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cation, a year ago, housed some Of the
largest audiences that ever gathered
under roof in this country. Its acous-
tic properties have received especial
praise. Hon. William j. Bryan. who
last June addressed the Head Camp
of the Modern Woodlnen of America
in the hall, said later:
ut is hard to conceive how Conven-
ton Hall could be improved upon for
the purposes of large public gather.
ings."
Maurice Grau, whose grand opera
company sang there November last tc
record-breaking grand opera house
audiences, said:
1T is wonderful structure, com.
plete in all its appointments, and has
no equal in America" while Dwight
l.. Moody, the evangelist, who month
later faced in this hall some of the
largest crowds that he had ever ad-
dressed, said from the platform:
IT came one thousand miles to find
the best hall I have ever spoken in. -
The leading hotels of the city are
the Coates, the Baltimore, the Mid.
land, the Savoy, the Victoria and the
Washington. all of which are located
from three to ten blocks distant from
the hall. The Coates, which has al.
ways been Mr.. Bryan's stopping place,
will, it is said, be made the headquar-
ters of the NatioEal Committee.
The accompanying illustration
shows the Sioux Falls auditorium,
which has a seating capacity of about
5000. Had it notsbeen for this build.
ing, which is the largest of the kind
in South Dakota, SioHx Falls would
not have been able toscapture the ma
tional convention of the Populist party,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04

appointed sergeant.at-arms OF the Re-
publican National Convention, is a
man of acknowledged ability for or.
ganization and executive work. In
the handling OF political conventions
he is already experienced, having
been assistant sergeant-at-arms OF the
Republican National Convention at
Chicago in 1883, at Minneapolis in
1892 and in St. Louis in 1896. Mr..
Wiswe1l is Wisconsin man by birth,
and is now forty-eight years old.
Convention Hall, Kansas City,
where the National Democratic Con-
vention will be held July 4th, is stu
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! I 1ai0jllstrokss fo sla,e . Map.

sIt Ii wonderful how many razoi
strokes we take during day." said
barber IN! one OF the larger downtown
shops.
Did yon ever figure mp on it?'
eyes. I've been taking up an aver.
age for the last three weeks" replied
the barber, 'aad I've surprised my
self with the. figures. I find I aver
age 400 strokes of the razor for each
man shaved. Itook 1923 strokes on
one man, and several of my customers
who have stiff boards 1un up 700 and
300 strokes. Then there are tender
faces that I shave only once over, and
they take, perhaps, only $50 strokes.
I shave on the average twenty-one
and q half men q day. One day I
shaved thirty-seven and another only
fourteen. New York Mail and Ex-
press.
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of 1926, 900, which was raised entirely
by public subscription. It occupies
piece of ground 314 by 200 feet in
extent, is two stories high and is
built of native stone, cream brick and
terra Gotta. The first story is of the
Renaissance style of architecture, and
the second story is of Peristyle form,
with groups and columns. The build
ing is of bridge construction, with
out a column, the roof being sup
ported by great steel girders that
span it's 200 feet of breadth. It's gen
eral seating arrangement is modelled
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or the thing is snuffed outat judicious
interYals in order to prolong the even
Automobiles Used For Towing.

The haulage of boats by automo-
bile along the canal between Brussels
and Charierol has demonstrated, after
along trial, that the nCs7 method of
of towing is three times quicker than
horse traction. The automobile de-
riyesits energy from, a railway COM
poged OF six lines, three of high ten
sion 5000 yolts) and three of low
tension, on which the trolleys run.
The electricity is furnished by three
dynamos:> eaoh,,of 120- horse power
Philadelphia Record.
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the Populists will decide their plan of
campaign at Sioux Falls, South d.
kota, ON May 9th.
The main Philadelphia Export Ex-
position Building, in whichtthe Re-
publican National Convention OF 1900
will be held, is built Of structural
steel and brick, with plaster facing
and staff ornamentations. It will, at
i comparatively small cost, be con.
verted into a convention hall that will
seat several thousand persons. The
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arcades and connecting buildings are
mostly OF wood, with brick walls, SO
that the three connected buildings
make one mammoth exhibition hall of
1000 feet in length by 400 feet in
width. The entire area of the main
building is 167.2 square feet. 1t is
divided into six sections, which can
be readily converted irto one vast
auditorium, the length of which, in
stead of extending north and south,
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Fully Equipped.

