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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-04
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In speaking Of Great Brltalns foreign
possessions King Edward doesn't even say
our" A great part Of the world Qess
Afracal Is his own personal property, ap.
parently.
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OFFICE or PUBLICATION,
nle1, 11o3, 11o5. 1907, 11Op FrRnElin
Avenue.
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That huge b0ue recently unearthed at
Sherman probably belonged 10 a eoboieum.
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?. ~ JOHNSTON. -, P 3sssI T,5,,r
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d. CO When does the Ffty-seyenth
congress begin and end and how many
members has each party in Il?
A. The Fifty-seyeuth congress began
March 4. 1901, and ends March 4, 1909 The
republicans have los; democrats. i5l;
popullsts and silyerltes, s; totai 3j7.
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This last regret TO say Of Kitcheuer's
was big one sure enough
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A. Any regularly licensed or or
dAlned mlnistes Of the gospel has the rlsht
to peEfoTIn the marriage ceremony. d,
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When a crime has been committed isn't
there such thing as holding man on
suspicion Of being an accessory after the
act?
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Tony Roig, bill poster should be an
editor. lie is certainly a ground and lofty
paster
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Z. $. Rerp.-o. ~ Have Complexities
or Christian ministers Of the gospel legal
right 10 solemnize the rights Of matri.
mony? ~ II there has been decision
Of any Of the higher courts o. this state
upon the question please state an abont
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A water guSher has been struck near
Corpus Christi. People who know the
Corpus Christians viii willingly concede
mat u ISN'T their fanlt.
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The Kaiser seems 10 fear that Morgan OF
another Ike him may purchase Europe
Well we shouldn't wonder.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-28
john A. Ockerson. Student of
Worlds Fairs, Imparts His
Observations.
WAS A JUROR At PARIS.
Elevations That Supply Views, In
tramural Transportation, Glass,
iffcation and Process Ex-
hibits Discussed.
By JOHN A. oCkERsON.

