, 1874-05-10
railroads. MacadamiZing---IT00dc
naTcmeEtS---The Steam
Engine.
p,intinu-.-Gas---The Spinning-jenny-.'
The Cotton-Gin---The Telegraph.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In
plements, Etc, Etc.

of fhe progress OF tae uu1u5u ia:e, GO LILO @ ~
rnachanical invontious aud great discoveries IN
c.;opce. We are maiuly correct IN the suppos1-
+;on tsat the aggregate knowledge OF manklna
IL a s,rt Of aceretion to the general stock which
les been sccumulating from age to age. from
~ .,,c,t periods OF tho human race. We
thi,, of man IS progressive being, and that he
h,a The faculty OF taking up what hia progenitors
s.or,red and adding thereto what ho may have
,.i,od by Investigation and experience. In
somo respects this is go; IN many others, not.
- ,ronid be better for the race-and In times Of
maturity it will be mainly so-if that which is
uctuslIy gained in knowledge, or in improve
ments. or in life-e1pericnce, will be gained for
TIM future Of the race, and the children to come
NAV no: al the time be learning over the Same
,.ssors which their fathers and grandfatle1s
ie,-nod before them No doubt it is true that
man ia
AS IMPROVING ANIMAL
BE can, on Eli average, build houses better IN
1s74 than Lo could have built thom in any other
1aar sirca Adam made his rustic bower in the
garden. Yet: in many Of the tar-past centuries.
tle constructive minds planned forms and styles
Of architecture that 1re only initiated At the
preseut. But still tho splendid style Of tie
Grcess or pllnrieians, for grandeur and mas
siyealss Of impression, even LII house-bulldlng,
is far surpassed in Chicago in adaptation to
everyday wauts, and in convenience OF house.
keeping,-euch ss the htchen-ar1angemeuts,
cooking, warming, lighting, and ventiating.
In the while, the bee aud the beaver. and even
the spider, which, in tho start far surpassed man
;p
improved in any G: their mechanical processes.
Adam might well have taken lessons in bridge
building from the spider, when be came to want
bridges. And tAa cells from which Evo
slipped the honey were constructed as per-
t7ctly upon the strict mathematical principles
and economical arrangement for space, and IS
elegantly fashioned, Us any bees comb in llll-
nos and no Improvement has been made, OF
can be, III tEat particular device Tor storing
hore-. Tho bee was made perfect IN hls "ay,
and he Is 10 failure; he tlls tho bill to the ut
most OF q complete bee; but man had no such
instnctire eki!l, for he WAS made to grow. not to
staud or last, aud, therefore, constructive, IN
yentiyo and improving animal. And so he full
fills in this age, more than any previous o2e, the
description in the Bible that "He has sought
out many inycntlous.
This century, I said, seemed to be marked
particularly fo= its mechanical Inventions and
important discoveries. It is interesting and
profitable to Elanco at soma Of these No one
person would plobubly be able to enumerate
from mere memory anything like 4 complete
list. Let tn, man who is paut nlddle-aGs look
bsck 1rd ZEE what
MARVELLOUS THINGS
ha7e como into use, and what revolutionary
:tances have been produced in society, sl1.ce Lbs
s:ne OF recollection. In the matter Of dlscoy-
untant with about half-a-score Of planets that
norcd in our solar syste1n, and which had long
seen known, and named, ard placed in proper
order to fIl thei- respective PLACES in the ee-
Iestial orbits; and more stars were wanted
O, locked for About thirty years ago, French
plauet; md another scientist, with the tele-
scope. stirred around in the regions Of spnce,
spd he found one.-Uhich WAS almost like Co
luubus discovering new would. Since then,
planets have been discovered
Ey SConEs.
When any searcEer into the upper depths
foels neca for another pl.net to score
up in the sc!ar B-stcm. he goes out to hunt with
his telescope, eod we SOON hear him pop away
1t one, as hunter st squirrel in the top
Of q tree. The result OF these discoE-
cries. and their effects upon explorations
in heavenly regions. and revelations or sealed
MYSTERIES, OF which they seem to be but stap-
plng-stones, remain yet to be manifested But,
Along with these discoveries, in which SO many
LITTLE Eorld-conpanlons are brought within elsht
,ri5arnn,ant in ne 11ne or cham1stry. br which
~ o,re,;.,,a,t aIonanta ri theaa nlxnets- or
lie suns which give out light, may be ascer-
t,ned Whenever Va can eieze and imprisou the
r1ys nj ;cbt which came frnm them: for cur
xnn;Ierfn1 d;scnveTies hnye ensbled US to trans
Ter thase rsTs min messencers OF knowledge.
Tnar hrnc i,s focts from the unknown worlds.
Is i,;nieteri.e. sn,r1ts from ungeen spheres
hrfne IN inv, "f>'
Rns VA u;1 net down To thu plane of this
p,rh rhera nrt invao,ions aro rnnstly IN reoui-
Eton In No son now What va iarn which re
lid mt have wte,, onr fathers were bows.
Csua1s sre Inovn os cid institutions. Per-
h.ns no m.n can ,ssert that ha can make out
the;r Listnrv. R,,t thew are ali a. good Is new
10 us s1nca }f;a conntry hera,
7r,r RAu,nnAn
Aauodern invention thoueh it has been used
e.pc,imenta1ly IL a. tramways. or wooden ways
nthe coa|-trnde Tor many rencrations md for
.long Tine % It was tn tha day-dream Of many vision
IT Inventors A. ths m nernat,ai motion now is.
s5me vsy or other these men thouaht there was
lgsy Ia ret over tha aarrh an ra,ts more eco
ponically md rnnidjy than on the soft. uneven
md yariabIa snrface of fla Ground. Of course.
in tie dreamy anoch thera us an abundant ef-
ferveecenca of nonsense and more OF rilicule
aad contennt At T1a,, Win n1ade Themselves fools
Of hobtiea Bnt the fftv years eince the first
pac;pM intTo1ncs;on ~ ra;!roads have seen
them work vnIdera and revolrtions in tho COM