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i iii rim i anbte Mumberl i -i BECOITD LOUISVILLE, 3IAY 25, 1883. SIXTEEN PAGES. VOLUME LXIV, FEW SERIES, NO. 6,259. Vr.

11 11,1 I I il III ill. -Ill II I JdL I I III I II I II I II I It 1 II I fi I III III v5 yy ll GQ'r wTf- ''TV HMO I I WWW I -3 est a it -m SS. ill Ann fHE MODEL THEATER OF THE WORLD! i OPEN THE YEAR ROUND! i lorliig -tlxo Coming Summer eulc3. Fall Season tHE CIUCAGO CHURCH CHOIR OPERA COMPANY, THE BOSTON THEATRICAL OPERA COMPANY, niE MADISON SQUARE THEATER COMPANY, Mi MARGARET MATHER, DENMAN THOMPSON, Mr. JOHN McCULLOUGH, DION BOUCICAULT, i Mr.

and Mrs. FLORENCE, JOSEPH JEFFERSON, Wm icMtrln ranld myetm iiIob: end Ttsitors to Cbfcaro will, at all times, find excellent entertain- tH Th'r. WRITE or TELEGRAPH, and BEATS WILL BE RESERVED FOB YOU FOB fHE EYpqso Yoq NAME. OFFICE OF Mv DELAFONT AIN Consulting Analytical Chemist, Chicago, March 5, 18 S3. KcMra, STEELE PRICE.

Cents; Yon call my attention to the repeated statement madefy a rival firm, that yonr Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Is a weak: one lacking of that raising power which alone gives Talne to a pnre article, and yon ask me whether that statement is borne ont by the facts known to me. Daring the last ten yean I have several times examined yonr Baking Tow-der, and especially tested It for strength. My experiments show that its raising power Is superior to that of the other much advertised powder, made by said rival firm, and that result is obtained without resorting to the use of ammonia either as Is done by them. I wish to add that I ascertain the strength of a Baking Powder by a method which gives accurate rcsnlts, and is mnch less liable to errors than those followed by some other chemists.

I will say also, that Dr. Price's Cream 'Baking Powder contains no Alnm or Ammonia. It is as pure and weU made to-day as it was tea years ago when I analyzed it for the first time. RIDER'S PATENT MPROYED ADJUSTABLE rililiOW SIIA9I nOLDER AND LIFTER. THE AGEOTSmtCEEII DAY With ft In ass the whole iraiaance of minx ahama 4oaa away with.

The Phama donotharatobereraoredftointhabed: atmply turned upoutoftha way. (Pee cut) It mint be wed to nndeintand It real eonrenirnoa and beauty. Oh I it urea snany ftuaily JARS. Ajenta wanted everywhere, both load and ccncral. Largo ommhMtons and azrlusive territory riven.

For term, addrwa, iStata where you aaw UUa ai) E. T13. IndotbyWM'thanofBcl HAYD.EN'8 PATENT STEEL tha enaaMat Fence the market, and the STRAND "i It si tWM easiest to PUS up sou uguiea. Hta elastic, and accommodates itself to different temperatures, always retaining its rigidity, wevar breaking from excess of cold, nor sagging down from excess of heat. It presents to the eye aearty four times aa large a surface as the ordinary two-strand Wire insoreTand can be eeaUy eeea at much greater distance.

will not bum up or blow dowa. u. This Feaeat baring such a large surface, eaa be easily eeen at a distance by cartU, so that they bos rna against It doing away with tha barb, so dangerous to cattle. Being beautiful in ppearaoM whea put up, tt makes a perfect Fence for farm or village. roc bxf oruattoa or circulars address (mentioning CouiietsToumal) HAYDEN THE PAVOniTB CHAIR Araloliday.

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Fa. PLUMBING DUFFY 1 mxST asSORTXTNT or it 8 a 3l3 kit 1 1 in) if: 9 9S 9 M. DELAFONTAINE. GRANITE Iron Ware, Broiling, PRKREBViKa, -I S-ABSOLUTELY LIGHT, HANDSOME, Wholesome, Durable. Made only by the LOUIS STAMPING CO.

8T. LOUIS. rOB SALE BY ALL Stove, Hardware, Housefurnishing Dealers Taj cht FENCE. most durable. Chicago, 111.

er iCnf GAS CHAOT)ELIERS AND GLOBES, 433; Market myiwTtfafim -f. RAILWAY The International Exposition Opens at CMeago With a Wonderful Display Of Ererythiny PerUIalogr to the Kate-rial Sallwaj Interests of the World. Truly Wonderful Exhibition of Growth of the Greatest Modern Industry. the Ex-Mlnltttr Washburn Delivers the Opening Address in an Eloquent and Impressive Manner. The Total Number of Formal Exhibit ors, Manj of Whom Have Sub-let, Will Reach dravkle Berlews a Vaafcer ef tka Moat lav fartaat Phplaja Ta Ba Feaaa la tka LxpaalUoa.

BY EDGAR I. WAKSMAK. facial to Chicago, May 4. Dickena mkea the wiae and estimable Mi MoAflather chide the little mite, Sell, regarding- her littleness and ignor ance, and reproaches her that aba la "a wax work child when aha might hare the proud con aciousaeaa ef assisting to the extent of her Infant powers, the manufactnrea of her country; and tn improving her mind by the constant contemplation of the steam engine." It ta, possibly, with a touch of this superior Intelligence, that the wise men who organised TBS I5TXKNATI05AL KXPOSITIO-f OF BAIL-WAT APPLIANCES have brought together their ponderous exhibit from all quarters of the globe. We shall certainly harrfio further excuse for dense ignorance regarding all matters pertaining to the stupendous material railway interests of the world.

