STAR OF THKCAPK

STAR OF THE CAPE.

CAPE MAY CITY. N. J.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1876.

NO. 23.

STABOPYHECAPB

THE CENTENNIAL.

The Exhibition Ground*. BaUa lh« main nhiblUoa boildln*,

art (Taller/, machinn/ ball, horticalroral buildinjc, Bfrienltllral baildln*, jtidefa’ ball, Uallad Stalm porartimeru builiiinjr,

and vonea'a parilion. then an quite nnmbrrol rpeeia! building ia eourar i

ereetina and eontpletlan. a brief da-erip-Una td wbieh nia/ wove lateiariln,- -

mail/ o( tbe ntadera of thle journal. The Rritiah arorrmnient buildinjp, l

railroad, the

all pardien,! Weat of tbe Catbolic fountain an loot of Oeorrc'ahill, ia tbe build! bj tbe Bpaniab (rovenuaeat and I '1 quartern for tbe troop, who l

mil/. It ia an ocUgnoal alnictate. Git/

et in diameter.

Kaet of the Spamafa baildine are en - ‘-"'mtVhrjWa^

’irrinh"*

t of tbe build.

I near tbe Catholic f

beadqc

prepared al

ball, n

'i UL

«h»i

A l

ineariabf/ uaoeiate with the'"lami which , eeaai our rabelUoua nnrvatora teuderl/ called the mother oouutr/. The plot of

yawd'an which the/ atand ia

w York, and tf

"■oik, with lath and rourb^u tween, tbe beee beine of red oner, coped with ateoe. Tbe roof of the pnncipal bnilding ia eoeentl with plain red Uloa, with tile ridetoe, bipeand Gmala, while that of the adjointnc one. ia anrnioanted be

,Xeri°r^t„

S; with Kneli.li paper. The (urnlttuedbroiuEbout will ue In Ittopimtwith the antiqtie in

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ed. The iar/ivt huUdin/, which eoeer. an aroa ol about Gee Utourat*] taiperGcial feet, "ill ha for the nae of the Britiah rvtmmiaalonera. and the commminnera from Canada anti the earioua Epcliah eolonim. The amalibr on^ .bich hav. .n arte of abont twelve tanadred fart each, "ill he need, one a* the refldetice of the alaff of the Britiah portlona of the Eihibltion, tbamlber ,ae a a Hebe,., lattndr/, etc. Tlta Judrea' hall atanda nOHhweet of the "odern end of the main exhiHlioo build, infj. and a abort diaunce from the avenue. , It iever/near!/completed, the cilcrior and interior belnq flnialml, with the ereeptlon of aome minor detaila. A ft" feet northwart of thia la tbe hell of the Omtannial

the Catholic fountain ia tbe

of the commimion front Ar-'

building la cVagoual, eight/

—eter, and verv taateful in ap. Dirrc*l/ vest of macblnerr hall, — — erected, one b/ Fuller

e manufacturer., of Al-

— other by the Further «—• "I”

beee a bt — the exhibition of tbe manufacture of giaaa tk of machlnerv hall four boilr-

te building ia a maciiine aliop.

“building Cwmirar^/iSw^S

for the nicelv with "litcb the framework baa

erected and for tho-delleaoy of '

ing above the main entrance,

l the Britiah headquarter*, the furniture arrived from England waa r* t — J

iced in the building. The g .—, - et the aapball pan inga by^an EitglWt com:

^rar the nnltan neanquartera and norm

■hich ia

be African Method 1.1

lent to the build-

, blabop i Epiacopal cliurch.

Went of the Japuntee PUlKUOg,

atppi erected a taateful atnictnre in the malic at/le, 40x30 feet, and w..l of tbe Hriliab headquarter. California erected a building

106x65 feet.

In thgrvar of tlta Beilioh headquarter, the Jewlah reetaurant, 86x70 feet, la plared. North of the Kriltdt building ia the New '* ’ State building, a large almciure 60x :L Nortbeaat of thia ia the Maaaarhu. building, 85x70 feet, end adjoining it nn!l building erected by tVinneclicnt. Eaat of tba Connecticut building ia the New Ham oat Ire building, 50x60 feet. Fdat o' thia le tb6 Indiana comuitaocMietv' headthe government building ia the Ohio State buildinp o"'- -*—-— "

night in tbe boe|ital,tbe vitled almply for the rellri m caa*. oi me rity until they can -ha removed in the . iholance to Uteir home, or tholtearou of the city hoepitaU. Large and eotmuodloua — will alao be fumiabed ire the build, which Dr. Pepper and bia emiatant, ■ill receive auch phyalciana tie may

pecialle for tbe exhibition of aeulptt Thia building coat $1,600,000.

