Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-06
IN THE DEPTHS OF HAOES
The Prototype Of Regions Internal to Bt
 shown on the Midway.

The Prototype Of Regions Infernni to Be
 shown on the Midway.
 When the conversation turns upon the Trans Mississippi Exposition. some one is sure to ask, And will there be a Midway" and then "reminiscences will be the order of the hour, and again you will see the red fezes of the Turks, the bewitching smile of the Parisian coquettc, the naughty glance from the dark eyed houri of the Orient, the seductive dances of the spanish senoiitas, the slow revolving of the massive Ferris wheel, the little hooks from the other corners of tue earth, the swaying, sleepy oamels with their loads of laughing. living freight, the queer meals with egg-shell china and chop-stcks served by d shy, dainty bit of Occidental beauty; again you can hear the musical songs of unknown tongues-the monotonous chant of cer- emonies in strange religions, the lusty call of the "Orangeade" boy, the entic- ing shouts of the fakirs, the growing of savage beasts whose tricks are almost human, the hum of thousands of voices, the laughter from thousands of throats-and all the rest that went to make up that ever-changing kaleido- scope of strange voices, strange people and strange sights. We had never thought to see its like again, but, af- ter all, there was nothing that could not be duplicated and. if one may judge from the extensive preparations that are under way. we shall see in Omaha, not only a reproduction of the most in- teresting features of the Midway, but many novel ones and-breathe it gently minus the humbug and fake features which were at once the bane and the characteristic of the Midway Plaisance
 If one has any curiosity as to their ultimate destination after this life, they have but to enter novel building which represents one of the Egyptian pyramids and is called Might and Morning." This building is 40 feet square and 100 feet high, and in this space there is warranted to be crowded sufficient celestial joys and awful ter TOTS as to make il trip through it one to be never forgotten. On entering, one is immediately lost in labyrinth which represents the journey of life from the cradle to the grave, and whether one walks quietly along through pleasant paths with delightful views, or becomes lost in dark byways in the midst of terrible scenes, depends entirely upon chance. When at last he has reached the end of the labyrinth he is confronted by winding flight of golden stairs, which will lead him straight to the Elysian fields, and on his left he will see an elevator which plunges him down to the lower regions. It will be safe guess to reason that the visitor will take the elevator first, and after descending 200 feet he will find himself in an exact duplicate of Dante's Inferno, with all of Dore's hor- rible pictures realistically reproduced. In the cafe he will find collins trans- formed into tables, widows and orphans in gloomy weeds who are enacting the parts of waitresses, the menus printed symbolic gloominess that goes to make up the internal regions. If, on the other hand, the visitor prefers a Heavenly" meal, he has but to ascend the golden stairs, to be ushered into beautiful room, hung with satin draperies of white rose color, to find the tables of golden harps, the wait resses white-robed angels with wings and everything lovely.