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PITTSBURG'S EXPOSITION. 



It Will Open Sept. 4 anil Continue Until 

 Oct, 19. 



Pittsburg is going to hold an exjiosition, 

 beginning Sept. 4 and closing Oc-t. I'J, the ob- 

 ject being, of course, to make the world ac- 

 quainted with Pittsburg's resources. Since 

 ISSO the era of improvement has been marked. 

 Many wlio are interested in the material in- 

 terests of the United States have been at- 

 ta-acted to Pittsburg by the introduction of 

 natural gas, and it is predicted that Pittsburg 

 will eventually rank first In the manufacture 

 of finished article's, as she now leads in the 

 manufacture of iron, steel and glass. 



EAST ENTRANCK, MAIN EXPOSITION BCTLDINO. 

 The importance of an industrial exposition 

 was recognized four years ago, when the 

 Western Pennsylvania Exposition society 

 was incorporated. The object of the associa- 

 tion was "to advance the industrial arts and 

 sciences, and of agriculture and horticulture; 

 also the establishment of a polytechnic 

 school." The site chosen for the buildings is 

 between Third street and "the Point," on 

 Duquesne way, opposite the old Exposition 

 buildings. Allegheny river bounds the north- 

 western, the city the southeastern side of the 

 new buildings. The cost of the exposition 

 building, the machinery hall and a smaller 

 building to be used as a restaurant, will 



MACHINERY HAUL, PITTSIiURO. 



amount to S:i50.U:jO. It is al.so intended to 

 erect a music hall of magnificent propor- 



tions, and there is a possibility of the levee 

 between the exposition grounds and the Sixth 

 street bridge being turned into a public park 

 and promenade; active steps have already 

 been taken in that direction. 



These The,v Cede and These They Keep. 



The map hero given shows the Sioux reser- 

 vation, parts of which were recently ceded 

 to the United States by the Indians. The 

 11,000,000 acres which will be thrown open to 

 settlement, and for which the government is 

 to pay $14,000,000, are shown in the shaded 

 portion, and comprise about one-half of the 

 entii'e reservation. This tract extends from 

 Missouri to the Black Hills, and then north ; 



1. Proposed Standing Rock reservation. 2. Pro- 

 posed Cneyeune River reservation. 3. Proposed 

 Presho Lower Bnile reservation. 4. Proposed 

 Crow Creek reservation. 5. Orallala Sioux reser- 

 vation. 6. Proposed Pme Ridge reservation. 

 7. Proposed Rosebud reservation. 8. Military 

 reservation. 



SIOUX RESERVATION. 

 it embraces also a part of the fertile Winne- 

 bago-Crow Creek reservation on the east 

 bank of the Missouri river, south of Pierre. 

 The area of this great tract is equal to that 

 of New Hampshire and Massachusetts com- 

 bined. Two great railroads run into Pierre, 

 which is opposite the centi'e line and but 

 half a mile distant from the border. It i« 

 estimated that farms can be provided for not 

 less than 70,000 families. Already the clans 

 are gathering along the shores of the Mis- 

 souri, and a rush equal to that which marked 

 the opening of the Oklahoma lands is ex- 

 pected to begiu as soon as President Harrison 

 shall give the word. 



It Will Rise from Its Ashes. 



It is gratifying to know that Spokane Falls, 

 the Washington city that suffered so severely 

 from fire the other day, will shortly be re- 



BPOKANE FALLS BEPORB THE FIRE. 



built, and that in a more substantial manner 

 than before. The cut of the city before the 

 fire here given is from a photograph, and 

 shows the beautiful falls from which the 

 place takes its name. 



PERSONAL GOSSIP. 



Oscar Wilde, so it is reported, wearsaflan- 

 lel shirt embroidered with flowers. 



Baldwin, the balloonist, has made $60,000 

 by his parachute descents in England. 



The Duke of Fife is one of the incorpora- 

 tors of the British South African company. 



The venerable Professor Sir Richard Owen 

 has entered his 80th year in excellent health. 



Owen K. Studebacker, the well known 

 brewer of San Francisco, wants to be govei^ 

 nor of California. 



Mr. D. C. French, the sculptor, has com- 

 pleted his model for the Starr-King monu- 

 ment at San Francisco. 



A 16-year-old boy, "Professor" Franken- 

 stein, wields the baton at the concerts of the 

 West Side park iu Chicago. 



Ferdinand Guzman, the most famous ban- 

 dit in Spain, is a dwarf, who at one time 

 kept a small store in Granada. 



Hon. Samuel S. Cox is said to be the only 

 living man in public life who voted for the 

 admission of Oregon as a state Feb. 14, 1859. 



Thomas A. Edison rarely sleeps more than 

 four hours a day. He says that when he 

 sleeps eight hours he feels badly when he 

 wakes up. 



Senator J. P. Jones, of Nevada, and D. O. 

 Mills, of New York, own gold mines in Alas- 

 ka which are said to yield a net profit of 

 $1,800 a day. 



The leading tenor of today, Tamagno, is 

 about 40 years of age, and originally assisted 

 his father in the manufacture of mineral 

 waters in Turin. 



Ronald McDonald, son of the distinguished 

 English writer, George McDonald, has been 

 appointed head master of Ravenscroft school, 

 at Asheville, N. C. 



Gen. Gordon's cook has turned up alive at 

 Assorean, having come into the English 

 lines from the Mahdi's camp. He has blos- 

 somed into a doctor. 



The Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale say» 

 that when lie was a college student he and 

 his chum took the first daguerreotype picture 

 ever made in Boston. 



Ivan Stepanoff, of Tobolsk, Siberia, was at 

 one time governor of one of the Siberian 

 provinces. He is about 5 feet 9 inches in 

 height and weighs 150 pounds. 



Ex-Congiessman William L. Scott has ac- 

 quired another large tract of coal lands, and 

 is said to be the largest owner of this species 

 of property in Western Pennsylvania. 



Dr. Charles G. Eames, of New York city, 

 owns an old stone house in Berkshire county, 

 Mass., and close by it is the veritable black- 

 smith shop of Elihu Burritt, the linguist. 



Governor Beaver, of Peimsylvania, deter- 

 mined when he assumed his present oBice to 

 visit every county in the Keystone state. 

 He has just completed his task by his visit to 

 Pike county. 



According to Mr. Ruskin's recent criticism, 

 there is no genius about the English lan- 

 guage. He defines the Welsh language as 

 the language of music, the Scotch of poetry 

 and the Irish of wit. 



The pope recently gave Archbishop Corri- 

 gan, of New York city, two of his jubilee 

 presents — a chalice and a ciborium — both of 

 which are of gold, while the chalice Is studded 

 with amethysts and rubies. 



