The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-29
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Historic and Prophetic.

historic and Prophetic.
;, Eacn succeeding age aud generation. per
haps might say decade, leave, behind IL
peculiar character, which stands out in
upon IT'S annals, and is associated with
forever In the memory of poster:ty.
One is signalized for the invention or
Prin'ing, another for that Of the cotton gin:
3ne Is rendered memorable by the Declaration
oi inaependcnce, one is marked by conoues,s
an war, another is rendered illustrious by
the discoveries of Newton.
inc nineteenth century has been marked
py tue mirscies which have been wrought in
the su6)ugaiion of the powers of pat,,re IN
the uses Of the human race: but in ,h;s
respect the next half century, or perhaps
quarser century. will have no precedent n
VIII distinguish itself moro .han anv other
rvspobdiog period of the worlds bistory
oy great aud practical applications of sci,
ence. In TACT every science will undergo a
complete revolution in this space.
Mithin the memory of some of our older
citizens, persons, CORES pondeuee md m.r.
c1ahuse were transported from place to
pace by stage coaches aud wagons. Then
the fast coaches with it's team of fine horse.
ana It's pompous driver, who handled the
reins win consummate pride and skill WAS
SUBJECT OF the unboundei admiration of the
traveller. Tho rapid circulation of ;n,oII;.
geuce was also q boast of those times Uow
persons stared, and some even felt irresisti.
oiy mp eiied to inquire further into matters.
when told that the morning papers, stili
aaup IRON the press, were read that dnv Mt
inc distanco of twenty miles from the places
Where published. At that time, il one
Fersed lu the res uFccs offs science had graycly
Pred,s'ed mat tue generation living then
ana there would live to see all these wonder.
ful performances become obsolete AID CON.
signed 10 the history of tho past; that time
would become iconoclastic, breaking nm
lneir idois, such as fast coaches, makina
their celerity such rs 10 satisfy those alone
who were in back ward state of civilization
Inc pcpulace would have thought that he per,
son VINO gave uttcrance t. such, was laborinp
ai severe mental arrangement, for it
transcended their power Of conception.
since the beginning Of the nineteenth
century, Prof. Samuel F. d. Morse, has
Drought into use tho eiectro-mapne,ic t.Ie-
graph oy means of which electricity. at tho
WI! and pleasure Of those iu charge. NAV
uenVer messages at any part of the world,
anu transmit answers to such messages
n.inost insiantaneously. A telcgraphic de-
Sp"on WIZ ny many times around the earth
between the two beats Of a common cIock
In Its widest flight the most exalted imon;.
n"'loh Wou'd not have dared, even in fiction
w. give utterrnce 10 these stubborn realities
ohaSesPeare only ventured to make his fai,v
Put girdle round the earth,
LII Iorty minutes ~
10 nave encircled it several times in n
seoone Wouid nave seemed too monstrous |
oven for "Robin Gocdfellow."
\ Another thing that has excited the o5u;r.
ISson OF the world and is the pride and boast
.! our country and times. is the rapid transit
NJ tne present time journey from the A. |
lantic seaboard TO The shores of the Po.;f.
distance of thirty-six hundred miles. can
Do accomplished in about six DAYS which. no
recent as 1919, required many months ~
weary travel for its accomplishment.
10 chronicle the constantly increasing list |
Of wonderful appliances would reouire an
octave volume in itself, SO we will oonfine
ourselves to the wonders which will marx |
inc next quarter century and perhnns be |
more striking than the old "seven wonders
of the world
In less than twenty-five years Union and |
Chester will be brilliantly lighted with
electricity, generated at Lockhart Shoals. md |
sha'ting will not be used in auy of the large |
factories Which, it is predicted, will be in |
operation at that time at the above named |
plices. Electricity will entirely take it's |
place. Shatt'ngs, it is said, wastes 40 per
cent. OF the power when they are doing the |
work. md in the intervals, when thew are
not at work, there is complete loss Fec
tricliy IS Instantly available. and con be turn
ell OIL and on in q moments time. In using
s'e'm power the easements of the buildings
have to Pc occupied by huge en- gines which
shake the buildings, and further necessitate
great inconvenience in ooaling on removing
ashes. In using electricity power plant
outside of the city could supply power TO
dynamo', which occupy but little space.
Already railroads are doing away with
switch engines, substituting in thclr place
electric motors aud trolleys. Some one has
predicted that in ten years all the main
trunk lihe railroads will he operated by
electricity, the power in many cases coming
from waterfalls along the routes.
Perhips it will provoke smiles Of more
dulty, when predict that within the time
already mentioned person in any part of |
this country of ours eau converse, by means
OF q telephone cable, with persons ia Liver. |
pool or in any other part Of England, with a
perfect annihiiation Of all relations between
time and space In very short time freight |
OF oil kinds will be transported from one part |
OF the country to another through pneu-
matio tubes, by means of compressed ar,
thus, In great measure, doing away with !
freight trains. The mail also will be dis |
tribated throughout the country through |
these tubes
No doubt within twenty-five years the |
great inventive genius Of America will have |
oontriyed means by which an individual in |
any town or city Of our country will be able |
TO take In his hand pencil or pen, the |
point of which is in another town, no matter
how distant, and with pen or pencil, write |
or delineate in such distant place, such |
characters or designs as might please him,
with as much prompttude and precision as |
II the paper to which the characters were
Committed, lay upon the table before him.
The contemplation Of these things will have
become 80 interviewer with our habits that
familiarity will have blnnted the edge of
wonder. ScBooL GIRI.
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