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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-27
ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
The Centennial Birthday Of
the United States.
The Exhibition at Philadelphia
Views of the Notable Build
ings, and Descriptions
Thereof.
MACHINERY HALL.

This structure is located west of the
Intersections of Belmont and Elm avenues,
at q distance of five hundred and forty
two feet from the west front of the
main exhibition building, and two
hundred and seventy-four feet from
the north side Of Elm avenue. The
north front of the building is upon the
same line as that of the main exhibit
tioa building, thus presenting a frontage
Of three thousand eight hundred and
twenty-four feet from the east to the
west ends of the exhibition buildings
upon the principal avenue within the
grounds.
The building consists of the main hall,
three hundred and sixty feet wide by
ono thousand four hundred and two feet
long, and an annex on the south side of
two hundred and eight feet by two hun
dred and ten feet. The entire area COW
cred by the main hall and annex is five
hundred and fifty-eight thousand four
hundred and forty square feet, or 1882
acres. Including the upper floors the
building provides fourteen acres of floor
epace.
The principal portion of the structure
is one story in height, showing the main
cornice upon the outside at forty feet
from the ground, the interior height to
the top of the ventilators in the avenues
being seventy feet, and in the aisles forty
feet. To break the long lines upon the
exterior, projections have been introduce
ed upon the four sides, and the main en-
frances finished with facades, extending
To seventy-eight feet in height. The east
entrance forms the principal approach
from street cars. from the main exhibi-
tion building, and from the railroad de-
pot. Along the south side are placed
the boiler houses and such other build
ings for special kinds of machinery as
may be required. The west entrance
anords the most direct communication
with Georges hill, the point affording
the best view of the entire exhibition
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HORrfCGLTURAL BUILDING.

The city of Philadelphia made liberal
grant of money to provide for the horti-
cultural department of the exhibition an
extremely ornate and commodious build
ing which is designed to remain III per-
mauerce as an ornament of Paramount
park. This structure is located on a
terrace bordering on the Schuylkill river,
short distance north of memorial hall,
and has a commanding view of the
Schuylkill river valley and the north
western portions of Philadelphia. Ro-
mantle ravines running down to the
river are on either side, separating it OH
the south from memorial hall and on the
north from agricultural building. These
ravines are being spanned by ornament
al bridges Ave hundred feet long and
sixty feet wide, for convenience of access
Carriage roads, a railway and foot walks
will pass over them. The horticultural
building is designed in the Moresque
style of architecture of the twelfth CEN
fury, the chief materials externally being
iron and glass, supported by fine marble
and brick work. The building is three
hundred and eighty three feet long, one
hundred and ninety-three feet wide, and
seventy-two feet high to the top of the
lantern. The main floor is occupied by
the central conservatory, two hundred
and thirty feet by eighty feet, and fifty
five feet high, surmounted by a lantern
one hundred and seventy feet long, twen-
ty feet wide and fourteen feet high.
Running entirely around this conserva-
tory, at a height of twenty feet from the
floor, is gallery five feet wide.
On the north and south sides of this
principal room are four forcing houses
for the propagation of young plants,
each of them one hundred feet by thirty
feet, and covered by curved roofs of iron
and glass, which, appearing upon the ex-
terror of the building, present fine
feature. A vestibule thirty feet square
separates the two forcing houses on each
side, and there are similar vestibules at
the center of the east and west ends, on
either side of which are apartments for
restaurants, reception rooms, Offices, etc.
Ornamental stairways lead from these
vestibules to the internal galleries of the
conservatory, as well as four external
galleries, each one hundred feet long and
ten feet wide, which surmount the roofs
of the forcing houses. These external
galleries are connected with a grand
promenade, formed by the roofs OF the
] rooms on the lower floor, giving a super
fetal area of about seventeen thousand
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DIsPIRITED SPIRITU4LISM.

