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proscenium arch of the cavity is 100
feet wide, with depth Of 80 feet.
1t takes a lot of water to operate this
attraction, and the river Seine furnish
es 1t. About 100000 gallons per hour
are drawn from the storage reservoir
Just outside Of Paris and piped to the
apex of the arch of the Chateau d'Eau.
Its first tumbling act is sheer drop of
so feet-this to make Niagara river.
After the first leap it gurgles in grace
full cascades through series of basins,
laying the feet Of numerous naiads,
tritons and other aqueous genii in its
downward course until finally it drops
into receiving reservoir at the foot Of
some monumental balusters.
In the center of the cascade is set an
allegorical sculpture 30 feet high repre-
senting Humanity Guided by Prog
ress Advancing Toward the Future"
At night colored lights play upon the
falling waters, imparting to the grotto
the semblance Of q series of electric
fountains.
Towering above the Chateau d'Eau,
with the browning statue 225 feet from
the ground, the visitors strolling along
the Champ de Mars will behold the
splendid facade Of the palace Of cleo
tricity. This structure has a frontage
of $50 feet and extends back nearly n
quarter of mile. The upper part of
the building is an elaborate compost
ton of stained glass windows, deep
bays and numerous turrets, suggestive
of lacework or a gigantic piece of en-
broidery. The sculpture which crowns
the facade represents the genius of
electricity.
The interior of the palace of electrici-
ty is divided into three parts-a grand
central court and two quadrilateral
spaces in the wings. In the basement
are installed the several plants for the
development Of electrical energy-the
boilers, engines and generators, which,
by system Of invisible wires, supply
not only the floor above, but all the
other buildings and the grounds, with
light and power.
On the great ground floor and sus-
pended from the ceiling are shown the
myriad devices by which the strange
Intangible fluid is turned to practical
account motors of every kind, from
the mammoth machines which operate
mills and street railways down to the
little device that drives sewing ma
chine or rotates a desk fan; lighting
apparatus, from the 10000 candle pow
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$3.50 limited states commissioner
of human progress. Why? Because
within the exposition walls are ar
ranged examples of the finest and best
that art and science and architecture
and industry have produced, not alone
lin France, but in all the lands Of all
2 the earth.
So big is this great show of Paris
exposition been created that it is some
what difficult to reduce it's splendors to
q simple and Understandable whole.
You must remember, then, that it is a
\ city within a city.
OF this inner city there are several
prominent features. In the first place,
there are Is palaces, each devoted to
some special class of displays, which
have been built by the exposition man
agement. Half the space in these 1S
palaces is occupied by exhibits which
are purely French. The other half is
distributed among SO nations of the
world. Two Of these palaces are per-
Manent structures meant to last for all
time.
Then there is the avenue of nations
: (
where the various governments have
erected pavilions for their special ex-
!hibits These form a long row along
the banks of the Seine. Some nations
have more than one building. The Unit
a ed States, for instance, has erected
four annex buildings in (which are i'm
stalled exhibits for which there was no
room elsewhere.
81 On the other side Of the Seine is old
! Paris, with accurate reproductions of
the famous and historic old buildings
which have long since been swept out
of existence by the relentless broom Of
Mile. Progress.
Spanning the, Seine. are beautiful
bridges. Running through the grounds
are grand boulevards. Scattered here
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hundred motors, each working indie
pendently, keep the platforms in mo-
ton. Tie first platform, which moves
alongside the station, has speed Of
only 21a miles per hour. The second
platform, which is alongside and NOV
ing in the same direction as the first,
has speed of five miles per hour and
is provided with seats and an outer
guard rail. 1t is just as easy to step
from the slower platform to the faster
as it is to pass from the station to the
first.
Passengers cover the entire course in
about % minutes, and it has been COM
puted that $4,000 persons can pass q
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from between the art palaces the Alex
ander bridge and the dome Of the In
yalides may be seen.
Old Paris will attract students and
sightseers Of all nationalities. This de-
partment at the Paris exposition Of
190osis Reconstruction. Of the old city
Of Paris. Old Paris stands upon a
platform Of piles extending on the
Seine from the Alma bridge to the Je-.
ma bridge, having a river frontage of
about 800 feet and a surface covering
about 10000 square feet. 1t reproduces
the streets and buildings Of the time Of
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I Whatever else they may lack, the
French are the masters of show MAX
@ng. Every visitor to the Paris exposl-
sfion Of 1900 must admit this.
There on the banks Of the Seine and
I'm the very heart Of their gay and
beautiful capital they have fashioned
iouts of steel and wood and stone and
clay fairy city which they, have bid
the world to come and look upon Ris-
ing between two centuries, they have
made visible summary of the past and
Eet IT off with a tangible forelook into
fhe future. There you may see well
housed the history Of the old century
and q fbuilded prophecy of the new.
When you have made intelligent and
nnhurried inspection of what the Paris
exposition has to offer, you are amply
equipped to begin the twentieth, centu-
~ with wide grasp on the knowledge
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SsRANp nNrRANcR no PARIS EXPOSITION.

