The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-05-05

TIE Y0NDEIlS 0l' ElEC rfIIci y Qls
III, * "a s9l Cle sis- Isns5a sar
eFbsfs & hosfaet t0dnscted 'Wisb. the
eIeettic ageuciss by which distant com
.a,SSuSieatio IA ssepfsd more, suggs sllye.
G,at the, minnta6sstOi lhe,HpoWer by
Ibfe6flib soaai6sl,s { To pr5jee, bail
a, 4 distant Ship Rllh ctriaiaiy of6i1S
10 Blast tlio sunken rock that impedes
osyigatiou, 10 ilnpel the giant ship that
sblits iF6 6loTmi ViilbilRdefaul bow for
ees are presenledaoths eyc which beaF
sone natural comp STisob with the work
AcsomS Slisbed X wien. 4 message has
10 be sent thousands OF miles bpneaTb the
r-frsIing SEQ, from one continent to
an8t6ers fois ems sigpotfd q W. look
in vain:iof any machine kissing with
yiqor such as. the miod deems necessary
io'pfet The q Ell Fi6 4cufrs6t from Amfr
haltos Europetquick as the sunlight
comAsylo eaFths There is- even 3anaab-
&uce of sa6 i 6st forces for communion
lion upon Tie lard, whsrenitric and sui
phurie acids, Zinc AMI mercury ara buy
il numerous calls bfsuihg tue electric
Ere. sT6sepagsf lemployed beers more
iru,hful conipafispnWith The SctiQp ol. the
brain. wherein human thous CHI IS evolved,
ThS4housht may be one ,shich shall
chapga tue aesiinisss of : nation; i may
be the, sFep!est idol Ihal eyst VERIFIED
from a6sciic Zip. atAb6th ioDme within
the iohe ii sbtowuotabls only 1'ferlils
5rsrase, 4, ltsll 4 y y
batieFry niIiphoR ara,esstlis a ,lapi.
ilioSgK ia some lime t'usvd taiy one;
E III eel is compbSed ol glass tumblfr,
mall disc ofthsst copper and q s'mi,
sr'one z oc, few spefts.s Of sulph ate Of
,o5par an mois' ,wdust 4 ling lhstual
s.bIsr. THIS is all. Ii has no smell A
Rpoonfu Of water apon 1heIsaWdust no"
nnd then is all that il needs, for support.
ltseems ip.ign & rant AID Powetless. vet
does lis work efficiently aud we'll. The
Fteoch cabic uses oniy seven such cell,
ahhou 1h'tsice as long atthe other,
We have bsfore us. ss We wri'e, q bat
try which was nsrdto ttsnsmitsaenies-
sage by the Atlantic cable-the minutsss
We presume. ever, emploFed. II has a
f>acinaticn to us indispensable. IL is
composed of q $ mpls gun cap soldcred
10 piece Of copper ~lts, end . narro%
strip Of zinc. These, with . drop ot wa
Ter from the ocean, were all the fnrces
which were needed TO send a message
from continent 10 continent.
Had the ocean drop been q tear, it
would have generated The came current
which thus thrilled between Two worlds
and made them one. We're wedisposed
to morolizo on the salt oftbis tiny battery
and its mysterious agency, we might be
excused did we regard il as typifying The
power Of sorrow which touches tho uni
versal heart and make il thtdb. 1t is the
slembic Of the worlds deepest and most
Omaipolsni emotions. and yet may end
it's rise in the sioppipg ef assiqgle pulse,
inthe quencbing otss single liieboa
This liny battery has7tS il, ,indsed, o
vast moral. We despise tie lesser lorces
Of our lives, and measure our iuhlence
BY an uoWise dtsparagemOnt From
these, however, when true and pure,
come the sunlight and the Pfil1rosceucs
OF the Garth. Let US hQId OUT light high
aud honorsd. however small may be its
flame. Il may reach the radius Of an
other light, aud help tho dawning Of a
brighter day-notIo ourselves alone, but
TO Thousands who never knew US. A
single kind word has ere now planted
seed thathss burst It's blossoms upon the
Infinite meadows Of ofheaven. From the
journal cfTs1egraph.
A BIT OF ROMANCE.
Buflsigh, the New York corresponds
ent OF the BOSTON Inurnal falls this sto