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CURIOUS THINGS FROM CHINA
The Most Magnificent Beds Ever Seen
Are Part of The Celestial Empires
Worlds Fair Exhibit.

The Chinese exhibit at the Worlds
Fair is filled with pleasing surprises.
Some of the most magnificent articles
of furniture are a part of this wonder
full display. The carving and inlaying
of ivory, bone and wood illustrate the
marvellous skill of the Chinese.
Models included in this interesting
exhibit show the homes and home life
of the Chinese, their weddings and
funerals, Chinese tea house, restau-
rant and shop, Chinese weaving and
some of the beautiful silks and wear
ing apparel of the Chinese and their
methods of manufacturing them.
One feature of the exhibit is two
magnificent Chinese beds, each of
which has the appearance of being a
small house of great beauty. One is a
summer bed, the other for winter. The
summer bed is hand carved and inlaid
with ivory and bone figures and land
scapes exquisitely carved n so
skillfully Joined as to appear a part Of
the wood. The bed and furniture are
of carved bamboo. The bed consists of
an anteroom, with tables, chairs and
tea stands, and in an inner room, which
is the sleeping apartment, there is a
couch with coverings of gauzy silks.
The winter bed is still more elabo-
rate. 1t consists of three compartments.
The first contains four chairs, q tea poy
and a chest of drawers. This is the sit
ting apartment. The second is the dress
ing room, and the third is the Sleep
ing apartment, or the couch itself. The
furniture is of rosewood inlaid with
ivory carving of birds, flowers and
trees. The couch is covered with silks
of the finest texture and in gaudy col
ors. The sleeping compartments are
lighted with Chinese lanterns of silk
hung at the outer entrance, While the
light enters through gauze panels, hand
painted and in forms of rosewood in
laid with ivory figures.
A table and dish made of highly pol
ished ash, with eXquisitely carved
bamboo figures inlaid. are shown. The
work is so artistically done that each
article seems to have been made of
one piece of wood.
There is also a large display of Chi
nese lanterns made of silk, gauze and
other light material and some made of
beads artistically arranged with glass
centers. The silk and gauze are beau
tifully hand painted.
There are models of some of the
great Chinese temples. theaters and
arches, showing elaborate carving in
wood and ivory and two large elephant
tusks exquisitely carved.
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Notice. to Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received by the Council
of the Borough of Avalon until IL O'Clock NJ,
May 7, A. ID. 1904, (t a meeting OF SAID Coun-
ell to be held in the Council at that
time) for the opening, curbing, grayeling and
grading of the roadway OF First avenue from
fine southwesterly line of Twenty-fif h street
to the southwesterly line of Twenty-nlnth
street; Twenty-siXth street, from the north
westerly line of First avenue TO the SOUTH
easterly line of Second avenue; TWenty-seV-
enth street, from the orthwesterly line OF
First avenue to the southeasterly line OF sec
ond avenue; Twenty-ninth street, from the
northWesterly line of First avenue to a point
one hundred and sixty feet southeasterly from
the southeasterly line of Second avenue, in
the Borough of Avalon, County OF APE May
and State of New Jersey. All bids must be AT
a stated price per lineal foot for the entlre cost
of all labor and materials required Ior Jne en-
tire width of the roadway, including the Two
lines of curbing, and must be accom- panied by
a certified check in the sum OF nifty collars
drawn to the order of the treasurer OF the Boz
ough of Avalon as a guarantee that the sue
cessful bidder will enter into a contract WIN
the said Borough as contemplated by tne
plans and specifications on which the BIO Is
will be returned. The Borough Council re-
serves the right to reject any or all Dlds'
Grade stakes will be set by the Borough ID
advance of the above date in order that DID
ders may make themselves familiar with tnt
| Intended grade Plans and specifications car
he seen at the office of the Mayor OF Avalon
| N ]. Address all bids to the Mayor ana MARI
bids for "Street Grading"
GILBERT $. SMITH, Mayor,
Avalon, ID.
Dated April 10, 1904.
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LOUISIANA PURCHASE MONUMENT, WORLDS
FAIR,

