The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-28

~ s&&&A 8x bearSeu human en-
lRaSI0R. RUSSELL cheering feats OF
the paSt-the Tow
or of Babel: the great city of Babylon; ;
the Great Pyramid Of Egypt. full OF
sci"utiiic accuracy and symbols OF
Heavenly things Solomou'S Temple
and Herod's. the Cathedral of St
Peters at Rome. aud other great Cathe-
dralS. each wonderful in its way. were
referred tn Us examples Of mans skill
IN The past All. he declared. 2lorify
mans intellectual power. Intelligence
aud arnmeu no less than do some of
the legal statutes of the past--the Mo
sale Law. the Laws of Lycurgus. etc.
An of these achievements of the past
refute th, thought that our forefatbers
were monkeys or only step or Two
III advance Of that condition.
However. in our Independently
within The past half csutury- human
intelligence seems To have bounded for
ward lu IL most remarkable manner.
tn" telegraph. the telephone. the wire
less. steam power. electric power and
light have given talents u wider scope
than ever before WAS known. aud have
forwarded the art Of printing. which.
in turn. has stimulated the edUca ton
of the MASSES Intelligence has in.
creased demand utilized inventions,
and is making the world fabulously
rich Millions everywhere are Oh The
alert to associate themselves with the
new things and with the financial pros
perity which they are bringing.
The Canal ILLUSTRATES All This. o..
Our modern cities with their multi
piled convenienceS. palatial structures.
and Office buildings more than forty
stories up into the clouds, are fresh re-
minders of our text, What is Man"
Our tunnels. or SubwayS. under cities.
and all the conveniences they stand for
are well calculated to amaze MS AS
we look about us and realize that these
things have come suddenly within fif-
~ years. we repeat. What is Mani"
How wonderful the Intelligence which
has been able to grapple with the az
fairs OF nature. its minerals, its laws.
etc. and to master them. Is not man
a great king in all the earth?
Nowhere is this power of man TO deal
with earthly conditions more strikingly
manifest than here Oh this Canal Zone
We have here an illustration OF noun
tain-moving faith. Six tons Of Trojan
powder exploded at one instant, crum-
bling an entire bill. is certainly Il Won
q, f,,I ,tI ct
sbovels moving with so great rapidity
these enormous masses Of loosened
earth are marvellous. If only few
years ago some one had told us that a
man, by moving q lever. could lift six
tons OF earth, transport II an eighth OF
three minutes or less. we would have
thought him insane. Who would have
believed short time ago. that an eighty
foot gate weighing six hundred tons
would have been practicable or possible!
History tells us that the desirability
OF this canal was recorded by Galvao
IN 1850. He had ambition. IF he had
bad our modern appliances and the
wealth Of our day TO back them. no
doubt he had the intelligence necessary
for the work. But the time was not
ripe. Forty years ago our Government
but dared not undertake It. Thirty
years ago the work was started by q
courageous Frenchman. but abandoned
because OF the tremendous difficulties
encountered Ten years ago the Unit.
ed States Government undertook the
work. which is now nearing successful
completion.
Tells OF Messiah's Day.
The advance OF buman intelligence
In the power to overcome the obstacles
OF nature is shown thus. What was
Impossible IN the bands OF skilful men
thirty years ago is possible AT The hands
OF sinilar men today. because. IN the
Interim. human intelligence in respect
the application OF meriIanicai priuci
pies. has made rapid progress This
c8uai therefore. not oni, honors Colo
nel i'Onthals. whose GENIUS has ii,is; SO
much To do with the wonderful accom-.
plishmpnt but IL honors mankind iD
general: for here we lind nj work ma
cbinery invented ana manufactured in
all parts ot The world The Scotch
suction drpdge and the French ladder
dredges co-lahor with American ma
chiiery in drilling. boring. blasting.
digging. accomplishing.
Our first lesson from what We see