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The dairy interest employs more capi tal than all our stores and banks com bined. The world over the Baptist member ship has increased from 3,390,542 in 18S6 to 4,013,689 in 1892. The annual value of tropical and Bemi-tropical fruits grown under thf American flag is nearly 520,000,000. In Mexico, tho Government nomi nates and olocts subordinate officials. Frequently a man knows nothing about the matter until he is notified of hi' election. Tho death of the man who invented wooden buttons suggests to the Boston Globe the suggestion that the man who invented collar buttons would have died long years ago if people could have got nt him at tho exciting time. The traveler in the South is sur prised to find in its quiet cities that there is hardly a trace of foreignism as yet. The officers of the city govern ment, the police, firemen, postmen, car drivers, the people in the streets, the names on the signs, are all Ameri can. Vermont, according to Governor fuller, is the birthplace of thi inven tion of the steamboat, the telegraph, electric motors, the typewriter, tho revolver, the pitchfork, the carpenter's square, the cooking stove, the railway snowplow, the swivel-plow and gold plating. When an A i< to raise a fiinc' ' not long iibi l.t Paul Pionei r 1 m city undertaken ..iy purpose it is I, observes the Hi •. The Bostouiaus have been obliged to request people to quit hendic; mo:i \ for the Phillip* Brooks fund, 't h .\.ng already reached $80,000. St.lined gliixs f 'T domestic decoration s a httk less pouulur than it was, partly because in thi recent craze for this sort of thing much mean and cheap glass was used. The impetus given to American stained glass has, however, survived the cruze, and the beauty ot 6uchgluhsin this country still improves The death of Emin Pasha recalls to the Atlanta Constitution the fact that Stanley rescued him on his last expe dition and brought him back to civ ilization. Emin resented it. He did not want to be rescued, and at the earliest possible moment he returned to Ins African province. When tho story of his life comes out it will make the most wonderful book of adventure that has been seen in many a year The situation in Alaska is peculiar, observes tho New York Independent. The native Eskimo population find their present resources for food precarious and diminishing, and the Government is taking steps to introduce reindeer as a food supply and transportation force. A reindeer station has been established about forty miles distant from the station of the American Missionary As sociation at Cape Prince of Wales, and one of the missionaries there has been called to take charge of it, and it lsini perative that the vacancy bo filled. This mission has been a remarkably successful one. Two young men, lay men, began it three years ago, opening a school that immediately became crowded with scholurs. and is said to be the largest in numbers in Alaska. BUILDINGS AT THE WORLDS FAIR CHICAGO One of the most notable features ol the reign of Etnperor William 18 the extraordinary impulse which has been given during the last years to the build ing of churches in various parts of the German Empire. In Berlin alone no less than twenty-six new churches have either been erected or commenced sinco the accession of Emperor William, which, added to the four-and-twenty evangelical churches with which tho Prussian capital was previouly pro vided, will render Berlin as fully en titled to stylo itself \Tho City of Churches\ as Brooklyn. These new churches represent a money value of 20,000,000 marks, 3,000,000 of which havo been provided by tho Emperor and tho Government, while all the re mainder has been raised by voluntary contribution. The State Department hasjnstissued A compendium of consular reports on the condition of European roads, which is of bpecial interest to American farmers and planters. In the first place, it shows that the highways of Trance, Germany, England, Holland and Belgium are for superior to those of the United States. One of tho Con suls says that the wagon roads of France, which arc passable in all weathers, and reach every center of population, however small and remote, are tho chief competitors of tho rail roads, as water routes arc not numer- ons. Again, it shows that these splen did roads have a great effect on the voluo of lands, and on tho prosperity of the small farmers. One of the re ports quotes a French authority as say ing that the material development of Franco and her marvelous financial