Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-14

allurgy will be displayed the useful
minerals and metals from all parts OF
the Western Hemisphere, as well az
many exhibits illustrating the processea
of bringing them from the natural
condition to the useful state.
The brainy American inventor and
mechanical engineer are independent,
self reliant laborers in the cause OF
progress and have to their credit moro
of the labor saving devices and ma
chimes than any other people of the
world. 1t may be said of machinery, as
has been said of electricity, that the
exhibits at Chicago seven years ago
have been largely superseded by newer.
quicker and more serviceable inven-
tions, so that it may be assumed that
the exhibits of machinery at the Pan
American Exposition will surpass in
interest if not in number those seen at
| Chicago.
The exports of manufactured goods
from the United States have been grow
ing from year to year, SO that the OUT
put of our factories and mills is finding
market in almost every country of
the globe. The eight years that will
have elapsed between the Worlds Fair
at Chicago and the Pan-American Ex-
position at Buffalo will show marked
Improvement in nearly all the lines OF
manufacture that will be displayed
next year.
| The transportation exhibits, which
are to be under the same roof with the
exhibits of machinery, will include the
| latest achievements in railway rolling
stock vessels and road vehicles. Prob
ably the most interesting of these dis
I,@1o S,, NO Natl ovt-.
ment, in which the hydro-carbon mos
tor the steam motor and the electro
mobile will sustain a sharp rivalry and.
with their many points of excellence.
seek the favor of those who expect to
ride the public roads without the help
of horses.
In addition to the special departs
ments enumerated it is expected that
there will be many isolated and collect
i've exhibits to be housed in special
buildings in various parts of the
grounds Many of the countries of
South America and many of the States
of the American Union will have spe-
cial buildings in which will be shown
and illustrated the products and re-
sources that will interest the student,
the investor and the homeseeker.
A MIDWAY OF NEW WONDERS.
The Midway will be over half mile
long, with over 5000 feet of frontage.
Think what string of entertain-
ments can be condensed in mile OF
frontage! 1t will be a town in itself.
given UP to the most remarkable series
of entertainments that modern times
and skillful inventors can bring to-
gether. 1t would be impossible in the
short space of this article to describe
the Midway. In fact. some of the ats
| 1lo IT,, hat ia
tails that several columns might be de-
voted to telling of them without ex-
hausting the subject. Some of the Mid
way concessions for which space has
been allotted are the Streets of Mex
ico," "A Trip to the Moon," "Topsy
Tufvy House." 1.-THE Beautiful Orient"
Museum of Wax Figures" "old Plans
tation,'' Darkness and Dawn" Afrl-
can Village, Venice In America,
Thomson's Aerio-Cycle. Hawaiian Vol
cano and Theater, Moving Pictures ana
War Cyclorama.. These and others to
be announced later will be each an en-
tertainment in itself.
The "Trip to the Moon" will be one
of the most novel of the long list. The
voyager steps aboard the airship Luna.
inoored at a platform. 1t is night, and
millions of stars twinkle in the sky
When all is ready, the cables are
thrown off, and away the airship sails
up. UP, to height of about two miles.
and then follows the contour of the
earth, passing over Rochester, Albany.
New York and other cities. finally
shooting off into the wide space be-
tween the earth and the moon. The
earth falls behind and becomes mere
ball in the sky, and there is no station
till the moon appears in closer view and
hn Chi in, oh 10 nd in O
Here the airship stops, and the voy-
ayers alight to receive the greetings Of
guides. The strangers are escorted to
the palace of the Man in the Moon,
who bestows upon them welcome and
the freedom of the moon. They stroll
through palaces and streets, looking in
at shop windows and enjoying the now
city Of the visit, and then return ia
earth.
Darkness and Dawn is spectac-
ular exhibition illustrating in a novel
manner Dante's Inferno" The visitor
9 is taken in hand by guides and invited
u to the Cafe of the Dead"-whose
I habitues are anything but that-and
" thence through a series Of caverns and
passageways witnessing the punish
o ments of those whose conduct in life
: has not been according to the golden
n rule The guide will quote Dante as
q you pass along, that you may the bet
9 ter understand the appropriateness OF
o the scenes. BY and by you come to the
"Grotto of Dawn" where dancing
: maidens and bright illusions gladden.
u the eye. Here you tarry briefly to en-
/ joy the beauties of the golden city.
n Having Toasted on the charming scene
u to your satisfaction, you enter an invit-
n ing corridor ard soon find yourself
=. again among familiar objects.
q MARK BENNETT.
8 DIRECTOR CHARLES Y. TURNER.
/ Charles Y. Turner who is director oil
q color of the Exposition, is fifty years
= old. and was chosen on the recon-
J. mendation of the National Society o!
u Mural Painters. He was one of the
% founders and for four years was presi.