The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-12
UNCLE SAM S BIG
.D|SAPPEAR|NCCUNS
Little Egypt" Sees a I2.Inch
One that Throws a l0O0-lb
ProjectiIe.
OVER EIGHTEEN MILES
THICK HAIR OF ABORlGiNES
CAUSES JOHN TO ACQUIRE
M HATlESS HABlT-HOW
RAILWAY MAIL SER
VICE Is CON-
QUOTED.

Special to The Bulletin.
st. Louis, Oct 81 wouldn't be sur
prlsed if John acquired the hatles:
habit as a result of his visit to this
| fair Even now | find him removing
his hat at every opportunity. He has
been looking at the thick shocks OF
shaggy hirsate that adorn the heads
OF the aborigines that are so numerous
here. They all go bareheaded and
none OF them is troubled with bald
ness or falling hair The Indians, the
Alaskans, Eskimos, Cliff Dwellers, Fill.
| ipinos, Patagonian giants and African
pygmies have no need OF iafs or hair
tonics. | am glad John is at last see
ing something interesting and instruc-
tive in these aborigines. He at first
declared he could see no excuse for
making them.
Uncle Sans Big Guns.
One might get the impression from
the big disappearing guns mounted
behind stone walls to the right as
sou enter the government building.
that Uncle Sam is great fighter, 4
very bloodthirsty parsonage. eager %
destroy human beings. Once inside
the building, ihpweyer, you discover
that most Of his activities relate to
the arts OF peace and are intended to
promote the welfare of the people. AT
the same time Uncle Sam is ready for
trouble and II Is interesting to note
the formidable character of his de.
lenses. Here is 12-inch disappearing
gun which win throw 1000pound pro
jectiles eighteen miles and directly
after dropping this trilling little re-
minder Of friendship and good feeling
1t quickly falls down behind a fort
and gets ready to repeat the compile
ment. In TIE. opeEatiQp4 OF throwing
enc proiectile it uses up 270 pounds
of powder. The machinery which en-.
ables this "peacemaker" to raise it.
self ana peek" over the fort long
enough to belch forth a i000pound
shell and then "duclt" back again Is n
marvel of ingenius mechanism, work.
ing SO smoothly that ii is under the
absolute control of bne man. Near it
is a six-inch rapid-fire disappearing
gun which pokes its nose over the
fort In the same fashion, losses a shell
nine miles, and then drops back again
out of sight of the enemy.
Battleship Missouri Model.
Returning to the government build
ing we made a tour of inspection Of
the beautiful model of the battleship
Missouri, which is one.eighth the size
Of the original All its compartments
and ornament are complete in every
detail, the real guns of the navy be-
ing used. A section of an armor-pierc.
ing naval gun is shown, the original
of which cost S53, 900 and which uses
up 5000 worth of material every time
IL is discharged. Uncle Sam also ex.
hibits perfect models of all the bat
tleships and cruisers in the navy
The National Museum.
In this building is the exhibit of
the Smithsonian institution and the
national museum, which includes spec.
linens Of nearly the entire animal
kingdom. Here Is the horned dinas.
aur; the African elephant, and the
skeleton of a mastodon found in
peat deposit in Michigan. also the
skeleton of a whale. found on the
coast of New Found1and, which Is 80