elasticity aro duo more than anything else to her good roads, which givo every small farmer easy access to tho best markets. Good roads cost a good deal to establish and maintain them, but they aro about the best paying of til publio improvements. THE ELECTRICAL BUILDING. Wie Electrical Building, the seat ot perhaps the most novel and brilliant exhibit in the wholo Exposition, Is 345 feet wide and TOO feet long, the major ails running north and south. The general fchemo ot the plan is based upon a longitudinal nave 115 feet wido and 114 feet high, crossed in the middle by a transept the tame width and height. Tho nave and tho transept havo a pitched roof, with a range of skylights at tho bottom of tho pitch, and dcarstory windows. Tho rest ot the building is covered with a flat roof, averaging C2 feet in height, and provided with skylights. The second story is composed of a series of galleries connected across tho nave by two bridge.\ with access by four grand staircases, the area of tho gnllerio* in the second story is 1 ]P ,640 square feet, or 2.7 acres. Tho exterior walls of this building aro comp^ d of a continuons Corinthian order of pilasters, 3 feet 0 inches wido and 42 feot high, rapporting a full entablature, and resting upon nifetylobate S feec 0 inches. Tbo total height of tha walls from the grade outside is OS teetC Inches. At each of tho four corners of tho building there is a pavilion, above which rises a light open spire or tower 100 foot high Intor- mediate between theso corner pavilions and tho .'entral pavilions on the east and west sides, there is a subordinate pavilion bearing a low square dome upon nn open lantern. The Electricity F 5pen screen in front orders are richly decorated , , , tectural motif*, the general tendency of which is to illustrate the purposes of the building. Tho oppenranco of tho exterior is that of marble, but the walls ot tbe hemicyclo and of tho various porticos and loggia are highly snrichod with color, tho pilasters in theso places being decorated with scagllola, and the capitals with metallic effects in bronza. Tho »«t is J375.000. FISHERIES EXHIBIT. NORWAY'S FINE SHOWING AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. Many Styles of Craft In Which the Hardy Northerners Ply Their Trade on the Deep—Japan's Fishery Exhibit. TnE DAIRY BUILDING. The Dairy Building, by reason of the exceptionally novol and interesting exhibits it will contain, is quite sure to be regarded with pea t favor by World's Fair visitors m general, whilo by agriculturists it will be considered one of tlie most useful and attractive features of the wholo Exposition. It was designed to contain not only a complete exhibit of dairy products but also a Dairy School, In connection with which will be conducted a serios of tests for determining the relative merits of different breeds of dairy cattle as mini and butter producers The building stands near tho lake shoro in tbs southeastern part of tha park, and close by the general live stick exhibit. U covers approximately half an acre, measuring 95x200 feet, is two stories high and cost $30,000. In design it is of quiot exterior. On the first flcor, besides office headquarters, there is in front a large open spaco devoted to exhibits of butter, and farther back an oper iting room 25x100 feet, in which the Model Dairy wilt bo conducted. On two sides of this room aro amphitheatre seats capable-of nccommodatiug 400 spectators. Under theso seats aro refrigerators and cold storage rooms for tho care of tlio dairy products. The operating-room, which extends to the roof, has on threo sides a gallery where the cheese exhibits will bt nlaced. The rest of the second story is devoted to a cale, which opens on a, balcony overlooking the lako, ESCRIBING the fisheries exhibit at tho World's Fair, the Chicago Her ald says: Norway secured a large concession from Russia in tho Fish ery Building, and now Commissioner Buch smiles over the possession of one-sixth of all tho spaco in the main pavilion. He emi nently deserves it, since in magnitude and completeness the land with its tip in the polar seas has surpassed other exhibitors, and, moreover, it IB more than possible that somu wandering viking in a crude craft was tho first man to visit America. He is also read3' with his curious fisher shells that dance in the breakers of the Lofodeu reefs, graceful barks thnt scoot around the Skagcr Back, and stanch-ribbed yawls, of the Lister folk. There are a dozen of these boats, representing all the sections of the wide-reaching coast. Some