The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
ALL DONE BY ELECTRICITY.
WONDERFUL TBINGs SEEN ar rHH
EEECTRICAL NOV.

philosopher OF 1.-THE Lark -.
Tho window has four little panes-
hut ono have I!
The window panes are In its sash
wonder WHY
there Is no longer need to rise from bod, heat
some water, pour II into n rubber bng-burn-
ing your fingers and plaro tho hot winter bag
where It will do tho most good; drcadlng the
certainty that the hot water will cool Off be-
fore the pain does. That old-fashioned opera
tion Is %rclcEatcd TO the shades Of tho unsclen-
tiiic past of yesterday-by ono OF the new
applications of electricity. To-day when nm
unfortunate is afflicted with one or more little
pains In his sash he, or even she. puts forth .
tentative hand from under the bedclothes,
finds n nice felt mat under the bed or on a con-
vcnient table. adjusts II TO the AFFLICTED tor
ritory, touches n button. and electricity does
tho rest. Tho nice, soft, comforting pad 10
heated TO any degree, for any length of time,
and there you arel
That Ia one of tho vastly renssuring. II slight
ly droll. lessons one learns at that thousand
ways astounding electrical show In the Lex-
inEton Avenue Palace OF Industry. You see .
ponderous machine which punches holes in
slabs OF steel, and while you are saying, my,
my!" and Just to think! upon hearing that
the motive power of tho machine is electricity.
your attention is distracted by the sight Of Q
wv W. Nihp III v OtkCT WIN
is playing about one Of the booths. carrying in
one hand something which looks like o toy
dress suit case: n neat little box big enough to
hold only fifty cigars, say. In his other hand
he holds what seems to be n lead pencil, and it
is connected with the box by a string. The
little fellow touches a spring in the side Of the
pencil. and it's end, the pencil end. flashes into
a brilliant light. That strikes one at first 40
only a toy, until It is explained thst surgeons
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terror Of tho mouth, nose. ear. or even of any
wound, 30 that all therein may be examined
with ease and certainty. When one has seen
this much the impression easily follows that
what might be called the personal uses OF
electricity have been exploited by the inventors
through the wonder halls discloses. and yet
the personal uses Of electricity. For instance,
in one booth Is exhibited a pretty little table.
eide, whereon are a little clock and two or three
ornamental contrivances in silver. That table
e scu'i II o aaeu wakes i"a'n at amy IN q t h1ene Of the f niTht
and is moved by the slightest degree of curt
ostnch Hs to to the &c i hsqS; he i, 1Saoh fsssIn st sSd SHt, sbs
little, silver contrivances on that table is con-
scarfpin, and softly iliuminates the face Of
the clock. II the clock does not suggest that
other little Lox of tricks waiting to be worked
on or ci 1n al. il fa Soa VIII A p'p WHERE Is there acre the e 9 mssss..s
Not at all. A pencil is lifted from one OF the
disk, and becomes a hsme for the consolins
tobacco.
Speaking of that lazy mans clock. re-
device having the name Of ,.calculasraph:"
That, according to the easy language o. the
and record elapsed time. and also the value Of
elapsed time in doll ars and cents at some fixed
that will do away with Gov. Morton should
at once reconvene the Legislature and order It
machine. What would be : the 'T resnitS The
able caIcui.grap6 and eomposes his mind. for
the little machine does the rest.
and de" oae pops pop Sa iitti sn esrd, w ISsse Is a ror lssi::
bly,, printed the time. in hours and minutes.
and the cost, all computed and set forth in
the race track or athletic field It is eauaiiy
valuable. The bicyclis. ,pedalling half a mile.
timed to any, fraction Of a second, and there
miserable. Electricity does 1T ALL,
Herrmann, in a whole evenings perform:
as tho young men who appear on the stage of
the; lecture hall, which is run as one OF the
large: hall. always dark for the better exposi.
tio ~ !. Of t the stage pr%eTfor maa ono and wdm Is nearly %hy
a aI.a Scne STGHaf in a w state men of trance %n% ,iiRe Mon %eG
at the things shown on the stage. One
night last week when the reporter entered
and an 1868 frocE coat would have better
quiet manner that he would demonstrate The
ethesic light; Possibly those were not the
like those words. A faint light coming from
showed the young mans shad-
IN nv un %sHeS Obj BLACK. The y? young man said.
further, as he continued his ghostlikc, move
prsnt crN wa5r ~ sno in aSsolT rors s'i 20 ,S,, e sfre sse
II shall .endeavor to exhibit what, we call
etheric lightning. that light caused by a cur
When we manufacture a vacuum. or nearly
vacuum, what remains in the vacuum we term
tion Of that ether. not by making any sub.
such a. carbon incandescent."
thing 10 something, and gradually ths stage
became sutfused with q strange, soft light that
liant in one place than in another, and was
and steady as a beam OF m3onliEht by
which a mariner may study o ms chart h In tho
tators sat with bated breath, AS II afraid that
q light so strange TO this world would with
presence, but then, slowly at first and finally
with entmasiSsmi applapded; Fer some Tss,
a sense OF resentment against that smooth
faced young man ms he continued TO play with
a thing at once so beautiful and yet ave
some, and, besides, he had no right to know so
imuCn- eoUeCItlly without Nnlsheres
Many Of the men in all the departments Of
the wizard show are very young. They, are
the men who familiarly handle all kinds Of
strange and wonderful machines which you
are certain are loaded with ohms and emPeres.
To say nothing OF tensions and In all likeli-
hood. rheostats. One wishes they wouldn't.
but they go right on, doing so In spite OF ones
nervous conviction that an exploding rheostat
would deal death and destruction beyond tho
range ~ the foolhardy person responsible, for
the catastrophe They are a rather serious
seeming lot of young men, which may have
to do with their trade unless. in:
Iced. II Is that their superior knowledge Of
what a rampant ohm could do banishes frivol'
Ity from their natures. But tleir seriousness
goes well with their tricks; Is good business"
ms the play folk say.
A visitor. usually confused and mentally
mixed by the fast following wonders in lights
and plaguy pranks Of electricity, stood fac
Ing what seemed 10 be "A blank wall hack Of
1ne Of the booths. The blank was u genuine
relief. lie was observed, and probably mis-
state Of mind diyined, by one OF the serious
Goung men in tho booth. The serious, look
ng young man turned a switch somewhere,
md the astounded visitor saw the blank wall
frn nG fnF med intn n fiall NJ fame. WhRFaOn hIa