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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

Inc Human JACKPOT Idea.
Mr. Charles Dobbs, Socialist Of
this city. takes The Courier-Journal
to task. and thinks that he quotes
It against itself by recalling the fol-
lowing passage from one OF its re-
cent editorial utterances: Z:
Nothing can stay the rising tide OF
Socialism all over the world, especially
in England and American and on the
Continent of Europe. 1t may not be-
pray God II be not--a revolution Of
brutality and crime"
Mr.. Dobbs omits to quote some con-
tiguous remarks to the effect that uni
versal education and universal suff-
rage tend toward universal revolution:
everybody nowadays taught to read
and nobody taught to think. In say
ing this one does not approve the fact;
he merely expresses the fear sufficient,
however, unto the day.
His real issue between Mr.. Dobbs
and ourselves relates to the remedy.
not to the distemper. We are fairly
together touching the juft and gem
eral complaint of the many against
the few; that is, the Inequalities of
the Social Order of Government and
Life. His cure for every malady is
collecticism, mutual ownership. the
Socialistic propaganda touching uni
formity Of opportunity. We know Of
no universal cure-all Death and the
Future state
why SIN and disease were sown In
the blood and bone Of men kuite beats
us But since they are here, we con-
ceive no escape from them this side
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

blood. very tempest Of death and
destruction: and darkness descending
upon the earth, and moafings and
chaos; midnight; now and then fit-
full star above the charnage. here and
there metsoric fash OF hope to make
the horror ghastiier: here and there
mirage Of misleading peace. flicker
of deoeitfui lightfH then a streak OF
dawn. and, with the sun. great white
cloud. like the drop-curtain OF q
theatre, covering the horizon. mems
eyes dazzied as on and on 1t comes
and 10. in the center, helmet shining.
sword drawn. arm upitfted. the Man
on Horseback. riding down the multi
tude on his way TO the Temple Of De-
spotism and Order; his resinue of
braves and vaiiiants about him cock 4
ed and primed Tor the new divide
of the substance OF the unfortunate
many among the successful few
No, no, dear Mr.. Dobbs- You are
wrong--dead wrong. BY sweat alone.
his own sweat. shall man eat bread:
his own sweat: his own work. his
own genius: HIS own fortune. such a.
II may be. Your pretty Jackpot
scheme would not serve the purpose
even II Il could smateriaiixe--and IL
can never materiaiize--that 10. this
side the millennium which yet seems
you. Mr. Dobbsi And you. Mr.. Aiilsonf
AS for the others, why let them in,
but each win have to pay his scorei
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26
Wireless Electrical City
of The Worlds Future
WONDERS TO COME UNDERMINED or IN OUR TIME
THOMAS A. EDISON SAYS AGE OF ELECTRICAL IN
vENTION HAS NOT STARTED YET

II this device fulfilis It's inventors
claims the solar generator has passed
out of the realm of "to be" and Into
the realm of 'is." 1t is now ready to
perform its service in the world
ready to solve for all future humanity
the economical, wasteless, free pro-
duction of unlimited power by stretch
ing out its sensitive tentaeles toward
that infinite mass of energy daily
hurled at the earth through 93,00O,000
miles of space at the rate of 10000
miles SECOND.
Rivexs a. Power Source.
Then there is the hydro-electric
motor, utilizing the river currents for
the generating of electric power. So,
again nature provides, and the fac
tory wheels will be turned and cities
lighted and electric trains moved by
power emanating from the river cur
rents, and without expense except for
the machine, which will not be more
possibly, than the first months coal
bill under the present system.
Now that nature seems willing to
provide electricity without cost, what
are the various purposes for which 1t
may be used?
Every one knows that its uses to-
day are common for power. lighting,
heating and cooking. What else?
MANY
One may even be shaved by cleo
tricity in the twinkling of an eye--if
one happens to be man--and
frequently one happens to have that
misfortune. And II one happens to be
a member of the fair sex. one may do
the family sewing and the family
pressing by electricity--no longer
trouble in keeping the iron at the
proper temperature, and burning ten
der hands In the effort. for the cleo
tric iron may be heated right in the
sewing room wherever there is
socket.
Even the food products consumed in
the electric city of the future will be
the results of electricity applied to
agriculture There Is now in daily
use milk reduced to a powdered form
and yet remaining in a raw state,
which will keep Indefinitely. This is
the result Of an electric process.
Even today nearly all the kitchen
work can be done by electricity with
a small motor, provided with a double
attachment shaft for the necessary
devices for coffee grinding, cream
whipping. cake mixing. butter churn-
Ing, grating. ice chopping, cream
freezing, noodle cutting vegetable
pairing. polishing and grinding,
II almost seems a. Il we would soon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

