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The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
A Centennial ScintillatiOn.

Few persons have an adequate idea of
the vast assortment of wonderful articles,
all suggestive of great and patriotic
events, that will be on exhibition at the
Centennial curiosity shop. Aside from
the original hatchet, with which George
Washington cut down his fathers
cherry tree, and the chair in which the
Father of his Country would have sat if
he had accepted Judge Jones invitation
to dinner, there will be- "
The birch which the grandfather of
his country cut with which to" wallop"
the father of the same if he had not
owned up.
The lie that Washington couldn't tell
about the cherry tree.
The entire garden which contained
the cherry tree, showing the stump of
the tree.
Section of the Delaware River where
it was cro rossed by Washington.
Hole from which Israel Putnam pulled
the wolfat Pomfret.
Ear-trumpets used by General Brad
dock and other guests at Braddock's
deaf-eat.
Demijohn containing some of the spirit
of'76.
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supported by fine marble and brick work.
The building is 3S3 feet long, 1913 feet
wide, and 72 feet high to the top of the
lantern. The main foor is occupied by
the central conservatory, 230 feet by 80
feet, and 90 feet high, surmounted by
lantern 170 feet long, 20 feet wide, and
ii feet high. Running entirely around
this conservatory, at height of twenty
feet from the floor, is gallery five feet
wide.
On the north and south sides of this
principal room are four forcing houses for
the propagation of young plants, each of
them 100 feet by thirty feet, and covered
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System OF Awards.

An original system of awards has been
adopted by the United States Centennial
commission, which it, is believed will
yield most satisfactory results. Two
hundred judges, one-half of whom are
foreigners and one-half citizens of the
United States, are selected for their
known character and qualifications.
Awards will be based on merit, and will
be made by the United States Centen-
NAL Commission upon written reports
signed by the awarding judges. The
awards consist of diploma and bronze
medal, accompanied by a special report
of the judges. Exhibitors have the
right to reproduce and publish the re-
ports awarded to them. Each of the
Judges receives one thousand dollars TO
meet his personal expenses.
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smaller aisles of "a feet in width. To
break the great length of the rooflines
three transepts have been introduced, Of
the same widths and in the same relative
positions to each other as the Longitude
for the foreign commissions are placed
along the sides of the building, in close
proximity to the products exhibited.
Officers for the administration are at the
ends. The design of the building is such
that all exhibitors will have an equally
fair opportunity of exhibiting their goods
to advantage. There is comparatively
little choice Of location, as the light is
uniformly distributed, and each of the
space devoted to products is located upon
one of the main thoroughfares.
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sIDNEY LANIER,s CENTENNIAL Gan
TATA.

