Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-06-19

~"e" ny steam. The carrying capscitv
OF the steamship over the sailing VS.,
has increased no less than fifteen to,s
The time required for crossing the 4.
Iantic by them is less than half. Nor -.
the inventions on the land less wonde,.
fnI. The roads which took the place AZ
the foot-paths are now made of stasl
over which rush great iron monsta,,
Bringing such change that were ~.
first colonists to return they could not
believe their eyes. For the railroads not
only made complete change in tran..
portation but revolutionized bus;ns..
methods and brought wealth to all conn.
tries where they exist. They created trade
and developed unoccupied territory. Each
year has brought Improvements until To.
day trip across the continent is ple,s.
ure. American railroads present the finest
service, the lowest rates OF fare and freight
the latest safety appliances and the hieh.
est order of intelligence and ability among
officers and men to be found anywhere.
The development of transportation and
communication have gone hand in hand,
First the Indians. stealtbily gliding over
mountains pass and through wilderness
with painted face and clothed in animal
skins, bearing snakes skin filed with
arrows as challenge for war. Then stage
coaches, encounterine many hardsilips
and dangers, carrying mail. When the
Declaration Of Independence was signed
riders were sent post haste to every col.
"ny bearing the glad tidings. Sixty years
later the world was startled by Samuel
Morse's magic words, "What God hath
wrought" sent over a wire a distance Of
40 miles. Soon the whole country wss
joined together by net work Of wires
and submarine cables. No change brought
by the nineteenth century is so wonder.
fuI, none so spectacular and mysterious
as that pertaining to the use of the elec-
trict current. BY the use of it years later
Bell proved to the world that the human
voice could be heard and recognized many
miles. 1t enables submarine boats to
move under water, automobiles are run
by it, Improvements have been made in
the mining world, commerce has in.
creased and medical science has proiited
by It and gained the N-ray. But last and
most wonderful has been Marconis Gift
of wireless telegraphy. making comm.
nication possible on land or eea at any
time for thousands OF miles.
Together with the airships it may ret.
tie the fate OF battles. Commanders NAV
soon communicate with one another in
stantly ON the field and the telegraph op-
orator may supercede the aide upon .
foaming steed, carrying messages about.
Andthus We find ourselves on the bat
tie field Of life with all the accomplish.
ments of the past as heritage and We
naturally wonder what lies in the great
beyond. Tennyson's picture of the pro.
gress in the past has proven so exact that
we naturally turn to him and find the
answer following the prophecies already
fulfilled:
For dipt into the future. far ss human eys
Saw the vision OF the world and n he
wonders that would be;
law the Leavens nh with commeroe. A.
gostes OF magic sails,
Pilots Of the purple twilight dropplne
down with costly bales;
Heard the heavens an With shouting and
there rained gAStly dew
From the nations airy navles, Rrappline
In the central blue;
Far along the world wide whisper Of ths
south wind rushing warm,
With the standards Of the people plunGing
thro' the thunder storm;
TIL the war drum throbb'd NO ioneer snd
the battle nags were furied
In the Pariiamant Of man,-the Federation
. Of the world;
There the common sense Of mase shall hold
afritful realm Of awe,
And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt =
universal law
The hour of parting draws near. We
have hope and faith in the future; but in
spite OF this there is present q feeling ol
'adness which is an evidence Of the tyuo.
friendship and heartfelt sympathy thai
has grown up among ne. ! bid each Of
7ou fond farewell, and hope that suc-
;ess may crown your future efforts.
May this be your parting motto:
'Bufld thee more stately mansions, o, NJ
soul, -
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low vaulted pasti
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
smut thee from Heaven with . dome n0e0
vast.
IT II thou at length art free, -
Leaving thine Out-grOwn shell BY lies
unresting sea!''