The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27

which is situated between the Agri-
cultural and Liberal Arts buildings.
1t was however built to stand, the
material used being brick and iron.
Though mentioned last, Machinery
Hall is really the most necessary and
useful of all the main buildings, con-
tanning as it does; the dynamos that
run the Electric tower and Foun-
tain and all the power necessary
for lighting the buildings and courts.
1t is to visitors very attractive
building for the machinery alone is
well worth attention and then most
of the mineral exhibits are i'm this
building.
For those who are in search ofpleas-
ure alone the Midway offers attract
ions in the way of Pharos Daughter,
Millie Christine, maid of the Mist,
Haunted swing and many other char
acteristic amusements.
The Firth Wheel is another at
tractive feature of the Fair. Its con-
struction is similar to that of the Fer
ris wheel. 1t is $50 feet high, has 16
cars q ride In one of which is we'll
worth the price of admission.
Another great attraction is the
science railway. 1t affords much
amusement to those who do not care
to ride, as well as those VINO do. The
feeling as the car winds in and out of
the dark passages, now gliding easily
and gracefully along, then suddenly
speeding headlong down inclines with
force sufficient to take away the
riders breath, is most peculiar. At
certain points that are passed the
darkness is intense, then suddenly all
will be Illuminated by flash lights,
then darkness, and like a flash the
car comes again to the full glare of
tn 9 daylight. The screams of fright
mingled with roars of laughter are
most amusing to the bystander.
Every one who made a thorough
tour of the grounds upon which the
w hite City was built will remember
the street of Cairo, Zone of the great
est successes of the Exposition) and
the many sources OF amusement af-
forded them. He will remember the
crowds that daily thronged the court,
for the sake of a ride on the denkeys
or camels. Perchance as you read
this it may recall to your mind per-
sonal experience with the novel sensa-
ton of being elevated at dangerous
distance above terra firma, and feel
ing yourself carried along with great,
graceless strides, expecting every in
slant to be landed without ceremony
upon the ground, wishing you could
know whether you were to go over
the head of the animal or over back
wards, SO you could prepare to make
graceful landing. Well, the Mid
winter Fair would be incomplete
without its Cairo street, or Oriental
Village, as it is called, just south Of
the Mechanics building. Here are
the usual number of Turks, selling
everything for nothing and fairly
compelling purchases. Their cos
tunes are dazzling and gaudy, and
they present picture of the utmost
contentment as they recline upon
Divans and puff the Turkish cigarette.
They have not the most peaceable of
natures and quarrel, settled by the
police closing the street is now and
then the order of the day.
1t the Hawaiian Village Queen
Lil's people hold high carnival. Many
amusing incidents are told of them.
i'm their lavish mode of entertainment,
etc.
Every one who saw them in Chi
cago was impressed by the wondrous
strength and perfect forms of the
South Sea Islanders. They are 10.
Gated here on the drive leading to the
south gate, and call forth much at
tention from Mid-winter visitors.
They have suffered some from the
miserable climate of San Francisco.
and it was feared for time that they
would die. Their daily performances
are well attended. Their manager is
courteous and pleasant and ready to
reply to all questions that visitors
might ask.
For the small sum of 10cts one is
admitted to the mysteries ola place
on the Midway of which we have be-
fore spoken, known as the Haunted
Swing, a visit to which makes people
feel as they describe it like Moth
ing" in other words like that which
could not be resolved into substance.
1t is a revolving room, yet the visitors
fancy it is a swing that moves, and
are ready to take oath that they had
been standing on their heads.
A visit to the Fair would not be
complete without ride in the old '49
stage, now rather the worse for wear,
and look at the wonders of the 40
Mining Camp, which is located at the
extreme end of the Midway, at the
base of what is known as Straw berry
Hill. There is a representative of
mining life in the days of '49, Califor-
MAS days of gold. Though the
jolting is not the most agreeable, yet
it should mean something to have the
assurance that it is the very same