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New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

the Roman aqueducts. and the dark, dripping
PASSAGES OF former subways, curfously sugges-
tive or the Roman catacOmbs. The greater part
OF Manhattan Island will be parks and roadways,
the latter several hundred feet broad. Long
since the town will have ceased TO be seaport
or any Importance, the wonderful liners de-
scrtbed by Sir Hugh Bell landing their pas
sengers at the end of the great Transamercan
Boulevard at Halifax, Nova Scotia Aside from
the time saved by landing there, 1t will be
a great advantage to drop passengers so near
to one of the six world capitals, the Bay of
Fundy; there the capitols of all North American
states Will have been brought together around
the gigantic power plant where twice day the
gray Atlantic surge is transformed into invisible
energy and shot across the world TO countless
millions of consumers. The great buildings OF
Ottawa, Washington. City OF Mexico and Ha-
vana now given over to museums and universi-
ties will be completely eclipsed by the gi-
gantic and beautiful powerhouses and storage
battery arsenalS at the Bay OF Fundy and Nj
agara Falls. In each of these places granite and
steel towers Of wonderful beauty will rise nearly
a mile into the air and from their dizzy peaks
send forth unseen more volts and amperes of
electricity than all North America can use
Here. also. electrical music OF indescribable
richness and overwhelming volume Will be man
ufactured by the worlds greatest musical exc
cutioners and shipped by wireless whithersoever
men Will Thus. nearly all the fiddlers, pianists
and German bands will be thrown OF work
But what will happen when everybody save a
few farmers, the doctors and some government
officials Is minus job? Only small number
can be re-empoyed In the factories where wire
less servants. ploughs. peddling. vans. ships.
houses and other machines manufactured; !;
for these wonderful mechanismS VIII themselves
he manufactured chiefly by equally marvellous
wireless machines And these latter will like
wise be turned out by more intricate
meChansms and SO on until you wake up with
n wireless headache. wondering how the dream
would have ended If you had slept Perhaps
there Isn't any end to the game of making ma
chimes to make machines that make machines
and on: at least no end so long as iron. cop
per and rubber are TO be had. And even
these substances are alleged 10 be manufactured
chemically. there is surely end to the
chine making machine manufacture until all
raw material on earth has been worked up into
cog wheels and wires. With everybody out OF
work in that autoplatic age. life itself will go
on automatically too. But as IL does this al
ready to a considerable extent, the wireless
revolution will be less of a shock than most
readers imagine.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

the proper field, will take down the bars at the
COW pasture and put them up again behind it,
begin ploughing at the nearest corner of the
designated field and dodge every bowlder there
in-all by power shot invisibly through the air
from far distant Niagara Nova Scotia. With
similar precision and ease, wireless mixers will
bring in foaming pals of warm milk from the
cowshed and, after diluting the same with the
orthodox amount of water and chalk, auto
matically inspect and approve the fluid quite as
mechanically a state health officer would do
it. After all the riches of the harvest gar
nered. the agriculturist of the future will load
them electrically into a wireless automobile
van. which will deliver the goods at the near
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