Sir Robert Peel was once going
through picture collection with
friend where there was portrait of a
prominent Englishman who was ia
nous for saying sharp things.
"How wonderfully like" said the
friend. You can see the quiver on
his lips"
eyes," replied Sir Robert, "and the
arrows coming out of it"
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somewhat upon the plant t Tue
politan Opera House, New York
floor space is divided into d
arena balcony. balcony and 1E 81 S
den, boxes skirting the are tlSa
arena balcony. The sts8 q;
in the center Of the srs II i
seating capacityis nsaS 0
with standing roam iidin8 III
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ated at Thirteenth and Central streets,
four blocks from the retail district of
the city. 1t has been classed by
travellers as one of the largest and
most perfectly constructed auditori-
ums in existence.
The building was erected at q cost
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Why Cuban FoundIings Are All .yaldes.,,'

Valdes, d Spanish official efffesold
regime, said that he wishAfz0&leavs
his name behind him in Cabs, and ao.
cordingly he ordered that evuyaeand.
ling should be given the aurname
Valdes. AS the order was not, t,Fsseind-l
ed until long after he ceassdAto. he'
governor-general, the name Valdes il
now extremely common in Cuba
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Final arrangements for the political
national conventions which will sig
nalize this year have been made. The
Republicans will meet in Philadel-
phia on June 10Th, the Democrats will
rather at Kansas City on July 4th and
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capable .of hol ding more tlssn !,s 00gg1
people. The Arena alone seats 1000
TO each side. of the are ana and under:
the first balcony are hume erons cora;
mittee rooms, which hsvest their sepa.
rate street entratloes. Yhes bniidinG
has nos;stairways, the upper seatipgs
being reached by means Of inclihed
planes. sspsrate exits are I used 4: ser' ss9s'
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with banners flying: There will be
not room at Philadelphia for ally
brass band except the one hired 70
fill tie pausss betsssn y tis speeches.
George N, WiswelI: who has been
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The output of coal iu the United
States last year was 244, 900, 600 tons,
Or about one-third OF the total product
Of thDworkI
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the balconies and roof garden, and It
is estimated that the hall can be
emptiedtatSth rate OF 5000 people =
minute.
Convention Hall has. since its dedl.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04

More than 10000 Parisians earn
their living as fortune-tellers.
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FranITn ths printer.

Franklils fstirsment from, active
printing did not lessen his interest in
his trade, and every possible improve.
ment in the art received attention
from him. IA Nothing proved
better the printers attachment for his
calling than an amusement of his dur.
ing his diplomatic Service in France
In his own home he set up press
and types, all of which he or his SER
wants cast, and with them occasional
~ printed little bagatelles ard skits
Of bothshis friends writing and his
own usaslly:in very small editions.
These finting materials, consisting
.off. / al Bat variety of FONTS" he
sbfd With him on his return to
Z and sold "ffteen boks of
Francis Childs, the Nav
printer md still more to Mat.
! Carey The remainder he used
atabfish 5s grandson, Benjamin
fkin BacHs; IN business as a
81 the original occupation of
{fe Sic Sic many honors that had
! "a him, rs the last he held him.
8 81 Af6ifstf aud foremost q printer,
BIl : lj u Isl hhiis .Wiill q, Benjamin
I Minister Pleni.
& S. (}s a s sfii rioid 3 til b United States
Et |2S3 u 5ii 81 te the Conrt of France,
ssiia ssAiia :H'6y SAsid denfs soft the State Of
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WOMEN AND WAR WORK.

