The Republican journal., 1876-07-27

| The state having the largest number is New
| York, loss newspapers. Polite clerks are in at
| tendance, who will hand out any paper on file,
| or give any information that may be asked The
| building is near Machinery Hall and adioi1s the
| Brazilian cate, where one can get as good Il cup
| of Brazilian tea or coffee as Ii. X. II. Dom Pc
dro ever tasted, which is the next thing to TAX
inc tea with the Emperor himself.
The Campbell Printing Press have large
building solely for the exhibit of their presses
| In the lower story is every variety OF press
made by them, in working condition. All
kinds OF newspaper and job work are executed
in plain and fancy Styles and in every shade OF
ink used by printers. On the upper iloor,
standing in the centre of the large room with
promenade on all sides, is in ancient looking
| machine which the spectator would take at
once for the very first effort in the printing
press line. This view is shown to be not alto
gethcr wrong by this inscription which is con-
spcuousiy posted;
This press was used by Isaiah Thomas in
1876 on the 18th Of July, to print the Declara-
ton Of Independence in the Worcester Spy,
which was the first time that document was
printed in New England. 1t was then an Old
press having been brought from Boston the
year before.
The press is used every day Of the Exhibition
for printing fac-smes Of the Declaration, etc.
In this connection it will be well to notice the
venerable Ephraa Press, supposed to be near
ly one hundred and fifty years old, standing in
Machinery Hall. Upon it were printed the Dec
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of the Continental money. Its appearance is
as ungainly and the manner of operating it Il,
old styled as its age would lead anyone to cX-
pect.
There are five buildings in the grounds erect
ed especially for the use of the following news
papers: Philadelphia Times, New York Trl-
bunc, The World, Frank Neslie's Newspapers,
and the Boston Herald and Advertiser. At
these headquarters the papers are on sale, and
advertisements and subscriptions received. In
the Main building the London Graphic, Illus
trated News and Punch, English, and findc-
pendence, Belgian, are represented. or the
latter, Il special edition is printed for the United
States The Graphic has Il machine for print
ing advertisements, run by German gas en-
gine. Many of their finest illustrations are
shown; there are some very correct llkcnesSes
of the buildings of the Exhibition, and Il num-
Dor of the Commission, including the President,
General IIawey. All the issues of Punch are
shown, elegantly bound, and besides, many
other standard works of the publishers, Messrs
Bradbury, Agnew 4 Co., London.
The vast amount of energy and enterprise
displayed by American newspaper publishers
can be best witnessed in Machinery Hail. There
are printed here every day, five daily papers,
viz: the Philadelphia Times and the New York
Herald, Sun, Tribune and Times. The matter
for the New York journals is sent in stereotype
plates by the 4 80 A. M. fast train, per Adams
Express, and is, in substance, the same as the
editions printed in New York. The Herald and
Sun are printed on Bullock presses, manuiac-
tured expressly for those papers. The sun is
printed at the rate of between 700 and 500 n
minute, four impressions at time. The Times