Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

their heads are directed towards the
ground.
If anxious to solve the mystery and
| to learn how it has become possible
for mere humanity to emulate the fly
and walk upside down, the visitor will
only find his bewilderment increased
In fact the apparent intention of the
designer of the MANOR" is to instill a
| lasting doubt in the minds of men as
to whether they do really stand on
their heads or their heels.
Immediately the visitor enters he at
once becomes part and parcel Of the
topsy turvy scheme. lie is ushered
into a room, and gradually it dawns
upon him that he is really walking up
on the ceiling. He looks anxiously
round him for something to clutch;
there is nothing.
He takes one cautious step-anoth-
err He has achieved the impossible;
he has learned to walk with his head
where his heels )uld be. The lesson
thus being lear d, he will find it pos
sible to enjoy with eQuanimity the
ordinary doings of humanity from his
novel point Of view.
He may proceed to a bath room and
perceive a steaming jet of hot water
spouting upwards into the tub He
may proceed to the dining room. where
the laws of gravity being suspended,
the table remains unmoyed directly
over his head and all the parapher-
MALTA Of the table, the plates, the cut
lery, the flowers, sustain their posi-
tons without any more effort than the
guests dining thereat.
Thence he may visit the kitchen,
where the chef, in immaculate white
apron, is busily engaged in his usual
duties. The cook lets fall saucepan
lid; unconsciousiy the visitor puts up
his hand to protect his head. but there
is no need for him to do so, since,
like everything else in this abode, the
saucepan lids obey laws of their own.
Then there Is the drawing room,
where, standing alongside the chan
delier, he may avail himself of the un-
exampled opportunity afforded him for
studying the art of the Partisan colt
feur as displayed upon the head of a
lady who at the piano beneath Is tin
king out the tune of the latest popular
song. Even CULVER in all his travels
never witnessed anything more singu-
lar.
This ingenious production is the idea
of a Russian engineer, and French
architect is responsible for the build
ing itself, while British capital has
made its erection possible. Needless
to say, an ingenious arrangement of
mirrors is responsible for an illusion
which for elaborate detail easily tran
scends anything previously attempted
in the same line.
Another feature OF the exhibition
will be the "Mareorama." It differs
from the ordinary cyclorama chiefly in
the fact that the spectators, instead of
standing on circular platform, find
themselves on a genuine vessel and
experience most of the sensations Of
being at sea. Immense canvases I'M
roll slowly, steadily and noiselessly be-
fore their eyes, and the rise and fall
of the boat, together with the shifting
scenes, complete the illusion that one
is really on board a steamer. cruising
in front of Some of the well-known
seaport cities 0s he Mediterranean.
THE Celestia Globe"-another side
shows a sphere II feet in diameter
and surrounded by a terrace 200 feet
above the ground. The exterior of this
immense globe is decorated with as
Economical and NEUROLOGICAL figures,
which, being Illuminated at night from
the interior, will be visible from all
parts of the exposition grounds In
side the globe. electric elevators and
broad staircases will conduct visitors
to a second sphere Q10 feet in dame
teri, representing the center of the
planetary system. The sun, the moon,
the stars and the wandering comets
will all be visible, while in the center
will be seen the earth diameter %
feeO, slowly revolving on its axis.