American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22
CENTENNIAL NOTES.

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L DANIEL WEBsTER's plow can be see
in Agricultural Hall. -Hs.....f
FLEECEs of the Angora goat cnn b
seen in the exhibit of The Argentine Re
public. |''d
The Centennial Pyramid is composed
of sugar. 1t is an interesting work o
art. .-t...
THE images of saints occupy q prom
inent feature in the art products of Rus
STA. IS .-= +tat .1t-li -.-.f-
I How confectionery is manufactured
is practically illustrated in Machinery
Hall. seas .
THE Russian exhibit is said to sur
pass all others in the gorgeous display
Of chandeliers.
In Memorial Hall is, a beautiful mo-
sale representing the Ruins of Pes-
tum;" it is composed of 100000 small
cubes of enamel. r.-...s.. --
The display of Canadian insects is
said to be one of the finest at the Gen.
'tennial, affording an excellent opportu-
nifty for study. s4z-'st 3' .'a1-
THE Canadian educational exhibit in
the Main Building is one of great inter
est. The attention it receives from the
visitors from all countries is highly
gratifying.
THE exhibit of the Portuguese colo
MES of Africa has just been opened in
the Agricultural Building, and offers an
interesting and instructive display.
In The Tunisian exhibit can be seen
mosaic taken from the Temple of Diana
at Carthage. @ 1t originally formed part
of tie floor of the temple, and is at least
1000 years cid. "a. - 4 4
A CARVED prayer-desk and chair by
Professor Rinaldo, of Florence, Italy,
are among the finest specimens of wood
carving at the Centennial. They are
valued at $780,.
A BUST of General Grant composed
of fine wire of different eolors attracts
much attention. 1t is the work of
Peruvian lady, and is remarkable for
its resemblance to General Grant in uni
form. I.i. p = i-.sn
In the Hungarian department is a
chandelier, composed entirely of clear
and clouded amber and valued at $500
1t is said to, be the most expensive
piece of work of this description in the
world. .f.s5At SIP
FHE farmers find an attractive feature
n the huge Chester white hogs from
New Hampshire. One is 10 months old |
md weighs 1858 pounds, the other 81 |
months old and weighs 1907 pounds.
THE Centennial Exhibition can not |
De taken in at a glance. A visitor who
pent a day in a thorough examination
# Machinery Hall, on a subsequent
Tisit discovered a steamboat and thir-
cen locomotives and many other things
which had not been noticed before.
The marriage of Miss Bertha Damn
cit, daughter of the Swedish Commits
ioner-in-Chief to the Exhibition, to
lr. Christopherson, of the Norwegian
was recently celebrated in
he main hall of the Judges Pavilion.
In the French section of Memorial
Iall a painting by Armand Dumaresq
f the &c Declaration of Independence
many visitors. The names of
he persons represented are placed be-
cath the picture, which greatly in
reases the interest of the spectators.
In front of tho Maryland Building,
he Baltimore and Ohio Railway has
ut two of its locomotives on exhibition
-one bearing the number CO., and the
Their that of 5000" There is differ
nee of 40 years in the ages of those two
the first was built in 1885,
nd the other in 1875; and the differ
nee in age is not greater than that of
leir g neral appearance. The tender
No. 600 is greater than the entire en-
inc bearing the number 6. The old
ngine has an upright boiler, and the
FLINDERS are in the same position. The
over is conveyed to the whole by a l
ort of walking-beam with vertical rods;
nd there is bewildering lot of cranks
nd rods, in strange contrast to the sim /
licity of the locomotive of the present l
ay. The engineer had very limited I
pace for moving about, and hardly $
1ough for standing-room. c