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boy to follow the way OF the white
mans civilization; The Cowboy at
Rest" and - Peril OF the Plains
pioneer caught in a blizzard
IN various parts Of the grounds por-
trait statues call 10 mind the deeds OF
explorers, pioneers and statesmen identi-
fed with the early history OF the coun-
Try. among which are a fine figure OF
the sieur de Ia Sale. by Louis A. GUIDE
brod. and the statue OF BENJAMIN Frank
lin by the well-known New York sculp-
tor. John J. Boyle.
Indeed. one cannot study the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition without hav-
ing impressed upon the memory most
important lessons ii history, art. and
patriotism.
And then there IS the purely poetic
side. which is represented in the stat
uary. Many figures and groups are sim
ply for our enjoyment, no attempt being
made TO impress any lessons. Again,
some buildings, ike the Electricity, have
statuary which IS pOetical and YET SYM
boIic OF something practical. ike Luke
mans statues OF Heat" and Power"
and Light" while Bella L Pratt has
executed for the same building some
very poetic figures and groups typifying
Light and Darkness" the Wonders
OF Lightning" and the Wonders OF the
Aurora. BoreaIis." There IS apparently
no limit 10 the way in which poetical
or scientific idaas may be expressed II
onIz- the artists are Inoueo with poetry
and imagination Happily. those chosen
IN work for this exposition at st. Louis
have been so endowed.
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sculptors who have the work Of the ex-
position Is 100. Some OF their examples
are splendid. Take for instance the
equestrian statue OF Louis TX Of France,
which is the first notable work seen on
entering the grounds by the main for
NAL entrance. This was a subject OF
careful study by its author, Charles II.
Nichaus, OF New York. a sculptor ia
nous for his skill and ability in hand
ling historical subjects To give an ac-
curate and truthful portrayal OF the
monarch IN whose honor the city of
St Louis was named required much re-
search on the part of the sculptor, and
as to the costume OF the sainted king
ana the physical and intellectual quail
ties he possessed. which had all TO be
expressed in the poise and modelling OF
the statue. The sculptor succeeded so
we'll that his work is pronounced TO be
one OF the best achievements Of contem-
porary American seulptors.
Looking up on the main court the
next conspicuous work to meet the gaze
of the visitor Is the Louisiana Purchase
Monument In this work is commemo-
rated especially the momentous negotia-
tions contaminated 100 years ago. where
by the bounds OF the United States were
extended from the Atlantic to the Pa
cihe A beautiful figure OF Peace sur
mounts the monument, the work Of
Karl Bitter, chief of sculptOrs of the
Exposition. who is also the sculptor OF
the groups at the base Of the monu-
ment. the principal one portraying Liv-
ingston. Monroe, and Marbois in the
act OF signing the purchase treaty.
Looking on still farther across the
wide basin Of water. and raising the
eye 10 the brow OF the hin which closes
the view in that direction. one sees the
majestic Hall az Festivals. hanked by
the wings OF the noble colonnade termi-
mating at either end in ornate pavilions-
Here again the historical character OF
the exposition is expressed in arehitec-
ture and sculpture. each part OF which
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and little more than s144. 900, 600 worth
Of eggs. The exact total of their pro-
duction in dollars is S21S, 17s.247.
Greater Than Trusts.
And that. on the original valuation Of
the plant" OF 100000 means that
the American hen has simply knocked
into a cooked hat the income prOduc-
ing capacity of trusts, mines. mani
featuring combinations. Wall Street and
any except the widest freaks of spec
ulative stock, for the income produced
by the hen Is 400 per cent on the orig
nal investment, with a little bagatelle
Of d,l7s.247 left over for pin money.
II a person could get a blrds-eye view
OF the shipping ports of this country
at any day IN the year. he would see
droves Of cattle, horses, and mules go
laundering up gangplsnks and being
hauled in sings up the side OF ships.
Steers and COWS by the thousand stream
into ships at wharves in all the big cit
les Mules and horses in unending pro-
cession day after day 80 into ships In
ali the ports clean around the coas ST
from Portland, Me-, to Galveston. Tex.
