The Helena independent., 1894-11-16

ihg the fulorum and the shaft tho leyer)
while the horHen weight would be nt
tho long end, one drawback on thih
plan would be, however, that the trnc-
ton would be- Increased by putting the
additional weight upon the axle and
consequently upon the wheels, for u IN
evident that whatever portion of the
weight OF the horse IN lifted would rest
ON the axle, n may be that the In
crease IN traction would counterbnl-
hnce whatever advantage ialght be
gained be relieving the horse Of n part
OF his own weight, Whether this plan
In the one upon which improvements
VIII be made or not In not very mhte-
rial II would be contrary 20 all ex-
pcricnce 10 assume that the ne plus
ultra Of n nnlky has already been In
vented. The bike IN wonderful im-
provement on the old-fashioned nulky,
II Is among the possibilities that some
other vehicle Will be Invented that VIII
be as much OF an advance upon the
bike" an that vehicle ~ over It's prede-
cessor. At any rate n would be con-
trary 10 all precedent were the Inn
provement In aulkies to stop with the
present bike" The old muslct, with itH
wooden ram-rOd was a wonderful Inn
proVement upon the cTDRs-bow. When
Frederick the Greats ancestor Invented
the iron ram-rod aH great nn advance
was made In firearms as was made In
track vehicles by the substitution OF
the bike" for the old sulky, But COM
pare one OF these old nint-rock muskets
with the improved rifles now used In
warfare. and IL will be seen how great
the Improvement has been since what
was deemed TO be the perfect musket
was invented.
IL has been so with all sorts OF ma
chinery. man does not have 10 be
very old 10 remember when small grain
was usually cut with sickleE, AS IL had
been from the time OF Moses down.
Probably about the year 1S40 the cradle
came into use. This was regarded as
the perfection OF a grain cutting ma
chine, But the reign OF the cradle was
or short duration; now most OF the small
grain raised In the world is cut by horse
or steam power,
The machine that is not susceptible
| OF Improvement has not yet been in
vented, and as long as horses are trot-
| ted, better, still better, sulkles will be
made, II the proposition is true that
the rubber tire and ball bearings have
| reduced the time OF horses four or five
seconds, another such Improvement
would OF itself bring the time below two
| minutes. Who can say that IL Is Inn
| possible or indeed improbable that
such a new device may be invented
IL would be difficult to place a limit
upon the inventive genius OF man.
| Science has made many things easy
| and practicable. even commonplace
which hundred years ago would have
been deemed supernatural, and the
men who woud have dared to perform
such miracles as we now witness every
day without n thought. would prob
| ably been burnt as an ally OF the pow
| ers OF darkness.
The peope who deem the two-mlnute
PAGER and trotter an impossibillty may
possess their souls in patience. They
will not have to wait long TO see their
illusion shattered, and badly shattered
at that. Nancy Hanks. Alix, Joe
Patchen. John II. Gentry, Flying Jill
and Robert j. are straws which show
| the way the wind is blowing. We be-
| lieve that another year or two will
settle the question, not as "A matter OF
conjecture. but as a matter of accom-
plished fact.-Kentucky Stock Farm.
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