Glass V iSt Rook « h . I Pocket dnide TO PHILADELPHIA. PUBLISHED AT No. 33 South Third Street. PRICE 20 Cents. THE PHILADlLPHIi m READINfl COAL AND IRON CO.'S PRICES FOR JANUARY, 1876. IN YARD. DELIVERED. BROKEBT S5.60 $6.35 EGG , 6.00 6.75 STOVE AND SMAL.I. STOVE 6.25 7.00 €HESTNLT 5.25 6.00 PEA 3.75 4.50 mmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmm^mmmmEmmmmmKomm v) V X 7T^ s / HISTORIC GROUND. ,NLY one short square distant from Independence Hall stands the for-famed Clothing Establishment of Wanamaker & Brown, known throughout the land as Oak Hall. It stauds upon historic ground; for, where is now the entrance to the boys' depart- ment, as seen in the accompanying; representation of the present edifice, once stood the dwelling inhabited by George Washington during his t^rra as President of the United States; here every two weeks, on Tuesday afternoons, Washington held formal levees as "President of the United Stales," thus regarded by him, and so understood by the public. The place of reception was the dining-room, directly in the rear of the parlor, and about where the boys are now kept so briskly tieing up the packages of clothing sold. Clad in knee-breeches made of black silk velvet, vest and coat of the same material, hair pow- dered and gathered in a silk bag, and sword by his sidej he stood with his face turned towards tlie door of entrance, awaiting with courtly mien the approach of the visitor, who, if a .stranger, was introduced by his Private Secretary, Mr. Lear; the visitor, friend or stranger, was received with a dignified bow— hand-shaking being scrupulously avouled; as visitors passed the President they formed a circle round the room; at a quarter pqst three the door was closed, and the' group for that day formed; the President then, beginning on the right, passed around the circle, speakin.; :i few words to each gentleman present, calling him by name; when the circle was completed he resumed his 'losiiioii and all present approaching him in turn, bowed and retired. On the second floor, about where coats, pants and vests for healthy men are to be found, Y""- Martha Washington held her Jevees, which took place on Friday evenings, and at 'hich the General was always present, and although the Friday night levees were occa- >ns|which brought mirth-loving belles and their light-hearted, happy eecorts together, ■** o(n these occasions the grave deportment of WHshingtou, verging upon sadness, in- ireM too much veneration to permit of undue frtniiliarity. g fi-m CENTENNIAL GREETING At the corner of Sixth and Minor streets, where is now the entrance to the childrtv = department of Oak Hall, stood, only eighty years ago, the dwelling used by the Secretfiry of State as his ofifice. Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State during Washington's .n. ministration, and it is believed that he used the second-story front room, facing on Sixdi street, for his office— the first story being used by his under Secretaries. Directly upon the Sixth and Market streets corner stood the residence of Robo..* Morris, whose wisdom and management of the finances during the Revolutionary strugi' "' seemed to be guided by an over-ruling Providence. It is a marked honor to do business upon a spot so associated with the beginning our country's history, and few there are n)ore deserving of such an honor. In this gf : Clothing House, the greatest in the United States, is collected the largest quantity ,:f tried fabrics; here educated workmen have scientifically solved the problem of sizi?.. and shaping ready-made garments, so as to suit all forms. In the systematic classif m- tion of experienced labor, Mr. Wanamaker has learned the secret of true economy in tho manufacture and sale of goods; and, acting upon the belief th\t a small profit is better than a large one — because, in this way a large business is done, which not only pas them better, but serves their patrons — they have positively-fixed prices, the lowest th ■> goods can possibly be sold for, marked in plain figures upon each article of clothing .1 their establishment. Always giving a dollar's worth of goods for a dollar, they comj : cently refund the money whenever purchasers are not entirely satisfied with their p chase, and return the goods uninjured within the ten days allowed for exaininatinn :■ ■■'■ inquiry — this the firm state on the guarantee given with each garment at the tinu sale. The stock of goods now on hatd is the largest and best ever placed in Oak H and the prices are evidently lower than at any other similar establishment in thecouni There is one thing to which we especially invite attention, which is, the large num of counterfeit signs, cards and advertisements thrust into the hands of strangers \\ false directions, in order to allure the unsuspecting to their places of business under ] tence tlrat their's is Oak Hall. There is but one OAK HALL in Philadelphia ; it i large building, big enough to put all of its counterfeit imitators inside of it, and t leave room for a few more such shops, as they now and then pop their heads tempora above the surface. Oak Hall is located at Sixth and Market Streets, easily aeo ble from any part of the city, or from any of the railroad depots, by the city passeJ cars, When requested, Wanamaker & Brown send patterns of materials and prices by m Persons can have made-up goods sent by express, by sending their measure (they fuio' easy directions that any one can measure by), and describing color wanted, and pri'^j sired. Payment can be made to the Express Company on receipt of goods, and the j lege of examining them is allowed before paying. Where goods do not please, they return the money and pay the expressage back to Philadelphia. When it is remembered that Wanamaker & Brown began business only fifteen y-. ago, and that their first day's sales footed up but $24.67, and that they now freque t • reach $20,000 a day, and average one-third that amount for every working-day inil ' year, the public must conclude that integrity in dealing with the buyer, and gi'iii ' full satisfaction, have done much in bringing about such a result. We believe this r has clearly demonstrated that the one-price system, the lowest for which goods ca Ij' sold, and the price plainly set forth in figures, is the true principle by which to con n ' business. In concluding, we believe that Oak Hall is an establishment of which every Phil; phian is proud, and we earnestly and heartily hope that its proprietors may live and continue to prosper, and that many other such business houses may soon adori city, and give as much life and activity to many branches of trades as Oak Hall do its particular branch of industry. FUR]!lfISHIWO DEPARTMENT. The Furnishing Department of Oak Hall is an attractive feature of this great Clol establishment. This Department supplies Gents' Wardrobe and Toilet articles in ri variety, including best AVhite Shirts (their own make), fine French Suspenders, Mufflers, Silk Handkerchiefs, Kid Gloves, Russian Cloth Gloves, Collars, Scarf Pin Rings, Neckties and all Neckwear, Scotch Wool Overshirts, Shaker Half-Hose, U wear— Merinoes, Scarlets, Buckskins, Canton Flannels, Travelling Shawls, and a ' variety of choicest goods for Men and Boys' Wear. It would be useless to attempt an enumeration of the prices for which garmer>= sold at this the largest Clothing House in America. The best plan is for all in wi.) clothing to call and see for themselves the character of the goods and the price att< in plain figures to each garment sold at Wanamaker & Brown, Oak Hall, sout,- corner of Sixth and Market streets, Philadelphia.— i^a«;i«r's Monthly, December, Li '1/ U' IF YOU CARE TO LOOK INTO THE SCIENCE OF CLQIHIIIG yOURSElF, ¥8 thinly you will find tliat the stidy we liaYe given the suWect WILL SERVE YOU IN MANY WAYS, 1st. "We have collected in our Ware-Rooms the largtst variety of tried fabrics. 2d. We have scientifically worked out the sizing and shaping of Ready-Made Clothing, so as to fit all forms. 3d. AVe have educated workmen, and classified labor, securing higher efficiency, and systematized every part of the business, to ob- tain true economy. 4th. We act upon the belief that a small profit is better than a large one, because in this way we do a large business, which not only pays us best, but serves our customers with more reasonable rates. Our prices are positively /xed, and stated in figures on tickets. Ac- quaintances and strangers are treated exactly alike. 5tli. Always giving a dollar's worth of goods for a dollar, we most cheerfully refund the money where customers are not pleased and return the goods uninjured within the 10 days we allow /or examina- tion and inquiry. This we state on the Guarantee given with each article at the time of purchase. The stock on hand is the largest and best we ever had, comprising Boys' Goods as well as Gentlemen's Wear. The Department for Shirts, Underwear, &c., is very complete, and our White Shirts are as reliable as other goods, because they are of our own manufacture. We still make great quantities of goods to order for those who prefer Ordered Clothing. Steam Elevators carry Passengers throughout the building, and the best attention is paid to every order by mail or personal visit. Easy Rules for Self-Measure, and Patterns of Ma- terials supplied on application. Made-up goods are sent by Express or Post when request is made, stating color and price desired. Pay- ment can be made to the Express Company, and if goods do not suit, we will return the money, and be at the expense of their return to our house. WANAMAKER & BROWN, OAK HALL, THE LARGEST CLOTHING HOUSE IN AMERICA, S.B. Cor. SIXTSmid MAUKBT Sts., I CENTENNIAL GHEETlNfi WE HAVE PUT NEW AND I^QWER PRICES"""*^^ -^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Stock, and to close it out, liavo iuauguiated A SPECIAL GREAT SALE , which will continue until our f Alil. and WIBfTER Stock is sold. THE MAIN FACT ISj We want to turn CL.OTHIXG into CASH, needed for preparations for 1876, and to do it, make CERTAIN SACRIFICES, cutiing off Profits, and even a part of the Cost, from many of our Prices. We think it proper to say that this — nOEARM DOITITN— WHILST IT EXTENDS THROUGHOUT OUR HOUSE, AND APPLIES TO A Thousand and More Overcoats. A Thousand and More Business Suits. Hundreds of Dress Coats* Several Thousand Vests. Several Thousand Pairs of Pants. i!. <"< not include some lots that have been marked at closept possible prices; and we il.-.-ire to state that this will be our ONL.Y Mark Down THIS SEASON, so that no one NEED WAIT for lower prices. The terms of the sale are the usual TERMS OF OUR HOUSE : 1. ONE FIXED LOWEST PRICE. 2. CASH, TO WARRANT LOWEST PRICE. ^^. MONEY RETURNED FOR GOODS RETURNED UNWORN WITHIN TEN DAYS. 4. A FULL GUARANTEE WITH EACH GARMENT. OUR OWN GAREFULLY-MADE CLOTHING 3B what w« offer, and not »* BOUGHT" or *< WHO L-ESAI^E" Stock; and it embraces the Choicest Styles of Substantial Goods, every size and shape for Men and Boys being provided. There is but ON£ ** OAK HAL.L." in Philadelphia, and that is on the S. E. corner of AND SIXTH-SIXTH-SIXTH-SIXTH. OAK HALL. WANAMAKER & BROWN. AND POCKET GUri'E. THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. c E cannot too much exaggerate the great importance of this event to the future interests of the nation ; it presents the first oppor- tunity ever offered to our inventors, mechanics and manufac- turers to display the great progress made in our various indus- tries to the inspection not only of our own people, but also oi the thousands from other lands who will visit Philadelphia on that occasion. There can be no question but that there will be secured in this way a largely increased demand for our own manufactures, but attention will also be turned to a more close competition with our foreign rivals. To the farmer and landholder, the opportunity is oflfered to secure both capital and labor by the proper presentation of the great sources of the various States, and the advantages for investment ; an impetus will also be given to the introduction of new staples, such as silk, useful fibres for paper, coffee, tea, tropical fruits, &c., &c. The occasion is one that appeals to the national pride of every citizen, and the managers of this great enterprise feel justified in the expectation that there will not be a branch of manufacturing industry unrepre- sented, however simple may be its character. In all the World Fairs of Europe, Americans have carried off the majority of prizes in propor- tion to the articles on exhibition, and it would be a standing discredit to our people should we not meet our competitors successfully on our own ground. No better evidence of the value of a free government can be given than an exhaustive exhibit of all its resources ; and the credit due to those who risked their lives and fortunes for our independence will be most justly rendered by this tribute of industry and invention. Let every person who may receive this book use his best endeavor to give success to the International Exhibition of 1876, and thus make some return for the position he occupies as an American citizen. The articles to be exhibited have been classified, seven departments in all, as follows : DEPARTMENTS. BUILDINGS. ACRES COVfiRBD. 1. Mining and Metallurgy.."! 2. Manufactures >-Main Building 21.47 3. Education and Science... j 4. Art Art Gallery 1.5 5. Machinery Machinery Building 14. 6. Agriculture Ac^ricultural ruikling 10. 7. Horticulture Horticultural Euilding 1.6 Total 48.47 The reception of articles begins January 5th, 1876, and ends April 19th. Unoccupied space forfeited April 26th. Exhibition opens May 10th, and closes November 10th, and all goods must be removed by December 31st, 1876. The first illustration we give is a bird's-eye view showing the loca- tion of the Exhibition Building. In addition to the five buildings erected by the Centennial Commission, are the following : The Jury Pavilion, an ornate two story structure, which contains, besides the numerous smaller chambers appropriated to the deliberations of the In- ternatioaal Juries, a spacious hall suitjible for receptions an4 b^n(juets, CENTENNIAL GREETING the lutetiugs of conventions and international congresses, and similar purposes. Next in the rear of this will be the building, an acre in size, which is to accommodate the Women's Exhibition, a tasteful and com- modious structure, erected at a cost of $30,000 by the subscriptions of the women of America. West of this, and on the lower slope of George's Hill, will be another structure, rivaling some of the Exhibition buildings in size and interest. This is to contain the collection, provided for by an executive order of the President, of " such articles and materials as will, when presented in a collective Exhibition, illustrate the functions and administrative faculties of the Government in time of peace, and its resources as a war power, and thereby serve to demonstrate the nature of our institutions and their adaptation to the wants of the people." Our last Congress provided for the expenses of this exhibition by an appropriation of $505,000, and its preparation has been entrusted to officers representing the War, Treasury, Navy, Interior, Post-Office, and Agricultural De- partments, and the Smithsonian Institute. Special structures will also be put up by Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and probably other States which have not yet matured their plans. The photographers, carriage- builders, and a number of other associations and individual exhibitors, will find accommodations in buildings for their peculiar use. Many foreign nations will erect special buildings for their own use. Arrangements to this effect have thus far been completed by England, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Morocco, and are under con- sideration by other countries. As far as can at present be foreseen, the entire nufnber of buildings on the Exhibition grounds is likely to be from two hundred to two hundred and fifty. The plan of the grounds embraces seven miles of roads and foot-walks, all of them of a substantial character, quite a number of bridges, summer- houses, &c. An ample water supply will be provided. A complete sj'stem of mains and drains is already finished, and the Exhibition, in addition to being able to draw from the George's Hill City Reservoir, which is just outside the enclosure, and has 40,000,000 gallons capacity, will have an independent source of supply on the Schuylkill river, pumping-engines being placed there especially for the Exhibition, which will have a daily capacity of 6,000,000 gallons. It will thus be seen that the water supply will be ample ; like steam and exhibition space, it will be furnished free of cost. The largest influx of strangers is expected on July 4th, 1876. The Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Societies will dedicate their monu- mental fountain. They expect to parade 50,000 strong. Fifty thou- sand Germans dedicate the monument to Humboldt. Ten thousand Italians, 25,000 Israelites, and 20,000 Presbyterians will dedicate their respective statues. A least 25,000 soldiers are expected, representing the National Army and the Militia of many of the States of the Union. These will be reviewed by the President, and by the General of the United States Army. The grandest parade of Masonic Knights ever witnessed will also take place. The Cadets of Temperance will parade 10,000 strong, and a number of civic societies, not yet fully determine(3 japon, will also join in the grand pageant. AND POCKET GUIDE. 