The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-06-28
THE ELECTRIC EXHIBIT.
DELIGHTS AND POaTENTS OF Gin.
CiNNAIPS CENTENNIAL.

Illuminated Buildings, Electric Fountains.
Gardens, Plants and Animals-Tho lamp
OF AIaddin Superseded Iy the Electric
I Fash of Pack.
The role which tho electric agent is to
play in TIE Centennial Exposition at Gin
cin-ati forms no taconsijcrabIe portion
Of tho i:n.ncnso display which will be
witnessed tiirouchort tic oas hundred
days
The buildings CO to Go Eghtcd within
and without, the grounds are to Be nlu-
minated, GIid oven tho attendants are TO
b, marked by electric badges On their
hats and coats, viiibe tho patrol will
carry batcns on the ends Of which cleo
tr!c lights will fash md sparkle. The
various halls Will present many special
features OF interest In the electric ndorn-
racnt and the phenomcna CT nature will
be reproduced With realistic eject.
At the GrsEl ecstanee to the EXPOSE
tion buildings on Ela street tic front
and the doors will be radiant with power
fai lights, tarning night into day. The
outlines Of the buildings, the corners,
the corniccs and the apex Of the dome
Will be traced by lines Of electric lights.
Tho ''Dridgc Of Sishs." ovc. Elm street,
the Music Hall md tho Canal Building
will be distinguished from every hilltop
end point OF vision by tho rows OF lights
which win cover them from ground to
summit
But tho most marvellous and interest
ing features in electric illumination VIII
be witnessed within the buildings. In
the Main Exhibit unll thcrs will be con-
structed q very picturesque fountain,
with rows OF ooontless Jets and sprays in
varied forms, rising one above the other
to height OF sereaty-t1ve to hundred
feet. Under each Jet, or spray, viii be
placed az electric light. The basin, fifty
feet wide, which receives the falling
spray, will be adorned with flowers and
shrubbery and trees, the rich product of
Florida, the land Of perpetual summer.
The gorgeous effect Of this combination
Of luxurious plants and ianumerable fall
ing sprays, every bubble of which will
become ir;idcscent with the colors of tho
rainbow over the electric lights, will ad-
nit Of no equivalent description.
But there is still mora brilliant dis
play elsewhere OF tho action Of the cleo
tric light on flower and plant and falling
water. Pass to the north end Of the
building and through the hall that leads
to the Bridge Of Sighs," and over this,
by the light of thousands Of electric Jets,
to the grand corridors Of tbs Music Hall,
md crossing this, enter the "Garden of
the Gois"-Horticultural Hall Dark
ness Is without, but within is radiant
light, mora dazzling than that which
crowned the cabalistic words which
overwhelmed Dclshazzar's banqueters.
Around are plants and flowers Of every
cline. Five superb and exQuisitely
wrought fountains, and thirty bronzed
vases Of unique designs, ell illuminated
with the electric light; but the master
piece Of this great display Is the illumin-
ated fountain representing In miniature
the famous Fountain Abbey" upon the
Estate Of the Earl Of Ripon, Cheltham,
England. The description Of this rase
work OF ert must necessarily be unsatis-
factory, as words, however eloquent,
could not do it justice. It may be said
IL brief, however, that the fountain will
Be constructed sixty feet Ia width upon
From lake above sheet Of water VIII
fau down q series Of sixteen glass steps,
to be erected over the principal promen-
ade; the marble balustered area above
the numerous winding stairs and other
fanctcs of the architec: will be ornate
Win plant ACCOMPLISHMENTS Aud over
this whole wonderful fountain and within
the FILLING water the frequent flash Of
the electric Light viii appear, affording
display never before attempted
There ars In addition many novel fea-
lures to be witnessed In the different
minor roles which the electric lights will
play. Owls will gaze upon the assembled
multitudes with expanding and CONTRACT
ing eyes. fish, fowl and nesh Of the feld
will abound;an electric umbrella, tree and
revolving garden, the aurora boreayis of
the north and the rainbow, wiV pass
through their phenomenal stages, almost
defying nature in their resemblance.
1t Is impossible to convey to the mind
the variety Of displays which via come
under the head OF the electric exhibits,
but it Is sufficient to state that such has
been the progress in elects.c experiment
and manipulation, that it win be no difh-
cult mntter to show not only that the
girdle of Puck compasses the world, but
that within the twelve years succeeding
the Philadelphia Exposition, he has fur
nished us also light, hest, power, and 1t
can be shown that he has almost pro-
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