Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-08-04
The Great Exposition
A Home Correspondent Tells Us Wha,
She Saw.


She Saw.
On my return from the st. Lou
is Fair, the first question asked
was, swell, how did you like it!"
and the next SIS il what it is ad-
vertised to bc!"
To both questions | answer yes.
and, add also the last, that it is
a great deal more. Was eight
days on the grounds and visited
all the large buildings. the Philip
pine and Indian reservations, Je-
rusalem, the Boer War. and took
in a few of the shows on the
"PikeS in the evenings.
Next to the Philippine and In
dian exhibits, the Boer War was
was one of the best shows on the
grounds. Here one can see 500
men who actually fought in that
war, either on the English or Boer
side, besides many hundred horses.
Kafiirs, their mules, oxen, wagons
and ambulance corps. Two Boer
generals take part in the sham
battles.
At the Philippine reservation
one meets the Isagans, Il highly
civilized and christian people, at
their native industries. They
haye fine band. good houses. a
theatre, church. and Il bazaar
where their finished articles are
sold. The least interesting Of the
non-christian tribes are the Negro
ties, who do not seem capable of
much development. These are
quite skillful with the bow and ar
row. Next in intelligence come
the lggorotes, who furnish their
own music-you can hardly call it
music-and dance around in a cir
Gle until exhausted. When they
are in circle they sing, laugh and
talk among themselves. The last
! visited was the Moro village.
These, as the Iggorotes, are a dog
eating, head-hunting tribe. The
lggorotes worship Mohammed.
The Moros have o spear-dance
which is about as savage perfor-
nance as you would care to see.
This is finished when one sticks his
spear in the shield of the other.
The Government Building |
found the most interesting. Here
everything goes automatically, or
is managed by persons who are
glad to explain the processes to
you. Here one sees the complete
mail system, the finest in the world.
There is car fitted up where mail
is received, sorted, stamped and
prepared for delivery in the cars,
besides there a number of moving
pictures, perhaps fifty, going all
the time, so the whole system from
start to finish can be seen and un-
derstood.
There is large collection of
strange and curious articles ar
ranged in glass cases near. Among
other things was a live rattlesnake
and a live centipede, both of which
had been sent thru the mail, also
a human skull, and bottle in
closed in book, besides many
other things just as strange as |
have mentioned.
There are two lecture halls in
this building, one to demonstrate
a naval exhibit by means of the
biograph, and in the other the
wonders of radium are seen and
explained. There is model war
ship, full size. over which visitors
are allowed to travel and examine
for themselves. Here one can see
all the modern agricultural imple-
ments and machinery and many
models, all moving by machinery.
Money and bullets are also made
here, and real printing Office is in
actual operation. Weather re-
ports and operations can be stud
led here. and the buglc calls from
the barracks. quite a distance
away, can be heard plainly by
means OF the wireless telegraphy.
The silkworm, alive. can be seen
feeding, and there is also q live
tarantula here.
The boil weavel, largely magni-
fed, can he seen. In cases and
hanging from the ceiling are mod
els of animals, fishes (including
deep sea). reptiles and insects.
These are all fine specimens, being
stuffed or casts of the originals. A
fine mineral exhibit is here also.
These are only few of the many
wonderful things ! saw in this one
building.
ELLEN E. SEXTON.
(To be continued.)