method of
abolishing the dead weight of the train, leaving only aerial resistance
to be contended with. If this can be done, as Mr. Albertson asserts,
half of the battle is won, and the world may yet be able to travel on
the earth's surface with the much-dreamed-of speed of hundreds of miles
an hour. For many years the great principle of magnetism has been known
to electricians and used in practical work by laymen. Steel companies
have found the magnet useful in lifting huge metal girders. At one end
of their lifting apparatuses they have placed a magnet which, when
charged, grips the steel bars and lifts them, no matter how great their
weight. It has been noticed that a magnet would move to come in contact
with the steel bar as soon as it arrived within the drawing radius,
carrying any amount of weight with it which happened to be attached at
the time.

"It is this principle which Doctor Albertson sought to make use of--the
lifting power of a magnet when attracted to a fixed rail of steel. He
arranged a series of magnets under a miniature car running on a steel
railway track. The magnets were insulated and attached to the bottom of
the car so that they came under the rail and about an inch below it.
Then he turned on enough electricity to make the magnets active. They
rose upward toward the rail, lifting the car bodily in the air. The
weight of the train was thus simply overcome!"

The electro-magnetic train has demonstrated its principle to the
satisfaction of scientific engineers. Professor Roberts, in charge of
the chemical works at Niagara Falls, says of it:--

"It is the electrical discovery of the age, and so simple in
application that the marvel is that it has escaped us so long. The
lightening power of magnetism has been known for years, the
greatest saving power to overcome gravity, but it seems it had to
wait for Doctor Albertson to discover it."

The air-ship promises, however, to eclipse the greatest and swiftest of
latter-day steamers. The air, rather than the ocean, is to be navigated.

All these marvellous developments in scientific activity correspond to
the developments of man's mental and spiritual powers. Telepathy
establishes its communication from spirit to spirit, as wireless
telegraphy establishes its sending of messages without visible means. On
both planes,--the physical and the psychical,--the subtle and finer
forces are being utilized, and the horizon line of the