Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-14

Whitney invented The cotton gin. +"
This invention met with the most
violent opposition by the English, but
was soon successfully used throughout
the South.
The applications of electricity to
various inventions during the past
century have been great ava 90 the
advancement OF civilization. The most
important ones are the magnetic teie-
graph. the Atlantic cable, Che telephone
and the electric light By means of the
| telegraph, cable. clc., messages may De
sent boo few moments Co ilr distant
/ lands. aud serious troubles might be
avoided; an example being during the
war of I6tsi4 tic battle Of Sew Or.
leans might have been avoided, had
there been any means OF conveying a
message over the ocean, tot the treaty
Of Ghcnt bad been made aud signed
previous 10 the time Of the battle
Tine electric ligh, is nov used both
Tor outdoor and in door illumination,
namely streets, railways, manufactures,
ihcateu, steamships, lighthouses and
private houses, etc This BIAS greatly
added to the comfort aud safety of every
home. and TO the convenience OF the
traveller 40 home and abroad.
Bat the Invention that comes nearest
TO the heart Of womsul is that Of the
sewing machine. Since this invention
no woman has 10 siaryc over hctnccdlc.
The nccdlc-woman OF today thanks 20
the wing machine, IS no longer one Of
a class wlose dgplorable condition calls
tor special effort ON the part ui the
philaui1upit. To her the sewing
machine has bccna priceless Die sing,
Tor % has raised that labor from is
former condition of ill paid dudgcry
TO one easily performed aud fairly
rcmuncmtiyc. The sewing machine
has done more 10 broader the working
womans opportunities than any iuycn-
ton of the century
Inventions are not always met with
the appreciation ~ all. a8 they nearly
always throw men out OF employment,
Tor they generally make some other
agency do the work that men bad 20
perform before AZ the time that water
power was hut Introduced into -Four
mills many men were thrown out Of
employment. but many more people
were benefited than injured, and those
that bad considered themselves injured
soon began TO reap The benefits OF the
| invention.
An English Journal gives ercdi, 20
American genius Tor at least fifteen TO-
ycntions aud discoveries that lave been
adopted all over the world in the past
century These arc the cotton GIN The
steamboat, the grass mower and grain
reaper, the notary printing prcs, the
planning machine, the hot air or clIorIc
engine, the sewing machine, the India
rubber industry chugiormlnuGeiur.
Ing h0Hc.shuel the electro magnet aud
is practical applications, the sand BLAST
Tor carving, Tue guage lathe, the grain
elevator artificial ice manufacture, and
the composing machine tor printers
To these should De added thc improve.
menu In practical lcleguphy, the telg.
phone, and the electric lights, etc
TINS gives some idea OF The worlds
progress when single century covers
the whole list, and mos, Of them a hall
century
We all look "a, the future with the
belief that Il will show u.s. good q result
20 human progress as The present hls
done, while IN the meantime miracles
are being performed under our eyes
every day and every hour
MAupR LEWis, Senior Class.
Nntss.