The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29
NOkES
CATARRH
Colds, Coughs,
Influenza, Bron-
chitis, Asthma
and all Diseases
of the Throat
and Lungs.

many OF the luXurleS OF the present Gay
will be brought within the reach of a
vast proportion of the population. The
members of the gentler sex will be en-
abled to wear fabrics of the most deli
cate hues with absolute certainty that
they can be faded by neither sun nor
rain; they may purchase at moderate
prices cotton and wool garments which
by means of the perfection of the mer-
cermiZing process will be undistinguish-
able from silk and finally, they can,
in all probability, rejoice in manufac-
tured diamonds that will possess every
attribute of the most precious of gems.
Similarly, too, the family of moderate
means will fare better on the same in
come than is possible to-day, for the
reason that quicker and cheaper trans
portation will bring a wider range of
delicacies within their reach, while i'm
proved methods of canning fruits and
vegetables will enable the preserved
products to vie with those of the hot
house.
In the field of offense and defense it
is not so easy to surmise what the fu-
ture may hold. For one thing II IS
practically certain that rapid-fire guns
of much lighter caliber will be pro-
duced, and it is possible that some
means may yet be discovered to hurl
high explosives long distances with a
certainty that their forces will prove
effective in the direction desired when
the explosion comes. Some experts in
warfare can see nothing but contin-
uance of the merry rivalry to secure
increased power of resistance in armor
and increased penetrative power in pro-
1ectiles, but other authorities are con-
fident that the perfection of the sub
marine boat will drive the more pom
derous war vessels from the seas.
There is every reason to believe that
in the future as in the past, fortunes
will be the reward of many inventors
of seemingly the most simple devices
the ideas which might have occurred
to anybody. The profits of the invent
ors who evolved the popular dime
bank and that universal toy, the
bounding ball, stand out prominently
to allure the inventive genius into this
field which has proved so productive
in the past.
That a demand of this cless exists
is evidenced by the constant cry of
many interests for non-refillable bot
tie. Wine manufacturers, distillers,
manufacturers of medicines and per-
fumery have all suffered for the lack
of some receptacle which when once
it's contents have been emptied could
not be refllled with an inferior article,
L
who can produce a practicable non-re-
fillable bottle that can be manufactured
at a reasonable price, can set himself
down as millionaire the moment he
is granted a patent.
For years various inventors have
been attempting to secure substitute
for the razor. Recently a Frenchman
thought he had solved the problem. but
after his device, an electric chemical
combination, had been in use in a Par
islam barber shop a few days, the pat
rons discovered that the instrument
burned and blackened their chins, and
the inventor was obliged TO fly before
their rage. Nevertheless there is a big
fortune for the one who can discover
some harmless substitute for shaving.
II is incumbent upon the race to turn
out genius who shall discover or in
vent a new and practical fuel. Per-
haps that genius is not yet born. If
SO, it behooves him to hurry up and be
born pretty soon. for there is only fifty
years of hard coal supply in sight in
this country, and the price of the min
eral is reaching such lofty attitudes
that presently il will be mounted in
gold and worn in necklaces by society
leaders. Soft coal still remains, but
the nation that depends upon soft coal
is a nation with smudges on it's nose
and linen that would be better for the
attentions of the laundryman. Some
cheap, clean and effective fuel must be
forthcoming, or it will presently be
cold day for the human race. There is
a chance, however. that some White
knight of the coming years may con-
trive to store and distribute the heat
contributed gratis by the solar fur
mace that keeps us all alive, in such a
manner as TO obviate the necessity Of
lesser fires. Many are at work at this;
others are experimenting along the line
of fuels. The one that attains def
mite results first Will be able to warm
his hands at a golden CRATE filled with
the form of carbon which we call dia-
monds. if his taste in extravaganza
runs to that sort of thing. Right here
comes the need of perfect smoke con-
sumner, a stove in which soft coal may
be burned without the attending evils,
until the new fuel-which, of course
will have to be cheaper-is produced
or until solar heat storage may be
practicable.
WATnON EAWCE,r1T,