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the building smaller aisles of twenty-fonr
feet width. To break the great length
of the roof-lines three transepts have
been introduced, of the same widths and
in the same relative positions to each
c.her as the longitudinal avenues. These
snJ the building, and are four hundred
or-'een feet in length The inter
at tba s "a these various avenues make
free ''f fros ~sneer q the building nine spaces
bnn5-ad Supports, which are from one
hundred 90 one hundred and tvva-,t,- faat Saat
square, and which aggregate sonr s' hns Iee'
drea and sixteen feet sonare 'STt ~ nul- a,l
eral elevation of the roofs of III me gen
avenues varies from forty.f;ve = fsat siiese =
seventy feet. 'ise leet TO
The building rests upon the ero,nd
1ne land having been thoroughly gradsd
ana prepared. The foundations cons;st
OF piers OF masonry, the superstrnctnre
Deing composed of wrought iron columns
placed twenty-four feet apart, which s,ns ,,,,s
port wrought iron roof trusses. Tbera
are SIX hundred and seventy-two of these
columns In the entire structure the
shortest being twenty-three feet and tbe
longest one hundred and TWENTY-FIVE feet
long Their aggregate weight Is two mil
mons two hundred thousand pounds Tho
Ioof trusses and girders weigh five nil
lions OF pounds. The sides of the bn;lJ
ing, TO seven feet above the ground arc
snisned with brickwork in panels he.
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Venus, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter.

The planet Venus will continue dur
ing this month to be the most brilliant
and conspicuous star in the western sky.
On the 4th inst. she reached her greatest
elongatiOn east of the sun. Seen through
the telescope she now presents the same
phase rs the moon uoes in her last
quarter Venus will reach her greatest
brilliancy on the 9TH of June, and she
will increase in brightness until that
time. She is gradually approaching the
sun, and will come into inferior conjunc-
ton with the great luminary on the 18th
of July, and will then become a morning
star.
Mercury will reach his greatest elon-
CATION east OF the sun on the 10th OF the
month. For few days about that time
he will be visible, and may he easily
traced an hour after sunset a little north
of the point where the sun sank below
the horizon.
Mars is still an evening star, and
though he sets about nine O'clock and is
apparently very small, he can be recog-
nized by his ruddy light, his being almost
in line with Venus, and his proximity
to the horizon. He will be near Mercury
at the time of the greatest elongation,
and will be help in picking up the shy
planet. The new moon OF the z3d Will
pass very near Mercury on the 24th,
Mars on the 25th, and Venus on the 10Th.
IL the weather is favorable the western
sky on those evenings will present a
pichlre that will be a source of enjoy
l2ent . ~ lovers OF the starry spheres.
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The Art Gallery.

The most imposing and ornate of all
the structures is memorial hall, built at
cost of sS1 100000, by the state of
Pennsylvania and the city of Philadel-
phia. This is placed at the disposal of
the centennial commission, to be used
during the exhibition as an art gallery,
after which it is designed to make it the
receptacle of an industrial and art coll
lection similar to the famous south Ken
sington museum, at London. 1t stands
on line parallel with, and a short dis
tance northward of, the main building,
and is in commanding position, looking
southwark across the Schuylkin over
Philadelphia. 1t stands upon terrace
one hundred and twenty-five feet above
the level of the Schuylkill. Being de-
signed for an absolutely freproof struc-
ture, nothing combustible has been used.
The design is modern Renaissance. 1t
covers an acre and half. and is three
hundred and sixty-five feet long, two
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1t is the cause. and not the DEATH
that makes the martyr.
The best way to cure the body IS to
quiet the mind.
When firmness is sufficient, rashpess is
unnecessary.
Death may expiate faults, but it does
not repair them. Sc,
In politics there is wide gulf be
tween promises and performances.
The throne is but bit OF giided wooc
covered with velvet NoPoteon.-
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While these three planets hold their
court in the western heavens, .upiter
will be a conspicuous object IN the
eastern, rising now about nine O'Clock ana
shining i'm the constellation Scprpio Win
wondrous beauty and brilliancy. lie H
still very near the star Beta Scorpii. over
which he nearly passed not long since,
for European observer reports that the
stars seemed TO touch each other and
barely escaped an occultation- On the
18th Jupiter comes into opposition with
the sun. He will then shine with his
greatest brilliancy, for he is at his nearest
point TO US; the sun, the earth and the
planet being in line, with the earth In
the center. He is at opposition one
hundred and eighty-three million miles
nearer to us than when in the opposite
part of his orbit he comes into conjunc-
tion with the sun tie three bodies being
then in straight line with the sun In
the center. The difference in distance il
the cause Of the corresponding increase
in size and brilliancy which will make
the planet a sparkling gem in the firma-
ment of stars during the whole month Of
May.
Saturn is the only one of the visible
planets that holds the position Of morn
ing star, and he Is too near the sun to .
in favorable condition for obserya''0H
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S4uaro feet.
The United States occupit
dred thousand square feet.

