THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



"On this small speck of land far out in 

 the ocean, the birds lay, hatch, and die by 

 millions. When they fly the sun is dark- 

 ened as if a cloud had passed over it. The 

 decaying bones, with disintegrated coral, 

 helps to form the guano, which is exported 

 every year by hundreds of tons in ships to 

 the Hawaiian Islands and Pacific Coast. 

 The birds seldom lay more than one egg 

 before incubation, though often several in 

 a season. They are very tame, and so 

 bold that you can pick them up as you 

 walk along the path. They snap at the 

 trousers and dresses of persons who are 

 crossing the island, so that one is com- 

 pelled to carry a stick for self-protection. 

 They gather on the railroad tracks in such 

 numbers that a man has to sit in front of 

 the car as it is being drawn by the mules, 

 with a stick in hand, and push them out 

 of the way. The eggs on Leyson Island 

 are frequently gathered in wheelbarrows, 

 cars filled with them, and schooners 

 loaded. This industry, however, is un- 

 profitable, owing to the great distance 

 they have to be exported." 



STATE FAIR AND EXPOSITION COM- 

 BINED. 



The State Board of Agriculture and the 

 managers of the Greater America Exposi- 

 tion, after discussion of the subject, have 

 agreed to a plan for holding the Nebraska 

 State Fair within the Exposition Grounds 

 the coming fall. At a recent joint meet- 

 ing at Omaha the plan of co-operation 



between the exposition management and 

 the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture 

 by which the state fair willl be merged 

 into the Greater America enterprise was 

 ratified so far as the exposition was con- 

 cerned. It is confidently expected the 

 State Board will ratify the action of its 

 committee at a meeting to be held soon. 



The Greater America Exposition agrees 

 to place at the disposal of the State Board 

 of Agricultural whatever space may be 

 found necessary for a creditable exhibit in 

 the Agricultural, Horticultural. Dairy 

 and Apiary buildings, and to afford proper 

 accommodations for all the live stock that 

 may be placed on exhibition. 



The Greater America Exposition agrees 

 to employ such officers as may be mutu- 

 ally ageeed upon to superintend the agri- 

 cultural, horticultural, live stock, dairy 

 and apiary exhibits. 



The Exposition directory appropriated 

 $100,000 for the organization of a colonial 

 exhibit and to send a representative to 

 the Philippine islands at once. 



ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED EVERY- 

 where for "The Story of the Philippines," by 

 Murat Halstead, commissioned by the Govern- 

 ment as Official Historian to the War Depart- 

 ment. This book was written in army camps at 

 San Francisco, on the Pacific with General 

 Merritt, in the hospitals at Honolulu, in Hong 

 Kong, in the American trenches at Manila, in 

 the insurgent camps with Aguinaldo, on the 

 deck of the Olympia with Dewey, and in the 

 roar of battle at the fall of Manila. Bonanza 

 for agents. Brimful of original pictures taken 

 by government photographers on the spot 

 Large book. Low prices. Big profits. Freight 

 paid. Credit given. Drop all trashy unofficial 

 war books. Outfit free. Address, H, L. Barber. 

 Gen. Mngr., 356 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 



