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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-11
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Burns says, appealing to his master, the
Duke OF Athol:

Burns says, appealing to his master, the
Duke OF Athol:
Would then my noble master please
To grant my highest wishes,
He'll shade my banks WI towering trees
And bonnie spreading bushes.
Nature gives us volumes of fruits which
she always prefaces with flowers.
FLOWERS AND PATIENcF.-M Wick says
in the March ''Floral Guide -" Garden
work needs a large stock Of patience, and
we are pleased that it is so it is an excellent
discipline for an irritable temper. Things
will not all prove satisfactory the first sea-
son; but we see reason to hope for better
things next year, and we have enough sue
cess to give us faith in the future. What
grand school for the culture Of patience,
faith and hope! Then, some of our work
proves to be in excellent taste, while por-
ton we dislike, and resolve to change and
improve another year. Thus, while we i'm
prove our gardens we improve ourselves,
and while they get handsomer we get, at
least, better. We epropose no model, there
fore, for any garden, and only give few
ing-.just the keynote to get tune properly
started"
P1sHYPHYTUM BRACTEosUM.-Th is one
of thesvery best of succulent plants. We
saw this plant for the first about four years
ago-it was rare then, though propogated
now in almost every hot-house. The leaves
are two or three inches long, spatulated-ob-
lanceolate, and as smooth and plum as if
nodded of wax. The edges are rounded
and thick, without wrinkle or uneveness.
The color of the leaves is glaucous, suffused
in some parts with most delicate lilac
bloom, in others with shade of pink.
Like Echeue,ia and Klenia, it is prettiest
when young, SO, that instead of retaining old
plants season after season, it is better to
raise them from seeds or leaves. From
seeds, hundreds may be raised from single
spike and, sown in pans flight soil in the
fall, they germinate freely and will be large
enough to bed out by late spring. Propa-
gated by the leaves, the sand should be kept
rather dry, as they are prone to damp off.
Indeed, dryness suits this plant in every
stage of its life, and we have found that it
thrives just as well in hot, dry, dusty sit
ting-room as in any other place. AS a bed
ding-plant it has no superior among succu-
lents.
LIILIEs-For the past three years we
have been unsuccessful with many lilies,
such as Excelsum, Chalcedonicum and
Humboldt and previously as well, with
Brown, one of the most beautiful of Lilies,
which, though we tried it repeatedly with
ouoru narn ,,nvar oIrna h1nomaI ond aftar
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18

sides of the building smaller aislcs of
"a feet in width. To break the great
length of the rOof-lines three trlnsepts
have been introduced, of the same
widths and in the same relative posi-
tions to each other rs the longitudinal
avenues. These cross the building,
and are 4l6 feet in length. The inter.
sections Of these variOns avenues make
1T the center OF the building nine
spaces, free from supports. which are
from 100 feet to lo| feet square. and
wl,i.''; ';+tss:,r,'y5atc 4l6 feet square. The
general elevation OF Ill" roofs of I'LL
tl,cS.' avenues varies from Is feet to 70
feet. --.
The building rests upon the ground,
tho laml havin; been thoroughly grad.
cd AMI prepared. TIL" foundations con.
sist "f piers OF masonry. the super.
structure brin; cnu|Wsnl uf wrought
iron columns, placed 81 feet apart,
which support wrought iron roof
trusses. There arc G72 of these col
,lmns in the entire structure, the
shortest being % feet and the longest
l25 feet long. Their aggregate weight
is 2 200, 900 pounds. The roof trusses
and girdcrs weigh 5000, 900 pounds.
The sides of the building, to seven feet
above the ground, are finished with
brickwork in panels between the col.
ums. Above this there are glazed
sashes. The roof covering is of tin,
that being the best roofing known in
this climate to resist leakage. The
flooring is of plank, upon sills resting
upon the ground, with no open space
beneath. Turrets surmount the build
ing 1T I'LL the corners and angles, and
the national standard, with appropri.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18
Main Building.
This is u parallelogram, running east

