American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-17
CENTENNIAL NOTES.

MORE ladies attend the Centennial
Exposition than members of the other
sex.
PORTUGAL makes a fine display of
the wines for which that country is Gel
ebrated.
THE Turkey coffee-house will soon be
opened by the Turkish Commissioner.
IT is thought that all parts of the Ex-
hibition will be in perfect condition by
the end of the present week.
THERE'S an amber candelabrum for
sale in the German Department at the
Centennial, for mere song-only
$4,000.
THE Newspaper Headquarters have
been transferred from the Judges
Hall to the Department of Public Com
fort.
THE fog-horn which announces the
opening and closing of the Centennial
show each day, sounds like 10000 cows,
all believing at once.
RUssIA's space is rapidly filing. Por-
tugal and Turkey are making consider
able progress. France has nearly COM
pleted her preparations.
The value of terra-cotta as building
material is likely to be appreciated
from an examination of the display made
in the United States Department in the
Main Building.
OHIO sends to the Centennial re-
markable specimen of black band ore,
eight feet thick. Being composed of
layers of coal and iron ore, it roasts it
self without the use of other fuel.
THE Syrian bazaar offers for sale orna-
ments and trinkets made from olive
wood cut on the Mount of Olives, the
banks of the Jordan, Bethlehem, and
other scriptural places.
THE register to be kept at the Illinois
State Building will be capable of con-
tanning $4,000 names. The merchants
of Chicago gave over $4,000 worth of
furniture to this building.
REGULARITY of the British Colonial
Department is that it is the most sys-
tematically arranged of all. The reason
of this is that it is, to a great extent, a
Government exhibition.
ENGLAND never had such display of
paintings outside of the British Isles as
she has at Philadelphia. 1t is third
larger than that at Vienna in 1873, and
fully one-half larger than that at Paris
in 1867.
THE principal feature of the Spanish
exhibition is gold, silver and bronze ar
ticles, sacred paintings, pontificals in
silk, linen and wool, and other articles
for use in the Roman Catholic Church.
THE fine display of wines from Cali
fornia in Agricultural Hall is very at
tractive. The favorite brand seems to
be the golden wine from San Mateo,
and is claimed to compare favorably
with any imported article.
THE American Tract Society will put
on exhibition at the Centennial the pull
pit from which Whitefield preached his
open-air meetings. From this pulpit he
is said to have preached 1900 sermons
in the fields of England, Wales, and
America.
TIE International Arbitration Con-
vention, or Universal Peace Union, pro-
pose to erect upon the Centennial
Grounds commemorative forge where
'swords will be turned into plow-shares,
and spears into pruning hooks, accord
ing to the Scriptural prophecy"
For several days workmen have been
busy unloading the monster Krupp gun.
A large cast-steel derrick with monster
hooks and chains, brought from Ger
many for the purpose, was erected
across the railroad track, and the gun
carriage was slowly and carefully lifted
from the car, which was then pushed
from under, and, hanging in the air
thus, was iron TO the weight of % tons.
This was placed on wheels and rolled
to one side, and then the carriage for
the gun itself was brought in and fol-
lowed the same course.
THE grand parade of Knights Tenn
plar in Philadelphia on the 1st proved
a magnificent success. A more brilliant
event has not occurred here in years,
and probably finer and more impos-
ing demonstration of the kind has never
been seen in this country. 1t is esti-
mated that 10000 Knights marched in
line, and the procession occupied one
hour and twenty minutes in passing a
given point. Nearly every Comman-
derry was accompanied by a band of
music, and many had in addition a
drum corps.
MISS EMMA ALLISON is the engineer
at the Women's Department in the Cen
tennial Exhibition. She manages the
engine which runs the looms and will
run the press which is soon to be put in
place for the printing of The NeD Gen.
tatry for Women. Miss Allison is young
woman of very prepossessing appear
ance, and as neat in attire as if dressed
for the drawing-room. She is a Cana
dian by birth, but has passed so much
of her life in this country that she counts
herself an American. She has been
school-teacher and copyist, but has been
familiar with engines from her youth,
though her first practical experience is
her present duty. Her father owned
large mills near ST. Catherine, Ontario
Wouldn't be a Preacher.