The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-07-13
PHILADELPHIA July 5, lS7

fold wonders OF faiTm0unt Park. To
simply catalogue the ten times ten
thousand beautiful, useful and curl
Gus things displayed would ill all the
books of an immense library. One
may look and look and study and ex-
amino. and admire, and look and look
IN i'll The eyes burn aud the head
grows DIZZY in confusion, and he viii
prot ahi, not have made respectable
After the first three
or four days we thought we might, in
a week or two, got il all. but now,
after ten days faithful application, we
arc free to say TIA six months would
be too short Ia see ii all. When we
-aid in our first communication that
we should attempt no description, nor
even dash of glittoring gencraliiies,
we were ni,er Than we knew. Take
mile square of undulating and beau
tifulIv laid out ground, adorn it with
flowers. trees, walks. drives aud im-
mense fountains, eHlivened by bronze
statues and groups of The heroic and
NEUROLOGICAL order, of gigantic pro-
portions, set upon il three hundred
palaces OF iron. glass and marble, from
he miniature ninaret and Turkish
Cafe to the composite structures
which cover twenty acres of ground,
nliyen the scene with from seventy
dve to one hundred thousand people
clad in holiday attire, cmblazon every
hing with the gorgeous hues of the
raiubow aud the starspangled banner.
tnrn loose dozen locomotives on
winding tracks that go living hither
aud thilher everywhere, turn on your
brass bands. bell chimes, steam whis-
lie, and fog horns urlil The very trees
quivcr with the vibrating aud sound
laden atmosphere. add 10 all this a
Eundred thousand machines, impli-
menis and engines, and then start
them all Ia .oin. as though the old
scIa,ch was after them and yoi may
have faint idea Of The grand exhibit
ton. sill YOU may go on and inas-
inc and imagine without fear of in any
way getting ahead Of The reality.
At odd hours we have visited the
many historical spots with which this
ancient capital city abounds. Al the
shrine of Ffankluu's grave, within the
sacred portals Of Independence Hal,
where one hundred years ago tomor-
row the immortal instrument that
made uS free people was signed by
those noble men, The little, Old brick
building where Jefferson penned that
Declaration which made fcudalism
tremble for the first time, the old
tome OF Penn and Washington's house
" hich he occupied while commanding
the Continental ARMY have ali been
visited by US. What memories cluster
around these places, and how it awak.
.ns the enthusiasm of one who ha,
pent his life IA the great and new
west. But we must forbear.
We mot, to-day. upon the grounds
". c. Woodnln and wife, anl Thos
J. Holmes. the foreman of the EAGLE
office. OF course all bands were
Ella ped IN friendly greeting. Tom
told us that The FAGLE oilice, and The
pos; Office, and Wichita, and our la
bies were oil all right when he left,
which made rs very glad.
We want to say something commcn-
iaiory of the Kansas exhibition before
we come homc. but not this time. II
differs entirely from everything else
upon The grounds and will do oui
State great good, as ii is visited by
from five TO fifteen thousand people
daily. II we had ten or fifty thousand
copies Of that Centennial issue of the
EAGLE here we could fill up Sedg-
wick county. Dom Pedro, who, by
the way, is sensible man aud prac-
teal one, said the other morning that
pur display gave better idea of Kan
,as aud her capabilities than that at
tempted by any other State, and that
Kansas must l.. Il great country.
Last Saturday we bundled our little
woman ider our arm and took an
ocean steamer for the lower bay, as
far a. ship John Light House" The
states of New Jcr-ey and Delaware
upon either side looked their prelti-
est in the bright jane sun, and, alto
&c her. we had most delightfel day,
with Mr.. 4. COMBS, his wife. son and
daughter. who are Old friends of our
wife and at whose pleasant home we
are topping.
Tais j. the 3 I ofJa'y. II is now af
ter midnight. and is really the morn.
inc of the Fourth. We wish our fe, bl,
pea had he power 10 describe some ot
the thines that we are seeing anl feel
ing a; ta;s time. The entire city ot
Philadelphia. which Is six miles wild,
and over twenty-five miles long, ever,
building in il was covered with III,
aags OF all Nations this morning, aud
since dark every street and every
building /, bright with illumination
Up aud down the great thorou.hfares
tonight over a million people are
marchin. to and fro-men women and
rl.ilIred. Hundreds of bands of mus.
ic. thousands of companies aud organ
cations, nearly all bearing lights and
banners. have taken possession of the
streets. All authority is nonplused
aud utterly without power. The
street ears ana vehicles for two hours
have not moved, bat stand in theil
tracks. Bells are ringing, the iron
clads and other war vessels, both home
aud foreign. bclching forth Ia blaz
ing bro lasides that shake the founda-
lions OF the city. The whole atmos.
phere is fall OF The smell of gun pow
der. There win not be wink oil
sleep IN his great palaiiIl city Tonight.
The din and confusion made by tbs
crowds. the bells, the suns, crackers
and Cannon exceeds ANYTHING that we
ever heard. \ battle, in comparison
is fame. Many are wild with excite.
ment and know not what they are
about hardly. We have been worn
ont since four o clock. but sleep is i'm
possible. II is The elimination of the