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The annual production of steel pens amounts to $4,000,000.
The millionaire John George left almost his entire estate to founda boarding school to educate Quaker children.
Byron-a dandy of sorrows and acquainted with grief-good, generous, hapless Byron, and yet when he died he was only a Kraftsman.
An Irishman, who had on a very ragged coat, was asked of what stuff it was made. "Bedad, I don't know!" said he, "but I think the most of it is made of air."
Bright student: "What animal is never dead broke?" Classmate: "Give it up." Bright student: "The bull-frog, because he always has a green-back."-Ex. "If I were you," the schoolboy said, Before his teacher quailing, "I'd go and I'd a sailor be You are so fond of whaling!" -Charleston Enterprise.
The Prince of Wales seems to take a fancy to the great personages of America. He has at last honored Marlborough house by entertaining Buffalo Bill there as a guest.
Undressed kid is the favorite material for slippers, says a fashionable journal. It may be added that slippers are not the favorite material with the undressed kid.-Living Church.
A Russian engineer claims to have discovered a process of reducing petroleum to the form of crystals, which may be esily and safely transported to any distance and then reconverted into liquid form.
The bread of Emperor William is not buttered. Well, poor fellow, he ought to be thankful. Undoubtedly many of his subjects would be willing to excuse the butter if they could only get the bread.
"I say, paper, heard the news?" "No, my boy. What is it?" "Why, they ain't going to have lamp posts any longer!" "I am surprised. What is the reason?" Why, they're long enough now."-Ex.
German royal, princely and ducal families cost the nation £3,200,000. Turkey pays the Sultan and family £3,200,00. The order of the other nations as to the salary is a follows: Russia, Austria, England, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Sweden and Norway, Denmark, Holland, Greece, Roumania, France, down to the Swiss Republic, who pays her President £600 a year.
"O, I do so dote on the sea!" she gurgled. "If you only had a yacht, Augustus, dear!" "I have no yacht, Wilhelmina," he sighed; "but I can give you a little smack" And then it sounded as if a cork had blown out of a bottle.-Ex.
My patient clock the moments ticks away, But in eternity each tick shall be An hour-stroke, and years shall be each day. How swift our lives to their fruition flee! O, not like laughing babes with moments fed, And pleased with clocks that tick, our little space Of fleeting life shall run, nor hear o'erhead The stroke of the eternal years apace!
To the offer of $100 made by the director of the mint for a new design for the silver dollar the Macon Telegraph turns in this answer: "On one side the rising sun, a cornucopia rampant, and the legend, 'Honesty is the best policy.' On the other, in the long primer, 'Turn the rascals out.' Between the two, one dollar's worth of silver."
COLLEGE WORLD. Harvard holds examinations at Paris. Twelve colleges in Pennxylvania both sexes into equal standing. The students of Yale College average about three thousand cigarettes daily. Prof. Muller, of Leipsic University, has forty two titles and suffixes to his name. The University of Pennsylvania will hold its commencement exercises on June 8th. Within the past year the University of Pennsylvania has liquidated a debt of $140,000. The University of the State of New York has received an anonymous gift of $100,000. The University of Michigan has a department for the study of Greek, established at Athens. The Sophomore and Freshman classes at Cornell have voted to have no wine at their banquets. Dr. McCosh, of Princeton, thinks the student should be graduated at the age of from twenty to twenty-four. Prof. W.C. Dole, the well-known athletic trainer of Yale, died recently at his home in Westville, being sixty-five years of age. A gift of $25,000 to the Yale Law School was announced recently. The name of the donor is unknown, but the fund is intended to endow a Professorship of Commercial and Financial Law, to be called the Phelps Professorship, after Prof. E.J. Phelps, now Minister to England.
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The AMERICAN EXHIBITION in LONDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.
