The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-14
UNCLE SANS EXHIBIT
AT THE GREAT CENTENNIAL EXPO
SlTiON,

| of the yarious 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 thut intrepid
race, which. u century ago, with all their
household goods, forsooS the seaboard,
crossed over the great Appalachian
range aud established the higher Saxon
civilization In the boundlcss West. He
has gone down into his pocket for $780,
900, and proposes to sltow at the Centen-
nial Exposition mt Cincinnati how to run
a Government of the people, for the peo-
pie, and by the people, If it takes every
| cent.
What will be the nature of the Gov
ernment 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 will be repre-
sented are the State, the Judicial Depart
inent, post7,0filce, Army Navy, Treas
ury, the Smithsonian Institute, the Ma
tional Museum and the Fish Commits
sion. The exhibits III each instance will
demonstrate the workings of the several
departments, their way; and means, and
in connection herewith complete his
torical 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.
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will contain all the valuable correspond
| ence between its eminent heads and those
who represented the various foreign ma
tions with whom the II, = Government
has had relations of both enmity ant
amity durin, the last century. The
judicial Department will exhibit the
valuable works of the eminent jurists
who have presided over that high abode
If iustice--the Supreme Court of the
United States
l'he Army and Dlvy Departments pro-
pose to exhibit the Improvement in arms,
from the nint-loc., and Napoleon, cur
ronnade aud long-tom of century ago,
to the endless improvements in the en-
sinery Of war of these modern days
fortiticatons and naval architecture of
u century past will bn fully illustrated
and the archives of these departments re-
spectively can tell the story from the
beginning of houor TO American arms.
The Treasury Department will tell the
tale of how the nation has lived to find
its credit unsurpassed on the globe.
The Smithsonian Institute, the Fish
Commission and the National Museum
are the temples of science, of discovery
in thc field of astronomy, in the rocks
and the Hoods.
The PoSt-otlice Department-thatw which
is nearest and most valuable to the pub
lie OF nll these different bodies in its
practical workings-will occupy also q
large part of the East Wing, which is tC
be devoted to the Government display
A special post-oiiice station is to be estab
lishel in the Exposition buildings--thc
East Wing above meutioned-the man
ngement of which will correspond with
that OF the general post-o1ice. An elab-
orately built post-o1ice building in minla-
ture, fifteen feet square, with boxes fol
the use Of exhibitors, will be one of thu
features of this display 1t will be con
structed of various hirdwoods, polished
to high degree, and will be one of th'
finest pieces of ornamental granting II
the Exposition. Posa-oiiice boxes arl
also to be established throughout the
various buildings. A body of mail
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 shoult
be remembered that exhibitors shOult
have their mail directed to the "EXposi
ton Post Office, Cincinnati, o."
These are some of the projects whicl
Uncle Sam has in view.