The Green Forest tribune., 1893-07-20
The COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
'ThE BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH" AS SEEN BY
ONE OF OUR CITIZENS.
Graphic Letter Of the Wonders and Besutes Of
the Worlds Fair from Geo. s. Firestone.

of some interest to your readers and my
many friends around Green Forest, |
will undertake to tell you something of
my visit to the Worlds Fair. Would
you like to know what all may be eeen
there =? [ would better try to tell you
what can not be seen. Most every ma
ton and remote corner of the earth has
contributed something to this great col
lection.
Perhaps the great building of Manu-
factures and Liberal Arts receives the
most attention, for under its Al acres
of roof is found everything manufactur-
ed under the sun from China to the
Westward to California, and from the
Cape of Good Hope to the frozen seas
of the North.
The Mining building is place of
great interest to lovers of precious
stone and minerals. Amethysts an
inch in diameter come from New South
Wales, copper from Lake Superior,
gold from California and Australia, dia-
monds from South Africa and Brazil.
To the electrician ample opportunity
is offered to study the latest develop
ments in that science. They are all
shown. from the largest electric motor
to the little ticker of Prof. Morse.
In going through the Agricultural
department one should not fail to see
the big cheese from Canada. 1t weighs
eleven tons, but compared with the
wonders you will see there it is only a
drop in the bucket.
In the courtyard of the Brazilian
building is a pyramid Of gold ore extract
ed from the Brazilian mines betwecnl72O
and 1920. amounting to Al tons. l saw
chuncks as big as bushel baskets piled
up in the Australian exhibit, which
looked like pure gold itself.
The first building l went into
was that of the Government.
There you see all the great guns-Gat-
ling guns, dynamite guns, and single
guns of all kinds and inventions from
their first use down to the present time,
from the old blunderbuss to the latest
Winchester rifle. Our big gun, 81 tons,
is only a toy to the great Krupp near
the German building. This great
gun occupies a building all by itself,
and is Of such immense size and calibre
that shot fired from it where it stands
with the regulation charge of powder,
would not leave whole window in
Chicago, although it is seven miles
from the center Of the city. In the
Government building are also all sorts
of engines Of destruction, from tho old
fashioned horse pistol to the improved
torpedo. This torpedo is of American
make, is about Is feet long, the shape
of pickerel, carries in the fore part a
charge of 100 pounds Of dynamite, and
runs about or feet under water. The
power is furnished by an electric motor
built in the boat. This runs the screw
which propels it through the water like
fish. The operator guides it from the
shore or vessel by two wires. The guild
ing being done by electricity it can be
sent in any direction. 1t is truly yes
sci destroyer.
Among the State buildings it is hard
to say which is the finest. Illinois COW
ers the most ground, and California
follows closely. Iowa's Corn Palace
draws many visitors and is much talk
ed about, but as 1 did not see all of the
buildings l can not say much about
them.
There are hundreds of things more
/ would like to mention but as space
forbids will close by writing few
words about that great Ferris Wheel
of which you have heard 50 much.
If one is fond of adventure they should
not fail to take ride in this wheel and
so two hundred and sixty four feet
high. You can see across Chicago. l
caughta glimpse of it from the elevated
road when four miles away. 1t was
built at cost of s400 900. l am of the
opinion the man who owns it will go
away on deadhead ticket or take a
tie pass.
wish to say few words about ex-
penses. The Press of the country have
done the Fair and the city Of Chicago