. History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time. ing showed the greatstrides made in printing and engraving. Amodel dairy was operated in a quaint littlecottage on the grounds. Fifty cows of the bestbreeds were tested and the tests recorded. A conservatory contained a very fine col-lection of food plants, alive and growing, sentfrom South and Central America; also eiehtdifferent kinds of tea plants from South Caro-lina. A small coffee plantation and somevanilla vines had been transplanted fromMexico. Nearly every country in SpanishAmerica was represent
. History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time. ing showed the greatstrides made in printing and engraving. Amodel dairy was operated in a quaint littlecottage on the grounds. Fifty cows of the bestbreeds were tested and the tests recorded. A conservatory contained a very fine col-lection of food plants, alive and growing, sentfrom South and Central America; also eiehtdifferent kinds of tea plants from South Caro-lina. A small coffee plantation and somevanilla vines had been transplanted fromMexico. Nearly every country in SpanishAmerica was represented. Cuba, San Do-mingo, Ecuador, Chile, Honduras, Mexico,and Canada had buildings. Sections in theGovernment Building were devoted to ex-hibits from Porto Rico, the Hawaiian Islands,and the Philippines. igoi] THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, 1901 357 The United States Government Buildingwas most interesting. New inventions madeits exhibits live. In place of reading reportsand statistics, you saw scenes and heardsounds. Class-room songs and recitationswere reproduced by the graphophone. The. The Electricity Building. biograph showed naval cadets marching whileat the same time you heard the band machines were represented infull operation. Pictures by wire, the muto-scope, and type-setting by electricity wereamong the wonders shown. Every day acrew of the life-saving- service gave a demon-stration, launching a life-boat and rescuing a 35* EXPANSION [1901 sailor. Near by was a field hospital, wherewounded soldiers were cared for. Many ofthe newest uses for electricity were before had licrhtinof been so brilliantor covered such large areas, or such speed intelegraphy been attained, or telephoningreached such distances. The akouphone, ablessing to the deaf, was exhibited, as werealso the powerful search-lights now anecessity at sea. CHAPTER XIX. MR. MCKINLEY S END Upon invitation President and visited the Pan-American Exposi-tion at Buffalo
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