The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-11
I'm Gbe Year 1000.
What the World May Be a Hun
dred Years From Now.
ARTICLE NO. 10.

FOODS.
BY 1900, science may take in condens
ed form, from the rich loan of earth
the HE force or germs now sound In
the heart of the corn, in the kernel of
the wheat, and in the luscious Juice Of
fruits. small phial of this life from
the fertile bosom of mother earth NAV
furnish man with subsistence for the
day or days, and thus the problems of
cooks and cooking be solved The
slaughter of animals for food will have
ceased, if the wish of the vegetarian
prevails, in which event he may ex-
claim with GOldsmith:
No t1ocks that range the valley free
To slaughter [ condemn:
Iaught by that power that pities me-
L learn to pity them"
Electricity may be generally employ
ed as a servant to cook food All that
the family in 1000 need do is tn he
seated at the table and attach a wire
to the electric fixture overhead, and
on neat slab. heated by electricity,
cook eggs, steaks, and cakes exactly
to suit individual tastes, to say nothing
of the enjoyment of having everything
fresh and steaming hot Or, with the
elements of water and air. and few
earthly salts, the good housewife DIR
MS uillIACI VIII COIIIpOuilQ electrical
ergy, or, as is now done by the leaves
of plants, make the starch, sugars
and protein the human body has learned
TO habitually use. Bottled ozone NAV
be purchased of the druggist, and with
it tuberculosis and other ills NAV be
driven from the body
Or, it is probable by 20OO all KINGS
of foods will be used in a condensed
form. 1t is well known that water now
constitutes large part of all kinds of
food products, even above 80 per cent in
some of the vegetables. Even now ex-
tracts are used in the household, AMI
If condensed foods should become the
rule the servant girl question may be
settled, for the good wife can arrange
her meals easily and quickly with pellets
and capsules, in which is compressed
the very essence and nourishment Of
meats, grains and plants. This will do
away with making different kinds Of
drinks for a family, for little lozenges
of coffee, tea or chocolate will be ready
for use by dropping the one preferred
into a cup of water, heated by electric
ity at the table. The rude chunks of
bread or rolls needing to- be carved or
smeared over with animal grease before
they are made palatable; the still rec
ognizable fragments of recently killed
animals. charred and hacked rare" or
well done;' the eggs torn ruthIessIy
from beneath some protesting hen-such
things as these, though they constitute
the ordinary fare of today, awaken only
horror and disgust in the refined minds
Of tile people of these coming DAYS IN
stead there will be pills, pastes and
cakes of agreeable and variegated de-
sign without any suggestion in color or
form of the unfortunate animals and
fishes from which their substance and
juices We're derived.
This way of doing things will make
important changes in the manner of liv-
ing and Increase the health and comfort
of the race. A workman can carry his,
dinner with him in his pocket instead
of a tin pail. Hunters, fishermen and
explorers can carry a montn's supply on
their backs without Inconvenience. Fish
will be a source of food more important
than now. Land Will be so occupied
for dwellings and horticulture and inten-
sified agriculture to such an extent that
animals for food cannot be raised as
| cheaply as at present The habitable
portions of the earth viii be a confirm
| Gus succession of suburbs, and houses
will be heated in winter and cooled ar
tffically in the summer.