The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-10-05
FL Glimpse Of the Louisiana l>ur=
chase Exposition.
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q group of mlcrOscOplsts at work eX-
amining packinghouse meats for
etc. This was interesting
and I examined the meats with inter-
est. The scopes were SO powerful that
a lean piece of pork looked like the
end of severed bridge cable. The
medical and surgical dis
play was wonderful and showed what
great strides have been made by med
ical science in little more than a |
decade. The human system has been
reduced to its mechanical elements as
surely as have the works of watch.
A man finds himself out of gear, or a
loose wheel wabbles a little, he hies
himself to the hospital, the surgeon
puts him to sleep, takes him apart,
fixes or removes the damaged wheel
and in two weeks the man is again
going the pace that kills.
Vending my way to the Transporta-
tion Building 1 was speedily lost in
wonder at the giant proportions of this
immense building. 1t was open from
floor to roof and filled with every i'm
aginsble type of transport, from Sedan
chairs, with their motive power of
human legs, to the giant locomotive.
There were more than fifty varieties of
conveyance. Among them 1 saw an
old Red River cart, relic of Commo-
dore Kittson in the early days of trans
portation in Manitoba.
One thing that impressed me was
the exhibit of processes; on every hand
one observed things in actual process
made, looms weaving calico and silks
were whirling, and machine shops of
all kinds were following their noisy
course. Another thing that impressed
me was the magnificent exhibits made
by Germany and Japan. One met them
in every building. Germany exhibited
over one hundred thousand dollars
worth of amber alone, and her display
of china and glassware simply could
not be described, while the educational
exhibit was one of the most complete
and comprehensive it has ever been my
good fortune to meet. Japan was al
so very much in evidence, but Russia
alone of all the great powers, in the
language of our esteemed critic,
"failed to come to the scratch"
The educational exhibit occupied q
great building, but important as it was
1 can just mention it and hurry on. ]
do want to call attention, however, to
the industrial and educational work
among the blind. The display, while
in a measure pathetic, showed that
where there is determination, one
may succeed no matter how great the
handicap.
i The Palace of Electricity and the
many wonderful contrivances which il
housed, how shall describe it? Ths
electric fluid is already put to multi
tude of uses but still believe that this
wonderful science and still more won
derful motive power is but in it,
extreme infancy. Wonderful strides
, forward have been made since 1893
machinery in use then and theories
then in vogue as to the application
of the fluid, have been almost entirel!
, discarded. Dynamos have almost en-
/ tirely changed to the turbine patterl
| and telegraphy, telephony, lighting
! manufacturing power and especial.
as means of transportation, gian
strides have been made. Four mes
) sages may now be sent Simultaneous
: over one wire, pictures can be showl
> at great distances by an ingenious ma
l chine, wireless telegraphy is success
i automatic telephones doing away en-
. tirely with the "Hello Girl" are
Q success. There is an exchange in Chi
j. cago numbering over 10000 phones
f there is no "Hello Girl, but there is q
8 automatic central" The system Q
8 lighting both arc and incandescent hs
Q been made far more effective, beside
Q being greatly cheapened as to cost Q
8 manufacture. Would you believe tha
9 a trolley car could run on an asphalt q
i macadam payementP Well. It will, q
/ personally know. saw them 81,
d ceesfully operated at SC. Louis. Simp]