The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-11-27

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FROM "' iDnao" ',ms'' oe.eesI o.
A"s """s0''" VS. @''s'''s 's'es'sS"'
There il an old Arabian tale In which thrve
vouny nrinccs are reorcsentei m having Obtain.
,J r.,sss.s;oo of three imrler,.nt. thu vorks nj
the geuii. which were esteemed the most won.
d.rful of which man had vet hard. There vas
a ANAL ,elescopc which could nssixt the sight al
the oh..rve, tn rone,r.,e .nd. of mills,
from the ana, nm which he stooa There vss
. carnet which trnnsnor,ed snv ON. who tooL
b;s sts,ion nron II .rift ss a yi,b to snv nj. ~
% which h. acsirea IN go Their, vss . |. snple
vhich L.alaJ ali d;s,.se. n the n.t;e,, hn, IN.
hailed the trngrance oT i,s snnnv rind Soch
were the snh,cc,s of the tales with which m.
Ar.hs s,o,hsJ Tho mono,ooy or ,he;, ,n;dn,sh,
encamnmen,s and which tLc Indian .torv teller
related to bis swarthv audience nn,Ier the arch
of the c;,v o.ts in tbs .hort tw;liyhts of The
E.s, Tbs imag;nation. of the ,nos, irn.s;n..
,iv. race. b.d hen \, Vol 10 thai, u,rost :, ,retch
20 conceive What miracles could l,s performed
n tho .u,e,,a,urai ,,ovcr. nigh, n, msde IA var.
able IN mar and .nch vc,e ,be result. ac;encr
In ,hc.. nodern ,imes AMI human r..son act.
in, as wc hel;ev. under the immei;ste yuid.ncc
~ provideoce b.. outs,rinneJ th,.. laneitul
ls,end. of The Eos,.rn wor,J Thls /. no mi.
cn,sl no,, who yertnre,, IN im.g,nc tia, =, . dvei.
lin, IN D.masc,. n, R.gd,d csmId ro,,,n.ri.
ca,s hi. ihouoh,s 70 ,he u,most limit. of th.,
bah;,ahle worId in.,sntaneou.lv as they v.r,.
conceived IN bis own brain Their notion. Of
,,hy.;,,I ,,.ogra,hv ~e,e n, limited ,l,., an.
[..,erncrs hsd no consro,ioo ri the t,nr iorm
oI ,he ,,l.,,et vbicb ~. inbahit u.I thev
hoxcvcr h,.n told that The world was . sohere
ami ,ha, tho ,hougbt of man could be ns,e IN
encom,,asg II line a yirdlc raniIlv as the a,sh
which ron, ,hs cImds sunnsic, and pas~pd vxv
ers one conId say ,h.t II b.d iisb,encd nov
moor IN comnari:on with sucb ro.ult would
iii tbc wonders have anneareI. which. as thew
snnnoard Law hidden from human eve and raj.
el f,r aoes 10 come unJer the scrtd sivoet of
solo,ron, The elec,ric ,cleoyanhSs ,he mi,..
ele of mn,.rn time.
A. GO, th;. inycn,ion i. but in n, infancy
I'm, al,caav ali Fn,on.. !. ,ravers.J no i,s vire,
and the continent NJ North A,osric. In the
co,,,, az the ne r, tro ar three wear, we ,ru.t
10 sec rc.ul,. lar NOR, extensive The wire i
already coled un which /. to be ca.t into the
den,h. nj The Atlantic Tbe moon,sins and
v.Eeys NJ thu, yre,, .ea have bc.n ta,homed
20 a.r,.r,aio the mos, rooyen,.n, coa,.e far ~
d.no.i, In a b,isf .nac, the .Ier,,ic ,,arL
~h;cb /. y.nsra,ed IN London will mas. n. , = m.
IL as ,he exiernc;.s Of il. own na,prc reooIrr
N the oreat cotton CITY on The delta a, The
u,..;,.;,.,i s,d 40 ,ha, ,ad,. ,o~, ~b,chs,.,
it may BE- which may then lie fnrtbezt west
ward Of the domains Of the buffalo and the red
man. ContemporsDeously with this gigantic
result we bave other l.iofers 10 tbs sSme field
ai work, who are basly engaged IN nning The
,ramroad for the electric spark between the
European continent and tbs northern shores Of
Africa. This limit oucc obtsiDed, the lightn-
ngthought can fash freely on Its course across
the old land Of the kgypt'ss. ~betb~r BY the
Red Sea or across the plains 81 Moepotsn'a.
70 the cities Of eur lod'an empire, and IN dos
time, no doubt to the great centres Of Chinese
commerce: Nor b this all The wire which
had been laid down from London in one direc-
tion will sonn be carried 10 tbs city of the Csi.
isornia ro'd digger. The corresponding wire.
on which We have jast marked kv stations:
will then b. bcrne scro~s the Cb'Dsse Seas and
the Srtbern Psci6c--toaehiog. u nssy he. on
ita way ut the mysterious empire Of japan. afsl