VOL. XXVII. \ % /£-. .    -v.  INDIANAPOLIS, IND., MAROH 20, 1892.
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NO. 13
XIICIBICAL BUILDUCG AT THE WOBLD'8
FAIE.
The Electrical building the seat of peril.p» the most novel and billiant exhibit in the trhole Exposition, Is
3„ feet wide and 700 feet long,
the major axis running north and
i.nth. The sonth front is on the great
Quadrangle or Court; the*north front faces
the lagoon; the east front Is opposite the
Manufactures building and the west faces
the Mines building.
The general scheme of the plan Is based
upon a longitudinal nave 115 feet wide and
114 feet high, crossed in the middle by a
transept of thesame width and height.
The nave and transept have a pitched roof,
with a range of skylights at the bottom of
tie pitch, and clearstory windows. The
reat of the building is covered with a flat
roof averaging 62 feet in height, and provided with skylights.
The second story is composed of a series
of galleries connected across the nave by
two bridges, with access by four grand
staircases. The area of the galleries In tbe
second story is 118,546 square feet, or 2 7
acres. t
The exterior walls of tbis building are
composed of a continuous Corinthian order of pilasters, 3 feet 6 inches wide and
42 feet high, supporting a full entablature,
and resting upon a stylobate 8 feet 6 Inches.
The total height of the walls from the
grade outside is 63 feet 6 Inches.
At each of the four corners of the building there is a pavilion, above which rises a
light open spire or tower 169 feet high.
Intermediate between these corner pavilion, and the center pavilions on the east
and west sides, there is a subordinate pavilion bearing a low square dome upon an
open lantern.
The Electricity building has an open
portico extending along the whole of the
sonth facade, the lower, or Ionic order
forming an open screen In front of it.
Tae various subordinate pavilions are
treated with windows and balconies. The
details of the exterior orders are richly
decorated, and the pediments, friezss, panels and spandrils have received a decoration of figures in relief, with architectural
motifs, the general tendency of which is
to illustrate the purposes of  the building
The appearance of the exterior is that of
marble, but the walls ofthe hemlcycle and
of the various porticos and loggia are highly enriched with color, the pilasters in
thsse places being decorated with scagllola,
and the capitals with metallic effects In
bronze.
Van Brunt & Howe, of Kansas City, are
we architects.   The cost is $375,000.
March Weather ln North Dakota.
*"»«_ Indiana Farmer:
With what pleasure I welcome that good,
"natworthy friend the Indiana Farmer
*»cn week, I will not attempt to say, but
Mtlt meets the genuine welcame ofa
.(_»__. tri6d frlend there ls no doubt*
an I       coming of warm spring weather
w_>v We have eD-°yed f°r the past
e_l thought8 0l «eed planting and gen-
- 'garden operations force themselves
Not0,.?6 and giye "delightful zast to life.
di:fZUhstanding that there are still snow
w abroad that would appall a Hoosier
__tl.fv.Ul18 8eaaon. and, furthermore
most the lastfew hours one of the
the I""'6'*"" not the most so—storms of
c,m7!^.ha98et-n and is still active. K
thon-i. 'waning. The day was mild
do»,..n°tqulte clear-   »°<>ra andwin-
*m*TTn■U- day>anda fewanU-
«ieir«.t Btore windows came out of
the *tacombs and buzzed np and down
Keese h£ qUlte acUvely- A *»w wild
another^ °°me *° wandens_a • lake,
Probahii ^ 0l 1,PrIn8'8 BUre advance.
ttj-H-,1, yttey were conceited young-
»9d1,. .-. Wt8re ^-Patient of authority and
m&> abr°ad.   They -will,  no  doubt
find the wheat shocks buried in snow, for
this is as I said, one ot the most driving
storms yet experienced. Out buildings
are filled with snow and fantastic drifts
are piled up in porches • and even inside
the doors, wherever the tiniest crack is exposed to the force of Boreas. This is only
what we expect of March. A good deal of
noise and bluster; but April is coming on
behind, and the storm month will have to
yield the throne to his capricious, but
more smiling successor.
Permit me to offer special thanks for the
article on '-The Snyder Blackberry,", also
that on "Water-proof cloth for frames,"
besides valuable articles upon various topics, too numerous to mention. Success
and prosperity to the Farmer and all its
patrons, Pauline C. Hammond.
Likota, N. D.
Appeal to American Farmers.
To the Farmers of America:
The vicissitudes of climate are such in
all countries tint  not even the most fav-
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and feel ourselves none the poorer.
Has not a good Providence mads ns the
stewards of his bounty for this greatest of
all crises—for the salvation of many millions of our fellow-men in t£e far-away
country of a great and friendly power?
That America will respond in a signal
manner who can doubt? Already the City
of Brotherly Love has sent forth one
steamship on its errand of mercy, and
another will sail from New York In a few
days. Bat still other ships must go in
like manner, that the' millions of outstretched hands may not wait in vain.
The farmers, the gardeners, the fruitgrowers, the dairymen, the stock-growers
of the United States, and among the most
intelligent and reponsive of all our 65,000,-
000. They can each give a portion, either
in kind or for conversion into other produce or money, of all that they have so
bountifully recalved. Will they wait for
some miracle, or will they act?
Same, thank G d, have acted already.
The  farmers  of  Iowa,    Minnesota,  Ne-
ELECTRICAL   BUILDING*   AT  THE   WORLD'S   FAIR.
ored cin hope for entire immunity from
the losses and distresses they may entail
To-day it is the wretched lot of some 20
great provinces of middle and southern
Rjjssia, having a population nearly equal
to one-fourth tbat of the whole empire, to
suffer the horrors of-famine.