tMr. Ockerson served on the International Jury
Of Awards at the Paris Exposition in 1900 and
made a special study Of the exposition. in view
OF the coming Exposition at st. Louis He was a
delegate Of the United States Government to the
Congress Of Merchant Marine, and read a paper
before the former on the Improvement OF the
Mississippi River. He was decorated by the
French Government In recognition of these serv-
icee.)
shall present here the salient points in
the development and operation of a sue
cessful worlds exposition as I see them.
The Importance of a site that will meet
the largest proportion of the many re-
Qufrements. cannot be overestimated. 1t
must be central, readily accessible, of am
p4e proportions, easily drained. we'll wa
tired ana must possess goodly amount of
natural beauty. which can be further amp
n6ed by the skillful hand of the landscape
engineer.
Up to this time all expositions. except.
perhaps. Philadelphia. in 1876 have been
built on comparatively level plains. This
has some advantage in case of movement
over the grounds from one building to an
otter. but the general effect to the beholder
less pleasing than where there are proper
Variations In height. afrording elevated
points OF view covering special features of
butldings and grounds.
Al the Paris Exposition of 1900 the view
from the Trocadero Terrace. looking toward
H. Chateau dEau was the most charming
q al
AZ Buffalo It is necessary to take advan-
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tage of the slight rise at the bridge to get
a good view of the illuminated buildings
At Chicago the roof of the Manufactures
building was a favorite point of view, but
the great expanse Of unattractive roofs de-
tracted very largely from what would
otherwise have been most beautiful scene
From all these experiences 1t seems 1t is
quite necessary to have elevated points of
vantage from which the full glory of the
scene may burst upon the vision and fill
the mind and thrill the heart of the be.
holder with pleasurable emotions.
Transportation Facilities.
There is perhaps nothing relating to an
exposition of more Importance than good
transportation facilities. They must be
abundant. safe, rapid and easy of access
from all parts Of the city. When It is un-
derstood that crowds Of from 2oooOO to co.,
600 must be handled in brief space of time
at the daily opening or closing Of the ex-
position it will readily be seen that the
transportation problem is a great one and
demands more than ordinary attention. II
It is worked out in accordance with the de.
mands II will do much to increase the gate
receipts
AS most of the visitors will lie strangers
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ventilation r,,urt ba nroy,dod bro.a ,,..
agea With abundant nIacas ~ roc, TO- 10
orest thronys or neonIe must he niennaa
60, ,r,,,, h., ,o1i,,,,. a., ,rr,.,.. - eII'
leries or balconies must be provided. The
roofs of the structures must he designed
so as to admit light. b,t exclude the sun
let the heated air escape and exclude the
rain. all very important and not easy to
realize in cheap construction.
In our climate especially. It will be very
important to provide for eliminating the hot
air which accumulates under the vast roof
expanse of an exposition building. The wall
openings should be large and frequent, and
should not be sacrificed to architectural ef-
feet. All this means Mt the same time that
provision must he made for closing these
openings quickly to protect the exhibits in
case of storms.
At the Paris Exposition Of 1890 the build-
ings were sadly defective in ventilation and
the heat became so intense that in hot
weather even many Of the attendants were
onised to leave their posts. The rain also
came through in torrents.
Some OF the buildings. such as can be
used hereafter for museums, assembly
halls. etc. should be of permanent char
acter The most OF the buildings must
necessarily be cheaply constructed and tenn
porary in character. For this class, steel
frames. covered with staff or similar mate
rial are doubtless the best. The larger
huiidings should provide for exhibits on the
ground moor and on spacious galleries easily
accessible.
For the more permanent buildings the
Henbique system of concrete work could
probably be used TO advantage. both in
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TO the city. every effort should be made to
nave all of the various transportation lines
plainly marked, so that even those unfamil-
lar with the surroundings can easily find
their way to the exposition grounds. For
eigners especially would appreciate this
An imposing railway terminal at the
grounds for visitors that came from distant
cities Is not necessary, as such passengers
prefer to get settled in their hotels before
taking up the exposition Sightseeing Such
a terminal at Chicago, which cost large
sum of money. proved rank failure.
Ample temporary terminals with very
large capacity there must be, but these
should only serve TO meet the demands of
local travellers from the city to the grounds
Important as the passenger traffic is, 1t is
quite as important to have ample facilities
for delivering the many thousands of tons
OF exhibits. This will necessitate tracks,
turntables. and switches in the larger build
ings. so that heavy exhibits may he. I'M
loaded near the space which they IRE to
occupy.
As the arrival Of the exhibits must cover
brief period of time 1t requires great skill
to prevent congestion or blockade, which
In other expositions have served to cause
much delay in placing exhibits and have
been the source of much annoyance.
GENERAL EXTERIOR VIEW
SHOULD BE IMPOSING.
The buildings should. of course. he adapt-
ed in each case to the purposes for which
they are to be used. Collectively they must
present to the eye a pleasing attractive
appearance. The Importance of this may
be inferred from the prevailing impression
that the Paris Exposition of 1900 was far
below the standard. whereas. in point of
exhibits. 1t was by far the greatest EXPOSE
ton ever held. This impression arose from
the fact that the buildings themselves were
not very imposing and the arrangement was
such that only small portion Of the
grounds could be seen from any one point
OF view. 1t is quite certain that great
majority Of visitors judge of the merits of
an exposition from the impressions made
by the general exterior view.
1t is therefore very important that this
should be pleasing to the bsholder But to
turn it all over to architects. sculptors and
artists to work out the artistic elements re-
CARELESS OF the requirements of utility
would be great mistake.
In order that all requirements NAV be
fully met 1t is important that the architects
should confer with the directors who are to
have charge of the several departments and
who must certainly know best what proyi-
sions should be made for the exhibits.
To this end the directors Of the great de-
partments should be appointed before the
building plans are finally decided ON.
A commission or cabinet. composed of a
goed selection Of directors for the different
departments can do more for the success
Of the exposition than can any director ren-
eral. however highly accomplished he
may be.
The interiors must be taken into account.
engineers must plan foundations for heavy
machinery. ample facilities for light and
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the Exposition. no doubt many nations
would be glad to house their own exhibits.
combining with their exhibit buildings what
are usually termed national pavilions. which
are expensive. but of little use save as orna-
ments.
A rational classification has vet to bs
worked out. and there is room for great i'm
provement on the systems Of previous ex-
yositiors
AWARDS SHOULD
ATTRACT EXHIBITORS.
The scheme Of awards should be decided
upon at an early day so that II could be an
nounced for the purpose Of attracting ex-
nioitors. They should be az liberal as con-
Metent with custom in such cases and vet
the highest award should be so rare a. to
mark the exhibit receiving 1t as one OF
great excellence. By this means It will Re
all the more valuable and will be the more
highly appreciated.
Inc Jurfes of award should be at work
py the first Of June. 1908, and the awards
should be announced to exhibitors with a
great public demonstration not later than
September 1.
The selection Of jurors should be confined
to experts in the various lines to which
they are assigned. Foreign countries should
be entitled to representation on juries II,
proportion to the number Of bona-fide ex-
hibitors.
AMPLE PROVISION SHOULD
BE MADE FOR CONGRESSES.
The number Of visitors to the Exposition
can be largely increased by making ample
provision for the meeting of congresses and
conventions Of all kinds. Provisions should
De made for the meeting Of one or more
such bodies every day Of the Exposition
season.
Tney should be gathered from all parts
OF the earth to discuss a great variety of
topics Properly conducted, such meetings
VIII be Of great benefit to mankind and will
add greatly to the interest of the EXPOSE
tion.
To carry out this idea will require a large
amount Of diligent work and high degree
OF executive ability. 1t should be taken ~,
without further delay.
These are a few of the problems that must
be met and solved before the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition is closed.
That 1t will be well done and will leave
new mark Of excellence, high above arv
and all OF Its predecessors there ID little
room for doubt. To this end every good
citizen Of ST. Louis should lend all possible
aid.
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surface that would retain moisture, a
thus be cooler than asphaltum.
INTRAMURAL TRANSPORTATION
AN TyIpn RT a VT DnIvr