Spiritualism isn't in luck just now;
nothing new happens, mediums are get
ting exposed on every hand, and the
most practised conjurers with spirits OF
the air fail to control their customary ac-
Choicest i'll of al J, the
Russian scientific investigation of the
marvels have been abandoned at the
very outset because of the total failure
of the celebrated Home to display the
special phenomena which have been at
tributed to him. His death, which
caused so many obituaries few days
ago, was not physical it seems, but
psychical, though his friend, Aksakoh,
who invited him to St. Petersburg, elm
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square feet. The east and west ell
frances to the horticultural building are
approached by flights of blue marble
steps, from terraces eighty feet by TWEEN
ty feet, in the center of each of which
stands an open kiosque twenty feet in
diameter. Each entrance is beautifed
by ornamental tile and marble work,
and the angles of the main conservatory
are to be adorned with eight attractive
fountains.
The corridors connecting the conserva-
tory with the surrounding apartments
open fine vistas in every direction, ana
the beauties of the surrounding park,
with the river flowing in front and more
than one hundred feet beneath the build
ing, add to the attractions. Extensive
heating arrangements are provided in the
basement, which is of fire-proof construc-
ton, and the restaurant kitchens will
also be located there.
Surrounding this building there are
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one story in height, and shows the main
cornice upon the outside at forty-five feet
above the ground, the interior height
being seventy feet. Al the center of the
longer sides are projections four hundred
and sixteen feet in length, and in the
center of the shorter sides or ends of the
baidlding are projections two hundred
and sixteen feet in length. In these pro-
jectiOns, in the center of the four sides,
are located the main entrances, which
are provided with arcades upon the
ground floor, and central facades extend
ing to the height of ninety feet. The
east entrance forms the principal ap-
proach for carriages, visitors being allow
ed 10 alight at the doors of the building
under cover of the arcade. The south
entrance forms the principal approach
for street cars, the ticket offices being
located upon the line of Elm avenue,
with covered ways provided for entrance
into the building itself. The main por
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arches of a gothic form. The nave is
eight hundred and twenty-six feet in
length by one hundred feet in width,
each end projecting one hundred feet
beyond the square of the building, with
a height of seventy-five feet from the
floor to the point of the arch. The
central transept is of the same height,
and breadth of one hundred feet; the
two end transepts seventy feet high and
eighty feet wide.
The four courts inclosed between the
nave and transepts, and also the four
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underlie the ceramic art, is fortu-
nate in possessing some rare old delft and
Dresden ware. She hangs them on her
walls, that her friends may the better
examine their beauty. But Mrs. Z. who
is twice as rich, and whose ignorance Is
dense in proportion, must Guido her
neighbor, and soon turns her dining room
into crockery shop, till the china flood
streams into every nook and Granny ct
the house. 1t just comes to this; Ii we
do happen to originate some new or hap
ply idea we run after it till we hound 1t
to death. We are neither willing to
search into it's merits to wait
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to him still, with the blind faith thai
"the conditions were not favorable"
Home no dobt says, as on previous occa-
sions of failure, that his exceptional
powers had temporarily left him; there
have been several barren periods in his
life when he has been unable to receive
the slightest indication of spirit presence
one for several years together. Now
Aksakoff offers DIR. Slade, of New York
the only American medium who ac-
cepted the Russian invitation ,every OPP
portunity to display his slate-writing
Speciality under scientific, though not
official, inspection, and it is said Slade
will accept.-Sprinafeld Republican.
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miles from Philadelphia. Arrived at
Valley Forge on the 18th of December,
1777, the troops still had TO brave, in
their tents, the wintry weather, which
had set in with unusual severity, until
they could cut down trees and construct
huts for their accommodation. Hungry
and cold were the poor fellows who had
so long been keeping the field; for
provisions were scant, clothing worn
out, and so badly off were they
for shoes, that the footsteps of
many might be tracked in blood.
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The dreary encampment at Valley
Forge has become proverbial for its hard
ships and sufferings. The unfortunate
battle at Brandywine had opened Phila-
delPhia to the British army; and the
brilliant but fruitless attack on the en-
emies' lines a. Germantown had left
them in confirmed possession of that city,
while it imposed upon Washington the
necessity of selecting such winter quar-
tiers as would enable him to keep Wig
liant eye on that city, and at the same
time protect great scope of country
from the incursions of the enemy "The
plan adopted was to hut the army for
the winter at Valley Forge, on the west
side of the Schuylkill, about twenty
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-27