show the quaint notions of the days of Eric and Harold as they are yet used in the fiords of the far North cape country; others are built on modern lines, making up in usefulness what they lack in beauty. Fishing is Norway's best business. Tho figures showing its magnitude are too big to look well in print and so largo they aro beyond comprehension. Nobody can conceive what it means for a country to catch fifty million cod in threo months, and this is only an offi cial sample of the magnitude of this industry up to date this year That is why this great country has spent so much money in this line at the Colum bian Exposition and to show hazard ous lives led by 40,000 of its good men It has been the fish purveyor of Eu rope, and now Mr. Buch, who is direc tor of the Government school in Bergen and a head in many other im portant branches of State work, hopes to extend tho exports into the West ern world. The boats are oulj' a fraction of the exhibit, but they form an interesting collection. There is nn old chap with a high prow and a wooden rudder of large dimensions. It is used by the people who live in the northern end of the country, who retain many of the customs of olden times. Until a few years ago this style prevailed exclu sively, but now the desire to beautify and add quaint trimmings is leaving those people, and soon the models of the daring salts who pillaged the Eng lish coasts when Britons lived in mud huts will only be found in books. The ours are massive, more than two strong men could easily ply. The sails are netiery snow including models oi T boats employed in the trade. The,, are examples in neatness and work manship, just as all the contributions A JAPANESE PISHIJTG SMACK. from this country seem to be faultless. The prettiest model is an angling boat. Its sails are made in long strips, ex tending from the yard to the bottom. They are knit together with ropes in a peculiar fashion and each atrip is made fast at the bottom by a lino of its own. Tho main stick is in the center, with smaller ones fore and aft The rudder , is nearly as long as the boat. The I oars are spliced just above the socket with a band of rope. In make-up it suggests the ancient pictures of Cleo patra s barge. Speaking about fish, Captain I. L. Church, across tho way in tho Rhode Island section, can give any man cards and spades and then beat out on a story. Ho has spent some fifty years in capturing menhaden down the At lantic coast, and his yarns beat any in land tale ever heard. He has records MEANS FOR TRAXSPOr.TrSO FISH. showing at one haul how he landed •100,000 pounds of marketable fish. They filled 2300 barrels. This was a phenomenal catch, but it is not an un usual thing for him to bring home 1000 barrels os the result of a single settiug of a net. He incidentally remarks that fishing is the best trade in this . country, the business being entirely I free from strikes. The poorest paid hand receives S00 a month, including the best of board. The cnptaiu of a ' crew receives S2000 a year and the | mate S1000. j — The Singhalese. I An interesting place to visit is the rcttah, or native market placi, at ' Colombo, a busy scene at all hours, ] filled with a great variety of races, colors and costumes. The tradesmen and merchant.-! aro Moormen aud Singhalese. Tho former wear cotton trousers and jacket with a curious bee hive-shaped hat of plaited grass and silk. The .Singhalese wear a brightly- colored piece of calico twisted twice around tho hips and reaching to tuc feet like a petticoat. Above this u \vhite jacket. Their hair is very dark, long, wavy and glojsy, and they twist it into a chignon niter combing it straight back all around the forehead. They wear no head covering, but in stead a circular tortoise shell comb, sometimes, in the ease of the more well-to-do persons, supplemented bv a tall, wedge-shaped back comb of thu same material The Tamils wear 119 little as possible, generally colt' 11 cloth, gracefully disposed around . IU body. The Singhalese women dress so much like tho men that it iH difficult \ -( Tho Slenin Man. A number of years ago what pur ported to be a 6team man was widely advertised and exhibited in this city. Tho remains of tho individual in ques tion wore quito recontly to bo seen in one of tho downtown junk stores. Within the last two years tho project has been taken up by another inventor, and a practical steom man that actually walks and exerts considerable tractive power has been exhibited in actual op eration in this city and elsewhere. It wns invented and