ing in automobile houses AS almost no ma
chinery and absolutely no gasoene tanks or
storage batteries will be needed in such motor
residences, and an unlimited cheap power will
be available. large commodious dwellings,
heavier than an ordinary automobile be
constructed
So great will be the decline in the popularity
OF stationary dwellings that most of the land
now occupied by them will be drug on the
market. The real estate agents will therefore
be thrown out of work, while the drugged real
estate Will be bought up for a song by the gov
ernment and transformed into enormously wide
thoroughfares The modern city will virtually
disappear, for there will be nobody to pay taxes.
Every mans house will be not only his castle, as
of yore, but also his motor car, In which he
may fly to the uttermost parts of the continent.
Thus at a single stroke municipal government.
with all its corruptions, will cease to be- and
hundreds of thousands of politicians will be
thrown out of employment. The government OF
the future will be national or international. and
1t will be concerned solely with the manu-
facture of electric power and its distribution.
All taxes will go for the maintenance of the
great central power plants and the upkeep
of streets and country roads. Almost every in
teresting political problem being thus relegated
to the limbo of history women will lose all in
terest in fighting for womans suffrage, SO that
another class will thus be thrown out of work
by the marvellous invention foretold by Sir
Hugh. Even the problem of lying to the tax
assessors and the sport of lodging the tax coll
lector will suddenly come to an end, for in the
wireless age there will be only one tax and
that will be collected automatically. 1t will be
on electrical power used. Each citizen of the
world will have a wireless meter installed in
each wireless servant. house and other machine;
a twenty-five cent piece dropped into such a
meter will pay for many hours service. Per-
sons tampering with the meter or refusing to
run their perambuating domiciles to the tax
collectors automobile the first of the month
will be deprived of motive power This penalty
being equivalent to social ostracsm, the state
will have no difficulty in gathering its revenues
Owing to the cheapness of land the ease Of
quarrying and the facility with which citizens
come and go, the cities of the future will be
little more than centres of amusement and edu-
cation. cluster OF theatres. art galleries.
in the wireless age will have population of
four or five thousand Everybody else will be
q transient. The two greatest attractions of
the town viii be the long, rusty ruins of the
essvated. reminding tourists OF the remains oS
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19
roof, ,ing1ing it's pennies in the till as it
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roof. jingling it's pennies In the I'LL as IL
bounces over the bumps in the road.
The enormous cheapening of food supplies
caused by this wireless electrifcation of farms
and TRANSFORMATION of farm products is obvious.
The rniddleman will be completely eliminated,
everybody buying directly from the peddling
vans But how" you may ask. will every
body find the time to rush off to market to buy?
1t can't be done now" Nothing simpler. Ihe
peddling vans can easily be adjusted so as TO
go from house to house along prescribed route
Each householder so desiring may thus nave
supplies delivered at his door directly. Others
wishing to get the best cheapest may buy IN
open market through the next great creation
of wireless power-the automatic servant This
marvellous application Of airline Waterpower
will, it is true, throw all domestics save few
out OF employment but at what gain to the
human racei No chickering's. no more
frowsy maids more tedious tramplng 10
employment bureaus, more mysterious dis
appearance of writing paper, sherry ana cult
iinksi neat little steel runaSout, tastiiy en-
amelled- end bright with, q hundred braSS buo-
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

est market. This wireless van is humble en-
bodiment of all the wonderful features Sir Hugh
Bell ascribes to the wireless ocean steamer,
The van will have heavy burglar proof glass
sides, through which the lettuce. beans. barley.
milk and other indencacies of the season may
be seen stored in their respective compartments.
Connected with each compartment will be a
slot machine operating SO as to release any
given quantity Of the contents upon deposit Of
the requisite, duly advertised cost Of the same
The farmer is thus freed from the humdrum
labor of riding to market and wasting day in
hagging. At nightfall, or at any other mechan-
ically appointed hour, the thoughtful van will
wend its weariless way back to the proprietary
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

tons. meant to be pressed well admired.
the automatic servant, will speed to market and
there buy Bermuda onions. cologne or anything
else, to say nothing of sweeping by vacuum and
washing windows by compressed soap suds
without a growl about low wages and overwork.
In its perfected form the automatic servant can
ever be intrusted with the task OF picking out
Easter bOnnets getting measured for its owners
Tuxedo selecting wallpaper for the country
house. mixing a cocktail and distinguishing be-
tween real and a fake markdown at bargain
sale in automatic peddling van. Thus the
entire class Of middlemen Will be wiped out of
existence. There will not even be selling agents
for the machines themselves. The manufacturers
will turn them loose from the factory on an ex-
hibition tour. Anybody may test free of
charge for half an hour. and. If desirous of pur-
chasing, need simply telegraph the first payment
by wireless in order to secure from the factory
the secret combination. giving exclusive control
over the operation of the instrument.
With all steering, propulsion and other con-
troll once reduced TO mechanism. IL is easy 10
understand that the age of walters. butlers
footmen, newsboys, bootblacks, streetcar mo-
tormen and conductors engineers. pilots. hawk
ers, sandwich men. errand boys. and even
actors. is drawing TO a close along with THAI
Of the occupations already mentioned. While
the carpenter trade Will survive II will be Sc
riously reduced by the fact that with unlinl-
tied wireless power men will much prefer liv-
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19
MODERN VERSION

