The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-12-22
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE.

ment was made that electricity could be stored In
portable batteries, heard a gentleman make the
statement that electricity would soon be used to
light our homes; that once or twice week, or
month"; man and wagon would call at the door,
the old exhausted battery would be taken out,
new one freshly charged put in its place and 80 our
houses and stores would be lighted with stored
electricity. Well realization of that prophecy Is
at hand.
The other day, through the courtesy of a friend,
| was permitted TO go through electric manufac-
turing establishment here in Chicago, and among
many wonderful things that | saw was this storage
battery. 1t is a cube-shaped affair, say twelve
inches high by eight inches square, and Is so con-
sructed that 1t cannot get out of order and one of
these little things will a single light for forty
nights. The battery set in a closet, almost
anywhere, in fact the connections made then touch
a button and your room is lighted. In addition to
its in lighting houses ii is intended to utilize il
in lighting railway trains, as this battery is 80
made that motion does not affect it.
The inventor had in elevator, where 1t
proved a great success. One day the machinery
broke and the car fell with crash, dropping four
floors, but it did not disturb the battery nor even
break the circuit. He thinks that was a pretty
good test; and so it was.
made in the application of this wonderful agency
in contributing to human wants and comforts, it is
yet in its infancy. The day is coming and if sci
entists to be believed, it is not far off, when
electricity will be used to light our dwellings and
to heat them; it will also be used as a motor for
street cars, and road carriages will be driven
by 1t. Instead of keeping horse that is liable to
go blind get foundered, have an attack of the collie
and eat his head off two or thraa timao a voar Won
have a few chunks of zinc, some vitriol and rain
water to generate the power and store it away for
you, and when you want TO go out riding, you
place your storage batteries under the seat touch
button and you're off,
A great thing in fly time. Your steed won't get |
its tail the lines and cause much trouble and
more embarrassment. 1t won't shy at an old stump,
or refuse to go by a harmless, oil red cow and IL
shower comes up, the sun be hot, you can raise
the buggy top without fear OF having first class
runaway, disastrous smash-up and horse and
buggy to pay tor, besides having to walk back to |
town The horse is a noble animal, but if electric |
ity still continues to set in its work. there will not
be much for him-except at the summer run
ming meetings.
The following i: cident is a true one and occurred
in little town in Indiana: Abraham Lincoln had
just been killed by the hand of assassin and the
whole country was in mourning. In this particular
village the people turned out the day of
Lincolns funeral to do honor to his memory, and
the only two churches in the place held union SER
vices the Masons and Odd Fellows attended in q
body and the exercises really of impressive
character, with but single exception. The two
churches were respectively Methodist and Baptist.
Mr. Warner, the pastor of the former, was q strong
Republican while Mr.. knight, the Baptist, was q
Democrat, and not of the school known as war
Democrats, either.
When the largo con0reOation had Oathered both