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Fairmount Park, new though it is, has already attained a reputation second only to that of Central Park, New York, and only second to that because Fairmount is not yet old enough to be as widely known. Fairmount needs no eulogist. It speaks for itself; and the stranger who, with this book for his guide, will spend a summer day — or, better still, a week — in leisurely and appreciative exploration of its hills and dales, its leafy woodlands and sunny slopes, its rippling streams and placid river, its dewy sunrise and dreamy sunset, and the glory of its moonlight vistas, will permit no tongue to sound its praises louder than his own. We preface our description of it with a few dry facts and figures which it will be well to bear in mind. Fairmount Park arose from the necessity for a supply of pure water, the deterioration of i PHILADELPHIA AND IPS ENVIRONS. MONUMENT ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF FREDERICK GRAFF. which threatened to become not only an evil but a EAST TERRACE, LEMON HILL. grievous calamity. The mills and manufactories on the banks of the Schuylkill were multiplying rapidly, and there was great danger that in the course of a very few years the river-banks for miles above the city would be lined with factories and workshops, to the utter ruin of the stream on which the citizens de- pended for their supply of pure water. Just in time to prevent this catas- trophe, Fairmount Park was con- ceived, and by degrees executed, until now five miles of the river and six of its beautiful and important tributary the Wissahickon, together with the high lands bounding their immediate valleys, are inclosed and preserved forever from all pollution and profanation. The Park now contains nearly three thousand acres, being more than three times as large as the New York Central Park. It is dedicated to be a public pleasure-ground for- ever, and, under the management of a Board of Commissioners, is rapidly growing in beauty and in- terest. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. The visitor will take a street-car on Pine, Arch, or Vine Street, — all of which lines run to the Lridge at the lower end of the Park, while the two last named connect and run on to George's Hill, at its western extremity ; or a car of the Green and Coates Streets line, which runs THE LINCOLN MONUMENT. from Fourth Street, via Walnut, Eighth, and Fairmount Avenue, to the Fairmount Avenue entrance.; or a yellow car of the Union line, passing up Ninth Street and landing him at the VIEW ON THE SCHUYLKILL, SHOWING THE BOAT-HOUSES AND LEMON HILL. Brown Street entrance ; or a Ridge Avenue car, which will carry him to the East Park ; or, if well up town, a Poplar Street or Girard Avenue car, which will deposit him at Brown Street and Girard Avenue respectively. The Lancaster Avenue branch of the Chestnut and Walnut 5 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. Wm^wmwi£m^\, . k PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. Streets line runs to the Centennial grounds in the West Park, and a branch of the Market Street line has been extended to the same point. All these termini, except the extreme western and northern ones, are in the immediate vicinity of Fairmount Water-Works, at the lower end of the Park. Another route is by the Park accommodation trains of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, which in summer run every hour during the day and carry passengers from the depot at Thirteenth and Callowhill to Belmont, on the west side of the Schuylkill. Accommodation trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad also run to. Hestonville, within a short walk of George's Hill, at the western end of the Park. Lastly, the visitor can hire a carriage by the day and make the tour of the Park without fatigue or difficulty ; and for mere sight-seeing this is much the best way. Entering the Park at the lower entrance, we step at once into the grounds pertaining to the Schuylkill Water-Works ; and the works themselves are contained in the building, or rather group of buildings, just before us. These works were first put in operation in 1822, though the city was first supplied with water from the Schuylkill in 1799. Enor- mous engines worked by water-power force water from a dam in the river to the top of a hill in front of the building, — the original " Faire-Mount," — where it is held in a dis- tributing reservoir. The same works supply a reservoir on Corinthian Avenue, near Girard College. From a piazza in the rear of the building a good view is obtained of the new and elegant " double deck" iron truss bridge which has just taken the place of the once celebrated Wire Bridge. This new bridge is one of the most elaborate structures of its kind in this country. It was designed by J. H. Linville, and erected by the Key- stone Bridge Company. The total length of the superstructure is 1274 feet, the main span, over the river, being 350 feet. The bridge has an upper and lower roadway and side- walks, and is 48 feet in width; the upper roadway is elevated 32 feet above Callowhill Street, and connects Spring Garden Street on the east with Bridge Street on the west. The lower roadway connects Callowhill Street with Haverford Street. The grounds immediately surrounding the buildings of the Water-Works contain several fountains and pieces of statuary. The monument in our cut is that of Frederick Graff, the designer and first engineer of the works. Just above the Water-Works is a little dock, whence in summer a couple of miniature steamers ply incessantly on the river, stopping at all points of interest on their route. The main drive of the Park begins at Green Street, passing, just inside of the entrance, a new building designed for an art gallery, and thence running down nearly to the bank of the Schuylkill. Next, crossing an open space ornamented by a bronze statue of Lincoln, erected by the L'.ncoln Monument Association, in the fall of 1871, we come to another hill, covered with trees, among which go winding paths, and under which green grass and flowering shrubs combine FOUNTAIN NEAR BROWN STREET ENTRANCE. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. their attractions, while around the base of the hill flowers bloom and fountains play, and the CONNECTING RAILROAD BRIDGE, FAIRMOUNT PARK. curving drive leads a glittering host of carriages. This is Lemon Hill, and on its summit is the mansion in which Robert Morris had his home during the Revolutionary struggle. Here the great financier loved to dwell. Here he entertained many men whose names were made FAIRMOUNT PARK, FROM PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BRIDGE. illustrious by those stirring timc3. Hancock, Franklin, the elder Adams, members of the PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS ENTRANCE AT EGGLESFIELD. merly called "Sedgely Park." Here stands a small frame build- ing known as "Grant's Cottage," because it was used by that gen- eral as his head-quarters at City Point. It was brought here at the close of the war. From this hill there is an excel- lent view of the Schuylkill Water- Works, which stand in a ravine just beyond it. At its foot is the Girard Avenue Bridge, an elegant iron structure, the work of Clarke, Reeves & Co., of the Phcenix Iron Works, which connects the East and West Parks. This bridge was opened for travel July 4, 1874. It is 1000 feet long by 100 feet wide, and 52 feet above mean water mark. It consists of five spans constructed of Pratt trusses. The roadway is of granite blocks, and is 675 feet wide, and the sidewalks, each 16J feet wide, are paved with slate, with encaustic tile borders. The balus- trade and cornice are ornamented Continental Congress, officers of the army and navy, and many of the foremost citizens met frequently under this hospitable roof. Here, busy in peace as in war, he after- wards planned those magnificent enterprises which were his finan- cial ruin; and from here he was led away to prison, the victim of laws equally barbarous and absurd, which, because a man could not pay what he owed, locked him up lest he might earn the means to dis- charge his debt. The fortunes of the once magni- ficent mansion have fallen, like those of its magnificent owner. It is now a restaurant, where indifferent refreshments are dealt out at corre- spondingly high prices; for it is an axiom that men pay most for the worst fare. Next, following the ca~riage- drive, which, beginning at the Green Street entrance, runs up the river, we come to a third hill, for- VIEW OF SWEET BRIER FROM EGGLESFIELD. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. with bronze panels representing birds and foliage. Under this bridge passes a carriage-way leading to the northeast portion of the Park, now called, by way of distinction, the East Park. The Connecting Railroad Bridge, as it is popularly termed, which unites the Pennsylvania Railroad with the Camden and Amboy, raises its graceful arches a little above the Girard Avenue Bridge, and through the rocky bluff which forms its eastern abutment a short tunnel has been cut, as the only means of opening a carriage-road to the East Park. This route was opened in the summer of 1871, ana developed some of the loveliest scenery in all the Park. A number of fine old country-seats were absorbed in this portion of. the grounds, and they remain very nearly as their former owners left them. Here a dis- tributing reservoir, to cover one hundred and five acres, is now SCHUYLKILL BLUFFS, BELOW EDGELY. VIEW ABOVE SWEET BRIER. being constructed. Continuing up this side of the river, we come finally to Laurel Hill Cemetery, and then to the massive stone bridge over which the coal-trains of the Reading Railroad pass on their way to Richmond. We shall, however, find more marks of improvement by crossing the Girard Avenue Bridge into the West Park. Below the Bridge, on the west side, is a tract called "Solitude," and in it stands an ancient house built by John Penn, son of Thomas Penn and grandson of William, and owned by his descendants un- til its purchase by the Park Com- missioners. Just beyond this, the tall stand-pipe of the West Phila- delphia Water-Works forms a con- spicuous feature. This tract, containing thirty-three acres, has been leased by the Park Commissioners to the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, which has PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. THE ELEPHANT HOUSE. been managed so successfully that, although but a few years old, its collection is the finest in this country. No expense has been spared to perfect the Garden in every particular, and it is CARNIVORA BUILDING. