Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-16
Think OF conducting temperature

10y electricity,
Indeed there seems TO be no end to the curious
anu interesting things one can see and hear at this
eNhieiiion. on my nrst visit Spent four hours Ia
merry walking through the buildings. hardly
Stopping 10 ask questions and merely CHANGING
sulefA04aliy at the exhibits
7aE POSSIBILITIES oF The FUTURE
Ia We" OF the 0emarGaole progress made In cleo
e'VS' SCIENCE ana discovery In 50 short a space OF
time Is ten wears lust passed one asks what may
We tNpect VIII come in the next decade: The
S'lhuisS Wa prpoaoy result IN the al scovery OF
some stie ana feasible method OF aerial navigation
ana am warranted ip saving that b,,s,Isr 81
some very successful experiments now l-.lnc con-
oNStel 10y CERTAIN French savants II viii also
prubacly result IN The sending OF speech or the
human voice 10 long distances nra,t,s,l1y nm
limited; indeed. the telephone Is ALREADY sble 70
Do that ~ Itself. Mr.. Bell has rrcenIlV as,laraa
siat ne M Tor a long time been ahle 10 demon
stFdte Jhat II he could stretch wire around tie
g.ooe under favorable Circ,llnS, ances arTtr,late
sietcn could be conducted over the whole Tenth on
the wire. Another probable result or the next len
years discoveries IN elet.trlctty viii dan,rnS'rsta
The availability Of electro no, i've mower for xar,ons
purposes oI terrestrial and marine navigation and
~ -, l'i,'i w, uIins purposes Railways seven
Lures ia eng are already IN successful operation
usisF'ot''.' e ccal from min \
hNntotsuis. Suth as this given under the
auspices 81 the Franklin Institute wifi greatly 40
IA making thH people familiar with this suhi.1;t ana
stimulate the inventive spir!t OF IN ~ - M, s,r
CtsNIul accomplishment u now unthought of IA.
suits. " ~
There viii he no danger that any really useful
exhibition VIII 40 Into oblivion. The eNhihltton
viii remain open unJl October Ilth ana during
tle time OF IT. progress sessions have been cor viii
be He'd OF Such organizations - the American As
Sociation Tor the Advancement ol Science toinet
Dy The British association. which lopt session rs
Just cioefd bringing together galaxy of scientists
OF the hTSt magnitude. The Electrical Commission
GRAINED 10y authority OF Congress for this o.ca-
sion. has also Just closed an emtueutlv Successful
session, us discussions and papers being OF a very
h'Eh oricr OF value The convention OF The Ma
noaa Telephone Association VIII he held h,r,, Srp-
teInher lttl-2oh. and this Is 10 be followed by a
congress ~ Mining Engineers. All these as well
rs The Franklin Institute Itself, VIII publish VOL
luminous reports OF the occasions, ana What we
may not Know about electricity when We shall
have had these reports viii Ne hard TO saw
The visitor 10 she eXAilition should be adyised
on one important pOlnt-donr 60 Ia the restaurant
Tor any thing 10 cal more than once: YOU NAV 80
ohc' unt va won 20 again. You Will prize YOUR
digestion Too highly 10 repeat the experiment.
BIG DEPOT.
philadelphia is big city. IL had not made this
letter too long already should have liked TO prove
that assertion by a few Illustrations from the
abundant material AT hand one Of the hig things
The visitor from Washington Is nrptty sure 10 -, IL
IA Penn-y wanna railroad depot at Broad ana
Market streets had the time TO spend an hour
tht:t, and Was well rep I'd. The architecture OF
ulr hulGing, lis c"nyeHlCnces oT construction fits
simplicity 20 grateful 10 the sometimes wearied
ana bewildered traveller It's cleanliness It's i'm
iAtise SIZE. are all apparent There daily ils
uahS coming IN and ll9 going out and tlesas carry
an aggregate 81 over $1,000 Passengers suppose
there ara 1000 people Ia that building every day
remarked 10 one of the officials that every conye-
hltiVe WAS IN the building except sleeping accom-
modations lie offered 10 show me where these are
provided Tor III employees. And IN addition where
IN me upper fooilN. there are library, paror
handsomely furnished and provided with a piann
bdIDti rooms; ia TACT, frs-cass hotel free for
The employees The enormous waiting rooms for
Passengers, the restaurants, the exit aud entrance
nails ana The numerous ticket Offices all show
Kaleidoscope plcjurts OF human nature that are
iAteASe4y interesting. VIC