The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-10-11
ELEcTRlcIry
More Marvellous Than Steam.
trial Wor,, the I,

Ha'ee rcsultS are prodroo,
employment of great forco.e BY
days as in Egypt and in p. In e
ohly great force at comm "o'ne
large number OF men ,lald Y
slaves. Our modern ciyili no,Sias
be SAID to be based upon ste'E
is not steam soon to be dis s.ean'
the new force. ele%ctlicit,gsl 'cs n
lit,le more than "a porter, WI
will condition the progre.s now
1ation during the new ean =, ci
near at hand. 1t is more sG ~
ture OF a logical deduction -, ,b me
prophecy that we outline tadn
billties and probabilities Of Wv, ,S..
'criols force within the com ,ts
adc. The human family s~n
ONE into possession Of ronro,
If which they have scarrcIr
The present trolley systn', .e'l
ating street cars is certa
way to some conduit plan ~r
Iovcd storage batteries
moving unsightly poles and
from streets. All teleohonr 1'.
graph wires within CITY
wires are needed at all, vii
under ground. Incandcsc n,
now in use will he laid
greatly improved ones hayin,r.
ments. but which will glow ~ mt
of high frequency currents. f., ~'
vices placed in walls and 20.
which will be made to diyD>a ,,l
ful light throughout orr
Small boats on lakes. in rq-
on rivers and canals. will t4 m
by electricity. Typcwritteo 20,
now successfully TRANSMITTED 4
distance by wire. and an emf %
Of newspaper may s0on be pri,l
simultaneously in Il hundr.f jI
ent cities, and slips 50 printed nj
describe the progress o. a t3ttal
Corca may be delivered to Us b~rl
The electrical transmi,>1t7
power will be rapidly extenled.
for this purpose distant mound
streams and water falls viii he
lied. Coal, too, will lie burned
the coal mines, thus saying tha
of transporting that bulky fuel.
its energy will appcarin heat sndDl
cr in homes hundredso of miles list
by the year 1900 electric sire,
suburban railway traction w.llh
taken the place Of all other lrns
traction. TelephOning aroani
world will soon he an easy NATL
Already our long distance ,e.esAod
have brought half Of our clsa
population within sp3ahin- Q,oN(
ANY man in st. Paul can nos boil
conversation with any man gB
ton. The writer has tdGel 4
wire in which the reSj,l2M
such that 20 overcome i wnll
equivalent to talking by l:Q
with a friend in Constantine c i
the voices could be distinc, had
Not only will such converse u
easy. but, in all probability ls1
conditions will be accurate a
duced. and we SHAH lie &'.tD}
our friends face t. face Wnir
vcrsing with them. We ". "a
soon to inspect goods in New
examine d farm il the sac
Washin. ton, red Il beck "a ~
listen l. Il sermon in New '1e!1
seeing the c.orgyman and tn ci-
cation, hear an opera III Ha.'I-
and AL this while you Val.
are comfortably seated il a .Q-
Chicago.
Electric heating, though
now. will soon be so cheapeneIa
he brought into quite genera
The convenience OF sucn nell
homes and for cars is at one m
ent. From any desired p3lnt II
sleeping room. a man, By iF'!"
rection to his wife about bNttD'
switches. can turn such neal
any portion Of his house. gA'a
in his kit hen range, CT haye Il.
attended to by clock-w0rK. Ne
be awakened at any hour ~ a'
and can have his house lGn'".
arranged that he can il!niAil:
room in il from his bed, or, Oh
ing home from the th9ate" u
light the lamps before enttF!-.
house. Electric motors wiI'0Ll
to general use, and in piac' u,l
present costly shafting. p'A'eH !
betting, wires will connect oGf ~
machines with dynamOs, ana ia;
der to use any machine tn opf's
will simply have to turn Il >" ~. ,
press a button, thus using oD'' II,
power his work ca Is for. >Do"
method be devised OF gettih- u
tricity directly from heat, d PS
ity, no doubt, a revelation 49, on
chanical industry will be 'ha 10.
rated whose benefits to the n"' '
race would be beyond calc'".
We may also be able to tTan''u," ~,
thoughts and feelings 10 o.,
friends. We are only at the u'.
The are Of electricity, ana ~ .