Wa ahall ba enabled to contemplate to our heart's ease innumerable appliances; and, while we may not be able to fully comprehend them, will no doubt hare gained greatly in a kind of knowledge that is good to acquire. Looking about this mammoth warehouse of wonderful mechanical products here to-night, it seems almost Incredible that such vast variety of devices and ingenious Inventions have direct and necessary relation to railway service. And yet not one article shown in the entire fifteen acres of area, packed with exhibit la non-essential or superfluous. It seems also still more Incredible that so overwhelming and bewildering a display could have been secured in the time which has been devoted to the same. The idea of such an exposition was originally discussed hardly a year since.

Five months have not elapsed since the movement took upon itself organised form. And yet, Ln that brief time, an exposition has been made, which, from it similarity of interest and relationship of character, is more striking, remarkable and truly wonderful than anything that has eveav been previously done of a kindred nature. There are perhaps two men, if such Individualization he proper, who have been pre-eminent ln their devotion, seal and labor. These are ex-Oov. Fairchild, of Wisconsin, late Minister to Spain, the President of the association, and E.

H. Talbot, President and Manager of the Railway Age, ot this city, the association's Secretary. Iu Vice Preeidenta are George M. Pullman and Aaron French. THE LJST OF COMKISSIOirzilS includes the following names: Lucius Fairchild, George M.

Pullman, Aaron French, J. McGregor Adams, E. N. Cherry, A. Q.

Darwin, O. W. Potter, H. E. Sargent, Jamea McMillan, George Weatiiighouse, J.

H. Bass, E. II. Williams, William Eaton, Wm. Chisholm, Thomas M.

Carnegie, W. H. Doana, M. M. Buck, a W.

Rogers, John E. Green, B. Clay Evans, D. Peters and E. H.

Talbot. THI IXPOSmOX BtTTLDIXO comprises not only our great Inter-State Indus trial exposition ouuuing itseu, Diit great annexes have been added. The principal ones extend a whole block and a half to the south, having a width of 200 feet The entire area covered exceeds oOO.OOO square feet, or about eleven acres. AH available space was taken nearly two weeks since, and telegraphic announcementa were necessarily sent in all directions to prevent a vast accumulation of applications. As nearly as can be gathered to-night, there are upwards of one thousand formal exhibitors, and great has been the demand for any sort of space that these have numerously sub-let, bringing the total number to at least two thousand.

There have been numerous DRAWBACKS preventing to perfect preparation as should have been had to-night. On Monday prevailing galea, which also caused great disaster upon the lakes and blew down one-fourth of the mammoth South ern Annex. Thia was speedily mended by an array of workmen, but the delay caused a grand gorge of exbibita, which, though herculean efforts have been made night and day to adjust them, could not be got ready for to-night's grand opening. Aside from this so many of the articles to be shown are of such enormous bulk and weight, that many days will still be required to get everything In proper order; and it is given out that the general pubuo will not be invited to the Exposition until Monday even ing. A GRAVX ERROR.

that ahould be prevented seems about to be committed. Great stress has all along been laid up on the educative value of this Exposition to me chanics and skilled artisans. Indeed, greatest possible public interest, sympathy and support have been secured through the professions of tha management that tha proceeds ot the Exposition should be devoted to the founding a school or college of railway tech Bology. Yet, to far tha Directors have determined to make no provision for special 'days or reduced price for the thousands of skilled and unskilled workmen employed in railway appli ance manufactories in this city and elsewhere. These men are not editors of railway papers, who can ride in their own cart or upon annual passes to Ex peel lions, nor are they at the head of great manufacturing Institution But It Is from them and through tham that the lasting value and ben efits from such Expositions, ln truth, finally come, and a burdensome tax upon their securing all the educative help and added Intelligence possible from frequent visits 'is purely an exhibltloa of aristocratic snobbishness and ignorance of the most inexcusable character.

whoever le responsible for the same. J. Hail Dow, President of the Union Brass Manu facturing Company here, la making aa earnest and gallant fight against this proposed tolly, and the outcome will be watched with interest. CtJRIOCS AltD IHTKRXSTIXO TEATT7RXS. stroll through the Exposition building, hef ore the opening ceremonies began, re vealed to year ccrresoondent of curious' and ntereetiug feat urea.

Here will be aeea the Stourbridge Hon." It illustrates "the Iron horse aa a colt" It was tha first locomotive ever runlnJLmerica, the first trip having made Aug. 8, 1830. A striking contrast is shown in the "Mastodon," sent bare by the Southern Pacific railway. It is the largest engine ever built; le need for heavy mountain grades. and weighs over seventy tooa.

An electrical rail way baa been constructed and. win ba la full operatioa arocad the entire Exposition gallery. a qiatance ecoae-aaiT or amua. this wm em ploy two can, carrying twenty-four each, There will he a large number of interacting electrical displays cV a competitive nature In Incandescent lighting, the great electrie light eompaaiea of the entire country taking part. Tha first exhibition of tha electrie sfety signal device with tuU workings.

Is 1 a a state of preparation. and displays of this particular character wOT by far excel any previously made this country er ln Europe. The show of orae- furnished by the different Iron companies of the West end South is the finest ever 'made anywhere. Tha Korthera railways, notaby the Wisconsin Central, have filled the tanks about the grand fountain with tb finest display of trout, pike, pickerel, etc, ore have etef seen here. Tha Southern rail way a have sent here twenty carioada of magnificent specimens of tropical plants, trees and flowers, which are distributed about tha walks, galleries, open spaces, etc Most beautiful specimens of lemon, orange, magnolia and-palm tree are everywhere eeen.

Nearly rery known variety of plant the South produces baa been forwarded. Sot only la the largest engine tha world ever produced here, but the small-eat isUso seen. A Pennsylvania Jeweler has aent a perfect engine only six inches in length. The famous "Rocket." built in 1835 by Stevenson Newcastle, England, for the noted George Stephenson, is here. Tbe old English locomotive, "America," which waa brought to thia country forty years ago, is also here.