8 CENTENNIAL aREETING A number of Trade and Industrial Associations, which require large amounts of space, will be provided for in special buildings. Among these are the photographers, the carriage-builders, the glass-makers, the cracker bakers, the boot and shoe manufacturers, beside, quite a num- ber of individual exhibitors. The great demands for space will probably render this course necessary to a considerable extent, especially for exhibitors who have been tardy in making their applications. In the Main Exhibition Building, for example, 333,300 square feet of space had been applied for by the beginning of October by American exhibi- tors only ; whereas, the aggregate space which it has been possible to reserve for the United States Department is only 160,000 square feet, about one third of which will be consumed by passage-ways. The Machinery Building, like the others, is already fully covered by applications. There are about 1,000 American exhibitors in this depart- m^ent, 150 English, and 150 from other European countries — which is about 250 more than entered the Vienna Machinery Exhibition. Extra provision is being made for annexes to accommodate the hydraulic ma- chinery, the steam-hammers, forges, hoisting-engines, boilers, plumbers, carpenters, &c. Power in the Machinery Hall will be chiefly supplied by a pair of monster Carliss engines. Each cylinder is 40 inches in diameter, and weighs fifty-five tons; the horse-power is 1,400; and the number of boilers is twenty. This engine drives about a mile of shafting. For the Art Exhibition, the most eminent American artists are under- stood to be at work, and it is a matter of fact that, aside from the contributions from American artists, applications from abroad call for more than four times the exhibiting space afforded by the great Memorial Hall. Provision for the surplus will be made in temporary fire-proof buildings, though all exhibiting nations will be represented in the Central Art Gallery. The Secretary of the Navy has arranged that a United States war vessel shall call next spring, at convenient European ports, to collect 3,nd transport hither to the Exhibition the works of American artists resident in Europe. Among the ports thus far designated are South- ampton for England, Havre for France, Bremen for Germany, and Leg- horn for Italy, if desirable, others may be added. The Ordars that will take part in the Exhibition, are: The Grand Lodge of Penna., I. 0. of 0. F. ; Grand Encampment, I. 0. of 0. F.; Grand Lodge, United States, I. 0. of 0. F. ; Grand Com. Knights Tem- plar ; G. Army ol the Republic ; Presbyterian Synod ; Caledonian Club ; Portland Mechanic Blues; Welsh National Eistedfodd; Patriotic S. of A.; California Zouaves, of San Francisco; an International Regatta; the Life Ins. Companies; Nat. Board of Underwriters ; State Agricultu- ral So'y; 2nd Inf. N. G. of California; Phila. Confer. M. E. Church: Cincinnati Society ; California Pioneer Society ; Am. Dental Conven- tion ; Catholic T. A. Union of America ; I. 0. of B'nai P'rith ; National Alumni Ass'n ; Salesmen's Ass'n ; 5th Maryland Reg't; Am. Pomologi- cal So'y ; Malster's Ass'n of the U. S. ; Army of the Cumberland ; Hum- boldt Mon. Ass'n; Columbus Mon. Ass'n; B. of Trade Convention; In- ternational Typographical Congress ; Rifle Ass'n of the U. S. ; Centen- nial Legion ; Phila. Co. Medical Society ; International Med. Congress ; Pld Volunteer Fire Departmept of Philadelphia, and pa any others, AND POCKET GUIDE. 10 CENTENNTAL GREETING « H t. AND POCKET GUIDE. 11 12 CENTENNIAL GREETING Ti 00 05 <0 bo ti o p M ^ c » e3 ^ «M H *c S o 1 Pi o r- 1 pP o ,£3" rQ ^ bO a o p. CO ® cc o o o Pi rP < c« TS

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This Stock is issued in Shares of $10 each, and every holder is entitled to an interest in the total proceeds of the Exhibition ; therefore, so far as each subscriber interests his friends and neighbors to co-operate, so far are his own interests increased. The Memorial Certificate is now ready for delivery to all who have subscribed, and it will be sent at once to all who wish, on receipt of its value, either in Post Office Order or Check, made payable to FREDERICK FRALEY, Treasurer, 904 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. The steel engraved Certificate itself will ever remain a memorial of our interest in the occasion, and it is hoped and believed that few Americans will not, ere the expiration of this year, secure to themselves this evidence of their interest in the common welfare of their country. The Certificate is engraved by the United States Treasury Department, and is in every respect a model, the Engraving Bureau of the Treasury deserving great credit for the admirable manner in which it is produced. , , . , , ^ * r^, Tlie plate is twenty-four by twenty inches, on the best bank note paper. The design is pyramidal, America forming the apex, with Fame and Art personified sitting at her feet; the busts of Washington and Grant on either side, typical of the commencement and end of the century. America is represented as welcoming the representatives of foreign nations, who bear symbols of their national industries and resources. Independence Hall and the National Capital are in the background. Beneath the former stand Fulton and Fitch with their steamboat models, and under the latter are Frrnklin and Morse with electric and telegraphic instruments. On the right facing the figure of America, is Howe offering his sewing-machine, also a shipwright with a model of a clipper. The freedman. Continental and Federal soldier, and mechanic form a group on the right, and the farmer, planter, miner, trapper, and Indian, all presenting symbols of the avocations, the group on the left. The centre of the base is Trumbull's painting of the '-Signing of the^Declaration of Independence," on the right of which is exemplified progress-the busy manufac- turing city in contrast with the neglected windmill. To the left of the base is represented civilization, combining the railroad, telegraph, steamship, and reaping machine in contrast with the Conestoga wagon, mail rider, sailing vessel, and laborer with a sickle. The legend in the body of the certificate was engraved by a new and ingenious process, the invention of G. W. Casilear, Superintendent of the Engraving Department of the Treasury, and it is most creditable, as is also the printing— the Department being determined to make the work worthy of the nation and the grand commemorative occasion. The designs and arrangement are due to Messrs. Ferris and Darley, American artists. ^ " ''* This stock certificate should be in the possession of every patriotic citizen as an heirloom, without reference to the fact of its being repaid with interest. It must be understood by our readers that tlie certificate is to be retained by the holder, the principal and interest being paid on presentation of proper evidence of ownership after the close of the Exhibition. Should the receipts not prove sufficient to pay entire amount, the division will be made equally among the stockholders. _ The sale of tickets at fifty cents each is estimated to reach the sum of ¥o,000,000, and is based upon the results of the Paris Exposition, which should be largely ex- ceeded when we consider the fact that we £ire a travelling community, and that the Birth-place of American Independence will be the Mecca to which all our lellow- citizens will be attracted from every section of this great country, any increase in the above estimate of visitors will add that much to the resources to be divided among the Stockholders, "* AND POCKET GUIDE. 15 FAC SIMILE OF CENTENNIAIi MSBAES. 16 CENTENNIAL GREETING FAIKMOUNT PARK. fHIS Park, so inseparably connected with the Centennial, contains 2,991 acres of ground, being more than three times as large as the Central Park ot New York. The best entrance for the stranger is at Coates street, wliich is reached by the J Green and Coates Street cars, and by the Union Line, or at Fairmount Bridfro entrance— equally as good as the other — reached by the Callowhill Street cars, Arch Street, Race and Vine, and Spruce and Pine Street Passenger cars. Either of the^o entrances bring the visitor directly to the Fairmount Water-Works, which should be closely inspected ; they are grand, wonderful, startling. The mighty engines found here are worked by water-power, and also by steam; they pump up into the reser- voir on the to p of the adjoining hill about 25,000,000 gallons of water, on an average, each day in the year, or about 7,000,000,000 gallons a year. From the rear of the en- gine houses a splendid vi-^w of Fairmount dam is obtained ; after leaving here, and passing into the open space north-eastward, the visitor comes upon the Art Gallery AND POCKET GUIDE. 17 jn which are placed many baudsome paintings by eminent artists; the admission boiiig free, he should not fail to visit it; from here to the Lincoln monument is but a short distance, and as it is in a direct line to Lemon Hill, the visitor cannot fail to observe the bciuitiful bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln. From here the road leails up a steep path to Lemon Hill Mansion, the house oc- cupied by Robert Morris during the Revolutionray struggle. After resting awhile, apd talking in the beauty of the scenery, by looking down the Schuyikill the visitor. CENTENNIAL GREETING The Connecting Railroad Biidge, whicK spans the Schuylkill just above the Girard Avenue Bridge, is one of the most beautiful adornments to be seen in the Park. We give a good representation of it, with the Girard Avenue Bridge showing below it; the afches form the entrances to the Park upon either side of the river. There is a grandeur about this bridge which is very attractive, and it is greatly en- hanced by witnessing one of the through trains of the Peunsylvani?k Ptailroad Com- pany crossing it, AND POCKET GUIDE. 19 if he is so inclined, can ramble ou and pay a visit to West Park, which lies directly across the Schuyluill, to the north-west, and is reached by the Girard Avenue Bridge, one of the handsomest structures of its kind in the world. Immediately above this bridge is the connecting railroad bridge, built by the Pennsylvania Eailroad Com pany, the three beautiful arches of which form the entrance to the West Park, at E^glesfield. A little to the south-west from Girard Avenue Bridge are the Zoologi- cal Gardens, containing the finest collection of birds, animals and flowers to lie pund in this country. The admission for adulta is 25 cents, for children 10 cents, 20 CENTENNIAL GREETING AND POCKET atTlDiH. 21 "We believe there is no \>ldce in I'hiladelpliia that will give more pleasure to the visitor ihau au afteruoon in the Zoological Gardens. Among the most noted animals to be seen there, a,re three varieties of the kangaroo, and the same number of waliabys; tigers, spotted hyenas, ocelots, lynxes, leopards, giraffes, Augora cats, coa'i monJi, Javan swine, wombats. Tasmanian devils, bears, ichneumons, Texas wild cats, Java j)orcupine, panthers, zebras, aoudads, foxes, five species; wolves, three species; prairie dogs, badger, beavers, elephants, rhinocerous, oik, dcer,_ seve- ral varieties; Llamas, ant'-L'pes, bisons, and American reindeer. Of these auimah, n;mbers have given b-rlh to young in the Gardens, all of which, moiheis and children, are doi;)g well. The collection of hinls is v'ly fine, indeed, arid so of the reptiles, which, while not so agreeable to look at as the bright plumage oi the birds, yet they form an nt- traciive study for the :iaturalist. It is proper here to observe that, in May, 1874, Congress passed a bill udmitting, free of duty, all beasts, birds and reptiles IntemU'd for the Zoological Gardens of Philadelphia,, and on November 14ih. lS7-i, the teecro- l'HE IiF,A.a PITS. tary of the Navy requesiod nil commanders, and other officers to foreign statiops, to "aid the Zoological [Society of Philadelphia in its laudable enterprise." One of the things which makes it so pleasant for ladies and children to visit, is the entire absence of spirituous liquors— their s.nle being forever prohibited inside the Gardens. As an evidence of the attractiveness, we mention that SlOOiJi) persons visited the place during the first year it was open, although it was far less attractive then than now. The management of the Zoological (jardens have made provision that visitors cnn enjoy, at moderate prices, all the delicacies of a first-cJass cuisine, as well as heany and substantial fare, adapted to the tastes and requirements of the million, without the necessity of Koiug beyond the Garden area. The restaurant structure is r. litau- liful one, and will command attention for its ample porticos, its deep bay-winrKiAvs, and the commanding situation it occupies. Its lessee, Mr. F. A. Hardt, of I'hiladtl- p'lia, has profited by the experience of the proprtetors of corresponding depart- ments in Londuu, Paris and Vienna, All their imperfections he has avoided ; and. 22 CENTENNIAL GREETING as is plainly apparent, he has improved upon their improvements, and ■will present at the Centennial Exhibition a place for refreshment not surp^isscd by any. It is already conceded that in several respects these Zoological (jardens excel every other one in the world, and that of St. Petersburg can be made no exception, and that the managers have chosen in Mr. Ilardt a person whose long experience and former success in his profession is a guarantee that the establishment will bo well kept, and the public well served. Meals will be lurnished to excursionists by contract or by the card. HOUSE FOR MONKEYS. The easiest access to the Zoological Gardens is as follows : 1. Girord Avenue, via the Girard Avenue Bridge, leading direct to the northern gate. 2. Arch Street, via Callowhill Street Bridge, to Thirty-fifth Street, thence north direct to the southern gate. 3. Race and Vine Streets, same route. 