have an electric cook and housemaid,
completely automatic. capable of do
ing the work of a large family in
couple of hours each day, End started
and stopped by the turn of a switch
The country will have an abundance
of electric energy for light power and
heat on farms. The farming COM
munitles will flourish under the slim
Ilus OF an electrified topsoil. and an
Increased absorption of nitrogen, pro-
cured direct from the atmosphere by
electricity. These processes are al
ready successful as experiments on
small scale.
GyrOscope Fer Airship.
In this wonderful dream city OF the
future, the business of transportation
will be carried on altogether by cleo
tricaliy propelled vehicles and ships
of the sea and air. AS for the aero
plane. the electric gyroscope Is ex-
pected to furnish stability for this de-
vice, and also for monorail, high speed
trains, electrically driven. The loco
motive as We now know 1t will be OBJ
solete. but the electric locomotive VIII
have come to its own for general
freight and passenger service, and II
will haul its long string of cars over
q single rail at speed In excess OF
100 miles an hour
In monoraiI motion all danger of
lateral impact experienced by the rail-
roads of today is eliminated. The for
ward motion and the gyroscopelike
force of the driving wheels maintain
perpendicularly in the monorail with
out the help of the guide rails. which
are in reality only safeguards when
the car is at rest, and give the car the
proper lean at curves. There are only
the vertical Irregularities of the rail
to be taken into account the center OF
gravity being directly over the sup
port tending unaided to stay there.
Taking into account this great poten-
tial advantage, and the small cross
section of the train to overcome all
resistance, a much higher rate or
speed may be safely maintained than
is either possible or safe with double
rail vehicles.
Since there is no gauge to maintain
in this new railroad, the oft occurring
accidents from spreading rails will be
eliminated. This remarkable means
of high speed transportation has not
been left for the electric city OF the
future. A road using the Invention Is
even now being constructed in New
York, through Pelham Park to City
Island. Engineers of the Public Ser
vice Commission say that a speed OF
1875 miles an hour may De expected
over parts of the route where right OF
way has been granted away from
highways. SO that the train Roadway
NAV be unrestricted. II this line
meets with the approval Of the public,
application win be made for permits
sion to operate monorail express
trains on an upper deck over the
present elevated railways in New
York.
Today the realistic and marvellous
stage effects produced by electricity
are an Indication OF what may be ex-
pected in the real city OF the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

Moonlight and sunlight effects. fall
ing. running or ripping water. moving
clouds, rain and ralnbows. falling
stars. the aurora borealis. smoke ana
flame. sandstorms, real lightning ana
even animal Illusions. such as flying
butterflies, crawling or jumping IN
sects and climbing monkeys, can De
displayed by the operations of cum
ningly devised electric lamps.
Artificial Lighting.
since the earliest dawn of history
the apparatus used for artificial light
ing has been subject of ornamen-
tai and artistic treatment. From the
crudest forms of earthenware lamps
10 the most elaborate chandeliers.
through every historical period ana
among all nations, the means for sup
porting lamps and candles for aru-
fetal lighting have received the most
carefui-often the devout attention OF
master builders.
Until the advent OF the eiectric
light a little more than quarter OF
century ago there had been no essen
tIal change in the means of producing
humiliation; flames were the only
source of artificial light The electric
light marked a new epoch, and was
the beginning of q revolution In light
ing which is still only In the rrst
stages of its progress.
THE electric. city of the future will
know no darkness. All the world
will then be Land OF the Midnight
Sun" for sun generators VIII literally
store the SUMS rays by day for use
by night. The invention OF the
tungsten lamp will make this idea OF
universal lighting an actually. The
economical features of this lamp have
revoIutionized electric lighting, just
as the new means of generating cleo
tricity will revolutionize the cost
feature.
The automobiles which will traverse
the streets Of the future electrical
city will be driven altogether by
electricity, for the machine VIII
generate its own power by means Of
sun generator attachment. And the
electric truck will soon be provided
with a means of loading and unload
ing by electricity.
Going beyond the electrical city and
viewing the electrical world of the
future, we see the desert wastes OF
all lands transformd into flowery gar
dens. and prosperous cities rise where
once there had been only desolation.
The practical means for accomplish
ing this has been provided by an IN
ventor who. after a quarter OF a CEN
fury OF experimenting. has evolved a
pump. operating by electricity, which
wifi furnish to the most arid districts
all the water desired.
This pump. with a two-inch bore,
weighing only twelve pounds. will
bring out of a well or any other body
of water $40 gallons a minute, or one
third of a million gallons day, so
its inventor declares.
How Water is Moved Along.
The mechanism of this device con-
sIsts OF a series OF duplex screws with
in a cylinder so arranged as to pass
Of column OF water from one unit to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26
Southern observation-disclosures
BY MARY JUDGE GARRETT