SIR, -May I trespass upon your space to the extent of removing an impression, which, nonwithstanding our repeated printd and verbal statements to the contrary, appears to be entertained in some quarters-namely, that the forthcoming American Exhibition, which opens on Monday, the 2d of May next, is under the management or control of the United States Government? A moment's reflection will show how obviously impossible it was that an Exhibition exclusively devoted to the arts, invention, manufactures, products and resources of one country and helf in the metropolis of another could be initiated by the Government of the country exhibiting. Such a new departure would have been too hard upon other Governments. If, therefore, it were considered wise to hold and exclusively American Exhibition in London, it could only be initiated and organized by private enterprise. The forthcoming American Exhibition in London is not under the control of, or in any way connected with , the Government of the United States, but has been initiated and organised by a number of eminent and well-known American citizens, cordially aided, on this side of the Atlantic, by several Englishment. Of the 25 officers, 21 are American. The idea of the American Exhibition was conceiver in America, and the bulk of the working capital was supplied by Americans, and no exhibits but American exhibits are permitted. It may be pertinent and interesting to add that the Government of the United States had not been in the habit of fostering Industrial Exhibitions. Even the great Centennial Exhibition of 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the independence of the United States, was initiated and carried out by a private limited liability company. The Government, it is true, loaned the company a sum of money, but this was repaid to the Government out of the first receipts. It is well to remember that of the visitors to the Centennial Exhibition, held in Philadelphia in 1876, probably not more than 2 per cent, were foreigners, and yet how incalculably widespread and beneficial was that great gathering to the future development of America's resources. What may not, therefore, be expected from an exclusively American Exhibition, where the per-centage of forgeign visitors may already be estimated at 98 per cent. of the whole, as against 2 per cent, and where space will only be allotted to the very best quality of exhibits, so that Europeans and colonial representatives and other visitors may be able to form some trustworthy idea of the vast progess made by the United States during the past 100 years. May I crave space to add that the arrangements for the Exhibition, which opens on the 2d of May next, are now in a forward state, that the buildings are being rapidly erected, and will extend to several acres of floor space, all of which has been taken up by American manufacturers and exhibitors of the highest class. In addition to the promenade and ornamental garden, the outdoor exhibits will embrace an entertainment the like of which has not before been seen in this country (although well known in the United States), "Buffalo Bill's Wild West," and no effort has been wanting to make the whole Exhibition representative of American interests, products, and manufactures.
The object of the American Exhibition in London is to display in the metropolis of Great Britain, the chief market of the world, a more complete collection of the products of the soil and mine, and of the manufactures of the United STates than has ever been shown in Europe, to impress the millions of that continent and others with a sense of the magnitude and variety of America's industrial resources, and the skill and ingenuity of its artisans, to increase the foreign trade of the United States wherever established, and to extend it into countries where at present it has no foothold; and finally to quicken the flow of foreign capital to America for the further development of its natural wealth and resources. At the invitation of a number of those who contributed to make the Centennial the success it was, the board of direction selected Philadelphia as the headquarters in the United States; that it might profit by the valuable assistance of many who gained experience in the managetment of the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. The American Exhibition in London is a natural sequence of that great gathering of ten years ago, and the board intend it shall be no unworthy one, but one of which all Americans may be justly proud, and a source of pleasure and profit to Englishmen.
I trust these facts will enable the British public to understand the true nature of the first exclusively American Exhibition ever held beyonf the limits of the national territory. -I am, sir, yours respectfully, JOHN R. WHITLEY, Chairman of the Executive Council. 7, Poultry, Jan. 5.
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show has sailed from New York for England on board the Nebraska. The scene on the deck at the time of starting was very animated. Most of the 100 Indians and squaws were evidently very nervous over the dangers of the ocean. They will sleep in improvised bunks along the ship's sides between decks. The horses occupy stalls on deck. The Buffaloes and elks are in the lower hold. A great crowd assembled to see the departure of the steamer.
