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TToV TO TllAVKIi CHKAl'I.Y IN EuilOIMC.
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Ami wo lire prone to ejaculate, how did
any one over happen to think or nil that!
Hut presently wo remember thnt in nil
this vast array, there are but six simple
mnehines dill'ercnl from each other which
the skill and ingenuity of man combine
to produce these great results, enabling u
man to accomplish twenty times as much
work as he could do without them. And
it is only by a gradual growth that they
have reached the present. slate of perfection
The locomotive thai we sec lumbering
along between Manchester and Liverpool,
fifty years ago, at the rate of twelve miles
tin hour, was a different thing from the
one that a year ago leaped over the iron
rail from New York to Chicago at the rate
of a mile and a quarter per minute. An
hundred and fifty joars ago a woman
must stand at the wheel or loom, spinning
or weaving a single thread; now with
greater ease she handles from twenty to
thirty times as many. When McOormick
tried his experiment of reaping by horse l
power, be had a bungling mncbinorequir.
ing six horses to draw it, and a man to
remove the grain; now two hor.cs draw
an elegant machine, from which the grain
falls securely bound. And equally great
are the changes in nearly all industrial
pursuits. The gradual development of
these labor saving machines, with its of
feet, upon the growth of a nation, is an in
teresting study. It has been said to mark
the progress of civilization; but not so
much in the true sense of the term, does
it show the degree of a nation's eivilizu.
tion, as her strength, and power. Why
could England so long boast of her su
premneyV Because her fncilitle.- in man
ufacture enabled her to dictate prices (o
the whole world. While her rulers were
demanding unreasonable taxes from the
Colonies, four humble mechanics were
perfecting their inventions of the loom
which should give to England more than
she would lose by the Delaration of Indo
pendence.
But just how far these great inventions
are conducive to the prosperity of a re
publican nation, tending as thoy (In, to the
formation of monopolies; and when in
their devolnpment they cease in be ser
vnnts and become masters, are quest ir its
which our statesmen will bo called upon
to answer, at no distant day.
The steam railway enterprise, that, fifly
years ago was smiled at, as a "splendid
theory," In-day with its network of iron
rails grasps the throat of democracy, with
a threatening hand. II. W. II.
HOW TO TRAVEL CHEAPLY
TN EUliOPE.
Coil of a Tien IVnri' Cottrat fii Utr-
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Many young men of slender means, but
ambitious and eager to widen their intel
lectual horizon, and enlarge their experi
ence by foreign travel, and hundreds of
graduates front our Colleges and Univer
sities who would welcome with joy the
opportunity of rounding up and giving
symmetry to their preparatory culture, in
the schools of Europe, arc deterred from
thinking seriously of it by the supposed
impracticability of the undertaking.
To many, who are abundantly able, the
idea never occurs that the execution of
ttich a scheme, really lies within lhe com
pass of Ihtir means. The tour of Rurope
is no longer a serious or imposing under
taking. A foreign education, including
all traveling expenses, may bo obtained at
much less expense than a home education.
Not that the former should lake the place
of the latter it should only supplement
uk' perfect it. Those parents who send
their children to Germany or France, "to
grow up with tins languages," are guilty
of a serious error. Besides becoming in a
great measure de-naturalized, they will
forfeit a much greater prize than l hey win
a thorough command of their omi lan
guage. And among our "speech, making"
people that loss is deeply significant.
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