The Russellville Democrat., 1875-12-02

of stock, and q farm of 42 acres has already been suitably planted for the tests of ploughs, mowers, reapcrs, and other agricultural machinery.
 The Exhibition is in immediate connection with the entire system of the country, and any one with in 90 miles of Philadelphia can visit it at no greater cost than that of carriage hire at the Paris or Vienna Exhibition.
 The articles to be exhibited have been classified in seven de- partments, which, for the most part, will be located in appropri ate buildings, whose several areas arc as follows:
 The department of Mining and Metallurgy, Manufactures, Edu- cation and Science, Main Build ing) covers 21.47 acres; Art Gal lerv, l.5 acres; Machinery Build ing, IA. acres; Agricultural Build ing, 10. acres; Horticultural Build ing, Ia acres; total 4S.47 acres.
 This provides nearly ten more acres for exhibiting space than there were at Vienna, the targets International Exhibition yet held. Yet the applications of exhibitors have been so numerous as to ex- haust the space, and many impor- tant classes of objects must be provided for in special buildings.
 An important special exhibition will be made by the United States Government.
 The Women's Centennial Exec utive Committee, have raised $30,- 900 for the erection of pavilion in which to exhibit every kind of women's work.
 The list of special buildings is constantly increasing, and present indications are that their total number will be from 200 to 250. Most of the important foreign na- tions-England, Germany, Aus tria, France, Sweden, Egypt, Ja- pan, and others-are putting up one or more structures each, for exhibiting purposes, or for the use of the commissioners, exhib- itors and visitors. Offices and headquarters of this kind, usually of considerable architectural beau ty, are provided by most of the States.
 A number of Trade and Indus trial Associations, which require large amounts of space, will be provided for in special buildings. Among these are,the photograph CTS, the carriage builders, the glass makers, the cracker bakers, the boot and shoe manufacturers, beside, quite a number of individ- ual exhibitors.
 The machinery Building, like the others, is already fully cover ed by applications. There are about 1000 American exhibitors in this department, l50 English, and l50 from other European countries-which is about 250 more than entered the Vienna Machinery Exhibition.
 Power in the Machinery Hall will be. chiefly supplied by pair of monster Corliss Engines. Each cylinder is 40 inches in diameter, with stroke of ten feet; the fly wheel is 3l feet in diameter, and weighs 55 tons; the horsepower is 1400; and the number of boilers is 20. This engine drives about a mile of shafting.
 For the Art Exhibition, the most eminent American artists are understood to be at work, and it may be confidently stated that, especially in the department of landscape painting, the United States will present finer display that the public has been led to expect.
 The Secretary of the Navy has arranged that United States war vessel shall call next Spring, at convenient European ports, to col lect and transport hither to the Exhibition the works of American artists resident in Europe. Among the ports thus far desig mated, are Southampton for Eng land, Havre, for France, Bremen for Germany, and Leghorn for Italy, to which, if desirable, others may be added.
 The Art Exhibition will include, in addition to the works of con- temporary artists, representative productions of the past century of American art.
 A large numper of orders and fraternities have signified their intention to hold gatherings at Philadelphia during the period of the Exhibition.
 llama Norris. colored oped one