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so that damage has been done to the property of exhibitors, and many 
narrow escapes have been made. The dismantelment of the fire 
apparatus has rendered the situation all the more dangerous. Finally 
the quarters for the shelter of the strangers engaged in moving their 
exhibits have been rendered uninhabitable at an inclement season of 
the year. Altogether, the hospitality of Chicago to exhibitors and 
national commissions has been scanty, and this part of the exposition 
management does not redound to the credit of the city. Itis in marked 
contrast to that which has characterized the expositions held elsewhere — 
in both Europe and America. 
—TueE closing of the Allis Biological Laboratory at Milwaukee, is 
much to be regretted, but as it is due to the financial stringency, it is 
to be hoped that, with the return of more prosperous times, it will be 
reopened by its public-spirited and scientific founder. 
