———— - FARMING AT THE FAIR. EXHIBITS OF THE WORLD'S AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES. Practical Nustration of the Progress Made in the Cultivation of the Soll —A Huge Assortment of Food Pro ducts and Farm Machinery Under One Roof. The Agricultural Building at the World's Fair is almost surrounded by the lagoons that lead into Jackson Park from the lake and is admirably situated, standing directly to the south and across the great basin from the Manufactures Building. Its general design is at onoca bold and herole. On either side of the main entrance are mammoth Corinthian pillars fifty feet in heighth, while on each corner and from the centre of the building pavilions are reared, The corner pavilions are connected by cur- tains, forming a continuous arcade around the top of the structure. The rotunda is surrounded by a mammoth glass dome 130 feet in height, All through the main vesti- bule statuary has been placed illustrative of the industry of agriculture, while similar de- | sdgns are grouped all around the grand en- trance in the most elaborate manner, At first sight of the interior of the building, owing to the great variety of displays made, the visitor gains the impression of a mighty jumble of colors—a vast fair in which each exhibitor has sought to outdo his neighbor | in the matter of brightness of adornment. The world, says the New York Herald, has Been ransacked for every imaginable article of food stuffs, and more than half the space under the great roof is taken up with the contribution of foreign Nations, The visitor's desire for something will be gratified ; he will see great stacks of untario, Quebee and the Northwestern provinces of the Dominion have \ trophies in the large pavilion, which will be filled with the products of the various dis- tricta, No European Nationwdisplays a mors som- plete or representative collection of its agri- cultural products than Germany. The pe. villon in which her exhibits are shown is a huge affair, the design being that of a qnad- ruple arch, Elaborate mouldings lend an effect of lightness, and so well proportionad is ths structure and so well adapted to the exhibits that it does not seem to be out of place among the lighter and more flimsy pa- vilions around It. The Germans, apparently, have not bullt for the few months of the ex- position, but for years to come ; yot at the close of the Fair this must go the way of the | rest, Cereals and fruits of every kind grown within the boundaries of the German Empire are displayed in all forms, and, as In every other Dorartmant of the exposition, Ger- | many makes a showing of which the people | of the Empire have no reason to ba ashamed, There is one feature of the exhibit, though, that strikes one as somewhat strange. As each foreign country makes a special feature of its chief staple, ohne would naturally associate Germany with the brewing in- dustry. Yet Germany does pot vaunt her beer, but makes a special feature of her mineral waters, Her malt liquors are dis- areotad played, as a matter of course, but for every | gallon of beer she offers two water from her famous springs. Wheat in all forms is the prevailing characteristic of the Russian display, although her other cereals and her fruits make an excellent showing, The interest takan by the Empire of the Czar in the ex. position is clearly shown In this department, where it enters as a competitor of the United States as a wheat growing The Russian pavilion is not so gawd others, but it is filled with material for those who wish to st the differences existing betwoen gallons of country, { of this country and those of its huge | F has a beautiful . b pavilion, fo Commissioners could not bear the th ight —— Pha CP IX THE roduct piled all around him an aching | | hey int mountains of fo tufl t all sides, All varieties of tastes are to in the individual display, ble is not altogether pl from the east and west gall tor ean obtain an idea the general dispiay Mosques, tles, temples, pagodas and stru ing every known variety of erowd upon each other In pleasing con! and offer to the beholder a vision of w been im the building Hane since the wor gan, and what may be expected but the ensem- 1 It ff +) ing such things are lax, The main floor of the great hall is between foreign wntries and eom posing the wt A Nations than the Unit space north of the gran which runs east from the | the various States are There is no reason why dazzled by the mualtipli will bat keep the pia head. Wher y be somewhat scross exhibits representing the work wate Individuals dering array But as to the displ ever the sea The m European continent are } prepared to pert themselves and clalm the atteation th ponsider their dus, Great Britain, France, Russia, the wheat fleld of Europe, and Ger- many have been given the largest areas, and have been divided to the best advan ricar Hore Ar and Brightness is a characteristic of the E | Mah section, gandy showeases of sorirtion abounding, bearing in the names of exhibitors and the displayed. A feature, however pot come under the head of shopkeeping ex hibits is the model the stud farm of the busband of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, at Bighgate, not far from London, Everyde- | tall in the model, from the clock tower over the stable to the horses in the stalls, has been thiully reproduced. This