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. THE MONKEY HOUSE. fitted up in a manner best suited for the maintenance and exhibition of birds and animals. The Society intends establishing here a Zoological Garden second to none in the world, and is THE BEAR PITS. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. THE AVIARY. rapidly carrying out its designs. It has agents in every part of the globe, from whom it receives frequent shipments of rare and interesting specimens of natural history, and is fast filling its THE COLUMBIA BRIDGE, FROM THE WEST PARK. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. grounds with specimens of every class of the animal kingdom. Every part of the garden is SWEET BRIER RAVINE. THE LANSDOWXE PINES. interesting, but we may mention as the principal features the large and well-filled Carnivora and Monkey-Houses, the Bear Pits, the Aviary, and the Deer Park. All of these are already LOOKING EAST FROM BELMONT. M PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. well stocked, and are constantly receiving fresh accessions. The Garden was first opened to the public in July, 1874, and has already become one of the most popular features of the Park. The price of admission is 25 cents for adults, and 10 cents for children. A short distance above the bridge is the Children's Play-ground, near Sweet Brier Mansion. and passing this the road enters Lansdowne and crosses the river road by a rustic bridge, from which the beautiful ,:'!Bf|« ..-j view of the Schuylkill shown in our engraving is had. The venerable pines shown in our sketch mark the site of Lansdowne Concourse. This fine estate of Lansdowne contained two hundred acres, and was established by John Penn, "the American," whose nephew, also named John, the son of Richard Penn, built a stately mansion here, and lived in it during the Revolutionary war, a struggle in which his sympathies were by no means with the party that was finally successful in wresting from him the noble State which was his paternal inheritance and of which he had been Governor. UP THE SCHUYLKILL, FROM COLUMBIA BRIDGE. Leaving the Concourse, the road skirts the base of Belmont Reservoir, and, winding round a rather steep ascent, comes out on the summit of George's Hill, two hundred and ten feet above high tide. This tract, containing eighty-three acres, was presented n to the city by Jesse and Rebecca George, whose ancestors had held it for many generations. As a memorial of their generosity, this spot was named George's Hill, and its rare advantages of scenery and location will keep their name fresh forever. It is the grand objective point of pleasure-parties. Few carriages make the tour of the Park without taking George's Hill in their way, and stopping for a few moments on its summit to rest their horses and let the inmates feast their eyes on the view which lies before them, — a view bounded only by League Island and the Delaware. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. '5 In the broad meadow which lies at the visitor's feet as he stands on George's Hill, looking eastward, is the ground of the Centennial Exhibition, which is fully described a few pages farther on. We may here mention that George's Hill is a splendid site from which to overlook these grounds. The carriage-road next brings us to Belmont Mansion. This, like most of the buildings in the Park, is of very ancient date, having probably been erected about 1745. A VIEW ON THE WISSAHICKON. This was the home of Richard Peters— poet, punster, patriot, and jurist— during the whole 01 his long life. Many of his witty sayings are still extant, as are also a number of his poems ; while his eminent services as Secretary of the Board of War during the Revolution, Represent- ative in Congress subsequently, and Judge of the United States District Court for nearly half his life, will not soon be forgotten. Brilliant as have been the assemblages of distinguished guests at the many hospitable country-seats now included within the bounds of Fairmount Park, the 16 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. associations connected with Belmont Mansion outshine all the rest. Washington was a frequent visitor ; so was Franklin ; so were Rittenhouse the astronomer, Bartram the eminent botanist, Robert Morris, Jefferson, and Lafayette, — of whom a memento still remains in the shape of a white-walnut-tree planted by his hand in 1824. Talleyrand and Louis Philippe both visited this place ; " Tom Moore's cottage" is just below, on the river-bank ; and many other great names might be mentioned in connection with Belmont, if we had room for them. Now, alas ! the historic mansion has degenerated into a restaurant. FALLS BRIDGE, SCHUYLKILL RIVER. The view from the piazza of the house is one which can scarcely be surpassed in America. Our engraving, though drawn by one of the first landscape painters in the country, gives but a faint idea of its beauty. It is one of those grand effects of nature and art combined which man must acknowledge his inability to represent adequately on paper. Leaving Belmont, the road passes through a comparatively uninteresting section to Cha- mouni, with its lake and its concourse, and the northern limits of the Park. Near the lake it intersects the Falls road, and this takes us down to the Schuylkill, which we cross by a bridge, and continue up the east bank of the river to its junction with the Wissahickon. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. n One of the most beautiful walks in the Park extends from this point through Belmont Glen to the Reading Railroad and the banks of the Schuylkill. It debouches at the offices of the Park Commission, where the visitor's eye is attracted by a pair of colossal bronzes, representations of the winged horse "Pegasus."* These figures were made to adorn the Grand Academy in Vienna, but were found to be too large for the position assigned them. They were purchased by a number of American gentlemen, and presented to the Park ; where they will eventually mount guard at one of the main entrances. The Falls of Schuylkill exist only in history now, but before the Fairmount dam was built they were a beautiful reality. The cascade, which was formed by a projecting ledge of rock, was slight, but in seasons of high water it made a fine display. A little above the Falls is the "Battle-Ground," — the scene of an iiitended battle between the Americans under Lafayette and the British under General Grant. The latter, however, unlike his distinguished modern namesake, allowed himself to be outgeneraled, and Lafayette succeeded in exe- cuting a masterly retreat, — that being the only thing he could do under the circumstances. Here, also, was fought the memorable and disastrous battle of German- town. The Wissahickon is a lovely stream winding through a narrow valley between steep and lofty hills which are wooded to their summits, and have the appear- ance of a mountain-gorge hundreds of miles from civilization, rather than a pleasure-retreat within the limits of a great city. In its lower reaches the stream is calm and peaceful, and boats are kept at the two or three small hostelries which stand on its banks, for the convenience of those who wish to row on the placid waters. This calm beauty changes as the valley ascends, and we soon find the stream a mountain torrent, well in keeping with its picturesque situation and surroundings. So with alternate rush of torrent and placid beauty of calm reaches the romantic stream flows down from the high table-lands of Chestnut Hill to its embouchure in the valley of the Schuylkill. A few manufacturing establishments have invaded the sequestered valley ; but the Park Commissioners have taken measures to do away with them all after a certain number of years, * Since transferred to the entrance to Memorial Hall. WISSAHICKON CREEK. IS PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. UP THE WISSAHICKON — MEGARGEE S PAPER MILL. and restore the Wissahickon as nearly as possible to its pristine wildness and unfettered beauty. One of these invaders — Edward Megargee's paper mill — is shown in our illustration. Like most of the others, it is now owned by the city, but will be operated by the heirs of its late owner until the year 1882, after which it will be removed. THE WISSAHICKON — BRIDGE AT VALLEY GREEN. THE WISSAHICKON — BRIDGE NEAR MT. AIRY PHILADELPHIA AND ITS EiVl'IRONS. rg THE PIPE BRIDGE OVER THE WISSAHICKON. We may briefly notice a few of the many points of interest in this romantic glen, some of which our artists have sketched in a manner which renders pen-and-ink descriptions super- fluous. Soon after leaving the Schuylkill, the drive up the Wissahickon passes the "Maple Spring" restaurant, where a curious collection of laurel-roots deftly shaped into all manner of strange or familiar objects, the work of the proprietor, will repay a visit. A little above this, a lane descends through the woods to the Hermit's Well, which is said ta> PRO BONO PUBLICO. UP THE WISSAHICKON. