The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-24
NUMBER 3o.
FUTURE EVENTS--THB DOIEGS OF
THE YEAR 5000.

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we have discovered that the diamond
and coal are identical in composition,
and the essence Of turpentiue, lemon,
bergamot, juniper, savin, lavender, pep
per aud the gilly-hower, all have the
same chemical composition, that is to
say, they each contain ten atoms of car
bon and fifteen of oxygen, the only diff
ference being in the arrangement of
their molecules. The extracts which
we use to flavor sOda-wate and cake.
such as pineapple, strawberry, etc, are
chemically prepared; there is not par
ticle Of fruit juice in them. The wine
Of the present day is not made Of the
juice Of the grape, but is a chemically
prepared article, consisting Of water,
sulphurie acid, strychnine, red pepper,
big black ants and other poisons, eolored
with lOg-wOOd and favored to initiate
elaret, port wine, champagne and brandy
by chemicals. Chemistry has also
taught people how to make artificial
butter and artificial sugar. In the
future, in the year 5000, our daily food
will be chemically prepared; the vulgar
iiy OF eating can then be dispensed with;
the culinary department can then be ex-
changed for a small case Of cordials. OBJ
tanned from the chemists. If il is
thought desirable for family TO unite
at refreshment time, they may sip their
nectar together in the parlor or under
the trees. BY thus having food adapted
to ones needs, the waste and repair Of the
system will be wholly equalizei, so there
can never be any more famine, or any
more sickness; men will be, as it were,
immortal; they will live to extreme old
age they will never die, but fall asleep
and wake up in the other life. In the
year 5000 people will not live in isolated
dwellings as at present; the houses will
be built large enough to contain two
thousand inhabitants; they will be so
arranged that each family will be inde-
pendent Of the other, but some of the
apartments, such as the dining-room,
the lecture-room, the dancing hall and
the nursery, will be enjoyed by all in
common.
The work Of this large household will
be carried on by machinery, the motive
power being electricity. Women no
longer being drudges and slaves to
household duties, will devote their
time to the culture Of their intellectual
faculties. nand women will advance
to that degree OF morality that the
baser passions, having been eliminated
in the course Of development, will be fit
companions for the glorified spirits who
reached perfection by a different route
in another world.
In The year 5000 counting and marry-
ing can be carried on by the telephone.
Imagine young couple, one living in
Sweet Home Community, Victoria, the
other living in Pleasant Valley Com
munity, Mexico, sending sweet mes
sages to one another like the following:
dearest, are you ready to have the
knot tied 10 day at twelve O'Clock ?'I
She answering, 81 will be ready and
will meet you in San Francisco to-mor-
row morning at daybresk."
Travelling in those days will not he in
the slow coach style Of to day; they will
have flying machiues Of the most in
geuious forms, such as horses. whales.
elephants, angels or wings. These will
be 50 constructed As 10 bear the visitor or
business man through the air TO his des-
tination. Nhat a resolution will result
from this new invention. S,reet-car
stock will be worthless, ferryboats will
90 out Of fashion; staid old family
horses will not be worth their feeding:
possibly side walks will not be abso
lutely required. Every body will travel
about on flying machines. Careful.
methodical people will keep near terra
Brmd, but high-spirited persons will
soar to the empyrean. On being intro
dueed to young lady, gentleman will
anxiously inquire, "HOw high does she
sail ," Perhaps our social standing will
be rated by the altitude Of our daily as
eension. The ladies will go shopping
on flying machines, thus escaping the
dust to great extent, and the impudent
ieers Of the iOafers who infest the sunny
corners Of First street. Every enter
prising merchant will have a large
opening in the roof of his store, down
which bis feminine customers can
gracefully float from the regions Of up
/ per air.
II a man is seen gazing intently
heavenward, observers will naturally
imagine that he is looking for his wife
or some female acquaintance. Personals
will apl ear in the daily papers thus;
I "Darling, meet me in the air Tomorrow
afternoon at the usual hour, four thou
sand feet above the river" By day the
atmosphere will be darkened by our
friends and fellow-eitizens, soaring
about with the greatest ease on duty or
pleasure, looking like mosquitoes in the
distance. By night the effect will be
still more wonderful, since each aero.
naut will carry a lantern, not for the
purpose Of finding the way, but with
the view of recognizing acquaintances,
lighting his cigar and contributing his
share to the frowning down of gas com
panies. The police will be divided into
two grades, the patrician and plebeian;
the latter will grope about ignobly