Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-30

ence with our mental equipment. He
will be rid of all depressing, evil and
malicious emotions; and, because of an
retrospective knowledge of his own
mind will be able to control himself in
in manner now apparently impos-
sible. While rid Of the emotions now
poisoning his blood and weakening his
judgment. he will possess a greater
number of normal emotions active in
his daily life. He will be more affec-
tionate and will love a greater num-
Der of things. He will be more arts
tic. more aesthetic, more just and
more sympathetic. He will be. tech
nically, more skillful in his trade or
profession. He will not commit crimes
or indulge in warfare. He will be
trained to exercise great skill in per-
forming the usual social functions for
the maintenance of reputatio and ac-
| QUESTION of character
| This future man will be able to
definitely regulate the transmission of
acquired characteristics to his children.
His period of childhood will be much
| longer than now. Disease will not be
| handed down from parent to child
Ripe old age will find itself in possess
| sion of every function. 1t is possible
| that the tendency toward second
childhood will be stimulated into a
| natural rejuvenating process, prolong-
ing human life indefinitely Approach
of disease or degenerative processes
will be forecast in time to check their
development.
by artificial selective propagation
foods Will be made far more nutritive
The killing of animals will cease. Food
Will be derived from vegetables or
micro-organisms. Man will substitute
FOR meat single-cell structures lower in
the scale of life than either vegetables
or animals. but containing the nutri-
tive qualities of each. Not possessing
the organs in which animal diseases
thrive, they cannot acquire them.
Among these single-cell structures are
protista. They can be rapidly propa-
gated in water. A ton will become two
tons in short space of time Then
there are many millions of single cell
species. both animal and vegetable.
which would answer the purpose
The large city will have ceased to eX-
list The number of villages will increase
and perfected aerial navigation will allow
men to live hundred of miles from their
daily occupations. A man in one part OF
the world will be able to talk with and
to see another in distant part The at
mosphere will not be permeated with
carbonic acid gas from the burning OF
fuels Porous material Will not be used
in the construction of dwellings, They
Will be entirely freproof and moisture
proof. They will be equipped with de
vices for regulating not only temperature
but moisture and electric potential. Dust
and germs viii be completely screened
out and man will no longer waste his en-
ergy combating such things. Water will
with the ventilation or motion of any part
of the body. Language will be SO sim
plitied that when a man shall have
learned from one to two thousand vo-
cables and syllables he will have mas
tered his entire language. This mode Of
speaking will first become common among
scientists. Science will be the propagan-
died religion AScertainment of truth by
investigation will become a religious pur-
pose. Organized sciences will constitute
the basis of rational conduct. Children
able facts. Man will be afraid to express
an hypothesis or theory and will relig-
iously search for verifiable ideas Man
will develop more in the twentieth cen
fury than he has in the last ten thousand
years.
Strawberries as cheap and plentiful for
Christmas dinner as during June and July |
was one of the predictions for the Ameri- |
can of the far future, made by DR.. Lang
worthy, the governments food expert. |
He added that perfection of transporta |
all fruits and vegetables endless; that |
electricity would replace cooking fuels; |
that home work would be done by cooper
alton: that the preparation of foods would |
be a digniiied rather than degrading oc- |
cupation; and that mans food would not
be vastly different from that Of today but |
would be very much more sanitary.
Ethnologist F. w. Hodge prophesied
that printing would become a lost art and
that a combination of graphophone and
klDptOSCDDt would become common
spectacles.
In the first place. every man will be
noted ethnologist. in reply to the ques-
ton. His average height and weight
will be decidedly greater. His head will
be larger. absolutely and relatively. His
hands and brain will be better coordnat-
ed. and therefore he will be a better
mechanician. His. vision will be stronger,
his sense of smell more acute and his
hearing and sense of taste more delicate:
On the whole, the man of the future will
be stronger in relation to stature and
weight. He will live under a universal
republican government. but il is doubtful
whether any one administrative head Will
be required. Disputes between individ-
uals, corporations or states will be settled
by courts of various magnitudes. There
will be universal language-a composite
of all present tongues, but. like the Eng
lish. a language of vocabes and syntax.
Written and spoken language Will be
more similar. Phonetic spelling Will ef-
feet great economy in both printing and
writing. The typewriter Will be in uni-
versal use because quicker and better for
the eye than old methods.
Fish will be relatively more important
as food. Oceans and lakes will be the
main source of food supply. Land will be
almost entirely occupied for dwellings
and for horticulture and intensive agfi-
culture. Need Of clothing will diminish.
Control of tempera ture Will be met by
other than our present retail methods
There will be no serious exposure to cold.
In winter men will travel in weli-heated
vehicles carrying them from one warm
building to another. Ozone will be sold
at drug stores and Will be applied to Kill
bacili as soon as they appear. The
earth will be an endless succession of sub
| urbs Cities will meanwhile grow less
and less dense. The street block or row
| will be no more. The home win be more
| individual. each family occupying sep
arate house built to suit its peculiar taste
| Transportation will be chiefly electric
| and 1t will be much more rapid as re-
| suit OF Strengthening and multiplication OF
! tracks Aerial navigation Will be valu-
| able only for sports and amusement 1t
| will not be a factor i'll warfare. because
| there Will be no warfare. Submarine nav
| igation WI. be valuable only as means
| of escape from storms. Vessels VIII be
| equipped with means of diving and re-
! maining below the surface until storms
| blow over. Perfection of telegraphy Will
| decrease mail business. Money will re-
main a medium of exchange. but financial