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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-18
Philadelphia Hotel Customs.

The customs here given are those
that prevail at hotels where the high
er prices are charged. Where lower
prices prevail, the conveniences at the
disposal of the visitors are similarly
reduced,
Visitors will find it to their advan-
tage to engage rooms by telegraph or
mail. On arrival at the hotel, the Wis.,
tor should register his namc, and pro-
cure his room and private parlor if
desired. Each hotel has a public par.
lor open to all guests. The use of pri.
vate parlors is exceptional. No fees
to walters or servants is necessary.
Money or valuables should be depos.
tied in 4 safe that is kept for that
purpose in the hotel office, and which
can be used without charge. If left
in the rooms they are at the risk of
the owner. A printed tariff of charges
and hotel rules is posted on the door
of each room.
Physicians can be procured on ap-
plication to the hotel clerk. Tele-
graph offices, book and newspaper
stands (at which tickets for places of
amusement can be procured), Barber
shops, wash rooms, reading rooms,
and coat rooms (where the visitor can
deposit hand baggage and receive a
check therefor) are connected with
tirst-class hotels.
The hotels are conducted on one OF
two plans:
The American plan charges the Wis.
ltor fixed rate per day, which pays
for meals, lodging, and attendance
Four meals are served per day Ii
e.. breakfast, dinner, tea and supper)
in dining-rooms that are used in com
mon by all guests. A head waiter re-
ceives the guest and assigns him a
seat at table. The guest can select any
thing he may desire from the printed
bill of fare. Separate meal accommo
dations are provided for nurses and
children at reduced rates. If occupy
ing seats at the regular table, full rates
are charged.
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Resorts Near Philadelphia.

