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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-12-25
9uktrrien.S

Dr. Menault am naturpifenIhafts
liden Muieum in paris iudt gu ers
peiien, tpie bic Roble bur1 bic Mrbeit
bon 8afterien enttebt. Nidt bas
ginbrinsen bon @rDped, tpeldRs aus
DEM @rttnnern berporitiirat, unb Das
DurhtrGnfen BON WIlbern unD
pflan5en bamtt bat bic Roble ae1dafz
fen, ionbern suerf Elm 4emif9er pros
5eB unb fpdter Elm pbpiifalifder, bti
peldem bic borbereitete MaiTs ausaez
trodnet uno fart seprebt tpir'b. Dur9
bic 8afterien iperben suerft bic PFans
gen in einen fohleartisen 3uitanb pera
1ebt, Der berbauenbe proaeB Der Bafs
terien tpanbelt bic ea1tse 3u @rnnbe
sebenbe begetabilii9e Mafe in Ro6le
nm, pdbreno 'Saueritoff unb Waferz
itoff DerIHptnben. Dab bic Bafte<
rien bieie Nrbeit fbaHddli9 ousfiib=
rem, fonrte Henault Direct nahpeis
fen. gs fanDen f9 6ei zen nifroifos
pil9en llnterfu4ungen iiberau bic
Mfte bon &afterien.
Die Roble bon 3iilb fdlob ben 8as
cillus 3flianus, ben 8acilIus @ranb
@urgi unb aablrei9w anbere Wlifrps
foften Elm. Sn anberen Roblen IieBen
fi4 3ablreihe Mifrpfotten erfennen.
INNER ipdr Der W2ieroepccas cdrbo
borbanben. Die 8atterien finDen fith
in ben mittlereil 6Guten ber M0bren
nnb ben 3slsn, beren Sormen lie beufs
lid conturiren, MilIionen BON Hafs
terien itnb bei ber Mrbei!, I'm Die
Wlanaenrefe au maceriren unD unl<
auiDanbeln. Dur9 bic Mr6eit ber
8afterien fperben aber bic pflan5en<
refe AUDI in i1rem Meuberen confers
Dirt. 9dnsben finben ii1 audi In ben
RJ1len bereinaelie RrpibalIe, bie BAN
burdii4tig, bafD burdideineMo iinb
unb bic bdbur1 entitanben iinb, bah
iih url1 Batterienbaufen RieTeIiGnre
in &rbitanform ausgeIHieben Sat.
96ufig erfennt man 3tpiIAen bi<fxn
Mite bon 3ellen, Gt1ubqefGBe, sNy,1s
fecteneier unD ullerbanb pil5e. Mnd
bie G0rfbilbung lit auf eintn GbnIis
den bafterisllen prpceb 3uriid3ufiih>
ren, 'Das 6olo ipirb bier f6eils burd3
pil5e, tbeils bur9 9afterien III beii
eigendrtigen 3uffanb DeripanbtIi, itnt
rla9ber bilr1 Mustrodnxn 1peiisr IL
SDrf gu tper'Den. II
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-12-25

Der 9sD6lttrnns ber in 1yrag. fpm-
men'oen Qonbestkile.
DER General 1dliebt nit Der Be
msrfuns. cine rtihe Notion, iptlhe ibr
0elb nibt uuf bic Mittel einer ange=
mefenen nationulen Wertbibigung
beripenbe, itelle iicb init elmer armen
auf sine Stufe. .Wenn unIere 'Sees
fiiitena8ert6eibguny" iast er, .nitbt
bnr9 genii9enDe @pilligungen sebDs
rig orsaniiirt III, 10 f0nnte es lnDs.
liher Meife in ridt ferner 3eit fpms
men, baB es uns tpie elmer Natipn
sebt, ipelder tbre WerbdltniHe cine
MISUNDERSTANDING niAt aeitatten."
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-12-25