Askitt-What is that quotation about "a friend In
need?
Noitt-"A friend in need keeps a man .broke."-
Illustrated Bits.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

fashioned 90 they become stern realities. There
fore, while the scientists busy perfecting
the mechanism Of wireless liners, It is the duty
Of the layInan TO consider what the practical
effects OF the invention viii be and TO adjust his
own affairs so as to suffer least from the great
economic and political revolution ushered in by
The dissemination Of power through the air.
Realizing what sufferings were caused by the
failure Of men to forestall the commercial and
industrial crises brought by the invention of
the steam railroad. the steamboat, the cotton
gin, the telephone and other epoch making in
Venhons. let us profit by these examples and
scrutnize carefully the effects wireless power
VIII have upon everyday life
beglnnlng with the NEST general effects II
u sa1e 10 say that power will be generated only
ae lew points. Niagara. the Victorian Falls
the great newly discovered South a,,ar,oa :,
cataracts and the tides at the Raw Of Erna,. ,,d
the mouth OF La Plate River will eas,,, .,
ali the electricity needed by the bu,na, 49,
The bunoy tides alone have the mower 30 80
thousahd Nlaearas With the utilization or
these ie" huge centres Of perpetual enerev
every coal nlne' peat bog, mountain torrent
Wlhdhih and San would be speedily abandoned
Hundreds Of thousands of miners. dam h,,,,e
ers, canvas weavers and other worp,ra,.~u
would be thrown out of employment. ana .s
1t were not for certain other effects OF tba .,.o
trical revolution. the most appalling bread r,o,s
might ensue. But the influence OF wireless nou,o~
upon agriculture Will prevent such a catas-
rophe, for farming will become leisurelv
pastime and an immensely productive one as
Wei. All ploushing narrowing, seeding. reap.
ing and thrashing will be done by wireless. The
farmer VIII be able to set a few switches and
ADJUST a needle or two in his wireless plough
a'ld then turn the machine loose at the barn
a'of AS IL endowed with animal instinct the
ss=of IRON and, steel will start aoxoss lots-fo,
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19
INFORMATION WHILE THEY WAITED.

The president of the faculty of medical college
once addressed graduating class with reference
to the necessity of cultvating the quality of pa
thence in their professional we'll in their do
mestic relations. =
plunge into the sphere of action No doubt you
WILL in some degree. follow the example OF those
who have preceded you. Among other things, you
will doubtless marry. Let me entreat you TO be
kind to your wives. Be patient with them En-
not to fret yourselves under petty domestic
trials If you going TO the theatre. do not per-
downstairs in time. Have treatise your spe-
ciaty always, with you. Read IT while you are
waiting.
And l assure you, gentlemen, the professor
concluded. with delicate irony, you'll be astonished
at the vast fund Of information you'll accumulate
in this way"-Success.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-06-14
Tallahassee, Fla. May 9th. 1907

