| Show IN IM philadelphia PHIL MELPHIA editor news it may lie be that a word from old philadelphia would lie he ot of interest to some of your leaders they call this the city ot of homes but it is far from being so in the sense of people owning the houses houdes they live in there are oer one end and one halt half millions of people some few have a small plot of ground in ill front planted to lawn anil and fewer still have pol porches ches market street is the principal street in hie lie city and runs eat east and west broad street running north and south is the aristocratic residence street it is oer twenty miles in length and paved the entire distance it is sali said 1 maj f mf yf to be the longest paved street in the world the city buildings commonly comm oaly called the city hall ball stand at the intersection of market and broad streets and are so arranged that there is an unobstructed promenade in line with both streets when you learn that the main building is feet long and feet feel wide and nearly feet to the top of tile tower contains rooms and cost to build 3 on may form some kind of an idea of its grandeur an elegant view is s obtained from the top of the tower thousands of oc smoke stacks representing as many factories and mills are easily within range of ls Is slon sion and a good view is obtained of the deleware leware Dc river with its hundreds of steamers and tugs and terry ferry boats the old independence hall is a place of great interest to american people for it was here that old glory was first unfurled to the breeze here the continental congress met on july ath 1777 and the declaration of independence was adopted and hero here also the glorious constitution was drawn up and signed the old liberty bell that thai sounded the first notes noles of freedom to the thirteen colonies is now on exhibition besides this there are nnie rous relics of revolutionary times the chairs the members of congress used the tables pens ink stand the uniforms swords and such other things as were common in those troublesome times portraits of the nations great men hang on the walls in fact philadelphia is rich in historical features the house in which v hiah lived betsy ross koss who made mad the first flag of our great J T irive iri VV i nation in 1777 still stands it wasi was in philadelphia that the first american warship was built it is the resting place of benjamin franklin and william penn penn was in one sense to philadelphia what Dr ighani young was to utah anil and lie he is immortalized by a 37 foot statute that the baldwin locomotive works the largest in the world are located here they employ men and the factory has a capacity of eight finished locomotives a day philadelphia is a great manufacturing center but it is handicapped by lack of a good harbor for large vessels it is the home of tile the girard college founded in n by stephen girard with an endowment of two million for the education and care of poor orphan boys the endowment has now been increased to sixteen millions it accommodates 1600 pupils I 1 had thet pleasure of visiting this school and seeing them i march arch like little aral armies ies to and from their school room to their play ground and in their drilling saw their dining room where agoo can be seated at once and everything is in perfect order saw their sleeping apartments where they sleep from 20 to 40 in each room in single bells beds the linen is changed every day and tho the rooms are arc large larga and airy the boys are graded according to size and are well disca disciplined they may learn any trade th they ey wish and graduate at from 13 15 to 20 years in summing up we nye might say that in philadelphia there are great medical colleges academies academics of fine art natural hist history pry the memorial hall the botanical gardens the great ship ak 1 l r f L C building yards horticultural hall fairmount park the largest city park in the world covering 31 tsou 50 acres and containing places of amusement the people themselves are an interesting te study they are black and white while high and low rich and poor good goad and bad of all nations some laughing others crying some living fast lives and others dking some in their broadcloths and silks and others in their tatters and rags jostling each other in the crowded thoroughfares revelry on one side and starvation on the other a funeral every hour of ef the day the record reaching sometimes in one week deaths the beggar hails you at every turn the drunkard is seen staggering on every street profanity salutes your ear immorality and vice are seen in every quarter and thus it goes until you are sick of the sight and long tor for a view ot of those far off mountains that shield an unpopular people who are living in peace and trying in their weak way to serve the lord and build up a commonwealth of virtue honesty and brotherly love and from your hearts you say thank the lord tor for the gospel it has made us what we are it has given us those quiet peaceful valleys and beautiful homes our fine farms farm s and splendid orchards the pure air and clean streams the freedom peace and contentment on every hand again we say thank the lord for the gospel for without it we should now be scattered throughout the world and in the samp deplorable condition as the world philadelphia C ai H DAVIS |
