The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-15


and other men OF SC cncc long avo be-.
gan 20 promise rs that In 4 very short
time our houscs would be lighted with
electricity more brilliantly and cheaply
than they ever had been IN any wav;
put the panic among che gas cnmpan IS
soon pasSe away and stock again rules
a. high rates. II Is no doubt true.
however, that our hopes in this respect
have been deferred through nnlooked-
ior obstacles % the practical app ict-
ton ~ the principle and not throu II
any mistake about the principle itself.
Public places are actually ighicd by
electricity; and private PAGES are not
vet 50 lighted only because Of the dill
Guilty OF furn shiny the illumnat ~
agent economically. The same com.
ment upon other unfamiliar use. III
electric force is Just aud obvious. II
has long been believed that the dav
would come when railro ia trains would
~ moved BY electricity; but II IL only
,uss no y that we are able to say thar
the day has actually come. Al All
events. the experiments made upon the
electric r,ilroad near Berlin seem 10
have solved The problem.
bnt still more wonderful results in this
branch Of practical science are reported.
The world was aStonlshed when Prof.
Morse started an electric spark mon a
wire Journey and compelled it % record
4 message at lis journeys en- flih-
erto the varied application ~ the force
ha- been mere expansion fthis con-
cepilon. AZ least n this respect. that
the force has worked upon an unhroken
line q operation-. II, communications.
50 10 speak. have not been cut SO lar
as this the force which carries mes
sa-e from New York u Albany. the
force which runs through the caDlc be-
meath the Atlantic. ami the force which
by and by VIII Light who b city work
IN the same uninterrupted way. But IL
seems 70 be quite another thing 10 ~ x |
electricity IN vonr trunk az New York.
heck il 70 ALBANY. and there make il /
70 %. with unlmpa red altcr.ty and eli /
feet. the work which it would do here. l.
let this i the startling result which our
esteemed contemporary. the London /
Times. has been ms rnnental in brnx-
ing about other esteemed contempo- \
rarles have made them selves famon. ~ \
getting early news oil remote military n
movements sometimes OF which
he commanding Generals concerned in
he events were themselves ignorant:
a piercing the heart 81 Africa. and in
making renewed search for the pole.
But Il ali which is sug .cstei grows ont
, recent journey Of a correspondent
q the Times from Paris 10 Glasgow. that
iew~ paper has celebrated itself more
'ucce sfully than any the others
On the sth Of Nav NJ Faurc. at Paris.
'harged four batteries with elcrfr citr.
nrlosct them in wooden box measure
NJ cubic DOT ami handed the box 10
he Iimss' correspondent. who seventy
wO honrs later delivered il TO sir VIII
am Thompson. 81 tic Glasgow Uni.
ersity. Thu remain Ter II the story is
Old ~ Proi Thompson ia 4 letter to
IN Tines: When tic batteries Mere
tken from The box il was found that
hey hat lost little Or nothing Of their
tered electric energy. ~ measure
nent and by other tests the force was
hown 20 be when i arrived in Glasgow
substantially what Il was when il quit
ed Paris. Th i. we repeat. seems 10
y % neth'ng very different from send
~ electricity along wire. whether ID
rite message OF 10 light lamp. In
'ifse cases tue working ~ the for u ,
nbroken between the place where il Is
VOWED AMI the place where il Is finally I
pplied; hut IN The latest case there Is
X such connection. In other words. /
he storage of electric energy. II * Il I
y accomplished fart. may be pro luct-
ie OF the largest results When the 4
handed the box 10 rhe 4
rofessor provided. Of coarse, all that /
suggested comes 70 pass--he NAV be Z
I'D 10 have symbolized coming reyo- II
ltion IN MANY methods of modern llfe. 4
With stores energy ever hOnschn dor n
Jay keep his electro light supply in
il own cellar; with storel energy shils j
nav plow their way across the ocean a
ithout the aid III steam or The mel 4
hich Is consumed in creatipg Il; with !
orcd energy railroads may Ne o err v
led free from smoke and rinaers; with
orei energy manufactures may be b
,nducted on large or small * le
lfelv and inexpcnsively: with stored 4
lcrgy coal may be largely DISPENSED Il
IN. and the question. What will be- Il
,me q England when her mines are
.hausted? will be of nj consequence. :,
he I'm itself looks forward ID this L
'intion Of the problem with pleasing n
,ticirations and hints NJ London
smpkelcss and elem nnconiamin ted b
Their BY the solid OF BIZ tho gaseous
'odmcts Of combustion II ~ unsel- X
n enough further ~ show how Amer n.
. NAV turn stored energy % the mo. a
account. Looking unon ne 4
ais II NIAGARA ~ 1.-THE na mrnl ana "
'opcr chief motor ~ The continent ".
sas thtt we may 81 see stored cleo II
lefty, evolved IN this enormous
alter power, carried By electric rail- IA
ads 70 All parts ~ this counry 'or q
n for all tho purposes for which coal
now difectlv or indirectly uscd III y,