Show editorials edl EDI TOR 11 AERIAL TELEGRAPH it tire THE latest development in the art of telegraphy is a plan forestay for establishing communication by electric currents without the use of connecting wires some experiments have been made in west virginia by professor Ijo lao omis which were thoroughly successful the plan ia Is based on the theory of electric currents in the upper atmosphere and that communication really takes place not over the wires but through the ground A wire is run up t to a certain altitude reaching a particular current another wire at a distance is erected at a similar elevation to touch the same current currant when communication is at once established without any other connection tion professor loomis also sent up two kites at a distance from each other of eleven miles A fine copper wire was substituted in each case lor for the string As soon as they bo both t h reached the same current communication muni cation catlon was made immediately over that distance by means means of the morse instrument and one invented by loomis the gentleman has conceived the fhe he idea which lie he will proceed to put into practical operation of testing this method of aerial telegraphy by experiments from ono one of the highest peaks of the alps in europe und nod a point ef of a similar altitude lu the rucky mountains in america money has been advanced by parties interested in this remarkable tiya system tem and add if these experiments prove successful another great rev in of communication will wili be inaugurated it is not at all improbable that aerial telegraphy may yet be substituted for the system of sub ma rine cables and also for the wires and lines at long distances on land alow ilow far ele ole electrical changes in the atmosphere will effect this plan does doea not yet appear but if the system is actually practicable experience will point out rem nem remedies edles edies for the which stand in its way and although wires will doubtless B be kept in use for a long time especially ally for short distances the cheapness of the new method and the facility with which it can be introduced into any part of ithe world will pave the way to its adoption and ultimate triumph over existing systems the capabilities of electricity its wonderful powers and its adapts ability to t mans uses have as yet only been discerned to a limited extent light might and life are comprehended in its essence and its powers will be developed as time and aud circumstances require for the progress of humanity and the accomplishment of the purposes of the eternal father the great master of all science and the author and aud revealer of everlasting COOK ON THE FAMILY LIFE IN ix his boston lecture jecture on infidel attack on the family to which we made some reference last thursday rev kev jqseph joseph cook called up three ancient virtuous women to look into the eyes of the free lovers of modern times tims s all these examples cited by the lecturer were pagans could not a christian mi minister nister nitter find any bible exemplars as evidence of the beauties and benefits of the family con condition dicion Ar are ethere there no scripture heroines who could look into the eyes of the anti antl family philosophers where are annah hannah EI the mother of samue ruth the daughter of Naomi naomis miriam the sis ter of moses mores bichel and leah the children of labau laban sarah the tho wife of abraham the patriarch are they not worthy to stand up on a level luvel with Pho Phoc ions ciona lons wife with panthea and the filial Pom Pompe pellan iian ilan daughter it is rather strange that a preacher of the gospel must go to heathendom alone for his hla examples one of whom was a suicide but it Is evident the citation of the hebrew women would have proved ton too much hence they thel were not called into court to give their leti letl testimony moly mOll in ln favo favor of the family we life and against the Straus ses and and Wood hulls their thein appearance would have barred any arraignment of Mormon iam lam 11 their voice would have silenced any attack oa polygamy their gate gaze would have pierced the soul af of cook as well as the infidels he denounced and the women did build the house of israel who listened to the voice of jehovah and who were models of purit yand faith falth as champions of bf the family life against the loose morality of freelove and the wickedness of anti maternity would also be arrayed on the side of the same form of plural marriage as enters into the system established by the mor imor mons 11 mr cook professedly defends the the scriptural ideas concerning marriage ige age and thel thee family life from the attacks of modern infidels but in the course hp b takes in ta tois tais Is lecture he only plays into their hands the scriptural ideas of marriage include both the and conditions and while he opposes one of them he abandons the scriptural ground and leaves at least half the field to his antagonists be he speaks of the indignation that hla hia three pagan women would feel at the degradation that has come from the divergence of the ages ageg from their natural ideals but the indignation of the god fearing and worshipping wor shipping matrona matrons of biblical history would burn burr in equal anger at him and his denunciation of the gna