Centennial Floating Hotels. bring chartered, loth o, a mean, ol cocivevance to Philadelphia and fur home* whOe thcni. All nbing lhccna«tof Now England, , beiltg innui'd, obi arboonera ate beiag a: ' '** ' in. and bunka, and t*

' -—--httiiKim-” -

Arucxlean r exhibi^ 7 wu| U he* verv' j dining aaloona arranged in the ho Urge. A tank 60*160 feet, with a depth of, 'key am tratwfotmed l.ito floating „„ aopplif. water for t],» J clnh honjc-. It wo.,Id remind an x„ It ia propoaed to hare a wateri.I1, n^ntan ol tin. tiny, of IS, when crewlow

thirty-five feel high by forty feet wide, at *o*«d» were made to do duly aa lodgiag

.t. 1 ,i._ .^ bonoen.

- Washington at Valley Forge. Main Exhibition Building. Tbo dreary encampment at Valley Forge Thia building ia in the form a paral baa become proverbial for iu herdahipe and lologmm, extending exat and weat -on< euffering*. The unfortunate battle el ' thouaand eight hundred and eighty feet, i: Brandywine bad opened Philadelphia to ! length, and north and couth four htindre,

the Britiah army; and the brilliant but * antieixly.four in width.,

fruilleaa attack on the enemlee' line, at , The larger ttortion of tbe atmclure ia on Germantown had left them in confirmed 1 atory in bright, and ahow* the main comic

dty of ■electing : ground, the interior height hrtng .event, id enable him j feet- At the center of Ute longer .idea ar Imty.audattho I projoctiona 416 feet in length, and in th tent of country center of the ahorter aide, or end. of th enemy. “ The ; building are projection. 216 feet in lengtl

wimer^tbf tS^ey Forge,

Schuylkill, about twentv. mu.- imm .'iui.del phia. Arrived at Valley Forge on the

r .idea, ate and tW^r

saas Immedtalely can of the jutlgtt' a plot uf ground in wUldi It U nroiKued ti) smscawi is&r attectiveiy by the Centennial commlauon, the department of public comfort, and the telegraph department. ' Tbe board ol ereedon to Moaora. Baltdernton A Hatton j public comfort haa bean awarded to March Kaaaon. Thia department hat svssaapsiSS, bundlaajgm—for riaitora^and alao for at3 • Mwa atauii. 'iCbuiiding fo'c^lOO feet. Sortfiof theweetemaectionof them exhibition building, the htiilding for exhibition ui carriage. !• eokutrackad. Immediately north ol the carriage but big laaituated the bulliling. to be etec by the educational department ol the Bt of Pennavlvania. It U octagonal ahape, and 100 teat In diameter, with I .. annexe*, it the front and back, each 50*40 fast. North of the eaatern end of th. mala building, and aaat of memorial hail, la £ Vienna bakery, 160*1*8 feet. Nonhe.»t ul th* •aalero aection of the main building, and couth pf the Vieno. SfSSsS’E"""'

Near the carriage building, t .unde - the entail achoolhouae etgeted Swedan-whiuh la noticeable lorthe n. new with wbieh the framework haa k._. ut together. North of thia is Ihe French

feet. Northeast of thia ia the building to be uanl by the Centennial fire brigade. On the south aide of Belmuul avenue, adB rut to Ute women's pavilion, la the large Iding erected by the State ol New Jer-

t Gallery and Memorial Hall. The entire structure ia in the modern . enaiaaance. Tbe materials are granite, (law, and iron. No wood bt uaed in the I'onatruction, aod the building is strongly firejwoof. The atroeture ia 365 few in length, S10 fret in width, and fifty-nine feet in height, over a rpidoua liaaement twelve railin'rntreneeopcna oil a hail eightytwo feet long, sixty feet wide, and fiflv-three feel high, decorated in the modem ftenaia. •anoe style; on the further aide of I" hall, three doorway*, each sixteen I vide tad twenty .five feet high, open i -hr center hall; thi* hall i. eighty-tl ' ' aquare, the eeilingof the dome rir It eighty feetin bright. Kanerire, each ninety eight feet long, eighteririrt feet^wlde, and thirty-five^ fegt fat

the^mr^oae of

bring fitud up

carrying Centennial partic of'a yachting -

riant Item of tn

1 fun of auch a party, . . . iposad, can* acarcvly be deacribod. ^ j j j addition^ and the expense of powder ia art repaid in the noise and smoke attained, — wall aa the similar acknowledgments received in return. The trip to Philadelphia 'iy water ia amply diversified with sea an,' ivar sailing, and there ia just enough •' oOl '' work in it to make it interratiag. - ' ** • viiilffl