Uniform CIoaks Designed Tor tho Req
Cross Nurse.
The Red Cross nurses who were sent
to South Africa for the Imperial Yeo-
many Hospital were provided by the
authorities with a uniform cloak OF
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4 TYPICAL BoER FARMER HAS JUS1
! MARRED/ THE GIRL OF HIS HEART,
AND IS NOW OFF HOME AGAIN DRAWN
BIT SIXTEEN OXEN. .,'.
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1Suil, OniJ ohCoO ohh0o aoo ooon Al
the room, and Carlos had brought
death On himself, for he had cheated
at the cards, and if the whole camp
had been there none would have in
terfered; for to cheat at cards, that
was capital crime. Well, we fed
away in the early dawn, and we could
not even bury his body; but saw
him dead, Olive All, eherie! Dead,
dead, though I saw him no more, for
the dagger had gone through his
heart till you could have touched the
point on the other side! But I
couldn't remember all that tonight,
in moment, when I seemed to see
him face to face again, alive and we'll
before me. The first time, that night
at the opera, I forgot to think at all;
it was as if I had met his spirit in
dream. Then I began to remember;
AMI as he was so far away and I might
be deceiving myself. I afterward per-
suaded myself it must have been
strange, wonderful resemblance. And
then 1 forgot once more and thought
of my Carlos when 1 did think of him
as dead, cold and ghastly, as had
seen him. To think of him so is very
dreadful, therefore 1 try not to think
OF him at all. That is why, when I
saw this Mr.. Clarence Stanley, I vas
SO overwhelrned-I forgot-and il
seemed TO me saw once more my
Carlos alive before mel"
Olive Gaye was an attentive lis
tener, not only because of her interest
in the story, but because of the
light it shed on the narrator's charac-
ter. There was a mixture of deep
feeling and utter heertlessness in this
fair specimen of humanity that proved
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25
PROTECTION FOR
TIE CATTLENAN.
How II Helps the Northwestern Stock.
Raiser to Compete with Canada.

Every one in Cass County. s. D.. knows
James s. Landers OF Argusville, and he
is pretty well known in the State. He
has lived here some twenty years, is a
most successful farmer. and attends
closely to his farm interests. Being Of
English descent, however. 1t would be
natural that he might favor free trade
ideas, but he has evidently been studying
the effect of protection and free trade on
the farmer. and he sends in the following
letter for publication, which Is worthy
Of close perusal by all.
Argusville. Oct. 5.
/ came down to Fargo to hear the Hon.
J. ID. Seaman, and his speech was the
best argument ever heard on a political
topic; there was no gas and no wind
just solid facts.
| can give you good illustration Of his
arguments, which / picked up on the
train going to Fargo: it was a freight,
and on the train was cattle man from
Manitoba. and he was along with 1902
head of 2-year-old steers. He had ship
ped these from his home. eighty miles
west of Winnipeg. to find market in
this country II had cost him 5000 for
duty to enter this stock; his freight was
23la cents per hundred from Neche to
st. Paul. and then he had to reship TO
Chicago. He had been five days on the
way when he reached Fargo.
Now here is the point for my brother
farmers to study little: This Manitoba
farmer ships his cattle from the other
side OF the line to Chicago, pays heavy
duty. pays the freight, feed three times
on the way, suffers heavy shrinkage. and
then sees better profit at the end than
he can get at home-aad after paying all
these expenses.
Here is where we free trade farmers
are blind to our own interests, when we
want these cattle to come in free, and il
this was allowed what would we get for
our stock? They would not be worth the
raising and we would return to beggary,
where thousands were before, under free
trade.
Now, l am interested in cattle, and
have been considering starting in stock
raising in the Canadian Northwest, where
you can raise a steer until he is three
years old for about $40, but what can
YOU get for him then? He is worth about
two cents a pound, and he has to be a
good one to bring that.
Oh, no, guess I'll not try that, but
I'll stay in North Dakota and vote for
Mckinley and protection. That is good
JAMES s. Lands.
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McEinlcy's farm is profitable one.
In any season when crops are good it
Yields richly. This years potato crop
will probably aggregate 1900 bushels.
The corn fields have been known to pro-
duce as high as $500 bushels in a single
year. Last year the meadows produced
100 tons Of hay. The oats crop this year
aggregates some 700 bushels.
This Is apple butter making time in
this section OF the country. Many of the
apples on McKinley's farm, just at the
present time, are being made into apple
butter. The large orchard Is an impor-
tant part of McKinley's farm. One good
year 1,TO0 bushels OF Baldwins were
gathered and as many more OF other
kinds kinds, making a total yield Of near
ly $500 bushels. Part OF the produce of
the farm has been shipped TO Canton
from time to time to the Mckinley home,
but none has ever been sent TO Washing
ton. Canton is about twenty miles from
the farm.
Selling milk Is one OF the industries of
the farm. There are twenty-five head OF
cattle. There are nine mich cows. Some
of them are bloOded stock. Raising
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25
PROSPERITY CERTAIN
And LIBERTY ASSURED.
Views Of Noted Jewish Publisher on
the Country's Future.