INTRAMURAL TRANSPORTATION
AN IMPORTANT POINT.
The question of transportation around the
grounds from one building to another is an
important one. solution Of 1t might be
found in an adaptation OF the movable side
walk.
To be really useful 1t must be easily ac-
cessible to all visitors who may wish to use
1t to go from one building to another II 1t
were practicable to make this free, absorb
ing the cost in the admission fee it woull
add greatly to the attractiveness of the
Exposition. But few visitors can afford to
pay 50 cents per hour for rolling chair.
The two things that would do more for
the comfort OF the average visitor to an
exposition than any other. are plenty of
comfortable seats in which to rest and
some way to be transported about the
grounds without physical effort.
Another very important thing In the
arrangement of grounds or passage ways
in buildings. is that they should never
terminate in pocket which would compel
visitors to retrace their steps over the same
ground in order to escape. Nothing is more
Irritating to tired sightseer who Is trying
to make every step count.
EXPOSITION VISITORS
SEEK AMUSEMENT FIRST.
Exhibits and Amusements-While II NAV
be humiliating to confess It. the fact never
theless remains that the great majority of
visitors who patronize an exposition go tn
be amused and not for instruction.
1t Is. therefore, imperative that proper
amusements should be provided. The idea
OF instruction need not necessarily he
wholly abandoned even here. In this con-
nection there is nothing more interesting
than groups OF strange peoples from strange
lands. showing their methods of living.
their games and their ceremonies, This
feature should be given special prominence.
such as has never been known at anv
previous exposition.
AS to exhibits there should be a libera,
display Of processes Of manufacture. Rut
the great mass of exhibits must of necea.
sity be finished articles. For instance there
must be locomotives, great and small
steam, electric, gas and air engines. ana
many other large machines which must HI.
shown complete without showing how thew
are constructed. There must be paper In
great variety and products made Of paner
but 1t would hardly be practicable to show
q full-fedged paper mill. Flour from tha
great mills Of st. Louis and Minneapaiis
may be shown. but not the mills that maxi
It, The great steel shafts. stern and 11id-
der posts of an ocean steamship may be
shown. but not the FORCES and furnaces thar
shSpe them.
There are, however. thousands OF i,,xen,.
Gus contrivarices that can be shown r.,
notion as. for instance. matchmaking r,o
chimes, cotton and wool spinning and wt,v-
ing. printing and iithographine rnethafi.
and machinery. pin-makins machines, ma.
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chimes for the reduction and separation OK
ores, for making tin and other wares, and
many OF the more intricate devices in the
field of electricity.
These few examples are sufficient to
prove that there are quite enough OF the
processes that can be shown to give the
general effect of life and movement to the
whole inert mass
In the selection OF exhibits. variety should
be aimed at rather than quantity. The
disposition to display a large number Of
articles Of the same kind by one exhibitor
should be discouraged, as space is too valu-
able.
Exhibits of ordinary character. which
have been displayed at several previous ex-
positions. should also be discarded.
The allotment of space to Individual ex-
| hibitors is>a task full of perplexity and
ore which must be handled with skill and
rare judgment.
In order that exhibitors may not be too
extravagant In their demands for space It
has sometimes been found advantageous to
charge certain sum per square foot for the
space allotted.
CLASSIFICATION STILL.
AN UNSOLvED PROBLEM.
No satisfactory classification OF exhibits
has ever yet been developed. At the last
Paris Exposition the plan looked well on
paper. but was regarded as failure In
practice.
1t will readily be seen that II In no easy
task to properly classify the millions of ex-
hibts of great exposition. They often re-
sembie one another so closely, they merge
into one another and 1t is very difficult
matter to place them just where most OF
them must be assigned by correspondence
on very brief, or perhaps. no description
other than mere name. The components
OF many exhibits belong to several different
classes, which lead to further embarrass-
ment
wishes to display the several stages Of his
work In one group. finds that under a class
itication he must divide it into several
groups. sometimes remote from one another
and even in separate buildings. This Is
hardship TO the exhibitor In more ways than
one.
Take, for instance, the United States ex-
hibt IN Paris in 1sOo While not large ex-
hibit at hest it was divided into over forty
lots and distributed III eighteen different
buildugs. The result was that II made q
much poorer showing than II all of the ex-
hibits could have been grouped together.
This has suggested that in the coming
Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1t might be
well to place the exhibits Of foreign coun-
tries in groups by nations. or. perhaps. COM
bining several Of the smaller ones
This method would doubtless meet the
approval OF very large majority Of Wis
itors. and would only be little objections
able to the few who wish to compare IN
detail similar exhibited articles.
II time permitted before the opening Of
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KILLED BY TRAMPs.
Minnesota Harvest Hand Robbed
and Thrown From Train.

