The Osceola times., 1881-10-29
ELECTRIC WONDERS.
some of the Beauties Of the Eleetrioa al
Lamp Exhibition In Paris.


some of the Beauties of the Elsetrioa al
Lamp Exhibition In Paris.
Paris Correspondence London News.
The other evening ! passed three
hours at the Palais de lIndustrie. Ny
visual nerves were no more tired than II
had been staying on a fine summer
day under the shade OF lime trees. Two
great jets Of light diverge from the round
windows above the great door Of tie ex-
hibltion towards the Arch of Triumph
and the Place de Ia CoRcords. The tree
tops on which some Of the rays fall look
as if silvered over The obelisk of Lux
o. might be pile Of snow. to judge Of it
from its vhiteness. II is five hundred
meters from the lamp projecting the
mass Of light, which appears like the
tail Of a comet, and is 90 strong that,
standing in the Place de Ia Concorde, any
one. learned in Egyptianl hieroglyphics
could decipher those on the obeiisk.
Mr.. Godell's electoral addresses at the
corner Of the Rue de BOetic formerly
Rue de L Oratoirel can be read also.
siemens' lights are used in the grand
vestibule. They are set of by the
artistic abeauty OF the lusters, and
they very rarely oscillate or 60 out.
Jamin's lights blink a good deal, and
Jablochkoff7s little Blinking is more
or less the defects Of all the arc lights.
intellectually one may not be aware OF
this defect, but the weariness Of the eye
tells OF it, siemens, think. is the most
successful manufacturer OF lamps made
according to the arc system. Werdeman
comes close on his heels; indeed, he
treads upon them. The nave is bright
as bright can be at the nocturnal exhi-
bition. Anything more exquisitely
beautiful than the general view It is i'm
possible 10 conceive. A lighthouse with
a revolving lamp stands in the middle.
II has a revolving lamp with red, blue,
green. purple and orange glasses. The
patches of colored light which it projects
on the cornice Of the nave seem TO march
professionally round it. There is a
calmness'of general effect, mildness as
of moOnbeams, light as searching as
comes from the sun at noon, and cool
ness OF tint as well "a Of atmosphere
None Of the hues in old Gobelins tapes
tries are lost or dimmed. Pictures, OF
which there are all that werepurchased by
the last Salon, have been left, in order
~ test lilf Gdluf VI Ailt nllltftllt HNtltulH
of electric lighting. Flowers appear to
be in sympathy with Queen Electricity
The tall palm or tropical fern locks to
peculiar advantage when she is holding
her court at the Palais de plndustrie at
night. There is green house Of black
glass into which no solar ray penetrates
Electricity stimulates the vitality OF
plants there and brings them to bloom
and bear flowers. They are in thor
oughly healthy condition, and do not
appear as if they ever wanted to 60 70
sleep at night. All the twenty-iour
hours they are exposed to the rays Of
strong electrical lamps. 1t would ap-
pear that to some extent the chemical
action OF this light will enable gardeners
to dispense with manure.
The arc light generally meets with
less favor from the public than the sys
tenn 10y incandescence, on account Of the
crudity of its glare and the iatiguing ef-
feet il produces on the ewes, but an in
genious way has been discovered for do
ing away with this objection, and at the
same time tor giving more power than
the Edison Swan lamp would give. The
system is the invention of Douce * Co.,
a very appropriate name, for the soft
ness Of the light is all that could be de-
sired. The light is produced by any are
system in elegant vases suspended from
the ceiling, at a height of about eight
feet above the floor, and ont of which
beautiful plants are growing, made
doubly luxUrant 10y the powerful fertil-
izing properties of the light. The light
being thus concealed in the midst Of the
vase does not reach the eye directly,
but Is reflected to a white, tightly
stretched circular sheet in the ceiling.
from which it diiluses a mild and yet
powerful light through the whole room.
There is slight loss of power by this
method, but this is amply compensated
for 10y the softness and equal distribution
If tho inhi