Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-06-01
Our Radix Letter.

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tennial-The Fourth" in PhiIa-
delphia-Aerial illumination
General Progress.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20, 1876.
To the Editor Of the Observer
The women's department is
being gradually enriched with
valuable contributions, and ere
long will prove one of the most
noteworthy features of the
great exhibition. In many re-
spects it is already ? leading at
traction, and we have promise
of numerous desirable addi--
tions to its art treasures. A
mong these may be named the.
intended contributions from
Miss Hosmer, whose fame as
sculptor is matter of national
pride. In a letter addressed
some time since to Mrs. Giles
pie, of the Woman's Centen-
nial Committee, she announces
her intention of sending among
other works of art, group Of
sculpture which will occupy q
space of four and a half by six
feet in area, and eight feet in
height; representing Emanc;-
patton, or, as suggested by the
inscription upon the plinth,
"The African Sibyl foreshad-
owing the freedom of her race"
the largest ideal statue yet ex-
ecuted by Miss Hosmer.
There will also be a copy Of
Lord Brownlow's gates, which
measure ten feet in width by
seventeen feet in height, and
present seventy-one figures,
representing the animal and veg
etable Kingdoms. In addition
to the above there will be a mar
bic fountain, executed for a pat
ron Of art in San Francisco; to-
gether with bronze copies of
some previous productions of
acknowledged merit.
The natural expectation is
that on the approaching Fourth
of July the city Of Philadel-
phia will present an extraordi-
nary blaze of glory; in fact the
intention is to extend the ami
versary celebration over a peri
cd of some two weeks, during
which time unlimited manifes-
tations of patriotic exultation
will be the order of the day
and highland in order TO af-
ford the American Eagle unob-
structed opportunity to take q
birds eye view of the scene, it
is proposed to illuminate the eE-
tire city-not by ordinary gas
lights and talIow dips-but by
an aerial irradiation which will
permeate every nook and cram
ny and bring every object of
admiration into bold relief.
This grand scheme is to be
effected by Mr.. W.T.. Schroeder,
Of aeronautic celebrity, who
proposes to the Philadelphia
city Fathers a plan of illumi-
mating the entire municipality
Dy means of calcium lights and
'efectors, displayed from his
'air ship" at an altitude of
some five or six hundred feet.
The cost Of the operation would
be less than one hundred thou
sand dollars, and aside from the
question of economy, the nov
elty of the idea would be in ap-
orOpriate keeping with the
wonders which fasci-
nate us at every turn In the
greatest exhibition which the
world has ever seen.
While verbal descriptions Of
he great Exhibition are 'thick
Is leaves in Vallombrosa," good
pictorial representations are by
10 means equally common. The
Illustrated papers contain many
productions, but in
he whole range Of the engra-
-ers art we have seen nothing to
the beautiful illustra-
ions in Harper's Weekly. An
Efficient corps of artists and en-
grayers is maintained at the Ex-
libitiOn and all the most attrac-
i've features of the grand dis
olaY are promptly and accurate
y represented. As an evidence
If newspaper enterprise this
nay be considered as of equal
interest with the most attrac-
i've features of the great show
tself, and parties living at a dis
ance and unable to visit Phil
Idelphia, should not fail to pro-
.urc the successive numbers,
lnd thereby preserve a complete
ecord of the Great Exhibition.
RADIx.
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