, 1892-03-12

lampS IN Serics while the section OF wire
employed is not larger than that usrh III COM
morplace te egraph Instruments. linen
there is MpSSrS SiemtlIS ordinary caoie'
into which a low tension OF 81 VOLTS can DO
placed. the mere fact OF the pressure H-
ducing a cnrl ent Of $500 from central std
tiOnS. WaYgO0d'S passenger MI, ieaelahg
to the Picture Gallery, is also oneoI MtSSiS
Sirmpn'S exhibits, aud The same SYSTEM 10
even reduced to the kitchen hit, TOR IL most
has merely to press knob and up comes the
BANQUET in which connection 1t may DE
mentioned that a w0uld-be waS entered
Nessrs Bertram's restaurant yesterday, ana
licked if electric dinners were served 9
eyes. Sill" replied the manager graveiys
uWould YOU like to begin with electric eelS
On motelotfe?'' The wag went back by the Lon"
dun Chatham. and Dover Hallway. A nre
anoine. which has for source of power elec"
t,icitv instead of steam, and consequently
does without fuel, is another i~nnovatlo1s
thpc current being connected from the MAIN
IN the same way rs hose. A model theatre,
complete from lighting to scene-shifting;
sbi,is, SearCh-lights worked from the con-
niuU tower: aud, above all, a railway syS.
tenn Inv which he weight of the locomotive
nassing over the rails flashes the signals
now actually in use i'll Germany and HOl-
l.nd) are some Ot the wOndrOnS devices
belong NO to Messrs Sirmens. And will the
next ten years." asks the Searcher after
Truth of Mr. Kingston, give Us marvels in
PROMOTION % mo, | think not, Is the an
swer. THE next century will open with
many improvements, but with few develop
ments. We can hardly go further yet q
while
Surgery demands or next attention. Mr..
G.. B. Harness will draw our teeth, cat eur
curns. and cauteriSe our wounds with cleo
tririty. AT the dentists the sufferer sits IN
the chair, no longer Of torture, holding III
ell her baud q positive and negative ham he.
With an insulated torcrpe tile operator
drflly ,krs ont the offending mOIar with
ont Inconvenience t0 himself or pain to tile
nat EN-. san Ia. ~ his c0rn~ may be re-
moved and his broken limb repair ed while,
il Il sired, Nj. Harness will cure his rbel-
m .tiSm with il '%.StaiIc' machine, or pro-
VIDE him wth ozone on a parallel principle.
AmputaliOn, or even drcapitatiOn, c, uld no
doubt be provided ON the same easy terms,
T,lpphonpS have not moved much, only their
use has been more developed III the decade,
This means that OF late we have come tu nll-
derSiand that u telephone is not a toy hut a
necessary. Pleasure at first came before
business. Now pleasure, IN the language
OF the tel pphonic ring. of course IL TX nO,k k
ed OUT The Consolidated Telephone
Company are Sill using The same old inSlru-
mons between London and Paris; bat as
surrdIy when the National Telephone can
turn on. us was done one day last week,
The Palace p|antominp foI The TEN minutes
recrea ION OF a great London Stnckhroker,
abundant means of communication are not
wanting. Mr.. indeed, capital. since the
National is even now laying down IL new
SD cial line between London and Bnming-
ham, at Il cost of Els, 900. For the first time
the Semt-eleclrica invention. the Homacou~-
tic Pmeumatic-tubt. already used privately
ut the Naval Exhibition, anal on board her
Mairstl's ship Seagull, is ON view in public.
1t is undoubtedly ~ valuable invention, as
the Sli .hteSt word of command in he midSt
uf be greatest noise can be conveyed to
and from The rngine-rOom, wheel-hOuSe, or
gun battery. Finally, though it does not
come through the HomacOustic, there is u
vet more portentouS and, as it turns out,
authentic whisper-namely, that EdisOns
latest invention, "A primary battery. ap-
preaching as near as may be to perpetual
motion, at an infiniteSimal cost, has arrived
at Liverpool from America, and is even
new on it's way to Sydenham. Its method
is a seer ct; when excites scientists to the
height of curiosity. But discussion on the
subject is for the noncu amiably ended by
an exhibitor who hopes that the ''little