PHILADELPHIA'S EXPOSITION TO DEVELOP OUR EXPORT TRADE
The event of the year in Philadelphia will be an export exposition.
Thin ii the first show of the sort ever held in the United fctites. It follows appropriately the expansion of
tJncle Sum's territory and the necessity which is now laid npon him of seeking foreign trade development.
Of the nnrnerons National anil International Expositions projected for the next three or four years in dif-
-'ViMni nrtn rf th. united stt a t ttia Ana in ra nei,i in 'niinfiAmnift in HAntAmnAi. I wmnftr ami nnvamiier 01 ma
present year is iu many respects the most important to the commercial intorests of the conn try.
The Philadelphia Exposition of 1899 is an exposition for the development of American manufactures and the
expansion of onr export trade, and it will be the first national exposition of that character ever held in this country.
Of reoent years, expositions of goods suitable for export have been held at freqnent intervals in the great
manufacturing conntries of Europe, attracting foreign buyers and greatly aiding export trade. It is the purpose to
exhibit at next fall's Exposition every liue of manufactured products of the United States especially suitable for ex
port. Much exhibits will form the principal department of the Exposition and will comprise everything which is,
can or might be exported, from locomotives and heavy machinery to the smallest novelties.
The Exposition will be under the joint auspices of the Commercial Museum ami the Franklin Institution of
Philadelphia, and its exhibits will be confined to articles especially suitable for exports. It will open in (September
nd continue through November.
The mAin arnnn of bnildinas. coverina- at least 200.000 sonare feet of Exposition space, will be on tho west side
of the Schuylkill Uiver, fifteen minutes's ride from the City ILall. Besides this there will be smaller buildings for
. ncmmltnral machinery, locomotives, railway and street cars and plenty of space for a subdued Philadelphia Midway.
Mr. P. A. B. Widener, the street car man, is President of the Exposition Association, and the directors in
lude many well-known Philadelphia business men.
In October a commercial congress will be held in the assembly rooms of the Exposition Buildings, whioh will
be attended by delezatei from the leading Chambora of Commerce of the world. Probably eight hundred representa
tives of foreign firms will attend its sessions.
The department of manufactured products of the United States will occupy four-fifths of the Exposition space,
and will show everything from locomotive and stationary engines to the smallest "Yankee notions."
An important part of the Exposition will be the exhibit showing how goods must bo put up in packages of con
venient size, shape and weight to be transported upon mule back in countries where there are no wagons or railways.
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THE PEiCE CONFERENCE I
IT THE HAGUE. g
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The building in The Hague which
Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, has
plaoedatthe disposal of the Czar's
Peace Conference is her palace known
m the "Huia ten Bosoh" ("House in
the Wood").
The Orange Boom has been selected
for the sittings of the members of the
onf erenoe. It is a great room, lighted
by a glass cupola fifty feet above the
floor. -
There will be three seotions to the
conference, eaoh with a task of its
own. The general snbjeot will be di-
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Tided into three parts. The first will
-touch the question of disarmament,
that is, to what extent the armies shall
be rednoed. Questions ponoerning
international arbitration will be de
cided by the seoond, while all ger
mane questions will bo dealt with by
the third.
The palace itself is artisMoally in
teresting. It was built in 1647 by the
Princess Amelie de Bolmi, widow of
Prinoe Henri Frederic, of Orange.
Paintings in the Orange Room are by
amoh great artists asLevens, Jordaens
nd Van Thulden. There is an alle
gorical picture representing his victory
over wicked temptations. There is a
Chinese and a Japanese room, with
rarest works of art in them. The
. -walla of the dining room are decorated
by De Wit with soenes from mythology.
Among the people who will be pres
ent at the eonferenoe, though not as
delegate, is the Baroness von Suttner.
She is the author of a novel with the
title "Lay Down Your Arms." This
book is said to have had great in
fluence with the Czar in issuing Lis
Peaoe rescript. It is said, moreover,
to have been the greatest single force
-with him to that end. It ran thtongh
dozen editions on the continent, and
the men of the military countries were
thoroughly familiar with it, strangely,
before it oonld find an English" trans
lator or a publisher in England.