4. Spruce and Pine Streets, to the Green Street entrance of the East Park, thence a pleasant walk via river road and Girard Avenue Bridge. 5. Union Line, via Brown Street entrance East Park. G. Green Street and Fairmount Avenue Line, direct to Fairmount Avenue entrance East Park. 7. P hiladelphia and Reading Railroad, direct to Brown Street entrance. 8. By the three pleasant steamers which ply on the Schuylkill, leaving Fairmount every thirty minutes, landing and taking on passengers at the Garden, within a few yards of the northern gate. Visitors preferring to cross the river by ferry-boats, will always find a safe boat to carry them over at the turn of the river road, nortli of the boat-houses, landing them at the southern gate; and, lastly, by carriages, wliich are always to be found at the carriage-stand, East Park. Feeding-Time of the Animals.— Lions and Tigers, 4.00 P.M.; Eagles, 3.30 P.M.; Elephants and Rhinoceros, 10.00 A.M. and 4.30 P.M. Other herbivorous and grani- vorous animals, twice a day. "*• AND POCKET GUIDE. 23 Six of these truly wonderful animals were placed in the garden at a cost of many thou- sand dollars, in the latter part of the summer of 1874, two of which, however, have died. The Giraffe ia a gentle, playful, and very inquisitive animal; readily attaches itself to ita feeepor and companions, and ever endeavors to attract attention by a sort of coqiieitish action. It ia one of the most quiet of all living things, having never been known to utter GIRAFFE. a sound of any kind— not even when in the agonies of death. It ia a nativa of varioua parts of Africa, and is ranked the tallest of all animals which walk on the face of the glob^. Tlie height of the male, when full grown, is from eighteen to twenty feet; that of the female is somewhat less. 24 CENTENNIAL aHEETiNci AND POCKET GUIDE. 25 The first house on the right aftsi entering the Park from the connecting railroad bridge is called Sweet Brier. The grounds are fitted up with flying-horses and swings for children, and especially set apart for them. There are many tine forest- trees here giving in agreeable sliade R!)d it is a grsat resort for the little ones on Saturday alternoons Tne giounds command a tine view ot the river and other portions of the Park. The main carriage road, after leaying this mansion, passes through a grove of trees, some among them very venerable old forest monarchs, oaks and chestnuts ; then, by easy grades, it winds along the open grounds, and so reaches a rustic bridge which crosses the river road. 26 CENTENNIAL ailEETINO Upon entering the Park, after crossing Girard Avenue Bridge, the favorite drive is Lansdowne, following the broad carriage-way around by the monster pines, which mark the spot where stood the mansion built by John Penn, "the Governor;" leaving the Iteservoir to the right, and reaching George's Hill, a commanding height which towers grandly above the Exhibition grounds, and about one-third of a mile from the Centennial Buildincrs. The ground here is 210 feet above the river, and from this spot— which, "in aUthe future, shall bear the name of George's Hill, as a perpetual memorial of the honored grantor's name"— the visitor can see tall spires and rounded domes that mark the places where praise to God is given. MONSTER PINES, WEST PARK. Not far off, to the east, can be seen Girard College standing in grandeur, a sublime memorial to our country's most honored benefactor. Before leaving George's Hill, the visitor should take a glass of the cold spring water that flows in a perpetual stream from beneath the music-stand. The drive back is by Belmont Mansion, leaving the Resorvoir still to the right, thence on by Mount Prospect, where the Park, all the way to Fairmount, is spread map-like before the eye; while still farther on the placid waters of the Delaware aie seen for miles, as tlioy stretch seaward, forming a bright frontispiece to the pine forests of \ ',w Jersey that form the background, stretching away in the distance until they fringe the horizon. AND POCKET GUIDE. 27 Even more piciuresque is the drive from Fairmount along the east bank of the ichuylkiil to Strawberry Mansion. The view of the river is everywhere beautiful, ndeed, but it is especially imposing from Laurel Hill, as it flows sadly, as it were, net ween the two cities of the silent dead, which here line Its banks. Almost 25,000 persons sleep their last sleep in East Laurel Hill G«metery and West Laurel Hill, ev'tju mora beautiful, gives rest to many more. 28 CENTENNIAL GREETING After leaving Laurel Hill, it is but a short distance to the Wissahickon, and there is no prettier drive anywhere than along the Wissahickon to Valley Green. In returning, cross the Schuylkill at Falls Bridge, and come down the river-road to Fairniount. In concluding this subject of the Park, we would state that Fairniount Park con- tains 2,991 acres; New York Central Park, 862 acres; Druid Kail Park, Baltimore, 700 acres; Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, 27(5 acres ; Lincoln Park, Chicago, SOacres ; AND POCKET GUIDE. 29 MOUNT VERNON CEMETERY. ENTRANCE TO MOUNT VERNON CEMETERY. This cemetery, located on Ridge Avenue, opposite Laurel Hill, is reached by the Ridge Avenue line of passenger cars, and by the steamboats which leave Fairmount. THE GARDEL MONUMENT. This monument, of Italian marble, elaborate and ornate, the design and work- manship of statuary artists of European celebrity, was erected at a cost of $30,000. The monument over the remains of Lawrence Johnson, and the Sherman Obelisks are the be^udsomest improvemerits in Moiipt Yernon Cemetery, \^ CENTENNIAL GREETING AND POCKET GUIDE. 81 WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. be secure from intrusion, a cemetery must be guarded either by a bigh, and necessarily, therefore, an ugly wall, by legislative enactments, or be inclosed by natural boundaries, such as precipitous ravines or valleys. The wall or the legislative enactment are barriers which, having been erected by human agency, can be pulled down by the same instrumentaliiy. They are usually erected where there is no great disposition to intrude, because there are not any interests to be interfered with. As soon, however, as the cemetery tvaUs become an obstacle to the movements of an increased population, it only be- comes a question of a few years as to the removal of the impediment. Not so with water-courses or natural barriers to intrusions. If these defensive nclosures of nature are so great that they cannot be overridden, the flow of travel !onform8 itself to the physical characteristics of the country. To be successful, however, a cemetery must be easy of access, and all large cities ffill, ultimately, be compelled to use steam communication. London, New York, md Chicago, have already adopted this mode of transit, and the day is not far dis- ;ant when Philadelphians will take the cars to reach the cemetery as freely as they lo to go out to Germantown. Already notices of funerals by railroads are not un- frequent. The impropriety of making interments beneath and around city churches has ong been acknowledged, and of Inte years it has been felt that all burials within .he built up portions of cities are open to objections. Again and again, in the pro- jress of improvements in Philadelphia, the fields of the dead have been broken up, md the repulsive sight of human skulls and other bones shovelled out to make room for the foundations of stores or dwellings has shocked the feelings of sur- fivors. Even suburban cemeteries, if not sufficiently remote, are liable to be cut ip by streets as the city stretches out its ever-expanding arms; and the feeling is growing in the public mind that burials should take place at such a distance from ihe built-up portion of the town that the repose of the dead may be assured forever, rhe history of mankind in all ages shows that the human heart clings to the grave )f its disappointed hopes — that it seeks consolation in rearing emblems and monu- nents, and in collecting images of beauty of the disappearing relics of humanity, rhis can be fitly done, not in the tumultuous and harassing din of cities, not in the jloomy and repulsive vaults of charnel-houses, but amid the quiet verdure of the leld, under the broad and cheerful light of heaven, where the harmonious and 5ver-changing face of nature reminds us, by its resuscitating influences, that to die :s to live again. Nature seems to have provided this appropriate location for the resting-place of ;he dead, while art is adorning it and making it still more attractive. The views ip and down the Schuylkill from a height greater than that of George's Hill, and he extensive prospect of a beautiful surrounding country, need only to be seen to )e appreciated, while the river front aff"ords picturesque sites for vaults, monuments, ind family lots. "West Laurel Hill, on Belmont Avenue, or Forty-fourth Street, combines natural irotective boundaries and beauty of location, with the additional merit of easy iccessibility by carriage or the Reading Railroad. Forty- fourth Street, at Lancaster f^venue (one of the great radial arteries of travel from Market Street Bridge) widens into a noble avenue of one hundred feet, and is beautifully bordered with :rees. After passing Girard Avenue, another great thoroughfare, Forty-fourth street, or Belmont Avenue, enters and bisects the West Park. It rises by easy grades to the level of that plateau of high land which constitutes the range of hills mclrcling Philadelphia on the north and west. This range sweeps around the city, vnd is familiar to our citizens as Chelten Hills, Germantown, Roxborough, Be'l- nont, George's Hill, Haddington, etc. Just beyond the West Park, Montgomery County comes down to meet West ?hiladelphia, the township of Lower Merion overlapping Manayunk, the Falls, etc. t is on a spur of this high land, which pushes out into and is partially encircled by he Schuylkill, and whose north and south sides are buttressed by high precipitous avines that West Laurel Hill is situated. As its elevation is two hundred and .wenty-five feet above the river, views of remarkable beauty are obtained on the eastern (or river) front, reaching up the valley of the Schuylkill to Flat Rock Dam, md down the river to Chamounix and LaurerHill. As it was projected by and its nanagement is under the care of Mr. John Jay Smith, it is reasonable to expect hat it will soon become an object of interest and pride to the citizens of Phila- ielphia.^The office of the Company is No.llo South Fifth Street, where all infer? nation concerning the sale of lots can be had. 32 CENTENNIAL GREETING ENTRANCE TO OPD FEIiLOWS' CEMETERY. AND. POCKET GUIDE. 33 and Riverside, 1,600 acres. The Park at the Hague has 200 acres ; at f "mch, 320 acres- Petit Park, Versailles. 1,280 acres; the Bois de Boulogne, 2,158 acies the Prater Vienna, 2,500 acres; the Summer Garden, near St. Petersburg, 480 acres; Vhcenix Park, Dublin, 1.752 acres ; Hyde Park, Engknrl, 889 acres ; Wi^idsor Great ParkilSOOac^cs; Victoria Park, 300 acres; Albert Park, 409 acres; and the Crystal Palace Park, Edinburg, 200 acres, 2* 34 CENTENNIAL GREETING The Wissahickon is famous as a place for fishing, and if the visitor will take* ' catfish and cotfee" supper at one of the restaurants on the banks of this stream uc YTiii iicvvo ouijucujiug fjiv,aptvijii< Lv/ iciiicuiucA no iuu^ na h6 liV68) B9 t hickon catfish are said to be superior tO those caugiit lu any other wateyi, AND. POCKET GUIDE. 81 A quarter of a mile above the Log Cabin is a high bluff; it is a striking object from the carriage road. The rock which rises from the bluff is called The Lover's Leap, which overlooks from its crest a wild gorge. It is the scene of one of the numerous traditions which suivive here. The "Lover" is presumed to have been Fabricius Helmstadt, a scholar and mystic, who came from Germany, towards the close of the 17th century, who, with John Kelpius' followers, located at this place to meet '-the woman clothed with the sun, with tlie moon under her feet, and twelve stars on her forehead ; she who had fled into the wilderness. " As she failed to come , her "Loter" leaped from thei rock to meet her, and now othef lovers whose sweet* hearts came not, Walk to that rock, look at its hei^hth ariij-^walk a^s^aj^ to mftlSQ %\x9 fesqualntanoo of less bewtless ladies.- 36 CENTENNIAL GREETING A hundred yards above the Pipe Bridge, a wooden bridge crosses the stream; leaving the carriage-way and crossing this bridge, turning to the left and following a pathway a short distance along the hill-side, progress is arrested by a stream, Cre- shein Creek, which joins the Wissahickon. At this jjoint is a spot frequented first by the superstitious in the early days of the Province, and now, for more than half a century, by artists and all lovers of nature. It is certainly a wild place ; rocki are THE HERMIT'S FOOL. thrown together in great masses, and the long trunks of hemlocks and pines jut up from the darkness around the pool into the svinshine above. The waters of a small tributary of the Wissahickon run into lliis pool, whose depth has been very sugges- tive to the superstitious minds which gave it its name. The place is very readily accessible, and artists' sketches through our galleries have made it widely known. It was the sc«ne of an engagement during the battle of Germantown, and its waters once had stains best now forgotten. AND POCKET GUIDE. 37 PHILADELPHIA, 'he city of Philadelphia is located upon the Delaware river, about fifty miles from its mouth. It was founded in 1682, by William Penn, and at that time had a.bout 500 inhabitants. Its earliest settlers were mostly Friends; the population increased rapidly by emigration from Germany, the north of Ire- land, and Sweden. The Germans made their settlement at Germantown, which was then called one of the inland towns of Pennsylvania— it is now the Twenty- second Ward of this city, and contains a larger population than did the city of Philadelphia in 1776. The Swedes made their settlement in the vicinity of Front and Carpenter; and the Friends began business about Dock street, their star of empire rapidly taking its way northward as far as Kensington. On the 5th day of September, 1774, the first Continental Congress met here, and from that meeting of patriot sires resulted the Declaration of American Inde- pendence, the seven years' struggle with the fourfold foe— the British soldiery, the savage Indian, the merciless Hessian, and the grim, strong arm of want and despair —ending in the establishment of the Government of the United States of America. With a population of less than one thousand, two hundred years ago, and increased to 21,000 in 1776, Philadelphia has now, in 1875. about 1,000,000 inhabitants. The city has an area of 129^ square miles, on which stands 150,000 dwelling-houses, occupied by about the same number of families, it being a rare exception to find two families residing in the same house This exceeds the number of dwelling- houses in New York by over 60,000; Baltimore, by over 83,000. and Boston by over Si.OOO There are about 9,000 manufactories here, with a capital of nearly $250,000,000, and giving employment to about 150,000 people, the product of whose labor is almost $450,000,000 annually. No other city on the American Continent approximates this amount: and, with the single exception of London, Philadelphia is the greatest manufacturing city in the world. Its water privileges" are unequalled by any other city — the Delaware river, on its eastern line, is of a sufficient depth to float the largest vessels in service ; it forms a wharfage front more than twelve miles in length. The Schuylkill, a larger stream than the Thames, flows through the centre of a large portion of the city. The general health of the city is better than any other city in the world. The