Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-28
I0yDERSOF ELECTRICITY.


.ag or The u
. sSpLIED-THE POssIniLi'
rIEs rOR the FUTURE.
Ran niamin franklin expert
Wet Wi With bis kite on the west bank
ltE' S"cbnylkill river near tho very
l1Ds ..,s ov tbe late Electrical Exhibi.
w. held, and demonstrated that
..,,ici,y could be drawn nom ine
~. % he could not oy any poesioiiity
= sa'' conceive the mighty power he
n sc.uEsd coud 1t has been said that
Z seI.nrlin Si caught the lightning, and
.'1s hsrnssssd It," and II can be
III ssJ. ,hat Bell and Edison have com
.,., ~ made it the servant Of man.
Xxx ssMsISough electricity has become q
..;sv anSs 10 man, he yet remains In ig-
'."scs , Of what it Ii. Scientific men
y. % %sndsayored In vain 70 solve the
" s,sm s and even Edison, the greatest
s~,or @ of the nineteenth century,
w.. % not what lthe mighty force Ia
,S ba, made of such great utility
y. tellow man, and the question
=, !. electricity, which filled the
- n franklin, still fills mons
IA. today. and still remAins unan.
s'ms Of the wonders Of electricity
n he ssen at the recent electrical
Lsstiou in Philadelphia, but the
=, uses to which IL was applied
4, oombined to convince the specta-
a,t the application Of this mighty
~ d as yet but In its infancy.
n, Nj other sciences, much Of 1t ID
raad in mystery, and the general
NM ,auRht TO believe that all Its
..a,jOss are attended with . deadly
rrr except to the initiated few.
Md no doubt faliacy that must ere
.,rcome thing Of the past.
ihct the exhibition itself has done
I,Ato dispel this error, which no
ssyas originated and fostered by
IN, for the purpose of self gain, bat
pOpe have seen for themselves,
I With ordinary precautions there ia
4, little more danger to be apprehend-
kl the use OF electricity for tho many
knoses for which 1t can be applied
NJ there is in using the fire In the
krhsn stove, which, unless the proper
kss and caution were exercised, would
kn down the house.
Isss than forty years ago, the first
ksgaph line was established In the
Cniisd States; now there are thousands
miles Of wire, stretching from
auada to the gulf of Mexico, and from
b. Atlantic tothe Pacific ocean, con
|rting every city, and hundreds OF
pvns and villages. And not only that,
|ut the ingenuity and inventive geniui
Dan has not stopped at the mighty
ksan but has stretched cable after
bbsOn its bed, until the civilized
Iald Is now united, and events hap
Pung in the old world to-day are
hbished to the inhabitants Of the new
Prld to read tomorrow, by the enter
Pie Of American journalism.
The flashing of mems thoughts across
! wires for hundreds or thousands oi
lIes was a great achievement, but Il
1hned for Bell, and others, to invent
instrument by which persons can
Pi TO each other with the aid of the
E,nt agent electricity, and now the
lnington merchant wishing to con
With his Philadelphia oorrespon.
p has only to turn TO the telephone
bis office, and In minute or two hs
hold q conversation as we'll q,
eeh he had travelled miles to do It,
but . few years ago Edison IN hi.
atsnop and laboratory at Menic
Af was wrestling with another prob
aud astOnished the world with the
s3M light, which Is destined to cause
oapsto revolution In artificial Il.
aliAon, and the principal streets ol
NARt cities are already rendered a.
@s light by night az when the sur
slllng by its agency.
Ave ,as wonders do not stop here, for the
.lol's at the recent exhibition In
lSslphia have clearly demonstrated
Ale utilization Of this unknow
os out in its infancy. 1t has been
Tsl yl mat 1t can, and II Is now used
tal the gas, or extinguish 1t, 81
~. IVA person by merely pressing on 9
..ol ID their bed chamber, or othel
.n@ lhe house, can light up q single
M, OF The whole house ~ desired
W lls magic wires fastened to doors
:, windows, the midnight robber /.
,ss, ~, anu by the very movement hi
I' ,as' 70 enter the house, is made te
.sia WIN On himself with its magic con,
n, sVas under the door mat, the sneak
!, .i. made to apprise his unsuspect.
/ |, 's'ims IL nlss OF his stealthy approach.
s.. a used to summon servants In
III MI h anu private residences, and the
). uoase- wife can also call IL to hel
run the sewing machine. or rock
a@ie, while the organist can dis,
A. us WIN his assistant at the bellows
Isa. mercy " connect his battery with the
W., Electric lights are now made
n iat, ae an ornament to any parlor, and
,tss tsn. w. can be used, or extinguished
kyno 1,il W OF the one using 1t, without
kUDnaa % wait until the dynamo IL
i IfSa tro,n d. the source of supply.
hi 0s h,n' 70 the farm, RS help, and as
,,,haa NUN In Matching his chickens: Il
t,ory. ans ane watehman in the bank Oh
La \, a. ana accurately records every
hnish.a ,s 10 make his rounds i
Sron D.s =, 'le standard time from Wash
4 !, len couu, ~ 1he metropolitan cities O
uantry does away with the snrin o,
Pppsss psass ,s OF ordinary clocks. ane
i tbs hIae. .ae motive power itself !; i
stti"mula uu ulast in times OF peace to assis
suH.pns OF civilization. or puidel
l.uy,s ,arine .aae torpedo under Al
var !, u,p, and explodes it in tim,
Apalion"s " appfises the tiremen OF con
idiaVnos,,a anu ass' 'sts the physician il
apb. n, ~, 1ts future application or tri
sd 70 I'm" rnn demonstrated that u can b,
Au And cars, instead of horsea o
phis a t. q. an experiment in Pbiia
v pronslIsws w weeks since, a loaded ca
hour n,et at a rate Of twelve mile
ping an earm.. .u"ut nois smoke or dirt
sdstant WIT asst That the day is no
When AI,a%i aen u will supers.de stpa IN
vondrrtr,a, became possessed o
VI 10 his ca, ~, lamp, he was not able /,
@e hidden ~. ana more geniis tha,
The da, IN the dynamo or leydeI
aen telenhsus 10 rapidly approaching
20 chsan uohe service will be furnish s
sanent, and Ks rs VIII be without an in
9eso eommon .ne electric light will he
y coal oll 1n ~h that 1t will place ga
s!l filed vii erethe candle and clan
@a wick KUN nn Grease and a rag st,lcl
viii ssnd now IL, and the bonsskssn