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Show WONDERS OF THE WORLD. Remarkable Modern Achievements and Inventions. During tho last quarter of a century so many wonderful works have been constructed nnd equally wonderful Inventions In-ventions brought Into uso that It Is very dllllcult. if not qulto Impossible, for any one to sny which aro tho seven greatest wonders of modem times. In regard to several moat pcoplo would probably agree, out with respect to others thcro would bo a wide divergence diverg-ence of opinion. Tho following are entitled to be ranked nraong tho wonders won-ders of modern times, but which aro tho seven greatest wo do not presume to say: Tho Suez canal, tho forth brldgo In Scotland, tho Rrooklyn bridgo In Now York, the Assouan dam across the Nile In Upper Egypt, sub-marlno sub-marlno boats, x-Ilnys, wireloss telegraphy, tele-graphy, tho flying machine, tho use of electricity for purposes of power, light, etc., tho telegraph nnd telephone. Somo of tho discoveries in mediclno ncd surgery, frr instanco, tho discovery discov-ery of anesthetics, which render Mir-gleal Mir-gleal operations painless, should nlso bo ranked among tho modern won-dors. |