Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-10-07
PITTsBURG EXPOSITION
Opportunity to See the Attractions Should
Be Grasped These Closing Days.

Now that the Pittsburg Exposition has
passed the half-mile post and Is on the
homestretch for the season OF 1897, II DC
hooves all who have not seen the great IN
dustrial show this year TO accept the re-
markably low rate of excursions ana go
to Pittsburg rs soon as possible. There
are innumerable attractions at the big
show and there Is always something to IN
terest and amuse the visitor. Thus Tar
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
thickly 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 the 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. 1t is host In
itself, and there is always something new
TO be seen there 1t is an industrial world
on a small scale. and there is something
80 constantly engross the attention OF the
visitor. In Mechanical hall are TO be seen
the produkts of the mills and factories
representing the triumphs of inventive
genius Of the past decade. There are en-
gines and mechanical contrivances of all
descriptions, and the whirring of the
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lover of machinery. Chief among the ex-
hibits in Mechanical hall is that of the
| Westinghouse Electric and Manufactur-
ing company with its half dozen COM
| mound engines, gas engines and dynamos
| of every size--the largest having "a capacity
of furnishing SG,0O0 lights. The WeSting-
| house exhibit this year is the most bril-
| liant ever witnessed at the Exposition,
| and q 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 and to enumerate all 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 a cinematographe, To-
Gated in the art gallery Just over the main
| yestibule which is operated every hour In
| the day, showing some OF the very latest
| views of important events at home and
| abroad: a model of ~ Colorado gold mine
| in actual operation, showing the miners
| at work and the cars In Inotloni an X
| raw machine by means Of which visitors
! are enabled to see the bones OF their
| hands: and horseless carriage. The
last named attraction Is operated daily oE
| the platform between the two big build
| inps 1t is run by compressed air. The
| company will have another here this
| week that will be operrted by steam
| The mechanism of the machine Is very
| simple and one wonders that horseles:
| vehicles Were not brought INTO Behera'
| use years ago.
new attraction at the Exposition thi:
week will be jim Key, the famous edu
Gated horse This horse has heeI, th'
| .sonder of the age. The degree OF lntelll
| eence he displays has astonished th'
| Whole world. and no one who contem
mates coming to Pittsburg during the
Fxposition season should fail to see him
| linn writes his name on blackDoard
smells. makes change and works tele
phone as intelligently AS human being
He seems to be endowed with wonderful
powers of comprehension for areprcserta
tive Of the brute creation, and IL able II
understand Instantly by word, look o
: sound lust what his master requires o
him. Jim will give exhibitions ever,
afternoon and evening on the platform i
|, full view of the visitors in the main hall
| Music is always an attractive feature o
the Exposition, and this year is no excep
tion to the rule, for there are fouT exec
lent concerts given daily in the main hal
Brooke's famous Chicago Marine banc
which gave such complete satisfaction las
wear, Is now PLAYING two weeks engage
ment, and is receiving a perfect ovatio
at every appearance, The band seems
have improved wonderfully since las
wear, and promises to make itself soil
with the music. loving people of this So
tion. The band is assisted daily by Mii
Sibyl Sammis, charming mezzo 81
prano soloist She has q splendid voiC
and knows how TO use it to good advan
age. Shs is dividing honars with. II
band, The last week Of the EIpositio
: will be marked by tho presence of job
philip Sousa and his famous conceI
band No one can afford to miss thei
n fine musical attractions.