The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-23

l speak OF. Electricity will then be-
come an exceedingly cheap source Of
energy, and the suns rays may even
be employed to manufacture the fluid.
If, as does not seem unlikely, twen-
tieth century inventor finds a practi
cal way of harnessing the tides, the
latter will produce at very slight ex-
pense all the electricity required to
run all the machinery and to heat and
illuminate all the houses in the United
States.
';The houses Of many rich men to-
day are run to great extent by elec-
tricity, which lights them, ventilates
them, and even operates the family
elevator. This kind Of elevator is
itself a very new invention; it has no
attendant, but is so controlled by the
invisible force stored in great jars Of
lead and acidulated water in the bat
terry room that is as safe and docile as
any we'll trained servant. Anybody
who wants to make use of it presses a
button, and the car comes responsive
ly to the floor desired. Stepping
aboard, the passenger touches one Of
series Of buttons inside, and the car
transports him to the floor he wishes
to go to. If the promises Of electri-
cal experts are to be accepted, our
dwellings before long will be lighted
by electricity without wires.
san extremely valuable product Of
the electrical furnace, by the way, is
carborundum-now being made in a
large way at Niagara-which is the
hardest Of all substances save the dia-
mond, and therefore serves extremely
well as an abrasive. By electrolysis
aluminium is separated from its ore,
and thus has been brought to point
Of exceeding cheapness, while by the
same means ordinary brine is sepa-
rated into two valuable products
chlorine for bleaching and sodium for
soap manufacture.
Electricity is now recognized as
most useful agent in medicine, being
employed in great variety Of ways.
II some complaints it has a remark
able. power Of stimulating function,
and it has been found that certain
drugs put on moistened electrode
can be carried into the body with the
current, SO as to benefit directly dis
eased part. Various kinds Of morbid
growths are removed instantaneously
and reinlessly by electro-cautery, and
the only successful method for getting
rid Of superfuous hair is that Of the
electric needle, which is gently intro
duced into the hair follicle and kills
the root. Nowadays operative instru-
ments for the nose, mouth and throat,
whether drills, saws or what not, are
controlled by electricity, while tiny
incandescent lamps, swallowed by the
patient or otherwise manipulated, are
utilized to illuminate the cavities Of
body and head so as to reveal condi-
tions to the physician.
"Street cars are not only run by
electricity, but are Illuminated and
heated by the same agency. The
heaters used for this purpose require
no oattention, regulate the temperature
exactly as it may be desired, and,
when used on railway trains, do not
enia1ger the safety of passengers.
One of the latest improvements is to
provide each berth in sleeping car
with an iacandescent light, so that
one may read if slumber comes not.
Similarly, incandescent lights are now
provided for carriages, and they are
even coming into use for cabs. The
emperor of Germany has his closed
carriages lighted in this way, and in
addition, the harnesses of his horses
are covered with smalA glowlights of
different colors, so as to produce very
beautiful effect.
'The twentieth century will see
electricity introduced in the kitchen
in place of coal aud wood. In order
that this may be accomplished it is
only necessary that the fluid should
be made little cheaper, inasmnch as
it serves much better for all culinary
purposes. The electric oven bakes
bread ideally, and meats prepared in
it @onot require basting or watching,
while broiling or frying may be done
in superior style on the electric range
The electric cha6ng dish is attachablc
at moments notice &c an ordinary
lightwire, the current is turned on,
and Immediately the oysters begin to