The following is the cantata written by Mr.. Sid
Ley Lanier, and set to music by Mr.. Dudley Buck,
which was sung at the opening OF the Centennial
Exhibition.
The Centennial Meditation Of Columbia.
From this hundred-terraced hight
Sight more large with n0bler light
Ranges down von towering years;
Humber smiles and lordlier tears
Shine and fall, shine and fall,
While old voices rise and call
Yondcr where the to-and-fro
Weltering OF my Long Ago
Moves about the moveless base
Far below my resting place.
Maynower, Mayhowtr slowly hither flying,
Trembling Westward Ger yon baking sea,
Hearts within FdreueA dear England signing
Winds without But dear IN ruin replying,
Gray-lipp'd waves about the shouted, crying
No! ~ shall not be!
jamestown, out OF thee
Plymouth, thee-thee, Albany
Winter cries, le freeze Array!
Fever cries, Ye burn: Awdy!
Hunger cries, Ye sdrpe: Array!
Vengeance cries. Your graves shall stay!
Nv.
Then old Shapes and Masks OF Thipgs.
Framed like Faiths or clothed like Kings
Ghosts Of Goods once feshed and fair,
Grown foul Bads in alien air
War, and his most noisy lords,
IODRueu WIN l1tne ana poisoned SWOTuS-
Error, Terror, Rage and Crime,
All in windy night OF time
Cried 10 me from land and sen,
No! 7hou shalt not be!
Huguenots whispering yea in the dark.
Puritans answering yea In the dark!
Yea, like an arrow shot true to his mark,
Darts through the tyrannous heart Of Denial.
Patience and Labor and solemn-souled Trial,
Foiled, still beginning,
Soiled, but not SHINING,
Toll through the sterterous death OF the Night,
Toll, when wild brother-wars new-dark the Light,
Toll, and forgive, and kiss DER, and replight.
W.
Now Praise to Gods Oft granted grace,
Now Praise to Mans undaunted face,
Despite the land, despite the sea,
was; am and shall be-
How long, Good Angel oh, how long?
Sing me from Heaven mans own song!
VII,
Long as thine Art shall love true love,
Long as thy Science truth shall know,
Long as thine Eagle harms no Dove,
Long as thy law by law shall grow,
Long as thy God is God above,
Thy brother every man below,
50 long dear Land Of all my love,
Thy name shall shine, thy fame shall glow!'
vIH
oh, Music, from this height Of time my Word un-
fold,
In thy large signals all mems hearts Mans Heart
Mid-beayen unroll the chords as friendly flags un-
furled,
And wave the worlds best lovers welcome to the
world.
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north and south sides almost entirely.
There underlie the building two miles of
drainage pipe, the water supply and
drainage system being complete. Officers
ornament. The main building gives
936,00S square feet of surface or nearly
2l4 acres. It's ground plan shows CEN
tral avenue 120 feet in width, and l 1892
feet in length which is the longest avenue
of that width ever introduced into an
exhibition building. On either side of
this is another avenue of equal length,
and 100 feet wide. Between the central
and side avenues are aisles 4S feet wide,
and on the outer sides of the building
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The United States will probably oc
cupy 300, 1000 square feet.


This machinery building has very
superior 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
400 horse power will drive the main
sbafting. There will also be counter
lines Of shafting in the aisles and special
steam power furnished where necessary.
Steam power is TO be furnished free TO
exhibitors. In the annex for hydraulic
machines there is tank sixty by one
hundred and sixty feet, with ten feet
depth Of water. 1t is intended to ex-
hibit all sorts of hydraulic machinery
in full operation, and at the southern
end of the tank there will be a water.
fall thirty-fve feet high by forty feet
wide, supplied from the tank by the
pumps on exhibition. There will prob
ably be larger exhibition at Philadel-
phia of processes Of manufacture than
at any previous exhibition. The appli-
cations for space have been so numerous
as 10 require the addition of three an
nexes, covering two and one-half acres,
while numerous private exhibitors will
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Liberty Bell.

The famous Liberty Bell was originally
cast in England, in 175l. 1t contains
the following inscription:
"By order of the Assembly of the
Province Of Pennsylvania, 1852" Also
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the
land, and unto all the inhabitants
thereof"
Before the bell was properly hung, ii
was cracked by strike of the clapper,
and was recast in this country. 1t was
finished and hung in June, 1853. In
1777, at the time the American forces
were compelled to evacuate Philadelphia,
this bell, together with Christ church
chimes, was removed to Allentown, to
prevent them being melted into cannon
by the English; at the close of the wal
it was returned to Philadelphia and con-
tinued in constant use until 1928, when
it was replaced by the present bell. The
old bell now hangs in the old State
House in Philadelphia.
IT is estimated that up to the time ol
the closing of the Exposition on the first
ayapipn nyar fwo hYoIraI and Ecty
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A Great Organ.

An organ built in Boston occupies the
gallery of the eastern end of the great
nave of the main centennial building.
The instrument is a thorough exemplar
of the organ industry, and is so large
that spectators can readily gain admis-
sion to its interior and examine all the
details. There are four stories of apart
ments within the case. besides an office.
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1000 American exhibitors are to be
accommodated. This necessitates special
buildings for the collective exhibits of
their natural resources provided by the
different States.
In addition to the grounds within the
inclosure, an eligibly-located stockyard,
% acres in extent, has been provided for
the display of live stock, which will he
exhibited in series of shows during
the months of September, October, and
November. Two farms, moreover, OF
about so acres each, have been suitably
planted for the trials of agricultural
machinery.
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The centennial,
The Great Anniversary Exhibition in
Philadelphia.
Views OF the Exhibition Buildings and
Full Descriptions Of the Va
rious Departments.
Arrangements for the Centennial.