And still more herds go into still more
ships on the Pacific shores.
No Day of Rest.
Criss-crosing each other. north. east,
west and south. all over the continent.
rush trains filled with them, not only
day after day. but unendingly through
the day and the night. with never a
Sunday, never a holiday TO give the
whirling wheels and the singing rails
n moments rest.
Hogs, and sheep. and mules, and cows.
and steers. and horses-count them,
watch them trampling, rushing to the
sea. and then turn 20 the figures gath
cred by the Census and Treasury de-
partments and find that all that jostling.
never-ceasing stream OF great brutes
from millions OF acres OF pasture. does
not amount in value to one-quarter of
the value of the eggs laid by the little
hen.
AND If you add the value OF the hen
herself 10 the value Of the eggs. that
whole aggregation OF horns and hoofs.
all those tons Of flesh, do not amount
IN value TO One-eigh,h of what fowl
and egg are worth.
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Long and Honorable Roll of ScuIPtors and
Architects Whose Work Will Beautify
the Exposition.

The sculptor is said to have made the
designs for the groups while In Wash
ington last winter
Nearly all of the art work on the
Government building was completed in
Washington by a resident This resi-
dent IS another well-known sculptor.
James F. Farley. Mr. Farley produced
more groups than any other one man.
His groups are also among the largest
n all violent action has been avoided
purpOsely, IN order to have It harmoAizs
more thoroughly with the pure classi-
cal style OF the buildings.
The main entrance to the Government
building consists OF a portico OF eight
Ionic columns. feet in diameter and IS
feet high. surmounted by an entablature
and attic.
The attic IS enriched by eight colossal
female figures eleven feet hight, repre-
senting Music. Painting. Sculpture. Ar
chitecture Agriculture. Manufactures,
transportation, and Commerce.
On each side Of the central portico and
just above the top OF the attic are
groups Of four figures each. A seated
female figure fourteen feet high, repre-
senting America. with a torch in one
hand and an eagle at her feet, is sur
rounded by three young athletes. each
ten feet six inches high. typifying the
youth and strength Of the Republic.
Each has a laurel wreath In his hand.
The dome is surmounted by a quad
riga. a Goddess Of Liberty, fourteen feet
high, bearing a torch in one hand and
an eagle IN the other stands in the tri-
Umphal chariot drawn by four colossal
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y THE PEBEAN HEN AND HER EASTER OFT TO THE COUNTRY

Figures cannot give any idea OF the
enormous value OF this American citi-
zen. for the figures are too big to bring
delight or understanding to anyone
except a benighted and violent stalls
tician.
For instance. what does 233, SOS, OO5
meau2 Yet that is the number Of
chickens OF laying age in the United
States. according to the last census,
which enumerated them as well as the
rest Of US.
The value in dollars Of that noble ag-
gregation OF laying talent was so.
900.
A Marvel of Eggs.
The wonderful flock Of birds laid more
than one and one-quarter billion dozens
Of eggs in one year. This isn't a dream
not even that kind or a dream which
begins 1T is estimated" For these fig
ures are not estimated" They are
exact statistics collected through the
various departments OF the Government
day b. day as the eggs were put on
the market.
That would entitle every man. woman.
and child in the country, from the Pa
cihc TO the Atlantic. and from Canada
TO Mexico. 10 2o3 eggs IN the year.
Uncle Sam has figured up not only
all the hens Of laying age, but all the
poultry OF all ages IN the country, not
scOrning either the proilers or the Me-
thusalehs that pour into the market
after a well-spent and long life to pose
on the stalls as spring chickens.
As the result Of this count ne finds
that the poultry or the United States
numbers more than a quarter OF a bill
liOu-25G, 6Sl, 593 to be exact And the
value Is SIS. SOC. O00-enough 10 give every
inhabitant of this country little more
than Zip as his share II they were sold
for the account of the public.