architecture--the Casino
And here on the ocean front we
may dine in that unique ship-shaped
hall, the Dolphin; where one may
have the finest fish dinner on the
coast.
And.a better still. enjoy the strange
beauty of scene and surroundings.
Around above us are softly cleaning
lights In sea shells. pearly rows OF
shells forming the decorations on
walls, and she'll shaped ceiling. while
one end of the novel structure opens
directly out to THE ocean.
Delicious sea foot OF every kind Is
served in china sdells and surely II
is the gift OF the mermaids singing In
the waves around u.s.
Out on the long pleasure pier, fish
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26
Specimens Of Modern FIlrf1or

You have comfortable homer
he asked.
splendid Nothing could be bet
ter"
And a loving wifeY"
None more so. Studies to please an
the time"
"you are in good physical condi-
very. Never felt better"
mo trouble OF any Sort no hidden
aNone whatever. Everything Is
serene"
what. then. rs the reason for your
going7"
whittier smiled.
.My dear boy" he replied. don't
you know that when everything u
summing smoothly when. there 10 alb
solutely no cause for complaint. when
YOU simply couldn't Improve on the
present conditions II you tried--don't
you understand that then 1.-THE purs
and unauthorized cussedness Of hui
man nature absolutely demands that
something be done to upset the har-
mony of things? That's why ! am go-
ing on O vascation. I'm looking Ter
troubIew Thomas Masson.
Had Inside Information
At A PARTY sarah's aunt said to her.
Child you eat q great deal Tor 2
little girl of three" Sarah replied.
"oh, Use not so little on the inside
auntie."--Chicago Tribune.
No Let Ep.
There's the Devil to pay at my
house,
BETTER go to church. them
well. there's the preacher to pay
ATLANTA Constitution.
Law Examination In the Lnate&
Seminary.
Examiner-"Miss Jones, state tho
chief impeachment 20 marriage"
candidate--"when no one presents
himself"--F1iegende Biaetter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

New York Tribune.
The time will come, and soon. when
electricity will be the controlling fac
tor in most things.
The city of the future is wonder
full thing to contemplate-nearly
everything electrical; nearly. every
thing automatic. Press a button or
turn a switch. and. 10! the thing de-
sired appears. The fairy stories of
the magic wand come true. No effort
required and little expense, for nature
will provide the electrical energy of
the future If the device of one modern
magician for generating electricity
from the suns rays proves practical.
Place it on the roof of your house,
and In one sunshiny day sufficient
amount of electricity will be accumu-
lated in the storage batteries to light
and heat your home and cook your
meals for week.
This would mean that every family
. will have, for the small initial outlay
necessary to procure the solar gen.
orator and the equipment of the
house, its own electric light plant,
which will be continually in opera
ton without attention or additional
cost.
Imagine the wonderful brilltancy of
the future electrical city, with the
vast sleeping energy of the sun I'M
loosed to its utmost extent. BY night
1t will be one enormous great white
way"
Set up on the inventors housetop.
the sun electrical generator looks for
ali the world like an eccentric cucum-
Der frame turned up on end. But let
the sun shine on 1t and at once 1t
starts its work. Not the solar heat
itself, but rather the invisible rays
that make up part of the solar spec
trurn, ana the ultra violet rays them
selves--rays that we can not perceive
with our eyes, but the effect of which
we can prove-are absorbed by the
violet glass, and their action on the
metal plugs. the other ends OF which
are sheltered from the action Of the
rays, sets up chemical reaction that
produces continual flow OF electrical
pceger into storage battery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

ing is fine. Even the babies have
luck Along the magic Moonstons
Beach we may gather semi-precioue
stones cast up by the sea.
Nor let us forget the great Hot SALT
Plunage, the largest bath house in the
United States, and rivalling here the
ever fascinating surf Of the sea.
On and on, past picturesque blum
and bold head1and. we follow the
winding beach.
Behind us the majestic Sierra MAdres
beyond beautiful Catalina Island
smiling like q bride through her veil
of mist--and around all the boundless
sea with it's sweep so broad and its
surge sublime"
Mary Judge Garrett.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