fdvben, aud muB Bel Der MufHals
lung binldngIidb 5trob aeitrent ipsrs
ben unb bdrf man bic geisre niht bes
unru1jsen. benn es liegt in Der Natiir
aller Sbiere, Dab iie in bieisr Set
Gube unD ginfdmteit fufen.
Die fog. MonbbIinbbtit
Bel pfer ben. Die MonDbliiDs
felt iii eine Dem pferbeseihk9ts
eisent6iimli9e. in unreselmdBig tpiss
berfebrenben Nnfdnen uuftretsnne
Mueenent5iinbuns. Dieielbx befdHt bic
inneren 9beile oes Nusapfels unb
fiibrt meiit 3ur grblinbung oesMnges.
Gs ipirb sslpObnli9 nur Elm Nuss ers
griffen unb 5utpeilen nur abpeHits
Iunasneije balD bas linte. balo bas
re9te Muse. Das ersr;ffene @uge
tDirb seidloi1eu gebalten, bic perengts
pupine eripeitert iid langamer dls
i'm sefunben 3uitanbe. Rad Werlauf
BON 2 bis 3 Sagen pirb bic pupillt
6laBbldu1ih, Tie 1T persngt nnO uns
reselmdBis persogen. Die pdHerigt
Geudtigteit farbt iib bldBgriinlin
unb in berielben fhtpimHen selbli9e
5foden. Diefe Sloden iinb 6alD in
serinser. baIb in 10 GROCER Msnge
Dorbanben, bab lie bic untere 9difts
Der Musenfammer ausfiilIen unD bis
iiber biespupille berporreihen, tpoDur1
bas 5eben sebinbert pirb. DisIer
3uftanb bletbt iib 6 bis 8 Sage bins
oura slei9, porauf iid bic ansefii1rs
ten gr1Heinungen Dermincern unD iih
i'm Derlaufe BON ipeiteren 8 9agen
sdnali9 berlieren, iobab bas Muse
nu4 3 Moden ipieber pDllis gefunb
erIdetnt unb nur i'm Snneren einen
sriinliden 59immer bebdlt. Nalb
erfolst Elm neuer Nnfan Ihon lrad Ia
Sasen bis 3 Woden, balo erf, linD
slpar in ben meiften 5dllen, nod 6 Biz
8 Woden, unb iel6it erH nah mebre@
rem Mtonaten. 6ieraus gebt augleifh
berbor, baB bic Mnfdne in feiner 8s>
5iebung au ben MonbsperdnDsrungen
fteben, tpie man friiber glaubte. 8ei
iebem Nnfau treten bic obisen @rs
I4einunsen ipieber auf's yfeue unb in
Der 3esel nit srDBerer Seftisfeit elm.
Die Qnfdlle lpieberbplen ii9 in Der
Gegel 10 lanse, Big bas SebpermDgen
oerniAtet TT, iporauf biefel6en auss
6leiben, um friiber posr ipdter on benz
mod sefunben Mue ii9 einauftenen.
Die 8ebanblung 1T eine Drtlide unb
allgemeine. 3und9it ipirD eine 2arans
berabrei9t. Oieielbe beitebt aus 1
l1nae N1oe (aloes) unb 10 niel
S9mierieife, dls sur 8ereituns elmer
pille n0tbis lit. Die pi1e tpirb
Uforgens niiAtern gegebsn, nahbem
oas pferb Ibenbs porber nur Rltie
uno etspas 9eu su freFsn betommen
6at. 3pedmdbis 1T es, bas pferD
in einen bunflen. mdBis tparmen
lStan gu 6rinsen. Wuf bic 8ade unter
benz leibenoen Muse reibt man etfpas
Gantbartbenial6e Ointment Of cans
tbartbes) elm. Die 2arans ntub ppn
3eit gu 3eit tpieberbplt psrben. Mnf
oas Nuse brinet man folssnbe @al6e;
nimm: Merfurialialbe (mercurial
ointment) J 11nse, Ste9apfelsrtroft
(ertraet Of itrammpniumD 1 Dra9me,
mtf4ees gut unD itreihe tGgli6 breis
NAL eine GrbIe sroB sipifden bic au.
senliber.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-12-25
Aiilte1tpertbrinip11,tp.

