Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-06-06

sue CalAAc aiming us WlCll her Simple,
motherlyz smile, and her good gray
head, bowling benedictions on the chill
dren that We're her people! 1t is hard
to think that she will never see us,
that we shall never see her more. The
thought of all she has been sends an
ache through our hearts, and fills
our eyes with tears, for too well we
know, that never shall we look upon
her like more"
A duet entitled "The Dance Of the
Demon" was well played by Misses
Verva Day and Clarice Grindeland,
after which Fred c. Eneix spoke Of
electricity as the
Goth CENTURY POWER. g..
Two great philosophers, in two diff
ferent ages born, have given the
world the secrets of power.
Francis Bacon, the great English
philosopher, gave us this maxim,
acknowledge is Power 81.
Thomas A. Edison, the American
wizard, has given us the other, ''Elec-
tricity is Power" o
America, the leading nation Of the
earth in learning and Inventions. is
a most glorious example of the truth
of each. Our educational advantages
and our inventive skill leads the world
hence our power. This inventive skill
produced the electrical machines so
important to our future growth.
In the 10th century, learning revo-
lutionized the world, and that is what
electricity will do in the Goth. Wis
dom and learning have been sought
for and mastered by men for thous-
and years, while electricity has been
known but few brief centuries. In
known as yet as to it's real origin, it
is, nevertheless, the most accurately
measured, the most perfectly calcula-
ted, and the best unders God Of all
the forces used by man; and all the
means of it's action can be provided
for, and it's results foretold
Man can produce and control cleo
tricity, and he knows it's laws and
uses, but he does not know what it is.
We no longer look upon it as in early
times. as an evil spirit sent by the
gods to punish men, \but rather as a
mighty, invisible and all-powerful
force, possessed of many strange and
wonderful properties; we marvel at it
but we do not fear it.
To the 10Th century, it has proved
an invaluable servant, which has ad-
ded millions to our wealth, by means
of the many industries developed
through it's use.
It alone has done much to make pos
sible our advanced civilization, and
our industrial and commercial suprem.
acy. Ever since it's discovery, elec-
tricity has been regarded as the real
motive power Of the universe and is
still so regarded by most scientists.
The earth, for example, is surround
ed by electricity, of which the beau.
| tiful northern lights are manifesto
ton. Benjamin Franklin gave the
first great impetus to electrical dis
covery in America, when by means
of his kite he proved the lightning and
electricity were one and the same
thing. Shrewd Americans soon con-
ceived the idea of collecting this pow.
er from the air and applying it to ma.
chinery and the machines Of today
are the result. 1922 VII al. .. ~ =.
The use of electricity in modern arts
and industries comes from it's unique
properties unknown in any other
field. It attracts objects at distance
so as to ring bells, operate telegraph
instruments, telephones, etc. It tray
els over immense distances with a
speed which has never been really
measured and which is practically
instantaneous. 1t is also readily
convertible into heat which in turn
produces light.
The convertibility Of electricity into
heat is taken advantage of in what is
at once the commonest and the most
wonderful Of electric phenomena, the
electric light.
The electric light came into use i'm
mediately upon the commercial sue
cess of the dynamo. Invention fol-
lowed invention in quick succession:
first. in the telegraph, the cable. the
telephone, then the motor and the DIV.
namO.
By means Of the dynamo, this daily
wonder of modern times. comMOn in
every village of the land for general
purposes, is destined to transmit the
power Of Niagara to distant cities
and factories. *.
About this time began the golden age
of electrical discovery, marked by the
inventions of Thomas Edison. These
number 42O and cover nearly the
whole list Of machines now in use.
Among them are the octo-plex tel
egraph, which sends from one 10 eight
messages over the same wire ut the
same time, telephone, photograph.
X-rays, wireless telegraph and sun en-
CINE. Edison has also invented an
improved electric light, in which the
light is produced by tubes, instead Of
carbon sticks or filaments::. Today we
have electric lights, telephones, trolly
cars and many other conveniences,
but they are only the beginning.