and west 1876 feet long, and north
and south 464 feet wide. The larger
portion is one story high, the interior
height being 70 feet, and the cornice
on the outside forty.eight feet from
the ground. At the center of the
longer sides are projections 4l6 feet in
length, and on the ends of the building
projections PIG feet in length. In
these, which are in the centre of the
four sides. are located the main en-.
frances, which are provided with ar.
cades upon the ground floor, and cen.
trail facades 90 feet high. The cast
entrance will form the principal an
pr0ach for carriages, visitors alighting
at the doors of the building under
cover of the arcade. The south en-.
trance will be the principal approach
from railway cars. The west entrance
opens upon the main prssago-way to
two principal buildings, tho machinery
and agricultural halls, and the north
entrance to memorial hall tart gallery.
Towers IS feet in height rise at each
corner of the building. In order to oh.
tain central feature, the roof for 1874
feet square at the center has been rails
ed above the surrounding portion, and
-four towers 48 feet square, rising to
l20 feet high, are introduced into the
corners Of this elevated roof. This
gives ventilation as well as ornament.
The main building gives 936, ,OO8 square
feet of surface, or nearly 81 l-2 acres.
It's ground plan shows central avenue
10 feetetn width, and 1882 feet in
II til. 81 n. 4.
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mand for space renders this course
necessary to.a considerable extent, es.
pecially for exhibitors who have been
tardy in making their applications.
In the main exhibition building, for
example, 49,, 800 square feet of space
had been applied for by the beginning
of October by American exhibitors
only; whereas, the aggregate space
which it has been possible to reserve
for the United States department is
only 100000 square feet. About one.
third is consumed by passage ways. .
The machinery building, like the
others, is already fully covered by ap-
plications. There are about 1000
American exhibitors in this depart
ment, $50 English, and $50 from other
European countries which is about
$50 more than entered the Wen
ma machinery exhibition. Extra
provision has been made for annexes
to accommodate the hydraulic ma.
chinery, the steam hammers, forges,
hosting engines, boilers, plumbers,
carpenters, etc.
Power fn'the machinery hall will be
chiefly supplied by pair Of monster
Corliss engines. Each cylinder is for.
ty INCHES in, diameter, with stroke
of ten feet ;the fy.wheel is thirty-one
feet In diameter. and weighs fifty
five tons; the horsepower is ], 400 +:
and the number of boilers is
twenty. This engine drives about a
mile Of shafting. 5 ,..... q.
For, the art exhibition, the most EN-.
inent American artists are understood
to be at work, and it may be confident.
ly stated that, especially in the depart.
ment Of landscape painting, the United
States VIII present q finer display than
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18
Tho Arts Gallery.

The most imposing and ornate of all
the structures is memorial hall. built
at q cost;0f $l,500,OOOs bysthe State. o,f
Pennsylvania and city of Philadelphia.
This is placed at.the disposal of the
Centennial commission, to be used dur.
ing the Exhibition as an art gallery,
after which it is designed to make it
the receptacle of an Industrial and art
collection similar to the famous Sonth
Kensington museum, at London. It
stands ona line parallel with, and a
short distance northward of, the main
building. and is in a commanding no.
tsiti0n. looking southwark across tho
Schuylkill over Philadelphia. It
stands upoha 4 Terrace 1925 feet above
the level Of the Scl,nyl kill.ts Being de.
signed for AN absolutely sfire.proof
structure, nothing combustible has
been used. The design is modern
Renaissance. It covers an acre and q
half, and is 365 feet long, 2lO feet
wide. and tifty-nine feet high, over a
spacious basement twelve feet high.
a dome, rising $50 fleet above the
ground, surmOunts the center, capped
|by colossal ball from which rises the
figure Of Columbia. The main front o1
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18
What Au ;trali;a Shows.

The center of Australia portion of
the Main Exhibition building is a
large obelisk, twenty-five feet nine
inches in height, three feet three
inches at the base, and eighteen inch
es ut the apex, in which is shown the
gold which has been taken out of
Queensland since the precious metal
was discovered in 1868, in Gympie, in
the central districts. The obelisk is
covered with gold, FURNISHED, and rep
resents mass of gold, sixty tons in
weight, which has nettcd to the colo.
nies Fl 100000 sterling or $35 ,000, 900.
The gliding is SO arranged us to show
the relative proportions taken out of
the mines each year. Around the
base of the columns are rich specimens
of gold quartz. Close to the obelisk,
on the south side, is erected, owing to
Il lack of space for side display, a pyr-
amid of Australian tin, in ingOts,
twelve feet in height, and weighing
seven tons; the ingots arc eighty
pounds weight each, eighteen inches
by three inches.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18

