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WORLD S FAIRS OF THE PAST.
B18TOBT OF ALL THE OBI AT
loduttrUl Exposition! Blno the Ids
Wa Launched Onr Forty Year Ago.
Credit for Mn the originator of world'
f;r rauKt be swarded to tht lata Prince
Allert, consort of yueen Vic'oria of (reat
1'ritain. The Frst woMd lair wn held In
tht Crystal Palace, London. In 1 -."t . and it
was l"rinc Albert who suggested the enter
prise ami helped largely to nuke it a suc
cess. The total number of exhibitors m
l.t,0?7. of whom AM were American?. The
receipt at the gs.te amounted to I,780,UUJ
and the net profit were ITM,""0-
In lfc'tf International exhibltionl were
lieul at Hnhlln and New York. There were
4. I K) exhibitors at the latter, more than
tialf ot whom were foreigner. The receipt!
were only (HiU.U0, and there was a lues of
muss). Hoiti Oreeley, who win one of
the directors, while on a visit to I'aris. was
arretted he one of the French exhibitors for
damages Incurred to hi! exhibit. In ls-W
I'aris held an exhibition. In which there
were ii'U'.Vt exhibitors, only 144 of whom
wire American. The receipts were 1044,1 10
and curt ti.i'J.UiO.
Iictween 1A4 and 1"2 exhibitions
mainly of local interest were held in sever
al cities, among them being those nt Mel
bourne and Munich in lx.v, at llrussels in
lh-Vl, at Lausrtun and Manchester in 1 H i7.
at Turin iu IK', at Hanover and A'hens in
INM'snd at Iniblin.Kd.nbiirgli and Florence
in l In IW a (treat exnibltion was held
at l-ndon the receipts of which were
tam and exnes t2 :t(j,tn. 'J ho
next World Fair, that of Paris, was the
mud splendid the world had vet vein. It
was h"ld In th t'hamp ile Mars. There
were flii '.'J! exhibitors, of whom M-t were
from the fnlted State. In the Vienna
Kxposition tixik place. There were "(Mas)
txhihitors. i ..'4 lieing from the I'nlted
Males. The cost of (be buildings was esti
Unite I at f 7,V) IV HI.
Then came the famous Centennial Fxhl
b.tioii at Philadelphia in INTO. I ho build
ings then erecied comprised a ronin build
in K covering an area of frTli.-itH square feet;
a machinery hall, covering an area of ftol.
"Jii square teet; tin art building covering
7n tV' s. feet of floor s ace and WM so.
feet of wall space; a horticultural hall X)
teet long. I'' fret broad ntnl lA leet high:
an agricultural building covering 1 1 7 .
square fe"t and a women's department
binding Jiw feet lonit and '.iiM broad. The
fair was o-cne. on May 10. l7ii. and re
mained o(cn for six months 1 )ii -i ttr that
time it was visited bv !l.iilO,!fl pemons, of
Tl i in suu.iit piiiil iidmision fees
ainountinit ti f l.ACI.'.'l 4'). The laritest
nnmlier admitted on any one d;iy was 174.
H'.i. The total iiumU-r of exhibitors is esti
mated nt 4H N4. ot whom 8.17A were Ameri
cans, unlives of Smin and her colonies
ami 3,fvH suhiects of Queen Victoriii. The
total number of awards wns 1.1. 104 of which
f 4 were granted to Aniericun exhibitors
and 7. "to to foreinexli. tutors, 'i he I'nited
Mates (ioiertimi'iit mmiiloted special in
terest in the Kmr tv appointnu; a commit-,
tee to see thnt the coiuMioii of the dillerent
(overnineiit ileiartmi'iits wus well repre
sented, for which purpose u appiopriatsd
the sum of 7.!V.(M.
I'or s ai-am cuiiie to the front in 1H7X and
showed Kurope I tint an imperial form of
lioxernmeut whs not necesmrv lor the suc
ef.fui estnblislmieiit ol a World's l-'air.
The hump ile Mars wns HK'nui ce teteel na i
s;tf. lou acres bvliin Bppropriati'd. of which
the main building cov. red acres. The
to'ai number of exhibitors was 411. Witi, of
whom a 774 came fn. m (treat Itritiiiu,
from the I'niicd Mates and I'.i 47J Irom
France. The Knir was open from May 1.
K to October in of the s ime year, and
i ir:iiir that time the number of admissions
s lt;.n.ij.7i. The total reuipts from
ors were est i Minted u' 2..'':tr.u'si.
