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that in the Central Park Zoo Of New
York. The cage will be stocked with
thousands Of beautiful, brilliantly color
ed birds Of ali kinds and sizes. 1t will
be separated by an aisle, through which
visitors may walk. and it is expected
that this cage will be one of the most
interesting features Of the entire Gov
Crnment exhibit In the construction OF
his cage IL Will De the aim to counter
felt nature as near as possible, and
there will be trees, and brush and clins
that will give it the appearance of a
miniature forest
Under the supervision Of the division
of anthropology an exhibit illustrating
the esthctic achievements OF the native
American peoples viii be made This
will include the finest carvings and
paintings that can be obtained. and viii
be something new and out Of the ordi-
nary
The geological division will exhibit
many OF the most striking things that
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in which the display win be made The
building will cost in the neighborhood
OF $500, 900, and az can be seen from the
picture. St viii be one Of the most or
nate and splendid exhibition buildings
ever constructed. The structure will be
500 feet long and l75 feet deep, with a
total floor space Of 10S,O00 square feet
for exhibits.
The Government exhibit IS being pre-
pared under the direction Of Govern
ment board. which consists OF a repre-
sentative Of each Of the twelve branches
Of the Government that will make an ex-
hibit. The names Of the members Of this
board and the departments they repre-
sent are as follows. Agriculture, Assist
ant Secretary J. Il. Brigham. who Is
chairman Of the board; State Depart
ment, William II. Michaels. Treasury.
Wallace II. Hills. War Department
John C. Scoheld; Navy, b. r. Peters.
Department Of Justice. Frank Strong.
Interior. Edward NJ Dawson; Postofice
Department. John g. Brownlow: Ma
t0nal Museum and Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. h. vs.. True. Fish Commission. ".
dec. Rayenel; Department OF Labor. C.
w. W. Hanger; Bureau Of American Re
publics. Williams c. Fox; Congressional
Library, Herbert Putnam.
The board has apportIoned the funds
appropriated and the several depart
mcnts have their exhibits under way.
How Shares Were Divided.
The National Museum aud Smithsonian
Institution were given the largest share
OF the Appropriation, while the Depart
ment OF Agriculture received the next
largest sum and the other departments
we're given amounts sufficient TO cover
the cost Of dne displays.
AZ the last session or Congress an ap-
Of $4,000 was added 10 one
Of the deficiency bills for the purpose
OF preparing "a special Indian exhibit.
which viii be made under the suporvis-
ion Of the Interior Department. although
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LIFE SAVING SERvICE-TREAS-
URY DEPARTMENT.

make a very imposing show. Some OF the
largest game mammals or the world VIII
be exhibited by this division. They viii
include mammals OF the deer, rhinoc-
eros, lion, sheep, elk, and other animals
OF extraordinary size. A display OF
some Of the largest and most brilliantly
colored butterflies Of the world viii also
be an interesting feature Of this exhibit.
Painted casts OF the larger reptiles.
snakes. anacondas, and cobras viii also
/ be exhibited
AstrOphysical Observatory.
The AstrophysicaI Observatory viii
make an exceedingly interesting exhibit.
Il will include one Of the most delicate
recording instruments ever invented
This is a bolometer invented by Secretary
Langley. The boIometeT jig designed 20
record the smallest fractional changes
OF temperature One-one- mfIionth OF 4
degree can be recorded by the bolometer.
Another feature Of this exhibit viii be
a large collection Of meteorites-
More interesting and extensive than
ever before viii be the exhibit OF the
Agricultural Department. II VIII cover
a floor space larger than any other ex-
hibit made by the Government. 1904
square feet having been allotted for it.
while the outside exhibit win occupy q
large tract OF ground. The inside ex-
hibit viii be located on both sides OF ths
main aisle Immediately to the left OF the
west entrance.
Many new features viii be shown IN
this exhibit. II viii be designed TO show
what the Department Of Agriculture IS
doing to assist the farmers Of the Uni
ted States.
The bureau Of plant industry VIII d.
vide its exhibit into two groups. one IL
Illustrating Geld work. which viii be made
in the open air, and the other uIusrat-
ing laboratory and other Investigations.
to be made inside
The Open-Air Exhibit.
1t will require for the open-air exhibit
about ten acres OF ground This oXnihit
will include cereal display OF repre-
sentative varieties Of wheat from an over
the world TIM. characteristics Of wheat
srown in different districts, and a COM
plete apparatus for the treatment Of
grain diseases in the field. 1t wiz also
show diseases OF field and garden crops
and their treatment and plant breeding.
The grass garden VIII occupy the largest
area In the outdoor exhibit. probably re-
quirinE eight acres.
The grass Garden was a much admired
/ feature Of the Pam American Exposition.
Tho garden at ST. Louis win De much
/ larger and VIII show AN OF The forage
/ CONTINUED GA TlId Pase.)
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LARGEST DISAPPEARING GUN IN TEE wORLD-wAR
DEPARTMENT EXHIBIT