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. have been dug by John Kelpius, a German Pietist, who settled down here, with forty followers, two hundred years ago, and lived a hermit's life, waiting for the fulfillment of his dreams. He and his associates gave names to many of the scenes about here, among them the Hermit's Pool, of which we give an illustration. Three and a half miles above its mouth the stream is crossed by a beautiful structure called the Pipe Bridge, six hundred and eighty-four feet long and one hundred feet above the creek. The water-pipes that supply Germantown with water form the chords of the bridge, the whole THE WISSAHICKON AT CHESTNUT HILL. ibeing bound together with wrought-iron. It was designed by Frederick Graff, and constructed under his superintendence. A hundred yards above this is the wooden bridge shown in our engraving. Near this is the Devils Pool, a basin in Creshein Creek, a small tributary of the Wissahickon. The next point of interest is the stone bridge at Valley Green, and half a mile beyond this is the first public drinking-fountain erected in Philadelphia. It was placed here in 1854, and was the precursor of a numerous and beneficial following. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. UP THE WISSAHICKON — THE DRIVE. A mile and a half of rugged scenery ensues, terminating in the open sunlight and beautiful landscapes of Chestnut Hill, where the end of the Park is reached. Watson, in his "Annals of Philadelphia," speaks thus of "The Wissahickon :" "This romantic creek and scenery, now so much visited and familiar to many, was not long since an extremely wild, unvisited place, to illustrate which I give these facts, to wit: Enoch and Jacob Rittenhouse, residents there, told me in 1845 that when they were boys the place had many pheasants; that they snared a hundred of them THE WISSAHICKON — THE HERMIT S POOL. HEMLOCK GLEN- PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. MOUNT PLEASANT. — FORMERLY OWNED BY BENEDICT ARNOLD. ■v*«\V*.v GLEN FERN, WISSAHICKOX in a season ; they also got many partridges. The creek had many excellent fish, such as large sunfish and perch. The summer wild ducks came there regularly, and were shot often; also, some winter ducks. They then had no visitors from the city, and only occasionally from Germantown. There they lived quietly and retired; now all is public and bustling, — all is changed. The natural beauties of Fairmount Park are now its chief attraction, but these can be greatly enhanced by the discreet addition of works of art in the shape of statues, fountains, busts, etc. We are happy to state that a society under the name of the Fairmount Park Art Association has recently been established with the object of facilitating this adornment, and already embraces a large num- ber of prominent citizens among its members. It should be the pride of every citizen to encourage its efforts. This Association has already erected several handsome bronze pieces, and placed a fine marble statue and sev- eral paintings in the Art Gallery in the Park. PHILADELPHIA AND LPS ENVLRONS. 25 THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. In the selection of Philadelphia as the place where the Centennial Exhibition should be held, two impor- tant and desirable results were reached : it placed the Exhibition at the "birthplace of liberty," and secured one of the most eligible sites for the purpose in the country. Rich in historical associations, easily ac- cessible from all points, and embracing a plateau affording ample space for the main and incidental buildings, Fairmount Park presents every feature that could be desired. The Centennial grounds cover 236 acres, and ex- tend from the foot of George's Hill almost to the Schuylkill River, and north to Columbia Bridge and Belmont Mansion. They can be reached directly by the following lines of horse-cars : Chestnut and Walnut, Market, Arch, Race and Vine, and Girard Avenue ; and by steam-cars via the Reading Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad. Approaching the Exhibition grounds by way of Elm Avenue, we first enter the Main Building, which is 1880 feet long, 464 feet wide, 48 feet to the cornice, and 70 feet to the roof-tree, covering an area of 20 acres. At each corner a square tower runs up to a level with the roof, and four more are clustered in the centre of the edifice, and rise to the height of 120 feet from a base of 48 feet square. These flank a central dome 120 feet square at base, and springing on iron trusses of delicate and graceful design to an apex 96 feet above the pavement, — the exact elevation of the interior of the old Capitol rotunda. The tran- sept, the intersection of which with the nave forms this pavilion, is 416 feet long. On each side of it is another of the same length and 100 feet in width, with aisles of 48 feet each. Longitudinally, the divi- sions of the interior correspond with these transverse lines. A nave 120 feet wide and 1832 feet long — said to be unique for combined length and width — is ac- companied by two side avenues ioo feet wide, and as many aisles 48 feet wide. An exterior aisle 24 feet wide, and as many high to a half-roof or clere-story, passes round the whole building except where inter- rupted by the main entrances in the centres of the sides and ends, and a number of minor ones between. The iron columns supporting the roof number, in all, 672. A breadth of 30 feet is left to the main promenades along and athwart, of 1 5 feet to the principal ones on either side, and of 10 feet to all the others. The 24 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. berths of the nations run athwartship, or north and south as the great ark is anchored. The classes of objects are separated by lines running in the op- posite direction. Small balconies of observation are the only galleries of the Main Building. Those at the different stages of the central towers are highly attractive to students who prefer the general to the particular, or who, exhausted for the time, retire to clear their brains from the dust of detail and muster their faculties for another charge on the vast army of art. From this perch one may survey mankind from China to Peru. Four miles of water- and drainage-pipe underlie the 2ij acres of plank floor in this building. The pillars and trusses contain 3600 tons of iron. The contract for it was awarded in July, 1874, and it was completed in eighteen months, being ready for the reception of goods early in January last. The cost was $1,600,000. Leaving the Main Building at its west end, we pass to Machinery Hall, little smaller than its neighbor, it being 1402 feet long by 360 feet wide, covering an J area of 14 acres. The main cornice is 40 feet in < height upon the outside ; the interior height being 70 . feet in the two main longitudinal avenues and 40 feet g in the one central and two side aisles. The avenues 2 are each 90 feet in width, and the aisles 60, with a o space of 15 feet for free passage in the former and 10 S in the latter. A transept 90 feet broad crosses the main building into that for hydraulics, bringing up against a tank 60 by 160 feet, whereinto the water- works precipitate, Versailles fashion, a cataract 35 feet high by 40 wide. The substitution of timber for iron demands a closer placing of the pillars. They are consequently but 16 feet apart " in the row," the spans being cor- respondingly more contracted. This has the compen- sating advantage, aesthetically speaking, of offering more surface for decorative effect, and the opportunity has been fairly availed of. The coloring of the roof, tie-rods, and piers expands over the turmoil below the cooling calm of blue and silver. The external appear- ance of Machinery Hall is fully as pleasing as that of the building we just left. The one central and four terminal towers, with their open, kiosk-like tops, are really graceful, and the slender spires which sur- mount them are preferable to the sheet-iron turrets. Owing to the necessity of projecting an annex for hydraulic engines from one side of the middle, the building is distinguished by the possession of a front. The cost of the construction of Machinery Hall was $800,000. Machinery Hall has illustrated, from its earliest days, the process of development by gem- mation. Southward, towards the sun, it has shot forth several lusty sprouts. The hydraulic PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. 25 avenue which we have mentioned covers an acre, being 208 by 210 feet. Cheek by jowl with water is its neighbor fire, safe behind bars in the boiler-house of the big engine ; and next branches out, over another acre and more, or 48,000 square feet, the domain of shoes and leather under a roof of its own. Including galleries, and the leather, fire, and water suburbs, this structure affords more than M.k AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. 