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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-16

The fathers ~ Conrregatinnnllsm do not seem
to have ioresetn such contingency az the Br uk yn
scandal. my fuunIcd the Church 'fr purposes a.
worship rather than for convcnl n'c IA invrsti
bridge platform IN winch the whccM Of such m iuyra
tlgton a. is now demanded can turn snoV My and 1t
such cases ought q be settled In accordance with tho
canOnsOf common sense H'tHae.
II the fathers OF Characterization did not
foresee that ministers might Yield to tcmpta-
ton, and fall into the ways of lcentiousneas,
their foresight was poor indeed II In founding
their Church for the purposes of divine worship,
they did not also provide for investigating and
roofing out scandalous offences and those
who committed them, they omitted u necessary
part OF their work. since divine worship must
always suffer II those who conduct IL are not
compelled to live cleanly lives. II there arc no
grooves In the Cimbrideo platform, an old
standard OF Congregational faith and practice,
In which such an investigation as Is now de-
manded into the BEECnER inquity can turn
smoothly, then 80 far from that lack being an
honor to the system, II Is evidence Of a weak
ness which ought promptly to be cured, or the
platform will fall with all who stand upon II. II
such cases ought to be settled In accordance
with common sense, then the denomln ttion
should furnish that common sense, and arrange
for thorough and fair inquiry into a
case which brings scandal on religion. Finally
why doosn'tJAY GOULD teach his stool pigeon a
few Of what the latter calls the canons OF COM
mon sense2 lie stands In woful need Of them.
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1t happened that Deacon RooTE nourshed at
time when Pukanokots, Pennacooks, Nip
mucks, a. d other varieties Of painted heathcn
went bowling and whoopng around In the Con-
necticut valley The savaGos had way II In
terruptinG the frontier settlers even atthelr do
vouonal reading. Deacon RooTE could hardly
have settled down to a cheerful perush OF
" Groans OF the Damned" or have found quiet
enjoyment IA Darbari n Cruelty" had he not
supplemented his excellent library with an
equally well chosen armory, as follows:
Long gun, q HAT pixies.
1 Muskpt, II Carfouch boxes, with am
Carbl es, mum ION,
l BaChsNord ana belt, IL Pouches Win bullets,
! Hack six belt, = Bags q bullets,
Parttan II lag OF 20 der aud horns,
Gun rest, Bag OF hints.
with such an assortment Of weapons and am
munition at hand, and with such library to for
tifJ his soul. this sturdy deacon seems to have
been pretty well prepared to hold the fort
against both the Indians aud the devil.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25
THE CENTENNIAL.
ThG Great Anniversary Exhibition
in Philadelphia.
Views of the Exhibition Build
ings and Full Descriptions
of the Various De"
partments.
Arrangements for the Centennial,

The act Of congress which provides for
"ccebrating the one hundrcdth annivcr-
sary Of American independence, by hold
ing I'm international exhibition Of arts,
manufactures, and products of the soil
and mine" authorized the creation of
the United States centennial commission,
and intrustcd to it the management Of
the exhibition. This body is composed Of
two commissioners from each state and
territory, nominated by the respective
governors, and commissioned hy tac
president of the United States. The en-
tcrprisr, therefore, is distinctly Il nation
al one, and not, as has sometimes been
stated, the work OF private corpora.
ton.
The exhibition will be opened on May
10Th, 1876, and remain open until No
vcmber 10th. There will be Il fixed
price of fifty cents for admission to all
the buildings and grounds,
The centennial grounds are situated on
the western bank Of the Schuylkill river,
and within Fairmount Park, the largest
public park in proximity to great city
in the world, and one Of the most beau
tirul in the country. The park contains
three thousand one hundred and sixty
acres, four hundred aud fifty OF which
have been enclosed for the exhibition.
Besides this tract, there are large yards
near by for the exhibition of stock, and
farm Of iorty-two acres is already suit
ably planted for the tests Of plows,
mowers, rcapers, and other agricultural
machinery
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25

The hall of the independence, on Chest
nut street, between Fifth and Sixth, was
commenced in 1929, and completed in
1884, having been designed for the Use OF
the provincial assemblies; and the long
hall formerly in the upper story was
often used for grand official banqucts
given to governors, distinguished
stranger and generals, and to the mem-
bcrs of the first congress when they ar
rived in l77l. 1t was originally de
coratcd with Il stately stCcplc, which was
taken down in l77l on account OF decay !;
only small bcliry was left to cover the
bell until the year 1928, when the pres.
cnt stccplc was erected aS nearly like the
ancient one as circumstances would per.
nit. The ancient bell, formerly used for
the clock, is remarkable for its prophetic
inscription. Originally imported from
England in 1852, but cracked in It's first
ringing, it was rccast in Philadelphia
and the inscription" Proclaim liberty
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25
The Art Gallery.

