The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-24
700 YEARS HENCE.
in the Days of Our grandchildren.
WONDERFUL INVENTIONS.

If the inventions and discoveries of the
coming century are as marvellous as those
of the past hundred years, it would read
like fairy story to detail the probable
tiles.
In travel, domestic life, manufacture,
educational methods, etc, facilities will
be in vogue of which we do not dream,
The problem of aerial navigation will
be solved before 20a0
Transcontinental mails will be for
warded by means of pneumatic tubes.
The perils of ocean travel viii be great
~ leSSened by the Introduction OF COM
panion steamers, sailing pairwise and
maintaining communication by a sys-
tenn of fog bells, electric refractorS or
by means of wireless telegraphy.
The conquest of the elements that
may be made to serve mankind is man
ifestly to be continued in the next CEN
fury. That has been the distinguishing
of the nineteenth century. How far man
will subdue the forces of nature and
compel service from these forces within
the next hundred years is as inconceiV-
able as it would have been for the men
who fought the battles of the Revoiu-
ton to understand how it could be pos
sible to exchange intelligence with Eu-
rope on the instant, or to chat under
standingiy with a friend LOCO miles
away.
One need be no utopian to anticipate
vast and truly revolutionary discoveries
in the utilization OF forces of nature now
scarcely OWNED, such as the substitution
of water Chemically disintegrated). for
coal as fuel. the application of electricity
in q variety of fields as yet unlnVaded,
and the econonizing and turning to ac-
count of the enormous fund of energy
which now gees to waste in winds and
waves.
Gas is now put in capsules TO aerate
waters and wines, and electricity is be-
ing stored for use in many ways.
In the year 900 readers may see adver-
tisements somewhat as follows:
Canned Sea Breezes-The best quality
Mo-, 70 af151~- 1
from pure brine odors and warranted free
of all adulteration. Half a box equal TO
a seaside trip. Patent can-opener with
each can.
Prepared in taper form. Not too bright.
Just the thing for garden parties, con-
servatories, verandas, etc. Each taper
one complete moonlight night
Dewy Freshness of Mor1I-An tnValu-
able luxury tG these who spend the sea-
son in hotels or crowded summer resorts.
A balnly atmosphere is secured through
out the hottest day by the purchase OF
case of these delightful pellets. Dissolve
in tepid water, and leave uncovered.
Southern Languors-Put up in pas1lle
form. These exhiliarating salubriants are
designed to render unnecessary to in
yaIids and others the fatiguing Southern
winter Journey Manufactured only at
the Florida Health works, of the most
carefully selected atmospheric fngredt-
eTts The languors will be sent by mail
to any address
Literary Atmosphere Dissemination
The crowuing triumph Of canned goods
(Bcston Wind Condensation company,
lirnited). and only article of its kind on
the market Indispensable to reading
clubs, debat ting societies, schools of liter
ature etc. The Disseminated Is easily
manipulated, and can be used to adVan-
tage by the simplest minded person.
Mercury will be far more precious than
gold. and the desert of waste places of
The earth will be filled with great mirrors
used to concentrate the rays of the sun
into storage batteries made up of chemt-
cal substances, more ingeniously COM
pounded than coal, kerosene or the fats,
as built up by the plant where air, water
and sunshine are bottled in the starch,
sugars. cellulose and fats Of plants.
The desert real estate will afford the
land boomer new opportunities for the in
vention Of a class of adjectives and eX-
pletives before winch the hoWcry SEN
fences of the nineteenth century new
town projectors will fade in utter dark
ness.
The joke of the century will be the
Malthuslfan theory, for food will be, sup
piled as freely and quite as cheaply as
water through a city main. Man will
then have tine to cultivate the city
muses.. and the humblest home can be
filed with exact reproductions of great
artists, and wires will bring in the strains
of sweet ballads or the thunders of a
Wagner opera from some neighborhood
labatorium as desired