The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-02-18
THE GREATEST WONDER.
From All the N,e,rd Have Come Won
ders to Make Man Cry In Amaze
nent When He Visits ST.
Louis This Year.

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 accumulate
Ing until their number has become not
only seven times seven Or seventy times
seven, but hundreds-yes. thousands
times seven.
Every great modern bridge is a won
der of the 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 bec;eIse those
others were instrumental in bringing it
to 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? 4 station
has been erected on the Fair grounds.
Radium? Experiments will be con-
Quoted with the puzzling mineral in the
Chemical Laboratory.
A modern gas engine? The largest in
the world VIII 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? 1t
will swing around and around on q
turntable in the center of the Palace of
Transportation, steam Kissing from its
! cylinders as it revolves.
A lead pencil the graphite in which
is made by the aid of electricity? Its
construction will be exemplifed in the
Electro Chemical Laboratory.
The modern newspaper? You may
watch its 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 its
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, a 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 an inkling of it's existence from
the word pictures of Lott and other
writer's.
Brazil shows the punctured rubber
tree discharging it's valuable 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 a country almost as unknown
as China
Panama, the baby nation, proves how
her agriculture can make her prosper
| Gus. 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 ar
st. Louis You hear Of food that can
be compressed into 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 box which would con-
tain twelve two-grain quinine capsules.
| Creation Of electricity! What Won