The most imposing and ornate of all
u cost of $l,50O,00O, by the state Of
Pennsylvania and the city Of Phiadcl-
phia. This is placed at the disposal of
the centennial commission, to be used
during the exhibition ~ an art gallery,
after which it is designed to make it the
receptacle of an industrial and art col
lection similar to the famous south Ken.
sington museum, at London. 1t stands
on line parallel with, and short dis
tancc northward OF, the main building,
and is in Il commanding position, looking
southwark across the SchuylkiIl over
PhiIadcl phia. 1t stands upon a terrace
one hundred and twenty-five feet above
the level Of the SchuyIkill, Being de
signed for an absolutely hrcproof struc.
turc, nothing comhustiblr has been used.
The design is modern Renaissance. 1t
covers an acre and a half, and is three
hundred and siXtyiivc feet long, two
hundred and ten feet wide, and fifty
nine feet high over II spacious basement
twelve feet high. A dome, rising one
hundred feet above the ground, sur
mounts the center capped by u colossal
ball, from which rises the figure Of Co
lumbia The main front of this build
ing looks southwark, displaying a main
entrance in the center consisting Of three
enormous archcd doorwNys q pavilion ON
each end and two arcadcs connecting
the pavilions with the center. The en-
trance is seventy feet wide, to which
there is rise OF thirteen steps. Each
of the huge doorways is forty feet high
and fifteen feet wide, opening into al
hall. Between the arches of the door
waysarc clusters Of columns, terminating
in cmbIcmatic designs illustrative of
science and art. The doors are OF iron,
relieved by bronze panels displaying the
coats OF arms of all the states and ter
ritorics. The United States coat of arms
is in the center of the main triezc. The
dome is of glass and iron Of unique de
sign. While Columbia rises at the top,
Il colossal figure stands ut each corner of
tie base OF the dome, typiIying the four
quarters Of the globe.
In each pavilion there is large win
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25

plnth for the great Albert memorial in
Hyde Park, London, has reproduced in
terra Gotta, at the celebrated works in
Lambeth, the one which symbolizcs
America The figures in this group are
colossal covering a ground space of li-
teen feet square. 1t is placed in the
great central art gallery, opposite the
principal entrance,
The art exhibition includes, in addition
to the works OF contemporary artists,
representative productions Of the past
century Of American art-thosc for in
stance, of Stuart, Copley, TrumbuIl,
West, Aston, Sully, Ncaglc, Elliot,
Kcnsctt, Cole. These, US well us the
works offered by living artists, have been
passed upon by the committee of sclec-
ton, who visited, for the purpose, New
York, Boston, Chicago, and other leading
cities, in order to prevent the needless
transportation to Philadelphia of works
Of art not up to the standard Of admis-
sion.
A large number of orders and iratcr-
mites have signiiied their intention to
hold gatherings at Philadelphia during
the period Of thccxhibitiOn. Among these
which may now be enumerated, are the
Grand Lodge OF Pennsylvania, indie
pendent Order of odd Fellows; the
Grand Encampment, Independent Order
of odd Fellows; Grand Lodge, United
States, Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows; Grand Commandciy Knights
Templar Grand Army of the Republic;
Presbyterian Synod Calcdonian Club /;
Portland Mechanic Blues; Welsh Ma
tonal Eistcdlodd; Patriotic Order Sons
of America; California Xouavcs of San
Francisco; an international Regatta !;
the Life Insurance Companies; ; National
Board of Underwriters; State Agricul-
tural Society; Second Infantry, n. c..
of California; Philadelphia Conference,
Methods! Episcopal Church Cincinnati
Society; California Pioneer Society /;
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25

