The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-12-30

ping, cream freezing, noodle cutting,
vegetable pairing, polishing and grind
ing.
1t almost seems as if we would soon
have the electric cook and housemaid,
completely automatic, capable of do
ing the work of large family in cOu-
pie Of hours each day, and started and
stopped by the turn Of switch.
The country will have an abundance
of electric energy for light, power and
heat on farms, The farming commu-
mites will flourish under the stimulus
of an electrified topsoil, and an increas-
ed absorption of nitrogen, procured di-
rect from the atmosphere by electricity.
These processes are already successful
as experiments on a small scale.
GuyrOScOpe for ArShip.
In this wonderful dream city of the
future, the business of transportation
will be carried on altogether by elec-
trically propelled vehicles and ships of
the sea and air. AS for the aeroplane,
the electric gyroscope is expected to
furnish stability for this device, and
also for monorail, high speed trains,
electrically driven. The locomotive as
we now know it will be obsolete, but
the electric locomotive will have come
to its own for general freight and pas
sengeF service, and it will haul its long
string of cars over q single rail at q
speed in excess of 100 miles an hour.
In monorail motion all danger of LAT.
eral impact experienced by railroads of
today is eliminated. The forward mo-
ton and the gyroscopelike force of the
driving wheels maintain perpendicu-
larly in the monorail without 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 ir-
regularitieS of the rail to be taken into
account, the center of gravity being
directly over the support, tending un-
aided to stay there. Taking into ac-
count this great potential advantage,
and the small cross section of the train
to overcome all resistance, a much
higher rate of 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 Y ork, through
Pelham Park to City Island. Engin-
GERS of the Public Service Commission
say that a speed of 1875 miles an hour
may be expected over parts of the route
where right of way has been granted
away from highways, so that the train
headway may be unrestricted. If this
line meets with the approval of the
public application will be made fol
permission to operate monorail express
trains on an upper deck over the pres.
ent 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
Moonlight and sunlight effects, failing,
running or ripping water, moving
clouds, rain and rainbows, falling stars
the aurora borealis, smoke and flame
sandstorms, real lightning and ever
animal illusions, such as flying butter
flies, crawling or jumping insects anC
climbing monkeys, can be displayed
by the operations of cunningly devised
electric lamps.
Artificial lighting.
Since the earliest dawn of history tn,
apparatus used for artificial lighting
has been a subject of ornamental anC
artistic treatment. From the crudeS
forms of earthenware lamps to tht
most elaborate chandeliers, through
every historical period and among al