Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-05-23
Educational Column.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.

then occurred to him that the same
apparatus might, with some changes,
be made to produce an electric light,
and, after considerable labor, he per-
fected his invention. 1t was in oper-
alton on Saturday evening, in the
rear of Maltby's oyster depot, at IL
engine furnishes the motive power
for the machine, which is very simple,
consisting OF an armature revolving
between the poles of powerful cleo
tro-magnet. A strong current OF
electricity is thus generated. Two
electric wires are attached to the ma
chine, and they convey the electricity
to the various burners. Each of these
burners consists of two sticks Of car
bon, separated by piece OF glass,
which are attached, in an upright po-
sition, to the wires. The electricity
is ignited by the application OF an or
binary piece CT metal to the burners.
The light thus produced is dazzlingly
brilliant and very beautiful, so far
surprising the ordinary gas-light that
the latter looks yellow and dirty be-
side it. Any number Of lights may
be supplied by the same wires, and
Mr.. Fuller has succeeded in so SUBJ
dividing the current of electricity
that any one OF the lights can be ex-
tinguished without affecting, in the
slightest degree, the other lights on
the same circuit. This had not been
accomplished before. Mr.. Fuller says
he can light buildings in any part Of
the city by extending his wires to
them through the streets. He also
says he can light the streets with
electricity, and to prove this he has
stretched his wires to post on the
sidewalk, in front OF the building,
where he keeps light burning every
evening. This light is far more bril-
liant than any calcium-light and IL
Eliminates the street for block. One
OF these lights would illuminate a
whole block, and far better, too, than
a dozen or more Of street-lamps. In
lighting up a house, porcelain or
ground-g glass shades are used for
softening the glare of the light. The
cost OF production is very slight,
much less than that of the ordinary
gas.-N. Y. Sun.
SAYING HATEFUL THINGS.
What strange disposition is that
which leads people to say "hatefu"
things for the mere pleasure Of say
ing them. You are never safe with
such person. When you have done
your very best to please, and are
feeling kindly and pleasantly, out will
pop some bitter speech, some under
handed stab, which you alone CON-
prehend-a sheer which is masked,
but too well aimed to be misunder-
stood. 1t may be at your person,
your mental failings, your foolish
habits OF thought, or some little
secret faith or opinion confessed in a
moment OF genuine confidence. 1t
matters not how sacred 1t may be to
you, he will have his fling at it; nay,
since the wish is to make you suffer,
he is all the happier the nearer he
touches your heart. Just half doz-
en- words, only for the pleasure of see-
ing a cheek flush and an eye lose its
brightness; only spoken because he
Is afraid you are too happy or too
conceited. Yet they are worse than so
many blows. How many sleepless
nights have such mean attacks
caused tender-hearted idiots. How,
after them, one awakes with aching
eyes and head, to remember that
speech before everything else-that
bright, sharp, well-aimed needle OF
speech that probed the very center
of your soul. There is only one CON-
fort to be taken. The repetition of
such attacks soon weans your heart
from the attacks, and this once done,
nothing he can say will ever pain
you more.
Spelling CHILD.
That domestic atrocity known as
spelling g child" is generally looked
upon as a consequence of exces-
sive maternal love, but il mother
hated her little one she could scarce
ly do anything worse. A spoiled
child is one of the most unhappy OF
living creatures. and generally sickly,
for besides the physical evils which
the indulgence of it's undisciplined
appetites engender. its temper preys
upon its health. To pamper the little
folks in all their whims and caprices
Is parental sin, and one which is al
ways visited upon the unfortunates
who have been thus irrationally pet
ted. One OF the immediate penalties
of the offence is the dislike with
which spoiled children are univer
sally regarded. But there are worse
consequences than this. The young
tyrant is too often developed into the
overbearing youth, and the over
bearing youth into the unjust and
hateful man.
When the suggestion was first
made that the recent frightful ex-