1 rit an exposition whs held nt Svdtie
.. ..iASi'.oryrilo'of whom 'were from
the I'lutiil Mute. I he next year the Mel
Ix.urne exposition was held, nt which theet
wfe 1 2.71' exhibitors, Mkj bein Irom this
coiin'rv.
Iu 1HS3 s for.'ittn world's fair was held In
Ko-ton It was a novel exhib tion, for two
eaoii first, becuusn it was only open to
exnibita from foreign coiintr.es, liud recond,
ln-cause it contained exhibits from a lurucr
number of foreign countries than were ever
represented in uny previous world's fair.
There were UM exhibits, comprising, IO.ohj
arncles.
The latest and greatest exhibition was
opened in I'aris on May ft, lKsn, and closcl
.n October !il of the rame venr. The totnl
cost ol tLe exhibition was fi.3im.nft0 and the
total receipts were :.!nii,liu. The number
of exhihttois was .Vi.tiKi, niore than had
apt card at auv previous world. s fair, and
"I these about 1.7.VI hailc.l from the I'niied
Mates. '1 he asiiirds to Ainerli'un exhibitors
comprised ftj rand prizes. 1W jtold medals.
i'7.'t silver medals, i.J0 brone medals and
honorable mentions. The total number
of visitors has been estimateil as hi((h as
6.0IS) tsi, and as low as 3 uai.lasi. The recii
Jar price of admission wns If., but owing to
the lottery system tunny ieisona v.ere en
atilrsl to enter at half price. The number of
admissions between Mav and November
exceeded :'iai,(ji, ) it if ,,imi,te,j lt)nt
on the last day no fewer than 4uu,uuu persons
were admitted.
Witn reitardto str.mRers it mav be confi
denlly said thalfullv l,.rio0,uai visited I'aris
diirimrthe fair, us the reK'sters kept in ho-
-. sou uruiiem nouses bear ample testi
mony to that effect. The number of en
tries to the fair certainly showed an m
i reuse of II. iaai.iai t,ver that of the fmr ii:
If a and IS.Imh imi 0er that of the l'uila
(ieli hia fa r in l7tj.
1 he Chnnipile Mnrs was airain selected as
the s.te tor the fair, the total space occupied
heum 17.1 acre-. The Machinery i'alace was
tlie lare.t biii dini?. being 1.371 feet long
4"A feei wide and l' Hi feet high, its cost
nesl ,',iM-m and it civered ll ai-re. No
I'jeci nt the fair mtractcd so much ut'en
in n the tainous Kitfcl Tower, ruittd ti
the ie.lt beifht of !M feel.
A FIERCE BTonitt IN OHIO.
A Cyclone Wrecks Msny Buildings at
Wilmington.
A cyclone of lerritic proportions struck
Wilmington. Ohio, Frida- afternoon. Trees
were but as straws and few are left stundinp
Unit encountered the storm. The City llalll
lately remoileled. is budly damaged, the
ro f being blown off and the interior soaked
with water.
Kvery church in town exopt the I'resbv
terian was badly wiecked. Tne iarv hell
on the Christian Church was blown 'lorue
balance into the street and the spire was
blown olT and crashed through ihe roof and
eiling. Ihe Catholic church spire was
fl standing, while the remainder of the
uililing was demolished.
It is miraculous that no one was killed
out right.
Tl a iare bookstore of Hildebrant A Hil
iiard was crushed like an egg shell and the
lonienu drenchetl w ith water. The busi
ties ho.iHe of CaiupU'll, llamill Co II
O. (artnnght .V i .... J. y, (-parks, Henla".
ruin Funiuhar. F. H. Miller, K F. Marble
and many others uere badly wrecked The
dwelling house of W. W.Collins, McN'a
luara, two belonging t0 C. W, A isiin and
several otheis were demolished and num
ber ol others were unroofed and others im
damaged. The wind blew so furiously that
email stuks and straws were found jiubej
(Jed iu ihe weather bourding ol Jiouaa.
Four Bailors Drowned.
A two-masted schooner, supposed, to be
the Drave of Dear Isle, Me., went ashor
Dearth Knobs life raving station, ITum
XslaDd, Mm. Boon after tht !pars fell, and
with them four men, who are lupooeej tc
tt all tticrt wtrt on board.
BIRD'S
C : r .
J rtriilsrnr Arrr
'1 -.Machinery lis
prftncri.
Hall. 17','aeres.
B Agricultural ihjlhling, IS acres,
4 Annex to Agrimiltursl Dulldlng.
fi AdrninL-t ration llulld'.ng.
fi-Hall ol Mines and Mining. aojvs.
7 Khs'triciil Iluilding, Srt' writ.
DEATH ON RIVER AND RAIL
TWO I'd A H t VI. ACCIDENTS.
