The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Order Of fCIassinrH,ion'-The Department
Of Protection olive wood aud the
Holy Land. The TurLA.-Mis,
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From our Special Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-THE buildings
and grounds being in near state Of compile.
ton, it is proper that the cpistolary mcongo
or potpourri style, should conform to the
advance Of the exhibition from chaos to sys.
TEN. The space within the compass of let
ter being rather circumscrbcd, and Nbhor'
ring pent.up Utica in q corresponding sense,
| will attempt to embOdY arrangement.
While the rhapsody will not be lost, in the
prosaical, believing that the general public
accepts the trite saying, that variety il the
spice Of life" First, let the reader remem'
Der and retain these letters for reference,
that the good genius III the exhibition IN or.
der This begins with classification. There
nre seven departments, ffty.tw0 groups, and
seven hundred and thirty.nine classes First
department only IL given in this letter, Min
ing and mctalurgy chasing from one hun.
drcd to one hundred and nine, composed OF
| minerals ores, stones, mining products, ne
tAllurgical products, mining engineering,
| One hundred and ten to one hundred ana
nineteen, metallurgical products; one hun.
dred and tweuty.four to one hundred and
twenty.nine, mining engineering
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.
am at the Markoe House. After a crit.
cal examination of the hotel system of the
Quaker city, pronounce it one of the best
| in the country. One Of the attaches, Col.
| Sample, was formerly Of the Laccde hotel
| Chicago Point Clear; Seaside; lAcede,
Mobile; Warm Springs, Neb,, and is one OF
| the best hotel men in the United States
THE DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTION.
While there are few comments made upon
this important department of the exhibition,
| it is nevertheless, one Of the most powerful
auxilaries in aiding the general manage
mcnt To realize the value OF this aid,
imagine a city with n population OF nifty
thousand souls, (the number in round
| hgurcs), Of attaches, visitors, exhibitors, IN
attendance Taking the average, these, in a
majority Of cases, are strangers, Yet WIN
| all this daily influx, there has Dcen no dis'
| turbancc, excepting accidentally, less IMAM
a half dozen. This il extraordinary, ana de.
serves the consideration of the municipal
| heads Of our country. Col II. Dc Is. 'lay,
the commander OF the force, has happy
| faculty beyond all ordinary commanders,
| (Which chccrfully concedc him in this con
nection) or else our people nre the most
| lTuflNnlf III wv N''''' wa ''.
| that Col. Clay enfOrccs strict discipline, and
| his surveillance OF the department OF pro.
| lection is simply in keeping with the general
spIcndid management of the exhibition. No
| visitor need fear annoyance, much less i'll or
| rough usage at the hands Of the rude or Vlo'
| lent. ROughs are not in order on the cen
! tennia grounds. Thanks to nerve and dis
cpline rogues are spotted in nlnety'nlne
| times in hundred, and ones property, per
son and comfort are really safer than IN any
| city containing the same number ei people.
| These facts should be heraldcd all over the
world ms another proof Of mans capacity lor
self fgovcrnmcnt aud his subordinatlon to law
and order, under the s0Callcd, by dcspOlsm
of an anNrchical freedom.
OLIVE WOOD AND THE HOLY LAND.
A very interesting feature Of the spcCula'
tive department Of the exhibition is the
kind of a kiosk, where several gentlemen OF
whom have written are polishing up SOU
vcniers in olive wood for the curious pur-
chasing society, who constantly throhG ihc
counters of these dcvOtecs of the tnlSc
prophet, who like Mahomet, if the Amerl-
| can mountains won't come to the MoSlel'ls,
why Mustapha will come to the American
mountain. The articles are curious, and we
hone are made of wood cut from the Mount
of Olives, for the sake of relic hunters. Az
for your correspondent he cant forget the
little deception in this line, rs once on pur-
chasing walking canes, supposed to nave
been cut from the field Of Waterloo, rs me-
mentocs Of u visit to that historic held, he
was mortified to know, they were the grown
of the forest of SOigres. However, iaith
makes it oil right, and fully endorse the
olive wood.
TIE TURKS.
The Turks may be eliete, but they have
"specuation in their eyes" Their ideas nl
industrial expositions take the shape Of utll,
ltv, and each step taken by the followers 0l
Mahomet are towards the Dutchmnn's zone
per cent" With Turkey, as with all warm
climates, beauty, elegance and the snperliu'
ous 90 hand in hand, while in colder climates
strength, dignity and necessity show work
, of more sombrc hue, but more desirable IRON
standpoint Of human economy. The KnS
5 sian has his duck, sheet.iron and leather, th'
p Turk his shawl sandal and pipes, nnd SO !
is and ever will be. The Turks are sIov
race, but by the "beard of the prophet no
fools by any means.
MISCELLANY.
A solid niece of silver in the Mexican de
partment that reminded me, as saw how i'm
movable il was, Of the Californian who dls'
covered a bonanza lug. Ii was too heavy u
carry If he left it some one would capture ~
hence he stad and starved to death ny IT.
This piece Of silver wns too gigantic Tor the
most expert kleptomaniac. II is circular III
shane and about six feet in diameter. 1t Is
the product Of two hundred and seventy'two
tons: its weight is four thousand and two
pounds. 1t produced two hundred and thlr
tv-fve and quarter ounces to the ton; III.
cost Of production was Sl.,6 per ton
piece of armor plate is on exhibition Tor lht
irOn.clad Puritan, constructing NJ 'hcs'tr
Pa, which is ten feet long, three feet cigh
inches wide, twelve and three.qunter meme
thick In the Canada log and timber build
inr IL the section Of white pine, eight lee
five inches in diameter and six hundred an'
si1ty.four wears old Russia exhibits iu
carpet IN Mosaic, made Of three thonsan'
nieccs of fur. The fine woods of Russia ar
the Mctis and Tzigai and Negrcti. Glasgo'
su1ar cane mill, Scotland, makes an import
AMI exhibit of her metal in this specimen
the material Of two mills, with enormol
masses Of iron, occupy space hlty zee
snuare. | neglected to mention that IN
Corliss engine weighs eight hundred tons
One firm displays in diamond necklace
sind, and earrings value Of $4,000. Their
are some who will purchase them.
The Arkansas exhibits arrived to-day, nav
ing been detained by high water. Shake
Village, New Hampshire, and New l",'
send mammoth washing machines to the &c
light Of John Chnaman, who wonders, !:
the man did who saw the monkey, what
the Mclean make next" The most beaut
ful palissv and majoica ware in the world
ON cyhIbi i,n. Peru exhibits specimens q
the one hundred thousand tons OF gunno sh
annually exports; also silver that led Pi@I
ro 10 deeds of valor and brigan,iism tw
,. hundred years ago. Their cocoa contain
n sixteen nutritive qualities. Many nation
exhibit vegetables in cans hermetlcall
sealed. In England young cabbage Al
called greens; still smaller are cane
a, sprouts The ordinary greens are terme
n turnip tons. So il YOU visit the old COUNT
:" :" and wish greens ask for "turnip tops RI
:" siaisdaily adding to her cases pastilesl. Fru
Va naste is specially, also dried blood, liGu