Conference, ultimately leaving for
Loo, where they will entertain the
Conference twice, at a dinner and a
garden party.
The Rotterdam Peace Committee
has obtained in a fortnight 13,000 sig
natures to a peace'petition.
Baron de Stnal, Russian Ambassa
bassador to England, who is to pre
side over the international disarma
ment conference at The Hague, will be
assisted by Professor F. de Martens,
the Russian privy councillor. Pro
fessor de Martens is the permanent
member of the foreign affairs ministry
and oue of the arbiters in the Venezu
ela boundary dispute. The United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
is represented by Sir Julian Paunce
fote, the British Ambassador to the
United States.
mmnTTini
WITH LIQUID AIR.
The boundless possibilities of (he
twentieth century through an unlim
ited and cheap supply of power to do the
work of the world were suggested when
Professor Charles E. Tripler, of New
York, gave an exhibition of his experi
ments with liquid air before the Na
tional Geographio Society at the Arl
ington, in Washington. These ex
periments, when made, filled the com
pany with wonder and seemed to set
all preconoeived notions regarding
heat and cold, aside in the light of
knowledge that has been acquired of
late years, and whioh is rapidly being
so perfected as to revolutionize present
methods of doing many things, -if the
expectations now entertained in regard
to them shall be eventually realized.
Mr. Tripler began his exhibition by
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THE CZA.R'8 rEA.CE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD HE1
(It Is Queen Wllueluilnu's "Bouse la the Wood," ami was built In 1647
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Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina and
"he Queen Dowager are now on a
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striking of mercury, ad yet ' a mo
ment it had turned toiur, and was be
ing breathed by the eople who bad
I just seen it (all is a Jblid state. Cup-
fuls of the liquid were passed around.
Fingers passed through the substance
gavo a sensation similar to passing
through heavy vapor, yet there was
the heavy liquid, as clcna as water,
with a vapor arising from it. If passed
through the liquid rapidly the hand
experienced no intensity of cold, but
if allowed to remain there a few seconds
an icy ohill would be experienced, and
more extended contaot would freeze
the flesh and bones, until they could
be broken up with a hammer, as a
brittle stone would be crushed.
The experiment of making ice over
a fire was perhaps the most strikingly
illustrative of the power of liquid air.
Mr. Tripler took a kettle, filled it with
the liquid, and it begau to boil. He
placed it on a gas stove so that the
flame could play upon the bottom of
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the vessel. The heat but intensified
the cold, as it aooelerated the liquid
in turning Into gas. Ice water poured
into this ksttle still further increased
the process, for it was comparatively
hot water. The kettle boiled and
eent a stream of steam aloft to a dis
tance of six or eight feet. No house
keeper las ever seen her kettle boil
so. At this time the water was being
frozen within the kettle and beneath
it in tie flame was a covering of frost.
It wa no ordinary ice, either, for,
later, on being allowed to rest on the
tabb and passed around, the intens
ity of its freezing kept it firm a long
tiue, in spite of the heat of the room.
The concluding test was in some re-
,stects a most wonderful one. Mr.
7ripler plaoed liquid air in a deep tin
tup, lowered it in a jar of water and
aobn had a thiok coating of ice on it.
The liquid air turned into gss. He
put ioe water in the cup to relieve the
hold of the ioe on the tin enp, and
when removed be had a onp of ioe.
This ice enp in turn he filled with
liquid air, and then lowered a piece
of carbon in it. A bright light was
the result, showing through the ioe
glass as an aro light through a globe
The carbon was burning with a heat
of 8000 degrees above zero, and it was
bnrning emersed in a liquid with a
temperature of 840 degrees below
zero, and yet the experimenter held
the cup in one hand and the end of
the carbon in the other, the intense
oold preventing danger from heat so
great as to be beyond the power of the
mind to comprehend it.
Tbft Joke on rap.