C'sus'ng Msny Deaths and I'ttslly In
Jurlng Many Persons. Hieamboat Ex
plosion and H u tin way 'I rain.
'neof the worst catalrophies which haj
pccurnsl in years took tilace on the Missis
sippi river at Wet Is. and, "I miles below
Cairo, III., Sunday morning, A rear end
of one of the boilers of the
stetiiuerOlMii.il Cincinnati and Memphis
pneket, h ew oiil.llliing llie deck cibiii ;t!i
fleam find boipng water. .keprul of Ihe
deck hands nr:d ile k passengers, w ho were
eatmg breakfast at the time, were litetioly
cm ;i'd a ive and a laie nutnl cr received
serion burns
1'ollowiii in the list cf Ihe dead: William
Ilurstninn, co'orcd. lireman. St. I.ouis.
Haint ton Collins colored. Memphis. Thom
as Woods colored, residence unknown.
Cyrus Meyers, white, male, of Cincinnaii.
jumped Into rier nml as drowned. Two
colored men. unidentified.
rollovvinir is a list of the injured, many
of lo in will die: K; W. Crews, lianville,
Va.; 1-redNetil, Columbus, Mis.; Charles
Jackson. liri'iiiiin, Cinciniirili; James
Howard, I'.oehlooiu, Mn ; Oilbert Childress,
lireuinn, Nashville: Colder Tale. Memphis;
William Jin ksr-n. Washington, Pa.: William
llenrv. Menu I is; Albert Hobinsor "p-',nV-
'.''i'v",'"'"' ss. hire ciri Meinphis;
.. liM.ini DuktyvT .passenger,
Newport. Ky. . , ,
The wilileht conplernnlion reigned on
board the boat and the screams of the pus.
sengers and the gronus and appeals of the
vii tiuia runde the scene a terrible me. The
boat c i, ild proceed no farther and for
several hours it Iny at the hank w hile fie
iiiifortuiinte victims lay on the deck writh
ing iu agour find calling aloud for aid.
At Inst the lug Aegens hove in sight. She
was hudisl unit the suffer' rs. 'JJ in number,
were trnnsferred to lit r deck, and she im
mediately sailed to ( airo. Word had been
lebyr.ii.be I and every physician in town
wns on the wharf to meet her. The suffer
ing of ihe victims was a'levinted as much as
possible, bur belore they could be removed
Irom the boat four of them weredead. The
remainder were transferred tothe Marine
Hospital. Another one died soon after
reaching there, and the surgeon declares
that
d e.
loofthe It! now in the hospital will
A TF( 1' IIA It r AT A 1. All IPTNT.
T-e I'.ip Four imssi iiger train which left
Chicag. i at H:4ii Saturday night, in crossing
the Wabash river bridge at Lalayet'e, Ind..
nt 1 3o Sunday morning, got nwuv from the
engineer. 1 he air brakes would not work.
The front cars lett the track ulter renchiiu.
Ihe leNit. tearing (ton ii the sheds on the)
east side of the track. 1 he engine, buggage,
mnil and express cars were thrown oil Ihe I
track, hurled mine distance and broken to I
pieces.
The list of killed is as follows : Michael
Welsh, the engineer, of Indianaii'is: John
inou, oi i.aiayeite, driver ol until wagon;
'III oin us McMahori. of Cincinnaii. express
messenger; Charles Mevers, of l-nfayctle,
hack driver.Cliurles Schallle.of I'ortsmouih,
.; Fred Scheie, lirematl, found dead be
neath the wreck, left leg torn off at the
thigh: i nto (icsselson, Montreul. Can : Con
rad Weissel. of Shelby ville, 1ml.; Williuin
t ha livick. of Shelby ville. msil clerk, is
Kissing; Joshua Long, mail clerk, U'bunon,
li.d
Foilowing are the names of the badly
hurt: .lames Cairiuhaii. home unknown;
Charles Mycr. Cincinnaii. postal clerk;
Thomas VicKerv. home believed to be in
. ... .. . .. ' .
Cincinnati, liurt internally. The uhove were
an in t tie ma:i cur service.
1 Be serious: v iniured are: William I'laee,
or hratiKlori. Ind.; JefJerson Uetse, of
ivemptou, Ind.
All the train men were killed, but tioneof
the passengers were injured. As thcengine
left the track it struck and instantlv killed
three men standing on Ihe platform' They
were Otlo (iesselson, of Mont real, Can
ada, who had purchased a ticket and was
waiting lo board the train; Charles Myers,
a 'bus driver, und John Iennon, who was
in charge of Ihe Cmled State mail wagon
at ihe depot. The dead that lay under the
immense pile of wreckage were not removed
for three hours after the accident, a w reck
ll.v train heiii ' necessary to do the work.
