The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-04-26
mo-. 45,
Gontcnnial Chimes.

The exhibition of tho Argentine
kcpublic will consist of 10000 ar,
ticlcs.
I -Four pictures from the Munich art
gallery will be sont to the exposi
ton.
| The foreign exhibitors, as a gcncr,
al rule. bring their OWN showcases
with them.
An area Of 553, 400 feet. or nearly
thirteen acres is covered by machin-
cry hall.
A. colossal statue of Prince Bis
m"rck will be exhibited in the Ger
man art department.
The kingdom of the Netherlands
will exhibit 1880 books published
during the recent ycurs on oduca
tlonal topics alone
\ dcsignin chrome lithography,
illustrating the growth and history
q! tdlc American flag. will decorate
the main exhibition building.
Thirty Indian families, with their
dogs, trappings and lAraphcrnalin,
will cnramp on the Centennial
grounds, under the direction of Pro.
fcssor Baird.
The finest part or the Italian dis.
play will be III TIC art department.
Thcr" will be two hundred exhibits
of ttatnary alone. AMI the paintings
Will he carcfullv selected.
The entire process OF reducing
and amnl!r;smaLily ores will be illus
trntrd l'y II California firm. They
have contracted for The construction
ct 4 mi''iai'trc twenty stamp quartz
mill for that purpose.
Fonr structures in the villa stylo
OF architecture, in addition to tho
main Building, will be erected tou
r"mmolato applicants for space in
which to exhibit works of nrt for
which there is no room in the mniD
building. They will each be ono
hundred and forty hy forty fcot.
lhr cost OF the four will be $;l2.500.
-Four rooms will also he added to
thcnorth side of those annexed to tho
art gallery.
After all thcrc will be specimen
OF European royalty on exhibition ut
the Centennial fair. Herr Castan,
of Berlin, has succeeded in making
Il WAX figure of W'illirm |. SO true to
lifc th"t ahProDamon WHOM 1T was q
few days ago brought to the palace
and exhibited to the imperial family.
The figure is clothed in every par
ticulnr like the emperor on state
occasions, the dress having been
nude by the crnpcror's tailor, and
the insignia are all exact copies Of
the originals. and some of them arc
OF nearly equal value.
ANclEST WoNnrns.--Nincvah was
fourteen miles long, eight miles wide,
and forty six miles around, with IL
wall one hundred feet high. and thick
enough for three chariots nhro2st.
Babylon WAS fifty miles within tho
walls, which were scvcnty-livc feet
thick and one hundred feet high,
with one hundred brazcn gates, The
Temple of Diana, nt Ephcsl,s, was.
four hundred and twenty feet to tho
support OF the r"ol---it was u hun
drcd years III building. The largest
Of :hc pyramids wa# four hundred
and cigiltv~onc feet in height, and
eight hundred and iifty'throo feet
on tllo side. Tho base covered
eleven acres The stones are about
sixty feet IN length, and the layers
two hundred and eight. 1t en-.
ploycd 35O,00O men in building.
The labyrinth Of Egypt contains
three hundred chambers and twelve
halls. Thcbcs, in Egypt, presents
ruins twcnty.SovGn miles around,
contained $50 600 citizens and 10O,"
600 slaves. The Temple Of Dc]phos
was SO rich in donations that it WAS
plundcrcd of 500, 100000, and tho
Emperor Nero carried away from it
two hundred statues. The walls Of
Rome were thirteen miles around.