but is one of the most improved mail
cars, in which men attached to the
United States railway mail service are
actively engaged in Throwing" the
mails. Here you will see the postal
clerks at work, just as they work while
speeding along a railroad track.
A curious collection of old time rel
les from the postofice museum at
Washington illustrates as no verbal
description can do the crude begin
nings of the postal system. One Of
these relics is an old fashioned stage
coach that once carried United States
mails through a portion of the Louisf-
ana purchase territory. President
Roosevelt, who once inspected it, ex-
amined with a rough riders interest
the bullet holes which stage robbers
and mountain brigands shot through
its stiff leathern curtains. Generals
Sherman and Sheridan and President
Garfield rode in this old coach during
the strenuous days of frontier life.
Among the collection of documents
showing the primitive postal methods
in vogue in the early days is to be
seen the old book of accounts kept by
the first postmaster general, Benjamin
Franklin, all written by hand. There
is a rare collection of stamps, includ-
ing ancient Filipino, Porto Rican and
Cuban stamps. The postofice depart
ment's exhibit occupies 12,469 square
feet.
Across the aisle, at the right, Is the
exhibit of the new Department of
Commerce and Labor, occupying 1896
square feet. This exhibit shows what
the new executive department stands
for and what it is accomplishing. Mr..
Carroll D. Wright, United States Com
missioner of Labor, had charge of the
preparation of the exhibit. Charts ar
ranged by him, showing the rapid
growth of the nation in agriculture
arts, manufacture, population, ETC., are
of special interest to sociologists anc
all students of the labor problem. The
Census Bureau exhibit is made in this
section. 1t shows the tabulating ma
chimes used in compiling the census re
ports. The Lighthouse Board, also op
Grating under this department, shows
the great revolving lenses in light
houses, with other interesting appli
ances.
The space in the projecting north
west corner of the building is devoted
to the Library of Congress. The edi
fee which houses this library at Wash
ington is held by many architects II
be the most beautiful building in tn
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world. Its interior decorations, by Ell
mer Ellsworth Garnsey, furnish one
of the chief delights of a visit to the
national capital. A large model of this
splendid building is a feature of the
exhibit. The decorative features of
the interior are reproduced in their
original colors.
The next exhibit ON the right hand
| of the central aisle is that of the
Interior Department, occupying Ill
square feet. In this large space the
visitor finds so many things of COM
polling interest that he is loath to
leave. The Patent Office exhibit be-
longs to this section. There are mod
els of many machines that have borne
an important part in the development
of the nations industries. The earliest
form of every device of human inven-
ton, so far as possible, is shown here.
For instance, you may see the actual
sewing machine that was the first con-
trivance of its kind every constructed;
1t was patented in 1916 by Elias Howe.
The first typewriter, patented by G.
Thurber in 1912; the model of the first
cast iron pillow, patented by Charles
Newbold in 1877; the first screw pro-
peller, invented by Robert Hook in
1850; and many other first things
are to be seen. The model of Abraham
Lincoln's celebrated device for lifting
steamboats, off shoals is shown here.
The first harvesting machine, made in
the year $50 b. c., is n of the most
ancient exhibits at the Exposition.
There is also a model of the first steam
engine, made in Egypt in the anne
year.
Every foot of the 100000 feet of
floor space in Uncle Sans Worlds
Fair building is occupied by exhibits
of surprising interest, and every phase
of the peoples welfare is shown.
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UNCLE SANS
All Executive Departments Send
Treasures to the
Worlds Fair.
Display Installed In the Largest Gov
ernmental Exposition Building Ever
Constructed - Precious Docu-
ments - Relics of Famous
Statesmen and Soldiers.
Working Postal
Exhibit.