Had the engine left Ibe track a minute
sooner the enure train would have been
tnrown into the Wabasu river. Owing to a
sharp curve in the tracic on Ihe west aide of
the river, the uir brakes could not be ap
plied until i:er the bridge. When the en
gineer tried to apnlr the air the brakes
would not work and tlie train dashed into
the btatiou, as stated above.
A Tennessee Cyclone.
At Gainesville. Tex., a cyclone did con
siderable dumsge to property. Many resi
deuces were unroofed and several business
houses had stocks of good ruined hv wa
' Three mi e south of tiainesvilfe Mr
and Mrs. lilackburn wan probably fatally
injures! by their residence collapsing, hear
Fair Plains on the cantaFe, a train was
completely lifted from the track., wllb tht
exception of the engine. The train had come
to a stop and was liur.ed Into a ravine 30
feet away. Ilrakemnti (iunn was killed out
right Conductor F. A. Taylor was badlr
cut over the ey and will prohablr die, and
others were teriouslv Injured. (Kb, 0.Mr.
by towns were partil wcki
- EYE VIEW OF COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
BET TO Bltt8-ITE TIFW tr COtrstMlsj IXPOSITI0X.
I 8 Manufacture and Liberal Arts Dulldlng,
44 acres.
9 - The Great peristyle and Muslo Hall Cafe.
10 - Landing Tier.
11- Transportation Exhibit. HV acrta.
12 -Hortli'iiltiiral Hall. achst.
i:i-Villag. ol nil Nations.
WORLD'S FAIR NEWS.
THK Il.C. FAIR CLOSED BTNPA Y.
TiiotuMn or i mi nosst nersr tux pat is:
Us AL I AUKS
The Sunday closing rules wire strictly
enforced Sunday nt Jnckson I'arlt. and no
one was admitted lo the grounds except
workmen and the guards. The Chicago
parks were visited by no less, than 2m,iaj
jople, who wandered along Ihe drivel and
graveled walks, rode in the bouts and
stretched themselves on the grass.
It was n notable fuct that not one of (lies
t.Klless Snbbaih breakers flid anything thai
snuld shock the average I 'ongrettmun. The
mn mid noincn were well dres-ed and sell
behne I. 'I he park policemen had absolut
Iv nothing to do. In the crowd n ereihi us
tnds of strangers, ami many foreigners wlic
wondered why Jackson "I'ark should bi
rinsed lo ruth an inieliigeiit bodv ol s'oplc.
At lliiniboldt I'ark, (iarlield I'ark. Doiik
lass lark and Washington 1'nrk prcat
?rowds passed the day promenading tlic
boulevards, ti ling the 'henchi und rowiiit
on the njiids. l.ven the little parks wert
full of men, women and babies. It is.
therefore, tierferlly safe to estimate the
number of people who visited the ark
yesterday at '.'tai.iaiO. It probably exceeded
thai Mime. Three fourths or them would'
have visited Jackson I'atk hud the gale
been open.
I.M'olipor ATTtNI'ANcF.
So far the pmd admissions, although
ligli'. have exceeded those for correspond
ii. g diivs at the Centennial, for lat week
the tii'ures are:
Mav 1. otllcial.
.'.is.ivi.-i
Mav 1'. otllcial
Mn'v 3. ol'i ui
Mo rMllllltted ...
Mn'v ft, estimateil.
A.ny l.tstinwiteil . . .
.13. KM
it'reli
Moll!
'1.11 .
viiii V to
ii A
A 1ATA t. I XI'l.OSoc iv l ... .. I. ii A I I.
A K-rririe explosion startled nerybodv In
the west enil of Mn hincrv Hull oil Friilav.
A header on the big lii-inch steam main
blew out and Jnnni Olns-ford, a switchman,
wus blown till feet and fatally m aided. Two
other laborers uere also scalded, but not la
tally. No cuusu cult bo unsigned for the ex
plosion.
Mfsic t Nirr. nirnct i.Tiits.
The oi4-n air loiu-vrts in Administration
plii".i were ptKirlv attended Friday morning,
owing to the chilly almo-phere ' T he piny,
i r- did ihe best they could, muiried in their
heavy co.ts but found it dillicuit to remiet
tihisoe I music in an unfinished stand to tin
m coiupiiiiiment of carpenters' hummers or.
the roof.
a TvoKir's rAin iioTirr. rwt.s.
