The Green Forest tribune., 1904-03-12
THE GREATEST WONDER.
From All the World Have Cont, Won. ders to Make Man Cry In Amaze rnent When He Visits St.
 Louis This Year.

Since long before the Christian era, when Antipater of Sidon enumerated seven great works that subsequently became the Seven Wonders of the World wonders have been accumulat- ing until their number has become not only seven times seven or seventy times seven. but hundreds thousands times seven.
 Every great modern bridge is won- der of tue world. So is every great power engine, mountain climbing rail- road or modern hotel.
 And the greatest wonder of all, great er than any of yesterday and today, is the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
 This is because it combines the great ness of all the others and because those others were instrumental in bringing it to q state of completeness.
 In order that the whole world should participate In this centennial display, the wonders of the steamship, of the locomotive. of the cable. of the land telegraph. of the telephone, were brought into use: then exhibits of these wonders themselves were levied upon to form part of the grand display.
 Mention anything that causes man to express amazement. and it will be proved to you that it can be seen in St. Louis this year.
 The wireless telegraph? A station has been erected on the Fair grounds.
 Radicm? Experiments will be con ducted with the puzzling mineral in the Chemical Laboratory.
 < modern gas engine? The largest in the world will be seen in the Palace of Machinery
 Rifed cannon that throw a shell twenty miles? They will frown on ram- parts surrounding the Government building
 The latest improved locomotive? It will swing around and around on a turntable in the center of the Palace of Transportation, steam hissing from it's cylinders as it Fevolves.
 A lead pencil the graphite in which is made by the aid of electricity? It's construction will be exemplified in the Electro Chemical Laboratory.
 The modern newspaper? You may watch it's creation in the Graphic Arts section of the Liberal Arts Palace
 The cotton gin? See it working in the vicinity of Agriculture.
 Dirigible airships? They will sail over the prescribed course and when not seeking high attitudes will be housed in immense stables.
 That wonder which has almost ceased to become a wonder-the modern watch? You will be able to witness it's con- struction and the assembling of it's parts.
 And upon these wonders are crowded others-wonders that it would require page after page to describe. which it will take week after week to view.
 China, sealed book to the world. has been thrown open by royal decree. For the first time in history secrets which have been preserved from the days of Confucius will be revealed.
 Art as it is known in Japan will as- tonish those who have only been able to gain all inkling of it's existence from the word pictures of Lott and other writers.
 Brazil shows the punctured rubber tree discharging it's valua ble sap of commerce and it's coffee berry in bloom.
 Peru reveals to the world her wealth of copper. cotton and petroleum.
 Hawaii sends a glimpse of the Par adise of the Pacific.
 Russia awakens interest with indus tries of country almost as unknown as China.
 Panama the baby nation, proves how her agriculture can make her prosper ous And Panama, hand in hand with the United States, shows in miniature that wonder. the canal. which will change the course of all ships that ply the seas.
 You marvel at the growth of trans portation facilities within the last dec ade; each step@will be shown you at St. Louis You hear of food that can be compressed into a pill; how it is done will be shown you at St. Louis. And you can partake of course din ner. from soup to dessert, all of which can be held in boz; which would con- tain twelve two-srain quinine capsules.
 Creation Of electricity! What won-