The Splendid Exhibit That Uncle Sam Viii Make
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904
Viii Not Only Demonstrate the Wonderful
Advances In Science, Art, and Education, But
Viii Prove That the United States Has Kept
Ahead of Other Nations In the Great Forward
March. ss ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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TINE apothegm uttered by the late
President Mckinley at The Pan
L American Exposition IA Buffalo
on that eventfu- September day,
1901. that expeditions are the time
keepers OF progress" has no better ex-
COMPLICATION than the proposed Govern
ment exhibit to be made at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition in ST. Louis year
after next.
A splendid display was made by the
Government at the Worlds Fair in Chit
cago, in 1898. but since that time the
National Government has participated
IN five cxpositions in different parts Of
the country, each succeeding one being
more complete than its predecessor. The
exhibit al Chicago was moro elaborate
and expensive than later ones. but with
the wider experience and consequently
greater degree OF efficiency the officers
In charge OF the exhibition TO be made
az St. Louis viii be enabled u make
il far superior to any that have gone
before.
Interesting Display Promised
We purpose to make the most COM
prehensive and interesting display at
St. Louis that the United States Gov
eminent has ever made at any exposi-
tion in the world" said Colonel Brig
ham. chairman Of the Government board.
I'VE have the money and have had the
experience. aud. with the aid OF expert
assistants, shall prepare an exhibit that
viii surprise and delight all who may
see Il. Our aim will be TO make it fair
~ representative OF the work the Gov
eminent is doing FOR The people Of this
country. bat ,here will be many novel
features thrt / am sure will not fail 10
please visi .o-s to the exposition. We
hope to NAL the Government exhibit the
feature OF he exposition. and we think
we shall DO g."
Congress appropriated 100000 for a
Federal exhibit. exclusive Of The building
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Continued ou Tlrd Plse.)
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THE INDEX EXPUROATORIJJS

The managers Public Library have
on blacklist all books which they proper
for general circulation has published result
circulation been doomed considerably
the Middle West.
who are improper literature, they
anything with that label they Immediately upon There
people penetrate the purieus indency,
Stgnated improper nothing
the They that long there seapponted critics
world confounG frankness with immortality
of perfectly harmless books motives which only IN
long the books
people viii be likely very well worth reading In
has strength before baksted
that the outspoken
books Tby7 frequently people any
able primal life anything corrupt
meaning which they themselves have found there They imag
any purity based knowledge and their idea goodness
innocence superIatve be nearly do They have grasp
ed the truth that what person knows but the way which he
knows and the hold which has him. which his moral
character Otherwise brains would be good deal
than a blessing
All the same, blacklist a public library bad thing
Books which be read without harm by fitted
them exactly good for boys girls
mind moral intellectual perspective adjusted
should be nothing public library which boys girls may
without should al
non called to Objectionable books by prohibition
young readers VIII for them The plan give
them all the good reading that be found and the
generally be left alone without any fuss.
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specifically.
guilty BY verdict confession
legal" something
a " aw.'
who
money
guilty. they being
They
who
pay
o
expression These are but
prisoner
mig
community who are
prevent them
Who'll
o. who
He sits legalm
have within
"unwhipped Justice
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respect Of the men who play under him
He must be man of energy and Of sin
glemindedness Of purpose. man Of lofty
instincts and poetic nature, man 30 ia
spire confidence and able to impress his
individuality on others.
Visiting conductors who come without
an orchestra can. OF course, effect little
In the way Of showing how they would
interpret this or that composition. since
the real work Of the conductor IS done
during rehearsals; but Mr.. Strauss ad-
vent will not be without its ultimate
benefit, because he viii. at any rate.
leave behind him an authoritative state
ment as to how his own compositions
should be interpreted. as in the case Of
the visits of Tschaikowsky and Dvcrak.
some years ago. His works viii be pre-
sented with sufficient frequency and
completeness 10 afford the musical pub
lie a fair opportunity Of making up their
minds whether to admire them. and II
so, 10 what extent.
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A Mysterious Poem,