It is told of a learned profesaor'ot
languages in an English university
that on one first of April he was asked
to bring borne several things from the
druggist's. He carefully made a mem
orandum of the articles so that ha
might not forget, and was putting his
list in his pocket when his sauoy young
daughter .said, quite coolly, "Papa,
will yon bring me a penny worth of
evaporated pigeon's milk?" "Cer
tainly, my dear," was his reply, as he
carefully noted it down, and doubtless
be would have asked the druggist for
it had not one of the children laughed.
That caused him to look at the entry,
aud he, too, Jaughed, "You caught
mo that time, my dear," be said, pat
ting his daughter's curly bead.
The per capita ooit of maintaining
con riots nt the Michigan prison is 88
cents a day, and the average daily
earaings are 86 i coats.
BISMARCK'S TOMB.
ftrcophnat In XVfeUfi tha Remains of th.
German rvtna Will Beit.
With the single exoeption of Bis
marck's Autobiography, the greatest
success ever achieved by any publica
tion in Get many was a pamphlet by
Professor Qniddev entitled "Caligu
la." This pamphlet had, however,
from a publisher's point of viewy
everything ill its favor. Its very title
savored of the sensational, and the
German-reading publio knew before
hand that "Caligula" was in reality
comparison nf the insane Roman Em
peror with the present Kaiser.
Put on sale at the extremely low
price of ten cents, it took the pamph
let eighteen months to sell 000,000
copies. To know how fnr, comparatively
speaking, the sale of Bismarck ex
ceeds that of "Caligula," it is only
necessary to know that 318,000 copies
of the former bad been ordered before
the book was published. The fact,
too, that the price of the Iron Chan
cellor's autobiography was twenty
marks, or nearly fifty times the cost of
"Caligula," makes the comparison all
the more striking. When a German
parts with twenty marks he wants a
run for his money, and also must
know all there is to know about a book
before be buys it. It is self-evident,
then, that the German people have
accepted Bismarck's story as the only
true and adequate expression of the
Iron Chanoellor aud his influence on
European history. It is interesting
also to notico its reception in other
countries. The rights in the United
mum suit mi coira
TOSSED TO DEATH.
SARCOPHAGUS. POB OTTO VOM BISMARCK.
B CourtMjr of Ilarptr It Brother.
States were secured by Hr.rper &
Brothers,' and the book throughout
America is considered the most valua
ble contribution to European history
that has been made for many n day.
In England it has also had a sale com
mensurate with its importance. An
other faot of especial interest about
this book is that althongh it was pub
lished on November 29th, it has al
ready appeared in five different lan
guages. France did not express much
approbation over the autobiography
of Prince Bismarck. It contained too
many references to Sedau, to Grave
lotte and to the siege of Paris for her
tender sensibilities. Russian sensi
bilities have proved still more tender,
and the Imperial Press Censor has re
fused Russian booksellers permission
to plase the work on sale. There are
many subjects which Bismarok treats
with a plain-spokenness that is most
painful to the delicately organized ear
of the Russian; for instance, Bis
marck speaks of the murder of the
Czar Paul; the Russians speak of it
always as the "sudden demise."
It is indeed unfortuuato that the
Iron Chancellor did not live to enjoy
the suocets of his book. It is a sure
sign that throughout his misfortunes,
throughout the bitter years of his old
age, his people still believed in him.
It is to Bismarck's credit that his au
tobiography is neither pettish nor pes
simistic, and it is safe to say that the
best monument to his memory will be
half a million copies of his book in as
many German homes, aud as many
more copies scattered throughout the
world. A man who baa such monu
ment need care but little what marble
mausoleums are raised above hi
ashes, or in what sarcophagus he
sleeps. Our illustration show the
sarcophagus of Prince Bismarok,
which lately arrived at Friedriohruh,
and which has been placed in the
newly built mausoleum. It is made
of pink marble from the designs of
Herr Sohurbacb, of Hanover, and is in
the strictly Roman style. Its dimen
sions are ten feet long, five broad and
fifty-one and three-quarter inches
high.
nigging For Trollan. '
-"USultitade of appliances brought
iiAoy'jJ from year to year for the pur
pose. jI improving the opeed of the
trotting horse surprises the man who
remains away from the harness-racing
courses for a few seasons, and the vet-
TBI PAOBB EXPLOIT,
Itlaced with Chin Cbeuk, Two-Mlnuto
Harnett, Ruin Holder. Onltlng Pole,
Hopplm, Kueo Boots, Bum Boots, Quar
ter Iloots and Ankle Iloots.
erau who saw Lady Suffolk, Flora
Temple and other champions in the
rly days of the sport is reminded
thst this is the age of invention.
