The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19
FROM EARTH TO STARS.
ANOTHER UNIQUE ATTRACTION FOR
THE COMING PARIS EXPOSI-
TION.

II Is Called the TeIescOpe-A Balloon
in Tower VIII Carry Visitors
Through sea and Atmosphere TO
the stars.
From the New York World.
The great Paris worlds fair of 1900 will
beat the record for big, unique and extra
ordinary curiosities Last Sunday the
World published picture of big hole
in the ground that will be a mile deep. And
here is an equally surprising enterprise.
which the inventors have called THE Tele-
scope"
This telescope" idea Is the invention Of
two French architects, Arthur Feron and
NJ. Mege, of No. 40 West Twenty-fourth
street, this city. They have sent paint
ings plans and other data to the exposi-
tion commission, and expect to hear of
definite action any day. A company with
sufficient capital to build the telescope
has already been formed, and as soon as
practicable work will be begun to make
the scheme a reality.
The building proper will be about eight
stories high, built of marble with facings
of stone not yet selected. There will be
one entrance on each Of the four sides.
four corners, on the first and second
floors, or landings will be restaurant Of
fees. for the use of the men and women
required to keep the place in order. recep-
ton rooms and toilet rooms will take up
the remainder of the available space.
The building win cover 400 square feet
of ground From the ground to the foot
of the central column. it will measure
ri tn
column or tube sos feet high, of 700 from
the ground. This is the telescope proper.
1t will measure 1876 feet in diameter. Wis
itors win be carried to the roof in an ele-
vator made in the shape of balloon.
and as it will not be guided by the iron
girders common in elevators, the basket
will Of necessity swing little, thus maxi
ing the ascension more realistic.
This balloon will traverse the four ele-
ments - fire, earth, water and air. Those
who wish TO make the trip will enter the
basket at the level of the sea. Daylight
will fade, electric lights being so arranged
that upon the shutting off of the natural
light the interior OF the tube will appear
to be Hooded by moonlight. Slowly the
balloon will arise and pass through clouds
Above these the aeronauts will pass the
planets Mars. Jupiter and Saturn. At the
top of the column the air. mechanically
exhausted, Will give those in the balloon
some idea of what genuine aeronauts sur
fer when they rise TO high attitudes ow-
ing to the absence of a breathable at
mosphere. Cold will also be felt
stop of few seconds will be made
at the top of the tube, and then the car
viii drop to the surface of the sea a little
quicker than it went up. At this point
the descent VIII become more gradual
for a plunge beneath the seas is contem-
plated. An arrangement of aquariums
which will fill UP nearly the whole space
not needed for the passage of the balloon,
will give the travellers the impression tina;
their dive is a real one. Live fishes from
every sea will be in these aquariums, anG
it is also designed to have marine flora
of every obtainable kind growing in them.
The wreck of a ship covered with weeds
will be one OF the curioSttieS at the bot
tom of this mimic ocean.
Down through the sea will go the bal
loon. 1t vail not stop when the bottom is
reached, but will continue on through a
veritable hole in the ground. This portion
of the tube Will be so arranged as TO IL
lustrate the varied strata of the earth I'M
der Paris. Mines will also be shown, the
balloon passing galleries of coal mines APP
parently in fun operation.
When the ballon reaches the sea level
the moonlight effect will be discontinued
and an artificial sun turned on. This
light will be made to fade gradually as the
lowest depths of the sea will be reached
The journey to the centre of the earth will
be made bright by means of a bunch of
electric incandescent lights made fast to
the car of the balloon. The air in this
subterranean journey will be made to feel
as heavy and oppressive as it is to be
found in excavations of the genuine kind
AS the car will reach the bottom of the
shaft, its occupants will become conscious
of a great heat. This will be produced arti-
ficially, but a look over the edge of the car
will show what appears to be a lake of
fire. This fiery pit is supposed to exist
at the center of the earth. When the cars
company have been impressed with the
sight, return trip to the surface of the
sea will be made.
In the main portion of the building two
separate and distinct panoramaS will be
shown. one of these panoramas will con-
sist of scenes in every country on the
globe, the other pictorial displays of the
inventions of the century. The two can
vases will extend from floor to roof brt
will run in concentric circles from the bot
tom landing. where visitors Will board a
species of cable car to the roof. There
will be an inner and an outer panOrama
| The outer will be that portraying the ma
lions of the world.
The CIR which will carry visitors on this
tour of the world" Will be moved BY an
endless cable up a spiral track When n
a gateway and descend a smaller sDiral
or screw track, which will wind around
the back of the larger panorama
Those who wish to make the two Jour
a wlue footpath will be provided for that
I purpose. Here and there large platforms
will be built for the sale of souvenirs
These bazaarS will be in the care of neopln
of the nationality represented in. the
painting opposite the platform Thus
when the sightseers reach Turkey in the
pilgrimage they will be enabled to pur-
chase Turkish goods from Turk at that
platform and so on.
The telescope" will rival the hole in
the ground idea" described In last Sun
| days World. AS both plans bid fair to be
adopted visitors can take their choice
between a veritable drop into the earth
or the artificial journey.