15 acres of space. We can here become learned in the biography of everything a machine can create, from an iron-clad to a penknife or a pocket-handkerchief. In the centre of the immense hall stands the demiurgos of this nest of Titans, an engine of 1400 horse-power, and the largest hitherto known. Following Belmont Avenue, the Appian Way of the Centennial, to the northwest, we HORTICULTURAL HALL. penetrate a mob of edifices, fountains, restaurants, government offices, etc., and reach the Agricultural Building, — the palace of the farmer. The building is worthy of a Centennial agricultural fair : 540 by 820 feet, with 10^ acres under roof, it equals the halls of a dozen State cattle-shows. The style is Gothic, the three transepts looking like those of as many cathedrals. The nave is 125 feet wide, with an elevation of 75 feet. The materials of this 26 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. BRIDGE OVER LANDSDOWNE RAVINE. bucolic temple are wood and glass. The con- tract price was $300,000. Its contents are more cosmopolitan than could have been anticipated when it was planned. Besides the indoor portion of the world's farm- steadings a barnyard of corresponding magnitude is close at hand, where all domestic animals are accommodated, and the Weirs, Landseers, and Bonheurs can find many novelties for the port- folio. A race-track, too, is an ad- dendum of course. From this exhibition of man's power over the fruits of the earth and the beasts of the field, we cross a ravine where the forest is allowed to disport itself in ignorance of his yoke, and ascend another eminence to Horticultural Hall. No site could have been more happily chosen for this beautiful congress-hall of flowers. It occupies a bluff that overlooks the Schuylkill 100 feet below to the eastward, and is bounded by the deep channels of a pair of brooks equidistant on the north and south sides. Up the banks of these clamber the sturdy arboreal natives as though to shelter in warm embrace their delicate kindred from abroad. Broad walks and terraces prevent their too close approach and the consequent exclusion of sunlight. For the expression of its pur- pose, with all the solidity and grace consistent with that, the Moresque structure before us is not excelled by any within the grounds. Enter- ing from the side by a neat flight of HORTICULTURAL HALL — INTERIOR VIEW. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. 27 steps in dark marble, we find ourselves in a gayly-tiled vestibule 30 feet square, between forcing-houses each 100 by 30 feet. Advancing, we enter the great conservatory, 230 by 80 feet, and 55 high, much the largest in this country, and but a trifle inferior in height to the palm-houses of Chatsworth and Kew. A gallery 20 feet from the floor carries us up among MEMORIAL HALL. the dates and cocoanuts. The decorations of this hall are in keeping with the external design. The dimensions of the building are 380 feet by 193 feet. Outside promenades, four in number, and each 100 feet long, lead along the roofs of the forcing-houses, and contribute to the portfolio of lovely views that enriches the Park. Other prospects are offered by the upper floors of the east and west fronts ; the aerial terrace em- bracing in all 17,000 square feet. Restaurants, recep- tion-rooms, and offices oc- cupy the two ends. The cost of the building was $250,000. A few years hence this winter-garden will consti- tute a great attraction at the Park. It will by that time be effectively supple- mented by 35 surrounding acres of out - door horti- culture. Leaving Horticultural Hall, we cross the bridge spanning the picturesque judges' pavilion. Landsdowne Ravine to Memorial Hall, which, as its name implies, contemplates indefinite durability. What Virginia and Massachusetts granite, in alliance with Pennsylvania iron, on a basis of $1,500,000, can effect in that direction, seems to have been done. The facade is in ultra-Renaissance, with arch and balustrade and open arcade. The square central tower, or what under a circular dome would be the drum, is quite in harmony with the main front in 2S PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. proportion and outline, and renders the unity of the building very striking. That its object, of supplying the best light for pictures and statuary, is not lost sight of, is evidenced by the fact that three-fourths of the interior space is lighted from above, and the residue has an ample WOMEN S PAVILION. supply from lofty windows. The figures of America, Art, Science, etc., stud the dome and parapet, while eagles with wings outspread decorate the four corners of the corner towers. The eight arched windows of the corner towers, \i\ by 34 feet, are utilized for art-display. c^Jjnsu* ^5-r J Mr. .^k~- y GOVERNMENT BUILDING. Munich fills two with stained glass : England also claims a place in them. The iron doors of the front are inlaid with bronze panels bearing the insignia of the States. That the art-section of the Exposition would fill a building 365 by 210 feet, affording 89,000 square feet of wall-surface for pictures, must, when first proposed, have struck the most imagi- native of the projectors as a dream. The actual result proved it indispensably necessary to provide an additional building of very nearly equal dimensions, or 349 by 186 feet, to receive the contributions offered, and this after the promulgation of a strict requirement that "all works of art must be of a high order of merit." This building is on the rear, or north side, of Memorial Hall proper, and is the first portion of the fine-art department that meets the eye of one coming from Horticultural Hall. It is built PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. 29 of brick instead of the solid granite that composes the pile in front of it. In interior plan the extension closely imitates the main building. Minor Buildings. — We shall now turn from the strictly public buildings to the more PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING. numerous ones which surround them, and descend, so to speak, from the capitol to the capital. Directly opposite the entrance, but beyond the north line of the great halls, stands the Judges Pavilion. In this capacious " box," 152 by 115 feet, the grand and petit juries of the tribunal of industry and taste have abundant room for deliberation and discussion. Place aux dames / First among the independent structures we must note the Women s Pavilion. To the trait of modesty the build- ing has added that of grace. The interior, however, is more light and airy in effect than the ex- terior. The ground-plan is very simple, blending the cross and the square. Nave and transept are identical in dimensions, each being 64 by 192 feet. The four angles formed by their intersec- tion are nearly filled out by as many sheds 48 feet square. A cupola springs from the centre to a height of 90 feet. An area of 30,000 square feet strikes us as a modest allowance for the display of female industry. Uncle Sam confronts the ladies from over the way, a ferocious battery of fifteen-inch Rodman guns and other monsters of the same family frowning defiance to their smiles and wiles. The Government Building was erected to " illustrate the functions and administrative faculties of the government in time of peace, and its resources as a war-power." To do this properly, he has found two acres of NEW JERSEY BUILDING. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. NEW YORK BUILDING. ground none too much. The building, business-like and capable-looking, was erected in a style and with a degree of economy creditable to the officers of the board selected from the Departments of War, Agriculture, the Treasury, Navy, Interior, and Post-Office, and from the Smithsonian Institution. Appended to it are smaller structures for the illustration of hospital and laboratory work. In the rear of the lordly palace of the Federal government stand the humbler tene- ments of the States. A line of these, drawn up in close order, shoulder to shoulder, is ranged, hard by, against the tall fence that incloses the grounds. In this row are em- braced Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wis- consin, Michigan, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Delaware. New Jersey and Kansas stand proudly apart, officer-like, on the opposite side of the avenue ; the regimental canteen, in the shape of the Southern Restaurant, jostling them rather closely. Ohio's pavilion plays the leading grenadier well; but little Delaware, not content with the obscure post of file-closer, swells at the opposite end of the line into dimensions of 90 by 75 feet, with a cupola that, if placed at Dover, would be visible from half her territory. Pennsylvania's picturesque building stands on the south side of Fountain Avenue. Her Educational Department is represented by another building, near Memorial Hall. These buildings are all of wood, with the exception of that of Ohio, which exhibits some of the fine varieties of stone furnished by the quarries of that State. All have two floors, save the Massachu- setts cottage, a quaint affair modeled after the homes of the past. The State of New York plays orderly sergeant, and stands in front of Delaware. She is very fortunate in the site assigned her, at the junction of State Avenue with several prom- enades, and her building is not un- worthy so prominent a position. From the Empire State we step into the domain of Old England. Three of her rural homesteads rise before us, red-tiled, many-gabled, lattice-windowed, and telling of a kindly winter with external chim- neys that care not for the hoarding of heat. It is a bit of the island peopled by some of the islanders. Great Britain's headquarters are made particularly attract- ive, not more by the picturesqueness of the buildings than by the extent and completeness of her exhibit. y.ipan is a close neighbor to England. Besides the dwelling for its employes, the Japan- OHIO 15UILD1NG. PHILADELPHIA AND IIS ENVIRONS. BRITISH BUILDINGS. ese government has erected in a more central situ- ation, close to the Judges' Pavilion, another building. The style of this is equally charac- teristic. Together, the two structures do what houses may toward mak- ing us acquainted with the public and private