The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-08-25
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
The Work of the JudSes.-WOmeD and
the CeufennIaI.-CIaSsf1Ic n IcafIOn.-The
EiarmODiZing 81 6uSnce OF the EX-
hibIIiOn.-TurILIsIl, Portuguese
ard Swiss PersORaIs.-Art.
-MISePIIaHy.
From Our Own Correspondent.

From Our Own Correspondent.
THE WORK OF THE JUDGES.
The mission of correspondent is not that
simply a faithful chrOnicler, supposed to be,
at least, of current events, having no retro
spectrye knowledge or prospective PROPOSE
tiOns to advance, but, standing nervOUsly
upon the tread-mill of corresponding jour
nalism, he must hold his grip TO facts, and
not permit his natural attributes in variance
or sentiment-tO dislOdge him from his hold
upon the record of what is, not what will be,
or what was. But, a word to the Judges of
award. ] wonder if these gentlemen are
aware of the Importance of their work. From
an international standpoint mean. Scien-
fists, savans-Literati from the four quarters
of the globe will pass judgment on the intel
lectual sitting of the judges of awards.
What the world demands of the judges Is not
a hurried criticism of superficial examina-
tiOn, but, the concrete must be reached the
fact that Jno. Jones' machine is superior to
VIM. Browns, is not exactly what is wanted.
The country requires that the same advant-
age must be possessed by premium taking
machine, product or a manufactured arti-
Gle as would be required by the determiner
of the relative qualities of the same i'll the
patent office. The judicial knife must be
keen and welded with untiinching nerve. !
The people must be educated intelligently,
and to do So, stern justice must be meted 10
all. If the determination of international
judicial intelligence is to draw industry and
genius from its reclusive position, and pre-
sent it in the full glow of the international !
field, it must at the same time consign infe- |
riority to its proper level, giving it an in
structive thought, by which means, future |
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wants of our advanced industries. Again |
what is demanded of the judges of award is |
a full and explanatory review of their work. |
This is to be comprehensive, and cannot be |
done in a day, or month. 1t must be criti- |
cal, and of the most complete expression. |
Hundreds of millions of value, the accretive !
force of centuries of brains. must have ap- |
prOpriate cOmpensating effort to eliminate |
their worth. The field is prepared, the plOw- |
share is at your threshold, put your foot upon |
it, gentlemen, and give us a work that will |
reflect credit upon yourselves, and do justice |
to the exhibitor, while you may educate and |
advance the best interests of the people of |
all countries, as well as prepare volume or
volumes of information for people who come !
after us-and this, gentlemen, will require !
much time and continuous labors for many |
weary months.
WOMAN AND THE CENTENNIAL.
In the woman's department of this exhibi- |
ton may be seen the following inventions, |
all of which are practical. The assistant su- |
perintendent of education for the state of |
California is a woman. Missouri appreciates |
woman, making no distinction in her pay |
ment of teachers salaries in public schools. |
Let all the states do the same, and woman |
will Soon be placed in her appropriate |
sphere-that will be when her talents or her |
energies can be made as available as those of |
the sterner sex. The following inventions
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than rounded Ompliments-hOnest and en-
thusiastic though they be. griddle greas-
er, bath-chair, life-saving mattress, cOmhina-
ton desk, dIsh-drainer, patent fower-Stand,
dress charts, dust receiver, baby's exercising
corset, freprOOf house of vOluminous mate
rial, mangling, washing and drying machine,
brOiler, invalid's chair, smoothing meat ten
derer, models for teaching children object
di awing, a window shutter and fastener,
trunk hinge, lunch heater, travelling bag, |
postage stamp moiStener, bureau trunk, bed
stead, bureau and safe, sewing machine at
tacsments, and many other articles whose I
enumeration would occupy too much space |
for a letter. Women run engines-wOmen |
take high position in the field of art in |
works of utility; in the school of the sciences
and in each of the practical walks of life wo- |
man holds no secondary position The wri- |
of woman's rights, but, is a firm advocate Of /
the proper rights of woman.
CLASSIFICATION.
In a previous letter mentioned how arti-
cles are classified. 1t may be useful for ref |
erence to continue the explanation for the
benefit of students and scientific readers
who may wish to know the standard of arti-
cles required for exhibition. With class ITO |
begins metallurgical products-11O precious
metals, Ill iron and steel in the pig, ingot,
and bar, plates and setts with specimens of
slags, residues and products of working, 112
copper in ingots, bars, and rolled with speci-
mems, illustrating its various stages of pro-
duction-class 113 lead, zinc, antimony, and
other metals, the result of extractive pro-
cesses, ia alloys used as materials, brass
nickel, silver, solder, etc.
THE HARdoNIZING INFLUENCE OF THE EX-
HIBITIoN.
II the exhibition has accomplished many
in the various fields whose genius
and industry have held carnival-among the
most dh tinguished successes is that of estab-
fishing, and confirming the status of the ex-
hibitiOn as an international and national |
whole, freed from partisan infiu-
enceS, exempted from sectional iealousies |
and the greatest latitude conceded to each
and all, while a strict conformation to the
spirit of true American progress is demand
ed. Yet even this, with feeling of concil-
iation, compromise and liberality. The cen
tennial exhibition may be looked upon as
the great international, national and inter
state pacihcator of the 10th century. Inas-
much as so muehh rs been accomplished,
and so much more can be gained by this con.
servative engine, let us unite in stimulating