Of the sea, Its old Spanish garden and
its famous sunken garden. with. its
fiower-spangled bowers In which one
may enjoy out-of-door life the year
round.
Near by, and facing the blue Pacific
is the Tent City--each tent fitted up
with electric lights and conyeniences
for housek eeping.
Let ms tread the Road to Happf-
ness" on the beautiful esplanade,
which is one hundred feet wide. It
will lead to the great Pavilion Audi
torium, lately built at cost OF
$4,000.
Here on baimy evenings the band
plays soft Castilian. airs which mingle
with the wierd music of ocean waves.
Here too is that bit OF medieval
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26
Hun7Or.

observation-disclosures. what coat has .
Johnnie--IIair.
Tsacher-Mary what coat has . bird?
Mary-A bird has feathers.
Teacher--And. Grace. what has a
fish?
Grace--A nsh has scales.
Teacher-Now, George what does
dog have7
Georse-A dog has pups.-I G. 9.
Corkers.
An Irish evangelist always addressed
his hearers as dear souls but came
TO grief, when addressing an audience
In ireland, he called them dear Cork
souls. THE Christian Register.
One IL Quite SUFFICIENT;
A drummer receiving word from
home that his wife was sick wrote q
hurry letter to md out the trouble.
He concluded with:
Send me q wire at my expense. as
am very anxious to know at once"
The wire came. But like many an
other wire It siurred the message some
what. II ought to have read: Your
wife has had chill, but we are doing
our best for her. She VIII not have
another within twenty-four hours II
medical science can prevent. Doctor"
The message was correctly transmit
ted with the exception OF one letter.
The last letter In the word chill"
either by accident OF devfiment, was
transmitted as ID. +. II
Surely.
when we think of Ireland's woes. our
hearts go pity Pati--Lippincott's Mag
azine.
Ap0dictic.
IT am determined to go on vaca-
tion!"
whittier looked almost fierce as he
spoke. Cleverton regarded him with
a quizzical look.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

where his benefactress was waiting TO
see him safely out.
SAY miss" he drawied. mot for your
sake. nor for my sake, but for Gods
sake put some butter on it."-W. w. r.
Cardinal Manning. the famous Eng
lish churchman. was gaunt Of face !.
The great ecclesiastic's appearance was
so ascetic that he seemed to have been
almost starved. Once In Liverpool he
visited Convent, and the cook knelt
to him for blessing. which she got.
May the Lord preserve your emil
nence." said she, and then. looking at
his thin face, she added. ''and. oh,
may God forgive your cook"
A Rarity.
THIS story Is told of the great Brook
iyn preacher: Some would-be wag sent
Henry Ward Beecher letter contain
Ing on a sheet OF paper only the words,
April FOOL" Mr.. Beecner opened It.
and then a delighted smile beamed over
his face as he exclaimed: We'll! I've
often heard OF q handwriting letter
and forgetting to sign II. but this 10
the first case OF man signing his
name and forgetting to write the let
ter. limited Presbyterian.
Pats Treat.
Pats wages had just been paid him.
ana he decided to have, for once, o
dinner In style. Dressed In his Sum
day clothes, ne went into one of the
best restaurants and sat down at a
table. A waiter, suppressing MS
amusement handed him bin of fare.
Now Pat could not read. but this he
would not admit. and after looking at
the card in knowing way. he put his
hnges down at random on II. Bring me
some o. that" he said.
Some soup was brought which he ate,
and then. pointing to another spot on
the card in knowing way. he put his
| that" Celery was brought which he
ate leaves and all.
That not being very hiiing. RAJ
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

cisco and other points.
There are lumber vessels too. OF
many Kinds from many lands. Some
times a barque from Australia, at
Others, modern steel steamer from
Hawaii or Japan.
A most interesting feature OF Red
ondo Is Its great power plant cost
ing s1,5O0.000 and worth long jour
ney to see.
In this picture hamlet by the sea,
houses are quantity beautiful-from
the stately queen Of the Pacine
hotel. 10 the curvIng mission style. the
fisherman's cot and the Mexican's
adobe hut
Here may be seen the pioneer snow,
place of Southern california--the notei
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

