Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-21

lamps, there being a large headlight IN
front of the same pattern, which thfe"
it's RAYS at least mile mp inc tTach,
The electric current was genefa'eu
while the fraiu W8s in notion, apd tbeh
stored ip secondary batteries placed un-
derneath the cars. which, as you BnoW'
would keep the lamp burning while the
train was at rest / was surprised, al
SO. to learn that these storage batteries
did not weigh mOle tnan one hunoreu
pounds apiece, each cell weighing Jus6
two pounds. When [ arrived at the
end of nv Journey and desired TO COM
mun1cate my safe arrival to my friends
in New York, / proceeded to look for a
telegraph office. My efforts were fruit
less, however, as no place OF that k1nd
could be found. [ inquired OF gen
tleman upon the street If he would ex'
plain TO me why there were no tele-
graph offices in such large city.
sWhy, my friend, / guess you are from
the COUNTRY, aren't you? SAID he.
Just step into my house and use my
telephone I accepted his invitation
and was soon conversing with my friends
in New York. This gentlemen ID
formed me afterward that the system OF
telegraphy had been done away with
sixty years ago, owing to the great I'M
prOvement of the telephone and It's con-
venience. One could converse with a
| friend In China as easily as II he were
| but two feet away. Everybody h&d d
telephone in his house, and when he
wished 10 talk with some one IN Berlin,
say, he would first call up the exchange
in his own city, which would connect
HIM with the exchange in New York.
| The exchange at the latter city would
then call Hamburg, which III turn would
connect him with the exchange IN Ber-
| lin, 1t was the easiest and simplest
thing IN the world, and l recollecb hav-
| ing o half hours pleasant chat with an
old acquaintance of mine who resided I'D
the Champs Elysees, Paris. The only
system in vogue which resembled the
old style telegraph was one which was
worked by the electric currents III The
atmosphere, instead of using wires.
This system prevailed IN QUITO the-Way
places, where people looked more tOr
cheapness than convenience. 1t had
been adopted in the army a generation
| ago as q means of communication, but
as there were no armies IN the world
then its use in this way was thing oil
the past.
"No, there are no armies, for the
reason that the engines of death had
| been so terribly destructive as to pre-
clude warfare entirely. Why, they got
so that they blew up whole army at
one pop, and this fact, together with the
advancement of civilization, brought
about great change in the manner OF
settling national disputes. In case OF q
| breach of peace between TWO nations the
| arguments on both sides were heard be-
! fore 81 congress of nations and there set
| tied. International law on this point
was held sacred and irrevocable. The
surplus population, due to the absence
of war, was rapidly settling the inter
iors of Africa, Australia, and the United
| States. Republican form of govern
ment had become universal, and there
was no such thing as the higher class,
the culture and education OF the
middle class having become the true
aristocracy. Kings, queens and tltleo
pers 0nages were only facts of history
and true worth and knowledge In men
were considered far higher attachments
than blood. Through the more thor
ough study and advancement of socialog-
ical principles, society was IN perfec
harmony throughout It's full extent.
could find no very poor men nor no very
rich ones. The war between capital an(
labor had ended long ago, and they tolC
me that days labor consisted of five
hours, the remainder of the day being
occupied IN mental Improvement. Oh
in regard to the costumes of the people
[ noticed that the ladies wore plain, sim
pie garments. with no attempt to make
up deficiency of figure. while the gen
tlemen's appearance showed similar GOOD
sense. In all the hard cemented streets
of our great cities [ noticed marked
absence of horses. These animals were
used, however, for pleasure driving, bu
al heavy hauling was being done by car
riages run by stored electricity. All thu
manufactures were run by the same
agency, the current being conducted
over wires from large waterfalls where 1
was generated, perhaps hundreds O
miles from the mandatory itself. Their
the housewives did their cooking by cleo
tricity, using q stove of peculiar ar
rangement especially adapted to TIN
purpose.
Yes, crime was ecarce," continued
the speaker; "Yirtue IN both men anC
women being an attribute OF the deepes
| VeneratiOn and observance F."