The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-16
sEPrEMRER.s SURPRISE.
a Lively Fan In Passenger Rates. and
Events In Store which WIN Greatly
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| Events In Store which WIN Greatly
Excesd Expectations
| The busy note of preparation in BzIti
more for the coming Summer Nights
Carnival is heard on all sides, AMI ths
city appears to be waking up as never
before to make this years celebration
Icertsinly the biggest event of the char
acter ever conceived of in this or ans
other country. The novel features be-
ing steadily added to the already almost
brilliant program speaks strongly of the
striking talent possessed among the
good citizens who spend day and night
in planning and executing.
The city illuminations promise to be
upon most extensive scale, and almost
altogether in the slectrict line. Many
buildings will be literally ablaze with
bright lights in all colors, and it is pro-
posed TO demonstrate IN hitherto untried
fields what can be done with electricity.
The harbor display on the opening
night viii be IS unique as possible 70
imagine, and q Veritable fairy scene. Ev-
cry description Of light will be intro
duced, and the pyrOlechnical features
novel and of great scope OF design. Bal
timore, as the nearest Atlantic seaport
to an enormous section of country, will
show her unsurpassed harbor 70 the null
titude after q fashion never before
dreamed Of. The RECEPTION of Lord Bal
timore on the night in question. with ali
its attendant effects, will be something
! to remember tor years, and amply repay
journey even across the continent. Pa
geant night will also prove another
memorable occasion, for never in Euro
pean or American cities has parade of
such magnitude or of such remarkable
richness and novelty been attempted.
Last years pageant was conceded by
New Orleans mystic experts themselves,
as well as those from Mobile, Memphis,
Galveston and st. Louis, to have been
beyond all comparison the grandcst
pageant ever witnessed in this country.
II such was the unanimous verdict last
year it would be difficult to measure the
limit of praise this year, as the pageant,
now IN its finishing stage, is inestima-
bly, superior, larger, grander, and in
every way finer than that of 1882. 1t
will require a regiment of men and
horses to put it upoa the street-upward
of thirteen hundred men and two hun.
dred and sixty odd horses. Thirty
thousand dollars would not begin to
cover the expense of this one display
From this prospective visitors may CLEAN
some idea of what is in store for them
Not only will 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 painstaking care.
The Baltimore s. Ohio, not content
with making the exceptionally low rate
Of half fare, or one regular fare for the
round trip from all stations on its great
system, but has arranged series of ex-
cursions which will afford the greatest
possible facilities tor enjoyment The
visitor cannot indeed find a single point
to criticise, for should he so choose he
need not have an hour unoccupled dur
ing his entire weeks pleasure-h hunting.
What with trips to Harper's Ferry, to
Old Point Comfort. to Fortress Monroe,
to Mount Vernon, to Luray Caverns, to
Washington, the Oriole in Baltimore,
the man who could complain would
growl if he had the earth The B &
o. has, with characteristic enterprise, Is
sued an elegantly engraved program,
and which can be had for the mere trou-
Bile of an application to any of its repre-
sentatives or at any OF its offices
throughout the country.
The B. & o. excursions announced for
September afford opportunities for
pleasure-seeking unprecedented of late
years. With the solidity of organizs-
ton maintained by the pool of the east
ern lines and the rules of maintaining
rates so rigidly observed, half fare for
any event is q big thing, and no tellin e
when it will be offered again.