The Virginia enterprise. [volume], March 08, 1901, Image 2

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rjp HE beginning of a new century
J|/ will witness the launching of an
enterprise fitted in an eminent de­
gree to usher in a new and great era.
The achievements of the past hundred
years have been magnificent. The march
of progress has been swift and the tri­
umphs of civilization manifold. The age
of enlightenment is here. Mankind has
progressed in the culture of the finer side
of existence and has turned to its uses
the mysterious forces of the elements in
a manner undreamed of but a few de­
cades ago. Yet it must not be forgotten
that many sciences are still in their in­
fancy, that there are many worlds yet
to be conquered by the daring and in­
ventive pioneers of human progress in
the forthcoming century, and tremendous
problems of a social and political charac­
ter to be solved. The pulse of mankind
will be quickened by the great exposition
of all the Americas soon to be held. The
Pan-American Exposition, which is to
open at Buffalo on May 1, will stimulate
iadustrial progress throughout tills coun­
try. No more appropriate place than the
Niagara frontier could have been select­
ed, for it is at this spot that the cataract
of Niagara has been harnessed and sci­
ence and industry have combined to con­
centrate all the energies and activities
characteristic of the time.
Buffalo takes a righteous pride in the
progress she has made in the building of
the Rainbow City, which now beautifies
her northern boundary. Perhaps nothing
is destined to create a more profound
sensation than the color scheme of the
Pan-American. It was a daring thing to
attempt to array the extensive buildings
of tiw exposition in colors mauy and posi­
tive.
The only precedent for such an under­
taking was furnished by the Midwinter
Fair of San Francisco, where harmoni­
ous tints, skillfully applied to the staff
finish and artistically disposed, gave to
the buildings the exquisite tones of an­
cient marbles or of delicately tinted
stone, differing from each other by almost
imperceptible gradations, so that the
grouped edifices presented something of
hii
opaline appearance in the sunlight.
Buffalo is going much further, and, justi­
fying herself by the spirit ^)f the Spanish
renaissance architecture, is applying the
brilliant pigments which the old Moors
loved,, so that the majestic colonnades and
fancy pillars look like carved ivory, and
arabesques are seen against backgrounds
of rich positive shades, yellows, pinks
and reds, many of them of exceeding
brightness. There are bands of green and
yellow and rose about the round domes,
the roofs are red tiled, the broad eaves
are upheld by substantial brackets of
rosewood hue, and everywhere there is
a glow of color. At night this color effect
will be enhanced and intensified by the
marvelous illuminations, which will sur­
pass anything ever before seen in the
world. The great advance made in meth­
ods fit electric lighting during the past
decade renders it possible to effect an il­
lumination at the Pan-American more
wonderful than anything heretofore con
cei-yd by human imagination, but the
fierce, dazzling glare of the arc light will
be almost entirely banished from the
grounds, the agreeable glow of incandes
cen^amps taking its place, outlining the
towers, pavilions,, eaves and other expos­
ed points of the principal buildings sur­
rounded by the court of fountains. Upon
and about the electric tower, 391 feet in
height, the lights will be brilliant and
glorious, while the basin in front of the
BY RAIL UNDER THE SEA.
Sundry Schemes Are on Foot to Unite
England with the Continent.
It may be a surprise to know that
there are two projects in existence at
the present moment for a submerged
ruV.N^ay across the English channel.
Deo. 17, 1884, there was registered a
"Channel Bridge and Railway Com­
pany Its offices are at GO Rue de la
Victoria, Paris. It was formed to ac­
quire the business of the International
Railway Company, du Detroit de la
MaiK*he, Limited, and "to make fur­
ther investigations, etc., with a view to
the construction of a bridge or viaduct
across the English channel (as a means
of communication between England
and France)." It was decided to con­
struct a submerged bridge fifty feet be­
low the lowest tide and to run thereon
au electric car capable of transporting
four railway trains, which would be se­
cured very much in the same way as
the trains are fastened on to the ferry­
boats between New York and New Jer­
sey. The directors* report, recently
submitted, stated that the work could
be completed in five years at a cost of
not exceeding $70,000,000.
The other submarine railroad scheme
lias been evolved by an enthusiastic
Frenchman, M. A. Mottier by name,
aud it differs in some details from the
one just mentioned. The permanent
way Is to be thirteen feet in width and
some thirty feet above the bottom of
the channel. This would not interfere
with navigation and would afford a se­
cure bed for the rails, being built of
solid masonry and anchored to with­
stand the currents. The elevated plat­
form is to be 320 feet long, 125 feet
wide and 125 feet above the rails. It
will be capable of taking several rail­
road cars at once, to say nothing of ani­
mals, baggage and freight. On it there
will be saloons, heated and lighted by
electricity smoking-rooms—in fact, all
Elcctric Tower
tower, the cascade falling into it from a
height of seventy feet, and the basin of
the court of fountains, with its fountains
and cascades, as well as the plaza and
esplanade and surrounding buildings, will
be grandly illuminated with these same
incandescent lights, employed in such a
way as to intensify the charm of the
whole magnificent scheme. To give some
adequate idea of the scale upon which
this illumination is to be conducted, it
may be mentioned that about 400 miles
of wire will be used in the insulation of
the lamps in and around the court of
fountains, comprising in all about 250
tons of copper wire of all sizes. The elec­
tric energy for the production of this
vust illumination will be obtained in part
from Niagara Falls, which is to furnish
5,000-horse power and 5,000-horse power
will be generated on the grounds. It is
claimed by the management that the
Pan-American Exposition will enjoy the
advantage of greater resources of power
than has been possessed by any fair in
the past.