There is also exhibited the first locomotive that ever pulled a train out of Chicago. It haa been in continuous use for about thirty years. A passenger coach, built at Wilmington, Delaware, forty years ago, which haa been run on a little road in Pennsylvania called Tioga railroad, is also shown. There are hundreds upon hundreds of equally interesting relics and curiosities which can not be named within the limits of this dispatch. THI OPEXINO EXERCISES, which were belittled beyond measure by the chaotic state of the exhibits and inexcusable carelessness on the part of the management, which seems to hare quite lost its head where a propef reserve force should have compelled a worthy and splendid climax, were begun at 8:30 to-night.

In tha absence of ex -Gov. Fairchild, the President, Vice President French officiated. Prof. Swing would probably have offered aa amiable and accomplished invocation, but his solemn platitudes could only be followed in the vivid imaginations of the press-gang, who had been carefully packed where they could do no barm or work, from the familiar oscillations and gyrations of the Pro fessor's cultured head upon his cultivated neck. Then came THE ADDRE8S OF WELCOME by his Honor, Mayor Harrison.

He bad but fairly started, as could be seen by the operations of bis mouth and arms, when an unearthly shriek of a steam-whistle broke forth and con tended with Our Carter vigorously. Mr. Harrison tnade the greatest effort of his life, but waa eventually downed. He admitted it frankly. ith the criticism that it must be a Republican whistle from outside the State.

Finally the motutter was throttled, and, through occasional lulls in the unearthly din. It was gathered that Mr. Harrison really bad made a sensible. earnest, kindly talk, giving a hearty Chicago welcome to all strangers, reviewing briefly and succinctly the railway progress of the country, and closing by a pi ant reminiscence of the first railway built ln old Kentucky, which ran from Frankfort to Lexington, a distance of twenty-nine mile, and with such Innumerable curves and sinuosi ties that the projectors were eventually compelled to admit that it had been chiefly cen Ptructed to develop the beauty of the curvelinear lines. VICE PRESIDENT FRENCH'S ADDRESS was that of a practical man to practical men.

and among other things ha said: "We from other cities of considerable size, of immense business interests, of pride and great ambition. are not at all sorry to acknowledge that as to the operative departments of railroads, Chicago is, and for a long time at least will and must be the great center of this country. There are ln this city and its immediate suburbs mora general officers controlling and operating more miles of railroad than in any city in tha Union. No other art, avocation or department of the world's work, in all ita history, haa made such strides in 'Its own development aa has been made in the arta which comprise the science of rail roading during the fifty years ot ita infancy. My prophecy haa a foundation of certainty when I aay that when in remote ages the happenings of to-day shall have the same relation of time to the people of that day that we now hold to the years of the artistic and philosophical splendors of Greece and Rome, that then the peans for, the past will sing prominently the days of railroads andjwill name the days in which we now live.

The first object of congregating here this vast area of railway appliance is that those in charge of the different departments of railroads may become acquainted with the improved appliances in their own and co-ordinate departments which have been developed just beyond the horizon of their labors and of which they are more or less ignorant on account of their devotion to their own individual sphere of work. The second object of importance is that the inventors, manufacturers and aupply agents being together here for a month may consult witn each other as to the best methods of promoting common progress in these arta and of overcoming the great obstacles which now exist in making improvements and of devising more speedy methods for the adoption of meritorious inventions in railway appliances. EX-kTIXTSTER WASHBrRTE'S ADDRESS. Hon. E.

B. Washburne, ex-Mini? ter to France, at present a resident of and engaged la a high order of literary pursuits in this city, who was the orator of the evening, was listened to by the vast concourse with deepest interest and attention. He spoke as follows: The National Exposition of Railway Appli ances is now to be declared open in tlieae colossal structures and in this magnificent presence. Tha conception of this great enterprlne was less than one year ago. and it baa bea carried forward ith an energy, a seal ad a devotion only en ualed by the success attend! ng it.

The subject nad only to do mentioned to cnauenge tne widest interest in many countries and among all cUsse connected witn railway and manufacturing in-te rests. "The purpose of the Exposition. looking to the ImproTement in railway appliances and the advancement in railway knowledge, coupled with ita benevolent object, must commend itself to ail devotee of progress and lovers of science and Invention. "When we look around and about us and be hold this marvelous and wonderful display, we are lost in admiration at the strength of the hu man understanding and tha inventive genius of roan. "In the presence of all these wonderful and varied inventions, fashioned into shape by the cunning hand of too artisan, revealing novelties and Improvements unknown in by -gone age, and of tne extent ot wmcu tne wildest imagination never dreamed, we bow admiration to the ceniu of the aire.

Uni ting intelligence to science and virtue, there seems to be no limit to the advancement of the human race. "Thia is not the occasion to dwell in detail on railroad statistic. But I can speak a word of railroads generally. They have changed (he face notouivof tne civiiisea But uie savage wooa. In this country mighty rivers have been spanned, forests cut through and mountains hewn down.

Empire have been opened up to tha advancing wave of civilisation, ant? tne desert haa. bean made to bloom and blossom like the rose. Tra versed by railroads, tha older organised communities have not only received their benefits, but in almost unknown regions new Territories and State have been organised, and towns and cities have sprung up as by magic The Atlantic Coast has kin! the olden shoSr of the Pacific sea. and Nature haa everywhere been subordinated to the uses and punMaes of man. "The extent of this Exposition is simply bewildering.

Mora than one tnoosand firms, companies and individuals are re pre seated tn these vast iackwurea, covering an area of eleven acre. We may turn and turn like a sunflower and we era confronted on all side by every possible combination of mechanical genius as connected with railroading in ail ita departments, forma and ramifications, from ita earliest history to th preenot time. In the department called the 01d Curiosity Shop' tha whole history of railway appliances and railroad progress ia traced and Illustrated. "Tha people ef ether countries have honored this Exposition by the Interest lakam ia tt. The gracious courtesy of the Directors of the South smhiiii iimlpax i srsinlaj to upostuon what Is claimed to ba the nret motive that ever turned a wheel, invented constructed by a man whose name die George Stephenson will be gratefully rsoog- BJaaa oy aii woo wui nave tne pleasure or ioos rag at it.