The United States Government build
ing at the Worlds Fair occupies an
elevated site just south of the main
picture of the Exposition. The great
central dome of the Government build
ing is visible from the very center Of
the Fair, looking across the picturesque
sunken garden that lies between the
Palaces of Mines and Metallurgy and
Liberal Arts.
The hill slope in front of the Gov
eminent building is terraced with
broad stairways almost completely
covering the slope. The building is 800
feet long by $50 feet wide and is the
largest structure ever provided at an
exposition by the federal government.
1t is distinguished from all the other
large buildings at the Exposition by
the steel truss construction, the entire
roof being supported by steel arches,
forming a splendid domed ceiling.
In this building are installed the ex-
hibits of all the executive departments
of the government. The building is a
vast storehouse of an endless variety
of treasures dear to the heart of every
true American. Precious documents
are to be seen here, and the autographs
of Il great men of the past are on
display. Relics of famous statesmen
and soldiers, carefully preserved
through generations, are exhibited.
Each governmental department has in
stalled an exhibit showing its official
character and mode of operation.
Entering the Government building
from the eastern end, the visitor sees
at his left a railroad p~ostoffice car.
This is not a mere coach standing idle,
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WHARFAGE FREE AT ST. LOUIS
Twenty Miles of River Front For Wa
ter Graft at Worlds Fair City.

Free wharfage will be given to all
boats landing at st. Louis during the
Worlds Fair. Traffic Manager Hill
leary of the Exposition and Joseph z.
WHITE. harbor and wharf commission
err of st. Louis, have decided on the To-
cations assigned to the various kinds
of boats.
Yachts, steam launches and all boats
propelled by their wv power have
been assigned wharf space between
Choteau avenue and Biddle street.
These streets, running east and west,
form the boundary lines for the CEN
trail business district of the city.
House boats have been assigned
wharf space north of Biddle street
and south of Choteau EEL
st. Louis has a river front of twen-
tv miles. The Broadway line of the
Transit company parallels the river
from the city limits on the north to
jefferson Barracks on the south. IT
no point are the cars more than five
blocks from the Mississippi river. The
Worlds Fair may be reached for one
fare by transferring to any of the
eight lines that cross Broadway and
reach the Exposition grounds.
No charge will be made for wharf
age. Application for space should be
made to the harbor and wharf COM
missioner at the City Hall. on Twelfth
street, between Market street and
Clark venue.
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DECORATED WALLS
give a coziness and finish to an apart.
ment which is obtained in no other way,
especially if you buy your
WALL PAPER

here. All of our Patterns are exclusive
and are not to be found elsewhere. You
will make a mistake if you decide on a
covering for any room without seeing
u disl lay. It's an art collection.
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TUESDAY
MAY 10, 1904.

The object of said Special Election is to SUBJ
nit to the voters of said Borough the question
of the issue of Bonds of the Borough of Wild
the Council of said Borough passed and APP
proved March 3lst, 1901, of which the follow
ing is a true COPY:
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THE
Borough of Wildwood.
NOTICE
OF
Special Election

Public notice is hereby given that by resolu-
ton of the Council of the Borough of Wild
wood passed April 9TH, 1901, n special election
Will be held in the said Borough of Wildwood
on
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The new trolley road to the fishing
grounds and for excursion parties on
fhe island is an attraction that Will De
appreciated and will have a marked
effect on the price of property. BAKER
Bros.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-07-15
Fast Swimming Fish.

For long distance swimming the
shark may be said to hold the record,
as he can outstrip the swiftest ships
apparently without effort, swimming
and playing around them and ever
on the lookout for prey. Any human
being falling overheard in shark fire.
Quented waters has very little chance
of escape, so rapid is the action Of the
shark, the monster Of the deep. The
dolphin, another fast swimming fish,
q near relative Of the toothed whales,
is credited with speed of considerably
over twenty miles an hour. For short
distances the salmon can outstrip ev-
cry other fish, accomplishing its twen-
ty-five miles an hour with ease. The
Spanish mackerel is one of the fastest
Of food fishes and cuts the water like
yacht Predatory fishes are generally
the fastest swimmers. A fast fish looks
trim and pointed, with its head conical
in shape and its fins fitting close to its
body like knife blade into its handle.
Fish, on the other hand, with large
heads, bigger than their bodies, and
with short, stubby fins, are built for
slow motion.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-07-15
WINDSTORMS.
The Distinction Between a Cyclone
and Hurricane.

