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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-02-18
WORLDS FAIR
NEARLY READY
Plans For Installing Exhibits Complete, and Work IS
Being Rapidly PushedTransportato CcmEan.os
Have Solved the Problem OF Caring For
Increased Freight Traffic.

and other wizards, transferrin" bare
walls into places of enchantment
By an arrangement recently made be
tween transportation company and
the railroads it is believed there will be
no delay in delivering the many train
loads of exhibits within the gates OF
the Exposition. Extensive preparations
have been perfected to handle all
freight that comes into the city, and, in
addition to service by a system Of big
drays-some propelled by steam, others
drawn by horses-which is designed for
the smaller shipments, car load lots
will enter direct over the several switch
lines that wind in and out between the
buildings.
In order that no delay might be
caused by severity Of the weather the
Exposition management looked espe-
cially to the construction Of the road
beds during the late fall Of 1903, and
now there is no danger that heavy
drays will be stalled in soft, muddy
places, but all can proceed on smooth,
hard surface to the place OF destination.
Acting in accord with the general
spirit of facilitating rapid installation,
the Terminal Railroad Association,
which controls all shipments Of freight
delivered by roads from the east, has
doubled its capacity for handling
freight in both the st. Louis and East
st. Louis yards, and It is now believed
that during the busiest weeks, which
viii undoubtedly be those of March and.
April, there will be no congestion
across the two big bridges that span
the Mississippi Should there be. how
ever, resort can be had to the ferry
service, which also has been increased
in order to care for any emergency.
Shippers all agree that freight is ar
irving in St Louis better today than
ever before, and this Notwithstanding
the fact that the terminal facilities are
not quite completed and that q number
Of tracks cannot be operated because
Of laborers being engaged in their re-
construction A recent test proved that
a consignment of freight from Boston
was delivered in building on the Fair
grounds seven days after its shipment
from warehouse III tudL edSlefH CITY,
and all persons who have any knowl-
edge of such matters must admit that
this is very fair time.
As for the western roads, they all
nave spurs leading direct to the Expo
sition. and in many instances cars can
be switched direct into the grounds
without even a days detention in the
| yards.
Those who have the work of deliver
ing exhibits in charge say that they can
keep pace with the men who do the III
stalling, and that, unless the unfore-
seen occurs, there should be no delay
in filling the palaces with the wares
that will comprise the wonderful dis
play.
The situation is very satisfactory to
all concerned, and the general belief is
that ST. Louis will not only have the
greatest Exposition ever held, but will
also give to the world the only Fair to
be ready on time.
AS for the identifying of the EXPOSE
ton, it is only question of putting
the men at work. Every plan has been
made; all the preliminaries are COM
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-02-18

pleted- The landscape gardeners have
laid out the grounds to meet the ap-
prevail Of the most eXacting critic, and
1t needs only the warm rains of spring
to coax into bloom the Seeds bulbs and
plants that within a week can be
placed in the soil. In like manner the
color scheme for the palaces has been
definitely arranged, SO that painters
have but to follow instructions. and al
most within fortnight the beautiful
buildings will shine resplendent in the
holiday coats that they will wear for
seven months, beginning April 80.
Long ago electric wire cables were
laid throughout the site. and now 1t is
but a matter Of attaching the hun
dreds of thousands of globes which will
illuminate both the water and the air
30 that at night the Worlds Fair City
shall shine even more resplendent than
during the day.
CLAUDE 81. WETN0RE.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-02-18
COMFORT or VISITORS
TO THE WORLDS FAIR
Excellent Provision Made For Public
Convenience In the Grounds and
Buildings OF the Exp0siton-Eyery-
thing Necessary Provided For.