Der 8eridt bes friiberen 3ommans
beurs bes Ditli9en Departments, Sc
neral Nrt6ur MacNrtbur, iiber Die
gemeini amen Chamber Der Mrmee unD
ber 5lotte i'm lebten 9er6F tit ioe6en
bonn Rriegsbepartsment rerDffentlidt
tporben. Der 9eneral lGBt bic Spez
rattonen beiber S6eile Rebue paiiiren
unb tbeilt feline Nnii9ten beaiiglid Des
Sptems Der 8ii itenbefsitisuns nit,
ipelde gu benz S9luife fiibren, bab,
ipenn ale proisttirten 8efeitisunssz
tperfe fertis se'itellt unb armtrt iinb,
bic &Iftenlinie Der Ser. 'Staaten nabez
gu unansreifbar iein ipi.b, poruusz
seiebt, baB bic Gei9iibe sebDris be-
mannt unb ber SeuerzGffeft berfelben
bouf ftdnbis entpidelt reroen tann.
Dasu se6Drt ubsr, bub bic tSdiebz
iibunsen 10 sepflest perben, bub
nabesu ieber Sdub trifft, mas man
leiber gesenipdrtig mod ni9t behaupz
ten fann.
Ser 9eneral fiibrt aug, bic Ser.
iStaaten fDnnten i'm &riegsfulle nit
abfoluter 8eltimmfbeit auf Mnss rehz
men, mas ii4 our9 bic freinillisen
Nnftrensunsen elmer faf unerI4Dpf=
li4en 3abl nutbiser 2eute BON gbr>
gefiibl unb bur9 bic i9nens Mufz
brfnsuns unbegrenater @elbmittel err
rei9en laife, aber man biirfe nift per>
sefen, DaB ber @ntbuiidsmus elmer
sanaen Nation unteritiibt bur9 einen
na9 8illionen 5dblenben Mei9tbum
ni6t etnas eraeusen tonne, mas our
3eit Elm fpeientli9es grforoernib
bilbe. @r beipridt bann i'm @inselnsn
bic 8sfeitigungsfperfe in benz Diitrift,
in tpeldem bic Man0Der ii9 a6ipiels
ten, Iotpie bic geidiibe, bic 2afetten
unb lire aonitruftion UNI erfldrt lid
oarii6er .iebr kfrisbigt. St giebt au.
baB iid einise MGngel berdusseitelt
ba6en, d6er lie finb niAt BON iol9er
8ebeutuns, baB esbalb in Dem Be-
feftigungsnerf irgenb eirs WeraOge=
rung eintreten miibte, unh er brGngt
Daruuf bab Danit 10 ihnen pie mDg@
lih borgegangen iperbe.
gr beIpri9t bdnn ben unteri9ieb
aipilden ben Breitfeitpirfunsen ber
dlten Sorts unb Der pirffamen Ner>
nenbuns Der unsebeuren @eidiiBe,
nit ipel6en Sorts in unlerer 3ett
ausseriiitet tperren, bon benen ans
nur eine berbGltnibmGbig seringe
Mnaabl bon @diiTen aus ipeiten gnt<
fernungen auf 5abraeuge, Die iih in
boiler Gabrt befinben, abeeseben pers
ben, 70 bab Nlles auf Sreffiiherbeit
anfomlnt. Dasu seb0rt llebung unb
Grfabrung, unb General W1aeWrtbur
empfiehlt bic Organization zines
Rorps BON artilIeriitiiAen grperten
au benz 3ned, Durh praftifhe 0er~
fufe fih fir ben Ditnit fadmdnniIa
dusanbilDen, pobei nanssntlih @e<
pidt auf bic Gdiebiibunssn mad be-
psglifsn 'Sheiben 5u legen 1T.
Die regulGre Mrmee fDnnte nur Elm
syiinfteI Der Mannfhnfxn aur 8ebies
aung Der Riiitenberfbeibisungspsrfe
i'm RriegsfaIIe liefern unb ber @tne<
raj empfieblt besbdl6 Die 8ilbuna
elmer Mili3SMeierDt unb bic 1elhafs
funa zines NeierDezNorratbs DDn
6anbnafkn, Mfunition unb ben nofhs
p<nbigften Musriiitunss z@sgenit1pben
aar d1gemeFenen llnt<rffiibung btr
unfrfheibinundSlinix D0n1 Qdnb<
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-12-25
pfleae Der Sdube mn

pflege Der G1ube nnb
Stiefel. lebtrftiefel f0nnen balts
Bar gemaht iperben, inDem man lie
nit Miainus0I obtr 2ebertbran eins
reibt nnb bic '5oblen nit tparmem
2ein0l bsfreidt. 0eine 2eberf6ube
tperben tpieDer SIGnstnb unb tptiH ses
mdht, tpenn man lie bisp<ilen nit
siner aptifen 'Gpedfdnrartt ubreibt.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-12-25