With what intense Interest wa gaaa en that origins locomotive, -the 'Rocket. It proved to be a machine which did noire up like a rocxet to earn down like stick, but It weat op to stay np nnd to revolutioaiae all idea of tocosnoUon. r- Added to thia as the boiler tor eswot tasxataagtamever aaed iV i. i4 la thia country, called the 'Stourbridge Lion probably named from the mar the steam emitted. There hi also on exhibition the first locomotive ever brought to America to Nova Scotia appropnatMy named the and greet on the platform the engineer who haa run never sinee, who nursed It ia iu cradle, stood by tt in Its meridian life, and ia now tenderly earing for it in its declining years.

There will be Xouad farther ta the "Old Curiosity Shop many stagers, and among them the "John the 'Puffing English built, nnd the 'Arabian. built by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in 1834. To show tb vast strides made in constructing locomotives, from the pigmies to the giauta, are invited to look at the great monster the largest locomotive in the world the with the enormous weight of more than ninety tons. "And here, too, we are interested in the Grass- hopper." the first locomotive which ever ran on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The name doea not Indicate that high rate of speed which compelled the railroads of a later day to put up that huge sign at the crossings, 'Look out for the angina while tbe bell "All Illinoisians will inspect with curiosity the first locomotive that ever ran on the pioneer railroad of this State tbe Galena and Chicago Union railroad, a name that should never have been changed.

Thia locomotive was fired up and run out on the road five miles, October So. 1848. Perhaps I might be pardoned in alluding for a moment to tlie railroads of Illinois. When I first set my foot oa her generous soil, in March, 1840, only a few miles of what was then a railroad, called the Northern Cross railroad, had been built a road which waa to be extended from Meredosia, oa the Illinois river, to Springfield. Eight miles of track waa laid in 1838, and it was on the 8th of November, 1838, that tbe first locomotive was ever put in operation the State.

The road did not pay expense, the steam-power waa reduced to mule-power, and it was a witty saying at the time that when more speed was demanded they took off the mules and put on oxen. The road was eventually abandoned. The building ot the Galena and Chicaco Union railroad waa commenced March 1, 1848, and carried forward to completion to Freeport September 1. lKvi. That road was therefore justly entitled to be called the pioneer railroad of Illinois I have probably ridden many times behind the locomotive here exhibited, but the first time I ever pasaed over that road was in tbe summer of 184U in a hand-rar from Cottage Grove, the then terminus, to Chicago.

The change in tbe Stat since that time is something unparalleled in the world's history. From five miles in track ia October, 1848. Illinois has become the banner railroad State in the Union, with iu miles In operation, and 2,000 more than any other State, while Chicago has become the grcateat railroad center in the world, with ita twenty-three great lines centering here and radiating to every part of the country. "We rejoice in the presence of so many of our Canadian friends and neighbors, an I we thank them for aUlhe in erest they manifest in this ex-position Canada and Illinois are allied by the early ties of a common history. For a century prior to 176a, when the scepter of France passed to Great Britain, the flan of the Bourbons floated alike over Canada and Illinois, those vast coun-triea which comprised tbat Nouvelle France, the most gorgeous jewel which ever glittered in the diadem of the French kings.

All Illinoisians remetnher with pride and gratitude that Canada gave our btate its Ont Lieutenant Governor, l'ierre Menard, a native of Quebec, a man whoso long public life was without a blemish, as bis private life was without a stain. His devotion and interest to our new State, his enterprise and his intelligence, probity of character, his liberality and his benevolence, will make tbe name and memory of this nooie son of Canada to be revered and cherished by the people of Illinois so long aa the Lat shall nave a msiory. 1 here nave been exnositiona In manv coun tries, and nations have vied with each other in tbe display of all that ingenuity and taste could suggest or wealth procure; but it ia safe to nay uiat tne worta lias never seen a more creaitaoie Exposition than this, organized solely by private enterprise, and pushed to what we see before us oj private citizens witn a degree oi unseinsnnesa and devotion rarely witnessed, and without pecuniary compensation. Hut they will find their reward in the gratitude of that great public which will appreciate all their labors and responsibilities and all the great services they have rendered to science and to mankind. Blessed by a benign Providence, we have a country in respect of all the elements which go to make up a grand and mighty nation tbat has no parallel on tlie face of the globe.

Let this great heritage that haa come down to us be cherished bv everv consideration which should influence a people to uphold in all their force the principles ot a iteDuUican Government and that public and private virtue, without which no nation can live, influenced br natnoiism. guided by enlightened statesmanship, and illus trated by unsettled integrity, we will, by tne Diesslng of Ood. continue to march forward In the pathway of progress, to become the pride. tne glory, the emulation of tne civilized world. But I must close, for I know with what im patience you are all waiting the official announce ment oi tne opening or an exposition wnicn win so interest and instruct you all, and which must redound to the advantage of science and tne pub lic good, an honor to the city of Chicago and to the btate ot Illinois, a benefit to our country and toe world at large.

At the close of Mr. Washburne's address the INTRODUCTION OF VETERANS IN RAILWAY SERVICE followed, and the ceremonies were ended. The thousands who bad come were disappointed. As opening per se, with the exception of tbe addresses, which were almost in audible twenty feet distant, it was dreary fiasco. It was not like Chicago.

Tho old fountain spurted. Tho old, old band tooted. There was no enthusiasm, not even tbe animation of a lively Irish hiss enlivened matters when "God Save the Queen," announced that the alleged grand opening waa ended. Several days per haps a week will be required to get the vast number of exhibits ln place. When that is done there will be an exDositioa Indeed.