visions for the better display of paint
ingS, and with the center hall form a
grand hall two hundred and cighty-scycn
feet long and cighty-thrcc feet wide,
capable Of comfortably accommodating
eight thousand persons. This is nearly
twice the dimensions Of the largest hall
in the United States From the gal
Icrics doorways open into two smaller
galleries, cighty-ninc feet long and
twcnty-cight feet wide, These open
north and south into private apartments
connecting with the paviIion-rooms, and
forming two side galleries two hundred
and ten feet long Along the whole
length of the north side OF the main
galleries and central hall extends a cor
ridor fourteen feet high, opening on its
north line into Il series Of private rooms
twcnty-thrcc in number designed for
studies and smaller exhibition rooms.
All the galleries and the central hall are
lighted from above; the pavilion and
studios from the sides. The pavilons
and central hall are designed especially
for the exhibition Of sculpture. This
tine building gives scycnty-iivc thousand
square feet of wall space for paintings,
and twenty thousand square feet of floor
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25
4 Hundred Years Ago.

A story il told OF Il family living in
colonial times, whose cXtravngant habits
excited the alarm Of the village, " For
the eldest son got pair Of boots, the
second an ovcrcoat the third watch,
and the fourth pair of shoe buckles;
and the ucighlors all shook their heads,
and whispered to each other; 'That
Gmil ly ison the high road to insolvency. y
Legislation in New England tried to
restrain extravaganza in dress, and laws
were passed against wearing laccs, en-
broidcry, needle work caps and "im-
moderate grrat -ccVrs' A century
later we find people making much the
same complaints, and quoting good old
colony times"
The SHOES were of the same material a.
the dress, often skiIlIulIy embroidered.
Country girls sometimes carried the
hroadcloth shoes with peaked toes in
their hands till they got to church but
the pink satin and yellow brocadc shoes
.of city maidcns were supported ON clogs
and pattcns Mr.. John Adams asked
her husband to send her from lhiladcI
IIlli ln lit', lNO NHlNlN hl blINh 'hld-
nance for Shoes" saying she could not
wear leather if She went barefoot,
By wayor silently rcproving the vanity
OF their wives and daughters the stcrnCr
SEX appeared in immense powdered wigs
stinly starchcd ruillcs, glittcrinG knee
aud shoe buckles, embroidered silk vests
white silk stockings and coats ot every
hue but black, trimmed with great gilt
or silver buttons With these elaborate
wardrobcs Of the men to keep in order
what wonder the women had no time to
cultivate their "squirrcIs' brains?' to
quote one of the gallant croakcra of the
time.
After all, we fancy the most ardent
lovers Of the past would hardly he in
favor Of the early days OF the republic
With the mahogony sidchoard rescued
from oblivion, the spinning wheel set up
in the parIor and the quaint china tea
set upon the closet shelves, we can all cry
"Oh! those pleasant times OF old, with their
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25
tircly lighted by side light from the
north and south. Space in machinery
hall has been allotted as follows:

The United States occupies three hun
drcd thousand square feet
This machipcry building has very su-
pcrior facilities for shafting and double
lines are introduced into each avenue
and aisle at a height of about twenty
feet. A COrliss steam engine of one
thousand four hundred orscpowcr
drives the main shaiting. There are
also to be countcr-ines of shaftingin the
aisles and special steam power furnished
where necessary. Steam power is to be
furnished free to exhibitors. In the an
mex for hydraulic machines there Is Il
tank sixty feet by one hundred and sixty
feet, with ten feet depth Of water. 1t is
intended to exibit all sorts of hydraulic
machinery in full operation, and at the
southern end of the tank there is Il wa
ter-Eal thirty-iive feet high by forty feet
wide, supplied from the tank by the
pumps on exhibition. There will prob.
ably he larger exhibition at Philadcl-
phia of processes of manufacture than at
any previous exhibition
The applications for space have been 50
numerous ~ to require the addition OF
three anncNes, covering two and one
half acres, while numerous private cx.
hibitors have put up buildings for thciI
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Thr Arricmllmrnl llmiIling