Atlantic City, n. j., is distant sixty
miles from Philadelphia. Fare, $500;
round trip tickets at reduced prices.
There are about sixty-five hotels and
boarding houses, prices varying from
$l.75 to $4.00 per day or $40 to $25 per
week.
Cape May, N. J. is distant eighty.two
miles from Philadelphia. Fare $3.50 !;
round trip tickets at reduced rates.
There are about forty-siX hotels and
boarding houses, charging prices vary
ing from $500 to $3.50 per day, or $sl2
to $25 per week.
Long Branch, n. j., is distant eighty
eight miles from Philadelphia. Take
Pennsylvania railroad, from Thirty
second and Market streets; Fare, 50 .25;
round trip tickets at reduced rates.
The prices of board vary from $500
to $3.50 per day or $1,000 to $25.O0
per week.
In addition to the abovc-named
principal seaside resorts may be men.
toned:
Sqllan Beach, and Sea Grit, NJ.
Barnegat, N. j.
Brigantine Beach, N. j., near and
reached via. Atlantic City.
Ocean Grove, N. J. (Methodist), neal
and reached via Long Branch.
Sea Grove, n. J. (Presbyterian), neal
and reached via Cape May.
Seasides resorts are most frequentet
during the months of July and August
The bathing beach is ordinary smooth
and sandy. The customary bathing
hour is between 10 1-2 and IL A. N
Bathing houses and suits, including
the use of towels and attendance, cal
be hired at reasonable rates if desired
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portraits Of Shakespeare, Washington
Wesley, Queen Victoria, Lincoln, Spur.
geon, Grant. and others. An Ameri.
can jacquard in another part of the
hall is also set for portraits. A very
compact eight.color calico printing ma
chine by Gadd of Manchester is worthy
of notice.
Belgium comes next in order of
readiness and quantity. The most
unaccountable and monstrous thing in
the hall is a Belgium well-borer. It is
an enormous leg of iron, with a heavy
foot having row of chisels on the
soles, used to stamp holes into the
ground. 1t weighs 10000 pounds, and
being rotated six inches after each
stroke, makes a circular hole ten feet
across. Claws and Waived buckets
lift up stones and mud respectively,
for the creature delights in water, and
when hole is made a certain depth
another still larger shaft with a foot
Is inches long, and weighing 10000
pounds, and having chisels to match,
is stamped up and down to enlarge the
hole, which is then cased with cast
iron pipe. Belgium has also here a
Corliss engine, built for the Belgian
mint and a smaller one with Rider
valves.
Brussels. Namur and La Louviere
send multitubular filters, rotary
pumps, buhrs. shears, and punching
machines. Sweden shines both in
machines for working wood and metal;
Bolinders of Stockholm contributing
gang-saw mills and cartridge capsule
machines. A Swedish narrow guage
locomotive, the Nyhammer, is also in
place, as well as two stationary hori-
zontal and one vertical steam engine.
Sewing machines, small mills and a
number of small puzzling machines,
which the fair haired attendant could
! not describe in any common terms of
apprehension. complete the Scandina
Wan list. Germany is making one
great exhibit, or rather soon will.
Krupp, of Eisen is here with his 1900.
pounder gun, several breech.loading
| field pieces, and mountain hOWitzers.
He also shows minerals and metallic
products of his iron hive. The gas
engines Of DeutZ are also here, standing
in row nearly opposite the case con-
tanning an assortment of steam guages
from MereDuag.
Brazil has a vertical twin steam en-
gine for marine purposes, built at the
arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro.
The large locomotive, which looks so
grand with it's inscription, Estrada de
ferro de Dom Pedro H. is the work
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in
Philadelphia, and has the peculiar
lguage of 63 inches.
The contributions of Brazil are mod
els of screw engines and marine archi-
lecture, many Of the latter being evil
IDENTIFY river boats for the great ANA
zon. A field-piece, mortar. and some
shells look lonesome in one corner.
France has yet but little ready. Alau-
zet ct Gle of Paris have a railway
printing-machine, the bed carried on
wheels which run on tracks. Boyer of
Paris has beet-root sugar apparatus.
Morane of the same city has an admir-
able series of stearine candle machin.
cry. Other foreign spaces are unten-
anted.
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rooms have two side galleries, 2l0 feet
long. All the galleries are lighted
from above, the pavilions and studio
from the sides.
Machinery Hall is located west of the
intersection of Belmont and Elm aven.
ues, 542 feet from the west front of
the Main building, the north front be.
ing on the same line, thus presenting
with it a frontage of 1924 feet from
east to west, upon the principal aven-
he within the grounds.
The main hall is $50 feet wide by
l ,4O2 feet long, with an annex on the
south side 208 feet by 2l0 feet; the
area of hall and annex is 558, ,440
square feet, or 1882 acres, and includ-
ing the upper floors, it covers a space
ct fourteen acres (loor space). There
are two main avenues ninety feet wide,
1850 feet long, with center aisle
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feet. At one end is q restaurant eighty
by thirty feet; at one of the corners
is-a,gentlemen's saloon, forty feet by
forty feet; at the opposite corner Il
ladies' saloon, forty feet by forty feet,
while on the other end and correspond
ing are the Offices of the hall, of simi.
lar dimensions.
Agricultural Hall stands north of
the Horticultural building, and con-
sists of nave and three transepts.
The nave is 500 feet in length, l25
feet in width, with a height of seven.
ty-five feet from the floor to the point
of the arch. The ground floor is a
parallelogram $40 feet by 800 feet,
covering u space of about ten acres.
Near the hall is the stock yards. etc.
The contract price for the building
is as follows
Art ualiery ::;.:. .'.... ............. ,190 az
Horticultural Hall 49,. .... ...... :. 246,931
Machinery Hall ....;.... .... ...... - b1290i
Agricultural Hail.. -. ,..........s ls6,9ll
l. ~t,{~., D..i.it i,Eti -- +.- ,.,-t ~ -.
~AOt~A'. 80. 80. .'.' .... ...~os To-
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The European plan charges the WIS.,
itors fixed rate per day, which pays
for his room and lodging only; meals
are served in a restaurant connected
with the hotel. A printed bill of fare
is used, having prices affixed to each
item the visitor orders what he may
require, and is charged for what he
orders.
The Cenetnnial lodging house agency
Qimited) of Philadelphia have their
tickets on sale. at moderate rates, at all
leading railway offices, securing the
purchaser comfortable lodging accom-
mediation, and will have agents meet
travellers approaching Philadelphia,
who will give all necessary informa-
tion as to the location of lodgings and
how to reach them, and will attend to
to the delivery of baggage.
There are in the neighborhood of
two thousand hotels and regular board.
ing houses in Philadelphia.
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new State,: but the. flag became too.
large, and Congress reduced the stripes.
to the original thirteen, and now the
stars are made to correspond in num-
ber with the States. Il ,...':: g =
The Visitors Guide.

