The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-06-09
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
Chit Arriving
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| celIany.
From Our Special Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, May 24.-In my pregri
nations in, and around the grounds, hea
but one expression, which is, that the exhi
bitiOn fully comes up te the standard con
ceived of, and carried into faithful execu
| ton by its projectors. In area, architectur
al display, comforts, varied exhibits, man
agement, the exhibition of our centennia
year is grand success, without any qualif
cations. So varied are the attractions thai
the most cynical can't f all in being led into
enthusiasm, and the most careless will be
| charmed at some speciality, that strikes the
right key, vibrating the human chords with
| charming effect l heard one oe bevy oi
sprightly girls, exclaim, Emma, let's go to
machinery hall" What do women know
about machinery" Yet the same NINA was
ecstacized over a Berlin vase. Thus it is there
is something for all and each. "Did you see
the wOmen's pavilion?" said fragile blonde
to a two hundred pound avoirdupOis belle.
Phew! bless me knaw. 1t wasn't much,
was it?" No! some little things. l don't
think much of it anyway" "But wasn't that
soda fountain just splendidY And so it is.
All tastes are catered to, and rs Il whole, the
exhibition furnishes daintics for the most
cosmopolitan taste.
The being with the most intense Diogenic
instincts, will be drawn out of his tub of con-
ceit and will be skeptical no longer, but will
cheerfully cOncede that virtue to our kind
that is developed in the industrial forces and
art examinations than dazzle the beholder
who is sensible to works of economical effort
for the general good, and whose sensitive
ness accepts the higher and nobler results of
a nervous organization in the sphere OF es.
thetic thought.
COTTON.
The staple is creditably displayed, and
justly so, as the extraordinary influences ex-
erted in our manufacturing circles, and its
Importance in our exchange system, renders
all matters pertaining to its culture of signif-
icant interest. The foreign exhibit shows
cotton from Brazil, Egypt, Peru, Australia,
Asia Minor (Smyrna(, Bengal, East Indies,
West Indies, China, Africa. DOmestic-Mo-
bile and Memphis uplands. The two prize
samples in the show cases, one from Mem
phis, the other from New Orleans, seemed to
bear off the palm. There is a cotton pavil-
ion of foreign staples arranged in decidedly
good taste which will be detailed in another
letter.
EXHIBITS ARRIVING.
To-day we noticed train with stuff .d ami
mails representing the wilds of Colorado and
Kansas, Hfe-size. Buffaloes, deer, elk, and
smaller game. One entire train was unload
Ing TenCn EOOuS. IN Ine dSrlCulIuT"I llttll,
scores of boxes are being unpacked witr ev-
cry conceivable character of articles fer that
department.. Boxes containing rare works
of ar, had been placed upon the walks pre-
paratOry to opening, and from all countries,
and vast quantities from home are constant
ly being wheeled in to the respective apart
mentS, all of which proves that the eXhibi-
ton is still, The Grand Unfinished.
WILL THE EXPOSITION PAY.
Yesl as soon as the agricultural interests
are attended to, the farmers of the middle
states will come c1t-mGSSe, and from the west
ern states they will flock to the grandest fair
the world has ever seen. Many will come
from the south. The general impression pre-
vailing throughout the country, that the rail
road fares will be reduced, is holding many
back; the great rush from the south will be-
gin in July, and continue throughout the
and fall. In the city of Philadelphia,
but few OF the citizens attend regularly, as
like all things near home, the many will post |
pOne, and then they are aware of the unfin- |
ished condition of the work and await its
But from the 18th of June to
the close of the exhibition, [ feel assured |
that paying asSemblages will be in order and |
that the attendance will be sufficient to am |
ply compensate in dollars and cents, the pro- |
prietors' interests for their outlay. | believe !
the exhibition will not alone be remunera- |
tive from a financial standpoint, but, will |
pay a thousand-fOld in its teachings, in the |
varied fields of utility and ornament.
