The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-07-06
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

Overland Geographic communlcS
ton between India and China has at
last been established by the junction
of the Burmese and Chinese lines on
the 18th of March.
Thomas A. Edison is very fond OF
children. He delights TO show them
through his workshops and to mystify
them with his magic To them he is
the real wizard he is often called.
DIR. Siemens, the Berlin electrician,
dwells in house which is known
throughout Germany as 'the wonder
of Wansee." 1t is fitted from roof to
cellar w.sh electricity. The dim
ing-room, kitchen and wine cellar are
all connected by means of miniature
railway.
"A lawyer in New Jersey, wishing
to attend sale of real estate went to
Bridgeton, only to find that the sale
was just beginning at Vineland, twelve
miles away. Nothing daunted, he
went to the telephone, put in his bid
by its means, and captured the prop
erty. Then he took the next train and
signed the necessary papers.
|
river, at Midway park, Middlctown. N.
Y, is to obtain its power this year
from trolley circuit. A wire will be
strung over the river and will be at
| tached to a feed wire. There is no rea-
son, says the electrical engineer, why
this simple method should not be very
successful, and lead to the introduction
of other trolley boats on narrow
streams.
The Brooklyn bridge trustees, it
appears, have at last introduced the
electric light on the bridge cars; and
now that the cars are SO lighted the
electrical engineer thinks it would
seem to be but short and easy steI
toward operating them by electric mo.
tors. All the conditions. it says, are
favorable for this, and with the over
head work now in position trial OF
the method could be carried out with
only slight expense.
The Philade lphia Traction Co. i:
making arrangements with view te
securing palace cars for trolley par
ties during the coming summer. They
will be leased to parties for the even
ing. Arrangements will be made II
serve luncheon on board the cars
Music will be furnished. 1t is also pro
posed to have electric launches p.acet
in the waters of Spring Garden, in thu
vicinity of Long bridge, and the water
at Fort McHenry and the mouth OF thu
Patapsco.
"A manufacturer in Europe did no
find satisfaction in any of the usua
methods for the lighting of his clotl
mills He triedgas jets, arc-light'
and incandescent lamps, all o
which failed tosatisfy him, becaus
they either did not give ligh
enough, or too much light, o
cast shadows. He finally painte'
the walls of his room white, and be
meath a certain number of arc-light
suspended refectors. This threw tn
light up to the white ceiling, from
which it was reflected to the room be
low, and this method of lighting is re
ported to have been a success.-Hard
ware.
An enormous business is said I
have been done recently at Frenc
i fairs by a man who professed to sell
/ rat powder that was perfectly harm
less, and that struck rats dead on tn
, spot. In order to convince the skeI
, tical, the man first of all powdered
slice of bread with the stuff, and ate
piece of it himself. Then he put tn
remainder under glass case in whic
> a rat was kept in captivity. The ra
5 went to eat the bread and instantl
fell dead. At ten cents a box the pow
e der went off like hot cakes, and tn
: lucky proprietor of the specific was
S a fair way to make fortune. But tn
r police, who in France are very actiy
S in protecting the people from FRAUD
looked into the matter and found thu
Q the powder was nothing but ordinar
sugar. They also discovered that tt
!, case was connected with powerf'
h electric battery. and that the momer
a the rat touched the bread, the currel
was turned on, and it was thus th'
d his death was brought about. IT
man was arrested at the fair of Abb.