The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-08
How tho Exposition Grounds Look.

I Plunging into the throng Of laborers,
trains and animals, with the intention Of
Obtaining close view Of the various
| structures, YOU come first to the ma!
fchinery hall, which promises TO be the
first completed. It will be much the
largest edf1ce devoted TO the display Of
machinery in motion which the world
has ever seen, it's floor space exceeding
| by four acres that OF the great machinery
hall at the Vienna Exhibition.
Close by, small 0ne-story building,
surrounding a court, and designed for
executive Offices, is nearly finished. A
similar structure for pOst-Office, teleA
graph office, police station, etc., will be
erected opposite, on the other side Of
Belmont avenue, and when the grounds
are inclosed these two buildings will
stand one on each side Of the grand
entrance.
Tramping across the grounds for a
quarter Of a mile, you reach the Art
Hall or Memorial Building, and notice
that oil the brick work and more than
half the stone work are done, and that
the iron rafters for the roof and dome are
being put in place.
Large as this building is (its dimen.
sions are 865x2l0 feet), It is nearly Ger.
tain thatit will not contain all the paint.
ings and statuary which will be accepted
fOr the Exhibition.
On q sunny knoll, surrounded by a
fringe Of trees and separated from the
Art Hall by a deep valley, soon to be
spanned by bridge, are The foundations
OF the Horticultural Building, which will
soon be ready for the superstructure OF
iron and glass. 1t will be finished by
September 10Th next, and, like the Art
Hall, will remain after the exhibition
closes as permanent ornament Of the
Park. -
No work has been done toward build
ing the Agricultural Hall beyond mark
ing out tile site. -Four months vii lie
amply sufficient for its erection. Very
little is visible OF the main building be-
yond the 672 stone foundation piers, aud
a tall wooden scaffolding at the eastern
ead, where the labor OF erecting the iron
frame has begun. The prospects Tor the
completion OF the large structure before
next winter seem discouraging until one
is assured that toe work of construction
Is now mainly the putting together OF
iron and glass already prepared, and
that it will 20 FORWARD very rapidly when
once fairly under way. The laying Of
drainage; water and gas pipes over tue
2S6 acres which are to be inclosed in the
exhibition grounds is advancing Well,
and the three miles Of fence will be built.
0ultuS bu0 SOihiuS ASAoofottOuS
for lake covering three acres are soon
to be made.
Many devices have been resortcd to to
enable opium and morphine eaters to
break the remorseless habit, but we think
the one tried by the friends OF an old
lady in Jefferson county. New York,
can not be beaten. She first used NOR
phia as relief from the pains OF a
tumor. Nothing could induce her to give
up the use OF poison after the tumor had
been removed. Tne family accordingly
resolved upon harmless deception.
Carefully prepared potato starch was
substituted for the morphia in the bot
ties. She complained that the drugwas
OF an inferior quality, but reassured by
her physician continued to use it with
sublime faith in its virtues until her
death, fifteen years afterwara! AT no
time could she do without her potato
starch. Once, when i'll, her physiciaa
gave her Dover's powder, but she could
not rest until she mad taken some OF her
bogus morphine. The success Of this
deception ought to be a suggestion to
the friends OF slaves to this drug.