The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-30

BY 1000 the up-to-date village and city
cemeteries will be beautiful buildings.
each with a furnace to quickly reduce
the dead to ashes. The living will be
healthier for so doing, for the earth will
not be poisoned by infection. The ashes
of the departed can remain In the crema-
tory In handsome vases, or be taken
home and placed among the family heir
looms.
Judges IN the year 100 will be elected
for life or good behavior, and will not
be compelled to bow to the appointing
power in the form Of boss politicians
There will be better understanding be-
tween the courts of the different states,
and less confusion than now in varying
opinions.
Domestic fowls viii be improved in
plumage and flesh, and in the yield of
eggs. Wild birds will have practically
disappeared through the slaughter for
hat ornaments and the wantonness OF
the small boy. The sparrow may remain,
the sole relic OF former numerous bird
life
The size of domestic animals
Will be Increased and improved
In form and flesh. The scrub and
mongrel will have practically dis
good animal will not be greater than
to keep poor one.
The speed Of horses will be increased;
cows will give more and better milk
The bovine tribe will have become practf-
calIy extinct, except useful varieties,
which may be domesdcated. Snakes will
largely disappear in the United States
The distinction between state and prf-,
Vate management will not be so decided
ard distinct in 1000 as it now is. and
very much state business will be omen to
the influence of private individuals, much
as the national mails are now carried
by private contract under the restraint
of open competition.
In 1000 New York should have a popl-
latton of 20,000.000, Chicago about 1900.
QUO, Philadelphia 100000 Boston,
st. Louis and Baltimore each g.
100000, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Cleveland.
New Orleans and Pittsburg 1000
0W' each. and Detroit Milwaukee,
st. Paul and Minneapolis 1890
600. In that day a population of $4,000
or 100000 will be nothing extraordinary
for a thriving inland city, Des Moines
Denver, and Spokane, and this conclusion
is borne out by the history of densely
War will be robbed of its ghast1i-
ness, for according to Tesla. machines
VIII do the fighting of the future and
sustain all the hard knocks, their human
manipulators being out of range. Final
ly contests will come to be mere duels
between automatons, and broken metal
Will figure in the casualty lists Instead
of broken bones.
Many propositions for the simphdcatien
of life, which now seem chimerical. may
yet justify their champions. Condenser
milk has stood the test of half a cen.
fury of use, and other foods may ba
prepared in quantities by Inexpensive Ia
Dor, and thus make It possible to live
a hundred years from now. If not On
10 cents day, at least without the
cost OF maintaining a separate kitchen
Tor every three or four persons.
Public means of cooling all dwellings
in summer and warming them in winter.
OF 1rrigating arid lands, of supplying
power, implements ana Workmen Tor all
industries, will in like manner exist; the
capital invested in which will be a source
of private income to the individuals, while
the mode of use and rate of cost, or tax,
for use, shall largely be state questions.
The perfected air ship is one Of the
certainties OF the near future Before
2OOe the nations will be struggling for
supremacy in navies in the air. instead
Of en- water. The big, cumbersome bat
tleships of today on which the world
is squandering money will have disap-
peared.