constructed by Pro fessor George Moore, a nativo of Can ada. In our illustration we show the gen eral view of the steam man. In tbo body is the boiler, containing a very large heating surface, and which is supplied with a gasoline fire. Below the boiler is situated the engine. Whilo small in size, it is a high speed engine running up to 3000 revolutions per minute or more, and hence is of high power, the combination of boiler and engine giving about i horse power. From the engine tho exhaust pipo lead B to the nose of the figure, whence the steam escapes when the machine is in motion. Through the head the smoko flue is carried and the products of com bustion escape from the top of the helmet. The steam guago is placed by the sido of the neck . The skirts of the armor open like doora, so as to give free access to tho engine. The main body of tho figure is made of heavy tin. By reducing gear the engine is made to drive the walking mechanism of the figure at reasonable speed. The engine imparts a swinging to the whole length of the leg from the hip; a second swinging motion, from the knee downward, is accomplished by a similar system of levers and connec tions, and, finally a true ankle motion is given to the foot by th e rod running down through the lower leg The heels of the figure aro armed with calks or spurs, which catch on tho surfaeo on which it is walking and givo it its power. As exhibited the steam man is THE FORESTRY BUILDING. a remarkabio'dB^o H™? ,^,S!£f1 ra ^ tbe D V? 3t u , niquo ,? £ a ,V , the Exposition structures. Its dimensions aro 200 by 500 foot. To is aTo a onSadoS n* n •. tl^^, 3 °f tbe \\^ ° rd 7'. .,° n M four sides ot tho building is a veranda, supporting tho roof of which in H^w» V? g ofase ,^ esofc A 0 , 1 , u,n ns composed ot threo troe-trunks each 25 feet in length, one of them from 16 \to 20 inches ^^^^l^^^!^^^ nl ^^^^V' i ^ tia tbelr natural state, with bark undisturbed They^re contributed by Tho sides of thebuHdmi »™ iSfit™^.? e f ^'S\ *?o b J f ?. re, P countr «\ch furnishing specimens of its most characteristic trees, as is the\rest the, taffi \ ti\ 1 \ mtb tl i 0 v bar f ™ m °™ d -, The window frames are treated in the same rustic manner h^iDir contributed l^\r^Ai^r^' .^f' ^1 \^t elaborately fjnishod in d.norcnt kinds of wood, tho material and workmanship no mistakeasto rl n T d s ^?Swhw m » 1>8r ««ociations. 'Tho root is thatched with tan and other barks. The visitor can make andrelcntWc^a ^ for ho SM \l»n each a tablet upon which is inscribed the common mateauan trunk was contributed, andoth.r pertinent informarion, such as the apnroxi- buildm\are^ Surmounting tho cornice of the veranda and extending all around the Duiidto„ are numerous flagstoffs bearing tho colors, coats of arms, etc., of the Nations and States represented in tha exhibits inside. Vtf.l \0' ^ THE HALL Or MINES AND MINllfO. ,,. Located at tho southern extremity of the western lagoon or lake, and between tho Electricity and Transportation Buildings, is the liines and Mining Building, This building is 700 feot long by 350 leet wide. In plan it Is simplo and straightforward, embracing on tno ground floor spacious vestibules, restaurants, toilet-rooms, etc. On each of the four sides of the building aro placed tho entrances, those of the north and south fronts being tho most spacious and prominent To the right and left of each entrance, inside, start broad Ulgnts or easy stairs leading to tho galleries. Tbo galleries ore GO feet wido and 25 feet high from th» ground floor, and are lighted on tho sides by large windows, and from above by a high clearstory extending around the building. •ti a n £.°, nts loo h' soutl »war d on tbo great Central Court, and northward on tho western and middle lakes and an island gorgeous with nowers. These principal fronts display enormous arched entrances, richly ombelllshod with scuptural decorations emblematic of naming and its allied industries. A t each end of theso fronts are largo square pavilions, suruiouuted by low domes, which mark tho four corners of tho building, and are lighted by large arched windows extending through the galleries. Between tbe main entrance and tho pavilions ore richly do corated arcades, forming an open loggia on the ground floor, and a deeply recessed promenade- on tbo gallery floor level, which commands a flno view of tho lakes aud Islands to tho northward and tho great Central Court on tho south. These covered promenades are each 25 foet wide aud 230 feet long, and from them is bad access to the building at numerous points. These loggias on tho first floor aro facet with marbles of different kinds and hues, which will be considered part of tho Mining Exuibit, and so utilize! as to have marketable value at the close of the Exposition. T..e loggia ceilings will be heavily coffered and richly decorated in plaster and color. The ornamontation is massed at the promiuont points of tho facade. 