real estate of the city, including the property not taxable, is valued at $633,592,093. AVe have over 400 public school buildings, in which mDre than 90,000 children are educated. Our places of public worship num- ber over 500, with a seating capacity of 400,000. We have about 2,000 city railroad cars, running over 300 miles of track, carrying passengers to almost every part of the city for a fare of seven cents. The city is lighted by 10,000 public lamps, supplied from nearly 700 miles of gas mains, while the 15,000,000,000 gallons of water used annually is forced through about 650 miles of water-pipe. There is no other city in the world of its dimensions or population that possesses such accommodations for its people ; mechanics, and even laborers, whose daily earnings in ether cities barely sustain life and provide a shelter for themselves and families, except in the mo^t rude, coarse and crowded way, are here the occupants of single and comfortable dwellings, and thousands of them are owners of their own houses. >Our Post Office employs 227 carriers, who deliver to Philadelphians 17,891,736 mail letters a year, 9,760,824 local letters, and 8,603,361 newspapers. About the same number of mail letters are collected by carriers. The city is governed by a Mayor, elected by the people every three years, and by a Select and Common Council The Select Councilmcn are chosen for three years, each of the "Wards of the city electingone member ; the members of Common Council are elected for two years, one member being chosen for each 2,000 taxables residing in the Ward from which the member is elected. Philadelphia is the only city on the Atlantic seaboard that maintains a line of steamers sailing beneath the American flag, and we feci considerable pride in the fact that it is from this city alone the grain of American farmers, the handiwork of American workmen, and American travellers for Europe are carried across the ocean in steamships built by American mechanics out of the products of our mines and forests, and owned exclusively by American citizens ; and it is doubtless owing to this fact that the commerce of our port is so rapidly increasing. Philadelphians, as a rule, are a plain, matter-of-fact sort of people; unlike New Yorkers, they are not given to ostentatious show, and it is gratifying to know that the reputation of Philadelphia todesmen for integrity and fairness in dealing is proverbial throughout the whol^f the United States, CENTENNIAL GREETING As merchandise is invariably sold at fairer rates in Philadelphia than in any other city in the Union, there is ordinarily no good reason why the country merchant should not come here to buy his stock ; but when, in addition to this, is oflered the thousand attractions that oar great Exhibition presents, we expect to see our city literally run down with buyers, large and small, and to all we extend a cordial greeting; and, for the benefit of those whom business and pleasure bring to our city, we would briefly state that the following are among our most noted objects of interest, the location of which will be found under their appropriate heads, in other parts of this book : Independence Hall, Carpenter's Hall, New City Hall, Masonic temple, Girard College, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Blind Asylum, Academy of iine Arts, Academy of Natural Sciences, Fairmount Park and Zoological Gardens, b'chool of Design for Women, Pennsylvania Hospital, Union League House, County Prison, Eastern Penitentiary, Insane Asylum, Blockley Almshouse, Wills' Hospital, United States Mint, Custom House, Post Office, Farmers' Market, Christ Church, Methodist Church, Broad and Arch'streets, Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Baptist Church, Broad and Oxford, Laurel Hill, Mt. Vernon, Yv^oodiand, Odd Fellows', Glenwood, and Mt. Moriah Cemeteries, Boys' and Girls' High Schools, Uuiversily of Pennsyl- vania, Mercantile Library, Naval Asylum, Soldiers' Orphans' Home, Public Ledger Building, Eidgway Library, Franklin Institute, and Centennial BuUdings. INDEPENDENCE HALL IN 1776. ^S the Phield of Stockton, from Hull, England, sailed up the Delaware river to 11 Burlington, K. J., in 1G78, in veering she chanced to strike the trees that over- JJV hung the shore with her masts and spars. The closeness with which the ship ^1 sailed to shore caused the passengers on board of her to remark, " What a fine place for a town." 'Jhe place was then called Coaquanock—spelt Kuequenaka — and it presented a high, bold shore, rising abruptly from the river edge. In less than three years thereafter— January 5th, 1681— the founding of Pennsylvania was confirmed, under the Great Seal of Royalty, to William Penu. In 1G83, I eun wrote : " Philadelphia is at last laid out to tlie great content of those here ; and, of all the many places I have seen in the world, I remember not one better seated ; so that it seems to me to have been appointed for a town, whether we regard the two rivers, or the conveniency of the coveSj natural docks, springs, loftiness and .soundness of the land md the ah ," &c., &c. ^ ^ ^ Fpom t)^s^t U&tlfl fi^M^ment, almost two huBdrel^ears ago, on a score acsse with AND POCKET GUIDE. 39 INDEPENDENCE HALL IN 1876. forest trees, anJ overrun with savage Indians and wild beasts, has grown the city of Philadelphia, which now, at the beginning of the year 1876, has a population of 950,000, and a larger number of buildings and dwelling-houses than any other city in the Union. So large a city must necess.arily have numerous places of general interest, but happily, Philadelphia has two edifices of reverential interest to be fourd nowhere else within the broad borders of our whole country. These two buildings are Independence Hall and Carpenter's Ilali. Independence Hall, erected on Chestnut Street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, was commenced in 1729, and finished in 1734; was buiii by Edmund Wooley, from the plan of Robert Smith, architect. The Continental Congress first met in this building on the 10th day of May, 1775. It was here that the representatives of the Colonies met, and "appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of their intentions, did, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare : That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, //•>'e and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that ;ill connexion between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." Upon the left hand, from the Chestnut Street entrance, is Independence Chamber. The first thing that strikes the eye on entering is the quaint desk-table on which the Declaration was signed; behind it is the ohl-fashioued, stately chair occupied by John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress; ranged around the walls are twelve of the original chairs used by members. The original draft of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, ill Jefferson's handrvrifing, as interlined by Franhlin and Adams, is also here, together with oil painting portraits of just forty of the fifty-six signers. This por- trait gallery alone is worth a visit to the place. Directly opposite is the Chamber where the Colonial Judiciary met; it is weil-iilled with relics and portraits illus- trating the period from 1682 to 1787. Tickets for admission to the steeple Of Independence Hall ate furnished free, by the Superintendent of Independence Chamber. A fine view Can b^ obtained of the citv from the steeple, which Is reached by a stairway. The Hall is opefl free to all between the hours oi 9 A.M. aad a P.M. CENTENNIAL GREETING Carpenter's Hall. 'HIS time honored edifice is located in Carpenter's Court, running south from Chestnut Street, a few paces east from Fourth Street. On the 5th of September 1774, the first Continental Congress met in this Hall, and began there the deliberations which on the 4th of July, 1776, ultimated in declaring the Colonies *' Free and In- dependent." Here Washington, Henry, Randolph, Rutledge, Lee, and Jay knelt ; and, bowed in reverence beside them, stood the Puritan Patriots of New England, while the Rev. Jacob Douche, then Pastor of Christ Church, turned imploringly to Heaven for divine interposition and aid. " It was enough" says Mr. Adams, " to melt a heart of stone. I saw the tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave, pacific Quakers of Philadelphia." This sacred edifice around which clings so many glorious memories, .s owned by the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia, which is doubt- tless the oldest organization in the United States, having maintained an uninterrupted organization from the year 1724, about forty years after the settlement of the Colonial government by William Penn. The primary object of the Carpenters Assosiation was "to obtain instrutcion in the science of architecture ; to assist such of its members or the widows and children of members, as should be by accident in need of support, and the adoption of such a system of measurement and prices that every-one concerned in building may have the value of his money, and every workman the worth of his money." The Hall was commenced on the. 5th day of Februafv 1770 and wai go far competed that the annual meeting ia 1771, was held therein, AND POCKET GUIDE. 41 TEANKLIN S^UAEE. TTMTEp gTATES ?fAYAL AS^lVl^h After the visitor has finished his inspection of Carpenter's Hall, it is but a few steps to Fifth and Arch, where on Arch Street, below Fifth, he will find an opening in the quaint old wall, that surrounds Christ Cbiuch burying-ground, and from which a good view is obtained of the last resting- place of Benjamin Frankiin an i his wife, daughter and son- in-law, Richard and Sarah Biche. Aftf-r Franklin's death tlie following epitaph, written by himself, v/sm found among \ his papers: "The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, (like the coveE of an old book, its contents torn out, and strip- ped of its lettering and gilding.) lits here, f )od for worms; but the work shall not be lost, for it will (as he believes) appear once more in a new and more elegant edition, revised and corrected by the Author." If his will had not provided for another, this would have been used. Among the other and more conspicuous monuments in this city, which keep his memory green, are the Phila- delphia Library, American Philosophical Society, Penn- sylvania Hospi t a 1, Christ Church, and the University of Pennsylvauia. The records of the church state that Deborah was buried December 22d, 1774f and Benjamin on the J8th o April, 1790. If the tourist is tired, and would enjoj"^ an hour's rest, he has but to go to Sixth and Race Streets, only two f-quares dis- tant, and he is at Franklin Square, named in me- mory of the printer, patriot and philoso- pher, Franklin. This square is one of a num- ber that, located at dif- ferent places, affording fine plaj'-grounds for the children, whose all of country life is ex- j'orienced beneath the trees that adorn them. The United States N^val Asylum is lo- cated on Gray's Ferry Iload, below iBain- bridge Street, and is surrounded by a beau- tiful park of 25 acres. Visitors are admitte4 upon application at th§ Asylum. 42 CENTENNIAL GREETING UNITED STATES MINT. This building ia located on Chestnut Street, near Broad. It is of the Ionic order of architecture, taken from a Grecian temple at Athens. The cabinet of coins embraces the coins of all nations. Here the Tisitor can see the identical counterpart of the coins for which Judas betrayed the Nazarene; the " Widow's Mite," and samples of the money used by Solomon are also in this cabinet. The process of coining money is very interest- ing, and as the admission is free to all between 9 and 12 o'clock in the morning, w© especially advise the stranger to visit the Mint. THE ACADEMY OP FI>fE ARTS. Tliis new buildiug stands at the eouth-west corner of Broad and Clierry Streets, on a lot measuring one hundred feet by two hundred and sixty. It is fire-proof throughout. The exterior walls are constructed of brick, with stone dressings and sculptural decora- tions in terra cotta. The cost, exclusive of ground, is about $250,000. The architecture of the building is modified Gothic, and conveys a very correct idea of the firrid Venitian style. The grand gallery on the second floor is 75 by 42 feet; tlie Gilpin Gallery is 95 by 42 feet, and contains $100,000 worth of fine art treasures, bequeathed by the late llenrjr J), Uilpin. The art coUeclipos of thjs Academy are the finest iu the United States, AND POCKET GUIDE. 43 THE NEW CITY HALL. J\ HE architecture of the New Public Buildings is essentially modern in its leading J I features, and presents a rich example of what is known by the generic term of \[ j the " Renaissance," modified and adapted to the varied and extensive require- J ments of a great American municipality. This immense architectural pile covers, exclusive of the court-yard, an area of nearly 43^ acres, and consists of one building, surrounding an interior court -yard. The north and south fronts measure 470 feet, and the east and west fronts 486^^ feet in tiieir extreme length. The four fronts are similar in design. In the centre of each, an entrance pavilion of 90 feet in width rises to the height of 185 feet, having receding wings of 120 feet elevation. The fronts terminate at the four corners with towers or pavilions of 51 feet square, and 145 feet high. The whole exterior is bold and effective in outline, and rich in detail, being elaborated with highly ornate columns, pilasters, pediments, cornices, enriched windows, and other appropriate adornments. Archways of IS feet in width by 36 feet in height, opening through each of the four cential pavilions, constitute the four principal entrances, and at the same time afford passages for pedestrians up and down Broad and Market streets, directly through the buildings. The basement story is 18 feet in height, and stands entirely above the line of the pavement. Its exterior is of fine white granite, of massive proportions, forming a fitting base for the vast superstructure it supports. The exterior of the building, above the basement, embraces a principal story of 36 feet, and an upper story of 31 feet, with an attic over tbe centre pavilions of 12 feet, all of white marble, from the Lee Quarries, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, wrought, in all its adornments, in forms of exquisite beauty, expressing American ideas, and developing American genius. The small rooms opening into the court- yard are each subdivided in height into two stories. From the north side of this space, rises a grand tower, which will gracefully adorn the Public Buildings, and at the same time will be a crowning feature of the city, from whatever point it may he approached, as St. Peter's is of Rome, and St. Paul's is of London. This tower is 90 feet square at the base, falling off at each story, until it becomes, at the spring of the dome, an octagon of 50 feet in diameter. A statue of the founder of Pennsylva- nia, 20 feet in height, will crown the structure, and complete the extraordinary altitude of 450 feet, making it the highest tower in the world: while at the same time it possesses the elements of firmness and stability, in a higher degree than any known structure of a like character. The entire structure will contain 520 rooms, and every room in the building will be well lighted, warmed, and ventilated, upon a thorough, effective and approved system, and every part of the structure wiU be ftljsolutely fire-proof, Tl^e cost of tbe structure will be about $12,000,000. ^ 44 CENTENNIAL GREEYING THE MASONIC TEMPLE. 