The material is here. It is incomparable in magni tude and variety, and the littleness of to-night's silly pretense of an opening will be forgotten li the real wonder of the visitor and tbe surpassing greatness and grandeur of all that he may look upon. INTERESTING EXHIBIT, ETC The First Ullmpse the public got of the wonders of the Railway Exposition was through the medium of the large illuminated posters that appeared upon the walls of Chicago and In every prominent raiiwav sta tion in this country and In Europe. These bills are genuine works of art, and John B. Jeffrey, proprietor of the oeiebratvd John B.

Jeffrey Printing House, of Chicago may well be proud of this particular work, which is only a fair sam ple or tne product ot nis unnvaied establishment. Jeffrey has a head on him that is capable of un dertaking a job like this. He is the Worth of tbe printing trade. Give orth a woman and be will dress ner to penecuou. uive Jertrey a great enterprise to advertise and illustrate, and he will do it with art and skill and attract and in form tbe public and reflect credit upon the enter prise and upon himself.

He ia noi a "Cheap John." He is an artist, and believes inartistic work. His work goes ererywheaa. The finest circus posters and theater bills are printed from his presses. Atlanta sent her to get him to do tbe printing (or ner great 1 otton ILx position. after exhausting all other means of securing the nlgn grade ot worx wnicn was aesirea.

His rep utation Is swtruy oncoming wide-spread. In fact, it may now be said to be national, and the work he has done for the Railway Expnaition, which will bear close and critical examina tion, baa enhanced bis fame. Jeffrey is truly genius ln bis way, and richly menu the grand success be has attained, wnicn never tails to re ward great ability, genuine skill and untiring energy. One of the most unique and attractive exhibits that meets the eye of the visitor is that of The Cbleage Varnish Cempaay, whose office la at 304 Pine street. Here may be seen a huge oaken cask, taller than any "tson of Anak," with stained glass door and windows of beautiful deaign, standing beneath a richly oecorataa canopy, upon tne four quarters of the cask project shelves and brackets of artistic design, upon which are ranged samples of the celebrated "Standard Railway Varnishes," the whole producing a striking effect.

Arranged ia a large gUas case la one of the most extensive and beautiful exbibita of varnish gums ever brought together. Indeed, we question if the display haa ever before been eaualed. The exhibitera have ransacked the globe to obtain these magainoeat sped mens, Africa being the largest contributor, from tne sultan of Zansi bar come several splendid specimens of the famous Zanzibar Animl. so named from tha liv ing insects caught and embalmed therein, in past agea, for our wonder and admiration. From thia gum tne company make their costly finishing railway varnishea.

Tb North coast of Africa contributes a superb coUecuoa of copal gums. From tbe coast come several splendid lots or sngoia, uongo, oengueta, eterra Lisoae, ana otner rare specimens, tnaia ruraisaes a grand collection of the beautiful white Damar and Bom bar AalmL The Weat Indies and Aus tralia also send their quota of rare and ooeUy selections. Noticing a fringe of banners hanging from the roof of the canopy, we asked the significance of the initials wnicn they ear, and were told tl each one represented a railway customer of the company, who now and for asaay years have been asing the products of thia substantial aad wenejs wvusn, emss mm ssmwi je in lusaaj. WW ownd the number, aad found twenty-eight prominent roads represented, among which appear your own great Louisville aad Nashville svstrm: the Cnloaro Northwestern: Missouri Pacific: I'hleago. Reck Island and Pacinc; Chicago, Milwaukee and nea polls and Manitoba: International and Great.

Northern; Texas Baltimore and Ohio; Burlington, Cedar Rapids aad Northern; Vandalta LIm: Louisville, New Albany aad Chicago; Kansas Pacific: CincianatL Washington aad Baltimore: Buriimrtoa and Missouri Riven St. Louis. iron Mountain ana Bouinern. ine amies. ate bi age of the railways now using the varnish of thia company is over 41,000, a wonderful and an paralleled exhibit.

This Immense patronage has been obtained by untiring energy, the use of we nnest materials gatnersa irom au pans ue world reeanlleaa of east, and ceaseless vigi lance in the selection and manipulation of the many materials entering into the vanea products of tbe company. Established in I86S the progress of the House haa been steadily onward and upward without recourse to the usual means resorted to to attract attention. Their motto has been: "Superiority our Standard:" aad their success haa vindicated the wisdom ef aiming high. Taken aa a whole the exh bit made by The Chicago Varnish company is one of the most interesting ana at-, tractive of this great Railway Exposition, and no visitor should fail to see it- Tbe Allen Paper Car Wheels. The exhibits of steel-tired and iron wheels form an interesting collection ln this colossal ag gregation of mechanical contrivances.

It la evident that ia thia department of the Exposition the interest and curiosity of spectators are centered upon the Allen Paper Car Wheels. In thia particular exhibit are specimen wheels of the different sizes, from the twenty-six inch up to the forty -two inch wheel, each a skillfully proportioned combination of steel, paper and wrought iron. KailwsyVfiiials, of course, know all about the composition. construe tion, cost and marks of the paper 'heeL and concede iu superiority, durabilitv and economy. The general public, knowing only that it is regarded as absolutely safe, evince an inquiring interest in this wheel, and remark It is a unique mechanical achievement.

The abund ant data furnished by tbe railways thow that tbe paper wneei is good lor miles witn out renewal of Urea and for from to XoO.OOO mile without turning of tb tire. Tbe verdict of all railway men here ia that the paper wheel is unrivaled. R. B. fetoee Rallwav IV oeas aa Timbers.

Just a few feet from the e-ranii fountain, where old habitues of the Exposition buil line naturally turn tneir races toward annual exhibits in tne art galleri is found, at the present Hallway tx posit on. an exhibit of rare and wonderful in terest, as well as of great practical merit. We refer to the exhibit of the hou of R. B. Stone, whose general offices are at Club-room Grand Pacific Hotel.

