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Show GASOLINE TURNS THE EARTH Motorfcojtn Are R. placing Gendolao In Vtniea, and Hvn the Windmills in Holland Disappear. '"oMrtionts In Vfiilce, replacing the r'(iiMi nre not tin only iiieclmnlnil prorHi'iitlitu that coining In to dlerp-I dlerp-I n'lii fiilurp Ami'iienii trnvchra In ICu-mfn. ICu-mfn. A letter fiom Amsterdam tells us ihnt Hie luildi windmills lire being ri'plni'iil liy mills npemted by stenm uml clci-trlc power, (very yonr some of the nld windmills nro htirupd, mitl lliey nn not ro-crwted. Time timy ciiiiic ulicii n fv wlndiiillls Will bo tifi'Ftirwl h relics In Holland; Just ns Hlinlliir utructiires nro still preserved on AiiiiMnerk nnd N'niitiiclct Islands for tliHr riirlniis Interest, snys the llimiiuirrtiiiscrlpt. A I renily windmills of Aiiii-rlfnu construction, with steel fmiH nrrntiKed In wheels, Instead of tin1 pleturowiuo old wooden iirmt, nnd Ih'IJUii to make their nppenmnco, even In llollnml. 'I'lie iiiclnllle windmill with the revolvlm; wheel. Is more plc-tiireMiiic plc-tiireMiiic thnn the ordinary stenm or miter power mill, hut It Is not so pic-iui-(iUi ns the old wooden ulTnlrs. on our western prairies nnd plnlns the lull windmills, with' their bit,' motnl wheels fplnnliw high In the nlr, uro Imli-ed a flno feature In the monotonous, monot-onous, landscape, but even thoy nro In dmiRcr of yielding to the process of ptlmplng water by means of pisollne minors. The power of the wind, to he sure, eosts nothing, whllo Hint of the gasoline motor mny cost n good den I, but there nro times when no wind blows, nnd the householder tires of wnltlng for It tn rise. Less nnd less wo nro content to nttentl upon forces of nature. The beautiful sails arc vntilsliliiR from tho sens, to bo re-pin re-pin red by belching smokestacks. On Innd windmills give plncn to structures operated by stenm nnd electricity. Tho stalwart oxen nro no longer seen nt the furmor's plow; It Is gasoline that turns tho earth now. Ilomownrd the unwenry motor bnrks Its way! |