The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-16
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Kansas Centennial Build.
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LOOIxs-WhaH IL Exhibits.

The Kansas Centennial BufIda
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LOOks-VVhaG At Exhibits.
We clip the following account OF
the Kansas Centennial building 81
Philadelphia, from the editorial
correspondence of the Atchison
Champion:
made q tour through the differ
ent State buildings to-day. There
are twenty-five of them, each of the
following named States having
structures within the Centennial
enclosure, viz. Pennsylvania, New
York, Kansas, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wis
consln, Michigan, New Hampshire,
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland,
Tennessee, Iowa, Missouri, Yer
mont, Arkansas, California, Missis.
sippi and West Virginia. OF these,
only Kansas, West Virginia, Ark
ansas, Wisconsin and Maryland ex-
hibit their products in the buildings
they have erected. The Ohio struc-
ture is in one sense an exhibition
building, as it is constructed of
stone from nearly all of the quar-
ries of the State. In the Indiana
building are some fine specimens Of
native wood work, on the walls are
painted panels on which is inscrib-
ed . brief statistical history of the
different counties.as+ Except these
seven, the State buildings are only
State head9 uarters, intended to fur
Rish rendezvous for home visitors
to the Centennial.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS.
Massachusetts, Oregon, Michigan.
Iowa, Ohio and several other States
make collective exhibits in Agricul-
tural Hall, and those Of Msssach.
usetts. Oregon and Iowa are espec-
tally large, attractive and creditabIe.
The Missouri and Indiana exhibits
were not arranged when I visited
that building on Monday last, SO
cannot speak of them. The Massach-
usetts display is arranged with
more carefulness, system and judg-
ment than any of those made by the
States in Agricultural Hail, but that
from Oregon is the most interest
ing ana attractive. The collection
of products is large, and as remark
able as it is complete. The CaIifor-
mia display is mostly made by the
Central Pacific railroad, and is q
very Interesting exhibit. Iowa
makes . creditable display of agri-
cultural products, and has mod els,
in. wax, beautifully colored, of ali
her fruits. Michigan, however, ex-
hibits nearly two hundred varieties
of the genuine article of apple, re-
markably well preserved.
But these State exhibits in Agri.
cultural Hall are dwarfed by the
immensely of their surrounding.
Here are thousands of displays
made by foreign governments, in
dividuals, firms and corporations,
representing so many different
branches of production and indus
try that visitors give each different
exhibits only 3 hasty glance, or q
hurried inspection, and pass on to
the next. spent the whole of Mon.
day in Agricultural Hall, and al
though 1 know that l gave it's con.
tents q more leisurely inspection
than do nine-tenths of the visitors,
and examined the different State
displays with especial carefulness.
so as to see how they would COM
pare with that made by Kansas, ]
cannot now recollect or enumerate
all of the States that make exhibits
there. 1t is impossible to secure
individual recognition in such a
crowd. Any one who has visited
3 great and populous city, in which
he is . stranger, know what lonli.
ness there is on its thrOnged and
busy streets, and understands how
completely he is lost, how little OF
MS identity he can preserve, and
how small an atom of humanity he
IL In the great aggregate. And Just
so these State displays are swallow.
ed up and lost in the vast multitude
Of exhibits made in such an i'm.
mense building as Agriculture
Hall.
am thoroughly convinced thai
Kansas did . wise thing when she
decided to make q collective exhib.
IL In . separate building of her own
No one who sees her exhibits will
ever forget 1t. 1t is unique, inter
estiHg, systematic. 1t combines
completeness with attractivenes
preserves the indemnity of the State
and is so distinct, compact and Wig,
Orous that no one who sees it vii
ever regret 1t, or fail to talk abou
1t. In brief, 1t is thoroughly Kan
sau-strong, aggressive, proud and
courageous, representing at once
the material prosperity, growth anC
wealth of the State, and it's person
al characteristics and strong indi-
Yiduality as well.
THE KANSAS BUILDING
is in the shape of q Maltese cross
with the four interior corners filed
Each section of the cross is 1872 fee
long by 40 feet wide. The Colorado
people have one-fourth of the build
ing, and occupy the western poin
of the cross. The A, T. & S. F. Co
make their display along the rear O
the eastern end. The Kansas Stat,
display occupies the rest of tn,
building. Catering from the soutI
front, the birds and minerals ar,
arrayed on each side of the south.
ern wing. In the northern wing il
the agricultural display. The wOot
and stone exhibit is arranged nea
the centre, in the eastern wing. TIL
insects are in cases arranged arounC
the centre corners.
| WHERE LOCATED.
The main avenue through the Cen
tennial grounds is called Belmont
It passes from the south side of tn
enclosure, directly between tn
Main building and Machinery Hall
and runs off in 9 direction q Iittl
west of north. Passing down thi
avenue, by the Woman's Pavilion
on the right and the U. S. govern
ment building on the left, you com
to 3 road sweeping down from tn
west, IN front OF the State building
west of Belmont avenue, and con
tinuing on to horticultural Hall
just east of Belmont avenue, on tn
north side of this road, is the Kan
sas building.
/ FLAGS.
The building is adorned with for
ty-twO flags, purchased with tn
money raised by the ladies O
Leavenworth. These include tn
flags of all the Nations represents
ct the Centennial. The building
surmounted with such an array Q
bunting, is exceedingly gay.