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THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR.—GRAND BASIN AND COURT OF HONOR.

In the warm months of 1893 "hard times" came. Goods went down to a low price, and scores of shops had to close, while hosts of men were thrown out of work. There were strikes in coal mines, and on one great coal rail-road. This brought grief to those who had to toil with their hands.

Soon all sides came to see that "hon-est money" was best, and that all that took the place of gold should be of the same worth as gold.

At At-lan-ta, Geor-gi-a, in 1895, there was a fine show, and it was good to see there proofs of what the South had