ina na tural ideals and 69 family life of their times divergence encell from which has brought about the blighting body and soul destroying social evils which curee the christendom of which he la Is a defender in striking a blow at plural marriage preachers open the way for the attacks of so called social reformers upon the whole marriage system and the consequent destruction of the family life with its jos joys refinements restraints and endear ments and its heavenly ties which bind h humanity together and anil tend to the elev elevation stion atlon and progress of the rage race their couise course is inconsistent and suicidal AND LETTERS OF MARQUE thebe THERE seems teems to be considerable conflict of opinion in relation to the subject of private ering about which an article has already appeared in this paper the london times publishes an article showing that none of the signatories signa tories to the treaty of paris can issue letters of marque according to the declaration of that treaty that privateer ing la Is and remains abolished but persons who have made a specialty alty of the study of international law take a different view of the matter and it appears from their construction of its principles that p private ering is not only possible in the event of a war between england and russia but almost certain to form an important feature in the conflict although a neutral power has no right to permit its subjects to receive let iet teis of marque from a belligerent li yet the parties in the war may fit out oid private vessels and by cr creating elting what they may entitle a voluntary marine commit depredations upon the commerce of the enemy A violation of the treaty of paris by either party to the agreement can only be punished by a declaration of war and as war would in the in instance tance in question be already declared the treaty so far would amount to nothing the effect of the contemplated war would be to drive most of the carrying trade into american handi hands F for or the merchant men under the english flig flag would be liable to destruction from the russian I 1 eriv privateers steers and the ciali clail ships under the russian flao flag to Ws amilar fate from the english vessels no respect would be paid by either party to the private property of the subjects of the other wherever found upon the high seas prize courts form a curious feature of the practice of 0 private ering they may be established by a belligerent li in neutral ports and decide whether a vessel captured is a lawful prize A vessel condemned as such reverts no more to the owners it is the property of the belligerent power under whose authority it was seized even if re taken it becomes the property of the government under whose flag it 11 i recaptured and not of the original owners if it before it Is condemned by a prize court it reverts rever ts to the proper proprietors prie tors A privateer is not a pirate in the legal sense unless it sails under letters of marque from both belligerents A pirate preys upon the seas without any commission from a power at war prisoners captured on commissioned privateers are subject to the same conditions as prisoners of war in the regular forces naval and military pirates may be hung up at the yard arm whenever captured it has been shown that vessels of war from neutral ports can be fitted out without technical violation of international laws for instance ance russia might buy a vessel in an american port unarmed but equipped in such a way that it could be used for war if manned and fitted with the necessary armament bailing sailing from the port over three miles from the shore it could then receive its guns and ammunition and men from another ship and proceed forth on its mission of death and capture or destruction st ion lon commanded by a russian officer with a formal commission it would thus become a regular russian war ship russia has been consulting some of the best authorities on international law and it is evident from the movements she is making that private ering will form a striking feature of the coming campaign england also is not idle every movement of her enemy is being closely watched and so sure as a privateer sails out upon the seas under the russian nac nag an opponent will be found for it and for every vessel captured by russian privateers england will exact great reprisals or inflict competent vengeance FROUDE AND RELIGIOUS uncertainties tim article written by froude the historian for the international review will not cause as great a sensation when read in full as was created by the extracts given in advance of its publication with the comments of leading journals and indeed the naine name of the author rathe than the merits of the article on science and theolo theology gy ancient and modern gave it prominence and caused its assertions to be viewed with so much concern concern the most striking portions of it have already alej lady been given to the public ej and little more if as much comment will probably be made over tho article itself than was evoked by the extracts that preceded it it is well written and the history of the rise nise and progress of greek philosophy p culminating cu mina ting in the theories of th the roman lucretius establishing the sovereignty of science and the fallacies of paganism