The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 1, 1904, Page 3

; {| . 50 varieties of Interesting Facts for Farmers An Education in Display of the Depart- ment of Agriculture at the World’ States Government at the World's Fair the de culture occupies a tell th immense floor space. ‘This is im fair proportion to the im-! ef the industry on which the veal wealth of the nation depends. For: 3t ts from the soil, from inexhaustible Earth, that vast tribute ts — we year «Aad year, from generation ia not only supplies the food of the people, but it !s the foster- mother, direct or indirect, of all our industries and com- 2% § s Fair. ‘BIG DAYS “AT FAIR. MANY FEATURES PLANNED FOR ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. ' events of World-Wide Importance Crowd One Another on Programme —Nations, States and Cities Secure Assignments, World's Tair ¢ season besa programme box of the same fruit that had been | filled with special events that offer ad- left carelessly lying around for sev-! eral days; or contrast the fruit gath- ered at the proper stage of its Tripen- j ing with the fruit picked too soon or jtoo late. The difference in each case is so manifest, the market loss so very apparent, that, surely such an error, once so convincingly brought home, will never be repeated. Or the pack- ing may be defective—here are oranges that have traveled far with- out damage, shown as they should be packed; close by are others that are bruised and discolored, simply be cause they were improperly packed, as the eye guided by contrast can tell at a glance. and so on, and so on. These EAsT ENTRANCE, PALACE OF ELECTRICITY, tenance of experimenta] stations and for the constant services of a small army of experts in every department of research that has a bearing on the Jand and its productiveness. These * efforts are focused, so to speak, at the World's Fair in St. Louis, where a Magauificent demonstration is given of what the department is accomplishing ¢@o aid the farmer, the stock raiser, the Jumberman, the fruit grower, and all who derive their livelihood from the soil. If there are enemies to be fought, new methods to be learned, the experience of other nations to be drawn upon, here is the place to come in quest of knowledge. One of the chief ntethods adopted to inculeate truths established by ex- perience is the effective one of con- trast. The inquirer is invited to look on this picture and on that. In this show case, for example, are apples of @ particular kind grown on sandy soil, & and side by side are spples of the same SOUTH ENTRANCE, PALACE OF VARIED INDUSTRIES, are merely illustrative examples of scores of telling object-lessons of the same kind. 4 Perhaps the man of the soil is in search of some product that will thrive in his particular locality, replace an imported luxury, and so afford him a profitable return for his enterprise and industry. The department places at his disposal facts and figures gath- ered by experts who have traveled all over the world for this very purpose. Ranged in show-cases are many fruits and vegetables all capable of acclimati- zation in America, some of them in gradual process of successful accli- matization—Jordan almonds from Spain, pistachio nuts from Italy, broad beans from England, truffles from France, Deglet Noor dates from Algeria, mengoes from India, mangos- teens from Ceylon, leitchees from China, even @ hew salad plant from Japan. What can be done in America to es Kind produced under identical condi-| tablish or extend their growth? This tions of climate but grown on a heavy| is a question which intelligent observ- clay Even a child, if asked to! ers who flock to St. Louis from ail will put his hand into the Again, there are about strawberries shown by; models that exactly repro- shape and color. All are| dyeing, herbs for medicinal purposes, all are marketable. But the| leaves that yield essences, shrubs that presented to the grower is—| give spices, seeds that render oils, roots variety that . best| oz commercial value for a variety of oon uses—all at the present time mainly parts of the United States will answer, and will be aided to answer by inspect- ing these government exhibits. Again, there are barks for tanning, woods for de) imported. These are shown in large Stee des oe coeons ditionad attractions for late visitors. National and state governments, muni- cipalities, secret societies, trade organ- izations and college fraternities have arranged to participate in the special | days allotted to them, and thousands | of persons will be drawn to the World’s Fair upon these occasions. AUGUST. 