The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04

III.
Upon a raised dais, in the centre of
the loggia, the world.famed Liberty
Bell will be installed on October the
18th, with appropriate ceremonies.
after triumphant journey through
the South from Philadelphia.
The main State exhibit will be in
the Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Building, instead Of in the Minerals
and Forestry Building, as originally
intended. A space of 77o square feet
on the main floor of this building will
be occupied by display of the birds
and mammals of the State. This will
far surpass a similar display made at
Chicago, and is said to be one of the
finest exhibits of TIE kind ever pre-
pared in America. Among the
animals in the collection is the only
Pennsylvania panther ever killed in
the State and preserved by a taxider-
mist.
In the gallery of the Manufactures
Building, occupying the entire second
floor of one of the main towers, will
be an exhibit from the educational
and public institutions of Pennsylvania.
One Of the main features of this dis
play will consist Of the results of man.
ual work in the educational, penal and
reformatory institutions of the State.
The educational exhibit will be quite
extensive. Among the well.known
institutions which will be represented
are Girard College, The Pennsyl-
vania Museum and School of Indus
trial Art, the Central and Northeast
Manual Training Schools, of Phila-
delphia, the Public School of Indus
trial Art, the Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh Schools Of Design for Women,
the Master Builders Trade School.
The Deaf and Dumb Asylum, The
Morganza Reform School, The State
College, The Western Pennsylvania
University, and the Eastern and West
ern Penltentiaries. Models of num-
Der of public institutions will be in
this collections. There will be an
immense map showing the location of
every school house in the State. A
large model Of the tower of the great
municipal building in Philadelphia,
the tallest structure in the world,
which was manufactured for the
Vienna Exposition, will be publicly
exhibited for the first time in this
country. There will also be model of
Independence Hall, original plans of
the State House at Harrisburg, and
photographs of other historical struc.
lures in the State.
. In the Minerals and Forestry Build
ing, the State mineral display will be
made. 1t will occupy space of 4a6
square feet near the centre of the
building, and will present everything
in the line of useful, curious and orna-
mental minerals to be found in
Pennsylvania.
In the Woman's Building, which will
have peculiar interest for Pennsylva-
mans, owing to the fact that its archi.
tect is Pennsylvania woman, and
that the statues which crown it were
presented to the women of Atlanta by
the women Commissioners of this
State, will be found the results of the
work done by the Women's Auxiliary
of the Pennsylvania Cotton States and
International Exposition Commission.
There will be very interesting exhibit
OF the silk industry of Pennsylvania,
which is entirely in the hands of
women, displays ofthe work of the
Womans Exchanges and Schools of
Design of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
of the various ceramic clubs and of
similar institutions throughout the
State. From October 18th to Novem-
ber 18th, the new and wonderful oral
method of training deaf children will
be exhibited with class uuder the
superintendency of Miss Mary S.
Garrett, Secretary of the Woman's
Auxiliary Commission. The Daughters
of the American Revolution and
Colonial Danes contribute valuable
historical relics, chiefly of the rev.
olutionary period. Modern progress
will be represented by a collection of
books written by Pennsylvania women
and great collection of art work in
the shape of pictures, panels and
placques. A full list of the private ex-
hibitors from this State cannot yet be
given, but the following are among
the enterprising firms that have pre-
pared displays: The Baldwin Loco.
motive Works, John T. Bailey & Co.,
The Standard Machine Co., The
Blaisdell Paper Pencil Company,
William R. Warner & Co., Henry
Disston & Sons, Mills & Sons, G. &
H. Barnett, Schaudein & Lind, S. S.
Stewart, Powers & Weightman, Vet
terlein Brothers, H. w. Butterworth
& Co., Henry X. Wampoler & Co.,
Ratschman Brothers, and the Apple
ton Manufacturing Co., of Philadel-