And smaller fiowers growing every
where--even in the narrow strips of
soii bordering each side OF the flag
stones on sidewalks
on yonder velvet lawn the brilliant
poinsetta hower of California. flashes
Its crimson crown against a back
ground of bouganvillas--green and
gold.
Beyond the hills o great flower
ranch shows Ave hundred acres In
sweet peas and five hundred in car
nations--a perfect sea of colori and
bordered by magnolia trees in full
bloom.
In the harbor may be seen stately
ships of the Pacific coast steamship
co. sailing for San Diego, San Fran
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

The murmur Of waves and the cur
LEWIS cry have iured us on to Cali
fornia's real Southland. beautiful
Redonda. this quaint cd Spanish set
Element. now a prosperous port for
lumber and fisheries.
Redondo means rounding and so II
IL that curves of beauty mark the
winding streets. the gentle declivities
the in curving waves and the sloping
hills and mountains.
So round indeed Is this Jewelled
cup OF the sea-" that one can scarce
tell where that sun rises or SETS
We only know that he slips up at day
dawn from behind the misty mountains
ana sinks at eventide into a sea Of
flame and gold.
Here as elsewhere In the far West
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

Is the spirit of thrift and energy and
cleanliness.
Streets are duly spriniled with oil
and pavements are daily washed.
In parks and gardens are seen
pepper trees bright with red peppers,
and graceful with green feathery
fronds, dropping downward. The
famous Eucalyptus tree is here; and
olive trees now bending with their
loads of purple ripe olives. so much.
more tasty" than the green olives
of commerce.
Handsome date palms. Norfolk Is
land pines, as large as Alabama's
native pine trees, golden-fruited or
ange and lemon trees. blooming rose
trees. fuschias and geraniums as high
as the house tops, are all here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-26

The airship of the future, like trains
vessels of the sea, the automobile, VIII
be propelled by electrical energy trans
mitted without the use of wires.
The electrical city OF the future will
be a most enjoyable place in which
to live. No longer will we have the
ANNOYANCE Of smoke and SCOT from fac
tories and coal burning locomotives. or
from the numerous iron smokestacks
which rise above the roofs of the mod
ern apartment houses and ONCE build
inRs. slice electricity will undoubted-
Nv to used altogether for keeping US
warm In the winter and cool in the
summer. Our homes will be protected
from undesriables by a new electric
burglar alarm which Will not only an
nounce the intruder but will take his
photograph as well to be handed down
to future generations or at least to
the Police Commissioner.
The marevious strides In the cleo
trification of all the world may result
In cities beneath cities. Even as we
now have drug stores. cafes depart
ment stores, news stands with subter-
ranean entrances from subway stations
so within another fifty years there 10
likely to grow second New York un-
foreground.
The Underground City.
The route of the underground NOV
ing platform will become a busy center
of commercial activities. All along
the route scurrying throngs will step
from the electric sidewalk and rush In
and out of department stores, restau-
rants. iewelry, dressmaking, haberdash-
cry, tailoring and grocery establish
ments. There will even be banking
houses and Wireless telegraph
Offices. Automatic wireless telephones
will be found everywhere for COM
municating with any part of the sub
terranean city or the one above.
One can forsee the time when the
man on the street, on the trolley car
or wherever he may be, will carry In
his pocket an audion or receiver. list
ed under HIS own number and tuned to
an affinity different from that OF any
other audion. Should some one call
that number, Immediately the audion
Will buzz a warning. True. the man
will not be able to telephone without
connection with transmitting appara-
tus. But these will be found in all
vehicles. and even on street corners. as
letter drops now are. All he VIII then
have to do will be to connect his re-
ceived with the transmitter. drop
coin In the slot, and communication
will be set up immediately.
Indeed this electrical age into which
we are rapidly sliding viii also be an
automatic age Even an automatic cleo
tric receiving teller already Invented.
will accept your bank deposit and make
the proper entry in your handbook.
This great subterranean metropolis
will not be q stuffy. unhealthy place OF
gloom. The solar generator Will pass
underground the vast electric energy
Of the sun, which will keep millions OF
lights at a steady glow and transform
the place into the "City Brilliant"
Gigantic electric fans will keep a
steady stream Of pure air lowing