Special attention has been paid by
the builders Of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition to the comfort Of those who
will attend. 1t is not an eXaggeration
to assert that 10 previous exposition
has provided so many public conven-
fences. First of all, there will be plen-
ty of places where one may sit down
and rest after seeing the sights until
physical fatigue demands relaxation.
And this calls to mind an amusing little
story of the Columbian exposition at
Chicago.
The little granddaughter Of Professor
J. M. Greenwood, superintendent of
public schools in Kansas City, attended
the exposition with relatives, who
made it their business to show the
child many things that would be edu-
cative From time to time the party
found it necessary to sit down and rest.
Returning home. the learned GRANDPA
Their asked the little girl this question:
"Weil, my dear, from what one thing
| that you saw at the fair did you de-
rive the greatest beneft?'
''The chairs, grandpa" promptly re-
piled the child
The chairs will be greatly in evidence
at st. Louis Thousands of comforta-
BILE cane bottom chairs and settees for
the free use Of visitors will be found
in the retiring rooms in the great ex
hibit palaces But at this Exposition
there will be resting places unknown to
former fairs, for within the grounds
there are many acres Of wooded land
which are not occupied by buildings.
With 1.240 acres at their disposal il
has been an easy matter for the build
ers to create the biggest Exposition
ever known and still have many breath
ing spaces to spare. Under the trees
of the forest-a part of Forest Park
the public will find numerous seats.
where beneath the cooling shade, may
be enjoyed a reasonable period Of rest.
so that the visitor, as though sitting in
quiet park may look beyond the trees
at the domes and towers of the EXPOSE
ton.
In each of the exhibit palaces and
the state and foreign buildings there
are public retiring rooms. many Of
which are provided with wash basins.
Scattered throughout the grounds will
be a number Of separate structures for
similar uses. Provision will be made
whereby for small fee the visitor may
have toilet accommodations with water
and towels.
AS to drinking water the teetotaler
need have no fears. An arrangement
has been made with a concern that
will bring pure clear water from a ia
nous spring at De Soto, Mo-, to be
piped over the grounds from large
tanks. refilled twice daily and supplied
to the visitors at attractive booths for
a cent or so a drink. which means as
many glasses as one may require to
quench the thirst. Filtered water from
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-02-18
FEATURES Of THE
WORLDS FAIR

A model farm, representing a section
Of 100 acres, illustrating the value of
crop rotation in farming, will be one
of the interesting exhibits provided by
the Government. A model farmhouse,
model barn, stables and outbuildings
will be erected, and there will be an
orchard, vineyard, garden, stock and
poultry yards, pigsties and all of the
other equipments for farmstead.
A floral clock with a dial 100 feet in
diameter is on the northern slope in
front Of the Palace of Agriculture 1t
Is the largest timepiece ever construct
ed. The minute hand is fifty feet long
and the numerals fifteen feet high.
Flowers and foliage plants conceal the
mechanical frame.
A rose garden. with $4,000 rose trees.
covers four acres on the east front Of
the Palace of Agriculture.
A six acre map of the United States
constructed of representative growing
crops Of each state is a Government
exhibit Cinder paths three feet wide
mark the boundaries between states,
permitting free passage of visitors.
The largest organ ever built. with 145
stops and pipes five feet in diameter, is
In Festival Hall. 1t will be used for
concerts and other musical features
held in this structure.
A freproof building containing 1000
safety deposit boxes is provided for the
use of the Worlds Fair visitors. Money
and other valuables may be left in safe
keeping for a small fee.
The Liberty bell will be exhibited In
the rotunda Of the Pennsylvania build
Ing. 1t Will be the first time 1t ever
crossed the mississippi river.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-02-18
COST OF SEEING
THE WORLDS FAIR.
For the Majority of Visitors It VIII Be
Less Than Railroad Transportation
to ST. Louis and Return Would
Cost In Any Other Year.