The United States occupies three hum
dred thousand square feet.
This machiDery building has very su-
perior facilities for shafting and double
lines are.introduced into each avenue
and aisle at a height of about twenty
feet. A Corliss steam engine of one
thousand four hundred horsepower
drives the main shafting. There are
alseisto 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 an
81 EA~for hydraulic machines there is n
Mg~ nsixty feet by one hundred and sixty
<as1itlrten feet depth of water. 1t is
ed to exibit all sorts of hydraulic
nxr.-~zTiil operation, and at the
a .,sof the tank there is wa
Il5yi E5irty-five feet high by forty feet
XAz< .z1pplied from the tank by the
4 s.s5fnps 6fsexliibition. There will prob
ablysbe larger exhibition at Philadel-
phia OF processes of manufacture than at
any previous exhibition
fhe applications for space have been so
numerous as to require the addition of
three annexes. covering two and one
half acres, while numerous private eX-
hibitors have put up buildings for their
own use. The machinery hall proper con-
tains above one thousand two hundred
American exhibitors, having an average
space of two hundred and seventy square
feet each--a more compact arrangement
than has been accomplished previously,
since at Vienna there were nine hundred
and fifty-nine exhibitors of machinery,
with an average floor space of three hum
dred and three square feet.
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s0esErs AkzEIIASS,- PAEADsss1 -RECs.AF'
TAs, ETC.
Knihts Templar (Masons), grand pa
rade, June 1.
Ordeiof Good Templars, special gath
ering. Jane l3.
International regatta New York Har-
bor), June %.
Yacht regatta, Delaware river, in
June.
Sons 4 Temperance, special gather
ing, jun.
intentional series of cricket matches,
June and September.
Congress of authors in Independence
hall, JUL! 2.
Parade of Irish societies dedication
of fountain), July 4.
Paradeof military organizations, July 4.
United American Mechanics, parade,
July s.
Knightsof Pythias, parade, August %.
International rowing regatta, August
20 to September 10.
international rifle matches, in Septem-
Der.
international medical congress, Sep
tember 4.
Independent Order of Ode. Fellows,
parade, SEPTEMBER 20.
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date the hydraulic n.
MANNERS, forges, hoistiinery, the steam
plumbers, carpenters, engines, boil
Power in the machinery halln
supplied by a pair of monster Corjf;efy
gines- Each cylinder is forty inches !,
diameter, with stroke of ten feet IN.
ny.wheel is thirty-one feet In diameter
ana weighs ffty-five tons; the borsf
power Is fourteen and the number N
poiiers IS twenty. This engine drives
about mile of shafting.
for the art exhibition, the most emi-
Eent American artists have sent spec;.
mems, and it may be confidently stated
that, especially in the department Of
landscape painting, the United States
presents finer display than the public
mas been leu TO expect. Quite aside from
the contributions of American artists
applications from abroad call for more
than four times the exhibiting snsce
Afforded by the great Memorial Hail
PROVISION for the surplus has been made
IN temporary fire-proof buildings. tbougb
al exhibiting nations will be represented
10 the central art gallery.
The secretary of the navy has arranool
tnat United States vessel shall cali ~
European ports, to collect
ana transport hither to the exhibition
The works of American artists resident
ln Europe. Among the ports TINS far
designated, are Southampton for Enr-
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T--1t,str before Admiral Nolsoo went 20
painter West of his Death of Wolfe, ("
and asked him why he did not produce
more pictures like that. Because, my
lord, responded the painter, there are
no more subjects" "D-n it," said the
sailor, 4" ] didn't think that" and asked
him to take a glass of champagne.
But, my lord, / fear your intrepidity
will furnish me such another scene and
if it should, shall certainly avail my
self of it." "Will you" said Nelson,
pouring out bumpers, and touching his
glass violently against Vests. "will
you, Mr.. West then hope that shall
die in in the next battle" He sailed a
few days after, and within year West
had on his easel the Death Of Nelson"
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Main Building.

