Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-11
BETTING ABOUT PARIS.
street Cars and Omnibuses of the
 citv and the Rates of Fares.

many people the coming year, in
 of the throngs that will visit the
 8sition. It is effected by electri-
 steam, compressed air and horse
 r There are three tramway lines Fl Ing Paris and the suburbs, and onl- | |||Sfises are generally used throughout E9Af ity. One of the mentioned
 z z lines belongs to the Compagnie
 rale des Omnibus, and the other
 are practically controlled by the
 ue company; so that it can be said g aI,Hve a monopoly of the entire pas s6per transit, exclusive of cabs and arri ages. It. is a stock company, or anEed in 1855, having obtained from ae city the exclusive right to transport 8ssengers from one point to another a8fhe city of Paris. The concession xpfres on the S1st of May, 1910. The mi buses are of two sizes, and drawn x Two or three horses, respectively. sha smaller model Is arranged for 2S < 3O places GA outside, IA inside and 5ro on the platform9. The larger aodef affords accommodations for 20 n top and 20 inside, including four on aatforrn. The fare on the top is 15 znfines (near 3 cents); inside. and on datform, 30 centimes (nearly 6 eents), sh8 payment of the aforementioned are entities the passenger to a "cor- esp pondence" or transfer ticket to an~ ffler connecting or intersecting line. lo passengers are taken on when the laees are filled, either at a station or n Route. At the starting points num- cred tickets are handed to the pas s-6ers, and when there are more than na4gh to fill one conveyance the pre- slience is given to those holding the |rst numbers. The next omnibus or ar starting begins with the number ast unealled on the previous vehicle. lhe same system prevails at the fixed f8tions en route for vacant places. soe landing in the aisle is allowed. The tatistics for 1896 show the number of assengers carried as follows: B lines [ fomnibuses (26 to 30 places), 50,030,- a4; IA lines of omnibuses GAO plaees), 9,349,631; lines of steam tramWays. 2,862, 990; 23 lines of horse tramWays, 7,0s2. 1926; lines of compressed air nd electricity, 0,705, ,340; total, 240,- z0s291. The distances trayersed by ae divers lines vary from about two Hes to a little over four miles.
 ELEUfR7C NIRuAHA.
 ssat Falls to Be Transformed Into
 Flood of Fire.
 Bufalo,s big exposition-and if only nes half the promises of the manage 1ant are realized t will be in. every aspect a big affair-wiIl be the occa- on of what will doubtless be a most alliant and startling electrical illu- lination. Niagara Falls will be trans. orned into a flood of fire. The seeth- lg, roaring torrent will be ablaze with u the hues of the spectrum. The aperlatiYe natural grandeur of the sene will be so enhanced that ths Fojectors of the strtkingIy novel en- Tprise contend that it's success will lake the exposition an event in his ny. The idea is to erect a series of lll towers on both the American and anadian sides of the river. On the n of these Ioft1y spires huge electric sarehlights will be placed, in such Anaer that they may be played on 5g part of the falls. The imagination ay picture the dazzling effect that Il be produced when 8 score of those 9Nerful instruments Of illumination 'e brought to bear upon the rushing aters as they tumble iFFesistiBly over le rocky ledge into tde depths bel ssath. 4 constant change Of coIors III be used ia the manipulation of ie searchlights, so that now the falls III be like molten silver. again a bod of crimson, again as green as u ocean itself. and so on through the hofe gamut of the painters palette he astonishing effect will be still fur fer heightened by the use of electric 'c lights in the Cave of the Winds, hfeh will give to the water as it falls kfront Of it a weird. phosphoreseent sSN. The power for this record aking illumination will be all within By reach, as Niagara will itself be ade to do all the necessary work. bis is expected to be largely Q spec cular arrangement, but scientists 9pe to discover something new about Ie effect of light on water, and make 8careful study of the chemistry of Tor This has been done to some tent with electric fountains, but iagara will offer an entirely new field.
 Costly Fare for ostrici4ss.
 There was a happening at the Ari. lna ostrich farm recently which dis 'oY4s the theory that the ostrich is .tisfed with eating nails, barBed wire Id the like. A man who had visited Ie farm the day before discovered lat his gold watch was missing. hinking that he might have lost it at Ie farm, he returned 10 look for it. Fhen he arrived he enlisted the ser ees of a youth and started in quest, A