The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16
THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.

THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.
So near the beginning of new
year is proper time to review
the past and if possible peer INTO
the future.
All history is mere romance I'M
less studied as an example. BY
It's guidance We can travel back
over the centuries that Slumbe
II is with a reNereut hand that
We lift the veil that time has drdp-
ed over sacred past. While the
world was vet uew We find stu
dents busy developing theories and
systems 70 he perfected by coming
generations. thus aiding in open
ing up new paths in the fields OF
literature. science and ait. The
torch OF genius cannot be extin-
gui>htd. Thinkers are mortal bur
thoughts immortal. Great lead
erS die uut principles are eternal.
Only by studying the past can
We rlghJly estimate the po>>lbill
ties oil tue future. and what better
mental food can we crave than
that which furnishes such lasting
stimulus to earnest eudeaYur.
Each century sweeps clean the
loves and hates OF its predecessors.
Yet its achievements are never for
gotten: liz ambitious. lis emotions
die, each task is laid down. but
the truths set III motion will live
and gather strength as the years
so by.
Tue decisions rendered by the
diplomats OF the past continue TO
sway the judicial word OF today
Black>tour's legal reputation has
suffered no Elimination during the
Years that have swept over his
grave. Gladstone will oe a greater
[ power in the political life of Europe
IN hundred years hence. than he
was a the time his maSteriul brain
was darkened by the eclipse of
death. Herbert Spencer. who has
spout the best years OF long life
in study that lie might give to the
world d comprehensive geuerallza
tluu Of modern thought, has seal
ed his fame, and his name will be
honOred centuries after his trall
body sleeps with the mighty
thinkers who preceded him. Time
passed III the society of great
minds Is always helpful.
AS We turn from the past 10 con-
slider some of the possibilities OF
the future, may we NOT claim for
/ ourselves higher resolves for self
| development, which as rule
means self promotioni The onward
march OF civilization has made
/ the deserts bud and blossom as
the rose" and as we go from con
/ quest, what is in reserve for com
lug generations is an easy predic-
tor. The motor carriage will be
the carriage of the future. Ocean
cables that have brought cont.
nents into close contact will be
perfected, and their service will
be cheapened so that other than
mlllonalIs may hope to receive or
convey a message. Electricity
that man has chained aud made
his Servent will become the light
OF the world, 1t rivals the sun in
radiance and no one will question
lis striking qualities In the fu-
ture electricity will be used to
prOpel tue farm pillow and the old
farm horses will be sold for army
rations. \ bridge will span the
Atlantic ocean. Electric cars
with fine cars attached will con-
vey young America to Old Eng
land without the aid of steam.
Sea sickness will be abolished.
The whole world will be run by
electric bells. Telephones will
connect every town and hamlet.
The planet, Mars. will be in direct
communication with the earth.
The linotype will do away with
old fashioned type setting.
Women will have the ballot and
will be elected to Congress and
the Senate of the United States
ard when there will wrangle as
persistently as the men. Women
and men will seek wider fields of
mental activity. The Indian war
whoop will give place to the sweet
music of cultured orchestras. The
wigwam will be deserted by the
Indian maiden, who will discard
the garb of her race, and, clothed
in fine raiment, will play her
grand piano with the grace of our
town belle. The Filipinos will be.
come civilized and christainized
and the nude Malays, who now
occupy these much coveted islands,
will become social stars, and in
palatial homes will entertain the
President of the United States
and his cabinet officials. The
ladies, goWned in rich velvets and
satins and brilliant in costly
jewels, will be added to the monied