20.—Pennsylvania Day and Congress for the Deaf. 22.—Missourt Week begins, Pythian Day and Convention of National Fire- men’s association; Horse and Mule exhibition in Live Stock section, 23.—Rathbone Sisters’ Day. 24.—Deutscher-Kreiger Band Day. 25.—Conventions of Dental Exam- iners and Bank Clerks. 26.—Ramsey Family Reunion, 27.—Liberal Arts Day. 29.—Inauguration of Great Olympic | Games; Marathon Race in Olympic Games. 30.—Tennis tourname nt. 31.—Eagles’ Day and Tyler Family ‘ Reunion; International Tug of War in Olympic Games, | SEPTEMBER 1—Tennessee and Indiana Day; Dumb-bell and Hurdle Races in Olym- ! pie Games. | 2.—Jeweler and Silversmiths’ Day. 3.—Sons and Daughters Justice; In- j; te~national Team Race in Olympic Games. 5.—Labor Day and beginning of 6.—Oklahoma Day. : 7—Convention of Post Office Clerks and Brigham Family Reunion. 8.—Modern Woodmen Day. 9.—California, Odd Fellows and and House of Hoo-Hoo Day, 10.—Reunion of Spanish War Vete rans, 13.—Maryland Day; World’s Ama teur Cricket contest; Cattle Show ; opens in Live Stock section, closes September 24. 13.—Catholic Knights of America. 14—Woodmen of the World and State of Louisiana Day. 15.—St, Louis Day. 16.—Mexico Day and Germanic Con- gress. 17.—Massachusetts Day. 19.—Congress of Arts and Science and Arizona Day; Olympic Golf Cham- pionship tournament, 20.—Nevada Day; Archery contests. 21.—Illinois Day. 22.—Arkansas Day. 23.—Lewis and Clark Centennial Ex- position Day and Virginia Day. 24.—Idaho Day. 26.—Fraternal Day; letic carnival. 27.—North Dakota and Apple Day. 28.—International Congress of Law- yers and Justices and Utah Day. 29.—Knights and Ladies of Security Day. 30.—Kansas Day. OCTOBER, 1.—Indian Territory Day; Eques- trian Polo Championship contests, 3.—New York City Day; Sheep and Swine exhibition in Live Stock sec- tion closes October 15. 4.—New York State and Advertis- ing Men’s Day. 6.—Rhode Islana Day. 6.—Maine, Ohio, New Jersey and German Day. 7.—W. C. T. U., and Daughters of the Confederacy Day. 8.—Chicago Press Day. 10.—Cuba’s National Day. : | Lumbermen's Week. ' and Colorado Military Ath- 12.—Italian and Michigan Day. 13.—Connecticut and City bf De troit Day. 14.—A. A. U. Wrestling Champion- ship Day. 15.~—Mystic Toilers’ Day. 17.—American Library association Day. 18.—Alaska, Nebraska and Helen Keller Day. 19.—Jefferson Day. 20.—Meeting of Colonial Dames of America. 21.—Congregational Day. 22.—Fraternal Mystic Circle. 24.—Bankers of the World Day, and National Council of Women; Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock exhibition in Live Stock section, closes November 5. 25.—Clergyman Day; Dog and Cat exhibition in Live Stock section, closes October 25. ‘ 26.—Nut Growers, oulianes and Silk Culturists’ Congress. 27.—Farmers’ Moss Turners’ Moss exhibition. 28.—A. A. U. Gymnastics Champion- ship. 29.—Home Missionary convention. A. A, U, Gymnastic Champion- ehips. exhibition ; SOVEMBER , Uncomplete.) 2.—Conventions, King’s Daughters and Sons, and National: Humane so ciety. 3—Collegiate Alumni fssociation, 5.—Missouri University Day. 7.—Interscholastic Football Gumes; Southern Breeding Cattle “exhibit in Live Stock section, closes Novem ber 12, ia 10.—College Relay Racing. 12.—College Football. “yy ENS BIGGEST IN HISTORY. LIVE STOCK SHOW AT FAIR BREAKS ALL RECORDS. Ceylon Has Rare Exhibit “The Eden of Eastern Wave” Weill Rane sented at the St. Louis Exposition. Chief Mills Announces Staff Will Have Charge of Exposition Events from August 22 to November 12—$250,000 in Prizes. gust 22 and contniing until Novem- ; ber 12, there will be held on the! World's Fair grounds the greatest | live stock show in history. More than a@ quarter of a million dollars have One of the most picturesque pa-| tobacco, cocoanut fiber and cocoanut ‘ vilions in the World’s Fair grounds is| products, the nighest priced rubber om that erected by the government of|the werld’s markets, gems, pearls Ceylon. Externally; it is a reproduc-|from the Strait of Mannar, tortoi , been set apart for prizes and there tion of the famous Buddhist * ple | shell, sponges, plumbago ror tne many- will be exhibitors from every state in| of the Tooth,” at Kandy, in the cen-| facture of crucibles and lead pencils ; the Union and nearly every nation !n_ ter of the