Girard avenue, one of the. chief
streets Of Philadelphia, leads directly
from the heart of the city to the en-.
trance to the main exhibition building
rms IS is q broad highway one hun:
dred feet in width, crossing the
schuy!kili rly9r upon the magnificent
iron BRIDGE and. which was erect.
ed at q cost Of 81 500, 900 expressly to
furnish good facilities Of, access to the
Exhibition grounds. This avenue pas.
ses:t :throu the park in a westerly di-
>rection, and is very fine. drive:' Bor.
dering it on the right hand are thefEx-
hibitioli grounds. These cover about
236 acres, which are inclosed for the
buildings, in addition to which there
will be other Enclosures for the dis
plays of horses and cattle. At the
Vienna Exhibition of 1873, the inclos-
ure, including that for the horses and
cattle, which was of considerable size,
covered 260 acres. The buildings of
Vienna gave about 100000 square
feet of ground floor surface for exhibi-
tors, and covered ~ acres. There
were originally provided at Philadel.
phia so acres of buildings, giving g..
1O7 900 square feet of surface, but ap.
plications for space are so numerous as
to render enlargement necessary.
The articles to be exhibited have
been classified in seven departments,
which for the most part, will be locat.
ed in. appropriate buildings, whose
several areas are as follows:
l. Mining and metallurgy, 2, manu-.
factures, 3, education and science,
main building, 2l.A; Art, art gallery,
Is; S. Machinery, machinery build.
ing, IA; 6. Agriculture, agricultural
building, 10; I. Horticulture, horti.
cultural buildings, is. Total 4S.47.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-18
A General View.

The Exhibition buildings are located
in Paramount Park, which adjoins the
built up portions of Philadelphia on
the northwestern border. This is a
beautiful park of 2,740 acres, upon
which the city has already spent over
$6,000,00O, and is now annually ex-
pending large sum in adornments
and improvements. Through it runs
the Schuylkill river, bordered by high
banks and ravines, and its great natur-
al beauty has been enhanced by art.
The buildings are located on some of
the most beautiful spots on the banks
of this river, groves of stately trees
surrounding them, splendid views of
river and landscape being afforded.
These buildings stand from ll2 feet to
l20 feet above the highest tide water
level in the Delaware river, and fully
that height above the Schuylkill.
Philadelphia is a city of 100000 in
habitants, containing 1873, 900 dwelling
houses, a large proportion of which
are owned by their occupants, and this
number is being increased at the rate
of 5000 year.
Girard avenue, one of the chief
streets Of Philadelphia, leads directly
from the heart of the city to the EN-
trance of the Main Exhibition build
ing. This is a broad highway 100 feet
in width, crossing, the Schuylkill river
upon magnificent iron bridge, which
was erected at cost of 81 100000 ex-
pressly to furnish good facilities of &C.
cess to the Exhibition grounds. This
avenue runs through the park in west
erly direction, and is very fine drive.
Bordering it on the right hand are the
Exhibition grounds. These cover
about 236 acres, which are inclosed for
the buildings, in addition to which
there will be other Enclosures for the
displays of horses and cattle. At the
Vienna exhibition of 1873, the inclos-
ure, including that for the horses and
cattle, which was of considerable size,
covered 260 acres. The buildings at
Vienna gave about 1000 square feet of
ground floor surface for exhibitors.
snd covered forty-two acres. There
were originally provided at philadel-
phia fifty acres of buildings, giving
2,l07 900 square feet Of surface, but
applications for space were so numer-
GUS as to render enlargements neces-
sary.
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''Donald," said Scoth dame, look
ing up from the Catechism to her son,
''v hats slander p "A slander, guide
mither p quoth young Donald, twist
ing the corner of his plaid j; 'ea.weel, I
hardly ken, unless it be mayhap an ow.
er true tale which one guide woman
ellis of anither.
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anu an aisle on elChec SIDE. Zach
aisle is sixty feet wide, the two aven-
ues and three aisles giving total
width of 800 feet. In the center of
the building is q transept ninety feet
in width, beginning thirty-six feet
from the main hall, extending 2O8
feet, is flanked on either side by
aisles sixty feet in width, and forms
the annex for hydraulic machines.
The promenades are fifteen feet in
in the transepts, and ten feet in the
aisles; all other walks are ten. feet
in width and lead to exit doors. The
columns are sixteen feet apart, forty
feet high to the heel block Of the
ninety feet span roof tresses over the
avenues. The outer walls are mason
ry to q height of five feet, and above
they are composed of glazed sash be-
tween the columns. Eight main lines
of shafting may be introduced
extending almost the entire length of
the structure and counter shafts can
be introduced into the aisles at any
point. In the hydraulic annex at the
south end, there is waterfall thirty
five feet high and forty feet wide, to
be supplied from the tank by the
pumps on exhibition.
The Horticultural Hall is one of the
main features, and for the accomoda-
tion of the lovers of nature and her
works splendid building is erected.
The total length, as shown on the
ground plan, is $50 feet, width 100
feet, height seventy-two feet. The
central portion will be occupied by the
grand conservatory, 230 feet by eighty
feet, and between this and the outer
frame will be the warm. and cold
houses, four in number, 100 by thirty
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-18
Visitors to Philadelphia.