and there are magnificent pieces of
statuary. Each palace is splendid with
q splendor Of it's own. New wonders
and beauties catch the eye at every
turn. The list of novel amusements de-
vised to divert the exposition visitor is
Overwhelmingly long.
4 The chief portion Of the. fair stretches
along the two banks Of the river Seine
from the Place de Ia Concorde to the
Champ de Mars, a distance of about
ny miles The park Of the art palaces
and the Esplanade des Invalides are at
the eastern end Of the long stretch aud
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GERMANY's PAVILION.

given point in an hour. To build and
operate this transportation system, in
Guiding the sum paid for the conces-
sion, costs the company over 81, 400, 900.
The fare is 10 cents, and the platforms
run IA hours each day. To make any
money the average daily receipts must
exceed $1,000, an average Of 5000 pas
sengers per hour.
The financial outcome and the atti-
tude Of the visitors are being watched
with great interest. Should it prove an
unqualified success it does not take the
gift Of prophecy to foretell the installa-
ton Of similar platforms opposite the
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BY CYRUS 5YLNE5 TER

the Champ. de Mars and the park Of the
ITrocadero at the west.
f. The principal entrance to the exposi-
,tion is atsthe side Of the Place de Ia
.Concorde. It is a triumphal arch OF
gate, theawork of NJ. 3inet q distin-
guishedG architect. 1t is an isolated
buildings the cupola OF which covers
500 square meters, while the entire sur
face covers $500 meters. The archi-
tect's aim was to allow 10000 persons
to enter through this arch every GO
minutes, and as there IRE So exits,
branching out to right and left like a
fan, it seems lie has succeeded.
The exposition covers a total surface
of about $3.50 acres. The Esplanade Of
the Invalides is about 1000 feet loug
by 1000 wide, and on this two fair
buildings stand. These are devoted to
French industries, to the industries
dealing with the decoration and furni-
ture of buildings, etc. Between them,
running to the new bridge, is an av-
enue. III
z Across the river the palace of indus
try, a relic of the exposition of 1855,
has disappeared. and in it's place arise
the two new art palaces which will be
permanent. These are the great and
the smaller art palaces and are sepa-
rated by the Avenue Nicholas, leading
to the new bridge. The building called
the Smaller palaces" the Petit palace,
was SO named only because the other,
the Grand palace, is so big. This
smaller paiace contains the collections
of Fart retrospectif," a sort of cen
tennial exposition illustrative of the
history of. art. With it's larger neigh
Dor across from it on the west side Of
the avenue the smaller palace cost over
$4,000,000. The larger palace of art
has a facade 500 feet long, and the
salon will be held in it in future years.
One of the structures put up spe-
cially for the Universal exposition is a
great new bridge, the bridge Of Alex
ander III, so called in honor Of the
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sists Of pair Of platforms moving at
different speeds, covering a course Of
two miles in length and connecting the
three most important sections of the
grounds, the Champ de Mars, the In
valides and the Quai d 'Orsay, on which
is the street of foreign national build
ings.
There are single track elevated rail-
way and double elevated sliding plat
form. both mounted on a structure Of
iron % feet above the ground, with ten
stations reached either by steps or aux
iliary sliding inclined planes. Two
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Uncle Sam makes a very creditable
showing. It is not SO ornate as the
Russian pavilion nor SO massive as
that Of Great Britain, but the building,
topped with the big eagle and flying
the stars and stripes from many STATS,
is very handsome one, as many be-
sides Americans have admitted.
They say there is no such thing as
American architecture, but somehow
this fine structure seems to remind you
of our great federal buildings at home.
1t suggests the capitol building at
Washington, the White House, the
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Architect Of the exposition entrance. ]