As far as human judgment can fore
seat least so it seems to the writer
the next four years should be more pros
ever before seen. There will be an enor-
mously increased demand for our natural
products, such as iron, aud just now coal;
and our manufactured products are also
rapidly making their way. In certain
lines, such as agricultural implements,
tools and light vehicles, in fact whatever
it is necessary to combine lightness with
strength, We are away ahead of the rest
of the world, and it is only because we
have not cultivated the foreign markets
with sufficient assiduity that We have
given our competitors a ghost of a show.
In other lines than those mentioned
above, such as ladies' fine shoes and
others that the writer could mention. we
also form class by ourselves superior to
the rest Of the world. These conclusions
are drawn from personal observations in
many countries
A second point which ought to be
well presented is that of expansion. You
no doubt are aware OF the greater or less
persecution which the Jews have under
gone in all the countries of the world. and
are still undergoing to-day. Therefore
one of the things that we desire TO see
established above all others is the univer-
sal principle of the right of any decent
man to go anywhere where he thinks he
can improve his condition and enjoy all
the rights and immunities OF a native,
without being put to any disadvantage
because of his religion. There are really
only two countries that give this privi-
lege: these are the United States and
Great Britain.
We know that freedom for all, equality
for all. and safety and protection for all,
are guaranteed wherever the Stars and
Stripes float; hence we were expansion
lists from the start and will be until the
end. Wherever a country is practically
under American Jurisdiction. it is a good
thing for that country; ii is a good thing
for humanity. and a thing that Is SO good
cannot fail to be a good thing for the
country itself in the end, though it may
be costly in the beginning.
These are the points which we think
ought to be emphasized. The questions
ought to be treated in the very broadcast
way; details do not count.
LEO WISE.
Cincinnati. Ohio Sept. 6, 1900.
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The residence is two-story structure,
built sixty years ago. 1t Is now getting
quite old in appearance. 1t shelters eleven
rooms. The porch is about the size of
McKinley's famous front porch at Can
ton, and then on to the upright part there
is wing which is a story and half in
height. The lawn is well kept, and
morning glories grow upon the fences at
one side.
Besides the house. there are six build
ings on the farm. There is the main
barn. the sheep barn, the two large wag-
on sheds, the scale house and the pig pen.
The accompanying picture shows the
main barn to the right and the main
wagon shed TO the left.
The Mckinley farm Is visited each
year by people who, on passing through
that section, hear of the Presidents farm
and are curious to see what kind Of a
farmer he Is. One visitor once asked for
fence rail for souvenir of his visit.
The Adams family has become used to
kodak fends and fully realize that to re-
side on the Presidents farm Is to be, in
sense. in the public eye.-W. Frank
Mcclure.
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DANIEL WEBSTER'S
WARNING TO TIE POOR.
Only D,magogues Win Try to Incite &
Contest Of Money.