17tli of Decemlvr, 1777, the troop, still ^a^d tn the height id ninety fret. The en ^ ^

until they could

■-let hum for thi_

and cold orere the poor fellows who had • • — th*field; for provis- rirket officre bring)

that the

The Austrian Pavilion. 10 .the Austrian patiHo 1 Vamework, filled i;

teeping th*

it, clothing ... badly ofi orere they for shoe*, the

steps of malty might be tracked In blood. Those who were oa the sick list had to srek temporary abetter wherever it could bo ' ■ ’ mg the farmer* of the neighbor-

conling to the jeguiMions in the

orderly hook, *»cn hut war to be fourteen feet by afxUen, irilh walls qf log* filled with day six feet anti a half high; the fireplaces were ol log*, plastered; and logs split into rude planks oralaba furnished the roofing- A oflierr* and soldier*. A general officer had a hut to himself- The same waa allowed to the staff of each brigade and regiment, and the field offiomof each Hgunteni^and a

The huts of the soldiery fronted ■fa; those of the officers formed a

... _.,e rear: and the encampment gradually assumed Ihe look of a rode mili-“SSfCre—,-a- v •*. - of the Britiah army "Slab City," Ihe Amen, angppaawd a sad and^drearjr winter, sometime* without meal, sometime* without

Ogt both. The traniportataa ohatructod; the mega.

credit to ewalile "*■ la

:hc doom oi the building under o

arentie. The south prinelpel approach

re into Ute building itself. The

main portal on the north aide communicates directly with the Art Gallery, and the main portal on the were aide gives the main pas- •- the Machinery and Agricultural

renty-five feet In licight.

A Now Yorker Who Proposes I Take a Small Party to a Quaker Friend's

Htapliallty,

.26 Exar FirreruTii Sr, I tw York. March 18, IS76. .

Bring familiar

f . mn iitri* and o'Uier foriUmik'Tou'^i. 1 ^ Uml’ 0 Uurer at hand whr.Mhe itnivental |whlic vill^U-rem Now* this running in with a .Iring of friends, with,.ut any preriou* notire. i. although 1 know you mid your Indy are alwarn prepared, and ready to give a eordial tin it, anti more reasonafoe, ailopt this "plan, time 1 cannot definite)/ fix upon the nnm-

fonrily"?! friends.^ln“m«.

fhl'nlT mrt'mw W St'ThoIamUywUi he thle to go. Then, my non and hie wife will come down Irom Clticago, and bring ridret child, and we slmD want to cot some way to have the child taken care

the house wh

Also, my ngod tutd c your cily, and being

not familiar with tainted with you, home under yohr igreenbletoyou,

peuae; and you know 1 shaft want tceba with him. 1 have a young indy friend, who * ’ bo highly pleased to have me put to our party, and she would enlertaiMi*. E. widt her music. She ia n nlc singer. Also, tny wile haa a brother, an 'te and child, that are only delcrro

Ihe building as a whole, the roof over central part, for 184 foet aquare, haa b raised above the surrounding portion, 1__ tnwers, forty wight fret aquare, ririmr to feel in height, here been introduced nt -—re'' IhVelevated root overed are aa foilowa:

from going for fear ol not finding'Jodgmge; thia arrangement will suit them admirably. You may think I am taxing you — k - atoep: • but rememfibr this only oocut in a hundred yearc, and I know something about Quaker Hospitality. And there is one let op; n ' '' - • leave home, — . _— --— and If your lodging la crowded I et on the aofa; ud if the table ie full, ‘ ' s the second table provide, al seven o'clock in the H. w . I regard to time. Aa you may 3 other friends you may wish to and It would ho more eonvenie— (9 do oo when my party are not with yc and, bceanae^of our aefteacrff-* J - would merely aug^ probably prefer, say a fortnight at the open* ing, end a fortnight, including the fourth Now, my dear sir, aa X have frankly and

certainly the ladies might-fed mote easy about It il they were sure that th* gave it bar cordial assent, although we ar* aura our wss*si3u"ttjrsra

re/ly Un ^i«ve<! I 1 “ '"^a r P. H.—Mary is about aa usual, and send

"pint" at once (albeit, a “pint” wc i( .»?■> »U «* proi—esl). The Extsisition will, whotlld no catam befall, be a wonderful “show," and will.