me- nage of Japan. The delicacy of the Asiatic touch is exemplified in the wood-carving upon the doorways and pediments of the Japanese dwell- ing. Arabesques and reproduc- tions of subjects from Nature are executed with a clearness and pre- cision such as we are accustomed to admire on the lacquered- w a re cabinets and the bronzes of Japan. In the neatlittle Swedish School- house, of un- painted wood, that stands next This school-house is JAPANESE BUILDING. to the main Japanese building, we have another meeting of antipodes, attractive for neat- ness and peculiar- ity of construction, .gjj It was erected by igp Swedish carpenters. ^W The contempora- |j|t| ries and ancient foes of the Northmen have a memorial in the beautiful Al- hambra like edifice of the Spanish gov- ernment. Sftamhas no architecture so distinctive as that of the Moors, and fountain of the catholic total abstinence union JO PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. JDDfflJ to™ TEDDD! " [fflDCOT 1DQQDE DjGGQEjooc: PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. SWEDISH SCHOOL-HOUSE. the selection of their style for the present purpose was in good taste. Seated not far from the Spainish building, and side by side with that of Brazil, are the handsome German buildings. The larger building is appropriated especially to the use of the German Commissioners ; the two smaller ones are devoted chiefly to the exhibition of wines and chemicals. France is represented by three small structures, — one for the gen- eral use of the French commission, another for the special display of bronzes, and the third for another art-manufacture for which France is becoming eminent, — stained glass. This overflowing from her great and closely-occupied area in Memorial Hall, hard by, indicates the wealth of France in art. She is largely represented, moreover, in another outlying province of the same do- main, — photography. Photographic Hall, an offshoot from Memorial Hall, and lying be- tween it and the Main Building, is quite a solid structure, 258 feet by 107, with 19,000 feet of wall-space. Among the most striking and unique buildings is the "World's Ticket and Inquiry Office," of Cook, Son & Jenkins, the world-renowned Tourist and Excursion Managers, shown in our illustration. The enterprise and connections of this firm are wonderful : no matter in what portion of the civilized earth, no matter what the language may be, " Cook's Tickets" are the sure guide for the stranger. Their combination of tickets and excursions as displayed at their office, both for the United States and all parts of the world, show a very thorough system, the result of 35 years' practical experience. It is not remarkable in this age that the most ambitious effort of monumental art upon the Exposition grounds should have taken the shape of a fountain. The erection is due to the energy and public spirit of the Catholic Total Absti- The site chosen is at western end of Ma- It looks along Foun- to the Horticultural Building. Mated thus with that fine building, it becomes a permanent feature of the Park. Other foun- tains are scattered through the grounds, but they are of comparatively modest proportions. Another contribution in the cause of art is the statue, in bronze, of Dr. Witherspoon, the only clerical Signer, which stands on the east side of the grounds. We have now briefly described the most important buildings which stand out prominently 3 nence Union. the extreme chinery Hall, tain Avenue SPANISH BUILDING. 34 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. in the midst of a host of structures of infinite variety of size, shape, and purpose, among which restaurants of various nationalities are especially noticeable. But in a work necessarily GERMAN BUILDING so condensed as this it is impossible to enumerate all of these structures, and, indeed, we doubt if any description would convey an adequate impression of the scene : suffice it to say that they notably exceed the corresponding array at any of the European Expositions. The accom- COOK S WORLD S TICKET AND INQUIRY OFFICE. panying plan will give the reader an idea of the relative positions of many of the buildings, and serve as a guide in making the tour of the grounds. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. .55 BLOOMSDALE. Great, and varied to an extent almost unexampled elsewhere, are the natural resources and industrial interests of Pennsylvania. In mineral and other deposits none can compare with her; in the mechanism and skill which converts her ores from their crude condition into the ponderous, delicate, or minute forms useful to man, her sons are not excelled within or without the Union. The ingenuity of Pennsylvania artisans is, in every branch of industry, almost world-wide ; her locomotives traverse every road in Europe, and her iron ships, afloat and being built (a comparatively new outlet for her enterprise making the Delaware the rival of the Clyde), are destined to spread her fame wherever American commerce reaches. In view of such well-earned reputation, with such mechanical and artistic record, how fitting it is her tillage, on which commerce, manufactures, and industry of every kind repose, should be esteemed noteworthy. It is pleasant to know that her fertile soil, her intelligent husbandmen, her crops, and flocks, and herds may be referred to as justly entitled to high discriminating praise. It is true we have not within our borders broad prairies like unto those of the Far West, nor its unctuous soil which knows no depth, and ever yields without exhaustion of fertility. We glory in the natural wealth of our sister States — their prosperity is ours as well ; but in our mines of coal, and iron, and other minerals, in our ceaseless flow of oil, nature has dealt kindly by us also. The gold of California, the cotton of the South, the sugar of Louisiana and Texas, the silks and other fibres of the world, the spices and coffees of the tropics, the highest mechanism of Europe, its best efforts in the useful and fine arts, are all at our command ; we have only to stretch forth our hands and grasp what has been so bountifully placed within our reach ; what has been denied us in nature's profuse scattering we have gained by thoughtful, well- directed efforts in the rotation of crops, in the application of appropriate fertilizers, and other means intelligently directed to a desired end, until " Pennsylvania Agriculture" has become simply another term for high-farming and successful tillage, whilst those who, resident at distant points, seek the best, whether it be the fine strains of animals which graze its rich pastures, or the seeds of grasses, cereals, or vegetables, bend their steps hitherward, and never go empty away. On the Delaware, a few miles above Philadelphia, and adjoining that fertile tract known as Penn's Manor, a wise and discriminating reservation of the proprietary Governor, is Blooms- dale, which we have selected as illustrative of the rural industry of Pennsylvania. This estate, we do not hesitate to say, has contributed, in an especially large degree, to the public good, by its products and by its eminent example also. Bloomsdale may be assumed a model of intelligent industry, systematic culture, and rural progress. It embraces within its bound- 36 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. aries, independent of outlying lands, five hundred acres devoted to the culture and product of seeds, known in every hamlet, almost on every farm-hold and country homestead, as " Land- reth's," — known almost equally well on the banks of the Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ganges, — for it should be stated, to the business credit and reputation of the firm, that for three generations Landreth's Seeds have been annually shipped to India, and are preferred by Englishmen resident in Hindostan to the seeds of their own native land, our climate ripening them better than the humid air of England. It is the modest motto of the proprietors of Bloomsdale that " Landreth's Seeds speak their own praise." They certainly cannot have done so with feeble voice, for not only are those broad acres taxed to their utmost productive power, but nearly approaching one thousand other acres in addition, owned, occupied, and cultivated by the firm, are devoted to seed- culture ; by this it is not intended to designate lands simply tributary, tilled by their owners who raise crops on contract, without direct control of those who have bargained for the pro- duct (as it is the custom with seed-merchants thus to obtain supplies), but immediate, active, personal care and supervision. Thus an idea may be conceived, though necessarily imper- fect, of the activity of mind and energy called forth by such extended operations ; but system and order are ever triumphant, and in the case in point the adage is aptly illustrated. With increased acreage has come increased reputation, and Pennsylvania may claim the credit, not a slight one we opine, of having conducted within her borders a seed trade larger than exists elsewhere (if lands be taken as the measure), not alone within the Union, but without as well. Europe, travelers assert, can exhibit nothing of like extent. This is no idle boast, made in the interest of private enterprise or pride of commonwealth. Independent of the numerous workmen employed on the estate, — many of whom have been life-long attaches of the establishment, occupying cottages on the premises, and as much at home as the proprietors themselves — a pleasing feature which it were well to imitate, — there are three steam-engines for thrashing, winnowing, and cleaning seeds, grinding feed, etc. ; a "caloric" for pumping; and an admirably well-adjusted