stands northOf the horticultural building,
being separated from t by romantic
ravinc, aud has Il commanding view OF
the Schuykillrivcr and the northwestern
suburbs ol Philadelphia beyond. This
building illustrates novel combination
Of materials, mainly wood and glass, and
consists si II long nave crossed by three
transcptS, each being composed OF truss
arches Of Gothic form. The nave iseight
hundred and twenty feet long by one
hundred and twenty five feet in width,
with Il height of scventy-iivc feet from
the floor to the point Of the arch, the cen
trail transcpt one hundred feet wide and
scvcnty-ivc feet high, and the two end
transcpts eighty feet wide and seventy
feet high Its interior appearance re
scmblcs that Of n great cathedral, and IN
looking from transcpt TO transept, the
vista is extremely imposing. A portion
of this building is supplied with steam
power for the usc Of agricultural machlh-
cry. The four courts incloscd by the
nave and transcpts, and also the four
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. The ground
plan of the building is paralIclogram five
hundred and forty feet by eight hundred
and twenty feet, covering about ten and
one quarter acres. Sixteen foreign ma
tions have space in this building, and in
the one hundred and lorty-Scvcn thou
sands five hundred and scvcnty-two
SQUIRE feet which remain, more than one
thousand American exhibitors are &C.
comm0datcd. This nccessitateS special
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25

feet by two hundred and ten feet The
entire area covered is five hundred and
flty.cight thousand four hundred and
forty square feet, or nearly thirteen
acres and the floor space afforded is
about fourteen acres. The chief portion
of the building is one story in height,
the main cornicc upon the outside being
forty feet from the ground, and the in
terror height to the top of the yCntilatorS
in the avenues seventy feet, ami in the
aislcs forty feet. To break the long lines
of the exterior, projections have been in
troduCed upon tho four sides and the
main entrances are furnished with
racadcs extending to scvcnty-cight feet
in height. The eastern entrance is the
principal approach from railways and
from the main exhibition building.
Along the southern side are placed the
boiler houses, and such other buildings
for special kinds of machinery as may be
required.
The plan Of the machinery building
shows two main avenues ninety feet
wide, with Il central aisle between and
an aisle ON either side, these being sixty
feet in width. These avenues and aiSlcs
together have three hundred and sixty
feet width, and each of them is one thou
sand three hundred and sixty feet long.
At the center OF the building there is
transcpt ninety feet in width, which ut
the south end IL prolonged beyond the
building. This extended trHnScpt, be-
ginning at thirty feet from the building
and extending to two hundred and eight
feet, is nankcd on either side by aiscS
sixty feet wide, and forms an annex for
hydraulic machines. The promcnadcs
are: In the avenue fifteen iccL wide, in
the aislcs ten feet, and in the transcpt
twenty-five feet. The walks extending
across the building are all ten feet wide,
and lead at either end to exit doors
The foundations of this building are piers
Of masonry, the supcrstruCturc consist
ing OF solid timber columns supporting
roof truSscs, constructed of straight
wooden principal beams and wrought
iron ties and struts The columns are
placed in longitudinal lines, and in
these rows stand sixteen feet apart.
The columns are forty feet high, and
support respectively the nincty-tcet
rootspans over the avenues at II height
of forty feet, and the sixty feet roof.
spans over the aislcs at Il height Of
twenty feet The outer walls are built
Of masonry to II height of five feet, and
above that are composed Of glazed sash
between the columns. Portions OF these
sashcs are movcablc for ventilation, and
Louvre ventlators are introduced in
continuous lengths over both the ave
nucs and the aislcs. The building is en-.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25