[Architect Of the exposition entrance.1
is provided, where performances on
the various instruments shown in the
building are given both during the day
and in the evening.
The educational exhibits are divided
into three classes, the first relating to
liberal arts Of the past and forming a
retrospective section of the highest in
terest, the second pertaining to the.
present state of art and science, while
the third gives intellectual workers a
splendid glimpse Of the futurlty of CIV
7ilization. Here are shown all that per-
Etains to the organization and equip
ment of schools and colleges.
OF the various national buildings
which rise in an impressive row on the
banks Of the Seine the pavilion of your
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Paris exposition of 1889 stands the
palace of education Of 1900. The build
ing, which cost 1857, 900, stands close
by the Eiffel tower and in size and
general features is the counterpart of
the palace Of mines and metallurgy,
it's next neighbor. A very original Gu
pola surmounts the porch, in which
the student of architecture will detect
a strange commingling Of the renais-
sance, Louis XIV, Byzantine and the
nineteenth century styles. Like all
the other buildings; the color is white.
The first feature inside the doorway
is three large groups of sculpture.
These personify Science, Letters and
Art. On this floor large concert hall
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second story windows on many busy
retail streets in large cities, with all
the changes in store methods which
this would bring about.
This and many other ideas which the
exposition has for the first time
brought into realization will affect rr-
ture conditions. So, taken all in all,
the big French show is something you
ought to see IL you can.
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nor LIE Grande Lunette, which is the
big telescope. nor the panorama Of the
Swiss mountains. All these are novel
ties. But they have about them some
thing bizarre. They are too artificial.
Perhaps, after all, the moving side
walk is the novelty which Is most pop
ular and which will be most talked
about long after the exposition gates
are closed. The moving sidewalk con-
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Louis NH and XIV and fills them
with the people, costumes and dresses
of that period.
Perhaps the most novel of the French
exposition palaces is the palace of ma
chinery and electricity, which the Pa
risians are fond of calling the Chateau
d'Eau, or water palace. Out of an or
nate and spectacularly beautiful ia
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lIIO.Ns
cade tumbles cataract of water. 1t is
good sized cataract. You can hear it
roar above the hum of dynamos and
the whir Of wheels within the palace.
The chief feature of the facade is Il
grottolike, arched cavity of impressive
size. 1t is in the fanciful Louis Quinze
style of architecture The opening or
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND 6 PACIFIC.
GOING EAST. Depart
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254-Freight, Ottumwato Eldon. 4:55 p. M.
GOING WEST. Arrive,
227-Keokuk to Ottumwa. 6:45 p. M.
Depart
201-Eldon to Des Moines ......... 800 a. m.
2O3-Keokuls to Des Moines..... 1918 p. M
233-Frt, Eldon to Des Moines.. J. 1882 a. M
23l-Frt, daily, Eldon to Monroe 500 p. m.
Unless otherwise specified, all trains aredaily
except Sunday.
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CUICAGo, sFT.s MADISON & DES MONIES
Depot foot of Union Street
Arrive Depart
Ft. Madison passenger .... IL 40 am sis pm
FIT. Madison accomin. 49,. 6:07 pm 6:25 am
Trains run daily except Sunday.
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Ft. Madison, Iowa.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
BENTON FAVORED GOLD.
His Arguments In the Senate Near
ly Seventy Years Ago Are
Good To-day.

