The Van Buren press., 1895-03-30
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

IN The kIEC HICAI WOH1O.
"A Boston electrician asserts that
the common poplar tree is natural
lightning rod.
During the Brooklyn trolley strike
militiamen quartered in one of the car
barns did part of their cooking by cleo
tricity.
AN electric wire with bit OF
cheese on the end, is the up-to-date
rat-trap The rat that fools with il
receives its death-shock.
TO the Pyramids by trolley may
soon be possible trip. The Egyptian
government has just granted a conces-
sion for an electric railroad in Cairo,
and the Pyramids are only eight miles
away.
WIN. Dray and Viola Roderick were
married in the vault attached to the
recorders office at Kansas City. DUR
ing the ceremony mischievous clerk
turned off the electric lights.
"A French railway has lately ar
ranged it's telegraph lines SO that at q
prearranged signal the wires are
switched from the telegraphic instru-
ments to telephones, thus enabling the
operators either to talk verbally or to
communicate by the telegraphic code
at will.
-'sThe long, lamp-lighted streets OF
the city were always impressive" said
a citizen, "and they are SO still, des-
pite the more brilliant illumination OF
the newer electric light. The electric
light may easily be placed anywhere
at any height, but the very uniformity
Of the rows of gas lamps added greatly
to their impressiveness.
The electric carriages which are
promised us in the near future will be
valuable in such blizzard weather al
we have lately undergone. Balls and
routs must go on, apparently, no mat
ter whl the temperature and the suf.
fering OF drivers and horses while
waiting for Mademoiselle or Milady in
the small hours OF biting morning
seem to be an unavoidable conse.
quence. The electric coach will need
no watching, for one man can look aft
er a dozen while the drivers seek some
shelter till needed.
Over the street doors of one of our
most extensively patronized dry goods
stores arc lights are suspended for pur-
poses of illumination. Throngs of la.
dies are constantly passing to and fro
under these lights. We noticed mar.
row escape for a lady the other even-
ing. Fire fell from the arc lamp and
just grazed her dress as she passed I'M.
der the lamp. The infammable ma.
ture Of women's apparel is such as to
render it dangerous for them to stand
or pass under arc lights. There should
be law to prohibit the use of open
arc lights. It would be easy to arrange
a glass basin or plate under the lamp
to catch and arrest any falling bits OF
the ignited carbon. Amer-
ican.
An electric plow has been brought
out in Hall, Germany, which is said to
be practical. A chain is stretched
round the field where required, and
runs over sprocket wheel on the mo.
tor. The latter is thus able to wind
itself along and drag the plow after it.
The cable to the motor is carried on .
number of small trolleys running over
the ground. The length of the cable
is sufficient to reach across the field, as
the motor, as it winds itself backwards
and forwards, swings the cable over
the ground. BY starting the work on
the side nearest the engine and dyna-
mo, and working up the field away
from them, the cable does not foul the
plow. The trials of the plant are said
to have been most satisfactory. (
AS the Listener entered a street
car on recent cold day, he was con-
scious at once of something quite new
in street cars-a pleasant and clean-
smelling warmth. Looking for the
source of this agreeable phenomenon,
he found that warm air was entering
the car from grating under each seat
and that this grating was marked with
the words electric heater" The tenn.
perature in the car was not high, but
it was high enough. The usual grim
and penetrating chill Of a street car in
winter was quite taken off. After if
teen or twenty minutes spent in each
car, it was particularly hard to get in-
to cold car. One car warmed in this
way is taste of blood to the public,
which will not be satisfied now until
all are served the same way.-Boston
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