Mus bic @elebrten iDobI dnfauaet
peroen, iDenn bet lsbts hr @a1j1en
tntbtdt iein ipi.b2
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-12-25

MIte OeIfarbe unb Ga d.
anHri9e 5u entfernen. 9terz
3u eignet fih, ipenn audi bic MnDens
bung itarfer Gauge obns Grfols blieb.
eine Mi5dung bon sipsi SbeiIen Sal<
miafeeiit nit einsm She'll 5erpentin@
Oel. Gle man bic Mii4ung auf ben
gu enffernenben Nnitri9 auftrdst, 1T
lie gut au i9iitteln. Rad einisen
Min1tten tann man ben Nnftri6 nit
9olaapolls ober fonft bisr5u seeignetem
Weaterial abreibsn.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28
Is SPLIT.

In the air I don't use my legs 50 much
You'll come down quick enough some
time one of them said
7 told him I supposed the doctors would
like to get a chance at me. whereupon Doc
tor Wilder remarked that he would pay
800 TO pick my bones. Cheerful. wasn't It?
There's nothing to prevent you. then I
said. II you want to put up the money He
thought ! was testing. but / told him he
might have an agreement drawn and witt
messed. and I would agree to keep him post
ed in regard to my whereabouts. so that II
anything should happen he could put in his
claim. He paid the money there and then.
and everything was done up IN good legal
shape.
II wrote to him regularly for q number of
years. but finally lost track of him. /
learned later that he went as physician on
an ocean steamer, and a few years ago ]
instituted a search for him. I have recently
learned through friends that he died some
time ago. 80 that now my body is my own.
CoNTCRTIONI2TS ARE BORN
AND NOT MADE.
you hear all kinds Of stories about the
makeup OF contortionists. but you can take
word for IL IL is all in the way a fellow
IS built. I've knocked around as much as
but I've never been III. and there
has reyer been a time when / couldn't do
my most difficult stunt without spending
weeks In practice. as some Of these fellows
do.
And. IL I do say II myself. there's few of
them. If any. that have ever duplicated the
stunt I did In England on a wager. That
was in 1881 and / was then IS years old I
had been doing my Observation-Disclosures
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28

large force At work for several weeks get
ting the Fair Grounds In shape for this
years Fair. The booths surrounding the
amphitheater have all been repaired and the
management Is making a special effort TO
have leading merchants make exhibits in
them In view of the fact that there Will
b no Exposition in st. Louis this year.
quite a number of business men who for
meriy made Exhibit there have signined
their intention OF making displays at the
Fair.
The textile hall. near the lake. has been
thoroughly renovated and placed in good
shape Hundreds of ladies residing in the
city and the surrounding towns Will be num-
bered among the exhibitors in this depart
ment. The textile hall has always been one
of the principal features of the Fair. The
women and children have this building en-
tirely to themselves Thousands OF speci-
mems of interesting n~eedlework. crocheting
and all sort, OF fancy work Will be on ex-
here. The cash premiums for this
department alone will aggregate 800.
The management OF the Fair Association
has decided 10 donate the entire gate re-
ceipts of the Fair October 10 for the benefit
OF the three leading ch~ri.-h'~ organiza-
lions OF st. Louis-the Provident Associa-
ton. st. Vincent de Paul Society and Unit
ted Jewish Charities. The entire receipts OF
his day will be distributed share and share
among the organizations above named.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28

riety halls In this country and Europe. It
was new and startling then. and managers
thought so well OF it.that they were willing
to pay Mr.. Wentworth $4,000 e season.
which was something very much worth
while when II is told that managers now
adays refuse to nay for this act more than
$5 or so per week.
All of which IS part of the ups and dowrs
OF the show business" said Daddy" Went
worth. as be glanced from the snakes TO
the old green box he had used for years in
performing what had come to be known by
hcwmen everywhere rs the "packanatom-
icaliza .ion'' trick.
You want to know how I came to sell
myself TO two doctors?" he repeated. well
they're both dead now. and I'm looking for
a third Doctors seem to be very curious
about the compositio. of the spinal column
of a crntortionist. and il was only natural
that two Of them should make n PROPOSE
ton after thy learned that I wasn't g BIT
sensitive about the matter.
You must understand that e is an ur-
usual thin for a contortion'st IN live 70 h.
more than 20. and many OF ;Se-n Die he
fore they reach 50 so that Won c.G b Iiavs
the doctor thought they weren't taxing
very btg chances on M.
Doctor William Cswee 81 I-tca Coz
CONT. &ch-. Eas m FRS victim. -hst
Tas eway back in 1874. and he pail n. il
Eocd sold. VII oh was then selling st a hi-i
pr1mrm. He h=d known me since I We a
boy he knew mr. father. who was a 81 a
physician. ard fem wh-m 7 ran away whe1
l was IL to Montreal. whe-e 7 took care
OF horses on the race track. and ro1e horss.
ooo' IN what were fast races in those DAYS.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28