The hotel capacity of Philadelphia
is below the requirements for the year
1876. Though Accommodations have
been rapidly increased by the erection
of new hotels and the extension of
older ones, there is still deficiency,
to meet which the Centennial lodging
house agency has been organized.
This is IN association composed of
railway men, who early saw the neces-
sity of bringing private dwellings and
boarding houses under some compre-
hensive system, whereby they could
he utilized by strangers unable to find
hotel accommodations. This associa-
tion has contracted with householders
for their best spare rooms, and have
secured daily accommodations for
nearly. forty thousand persons in
rooms furnished equal to those of any
hotel in the city, with two meals OF
superior quality, ut daily prices of
about one-half those charged by hotels.
The plan of operations is as follows {:
Coupons are placed on sale at all the
principal railway offices in America
and Canada where excursion tickets
are sold to Philadelphia, while like
coupons are sold in Europe. Each
coupon provides for one full days &C.
comodation, which day is to consist of
q breakfast, with meat or ham and
eggs, tea or coffee, two kinds of veg.
etables, etc; supper Tor dinner) as sub.
stantial as the breakfast and lodgings
in rooms we'll furnished and with
clean bedding (the same linen never
being used by different persons;) J par
lor or sitting.rooms for use of guests
closets, ETC., and in most cases bath
rooms ) all without additional cost
the respectability of the houses in al
cases being vouched for. A visitor t<
Philadelphia can purchase coupons fo1
one day or one hundred days. Pre-
vious to his arrival in the city, he i;
met on the train (no matter by wha
road he may Gomez by a messenger O.
the association, who will locate him il
one of the rooms, and give him a cart
showing exactly how to reach it, ant
; have his baggage forwarded to him il
the shortest possible time, either b,
!, street car or by special conveyance
The coupons will be accepted by tn
!, proprietor of the house in payment fo
, his accommodations, and unused cou
pons will be redeemed at the centra
, Office of the agency.
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dress the flag was raised on the main
building, which was signal that the
exhibition was open. Salutes were
fired, bells rung; and the Hallelujar
Chorus sung by a multitude of voices.
The Main Exhibition building is To-.
Gated 10 feet back from Elm avenue,
and with space of 800 feet in width
between it and the Art Gallery or
Memorial Hall, on the north side of
it. The building extends east and
west 1876 feet and is 464 feet in
width.
At the corners of the building are
four towers seyenty-five feet in height,
while to obtain q central feature for
the building rs q whole, the roof over
the central part, for 1874 feet square, is
raised above the surrounding portion,
and four towers, forty eight feet square,
rising l2O fset, are introduced ut the
corners of this elevated roof. The
areas are;s 49,.
Square feet Acres
6Epcr a;:'T !" p"yxs,o''s:::: $;;i ::::::::::" s
o.: = 4,.1. sssos n.H
The Art Gallery, or Memorial Hall,
erected 1T the expense of the State of
Pennsylvania, and city of Philadelphia,
is located on line parallel with and
northward of the Main building. 1t
is 365 feet4long, 2l0'feet in width. ff.
ty-nine feet in height, and is located
on an eminence 1l6 feet above the
level of the Schuylkill, on terrace
six feet above the general level of the
Landsdowne plateau, which commands
view sonthward over the whole city
There is spacious basement twelve
feet in height, and over all dome; the
entire structure being in modern
Renaissance.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-18

