'
Chicago Record.
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A Starter.

Fond Mother-You say Mr.. Willing
objects to my presence In the parlor
when he calls?
Daughter-Yes, mamma.
Fond Mother-I wonder why?
Daughter-I'm sure I don't know
unless he loves me for myself alone
Chicago Daily News.
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In Danger,

Mrs. Brooks-John, do you think Mr..
Joblotz is going to marry our daugh-
ter?. - ,..y
Mr.. Brooks-Yes; If he doesn't look
sharp.-Puck. - $. =. :,
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Mental relenathx,

He heard a soft voice in the air
Which told him he must follow-where
It led him to her door-and 10!
She entertained another beau.
indianapolis Journal.
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Smith-Say, Jones, I hear your wife
makes you wash the dishes?
Jones-Oh, no. It's mistake. do
It of my own free will!-N. Y. Journal.
Poetry and prose

you're just poem, May said.
And I was right, you see.
I knew the way she tossed her head
She was averse to me.
Philadelphia Press.
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Good Reason for Asking

Good Reason for Asking.
Seedy Applicant-Wcn't you give me
a penny, sir?
-Corpulent Gent-A penny! Why do
you ask me for a penny?
Seedy Applicant 7 didn't
think you'd give it me unless I asked
for it.-Stray Stories.
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Serene,

Nodd-This servant question is a
great nuisance, isn't it?
Todd-Awful! But I'm out of it.
My cook has been with us so long
that she is just like one of the fam.
lily.
"How long?"
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Their ~ m - - : n 5Lerion.,

Mr.. Singer-You know the mosquito
sings while he bores. 31-Ea* Trz
Miss Ringer Well, there are others
who bore while they sing. Yonkers
Statesman. 81
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Evidently.

my daughter is in love with an i'm.
possible young man, and I'm taking
her to Europe to cure her," said Mrs,
Sterlingworth.
"Trying the absent treatment, eh %
replied Mrs. Wilberforce.-Detroit
Free Press.
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Mean.

Hell always take pains to deny the
statement that women can't throw
straight.
She-That is noble of you, my dear.
He-Yes; have to remember with
what accurate and effective aim you
threw yourself at me.-Chicago Rec.
ord.