About fifty years ago the London
Morning Chronicle published poem en-
titled Lines to Skeleton" which ex-
cited much attention Every effort.
even to the offering OF q reward OF fifty
euineas. was vaiaIy made to discover
the author All that ever transpIred
was that the poem, IN, fair clerks
hand. was found near a skeleton Of re-
markable beauty of form and color in
the museum of the Royal College OF
Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn, London, and
that the curator Of the museum had sent
TO Mr.. Perry. editor and proprietor Of
The Morning Chronicle"
LINES TO A SKELETON.
Behold this ruin; twas a skull
Cnee Of ethereal spirit full
This narrow cell was life's retreat
This space was thoughts mysterious
seat.
What beauteous visions filled this spot,
What dreams Of pleasures long forgot,
Nor hope. nor love, nor Joy. nor fear.
Have left one trace Of record here.
Beneath this Wondering canopy
Once shone the bright and busy eye,
But start not at the dismal void
If social love that eye employed,
If with no IawIess FIRE il cleaned.
But through the dews Of kindness
beamed,
That eye shall be forever bright
When stars and suns are sunk in night
Within this hollow cavern hung
The ready swift and tuneful tongue
II falsehood's honey it disdained,
And when it could not praise was
chained;
If bold in virtues cause it spoke.
Yet gentle concord never broke.
This silent tongue shall plead for thea
When Time unveils eternity.
Say! did these fingers deITe the mine1
Or with It's envied rubies shine?
To hew the rock or wear the gem
Can little now avail &c them;
But e the page Of truth they sought
Or comfort TO the mourner brought,
These hands richer need shall claim
Than all that wait on wealth or fame.
AvatIs it, whether bare OF shod.
These feet the paths of duty trod2
If from the bowers OF ease they fed
To seek affections humble shed,
II grandeur's guilty bride they spurne&
And home to virtues cot returned
These feet with angel wings shall vie,
And thread the palace If the sky.
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Ar Ancient Letter.

Dr.. Hugo Radau. q St Louis Assyri-
ologist, has come into possessiin Of one
Of the most remarkable letters IN the
world It was written $500 years ago
by Ur En- zu. a chief OF oxen in Baby
lonia, and was addressed to Ur Tur. It
was a receipt fer sixteen CUR OF grain
This very old letter was never re-
eelved by the nan for whom it was writ
ten Il was carefully written with
stylus upon fat piece Of soft clay an
inch wide, an inch and a half Iong, and
z quarter OF an inch thick This clay,
being the letter, was baked. The en-
veiope, or shell, for II was prepared.
This. too, was inscribed and baked in
fire.
Then the letter was ready. But Or Tl:T
never received IT, though from what
mischance does not appear. Il became
lost in Tell-Lob, a city in Baylonia. and
Ras found there when 81 de Sarzac, the
French archeologist, was digging out in
Babylonia those priceless Assyrian rel
les 10 be seen in the Paris Louvre.
DR.. Radau received the letter from
Rev. e F. Van Hootegem, rector Of St
Francis Seraph Church, Holland. Wis.
Rev. Mr.. Van Hootegem went around the
world in 1900, and the letter was given
him at Calcutta by Slonsignor Athana-
sius Ignatius Nouri, the Syrian Catholic
archbishop Of Bagdad.
i is supposed that It was either over
looked in the French explorations or
else was taken by some dishonest Arab.
accounting for its appearance in Bagdad.
It had not been opened, and was sent to
DR.. Radau for that purpose
His delight vita it may be imagined
when he opened the burned clay enve-
lopo and found the letter intact and as
Iegible. after 1900 years. as it was the
day It vas written.
It yet lacked SEQ years until the day
Of Abraham when Ur En- Zu, the chief
shepherd OF the oxen, sent out from the
city Of TelI-Loh TO the fields Of Ur Tur
for sixteen CUR Of grain for his house
hold
Trade was attended by exceptional
formaHties in those day Of old Baby
lonia- The chief shepherd, great as his
Office vas, could not receive his grain
from the farmer, Ur Tur, without Civ
ing some receipt Of record. So when
the grain cane ne took his stylus and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-05