island, where a traditional|also for lubricating purposes and for the world, | relic of the great oriéntal teacher h certain processes in electroplating, are Dates for the exhibition of stock are, been enshrined for many hundreds of | al! valuable cxports, and are fully il- 80 arranged that each class will have years and to this day draws devotees | lustrated by samples both in the Cey- @ season and something will be con- } from all parts of Asia. Internally, the| lon pavilion at St. Louis and also im tinuously on display. Horses, asses, building is adapted for a display of} her special court within the Palace of and mules will be exhibited from Mon- | Ceylon’s commercial products, artistic) Agriculture, day, August 22, to Saturday, Septem-! manufactures, and ethnological and| Im the latter section there Is mucla ber 3. Cattle will be exhibited from ! archaeologica: curios, j of interest to be seen by every observ Monday, September 12, to Saturday,; The broad and cool verandas are a/ant visitor, For example, the lessor September 24, Sheep and swine @vill! favorite place of resort, for here fra-|to be learned from the thorough u occupy attention from Monday, Octo- | grant tea is served by deft-fingered and} zation of the cocoanut palm is on ber 3, to Saturday, October 15. Poul-! softly-moving Cingalese waiters, | that may be taken to heart by all who try, pigeons and pet stock will be ex-| hibited from Monday, October 24, to Saturday, November 5. Dogs and cats will be exhibited from Tuesday, Octo-! ber 25, to Friday, October 28. The | southern breeding cattle exhibit will, | continue from Monday, November 7, } to Saturday, November 12, and on the; same days there will be displays of cat- } tle in carload lots. Col. Charles F. Mills, chief of the | Department of Live Stock of the! World's Fair, has completed his selee | tion of the show yard staff. The ap } bs polntments are as follows; General! superintendent, J. B. Dinsnore, of Ne- i braska; superintendent of horses, 0. | P. Updegraff, of Kan superintend: | ent of cattle, CR. Thomas, M souri; | superintendent of sheep, John L.! Thompson, Indiana; superintendent of swine, George S. Prine, of Iowa; super- | intendent of poultry, T. E. Orr, Penn eylvania; superintendent of pigeons, | Hi. Tiemann, of Maryland; superin tendent. of dogs, A. P. Vrodenburgh, of New York; hel, H. H. Hinds, of Michigan; n Madden, of I Rankin, of Ilin The men composing the above staff are-all widely known in live stock cir- cles throughout the United States, anc some of them have been connected with every stock show given in the country in recent years. The Live Stock Forum and judges will be under the immediate protection of the show | garbed in their picturesque native|in their own parti costume—white robe, crimson sash,| have not yet found uses for and tortoise-shell comb to confine the|every by-product. In Am long flowing tres But the sight-|ing nouses it is a prover! seer, rested and refreshed, should not | that everything saved except t} depart without. a visit to the upper) squeal of the ss jal porker? story of the building, where he will; But the cocoa-nut pal 0, find himself transported to the orient,; made to yield quite a surrounded by obje of rare beauty; The leaves of the palm are used and fascinating interest, wandering | roofing, the ribs of the for a spell in the beauteous isle that | brooms, the coarse outer has been so aply named “the Eden of. nut for matting and cordage, the fin the Eastern Wave." inner fiber for tne stuffing of But, after all, the Ceylon with which | tresses. The flesh of the nut supp | most of us are concerned is the white, a natural foo man's Ceylon—the country where tea} shred is produced by hundred million | er: pounds and forms the basis of a thriv. , its extracte d’ oil forms ing and world-wide commerce. Andjable material for soap and cand! yet’even in the history of the tea| making, the residuum from the oil trade there is romance—the romance| press goes to the fattening of cattle, that Hes in the display of human grit,! while the refined oi] mak mt in the wresting of fortune from direct; lent substitute for lard ruin and disaster. A generation ago| purposes, and the refined Ceylon was a land of coffee and of|cious butter for table prosperous coffee planters. But a fun-|or milk drawn from the tree stem. is“ gus blight swept over the gardens, and| distilled into arra in an incredibly short time almost]or turned into