The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-19

until the train steams into London,
England. The route suggested Is m.
der Behring Strait TO Asia by the tuD-
mel that Is reported 10 be contem-
plated. The trip then across Siberia
and Europe Is an easy matter until
Calais is reached. when tunnel I'M
der the straits Of Dover. not great
engineering feat, would bring the
passenger Into the metropolis OF the
world.
A hundred years ago IL the ordiD-
ary individual had been told that In
the nineteenth century IL would lie
possible TO conn unicate by code Of
signals With countries thousands OF
miles distant the basty construction
Of insane asyIums would have been
the order OF the day. Yet before the
century was half over the telegraph
was an actually. IL the past bfty
years more wonderful inventions and
discoveries have been brought TO
light for the benefit OF the human
race, and as M incentive for great
er things.
In this short period Of time, com.
pairing IL with the worlds history,
we have been given the electric
light, the pboDograph, the telephone,
and many other important discover.
les that have contributed to the ad.
snncement OF our civilization, aud
has urged onward the progress Of the
human race To the accomplishment
u still greater things. Is there even
q scientist that has the temerity 10
even approximately suggest the adj
yancement In important discoveries
OF the next nifty years?
Jules Verne, the great French All.
thor. less than II generation ago, ad.
ynnced ideas which were then con-
sidered but the iigment of disorder
sd brain. OF the results Of an extraor-
binary imagination, TO place the
most liberal construction upon his
suggestions. To-day H. IL possible TO
20 Ten Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea, I" and were the atmospheric
conditions favorable we are almost
ready to take trip 10 the moon. II
Ia tfuism that ''facts are stranger
than iiction.''
There does not seem To he any lin
II To what may yet be- accomplished.
II IL even possible that some force
In nature, yet undiscovered, will be
brought TO light that the vTil Of iiul'
wer Lytton will give man absolute
power over the destinles OF nations,
individuals and NIL animal HE. by
future discoveries IL may be even
possible 10 communicate with the
planet Mars, and many OF the other
atoms IN the universe that are today
considered but Inert bodies.
IL may be even discovered that
there IL some foundation for the
spirituaiistic belief that IL IN possib-
le To communicate with those who
have passed on to their reward or
punishment, whichever the case may
be. In fact. there does not seem To
be any limit 10 the advancement OF
the human race; events are cro.dina
upon each other rapidly, There does
not seem TO be any limit TO the con.
eeptions OF the human mind that are
IN time to be realized. Many OF u.
are sometimes inclined to think that
We have been born nifty years toe
soon, but tifty years hence We woult
undoubtedly feel the sane way. un
less some great cataclysmal condition
should occur that would turn th,
race agaiu To barbarisln, II is lmpos
sible for the human mind 10 conceive
OF what may be possible for the hu
man race Ia the field OF discoveriel
and progress