The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-11-07
The Wonders Of the Sea.

That It Is a day OF many wonders
we have much evidence constantly
The truth OF this, u more were need.
ed, will be borne In upon us as ",
follow a new ocean lsvisthan, the
Lusitanis, across she sea. This mon
ster OF the shipyards, which Is Il
confidently expected will reduce the
time OF travel between Europe and
America by several hours, though
solely a monument to British me
chanicsl skill, warmly appeals 50 our
interest. The sensational character
is increased by the TACT that the boat
Is accompanied by what was earlier
the fastest vessel OF the line, and the
race bids fair TO attract universal
attention, though the Lucanis. bar.
ring accident, must sail far In the
Others wake. From both ships, rs
they proceeded, report OF their pro
gress Is sent tn the shore by wireless
telegrsphy, and the whole world may
follow sheir movements daily.
Such doings would have sstonish.
ed our grandsires. The prediction OF
five day boats, equipped with ali she
comforts Of luxurious homes, grace
fully blowing across the ocean, which
was once filed with ogres OF storms,
wrecks and dead mems bones, &c
companied by telegraph operators,
ready at any moment to communi.
cate with the land, would have bsen
laughed at as too idle for the fairy
story tellers. To this, however, we
have come, and 30 gradually are
these changes effected that We accept
them without very much astonish-
ment. The ancestors Of many OF our
"frst families" came here In squalId
little sailing ships, They were six or
eight weeks on the way, Not inire-
quently their fellow passengers we're
consigned In numbers to the sea as
they died from smallpox and mslig.
nant levers. Disease resulted from
inadequate and unsuitable food,
when 1t was not brought along from
the point OF departure. Ships land
I'D periorce at ports in which they
were not destined and in which they
did not wish to be. Many went down
and we're never heard OF again, so
that the traveller took his life In his /
hands, which led to a feeling that
It'll survives in the fearful paintings {
IN the wharves by those who are 60 9
ng abroad for the first time, and /;
whose knowledge Of the deep" is !
yained by reading old books.
As much progress In methods OF 4
and in living has :
'een made upon the land as upon !,
he water, but the number oipersons
rho persist In endowing the sea with
dangers that no longer ex.
1T is surprisingly large. A great q
essel which can cross the Atlantic q
cean safely with the speed OF which y
locomotive was incapable not so
cry long ago, which telegraphs as n
goes, and provides those who use 81
) with handsome drawing rooms, n
umptuous apartments, with baths, lc
cuisine and every other service. o.
quail to those Of q first-rate twent- Of
9TH century metropolitan hotel, is p
naniiestly something new, and we d
eed to revise our ideas to find a Il
lace Tor It. With the passing OF the 3
treat Eastern, it was said that no p
hips 80 large would ever again be Il
uilt. For q long time men given to ie
bunker capacity, she cost 81
I coal in relation TO horsepower and Il
ther engineering questions, have II
a return to smaller vessels,
r, at any rate, the setting ois limit \
pom their size. The wise man Of to. g
ay will do well to heed the recon-.
lendation Of one of the greatest of
ur American humorists-"Don
ever prophecy unless you know."- o.
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