trick at them music halls and museums and
met q lot Of good people. Lord Lonsdale,
a physician named Ensley and four other
Engiishmen. after seeing my act. wagered
ESQ against 1900 that I could not ride in
the o from Rugby. where I then was, to
London
IT took them up. and before the train
started got into the box, and with me were
100 soda water bottles. II took one hour
and forty-hve minutes to make the trip.
The box was opened at intervals during the
journey. but / always assured them that I
was all right Was I? Well. when 1
reached London and they started to take
me out I was almost dead. nearly par
alyzed. and for two weeks afterwards !
couldn't do much of anything. / had new
er before been In the box more than ten or
twenty minute at a time.
Those are good days for an old fellow
like me to talk about" said Daddy Went
worth. with a smile 81 said last July
that I would never put N the tights again
unless it's a case of dire necessity. and even
then I'd rather show on the road than In
the museums. All my family were in the
show business. my son Harry now being
with the Barnum & Bailey show in France.
doing a contortion act. so that now I'm here
all alone since my son Jack was bitten by
a snake soon after we bought this house
and died at the hospital guess 1 VIII
stay right here and raise chic ems. for I'm
not blowing money like / used to when
things were coming my way.
And say" said Daddy Wentworth IN
parting. IF you run across a doctor thar
wants to AXE his chances with me send
him out and I'll 'divvy' with you You
can blow your share of 1t and I'll put min
in q stocking"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28
SHOWING WHY WE ARE TINES SLAVES.

WRITTEN FOR n SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Time Is apparently the essence OF our
modern civilization The watch lever
moves the business world. for We come and
60. open and close. begin and stop. ac-
cording y the clock hands direct. The
minute appears to be the all important
thing. The shadow on the dial. sunrise.
sunset, earfy and late candleight. and all
such measuyes Of time have been long for
gotten. and we keep our eyes on the sec
ouda
Here In New York the best obtsInabie
figures show thai we have $4,000 clocks
and watches working to keep us I'd to
dine. and The greatest effort Is used to
keep them o. the tick Of standard time. as
though a few seconds more or less would
d~ieorganize society. A person of full age
without a watch Il a curiosity. and chill
dren carry timepieces about as soon as
they know how to read their faces
Ton can scarcely walk q block In the
business section OF the city without having
. great public clock staring you In the
1AcA- Quito . change frum the days when
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28
P0uTENESS OF SOUTHERN
GENTLEMEN IN NEW YORK,

1T was really a good joke on me. and is
too good to keep" said a young lady, who
was taking 5 o'clock tea in the Waldorf
Astoria last Friday. to three companions.
One of the first things that Lizzie Wise
said when she came from New Orleans TO
visit me was that she had heard how i'm
polite the New York men were in street
cars 1 resented the charge and answered
that there was no truth in It and insisted
that the New York gentlemen were Just
as polite as the Southern gentlemen.
Il will admit that / did nave some doubts
the first time we entered a street car to-
gether, when 1 saw there was not a vacant
seat. and that nearly all of them were &C.
cupied by men. but 1 secretly rejoiced when
a man near the door jumped up and offered
his place, which Lizzie took. Just then an
other man. near the front of the car, gave
me his seat. / hated to be separated from
Lizzie, because ! wanted to crow about New
York gentlemen.
others came in the man who had first
given up his seat moved TO my end OF the
car. and the moment he saw the man who
had given me the seat the two shook hands.
~ declare. Tom said the first one, I
didn't expect to see you In New York
When did you leave Atlantar'
"iOnly three days ago. answered the
other. but I didn't know that you had come
North
81 never said a word to Lizzie about the
New Workers being as polite as the outh-
erners."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28