Going back 10 the hens Of egg-IayIng
age alone. and leaving out the tender
infants that are only consumers and
not producers. Uncle Sans men find
that these industrious and nOn-stril6ing
workers have produced almost S137, 900, .
90 ia the form Of marketable progeny
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exceptional year the precious metals
were ahead by S, 100000
Even in the ages Of gold, when gal
Iecn after galleon bore il from Africa
and the golden Americas. when bus
cancers built pirate cities from the
spells, when the rich OF the earth count
ed their wealth not by ounces, but by
hgots or bars-even then ali the gold
and silver that the whole world could
produce, from hemisphere to hemis-
phere. never came up in value to the
combined value OF the poultry and eggs
OF the United States In the year past.
Since America was discovered there
have been only two years-lS9S and 1889
when the poultry and the poultry pro-
ducts fell below the work of all the
mines of all the world combined in the
former. the mines outdid the hen by
almost Sc. OO0. 600
II. the latter year. a perfect wonder Of
a YEAR for gold and silver output. al
most SOS 900. 600 marked the excess over
the value OF the poultry products.
Fed a Large Army.
The hen could pay for whole war
with her peaceful industry in a year.
More than that. she helped to feed an
army throughout one recent bitter wal
that shook a continent. That was in
South Africa
Newspapers and magazines and books
were full OF the battles; but nobody
mentioned that. all the time. the chick
ems OF Missouri were feeding the British
army where II lay in battle array. They
fed it with crystallized eggs, and the
more Tommy Atkins ate the mere the
Missouri hen laid.
Yet the State Of Missouri holes only
sixth place among the American States
i'm point of egg production. Ohio Is first
in them. Missouri leads in chickens. and
Ohio has to take third place in that re.
sDect.
Ohio's leadership in eggs is in point
OF value in dollars. In the number OF
dozens Iowa is the leader of them all;
but she holes only second place in the
number of chickens owned.
Nevada in the Rear.
Nevada. truculent old Nevada, hasn't
quite gotten down TO the chickenSs R1h
She has less than any SsSar. SsistlA
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Of the entire income produced by all
the exports OF all the meat products.
from the pigs tail 10 the sIrloin steak.
Add the value OF the poultry 10 the
eggs, and the meat products SIC beaten.
Throw in the remote animal products
that are exported annuaily-hoofs.
horns. bristles. bones. and even glue.
add wool and things made out OF wool
then add every kind of leather; pile on
it all even the exported boots and shoes
and with all those allies, the mass
can beat the poultry and poultry prod
ucts by only Sl5.OOo.O0o.
Wool Isn't in It.
Not so many years ago. IN the midst
Of a battle over tariffs, the whole coun-
try was shaken by the fight over wool
and it was we'll worth while. for the
wool product amounts to SIS, 80 600 an
nually.
All the worlds animal products that
have in turn come TO these shores from
goats herded In Morocco and Switzer-
land to leather from every place where
leather can be obtained. including even
gloves made from that leather includ-
ing. too. all the cheese from every lane.
even China-they aggregate Si27. 9O9. 55S IN
value. less than half the value OF the
chicken and egg.
Value of the White Oval.
1t is almost sad to think Of the argO-
nauts and all their strivings and bat
ties and passions; and OF the Alaskan
adventures. with their Klondikes and
MONIES. their ripping open OF the frozen
north itself. their war against ice and
blizzard and wilderness for gold when
we study the little seven-pOund hen and
discover that all the gold and silver
that engineers and miners and sluiccs
and dynamite and laundering stamp
mills have wrested from a whole CONT
nent do not equal in combined value.
year by year. the value Of the tiny.
white oval that is gathered In aprons
and baskets every morning in every
hamlet without a single adventure that
is worth the telling
Only in one year-that OF 19O0-since
the records were kept by the Govern
ment. has it happened that the Amerl-
can mines could beat the hen. In thai
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IT. he uightiest Easter gift OF the
lot is the Easter gift that the
American hen has presented to
the United States.