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THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION
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The American Exhibition has been hitherto conducted somewhat on the principle of the old Italian proverb of "Chi va piano va sano," and up to the present less has been heard about it than perhaps of any instiution of its magnitude ever undertake. But since the opening day has now been fixed for May 9, doubtless ere long more will be known concerning this exhibition, for only last Thursday there arrived in the metropolis several hundred tons weight of "posers," destined to embellish the hoardings of the metropolis and its neighbourhood, and to enlighten the British public as to the wonderful attractions of Buffalo Bill and his friends. The buildings are now in a very advanced condition. The main gallery, some 1,280ft. in length, will be glazed in before Thursday, and Mr. Humphreys, of Kinghtsbridge, promises to have all the ironwork ready by to-day week. This includes a number of extra annexes, pavilions for special exhibits, band stands, and al fresco resaurants in the gardens. The exterior of the edifice in the Brompton-road is already faced with stone and duly embellished with medallions of Washingotn, Lincoln, and Cleveland, intermingled with [?]agles and other national devices. A fine arts department, consisting of eight vast fire-proof halls, has been erected on the left-hand side of the main gallery. Thanks to the generosity of some of the greatest art collectors in America, this will before long be filled with the best collection of purely American art ever brought together. One small room will be set aside for the reception of Sully's celebrated full length portraits of her Majesty in her coronation robes, a pitcure painted at the time of the Queen's accession, after she had graciously granted Mr. Sully's, the irst great American painter, if we excect Benjamin West, no less than ten sittings. This important work is lent by the City of Philadelphia. Americans may be said to excell as sculptors, and an opporunity will soon be given of judging the progress they have made in this great branch of art since Power's "Greek Slave" took the art world by storm at the Exhibition of 1851. There is every reason to foresee that this fine art gallery will prove one of the principal attractions of the Exhbition, and the American studions at Paris, Rome, Florence, Duasuldorf, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York are full of animation consequent upon accepted invitations to exhibit pictures and sculpture prepared expressly for this occasion. The collection of manufactured goods, machinery, fire arms, musical instruments, books, &e., will occupy the main gallery, and will not be divided off into States as originally proposed, but simply arranged under four or five distinct classes. If there was at first some diffidence felt by intending exhibitors in sending over goods this feeling has, owing to the energy of the executive administration under the direction of Mr. Whiteley, been entirely reversed, and so great is now to place all the goods. An American fruit and vegetable market will be organized, and in the garden, on the side nearest the principal building, will be a purely American flower garden, divided into two sections, devoted respectively to the wild and cultivated flora of the United States. A large conservatory annexed will contain specimens of the tropical vegetation of Lower California and of the Southern States. The gardens are exceptionally extensive, and are being laid out with much taste. Here there are to be al fresco resturants, music stands, Indian buts, and a real log cabin, such as delighted the elder generation in the days when "Uncle's Tom's Cabin" was in vogue. How to prepare and how to relish clam baked and American oysters will also be shown here, and naturally the "378 national drinks of the America people" will one and all be represnted to the delights of the thrist with a tast for "pick-me-up's, "blood and thunderers," "mint jalleps," and "cocktails" innumerable. Here, also, Dan Godfrey's bandsmen will remind the public by their bright scarlet uniforms that it has not been transported by magic to the neighbourhood of Central Park. The garden will be nearly twice the size of those at South Kensignton, and are divided into two distinct parts. One is a summer garden, arranged more or less like that which has so charmed us all for the past foru years, and will be illuminated by electricity; the other, which is entered over a bridge, leads to an immense amphitheatre, which is now finished, and which can easily accommodate 25,000 persons seated and as many more standing. In the center of the vast arena -- which already reminds one of the interior of the Colosseum -- are placed rocks and fir trees, backed by a panorma of Rock Mountain scenery 500ft. long. Here Buffalo Bill (the Hon. J. Cody) and 200 Indians, cowboys, and scouts will illustrate teh wild sports of the Far West, assisted by no less than 250 animals, including many buffaloes. This entertainment, which has met with the greatest success in New York, and has been pronounced by Mr. Henry Irving to be the msot remarkable he has witnessed, will doubtles prove equaly attractive in London. The famous huntsman, "Buffalo Bill," the idol of the petit peuple of America, arrives here next week, and ere long the Aborigines of the Great Republic will be as familar in London streets as need be. One of the many other principal attractions of this exhibition will be M. Bertholdi's colossal diorama of the city and harbour of New York. On entering the building intended for its reception the visitor is to imagine himself on board one of the floating ocean palaces entering the "gateway of the New World." The illusion, judging from what is already show, will be singularly complete and interesting.
The opening ceremoney of the American Exhibition, as already insinuated, is fixed for May 9. At three o'clock the President will wire a cablegram from Washington, and in a few moments it will be received at the Exhibition, when the band will striek up "God Save the Queen," and the American national anthem. This will probably constitute the inauguration of the first purely American Exhibition in Europe.
