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THE MUSEUM. 



The hall consisted of one central 

 building, five stories in height, fifty- 

 three feet front and eighty three feet 

 deep with two lateral wings, one on 

 each side, each sixty-one feet long and 

 thirty-one feet wide, four stories in 

 height, including a mansard roof, the 

 whole terminating in two cross wings, 

 each forty-two feet front and eighty- 

 four feet deep, and four stories high. 

 The entire length of the building was 

 two hundred and fifty-six feet. It was 

 built of Trenton brown stone with 

 Ohio sand stone trimmings. It was 

 heated throughout by steam and 

 lighted by gas. 



The fire originated in the biological 

 laboratory on the second floor of the 

 west wing. This is the second time 

 the building has suffered through fire. 



Pardee hall, the magnificent gift of 

 Ario Pardee, was erected in 1873 but 

 was destroyed June 4, 1879. It was 

 immediately rebuilt on the same di- 

 mensions and external appearance as 

 the original with the money realized 

 from insurance and donations and was 

 reopened on November 30, 1880, with 

 imposing ceremonies. There were in 

 attendance Rutherford B. Hayes, then 

 president of the United States, to- 

 gether with Hon. Alex. Ramsey, Sec- 

 retary of War; Hon. Horace Maynard, 

 Postmaster General; Gen. W. T. 

 Sherman; Hon. John Jameson, Super- 

 intendent of Railway Mail Service; 

 Hon. John Eaton, U. S. Commission- 

 er of Education; President Gilman of 

 John Hopkins University; Governor 

 of Pennsylvania and many other dis- 

 tinguished persons. 



The Ward library was located in 

 the west lateral wing and consisted of 

 10,000 volumes. Among its treasures 

 were books which dated back to 1520. 

 It contained autograph letters, maps, 

 engravings and many rare and valu- 

 able books such as "Raleigh's History 

 of the World," "America, an Accurate 

 Description of the New World," and 

 the "Cromwelliana, " containing a 

 number of old portraits and facsimiles 

 of the historical records relating to 



the times of Cromwell This entire 

 library was destroyed. It was valued 

 at $20,000. The Washington Society 

 library consisting of 4,000 books was 

 also destroyed. 



The following collections were total- 

 ly destroyed: The mineral collection 

 of the late Prof. Silliman and one 

 made in the Rocky Mountains by S. 

 J. Coffin; the Asiatic collection of the 

 late Rev. Elias R. Beadle, costing 

 $5,000 and donated by the late Wm. 

 H. Kemble of Philadelphia; the Lop- 

 sius Egyptian monument collection 

 valued at $2,000, and other natural 

 history objects. 



It was at first surmised that the en- 

 tire herbarium of Rev. Dr. T. C. 

 Potter, professor emeritus of geology 

 and botany, was also destroyed but it 

 has since been found that his collection 

 of Penna flora, the most valuable in 

 extent, has been saved, and of the 

 North American flora only about one 

 third has been lost. 



FOR SALE. — A complete set of the "Forest 

 and Stream" 47 volumes, bound with leather 

 backs and paper covered sides, and the re- 

 maining numbers unbound. The entire set 

 for $100 cash. A rare bargain. Address at 

 once WALTER F. WEBB, Mgr., Albion.N.Y. 



THREE dollars will buy 112 varieties of 

 foreign and native woods, or will exchange 

 for woods not in my collection. LOUIS W. 

 HALM, Box 360, Silver •Creek, Chautauqua 

 Co., N. Y. 



FOR EXCHANGE —Naturalist and stamp 

 papers and books, mineral from Dakota, Cali- 

 fornia, Colorado and South America. Relics 

 from South and East. Fossils, shells and cur- 

 ios. Send offers and list-*. All letters and 

 postals answered. JACOB HARTER, No. 38 

 North 49i St., Phila, Pa. 



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