Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-07-07
UNCLE SANS EXHIBIT
AT THE GREAT CENTENNIAL EXPO
SiTION,

To Dem onstrate the Practical Workings
of the Various Government Depart
ments. and illustrate the Eminent Serv-
ices of Their Several Chiefs.
Uncle Sam has arisen In earnest to do
honors to the memory of that intrepid
race, which, century ago. with all their
household goods forsook the seaboard,
crossed over the great Appalachian
range, and established the higher Saxon
civilization in the boundless West. He
has gone down into his pocket for $780,
600, and proposes to show at the Centen-
NAL Exposition at Cincinnati how TO run
a Government of the people, for the peo-
pie, and by the people, if it takes every
cent.
What win be the nature of the Coy
eminent exhibit, has frequently been
asked; and although the details have yet
to be made known, some of the general
plans have come TO light, and may be
mentioned briefly.
The department which viii be repre-
scented are the State, the Judicial Depart
ment, Post-office, Army, Navy, Treas
ury, the Smithsonian Institute, the Ma
tional Museum and the Fish Commits
sion The exhibits in each instance will
demonstrate the workings Of the several
departments, their ways and means, and
| in connection Herewith complete his
| toricaI collection from the invaluable
archives and records Of the Government,
of documents and material pertaining
| to the illustrious public servants who
have presided over them.
The archives of the State Department
will contain all the valuable correspond
ence between its eminent heads and those
who represented the various foreign ma
tions with whom the U. s. Government
has had relations Of both enmity and
amity during the last century The
Judicial Department viii exhibit the
valuable works OF the eminent jurists
who have presided over that high abode
of justice--the Supreme Court of the
United States
The Army and Davy Departments pro-
pose to exhibit the improvement In arms,
from the fint-lock and Napoleon, car
ronnode and longtom Of a century ago,
to the endless improvements in the en-
ginery of war Of these modern days.
Fortifications and naval architecture Of
a century past win be fully illustrated,
and the archives of these departments re-
spectively can tell the story from the
beginning of honor to American arms.
The Treasury Department will tell the
tale of how the nation has lived to find
it's credit unsurpassed on the globe.
| ntho Cvafthcopfau Ipatitnta Efch
Commission and the National Museum
are the temples Of science, of discovery,
in the field of astronomy, in the rocks
and the floods.
The Post-oiIlce Department--that which
! is nearest and most valuable 10 the pub
! lie of all these different bodies in ts
| practical workings--wll occupy also .
large part of the East Wing, witch IL to
| be devoted to the Government display.
A special post-ofiice station IS to ba estao-
| lshed In the Exposition buillings--the
East Wing above mentioned The man
agement Of which win correspond with
that Of the general post-odice. An elab-
] orately built post-odice building ia minia
ture, fifteen feet square, with boxes Tor
the use Of exhibitors, will be oae OF the
| features Of this display. 1t will be con-
structed OF various hardwood3, polished
to high degree, and win be one Of the
finest pieces Of ornamental granting in
| che Exposition. Post-office boxes ara
also to be established throughout the
various buildings A body OF mall
carriers, distingue for good looks and
efficiency, will be detailed for the purpose
of demonstrating the practical working
of this important arm Of the Govern
mental service. And right here it should
be remembered that exhibitors should
have their mail directed to the Exposi-
ton Post-oaice, Cincinnati, or
These are some Of the projects which