This is a parallelogram, running east
and west one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six feet long, and north and
south four hundred and sixty-four feet
wide. The larger portion IS one story
high, the interior height being seventy
feet, and the cornice on the outside for
ty-eight feet from the ground. At the
center of the longer sides are projections
four handred and six feet in length, and
on the ends of the building projections
two hundred and sixteen feet in length.
In these, which are in the center of the
four sides, are located the main en-
frances, which are provided with
arcades upon the ground floor, and cen
traI facades ninety feet high. The
east entrance forms the principal ap
proach for carriages, visitors alighting al
the doors of the building under osyer OF
the arcade. The south enhance Is the
principal approach fro~ railway cars
The west entrance Slsons upon the main
Dossage-wav to 70 principal buildings.
r. - rs ch;n-y and agricultural halls, and
ti,o rS..sa entrance to memorial hall Cart
so.1sefy). Towers seventy-fve feet in
height rise at each corner of the building
In order to obtain central feature. the
root for one hundred and eighty-four feet
square at the center has been raised above
the surrounding portion, and four towers
forty-eight feet square, rising to one hun
dred and twenty feet high, are intro
duced into the corners of this elevated
roof. This gives ventilation as we'll as
ornament. The main building has nine
hundred and thirty-six thousand and
eight square feet of surface, or nearly
twenty-one and half acres. Its ground
plan shows a central avenue one hundred
and twenty feet in width, and one thou-
sand eight hundred and thirtv-t1ls ii
in length, which is Che loneest avenue s..
thatwidth ever iutrodpced into Al eSl,.
hilton building. 0ifTeitI I. = =
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A Hundred Years Ago.

A story is told of a family living in
colonial times, whose extravagant habits
excited the alarm of the village. For
the eldest son got a pair of boots, the
second an overcoat, the third watch,
and the fourth pair of shoe buckles !;
and the neighbors all shook their heads,
and whispered to each other: That
family ison the high road to insolvency. !"
Legislation in New England tried<77fs
restrain extravaganza in dress, and laws
were passed against wearing laces, em-
broidery, needle-work caps and inn
moderate great sleeves" A century
later We find people making much the
same complaints, and quotirg G "good old
colony times"
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mortal hall, and it is to be permanent.
1t stands just in the rear of the original
art gallery and communicates with it.
1t affords sixty thousand square feet OF
wall space available for paintings, and
contains twenty-four galleries, each forty
feet square, besides two galleries, each
one hundred feet long by forty feet wide,
and two transverse central corridors,
twenty feet wide -
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wardrobes of the men TO keep in order,
what wonder the women had no time 70
cultivate their Squirrels brains !" to
quote one of the gallant croakers OF the
time.
After all, we fancy the most ardent
lovers of the past would hardly be in
favor of the early days OF the republic
With the mahogony sideboard rescued
from oblivion, the spinning wheel set up
in the parlor, and the quaint china tea
set upon the closet shelves, we can all cry:
TOhi those pleasant times OF old, with their
chivalry and state,
love to read their chronicles which such
brave deeds relate.
love to sing their ancient rhymes, to hear
their legends told
But Heaven be thanked live not in those
blessed times of old"
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Programme of Events.
THE cENTENNIAh EXHIBITION.