From any point within 300 miles Of
ST Louis a person may travel to the
Worlds Fair this year. view the won
ders of the Exposition for three days
and expend less money than in any
other year he would pay for train fare
alone.
This may seem an astonishing state
ment, but it is a fact.
Railroad men have practically deter
mined that zone fare for the round
trip will be the rate during the seven
important months Of 1904. Public an
nouncement of this only waits the pas
sage of certain legislation concerning
"scalpers' tickets and formal indorse-
ment by the various passenger agents
associations.
With this fact in mind a clear dem
onstration of the statement in the open
ing paragraph can be made.
The fare from Chicago is $3.50, o.
SIS the round trip. So under the new
schedule $7.5O will be put down as the
railroad fare from that city to st.
Louis and return. If you are econom-
ical, your per diem expenses in the
Worlds Fair City need not exceed those
given in this table:
Breakfast OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. quo
Car fare to grounds. ..................... 10
Admission to grounds. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. DO
Dinner on grounds. ....................... 80
Car fare downtown. ...................... 10
supper ......................... 10
Nights lodgings .......................... LOO
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $A40
Multiply $2.45 by 3, and you have
$7.35, the sum total for three days
sightseeing. Add to this the $3.50 rail-
road fare, and you have a grand total
of Is cents less than the car fare alone
would cost you in any other year.
For this money you have thrown open
to you the thirteen grand exhibition
palaces, the forty and more state build
ings, the fifteen and more foreign gov
eminent structures, the ten great stone
edifces acquired temporarily from
Washington university, including the
Hall of Congresses and the Physical
Culture Hall, with it's adjoining Stadi-
UNI, the Filipino Village and many
other pleasant places.
Should you desire to remain longer
than the three days you can do SO with
out a greater per diem expenditure
than given above.
But, supposing that you have plenty
of money to spend and desire certain
comforts and even luXuries, yet are not
extravagant, what will the figures be?
Less than So day!
Car fare Observation-Disclosures. .05
ADMISSION Observation-Disclosures. 80
Admission to one or more Concessions
on the Pike. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 80
Dinner ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. rs
Souvenirs and extras. observation-disclosures. so
Supper NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. so
Car fare Observation-Disclosures. .05
Hotel room OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. LOU
Total per diem. ...........................$ 80
Suppose you desire to remain six
days. In that time you can devote a
morning to enc main building, an afteY-
noon to another. and so on, from Mon
day to Saturday, inclusive, passing the
evenings on the Pike, and the grand to-
tai of the weeks expenditures will be
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shows nearly all Of these modern crea-
tors Of force in position. And so it is on
Agriculture hill. Nine months ago thou
sands of rosebushes were planted in
order that they might gain strength
from long tenure of the soil, and in like
manner other exhibits of nurserymen
were in place long before snow COM
menced to fall.
Tracks are laid in the huge Palace of
Transportation, and turntables have
been placed on solid concrete founda-
tons. These are being burdened with
locomotives Of the latest construction
and with modernly equipped coaches.
In other palaces floor space that has
been marked off is being decorated
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-02-18

IA nth tbs opening days of 1904
NAl work Gus the Louisiana Purchase
VI Exposition passed into the last
stage. that of installation of ex-
hibits and identifying
Yet progress on these final touches
has kept pace with the work of con-
struction for major portion of the last
twelve months, so THAI the line of de
narka ton between actual building up,
erations and final endeayor is difficult
to indicate. Thus, even while roofers
were employed on the Palace of Ma
chinery, the great steel crane, itself an
exhibit, was swinging parts of engines
that might we'll be called mammoth
into position, so that the dawn of 1904
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-02-18

Suppose you desire to remain six
days. In that time you can devote a
morning to one main building, an afteY-
noon to another. and so on, from Mon
day to Saturday, inclusive, passing the
evenings on the Pike, and the grand to-
tai of the weeks expenditures will be
$29.1O.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-02-18

A rose garden. with 10000 rose trees.
covers four acres on the east front Of
the Palace of Agriculture.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-30
Judge On Red Hair.

Judge Alton Brooks Parker, the Dem
cratic candidate for President, was re-
Gently chatting with an authenticated
visitor on his veranda at Rosemount,
New York, says Success. Naturally,
the conversation turned to the subject
of red hair. which is a characteristic
of the Parker family.
when / was your age" said the
Judge to his guest, my hair was red
der than yours-it was fiery red, in
fact, and, in consequence, my fighting
instincts were overdeveloped while
was in school. In the country district
where I learned by three RS it hap
pened that 1 was the only red-haired
youth. When l first attended schools
the boys had a good deal of fun
shouting 'sorrer and 'red-top.' It never
failed to rouse my fighting blood and
l lived a strenuous life"
But you wouldn't have changed the
color of your hair, would your" asked
the visitor blandly.
mo, indeed, said the Judge; red
hair is all right. My daughter has it,
and my little grandson there is as
red as he can be. They say it is a
sign of high temper, but it is also a
sign of numerous excellent qualities"
We've had two red-haired Presi-
dents" said the visitor" jefferson
and Jackson, and they were both Dem
ocrats.''
That's true" said the Judge, land
don't you think it's about time we
had a third?"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem) says:
Judge Parker's telegram to Mr.. Shee-
han at st. Louis, his speech to the No
tification Committee and his letter of
acceptance have all been forward steps.
The last is the bugle call to the final
battle"
The Washington Post Qnd.) says:
Senator Depew cannot well be blamed
for so bitterly opposing the election of
Henry G. Davis. Think Of telling those
stories to a presiding officer who got
tired Of laughing at them half a CEN
fury ago"
The birmingham News (Dem.) says:
Judge parker's letter Of acceptance
IL another stumbling block IN the path
way Of the Republicans. II states facts
and gives promise OF relief. striking
contrast with the hot air and excuses
OF the opposition"
The New York Tribune says: "In or
der 10 save the big cotton crop down
IN Georgia luborers are put 20 work in
double shifts. by night and by dav.
Picking cotton By moonlight. with old
plantation melodies waited abroad on
The night air, A. perhaps about as near
romance as real labor ever gets"
The Philadelphia Record (De,n)
says 'Parker's and Ronseveits letters
~ acceptance should he published side
hY Fide nf n Democratic campaign doe
Imrnf livery rifireu fhrn nlrhf zee
f0r himself fhe difference between No.
ariHhfy nfffraneef IF calm and rine
fiatermon Hr4 tHa angrE cbuiiirona ~
q hcaaeirQiiE pafNaen."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-30
BRIGHT BITs.