The act oe Congress which provided
for celebrating the one hundredth an
niversiry of American independence, by
holding an International Exhibition of
arts, manufactures, and products of the
soil and mine," authorized the creation
of the United States Centennial Com
mission, and intrusted to it the manage
ment of the Exhibition. This body is
composed of two commissioners from
each State and Territory, nominated by
the respective governors, and commits
stoned by the President of the United
States. The enterprise, therefore, is dis
tinctly national one, and not, as has
sometimes been stated, the work of a
private corporation.
The Exhibition was opened on
May 10, 1876, and remains open until
November 10. There will be q fixed
price of fifty cents for admission to all
the buildings and grounds.
The cent ,nnial grounds are situated on
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roof.spans over the avenues at height
of forty feet, and the sixty feet roof.
spans over the aisles at height of
twenty feet. The outer walls are built
of masonry to height of five feet, and
above that are composed of glazed sash
between the columns. Portions of these
sashes are movable for ventilation, and
Louvre ventilators are introduced in
continuous lengths over both the ave-
nues and the aisles. The building is
entirely lighted by side lights from the
north and south. Space in machinery
hall has been allotted as follows:
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THE Centennial commissioners report
that the hotels and boarding houses in
Philadelphia, are capable of accommo-
dating SO 600 visitors, and that private
accommodations can be secuted for 20,-
600 more. Board can be had, IL is said,
from t1.50 70 % per day.
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IT is estimated that up to the time OF
the closing of the Exposition on the first
evening over two hundred and fifty
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-07

The store of Messrs. Hoyt & Whitney, at
Maine Prairie, was recently burned, with the
entire stock and contents. Mr.. Whitney,
who was sleeping in the store, barely
escaped with his life. Loss, $500.
OssIAN E. DODGE died, in London, on the
18th of October, of paralysis of the brain.
THE Younger brothers, who pleaded
guilty to an indictment for the murder Of
Haywood, the Northfeld Cashier, and were
sentenced to the State Prison for the remain.
der of their natural lives, were brought to
saltwater on the ed and delivered to the
Warden.
Compton, attempted self-destruction at
Eagle Lake recently, by taking dose Of
strychnine. Unrequited love was the cause;
but, taking an overdose, the reaction saved
her.
One evening, recently, while John meyer
and John Mohs, of Eden Lake, were in the
woods hunting, Mohs saw what he supposed
to be deer about forty feet ahead, and
coming toward him. He fire ', and on going
to the spot found the dead body of his
ncighbor, John Mcyerle, the charge from the
gun, OuChsuoI ahu Hhc Shot, having taken
effect in Mcycrle's abdomen, tearing it fearful
ly. He had died instantly. Meyer was only
Il few steps behind Mohs. The attcr gave
himself up.
COMPLETE official returns show that the
next State Senate will stand: Republicans,
p; Democrats, IA. The House stands: Re-
pu licans, "a; Democrats, 81
THE appended table, the work Of DR.,
Phillips, the Commissioner of Statistics,
shows the number of deaths that occurred
in Minnesota during 1875:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-07
A " Mock Marriage"

A peculiar bill was fled in the Superior
Court yesterday by Robert w. Butler
against Elizabeth A. Kinney, In which he
states that in the year 1875, while at Way
land, Mich he and Miss Kinney, with
others, accompanied Miss Susan Hunt
ley and NJ. NJ. Richardson when they
were being married. After the ceremony
Mr.. Richardson, out, of q joke, dared
Butler and Miss Kinney to 60 into Justice
David StOckdale's Office and 60 through
the form of marriage; and they, think
ing it would be fine piece OF fun, acta-
ally went through the ceremony.
Butler has since moved to the State Of
Illinois. where he now resides. On men,
tioning the above ceremony to his legal
adviser, however, he was informed that
what he thought was a joke partook too
much of the character of serious earnest
to please him, and he thinks he
had better get the marriage annuled
before entering into another en-
gagement with any other lady. Mr.. But
Ter says that the ceremony has been kept
a secret ever since, and that he has never
lived with the lady so strangely united to
him, nor provided for her support. He
was only twenty years old at the time of
the joke and she but seventeen, and
neither Of them had the least intention of
marrying the other, and further,
the consent of the parents of neither
party was obtaiced. Still Butler is
advised that it won't do 70 trifle with
q ceremony like his mock marriage,
as he thought ii, and~@he now asks the
court to annul the marriage and set him
free. Suoh q strange occurrence is sell
dom seen out Of the pages of q novel, and
Judge Moore may hereafter. figure as
Judge in a romance TO be founded on the
facts disclosed in this trial,-Vkjeaeo In.
tSr.Ocsass.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-07
A Persian Legend.