New departures are being made in ev­
ery direction by the Pan-American man­
agement. Even its exhibit of the fine
arts will be on a unique and original plan.
It will not attempt to cover specimens
of everything of an art character in the
entire universe, but will be exclusively
devoted to the progress made in Pan
America in paiuting, sculpture and allied
the comforts that are to be found today
on the finest ocean greyhound.
The seagoing car imagined by M.
Mottier will be propelled by an engine
located on the platform and will be
worked either by steam or electricity.
The engine will operate a drum, over
which a chain will wind, and the car
platform and submerged carriage will
be thus drawn from one side of the
channel to the other. M. Mottier esti­
mates the total cost of this unique un­
dertaking at the small sum of $3,750,
000 and promises a return of $500 to
$2,000 a day, making calculation for
twenty trips every twenty-four hours.
GAVE UP IN DISGUST.
Rural Guest at Hotel Telta Employes
Not to Wait for Son.
Colonel Eden, proprietor of the Great
Northern hotel, stands sponsor for the
following story: A few days ago an old
man and his son registered at the hotel.
They were undeniably from the rural
districts, and they looked with wonder
at the electric lights and the hurry and
bustle of a big hotel. They were ap­
palled at the cable cars that moved
without any apparent motive, power,
and the tall buildings they regarded
with feelings evidently akin to awe.
The father and son remained three
days at the hotel. The first night they
retired at the time they observed in the
country, which was about 8:30 o'clock.
The following night the boy, who pro­
bably wanted to taste of the pleasure
of city life by gaslight, was out until
after midnight and his father was very
uneasy.
Up and down the rotunda walked the
old man. He would approach the desk
and begin to say something to the clerk,
change his mind and walk away faster
than he had come. The two were talk­
ing of the guest's strange behavior
when he again drew near the desk. Be­
fore he spoke the man looked long and
anxiously at the clock and then appear­
ed satisfied.
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arts, for it desires to give this nation a
stimulus in this important field of human
activity, such as cojald perhaps be obtain­
ed in no other way, and to direct the at­
tention of the American public in the
most emphatic manner to the itnporfaiiioe
of giving substantial patronage to. natfVfe
artists and sculptors. To this end the
entire art exhibit will be confined to the
work of New World artists. Buffalo has
many enthusiastic devotees of art. J. J.
Albright gave the magnificent marble gal­
lery, costing nearly $400,000, which is
to house the collection, and after the ex­
position will become the permanent home
of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. Wil­
liam A. Coffin, the well-known art critic
and painter, is the executive head of the
fine arts department. It is hoped that
one outcome of the Pan-American Expo­
sition will be a movement for the estab­
lishment of ad institution which shall
partake of the character of a national sa­
lon, in whose awards American artists
would recognize a greater honor than in
the medals bestowed by the juries of Old
World institutions. The fine- arts exhibit
will include paintings in oil, water color,
paBtel and other recognized mediums
miniatures, cartoons, sculpture, embrac­
ing medals and cameos drawings, etch­
ings, engravings, black and white or mon­
otint paintings in oil or water color ar­
chitecture. ^All works in all classes must
be original productions, and every artist.
"I reckon he won't be in to-night," he
said. "You might jest as well close up.''
"Whom do you mean?" asked the
clerk, leaning across the counter.
"Why, that gol durned boy of mine,"
was the reply. "There ain't no use in
a-settin' up fer him any longer. I don't
reckon he'll be in to-night, an' ef he
does come It'll teach him a lesson to
find he's locked out."
Colonel Eden assured the anxious
father that the hotel would npt close
until the boy returned, no matter what
time it was, and the old man went to­
ward the stairs, insisting that the
"help" shouldn't put themselves to any
trouble because of his son.—Chicago
Chronicle.
Eugenie's Prescience.
The ex-Empress Eugenie received a
part of her education at a ladies' school
in Clifton, England, where she made
herself a general favorite, for she was
then one of the most beautiful girls in
Europe. An old schoolmate tells the
following «tory of those days: The
girls, to amuse themselves on half-holi­
day, dressed up to act charades. Mile.