Some circus men SAW me riding. and
when that show left town I was with II.
did all kinds of stunts before I invented
the box trick. and became a contortionist
when II years old.
SOLD HIMSELF TO A DOCTOR
IN MICHIGAN.
o course. when I got back to Michigan
all my old friends We're greatly Interested
In me. and Doctor Cowee was particularly
curious. He talked so much about fl chat I
finally made 4 proposition to the effect that
he could ave the exclusive right to my
body after death. and he paid The money.
there and then. after the agreement had
been drawn up He died a few years after
wards. | happened TO Re In the town. and on
his 6eathhed he joked about our strange
bargain and said / was getting the better
OF 1t.
II did not make any more bargains CT
that sort until along in 1876. when was
playing IN g variety house TN BROOKLYN. /
was working overtime then. doing two DIS
tinct turns al different times during the
Gay and evening. I did my regular con-
torticuisf &c; ard a ,reDeze act later.
ore evening Doctor II. T. Wilder CT TIE
E1 : tCun Y Tos pital. Brooklyn. was at
the ihester with 4 party o. medical sta
dis. and the -e-med 20 &c out TO see all
tss. WIS 10 be s,ra. They saw me do my
Cor;oy;i5n act from the front. anc were on
the STAGE when 1 did my t-apeze stunt
lctcr. Wien I came of they held me up.
and che OF them remarked. You do The
sarre things in The air that you do on the
ground
Yes 1 replied. except that when I'm
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28
WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN
AIDED JOSEPH JEFFERSON.

When Joseph Jefferson. the famous Amer
lean actor. wSs a boy he used to tramp
from town to town In the United States as
a member Of his fathers travelling COM
pany. They once struck the town of Spring
field. Ill. at a time when a great religious
revival was In full swing. In the hope OF
preventing any ~play-aciing at such a period
the Town Council demanded a heavy fee
for permission. This was a serious matter
for the strollers. who had 20 earn their
daily bread. ard a local lawyer took up
their case out OF good Will So persuasive
ly did he plead that the fee was not insist
ed on and the performance took place. Ths
lawyer whose wit and humor served the
so well afterwards became Presi-
dent Of his native country and is known
to fame AZ Abraham Lincoln.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The season OF fall festivities IN ST. Louis
was i~naugurated last week. when the Ca
rondelet Business Mems Association gave
their first annual street fair and carnival
at Klausman's "a During the coming
week the South Broadway Merchants Asso-
citation will hold their second annual car
nival and street fair at Hashagen's Park.
Another street fair and carnival will be
given by a contingent of South ST. Louisans
at Lemp's Park during the same period
These events will be in the nature of cur
tain-raisers' to the big show-the forty
second annual 81. Louis Fair. which will
be held as usual at the Fair Grounds. Dur
ing Fair Week. his Majesty the Yelled
Prophet win make his appearance In the
city.
Mayor Rolla Wells has decided TO issue a
proclamation declaring Big Thursday of
Fair Week q legal. holiday. and nearly ell
the wholesale and retail establishments
have agreed to close on that date
There was some talk Of disseminating the
81 Louis Fair when the institution
changed hands last year. but when the bust
ness men Of the city pledged their support
the owners of the property agreed to do
their share toward providing entertainment
for the thousands of visitors attracted here
every autumn By the fall festivities.
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as q livestock show. The management has
set aside $4,000 to be distributed In cash
prizes during the week. More than four
ffths Of this sum VIII be hung I'D as pre-
miums in the livestock classes There will
be running races all week on the big mile
track. q cattle show In the amphitheater
every morning and o horse show IN the
same arena every afternoon. Swine and
sheep will be shown in pens constructed for
that purpose near the Prairie avenue gate.
The poultry and fancy stock win be on ex-
hib;uon in the same building that has been
used for that purpose in former years.
The Belgian hares have been assigned to
the old lion house. In the days when the
Fair Grounds boasted Of a great geological
collection the lion house sheltered lions. IT,
gers. leopards. panthers and other terrors
Of the jungle. OF late years this building
has been used Tor a dairy exhibit Butter
making machinery and other interesting
things In the dairy line will be shown In
another section of the grounds this year.
while the festive Belgian hare holds forth
In the old lion house. The Belgian hare men
are getting ready to make a tremendous
show at the ST Louis Fair This department
will be held under the auspices of the Lou
isiana Purchase Belgian Hare and Pet Stock
Association. This organization was formed
for the special purpose of making an ex-
hibit Of Belgian hares at the Worlds Fair.
Superintendent VIM. Matthews has had a