II the Government were to decide TO
color up all the eggs that are being laid
by her IN one day. to present to the
children OF the country. the whole
regular army couldn't do the work, IN
less each soldier could manage TO color
seven hundred eggs. which Is pretty
big contract
As the country will consume not one
days. but several days, laying Of eggs,
the standing army would be literally
overwhelmed. hidden. crushed by the
work OF the hen.
Can Care for Many.
Her work produces enough eggs IN
any two days TO give one 20 every hu-
man being from Alaska to Porto Rico.
not leaving out the Eskimos Of Boring
Straits
Forty-two ard one-half millions Of
eggs a day is her average now. That
gigantic one days work weighs 2.65S
tons--almost as much as the tonnage
OF a United States cruiser like the At
Ianta
While Industrial combinations and
financial operations have filed the air
with their clamorous processes, the hen
has scratched along in humble privacy,
and she has beaten even the record Of
king wheat for the value Of her modest
speciality has turned out TO be greater
than the whole value OF the whole
wheat crop OF twenty-eight States and
Territories in one year.
Value Of the Egg.
The gold and silver mines Of the
country aren't worth mentioning in
comparison with the simple bird Only
once IN nifty years has the value Of the
gold and silver Of the UnAed States
beaten the value OF It's egg
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But she got the highest price for her
eggs. for during the year her average
was 20 $40 cents a dozen. Scarcity Of
eggs does not explain high prices al
ways. for Montana leads eleven other
States in egg production, and yet got
the second highest average price, 20 $40
cents a dozen
Eggs We're cheapest IN Texas, where
they cost 7-10 cents a dozen on an ay-
erage.
A Marvel of Eggs
And now comes a puzzle for the house
wife.
Uncle sam has figured out exactly
what the average price a dozen mas
been for a year and he finds that it
was Il l5-Ioo seats a dozen. Then why.
oh. why. are csss 50 high when you
buy them C cate
Uncle SAN and all his men respectfully
decline 10 answer The Census Bureau
and The Treasury Department and the
Secretary ~ ;he Interior all give II up.
Aud nov 10 wind up the bis wonder
story OF che American hen and her tr'io
blue American cEg. here is a little Won
der story 10 Is about Alaska.
The census man went into Alaska and
found an the hens. IL was a hard job
70 nnd them. bat not bit hard 10
count the total; for there were only lie
fowls ia al Alaska on June /. 1900.
4 man could have put all the hens
of that country into cart and carried
them with ease. Their combined value
was Sl66. BUT that little pocket edition
OF hennery. with its little toy shop cap
ital. produced a total income in one
year of $sSe-SS6o for eggs and Sl7s for
chickens.
The Easter Bird
Eggs were high there. They averaged
IS cents a dozen. The chickens that
were Matched and sold averaged Sl.0l
each. It was a nice little business. beat
ing most banks In point OF percentage
Of income.
The rabbit is the great Easter beast
of poets and artists. but the American
hen has made good her claim TO be
sSonsiderea the Easter bird Of the world
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n UGH OF the sculpture Of Ina
M portance at st. Louis was
L i either designed or executed by
an artist resident OF Washington. or
one who is well known here. The same
Is true Of the designers Of the buildings.
and the art work in general. Though not
widely known. It Is a fact, nevertheless,
that Washington is one OF the artistic
centers OF the United States. there be-
ing more sculptors Of note here than
in any other city OF the United States.
New York alone excepted. Nearly all
OF the resident artists Of washington
have large studios. and in these 50 per
cent OF the sculpture OF the fair was
designed. Nearly all OF this has been
shipped TO st. Louis, and about all
OF II has been put in place. Two OF
the latest groups 10 be completed are
the work Of Adolpho de Nest, who while
not a resident OF Washington per
manently is well known. and is fire.
quent visitor here. The groups tell
allegoricauy the history Of Cuba They
consist OF three figures. life size, each.
and they are considered to be among
the best at the exposition, from an ar
tistic point OF view. The groups are
for the decoration Of the Cuban Build
ing. the island government making a
great effort TO have the structure At the
exposition one Of the handsomest there
and the exhibits complete.