Reception of articles commenced Jan
uaTy 5.
Unoccupied space was forfeited April
Main exhibition opened May 10.
Grand ceremonies on exhibition
grounds, July 4.
Trials of harvesting machines, June
and July.
Trials of steam plows and tillage i'm
plements, September and October.
Exhibit of horses, mules, and asses,
September to September Is.
Exhibit of horned cattle, September 20
70 OctobeT4
Exhibit - sheep, swine, goats, and
dogs, October 10 to October %.
Exhibit of poultry, October 2S 10 Nov
ember 10.
Main exhibition closes November 10.
Exhibits must be removed by Decem-
Der 81.
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The women's centennial executive
committee have raised $4,000 for the
erection of pavilion in which to exhibit
every kind of woUan's work. To this
collection, women of all nations have
contributed.
The list of special buildings is con
stantly increasing, and the present indi-
cations are that their total number will
be from two hundred to two hundred
and fifty. Most of the important foreign
nations England, Germany, Austria,
France, Sweden, Egypt, Japan and
others-are putting up one or more
structures each, for exhibition purposes,
or for the use of the commissioners, ex-
hibitors and visitors Offices and head
quarters of this kind, usually OF consid-
cradle architectural beauty, are provided
by the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana. Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey,
New York, Connecticut; Massachusets,
New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, Vir-
gina. West Virginia, Nevada, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa and Delaware; and it Is likely
that others will follow the example.
A number of trade and industrial as
sociations, which require large amounts
of space, are provided for in special build
ings. Among these arc the photo
graphers, the carriage builders, the glass
makers, the cracker bakers, the boot and
shoe manufacturers, besides quite num-
Der of individual exhibitors. The great
demand for space renders this corrse ne
cessary to a considerable extent, espec-
tally for exhibitors who have been tardy
in making their applications. 1SpIe
main exhibition building, force thou,
three hundred and thirfeet of space
sand three hundred seSfhe beginning of
had been applied ian -tasSn exhibitors only;
October by Agregate space which it
whereas, 1P56ssible to reserve for the
has PeStates department is only one
Imred and sixty thousand square feet.
about one-third is consumed by passage
ways.
The machinery building, like the
ohers, is already fully covered by appli-
cations. There are about one thousand
American exhibitors in this department,
one hundred and fifty English, and one
hundred and fifty from other European
which is about two hundred
and fifty more than entered the {ia6i
ma machinery exhibition. Extt. s55sf0s1s
has been made for annexes to accomm0l
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rection when accidents occur, not being
vivacious and on the lookout, as a gene
raj thing, but even in the reverse, as her
mother is said TO have stated, who is no
more, but died in the full hope of a
blessed resurrection upward of three
years ago aged eighty-six, being chris
tian woman without guile, as it were in
property, in consequence of the fire OF
lS49, which destroyed every solitary
thing she had in the world.
" But such is life. Let us take warn
ing by this solemn occurrence, ana let
us endeavor to so conduct ourselves that
when we come to die we can do IT. Let
us place our hands upon our hearts and
say with earnestness and sincerity that
from this day forth we will beware OF
the Intoxicating bowl.
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International Typographical Congress; !;
Rifle Association of the United States !;
Centennial Legion; Philadelphia Coun
ty Medical Society; international Medi-
cal Congress Old Volunteer Fire De-
partment of Philadelphia German Rife
Club; Army of the Potomac, etc.
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Mark Twain as a Reporter.