Chicago, made by F. B. Stone, of she same house. It is a collection of woods from even portion of the globe. They range from the ordinary woods of native growth to the rarest and costliest of foreign importation.

The entire collection, which no visitor to the Exposition should fail to see. and which, it is so varied and complete, would re) hours to thoroughly studr and entov. nuraoer otr four a MNdYeti specimens! Neltuer are these a make-be lieve exliluit. this Ann, which Is known among fniiway men from one end of tbe country to the Xthar. are themselves mill owners and producer.

and probably have tbe fullest and completest fax-ili lien of any similar institution in tbe country lor promptly filling railway orders, by mail or telegraph, for car aud bridge timbers, and for tbe woods of any native or foreign specimen shown. Prominent among the specimens are black birch and fine curly maple from New York; cherry and sycamore from Indiana; red cedar from Florida; mahoganv and prima vera from Jlejrleo: oak crotch and anh burl from Michigan; white cedar from Wisconsin; red wood a grand specimen thirty -eight inches in width, a wood which very happily combines use and. beauty for interior work -i-from California; yellow pine and red and white spruce from Colorado; superb specimens of oak car Umbers, of which this house make a specialty; olive wood from Palestine; ash from Hungary; cedar from Alaska; black walnut from satin wood from San Domiugo; yuba from West India; rosewood from Brazil; to from tbe South Sea Islands; tamano from the Sandwich Islands: amaranth from Africa, and two hundred wonderfully interesting specimens of Brazilian woods. The "Inflexible Arrh Bar," which is illustrated on another page, with hooks as strong as the well-known clamp-strap hook for no we iruss undoes, on tbe ends oi its suspension bar, to meet its outward thrust, designed and patented by E. B.

Meatyard, C. E. of Lake Geneva, will not fail to attract the attention of all railway officials who are seeking for 'means to reduce their repair account. nr. jneatraru claims no merit as an inventor: but does claim that he has worked as an engineer to produce the necessurv parapbercalia to work mild steel into useful shapes without the aid ot such elements aa are almost certain to Morlfice the interests of the business, which sustains them, to their own personal caprices.

Am one the tools i is one of a set of power press- es to reduce the melting to approximate shapes. to be finished by the rolls or hammer, and this while pressing out tbe gas, air and liauid cinder. Another tool is an isochronal and laoavnami steam hammer, wnicn will not Injur tne under side of the forging, or waste a good portion of Its energy ln useless vibration through tbe surround In ft grounds. ishing to Interest capital and establish a bust nes on tlie seaboard, Mr. Meatyard presents bis plans, and will be ready to answer all inquiries during the Railway Appliance Exposition in thia city.

1 he plans include the following points regarding THE ACME SUSPENSION CAR. First A light, strong and cushioned wheel, with hammer-finished tread. Second The ligbteat and strongest truck-frame wnicn can be maue. Third A self-lubricatinr axle-bearing. Fourth A car strong enough to carry four tons oi paying I reign lor every ton of Its own weight.

with radiating axles, compromise tread wheels, isoinetncaily distributed on each side; the body bolster problem solved, and the depth of floor, to meet longitudinal shocks, increased from eight to thirteen and one-ball inches. Fifth A simple and cheap self-acting brake. which need no expenditure of useful power to operate. blxth The anchor coupler, with all Its improve ments, i ne oojeci is to prevent tne violent ver tical, lateral aud longitudinal shocks, and to meet the vibratory motion. Tbe iron truck frames now in use can not be kept square.

Tbe floor of tbe old-style car is three feet ten inches above the tops of the raila. The floor of this car is three feet four aad one-half inches over level. Tbe center of gravity of the wood box is nearly two feet higher than that of the steel one. The steel box is fire aud tramp proof. The height of tho car body may be reduced and Ita width increased.

Any reasonable length of body may be built and perfectly balanced with its load directly over tne center of tne supporting trucks. rOR THIRTT-8IX-FEET CARS, WITH TBE MAX IUVU WEIGHT OF FIVE TONS ON EACH CAR WHEEL: Where the truck-wheel base is five feet we have forty tons of load on the stringers of a bridge. for instance, massed at intervals of thirty -six feet on sixteen feet, alternating with spaces of twenty feet having nothing on them, here tbe wheels are nine feet apart on each rail the load is as evenly distributed aa Is practicable for said length of car. No engine isolates forty tons on a lengta oi sixteen leeu 1 he wood car weighs xa.000 pounds, aad. to put nve tons on eacu wneei, came pounds.

1 steel car ot tne same teagui wul weiga lo- 000 pounds, and, with five tons on each wheel. must carry pounds, una masses lorty tons at points thirty -six feet apart, the other masses ten tons at points nine xeet apart, ne wood car. under above conditions, carries two and one-fifth tone per ton of Its own weight. Tne steel car. under UKe cootlltlons, carries lour tons per ton of it own weight.

With firm, dense, soft steel, made this way. light, strong and durable cars can be constructed at price to defy competition. THE ACXE" STEEL WHEEL. Any one who choose to examine a newly. broken bar of steel will be apt to find ancom- bined graphite, or a ga-ceU.

in the fracture. Such faulia can only be remedied by pressure While tne steel is in a aetni-motieu state, mta pressure of from to 400 atmospbersa, gradu ally obtained, before tbe ingots are cold enough to work in tne uies oi a naiumer, tne parta of tne best wheel tne world lias ever known can be pro duced cheaply. Being bammer-fliiialied and tempered during the same beat, the parts will fit each otner witu tneir sun, unaisturuea oy tne the, to take the wear and tear of actual service. As many railway orociaia and capitalist inter ested in railway appliances may u4 be able to visit the Exposition. Mr.

Meatyard courteously requests correspondence regarding this important development In ear construction, addressed to him at the Expositioa during its continuance. and tharaaXter, to au reside nee. Lac ueneva. Wis. Jobs B.