Toe weights are by far the most
common of all artificial appliances used
to improve and currsot defective aotiou
in the trotting horse. They are used
for multitude of different purpose.
TbmMtmbtrtor a Family Kllltd by a Train
Wblla Erloylng s Rlda Id Thtlr
Pathar's Wagon.
irrmnn Koehter. aired 12 years, ami
bis slmir Mollio. aged 7. were Instant
ly klllrd a few days ago by being run
over by an express train on the north
Imtnch of the 1'hllndelphla & Heading
in 1 1 road at J.anidttle, and their brother
Hubert, aged G, was so badly Injured
be died a few hours later. They are
ehllflrvn of F. W. Koehler, a baker.
Herman, the oldest, was driving a
wagon, and had been delivering bread,
anil the children were taking a ride.
A northbound train had Just pussed,
and Herman, thinking tho rond was
elear, drove cm the trark dlreetly In
front of an express. The wagon mi
rrushed to fragments, the occupants
tossed outatde and the horse killed.
Herman wu married only a (ew weeks
ago.
The following pensions were granted
last week: William Wlers, Kvans City,
; Jnines ( uwens, Waukesha, 18;
Charles Baladln, Pittsburg, 8; Jaeob
Wensler, Htnnton. H; Josephla M.
Mcndwell. McKeesport, 12; 1-niy 1,.
Hill, rlpttnghorough. $8; John Mi l).
Porter, Hutler, t; Job ltuby, Kast
brook, S; Jaroh Hellers, HarriHliurg,
114; I'uul vvrlght, Hedford, $10; Kusnn
I. Walter Catfiwlssn, $12; Httsannah
Cox, David, $12; minor of William 1.
Porter, iMunorvllle. 114; Kdwurd W.
Culberson, Waahlngtnn, 8; Lewis F.
(lallngher, Heilln, Bomerset, H; Bltnon
Harper, Center Hall. Center, $10; Jnhn
Hatch, Phllipsbtlrg, $0 tn $12; Htephen
F. Kennedy, Wcli'shorn. $6 to $12; John
W. Mulhollen, Portage, $4 to $12;
Pamuel Leanure, Llgunler, IS to $17;
William W. Hlpkey. Lockhaven, $8 to
$12; ltnbert J. llorden, Wellsboro, $30;
Llda Hrlnton, Phlllpsburg, $8; Kllsa A.
Ooss, Williams Uro-e, Clearfield, $8;
lluth Malone, lleech Creek, Clinton, $H;
Ullbert K. Wood, Oil City, $2: jHmes
Dunn, Pittsburg, $6; Hamuel T. Alex
ander, Bllverly, Venango, $12; A. Cn
dlt, Aniity, Washington, $; John W.
Leetrh, Allegheny, $6; Henry A.
Tnnmey, Newport, $8 to $12; (leorge W.
Btlne, McVeytown. Mllllln, $A to $8;
Aniim Musser, Yengertown, MIOHn, $S
to $12; Thomas Fleck, Tipton, Illalr,
$0 to $10; Charles Wyble, MrVeytown,
$8 to $10; Isaiah Coplln, Phlllpsburg.
Center, $8 to $12: Firman F. Kirk.
Wllllnmspot-t, $6 to $10; Amos Martiuls,
Helium, Washington, $6 to $8; Daniel
P. Dick, Itoarlng Springs, Illalr, $8 to
$12; John Lape, llunola, Allegheny, 11
to $12; Bpencer Htephens, tIL Norrls.
Oreene, $6 to $8; Rlisnbeth M. Kalnion,
Plttsburr?. $8; Cnthnrlne 11. Yost, WH
llnniep"rt $1; Mary Jane Hentty, Now
Castle, $12; riallle A. Hlake, Altoona, $8.
