The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-15
cheap as ashes, but better than precious

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 All difficulties but this of the compost ! ton of the wick of the electrical candle 1 had been overcome. The generation of electricity has become familiar, There ] are many well known electrical ma ! chimes. The divisibility of the current has been found possible. It is as divi- ! sible under Edison's process as q volume of gas
 What of the Edison lamp? It can be made at a cost of twenty-five cents. In its simplest form as cheap as gas tip. ! It is plain glass globe, about the size l of a small orange or large lemon In the l bottom is fitted metallic stopper, !. through which the copper wires pass, and q strip of carbonized paper, shaped like q horseshoe, connects the wires. The air is exhausted in the globe. Turn on the electricity, which is quite as sim pie an operation as turning on gas, and 1 the carbon becomes and remains lnmin- ous, giving out soft. brilliant, powerful | light, and the wick endures No limit to it's endurance has been found. No matches are needed to strike q light You touch your key and there is your 1 illumination. The glass globe does not become heated. It grows warm, but by i ilO ppSSlDiiltN tttil lutFt bc ullf tOLlUuS- tion. Break the glass, and the light is instantly and utterly extinguished. The moment the air enters, the light is out IL would be perfectly safe, therefore, to use such light in powder magazine It will be of inestimable advantage on shipboard. It can be employed with the happiest results in mines heretofore extra-hazardous. It will, bv at once abolishing the use of matches in our houses. and introducing light that nei- ther heats nor enkindles, vastly reduce the liability of fires, and thus speedily put down the rates of insurance. This light will do away with the necessity of heat in well-lighted apartments. One can produce dazzling illumination without changing the temperature.
 As there is no combustion, there is no smoke, so that this is the light long sought for picture galleries. Wherever wire can be stretched light may be produced, so there will be no excuse for dark alleys. This will be the terror of burglars, for by the noiseless touching ofa key not only an apartment, but an entire house, may be flooded with light, to the terror and discontinue of all who seek darkness that they may do evil.
 It is light that does not harm the eyes, and that may be shaded and regu- lated at pleasure the softness of the oil lamp with the splendor of the burning of carbon points.
 The opinion is not entertained that an entire city could be supplied with elec- tricity from a single establishment. New York, for instance, is to be divided into twelve districts, each receiving the magical current from an independent c,nter From four to six districts under lis system would comprehend the com pact portion of Cincinnati.
 Edison's favorite theory on the subject is that the gas companies will be glad to buy the right of lighting under his in- vention, and that the wires will be con- veyed through the gas pipes, the new lamp being simply screwed on where the gas tips are found. Very fine insulated wire will suffice. All the appointments are simple
 Agents are already here for the pur- pose of introducing the Edison lamp, The object is not to sell the right to indi- viduals, but to employ capital in supply ing districts. It is Edison's careful esti- mate that the cost of the electric light, according to this system, will be some thing less than one-half the cost of coal gas He is sure it will not exceed that figure. Beyond that, he proposes to use electricity as a motor to run sewing ma chimes and the like, has prepared meter for the exact measurement of the electricity furnished to each house. We need not dwell upon the importance of this discovery. Il is revolutionary
 A Tale of Love,
 N r Times.
 They told their love, and did not let concealment, like worm in the bud, prey upon their damaslS checks. She was sixteen, and her name was Kitty. He was a Romeo of fifteen warm sum- mers. and his name was Samuel, He saw, he loved, he pitied her; for hers was menial station, and the heart of the chivalrous youth pined when his souls idol emptied the slops CT swept the kitchen floor. They poured their vows of undying love into each others ears when opportunity offered, and the little spark was famed into great and consuming flame. SarouePs cash assets were not large, consisting of but four dollars and half, but with that amount he believed they could reach Albany, and, safe from detection and pursuit, could work and provide home for the maiden and himself They fled together; but their flight was not all sunshine. At Williams Bridge they were attacked by three tramps, who attempted to ab- duct the lovely Kitty! In vain did sam uel battle for his love, and it was only by artifce that he saved her from harm, telling pitiful story that she was his sister Then the inevitable policeman appeared upon the scene and arrested the whole party. There is something provoking in the manner in which the prosaic power of the law steps Tn to spoil a romance just as 1t Is becoming inter esting. There is no telling what might have happened to this enterprising and precociolls couple had they been permit ! ted to continue on their travels. As it is, | Kitty goes to the House of the Good 1 Shepherd, and Sammy has, doubtless, been spanked and sent to bed by his paternal parent, There is proha- bility that he will not sit down with comfort toV some time to come
 steamer stopped by Ieliyash. London Telegraph.