l see In those vehicles which carry to
the people sentiments from high places,
plain declarations that the present con-
troversy is but a strife between one part
of the community and another. hear 1t
boosted that the poor hate the rich. I
know that under the cover of the roofs
Of the capital within the last twenty
four hours. among men sent here to de-
wise means for the public safety and the
public good, it has been Wanted forth AZ
a matter of boast and triumph that one
cause existed powerful enough to sup
port everything and to defend every
thing: and that was the natural hatred
of the poor to the rich. | pronounce the
author Of such sentiments to be guilty
of attempting detestable fraud on the
community; double fraud: a fraud
which is to cheat men of their property,
and out of the earnings Of their labor by
first cheating them out of their under
standing.
The natural hatred OF the poor for the
rich! 1t shall not be until the last mo-
ment Of my existence that | will believe
the people of the United States capable
of being effectually deluded, cajofed and
driven about in herds by such abominable
frauds as this. admonish the
people against the object OF outcries like
this. | admonish every industrious la
borer in the country to be on his guard
against such a delusion. | tell him the
attempt is to play off his passions
against his interests and to prevail on
him in the name Of liberty to injure and
aiilict his country and in the name of in
deDendence TO DESTROY that indppeulence
and to make him a beggar and a slave.
Daniel Webster in the United States
Senate, Jan. 81. 1884.
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PRESIDENT M'KIHLEYS MODEL Ohio FARM
Not Political Farm, but Managed in an Able Man
ner, and the Place Is Noted One in
the Countryside.

President Mckinley owns farm. A
great deal has been written about Mt.
Bryan's farm, but heretofore no deserip-
ton Of Mr.. McKinley's broad expanse
of corn fields. meadows, COW pastures
and orchards, which comprise 1924 acres.
His well-kept barns, corn cribs and wag-
on sheds show care and thrift. The wool
on the backs of 200 sheep shines with
cleanliness, for McKinley's farm Is a
model one and a modern one. Unlike the
famous Nebraska farm of the Democratic
candidate for President, the public
knows little about it. Two miles from
Minerva, one mile from Bayard, Ohio,
it stands on a sloping parcel Of ground
surmounted by the orchards OF Baldwin
apples. The Cleveland and Pittsburg
Railroad crosses corner of the farm and
the Big Sandy canal courses through the
field at one side Of the main road.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25
Crop and Live Stock Gains Of Over Billion
Dollars in Value.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION
Marvellous Statement by the Department OF Agriculture,
Which Shows Why Farmers Are with the
Administration.

They received nearly $164, 100000 more
money for their cotton than they did in
1896. This year the mills were open and
there was a demand for cotton.
American farmers received nearly S42,-
600. 900 more money for their crop OF
oats this year than they did in 1896.
They received nearly $22,000,000 more
money for their potatoes this year than
they did in 1896. People could afford to
buy potatoes this year, as the mills were
open and good wages were being earned.
They received over S14,000,O00 more
money for their barley this year, and
barley is one Of the smallest of the sta
pie crops.
They received almost $4,000, 900 more
money for their rye crop, which Is an
other Of the small staples.
American farmers have also gained
over $500. 100000 this year In the value
Of their live stock as compared with
1896. according to the Department, Of
Agriculture's figures. Thus we have:
Increase this year, $40, 722,617 in nine
staple crops.
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calves is also an occupation. Ten fine
horses are constantly employed. These
are all draft horses. Two hundred sheep
Craze on the hillside. One season 10
sheep were sold from this place. This
shows what good market there Is for
the wool and mutton which comes from
the Presidents farm. The chickens num-
Der more than 200.
The man who has charge of Mr.. Nc
Kinley's farm is w. j. Adams, formerly
of Canton, but who was raised in Penn
sylvania. He is a farmer who under
stands his business, and it Is said, in the
vicinity, that there is not a more prosper
Gus farm in all that section. He has a
half interest in everything. The fences
are all kept up and there is an appear
ance Of neatness which marks his work.
Mr.. Adams has lived on this place for
the past twenty years, and Mr.. Mckinley
is delighted with him.