While a sheriff's sale was In progress
on the second floor of J. B. Bnyder's
Implement warehouse, at Ooldsboro,
a few days ago the floor gave way and
about 100 men fell to the floor below.
A quantity of machinery .'ell down on
tho men, and pinned some of them
fast. Twenty-three were Nl'.ghlly In
jured, and several had limbs broken.
John Fetrow, a farmer residing at Yo
cumtown, had both legs broken, and
was otherwise Injured.
At Mackeyvllle, near Ilellefonte, K.
Vonado was ploughing In his field
when he saw a large oak tree suddenly
sink out of sight. He found that the
tree hud dropped until only the tops of
tho limbs appeared on a level with the
ground. It rested In a large chamber,
which, from Its surroundings, appears
to be the entrance) to an underground
cavern of Immense slxe. Mr. Vonado
Intends to make a thorough explora
tion of the rave.
At Middlebury, eight miles north of
Wellsboro, fire a few days ago de
stroyed M. C. Potter's store, hotel and
hay barn, with 100 tons of hay; a num
ber of ears Bldetracked near the sta
tion, two of which were filled with
merchandise; a large amount of lum
ber; a blacksmith shop, a dwelling,
and two barns owned by Herbert West.
Total loss la estimated at $28,000.
Property on Market street and Third
avenue, Pittsburg, was destroyed In a
Are last Friday that for a time threat
ened several large business blocks. The
losses were Jumes J. Weldon, stock
$T,000, building, $60,000; Novelty Candy
Co., building and stock, $50,000; Kunkel
& Co., stock, $12,000, building $3,000.
The fire Is believed to have been caused
by an explosion of gas.
Considerable disappointment was
felt at Bellefonte by the failure of the
Legislature to accept the offer of An
drew Carnegie fop the building of a
public library at the State College, but,
on reliable authority. It Is now atated
that there are god reasons to believe
that Mr. Carnegie will even now do
nate the specified sum and that the
building will be erected.
The village of Waymart, 10 miles
from Honesdale, suffered a disastrous
fire Wednesday morning. The large
general store of Robert Batten and
Plerson's creamery were totally de
stroyed, and John Ruppert's and Z. A.
Wonnacott'a stores were badly dam
aged. Loss about $15,000, partially In
sured, Eva Kcksteln, aged about 13, nai
badly burned the other evening at
Oreenaburg. She was engaged In burn
ing paper In the yard when her clothes
caught fire. Bhe Is a daughter of John
Bckateln, engineer for the Cambria
Iron Company at Johnstown, and was
living with her aunt. Mrs. Lewis Dorn.
A laborer at the Bhenango tlnplate
works, at New Castle, while shoveling
.coal from a car at the works, found 24
dynamite caps. How the explosive
came to be In the coal Is a mystery.
but the matter Is being Investigated.
It was enough to wreck the entire
buildings.
James Braden, a Pennsylvania track
walker, was standing near a passing
train at Wampum when a railroad
torpedo exploded, a portion of It strik
ing his leg and severing an artery. He
nearly bled to death before medical
assistance could be summoned.
Vinton Bwogger was found guilty
at Mercer of the charge of torturing
and robbing James Slater, an aged
and wealthy farmer of Lake township.
Blater Identified Bwogger aa the man
who burned his feet with a lighted
lamp.
Kdward Bcott stabbed his son, Kd
ward Bcott, Jr., of Oil City, at the
father's home In Jamestown, N. T.
The father had been drinking and
abusing the young man's brother. The
victim la In a critical condition.
Engineer James Young was badly In
jured In a yard wreck at New Castlu
the other morning. Both arms were
crushed and he was seriously scalded.
He Is In the hospital.
llobert Hughes of Latimer acc'.den.
tally shot and fatally wounded his 4-yeur-old
son while playing with a gun
which he thought was not loaded.
The city of New Castle It; taking
steps to have Its own water . works.
There are three local plants which
muHt first be purchaaed.
