Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-24
THE EXPOSITION.

Night.
Never was so great crowd at the Ex-
position as on last night. The main hall
and the spacious galleries we're packed
with human beings, that swayed back
ward and forward like great tide.
The hall was brilliantly illuminated, and
the display was dazzling in the extreme.
When Memphis puts her stalwart shout
ders to the wheel the great machine Of
progress moves rapidly onward. And
SO with the Exposition. Merchants
manufacturers, mechanics and news
paper men are all at work, adding at
fractions to the wonderful and creditable
display. People from the country
never grow weary Of admiring the
thousands Of curiosities on exhibition or
in extolling the enterprise aud taste OF
the men of the Bluff City. Last night
the LEDGER steam press and engine
were visited and inspected by thousands
of ladies and gentlemen who heretofore
had no conception Of the manner in
which newspapers were made. Mr..
Tracy, who has charge Of the press,
had to turn himself into public lee
turer, and also deliver FIVE hundred pri
vate lectures on newspaper presses and
machinery generally. Every eye fol-
lowed the paper as it left the feed
board, passed beneath the rollers, and
was thrown of by the "ay." Great is
the power of the pressl" was the gene
raj exclamation. May the LEDGER
flourish forever" was the sentence fol
lowing. We have no disposition to be by
percritical, but it has been subject OF
general remark that the music furnished
by the band in attendance does not
come up, either in variety or
style, to that usually furnished
to Memphis audiences. The Memphis
people are somewhat critical in musical
matters, and notice defects with alaerity.
Cannot the trouble in, this instance be
remedied2 By way of precaution in
case Of fire, steam fire engine is located
in the power hall, fred up and ready for
use at q moments notice. Near by
stand dozen buckets filled with water
ready for the fremen in case Of sudden
FIRE. The fifty horse power steam engine
from the works Of Cubbins & Gun, and
which furnishes the motive power for the
machinery in operation, was put to work
yesterday. The ponderous engine
worked beautifully and almost noise
lessly. Phil Mallon has a wonderful
little machine called hydraulic ram in
operation. By means of this power,
properly located, house can be sup
piled with water, or fountain created
as if by magic. The hydraulic ram is
the animal suggested by that honest old
farmer, Horace Greeley, by way Of a
cross to improve the breed of sheep.
The fine design aud painting Of the State
Arms, high up at the north end, and the
American eagle at the south end of the
building,are the work of Hook & LaGrill
and it reflects credit upon the mechanics
of our city.
GREAT is THE POWER OF SOAP.
Soap was manufactured at the Expo.
sition last evening in the presence of an
admiring crowd Of ladies and gentlemen.
At the south end of the main hall a
huge cake Of soap, placarded to weigh
1000 pounds, attracted universal atten-
ton. 1t was sufficient to wash all the
Juveniles in the city, with remainder
sufficient to supply the population Of
larger growth. The Immense cake was
cut up into bars and packed in boxes
ready for shipment by the workmen Of
Mesers. Prescott & Co. in few minutes.
Mr.. ], P. Prescott, the junior member of
the firm, and Mr.. Henry Newsom, fore
man of the great soap mandatory in
this city superintended the operation.
BLESSED be soap" was the universal
exclamation. Its usefulness cannot
be too highly extolled; it is in
dispensable to the health and com
tort of every family and individual;
without it, matrons Of Memphis would
have to catch half the youngsters in the
. neighborhood and scan their couDte-
nances closely before being able to
recognize their own offspring. Half an
hour was sufficient for the workmen to
reduce the thousand-pound cake to small
bars, and it was ready for sale. The
soap works of Messrs. Prescott & Co.
have sufficient capacity to manufacture
twenty thousand pounds per week--an
amount equal to three hundred and fifty
boxes. In a year they can manufacture
seventeen thousand boxes, or one million
Of pounds. Their extensive works were
put in operation in this city in the
year 1916 - the first establishment of
the kind established in the south
west. Messrs. Prescott & Co. supply
a large section of country with this arti-
Gle, their trade extending through this
and other States of the South. They
have worked faithfully in the effort to
develop the resources Of the South, and
give employment to our own people
Their motto is: Keep money at home,
and patronize home manufactures. By
following out this golden rule, our coun-
try will become selfsupporting and
prosperous. Prescott & Co. deserve
credit for their enterprising spirit dis
played upon every occasion, and espe-
cially at the Exposition. Do net forget
to visit their soap stand tonight. Their
establishment is at No. 80 Union street,
where all qualities of soap are for sale at
prices that defy competition, GENE from
whence it may.
NULTUM IN PARvO.
On the east gallery, near the south end,
sta,ds n rlaeo oaao 6iIad with homa-