New-York tribune., 1885-01-04
4 House Full or ELECTRICITr.
THE REMARKABLE INVENTIONS THAT ARE ~ DAILY
USE IN A NEw-YoRK HOUSE

THE REMARKABLE INVENTIONS THAT ARE IN DAILY
USE IN SEw-YoRK HOUSE.
If BENJAMIN Franklin. the electrician and
provorbal philosopher. who snachsd lightning from the
.lie. and the scepre from the hand OF Solomon. had
been one OF the invited guests at the house of j. H.
Johu,ou ia Thirty the other evening. he might
have been as astoundei a. Macauays NewLeaander In
the streets Of modern London. Tho spectacle OF hs
kite led current. docile as the slaves OF Aladdins
lamp" turning wheels and oboying human wishes In
various ways might overcome the impcrtnrbAbiity
even who accustomed 10 stand before kings
But we reversed the spirit o his sxe when all that
WAS unknown passed for the magnificent For modern
invention has accustomed us TO sup on wohuer' auu re
unsatcd from the feast
Mr. Johnson 1, practical enthusiast. Zeal alandknowl
sIcc 90 not tandem with him but a team. Others
have lighted their houses with electricity but he has
turned his into Pandora's box, Paradise Of dainte
devices"
A Christmas tree stood his second floor. It's
top nearly touched the ceiling and Its roots were
act in hollow pedestal THIS tree hung with tin-el.
TOYS ana candles II the candles It had been lighted
and II had remained stl IL would have been Ike other
Christmas trees But instead kept turning on It's base
aud times with revolution two score ny cleo
trc lights OF red and purple and white twnkied out or
the evergreen branches All the evening the six score
lamp, went through their polychronatic permutaticns
except when Kaleidoscope stopped TO explain Its
mechanism II was then that the tree simply
an entertaining part OF Mr.. Johnsons practical plan OF
lighting his house by dynamo machine In tho cellar
The same current that supplied siStotncandle lamp
ran tho motor causing the tree to rcyoyc and also by
a aut ,matic devices brought into circuit the little lamps.
which were enyeop,d In French tissue paper. What
an attraction for u show window. some one said why
not - rcpicd Mr. Johnson Add to the colors and
then surround the whole pageant with mirrors and mu
tiply them indefinitely
"Your fire looks comfortable tonight" remarked
guest gancing at an open CRATE that radiated mellow
., NJ
"You sec / have concealed few electric lamps
there In pine shavlngs. intend to put them
inside of camel coal with isngass TO nuke tho
affect moro realistic We don't need fire. tho
exhaust steam my achnc 10 heat the house
remarked a well-read observer But easily ex-
tingnished aud the host pressed concealed button
ON the parlor floor showed various c0ntrivances a
useful they cingonons for lowering the lights al
back TO these safety catches IN the window seat"
added JOhn,on have thus provided as.nst Inst
Of lamps :hc chandeliers independent OF eaoh
other"
want to show my Iandseer by the electric light. no
continued The nearest lamp was 9nscrewed from it'
sSGks and s py TTs OF an
pine shepherd surrounded by h dogs was displayed IN
f rhSs s ss % rsysnsa the
ing the artists brush
the hos mo No arrangement Of lights upon canya.
produce so purely natural an ensst Eyery .' rs
VINO sees tns - enfupttGtu ny l OuuaIu piayois
equally pleased with the lighting OF table ho con
tnued aiding the To tho billiard room I'm tho base
mont. "These two lamps adjusted and tho ight
is so reflected from the ceiling that defy you to hnd
shadow on the table either under tho cushions or tho
balls. You would suppose that with thirty horse
power engine nearly under this room some noise
or trembling might lie perceived. few OF tho more
curious went below. Even after entering the
| cellar tho thr0bbing was so slight a.
TO DO almost impcrccptlblcl" Tho floors arc wei
comcnted have mned the walls but the
engine runs smoothly that II might almost DO set up
any ywhcrs. run that pump by IN electric motor, ana
keep tho upper stories amply supplied with water As
for heat have enough steam left over after making my
light 10 heat the house thoroughly Several OF my
nsghbors houses wired for the light, and intond 10
supply them with II shortly"
Al tho lunch table later In the evening Mr sohn of
the electric railway ~ don't like to prophecy
in two years division Of the elevated road will be op
Grated BY electricity. The proble has been worked ou
except in details To furnish the power In snincie
quantities matter OF with the demonstrati0s
that have already been made In electric lighting nms
lust as In business there manifold devices TOT o
Regulation Of the current tho outcome VI hard
perience and to be dispensed with IN the
sense Once get tho elcctro-m0tive force under con
and absolute safety secured Each secton VI tho
can be isolated that Q collision will bo mpossiDe.
light the from the source that suppncs
motion ls easy. Oh, only in tho Infancy OF ts
science said tho electrician, ~ he LII MS cigsr W "
| eiectric lighter