The feed mill of Byers & Lewis, at
Honeybrook, was entirely destroyed
by fire lust week. Loss, $25,001); partly
covered by Insurance.
Andrew Carnegie has presented an
elegant organ to the new MeUiodUt
Episcopal Church af Jeannette.
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Central Stork Yarili, Kaet Ll arty, Pa.
CATTLE.
Prime. 1.100 to 1400 1t ft S 41
Onod, 1200 to lO0 lbs 6 11
Tidy, 1000 to 1160 It.a. 4 85
Fair liuht (tears, 000 to 100 Hit 4 00
Common, 700 to 800 lbs 4 OH
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Medium 4 03 4 05
Ht-avy 4 05 4 10
Houghs and stags 8 85 8 58
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Fair, 70 to 80 lbs 4 10 4 60
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REVIEW OF TRADE.
Contrary to Exp-ctation Tradi Continues Vary
Brlik-bomt Larga Iron Contract
Under Way.
B. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
ef Trade reports as follows for last
week: All elements considered, it Is
rather surprising that business has
not been sot back a little. The uncer
tainty about Bamoa and the prolonging
of ditltcultles In the Philippines might
have counted for something, the rising
Imports and falling exports for some
thing, the rise of foreign exchange by
some attributed to foreign sales of
copper stocks, and the hindrance of
manufacturing orders owing to the re
cent advance In prices. But there has
been full faith that foreign dlfllcultten
would soon be cleared away, and the
movement In exchange Is generally
connected with speculative rather
than legitimate operations, since ac
counts of trade still Indicate a large
Increase of pxnnrta. After avprv rlk
In Drlcea manufacturers have to con-
aider whether tilnr1rirf nmaiimntlnn
which combinations are formed and
extended still shows prevailing belief
that no danger point Is near.
The state of foreign trade Justified
confidence rather than apprehension.
It is the season for the lowest export
of staples, and their prices this year
are extremely low, but the unprece
dented foreign demand for manufac
tured products so far compensate
that the excess of exports In March
was heavy and apparently has been In
April.
The presence of English merchants
In Boston trying to sell English medi
um wool, which could be delivered
there at about 32 cents, at the same .
time that English buyers were taking
a little fine territory for export and
German buyers 300,000 pounds more
Australian from bond, shows the op
posite trend of popular tastes tn dif
ferent countries. Clay worsteds here
have advanced "H cents and surges 5
cents, which has given a stronger tone
to the whole market. Fine wool la
relatively cheap here and dear abroad,
but concessions make the lowest
prices of the year In all kinds na
heavy stocks carried for years coma
Into presence of new wool, said to be
800.000,000 pounds. Manufacturers are
not now buying largely, though In tour
weeks 30,918,75 pounds were sold, of
w hich 23.316,085 were domestic, against
41,712,850 In the same weeks two yeara
ogo, when wool was rising.
The cotton manufacture has made;
little change, and the strikes follow
ing the advance in wages given appear
to have benefited manufacturers not a
little by helping the demand and cur
tailing the supply of goods. Cotton
la l-16c lower, with generally 1m
proved prospects for the coming crop.
Without business, besaemer pig la
unchanged at Pittsburg and gray
forge strong at $14 60, though 18,0)1)
tons southern have been sold here at
$14 20. There are some large struc
tural orders, a Philadelphia building
for ,7,000 tons, a western bridge for
5,000, a Duluth elevator and the ft.
Lawrence bridge at Quebec, though,
the general run of orders tn this Una
Is light and In rails no large sales are
reported, though Inquiries for 60 000
tons are said to be tn this market.
Advanced prices are noted In pipe amt
decrease In merchants' orders, wltli
smaller business In sheets and at the
West In bars pending the completion
of the combination. But the general
decrease In new demand raises tha
question whether prices will be main
tained after current orders run out.
Failures for the week. 184 In tha
United BUtes, against $88 last year,
and 23 In Canada, against 18 last
year.
An automobile company with a
capital of $3,000,000, will erect a factory
at Hartford. Conn. The power will t-
tirner electricity or gaauime. ,
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