No one in the democratic party will
question the democracy of Thomas
u. Benton. for so years senator from
Missouri and often spoken of in con-
necton with the presidency. Mr.. Ben
tons ideas on the money question
were.
81 do not think 1t necessary to
descant and eXpatiate upon the mer-
its and advantages of gold currency.
These advantages have been too well
known from he earliest ages Of the
world to be a subject of discussion
in the nineteenth century; but 1t
was the policy of the paper system
to disparage that metal, and as the
paper currency system, in its 40
years reign over the American peo-
pie, has nearly destroyed a knowl-
edge of gold currency, will brief
ly enumerate its leading and promi-
nent advantages
al. II has an intrinsic value which
gives it currency all over the world
to the full amount of the value with
out regard to laws or circumstances
2. 1t has uniformity of value, which
makes it the safest standard of the
value of property which the wisdom
of men has ever yet discovered. 3.
Its portability makes 1t easy for the
traveller to carry II about with him.
4. It's indestructibility makes it the
safest money that people can keep
in their houses. s. It's inherent purity
makes it the hardest money to coun-
terfeit and the easiest to be detect
ed, and, therefore. the safest money
for the people to handle 6. Its SUI
periority over all other money gives
to its possessor the choice and com
mand of all other money Z. Its pow
err over exchanges. gold being the
currency which contributes most to
the equalization OF exchange and
keeping down the rate of exchange
to the lowest and most uniform
point s. Its power over the paper
money; gold being the natural en-
envy Of that system and, with fair
play. is able TO hold it in check, 0.
1t is a constitutional currency and
the people have n right to demand 1t
for their currency. as long as the
present constitution is permitted to
exist
THOMAS II. BENTON,
United States Senator, Missouri, 1894
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

st. Louis, Sept, l5.-lIcnry Peyton,
who is in custody awaiting requis'-
ton papers to be taken to Sioux City,
Ia, to stand trial for alleged murder,
yesterday afternoon confessed in
Capt. Reynolds office at the Four
Courts that il was he who robbed the
safe in big mercantile establishment
at Clydesdale, Miss. This confession
will clear the name of George Sim
mons, a young man of Clydesdale, who
has been accused of the crime and who
was compelled to leave the home Of
his childhood because of the shame
that had come to his family through
his supposed felony.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

Under the democratic doctrine that
the constitution follows the flag, the
Philippine Islands are already an inie-
graz part of the United States; they are
under the constitution, and their peo-
pie are citizens of the United States,
with the same privileges and rights as
the people of Alaska or New Mexico.
This is an absurd doctrine, but the
democratic party is committed to it,
and yet the democratic president. II
elected, proposes as the first step after
taking an oath 10 defend the constitu-
ton. to summon congress to traitor
ously break down and destroy the con-
stitution in an integral part of the ma
tional domain. and to turn over the
authority OF the nation to men now
in arms against our authority and
eneavoring to destroy so far as those
islands are concerned. by force OF arms.
Colorado Springs Gazette.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
The Bravery Of Woman