1 he World's Fair Hotel Association ma In
no assignment. Assets. H7n.VI; liabih.
lies. Ill.il ft IK. The liiiltireis nssigneil tc
a li'ip-pay ineiit of dues on the part of the
r luck holders.
Onf ren!t of tht World'sFsir is that iat
montii io,(.-mi i, Hen cabin pusscngers were
landed in the mrt ol New York, more than
twice the number for April, l:ij,
12,000 ACRES OF WATER.
s. Dam Breaks and It Goes. No Live
Iost, But Much l'roperty Destroyed.
The Iwiston, nliio, rvsprvolr broke
Wednesday night and turned an immense
flood of water upon its residents along its
course. The hreak was In the imrthesst
corner of the reservoir, where a wasteway
620 feet in length is located. The breok
was 20 feet wide and the water came rush
ing down in a great flood.
The artificial bank of the resorroir is five
miles around, and the bottom of the reser
voir itself is at least ten feet above the im
mediate country below. The water uver ag
ed ten feet deep over ibe whole reservoir, so
some ideu can be imagined o the great vol
ume that came rushing down on the coun
try below. The reservoir is located rive
miles northeast of Hnuisvil e, I.iuan conn
ly. )., und contains K'.OikJ acres of water.
Hundreds of families left their homes and
lied out of reach of the coming torrent. So
far no loss of life is report. iL but the dam
age in I gan county is estimated at j0,0"0.
Many farmers will lose everyihing but
their land, and they will be financially ruin
ed. JlKt.LrroKTAiNr-The lotest reports from tht
scene of Ibe Iwitou reservoir Hood are re
ussuring. and it i believed that such pro.
gress has been made as will prevent furth
er opening at the present places, bet the
entire lower banks are saturated and In a
very dangerous condition. Should further
rains full no human lower cun stav an
awful catastrophe. Tb town and cities
directly in the tin of the floxl are Sidney,
1'iqiia. Tippecanoe. Dovion and most of tht
town of the Miama valley between Dayton
and Cincinnati. Telegrams have been sent
to the authorities at all tnrenened points to
prepare for the worst as well as they call
and to hope for the best.
ihelwiston reservoir is said to b Hit
second largest artificial body of water in
tht world.
Moody and Banker at Chicago.
IraD. Saukey, the famous singing evan
gelist arrived at Chicago bringing with bim
party of English Christain workers. In
company with Mr. Moody wbo I now in
tht city, bt will conduct revival meetings
bert at various time during tht World'
fair.
-Ekiia JU'TciiiNKorr, a daring Denver
horsewomen and rough rider, baa applied
to U allowed to enter tht long 3istnct
:owboyrac from CJ.adron, .Vb t0
Jiicgo.
14 Woman's DuUdlnff.
li I'nited Btaf.sj Government Euilluv
18 Kisherlea Iluilding.
J7 Mle-Savlng Station, etj.
It Illinois Mate Iluilding.
19 Oalleriea of Flue ArU.
i
LATEB NEWS WAIFS.
(-MIMES AKD rXXAt.TiK.
Fannie Korn, a New York woman, gsv
poison to her two children, a boy aged l'l
years and a girl aged 0 years, yesterday
afternoon, then shot them and completed
her horrid work Jy shooting herself.
Antonio Martinei, Antonio Josen Harlot
and Victoricn Aragon, three murderer
were taken from jail at I -as I.unas X. M.,
by tnaske l men, and hanged to tree
Half a dozen ruun'ers have been commit
ted near I.ss I.unas in the past two mouths
and the citizens took this method of warn
ing the vicious element thut crimo must
cease.
The other night three men charged witl
murder were taken from the county jail a
Iai I.unas, N. M . and hanged to a cotton
wood tret, No clevv to the lynchers.
roiiMu.v.
The Colonial bank of Australia, which I
situated at Alexandria, la the colo.iy o
Victoria, has suspended.
The town of Kownl, near Warsaw, Iia
been swept by fire und US houses destroyed
Kighty persons perished in the calamity
m fatuities are homeless and greut destitu
lion exists.
An sccldent. by which 20 rsons los
I heir lives, is reior'e I fr iiu the province o
Haragoata, near Santa Iula!a, in thai
J t)rov'uc- A religious procession was crosa
ng a river on pontoons when ontco"--'1i.c
.
) : ,AeS-flt, AeCIPENTS AND fATALtTIRS
V Wllloughby Compton. aged 1!), and hit
tfster Florence, aged 22 years, were drown
id in the Detroit river, Detroit. While in i
tiwboat they tried I) cross the towliue of i
Ltrge whit h cnpsi7ed their crnft and then
ilto the water. The bodies have i.ot bin
rtiovcred.