Mewsea's Fare Beses, Eta, One of the most interesting exhibit at the present Exposition Is mad br John li. Slaweoa. tbe Preaident of the Central Cross Towa Railroad Company, of New York City, who is proprietor and patentee of all practicable fare boxes aad other devices for collecting far and making change, either on street railways or omnibuses. All street railway nad omnibus men tbrooa-hont tbe country will be interested in this exhibit. It includes a great variety of fare boxes ot most perfect eoaatrucUon, finish aad practicability; "Change Gate." "Change Slides." drivers" "Chang Boxes." etc.

etc ln fact, every poealble form of convenience in the collection of fares, whether outside or inside street cars, trains and public vebicl of any description, a wellaa coovesssnoasln making change, seem to have aeea covered by Mr. Maw-eon's patent. They arenanufactured ia all varieties aad grades of flniaa, aad those oa exaltation form really aa Interesting study, not only to those iuimsstsd street railway saattera, sattte tha pubUe generally. Bocae fare boxes are shown with application ef let patents, which are abeohitely rsarscT la simplicity of use. They are perfectly babie teret out of order, can not possibly ae lacked, and, even If all the glass were broken, ae fare can possibly be extracted from the drawer.

Mr. Biaweon wns the originator of the "Fair Box System," aad all of his boxes. St. Paul; webasa. Hav Louis ana Padficl change gales ana an vers- ennnge box are I Atchison.

Topefca and Santa Fet Chiea- I protected by aeverai paieata, ao that parties I go and Arson: Leaver nad Rm Uraade; M. Lous I artngtaan are aot liable to claim for iarringe- I 1 1 fiie Via a lTaine reninm ul. PsoL Miaw I sa as the ease wtta asaae boxes whisk are I now being offered for sale It ia understood that Blawaoa'e boxea, etc. nave bean generally adoptee, not only all ever the United States aad are largely una la Mexico, South Asaerica, Europe, Asia and Australia in fact, nearly all places where street cars are used. The prices have been greatly reduced and are made to fit the time.

As there are large num bers of persona inter saw a la the matters, who may not ne au to attend tne KxpoatOon. it ia proper to stats that orders will be promptly filled by addressing J. S. Slawaon, Proprietor and Patentee, Id West rorty-sixth street, or Tbe John Stephenson Combacy (Limited), 47 East Twenty-eeventh atreet. New York City.

The North Chteag a Rolling Mill Cesapaay'a BahlMt Includes piece of the first steel rail ever rolled in America. Tbe rail from which it waa taken waa rolled at their Chicago works. May 24, lwtt, from ingots mad at Oapt. Ward's works at Wy andotte, and waa made entirely of Lake' Superior ore. Kails at that time were roued la about sixteen foot lengths.

This company now have on exhibition raila thirty feet, sixty feet and ninety feet long, and even ot the lmmees length ef 120 feet. Their important exhibit cover also several articles manufactured from aoft steel, made by their converters. Such as a pipe bent cold into a coil some six Inches in diameter, and samples of steel bent double while cold, which were mad from thia soft steel, that bad been piled aad welded the same aa iron ia usually treated. Their exhibit, wnlcb la on or remarkable in terest, shows ingots from which the rails are rolled; also, great varieties of rails of different weight per yard and several rail ji lnf any The Mercer Kat Leek. The most valuable railway apeliancea on ex hibit here are not thone occupying the largest space or attracting tlie greatest crowds.

Railway officials everywhere wilt take deeper interest In Ahose appliances which make close economy possible, and render safety In sails sy operation more absolute. In this the Mercer Nut Lock, shown by tbe Mercer Nut Lock Company, of West Chester, Chester county, IV la pre-eminent. It la especially adapted for fast ening the nuts on the bolts through tbe rail and fish-plate at the joints of the rails, on railroads, and is acknowledged by experienced railroad men anl engineers to be a perfect nut fastener. Thia lock nas nad tne severest tests of nearly three years on the main line of one of the largest American railroads, and during that time, on a three-mil section, not a ttgl nut bcram ioOMiw-d, and at th etui of that period no nut could be forced up more (hat on-fourth of a turn witA a wrench. It Is simple, durshle.

cheap, perfect. The ohjects sought and secured by tue Mercer Lock areerrectiveneav.nimpJici-ty. wctirity and cheapuesa. The Invention, whic.i is fully Illustrated and described in another pagb of this issue, consist of a Z-shnped malleaiile casting, th end thereof having eye or washers for encircling the ends of the bolta. The enda of the anna are connected by a diagonal brace, giving strength tn the de vice, nnd holding the arms ln thsir rela tive position with each other, against the faces, or side of tbe nut.

Tlie points of juncture between the arms and diagonal braee are rounded off, allowing the nuts to turn freely snd be automatically looted. In locking th nuts, after insertion of bolta through the sections of rail and fish plate, tb eyes or washers are placed over the ends of the bolts and the nuts screwed on. The nuts are turned down against the washer faces. Each ant corner coming ia contact with the rounded or beveled end. causes sufficient displacement to pass, until the under sides of tilt nuts come tightly against tbe wasbi-r faces.

The Dins are automatically locked every quarter-turn. until mil rely ecreweii to tue washers, forming- au absolute nut-lock. Ketightening of nuts to com pensate for wear la don with comparauvely lit its trouble Tne nutjock is apllcabie in locking nuts wherever two bolts are used together, and is especially recommended for use on pedestal bolts of car trucks. The proprietors furnish locks In Quantities for $rH) per thousand, making the cost only ten cents per Joint ot tour bolta eacu, one lock locking two nuts at the same time. Orders for trial will be filled any time at our expense, wherever railroad companies desire testing tbe Mercer Nut Lock merit oeiore oroenng largely, in oruenng trial looks, please answer the following intemgalo- rt-s: 1.