Was grandly shown by Mrs. John
Bowling Of Butler, Pa, in . three
years struggle with q malignant
stomach trouble that caused distress
ing attacks Of nausea and indigestion.
All remedies failed to relieve her I'M
til she tried Electric Bitters. After
taking it two months, she wrote: Il
am now wholly cured and can eat
anything. 1t is truly a grand tonic
for the whole system as | gained in
weight and feel much stronger since
using it," 1t aids digestion, cures dys-
pepsia, improves appetite, gives new
life. Only SOC. Guaranteed, at J. M.
Gleissner's drugstore.
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them in better position to wage .
successful war against imperialism
than if it was not in the platform.
1.-THE democratic party has the bold
effrontery to talk about the consent
Of the governed when they are the
only party in the United States that
has been and is guilty of governing
people without their consent, and not
long since believed in the divine right
of one man to own another.
Had it not been for the TRANSMISSION
of oxidized populist blood into the
veins Of the democratic party in 1895
the old Renaissance would have
ceased cheating the undertaken, and
sandstone slab would now be marking
the spot of its everlasting home. Its
death is prerequisite to any political
reform. 1t is the veritable dog in the
manger. 1t stands to-day as it has
always stood, assininely and stubborn
ly across the pathway of progress.
1.-THE party with wnicn have been
identified for nearly 25 years has COM
mitted suicide, and | am, metaphor
ically speaking. political orphan. As
an American citizen | claim the right
to do my own thinking and to cast my
ballot for the right as | conceive 1t to
be. am not in accord with the re-
publican party on the finance ques-
ton In thinking that other people
are mistaken | have on all questions
thought that |, too. being human, was
liable to err.
81 have never claimed that the kind
of money which should be coined and
used by the people of the United
States is specified in the bill of
rights but is question of expedi-
ency. The gold standard has been
adopted and is on trial. If 1t proves
10 be the best for us, well and good.
If not, our only appeal is to the peo-
pie. consider that question settled
for the time being.
at therefore becomes me, as an
Aregican citizen, to put my vote
where | think. all things considered, II
viii do the most good. shall there
fore support the party of emancipa-
ton end Progress.
"Who care say that the inhabitants
of Hawaii and the territory coded by
Spain TO the UGited States are not on
the highroad to education and civiliza-
ton, and even now enjoying a greater
degree of freedom than they ever
dreamed Of while under the domina-
ton of Spanish rule and that of Queen
Liliuokalanl?
"President McKinley's administra-
ton has received no word OF common
dation from the democratic party for
its exalted craftsmanship in our crit
ical complication with China. For that,
if for nothing more, he deserves the
everlasting gratitude Of all true Amer
leans
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
California; Semi. G. tennial.

An Admission Day Semi.C Centennial
celebration will be held 10 San Fran
cisco, California, September s to II,
inclusive.
Four days and nights Of festivities.
Gorgeous spectacular features. Well
worth crossing continent to partic-
ipate in. Naval reviews, parades Of
U. S. troops, regattas, concerts, fire
works, field sports, excursions and
many novelties oisurpassing interest.
The greatest celebration Of its kind
ever given in California.
The Santa Fe routes new San Fran
cisco line affords a quick and COM
Portable means Of reaching the Golden
Gate City.
Round trip tickets on sale. In
ouire OF G. B. HARDING,
Agent A. 7. & S. F. Ry.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

Chicago, Sept. 14.-The American
Antitrust league, with headquarters
in Chicago, yesterday issued a pub
lie address officially indorsing Viii
liam j. Bryan for president and Adlai
f. Stevenson for vice president and
pledging them the active support of
the league. The statement describes
the present administration as the
friend of the trusts and Col. Bryan
as the "uncompromising foe of pri-
vate monopoly"
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Manchester, Sept. 1.-THE pros
poets of the Lancashire cotton trade
for the year to come are regarded as
gloomy. In addition to the reported
smallness of the new crop there is a
special reason for reducing the out
put, namely that India and China, ow-
ing to famine and war, have not con-
sumed the usual quantity of cotton
goods, heavy stocks of which are on
hand there. The stoppage has al
ready had serious effect on the
Burnley weaving trade. Yesterday
mills representing 1000 looms stopped
and there is every indication of a
wholesale stoppage for the next two
months.