Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-26
rEsrssNIAL NOTES.

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The images of saints occupy prom.
inent feature In the art products OF
Russia.
7 The Centennial Pyramid Is com.
posed of sugar. 1t is an interesting
work of art. re -, sag 20 i.'
AT all the avenue crossings finger
boards have been erected indicating the
locality of all the principal buildings
I'm Memorial Hall is a beautiful
mosaic representing the "Ruins Of
: P2stum;" it is composed Of 70O,O ,OOC
small cubes Of enamel.
1T is said that one-half the exhibit
tors in Machinery Hall and one-third
Of those in the Main Building will be
awarded bronze medals. fsai
"A portrait of the Rev. DIR. Duffield,
the first chaplain Of the Continental
congress, has been sent to the Centen-
NAL exhibition by Gov. Bagley, Of Mich
igan. 1t will be deposited in Indepen-
dence Hall.
I'm the Worcester (Mass.) exhibit in
Machinery Hall can be seen the press
on which was printed the first copy Of
the Declaration of Independence in
this country, and from which Isaiah
Thomas issued the Worcester Spy Gen.
tury ago.
| Near the northern end of Agricul-
tural Hall is a high octagonal windmill,
covered with messy shingles, and whi-
tened with -four and meal about the
doors and windows. Within and with
out it accurately represents what mill
was in the olden time.
-An;enthusiastic visitor just returned
from Philadelphia to Buffalo says there
ought to be law passed furnishing with
fine or imprisonment any American cit
izen who does not go to see the Exhibi-
tiOn, unless he can produce certificates
Of absolute poverty or sudden death.
tiOnal departments of the various coun-
tries participating in the Exhibition are
now holding informal conferences at
the Pennsylvania Educational Building
every Thursday and Saturday after
moons. These meetings are generally
of about an hours duration.
in the Main Building, Canadian
Department, there is an exhibit which
every American will admire, and which
cannot fail to interest foreigners-the
educational exhibit from Ontario. This
exhibit is practical illustration of the
method so successfully adopted across
the border for the instruction of youth,
and which has so interested the educa-
tionalists visiting the Exposition.
I'm the woman's Department of the
Centennial buildings there is case con-
tanning flowers or fruit, or some other
sort of woman's work, marked as for
sale, with the addition that they are
made by the descendants of Thomas
Jefferson, who earnestly solicit orders.
Foreigners may read i'm this little card
significant commentary on the graft
tude of republics, and no doubt they
will read it.
"A prominent feature of the display
of the Pratt & Whitney Company, of
Hartford, Conn.,, is the cages, the ac-
euracy and fit of which are remarkable.
A specimen of the work of the finely
made tools manufactured by the above
concern is exhibited in a pistol, which
is shown in the condition in which it
left the machines, without having un-
dergOne any subsequent finishing Oper-
alton. Both the finish and the fit ofthe
parts are excellent.
An original life size profile paint
ing of the head and shoulders of WASH
ingtOn has been put in room No. A, of
the annex to the Art Gallery. 1t is the
property of James p. McKeen, of WASH
ington, in the possession of whose FAM
lily it has been fOr sixty years. 1t bears
no date, but experts claim to find evil
dence in the work that il was executed
between 1873 and 1880 and by Wertmul-
Ter, who, at that time, lived in this city.
One of the least understood, if not
the least appreciated, Subdivisions into
which the work ofpractically operating
the mighty Centennial enterprise has
been divided, is the department of adj
missions, bureau of inestimable i'm
portance and exceptionally intelligent
management. There are l6S employees,
divided into six money groups, four
groups of complimentary and eXhibi-
tors gates, three return pass check
groups, and the wagon gate keepers.
Speaking of the extraordinary pro-
pensity of some of the visitors TO the
exhibition to handle and poke things, q
Philadelphia correspondent says that if
the angel Gabriel should light down
among the visitors and stand around
for awhile as a curiosity, they would
pull every feather out of his wings i'm
less than half an hour. More than this,
some of them would grumble because
Gabriel wouldn't let them blow upon
his trumpet or permit them to count his
ribs with the ferules of their umbrellas.
The sugar apparatus, next to the
Corliss engine, may be considered as
the most prominent exhibit in the Ma
chinery Hall. The gigantic vacuum
pan is elevated on great iron columns,
three stories high. Inside are four cop
per serpentines, and into these steam
is led. The circulating pump and the
centrifugal machines are placed on the
large receiver which receives the con-
tents of the pan after concentration, in
the shape of dense mass Of semi-fluid
material, a magma. This goes into the
centrifugal machines, which separate
the sugar from the molasses. The great
vacuum pan is exhibited by Messrs. Col
well and Brother, of New York; it is s
feet in diameter, and, in single opera
tion of three hours in duration, can pro-
duce fifteen hogsheads Of sugar.
The railway cars are all American.
The Harlan and Hollingsworth Compa
ny, Of Wilmington, Del, exhibit one
broad and one narrow gage carriage.
The broad gage car is superbly detOra-
ted with mirrors and gliding, and its
interior woodwork is marvel of artis-
tic workmanship. The narrow gage
car is of palmer construction. The
Jackson & Sharpe Company display a
parlor car built for the state use of the
Emperor of Emperor of Brazil. 1t is
constructed in sections, so that it may
be taken apart and stored in the hold of
a vessel. In the front portion is bou-
doir fitted up with drab morocco seats,
relieved by heavy magenta colored
fringes. The carpet is delicate drab
covered with a tasteful flower pattern,
and the curtains are green and gold.
The furniture consists of elegant cabi-
nets. one for books, another to serve as
a sideboard. Light is obtained from
small stained glass windows at the top.