The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-10
He Reads the Future and Sees Many
Remarkable Things.
FLYING TRANSIT, OF COURSE
People VIII Glide Instead OF Walk
on Pneumatioally Soled shoes
Aerial Trolley Rides to the
North Pole.
Iphia Times.

merely to be compared 10 tne OpeiiihS
of the pages of book, ana pook
they test the credulity of the reader.
Continuing the electrician said: 1t Is
still within the memory of many Nv
ing when the world opened Its eyes
and mouths In profound amazement,
when Professor Morse demonstrated
the fact that words and messages could
be autographed from one place to an
other with lightning-like rapidtty. IL
is but a few years since when burglar
alarms were introduced to thwart the
actions of criminals bent on house
plundering.
1T remained, however. for Edison,
telegraph operator, to bring the mat
ter into practical shape. so that the
unknown, subtle and mysterious power
might be measured in volts and am
peres. The possibilities, yea, the prob
abilities of the future in the line of
electric advancement are so great that
10 contemplate them Is enough 10
make ones head whirl with astonish-
ment and awe. Active brains are at
work, the best inventive skill is en-
gagged in planning to meet necessity.
have looked into the matter and with
the past as a criterion / can readily
see some of the improvements that the
future will unfold"
When asked what he expected to
see he replied: II would rather keep
the matter TO myself, for / know my
ideas will be laughed at and held up
TO ridicule. yet as you insist l will tell
you what / think will come to pass.
In the near future. when electricity
has full sweep our railroads will all
have to be elevated so that there will
be no crossing them by persons or We
hicles. Then one may start from
Philadelphia after breakfast and be
"
full mornings work, come back for
his dinner. return to New York, and
in the evening whisper through the all
connecting telephone and tell his wife
not 10 expect him home for an hour
later than his usual time, as he has to
meet a friend in Washington and ac-
company him TO Chicago before return
ing home. Why, sir, you will be able
TO step on a train here in the morning.
fly across TO San Francisco, spend sew
eral hours viewing the wonders of the
Yosemite valley, take lunch in Anacon-
da on your return and get back home
in time TO make deposit in your bank
before IL closes. Go. yes, indeed, 1t
viii soon be go. indeed. In matters
pertaining to household affairs the
same advancement will be seen. One
will be able not only while sitting in
his library or lying on his bed to touch
a button, and turn on a light. or regu-
idlc IIc Ol the nOuSt, Dul
can also indicate to the butcher, milk
man, grocer or baker what is needed
for the days supply of food. He can
also by simply touching a button, have
his morning newspapers sent through
tubes, and from the village tavern
his morning EYE opener sent direct
without the trouble of his going after
II. There will be no need of heavy
clothing when these things come. over
coats and heavy wraps will be relegat-
ed 10 the past, for they will be sup
planted by thin garments of finely
woven wire and asbestos, which, being
charged with electricity. will retain a
glowing warmth in the coolest weather
for IS hours. So thoroughly will every
thing be charged with the subtle fluid
that men. women and children will be
compelled 20 wear rubber soled shoes
20 prevent their being fatally shocked
while walking the streets.
81 use the term walking when I
should have said gliding. for we will
then glide instead of walk. novel
attachment 20 carry i'm ones pocket
will put gait on him that would as
tonish our record holding sprinters of
the present day Just now there is
considerable talk of pneumatic soled
shoes. These will never become popu-
lar until the pocket electric motor is
introduced. Then the air-cushioned
shoe soles will become a necessity. In
my calculations. or predictions, which
ever you please to call them, / can
readily see what is approaching, and
assure you, sir, that the browning glo-
r'ies of the electric age will surpass
those of all other ages. Take for in
stance, our warships and the latest
improved implements of destruction to
be used on land. They, notwithstand-
ing their immense cost. will fade into
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will be brought into use by electricity
Imagine for a moment an electric tor
pedo, charged and ready for action.
with nothing required but the touching
OF a button to set IL in motion. Then
see IT flying through the air at the
rate OF 30 miles a second, guiding itself
by a nicely arranged attachment to-
wards the target. and by the force of
its blow exploding with the force OF
10000 steam boilers. penetrating. shiv-
ering and tearing into shreds the
thickest of our modern steel armor
plating. Perhaps you have seen a car
penter with apparent ease shove his
plane over board and the thin shaw
ings curl over his hand. Well. that
VIII give you a faint idea Of how the
elctro-charged bombshells i have lust
mentioned would curl up the steel plat
ing on modern gunboats.
IT believe IL we should live TO see the
first quarter of the twentieth century.
and neither of US would be old men IL
we should, we would be able to take an
aerial trolley ride to the North Pole.
stop TO dine on Greenland's icy noun
tains. study the habits of the dweIlers
in that long-sought region and get
back home in time TO take our families
70 an electric concert.
Steam will be no more thought of
then than is the antiquated finder box.
which our good grandmothers used 20
fuss and fret over in manufacturing
sparks enough TO Set fire TO a sulphur
covered stick before they could start a
fire with which 10 cook breakfast
Water will also be relegated. so far as
washing is concerned into the realm OF