Warren sheaf., 1893-08-10
" 0rld'S Fair.

AoShihClS 1lult Is u betluUlIui
structure 492 $50 feet, having a
floor area OF 3D. acres, and costing
81 100000. In this great building
Is spread before our vision sthe prod
ucts OF mans inventive genius, ma
chinery OF every form and descrip
tion. Wherever ones eyes are turn
ed in this building wheels, belts and
shafts are seen. We look at
wheels, wheels, and wheels within
wheels, in motion or stationary, un-
til at last it begins to turn around
in our own heads. Some one has
said that this is the age OF machin-
cry, and it is true that in no time in
the worlds history has machineryand
saving inventions multiplied so
rapidly as at present. The most diff
tcult and intricate work is perform
ed by machinery now much quicker,
better and cheaper than it was form
erly done by hand. By using his in
telligence, his brain, man has con
trived machinery to do the physica
work for him. But no machine has
yet been invented that will think,
though some machines work so per-
fectly that they seem,to have intelli-
gence. Yet behind them all must
stand the directing mind and
genius OF man. An exhibit that in
terested me very much was the print
ing and folding machines that were
to be seen here in operation. No in
ventiOn has been more useful to man
and contributed more to his ad-
yancement than the printing press,
and the perfection Of mechanical in
rention is nowhere better illustrated
than in he modern printing press.
A primitive printing press, 151 years
old, was exhibited, upon which a
young man was printing hand bills
for distribution among visitors, con
tanning these lines:
''Once was young and spry
As any OF my name
Now am old and slow,
But get there just the same''
A number OF type setting machines
were seen in operation, aud seemed
to work very satisfactorily. Type
casting machines were also at work
An interesting exhibit was the looms
weaving silk in figures. Pictures o
the different exposition buildings
were nicely and accurately woven in
to ribbons, handkerchiefs, towels
etc. The differerent sewing machine
factories had extensive exhibits. On
one machine buttons were sewed on
garments. A candy factory from
England was making candy. A ma
chine was seen turning out cork
screws faster than they will ever be
needed in the prohibition state oi
North Dakota. Germany has on ex-
hibition great deal OF ponderous
machinery, among them milling and
dough mixing machines. An ironing
machine was seen at work Pumps,
large and small, are in operation
around an immense fountain inside
the building. The power plant in
the rear is the largest III the world
supplying 1000 horse power, ol
which II, 900 is devoted to electrici.
ty. counted Ii big smoke stacks
in the boiler room. The machinery
exhibit OF the United States is, o.
course, by far the most extensive
Uncle Sam has reason to feel proud
OF the display he makes. Great
Britain has good exhibit of ma.
chinery, but not near as great as
had expected. Canada, France, Bel
gium, Austria, but especially Ger.
many, have fine exhibits. A dish
washing machine from England at
tracted considerable attention from
lady visitors. Our time for making
the tour OF this building was limited
and we were unable to do it Justice
A person with an inventive turn ol
mind could spend weeksin this build.
ing with much profit.
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