$50 :
The United States will probably oc-
cupy SOC, 900 square feet.
This machinery building has very Sill
perior facilities for 'shafting, and
double lines will be introduced into
each avenue and aisle at height of
about twenty feet. A Corliss steam
engine of l 400 horsepower will drive
the main shafting. There will also
be counter-lines of shaftings in the
aisles and special steam power fur.
nished when necessary. Steam power
is to be furnished free to exhibitors.
In the annex for hydraulic machines
there is a tank so feet by l6O feet.
with ten feet depth of water. 1t is in
tended to exhibit all sorts of hydr:.ul-
ic machinery in full operation. and ut
the southern end of the tank there
will besa waterfall thirty divesfeot higl,
by forty feet wide, supplied from tic
tankby the pumps OIL exhibition. There
will probably be 4. larger .exhil,itio
1T Philadelphia of processes Of man n
facturc than, at any lreSkN,se 6xh II.
tiOn. Thesapplica eat ions for zspwce Shave
been SO numerous Us to require the
addition of three annexcs, covering
two and ene-half acres, while ,,,,mer.
GUS private exhibitors viii put In
buildings for their own use. The ma.
chinery hall proper will contain above
l 200 American exhibitors, having an
average space of 27O square feet each
"a more compact arrangement than
has been accomplished previously,
SINCE at Vienna there were $50. ex-
hibitors of machinery, with, an aver.
age floor space Of S03 square feet,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18

M
!, this building looks so,,thward, display
! ing main entrance in the center con-
| Sisting of three enormous arched door.
ways Il pavilion on etch end, and two
;.rc;sdes connecting tle r.yillions with
the center, The enhance is seventy
feet wide, towhicll there is rise Of
! thirteen steps. Each of The huge
! doorwAys is forty feet high and fifteen
, feet wide, opening into Il hall. Be-
tween tile arches Of the doorways arc
clusters of columns, terminating in
cmblcmatic designs illustrative of sci
encc and art. The doors are of iron,
relieved by bronze panels. displaying
the coats Of arms Of all the States and
Territories. The United States coat of
arms is in the center of the main
frlcze. The dome is Of glass and iron,
;ot unique design. While Columbia
rises ut the top, u colossal figure stands
ut each corner of the base Of the dome
typifying the four quarters of the
globe. -
! In each pavilion there is Il large win.
dow, twelve and Onc-half feet by thir.
ty.four feet. There are altogether
eight of these windows, which will be
used for the display Of stained glass,
glass paintings, etc. Two of them
have already been applied for from
Munich, and application for space in
them has also been made from En-.
gland. The arcades designed to screen
the long walls of the galleries each
consist of five groined arches, and
form promenades looking outward
over the grounds and inward over
open gardens extending back to the
main wall Of the building. These gar
den plots arc each ninety feet by thir'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18

to Philadelphia of works of art not up
to the standard of admission.
A large number of orders and fra
ternities have signified their intention
to hold gatherings ut Philadelphia dur
ing the period of the Exhibition.
Among those which can DC enumcrat.
ed, are the Grand Lodge of Pennsylva.
mia, Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows; the Grand Encampmcnt, Indc-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows; Grand
Lodge, United States, Independent Or.
der of Odd Fellows; Grand Command
cry Knights Templar; Grand Army of
the Republic; Presbyterian Synod ;
Caledonian Club; Portland Mechanic
Blues; Welsh National EistedfOdd =;
Patriotic Order Sons of America !; CAL
ifornia Zouaves of San Francisco; an
international Regatta ; the Life Insur.
ance Companies; National Board of
Underwriters; State Agricultural So.
ciety Second Infantry, N. &. of Cali
fornia; Philadelphia Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church; Cincin.
natl Society California Pioneer Socie-
ty; American Dental Convention {:
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
America; Independent Order of B'nai
Berth National Alumni Association !;
Salesmen's Association Fifth Mary
land Regiment Seventh New York
Regiment American Pathological So.
ciety; Masters Association of the
United States; Army of the Cumber-
land; Humboldt Monument Associa.
ton; Christopher Columbus Monument
Association Board of Trade Conven.
tion International Typographical Con.
gress; Rifle Association of the United
States Centennial Legion; Philadel.
phia County Medical Society; Inter-
national Medical Congress; Old Volun.
teer Fire Department of Philadelphia ;
German Rifle Club; Army of the Poto-
mac, ETC., etc.
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VOL. JX.