chide, ficus repens,, panidum variagattUD, American ivy. HiuBbergia ereepam. Trades , and begonias, in splendid variety. ■ all these splendid things within the

to bring hie family ami a deacon or support ? Thee neglects to mention friend. Dr. Taylor.', Where is h.,

how is he? Now^aa regards tbe length „( ; j victoria shall le “ full ” or unprepared. Our list of! rtuiiemeb “ permanent " l«,srder» ■taring the whole .

and family fioittWaa^i^ton Territory, toe

aah), and of “ No. 3” mackerel ^la*( years lfo2"“Thkccui«lS5 ^ar wtii'he a great '■ clearing aaic'' of such provisions. As to beds—-nevey, before last summer, was there then don't mean 10 slight _thf lore thai'my wifcwouufba*eharm^l wril

Countries Represented, with the Space in Main Building Ooou-

pied by Each.

ore-s- r—re. ^rrargantlua RepubUc ..Spanish 3 873 M '“‘“um... ..FctD^:'..;.'.. Ifijfi* n f j*- ^pa|Dt^^„.... ^ ^

given alotve. refers only *lo tlie Main Exhibition building. Moat of the countries alao SsSSisilcs'S special exhibit..

Building.

The^ajianese Building.

"True happiness aniutodo of fnanda,

now, 1 tliiokl have 1 of heaitatitm thee may as to the proposed “

thy gootl wife and

boards, another covering ol ^,e ^m^er ia ia apjilirel. Tin * piaster ia white and plaster of parts, and contains a liberal admixture of wheat straw rut in pieces of about tut inch and a half in length. The oecnnd coat of plaster,which is applied after the first one ia quito dry, ia of aimilar appearance, and nnaenta, when finiahed, a verj, aruooth surface^ Tlte nmf fa^covered and sire,util, ■ they are about fivowi-* an inch thick,* and of a dull, dr

When He'is at Homo. It i* in the Doited States building, and nowhere else on the Centennial grounds, really at home. Here everything that haa contributed to taako hia cenntry great and intoreating ia thoroughly repreacnted. and no other nation ia pcrmitlctl to show Its nose anywhere within It. Tlic building fa filler* with machinery and model* reprevenlin the worklnfpi ol every department of th ■—*-*-* -' ^ncheed aa the political display ,«ilati,iuo'i the entiqnllis* ol *tL conntry uiti its mineral wealth and geological v'endcra. Just outaide the bullditm ia arranged the paraphernalia of the “ lighthouse eatahliahment."' A fog bell, weighing

hammer to ding dong until the ia either stopped by. an operatot ... — .... out Immemta afiairs, made of boiler iron and looking like balloons, the lieu tec charge oaya are buoya. A steam w" * log signal, which can be heard for a

Horticultural Now that this htiilding, which I have always admired, ia filled with tropical plants ^retard by arrlamalione of delight Tbt varied kind, and the hrightiseaa of Iht coloring ia a fine relief to the deep green of ■he vegetation. The tropical and aemiopical plants which I aaw In the fordngOttses many bionlha ago have greatly roapered. The palms have grown acs-ll-ialed, the bieaiuu have shot upward from jerostumpe into gracafcl masers ol loag handing leave., and bnnchie of (mil hank concealed in their purpleremthee from Ih Jr t The orauge r weighed dqwn wi deep golden for t fat £». laltte. * cacti and eucalypti, and thtenonnous hairy ferna. th* cibolinm royak, and cihoiium prireWps arc in the heat of conditlbu. one of the fordng-hoow. are tbe Spam exhibits, which under the iafiucaoa of an * rath, and plenty their good looks.

ftSBli

Marching to the Centonjii&l. No proviaion was made by the Leglslature of W'isconain for the trenaportation of the suite militia to the j—• - k — —* “■•■ is why the Green Bay Id to be soldiers in every:—„ 0^ , B* 1 y"u. PUUtWriii juat aa the hardy aoldiare uaed to do one hundred rear* ago. The Clndanatl Light Guard will do th • 1 '"

.The Loulaville OerWasmef noma the action of the Centcxmialoommiaeion In keep the Exposition ofoaed on Sunday, and sake t “ Why not open wide the gaUe and pul a good preacher ia eeeh boHdiu* and al intervals through the park, trod give the