Mack Twain recently tried his hand
writing up distressing accident for a
Boston local paper, and this is how he
did it:
Last evening about six o'clock, as
William Shuyler, an old and respectable
citizen of South Park, was leaving his
residence to 30 downtown, as has been
his usualcustom for many years, with
the excep6on of only a short interval in
the sprinaof 1850, during which he was
confined b his bed by injuries received
in attending to stop runaway horse
by thoughlessly throwing up his hands
and shouting, which, if he had done so
even a moment sooner, must inevitably
have frightened the animal still more in
stead ofdeeking its speed, although dis.
astrot, Kgh to 4imself it VAS and
les,zl6 re melzHcholx and distress
kpf the presencc<ofhis wife's
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The Agricultural Building

stands north of the horticultural building,
being separated from L by a Fomantic
ravine, and has commaHdibN view 4
thessehnyiizili Niver and the mort, 81 *
suourts Of Philadeiphia hey g 3
|. .ofp,Is,ng of na. 'I!vslr;ltss 4; e; nsxsja
si's ''Fs'' !Essss feet &c rom rom
tic floor to tlleTess Il ot ti5 Fch. tlls cen
tfai tfstnk t onefSsdndred feet wide ~
seTenty-ffSe feet high, and fhetwo end
transepts eighty fen w2le and seventy
feet high. Its inferior sappeaTanc1. re-
sembles that of great cathedralSand in
looking from transept to trahsept, the
vista is extremely imposing. A portion
of this building is supplied with steam
power for the use of agricultural machin-
cry. The four courts inclosed by the
nave and transepts, and also the four
spaces at the corners of the building,
having the nave and end transepts for
two of their sides, are rooted, and form
valuable space for exhibits. The ground
plan of the building is parallelOgram five
hundred and forty feet by eight hundred
and twenty feet, covering about ten and
one-quarter acres. Sixteen foreign ma
tions have space in this building, and in
the one hundred and forty-seven thou
sands five hundred and seventy-two
square feet which remain, more than one
thousand American exhibitors are ac-
commodated. 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,
twenty two acres in extent, has been pro-
vided for the display of live stock, which
will be exhibited in a series of shows
during the months of September, Octo-
Der, and November. Two farms, more
over, of about fifty acres each, have been
planted for the trials of agricul
tural machinery.
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Machinery Building.

This structure is located about five
hundred and fifty feet west of the main
exhibition building, and as its north front
stands upon the same line, it is practi-
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wide, and fourteen feet high. Running
entirely around this conservatory, at
height Of twenty feet from the floor, is
gallery five feet WIDE.
OI,Ea.Korth and south sides of this
pris 5s IoonR are feUr forcing houses
fol 5ropagati6n of young pants,
Ashea re huDdred feet by thirty
nnc, curyed roofs of iron
sorvatdr14 - wefs s rtS ~ ~xternaF gal
legies sacfi one hundred Ieet long and
ten feel wide, which sRrmount the roofs
of the iorcing houses. These external
gallerie are connected with a grand
promenade, formed by the roofs of the
rooms n the lower floor, giving SUI
perfcid area of about seventeen thou
san6 sq1are feet.
The east and west entrances to the
horticutural building are approached by
flights ef blue marble steps, from ter
races eahty feet by twenty feet, in the
center ef each of which stands an open
kiosouetwenty feet in diameter. Each
entrance is beautified by ornamental tile
and mar5le work, and the angles of the
main observatory are adorned with
eight attractive fountains. The corri-
dors connecting the conservatory with
the surrounding apartments open fine
vistas ID every direction, and the beau
ties Of the surrounding park, with the
river flowing in front and more than one
hundrsd feet beneath the building, add
to the atractions. Extensive heating
arranrenents are provided in the base
ment. which is of freproof construction.
SURROUNDING this building there are
thirtv.tiye acres of ground, which are
devoted to horticultural purposes, and
have been suitably planted In this
plot there is an extensive series of
sunken gardens.