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sweep your eye over the vast extent
or continent from the great ranches
under the Rocky Mountains. over the
plains OF Texas, over the domains of
railroad and slaughter houses from
Omaha TO Chicago. Take in with it
the immense city of Chicago itaelf, with
It's duchies and principalities OF stock
yards and abattOirs and factories, and
laboratories and warehouses, and shops
ana railroad yards. and wharves and
reIrlSerating plans-all devoted to seiz-
ing the living beast and converting him
to thousand uses, hide. horns. hoof,
tallow. and meat.
Take IN the roads that bear mhes on
miles Of cars full OF that product; ware
houses scattered along q thousand miles
or land; warehouses fronting every nav
igable nook on the oceans; refrigerator
SHIPS that are monsters. all stuffed fun
as they can hold; watch them tear
through the seas Of the world. flooding
the ports from London to Singapore.
Hen in the Lead.
Now go back TO the dun-colored cack-
Ter that roosts in tiny ramshaclNle houses
and drops her golden egg into any old
box that the farmer happens to have
picked up; and behold all the tons OF
canned and fresh and salted beef; all the
tallow; all the bacon and hams: all the
canned and sailed and fresh pork; all
the sausages and the sausage meat; yes,
ard all the castings for those sausage
and the hundred "nxings' that are ex-
ported as the result Of the mad hustle
hustle, hustle. across the continents Of
locomotive and car. and exported by a
hundred different lines Of ships, do not
come within 10000 tons OF the weight
Of the eggs laid during the year in the
United States.
Weight Of the Egg.
For the weight Of all those animal
products Is only" SIC. $50 tons: and the
weight OF the one and a quarter billion
dozen Of rggs, at the average weight
of eight 10 the pound, Is 970, 363 tons
a That would extinguish the entire
United States Navy. from Kearsarge
and Alabama down to the tiniest torpedo
boat. IL all the yolk were TO be hurled
down on il at once, there wouldn't be
rivet left.
In dollars those eggs equal 81 Ter cent
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Nevada in the Rear.

quite gotten down TO the chickenss 71h
She has less than any s&SAE, SsAls
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4 UGH OF the sculpture Of Ina
M portance at st. Louis was
1 7 4 either designed or executed by
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tween the Beers and the English are
very enthralilng and realistic.
AT night when the myriad electric
lights cast their radiance over all the
beauties and splendors of the exposi-
ton, the bands playing, the din of
the Pike in the distance, It defes and
battles description.
Just in front Of the Agricultural
building Is the floral clock" which
to me was one of the most interesting
individual exhibits at the fair. The
dial is the largest of any clock on
earth, being 100 feet across and is
composed entirely of many and beau
tiful hued flowers. The minute hand
weighs $500 pounds and the second
hand nearly as much-hsve forgotten
the exact weight, also the material
from which the hands are made.
The clock is on hill and can be
seen from many points on the grounds
and attracts a great deal of atten-
ton.
The exhibits in the Agricultural
hall, which covers 3 acres, are inter
esting in the extreme and it is
wonderful to see how artisticaIly the
various grains, staples, etc, are ar
ranged.
Canada has a wonderful exhibit in
this building occupying a space of
10000 square feet. The dome Of the
Ottawa Library of Parliament Is re-
produced on a smaller scale. It's
frame! is; of pine, covered with red
burlap. Artistically featured TO this
background are the grains and grasses
OF Canada, over 5000 specimens be-
ing shown in a charming way. But
resses are built up of mIllet, broom
grass, corn and many other of the
grasses and grains of that country.
There are many other delightful
things from Canada displayed.
In the Agricultural building the
tobacco exhibits of Virginia and
are very instructive and
becomingIy arranged.
California has one of the largest
and handsOmest exhibits in the Agri-
cultural building, and in fact, she has
an exhibit in every building, showing
to great advantage her wonderful
and has also a state build
ing.
Ii is too bad that Florida at this
greatest OF all fairs, should be so
greatly eclipsed by California and the
other states of the union.
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