'he Masonic Temple of Philadelphia, located directly across the street from the New City Hall, is the grandest building of its kind in the world. It is a granite structure, 250 feet long, 150 feet wide, and three lofty stories in height (not including the entresol sections), divided into spacious halls, with their appro- Eriate adjacent apartments, toilet-rooms, banqueting-halls, offices, &c., with various road staircases and other passages leading to each. The inner masonry required ten millions of bricks, and the number of cubic feet of granite in the outer walls, if known, would probably seem to the reader fabulous. Its facade, or front, is a per- fect specimen of Norman architecture— notably bold, sharp, and elaborate, with not a trace of flatness or inexpression anywhere on its profile. Its most striking loa- tures are the two towers, Avhich flank it, one of them piercing with its turrets the air to the height of 250 feet; and the wonderfully beautiful Norman porch, or door- way. The main tower is so massive that its foundations were laid 31 feet below the level of the street, and the greatest care has been used to make it completely fire- proof on each floor, by separating it from every passage by an iron door, and distinct iron portcullis, with intervening space between them. The porch is built of the hardest stone we have— the Quincy granite, and at the entrance on either side, are four pairs of receding pillars, surmounted by arched semi-circular mouldings, enriched with the purest and most characteristic Norman decorations, including nail-head, cable, zigzag, interlaced squares, billet, frette, shell, rosette, &c. These traceries are surprisingly elaborate, and fasten the attention of every observer. The doorway is built in a projection of the front wall of the Temple, just as was often the case in churches of the Norman period, although our projection is deeper than usual, affording thereby room for more elaboration and finish. The two main front folding-doors of the Temple are 17 feet high,? feet wide, 6 inches thick, and covered with Norman ornamentation, in keeping with the whole exterior front. Standing in Oriental Hall, you can almost Imagine yourself in the midst of the gorgeous Alhambra of Spain, in its palmy days. The veils of the Temple are striking in the extreme. They are 25 feet high by 49 feet wide, and contain 1,200 yards of satin francais. Egyptian Hall is, without doubt, the most marvelous hall in the Temple. It is not so large as either of the Grand Ilalls; but the style of its architecture is so new, because so old and unusual to us, that at first sight it causes the beholder to hold his breath from blank surprise and wonder. He stands face to face, as it were, with the huge columns of Thebis and Jlemphis. Three thousand years arc rolled back, and the art-student of to-day sits the admiring pupil of the art left by buried cen- turies, as a rich legacy for all time. It is a marvel of massive grandeur and solidity, not barely impressing, but overwhelming the spectator. The twelve gigantic columns extend around the hall. These columns have capitals, aJl of which are variant in stjle. They are /r/c-nw7fts of those of the chief ancient Temples on the Nile, including those of Dendera, Island of Phila?, Luvor, Karnac and Edfou. Larjie photographs were procured of all of these famous structures, from which tiiese capitals have been exemplified. Egyptian Hall is an architectural key to the greatest wonders lefthy the ancient Egyptian builders. The furniture of Egyptian Hall is as truly Egyptian as its columus and walls. The throne, or chair of the Master, is massive and imposing, made of gilded ebony. His pedestal is flanked by two Sphinxes. All of the furniture of this room is of gilded ebony, covered with black and gold tapestry. The Grand Banqueting Hall is on the north side of the Temple, central in the building. It is of the Composite order of architecture, with sixteen columns, iu pairs, running through it, the capitals decorated with semblances of flowers, fruits and game birds, the turkey, the " national bird," presiding over the west doorway, to see that fowl-play is not done to any of his kind on the tables below. This room, 105 feet in length by 50 iu breadth, is most brilliantly illuminated by fifteen chan- deliers. It is furnished with 20 extension tables, arranged in four lines, and capa- ble of seating, in all, 500 persons. This grand structure is, in a word, an exemplification of the art in architectural skill of the ancient nations of the earth, anterior to the Christian era, aggregated into one perfect and harmonious whole by American master workmen's hands. The cost of this structure was $1,540,000. The latch-string of the Temple is out after 10 o'clock always on Thursdays, if the weather is good ; on this day ladies, gentlemen and children are freely admitted to the building, and courteously shown over it. We would advise our reader^ who aT9 m the city on Thursdays, to paj^ a visit to tlie Maspiiic Temple, AND POCKET GUIDE. 45 MASONIC TEMPLE, 46 .CENTENNIAL GREETINa' PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. BOUT fifty-five years ago, several deaf mutes were often seen wan- dering about the streets in various parts of the city. Rags and dirt indicated poverty and destitution. Their gestures, grimaces and uncouth mutterings drew the attention and excited the laughter or the pity of the passing throng. The extended hand claimed and often received the bounty for which these children were unable to ask. To their friends, such as tfcey had, they were bur- dens ; to the public they were objects of suspicion and apprehension, and to the philanthropist their cases seemed hopeless. There was one, however, who saw in their cunning, their powers of imitation and their natural skill in pantomime, the evidence of mental faculties which only required development. The key to this development he thought miglit be found in a sj^stem of motions or signs. Prompted by feelings honor- able to any heart, he gathered a number of these wanderers under his own roof, and from his limited resources gave them clothes and food to induce them to return to him day after day, till he had established a system of communication with, and had obtained a degree of influence over them. This ingenious and persevering individual was David G. Seixas, who met his numerous diflBculties alone, and overcame them unaided, by his own skill and industry. His success soon attracted the attention both of the curious and of the benevolent, and the deaf and dumb school of Mr. Seixas became soon the wonder and admiration of Philadelphia. From this beginning arose the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, now among the most prominent of the benevo- lent Institutions of the city. AND POCKET GUIDR. 47 PHILADELPHIA COUNTY PRISON. This building is located on Passyunk Avenue, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets. The building is of Qulncy granite, in the Tudor Btyle of architecture. It contains be- tween 400 and 500 cells. Tickets for admission can be obtained of Mr. James A Free- man, 422 Walnut Street. EASTERN PENITSNTIAF.T. Located on Fairmonnt Avenue, west of Twenty-first Street. Cost S600,000. The lot of pround on which it is built embraces eleven acres. The prison is managed upon the solitary confinement plan, each prisoner having a cell to himself. No corporeal punish- ment of prisoners is permitted. The place is worthy a visit. Tickets can be obtained from Hon. Richard Vaux, President of the Board, No. 520 Walnut Street. From the Penitentiary to Girard College is but a short distance, and is an agreeable diversion from the oppressive atmosphere of a prison. The stranger should let nothing prevent his visiting Girard College, to see for himself the grandest charitable institution in America. In addition to more than a million of dollars bequeathed to worthy institu- tions, STEPHEN GIRARD left about $6,000,000 in trust for founding the College which bears his honored name. Girard decreed in his will that the orphans admitted into the College shall be there fed with plain but wholesome food, clothed with plain but decent apparel (no distinctive dress even to be worn), and lodged in a plain but safe manner, and instructed in the various branches of a sound education, comprehending reading, writing, grammar, arithmetic, geography, navigation, surveying, practical msithematics, astronomy, natural, chemical and experimental philosophy, the French and Spanish lan- guages (Greek and Latin not forbidden), and such other learning and science as the capacities of the several scholars may merit or warrant. P 48 CENTENNIAL QUEETING. AND POCKEI? GUIDE. 49 GIRARB COLLEGE. HE time is not far distant when the name of Stephen Girard will be as highly honored as that of Washington. While advancing time may dim the lustre of the fame of Washington, each returning year will brighten the halo that wreathes the honored name of the founder of this, the noblest institution on he American Continent. Stephen Girard was born in Bordeaux, France, May 21st, 1750; he came to this 'ity in May, 1776, and soon thereafter began a San Domingo and New Orleans trade, Thich was early extended to other points. Loading one of his vessels with grain at ?'hilade]phia, he would send it to Bordeaux, and there exchange it for wines and ruits; these he would ship to St. Petersburg, where they would be exchanged for ron and hemp; these would then be taken to Amsterdam, and sold for coin: with he gold the ship would sail to China and India, there load with tea and shawls, eturn to Philadelphia, sell the cargo for cash, or negotiable paper, and net $100,000 or her owner. After an active, useful business life of more than fifty years in this country, Mr. jirard, at the age of eighty years, died on the 26th of December, 1831, leaving behind iim a devise that will make his name honored through all coming time as among he noblest men the world ever knew. The amount left by Mr. Girard for the erec- ion and maintenance of the College which bears his name now aggregates $6,000,000. n this College six hundred orphan boys are fed, clothed and given a thorough edu- ation, the grade being about the same as given at our State Normal Schools, or at he Boys' High School, in this city. At the age of sixteen or seventeen years the loys are apprenticed to learn useful trades or occupations, and many a newspaper ■ublisher, miller, farmer, and many other tradesmen, in all parts of Pennsylvania -for the boys are apprenticed anywhere in the State— has had cause to be thankful, Lot only for a gentlemanly and honorable boy, but for his knowledge of practical lathematics. The Masonic Temple, in Philadelphia, the grandest edifice of its kind in the rorld, is, throughout all its wonderful conceptions, massive proportions and har- aonious whole, the work of a graduate of Girard College. The architect of this toble edifice was early left an orphan; the loss of a father was, in a measure, soft- ned by the parental care of the College which cared so tenderly for him ; and how lighly honored must his preceptors feel, as they look upon the stately edifices eared in all sections of our city, magnificent landmarks that mark the progress of lut one of the many useful men Girard College has given to society. This incident, not generally known, will serve to show what a warm-hearted man ■ Stephen Girard was. In the year 1793 the yellow fever made its appearance in Philadelphia, and desolated the city ; those who could fled to the country, terror- tricken, from the dreadful plague. A hospital for yellow fever patients was estab- ished at Bush Hill, from which at last even the nurses fled with aff"right. Girard, .t this time a man of wealth, and in the very prime of life, aged forty-three years, volunteered his services, and served sixty days and nights as a nurse in that d.Teadful i^lace, tenderly caring foi the sick, soothing the pangs of the dying and burying the lead. God spared his life for a still more noble purpose, and through centuries yet '0 come will those who enjoy his beneficence bless the honored founder of Girard Oollege. The main edifice is built in the Grecian stj-le of architecture, and is one of the inest specimens of that order in this country. It is located upon one of the highest points of ground in Philadelphia, east of the Schuylkill, and from its grand roof, Duilt of marble, and rising step by step from eaves to ridge, a most commanding view of the city is obtained. There is no other place in this city from which so grand a view of city and country for many miles around is obtainable. On entering the College grounds the visitor will be surprised and highly gratified at the beauty of the horticultural display which adorns the lawn fronting the Col- lege. Upon entering the College, the first thing that strikes the eye is the Sarco- phagus containing the body of Stephen Girard. Standing on the top of this marble casket is the statue of Mr. Girard, carved in marble, and habited in the style of ap- parel worn by Girard. Girard College is located at Ridge Avenue and Girard Avenue, and can be reached by the cars that run up Nineteenth Street, by the Ridge Avenue line, from almost anywhere in the city by the Union Line going out Poplar Street, and by the Girard Avenue Line. Tickets of admission can be had at the Public Ledger oflace. Sixth and Chestnut streets, or from the Mayor of the city. The Institution is open every day except Sundays. 3 CENTENNIAL GREETING GIUAED BANK. The Girard Bank, on Third street, below Chestnut, is so inseparnbly connected with Stephen Girard, that we give an illustration of it. This building was the banking-house of Mr. Girard, where he transacted business with marked precision i and perseverrance. j UNITED STATES CUSTOM HOUSE. On Chestnut street, above Fourth, is the Custom House, built in style similar to that of Girard College. It is a fine specimen of the Doric order of architecture, in imitation of the celebrated Parthenon of Athens. It cost $500,0U0 to build it. AND POCKET? GiriDE. 61 ODD FELLOWS' HALL. Tile Order of Odd Fdlows was iustituted in this city about the year 1823, and tha need ol a building in which the Lodges could hold their meetings was tlie cause of the origi- nation of a plan to erect a large central hall, at Sixth and Cresson streets, about the year 1844. The cost of its erection and furniture amounted to $90,000. The office of the Grand Secretary is iu the Hall. There is also a library of eight thousand volumes, two very large and six medium-sized Lodge Rooms, and one large Encampment Room. The Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment, Trnstees of the Hall Association, Trustees of Odd Fellows' Cemetery Company, one Degree Lodge, forty-seven Subordinate Lodges, and twelve Encampments, hold their meetings in it. THE OLD SLATE-ROOF HOUSE. CEN^TENMAL GEEETlHa Cathedrals of the Old World. The facade consists of a portico of four gigantic columns, 60 feet high and 6 feet in diameter, with richly-sculptured bases and capital^ and on the frieze are engraved the words : " Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam." The structure cost npwards of a million dollars. It is located at Eighteenth and Race streets. Among the many charitable institutions of this city, few are more deserving than the Pennsylvania Institution for Instruction of the Blind, located at Twentieth and Race Streets. It was founded by the State of Pennsylvania, in 1833, and now has accommodations for 22.5 pupils. During last year over 55,000 brushes, brooms and whisks were made at the Institute by the blind. Visitors are warmly wel- comed at all times; the best time, however, to visit the place, is on Wednesday afternoon, between three and five o'clock, at which time a concert is always given. It is an interesting, although a sad sight, to witness the boys of the Blind Asylum engaged in the amusements of boyhood; the force with which a fourteen-year old boy strikes from the shoulder ; the precisiDn with which he drives his fist straight for the nose of his opponent, and the dexterity with which the other fellow wards I PENNbYLVAXIA INSTITUTE FOR THE BUM). off the blow, and often succeeds in "getting home his bunch of fives" on his con- testant's eating apparatus would astonish Tom Allen, even if it did not teach him a less jn in sparring yet unlearned by that noted pugilist. Doubtless these pitiable boys and girls are as happy in each others' society at the "Asylum" as it is po.ssible for" the ycung to be who are totally and hopelessly blind. liathe"r more than a square eastward, on Race street, is Wills' Eye Hospital, another charitable institution, founded by the late James Wills, lor the free treat- ment of diseases of the eye. The building is a neat stone structure, with a front ou Race street of about 80 feet. It accommodates about one hundred in-door patients. Daily treatment at 2 P.M. 