The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-11

The perfecting Of mechanical and Ia.
Dor saving devices should bring IN
its train another golden age. Mr.. Ed.
son sees machines for h future that
will Turn out finished products In:
stead Of making parts to be atterward
assembled; for instance. a macnine
into which the raw materials VII &c
fed from which will ccme nnisned
shoes all boxed and ready for ship
ment. He further declares that auto
matte machinery and scientific arm
ing will make commodities cheaper
and thu rapidly better the lot Of the
poor. Not much longer will there
be such a thing as poverty al we
sizes that all manual labor will be done
by machines and that it will then be
unnecessary for anyone To work more
than FIVE or six our a day.
But in h realm OF the imasinatton
interplanetary communication cha1'
lenges the longest vision with the III.
ture. With 500. 000.0 900 horse power
! Sikola Tesla believes messages can
be sent, and. says Hiram Maxim. this
will be the next great achievement OF
science. Tesla even forecasts tnst n
first message received by the Mar
tians will be answered by v nave
been calling you for the last 10000
years" for he and the other ss.enus.s
are of the opinion that the Naroans
are much farther advanced In n
chemistry Of civilization thar We are.
Once communication has been estah.
lished the Marttans will gradually
| comprehend our language. for in real
ity that fear would be no more dim
cult. think scientific men. than teach
inE the deaf and dumb to understand:
The recognition that heat. light n
electricity are nothing more than
waves Of ether vibratins at different
relocities. and the 'd~iacove.y of other
phenomena of ether vibration. such
as the X-ray. give the tempting hope
that rays shall be found more power
full than n OF these. rays < iien,;
%annihila,e the distance that separates
us from the heavenly bodies.
Thus far in the worlds history wars
have dotted the march Of progress.
arrestins it for short periods, during
| which the way has been al tof
| further Advancement. Now we sa!
We live in an g of peace. put this
simply because the greater powers.
made prudent by mutual 7espece nave
time. Yet they are constantly pre-
! pairing for war.
The historian who writes of the flu
ture war will turn the pages OF Greek
shifting lightning. The old war god
| hurting his thunderbolts will see inn
potent beside man welding the
; forces of nature for weapons. Maya
zines exploded without warning by
rents of electricity. devastating waves
; Of electricity or Of some more power.
fal force flashing over hundreds OF
! miles, consuming all that comes With
in their scourging blast Guns. ex-
! p!osives and ~projectiles will sink into
the past. eve as have the bow n
arrow. giving place to bowling ele-
ments clashing under mans direction.
Our times are pregnan, with voices.
some uplifted in the shout OF victory
won. some ringing with the trium-
| plant note Of victory close at hand,
and others whispering in the low.
| clear tones Of hope. Tha, humanity
is marching with firm. quick steps
toward the conquest Of the physical
world is a cry that all may hear. Can
it be that we are at last to peer be:
world? 1nsistent whispertnes Of
spiritual intelligence are growing
clearer every day. We may greet
them with incredulity. but We can no
longer remain deaf to them.
There are 1000 mediums holding
daily seances in New York city. 1t
is estimated that among European
races there are yer 100000 spirit
ualiste. A census of some years ago
100000 people in the United States
were avowed s~pirituaiists. and the
number has since increased enormous
IL. Works on psychic research are
widely read. Popular plays Of recent
years have dealt with subtle and mys-
terious influences. Articles in maya
zines and newspapers have filled the
| accepts. with a questioning wonder.
/ statements that would once have been
greeted with ridicule. Beneath the
surface this mechanical is charg-
ed with spiritual beliefs to an extent
unknown since the childhood Of the
world. New thought harks back to
what the old thought denounced as
charlatanism. Science shakes hands
, with pseudo-science.
strengthen ranks of those who have
declared their belief in a world of
spirits back Of the tangible world.
Among them are the late Prof. Viii
liam James and Prof. James H. Hy.
slop: the English scientists. Sir Oliver
Lodge. Sir William Crooks and Alfred
Russell Wallace: the French savant,
\1IdIlSS S1CuSS VA lAS So01SA1 iIbdus
the celebrated astronomer. Flam-
| marion: the Italians. GuSlielmo Mar
conf and the late Cesare Lombroso,
criminologist Of world wide fame.
Sir Oliver Lodge says concerning
this: THE boundary between the two
states-the known and the unknown
lis still substantial, but 1t 10 wearing
thin in places. and. like the excava-
tors boring a tunnel from opposite
! ends amid the roar Of water and other
noises. we are beginning to hear the
strokes Of the pickaxes Of our com
rades on the other side"
AGAIN IN JAIL