The Progress., 1893-06-10

two our lovers forget themselves aud each
other. Neither they nor any one else ever
saw such dazzling. overwhelming scene
of radiance and hrillaucy as this. The
great crystal rivals the sun himself in its
vividncss. aud with much more than the
suns beauty. IL Is ~ II n sun were sud
denly turned into II diamond of the first
water
While our lovers 40 back TO their nook
aud sit aud watch this apothcosis Of Edi
snu. let us take n short walk about the
Electrical building aud sec what We shall
see IT, IS too late In the evening and the
crowds aro too thick To attempt anything
like careful study of the show. But our
hasty run along shows MS that this is in
deed tho electrical age. and that electricity
is the present industrial sensation. We
had heard so before. or had read H. in the
papers. but here we have the proof of IL.
Here are the machines and devices and
applications TO speak for themselves. Here
is the evidence of the amazing manner In
which electricity has pervadcd all the in
dustrics and nearly all the arts. There
would he difficulty In selecting n field of
human effort in which It, has not already
made its appearance in one form or au-
other. And IA yet IL Is but mn infant. II
Il can do all this as n mere child during
the first ten or fifteen years of its exist
encc, what will IL do and whnt part will IL
bear in the economies Of the race when II
shall have reached mauhood's cstHtci
IL IL almost incredible that eight or NOR,
acres Of floor space could he filed with the
products of electrical industries. and yet
that IL just what one bcholds ia this build
ing. Over in Machinery hall are several
more acres, for IL is there all tho original
dynamos or sources of power are located
In this great Electrical building -- this
palace of the marvellous may see all
forms Of electrical lighting and the most
astounding decorative effects, and also n
wonderful variety of the industrial uses Of
the magic current. Here is the telephone
the telegraph, the ocean cable, with opera
tors to show You just how the work r.
done, and 10 give you cable mersaPes o.
take home as souvenirs. Here Is the tel
autograph or r-writing-in-facsi
machine, Professor Gray's latest wonder.
now for the first time To be made familiar
TO the popular eye Here is plating of
metals, melting, furnishing. fusing, weld
ing, by means of this unseen force.
Hero are machines which 20 oown under
the ground or far into long tunnels and
bore holes and draw cars loaded with min
eral or hoist weights to the surface, deriv
ing their power by means of little wir,
which may be run anywhere and 20 any
distance, and which gives off neither
steam, gas nor smoke. Here are acres and
acres of electrical devices which you will
have to study very carefully II you are &c
understand their purpose aud Use. OF
such are the meteorological, surgical and
optical instruments Of the French and
Germans, the latter people excelling In
these scientific applications Of electricity
They show thermometers which one may
put In his green house or In his mine OF
granery and have its temperature regis
tered constantly in his parlor or Office
They have compasses whose polarity has
been strengthened by storage bate les, Sc
that mariners Who iail In high ATTITUDES
or near the poles, may not be troubled by
wobblys needles. They have surgical In
strumtnts which enable operators 90 look
all through n mans body, up his nose
down his throat, into his eyeballs.
IL our lovers go TO the plnisance on
bright, warm day and want TO have u
novel ride let them charter sedan chair
with two or three Egyptians TO cnrry IL
and they ARE sure of n lively time. These
conveyanoes are becoming quite popular
They are especially good for lovers, for Nv,
persons may ride in one chair II trouble
taken to find one of the larger sort mann
by three and sometimes 10y four sons G .
Cairo. The chairs are not M comfortable
rs the wheel-chairs, and cost more, but
they are such novelty, and some people
are 80 fond Of doing those things which nj
tract the attention of the multitude, that
the brown and perspiring foreigners are
kept constantly on the move. They have
n very awkward, shuffling gait, and they
are all stoop-shouldered But they ar,
making more money than they ever madt
before in all their lives, and American
lovers are not the only people who arr
willing to give them good coin, either
ROBERT GRAVES.