The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-07-03
GENERAL TOPICS.

The far West papers report case q
wholesale marrying. An enthusiast
young Mormon saint deliberately wed
ded three young and fair damsels a
once. BY this arrangement he made
saving in minister's fees, and in brida
tours, suits, cards and breakfasts bu
he may be loser in the end. The Joy o
three honeymoons concentrated into one
the bitterness Of three months of worm
wood devoured in four weeks time, tn,
advice of three mothers-in-law all givel
at once, each raising her voice t.
drown that OF the Others, the jealousie,
of each Of the three wives towards thu
other two, and their united jealousy to
wards all the other girls in Mormondom
all these, or either of them, would drive
any ordinary man to the flowing bowl
the mad-house or the suicides doom al
once. We shall watch with interest the
future Of this young husband. All have
read the fate of the man who married
two wives, one older and the other
younger than himself. The first pluck.
ed out all his uncolored hair to make
him look old. while the second plucked
out the grey hairs to make him look
young. We prophecy that the hair of
this young man will turn grey in a
single night.
The manufacturers Of vaults and safes
for the preservation Of valuables, and
also those whose profession it is to enter
then for the purpose Of plumber, con.
tinus 10 develop vast amount Of inge.
pSits Almost m soon as we have the
triumphant announcement Of absolute
security as the result of some combine
ton or construction, we find that the de-
vice has been successfully evaded. All
The arrangements of chilled iron and
'ther modes of protection seem to be of
no value against the efforts of expert
enced "cracksmen," and attention now
appears to be directed toward the add-
lion Of defensive weapons that shall
Main or otherwise injure the intruder.
One Of the most recent devices of this
Kind consists in what is called Chemical
Armor for Bank Vaults, which is adjust
d that should the interior of the safe be
by violence, sundry glass vi
Ills filed with sulphuric acid are necessari-
y broken and their contents discharged
nto powdered carbonate of lime. result
ng in the instantaneous production of
'arbonic acid gas enough to asphyxiate
! regiment. What mode of defense will
Ne adopted by the opposite side should
his device be carried out to any extent
emains to be seen.
The philosopher of tbs New York
Herald thinks the age Of invention has
,ardly commenced. He says: The
Widest imagination is unable to predict
he discoveries Of the future. For all
We know. families in the next century
nay pump fuel from the river and illu-
innate their houses with ice and electric
ty. Iron vessels, properly magnatized,
nay sail through the air like ballons,
md trip to the Rocky Mountains may
be made in an hour. Perhaps within
Fifty years American grain will be shot
into Liverpool and Calcutta through
ren pipes laid under the sea. BY means
Of condensed air and cold vapor engines,
excursion parties may travel along the
floor Of the ocean, sailing past ancient
wrecks and mountains of coral. On
land the intelligent farmer may turn the
nil Of thousand acres in day, while
ais son cuts wood with platinum wire
and shells corn with electricity. The
matter now contained in a New York
laily may be produced ten thousand
lines a minute on little scraps of paste
board, by improved photography; and
boys may sell the news Of the world
printed on visiting cards which their Gus
toners will read through artificial eyes.
Five hundred years hence a musician
nay play a piano in New York connect
ID with instruments in San Francisco,
hicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans and
'ther cities, which will be listened to by
lalf a million Of people. A speech de-
iyered in New York will be heard in-
family in the halls of those cities. and
\ hen fashionable audiences in San Fran
,iseo 60 to hear some renowned singer
he will he pertaining in New York or
Philadelphia.
The net loss sustained by the citizens
{ Richmond by the recent fire is esti-
uated by the Register AT s75, 1000. Among