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Show From Moscow to Mukden Railway Takes You Through Battle Bat-tle Scenes and ends in Portland. I'niiTi'ANi), Sept. 4. To go from Moscow to Mukden, seeing- along- the way many of the scenes made famous by recent terrible battles between the Japanese and the Russians, it is not necessary to cross tho ocean. There Is a remarkable Illusion at Portland, on the trail of tho Lewis and Clark Exposition, which gives ou the sensations sen-sations and the sights without taking you out of America. This Is made possible by the "Great Siberian Railway," Rail-way," on& of the most popular attractions attrac-tions on the Trail. The traveler leaves the trail and enters a reproduction of the Railway Station at Moscow, where he purchases pur-chases his ticket and enters a real train of real cars, headed by a pulling locomotive. Along winding streams, over bridges, past thriving villages and through tocmlngcltlcs the passenger is carried. Then comes the climb up and across tho Urals, where superb mountains moun-tains views and scenery unfold. At last the "Steppers" arc reached, those vast rolling plateaus which extend so far in Siberia. The scene swlltly changes, clouds roll up and thicken till the sun Isovcr-cast Isovcr-cast and the day darkened, then a Hake of snow and another and another till the train seems rushing through a swirling wind driven mass of flakes without Is covered with a shroud. On and on through and out of the storm and into the glad sunlight once more, and Lake Ilaikal, that vast Siberian Inland sea appears In the distance. dis-tance. And still through beautiful Siberian scenery and on and on Into and through Manchuria to and through Mukden, where the world's greatest battle was recently fought, past many other quaint towns and queer cities and to Port Arthur.whcrc the traveler beholds that city which became the wonder of the world while so long resisting subborn siege. These Immense reproductions made from photographs, are extremely Interesting In-teresting and Instructive and arc readily recognized by returned travelers travel-ers who hae made the actual tlrp. |