Hon. Marvin H. Booze is. canvassinp
Connecticut for the abolition Of capital
punishment.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-18

A Harrisburg man who boasted he'd
never seen the horse that could throw
him, was landed in a druggists show
window about five minutes afterward,
amid chorus of 'sThere's alight in
the window for you"
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It has been estimated by careful
measurement, that a visitor in travers-
ing all the different avenues and paths
necessary for clear appreciation Of
the Centennial exhibition. will have
walked distance of from thirty to
forty miles. It has also been estimat-
ed that for a careful examination Of
all the exhibits, that not less than
seven days of actual time will be re-
quired. With special regard for the
comfort of visitors and economic use
of time, there has been introduced a
most novel and pleasant method of
avoiding these difficulties. Under 'roll-
ing chairs,' a device has been secur-
ed by which one can be easily trans
ferred from point to point with perfect
comfort and ease. This system was
first introduced at the London exhibi-
tion of 1862, where it met with great
success. Afterwards, both at Paris
and Vienna, the *srolling chair was
brought into general use and became
exceedingly popular.
The American Flag.
A resolution was introduced in the
American Congress, June IL, l777,
''That the flag of the thirteen United
States be thirteen stripes, alternately
red and white that the union be thir.
teen stars, white in blue field, repre-.
senting 4 new constellation There
is a striking coincidence between
the design Of our flag and the arms of
General Washington, which consisted
of three stars in the upper portion and
three bars running across the escutch.
con. 1t is thought by some that the
flag was derived from this heraldic de.
sign. History informs us that several
flags were used by the Yankees before
the present national one was adopted.
In March, ITS, Union flag with a red
field was hoisted in New York, bearing
the inscription, on one side, of ''George
Rex and the liberties of America, and
upon the reverse, "No Popery." Gen.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-01-01
The Week of Prav.r

The following is the programme of the
Evangelical Alliance for the coming week
Of prayer. bf -
+ Sunday, Jan. End, Sermons:-The love
of God perfected in him who '.keepeth
His word" /. John ii. g..
Monday, Jan. 3rd., Thanksgiving and
Confessional retrospect of the past
year.
Tuesday, Jan. 4th.. Prayer for the
Church of Christ.
Wednesday. Jan. 5th., Prayer for fami-
Lies.
Thursday. Jan. 9Th, Prayer for Rulers,
Magistrates and Statesmen.
Friday, Jan. 7th., Prayer for Christian
Missions, and for the conversion of the
World to Christ.
Saturday, Jan. sth., Prayer for all Ma
tions. 81.
Sunday, Jan. 9th, Sermons:-The ulti-
Triumph. Psalm lxxii, H.
The Pastors of the Methodist and Con-
gregatiouai Churches have decided to
hold union services, commencing with a
ermon Sunday morning at the Metho-
dist church, by Rev. j. L. Male, and one
Sunday evening at the Congregational
church by Rev. W. III. Ware, at which
times further announcement of services
will be made.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-01-01

NIOTICE.-Notice ID hereby given that the Of
IN fee of the Village Marshal is located At the
store of A. p. Newton, at which place the under
until %. m, for the purpose Of collecting the
villese tax. WILL IN MULVAuGH,
noI2-tf Village NArshaf