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THE WILD-WEST SHOW. [line] A visit to the State of Nebraska, steamship, early yesterday morning convinced us that the thing promised us is very real, and that in Buffalo Bill's Wild-West Show the public have a unique treat in store. On Thursday such difficulties were put in our way in an innocent attempt to board the ship on her arrival at Gr[?]esend that we feared something wrong. It almost looked as if the inquisitive eye of the newspaper fellow was to be hooded until the Indians could be r[?]ded up to correct hue after the washing out of a trying voyage. But we had forgotten the native modesty of our American cousin, and discovered yesterday morning the real state of the case, which was that the promoters of the undertaking desired taht their interesting company of men and beasts should not be seen at what might be its worst. Ever so little a touh of west in the wind brings softness of atmosphere. There was no doubt why the Red Indians yesterday sunned themselves so contentedly on the larboard rail of the big ship in the Albert Docks. OUt of the holds fore and aft were swung at rapid intervals either bales of cargo, or horseboxes containing buffalos, borses, or other live stock. The whirr of the steam winch, the shout of the men engaged in landing cargo, and the miscellaneous bustles around were exciting enough to the spectators railed off from the wharf; but the nobel red med kept firm. Nothing distrubed their placidity now that the voyage was over, any more than on the voyage. No sentiment of home-coming fluttered their bosoms when English land hove in sight; and only two very young braves grunted as the low-lying shores of the Thames appeared on the upward run to the docks. It is fumoured tah they did not think much of the scenery. The English however, who looked at them yesterdy thought a good deal of their picturesqueness. As they topped the larboard rail, ablaze with the scarlet and blue of thei blankets, they were exceedingly striking. So were the scouts and cowboys in their wide-brimmed hats, high boots, and comely stature. But on the Nebraska's decks one came to closer quarters with the Indians. The eye welcomed it; the nose knew it; though the unencumbered stalls fo the live stock had not a little -- perhaps everything -- to do with the last-mentioned item. Looking upon the chiefs, braves, and squaws, one could not help recalling the delightful sensations of youth -- the first acquaintance with the last of the Mohicans, the Great Spirit, Firewater, Laughing Water, and the Dark Huron warrior. Here were their counterparts - moccassins, feathers, beaver skins, heads, and a find show of war paint; ugly faces made uglier by rude art; dignified countenances which retained a stamp of high-breeding through ochre and vermillion; free, springy strides, even when the journey was from the hatchway to the lee souppers. Not a glance was wasted upon a stranger. All that came to the Indians was taken for gratned; an archbiship in all his finery would have fallen short of their mark.
Some of the men in Buffalo Bill's company -- both red and white -- are fine samples of humanity, alike as to stature, carriage and features. As to the squaws, in the absence of a distincive label it was not easy to distinguish them from there masters. There could be no mistake, however, about the plump, laughing, round-faced woman whose teeth should make her a treasure for any honest dentist; nor about the less favored squaw with the papoose bundled behind in a shawl, as per illustrated literature on the races of mankind. And the jully youngerst, fat with the liberal rations of the Nebraska, rolled merrily about the deck, playing with the tackled blocks in the necessary absence of prairie dogs and rattlesnakes. The buffaloes semed to us in need of a [?]ourse of pick-me-ups; and the horses had not, to all outward appearances, much buck left in them. A few days rest, feeding, and exercise at Earl's court will no doubt put them all right again, and it is really proof of good management that the voyage has been successfully made. Special trains from Galleon's Station were brough down opposite the vessel, and the live stock, with Indians to follow were taken by the roundabout route via Junction road, on the Midland, to their corrals, stables, and encampments at Earl's Court. Hundreds of people looked on in wonder at the Mexican saddles, harness, weapons, and prairie gear strewn upon the wharf, and never ceased to gaze at the picturesque Indians, half-breeds, and whites who moved here and there or surveyed the surroundings with statueque composure. It is the wish of the management that their troup should, for the present, remain unhadgered by visitors, and a sensible strictness will be observed as to the admission at the Exhibition gorunds. The most attractive half of the Exhibition being thus safely housed, all efforts are being made to complete the inudstrial half, and astonishing progress is made from day to day.