1 ho outside square of the nuts uwd on your road? 2. Tbe distance from oenter to cen ter oi tne Dour 3. ine size or tne bolt used 7 4. Are the nuts square or hexagon? (VtrreHnondeni-e is eourteoiisir anlli-lted from railroad engineers and others interested ln railroad enterprise. The Car Ceepllag Coups ay.

of Kansas City, have oa exhibition full-size draw cars of their patent automatic freight car coupling (Burkhardt attachment), on trucks, by wnicn tney can ruiiy aemonatrai to all railway men tbe efficiency of their devioe. They ran couple automatically to both high and low cars. and on any curve on wnicn an engin can run. Tbsy can also uncouple from the top or either sid of cars, or it can be set not to couple. Tney use no una or pin.

ouiy to couple to the old-atyle link and pin coupling. It consist of compound gravitating grappling-hooks, th lower hook always bookinr into tb face of adjacent drawbar, and the other hook mounting, and hooking, on th top. it is simple in construction, and efficient In Ita operations. They claim it combines all the principles demanded by Mr. Huntington for a perfect automatic freight-car coupling All railway men should avail tbemselve of th opportunity of seeing It.

It is made entirely of steel, by the Eureka steel-works, which makes il light and durable, and no dead weight to carry. it wui no doubt be speedily adopted. Tbe Cbleage Seal Cesapaay, located at 140 and lot South Jefferson street, Chicago, hav an Immense exhibit of scales an.l tmplemeata. Among tbe exhibit are a torty-ton railroad track -scale, great numbers and varieUet of depot and ware bouse scale, office scales, let ter copying presses, baggage barrows, depot and warehouse trucks, wheelbarrows, porta bi forges for bridges, boiler makers, railroad or ami work, blacksmith' and machine shop tools of all descriptions, etc. Tbe Chicago Hcale Company Is the largest In stitution of this kind ia Ui West.

It manufactures, said from tn articles above named, the best-known U. 8. Standard bay. crain, stock, coal, ootton, merchants', farmers', plant ers grocer' and druggist scales: farm and plantation bells, hoisting cranes, and innumerable other labor-saving tools and appliances. i nis great manufacturing institution employe ao traveling salesmen whatever.

They are ihua enabled te sell direct to the purchaser and save the latter tbe enormous expense usually consumed in that directioa. Every article manufactured by them la guaranteed to be strictly of tbe first quality, and la sold at prices wnlcb can not be equaled anywhere in the world. Correspondence is courteously Invited, and free illus trate circulars ana pnoe usts wui be rurmsnea promptly on application. All those visiting tha Exposition, whether railroad men or tbe general public, should not fail to Inspect the Chicago Scale Company's splendid exhibit. Tbe Texaa Continental Transportation Cess.

pnay, operating over tbe Huntington system: Chesapeake aud Ohio, Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern, Cincinnati, Indianapolis. 84. Louis and Chicago Galveston, llarris-burgaudBaa Antonio and Southern Pacifio railways, L. M. Uiggs, President, hav ou exhibition a refrigerator car of tha 1.

M. at II. F. Htgga patent. Thia company haa been very successful with this car, carrying tropical and domestic fruil and vegetables front th South to the North and East; Nortaern products to ta South; shell oysters.

New Orleans to Kan Francisco; all under a 5nsranioe xney are now trans porting over tne alvestoa, Harrisburg aad San Antonio railway system fresh meat killed at Victoria, Tax, by th Texaa Continental Meat Company, U. V. Hlgga, Presides t. to Bouchers market, Mr. Wuiiam Fagan, general agent of I the meat company at New Orleans, la sailing dally several carioada, aad is fast building up a large refrigerator frh meat business ia Boutneru cine with tb cars, aad ooohng-rooma of lb same patent.

Some idea of their reliability can be rained When it la learned that the LC.I. Company transport everything la thsss cars under a ysor-aslee bill of lading, it being tbe only line in thia country that gives a guars a tea bill of lading, except the American Refrigerator Transit Company, owned by the Missouri Pacific system, which us th HigEs' car only. Tbe care are beautifully finished, janUie and oatpaiaied white, with a dag of tbe old republic of Texaa painted on each, aide, and lettered with the aam of the company and the roads ever which it operates. The walla era constructed bot kat nnd frott proof. The cold air coming front the ice-cbamoers will dry a wet biaaket suspended from tbe ceiling ia a few hours when the doors ar closed: and ma tehee will light after remain lag ia tne Higgs' ear for a week.

The car keeps a temperature of 40 without salt: and the fact that they ar daily transporting tree meats from the piaiua Texaa to market, under a hot southern sua, prove them to be a ear superior la their kind. Lis er est Halt, the new decorative material for walla, ears, cabinet work, aad asaay other aeea, ia repress tud by aa Imposing exhibit. Imperishable, artlsue nad a perfect reproduction of cnsssil metal or carved woods, there la literally ao limit tb the application of thia wonderful material, Visitors to the ExposlUoa are courteously Invited to ceil aad inspect to complete line of lincruata-Waltea aeslgaa now oa exhibition as John J. MoOrata's oaammoth sals rooms, ion te IU Wabash avenne, Chicago. The Lew lads rewler laereved Alsras the etreet railway appHsacea aeea Is a laiAt.waa aoaxrivaaea.

anaanfactiired br tha firs ot Lewi ft Fowier. Brooklyn, N. for rrg- ranged to piisasy a ear, waere as i cars, it la very aaadsomaty maue ana ta oun- eidered superior to ail others this character. One of the principal feature eCUsssSevtea ia, that the danger of th as of '-dnmsay" er false belie, or alarm. 1 entirely renxrred, which nee I th great festore failure la all regietar worn an tbe bodyof the conductor.

Anotber fact ia its aver tm that the ins-rumeat I not worn eat th body, making lie ae inure genteel aad iw- ssssf tarns ae sauna armassat position hi the nUla vtewcsutaepeee.