A freight wreck occurred on the Dayton
A Michigan railroad, near Tad more, (J., ii
which five tramps were killed and one fat
ally injured. The wn'-J; was caused by i
fiiililrj. In itttt nut m..a ' .ii.n.1.
........ v ...t 4 BIIIU19.
-
nii.toiots.
ft. Ilartholomew's Episcopal Church, Nt
Yo-k City, broke the record Sunday morn
ing by taking up a collection that footed uj
Isl.wm. The rwtor asked for 80, m to re
furnish and relit the church, and the con
grefation, which is a wealthy one, raisec
the limit a thousand dollars. This is tht
church attended by tho Alton and Yander
bilts and in the last four years it ha ex
peii(d in charities and regular church
exjieiisci l.Oaft.OOO.
KOIK.
Imports received at London from th.
continent (how that the drought and hea
have spoiled the teet root crop, and that ai
enormous rise ofsugnr price is in progres
In several pari of Austria the cereal hav.
been p'oughed up In preparation for anoth
er planting. Grain i-cculators declare tl.a
ail hope of saving the witter wheat 1
gone.
WASHINGTON,
The gold reserve in tht treasury i no
prefy close to 100,0o0.(xm. Small often
continue to be made to the secretary, and
the. 1 a feeling of conlidenca a tothe out
look for tht immediate future.
Secretary Hoke Smith created aoraethlng
of a sensation by dashing up to th Whits
House on horseback to uttend a cabinet
meeting.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
All the f urnaccmen. numbering about
300, employed in th I'ennsylvanla (tea
work at Duquesne. I'a.. have had notice
of a JO per cent rcductloj of wages,
FXIUONAL.
Joe Jefferson i terlously HI and wa
obliged to cancel hi Cincinnati tngagt
menu
A womak in Brenham, Tex., Mr. Julia
it Lattenhow, who was bitten by centi
pede, will dit fuim tht wound, fcht tbowt
a disposition to crawl and otherwise lmitatt
tht action of tht poUonoui insect
Foreigner In Franc Muat Register.
Tht French Chamber of Deputies adopted
I measure requiring foreigners resident In
france to register, but rejected tht proposj.
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VISION Of COLUMBTJH
Tht following poem, written by W. A.
Croffatof Washington city. wa read In
Chicago at tht dedication of tht World's
Fair building.
Badly on Columbu witched tht nascent
moon
Priwn in th gloomy wean' western deep,
btrange bird that day bad fluttered iu tho
sails,
And ttranve flower floated 'round tht
wandering keel.
And yet no land. And now, when through
the dark
Tht Panta Maria leaped be for tht trait.
And angry billow tasted th caravai
A to destruction, dome Ksscon cam
With Captain 1'inxon through tbt fnntitd
teas,
And to tbt admiral brought parchment
scroll.
Saying. "Good master: Read thit writing
lure
An tamest prayer It Is from all on board.
Tht crew would fain torn back in utter
fear.
No longer to tht pole tht compts point;
Into tbt tenith crops the northern star.
You ii but yesterrlav eve an albatross
Drop dead on deck beneath tht flying
scod.
Tbt devil't wind blow madly from tht
east
Into the land of Nowhere and theses
Keep tucking u adown tbt maelstrom'!
maw.
Francisco v th edgs nf earth Is near
And off tht Erebus we slide unbelmed.
Ijist Sunday night Diego saw a witch
Dragging tht Kina by btr forecbalni
west,
And wildly dancing on a dolphin' hack;
And a sh danced tht brigtiett tar In
beaven
Slipped from It lash and (prang into the
tea.
like Lucifer, and left a trail of blond.
I pray thee, master, turn again to rpain,
Ihedient t'i tb omen, or. perchsnce.
The terror-stricken crew to escapa their
doom
May mutiny and "
"Oomex T!ascon. peace."
Exclaimed Ihe admiral; "Thou bast auld
enough
Now, priihce, leave or, I would bt
alone."
Then eagerly Colnmhns soneht a sign
In sea ami sky, and in his lonely heart
Finding instead of presages of hoi
The black and ominous portents of despair.
At thus he mused be paced the alterdeck
And gated upon the luminous waves astern.
fUrange lif was in the phosphorescent fmitn,
And through ihe goblin glow tliert came
and went.
Like elfin shadows on an npa' sea,
1'rophetic pictures of the land be sought.
He saw the end of his victor ous quest,
II saw ablaze on lsebell' breast
A string of Antillean jewel rest
The Islands of ihe West.
He saw invading plenty dispossess
Old poverty, the land with bounty b!e
And through the wretched cavern of dis
tress Walk tar-eved hnpplness.