MISCELLANY.
Visitors to the grounds, Wednesday, 18th, |
cash admissions, thirteen thousand one hun |
1red and thirteen, and but three hundred and |
eighty-seven complimentary; exhibitors, six |
thousand two hundred and eight. The Sy- |
mans have a bazaar, near the Turkish pavil- |
ion, erected by FIVE natives of Jerusalem, of |
oriental woods. The sides are yellow, the |
roof olive green, the cornices blue and gold. |
The attaches are ca costume, and have on eX-
libition and for sale bijOuterie in olive wood |
rom the mount of olives, banks of the Jor-
Ion, Hebron, and Bethlehem, comprising
ars cases, sleeve buttons canes, work boxes,
md varied ornaments. a DragOmOan, Da-
7id Jamal, is in charge. The bureau of agri-
culture offer the following prizes; First best
cow $250.60, second best COW $4,000. For
irst best herd $4,000. The scale of points
o be adopted by the club is founded upon
hat of the ROYAL Jersey society. The grand
e-uniOn of knights templarS will be June
ST. Times have changed, 2Sth of April, 174S,
Clement issued his bull against Tree ma
onry. The headquarters of the general
committee are at the old masonic hall, Chest
tut street, below Eighth. Communicates tel
the committee as to time of arrlv-
/ will be furnished escorts. The address of
Welcome will be by the most eminent grand
master of the United States, Hon. James
IerrOn Hopkins. Full arrangements are
Perfected and published. The greatest run
# billiards on record was made by Sexton
Turing the tournament, Psi, average second
N record, %, 3,11. The following is official:
Strawberries, June 9TH to 18th. Early grass
utter and cheese, June 18th to 18th. Early
ummer vegetables, June 20th to oath. Hon
V, June goth to 9th. Raspberries and
July 3rd to Sth. Southern po-
products July 18th to ed. Mel
ms, Aug. 22d to Goth. Peaches, Sept. 4th to
tb. Northern pomological products, Sept.
1th to 18th. Autumn vegetables, Sept. 10Th
0 23d. Cereals, Sept. 25th to 30th. POta-
oes and feeding roots, Oct. I'd to 9TH.
irapes, Oct. Sth to 10th. Autumn butter
nd cheese, Oct. 18th to 2lst. Nuts, Oct. 2Sd
o Nov. 1st. Autumn honey and wax, Oct.
Sd to Nov. 1st.
Applications for entry should be addressed
o Burnet Landretb, chief of the bureau of
grieulture. Dairy products are to be shown
N Wednesday of each week. The field tri-
is of moving machines, tedder and hay
axes will take place on grounds near
'chenck's station, on the Pennsylvania rail-
Dad, between Philadelphia and Trenton,
rom June 10Th to 30th, and the trials OF
eapers from July 9TH to 18th.
! spoke of Australia. Few of my readers
re aware of the importance of this called
sland, but, instead continent. Australia
las an area of twenty-four hundred miles
rom east to west seventeen hundred miles
rom north to south, coast line eight thou
and miles, and possesses one of the greatest
natural wonders in the world on the n. f.
,oast. Great Barrier Reel, length one thou
and miles, three hundred and fifty of which
S unbroken, all of which is of coralline
structure. 1t is no wonder so important nd
interesting a member of the family of colo
lial nations, should be represented by so |
a commissioner and superb
collection of articles from the natural and
forces of that country. 1t is well |
o have the virtues of Argus IN your inspec
ion of the beauties and wonders of the exhi-
,ition rs a hundred eyes Will serve you, but
emember that don't touch" is, or should
,e upon each article, and think Cf Briareus
With his hundred arms, for it seems as if
ome visitors had as many, so deftly and Of
entim6s do they break the ruling of hands
fl.
The commission has adjourned to July lst.
len. W. Biddle declines the solicitorship of
he commission, and Mr.. Shoemaker was
elected to a position he has I