Portugal, in this exhibition, has plid
special attention to agriculture and in
dustry. In the former department there
are two thousand three hundred and four
exhibitors, of which number over one
thousand exhibit wines and cork. Por-
tugal has already in America a very ex-
tensive market for cork, and medium
one for the black wooden cloths manufac-
tured in the province of Alemtejo.
There is also an extensive collection of
soaps, oils, etc., in order TO display in the
most satisfactory manner to the United
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says, the lowest estimate is ten millions,
and sAis is two hundred thousand behind
the visitsrs at Paris, but nearly three
million mere than the visitors at Vienna.
The exhibition at Philadelphia will OK
coed sixty THOUSAND.
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AGRICULTUR4L BUILDING.

This structure stands nsrth of the
horticultural building, and on the
eastern side of Belmont avenue. 1t
illustrates a novel combination of ma
terials. Its materials are wood and
glass. 1t consists of long nave crossed
by three transepts, both nave and
transept being composed Of Howe truss
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tai on the north side communicates di-
rectly with the art gallery, and the main
portal on the west side gives the main
passageway to the machinery and agri-
cultural halls.
Upon the corners of the building there
are four towers seventy feet in heig hit
and between the towers and the central
projections or entrance there is lower
roof introduced, showing a cornice twen-
tv-four feet above the ground.
In order to obtain a central feature for
the building as whole, the roof over
the central part, for one hundred and
eighty-four feet square, has been raised
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They are also in immediate connection
with the entire street railroad system of
the city of Philadelphia, which centers
in grand concoursc, located adjacent to
the Main or Belmont avenue entrance.
There are thirteen entrances to the ex-
bibition grounds.
The hours for admission will be from
nine a. m. to six p. m.
The price of admission is fifty cents,
payable in one piece at the entrance
gate; this one charge admits the visitor
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above the surrounding portion, and four
towers, farty-eight feet square, rising 10
"ne hundred and twenty feet III height,
have been introduced at the corners of
the elevated roof
The areas covered are rs follows:
Sindre feet Arres.
Ground hoor...-.........S72.3 $50 2O,02
Upper floors in projec-
tions.............,.. sT,3I4 So
Upper floors in towers. 70, 34i 60
936,OOs 2l47
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THE ART GALLERY AND MEMORIIL
HALL.

