The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-26
lDVANCE OF SCIENCE
H Hsde in the Capricfous
Manner Of Nature.
mueoULARtT,Es or pRooRess
- ouuGAf 20 ny - YsanA ssaam
-A,nnsnan II Nesasd. bst ~
maans In the Clay nauks.

s~aow1xm 10 the AFFAIRS ri men and nations
se11 = disappointed. Itmay not be doubt
- nat civilized life goes forward by regu-
- sfaxes. bst the stages cannot Be eaicu-
Sss1 or predicted. The advances are made
!. - eapr.cious manner Of the natural
eseId. Meteoroiogy =. on the whole. .
reitrr sciesee than history. The event Of
~ atmosphere may be discerned at least
Z ~ hours before II comes but man life
ssvee 70 little premonifion Of It's purpose
- - human foreaight can foreteli fss
eeftsn for day.
~ principal reason Of the irregular
eroere0 OF events IL TO be found IN the
~ that modern civilization sympsfhizes
= neokoundly with the movements Al
1c1snes. II has science for the chief con-
IN1ea Of Its growth and evolution, and
G6snee itself In variable.
The Irregular advances Of science ara
~ eAjef causes Of the caprices Of prog
-. In man life II In the unforeseen that
nunes TO pass. because the advance Of
eeleacs u whimsical. The scientific eyo-
arsien spreads over the earth and pos
ooosss II In the manner Of . vine growing
unitheY II viii Not all Of the learned So
nes5es In the world can turn one fendrfl
s thia direction or In that. Al Q result,
- Invention and all application Of na-
hu1o Lass, and consequently all prog
-. are bound TO conform TO the caprici-
, - movements of n fact that In In no wise
un1ersfood. Since one cannot see the next
Mres In scientific development, and since
- mind - 20 constituted a. 10 run before
1G1Dting conditions and to expect this form
Il thsr - the next aspect o. the civiiized
nere constant bIeAk between facf
- expectation. X " thus literally the
monpeeted thing that occurs. and the ex-
$1,000 tnst comes tAte or never comes q
q
For this reason the predictions OF tho
leopnef are not fuiniied. Take the case OF
&Jme, FOR more tnan io1 years aerial
nSgnflon mas been expected II was ex-
ce0ed before fhere was a steam cylinder
~ worid. before there was cartridge.
efese mere was q system OF pupnc pest
InAt man saouia pc able 10 nit him
- : iuue ana make ms way through
- ~ seems 70 Dc one OF the easiest and
eeesn = sea ana the atmosphere Is q
- 70 navigate the waters WAS one OF
- earnest expaoHs OF man. To navigate
- AZ mas oeen mas iohs-standing ambi-
9on. yet ne mas NOT succeeded In doing II.
- 80 nor maze percepuole progress In
- mrecuon OF DONG H. Ine scientific
eyaution does not seem 70 Ne thar way.
- enc OF the century hnas the principal
e1tAn OF tno EARN spie 20 ny As ir
80 - 49,
~. considereo a. eeronauts. nonors are
tuteen years ago tnere WAS more 10 %
secteo from ,ne pnoneerapn tnan rom
oehef the telephone or the electric light.
= 9Th. The possibility OF tho phonosraph
~ anu = larger tnan the possioiiity OF
- q the other TIVE Inc monograph
nhps tne suonmeA MINT ever sug-
~ me intcnsc.uai sphere. IL points
mpie,e revomuon ID the me'hod OF
ana IN All the recorded Forms or
y proposes 20 put oack upon
4 Wal OASIS the entire mehsai prod
tne woria py restoring SOUND ana
numah ear 70 their normal onces IN
eQuiremeht ana resistr1tion or knowi-
- ~ proposes 10 take every child
lele the nations ana TO promote and
LAG ms euucaiion aiong tne same
when ne happy iohowen from ms
Knee unsn "s Prosress Vas
S.n ~ an artnciai entrance iuo tne
uon OF oooNs.
DIV t"e sehene TOT the RESTORATION OF
mory ana Tor making every man mis-
seIstary does NOT seem 10 work. IL
"o' Apply Hsei- the teiepn"nc goes
% perieetion ana opens UP the worid.
10y man SPEAKS 70 MS heishpor. Inc
c'oai ixht ni'umines the world
sW man secs ms nefehnor.
AnesS ana CRIME SUNK away toeether
80 moe IN the same ned nndcrgrouna.
~ me aimmea ana exhausted eye Is stun
phaeo 10 40 ihc WORK or the ear as wei
~ own IN inc prou'gioas Tasks OF
..n'ns.
Inc carth mas IN a giant Iantaius
SHisru aluminium. OUT OF every cray nank
giant eroans 10 De delivered. ~ .
eroseitui OF clay bearing =" parts or al
uminum could he made TO give ur Its
treasure Tor cent, the world would be
u1nsformed- Whatever sc-cailsd de
sn saere Is In nature Is here baked and
tui ~ fauh Man needs the new metal
M seek, II with all his ingenuity. but the
Amed chemist is Obliged In old age 20
ma compsnicnship with the bankrupt
seforaet Neither does the one ny nor
us o'her nnd a way.
me natiors are walking literally on
"a OF metal more useful than iron and
more beautiful than siiver-walkfng and
Nsdins not seeing without tho ability TO
ee'- A large part OF the surface of the
earth 70 waiting TO he fesed in ahe inter-
ests OF a higher ana mere besutiful civil
Katien. and no discoverer loads the way.
Msh. hoping to ind the vay. secs sudden
~ above his head an electric light. He be-
ho'ds a stretched wire ana hears q man
taiktag from Salem TO san Diego. lie be-
hc'ds a car nying across the plain a.
nir~ty miles tho hour with no visible
AGENT OF propulsion. All these have come
while he has been seeking the means of
nnstns metal that oagh, ,, ell reason To
ing rivc- =, ~. .i,ss.... ,a.,oh - s..s,.,.s
Ine age OF aluminium IL retarded by that
ssrr'ce or the civilized life which leads Il
fn'e unexpected places and holds II back
Tor century from the anticipated and
Hnsed-for geI-
Tue whole system OF ioeomotion IL
threatened with iraminent revolution.
Tue two horses. one 90 flesh and one
~ non. one eating oats ana the other coal.
snf their Vocstions going away together.