1 ho exterior presents a massive, though graceful, appearance. A NORWEGIAN - BOAT FROM THE NORTHCATE 6quar e rigged and the anchors cumber some and oddly shapped masses of iron. Walrus and seal capturing, with their attendant hardships and uncer tainties, will also be shown. Tho boat used in this business is constructed with strength as the only requisite. The prow is sheathod with iron plates, a safeguard against contact with a pieco of iceberg floating in tho north seas. In the front is a platform, upon which the harpooner stands, with pigeon- boles for the ropes of his weapon. Directly in front is a stack, about which ihe lino of the harpoon is wound when tho monster makes a plnngo into the water and is off at a terrific speed with the boat in tow. It is also rigged with heavy guns, ico anchors, pikes, with seats for six men at the oars. Tho codfishery boats do not differ materially from those used in this country, save in jjoints of construc tion. The lines aro similar to those of the boats used on the Massachusetts coast. Tho most practical one in the lot is tho Lister boat and tho commis sioner thinks this style of craft will soon be universally adopted in tho cod, herring and salmon catching, not only in Norway, but in America. It is not so light as tho old pattern used by the vikings. It scored a great victory in the awful storm last January when 125 fishermen woro drowned. The only men who weathered the tor nado and escaped with their lives wore hose who sailed in the List er crafts. THE STEAM MAN A SINGHALESE GENTLEMAN. to tell them apart till you note that tho men only wear combs and tho women hairpins. All the women of Ceylon, accustomed to carrying burdens on their heads, are very orect and graceful in their walk, aud tho groups of women around the wells waiting their turn to fill their jars (lotos) make extremely pretty pictures.—Detroit Free Press. Cyclono Stories. The conscientious reporter of the Associated Press at SL. Louis aid quite well when tic told of an ele vator being blown across the Missis sippi River at that point and landed on the site of a lumber yard, which was in turn transferred to the spot where the elevator had been. A vers creditable cvclone story, indeed, but not equal to one which has lloated up frorn Georgia and runs thus: \An old colored woman In that State owns a large washpot which she claims was turned inside out by a cyclone, faho says tho pot is as good as ever, only the legs and handles arc on the in side now. and pester her when she stirs the clothes,\ — Minneapolis Tribune. 'XITK succcssrui gambler is necessa rily a winsome chap.—Troy Press. Lliiro 'Mary nnd the\ Btahop. A good story Is told of the Bishop of Atlanta, 3a. He recently ad dressed a large number of Sunday- school children, and wound up bj asking, In a very paternal and conde scending way: \And now Is there a-a-n-y little boy or a-a-n-y little girl who would like to ask me a ques tion?\ After a pause he repeated the ques tion; \Js there a-a-n-y little boy 01 a-a-n-y little girl who would like to ask me a question?\ A little shrill voice called out: \Please sir, why did the angels walk up and down Jacob's ladder when they had wings?\ •Oh, ah, yes—I see,\ said the Bish op; \and now Is there a-a-n-y little boy or a-a-n-y little girl who would like to answer Mary's question?\— Southron.. ivronoy In Ills rioodoo Reputation. A hoodoo with a national rcputa. tion Is one of the most conspicuous characters In town. He Is one of the most successful fakirs in tho busi ness. Black Hill diamonds, cheap jcwelery and garters are bis special- tie's, and he plies his trade from pub lic house to public house with not a little success. He frequents several saloons patrouized chiefly by gam blers, and they prove his best cus tomers. To ward oil the 111 effects of the hoodoo they cross his palm with silvor and rid themselves of his brassy wares as quickly as possible, firmly believing that destruction fol lows in their train. The peddlei knows that his presence Is distasteful to the sports, aud ho takes care to intrude when and wherever possible. I. His intrusion is the kind that pays. —Philadelphia Record* Southern, chew any States