Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-02-23
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ity could be stored IN portaDle oat'el-
les, | heard gentleman make the
statement that electricity would soon
be used to light our homes; but once or
twice week, or month, a man and
wagon would call ut the door, the old
exhausted battery would be taken out
new one freshly charged put in its
place and so 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 friend, | was permitted to go
through an electric manufacturing
establishment, here in Chicago, and
among many wonderful things that
saw was this storage battery. II is
cube-shaped affair. say twelve inches
high by eight inches square, and is so
constructed that it cannot get out OF
order, and one OF these little things
will run single light for forty nights.
The battery can set in q closet, almost
anywhere in fact. the connections made,
then touch button and your room is
lighted. In addition to its use In light
ing houses it is intended to utilize 1t in
lighting railway trains, as this battery
is 80 made that motion does not affect
it.
The inventor had one in an elevator,
where it proved a great success. One
day the machinery broke aud the car
fell with crash, dropping four floors,
but it did not disturb the battery nor
even break the circuit He thinks
that was pretty good test; and 50 IL
was.
And so it goes; despite the astonish-
ing progress made in the application
OF this wonderful agency in cOntribut-
ing to human wants and comforts, il Is
yet in its infancy. The day is coming.
and If scientists arc believed, it Is not
far o fl, when electricity will be used TO
light our dwellings and to heat them;
it will also be used rs a motor for
street cars, and even road carriages
will be driven by ii. Instead OF keep
ing horse that is liable to go blind.
get foundered, have an attack OF the
collie and eat his head of two or three
times year, you have few chunks
OF zinc, some vitrol 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 bat
teries under the seat, touch button
and you're off.
A great thing in ily-time. Your stoed
won't get its tail over tho lines and
cause much trouble and more cmbar-
rassment. 1t won't shy at an old stump.
or refuse TO go By harmless, old rod
COW; and il q shower comes up. or tho
sun be hot, you can raise the buggy
top without fear of having trst-class
runaway, a disastrous smash-up and u
horse and buggy to pay for, besides
having to walk back to town. Tho
horse is a noble animal, but II electric
ity still continues TO get in It's work,
there will not be much use for him =
except at the summer running meet
ings.
The following incident is true one
and occurred in little town In In
diana: Abraham Lincoln had just
been killed by the hand Of an assassin
and the whole country was in mourn
ing: In this particular village the
people turned out en- massc on the day
Of Lincoln's funeral to do honor to his
memory, and the only two churches in
the place held :snion services; tho Ma
sons and Odd Fellows attended in n
body and the exercises were really Of
an impressive character, with but a
single exception. The two churches
were respectively Methodist and Bap-
list. Mr.. Warner, the pastor OF the
former, was strong republican, while
Mr.. Knight, the Baptist. was d demo-
crat, and not OF the schools known
as the war democrats, either.
When the large co aggregation had
gathered, both pastors occupied tho
pulpit. Mr.. Warner gave out a hymn,
and after it was sung called on his
Baptist brother to make the opening
prayer As the services were being
held in the Methodist church, the Bap-
tist minister dropped to his knees, the
religiously inclined portion of his con-
gregation did the same and prayer be-
gan. He finally reached the point
where he began TO petition the throne
Of grace on behalf OF our country and
its leading men, ETC., and, naturally
enough, taking his political convictions
into account, he prayed that the war
might be brought to a speedy close and
that all the states might be brought
back into the Union just as they were
before strife had rent the land and war
had come upon us. just as he reached
this point in his petition old Brother
Warner, who was lSneeling close at his
side, nudged him rather sharply, and
in tone heard all over the house. said
very EARNESTLY. tfWith tho avoaptto..