For successive years their crops were
scant, and last year they failed so almost
entirely that multitudes are withont food
other than the refuse of their neighbors'
fields, granaries, cellars and kitchens, the
seed of weeds and the bark of trees ground
and mixed with all these. The cattle on
which they had depended for milk or service, and even their horses, needed as
beasts of burden, are slain and consumed
as a means of prolonging life until relief
shall oome from some quarter of the globe.
Starvation alone is terrible enough, but
the famine in Rassia has been aggravated
by a fierceness of cold rarely known in a
Russian winter, while fuel Is so scarce that
in many cases remnants of stubble'and
the thatching of stables, mixed with turf
and dried scrapings of the barnyard afford the only means of warming their
hovels and cooking the miserable pittance
of food thus gathered together.
Nor is this all. Pestilence, too, has come
with all its added terrors. Hungering,
freezing, and beset by famine fever, the
poor peasants of Russia demand the
world's sympathy as It has seldom been
demanded in all human history.
What is to be done?
Europe in general has been a sufferer
from the drouths of '91 and has little to
spare. But, thank Heaven, America has
been blessed as never before. We have
millions to sell, and can also give millions
braska, Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, and some
other States have moved and are moving,
Wheat and rye flour, kiln-dried cornmeal cured meats, and can-ted goods generally are on the way to the seaboard.
But many cargoes will be needed ere the
wants of 20.000,000 are met through all the
months untila new harvest,
""Therefore, whatsoever ye would that
men should do to you, do ye even so unto
them " There is no higher, truer, other
law. Its fulfillment by Americans will
banish the Russian famine and leave it
but a horrid dream.
The railway companies have consented
to carry car-loads of famine supplies to
the seaboard without charge; the owners
of mills and kiln-drying houses at Akron,
Ohio, and at Wilmington, Del., are preparing corn at almost no cost to the donor,
and when your gifts are ready, if you
have no other preferred medium, application to the Red Cross, 732 Fourteenth
street, Washington, will secure printed
tags, in require 1 number, that will direct
them to places of consignment on the seaboard.
Farmers of America! Let your deeds in
this day of calamity be fully worthy of
yourselves, of the matchless advantages
you so richly enjoy, of this glorious land
so happily inherited, of this our sacred
cause so urgently demanding the glad service of all who love their fellow-men \_\
In the name of all by whom and for
whom this appeal ls made,
JohwW. Hoyt,
Chairman of the  Russian Famine  Relief
Cpmmttee of the United   States,   732
Fourteenth street,Washington, D. C. *
The Muncie Library.
Editors Indiana Farmers:
Mrs. Laura D. Worley, Vice-President •
of the "Indiana Farmers' Reading Circle,"
also one of tbe lady managers of the
World's Fair, who spent a day or two in
our city this week, in attendance upon
the Dslaware County Farmers' Institute,
honored our Library with a short, but to
us,_an exceedingly enjoyable Uttle visit,
and at her urgent requo.t, it is our pleasure to give to the many readers of the Indiana Farmer's brief mention of one of
"Magic Muncie's" most laudable enterprises, "The Muncie Publio Library"—
which is kept up and controlled by the
city, hoping thereby to interest, to some
extent, our farmer friends, andjfamilies.in
thegreat advantage.and benefits to be derived from such an institution, so easily
accessible to most, if not ail of them.
Tho Public L'brary was established in
1874, through the earnest endeavors of
somo of Muncie's most enterprising citizens, and has steadily grown, till now her
accessions record nnmbers between eight
and nine thousand volumes, composed of
large number of bound volumes of the
different leading magazines and periodicals of the country, also history, fiction,
art, science and travels, with a large collection of miscellaneous reading.
The "Board" has recently added the
Century Dictionary at a cost of 560, which
with". Websters, Worcester, AUibone's
Dictionary- of Authors,- Encyclopedia
Brittanica, American, Americana, Annuals,
etc, make our reference department quite
a fieature of our library.
In December 1S91, Mr. Chas. A. Willard,
one of Muncie's well known and most
generous hearted citizans, kindly donated
between three and four hundred volumes
to us, from the old family library of his
father, the late Chas. F. Willard, of Palns-
ville, Oilo, formerly of Muncie, which
has been very acceptable, and highly appreciated.
The Williams Post, No. 78, G: A. R. of
our city, were happy recipients of sixty
odd more volumes, with the promise of
more to follow of the "Official Records of
the war of the Rebellion of the Union
and Confederate Armies," which they
have kindly placed upon our shelves.
On our reading tables, In the reading department, we have the latest of all the
leading magazines, and perodicals pertaining to art, science, literature and fashion, free to any and every one who may
come to spend an hour or two with us.
We also have in same department, not
only the weeklies and dallies of our own
city, the Times, Herald, News and Tribune, but we have those of cities far and
near, New York, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, Denver, Colorado, California,
etc.
We extend a most cordial Invitation to
all our friends when in the city to come
in and spend as much time with us as convenient, but more'especially do we invite
our farmers' wives and daughters, whom
we would gladly see avail themselves of
this vast opportunity for pleasure and profit. K. A. W.
Muncie.
A Good Fence.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
We believe that the aid given ns by the
Indiana Farmer's advertising columns,
commencing with the organization of this
company, has been a strong factor in giving us our foot hold and acquaintance
with the consumers in Indiana. The
Farmer has simply told the people what
we had to oflfar in the way of fencing, and
has been to ns one of our best "men on the
road." Very respectfully,
Cleaveland Fence Co.
By C F. CleAveland, V. P.
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World's Fair Commissioner Fordyce, of
Idaho, has made arrangements to exhibit
a herd of elk at Chicago in 1893.