The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-25

with its comp Sition in A. D. 1870; but
he speaks Of it ~ Alrrady k1own earlier
The current npinion rere-s it to the Arab-
but, there is reosOh 20 believe that they
were NIT authors of the Invention, but
merely the chAnnel through which it was
transmitted in word. that it found it's
way from the rcmotest East a.ong with
the stream. Of Oriental Commerce. The
heavles. item in the bill of our indebted
ness to Chinese is for the discovery of
-.,nerics On the alleged voyage Of "a
party Of Buddhist priests to the sh res Of
M,,xicG we lay no stress but it is not
d fficult to show that the d,scnvrrw Of
the new world by Christopher Columbus
WAS directly due to the int1u nee nf China
China supplied at once the motive fr
his voyage AMI the int,ru,nent by which
IL was rffecl.d. It WAS fhe we.ltll Of
Hh;nA which, ike n magnet, Attrac'ed
him to the west ward and it Ma tn,
magnetic needle, which orig mated among
he Chimes, that directed his advcntur-
nus course AZ. tn that mysterious ms ru-
,,rnt which has uni.rkc,i 10 us the trr.ts
ares of he ocean, and proved itself the
LOT. commerce, It's. origin ~ certainty
not dne to the Neaps.lisan FLAW. Gi j.,
wil"is rrpu;ct l., have inyentts. il III "A
y. 1902 The French, the Swel"s anu
Syr ans all POSSESSED il befnre that dat ;
and there ID unqu s,Io Able EVIDENCE tha'
he Chinese had tn. n been AZ qlaint.'l
with it for IL. &c tan 2 400 y a.. Tre
;iiines,: first employed the uiarincr com
pass on Laid. ~ We nsS infer firm ie
n..nt by WHICH they deGripr II ah'i eat
the present dav j. /. still lie Custom FIR =
nAniar,n to carry one in his CARR ge or
sed .n chair III ugh he may not D. go ng
y y,nd h, gates IF ms native city. IT II
uncomfortable that th P.l0> and otner
al d,;ev.l travellers should have returne'i
.rnm China xcr u.s. ths. d serts of Cen raj
Asia without providing tn, ninelyes wi b
su Ii an unerrihg xnids. Paper making
AMI printing, two ARTS M re character 81 C
Ot our ia ,4ern C yilizatr'n than even
st'.a.a Ahu electricity, there are strong
reasons f"r H.cr!blng u Chinese origin.
The former they in, eute.i IN lie first cen
-tlry, Hu,i ihe latter 1t least e;ghs hun
d,e,i years before the time ns Gutenberg
.nd Faust. lno..ulation, VIII Gil, prier t''
the great discovery Of Jein,r, was re-
gard Il rs the best rrntt ctidn agsin-f tht
horrors oi sniall.p,A, Wis practic,d Ia
hina at very carly period, and pr liza
nly foun,i it s.y Il, Enr',pr by he same
81 Gre; cha,i,ela u, those otiis xrJs " ID rs,
f.u;s cps are no 4 fficilt to trace, Yves =
ern Europe ot'a ned 1t trpnl tile Turk !
Lady Mary Wniti v Montague havisg
..,aic the first Exp riihcnt # It's et1icac,
ConstAmtn pie l. Ike the ni,"is.rn Gre Ks
Il
with the .tg.cy OF the past, have. ctae'
Ell to inycn but vi on Go bf III J
were once am ny the iIi'rt iugthi u II q
or xiilal Ot tne earth She Chi!e-c have
not gone back, aud that Is sayiI Y "a gr, hi
,teilt in their favor hut IN respect ta ma
retail pr, Er, 80, tor ag, : they have nlad'
10 advance ni, LIT -four centuries az
they we've in advance at Europeans IN ty
..rItning that contributes tnthc comfr
n luxiry of civilized late but where u Z
they now Authors of the compass, hc,
creep from headland To headlshd n ctHsst-
ing voyages, never venturing t" cross tn 4
H.ean or to TRUST themselves tor MANY
days out Of sight OF the shore. DrsCov
crcrs of gunpn~der, they nupply th'
world With fire. k, r., while tin ir col
di. r. fight with bows and ARROWS. w'r d. n
So ars and miculscxs. Inventors II
printing, they have not yet advanc u I"
he use OF metallic typr and the power
press, but continue To eugrave each page
on bl ,cx of W" d, and to print it If ~
e use of a brush. S;iffi>i. ntiy v,r> q
il az, ronnny To calculate ,clIps y two
THOUSAND vars before thu Christian era,
tney r. mann III this hnur IN he fet', RS at
jutlcisl a-trtl gy ami am 'ng the earli
ct to make advances in CHI micai di-cov-
~, they ar still under the iuIl sway oi
alchemy and magic.