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Show MUlllMt'U. ItbtULUriOW. Tkush whorontemplstetlio assurod fact that thero Is mauy times mora power In tb movement of the seas along our shores In one hour than In all th mechanism of msoklnd lu operation throughout thu world lu a day, doubtless sometimes ask themselves them-selves why th one so oxponitve and iu som cases so Inadequate holds sway while th other, cottlesi aud greater, II measurably unused. This self-questioning Is, It seems, to be answered fully aud satisfactorily before tbe present century expires; already In Franc tbe power with which to oper-atea oper-atea marblo quarry Is being b-rrowed from the "sal sea waves," with the latter not ono whit the loser through tho performance, an I thia leads us to conclude that If sucti vast results from i) comparatively senile a source can b obtained, how would It lea Viere tho power generated gener-ated and expended aimlessly In soma of our (lords and Inlets, utilised' util-ised' In places the tldo rises at rsgu-lar rsgu-lar times, corresponding with tbe movements of the nioon through the arch above us, to a height of eight or tsu, and even twelve feet; aud as Us msjeitlo awell beats upon the shore, no man nor set of men cou 1 1 measure IU force, becauiult Is Irresistible. Nor cau It L-a chalued, harnessed or con flaed, yet It can bouiel as satlstac torlly and aljustod ai nicely as th ueeds of mau require, Whit a sub-Ihne sub-Ihne thoughtt Nature herself, without being deqiollwl of any fraction of her lower, contributing to us tb heeded energy for all the mochaulcal appliances applian-ces In th landl Niagara Kails aie also ceasing to tie exclusively a colossal pheuoineuon,and the power represented luthedownpiur will soon be tho direct or Inllrect minns by whlchthe machinery of mills, factories and elevators will heoiieraled; It will run railway trains, such as aro geared to eioctrlcity, aud appe trances tran-ces aro that It Is not to be longbofore all of them will be so arranged. Wo are truly on the vergo of gnat revolutions, revolu-tions, lu mechanism and nlherw.se. |