The entire structure is in the modern
renaissance. The materials are granite,
glass; and iron. No wood is used in the
construction, and the building is st rongly
fireproof. The structure is three hum
drcd and sixty-fve feet in length, two
hundred and ten feet in width, and fifty
nine feet in height, over 4 spacious base
ment twelve feet in height, surmounted
by dome.
The main entrance opens on a hall
eighty-two feet long, sixty feet wide,
and fifty-three feet high, decorated in
the modern renaissance style; on the
further side of this hall, three doorways,
each sixteen feet wide and twenty-five
feet high, open into the center hall; this
hall is eightythree feet squire, the cell
ing of the dome rising over it eighty feet
in height.
From it's east and west sides extend
the galleries, each ninety-cight feet long,
lightweight feet wide, and thirty-five feet
in height. These galleries admit of tenn
porary divisions for the more Advantage
Gus display of paintings. The center hall
and galleries form one grand hall two
hundred and eighty seven feet long and
cighty-five feet wide, capable of holding
eight thousand persons, nearly twice the
dimensions of the largest hall in the
country. From the two galleries door
ways open into two smaller galleries
twenty-eight feet wide and eighty-nine
feet long. These open north and south
into private apartments which connect
with the pavilion rooms, forming two
side galleries two hundred and ten feet
long. Along the whole length of the
north side the main galleries and central
hall extends a corridor fourteen feet
wide, which opens on its north line into
a series of private rooms, thirteen in
number, designed for studios and small
exhibition rooms.
All the galleries and central hall are
lighted from above; the pavilions and
studios are lighted from the sides
The paviions and central hall are de-
signed especially for the exhibition OF
sculpture. This building cost 81 500, 900.
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indeed, the writer in the Revue Scien
tifque, of April l, from which the above
details arc taken, hopes that remains
will be found. not only belengingto the
Tertiary, but even TO the Cretaceous
period. The cavern is situated in bed
of one Of the lower strata of the Juras-
sic period Clover oolite), son the exact
limit of the shore of the ancient Jurassic
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All of the articles from Portugal for
at the centennial exposition
are plac ID in their various departments.
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TEN MILLION VISITORS.

OF the grand total of the crowds OF
visitors who will visit the centennial
grounds during the summer, an exchange
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THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS.

HOW TO REACH THEM, PROVISION MADE
FOR ACCOMMODATION OF VISITORS.
The exhibition buildings are in i'm
mediate connection with the entire steam
railway system of the country, for the
accommodation of which two depots are
located adjacent to the exhibition
grounds.
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1A1x EXHIBITION BUILDING.

This building is in the form of a paral-
telegram, extending east and west one
thousand eight hundred and eighty feet
in length, and north and south four hun
dred and sixty-four in width.
The larger portion of the structure is
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spaces at the corners of the building,
having the nave and end transepts for
two of their sides, are rooted and form
valuable space for exhibits. Thus the
ground plan of the building is paral-
Telegram of four hundred and sixty-five
feet by six hundred and thirty feet, COW
ering a space Of seven and one-quarter
acres. In its immediate vicinity are the
stockyards for the exhibition of horses,
cattle, sheep, swine, etc.
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helping TO Elect TiIden.

Baltimore Gazette.
II Secretary Cameron and his military
advisers in Washington really mean 10
help elect TIlden, they could not accom-
plish their purpose more ehectually than
thev are now doing by the Infamous
man ner in which they are attempting to
use the regular army in the south. There
Is not a decent man among them who
does not know that soldiers are as un-
necessary in South Carolina as in Penn
sylvanis. and every one of them,
from the Secretary down, laughs in
his sleeve whenever the subject l.
discussed. But the amazing part OF
this disgracetul business Is that the poI!t-
ical tricksters who are aiding and abet-
ting in these foolish military operations
do not see the folly of their course and
the inevitable consequences q! their re-
evolutionary proceedings. For every
single vote they secure by such means for
Hayes and Wheeler in the South they
will lose thousand in the North. The
vote on the 10th inst. in Iadiana, OHIO
and West Virginia plainly Indicated
that the people were completely disgust
ed with the bloody shirt and indignant
at the military usurpatlons proposed in
the South, and yet it is quite likely that
Secretary Cameron and his desperate MS
SOCRATES will go on as they began, adding
strength every day to their opponents by
their shameless disregard of right and
giving another illustration of the fact
that whom the gods really wish TO des-
troy they first make mad
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REF3RM.