-Briggs-"Has he no aim in life?"
Diggs-"Oh, yes; but" Briggs
"Well?" Diggs-"He is too lazy to
shoot. Chicago Daily News.
They say she spends twice as
much money as any other woman for
complexion powder" "Of course she
does. she is two-faced. Judge.
kind Lady-"Here is a glass of wa
ter. Certainly you can drink that
Tramp-"No, mum. I've got an iron
constitution, and de water would rust
it."-Baltimore American.
-Hilda-"I wonder why it is that
sailor men are SO profane?" Uncle
Henry-"Why don't you know? They
learn it of the parrots in foreign lands. $
Hilda-"There! I might have known"
Boston Transcript.
why don't you do something to
benefit your fellow MANI" asked his
spiritual adviser. II do" replied the
multi-millionaire. righteously resentful
II have Just paid a comparatively poor
man $500 for a bull pup."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-30
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices.-Dividend Notice.
Macon Railway and Light Co.; Ship
Notice. Williamson & Rauers.
Business Notices.-After the Theater,
Sommers' Cafe: Bicycle Repairing, G.
w Thomas
The Grand Opening.-At Foye & Eek
STEMS.
The Way to Make Money.-Ogle-
thorpe Savings and Trust Co.
Rug and Mating Sale.-Estate Dan
iel Hogan.
Friday Special sale-Gustave Eek
stein & Co.
Two NIilIions.-J. K. Orr Shoe Co.
Best and Purest Drugs-Rowlinski,
Druggist
Legal Notices.-In the Matter of
George Pappedea, Jacob M. Lang and
Andrew T. Kelly. of Chatham, Bank
rupts.
You Can Send Us Your Clothes To-
day.-E. & w. Laundry.
The Carib Cigar-J. S. Pinkussohn
Cigar Co
Publications.-A Ladder of Swords,
Harper & Brothers.
Seeds That Are SURE. T. Shuptrine.
I'm a Cigar.-Pete Daley.
Souder's Extracts-Henry Solomon
& Son.
The Ranges.--At Lattimore's.
Mineral Waters.-Livingston' Phar-
macy.
Fancy Apples.-W. D. Simkins & Co.
Learn the Lesson.-The Delmonico
Co.
A New Idea in Shaving. Edward
Lovell's Sons.
Tomorrow. Oct. 1.-McGrath &
Ransford.
Savannah Theater.-To-night, THE
Liberty Bellies" Saturday Matinee and
Night, candida"
Medical-Pinkham Remedy.
American Club Ginger Ale.--The Ka-
lola Co.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted, Employment Wanted, For
Rent, For Sale. Lost, Personal, Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-30