sand three hundred square feet OF space
had been applied for by the beginning OF
I October by American exhibitors only
whereas, the aggregate space which II
has been possible to reserve for the
United States department is only one
hundred and sixty thousand square feet,
About onc-tIird il consumed by passage
ways,
The machinery building, like the
hers, is already fully covered by appll,
cations. There are about one thousand
American exhibitors in this department,
one hundred and fifty English, and one
hundred and fifty from other European
countries-whicll is about two hundred
and fifty more than entered the Wen
na machinery exhibition Extra provision
has been made for anncXcs to accommo.
date the hydraulic machinery, the steam
hammers, IOrgcS, hosting engines, boil
crs, plumbers, carpenters, etc.
Power in the machinery hall is chiefly
supplied by Il pair of monster Corliss en-
gincS. Each cylinder is forty inches in
diameter, with Il stroke Of ten feet the
Hy-Wnccl IL lllTJy-OHc ICVJ III NldllltlCTI
and weighs Glty-hvc tons; the horse
power is fourteen; and the number Of
boilers is twenty. This engine drives
about mile of shaIting.
For the art exhibition, the most emf
ncnt American artists have sent spcci-
mems, AMI it may be confidently stated
that, especially in the department Of
landscape painting, the United States
presents n finer display than the public
has been led TO expect Quite aside from
the contributions OF American artists,
applications from abroad call for more
than four times the exhibiting space
afforded by the great Memorial Hall.
Provision for the surplus has been made
in temporary lirc-proof buildings, though
all exhibiting nations will be represented
in the central art gallery.
The secretary OF the navy has arranged
that a United States vessel shall call at
convenient European ports, to collect
and transport hithcr to the exhibition
the works of American artists resident
in Europe. Among the ports thus far
designated, are Southampton for Eng
land, IIavrc for France, Bremen for Ger
many, and Lcghorn for Italy. The ar
rival Of this vessel is expected daily.
Mr.. Bell, the eminent English sculp-
tor, who designed the groups for the
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25

space for statues etc. The skylights
throughout arc double, the upper being
of clear glass and the under OF ground
glass.
Great as is the space afforded in the
memorial hall, the applications from
American and foreign artists have proved
50 greatly in excess Of its capacity ~ to
require the erection of Il much more
spacious building. This, only of brick,
harmonizes architccturalIy with the me-
mortal hall, and it is to be permanent,
1t stands Just in the rear Of the original
art gallery and communicates with IT..
1t affords sixty thousand square feet OF
wall space available for paintings, and
contains twcnty-iour galleries, each forty
feet square, besides two galleries, each
one hundred feet long by forty feet wide,
and two transverse central corridors,
twenty feet wide.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25

The exhibition buildings are ap-
preached by eight lines of street cars
which connect with all the other lines in
the city, and by the Pennsylvania and
Reading railroads, over the tracks Of
which trains also run from the North
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, Will
mington, and Baltimore railroads. Thus
the exhibition is in immediate connec-
ton with the entire railroad system Of
the country, and any one within ninety
miles Of Philadelphia can visit it at no
greater cost than that Of carriage hire at
the Paris or Vienna exhibition.
An important special exhibition is
made by the United States government,
and is prepared under the supervision of
a board of officers representing the sew
cral executive departments Of the gov
crnmcnt. A fine building Of four and
a half acres is provided for the purpose,
space in which is occupied by the war,
treasury, navy, interior, post-oilice, and
agricultural departments and the Smith
sOnian institution. =,
The women's centennial executive
committee have raised 10000 for the
erection of a pavilion in which to exhibit
every kind Of womans work. TO this
collection, women Of all nations have
contributed.
The list of special buildings is con
stantly increasing, and the present indi-
cations are that their total number will
be from two hundred to two hundred
and fifty. Most of the important foreign
natons-England, Germany, Austria,
France, Sweden, Egypt, Japan and
othcrs-are putting up one or more
structures each, for exhibition purposes,
or for the use Of the commissioners, cx-
hibitors and visitors. Offices and head
quarters of this kind, usually OF consid-
cradle architectural beauty, are provided
by the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-25
Machinery Building.

This structure is located about five
hundred and fifty feet west of the main
exhibition bHlding, and as its north front
stands upon the same line, it is practi-
cally continuation of that cdifce, the
two presenting frontage of three thou
sand eight hundred and twenty four feet
from their eastern to their western
ends, upon the principal avenue within
the grounds. This building consis OF a
main hall, one thousand four hundred
and two feet long and three hundred and
sixty feet wide, with an annex on the
southern side two hundred and eight
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throughout the lard, and 10 all the poe
pie thcrcof"-was placed upon it. This
was more than twenty yeats before tn,
independence of the colonies was dreamed
of; yet, when tine declaration was signed
this very bell WI. the first, by its merry
peal. to proclaim liberty throughout
The Land" It now occupies 4 place IN
the south vctishulc of the building. The
n,cInration of independence was signed
in the chamber on the lett of the prin-
cipol entrance. Some years since the
antiouc architectural decorations aud
furniture of thi' room were re-
moved, and their places -upplicd
with new furniture and tapestry
in modern style. This error has
since been repaired, is Tar as possible, By