Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — JEALOUS OF CHICAGO. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JEALOUS OF CHICAGO.

PARIS PLANS SOMETHING TO RIVAL THE WHITE CITY. A Telescope Through Which Visitor* to the Exposition of 1900 Will Travel and Take In the Moon and Planets on the Way. Beats the Ferria Wheel. The Feron-Mege “Telescope," as It Is termed, is one of the projected unique attractions of the Paris Exposition of 1900. In It, through mechanical appliances and scenic effects, visitors will be projected in a balloon through space, and subsequently in a boat to the depths of the ocean and the center of

the earth. The building proper, as planned by the two originators, French architects from which it takes its name, will cover a space of 400 square feet; will be about eight stories high, and built of marble. From this stone foundation there will rise a column or tnbe 605 feet high, making the total height ,700 feet A company has been formed with sufficient capital to secure the scheme. In the ascent the balloon passes near to the principal planets to allow the voyager to discern details. Daylight disappears for the moment Clouds will be traveled through and by mechanical and electrical combinations varied effects will be secured. The final point in the upward flight will be the moon, upon which a landing will be made. The downward flight is purposed to be made more rapidly and without pause until the globe is reached. At this point the balloon Is left and the car plunges into the water. Here through a series of sea aquarium arrangements containing living fish and jnwulJS Tur nwaatavns v. wv mu be shown. Submarine boats will float In the waters and wrecks will form part of the picture In this mimic sea, which will be illuminated with constantly changing electrical effects. This part •of the work is announced as undertaken In accord with descriptions by IVerne and Flammarion.

The car is purposed to hold 100 people and is divided diametrically into two parts. Arrived at the top of its ascension, it will describe a semi circle on Its own axis, and enable the spectators to see going down what the others saw going up. The second part of the “telescope” is arranged to contain the wonders of nature, discoveries of the century, Inventions and explorations. Part 3 will show, through panoramic means, and again with electrical illuminations, the most Interesting countries and cities of.the globe. In each will be figured its inhabitants. By an arrangement of platforms products of each country may be purchased of natives appropriately costumed. It is aimed not alone to give visual opportunity, but opportunity to enjoy the sensations of travel under certain conditions and within the limit of the “telescope.” At the top of the tube the air, mechanically exhausted, will give the travelers an opportunity to experience for a brief moment the sufferings which genuine aeronauts must undergo. On the downward way the balloon will be

gradually slower in descent prior to the plunge lnto the water, and as the depths of the sea are reached darkness follows the light of the artificial sun illumining the earlier voyage. From the bottom of the sea, and when the car enters a veritable hole in the ground, the air of the subterranean Journey will be made to bear out the heavy dampness and oppression consequent on such conditions. .For the last reserved, 'perhaps not inappropriately, Intense heat That Is held for the moment when the car reaches the sup-

posed center of the earth. Looking over the side of the car, there appears, to bear out quite completely the impression, a glowing lake of Are. When this last of the sensations is considered sufficiently Impressed, both as regards future benefit and present enjoyment the car returns to the surface of the sea. On the way there Is again passed, In reaching the water, reproduction of, different branches of mining. The concentric parts, 2 and 3, constitute really one, and are divided from each other by a space of 46 feet and joined by fixed boards running in spiral around them to a height of 164 feet, and placed vertically at 33 feet apart Two superposed platforms, one movable, the other fixed, revolve parallel to the planks. The system of locomotion established Is by means of cables. The ascent Is made In view of the panoramas contained In the first part then passing over at the top the descent Is made on the outside around the second portion to the original starting point Numerous steps unite the platforms to allow spectators to pass from one to another on foot returning at will to the car system. It Is estimated that 2,500 people can be accommodated on the movable platform and a like number on the stationary.

TELESCOPE EXTERIOR VIEW.

INTERIOR VIEW OF TELESCOPE.