farm is one of | oe largest of its kind in the world, and | Jissden will view the model with much more an ordinary interest, The greater part of the space allotted to fot has been appropriated by New puth Wales, which has constructed & pa wilion almost entirely of bales of wo This peturs claims no particular originality of | ign, its chief merit being the unique char- soter of the material composing it, It is ap- priate, however, as Now Houth Wales is a nous sheep raising country, Inside of this woolen rampart there fs an exhibit, tastefully arranged, of all the agricultural products of the most advanced of the great divisions of | the island continent, A feature of the pa | villon 1 a large and solid ox wagon, con | structed for travel in the bush, | Canada's pavilion Is rather an imposing gilt letters wares to that does ba of of { together with { many of sy pavilions, { people of this « | she really is and ean do, Ub dedprdn ZF. ¥ 4 IN pe a4 , =p ’ ‘y AGRICULTURAL BUI that r surpass thing It fa in ev most elaborate in { , while the arrangeaent of the exhib artistio, it, and it is inde ¢ Inahioned in the N of listinstion hocanss » The istter are s » 3 her pavilion irioualy oo lars of « ny nw } NArgosa ars process it is elaborately ing Brazil has aver 3 Now the stunted, little considerel front from Cape Colony, more of an ethnological than an aral character, Ornaments that deck persons of the dark skinned savages and fast days, as wall as state ooon wna in greatest profusion peckiaces that form a cot bined gown and erinoline for the maids matrons who wear them The stork « hard ? on the roof of f Danish the showy and elabor adifices on every side of thom, these cottages, whose quaint roofs are covered with thateh and whose win dows contain picturesque diamond shaped panes of glass, present quite an time ap- pearance, and diffase an atmosphers of the long ago. In fast, such dwellings as these are a grateful relief from the brilllancy and garishine that is the characteristic of so Denmark's display i Are 80 or f Denmark has taken African ostrich y t WO iis roost erched ottags that in mirast to y the South me ¢ rm the pavilion at is a vary complete one Mexioo, being immediately to the south of | us, feels it her bounden duty to give to the wountry a correct idea of what and, therefore, for of housing her display, has the purpose | erected a pavilion more solid and substantial Ornamental | than that of any other country. fron gateways form the entrances, and the samo metal furnishes the material for much of the interior furnishing, Since Amerign enterprise invaded the land of the Montesu- mas Mexico has made great progress in both - LIYE odifiee, being topped by a mammoth stuffed | deer, whose many branched antlers stretoh out far and wide, Beside this monarch of | the glen stands the plow, In the eentre the | Dominion trophy rises to a hight of twenty. tour feet, with the Canadian arms embine. oned on the front, There is 4 lavish use of i bunting, which tends to give the pavilion a wery gay and pleturesque appearance, At | the sides are rows of shelves upon which | stand long lines of sample jars containing | the products of the Canadian soll, Each yeinee in the Dominion is reprosested, | Be showing in each instance being a credits able one, Like the parent sountry Canada bas some- | thing in the cheese line itself, consisting of a cheese wolghing twenty-six thousand pounda, The milk of ton thousand cows has gone to make up the rule 4h ae [uonster, ant wa : to st that part of the floor , It stands alone position ro ha Who “10 buy portions of it may do so, STOCK PAVILION, agriculturs and mining, and it Is this ade | vance that is now being shown, France's colonies, Anam and Tonquin, have an pavilion of their own, and do not maka thelr display with the home Govern ment, dome, surmounted by a star and crescent, Ho 1ar an taste is concerned Holland is not behind any of her Lig sisters in the design of hor pavilion, [ts front isa broad ariiway, with Columbus on sither side, creating an effect that is pleasing, italy, although she same in late, has made the best of the time afforded her, and is well | raprosentsd, awd the same may be sald of Grosos, Paraguay, Honduras and numerous other counterions, Japan has a clever display, consisting chinfly of tens and the methods used in that country for tha cultivation of the silkworm, The kingdom of the Mikado is better represent - in | odin other buildings than in this, although her extromaly erodit exhibit in this in ou able as far as it goes, 's sontribution to the ex. hibit of silk re is a valuable one, The best of silk cniture is made the Woman’ Cultures Association, of a i aamOAHON De evs ror on! This pavilion is In the form of a hae | great degres Of the general | interest taken in this country in the raising of silk worms and the production of raw silk. Silk worms are shown in thelr differ. ent conditions, together with all the appli ances u od for reeling silk from the cocoons and preparing it for the manufacturer, France and Spain have also made fine show- ings in this department. | sponsible in a AN OLD DUTCH WINDMILL, Ina style no less magnificent than that which characterizes the displays of foreign | Nations, the warlous Btates of the American Union have forward with exhibits | Now York, properly enough, has been given the greatest amount