He taw the 1 lour lion and Dragnnxa prone,
For ancient error tardy to alone.
Giving tb plundered i-eople back their own
Aud Hying from the tliione.
Mt is an empire, radiant as the day,
Harnessed to law, but under freedom'
sway,
Troudly arise, resplendent in array,
To show the world the wav.
He saw the celestial peace in mortal pulse
And, tilled with hope and thrilled with high
emprise.
Lifting its tranquil forehead to tht tkiea
A vast republic rise.
He taw beyond the hill of golden corn,
lieyonil the curve of initunin'i opulent horn,
Ceres and Flora laughingly adorn
The bosom of tht mom.
He taw a cloth of gold across the gloom,
An arabesque from evolution loom.
And from tiit barren prairie' driven spurns
J? . '
'7 iesw an iron dragoon dashing forth
imperial cmea oiooin,
Along an I' on thoroughfare wouth, north
East, west uniting In benencitnt girth
Kemotest ends of earth.
He saw the lightning run an elfin rnc
Where trade, love, grief and pleasure inter-
isi-c
And absent ones annihilate time and space
Communing face to face.
lit taw relief
grope.
through deadly dungeons
Foe turned to brother,
black despair M
hope.
And cannon rust upon
tht gross grown
nope
And rot the gallows' ropa.
He saw Ihe babes on labor' cottar floor,
in bright wall hung with luxury mor
aud more.
And comfort, radiant with abounding (tore,
Wuve welcome to Ihe door.
He saw the myriad si indies flutter round
The myriad borne where jocund Joy it
found
And love I throned and crowned.
He saw exalted ignorance under ban,
Though panoplied in lorct since time be
gan, And science, consecrated, led tht van,
Tht providence of man.
Tht picture came and pa'ed and passed
away,
A nd then he said to I'mron in tbt gloom
"Now, Martin, toihv waiting helm again:
Haste to 1st 1'intu; "westward keep her
prow
For I hae had a vision full of light
Keep her prow westward in tht sunset'
wakt
From tin hour hence and let co man look
back."
FARM WORK RETARDED.
The Cool and Wat Wtathtr Haa Damag
td Orowing Crop. Fruit Killed In
W est Virginia.
Tht unusually cool and wet weather is
having it effect on the crops of Fennsyl
vania nnd West Virginia. Tbt rainfull for
Ihe past week ha been a half inch above
the normal in all pan of I'ennsylvanla, end
tht temperature ha been lower than usual
in all section except in and about I'ittsbuiy.
Sunshine has been deficient all over tbt
Htate. Farm work baa been greatly retard
ed. Th otllcial crop bulletin ays:
In the Northern counties little ha been
done on spring work, r-now banks still lie
In some places, and freetmg weather occur
red during the week. Winter "grain it re
ported in good condition. Oraa looking
fairly well. In the Southern counties farm
work ha progressed slowly between rain.
Even thing is backward, but as yet no
serious injury bss been done. Grain and
fruas look well but make slow growth,
ruit treet budding and proptcts of a good
crop.
West Vlrginla'reporls that a heavy frost
on th 2-tth was damaging to early frulls.ex
cept apple, vegetation of all kinds checked.
Light frosts occurred on the With, but no
damage wa dont. Wheat, oat and
grass art reorted a doing well, and
corn ha been retarded by tbt wet
weather. rraall fruit liava been
killed on low land, apple (lightly Injured
in om localities, pear not all killed, and
peaches seem to hav been injured greatly.
Tobacco 1 progressing favorably, potatoe
were damaged (lightly and garden vege
tables wert injured in omt loealltiet, but
waita rain buvt improved them.
J. N. Hmtch. a prominent turpentine
operator, wa brutally murdered ntar Will
coocbet, Ca.. by a negro employ. The
negro demanded pay for work befor It wt
Jont and Witch refuted lo py him until
Saturday night, th regular rv day.
,UTE TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS
eoTflrnoM bomb and abroad.
What It Oong On tht World Over.
Important Event Briefly Chronioltd.
antral. !. a a 1a4set1.
At Ishpemlng, Mich., tht Lakt Pnperlor
Iron Company'! 1.100 employes began work
on the tight hour plan. Tht hour have
been reduced from 10 to 8 and the wigee
untouched. Thtminert promise to ccom
plish a mnch In eight hour a they have
been doing in ten.
Nineteen thousand workint people em
ployed In the Jutt mill at Dund., Scot
land, bavt gont out on ttrikt.
Mnnongahela. P., advice art that the
Mrlke at the Culhoon mine Is still unsettled.
