THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPOSI- 

 TION. 



The Trans-Mississippi Exposition is to 

 have a Midway that will out-IIcrod Herod, 

 judging from the reports, or, in other 

 words, it will beat the famous original 

 Midway of the World's Columbian Ex- 

 position. Among the amusements is one 

 which will rival our "Shooting the Chutes,'' 

 and is described by Elsie Beasoner as fol- 

 lows: 



"A startling amusement which might be 

 termed 'unique' is called 'Rolling the Roll,' 

 and is supposed to succeed the well-known 

 'Shooting the Chutes.' A sloping railway, 

 some immense barrels provided with seats, 

 and a willing populace seems to be the 

 only necessary adjuncts. Those who are 

 sufficiently curious may enter the barrel, 

 and strapped to the seat, are allowed to 

 roll merrily down the hill. This unusual 

 form of amusement is said to be exhilara- 

 ting and not at all unpleasant." 



The following, quoted from the same 

 writer, has a tendency to make a wine- 

 bibber's mouth water: 



"A distinct novelty will be the Wine 

 Cascade, a perfect reproduction in minia- 

 ture of Niagara Falls. The base work, in- 

 cluding the rocks, Goat Island and the 

 Three Sisters, will be done in glass, over 

 ai.d about which will sweep an unceasing 

 flow of California wine. The precious 

 liquid will be conserved in the gorge be- 

 low, and automatically and secretely it will 

 b'3 returned to the fountain head to do 

 duty again. Another reproduction of na- 

 ture will be that of Old Faithfu.1, the big 

 geyser in Yellowstone Park. Tire cost is 

 estimated at $50,000." 



derstand and sympathize with the feelings 

 of the little girl, who, upon seeing the 

 soldiers marching by, begged to be allowed 

 to go, crying eagerly, ''Please, let u e, 

 mamma, for when I hear the cannon I'm 

 jut sure America can lick all creation, 

 and I want to go along and be in the pro- 

 cession so I can feel proud of ourselves. 1 ' 



WHAT'S IN A NAME? 

 Ex Gov. Hogg, of Texas, is a man of 

 great strength of mind, who regards with 

 serene indifference the jokes hurled at his 

 porcine name. When his first child, a 

 daughter, was born, he delved into classics 

 and christened her "Ima Hogg." This 

 created some little comment, and several 

 years passed by, when the news was finally 

 announced that another daughter had 

 come to gladden the home of thf, at that 

 time, Chief Excoutive of the State. And 

 again the father had recourse to Homer, 

 Herodotus, or Socrates, and the second 

 daughter was christened "Eura Hogg." 

 Friends joked, fellow statesmen smoked, 

 and the local press ran display heads, but 

 when, in the course of time, a little son 

 arrived and the "Governor," as he is pop- 

 ularly known, promptly named him "Moore 

 Hogg," nobody h.-id anything further to 

 say, and the victory remained with the ex- 

 Go vcr nor. Unidentified. 



The Spanish newspaper cartoons, which 

 have not even the redeeming virtue of 

 humor, represent America as a hog. 



Just at present, when every spark of 

 pibrlotHm is arouse.], I think wci can un- 



MYSTERY AND MASTERY OF IRRI- 



TION. 



One of the foremost things needful to 

 make irrigation a successes good literature 

 relative to the subject, from which the 

 correct methods may be learned. There 

 area great many books being written upon 