st. Paul, MIMI. July 1.-Two tramps
held up Nels Peterson and BENJAMIN An
derson near Belle Plaine last night, robbinx
both. beating Peterson and shooting Ander-
xon. whose headless body was found by the
the train and his head cut of by the wheels.
The men were from Chicago en- route to thc
haIyevt zelda
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-06-20
Huston Hill.

Editor Cameron County Press
Mr.. Walter Barr was on the Hill on
Sunday.
Mr.. w. p. Barr lost a valuable colt
last week.
James Smith and Lee McMillin are
the guests of W. P. Barr.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey B.
Hicks, a baby boy, June 9th.
Mrs. r. L. Dill and children and Lelo
Williams are visiting friends at Medix
Run.
Mrs. Annie Roorick and children
of Williamsport, are the guests of her
parents at this place.
Mr.. Francis r. Connor and Harris
Hanscome, who are working at Gran
tonia, were home over Sunday.
Messrs. John Conner, Charles Barr,
Orren Fl. Jordan and A H. Barr, who
are working for w. d. Johnson, were
home over Sunday.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-06-20

The Democratic party has of late ex-
pressed considerable love for the old
soldier, but they failed to show it when
the bill making an appropriation for a
memorial building on Gettysburg bat
tlefield was before the House, says the
Harrisburg Telegraph. The word was
passed around among the Democrats
by their leaders that this was bill that
must be defeated because it had been
introduced by Representative who
had incurred their displeasures and they
were going to permit the old soldier
to stand between them and their re-
venge. In this they were aided by some
of the insurgents, but it must be said
to their credit, that some of the Demo-
Gratis refused to take orders and voted
for the bill, incurring the wrath of their
Democratic colleagues Representative
Haag, who aspires to Democratic
leadership, but who up to this time has
only made his extreme partisanship
obnoxious, asked why there should be
memorial on the Gettysburg field,
and Representative Voorhees, told him
very sharply that it was because it
commemorated the services of the
many Pennsylvanians who had died in
the famous battle, and intimated that
it was in war that was waged against
the Union by Democrats. The shot
told. But the Democrats as body,
with few exceptions, chose to show
their old time dislike for the old soldier
and voted against the bill. After the
attempted defeat of the measure a
Democrat who had voted for it remark
ed that the Democratic party was going
to try to win the next Governors fight,
but if its members expected to win
after turning down the old soldier they
were daft.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-06-20
Repu blican State Convention.

To the Republican electors of Penn
sylvania:-
/ am directed by the Republican
State Committee to announce that the
Republicans of Pennsylvania, by their
duly chosen representatives, will meet
in Convention at the Opera House, in
the city of Harrisburg, on Wednesday,
August Dist, 1901, at 1920 o'clock a. m.
for the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for the following offices, towit:
One person for the office of Justice
of the Supreme Court
One person for the Office of State
Treasurer.
In accordance with the rules govern
ing the organization, the representa-
ton in the State Convention will be
based on the vote polled at the last
Presidential election. Under the rules
each legislative district is entitled to
one delegate for every two thousand
votes cast for the Presidential Electors
in 1900, and an additional delegate for
every fraction of two thousand votes
polled in excess of one thousand.
By order of the Republican State
Committee.
FRANK REEDER, Chairman.
y w. ! T. 1odpHTTs ANDEHws' Secretaries.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-06-20
How to Avoid Trouble.

Now is the time to provide yourself
and family with bottle of Chamberlain s
Collie, most certain to be needed before
the summer is over, and if procured now
may save you trip to town in the night
or in your busiest season. 1t is every
where admitted to be the most successful
medicine in use for bowel complaints,
both for children and adults No family
can afford to be without it. Eor sale by
L. Taggart
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-06-20

You may as well expect to run steam
engine without water as to find an active,
energetic man with torpid liver and you
may know that his liver is torpid when he
does not relish his food or feels dull and
languid after eating, often has headache
and sometimes dizziness. A few doses OF
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets
will restore his liver to its normal func-
tions, renew his vitality, improve bis
digestion and make him feel like a new
man. Price, % cents Samples free at
i, Taggarts drug store.