'J'he Preston Retreat, founded by Dr. James Preston, is a beautiful white marble buildin(>;, located in the centre of the plot of ground occuping the square from Twentieth to Twenty-first streets, and from Hamilton to Spring Garden. This in- stitution is designed as a lying-in hospital for indigent married women; it has ac- commo'JIations for about fifty patients. Visitors are admitted daily. This building, with its Doric portico and cupola, is fully regarded as one of our city's finest orna- ments. AND POCKET GUIDE, 53 ^\ILLS EYE HOSPITAL. ERESTON RETREAT, 54 GENTENNIAL GREETING The Young Men's Christian Association's Building, located at Fifteenth and Chest- nut Streets, is one of the finest architectural ornaments in Philadelphia; it covers the entire lot extending from Chestnut to Sansom street, 230 by 72 feet on Chestnut street ; it is five stories in height, with Mansard roof; it is built of Ohio blue-stone, with buff trimmings, with a base of Quincy granite, the principal entrances being embellished with columns of highly-polished red granite; over the central entrance, on Fifteenth street, a massive stone tower rises to the height of 95 leet. The cost of the structure is $428,000, and of the lot $185,000. The rentals from stores, halls, Ac, will amount to about $30,000 a year, which will pay all the expenses of the A8« CHRISTI.\N ASSOCIATION 'L BUILDING. sociation. This building is a fitting companion to the grand Temple of the Free- Masons, the splendid edifice of the Natural Scientists, and of the beautiful Academy of Fine Arts. . ,. , , -, . ^ , , ^u The American Baptist Publication Society's Building, located just below the Young Men's Christian Association's Building, is another architectural adornment, of which as a city, we are proud; it is five stories in height, with a front of 46 feet, built of pure white marble, the depth being 230 feet. The four arched openings in the front are supported by round columns, entirely clear of the surrounding maf- hje-work, therebj^ making it one of the most attractive fronts in our citjr, AND POCKET GUIDE. AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBI.ICATION SOCIETY. 66 CENTENNIAL GREETING It is now almost two hundred years since this Church was organized; its first pas- tor was Rev. Mr. Clayton, under whose ministration the church was built in 1695. During 1727 Robert Asheton, Recorder and Prothonotary of the city, was buried in Christ Church yard, "in much pomp, by torchlight, after the English manner of people of distinction." In March and May, 1753, two lotteries were drawn, each of 4,500 tickets, at $i each, for the purpose of finisliing the steeple, which was begun in 1727. This scheme netted the vestry about $5,000, and the steeple was finished the year following, at a cost of Sl0,500. The chime of eight bells, brought from England at a cost of $4,500, weighed 8,000 pounds, and were taken down in 1777, to CHRIST CHURCH. keep them from falling into the hands of the British ; they, with the State House bell, were taken to Trenton for safety. A goblet and two tankards, used In com- munion service, were presented by Queen Anne, of England; they bear this in- scription: "Annae Anglican ae pud Philad., A.D. 1708." One of the chief orna- ments of the steeple was a representation of the British crown ; but in the year 1777 the steeple was struck by lightning, the rain conductor destroyed and " the crown entirely melted." Washington and Franklin each had a pew in this church, and during the Presidency of the former he went regularly with his family to worship there. AND POCKET GUIDE. b1 The Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Taul is 136 feet wide, 216 feet long, and 101>^ feet from the pavement to the apex of the pediment. The exterior diameter of the dome is 71 feet, and its total height 210 feet. The interior of the Cathedral is cruciform, and de- signed in the most elaboratje Corinthian style. Unlike most buildings in this country, there are no side windows, and all the light ia introduced from above, which, taken in conjunction with the prevailing colors of the whole interior, resembling Paris stone, THE CATHEDRAL. marvellonely heightens the architectural effect. The fresco-painting of the Crucifixion, the four figures in chiaroscuro of the four Apostles, the four medallions in the corners of the dome representing the Evangelists, the painting in the cfown of the dome of the As- sumption of the Blessed Virgin into Heaven, and the illustrations in either transept of the Nativity of our Lord, and the Adoration of the Kings from the East, give a magnifi- c«uc0 to the interior of tbie ooble etrueture Wbicb wiU cotnpars tnost favorably M^itb ths 3» 58 CENTENNIAL GREETING The House of Correction, located at the mouth of Pennypack Creek, is a building with eight wing«, and contains about 1,500 cells, and is capable of accommodating 2,500 men and women who require the refining influences of this public charity. liiliiiilliliill lli^^^ null HOUSE or CORRECTION, The building was erected by Mr. Eichard J. Dobbins, -whose fame as a builder of th« Centennial Exhibition Buildings is world-wide. AND POCKET GUIDE. 69 EVENTS IN PHILADELPHIA. The first parks or public inclosures laid out in North America for the pleasure aud con- venience of the people were dedicated at the settlement of Philadelphia, in the North-east- ern, South-eastern, North-western, South-west- ern and Centre Squares, in 16S1 The first paper-mill established in North America was built upon the Wissahiekon, near Qermantown, by Wm. Rittenhouse and Wm. Bradford, in 1690. 'Ihe first public school in the American Colonies was estabished at Philadelphia, Feb. 12th, 1698, and a corporation created, entitled, " The Overseers of the Publick Schoole founded in Philadelphia." In this school it was ordered by the Governor!; and Council, "All children and servants, male and female. Mhois parents, guardians & masters be willing to subject ym to the rules and orders of the said schoole, shall from time to time, with the approbaou of the overseers thereof for the time being, be re- ceived or admitted, taught or instructed ; the rich at reasonable rates, and the poor to be maintained and schooled for nothing." Tlie first school-house was built on the east side of Fourth street, below Chestnut street. Enoch Flower was the first schoolmaster. The first Presbytery in the United States was organized at Philadelphia, in 1706, by seven Presbyterian ministers. The Philadelphia Library, the first public in- stitution of that kind in America, was founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin, Thos. llopkinson, Thomas Cadwalader, and others, July 31st, 1731. The Philadelphia Hospital, the oldest in America, was established in connection with the Philadelphia Almshouse, in 1732. The Union Fire Company, the first voluntary association for the extinguishment of fires in the United States, and probably in the world, was founded at Philadelphia, Dec. 7th, 17^6, by Benjamin Franklin and others. The American Philosophical Institution, the first institution devoted to science in North America, was founded at Philadelphia, in 1743, by Benjamin Franklin, John Bartram, Dr. Thomas Bond, Thomas Godfrey, and others. The Pennsylvania Hospital, the first estab- lishment in North America devoted to the re- lief of the sick and suffering, was chartered by the Assembly of Pennsylvania, February 7th, 1751, at the solicitation of Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Thomas Bond, Rev, Richard Peters, and others. Tho Philadelphia Contributiouship for in- surance against losses by fire was established ill Philadelphia in 1752, being the first fire in- surance company established in the American Colonies. The theory that lightning and electricity were the same, which was first suggested by Benjamin Franklin in 1749, was demonstrated by him by drawing lightning from the clouds by means of a kite, in 17^2. The experiment is said to have taken place upon a lot on the east side of Kidge road, near the present inter- section of Buttonwood street. Franklin was assisted on this occasion by his son, William Franklin, who was then twentjf-otte years of The first lightning-rod used in the world for the protection of a building from danger by lightning, was set up by Benjamin Franklin, at his dwelling-house, south-east corner of Second and Race streets, in September, 1752. The first expedition fitted out in North America for Arctic exploration, aud the dis- covery of a north-west passage, sailed from Pliiladelphia in the schooner Argo, Captain Charles Swaine, March 4th, 1753. The expe- dition was fitted out by subscriptions in Phila- delphia. The vessel proceeded as lar as Cape Farewell ani Hudson Strait, but being bafiled by the ice, was compelled to return to Phila- delphia, which port was reached in November of the same year. The same vessel went upon a second voyage in the spring of 1754, but liaving lost three men, killed by Indians on the Labrador coast, returned in October of the same year without success. The first school of medicine and anatomy in North America was. opened in Philadelphia by Dr. "William Shippen in 1762. In 1774, the physicians of Philadelphia formed the " Society for Inoculating the Poor," the first benevolent association designed to mitigat: the horrors of small-pox founded in the Colonies. The Bank of North America was established by resolution of Congress May 26th, 1781, and opened for business in 1783, being the first corporate banking institution established in tho United States. The •' Pennsylvania Packet or General Ad- vertizer" was established as a daily newspa- per, in 1774, by John Duiilap and David C. Claypole, being the first daily paper published in the United States. The Philadelphia Dispensary for the medi- cal relief of the poor, the first institution of th« kind, was established in 1786. The first vessel moved by steam was navi- gated on the Delaware river, at Philadelphia, July 2Uth, 1786, by John Fitch, being a skiff fitied up for the purpose. On June, July, August and September, 1790, the first steamboat navigated in the world for a passenger and freight-boat ran on the Dela- ware, between Philadelphia, Burlington, Bris- tol, Chester, etc. advertising her trips regu- larly in the newspapers, and passing over three thousand miles that summer. This was seven- teen jears before the Clermont, Robert Ful- ton's first steamboat, navigated the Hudson river. In 1804, the Eruktor Amphibolis, a machine for cleaning docks, invented by Oliver Evans, mouAted on a wagon, was propelled by steam- along Market street, from Centre Square to the Schuylkill river, being the first land-carriage ever propelled by steam in the world. At the Schuylkill river the vessel was launched, a stern wheel attached, and the machine was navigated by steam down the Schuylkill and up the Delaware riveFto the city of Philadel- phia. In 1809, aline of telegraphs (semaphore) was set up and operated by Jonathan Grant, be- tween the head of Delaware Bay at Reedy Island and Philadelphia, under patronage of tbQ PhiladelpbiA Chamber of Comm«re9i , CENTENNIAL GREETING POSTAL RATES FOREIGN. The following are the postal rates to European countries : Letters Postal Newspa'r Countries. per 33 Cards Postage ounce. each. per 4 oz. CTS. CTS. crs Austria 5 2 2 Belgium 5 2 2 Denmark 5 2 2 France 9 ... 3 Germany 5 2 2 Gibraltar 8 ... 4 Great Britain and Ireland 5 2 2 Greece 5 2 2 Holland 5 2 2 Italy 5 2 2 Moldavia 5 2 2 Netherlands 5 2 2 Norway 5 2 2 Poland 5 2 2 Portugal 5 2 2 Russia 5 2 2 Servia 5 2 2 Spain 12 2 2 Sweden 5 2 2 Switzerland 5 2 2 Turkey- 5 2 2 To other countries : Africa 15 2 4 Bahamas 3 2 2 Bermuda 5 2 2 Brazil 15 2 2 Canada 3 1 1 Chili 17 ... 4 Cuba 5 ... 2 East Indies 10 ... 2 Hong-Kong 10 ... 2 Jamaica 5 ... 2 Japan 15 ... 4 Liberia 15 1 4 Mexico 10 ... 2 Panama 5 ... 2 Porto Rico 5 ... 2 Shanghai 5 ... 2 West Indies 5 ... 2 Prepayment optional in every case, and the postage above given carries the mail matter to destina- tion. AMERICAN. Americal postal rates are as fol- lows : Letters for the city, 2 cents per half ounce. Letters for anywhere throughout the United States, 3 cents for each half ounces or fraction there- of. Postal cards, 1 cent each. Peri- odicals and circulars, if not exceed- ing two ounces, 1 cent ; if exceeding two ounces, 2 cents. Papers and periodicals from pub- lishers to subscribers, or from news- dealers to newsdealers, 3 cents per pound, if published monthly, or less frequently than once a month ; if published oftener than once a month, 2 cents per pound. All other printed matter and merchandise, 1 cent for each ounce, or fraction of an ounce. The first collection from the postal boxes, at street corners, is made at 8.15 A.M., and the last collection at 7.30 P.M. Letters that are not dropped in the boxes before 7.30 P. M. Avill not be collected until the fol- lowing day. On Sundays, but one collection is made, which is at 7.30 P.M. Telegraphic Rates. As telegraphing has become a part of the daily transaction of business men, we herewith give for their in- formation, as well as for that of the great number of foreigners who, from now until the close of the Exhibition, will be among us, the rates for tele- graphic messages to prominent places m this country and abroad. From Philadelphia to New York, 30 cents; Baltimore, 30 cents; Washing- ton, 40 cents; Harrisburg, 25 cents for ten words, and 2 cents for each additional word. To Boston, and throughout the New England States generally, 50 cents for first ten words, and 3 cents for each additional word. To Pittsburgh, 40 cents. To Syracuse, N. Y., 50 cents for ten words, and 3 cents thereafter. To Buffalo and Rochester, N. Y., and Richmond, Ya., 75 cts. for first 10 and 5 cts. for each additional word To Cincinnati, Chicago, Louisville, Toledo, Detroit and Indianapolis, .$1.00 for first ten words, 7 cents each additional word. St. Louis, Nashville, and Mont- gomery, Ala., $1.25 first ten, and 8 cents each following word. Milwaukee, $1.10 first ten, and 7 cents each additional word. POCKET GUIDE. 