The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-02


brought into relief by clusters here and
there, and the gorgeous colors OF the
buildings are emphasized in tue same
way.
Exhibitors in all the departments
have exhausted their resources in the
preparation OF their booths and pavii-
ions, fantastic lighting being no small
factor in their success. Some OF the
most beautiful lighting in the CA
position Is done in the various state
and foreign buildings. the l,760 lights
in the New York building being AT
ranged to make the elect worthy OF
special distinction.
INTERESTING DENOMINATIONS
Within the electrical building Is TO be
the exhibit proper Of the new things in
electricity, Here will be followed out
the plan laid down Tor the balance OF
the exposition, TO demonstrate in q
practical way the every day uses OF
electricity, The visitor will be able
10 see not only that electricity can be
useful to him in almost all phases OF
life, whether social or commercial, but
he will be brought SO closely in contact
with the ''deadiy fluid" aud will see so
plainly all its workings that he will be
able TO Judge for himself whether it is
to be still called deadly" and danger
GUS" or whether 1t ia only one OF the |
giant forces OF the universe, brought to
its knees before the great intellect OF
man and made to do his bidding, The
visitor will be able TO lay his hands on
the deadly trolley" without i'll effect,
He will see one hundred thousand volts |
oil current more than thirty thousand |
times as much as New York uses to |
electrocute criminals, passed through a |
maR's body withou doing him more |
harm than Strengthening his HAIR out a |
little, and, il it be night, sending lew |
little flames out from his body. The |
man who makes these experiments will |
hold an incandescent lamp in his hand |
without wire connection and bring 1t to |
incandescenCe by means oil the current |
passing through his body. So visitors
will be given a knowledge OF the prln'
Cipies OF electricity much as Hermann !
acquaints bis audience with legerder-
main, but in this case the trick ia iol.
lowed by the rational explanation.
As the great machines whirr and spit
and sparkle in the brilliantly lighted |
hall it vii! he interesting to make tour
with an official Of the department and |
have explanations OF the things TO be |
seen. f-.f
The key to the exhibit is to be found
in the inscription in great gilt letters
written over the statue OF franklin,
around the hemicycle that forms the
main entrance, "Eripnit Colo tulmen
sceptrumque tyranis, which, being |
literally interpreted, means that the |
wild lightnings have been caught and
tanned. l..
TELEPHONE MARvELs.
Entering the building, whose interior
is OF light blue color. to admit Of both |
day and night lighting, the visitor sees
a pure white Greek pavilion, made to
contain the exhibit OF the American |
Bell Telephone Company, an exhibit
most interesting in view Of the expira-
ton OF the primary patents on the tele'
phone. Although it is the strongest
monopoly in the world to-day, the Bell
company has deemed it necessary to
show the world that notwithstanding
the expiration OF its fundamental pat.
ents it has auxiliary patents that will
enable 1t to give service that cannot
be met by outsiders. Models OF more
than 500 patents are in the pavilion.
These patents embrace the Edison
transmitter, the Blake receiver, the
Berliner patents on transmission, in
sulating apparatus, the new switch.
board mechanism, long distance attach
ments and many other familiar thing.
Booths for actual telephone service in
experiments are part OF the pavilion.
These will include u long distance line
direct to New York, Boston and outly-
ing territory, with microphone attach
merts for hearing the most delicate
sound, such as the walking OF fly.
Other telephones in these booths con-
meet with concert aud opera houses in
the east, and still others will be used
in connection with the photograph,
by which the user eau hear monograph
music or songs, or by which letter
may be dictated to the phonograph
over long distances
BEAUTIES OF rScASDEScESr LIGHTING.
Next to the telephone the incanlos-
cent lamp is the most interesting thing
electrically just now, mainly because OF
the recent declaration by the courts up
holding the Edison patents. The in
candescent lamp is controlled by the
General Electric Company, the result
OF the consolidation Of the Edison and
Thomson.H Houston companies. The
browning feature OF the General Elec-
trio Com any's exhibit is the ''glosih.
cation OF the Edison lamp" shaft Of
staff work, eighty.tive fcet in height,
in white and gold, on which are $500
inCandescent lamps, arranged in
spirals, the colors being separated, so
that one switch will turn on spiral
OF red lights around the shalt, from
bottom to top, white, yellow, blue and
other colored lights being used III the
same way. On the top OF the shaft is
an incandesCent lamp six feet high.
made up Of 10000 pieces OF crystal,
each piece q small prism.
woNuERFuLELEc MOTORS.
In the railway department OF the
company there will be a revelation.
Here people are asked to put out their
hands and grasp the deadly trolleys"
wire while It is charged to operate full
load. The anew gearless motor for rail.
way service. in which the motor turns
the axle direct without recourse tocop.,
chains, or other Intermediates. is given
special prominence.
One OF the greatest steps made In the
development OF the electrical science in
recent years is in the handling aud
transmission Of currents for power over
long distances. At the Frankfort ex-