steaming apparatus for preparing food for the working-stock. But it may be still more worthy of note that, for a term protracted through several years, energetic experiments in ploughing by steam have been conducted by the Messrs. Landreth at Bloomsdale, using the direct traction-engine of Williamson, with Thomson's India-rubber tire. At first, and for months, great hope of success was entertained ; but unforeseen difficulties in the way of direct traction exhibited themselves. At present the purpose is to adopt the " Rope System," as successfully practiced in England, using the Williamson engine as the motive power. It is simply right to chronicle their efforts in this direction. As the early efforts in river and ocean navigation are referred to with ever- increasing interest as progress is made in that direction, so will in the future be those of tillage by steam, and our State is entitled to its due share of praise with respect to land, as it unquestionably is to Fitch's exertions in steam navigation. Limited space prohibits many of the details of the operations at Bloomsdale, which we would gladly give our readers ; the sketch annexed may, however, convey some idea of the extent of the structures required for the storage, drying, and preservation of crops, and other- wise successful prosecution of the peculiar business there conducted, which is a credit to the proprietors, the successors of those who founded the business in 1784, and which may be classed as prominent among the many industrial enterprises of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS— ADVERTISER. THE QUALITY OF THE "Star" Alpaca Braids Has been fairly tested by the Ladies throughout the country, and the popu- larity they have gained in compe- tition with other makes is evidence enough of their superiority. THE BEST LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FROM 1000 DRESSMAKERS IN PHILAD'A k BALTIMORE. 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THE OLID ZPIEZLSTlSr Z^TTTTT-AJl.- There is in the public mind an under-strata of clear, good sense, touching vital questions in general. While gaudy demonstrations of any kind will always attract a considerable amount of patronage and applause, the fact still remains that the public, as a whole, appreciate that the most which has in it the greatest substantial good. And life insurance is no exception to this rule. Those companies which have the most of evident integrity and enduring worth are those which in the long run secure constantly increasing favor at the hands of the people. To the operation of this rule is manifestly attributable the growing success which attaches to any of the companies which are now before the public, and most overwhelmingly is it true in the case of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. This Company justly ranks as one of the most reputable in all essential points in the country. It is ripe in years, grandly conservative yet justly liberal in management, and so evidently straightforward and conscientious in its course of action as to be singularly free from the criticisms and taunts which so often appear against insurance companies. Our attention has been especially drawn to it upon this occasion through the appearance of its twenty- eighth annual statement, recently published. The Company increased in assets largely, in the amount of receipts over that of 1874, in the insurance in force, in the number of policies issued over the number of the previous year, and most decidedly in the matter of its net condition. In other words, notwithstanding the dull times of 1875, and the general falling off of the life insurance business, the Penn is not only to-day much richer in net condition, but much richer also in gross condition, than at any previous period of its history. To those familiar with the business it is not necessary to suggest the significance of an exhibit which shows, upon the New York basis of reserve, a surplus over liabilities of nearly twenty per cent, of the gross assets. Yet this is what the Penn Mutual shows, its assets being on January 1st, $5,504,329.24, and its liabilities on a four and a half per cent, reserve, $4,421,238.00, leaving a surplus of $1,083,091.24. On a four per cent, basis the liabilities are $4,756,438.00 and the surplus $747,891.24, — nearly fifteen per cent, of the gross assets. This showing is of course equally remarkable with the other, and reflects the highest honor upon the Company. The assets were increased during 1873, $913,565.69, a "d its surplus (Yew York standard) some $350,000. Its total income was about $400,000 larger than during the previous year, and its total expenditures were only $158,529 greater. On the other hand, the dividends paid to policy-holders during 1875 were several thousands of dollars greater than in 1874. :;-, m . HOOD, BON BRIGHT & CO., MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Importers and. Jobbers of EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN DRY GOODS, Notions, White Goods, Furnishing Goods, Carpetings, etc. ALWAYS IN STORE MANY CHOICE BRANDS OF THE CELEBRATED PHILADELPHIA MADE GOODS. LOWEST JPItlCES AND BEST HTDTJCEME2STTS GUARAN'TEEri. _a_ istiew zk^imiilt .ajstid ttjiste book:, FOB THE FAMILY AND THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. PREPARED BY REV. CHA8. S. ROBINSON, D.D, AND THEODORE E. PERKINS. Containing many new and old pieces, and nearly all the popular music sung in revival meetings by Mr. Sankey, Mr. Weeks, and Mr. Bliss. 35 CENTS PER COPY. $30.00 PER IOO COPIES. Specimen pages furnished on application. Just published and for sale by The American Sunday-School Union, 1122 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.— A. Kirkpatrick. 10 Bible House, New York.— G. S. Soofield. 40 Winter Street, Boston.— J. A. Crowley. 98 Dearborn St., Chicago.— W. R. Port 257 N. Sixth Street, St. Louis.— S. Paxson. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS—ADVERTISER. KILBUR WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OP COTTAGE FURNITURE, 619 MARKET STREET, AND 608, 610, 612, 613, 615, and 617 Commerce Street, AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF ORNAMENTED CHAMBER SUITES. Also, a great variety of BUREAUS, WASHSTANDS, WARDROBES, BEDSTEADS, and all other goods peculiar to this branch of trade, in plain finish, at reasonable prices. Every article warranted. Dealers are respectfully invited to call or send for Catalogue. The largest establishment in the United States devoted exclusively to the production of 36m. COTTAGE FURNITURE. Pen and Pencil Cases, Pencils and Holders, Manufactured by MABIE, TODD & GO., NEW YORK, Are for Sale by the leading Stationers and Jewelers IN THE UNITED STATES. A FULL LINE OF OUR GOODS DISPLAYED IN MAIN BUILDING, CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO,, 715 and 717 Market St., Philadelphia, INVITE ATTENTION TO THEIR Book and Job Printing Department, IN WHICH THEY ARE PREPARED TO EXECUTE ORDERS FOR 200K5, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, SILL HEADS, BLANK FORMS, Invitations, Cards, etc. Estimates and Specimens furnished by mail, on application. Ml A CATALOGUE OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., Publishers, Philadelphia, 36n. Will be mailed free on application. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS— ADVERTISER. UMBRELLAS. TRADE MARK. PARASOLS Superior to any other make. Manufactured and for Sale by WILLIAM A. DROWN & CO., 246 Market St., 498 & 500 Broadway, PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK. Our name is on such qualities as we can confidently recom- mend. Ask the retailers for them. PARASOLS of our make are always the Leading Styles of the Season. WILLIAM A. DROWN & CO., 246 Market St., 498 & 500 Broadway, PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK. THE FIDELITY Insurance, Trust, and Safe Deposit Company, 327-331 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. a^.ZPIT-A.Xj $2,000,000. SECURITIES AND VALUABLES TAKEN FOR SAFE-KEEPING, UNDER GUARANTEE. Safes Rented in Burglar and Fire-Proof Vaults, Keys exclusively with Renter. DEPOSITS OF MONE Y TAKEN ON INTEREST. COLLECTIONS MADE ON COMMISSION. TRUSTS EXECUTED. ESTATES ADMINISTERED. Letters of Credit Furnished. Wills taken for safe-keepiny . STEPHEN A, OALDWELL, Prest. JOHN B. GEST, Vice-Prest. KOBEET PATTEESON, Sec'y and Treas. DIRECTORS : Stephen A. Caldwell, Clarence H. Clark, John Welsh, Edward W. Clark. Alexander Henry, George F. Tyler, Henry C. Gibson, J. Gillingham Fell, Henry Pratt MoKean, William H. Merrick, John B. Gest. 35m. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS— ADVERTISER. QEITTEIT ITIAL OUIDES. GET "THE BEST! 165,000 COPIES ALEEADY SOLD OF THE VISITORS' GUIDE TO THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION AND PHILADELPHIA. Published under an exclusive contract with the Centennial Board of Finance. Contain- ing a Map of the City, a Colored Plan of the Centennial Grounds and Buildings, and 48 pages of valuable and interesting information. Illustrated. i2mo. Paper cover. 25 cents. Fine Edition. Extra cloth. 50 cents. Also, in the French, German, and Spanish Languages. Cloth. BO cents PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. A complete Guide to the City and its surroundings, including Fairmount Park and the Exhibition Grounds. Revised and Enlarged. With Map and 170 Illustrations. Royal 8vo. Paper cover. 