The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10

swept; nor have exhibitors any yearn-
ing to place their treasures in build
-ings which may be looted. TT is pos
sible that the approaching of the ex-
position may save France from a cata-
clysm," said my informant.
The Moon Within a Few Miles.
The most interesting of the scientific
exhibits will be the great telescope.
built on an entirely new plan. The
difference between 600 miles and
forty-two miles is said by it's projectors
to be what this great instrument will
bring about when the anxious American
looks at the moon through it, 1t Will
magnify the moon 10000 times. The
highest magnifying power obtained
through any other telescope so far has
been about 1900 times. An object on
the surface of the moon 700 feet
long will be visible to the eye at
ject one-thirtieth of an inch in length.
The very largest ocean steamer that
sails earthly seas would look, if trans
ported and set afloat on a moon lake,
somewhat smaller than this when
gazed at by the aid of the big tele-
scope.
The machine will cost, completed,
will weigh 500 pounds, and cost not
less than $4,000.
It's plan of construction is distinctly
novel. The tube will remain station
airy on great brick foundation, laid
horizontally on the earth'S surface. Be
fore the object glasses or lenses Will
be a great mirror, which may be so
moved as to throw the reflected image
of any part of the heavens into the
object glasses. From the other end of
the telescope (where the human eye
would ordinarily be ,apPiiedD, the mag
nified image will be projected on a
screen, after the fashion of a magic
lantern. This wonderful instrument is
already nearing construction in the
Palace of Optics" near the bottom
of the Eiffel tower. The big tube will
be made of twenty-four enormous steel
castings, each seven and half feet
long and four and half feet in diam
eter The thing is being built by NJ
Gauthier, the most celebrated optical
instrument maker in France.
Queer Freaks of the Show.
OF course the crank has had and is
still having his day in connection with
the Paris show. A list of the wild
schemes which have been submitted
| to the managers of the exposition
would fill all the columns of this pa
per. The Eiffel tower and the great
wheel already stand on the exposition
grounds. Another plan which VIII
probably be carried out consists of an
| immense umbrella, with it's stem or
| handle planted firmly in the earth To
| the end of each of its ribs Will be at
| tached a car somewhat smaller than
| those in the Ferris wheel. When the
steam engine opens the umbrella, these
ears will, of course, be carried up into
| the air by the ribs. Just where the
/ fun Of being slowly raised TO a helgne
| of he and nf
| a big umbrella will come in, / leave
for the gentle reader to figure out
I alone. Z
The Bottom of the Sea AQUARIUM
! and Panorama will be really beaut1-
| full and highly educational. In its
| enormous glass-sided tanks there Will
! be- in the first place, the finest col
! lection of strange fish and submarine
animals ever gathers5 in one place.
Sections will also be devoted to rare
marine plants. BY clever planning. 1t
| has been arranged to give visitors a
perfect view of what really goes on at
1.-the deep bottoms Of the sea- There VIII
be divers at work on the wrecks OF
ships, which will show the plain effects
of long sojourning beneath the sea- A
submarine volcano will be in active
eruption, and the method of laying and
repairing an ocean cable will be Illus
trated. One plan in connection with
this part of the show failed There
/ are certain fish which can live only IN
the deepest depths, where the pressure
of the water from above is great. These
fish have, of course, never been put on
show, and an effort was made to ar
range a tank for them by means or
hydraulic pressure. The scheme was
found to be imDracticabie-
Where Royalty Will Lodge
/ Not least among the shows will be-