Big Timbers for Exposition Buifdings

The six large exhibit palaces being erected by the Guy tr. Atkinson Company at the Golden Gate International Exposition require more than 10,000,000 board feet of lumber. The exhibit buildings, which measure 886x200 feet, 415x200 feet, ancl 753x178 feet, in pairs, are among the largest wood frame structures yet built. Some of the structural timbers that rvill be used in these buildings include 36 pieces of 7S-foot 12x16 inch and 36 pieces of 74-foot length. The Portland office of the contractors divided the lumber order for the six exhibit palaces among twenty-six mills.

The construction of the four pavilions surrounding the central part requires2,25o,ffi feet of lumber. Clinton Construction Company are the contractors.

The ferry terminal to be constructed by the Clinton firm calls for 825,000 feet of lumber, and the wharf, being built by Malott & Peterson, requires an additional 1,585,000 feet. Another 325,000 feet is required by the Atkinson Company for the 400-foot central tower.

The Exposition calls for a $16,000,000 construction program.

The Democracy Of The Dead

In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There i{ neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave. At this fatal threshold the philosopher ceases to be wise, and the song of the poet is silent. Dives relinquishes his millions and Lazarus his rags.

The poor man is as rich as the richest, and the rich man is as poor as the pauper. The creditor loses his usury, and the debtor is acquitted of his obligation. There the proud man surrenders his dignities, the politician his honors, the wordling his pleasures, the invalid needs no physician, and the laborer rests from unrequited toil.

Here at last is Nature's final decree in equity. The wrongs of time are redressed.. Injustice is expiated, the irony of Fate is refuted, the unequal distribution of wealth, honor, capacity, pleasure and opportunity, which makes life such a cruel and inexplicable tragedy, ceases in the realm of death. The strongest there has no supremacy, and the weakest needs no defense. The mightiest captain succumbs to that invincible adversary, who disarms alike the victor and the vanquished.

-John J. Ingalls.

The Early Morning

By Hilaire Belloc

The moon on the one hand, The dawn on the other; good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks -Munro.

The moon is my sister, The dawn is my brother.

The moon on my left And the dawn on my right. My brother, good morningl My sister, good night.

The cook was a go she went.

Nice And Clean

Magnolia: "When Mandy went an' got married, us girls done give her a shower."

Pansy: "Dat sho' was nice. Ah'll bet her husban' was glad to git her all nice an' clean."

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.-Cardinal Newman.

UP.HILL

Does the road wind up-hill all the way?

Yes, to the very end.

Will the day's journey take the whole long day?

From morn till night, my friend.

But is there for the night a resting-place?

A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face?

You cannot miss that inn.

Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?

Those who have gone before.

Then must I knock, or call when just in sight?

They will not keep you standing at that door.

Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?

Of labor you shall find the sum.

Will there be beds for me and all who seek?

Yea, beds for all who come.

-Christina G. Rossetti.

Proving He Knew

"Oh yes," said the pilot on the steamboat, .'I've been on this river so long I know where every stump is."

Just then the boat struck a stump which shook it from stem to stern.

"There," he continued. "that's one of them now.',

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

-Mark Twain.

A Sure Sign

"I need a holiday," said the pretty cashier. "I'm not looking my best."

ttNonsense," said the manager, "ft isn't nonsense; the men are beginning to count their change."

In The Hills Of Kentucky

Salesman: "Say, your shoes are mixed; you've got the left shoe on the right foot."

Strawfoot: "And here for twenty years f thought I was clubfooted."