exhibits the skill of the practiced historian while his sketch of the swift advancement in scientific thought and the rapid developments mein ts of the last half century with its almost corresponding departure from the standards of religious faith and ecclesiastical authority show how much thought and a just appreciation of modern advancement on the one hand and retrogression on con the other still there is a feeling of disappointment experienced by the reader at the abrupt conclusion of the article and it bears the impression lof an opening chap to a work of which it merely foreshadows fore shadows the design there is one remark on which we offer a few words worda of comment it is this the universal assent which con statutes utes certainty has been dissolved into tho the conflicting sentiments of individual thinkers this rightly represents the chaos into which modern christianity is drift drIfE drifting ing it is the consequence of the absence of legitimate sacerdotal authority without a prophet without a priest divinely ed without communication from the almighty except the dead letter of past revelation translated by uninspired and biased human learning from imperfectly authenticated documents it la Is astonishing that the ele eie elemn ts of christendom have adhered so much ind BO so long aa as they have tacit submission to 0 o dogmatic assumption the power of the gospel of forces force the ignorance of the masses the union of perverted ted churches with despotic states and the slow development of general human thought for centuries babp hav e kept mankind in the grooves mark ed by the machinery of cism clam and held heid the world in the meshes of raft the recent controversy on eternal punishment is an illustration of the lack of knowledge that obtains among professedly authorized ex of divine truth in regard to matters that a few years agg scarcely raised a doubt and shows the truth of the remark we have quoted from froude but bulis bulls Is not this an undesirable even a lamentable condition of oj religious endless disputes and no recognized standard doubt ruling faith falth dethroned dethroner the existence of god and the soul of man the rhe fut future ure life the object of present exi exl existence stene e the accountability for human action actions ss the doctrines of retribution redemption eternal justice justlee and the atrium right all open questions involve involved d 1 in a perplexing uncertainty verily this is is a poor showing after many centuries of christian dogmatism isaiah the hebrew prophet speaks of tho the time when the earth shall be full of the knowledge of god when all shall know him from rom the least to the greatest 11 it Is s very evident to those who think as well as believe that thac this can never transpire without further revelation ion IOD and the re establishment of legitimate authoritative teaching As the new york herald remarked when referring to the state of things described by froude lithe the world never needed thus saith the lord as much as now yet the theologians of the times are more hostile to any expression of a probability of such a revival of divine communication than the masses ot of the people they assume the position that revelation not only became silent some hund bund hundreds redis of yearb years ago but that its ces cessation satten was rinal final that the awful voice 0 of f prophecy is closed for eyen eyer ver fer and that no matter how tangled tangled up in misconception uncertainty and human fallacies mankind may become the eternal fathergill Fath erwill never speak again to his bis earthly children and instruct them from on high it was vas ever thus be belf self constituted ot dinine cutha and ordinances always opposed the actual word authority and designs of heaven they blew slew the prophets of old they were the real cruci fiers of the christ they instigated the murder of joseph and hyrum the prophet and patriarch of the nineteenth cent century and they thep stir up hatred and strife against those these who have the word of the lord for the people of the present age but the church whose central point is in this territory has the consolation amidst the tent ions ious and infidelity of the times that a standard of truth is again set up upon on the earth to which per ler erelong honest hearted and fair minded of every nation will gather that certainly can be at bained in regard to numerous questions that now agitate the religious world that while individual thought need not be cramped nor personal freedom be in the least curtailed there is in the church an authoritative priesthood holding the keys ot of revelation which form the end of controversy and that the spirit which moved upon I 1 the face of the unformed and nebulous mass in the beginning and brought light out of darkness that manifests the deep things of god bears witness of the father and the san and guides unto all truth is now ready to give sure testimony and make plain the path of salvation to all who will comply with the necessary conditions to its reception what has been revealed in this age of uncertainties forms a safe sare guide for the present and when the world is ready for the outpouring the word of the lord will unfold hidden mysteries erless disclose the 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