kellahassee, Fla, May 9th, 1907
Dear Sir: / would like to say that the COLUMBIA
buggy bought of you months ago has given perfect
satisfaction and consider it good value any buggy
have. Yours very truly, j. p. 5. HOUSTON
WOOdville. Fla, April oath, 1907
Dear SIR In reply to your favor of the 2Srd win say
than delighted with the buggy bought 81 YOU
Yours very truly. O. j. FRnnEa14
Tallahassee. Fla, May 2lst 1907
Dear Sir: n reply to yours Of recent date will cay
ago. has given perfect satisfaction and has proven all It
G. A. BARBER.
WaSula, Fla, May 23rd, 1907
Dear Sir: am greatly pleased with the COLUMBIA
buggy bought of YOU has exceptionally light running
qualities and is as nicely finished buggy as ever owned
Yours truly, q. Z. RUSS.
Aran, Fla April 25th 1907.
]. D. Cay, Tallahassee, Fla,
Dear Sir The COLUMBIA buggy you sold TO me last
December has given entire satisfaction Il has shown up
to be of the best workmanship and material Wishing you
all success, am Yours very truly W. K Cook
Lloyd, Fla, April 18th, 1907
Dear Sir Your letter Of oath at hand, asking how
like the OETTINGER buggy | bought Of you recently.
Allow me to in reply am perfectly satisfied with the
buggy and also that is as easy riding buggy as ever
Yours very truly, L. s. CRUMP
Chaires, Fla, April 18th, 1907.
" Dear Sir: have yours of the 2Srd in reference to
the OETTINGER buggy bought from you. am very
we'll pleased with il and think It is nice and well put up
buggy | am satisfied with it in every respect.
Yours very truly G. W. PATTERSON.
Tallahassee, Fla. April 18th, 1907.
o. Dear sir: The vALDosTA buggy purchased from
entirely satisfactory. Believe i to be good vehicle
Yours very truly r. W. WILLIAMS.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-06-14
A Few Replys to the Above Letter.

Tallahassee Fla April "a, 1907
Dear Sir: 1 am very highly pleased with the CoLUM-
BUS buggy bought of you several months ago.
Very truly yours, " F. BALLROOM
Tallahassee, Fla, April "a, 1907.
Dear Sir: consider the COLUMBUS buggy one Of
the best vehicles made It is durable comfortable and
requires less repairs than any buggy ever used
Yours very truly H. E. PALMER
ocklocknee, Fla, April "a, 1907
Dear Sir: The COLUMBUS buggy bought of you has
first class in every respect and for light draugt and
fort cannot be exceed am very much pleased with it.
Yours very truly G. !. DAVIS
Tallahassee Fla, April "a, 1907
Dear Sir: The COLUMBUS buggies you sold to me
are satisfactory in every respect Yours truly,
Tallahassee Fla April 25th, 1907
Dear Sir: The COLUMBUS buggy purchased Of you
is comfortable and easy rolling vehicle and has proven
thoroughly satisfactory. Very truly, G. H. GwYM
Tallahassee, Fla, April oath, 1907.
Dear ys6 RePHg your favor Of the 2rd relative
say that am highly pleased with II and do not think
could be better suited if had bought direct from the fac
tory made from specifications furnished by me.
might add that the price charged is fully in line and
taking these things into consideration has everything
to gain and nothing to lose by patrOnting home.
{. M. STRANGE.
WoOdvlle, Fla, April 18th, 1907.
Dear Sir: The TYSON & JONES buggy bought of
you sometime since comes up to your TecOmmendacn in
every respect have my place Bainesyle and Rock
any of them, and recommend them to my friends and
neighbors Yours truly, G. W. RHODES.
Tallahassee Fla, April oath, 1907.
Dear Sir: am well pleased with the TYSON &
JONES buggy bought OF YOU Respectfully,
B. C. WHITFIELD.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23
Southern Railway

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23
HINTS FOR FARMERS

An eastern experiment station re-
Gently finished mn experiment to test
the relative cost Of stall fattenlng
steers i'm tbc winter or simply main
tanning steers through that season and
finishing them on grass in the summer.
II was found that by the last method
weight was produced at an average OF
nearly 3 cents pound less than by
winter fattenlng, and the grass fed
beef brought approximately the same
price as the other.
This confirms the frequent conten-
ton. says Farm, Stock and Home, that
the policy OF selling yearllng feeders
from farms early IN the spring. COM
mon practice. Is poor economy for the
reason that grass made weight Is at the
least cost. aud this is especially true
when the animals are In their second
year
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23
Oatmeal Clears the Skin.

Our grnnGmothers used TO dose their
young folks with some Of the most hor-
rible connections "to clean the blood
Many OF these remedies seem out OF
the question entirely with us, but some
Of them were eflicaclous and simple.
one OF these last mentioned Is oatmeal
water. To make II put heaplng Ia
blespoonful Of fine oatmeal into tum-
bier OF cold water. Allow II to stand
all night, and In the morning stir 1t up
well. Let the thlckest part settle
again and then drink the clear part.
This should be continued for two or
three weeks, and It will clean the com
nlexlOn remarkably.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
CLEANING SIX Skirts.