Only two men are reported to hart gont to
work on wagont loaded for 02 bushels. The
striker want to be allowid for "ft.
Tb striking Welshmen at the Irondale,
O., tin platt mill have returned to work.
The Wtlsh tty that tht company granted
them all ihey asked, and tht company'!
otllcial hav nothing to say. Th trouble
was over the American apprentices, whom
lh company were trying to Introduce. Th
Welshmen are determined to allow no
American to learn the trad.
Th slater and tinner of Akron, 0., all
went out on a ctrike Monday morning bt
cause tht contractor refused to advance
their wage 23 per cents.
In the 1'eunsylvania hour tht bill secur
ing to mechanics and laborer the right to
file lien against real estate for the amount
of wage dut for work dont In and about
the construction, alteration or repairing
thereof has passed second reading.
Advice from Shawnee, O., says that at a
meeting attended by 1,000 miner it wa
decided that it wa useless to continue the
trik In View of the refusal of tht l'iltsburg
miner to lusperrd work. Ileports (how that
a few small mine have resumed oper
ation at the advance demanded by tbt min
ers, but ID, 000 men art idle yet.
Tht union dock laborer of Bristol. Eng.,
htve gone out on a airikt against tbt em
ployment of non-union or so-called "fret"
aborcrt, and tht shipping tradt i blocked
through the lack of men to load and unload
vessels.
Disasters, Accident aad l'arnlllle
Allen Urown, Ilobinson Curuth, Jo
Bcott, Sandy Cooksey and Alien Booth, who
were employed at the government quarry,
two mile south cf Penrcy, Ark., were
drowned while attempting to cross the riv
er logo to their dinner. The liver wa
very high, and their boat capsized.
A piston head in the blacksmith shop of
the Cincinnati .Southern road, at Chatta
nooga, Tenn., exploded and John Quigley,
wife and William Teak, colored, were in
stantly killed. Three other wert badly
injured.
CrsM.
Tht fruit crop of Michigan la the nly
one in that state that ha not b3niiurt by
tbt hard winter aud unfavorable s firing.
The ' Kansas Farmer'" crop report last
week from the northern part of Kansas
gives the condition of winter wheat as very
low. Tbt western third of the Hate alio
presents very gloomy report. There it a
large area of the State iu wheat and the
prospect ar not very favorable. The State
produced last year in round numbers 71,
0(0,000 bushels of wheat. If thi year
40,000,000 bushels art produced the condi
tions must be very favorable from this time
until harvest.
Washlnnoa New,
When asked for an expression
of opinion regarding his visit to tlieWorld'
Fair, President Cleveland said: "I wa much
gratified at the enterprise, skill and taste
displayed in the arrangement and appear
ance of the buildings and the result thus
far attained buspenk to my mind a gnat
success for Ihe World' Fair."
Cholera Advices.
Fam Francisco. Ileports from Malacca
state that cholera is making terrible ravag
es, at many na 200 new case being reported
daily. A large number of deaths have
occurred.
Paris. Tht cholera which appeared torn
time ago In tht workhouse in Qulmper, De
partment of th Finistere, has now spread
throughout tb town. Ten deaths from tht
epidemic have been reported in the last
three days.
Hre.
The village or Pailey, 25 mllet northwest
of Grand Jtupida. Mich., ws almost wiped
out by fire. The tire wat started by tht
accidental overturning of a lamp. Loss,
130,000.
Six lakes, a villages six miles from De
troit was destroved by fire.
Financial anal Commercial.
The Central Ohio Insurance Company
went into the hand of a receiver at Toledo,
O., Edward Chittenden being appointed.
The liabilitiea are 1100,000 In execs of tht
stet. ,
Clime aad Penallta.
At Wolf Luke, Ind.. Theodore Pendleton,
while drunk, killed hi wife with an ax,
beat out the brain of hl6-raonthi-old child
and than committed cuiclde.
Pr..al.
Ex Senator J. W. Pattron dropped dead
lh other night at a prayer meeting at Han
over, N. II.
BEYOND OUR BORDERS.
In a conflict between Government troop
snd Indian at Ban Wateo Atlnoo, Mexico,
on Sunday, At Indian wr killed and 10
wounded. Two officer wert killed and
several tolditr were wounded.
Chines Town Wiped Out.
Malt advice received at San Francisco
from China and Japan stats that 1 tbt river
Houugho, China, baa again broken its
bank and don vast damagt to lift and
property. In Shan Tung ; 400 village and
hamlet wert lubmtrgtd with great low of
lift.
A Maine man will tend to Chicago
a fir spar sixty feet la length and
without a bend or crook la It I)
woujd wake s. fit straight flog itaC.
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