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NOTES AT THE CENTENNIAL.
AUSTRALIA will exhibit 9S varieti,

AUSTRALIA will exhibit y3 varieties
of apples. ....r.
fg. THERE are now 30 regular restau
rants ON tie Centennial grounds.
The Japanese bronzes are exquisite
and attract great attention.
THE Turkey coffee-house will soon be
opened by the Turkish Commissioners
WHETHER or not the Exhibition shall
open on Sundays is still an open ques-
ton.
DURING August the woman suffrag-
lists will hold meeting in the Women S
Department. su..t .s-.
THE demonstrations and celebrations
for the Fourth of July will cover a
period of fortnight.
The great demonstration of the Ma
tional Division of the Sons of Temper
ance will take place July II.
THE most gigantic piece of leather
work ever manufactured is the Morocco
bnilding in which goods from that en-
pife are exhibited.
The Centennial Commissioners are
offering medals to the best bands in the
country, the contest to take place in
July or later.
THE Memphis Cotton Exchange will
hold several meetings during the sum-
mer at the Southern Retreat in the Cen
tennial grounds.
GERMANY contributes to the orna-
mentation of Machinery Hall sparkling
column composed entirely of iron ore.
IT is % feet high and weighs about 90
tons. .l.l...
FORTY tents have been put up intend
ed for the accommodation of the officers
of the United States Army and en-
ployees assigned for duty on the Cen
tennial grounds.
THE Centennial Photographing Com
pany is now engaged in photographing
all who hold free tickets, to prevent
frauds, the picture being attached to
the ticket. si.- A... ..
THOSE who have seen the London,
Paris and Vienna Exhi jitions pronounce
this superior to them all. 1t is certain
ly on a far grander scale than any ever
held in Europe.
The Philadelphia papers are elo-
quent in their admonitions to Centen-
NAL visitors not to poke the pictures
with their umbrellas. The caution, it
appears, is actually necessary.
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 in Paris
in 1867.
ONE of the greatest curiosities exhibit
ed in the Horticultural Hall is gigan-
tic sago palm, which is said to be more
than 100 years old and to have belong
ed, in 1776, to Robert Morris, the finan-
cier of the Revolution.
GREAT BRITAIN and her Canadian
province make a show of which both
may well be proud. The machines for
spinning, weaving, felting, and paper
making, included in their exhibits, at
tract great crowds from morning to
night. -
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for
the delivery on specific days of instruc-
tive addresses at the Exhibition, these
to be eventually published in book form
for distribution in the United States and
foreign countries. The speakers will
be appointed by the Governors of the
States.
WHAT remains of Commodore Per-
ry's flagship Lawrence will shortly be
placed upon exhibition. 1t has been
taken from the harbOr of Erie and will
be shipped piecemeal. At the close it
will be cut up and sold for canes, chairs,
etc. The hull of the Lawrence has laid
for 60 years in Misery Bay, where it
was sunk after the battle.
IT will be rather curious circum-
stance if the grandest display of fire
works ever burned in honor of the
Fourth of July shall be the handiwOrk
of Englishmen and manufactured in
but as it is thought that the
contract for the display upon the Cen
tennial grounds will be awarded to
Brock & Co., of England, the curious
thing is likely to occur.
By sending both artisans and labor
ers to study our industries exhibited at
Philadelphia, France pays a gratifying
to our progress in manu-
factures and agriculture. Fifteen years
ago foreign mechanics could not have
learned much from us. Now they can
acquire great deal of useful knowl-
edge in nearly every art.