OF NEW YORK. Principal Office, Nos. 97-103 Cedar Street, New York. These proofs of long experience, of prudence, of success, and of careful regard for clients, we offer with the statement that We give insurance that insures always. The Ceylon Tea Garden is operated in connection with the Ceylon National Pavilion. The Chinese Village consists of a street, including tea-house, Joss house and theatre. Paris Ancient and Modern is a faithful representation of the Paris of the French UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING. Revolution as well as of the Paris of to-day. The history of the earth from remote times to the present may be studied in the amusement concessions on the Pike. Some of the concessions with a historical purpose are the following: The Cliff Dwellers' concession shows the ruined dwellings in the cliffs of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado once occupied by aboriginal races. Old St. Louis is reproduced as it was at the time of the purchase of the Territory of Louisiana in 1803. The entertainment consists in part of theatrical representations of the transfer of the Louisiana Territory and of the sports and amusements of 100 years ago in the Louisiana Territory. Galveston Flood presents a picture realistic in character of one of the greatest disasters of history. but relieves the memory of the scene with a view of Galveston restored, and with a representation of the sea wall which insures immunity from another tidal wave. In Battle Abbey are exhibited cycloramic pictures of the battles of Yorktown, New Orleans. Beuna Vista. Gettysburg. Manassas and the Custer massacre. The Palais du Costume shows a collection of the fashions of the world from classic times. portrayed in historic scenes with wax figures. The creations of the great presentday "couturiers" are included. Grant's Cabin is the actual building of logs erected and occupied by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in St. Louis County fifty years ago. Instruction has not been neglected in planning the concessions amusements. The following concessions have for their prime purpose to teach the visitor while amusing him: The Naval Exhibit is a realistic show of naval battles and manoeuvres of fleets upon a mimic ocean by twenty-six miniature but faithfully copied warships. The Fire-Fighting Exhibit shows the modern development of the art of saving life and GUIDE TO THE EXPOSITION CONTINUED ON PAGE XXX. Direct Communication Between America and Europe by Four Cables. NEW CABLES TO FRANCE, HOLLAND, AND BELGIUM GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH GERMANY. Telegrams can be forwarded "VIA ANGLO CABLES," to Europe, Egypt, East and West Coasts of Africa, Turkey, India, China, Cochin China, Corea, Manila, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Arabia, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Verde, Madeira, and the Canary Islands, etc., etc., FROM THE FOLLOWING AMERICAN STATIONS: NEW YORK OFFICES: (New York, Head Office, 68 Broad Street (Morris Building), Telephone No. 5955 Broad. 8 Bridge Street (Maritime Bldg.), Tel. No. 870 Broad. 8 Broad Street (Stock Exchange), Tel. No. 5955 Broad. 445 Broome Street (Silk Exchange Bldg.), Tel. No. 691 Spring. MONTREAL OFFICE: 52 St. Francois Xavier Street, Tel. No. Bell 1027. Used by all the principal stockbrokers of New York, London, Liverpool, etc., to whom the QUICKEST OBTAINABLE SERVICE is essential. THIS COMPANY, whose CARRYING CAPACITY IS FAR IN EXCESS OF ANY OTHER ATLANTIC CABLE COMPANY, is naturally favorable to the MAINTENANCE OF A LOW RATE WITH AN INCREASING VOLUME OF TRAFFIC. property from fire, and is given by firemen and horses which have been in training ever since the American fire company was the sensation of the Paris Exposition. The ocean liner St. Louis presents in natural size the famous ship of that name. The Colorado Gold Mine shows in miniature the operation of a fissure-vein mine, with pump mills, amalgamators, &c., exactly as in reality. Other scientific concessions are deep-sea diving, the infant incubator, the breakfastfood factory. the glass-blowers, the skating rink and artificial snowstorm, the natatorium or swimming pool, Hagenbeck's wild animals, "Hunting in the Ozarks,' to-date shooting gallery, and a rice-demonstration kitchen. which is an upThere are also a large number of concession amusements of an illusory or scenic character. These include the "Magic Whirlpool," which gives the sensation of a plunge over a waterfall and a sojourn in a whirlpool; "Over and Under the Sea." which gives the sensation of a voyage to Paris in a submarine boat and a journey back to St. Louis in an airship: "The Hereafter." which proposes to show post-mortem things, and Roltair's "Creation," which takes the visitor down the course of the centuries back to the creation. РЕАСЕ, SURMOUNTING LOUISIANA Some of the great and curious things the visitor will see at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition are the following: The Olympian games of ancient Greece have their third quadrennial revival at the Exposition. An orchestra made up of blind musicians. A chorus of deaf pupils singing songs. Forty thousand horse power is devoted to the operation of Exposition machinery and process exhibits, the cascade pumps and the electric lighting of the grounds and palaces. A mammoth cheese weighing two tons. Model schools for the blind and deaf. The jubilee presents of the late Queen Victoria. A rose garden six acres in area containing 50,000 rose trees. "King Cotton," a statue in cotton 50 feet high. Sunken gardens 750 feet long and 100 feet wide. The largest silver nugget ever mined. weighing five tons. An 8,000 horse-power turbine engine forms part of the power plant of the Exposition. The largest gas engine ever made, 3.000 horse-power, is an exhibit in operation. The sum of $150.000 is appropriated for athletic events. There are fifteen exhibits departments, comprising 144 groups and 808 classes. More than 250 important buildings are on the grounds. Over fifty foreign governments make elaborate displays. The Philippine exhibit, costing $1.000.000. covers forty acres. A conservatory 200 feet square is in the Palace of Horticulture. The live-stock exhibit covers 37 acres; $250,000 for premiums. A statue of Vulcan, in iron, 50 feet high. Half a million dollars expended in decorative sculpture. Rainbow gardens line the Cascades; flowers of every hue. Forty-four States and Territories appropriate $5,812,500. International from everywhere. congresses, learned men Hank Monk's stage coach-the one Horace Greeley rode in. Model strawberry farm, with 400 varieties growing thereon. PURCHASE MONUMENT. Melon day; 500,000 melons served to visitors without cost by the State of Colorado. Festival Hall, 200 feet high, in centre of Cascade Gardens. Seventy-five thousand square yards of sod laid in Cascade territory. GUIDE TO THE EXPOSITION CONTINUED ON PAGE XXXII. |