Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-01

milar writing. This invention is in many
points much superior to either telephone or
telegraph. ana it is quite sure to encroach
considerably upon their domain. Negotla-
tons might be conducted between parties in
widely separated places and contracts signed
and exchanged without their coming to-
gether, or minute insIru ctions be given TO
bankers or brokers without any room for
misunderstanding or dispute.
In the north gallery another recent and
clever application OF electricity Is shown by
its use in cooking. Electrical ovens.
models OF convenience and neatness, are eX-
hibited. They are made OF wood lined with
asbestos to prevent radiation of heat, and are
lighted inside by an incandescent lamp. The
temperature OF the oven is indicated by
Thermometer, and large mica-colored door
shows the progress OF the cooking within.
Wires Offering resistance to the passage OF
the electric current. and thus producing the
heat are disposed in the oven, and switches
placed at different points enable one to ap-
ply the heat wherever desired. II turkey
is roasting more rapidly on one side than on
another instead of taking it out and turning
il about second switch is closed and the
temperature is raised as required All sorts
OF utensils are provided with attachments
through which a current may be passed
coffee is boiled and steaks are grilled with
cred copper wires fastened at tho back so
that high and even heat is maintained at
the bottom, while the top, made OF non
heat-cOnductng substance. remains quite
cool. In fact. conditions seem so changed
that the kitchen becomes almost parlor and
cooking a pastime In this display there are
also registers from which rooms may be
electrically heated.
In the south gallery chickens are Matched
l. ,k,f1r nd fha tC nj
other processes, or even of the maternal hen.
are completely broken. Wires are LED
through compartments where, by means OF
switches and thermOstadts, an ABSOLUTELY
uniform temperature is maintained through
out the period OF incubation. The time IS
lowered from twenty-one to nineteen days,
and almost every egg produces lusty CHEZ.
Another continuance is an electric cloth
cutting machine. This is for use in large
clothing manufacturers shops. and it is said
TO save one-half OF the labor while giving
better results than are obtained by any other
method. 1t does its work with the greatest
ease and precision, and costs for motive
power less than IS per month.
An electric bOOtblack is the next novelty.
One sits in a comfortable chair, and puts
nickle in the slot, when at once one brush
cleans the boots and another give them RI
diant shine.
In one Of the cases the advance OF teegra-
ply is shown by contrasting Morse receiver
Of 1898 with the original Morse machine Of
1887. Near this exhibit is an interesting
witness 10 Cyrus Fields's labors. 1t is the
grapnel with which the broken cable Of 1855
was successfully recovered.
BY another electrical machine the speed
and direction Of a ship are indicated. This
instrument is connected with the compass In
such manner as not TO interfere with its
movements, and at the same time to show
a continuous chart for each fifteen minutes OF
the distance traversed and any variation that
may have taken place in the course.
In submarine telegraphy the Commercial
Cable Company make very instructive and
interesting display After the several fail
ures Of 1857, 1858 and 1865 OF the attempt to
connect Europe and America by cable, sue
cess was achieved In 1866. Since that year
electrical communication has remained I'M
broken between the Eastern and Western
Hemisphere, and submarine telegraphs have
multiplied. until now the different lines OF
the globe have an aggregate length OF 1884,
miles. The Atlantic Ocean alone Is at pres
ent spanned by ten cables in more or less
continuous use. The Commercial Cable
Company's system is composed OF two n ain
cables from Cape Canso In Northeastern Nova
Scotia to Waterville on the southwest coast
of Ireland. From the latter port the cable is
laid 10 Bristol, with aerial lines to the chief
cities OF England, Wales and Scotland, and
another to Havre with an underground line
10 Paris. AT the American end double
cove cable runs from Cape Canso TO Rock
port, Mass, with aerial lines to Boston and
New York. and a second cable running direct
from Canso to New York. The efficacy of
the last line was we'll demonstrated during
the blizzard of 1893, when It was the only
one open from New York to the outer world,
aud messages to Boston and other places
were transmitted by way Of London. The
total length Of cables operated by this COM