Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-30

viii with storage motors, roll 70 their
assigned places Air ships driven by
screw nropellers, operated by electric
motors MAJ be utilized, and projectiies
| living with enormous velocity and great
precision. directed on merciless errands
tv smokeless powder. viii everywhere
deal death and destruetioh' imptesnaoie,
will appear on the skirmkh and mai n bat
/ tie lines. prepared TO change position by
the touch of a button
In is even predicted that the new wo-
man will be a factor in this new military
| era. and mounted on bicycles. Will charge
fast and OF course, furious. showing
only the usual irrepressible anxiety that
their hats are on straight ana their cos
tunes becoming.
Modern breech-loading cannon and small
arms, with wonderful rapidity OF fire,
will increase the dead and dying on the
field Of battle while the wounded viii be
more rapidly treated by the new dis
hospitals. supplied with the necessary
paraphernalia will welcome the grooming,
suffering soldier.
X-RAY COMES IN, TOO
A copper wire and a glass tube from
which the afr has been exhausted is
added by ROentgen's amazing discovery
70 the art Of photography. and the power
ful cathode rays Will enable a surgeon
TO see the location OF a bail at a glance.
or the point the bones are shattered.
ana. therefore, lose no time IN the relief
Of his patient. Roentgen's discovery may
reVolutiOnize modern medical methods
and just now presents a most interesting
field for investigation Of the gentlemen
graduates. Think Of observing the action
OF the human heart, The realm OF utility
Will be practically boundless when these
mysterious rays can be driven through
the human body as easily as they now
apparently penetrate the hand IL IS
claimed that Professor Marshall Hail.
no ..asNfFN ssfF
the rays Of sunlight destroyed the germ
OF disease, and by the laboratory expert
ments Of the German scientist II is fur
Their claimed that the new cathode light
shows the same chemical composition a
tie violet rays Of sunshine: II all this
De so, cholera can be conquered and
tuberculosis destroyed. BY nooding the
lungs with the new cathOds light con-
sumption may be cured, and II the haccili
or typhoid or scarlet-feVer can be flushed
with the light these diseases may be
within easy grasp Of modern science.
Who can tell what the laboratory ex-
periments In Europe and America will
bring forth? To other strange uses these
amazing discoveries may be utilized. a
friends alleged inability 10 oblige you with
a small loan because he says he has 10
money can be verified by looking into his
pocket; and II is said that the approach
Of a mOther-ln-law may be detected with
out the fatal formllty OF opening the
front door Spurious diamonds and pearls
are at its mercy. In the army as Is well
known. there have been general officers
with backbone, but with no brains: and
with brains and no backbone; both are
needed for army commanders, and by the
new process the fact can be ascertained
before the appointment is made.
FUTURE USES OF ELECTRICITY.
Electricity. too. Is an infant scarcely
able TO crawl. How fortunate that YOU
young men may see the full-grown man
Electrc-bells. electrlc-cars. electric road
vehicles, electric-ights, electric-mOtorsl
In its progress il has already emanCipated
the mule. next. we are told, IL will eman-
cipate the women. Electric ranges will
cook dinners electric devices rock the
cradle, while the monograph sings lula
bies. and hears the older children their
prayers. Observation-Disclosures. with the adj
Unstable scale for the offence, viii admin
I lister the punishment, and electrc-ma-
chimes do the mendinC and sew on the
buttons. The women can then 80 to the
church and their clubs. and to see their
friends. knowing that everything IS done
properly and I'm time at home.
Telephones. too. are daily being more
and more utilized. Within the last few
days we read OF the possibility OF the
! human voice traVersing the wires across
the ocean. being heard by those who are
beyond and over rs majestic waves. while
the tones OF those dear 20 as can be
heard on this side from London or Paris,
or wherever they may be. New IDEAS and
new inventions are rushing with rapid
pace almost daily before ms. The other
day We were told that possibly the loca-
ton OF the North Pole was no longer
matter Of conjecture; while by the COM
pletion OF the Russians Oelian railway =
traveller could go around the world,
which the great Creator made In six days.
On forty days Surprise follows surprise.
IL IS claimed that mosquitoes Will no lon
ger sing. bite. or dance in the summer
air and during the hot nights, because
japanese frogs, around whose classic
and rugged heads they have tendency
to swarm. viii dcvOIr them with light
ming rapidity. Great progress has been
made IN courts Of justice, and In counting
with and without justice. The Supreme
Court Of Kansas, 10 has been said. re-
Gently decided that II man calls regu-
larry on a lady. and sometimes takes her
to entertainments he IS legally engaged
to marry her. Sit still, young gentlemen,
and face the music Of the pretty faces
by your side; the Virginia courts have not
yet taken up the question.
DEVELOPMENTS or THE AGE.
We are spreading out In literature, too.
A new English dictionary. by Or. Murray,
only completed as far "a the letter ID, has
eleven columns on the single word devil.
Surrounded by these new and fearful de-
velOpments you young gentlemen are
graduating and embarking on LIES
stormy ocean. To ride successfully its
crested pillows will equire courage, and
never-wearying and unhuttering devotion
10 the duties confided TO yOu-duties TO
your profession, duties TO family and
friends duties 20 the community in which
YOU live. duties 10 the State and country
and the higher and higher you rise I'm your
profession the higher and higher you
should rise I'm your patriotism. The doc
tors duty ceases as a physician when he
leaves his patient rapidly recovering, but
the Doctors duties as r. citizen always
remain. The state Of the country should
claim his earnest attention from lake to
gulf from ocean to ocean This great re-
public grows larger and larger. but the
problem Of free government, bestowng
upon its people the blessing OF liberty,
cannot yet be said TO be successfully
solved.
DON'T JUMP INTO WAR.
Every thoughtful observer or the public
events must see the national dlsquiet
which has assumed more imposing pro-
portions than ever before In the country