The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-09-30
coNuENrRATED PROGRESS o. ,us WORLD,

CONCENTRATED PROGRESS on 'rs WORLD
Few Lhenomena are more remarkable.
yetsfew have BEEN less remarked. than the
degree in which material icivi'ation--the
pruprses uf mankind il slith"se contrivan-
seawhich oil ,he wheels and promote the
eo,nfvrt of daily lir--has been c0ncentrat.
.e,l IN ,he last hall century. tits moi ton
wuch to nay that IN these respects more has
been done, richer and more prolific disco.
,.ries Aase been made. grandrr achieves
nents have been realised. in The course Of
the 6fiy years Of our avn lifetime than in
all The previous lifetime of the race. since
states, bations. and politics such as history
makes % acquainted with. have had their
being. II Is 10 the three monsnt0us mat
.ers of light. iocomoticn. and con,nuniea-
ton that The progress affected 10 this gene
ratioh contrasts most surprisingly with The
.sggregate Of the progress raec,ed IN ell
ssaeratinns pnt together since the esrllest
dawn Of auihrntic history The iampsan,i
torches which illuminated Beishszxsr's
feast were probably JUST a. brlliaas. and
framsd oul ~ uearly the same materials, ~
those which ,hons upon the splendid letes
ol Versailles when Maria Antoinette pre-
sidyd sver.ihein, ar illase III the TlilerIe.
daring The Imperial magni6crnce d the
firs, Naoeieon. Pine wood. oil. and per
Laps wax, Lighted the banquet halis Of ttsr
weaIthies, mobiles. alike 10 The eighteenth
century beiure lehfist aud IN the eighteen
century after Christ. There was IitIledlf
terence, except in finish Of workmanship
snd ,legsnce .f iesisn-httle, il any all
vsnee, We mesa. in the illuminating power.
ar in the sparcr whence that power was
t,,wn--5eiwern the lamps used 10 the days
III The pytamids, the DAYS ui ths Coliseum.
aud the days sc Kensington Palsce. Fifty
wears aga. that j., ~e barn, the same arti-
-sirs. aud gas abastthe ss~e asaeuHt ef light
bum them, .ss We did five thousand years
aga. Nnw..,we use gas Of which each bur
nrr is equal 60 6fieeu or twenty candies ;
and when We wish frr more can have re
saarse Ia the electric ligh, Or analogous in
ren,ians, which are ffls fold mo-e nrillisnt
sna f:r reaching THAI ey-n The best gas.
The streets Of cities. which from the da, :
aI Pharapi, 10 ihose of yoitaire were di,n
and gloomy, even where not wholly un-
lighted. nov blaze everywhere irxcept 10
I.ar,lon with something of the btliliauey .I
meonlight. 10 word. all the advance tina,
has been msde in these rrspects has been
made since many OF Us were children. We
trmembrr light as il was in the days OF -.
ionon we see ii IS Dfummond and Fsra-
Lay have ma,!e IL. W. '...
The same thin; may be said Of lueomo.
tion. Ninrcd aud Noah travelled just u
The same ~as. and Just al the same rate. A.
Thomas Assheton Smith and Mr. Cuke q
Norfolk. fhe rhariuts of the Olympic
Canes went Just a. fas, as the chsriots thai
conveyed our ncbles to,he Derby. "ln oul
aot youth. when George the Third va
King When Abraham wanted 70 send !
message 60 Lot he despatehed arman %
Aerseback. who gallopej twelve miles ~
hoar. When our fathers wanted % send !
mrsssgs 20 their nephews, they eouid do %
better end 90 no quicker. When we wer'
,aung. II we wished 10 travel from Londel
To Ed,nborsh, We thought ourselves luck,
i we could sSsrAge eight miles an hour
Just A. Rebevt Brace might have done
Now. in oor old age. we feel ourselves az
,srieved II We Do no, average forty miles.
Everything that has been doGe in hi
line since the world begsn--esery,hing
perhaps. thst the capacities of matter an,
the condition. OF The human frame will eve
allow TO be done--has been done since W
were boys. The same at sea.
Probably, when lhe wind wss favorable
,Jlysses. who was ! bold aud skillful nsvi
saior. sailed as fast asa Dutch merchant
man ot the year 1900. nearly As last a. time
nsn American yachtor clipper Of our ta,h
vrs' day Nnw. We steam twelve and nj
teen miles an hour with wonderful regula
rity. whether wind and tide be favorable o
not nor is it likely thar We shall ever b
tabls m On afourh l.st.r Il,,t the ,,r,ores a