The manner Of washing or cleaning
the new silk skirts now 50 generally
worn Is quite a problem. The proper
treatment for skirt Is to rub II gently
between the hands In lukewarm water
In which white or CASTLE soap has been
dissolved Squeeze the water out with
moderate pressure and rinse In tepid
water. 1t Is a good idea to add to the
rinslng water a few drops Of colorlng
matter the color Of the skirt This col
orlng can be obtained OF druggist
snd AZ washing always robs silk OF
some amount OF It's brightness this ad
dItion will be appreciated. Iron when
lamp, first placing a thin piece OF mus
lin over the silk.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23
Beet Pulp as a Dairy Feed.

Dried beet pulp from beet sugar
mills is becoming popular among dairy
men In some localities. The pulp Is
soaked in water about six hours be-
fore feeding, and five pounds Of pulp
viii take up nearly four gallons OF wa
ter II makes a bulky. juicy feed for
winter, especially rellshed where there
is no silage or root crops in the ration.
It IS claimed that the same material Is
good food for sheep, hogs and poul-
fry
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23
Care Of Farm Tools.

The following preparation applied to
the surface will prevent any rusting
on plows or any other metal surface;
Melt one ounce OF resin In gill OF
llnsccd oil and when hot mix with
two quarts OF kerosene. This can be
kept on hand and applied in a moment
with a brush or rag TO the metal sur
face OF any tool that is not going 10 be
used for few days, preventing any
rust and saving much vexation when
IL Is 10 be used again.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23
Seasonal Variation Of MIX

The seasonal variation In cows milk,
asccrtained from n five years study In
herd OF about COO COWS, all regis
tered or graded Jerseys, on New York
estate. disclosed the rather interesting
fact that the richest milk. that contain
ing the greatest proportion OF fats and
total solids, is obtained during Decem-
Der, January and February, in the or
der named.
March and April are not very far
behind. but the decrease is practically
continuous until July, when 1t reaches
its low level. after which follows a
gradual monthly Increase until Decem-
! her
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23
Waterproof Paint.

The following recipe for a water
proof paint for wood or stone Will be
found reliable: Melt twelve ounces OF
resin; mix II thoroughly with six gal
Ions Of fish oil and one pound OF melt
ed sulphur; mix some ocher or any
other colorlng substance with a little
llnseed oil, enough TO give 1t the right
color and thickness. Apply several
coats OF the hot composition with q
brush. The first coat should be very
thin
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23

Cows that are lmperfectly MIXED
from whatever cause, either careless
ness or imperfect milking from the
fault OF the mixer or from the difii-
cult task 10y reason OF the anatomical
construction Of the udder. are convert
ed into worthless animals. The milk
that remains I'm the udder from imper-
feet milking is that which Is held by
the small pouches or milk veslcles high
M IN the bag and Will form a curd
that Will excite inflammation and de-
strov the secretlng function Of its mu'
cous lining or cause the adhesive and
complete closure Of the cavity OF
pOuch
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23
TILrIsa BED SPRING.

plvoted to one side of the frame and
Is connected at both ends with spring
clamps. When the bed spring is raised
the clamps hold 1t in raised position,
50 that the entire overhauling OF the
bsdstead becomes an easy matter An
additional advantage lies in the fact
that the floor beneath the bedstead can
also be easily cleaned without the ne
cesslty of pushing the bed to all paris
Of the room to get at 1t.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-23
Hot Potato Salad.

Boil seven or eight potatoes and use
before they are cold. Chop half an
onion and put into a pan with enough
water to cover the bottom. Season
with pepper and salt, cooking until the
water SINNERS. Add three tablespoon
fuls OF butter and when 1t is melted
tablespoonful Of vinegar. Slice the po
tatoes and pour the dressing on them
serving hot.