Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

80 wants to know the correct time. He
moves an Indicator around like the
combination on u safe, reads a few
pages OF instructions, and then pushes
Il button, perhaps. Instead of ringing
Tor Il boy and waiting for him some
limo. then asking him to obtain the
correct time at the office, and come
back with the information, conversinr
with various people on the way back.
expecting compensation for il, the
guest n ask the Office and receive an
answer without getting out of bed.
You leave Il call for II certain hour. and
Mt That time your WI private gong Will
make it so disagrceable for YOU that
you will be glad to rise. Again, if YOU
wish to know the amount of your bill.
you go through certain exercises with
the large barometer in your room: and
suppOsing you have been ut the house
two days and have had II fire in your
room three times. and yOur bill is
therefore 1882. Is. the answer will come
BACK ma be announced on your gong
as follows: One, pause. three. pause,
roo, pause. one, pause, eight. When
there is a cipher in the amount | do
not know what tho method is, but by
using due care II making up the bill
this need not occur.
For police and fire the
system shows Il wonderful degree of
Intelligence. not only as Il speed,
method of conveying calls for the Ere
Department. Health Department, De.
partment of Street Cleaning, Depatt-
mont of Interior and Good of the
Order, but it has perfected a method
OF transmitting emergency calls so
that no citizen-no matter how poor or
unknown-need 20 without AN emer-
gencr. The cit zen has only 10 turn
the crank of the little iron marteu-
house till the gong ceases to ring. then
push on the cit Zens' button. and h.
can have fun with most anr emer-
gency he likes. Should he decide.
however. TO shrink from the enler-
gency before il arrives, he can 90
away from there or secrete himself
ana watch the surprise of The ambul-
Ince driver or the Fire Department
when no manglcd remains or forked
lire iiend is found in that region.
This system is also supposed to keen
It's eye peeled for policemen and in.
form the central station where the
patrolman is all the time; also AS to
his temperature, pulse, perspiration
md breath. 1t keeps Il record of this
1t the main Office on Il ticker of It's
OWN. and the information may be pub
Ished in the society columns of the
paper in the morning. 1t enables n
;ltlzen to use his W discretion about
sounding an alarm. He has ONLY 10
Il citizen. He need not be II taxpay-
II or II voX populi. Should he be n
itizcn or declare his intention TO be-
ONE such. or even though he be Il
otter only, without any notion of ever
II citizen, he can help himself to
he Fire Department or anything else
y ringing up the central station.
electricity and Spiritualism have
rived ut that stage of perfection
Were Il coil of copper wire and II can !
1 credulit' will accomplish 4 great
cal. The Time is coming when even
reater wonders will be worked. and
nth electric wires, the rapid transit
and the English sparrows under
ne ground. the dawn of a better and
day will be ushered in. The
ar-drivcr and the truckman shall lie 4,
W together, Boston will not rise up
Cainst London. he that heretofore {
ag shall go forth no more for TO slug, !
nd men shall learn scrapping no /
ore. --BW Nye, IN NeW York. World. !