The Distinction Between a Cyclone
and n Hurricane.
The term cyclone is applied to a tor
nado Of limited diameter and destruc-
tive violence. All storms, therefore, in
which the wind has q circulating move
ment about central area Of low bar
ometric pressure may properly be
termed cyclones. Cyclones occur most
frequently in those parts Of the world
which are subject to monsoons and
take place at those seasons when the
monsoons are changing. They some
times extend over many thousands Of
square miles.
Tropical storms are known in the
West Indies as hurricanes. These vio-
lent windstorms are Of diameter Of
from fifty to thousand miles, where
in the air moves with q velocity Of
from so to $50 miles an hour round the
central calm. Hence this term is APP
piled to any storm or tempest in which
the wind blows with terrific violence.
In the Philippine Islands and on the
southeastern coast of Asia such trop-
ical storms are known as typhoons.
The general disturbances Of the middle
ATTITUDES are usually referred to as SIM
ply storms or areas of low barometric
pressure.-London Answers.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-07-15

4 Fate That II Often the Portion Of
Lighthouse Keepers.


People who read books-and all do In
this day-will recall Kipling's story
Of the lonely lightkeeper who became
mad from the monotony of his situa-
ton, says the Indianapolis Sentinel.
While the story was fiction, it never
theless was In accordance with many
actual occurrences. A correspondent
submitted the question to the light
house board and found that, while
there had been no such cases as that Of
Kipling's character, Dowse, there had
been many which showed the madden
ing effect of monotony and isolation
upon the human mind.
The madness of the lighthouse is
much like that of the desert, for they
are traceable to a like cause. In the
desert there is monotony of silence; at
sea there is monotony Of sound. One
is as bad as the other since both derive
their entire pain from mental effect.
1t Is fearful disease, not yet fully un-
derstood, though many noted alienists
have made study Of 1t.
This government maintains 1900
lighthouses, and about 100 of them are
isolated, and communication with the
outside world may be interrupted some
times for months.
If man Is taken from the ordinary
walks Of life, where he mingles with
his fellow man, and sent to a light
house where no human face is seen ex-
cept that Of the ever present assistant
and no sound is heard save the roaring
Of the wind and wave, he has been
transferred from normal to most alb
normal conditions.
In remarkably short time keeper
and assistant have talked out. Then
they begin to wear on each other, and
soon they fall to quarreling. Some
times melancholia attacks one Of them,
and unless he is speedily relieved his
mental balance is disturbed When
the disturbance becomes extreme it
takes either homicidal or suicidal
turn, and the unfortunate has to be
watched closely and sometimes con-
fined to keep him from doing violence
to himself or others.
1t is well known that the Minot ledge
light is noted for the number Of men
who have gone crazy in it and for that
reason is an object of interest to stu
dents of mental diseases. 1t is, as ev-
erybody knows, piece of engineering
Of the very highest order, being in that
respect second only to the famous Ed
dystone light.
More than year was consumed in
getting foundation for it, and so high
are the tides and so terrific the storms
that the entrance to the light is more
than forty feet above the water. Then,
one above the other, come the five
rooms occupied by the keepers and
used for storage purposes, then the
watch room and finally the lantern.
The tower, being circular and space
greatly in demand, naturally every
thing is made to conform, so that no
room shall be lost. Even the beds on
which the men sleep are curved. Ev-
erything is round. The government
has done the best 1t could to make life
there as bearable as possible, and keeps
five men stationed there, so that they
may go ashore as often as the chance
is afforded without detriment to the
service.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-07-15
How n Mail Thief Wa. Discovered.