the public has been led to expect.
Quite aside from the contributions of
American artists, applications from
abroad call for moro than four times
times the exhibiting space afforded by
the great memorial hall. Provision for
the surplus has been made in tempo
rary fire.proof buildings, though I'LL
exhibiting nations will be represented
in the central art gallery.
The secretary of the navy has IT.
ranged that a United States vessel
shall scall 1T convenient Europcan
ports, to collect and transport hither
to the Exhibition the works of Amer
lean artists resident in Europe. Among
tho ports thus far designated, arc
Southampton for England, IIavre for
France, Bremen for Germany, and
Leghorn for Italy, to which, if dc.
sirablc, others may he added. "5ss&
MI. Bell, the eminent English scnl,,-
tor, who designed the groups for the
plinth for the great Albert memorial
in terra Gotta, at the celebrated works
in Lambeth, the one which symbolizes
America. The figures in this group
are colossal, covering Il ground space
of fifteen feet square,. 1t will be
placed in the great central art gallery,
opposite the principal entrance.
The art exhibition includes, in i'd
ditiOn to the works of contemporary
artists, representative productions of
the past century of American art
those, for instance, of Stuart, Copley,
Trumbull, West, Aston, Sully, Neagle,
Elliot, Kensctt, Cole. These, as well
US the works offered by living artists,
have been passed upon by the com.
mittee of selection, who visited, for
the purpose, New York, Boston, Chi
cago, and other leading cities, in order
10 prevent the needless transportation
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18
OUR CENTENNIAL,
The Great Anniversary
.... !. Exhibition.
Views of the Buildiags at Philadel-
phia, and Description ofthe
=: sa Great Exposition.

The great exhibition was opened to
the public on Wednesday, May 10th,
with imposing ceremonies. The space
about the speakers platform was filled
to Il distance that to sec and hear was
utterly impossible by il large portion
of the immense concourse in attendance
There was singing by chorus Of a
thousand voices, prayer by Bishop
Simpson, and an address by President
Grant. The exhibition was then de.
clared open, and bells were rung, cam
mons fired, and the great flag raised on
the main building.
The Centennial grounds are situated
OH the western bank of the Schuylkill
river, and within Paramount Park, the
largest public park in proximity to Il
great city in the world, and one of the
most beautiful in the country. The park
contains $3.50 acres, $50 of which have
been inclosed for the Exhibition.
Besides this tract, there will be Il large
yard near for the exhibition Of stock,
and u farm of forty-two acres has been
suitably planted for the tests Of plows,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18
A Woman Who Had no Chance.

We arc tempted, says The New York
Tribune, to givca sketch of a woman
still living, because hers is 80 common
u character and history that any vii.
lage or inland town may claim half Il
dozen originals OF both there will
certainly be no danger Of recognition.
On one of the earlier days of this
month the woman of whom we speak
went to Philadelphia to lay in stock !;
she keeps Il small dry goods and trim
ming store in a thriving town. She
went out to look ut the Centennial
buildings, ut the department for wom-
ems work, for which women alone has
paid she saw, too, some of the execu-
tive committee of her own sex at
work. Noticing her wistful face, one
of the busy ladies said: ''Can you,
not do something for us in your town
Women of intelligence and patriotism
ought TO- come to the front now to
help their country" 81 can do moth.
ing" replied the visitor. l am not /,
woman who can come to the front.
My daughter is ut work for you, how.
ever she added with a slight glow of
pride. She went home with 4 bitter
sense of humiliation. She was born,
she thought, a generation too soon.
If she were young girl now, what ca.
reers were open for 4 woman of abil.
ity-and she knew she had ability;
There were chances now on every side
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18

