The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-04
EXPOSITION
Opportunity to See the Attractions Should
b Grasped These Closing Days.

Now that the Pittsburg Exposition has
passed the half.mile post and is on the
homestretoh for the season of 1897, 1t be-
hooves all who have not seen the great in
dustrlal show this year to accept the re-
markedly low rate Of excursions and go
to Pittsburg as soon as possible, There
are innumerablc attractions at tho big
show and there Is always something to in
rerest and amuse the visitor. Thus far
this season the attendance OF out.of.tOwn
visitors has been all that the Exposition
management could desire, but the west
ern section of the great keystone state is
thiokly populated, and there are hun
dreds of people yet who have not seen the
Exposition. There is room for many
thousand people on the spacious grounds
and the Exposition management can take
care OF all who come All the railway
lines are running excursions now almost
daily and u low rate can be had at any
time.
The attendance at tho Exposition runs
up into thousands every day, and the pres
ence OF so many visitors makes plenty OF
life about the big buildings. No amuse-
ment attraction in Pittsburg or vicinity
affords so many varied and entertaining
features as the Exposition. II is host in
Itself, and there is always something new
to be seen there. 1t Is an industrial world
on small scale, and there Is something
to constantly engross the attention Of the
visitor. In Mechanical hall are to be seen
the products Of the mills and factories,
representing the trluInphs Of inventive
genius OF the past decade. There are en-
gines and mechanical contrlvanCes of all
descriptions, and the whirring Of the
swiftly moving wheels is like music TO the
lover Of machinery. Chief among the ex-
hibits in Mechanical hall is that Of the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacture
ing company, with its half dozen COM
pound engines, Cos engines and dynamos
OF every sizo-the largest having capacity
of furnishing 10000 lights. The Westing-
house exhibit this year is the most bril-
liant ever witnessed NJ the Exposition, Z
and source of much pleasure to the WIS.,
itors.
over in the main hall are scores of
magnificent mercantile and art exhibits
on every hand. The aisles are lined with
them ana to enumerate oil of the SPLEEN
did displays made would be an almost
endless task. There are also many special
amusement attractions In the big build
ing, among them cinGmntOgraphe, To-
Gated in the art gallery just Ovcrtho main
VeStibule, which is operated every hour In
the day, showing some Of the very latest
views Of important events ut home and
abroad; u model Of n Colorado gold mine
In actual operation, showing the miners
ut work and the Cars In motion; an TX"
ray machine by means Of which visitors
are enabled to see the bones OF their
hands; and u horseless carriage The
last named attraction is operated daily on
the platform between the two big build
ings II Is run by compressed air. The
company will have another here this
week that will be operated by steam.
The mechanism Of the machine is very
simple and one wonders that horsclcss
vehicles were not brought into general
use years npO.
A new attraction at the Exposition this
week will be Jim Key, the famous odu-
Gated horse, This horse has been the
wonder Of the age. The degree of intelli-
genCe he displays has aStOnishcd the
whole world, and no one who contem.
plates coming TO Pittsburg during the
Exposition season should fail 90 see him.
Jim writes his name on n blackboard,
spells, makes change and works tele.
phone ms intelligcntly rs human being.
He seems TO be endowed with wonderful
powers Of comprehension for representa-.
two Of the brute creation, and Is able TO
understand Instantly by word, a look or
sound just what his muster requires OF
him. jim will give exhibitions every
afternoon and evening on the platform In
full view Of tho visitors In the main hall.
Music Is always an attractive feature OF
the Exposition, and this year Is no cxccp.
ton 20 the rule, for there are four excel.
lent concerts given daily In the main hall.
Brooke's famous Chicago Marine band,
which gave such complete satisfaction last
year, IL now PLAYING n two weeks engage.
mont, and Is receiving u perfect ovation
NJ every appearance. The band seems to
hRyO improved wonderfully since last
year, and promises to mako itself solid
with the musiC.loying people Of this sec.
tlOn. The band Is assisted daily by Miss
Sibyl Sammis, u charming m5lzo 80.
prano soloist. ShO has splendid voice
and knows how to use II 10 good adyant-
age She IL dividing honors with tho
band. The last week Of the Exposition
will be marked by the presence Of John
Philip SousA and his famous concert
band No one can afford to miss these
lnu musical Attractions