Eyes, there are some pretty nice pick.
ings in the mail service If the clerks
want to take chances" said one Of the
postal inspectors. "Take the case Of
just one fellow on whom we landed re-
Gently. In one year we traced $475 of
missing money to him, and there is no
telling how much he got away with
that couldn't be accounted for. OF the
$475, he swiped as high as $50 In cash
from one letter, and as low as GO cents.
And these were not registered letters,
which shows the foolishness Of sending
money through the mails without TAX
ing proper precautions. In one instance
q travelling man sent his wife 81 in a
letter. 1t never reached her, and her
kick brought So more. That was swip-
ed, too, and the circumstance Of two
thefts in one family, one following the
other SO closely, was largely instru-
mental In casting suspicion on the cul-
prit."-Phpadalphia Record.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-07-15
SCOTLAND'S KILT.
The Origin o. This Ancient ans
Picturesque Dress.

Ine Or1SIn OF THIS Ancient anu
Picturesque Dress.
Some say. that the kilt was the out
come Of sumptuary laws enacted dur
ing the reigns of Mary and Of her son,
James vi. of Scotland and 1. Of Eng
land. These laws more or less directly
suppressed the ancient tunic, which
fell from the shoulders to below the
knees, and had in the remoter parts of
Great Britain and Ireland formed the
outer dress Of men from Roman times.
When this was condemned, the wearers
evaded the law by dividing the tunic
at the waist, the upper part becoming
q douhlet and the lower the kilt.
The kilt, however, must have been
Of earlier date, for 1t is shown as q
separate garment neatly quilted from
waist to knee, on many medieval
crosses and memorial slabs, including
those ut Kilkerran and Kilmorie, which
date from before 1900.
1t is from this plating, or quilting"
that it takes its name, and no doubt
the sumptuary regulations promoted
its general adoption.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-07-15
The Way Jokai worked.

One who knew Jokai, the Hungarian
writer, says that the novelist never
troubled to work out his plot in detail
beforehand. "He trusted to his fmagi-
nation for guidance as to what his
characters were to do at a given mo-
ment and often when he had compIet-
ed a chapter Of feuilleton which half
Hungary was waiting to read he would
remark to his friends as the printers
devil rushed away with the copy, 4
should like to know what those people
will find to do and say tomorrow Jo-
kai started his characters on their ca
reers, eulogizing them II he liked them
or caricaturing them II he meant them
to excite amusement or derision, and
then let them work out their own des-
TIMES across the pages Of his manu-
scriDt"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-07-15
THE LONELY PRAIRIE.
A TraclIess Waste without Water
or Human Hnbitatfon.

A TraclxIess Waste without Water
or Human Habitation.
: II had almost as soon be set adrift
In small boat In midocean as to be
dropped down on the vast prairie near
the Kansas Colorado state line" said
man who is familiar with the west.
Zone cannot realize the loneliness Of
the western plains until he has crossed
them. There are very few human hab-
itations, comparatively little Of the
land is under cultivation, and water is
a scarce and precious commodity. In
every direction nothing meets the gaze
OF the eye except a trackless, treeless
waste which Is bounded only by the
lowering sky. Prairie dogs are the
chief denizens of this region, and as
the rain whirls past they perch them
selves on their hind legs and sit bolt
upright as motionless as q statue.
There are few houses, but they are
at wide intervals. The one single ad-
vantage that lonely pedestrian has
in that region is that by following the
railroad track sufficiently far he will
reach town some day.
ut is positively tiresome to the eye
to ride across the prairies in comfort
able Pullman car surrounded by all the
luxuries of life. This being true, It
must be next to appalling to have to
tramp over this region without food or
water except what one begs at the few
way stations along the route. 1 have
never been able to see anything pictur-
esQue or inviting about the wide
stretching plains" -Birmingham News.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-07-15
The Overland Limited.

The luxurious electric lighted daily
train for San Francisco, Los Angeles
and Portland leaves Chicago 500 p. m.
daily via Chicago, Union Pacific 81
North Western Line Less than three
days enroute to the Pacific Coast. The
best of everything. Two other fast
trains leave Chicago daily 1890 p. m.
and II :35 p. IN. For illustrated book
lets, reservations and full particulars
apply to your nearest ticket agents, or
address
w. H. Guerin, II Campus. Martius
Detroit, Mich.