61 Mobile, Selma, Ala., and Memphis, $1.50 first ten, and 10 cents there- after for each word. New Orleans, $2.00 first ten, and 13 cents a word additional. San Francisco, $2.50 for ten words, and 17 cents thereafter per word. Montreal, Canada, $1.05 first ten, and 7 cents each additional word. St. Johns, N. B., $1.25 first ten, 8 cents a word following. Havanna or Cuba, $5.40, gold, for first ten words, and 40 cents per fol- lowing word. In sending messages throughout the United Sta'tes or Canadas, the address of the party to whom sent, and the address of the person send- ing the message, are not counted. Cable Rates. In sending cable telegrams, every word, including address and super- scription, is counted. From Philadelphia to any part of Great Britain, 53 cents per word, payable in gold, or its equivalent, as is the case in all cable de- spatches. To France, same as to Great Britain, with the exception that the place from which the telegram is sent must be inserted ; as, for instance, from this city the sender must add " Philadelphia," which makes the cost on every telegram, long or short, 53 cents more than if sent to Great Britain. To all places named, in addition to the 53 cents per word, the charge for each twenty words, or fractional part thereof, is as follows : To Ger- many, $1.10; Switzerland, $1.46; Austria and Hungary, $1.50; Spain and Sweden, $1.75 ; Norway, $1.80 ; Italy, $1.88; Russia, $2.50; Yeddo, Japan, $42.62, and Hong-Kong, $30.00. HOTELS IN PHILADELPHIA. Allegheny, No. 812 Market Street. Allen House, No. 1220 Market Street. American, 517 Chestnut Street. Arch Street, No. 1 Arch Street. Bald Eagle, 414 N. Third Street. Barley Sheaf, 257 N. Second Street. Bingham, Eleventh and Market Streets. Black Bear, 425 N. Third Street. Rlack Horse, 352 N. Second Street, Brevort, Ninth and Walnut Streets. Brady, 242 N. Eighth Street. Brennan, 728 Filbert Street. Bull's Head, 1025 Market Street. " " 3734 Market Street. Central Avenue, 801 Market Street. Central, 623 Arch Street. Clarendon, 115 S. Eighth Street. Clinton, 1608 Eidge Avenue. Columbia, 111 N. Broad Street. " 216 N. Second Street. Colonade, Fifteenth and Chestnut Sts. Commercial, 826 Market Street. Continental, ISinth and Chestnut Sts. Eagle, 227 N. Third Street. European House, 313 Arch Street. Germania, 2330 Market Street. Girard, Ninth and Chestnut Streets. Great Western, 1311 Market Street. Guy's, Seventh and Chestnut Streets. Golden Fleece, 310 Cherry Street, Globe, Belmont, below Elm Avenue. Howard, 703 Chestnut Street. Irving, 917 Walnut Street. Johnson, 1115 Market Street. La Pierre, S. Broad, below Chestnut St. Lincoln, Fourth and Wood Streets, Markoe, 919 Chestnut Street. Mansion, 619 Arch Street. Mercantile, 23 S. Tenth Street. Manufacturers', 810 Cherry Street. Montgomery, 413 N. Sixth Street. Merchants', 42 N. Fourth Street, ' 415 N. Third Street. National, 1715 Market Street, New Market, 1619 Market Street. Peunsvlvania Farmers', 342 N. Third St. Penn Manor, Eighth and Sp. Garden Sts, Petry's, Broad and Walnut Streets, Red Lion, 472 N. Second Street. Ptidgway, No. 1 Market Street, St. Charles, 54 N. Third Street, St. Cloud, 709 Arch Street, St. Elmo, 317 Arch Street, St. Stephen's, 1018 Chestnut Street, Smedley's, 1227 Filbert Street, St. James, 304 Race Street. Sorrel Horse, 268 N. Fourth Street, Tiger, 327 Vine Street, Top Gallant, Broad St. and Ridge Av Washington, 711 Chestnut Street. White Bear, Fifth and Race Streets. White Horse, 316 N. Third Street. Wm. Penn, 831 Market Street. Zeisse, 820 Walnut Street. 62 CENTENNIAL GREETING Banks. Bank Clearing House, 429 Chestnut street. Bank of America, 306 Walnut street. Bank of North America, 307 Chestnut street. Central National Bank, 109 South Fourth street. Citizens' Bank, Second and Race streets. City National Bank, 32 North Sixth street. Commercial National Bank, 314 Chestnut street. Commonwealth National Bank, Fourth and Chestnut streets. Consolidation National Bank, 331 North Third street. Corn Exchange National Bank, N. E. corner Second and Chestnut streets. Eighth National Bank, Second street and Girard avenue. Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, 427 Chestnut street. First National Bank, 313 Chestnut street. Girard National Bank, Third, below Chestnut street. • Konsington National Bank, 969 Beach street. Keystone (State) Bank, 1326 Chestnut street. Manayunk (State) Bank, 4371 Main street. Manufacturers' National Bank, 27 Norih Third street. Mechanics* National Bank, 22 South Third street. Merchants' Exchange Bank adjoining Merchants' Exchange. National iiank of Commerce, 209 Chestnut street. National Bank of Germantown, 4800 Germantown avenue. National Bank of Northern Liberties, 300 North Third street. National Bank of the Republic, 318 Chestnut street. National Security Bank, Seventh street and Girard avenue. National State Bank of Camden, N. J., 212 Church street. Penn National Bank, Sixth and Vine streets. People's (State) Bank, Chestnut street, below Fifth. Philadelphia National Bank, 423 Chestnut street. Second National Bank, 4434 Frankford avenue. Seventh National Bank, N. W. corner Fourth and Market streets. Sixth National Bank, Second and Pine streets. Southwark National Bank, 610 South Second street. Spring Garden Bank, Ridge avenue and Spring Garden street. State Bank, 216 Market street. Third National Bank, S. W. corner Market and Penn Square. Tradesmen's National Bank, 113 South Third street. Twenty-second Ward National Bank, 4850 Germantown avenue. Union Banking Company, 310 Chestnut street. Union National Bank, Third and Arch streets. United States Banking Company, 824 Chestnut street. West Philadelphia National Bank, 3938 Market etreet. Western National Bank, 408 Chestnut street. Deposit Companies. Beneficial Saving Fund, S. W. corner Twelfth and Chestnut streets. Fidelity Safe Deposit Company, 329 Chestnut street. Germantown Savings, 4908 Germantown avenue. Guarantee Safe Deposit Company, 318 Ch«;stnut street. Northern Saving Fund, Sixth and Spring Garden streets. ' Philadelphia Safe Deposit tJompany, 415 Chestnut street. Philadelphia Saving Fund, 700 Walnut street. Weit«rn Saving Fund, Tentk and Wftinut «tr««ti.. AND POCKET GUIDE. 63 HOW OUR STREETS ARE NUMBERED. The streets of Philadelphia are laid out at right angles, and are numbered from Market, street, north and south, and westward from the Delaware river. Thus the first house below Chestnut street, on the west side, is numbered 100, an i so on, regularly, until Walnut street is reached; and although the first hou'ie north of Walnut street may be numbered but 158, the first house south of Walnut is numbered 200. Beginning at the Delaware river, the streets running westward from the river are numbered in like manner— the even numbers being on the south side of all streets running east and west, and on the west side of the streets running north and south. At Third street anywhere in the city, the first house west is numbered v<00; at Eighth street, 800; Broad street is numeri- cally 1400 ; and so on, up to Cobb's Creek, the western boundary line between Philadelphia City and Delaware County. The streets north and south from Market Street, are thus numbered : South, 1^0. Chestnut 100 Walnut 200 Spruce 300 Pine 400 Lombard }. fOO South 600 Bainbridi^e : 700 Catharine 800 Christian 900 Carpenter 1000 Washington Ave 1100 F.-r a single fare of 7 centsj and for an exchange ticket over the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Street line passengers can reach it from anywhere on the lines of the Lombard and South Street, Spruce and Pine, Che.^tnut and Walnut, Market Street, Arch Street, and Race and Vine Street cars. PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD DEPOT. The Callowhill Street Line runs directly to the depot, and so does the Thir- teenth and Fifteenth Street Line. An exchange ticket, via the Callowhill Stroet Line will carry passengers directly to it by way of any line running n til and south, except the Union Line. Persnvis living on Girard avenue take Girard Avenue Line and buy an exchange ticket down Thirteenth st. GERMANTOWN DEPOT. Located at Ninth and Green streets. It can be reached by the Union line, and hy both lines running up Eighth street. Trains leave the Germantown depot for Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Manayunk, Cunshohocken, Norristown, Plymouth Railroad, Chester Valley Railroad, Pe kiomcn Railroad, Pickering Valley Railroad, Colebrookdale Railroad, Phoenixville and Pottstown. WEST JERSEY DEPOT. Located at Camden, N. J. This is the railroad that runs to Cape May. The Market Street Ferry boats carry passengers to it. The Union line, and Market Street line run to Front and Market streets, and passengers on the line of Tenth and Eleventh, Thirteenth and Fifteenth, Twelfth and Six- teenth, and Seventeenth and Nineteenth Street cars can reach it by an ex- change ticket over the Market Street road. CAMDEN AND ATLANTIC DEPOT. Foot of Vine street. Race and Vine Street cars, or an exchange over this line from anywhere on Tenth and Eleventh, Thirteenth and Fifteenth, Twelfth and Sixteenth, and Sev.enteenth and Nineteenth lines. AND POCKET GUIDE. 67 CHARITABLE AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA. Association for Relief of Females in Re- duced Circumstances, No. 209 Pine street. Association for Relief and Employment of Poor Women, 702 Green street. Associati u for Relief and Employment of tho Poor, 19 South Seventeenth street. Bedford Street Mission, 619 Ala ka street. Christmas Fund for Disabled Clergymen (Protestant Epi-^copal), 421 Chestnut st. Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Clergymen in the Communion of the P. E. Church of Pennsylvania, 212 South Fourth street. Churchmen's Missionary Association for Seamen of the Port of Philadelphia, 737 South Ninth street. Central Employment Association, Fourth and Green streets. Day Nursery, 410 Blight street. Excelsior Associat'n, Old Swedes' Church, 1601 Passyunk road. Female Society for Relief and Employ- ment of the Poor, 112 North Seventh street. Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, 1411 Arch street. Flower Mission, Horticultural Hall, 8 to 12 AM., Mondays. Friendrt' Fuel Association, Race, near Fifteenth steeet. Female Association for Relief of Sick and Infirm Poor, 152 North Fifteenth street. Fuel Savings Society of Philadelphia. Secretary's office, 731 Walnut street. Grandom Institution, to Aid Young Men in Business, and to Assist the Poor in Pro- curing Fuel, 715 Walnut street. Home Missionary Society of Philadelphia, 533 Arch street. Lidies' Depository Association, 124 South Eleventh stieet. Lidies' United Aid Society, Methodist Church, Thirteeenthst. and Lehigh avenue. Merch:ints' Fund, Third and Walnut sts. Preacher's Aid Society (Methodist), 1018 Arch street. Philadelphia Society for Employment and Instruction of the Po:ir, 716 Catharine st. Presbyterian Relief Fund for Disabled Ministers, 1334 Chestnut street. Protestant Episcopal City Mission, 225 South Ninth street. St. Peter's (Protestant Episcopal) House, S. W. corner Front and Pine streets. Trustees of Clergymen^s Daughter's Fund (Protestant Episcopal), 708 W;iliiut street. Union Benevolent Association, 116 South Seventh Btreet. Women's Christian Association Din'ng- Ilooms and Lodgings, 139 North Seventh st. Cbildren's Homes and Orphan Asylams. Associated Institute for Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans, Twenty-third and Brown. Association fjr Care of Colored Orphans, Forty-fourth street and H tverford road. Burd Orphan Asylum, Market, above Six- ty-third street. Bethesda Children's Christian Homo, Township Line and Willow Grove roads. Boarding Home for Little Children, 1112 Fitzwater street. Catholic Home for Destitute Orphan Girls, 1720 Race street. Church Home for Children, Baltimore avenue and Gray's lane. Educational Home for Boys, Forty-ninth street andGreenway avenue. Foster Home, Twenty-fourth and Poplar streets. Home for Destitute Colored Children, Forty-sixth street and Darby road. Industrial Home for Girls, 762 South Tenth street. Jewish Foster Home, 1431 North Fif- teenth street. Lincoln Institution for Care of Orphan White Boys, 308 South Eleventh street. Northern Home for Friendless Children, Twenty-third and Brown streets. Orphans' Society of Philadelphia, Sixty- fifth street and Haverford Road Orphans' Home of the Shepherd of the Lambs, Bridesburg. Philadelphia Home for Infants, Forty- fifth and Market streets. St. Joseph's (Homan Catholic) Si'ciety for Educating and Maintaining Poor Orphans, 700 Spruce street. St. Vincent's Home for Destitute Infants, Eighteenth and Wood streets. St. Vincent's Orphan Af^ylum, Tacony. St. John's Male Orphan Asylum, Forty- eighth street and Westminster avenue. Union Home for Children, N. E. corner Poplar and Sixteenth streets. UlIou School and Children's Home, Twelfth and Fitzwater streets. Western Provident Society and Children's Home, Forty-first and Venango streets. West Philadelphia Children's Home, 199 North Forty -first street. Dispensaries. Bedford Street Mission Dispensary, 613 Alaska street. Charity Dispensary, 1832 Hamilton street. Children's Dispensary, Twenty-second, helpw Walnut street. 68 CENTENNIAL GREETING Church Dispensary of Southwark, 1017 Morris street. Dispensary for Skin Diseases, 216 South Eleventh street. Episcopal Dispensary, Front and Hunt- iuijdon streets. Germantown Dispensary, Gerraantown avenue, near Haines streeet. Howard Dispensary, 1518 Lombard street. House of Industry Dispensary, 716 Catha- rine street. Homeopathic Dispensaries, 1314 Bain- bridge street, 4915 Germantown aveuue, and 1116 Cuthbert street. Lying-in Cliarity Dispensary, Thirty- ninth and Filbert streets. Northern Dispensary, 608 Fairmount av. Philadelphia Dispensary. Medical and Surgical Department, 127 South Fifth st.; Eye and Ear Department, N. E. cor. Thu- teenth and Chestnut sts. ; Obstetrical De- partment, 142 North Thirteenth st. Presbyterian Hospital Dispensary, Thirty- ninth aud Filbert streets. Philadelphia Eye and Ear Infirmary Dis- pensary, 516 North Eleventh street. Philadelphia Infirmai-y for Diseases of the Ear, 419 Wetherill street. Southern Dispensary, 318 Bainbridge st. University Dispensary, Thirty-fourth and Spruce streets. Women's Dispensary of Female Medical College, North College avenue and Twenty- second street. Homes and Asylums. Baptist Home, Seventeenth and Norris. Boarding Homes for Young Women, 1433 Lombard st., 1605 Filbert st., and 915 Clin- ton street. Children's Sea-shore House, Atlantic City, J. S. Whitney, President, 1815 Vine street. Franklin Reformatory Home, 913 Locust. Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Per- sons, Belmont and Girard avenues. Home of the Good Shepherd, Twenty- second and Walnut streets. Howard Home, 1612 Poplar street. Home for the Homeless, 708 Lombard st. Inebriates' Home, Harrowgate lane, near Frankford avenue. Indigent Widow's and Single Women's Home, Cherry, below Eighteenth street. Little Sisters of the Poor, Eighteenth, above Jefferson street. Lutheran Orphans' Home and Asylum for Aged and Infirm, 5582 Germantown avenue. Magdalen Society, Twenty-first and Race. MeUiodist Home, Thirteenth street and Lehigh avenue. Midnight Mission, 919 Locust street. Old Men's Home of Philadelphia, Thirty- ninth street and Powelton avenue. Pennsylvania Institution for Deaf Mutes, Broad and Pine streets. Pennsylvania Institution for Instruction of the Blind, Twentieth and Rage streets. Penn Asylum for Indigent Widows and Single Women, Belgrade, above Otis street, Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men, 3518 Lancaster avenue. Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind Women, 3921 Locust street. Presbyterian Home for Widows and Sin. gle Women, Fifty-eighth st. and Darby road. Rosine Association, 3216 Germantown av. St. Ann's Widows' Asylum, 906 Moya- meusing avenue. St. Luke's Home for Aged Women, 1317 Pine street. Seaside Boarding House, Ashury Park. Oflice, 1005 Filbert street. Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. Office, 513 Market street. Temporal y Home Association of Phila- delphia, 505 North Sixth street. United States Nival Asylum, Gray's Ferry road, below Bainbridge street. ilospitals. Blockley Hospital, Thirty-fourth and Spruce streets. City Hospital, Hart lane, near Frankford avenue and Reading Raih'oad. Children's Hospital, Twenty-second, be- low Walnut street. Charity Hospital, 1832 Hamilton street. Christ Church Hospital, Belmont avenue and Monument road. Friends' Hospital for the Insane, Frank- ford. German Hospital, Girard and Corinthian avenues. Germantown Hospital, Shoemaker's lane, near Chew street. Gynaecological Hospital and Infirmary for Diseased of Children, 1624 Poplar street. Hospital for Inebriates -of Philadelphia, Media, Pa. Homeopathic Hospital, 1116 Cuthbert st. Hospital for Nervous Diseases, 3Iain st,, Chestnut Hill. Hospital for the Insane, Philadelphia Almshouse, Thirty-fourth and Spruce sts. Hospital of tlie Pr .testant Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, Front and Hunt- ingdon streets. Hospital of the Good Shepherd for Chil- dren, Radnor, Delaware C.>unty. Pa. Howiird Hospital for Incurables, 1518 Lombard street. Insane Department of Pennsylvania Hos- pital, Fiftieth street and Haverford road. Jewish Hospital, Olney road, Taber Sta- tion, N. P. R. R. Lying-in Hospital, 608 Fairmount av. Orthopodic- Hospital, Seventeenth and Summer streets. Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth and Pine. Philadelphia Lying-in Hospital, 126 N. Eleventh street. Preston Retreat, Twentieth and Hamil ton streets. Presbyterian Hospital, Thirty-ninth arj^ Filbert streets. AND POCKET GUIDE. 69 State Hospital for Women and Infants of Pennsylvania, 1718 Filbert street. St. Joseph's Hospital, Seventeenth and Girard avenue. St. Mary's Hospital, Frankford avenue and Palmer street. University Hospital, Thirty-fourth and Spruce streets. Wills' Eye Hospital, Race, above Eigh- teenth street. Women's Hospital of Philadelphia, Female Medical College, North College avenue and Twenty-second street. Relief Societies. Albion Society, 109 South Third street. French Benevolent Society, 221 Dock st. German Society of Philadelphia, 24 South ' Seventh Street. Hebrew Charities, 30 North Seventh st. Hibernian Society for Relief of Emi- grants from Ireland. Office, 138 S. Front st. Italian Society, Columbus Hall, Eighth, helow Fitzwater street. Koscuiszko Association, 626 Cherry st. St. Andrew's Society, 508 Walnut Ktreet. Sons of St. George, S. W. corner of Thir- teenth and Arch streets. St. David's Society, 133 South Fifth street. Swiss Benevolent Society, S. W. corner of Fourth and Wood streets. Scandinavian Society, 347 North Third st. Welsh Society, 133 South Fifth street. Sonp Houses. Central Soup and Bath House, 709 Cherry street. Kensington Soup House, 1036 Crease et. Moyamensicg Soup House, Eighth and Marriott streets. Northern Soup Society, 817 N. Fourth st. North-western Soup House, Nineteenth and Thompson streets. Philadelphia Soup House, 338 Griscom st. Sonthwark Soup House, Sntherhind, near Queen street. Spring Garden Soup House, 1329 Button- wood street. Western Soup House, 1615 South street. Miscellaneous Institutions and Societies. Board of Public Charities of Pennsylva- nia, 737 Walnut street. Board of City Trusts, 19 South Fifth st. Bishop Potter Memorial House, Front >< nd Huntingdon streets. Beneficent Building Association, 619 Wal- nut street. Benevolent Society of Mercy and Truth (Hebrew), Hope Hose Hall, Pine, above Second street. Blockley Almshouse, Thirty-fourth and Spruce streets. Office, 42 North Seventh st. Centennial Commission Office, 903 Wal- nut street. Centennial Board of Finance, 904 Walnut. Cherry HJl Prison, Twenty first street and Fairmount avenue. Employment Bureau Y. M. C. A., 727 Sansom street. House of Correction, near Holmesburg. City office, 51 North Sixth street. House of Refuge, Twenty-third and Par- rish streets. Office, 21 North Seventh st. Philadelphia Fountain Society, 1512 Wal- nut street. Pennsylvania Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1320 Chestnut street. Pennsylvania Seamen's Friend Society, 422 South Front street. Philadelphia Society for Alleviating Mise- ries of Public Prisons^ 109 North Tenth st. Typographical Society^ Public Ledger Office. Volunteer Firemen's Funeral Relief Ab- sociution, 511 South Fourth street. Educational. Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Locust and Juniper streets. Divinity School, Protestant Episcopal Church, Tliirty-ninth and Walnut streets. Girard College, Ridge avenue and Nine- teenth street. Institute for Colored Youth, Ninth and Bainbridge streets. La Salle College, 1321 Filbert street. St. Joseph's College, Willings' alley, be- low Fourtli street. Seminary cf Lutheran Church, 216 Frank- lin street. Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Over- brook. Boys' High School of Philadelphia, Broad and Green streets. Girls' High« School of Philadelphia, Ser- geant, above Tenth street. Medical Colleges. Alumni Association, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Tenth, above Cherry street. American Institute of Homeopathy, 918 North Tenth street. American Medical Association, Wm. B. Atkinson, M.D., Secretary, S. W. corner of Broad and Pine streets. College Physicians, Philadelphia, Thir- teenth and Locust streets. Hiihncman Medical College, 1105 Filbert. Jefferson Medical College, Tenth, below Chestnut street. Northern Medical Association, 608 Fair- mount avenue. Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, S. E. corner of Tenth and Arch streets. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, North Tenth, near Race street. Philadelphia Medical Society, Thirteenth and Locust streets. Philadelphia Dental College, 108 North Tenth street. University of Pennsylvania, Thirty-fourth and Spruce streets. 70 CENTENNIAL GREETING Womeu'a Medical College of Pennsylva- nia, North College avenue and Twenty- second street. Scientific, liiterary and Fine Arts. Academy of Natural Sciences, Broad and Sansom streets. Academy of Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry. American Entomological Society, 518 8. Thirteenth street. AthensDum, Sixth and Adelphia streets. American Literary Union, 1821 Green st. American Philosophical Society, 104 S. Fifth Btrcet. Carpenter's Company of Philadelphia, 322 Chestnut street. Catholic Philopathian Literary Institute, 1227 Locust street. Fairmount Park Art Association, 251 S. Fourth street. Fianklin Institute, 15 South Seventh st. Franklin Literary Institute, S. W. corner of Twelfth and Filbert streets. Friends' Social Lyceum, Fifteenth and Race streets. Handel and Haydn Society, 533 North Eighth street. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 820 Spruce street. Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 524 Walnut street. Pennsylvania Literary Association, 528 North Eighth street. Philadelphia Lyceum, S. E. cor. of Ninth and Spring Garden streets. Philadelphia Sketch Club, Merrick, above Market street. Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia, 704 Walnut street. School of Design for Women, Filbert and Merrick streets. Spring Garden Institute, Broad and Spring Garden streets. St. Philip's Literary Institute, 542 Queen. Wagner Free Institute of Science, Seven- teenth street and Montgomery avenue. Wheatley Dramatic Association, Fifth and Gaskill streets. libraries. American Mechanics', Fourth and George- Aporent ices', Fifth and Arch streets. Dial, 1600 South Fifth street. Franklin, 1420 Fmnkford avenue. Friends', 304 Arch street, and Fifteenth ai'il Race streets. German, 24 South Seventh street. Hermann, 347 North Third street. James Page, 208 East Girard avenue. Kensington, Girard avenue and Day st. Law Library, Sixth and Walnut streets. Mechanics', 1104 South Fifth street. Mercantile, Tenth, above Chestnut street. Moyamensing, Eleventh nnd Cath.irine. Philadelphia, cor. Fifth and Library sts. Ridgway, Broad and Christian streets. Southwark, 765 South Second street. Taber Mutual, 1721 Fitzwater street. Secret Societies. Masonic Temple, Broad and Filbert sts* Members and their friends are admitted to visit the Hall on Thursdays, from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M., if not raining. On these occa- sions ladies and children are admitted, if introduced by a member. The R. W. Grand Secretary's address is John Thomson, Ma- sonic Temple, Philndelphia. I. 0. of O. F., Hall, Sixth and Cresson sts., James B. Nicholson, Right Worthy Grand Secretary. Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania, James B. Nicholson, Grand Scribe, Odd Fel- lows' Hall, Sixth and Crc'sson sts , Phila. Grand U. 0. of 0. F., Hall, 602 Spruce st. Order United Americim Mechanics, Hull, Fourth and George streets. Knights of Pythias, Hall, Broad and Spring Garden streets. Grand Division Sons of Temperance of Pennsylvania. OflBce, 118 South Seventh street. Open daily, from 1 to 6 P.M. Independent Order of Red Men, Hall, Third and Brown streets. Improved Order of Red Men. A. J. Baker, Great Chief of Records, 518 South Tenth st. Patriotic Order Sons of America. General oifice, 413 Chestnut street. ClnbiS. Athletic Base Ball, N. E. cor. of Eleventh and Chestnut streets. Americus, N. W. corner of Eleventh and Chestnut streets. 1001 Club, 1203 Chestnut street. Mysterious Pilgrims, 1107 Chestnut st. Philadelphia Club, Thirteenth and Wal- nut streets. Penn Club, 506 Walnut streets. Philadelphia Sketch Club, Merrick, above Market street. Philadelphia Base Ball Club, Fifth and Locust streets. Press Club of Philadelphia, 521 Chestnut. Reform Club, Chestnut, above Fifteenth.. Radical Club, E. M. Davis, President, 333 Walnut street. Schuylkill Navy, Jas M. Ferguson, Com- modore, 15 North Seventh street. Union League, Broad and Sansom streets. Cemeteries. Beth-el-Emeth, Fisher's avenue and Mar- ket street. West Philadelphia, Cathedral, Lancaster avenue and Forty- eighth street. OfBce, Eighteenth and Sum- mer streets. Cedar Hill, 4010 Frankfnrd avenue. Christ Ctiurch. Fitin and Arch sti eets. City Burial Ground, Hart lane and Limb Tavern road. Fernwood, Church lane and Baltimore turnpike. Office, 146 South Fourth street. AND POCKET GUIDE. 71 Friends', Fourth and Arch streets. Glenwood, Ridge avenue and Islington lane. OflSce, 16 North,^eventh street. Hebrew, Frankford. Knights of Pythias, Fisher's lane and Asylum pike, Frankford. OfSce, 2054 North Sixth street. Lafayette, Ninth and Wharton streets. Laurel Hill, Ridge avenue and Falls of Schuylkill. Office, 524 Walnut street. Lebanon, Passyunk avenue and Penrose Ferry road. Office, 716 Lombard street. Macphelah, Washington av. and Tenth st. Monument, Broad street and Montgo- mery avenue. Mount Moriab, Darby road. Office, 132 South Sixth street. Mount Peace, Ridge avenue, near Laurel Hill. Mount Vernon, Ridge avenue, opposite Laurel Hill. Office, 137 South Fifth street. New Cathedral, Second street road, near Nicetown. Odd Fellows', Twenty-fourth street and Islington lane. Swedes' Church, 931 Otsego street. Ronaldson's, Ninth and Bninbridge sts. St. Peter's, Third and Pine streets. Union, Sixth st. and Washington avenue. United American Mechanics', Twent)- fourth street and Islington Jane. West Laurel Hill, Pencord Station, Read- ing Railroad. Office, 115 South Fifth st. WoodlHnd8,Thirty-ninth street and Darby road. Office, 709 Walnnt street. Department of City and United iStates Goverumenti^. Mayor's Office, S. W. corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets Chief of Police, S. W. corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets. Detective Department, S. W. corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets. Board of Health, Sixth and Sansom sts. Registration Office of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 604 Sansom street. Guardians of the Poor. Office, 42 North Seventh street. Board of Public Education, Sixth and Adelphi, fiirst street below Walnut. Port Warden's Office, 119 Walnut street. The Morgue, Noble, below Front street. United States Custom House, Chestnut, above Fourth street. United States Post Office, directly west of the Custom House. New Post Office, in course of erection. Ninth and Chestnut sts. United States Assistant Treasurer, in the Custom House. United States Arsenal, Washington av. and Gray's Ferry road. United States Mint, Chestnut, below Broad street. United States Navy Yard, League Island, foot of Broad street. Navy Pay Office, 427 Chestnut street. Paymaster United States Army, Twelfth street, and Girard avenue. Pension Offices — Widow's Agency, 716 Walnut street; Invalid Army and Navy Pensions, 722 Sansom street. Commercial Associations. Board of Brokers, 21 Merchants' Ex- change, Third and Walnut streets. Board of Trade, Tenth, above Chestnut st. Commercial Exchange, 137 S. Second st. Drug Exchange, 17 South Third street. Maritime Exchange, 133 South Second st. Merchants' Association, 131 S. Fourth st. Produce Association, South Delaware avenue, near Dock street. Reii£^ioas Publication Socie- ties. American Baptist, 530 Arch street. American Sunday-School Union, 1122 Chestnut street. American Tract Society, 1408 Chestnut st. Evangelical Lutheran, 117 N. Sixth st. Episcopal Female Tract Depository, 1316 Chestnut street. Friends' Bible Association in America, 116 North Fourth street. Friends' Book Association, 109 North Tenth street. German Reformed Board of Home Mis- sions, 2043 Wallace street. Hebrew Education Society, N. Seventh street, near Callowhill. Methodist Episcopal Publication Rooms, 1018 Arch street. Pennsylvania Bible Society, 701 Walnut. Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1334 Chestnut street. Protestant Episcopal Book Society, 1224 Chestnut street. Reformed Episcopal, 1227 Sansom street. Young Men's Christian Association, 1210 Chestnut street. Places of Amnsement. Academy of Music, Broad and Locust sts* Arch Street Theatre, Mrs. John Drew's, Arch, above Sixth street. Chestnut Street Theatre, Chestnut, above Twelfth street. Concert Hall, Chestnut, below Thirteenth. Carucross & Dixey's, Eleventh, above C||estnut street. Fox's Theatre, Chestnut, above Tenth st. Grand Central, Walnut, above Eighth st. Horticultural Hall, adjoining Academy of Music on the south. Musical Fund Hall, Locust, below Eighth. Simmons & Slocum's, Tenth and Arch sts. Walnut Street Theatre, Ninth and Wal- nut streets. Wood's Museum, Sixth and Arch streets. Zoological Gardens, Fairmount Park. Point Breeze Racing Park, Point Breeze, near Penrose Ferry Bridge. Union Racing Pat k. Lamb Tavern road, west of Broad street. CENa:ENNIAL agEETma DKLAWARE RIVER STEAMBOAT. By taking a trip up or down the Delaware River, the Centennial visitor will have a splendid opportunity of seeing the river front of our great city. E^vVr onT ' J7' ^,°d T^i^gl^t, for Burlington, Bristol, Florence, Tacony, W nf pI, r'?'^f^'\-^°'l^^"'^^ ^°^ ^^^^'^J' all "P-river places, leave from toot ot Chestnut street. A round trip ticket is 40 cents. For Trenton, the Forrest leaves from Arch Street Wharf. Round'trip 40 cts J^or Wilmington, Chester, and Marcus Hook, down-rive, trips, the Felton leaves from Chestnut Street Wharf. Round trip 35 cents. Distance, both ways, sixty miles. ' Stfeet Whaff^'''^^' ^^^ ^^^^' Billingsport, and Chester, steamer leaves Arch For BridgetoD, steamer leaves first wharf above Race street. Ar^r^frlT^r'T'^-^'^"'.^^.'^ Sf'""' ^^^ Delaware City, steamer leaves Arch btreet Wharf. Round trip 50 cents. Qf "^""r wu"*'f ^^■^' New Jersey, steamers leave every few minutes from South btreet Wharf. Fare, 10 cents. For Kaighn's Point, New Jersey steamers leave first wharf above South street every five minutes. Fare, 5 cents. wf '^'"r^*'"'/^"' steamers leave from Market Street Wharf, from Vine Street Wharf, and from Shackamaxon Street Wharf every few minutes. Fare, 5 cts For Zoological Gardens, Falls of Schuylkill, and Laurel Hill, steamers leave every few minutes from opposite Green Street entrance. HOW TO REACH THE HOTEES. The Market Street Line of cars carry passengers from the Pennsylvania Kaiiroad Depot, Thirty-second an* Market streets, to within one square of the Colonnade, La Pierre, Continental, Girard, Washington, St. Stephens, American, Merchants, St. Cloud, St. Elmo, Guy's Hotel, and directly to the Bingham House, for the fare of 7 cents. The price charged by the carriages for