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Show THE MIDWINTER FAIR. Items from our regular Correspondent. Corres-pondent. On tho evening ol Friday, Aprsl 11) lakes place the Carnival ball. As to the succeso of this ball of all nations there can bo no manner of doubt, for every foreign commisslouerand the Midwinter exposition, and every representative ot a foreign concession or of u foreign exhibit, have already promlrd to Into part and to introduce in tho grand inarch on that occasion tho funny and peculiar peoplo ot whom they hae control. con-trol. Arrangements aro being made for the running ot special trains from nil parts of the Pacific Coait Muring this carnival season, nnd It it cunfidentlyex-pcctcM cunfidentlyex-pcctcM that weeks ot tho fair will be the greatest in the history ot tho exposition. expo-sition. Tho work that Is being Mono In tho prcperatlon of tho floats Is already n guarantee that tlieo arc to be no taw-Mry taw-Mry accessories. Thero will lie seen on this occasion some of tho most artistic creations e,er preseuteM in a street pageant. An effort is being undo to secure tho closing of business houses throughout tho city on tho opening day ot the Carnival, mid it goes without saying say-ing that little or no work will bo dono on tho evenings which nro to bo devoted at the exposition to tho night parado and to the carnival ball. Tho.elemenl of romance, which has doubtless existed under tho roso over since tho Inception ot tho exposition, has at last manifested itsolflu no uncertain un-certain terms. On Sunday, April 1, there was a marriage in ono ot tho cars ot tho Firth wheel. Tho contracting parties were Alcxnndcr Von Gunthcr and Ernestine Schneider. The Interesting Interest-ing part of the story in connection w It this marriage Is that this was not tlio first time thnt this snnio couplo had been united in matrimony. Years ago they took each other for better or for worse, and each desided Hint it was worsothan better. At any rate they drifted apart, and they only met n few weeks agoon the platform of tho Firth wheel w hero both had come to sec i he Bights of tho exposition. The meeting wassostrnngonnd tlio pleasure wna so mutural that they at once forgot past elpM Hourcrwr Clinlcrn. ipropos of o dispatch from Tunis' .1.1 ,r- 4!..l.ti.-.Cl-Jt'bf.t.-lj.l. .1 to face after so long a sepaiatlon 7 And whero was the scnao of being married a second limb without soma novel fenturo being connected with It? Hqnco it came 16 pasn that this couplo were married In tho "FirlU wheel. Tho chimes In the tower of tho Liberal Arts building peeled forth the wedding bells nt the moment tho, preacher pronounced them man and wife, Alltho other cars of tho wheel were full of wedding guests and the wedding journey consisted of a trip twlco round . This marrlngo wouhl seem to havo started a perfect matrimonial fever In tho exposition. There havo been two Indian marriages and ono Esquimau wedding within ft week. Ono of tho exposition guards mimed" a girl who hud been attending n sodawter booth, andthcie hate t"icn two ncnncicion the staff of tho exposition typewriters occasioned by hasty resignation with matrimonial intent. Ami now the MO Mining Camp has offered to furnish ft Justice of the pen en and a hundred dollars to any Mexican couplo who will come forwnrd to be Bpliccd in the old fashioned way, and tho gates of the camp are besieged by Harkisea. Lord Dacon. "Let the foundation of a profitable trade bo thus laid, that tho Exportation of home commodltleij bo moiu in wiluu ttiumiio Importation of foreign, so we shall be sure that tho stock ot tho Kingdom King-dom ahull yearly Increase, for then the Italanco of Trade must be returned in money or bullion," "Let tho vanity of the times bo restrained let vnnaly In apparel, and which Is more vane, that of fashion, bo avoided." "The excess of diet in costly meats and drinks fetched from beyond the seas should be avoided : wise men will do It without a law. I would there might bo u law to restrain fools. The excess of wines costs the' Kingdom much, nnd returns nothing, but 'surfeits and dleenteo. Were we who as easily as we might be, within n year or two at most, If wo would needs be drunk with wines, wo might be drunk with half tho cost." "If we must be vain in laceB mid cmbroldeiles which are more costly than olthcr wom or comely, let the curiosity bo tho manufacture of the nativos." "But Instead ofcrjlng up nil things which arc cither binught from beyond the sea, or wrought here by thn hands ot strangers, let us advance tho native commodities, of our own Kingdom nnd employ our countrymen before strang-eis; strang-eis; let us turn tho wools ot the land into in-to cloths nud stuffs of our own growth and the hemp nnd flaxgrowu hern Into linen cloth and cordage; It would tot many handB nt work, and thereby one shlllihg's worth of the materials would, by industry, bo muliiplM to fie, ten and many times to twenty times more in tho value being worth." |