we, and wi Empire Sts h | villon {| 8OIn FOATER one Ki grasses, cereal come (8) ing tern Stat vies Wes — rivalry a v Ny guors onfections ako 8 | northwest sect) has a fine show mont, Ohio and other in setting of their tionery « Me SULA nein vie the world maple sugars, rs of ye out very strong ia this sect) and have displays that will make the mouths f the fdminine and juvenile visitors water copiously mody men have from the eager desire to ir wares, and rth oeivabi Wisox wiore Mak Bake a in that nto ! very q reditable display portion of the ga found sweetness in every form. Chocolate manufacturers have bes especially active mn their preparat and New York firm exhibits a ylonen | statue of Columbus, weighing 1700 pounds, made sutirely of chosolate The browers of malt liquors have not | | behind in their demands, as evidenoad from the fact that they supy the entire wont gallery for their display. Malt liquors of all grades are shown here, principally in bottled form Of more than passing interest Lo the publio at large 1s the agricultural experimental sta. tion on the main floor in the southwest cor- ner of the building, constructed upon the plans adopted Ly the United States Govern. ment for its stations throughout tha sountry, Almost next to it the French Republic has erected an agricultural teaching station simi lar to those found at every agricultural col jogo in that country, These two stations con stitute one of the most valuable exhibits in the agricultural department. The model sta tion of the United States is the suggestion of | the Nation? Association of Agricultural Col- jogos, and is under the personal supervision of Professor Henry E. Alvord, Chairman of the Exscutive Committee of the National As sociation, It is complete in every detail, | There is a fully equipped laboratory where | dally tests will be made to determine the fore | tility of solls for analysis, The milk and but. | ter tests in connection with the dairy exhibit | will also be conducted within the laboratory. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. Tux salt water section of the aquarium In the Zisheries Ballding is always crowded, Flower-like suemonss, swollen-lipped carp, be a one ja queer arabs and hideous toadfish are the at- | trastions, I% the Government Dullding there is a col. lection of stamps shown from 1847 to 1893, the Columbian ss the latest, The collee tion somprises every postoffice stamp jasaed during that time, Tur United States’ large gun exhibited in the Government Dallding weighs 104.000 pounds, is thirty-seven feet long, has a | twelve inoh barrel, and earcies a projectile welghing 1000 pounds, with a charge of 450 pounds of powder, A virneaize status of Charles Dickens, sit ting in & large chair with his hand to his head, as in a deep study, with a lifesize status also of Little Nell sanding at his side, is an object of much interest and attraction in the main section of the Art Gallery, Ix tront of the Ohio Pullding is a bronze sntue of seven figures above in the center of whieh is the statue of Ohio with beneath are the words: * Bras ani, Soria, aria, doen | were injured, many of them fatally, | sereets were filled with the | nnd business houses | palling as men with lanterns went ernl confusion was in 0A TOWNS WIPED 00. ' A CYCLONE'S TERRIBLY DE- STRUCTIVE WORK. Pomeroy Almost Totally Razed to the Ground Scores of the inhabe- ftants Killed and Wounded Res Work Among the An Improvised Hospital, cue Rulns Pomeroy, a town of 900 inhabitants in Cal houn County, lows, has been almost entire. ly destroyed by a tornado, Between fifty | and 100 persons were killed, and nearly 200 The of ut th the Ax Wow Cen most confusion followed the advent storm, and it was several hours condition of affairs thers was BOOT the extent of the disaster learned, relief trains over the lin tral were sent out with a «¢ Orps of phy tents and provisions, Che town was before Known. ne ans, in total the VER were ap about in the debris, In some instances entire families were Killed, the intend bodies being found in the ruins of their homes I'he cries of the heard on « and the gen the frenzied Wore sopmrst darkness and wreok fh I'he ROBIN mut injured were wid on mand Dy survivors who hd ae was slow Hitt les hia of the 1 friends behavior od from wire the train relatives ir LS piwnay Was ra it has bees I'he National Bank the headgarters of Here those willing to rk or nurses were assigned to the yario tals, and here also provisions, money, be ding and clothing were reccived, and all of these neosssarios rolled in rapidly By 3 o'clock in the afternoon the ih office | the bank was stacked clear to the ewiling with food and clothing, and boxes of each wera ar. riving on every train. Governor Boles arrived at 4 o'clock and took charge of the whole a! fair. He first drove out over the rains, then ha visited the hospitals and the morgue, eonsults od with those who had directed thus far | things, and then issued a proclamation sed. ting forth the needs of the sufferers and call ing upon the people of lowa to contributs Hbernlly Late reports from the counties of Chero. koe, Buena Vista, Pocahontas and Calhoun, and the parts of Ida and Bae Counties over which the tornado swept show that the loss | of life is somewhere ht woon hundred, and that the damage to rune up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, Five