Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-08-18

| WHICH WILL GREATLY EXCEED
EXPECTATIONS.
The busy note Of preparation in
Baltimore for the coming Summer
Nights Carnival is heard on all sides,
and the city appears to be waking up
as never before to the determination
to make this years celebration Ger,
tainly the biggest event of the char
| acter ever conceived OF in this or
any other country. The novel feat
ures being steadily added to the al
ready most brilliant programme
speaks strongly of the striking tai
ent possessed among the good clti'
zens who spend day and night in
planning and executing.
The city Examinations promise to
be upon most extensive scale, and
almost together in the electric line.
Many buildings will be literally
ablaze with bright lights in all col.
ors, and it is proposed to demon
strate in hitherto untried fields what
can be done with electricity.
The harbor display on the open.
ing night will be as unique as posi-
BILE to imagine, and a veritable fairy
scene. Every description Of light
will be introduced, and the pyrote-
clinical features novel and OF great
scope OF design. Baltimore, rs the
nearest Atlantic seaport to an enor.
nous section OF country, will show
her unsurpassed harbour to the mul.
titude after fashion never before
dreamed Of. The reception OF Lord
Baltimore on the night in question,
with all its attendant effects, will be
something to remember for years,
and amply repay journey even
acrossthe continent. Pageant night
will also prove another memorable
OCCASION, for never in European or
American cities has u parade OF such
magnitude or Of such remarkable
richness and novelty been attempted.
Last years pageant was conceded by
New Orleans mystic experts them
selves, as we'll as those from Mobile.
Memphis, Galveston and st. Louis.
to have been beyond all comparison
the grandrst pageant ever witnessed
In this country. LIZ such was the
unanimous verdict last year 1t would
be difficult to measure the limit of
praise this year, as the pageant, now
IN its finishing stage, Is inestimably
superior, larger, grander, and in ey-
ry way finer than that Of 1882 It
will require a regiment OF men and
horses to put it upon the street
upward OF thirteen hundred men and
two hundred and sixty odd horses.
Thirty thousand dollars would not
begin to cover the expense of this
one display. From the prospective
visitors may CLEAN some idea of
what is Ia store for them. Not on.
ly expectation during sojourn in the
city the second week in September
be more than realized, but travel to
and from will be looked after with
most paintaking care.
The Baltimore and Ohio, not con.
tent with making the exceptionally
low rate of half fare, or one regular
fare for the round trip from all sta
tions on its great system, but has ar.
ranged series of excursions which
will afford the greatest possible facil,
tiles for enjoyment. The visitor can,
not indeed find single point to crit
icise, for should he so choose he need
not have an hour unoccupied during
his entire weeks pleasure hunting.
What with trips to Harper's Ferry,
to Old Point Comfort, to Fortress
Monroe, to Mount Vernon, to Luray
Caverns, to Washington. and the
Oriole in Baltimore, the man who
could complain would certainly
growl if he had the earth. The 3.
u o, has, with characteristic enter
prise issued an elegantly engraved
programme, and which can be had
for the mere trouble of an applica-
tion to any of its representatives or
at any of its offices throughout the
country.
The b. 81 0. excursions announced
for September afford opportunities
for misunderstanding unnracadantad