ate emblems, is placed over each of
the main entrances. There are nu-
merOus side entrances, each being sur
mounted with a trophy, showing the
national cOlors of the country occupy
ing that portion of the building. In
the vestibules variegated brick and
tile are introduced. Louvre ventila.
tors surmount all the avenues, and
sky-lights the central aisles. Light,
Of which there will be an ample
supply, comes from the north
and south sides almost entirely.
There undcrlie the building two miles
of drainage pipe, the water and drain
age system being complete. Offices
for the foreign commissioners are
along the sides Of the building, in
close proximity to the products exhi.
bitcd. Offices for the administration
arc ut the ends. Tho design of the
building is such that all exhibitors
will have an equally fair opportunity
of exhibiting to advantage. There is
comparatively little choice of location,
as the light is uniformly distributed,
and each Of the spaces devoted to pro
ducts is located upon one of the main
thOrOuglifarcs.
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mowers, reapers, and other agricultur-
III machinery.
An important special exhibition will
be made by the United States govern
ment, and is being prepared under the
supervision of 4 board of officers rep
rcsenting the several executive de.
partments of the government. \ fine
building of IL acres is provided for
that purpose, space III which will be
occupied by the war. treasury, navy,
interior, post-of1ice, and agricultural
departments and the Smithsonian In
stitution.
The Woman's Centennial executive
committee have raised $4,000 for the
erection Of a pavilion in which to ex-
hibit every kind of woman's work.
TO this collection, women of all nations
are expected to contribute.
The list of special buildings is con-
Stantly increasing, and present indi.
cations are that their total number
will be from 200 to $50. Most of the
important foreign nations-England,
Germany, Austria, France, Sweden,
Egypt. Japan, and Othcrs-are putting
up one or more structures each, for
exhibiting purposes, or for the use of
the commissioners, exhibitors and Wis.
itors. Offices and headquarters of
this kind, usually of considerable arch
itectural beauty, are provided by the
States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New
York, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas,
Virginia, West Virginia, Nevada, Wis
consin, Iowa, and Delaware and it is
likely that others will follow the ex.
ample,
\ number of trade and industrial
associations, which require large
amounts of space, will be provided for
in'special buildings: Among these are
the photographers, the carriage build
ers, the glass makers, the cracker bak.
ers, the boot and and shoe manufac.
turers, besides quite a number of in.
dividual exhibitors. The. great de.
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Or $25. 90 in round numbers
System Of Awards.

An original system of awards has
been adopted by the United States Cen
tennial commission, which it is be-
lieved will yield most satisfactory re-
suits. Two hundred judges, one-half
Of whom are foreigners and one-half
citizens Of the United States, are Sc
lected for their known character and
qualifications. Awards will be based
|on merit, and will be. made by the
United States Centenniel commission
upon written reports signed by the
awarding judges. The awards consist
of . diploma and bronze medal, &C.
companied by special report Of the
judges. Exhibitors have the right to
reproduce and publish the reports
|awardedto them. Each Of the judges
receives 81, 900 to meet his personal
expenses
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develop oneself, and to help others.
But it was too late for her.
She must die us she had lived-noth-
ing and nobody. There is plenty of
such mObid mallndering among women
nowadays.
Mrs. White let us say there are hum
dreds of her class among the Whites
and Blacks and all the other colOrs),
went home to her village and her shop.
1t was shop where she sold the plain
est of warcs-she had neither money to
buy the pictures or bric-a-brac for
which her soul lOnged in the cities, nor
the customers to whom she could sell.
The village was I'll isolated one, where
the crops and gossip supplied subjects
for all mental exercise. Some day
perhaps facts apd thoughts from the
wider outer wo{ Id would penetrate it's
foul atmosphere but not while she
lived, she had too nearly run her
course for that. The history of the
woman was this: She had great bea,,-
ty when II girl; not mere prettiness,
but face OF absolute beauty. She had
also IL nimble receptive intellect, of
quite us good calibre rs those of the
women who have made themselves pub
lie names and position; in short
she began life with a good
capital. But opportunity was
wanting to use it. Her beauty
made her the belle of the country.
She married a well-to-lO farmer who
lost his property by mismanagement,
died and left her with house full of
healthy, headstrong boys and girls to
feed, clOthe, educate, and bring up
nationally and piously. She did not
sit down to sew the needle was too
small a tool for such a weighty work.
She opened a dairy, a laundry, vege.
table garden. As one staff broke down
she tried another, finally settling down
in the shop which she now owns,
which is the largest in the county.
In the meantime she had 4 tougl,
struggle to pull the children along and
up, for she was resolved that they
should rise above her own standing.
ground. There was one son, whom
she sent to college, and who began to
drink us soon rs she had him 1T work
attending the lectures at Philadelphia,