50 cents. " It is elaborately and beautifully illustrated, and will be just the thing for the hundreds of thousands of people who will visit that city during the Centennial anniversary." — Chicago Tribune. *-* For sale by all Booksellers, or will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of the price by the Publishers, .T. B. LIPPINCOTT <&' CO., Philadelphia. SI.CorIourth&Walnut St. ASSETS $5,000,000. "Legible, Portable, Handsome, and Cheap." THE ILLUSTRATED POCKET GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA, EMBRACING A Description of the Principal Objects of In- terest in and around the City, with. Directions how to reach, them. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATE!*, WITH MAP OF CITY. 16mo. Paper Cover, 25 Cents, Extra Cloth, 50 Cents. *»* For sale by all Booksellers and Periodical Dealers, or will be sent by mail on receipt of the price by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., Publishers, 715 and 717 Market Street, Philadelphia, ii PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS—ADVERTISER. CHARLES MAGARGETcOm WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Paper and Paper Makers' Materials, WAEEHOTJSE, 30, 32, & 34 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, PH1LADBLPI11A, PA. The undersigned offer to the Trade the following: MAP, PLATE, AND PRINTING PAPERS; BLANK BOOK PAPERS (comprising best makes) ; CAP, LETTER, NOTE, BLOTTING PAPERS, etc.; BOND PAPERS; PRESS BOARDS; TISSUES; MANILLA. PAPER-MAKERS' MATERIALS.— Imported and Domestic Rags, Bleaching Salts, Wire Cloths, Feltings, Ultramarine. Papers made to order at short notice, at our Wlssahiclion and Hanwell Mills. 35m. CHARLES MAGARGE & GO. It is safe, compact, portable, always ready, easy to use, steady in its action, the only reliable instrument capable of giving satisfactory illumination without resort to chemical lights. With Marcy's Triple Jet, it gives us the three forms of lime light, each at its best, with its cost and difficulties reduced to a minimum. Circulars and a choice selected list of "New Departure" Magic-Lantern Slides, will be forwarded on application, free. The Sciopticon Manual, 5th edition, including catalogue, 50 cents. Address (Opposite the United States Mint.) 1340 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 35m, PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS- ADVERTISER. HASELTINE'S ART GALLERIES, Nos. 1126 and 1127 Chestnut Street, SECOND AND UPPER FLOORS, PHILADELPHIA. Always on Exhibition Free, and for sale, the largest collection of I»^A.I^JTI3SrC3-S -A-INTDD STATUARY belonging to any dealer in the United States. An immense collection of Braun's Autotypes. The famous Paintings of JERUSALEM, Ancient and Modern, being two of the great works of art of the age, on special exhibition apart from other pictures. ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO ART ATTENDED TO BY THE ESTABLISHMENT. 35m. ASSETS, OVER THREE MILLIONS. Provident Life and Trust Company, of :e*:h:x:l,^:d:e:l.:p:h:i^- IlVCORFOIi.A.TrE D THIRD MONTH 33, 1865, PR OM1NENT FEA T UBES : I. Low rate of mortality, consequent upon great care in the selection of lives, and the large proportion of Friends among its members. II. Economy in expenses. III. Prudent investment of Money. IV. Liberality to the insured; as, for example, its NON-FORFEITURE SYSTEM, which is more liberal than that guaranteed by the Massachusetts law. The mortality experience of the Company for the last eight years has been an average of only three- quarters of one per cent., while the general average of American Companies has been much in excess of that rate. The losses of the Company by death in 1875 have been even less than the above average, the percentage being but one-half of one per cent. These results have been realized only by maintaining a high standard of medical examination in the selection of risks. Send for Circular. OFFICE. No. 108 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. 35m. BREBO&LOAmNG FIRE ARMS. JOS. O. GRUBB & CO., No. 7 12 Market Street, Philadelphia, Dealers in all kinds of BREECH- and MUZZLE-LOADING, Single- and Double-Barrel GUNS, RIFLES, and PISTOLS, Ammunition and Appurtenances for the same. GrXTlSX MATERIAL OIF -A-XjIj ICI3STIDS. PHILADELPHIA. AND ITS&ENVIRONS— ADVERTISER. POPULAR WORKS OF FICTION Published by J. B. LIPPINCOTT& CO., Philadelphia. The following Novels are among the most popular works of fiction published, all having passed through a number of editions. At Odds. By Baroness Tautphgsus, author of " The Initials," etc. 12mo. Cloth. SI .75. Beatrice Boville, and other Stories. By "Ouida, author of "Puck," etc. 12mo. Cloth. 81.50. B6b£e. A Story. By " Ouida," author of " Strath- more," etc. 12mo. Cloth. 81.50. Beyond the Breakers. By Hon. B. D. Owen. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth. $1.50. Paper. §1.00. Breaking a Butterfly. By the author of " Guy Livingstone." Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. By His Own Might. By the author of " Only a Girl." 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, and other Stories. By "Ouida." 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Chandos. A Novel. By "Ouida," author of "Idalia," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Children of the Abbey. By Regina Mabia Roche. 12mo. Cloth. $1.00. Countess Gisela. After the German of E. Marlitt, by Mrs. A. L. Wister. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Daisy. By the author of " The "Wide, Wide World." 12mo. Cloth. $2.00. Dallas Galbraith. A Novel. By Mrs. K. H. Davis. 8vo. Cloth. $1.50. Paper. $1.00. Dollars and Cents. By the author of " Queechy," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Dolores. A Novel. By Mrs. Forrester, author of " Diana Carew." 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Dorothy Fox. By Louisa Parr. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth. $1.25. Paper. 75 cents. Folle-Farine. A Novel. By "Ouida," author of " Strathmore," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Gil Bias of Santillane. From the French of Le 8age. 12nio. Cloth. $1.00. Gold Elsie. From the German of E. Marlitt, by Mrs. A. L. Wister. 16mo. Fine cloth. $1.50. Granville de Vigne. By "Ouida," author of "Idalia," "Puck," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Green Gate (The). After the German of Wichert, by Mrs. Wister. 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Hulda. A Romance. From the German. By Mrs. Wister. 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Idalia. A Novel. By "Ouida," author of "Under Two Flags," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Deaf in the Storm (A), and other Stories. By " Ouida." Illustrated. 8vo. Paper. 50 cents. Iiife and Adventures of a Country Mer- chant. By J. B. Jones. Illustrated. Cloth. $1.25. Dittle Moorland Princess (The). After the German of E. Marlitt, by Mre. A. L. Wister. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Magdalena. From the German of E. Marlitt. Illus- trated. 8vo. Paper. 35 cents. Malcolm. By George Macdonald. 8ro. Cloth. $1.50. Paper. $1.00. Old Mam'selle's Secret (The). After the German. By Mrs. A. L. Wister. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Only a Girl. A Romance. After the German. By Mrs. A. L. Wister. 12mo. Cloth. $2.00. Over Yonder. From the German of E. Marlitt. Illustrated. 8vo. Paper. 30 cents. Pascarel. A Romance. By "Ouida," author of " Idalia," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Puck. A Novel. By "Ouida," author of "Idalia," " Strathmore," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $2.00. Queechy. By the author of " The Wide, Wide World." 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Quits. A Novel. By Baroness Tautphceus, author of " The Initials." 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Randolph Gordon, and other Stories. By " Ouida," author of •'Chandos," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Strathmore ; or, Wrought by his Own Hand. By "Ouida." 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Say and Seal. A Novel. By the author of "The, Wide, Wide World," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $2.00. Scottish Chiefs. An Historical Romance. By Jane Porter. 12mo. Cloth. $1.00. Second Wife (The). From the German of E. Marlitt, by Mrs. Wister. 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Signa. A Romance. By " Ouida," author of " Under Two Flags," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $2.00. Thaddeus of Warsaw. An Historical Romance. By Jane Porter. 12mo. Cloth. $1.00. Thrown Together. By Florence Montgomebt. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Tricotrin. A Novel. By " Ouid.x," author of " Puck," etc. With Portrait. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. Tristram Shandy. By Laurence Sterne. 12mo. Cloth. $1.00. Twofold Dife (A). A Romance. By the author of "Only a Girl." 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Under Two Flags. A Novol. By "Ouida," author of " Puck." etc. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50. War Path (The). By J.B.Jones. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Why did He not Die P After the German. By Mrs. A. L. Wisteb. 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Wide, Wide World (The). A Tale. By the author of " Queechy," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $1.75. Wild Western Scenes. By J. B. Jones. Illus- trated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. I>OI»TJIj^L3E1. jrXTT7"3E33>J"IXjEJ BOOKS. Cast Up by the Sea. By Sir Samuel W. Bakeb. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Deep Down. A Tale of the Mines. By R. M. Bal- lantyne. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Dick Rodney ; or, Adventures of an Eton Boy. By James Gbant. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Eastern Fairy Legends. Collected by M. Fbebe. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Enchanting and Enchanted. Fairy Tales from the German. By Mrs. A. L. Wister. