Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-07-10
UNCLE SANS EXHIBIT
AT THE GREAT CENTENNIAL EXPO
SlTION,

To Dem onstrate tho Practical Working
ments, and Illustrate the Eminent serv
ices OF Their Several Chiefs.
Uncle Sam has arisen in earnest to d.
honOrs to the memory Of that intrepid
race, which, a century ago, with all theil
household goods, forsook the seaboard
crossed over the great Appalachian
range, and established the higher Saxon
civilization in the boundless West. II,
has gone down into his pocket for $50,
900, and proposes to show at the Centen
NAL Exposition at Cincinnati how to run
n Government of the people, for the PEG
pie and by the people, if it takes ever.
cent.
! What will be the nature of the Gov
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 will he repre-
sented are the State, the Judicial Depart
ment, Post-ofllcc, 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 a complete his
torical collection from the invaluable
archives and records of the Government.
nf l,cupantu aud p,o tnriaI ror+ainipo n,
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 M
lions with whom the U. S. Government
has had relations of both enmity and
amity during the last century. The
Judicial Department will 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 flint-lock and Napoleon, car
ronngde and long-tom Of century ago,
to the endless improvements in the en-
ginery of war of these modern days
Fortiflcations and naval architecture Of
a century past will 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
its credit unsurpassed on the globe.
The Smithsonian Institute, the Fish
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-ofllce Department-that which
Is nearest and most valuable to the pub
lie of all these different bodies In its
practical workings-will occupy also a
large part of the East Wing, which is to
BE- devoted to the Government display
A special post-ofiice station is to be estab-
lished in the Exposition buildings-the
Fast Wing above mentioned-the man
agement of which will correspond with
that OF the general post-ofIice. An elab-
orately built post-oiiice building in NINA,
ture, fifteen feet square, with boxes for
the use Of exhibitors, will be one Of the
features of this display. 1t will be con
structed of various hardwoods, polished
TO high degree, and will be one of the
finest pieces of ornamental granting In
he Exposition. Post-ofilce boxes are
llso 10 be established throughout the
various buildings. A body of mail
carriers, distingue for good looks and
efficiency, viii be detailed for the purpose
Of demonstrating the practical working
Of this important arm Of the Govern
mental service. And right here 1t should
be remembered that exhibitors should
have their mail directed to the "Exposi-
ton Post-office, Cincinnati, o."
These are some of the projects which
Uncle Sam has in view.