inscribed in the sumerian script upon a
small, smooth piece OF clay:
10 she CUR lugaI
CUR sar-ud-du-a-ta
she-HuI a-shag tm-bi-a ba-tug
Ki-Ur-Tur Ia
UT-dingiT-En-zu nu-F lnda-gud
shu-ba-ti.
Translated into English this reads:
10 CUR OF grain, royal quality.
this amount, the produce OF garden
land,
is for seed OF clay ground,
and was received
from the estate Of Cr Tur
by Or En- Zu, the chief shepherd Of the
oxen"
Ed En- Zu wrote his letter in the pres
ence OF two witnesses. Nothing was
done or written OF said in old Babylon
with the sanction OF law save II had two
witnesses exclusive of the person act
ing So for witnessing his receipt Ur
En- Zu called into his home Ur-Ba-u
Val, az Ealam-mir, policeman so
named Tor The cudgeI he carried. and
NikaI-Ia, chief oyerseer Of the BaLyIo-
nian grauaries. To the letter Ur En-
Zu had written these appended their
names as attests.
Having written and signed. Er En- Zu
next prepared a shell. or envelope. upon
which he inscribed with his stylus the
name Of Ur Tur and the information
that this was a document in a matter
Of grain between himself and Ur Tur.
The chief shepherd Of the oxen was now
prepared TO place upon the envelope the
most important inscription Of aII-the
date So he took up his stylus and wrote
that which In English reads: IN the
year when Sumuru and LuIubu were de-
Yastated for the nine time"
Now the calendar which subsequently,
originated in his country had not been
devised in the day of Ur En- Zu, so he
had 10 better means Of expressing the
date than those he adopted The ninth
devastation OF SimuTu and LaIubu had
been u great event in his country.
The psychologists know well enough
that the ninth devastation Of Sirnur9l
and LBlubu occurred in the reign OF
Dungi III, and that this monarch was
king OF UF about POO 3. c.
His writing done. Ur En- Zu took MS
little tablet letter and laid It back upon
the Goals that the envelope might bake
as hard as had the letter within
Here the story OF the letter is lost II
Is quite certain that UT TuT, for whom
IL was written, never got il, for il he
had it would have been opened instead
Of lying in the ruins OF Teu-Lch for
500 years.-St. Louis DISPATCH
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THE KING AND MCKINLEY.

Some of the surgical experts in Lon
doa are reported as having compared
the operation on the King to the opera
ton performed on President Mckinley
imediateIy after he was shot. saws the
New York Sun" Both operations we're
Of course, intestinal operations. but the
methods employed by the Kings sur
geons differed from the methods en-
ployed by President McKfnIeyz sur
geons in one important, some authorf-
ties think vitality important. particular.
In the case OF the King the operator
completed his work by inserting two
drains into the wound, packing II with
antlseptic gauze and closing It tenn
poraTily. In the case of the late Presi-
dent the surgeons closed the wound
permanently, leaving no drainage at all.
After any intestinal operation. where 2
septic condition Is found, there Is al
ways a greater OF less discharge of pus
for several days after the operation
Unless the wound is drained. the dis
charge must be made into the intes-
tines
The Kings wound was drained. Presf-
Gent Mchlniey's was not. In the Kings
case the drains viii be removed when
the septic discharge ceases, the gauze
viii be removed ard the wound be per
mltted to heal by granulation. The
president died The King may live. The
wound of the one was drained The
wound Of the other was not. What
the surgeons call drainage may mean
life TO Edward of England The lack
OF 1t may have been the cause. of a con
tinent-Wide mourning for the death Of
William Mckinley.
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IBSENS YOUTH.