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Erling the Bold. By M. R. Ballanttne. Illus- trated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Eva's Adventures in Shadowland, and the Merman. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Fire Brigade (The). A Tale of London. By R. M. Ballantyne. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Frank Wildman's Adventures on Dand and Water. By Gebstaecker. Illus. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Heroic Life ; or, Pictures of Heroes. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.26. Mark Seaworth. A Tale of the Indian Ocean. TSy W. H. G. Kingston. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Midshipman (The), Marmaduke Merry. By W. II. G. Kingston. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Peter the Whaler. By W. H. G. Kingston. Illus- trated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Princess (The) and the Goblin. By Georoe Macdonald. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Privateersman (The), and his Adventures. By Cap- tain Marryat, R.N. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Banald Bannerman's Boyhood. By George Macdonald. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Bed Eric (The); or, the Whaler's Last Cruise. By R. M. Ballanttne. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Bound the World. By W. II. O. Kingston. Illus- trated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Salt Water; or, the Adventures of Neil d'Arcy. By W. H. G. Kingston. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Tiger Prince (The); or, Adventures in Abyssinia. ByWM. Dalton. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Wild Sports in the Far West. By Frederick Gerstaecker. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. Young Islanders (The); or, Tho School-Boy Crusoes. By J. Taylor. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.26. JSST For sale by all Booksellers, or -will be sent by mail, postpaid, upon receipt of the price by the Publishers. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS- ADVERTISER. INCORPORATED 1835. 1875. OFFICE OF THE Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Co. Philadelphia, November 10, 1875. ■ <»► ■ ASSETS OF THE COMPANY, November 1, 1875. United States Six Per Cent. Loan, 1897 $185,250 00 State of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent. Loans .... 205,540 00 City of Philadelphia " " " (exempt from tax) . 350,57500 State of New Jersey " " " 1880 to 1902 . . 268,460 00 City of Pittshurgh Seven " " 107,000 00 City of Boston Six Per Cent. Loans ....... 107,000 co Pennsylvania Railroad First Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds . 20,800 00 "Western Penna. Railroad Mortgage " " " (Penna. Railroad Guarantee) 19,500 00 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent. Loan 20,680 00 Pennsylvania Railroad Company . 380 Shares Stock . 19,380 00 North Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 121 " " . 6,41300 Centennial Board of Finance . 500 " " . 5,000 00 American Steamship Company Six Per Cent. Bonds . . . 29,600 00 Loans on Bond and Mortgage, first liens on City Properties . 271,950 00 1150,000 184,000 325,000 250,000 100,000 100,000 20,000 25,000 44,000 19,000 6,050 5,000 40,000 271,950 $1,540,000 Par. Cost, $1,542,71 8.44. MarketValue, $1,617,148 00 Real Estate at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh 120,00000 Bills Receivable for Insurances made 213,57455 Balances Due at Agencies, — Premiums on Marine Policies. — Accrued Interest and other debts due the Company . . . . 67,113 28 Stock and Scrip, etc., of sundry Corporations, $17,043. Estimated value, 6,789 00 Cash — On deposit in Banks $175,53* 46 Loaned on call with collaterals . . . 120,00000 In Office 839 84 $296,371 30 $2,320,996 13 DIRECTORS: Thomas C. Hand, James Traquair, Henry P. Sloan, John H. Catherwood, N. Parker Shortridge, Andrei? Wheeler, James C. Hand, William C. Ludwig, Hugh Craig, John D. Taylor, George W. Bernadou, Wm. C. Houston, H. Prank Robinson, Samuel E. Stokes, William G. Boulton, Edward Darlington, H. Jones Brooke, Edward Lafourcade, HENRY EYEBIJRN, Secretary. HENRY BALL., Ass't Secretary. 35m. Jacob Riegel, Thomas P. Stotesbury, Jacob P. Jones, James B. McParland, Spencer Mcllvaine, John H. Michener, A. B. Berger, Pittsburgh, D. T. Morgan, Wm. S. Bissell, " THOMAS C. HAND, President. vi PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS— ADVERTISER. DREXEL &d CCX, Bankers, 34 South Third Street, Philadelphia, DREXEL, MORGAN & CO., DREXEL, HARJES & CO., Broad and Wall Streets, 31 Boulevard Haussmann, NEW YORK. PARIS. ISSUE Commercial and Traveler's Letter of Credit and Bills of Exchange on all parts of Europe. Negotiate State, Municipal, and R. R. Securities. BUY AND SELL GOVERNMENT BONDS, STOCKS, & GOLD. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. 128 William Street, 27 N. Sixth Street, NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. JESSUP & MOORE, PAPER MANUFACTURERS. IMPORTERS OF Paper Makers' Supplies. MAKE TO ORDER, AND HAVE IN STORE, WRITING PAPER, COPPER-PLATE PAPERS, Standard Sizes and Weight. Standard Sizes and Weight. LITHOGRAPH PAPERS, Standard Sizes and Weight. SUPER-CALENDERED BOOK, (VARIOUS TINTS.) Standard Sizes and Weight. BOOK PAPER, NEWSPAPER, Standard Sizes and Weight. Standard Sizes and Weight. «&- SAMPLES SENT UTON APPLICATION. 35m. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS— ADVERTISER. TRUST AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY. THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY FOR INSURANCES ON LIVES AND GRANTING ANNUITIES, InTo. 431 CHESTNUT STREET. INCORPORATED MARCH 10, 1812. CHARTER PERPETUAL. CAPITAL, $2,000,000. j SURPLUS, $1,000,000. INCOME COLLECTED AND REMITTED. INTEREST JLIjUOWEID OIN" IMIOICT EOT DEPOSITS. SAFES IN THEIR BURGLAR-PROOF VAULTS FOR RENT. TEE PROTECTION OF TEEIE VAULTS FOE THE PEESEEVATION OF WILLS CFFEEED GEATUITOIJSLY. Gold and Silver Plate, Deeds, Mortgages, etc., received for Safe-keeping under guarantee. L1ADLET SMYTH, President. LILBUIiN H. STEEL., Treasurer. JAliVIS MASON, Trust Officer. WILLIAM B. HILL, Actuary. DIRECTORS : Lindley Smyth, Charles Dutilh, William S. Vaux, Adolph E. Borie, Alexander Biddle, Joshua B. Lippincott, Chas. H. Hutchinson, George A.Wood, Anthony J. Antelo, Charles S. Lewis, Henry Lewis, Jacob P. Jones, Henry M. Phillips. 35m. ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, FAIRMOUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA. This beautiful Garden, laid out with the greatest taste of the Land- scape Gardener's Art, replete with Botanical and Floral beauties, and containing the largest collection of Beasts, Birds, and Reptiles in America, is OPEN EVERY DAY. Admission, 25 cents for adults, 10 cents for children. Accessible by all City Passenger Railways, and Schuylkill River Steamboats. A Magnificent Restaurant is erected in the Garden, where all the delicacies of the season, and substantial meals and re- freshments, are served by Ferd. Hardt, who will make special contracts with excursionists, or serve by the card at moderate rates. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS— ADVERTISER. WHITMAN'S FAMOUS CONFECTIONS. o CO o3 CO a o • iH o d o o o u M d • iH 02 0) • iH +3 i-H eg •iH O H w p p &- s u § o I u o 09 p CD 35m. S. W. COR. OF TWELFTH AKP MARKET STS., PHILADELPHIA. Tlie Largest Boole Store in the United. States. • <» > ■ WHOLESALE Al^D BETAIL. J. B. LIPPINOOTT & CO., Publishers, Booksellers, IMPORTERS AND STATIONERS, 715 & 717 Market Street, Philadelphia, Invite the attention of the Public to their ESTABLISHMENT, which presents UNEQUALED FACILITIES FOE THE EXAMINATION AND PUEOHASE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE, ON THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS. Also, a large assortment of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC STATIONERY. J8f@-Particular attention given to JOB PRINTING and the MANUFACTURE OF BLANK BOOKS to specirJ order ON THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS. 35m. 4 IMPOETEES AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, N. W. Cor. Eighth & Market Sts„ PHILADELPHIA, Respectfully invite the attention of strangers visiting our city during the Centennial year to their very extensive assortment of general Dry Goods, unsurpassed in any market of this country. It being impossible to name all our various departments, we specify only SILKS AND DRESS GOODS, HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR, Kid Gloves, etc., of which our stock is immense in new, fresh, and desirable goods. It is our intention to make use of the opportunity afforded by the Centen- nial year to show strangers and residents of other States that Philadelphia prices for Dry Goods are the lowest of any market of this country. More than ever before shall it be our constant effort to make every purchaser at our house a permanent customer. To this end we shall allow no goods to be sold over our counters but those of standard and reliable qualities, and the prices shall be absolutely the lowest at which goods of intrinsic value can be sold. ALL QUE, PRICES ARE FIXED, AND ADMIT OF SO DEVIATION IK ANY INSTANCE. Our business is so transacted that the most inexperienced buyer can be always sure of doing as well in our house as the most skillful purchaser can do anywhere. Sale^oo^ fMMTJMY iilBfMlTIIlig ( Opposite the U.S. Mint. \ 11 tew ST. r . i. , \ ,. '.■ > L>r^ Philadelphia. UJXS.J* ifl. i *°^ ^ ^ ^>, '• • * * A <. *' . . s o '*.To'" .0° V o ■ « , ** v ^/ •»£ V rife: V* -«^ V** ^ A° ***** ■> V % *«^L% <^ <0 w - % W \>«* * ** ^ y/y\ '-^0/ 4?\ v«w ** y % --UK' ^\ / *.'^&S> *^> J','^kS ^° °o * «? ^ o V Jj&AK * av ^ •