When Ormuzd the All Father had fin
ished the creation of the world, with the
beasts, birds, fishes and insects, he deter
mined to create an animal superior to
them all, combining the good qualities Of
the others with the addition of superior
reasoning faculties. Accordingly he
gathered the materials for the new animal,
including those of the noble and courage
GUS horse, the toilsome and patient OK, the
grateful and faithful dog, and the mild
and innocent sheep. In the mean time
Ahriman, the evil one, who was aware of
the intended new creation, and ever on
the alert to thwart the designs of the good
Ormuzd, prepared himself for action by
securing portions of the rapacious and
bloody wolf, the cruel and ferocious tiger,
the cunning fox, the filthy swine, and the
groveling midnight hyena. These ingre-
dients, in the absence of Ormuzd, heslyly
mixed with his preparation. When the
new creation was completed Ormuzd
brcathed into it the breath of life
and called it man, and placed him in a
magnificent garden, gorgeous with all
kinds of fruits and flowers, in the midst
Of which was the tree of knowledge. OF
the fruit of this tree the man was COM
manded not to eat, but his first act was
disobedience and he was driven ignomin-
ously from the garden, and lest he should
eat fruit of the tree of life'' and be-
come immortal, it was guarded by angels
with flaming swords. The sons of the
men commenced their career by one MUIR
dering the other, and then Ormuzd dis
covered the trick that had been played by
Ahriman. AS mankind increased in num-
bers the earth becamed filled with vio-
lence, and their selfish, brutal and bloody
instincts had full sway. Ormuzd repent
ed that he had made man and determined
to destroy him from the face of the earth.
This he did by flood, but the good spirit
of his great compassion saved one family,
the Dest he could find, to repeople the
earth. In the mean time Ahriman
had completed his work for the
destruction of man by imparting
to him a knowledge Of fermentation,
and distillation by which maddening
drinks were made that would make man
more like himself in supreme deviltry.
He foresaw that men in future ages would
torment and murder each other in the
name of religion that the strong would
over-p power and enslave the weak that
each other to crafty the ambition of kings
and priests; in short, that this earth would
be as nearly hell as his own dominions
of darkness. One thing troubled him and
thwarted his internal plot-namely, that
the first man did not eat of the tree of life
and become immortal, and that when he
ceased to breathe he ceased to exist so that
he could not torment him longer than his
brief earthly existence. In this protection
of the t" tree of life'' he saw the sublime
wisdom and benefcence of Ormuzd, who
would not suffer the woes of man, in
flicted through the internal Vaccinations
of Ahriman, to be but brief and temper
arV
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-07
Boys Sport-A Little Story With a
Moral.