vinegar; its wiped out the industry. Cinchona, or] tained by evaporation, f quinine, was tried as a substitute, and} meat; the bud or “ce for a time proved profitable, but soon] apex of the stem makes over-supply made this product “aj vegetable, and jis often t t drug in the market” in the metaphor-| best of the shells are carved for orn interference with the judge in his ex-| ical as well as in the literal meaning! ment, or converted into cooking wterr- aminations will be provided. of the phrase. Then the tea plant was|sils, while the others are burned az Arrangements have been made by] introduced from Assam and Darjiling| fuel, smokeless and giving a good char- the National Horse Breeders’ asso-| in northeastern India; and so soon as|coal; even the blossom in its long ciations for public sales of horses dur-| it gave evidence of thriving the culti-| sheath is utilized as a torch; the tru ing the period of the horse show on the} vation was promptly extended, not! effords rafters, beams, troughs, canoes Fair grounds. The highest class of horses has been assured for the sale, = stots will be no lack of spirited ise ieading districts of the world. leav, fiber of ¢ and the resh hev- a valu- WEST ENTRANCE, CATION, Me PALACE OF EDU- yard staff and every safeguard against FAIR MANUFACTURING COINS Gold Pieces Comparing with California Quarter8 and Halves Are Made at the Exposition, The smallest amount of gold that has ever been issued in the form of coins were the quarters and half-dol- lars issued by private gold producers of California for a few years follows ing the gold finds of 49. These were in a measure a necessity, for the rea- son that small currency was then de- cidedly scarce on thé Pacific coast. These diminutive gold coins have proved in recent years a decided curi- osity to many and have advanced in value to about 500 per cent. The interest found for these small gold pleces has prompted Farran Zerbe, chief of the World’s Fair souvenir coin department, to pri-! vately issue gold pieced comparable with the California gold quarters and halves, as companions for the Louis-|™erely over the old coffee estates, but | ind cradies; the sawn timber supplies , {ana souvenir gold dpllar. They are,®t far higher elevations where the | : ‘ables, chetrs, and virtually all the coined from gold mined in the Louis-|™0re delicate coffee shrub could not |‘urniture of a comfortable home; while jana teritory and in design are typical|8T°W- Although many planters went | :he rotos again help to keep the family of the territory and its centennial) %°W® in the period of financial stress, | Ire alight. In the east or in the west, / celebration. The obverse bears a fleur-|the survivors found themselves in the | 20 more perfect illustration is afforded de-lis with “L; P. BE.” in the extended |¢"4 with bettered prospects. So rapid | >f a commercial “clean up.” That tho points; surrounding are 14 stars rep-|@8 been the advance of Ceylon tea profits of cocoa-nut farming are great, resenting the 14 Louisiana states and that now the little island, just two- let the following table of exports from the date 1904. The reverse is in-| thirds the size of Ireland, produces ! ‘ast year’s returns bear its exoquent toa scribed with the fractions % or %4| Ver 150,000,000 pounds annually, and | ‘imony: i surrounded by Louisiana gold. China has found herself, virtually Cocoanut oil, 665,357 cwt. 5 In connection with the Louisiana| Usted from many of her old markets.| Copra,(dried cocoanut), 721,575 cwt. souvenir gold dollar theze diminutive} But Ceylon, with far-seeing and en-| Poonac (feed for cattle), 299,972 gold pieces are sold at face value, the|terprising men engaged in her staple :wt. 3 set of three pleces commanding $3.75, lindustry, is ever on the outlook!<for! Coir (the fiber), 244,965 ewt. and are obtainable direct from the| new customers. tl |} Desiceated cocoanut, 485,269 [bs exposition’s coin department. Three} . Tea, however, is by no means thé}, Arrack, 72,619 gallons. 9 dollars, the price originally esfab- only commercial product ‘of Ceylons| Nuts (au naturel), 12,129,349. ‘g lished for the Louisiana souvenir gold Cocoa, spices in great variety (notablyi! And all this was in addition to the dollar, ig and will positively be maim cinnamon, cloves and cardamoms),* supplies utilized on the island itself. ‘tained. [ vegetable ois, drugs, tanning barks, EDMUND MITCHELL EAST ENTRANCE, PALACE OF MACHINERY. Sy Ss <