Nine. Renusat has been contributing
to French periodical some very in
tercsting notes on Ibsen's life, which
contain quite a number Of new or hitb-
erto unpublished stories. II appears
that when Henrik IbseR was eight years
old his father WIS ruined by bad specu-
Iaticn Up TO that time the family had
lived somewhat Iaxuriously. and the re-
suit Of the crash is pictured. no doubt,
in some Of the bitter passages in The
Pillars Of Society" Ibsen as a child
seems always TO Rave lived alone. From
The very first he lived in the atmosphere
OF Bjornson's telegram addressed to him
On MS sixtieth anniversary, lie monde
Went al solitaire"
Ibsen's first play, Catalina, written
in secret, was offered without success
&C the director Of the Christiana Thea
ter. and then 10 every publisher in the
capital 1t was ultimately published IN
der the pscudonyme -BrunhioIf Biarme. -
at the expense OF Ibsen's student friend,
SchuIrud. Forty-five copies were sold;
the rest were given by the author to a
grocer and used for paper bags. Lady
niger o. Csterat." Ibsen's historical
drama in FIVE acts, published in 1854,
brought in exactly Ell from an illus
trated paper. The Vikings at Hedge
land" Gs5D was refused by the Chris
tiana Theater and produced IN book
form about ES- Many years after when
Ibsen was famous the publisher issued
both these works. but an action was
brought against him By the author, and
ne had 20 pay al ndemnity.-Sketch.
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No other musical instrument has the
same range of expression as the vio-
lin: it has a power Of conveying feel
ing fully equal to that Of the human
voice, which it excels as much IN some
directions as it falls short of it In
others
IN the soft and passive emotions,
such as the fuIlness Of love, the pangs
of soul agony, no singer can aspire to
match It's perfect melody; the impo-
tent rage Of woman it IS equally able
to tell exceIIently; but the strong, ae-
tive anger masculine is beyond It's
power, as is the voicing of martial ar
dor. In these regards it Is Of less pO-
tency than the human voice and than
brazen wind instruments, but its com
pensating gam over vocaHzation IS
that it cannot condescend to speak the
commonplace
Reed and wind instruments have
their separate provinces, compactly
limited by their number of stops, or
keys. The highest number Of posi-
BILE sounds Is set arbitrarily for them,
and in all stringed instruments except
the violin and cello the duration Of
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-05
THE BRITISH WEST INDIES

Most significant Is the petition adj
dressed to the home government by
men representing the leading business
interests of the British West Indies.
The address pictures TIE distress IN
the islands caused by the critical con
dition of the sugar industry and urges
Some action by Parliament whereby
the worst can be uded over until Sep
tember !, 1903, when the Brussels su-
gar bounty convention takes effect. II
Is represented that at present sugar
production in the islands Is carried
on at a loss Of from two to three
pounds q ton, and the suggestion IS
made that the government ought TO
relieve this deficiency by a bounty Of
not less than two pounds.
In the concluding portions of the
address are contained some really re
markable declarations the significance
Of which viii strike the reader at
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By ELSA Won MoLTKE, of New York.

the note, in which so much of the art
of expression finds play, Is as arbi-
trariIy limited to moment, the swift
ness Of a single touch.
But with the violin the notes are
Gmitless. The mathematician, wise
IN his lore, understands that there is
in any straight line an infinite num-
Der of points, and anyone who ever
handled a violin knows just as well
that there Is IN every point of each
of its four strings a different note.
-Four times infnity Is a large quantity
for any other instrument to attempt
to match.
Again, the note may be prolonged
or rendered high or low at will on the
violin, and IN that it exeels all the
other stringed instruments. But, be-
yond and above all this, it Is excellent
IN the unequaled opportunity 1t of
fers for putting soul and individuality
into the music. There are no mechan-
zeal bars and fences TO be overcome in
dealing with the violin.
The emotion or passion to be ex-
pressed must be always felt by the
artist, whatever the instrument, as it
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-05
MOST NEARLY HUMAN OF ALL
MUSICAL INSTRUF1ENTS-TF1EV VIOLIN

must be also by the successful actor;
but in using any other instrument
than the violin It Is impossible TO con
vey the feeling straight to the me-
ehanical vehicle.
Thu violin string, on the contrary,
receives directly from the trembling,
passion-throbbmg finger the impulse
of the soul: the bow which commands
the duration and intensity Of It's wall
Of woe, It's sigh Of sorrow, It's glorious
paean of triumph or JOY, receives It's
teaching and inspiration straight
from the art-trained brain, through
both hands; and without obstacle or
impeachment the soul of the player
rnshes to the union Of bow and string
and sings It's feeling as freely as the
songbird carols IN sky or tree.
Other instruments have all their
places and uses IN the world Of musi-
cal expression. 1t has been admitted
that some can produce effects which
the violin cannot, but because of It's
IimitIess range of note and because Of
It's neaness To- the soul and spirit Of
the PLAYER, the violin excels all others,
and Is the most nearly human Of them
all.