De Montijo, with a tinsel crown on her
head and a faded brocade curtain fast­
ened to her dress to do duty as a train,
personated a queen. An enthusiastic
friend, struck with her beauty, set off
by those unaccustomed gauds, exclaim­
ed: "You look just like a queen. Xou
ought to be a queen!" "Perhaps
I nhai]
be some day—who-knows?" answered
Eugenie, impressively. The girls laugh­
ed derisively. "You laugh now. But
who knows?" persisted the future em­
press. "Josephine became empress of
the French, and she was only a simple
creole lady, and
I,
at any rate, am de­
scended from kings. Who knows?"
Flowers Preserved by Insects. 3
Insects are a necessity of the life of
flowers, as they carry the pollen yet
some destroy both plants and trees.
Here nature comes in with extraordin­
ary means of protection, as in tlie
ULS. GOVERNMENT/
whatever his residence or school, must
be a native of one of the Americas.
The building which is to house the ex­
hibit in manufactures and liberal arts at
Buffalo is now reaching completion, and
will be one of the most imposing in the
fine group surrounding the Court of
Fountains. It is 500 by 350 feet, with a
central court, and a dome 70 feet in di­
ameter over the entrance to the south.
Broad steps between groups of beautiful
statuary lead up to this entrance, which
consists of a lofty arch, with columns on
either side. Elaborate sculpture in relief
enriches the gable. Statues symbolizing
the various arts and industries are to be
placed in niches at the angles of the open
towers around the dome, from whose in­
terior visitors can look down from gal­
leries and obtain a view of the throngs
below.
The exhibits to be placed in this build­
ing will illustrate the mental, moral and
social progress of mankind in the West­
ern hemisphere. Under the general clas­
sification of liberal arts will be all arti­
cles relating to education or social econ
omy, books and periodicals, scientific ap­
paratus, hygiene and sanitation, musical
instruments, public works, civil engineer­
ing, constructive architecture, photo­
graphs and photographic supplies, medi­
cal and dental and surgical apparatus,
and other branches of applied intellectual
activity. The work of collecting and
classifying these exhibits is now well un­
der way and is in charge, of Dr. Selim H.
Pea body, who successfully handled the
same division at the Columbian Exposi­
tion.
The sculpture for the Temple of Music
is td be among the most exquisite in the
whole exposition, and with its mural dec­
orations this building will constitute one
of the most artistic features.
.. Throughout the beautiful grounds, com­
prising 250 acres, there will be 125 splen­
did Original groups of statuary, symboliz­
ing the purposes of the buildings and
bringing out the poetry in what to many
muy seem exceedingly prosaic depart­
ments. The fountain of Man by Charles
Grafly, at the east end of the esplanade,
is flanked by the fouutain of Prometheus
and the fountain of Hercules. The sub­
jects of other fountains in this group will
be the Savage Age, the Despotic Age and
the Age of Enlightenment. At the othei
end of the esplanade the fountain of Na­
ture by George T. Brewster is the most
elaborate sculptural adornment, its mean­
ing being amplified in minor fountains,
such as the fountain of Ceres, and groups
typifying mineral wealth, animal wealth,
etc. These symbolic ideas will be work­
ed out in beautiful forms in other por­
tions of the main court.
Already the exposition grounds, viewed
from a little distance, present the appear­
ance of a beautiful and stately little city,
and when all is complete and winter's
frosts shall have given place to the sun­
light and warmth of summer the charm
of the scene will be such that the impres­
sion it conveys will be well worth storing
among the pictures of a lifetime.
arum lily, where fibers like needles
and spikes force them to beat a hasty
retreat. The bull's horn thorn, an Aus­
tralian tree, is particularly well pro­
tected against these marauders.
At the end of each leaf is a
pair of hollow horns, in which
live a small, fierce, pugnacious
species of ant, bribed to the office of
defence by a generous supply of food
collected on the leaf close to their cells.
When destructive insects come to
carry away the foliage of these trees
the warlike inhabitants spring out
from their kopje-like fastnesses, de­
scends upon the invaders, killing all
who are not able to flee.
Extent of Chinese Literature.
Chinese literature is so extensive that
a catalogue of the books in the four
imperial libraries of the present dynas­
ty classifies and briefly describes no
less than 93.000 books and itself fill*
200 volumes. Although some Western
writers have described the collection
as a whole as a vast library of oriental
conceit and a dreary wilderness of
words, the Abbe Remusat, a genuine
student of the Chinese language, wrote
enthusiastically regarding their charm,
saying he found in them "eloquence
and poetry, enriched by the beauty of
a picturesque language preserving to
imagination all its colors." The de­
scription is a very accurate one too.
Oldest American Waterworks.
The oldest waterworks system in the
country is that of South Bethlehem,
Pa. The original mains laid were made
out of cedar logs, some of which have
been recently taken up in good state of
preservation.
French National Library. 3^
There are about 117,000 novels In the
.Paris national library, and nearly 69,
000 volumes of poetry.
Some men are always telling of the
great number of people, they have "be
friended.^
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