The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-25

BEFORE the imprint of the Journal
bears the date of 1900, science and art will
have so far advanced as to have effected
complete revolutions in many of the in
dustrial processes and methods of secur-
ing health, comfort and convenience TO
the human race.
Vast gas manufactures will be found in
all the great cities and towns, in which
the invisible agent will be manufactured
solely for the purpose of cooking the food
and warming the dwellings of the inhab-
itants. These works will be Independent
of those established for making illumin
ating gas. 1t will not be necessary TO
purify the fuel gas so fully, and it will, in
most places, be made from wood. The
cost will be so low, and the convenience
so great, other kinds of fuel will, in large
measure, be dispensed with. No ashes,
no smoke, no dust-what glorious real
iza.ion this will be. At that time the air,
the earth. and the sea will be full of con-
Quoting wires, and electric currents will
flow constantly in every direction. A
new order OF things will prevail in our
postoffices. The click of the telegraph
instrument will be heard, instead of the
snap of the lock which closes up the wide
mouths of the mail bags. The small sum
of ten cents (perhaps less) will place cor
respondents in instant communication
with each other, no matter how widely
they may be separated. Although the in
dustrial arts will have enormously in
creased, less steam power will be employ
ed. Electrical, or some other of the hid
den forces of nature will be harnessed To
the primary moving wheels of the great
manufacturing establishments, and smoke
and vapor will no longer mark their locs-
ton to the distant traveller.
The sick will not be required to swallow
disgusting doses of medicine. Remedies
will be administered through other ave
nues than the stomach. Chemistry will
have eliminated the vital active principles
from all curative agents; and, through
the cellular subcutaneous coverings, and
by other at present closed doors of access,
the influence of therapeutic agents will be
brought to bear directly upon diseased
parts. Light will be let in upon nearly sll
the organs of the body, SO that the physi.
clan can observe the extent and nature OF
disease, and no longer be compelled TO di-
agnose in the dark.
The publishers of this and other jour
nails will perhaps be able TO issue simulta-
neous editions in all the great central cities
of the country. A knowledge of practi-
cal science will be more generally diffused
among the people, elevating and improv-
ing the masses, and consequently render
ing them happier, healthier and better
fitted for the duties and responsibilities of
life.-Boston Journal Of Chemistry.
THE st Joseph (Mo) Herald relates
case in which the Masons of that city
were victimized by a we'll l-dressed conf
dence woman, who represented to them
that her husband was a prominent Mason
in Georgia, and that she had lost her rail
way tickets, money and baggage, and
needed assistance After her wants had
been libCIally supplied, it was accident
ally discovered that she was an imposter,
and had practiced the same game on vari-
Gus occasions.
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