International  Exhibitions.  The  following
table  gives  statistics  of  the  seven  great  interua-


GOTERXMENT  TOLL-GATE  OS  THE  CUMBER-
LAND ROAD.
that  led  over  the  Alleghanies  from  east  to
west,  failed  to  pass,  the  objections  being
taken,  among  others,  that  as  yet  there  was
uo  surplus  iu  the  Treasury.  The  sum  of  |350,000
was  appropriated  for  completing  the  part  of  the
Cumberland  Road  already  begun.  While  Con-
gress thus  hesitated  the  State  Legislatures  had
already  begun  to  act.  Virginia  had  just  estab-
lished an  "Internal  Improvement  Fund,"  the
project  of  the  Erie  Canal  had  been  revived  in
New  York,  and  similar  improvements  began  to  be
considered  iu  Peunsylvauia  and  North  Carolina.
1   International  Etiquette.  .  Among  other  se-


tional  exhibitions,  which  have  taken  place  with-
in twenty-five  years  ending  in  1876 :


Date  of
Exhihiticin.
N  amber  of
EihiWlo™.
Namberof.
Vwitora.
Nnmlierof
Day»  open.
Ix)ndon

New  York....
Paris

1851
1854
1866
1362
1867
1873
1876

13,917

23,754
28,653
60.226
42,584

6,0.-)9,135
4,260,160
6,162,330
6,211,103
10,200,000
7,254,687
9,857,626

141
200

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210
186
159

London

Paris

Vienna

Philadelphia..