A case has recently been developed
here, from which strong moral could be
drawn, and in case it happens to be known
to any instructor Of youth, he will un-
doubleday make use of 1t, much to the
edification of. the aforesaid youth. But
this, in the language of the novelist, is a
depression. Some three or four years ago
Charley Scribner, son of Hon. G. Fl.
Scribner, and Leo Miner, son of Mr.. D.
H. Miner, were playmates and firm friends,
and were in each others company con-
stantly.~ Although At that time but twelve
or thirteen years of age, they were both
great readers, and took especial delight in
telegraphy, and anything relating to cleo
tricity. The taste they had for such mat
tiers was gratified, and soon they began
studying the science. Both of the boys
then lived on Huron street, near each
other, and, after pursuing their studies on
electricity for awhile, they stretched a
wire from one house to the other,
rugged up some old batteries and
instruments obtained of the Western
Union Company, and telegraphed mes
sages from mousse to house. Not long after
that Mr.. Scribner moved to his present
residence, on the corner of Indiana ave-
nue. and Fifteenth street, nearly two miles
from his former dwelling place. This for
while put stop to the boys sport. But
they went to work and, alone and unaid-
ed, stretched wire from Mr.. Miners
house, on Huron street, to Mr.. Scribner's.
At this time they bought new instruments
and had become proficient operators. 1t
should be remembered that all this work
adjusting the instruments, making the
batteries and stretching the wire-had
been done by these two boys. The pleas
ure and experience gained by this pastime
and study developed in Leo Miner taste
for mechanics, which, ~ he grew older,
constantly increased, and he is now a
member Of the Engineers Corps at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he is
pursuing his studies with that energy and
ardor which characterized his efforts here.
Charley Scribncr, on the other hand,
though comparatively young In years,
completely mastered It. Last spring his
|inyestig cations and studies resulted in his
inventing an improved repeater" for
use on telegraph instruments. He took his
plans TO Chicago, where O. model was
made, and on which he has received let
tiers patent from the bureau at Washington.
The Improvement was tried in Chicago by
the Manager of the Gold and Stock Tele-
prapii Company, who was 50 pleased with
Charley,s knowledgc pf alf branches Of
telegraphy, and his modest manner, that
he offered him then and there . lucrative
/ andf rsn6nsible position, but Charley
hardly felt like accepting the place,
so he -. returned home, where he
mas since been engaged in pursuing his
studies. In the meantime the manager
has been in constant correspondence with
him and his father, and finally succeeded
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-07
Sayings by Josh Billings.

Modesty and bravery are alike in one
respect: they never desert US, whether in
a crowd or in the closet. s"
IL Is hard to bear pain, but after an ach-
Ing tooth has been jerked out, the pleasure
OF relief far exceeds all the pain endured
Patience is often more of an Alternative
than a cure. "Grin" and "Bear It., are
two children of Patience, and they are a
credit to their parent
Perseverance always wins; have seen
it win in thousands of contests whele it
never had right to win at all.
Once IN thirty years the doctors dis
cover that they have all been barking up
the wrong tree, and make an entire change
in their medical practice This shows us
that physic and guesswork are scientific
Poverty is bad enough, but to be ashamed
of it makes it almost insuyportable.
Ridicule is valuable weapon, but the
trouble is that it is oftener used against
the good things of life than the bad ones.
The great error Of modern education is,
that it trains the head and lets the heart
go to ruin; it makes the pupil quick at
figures and smart on an eclipse, but the
virtues of charity, atfability, and even
honesty, seem to be almost neglected
Young man, if the ambition of your
life is to be famous, it is the simplest
thing in the world to accomplish it. Prac-
tice standing on your big toe until you can
beat any other fellow at it. and you are
famous
Nothing would cure any of us more
fully of the love of glory than to live
about ninety days after we have been
buried, and hear what the world has got
to say about it.
Women seldom make good Captains, but
always make the best of First Lieutenants.
The first thing man does when he
gets up in the morning is to feel for his
pocket book, and the first thing woman
does Is to see If the looking glass is all
right.
Humility is the only thing that will teach
man self-knowledge, but it is as hard
work for man to be humble, and enjoy
himself, as it is for hornet.
A man who has made up his mind to 90
through life strictly according to law will
probably keep out of States prison, but
whether he will out of Satan's clutches.
when he comes to die, 1 amt obliged
to tell.
Prophets are very corceited race, but
if they were obliged 70 pay a bush l of
corn into the poor fund every time they
missed, it would soon break the whole lot
of them.
All weak things are simple, but all sim
pie things are not weak. Most of these
sublime truths have been uttered in the
most simple language.
The best courage any man can have is
the fear to do wrong.
Cunning never elevates, but step by step
leads its victims on to knavery.-N. Y.
WeeAlu.