~, ~ ~ err
Reform is necessary. and can
never be effected but by making
it the controlling issue of the cleo
tions, and lifting it above the two
false issues with which the office
holding class and the party in
power seek to smother it.
/. The false issue with which
they would enkindle sectarian
strife in respect to the public
schools, of which the establish.
ment and support belong exclu'
sively to the several states, and
which the Democratic party has
cherished from their foundation,
and is resolved to maintain with
out prejudice or preference for any
class, sect or creed, and without
contributions from the Treasury
to any.
2. The false issue by which
they seek to light anew the dying
embers of sectional hate between
kindred peoples once estranged
but now reunited in one indivisi'
BILE republic and a common des'
tipv."-S. Louis Platform.
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THE SONG OF A SHIRT

HIth Many apologies TO Hood.
With face that was weary and worn,
With eyeli rs heavy and red,
Poor Morton sat, with lock forlorn,
And dolefully scratched his head.
The bottles .ay about,
The returns were in the dirt,
And in voice 'IwiXt howl and shout
He sang this song OF u shirt:
Flap! flap! flap!
Will even the boys do scot,
And tell me to wash the bloody shirt,
And take the old thing of.
It's Oh for a fight in the South,
With bucketStul OF gore!
How | could flourish the shirt again,
And renew its stains once more!
Work. work work!
TIL the brain begins to swim;
I've work ed upon the bloody shirt
TIL my eyes are heavy and dim.
Seam, and gusSett, and band
I've stepped them all in gore,
And the blOOdier that made that shirt
The Hoosiers ieered the more.
Istumped the state all through
The bloody-Shirt to wave;
But all my toll and great ado
Could not the grandson" save.
Despite of Chandeliers cash,
Flung out as free as dirt,
A tidal wave has swept the state
And washed the bloOdy-shirt.
It's all well enough TO talk,
And say that mys irt's played out,
But If that Old standby is lost
What can we talk about"
And so, though the thing don take,
And rather seems 10 hurt,
For one, never shall lorsake
The well-worn bloody-shirt.
With face that was weary and worn,
With cyelldS heavy and red,
Poor Morton sat win looks fOriO u,
And doleiully scratched his heat.
His features oft would twitch.
Afiffrom thoughts that hurt;
But still with voice of dolorous pitch
lie sang this song OF shirt.
baltimore Gazette.
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Passenger Elevator running day and
night, making all floors easy OF access,
safeguards against fire OF the best order.
Ventilation OF the house perfect. Has the
improved Electric Telegraph from each
chamber.
This House is eligihly located on the cor
ner of Smithfield and Water streets, in the
immediate vicinity OF the manufacturing
agencies and commanding fine view OF
the Monongahela River and surroundings.
oclSegh
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MOuOngaliR Comfy.

MoRGANTowN, Oct. Il.
The returns show 1858 for Golf and
l.O46 for Mathews. The Democrats
elect their candidate for Sheriff, and came
within 1876 votes OF elccting member OF
the House of Delegates.
For State Senate, j. 2. Jones (Rep.)
has .55l. and j. &. Kemble (Dem.) LOGO
House of Delegates, McClaskey Rep. }
1856, Gray Rep 1929, Hare DEM
l,2l0.
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ELECTIONIN NICHOLAS.
NICHOLAS e. H., W, VA,
October liz. 1876.

NICHOLAS Z. b., W, 4,
October Ii, 1876.
Editors Register:
THIS county gives Mathews and the
rest of the State ticket about 3OO major
ity. The county licked is good except
Sheriff. The nomine tor House Of Dele
gates from this, the Fifth Delegate Dis.
trict, is defeated by Harvey Samples OF
Clay county, an independent Democrat
Baxter, the nominee for Senate, carries
very nearly the party strength in this
county Webster county is supposed tc
be Democratic by about 400.
As soon as l get the returns l will give
you n full report. Yours, &c, ID.
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NOTICE.

ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS
a against the late firm OF Pannell &
Updegraff, anu also the estate OF Israel
Updegraff, will present them at once for
settlement, ~ d all persons knowing
themselves Indebted to either will come
forward and settle without further notice.
All bills unpaid by 10th November will be
placed IN the hands OF an officer for cOllec.
lion. l.. f.. UPDEGRAFF,
ALEX. UPDEGRAFF.
Octl7a Executors
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