Once there was a man who quar-
relied with his fiancee, says Town Top
les. 1t was a hasty quarrel. which
he heartily repented at leisure. The
more he thought it over, the more
heartbroken he became.
He tormented himself with the men,
DRY of her beauty, her charm, her gen
tie, conhding ways, and made himself
as miserable as possible in contemplate
ing what he had lost.
Alas! it was my own fault" he
lamented. II alone am to blame.
Curse me for the fool that 1 wasl
might have known that Isabel was
not the sort to stand any trifiing like
a weaker woman. Oh, l never loved
her half so dearly as now that l have
lost her. / would grovel at her feet,
but of what avail all my pleadings
and excuses! If only l dared to write!
Oh, my Isabel my love-my only
lover'
Overcome by remorse and despair,
he sank down at his desk and me-
chanically took UP his pen.
At that moment a loud knock at the
door announced the postman and a
letter fell before his astonished gaze.
Oh, joy, to think that she had writ
ten MIN a line, WOfQ! WIN lTeHl-
bling fingers the man broke the seal
and read
"Oh, Reginald, can bear it no long
er-this estrangement, this silencel
Come to me, dearest or at least send
me a line, word! 1 beg it of you
for my heart is breaking. Forgive my
hasty words, my foolish, jealous pride
for I have bitterly repented. Blame
me, reproach me, if you will can
bear anything but your GOODNESS, your
neglect. Only come, beloved, come! to
your loving, longing Isabel"
And 10! The suffering man leaned
back in his chair, smiled, yawned. and
complacently lighted a fresh Havana
His pallor had disappeared and his
hand no longer trembled. His eyes
were dry.
Reaching for pen and ink, he scrib-
bled a hastY note:
MY Dear Isabel: Yours received
Kindly remember that you have only
yourself to thank for the late I'M
pleasantness. / will overlook this one
occasion, but trust that in the future
you will exercise a little more COM
mon sense if you still wish me to sign
myself Your friend, Reginald"
After which he went for a stroll In
the park
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-30
Personal.

Sir William Mcdonald, educational
philanthropist of Montreal, and James
w. Robertson of Ottawa, Canada's
commissioner of agriculture, are MAX
ing a tour of the Northern states
with view to adding improvements
to the great system of rural education
in Canadian provinces.
"A boy of II who lives at Hamilton,
Ont. wrote to the Car, asking for
some Russian postage stamps. Recent
ly he received from the Car a COM
plete collection of Russian postal, de-
partmental and local stamps in mag
nificently bound album. The collection
is said to be worth several thousand
dollars.
Many English Queens have chosen
oak trees in Windsor forest wherein
choice, have been COMMUNICATED by
means of brass plates. In different
parts of the forest, with seats around
them, are oaks bearing the names of
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Caroline,
Queen Charlotte and Queen Victoria.
1t has been a tradition since the
time of Nicholas to name the Care
witches alternately Alexander and
Nicholas. But the murder of Alexan-
der II caused his name to be consid
cred unlucky, so there will be no more
Alexanders on the Russian throne, as
there will be no more Pauls or Peters.
The Czarewitch was therefore named
Alexis, after the father of Peter the
Great.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-30
GIVE HIM THE REWARD.

The state of Texas. and. If we are
not mistaken, the United States gov
eminent, have rewards outstanding for
an effective remedy for the boil weevil.
A New Yorker, who, in letter to the
Sun of that city. says the weevil is the
product of what is known as the June
bug. This June bug, he says, is
great egg producer. His theory is that
the boil weevil is a product of this
bug, and that the surest way to get
rid of the weevil is to kill off the June
bug just before it deposits its eggs.
He thinks torches should be set up
all over cotton fields. The bugs would
rush to the lights, get scorched and
die.
But is the New York writer sure that
boil weevil is the product of the June
bug? If not, he should settle that point
at once. If 1t isn't there is no use
lighting the cotton fields with torches.
If it is, then we see no reason why
the New York man shouldn't claim the
rewards.
As a matter of fact. however, it is
probable that the New York man
knows nothing whatever in regard to
the boil woodworking more than is
known about it in the several dis
tricts of this. and some of the other
cotton states. Every once in awhile
some planter in Georgia thinks he has
found the boil weevil in his cotton.
That was the case of a farmer near
Covington, Ga He was sure the in
sect that was preying on his cotton
was the Mexican boil weevil, and so
were his neighbors, but the State En-
tomologist quickly undeceived him. The
weevil in his cotton patch is some
other kind of an insect. probably the
kind that is produced by the June
bug.
Probably the Mexican boil weevil
will reach Georgia's cotton fields some
years hence. There is no good reason
for expecting it this year or next, and
1t is certain there will be a good many
false alarms in regard to it before it
makes its appearance.