entire families were blown away at Alta, Towa. Mrs, Gordon was killed in. stantly by the wreck of her house, and noth ing oan be found of the family of seven, No trace oan be found of Bd Sargeant and family of five, They were supposed 10 be dead, It was one of the most terrific cyclones ever known in that seotion, The width was about 1000 yards, Two women were killed nnd several injured six miles south of Chero kee, Ten were Killed and several injured south of Aurelia 1 one killed and several in- jured near Storm Lake nine killed and two injured south of Fonda, Only one of the Gordon family out of seven hase been found, It is reported four of the family of Burgess, poar Aurelia, wore killed, The lows of prop- erty is beyond estimation. one and two pert v LH] Acompinag to Inf yrmation given out by tha bllsbers of the Chicago ORy Ditattor, J Ie now the most populous city 000, Tae iation is resulted from the Greenhalge THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States, Daxixr, and Myrtle MoCarthy, N.Y a re wil a lamp were burned to death in a nl explosion of Tue Fourth of July was celebrated in New York City and thereabout in the customary varlous and , flags being ral Tammany hearing spoocches [ro Crisp, Benton, MeMillin and Low, Justice Brewer and Benstor were the speakers at Henry ( annual Fourth of July sslebration at Wo stock, Conn A bronze statue of Willian Lloyd Garrison was unvelled st Newbury port, Mass., ex-Representative Frederick J! of Lowell, ¢ the oration, divers wins making ed with fall fth A TROLLEY oar das another trolley ear just south boundary of Brooklyn, N pants of both ears were hu Hons, Peter MoHugh, the killed and el (hy wo-year-old son of ( stantly killed by troliey A mob nearly lynehed the ty plenickers were J Hislon at Wilkesbarre BeEvon ig A DESTRUCTIVE halls Eastern Pennsvivania, | to crops and bulldings. Tur Chamber of ( City ran dex law Premio ro with wn +8 boon ton rhat legates LO mn n arrive Montreal, Cans . Tag French G Paris rioters by an imme osm — ernment has disg HAVOC BY HAIL. Great Damage Done to Crops in the Schuylkill Valley Reading, Penn by a hall storm ay oltr we vicinity vied for destructiveness, pelipsed all prev f the kind eines 1806. The Reading forge was fSooded tos lepth of four fest and the fires had to be drawn and the works shut down, Strest.oar horses became unmanageable from the pelt ing hail and the drivers were compelied to stop the cars and seek shelter Many collars were flooded, Grain eel, Onis flower gardens, grapes and other Trias wer stripped off like lmves The vineyards and WAN which, Jit sorms o Monnt Penn are completely ruined and the | owners do not expect to o'aln more than | five per cont of the erop A severe hall storm also passed over the northern part of Philadelphia between § and 1 in : m. Halistones nearly an inch diameter fell for Tally fifteen minutos, bhresk ing thousands of panes of window glass and cutting trees and shrubbery to pieces, - ———— FLOODS IN CHINA. onsands of Natives Drowned or Crushed Under Falling Walls, The steamer Balgio from Hong Kong and Yokohama brings advices that a branch of the Welling River, in China, has overflowed in consequence of the heavy rainfall, and it is estimated over 1000 aged ro. | spectively thirteen and ten years, children nt | Dennis MeCarthy, a saloon Leoper nt Buffalo, | Bowen's | » werawad the | greatly pleased with the tents action in clos | to realize in a practical and | position, BARRICADES IN PARIS, AN ANGRY COMMUNE STARTS A REIGN OF TERROR, Desperate Fighting Between the Mok and the Police trated Parls Troops Concen- Agitators Tuke Advantage of a Students’ Row to Stir Up Strife nt A cab two years rieades in the gram from Paris says : he the ( mune ha nEain #trovis of 1 ¥overs very is being made to incite insurrection, was ol first a street f ght between the tidl # stndent . BG Aly tadents has ne an upristng the forces and the garrison of ards are with which military Inns persons wounds tween mevYeral "ivi iin pe the mot vera of aud the pt rowds where t they did Vina r as or k piace JOG 1871. ‘0 nmp of street ears where they wer nt in» cect LATER NEWS, NAL banks during t t nthe have increased heir oir nearly 90.000 000 Tue Treasury Department rosy purchase stiver bullion, buyiag ounces af 0.74 Ture Infants Eulalia has arrived st Madrid, Epain., She and Prince Antonio were met at the station by the Quesn Regent and the Infante Isabella, She expresssd harsel! as sordislity of her reception in the United States, Tuer was renrwsd Paris : the a peneral nado by wi the G r Ex rising in workingmen k of strike | bitter sposches wore bars of the Municipal Coancd began | tn MO verfie ing the Lah mage, CHICAGO'S ROSY DREAMS. | The Great Influx of Money Upon Which She 1s Counting. A dlepatoh says that Ch a0 Is beginning substantial way upon its investment In the Ex- In the period embraced within the last 120 days of the Fair it fs estimated that a sum ranging from 120,000, 000 to $156,000, « 000 will be brought to Chicago aud left there, The estimate is based on the assumption that betweon July 1 and November 1-123 days the averages number of visitors in Chi- above normal will be from 100,000 to 128,000, and that will not spend less than £10 a day each while sojoining thers, On that basis the amount y JA50 : 50, Columbian
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