The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-02
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Brief Description of Some of the Interest
ing Lave Exhibits.

Brief Description of Some of the Interest
ing Lave Exhibits.
Among the IA, 900 or $1,000 exhibits
at the Transmississippi exposition prob
| ably the class that will attract the great
est attention is the live exhibits, show.
ing machinery in motion or showing
the actual process Of manufacture OF
well known articles. This, at any rate,
has been the experience OF previous ex-
positions.
The Manufactures, the Machinery
and Electricity, the Liberal Arts and
the Transportation and Agricultural
Implements buildings will each have
o number of these live exhibits and
others will be found in other buildings
or in the open air.
The Avery Planter company, the
Kingman Implement company and the
J. l. Case company have exhibits of
agricultural machinery in operation,
and the Dempster Mill Manufacturing
company of Beatrice, Neb., has wind
mills in the Transportation and Agri-
cultural Implements building. IL this
building also there is shown locomo-
tive, suspended above the rails and
running as if on regular schedule over
the prairie. This is a part of the Bald
win Locomotive works exhibit. Other
methods of locomotion are illustrated
by the Pope Manufacturing company.
with suspended bicycle driven by q
motor and by the American Electric
Vehicle company, which has motor cars
and horseless carriages.
One of the most startling Of the live
exhibits is that of man, who has lost
both his legs. riding bicycle and roller
skating. Both limbs were cut off far
above the knee and he performs for the
amusement of the public and the adFer-
tisement OF the Winkley Artificial
Limb company in the Liberal Arts
Building. In contrast to the gruesome-
ness of this exhibit, Mrs. A q. Conrad
shows in the same building the process
of pressing and mounting flowers with
the view to preserving as much as pos
sible Of their natural beauty and form.
The American Self .Toning Paper COM
pany and the Neperara Chemical COM
pany have exhibitsof Photographic ma
terials and demonstrate the uses and adj
tages of their wares. Chickens will be
produced in the Liberal Arts Building
by the Reliable Incubator company and
also by the Des MONIES Incubator COM
pany. A Schleiter of Sweden has an
embroidering machine in this building
and the American Graphophone COM
pany OF New York also has stano
where they exhibit their instruments.
In the Electricity and Machinery
building one of the most instructive of
the live exhibits is that of the Nebraska
Telephone company showing the old
and new systems of carrying the hu-
man voice over the wires. 9. +.
Mears of Silver City, Ia, has a curios-
ity in the way of the smallest horizontal
steam engine IN the world. The con-
struction Of every part is in full accord
with mechanical rules, and the engine
may be operated either by steam or air.
It has been run with 10 drops OF water
for some time. There are rs pieces IN
the engine. every one of which has
been made by Mr.. Mears himself. The
cylinder of this tiny engine is g Of an
inch long and the diameter of the fly
wheel is "a of an inch. Engines of
larger size are shown by the Otto Gas
Engine works and by the Sintz Gas
Engine works. The St. Joseph Pump
Manufacturing company has pump in
operation in this building. The Self
Lifting Elevator company has elevators
in which q man may raise himself tc
the upper stories Of building without
the assistance of hydraulic or other
power other than his own efforts. The
Western Electric company's exhibit in
oludes an illustration of the X-Rays,
and the General Electric company has
an extensive exhibit of many other of the
latest inventions in electricity. The
Hand Made Saw company shows saws
in operation J. J. Mannion will grind
lenses to show how 1t is done the Win
chester Repeating Arms company shows
how 90 shoot Spaniards, but their guns
in the Machinery building will not be
loaded