A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . eralcomparisons. Anychurch in Chicago,which contains nu-merous lai-ge ones,can be placed inI he vestibule of at Rome,l)ut the latter is onlyone-third of thesize of the Manu-factures and Lib-eral Arts Building. The Coliseum of ancient Konie woui^l seat 80,000 persons, but in the centralhall of the Chicago building, which is a single room without a supportingcolumn, 75,000 people could be comfor
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . eralcomparisons. Anychurch in Chicago,which contains nu-merous lai-ge ones,can be placed inI he vestibule of at Rome,l)ut the latter is onlyone-third of thesize of the Manu-factures and Lib-eral Arts Building. The Coliseum of ancient Konie woui^l seat 80,000 persons, but in the centralhall of the Chicago building, which is a single room without a supportingcolumn, 75,000 people could be comfortably seated, while the building itselfwould seat o00,000 persons. The iron • and steel in the ... roof would buildtwo Brooklynbridges, and it re-quired eleven acresof glass to providefor the its construction17,000,000 feet oflumber, 13,000,000pounds of steel, and2,000,000 poundsof iron were used, with a total cost ofthe size of the pyramid of Cheops. We have recorded enough, however, to give some idea of the wealth oftreasures exhibited at Chicago in 1893, and which drew visitors from all partsof the world. It is not worth while to refer at length to the display of the. The ground plan was twice THE ORAM) no UK JIV THE STATES. -l.»7 foreign countries, for those who had the pleasure of looking upon them willalways carry their pleasant memory, while those who were depriveil of the privi-lege can gain no adequate idea from the most extended description. Tiie Mid-way Plaisance was a unique feature, with its Hungarian Orpheum, LaplandVillage, Dahomey Village, the captive balloon, Cliinese Village, Austrian Village,Cyclorama of the volcano of Kilauea, the Algerian and Tunisian Village, theFerris Wheel, the never-to-be-forgotten street in Cairo, the numerous natives,and other scenes that were not always on the highest plane of morality. THE GRAND WORK BY THE STATES. We as Americans are prone to forget some of the important events in ourhistory. The memory of
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