in paralline. Norwegian people refuse to eat fish which have been frozen. They say they lose their flavor very shortly after death, and when tho housewife goes to the market she insists on seeing the fish die. This obliges tho catchers to bring their fish to the market alive. Thoy consequently put tho stock in tended for home consumption into queerly shaped wooden boats, with holes in the sides. These boats sink to the water edge, being covered. The fishermen then tow a long string of these traps to the harbor They frequently make twenty miles in n night, and scramble for good positions like tho truck gardener in American city markets. The Japanese also have a magnificent A Giim-Clieivlng Town. \There is more gum-chewing in St. Louis than in any other city on the continent,\ said Corliss Jordan at tho \Brooklyn claims to out- other city in the United the matter of proparcd But I have seen more men chewing gum here inside of one hour than I would see in Brooklyn in a , week I asked a druggist about it, and ho tells me nearly everybody in St. i Louis chews gum. I should certaiuly think so from observation. \One druggist sells over $100 worth of it every week. The idea prevails hero that gum-chewing helps tho digestion. A little of it may, but con- stout gum-chowiug mjiires ihe teeth and impairs the stomach. It creates saliva, which is carried to the stomach and causes a frightful waste of tho valuable gastric juices. It keeps the stomach busy when it should be at rest. Some men chew pepsin gum be cause they think there is a lot of pep sin iu it. There is not enough in a wagon load of it to save a mosquito from one dyspepsic pang. \The same fallacy obtains in this case us in soda fountain sarsaparilla. If you were to drink a hogshead of it you wouldn't get enough genuine sarsaparilla into your system to mobi lize a single pimple.\—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. 111 a Ono of tho Chicago hotels boasts that it serves seven kinds of oatmeal for breakfast \every day in tho year,' connectod to the end of a horizontal bar about waist high, which is fastened to a vertical standard in the center of the track. Thus supported, the man walks round in a circle at quite a rapid rate of progress. For the last eight years the inventor- has been at work on a larger steam man, which ho hopes to have in opera tion during the present year. The new one is designed for uso on tho open streets and is to draw a wagon contain ing a band. In tho figure wo indicate the method of attachment to tho wagon which has been adopted By the long spring at tho side of the figuro an elas tic connection is secured, so that tho figure shall always have its weight sup ported by the ground. Tho present man, which is about six feet high, when in full operation, cannot, it is said, be held back by two men pulling against it. The larger man, built for heavier work, is expected to pull as many as ton musicians in his wagon. Our cut shows tho general appearance of the figuro, which is attired in armor like a knight of old, and which appears to be thoroughly operative. The action is quite natural, and tho hip, knee, and ankle motion of tho human leg havo been very faithfully imitated. The figuro moves at a brisk walk and can cover about four or fivo miles an hour. —Scientific American. The Oldest American Flag. The battle-ship Miantonomoh, of the United States Navy, in tho Columbus review in New York Harbor, carried tho oldest American flag in existence. It was made in the shoji of Mrs. Boss, in Arch street, Philadelphia, by the Misses Mary and Sarah Austin, and carried by Captain John Paul Jones, on tho Bonhommo Richard, in tho famous battle with the British frigate Serapis, on September 3, 1779. Tho flag has thirteen stripes, alternating red and white as now, with twolve five-pointed stars. That it has only twelve 6tars is due to the fact that Georgia had not been admitted as one of the thirteen Statos when tho tlagwas made, in 1777. Tho five-pointed star was used, it is said, out of compliment to General Washington, tho stars on his coat of arms having five points. In tho en gagement with tho Serapis tho mast bearing tho flag was shot away, and Lieutenant James B. Stafford jumped overboard and rescued tho flag and nailed it to tho foremaBt. The bullet holeB are still visible. The flag does not belong to tho Navy Department, but to the descendants of Lieutenant Stafford, who loaned it to tho Mian tonomoh. —Harper's Magazine. Extremes Meet. A diamond for cutting glass lasts about throe months. 1863 and 1893.
