The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-23
ELECTRICITY UP TO DATE.
Remarkable Progress During PAST Nine
teen NealS.



vantages to be gained by the discovery
speak Of. Electricity will then be.
come an exceedingly cheap source OF
energy, and the suns rays may even
DC employed to manufacture the fluid
II, as does not seem unlikely, TWEEN.
tleth century inventor finds practi
cal way of Harvesting The tides, the
latter will produce at very slight cx
pensc 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 clcc-
triclty. which lights them, ycntilates
them, and even operates the family
elevator. This kind Of elevator is
IT'S # very new invention. it has no
attendant, but is SO controlled by the
invisible force stored in great lars Of
lead and acidulated water in the bat
terry room tina. is as safe and docilc nc
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. Stcppipp
aboard, the passenger touches one Of
series of buttons inside, and the car
transports him to the floor he wish cs
to 80 to. If the promises Of clcctri-
cal experts are to be accepted, our
dwellings before long will be lighted
by electricity without wires.
| IAN 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
we'll as an abrasive. BY clectrolysis
aluminium is separated from its ore.
and thus has been brought to point
OF exceeding cheapness, while by the
same means ordinary brine is scpa-
rated into two valuable products
chlorine for bleaching and sodium for
soap manufacture.
Electricity is now recognized as a
most useful agent in medicine. bcinr
employed in great variety of WAYS.
In some complaints it has remark
able. power of stimulating function.
and it has been found that certain
drugs put on moistened clectrodc
can be carried into the body with the
current, so as to benefit directly dis
eased part. Various kinds Of morbid
growths arc removed instantaneouslv
and painlessly by electro cautery. and
the only successful method for getting
rid Of superhuous hair is that of the
electric needle, which is gently intro
duced into the hair follicle and kills
the root. Nowadays operative instru.
mcnts for the nose, mouth and throat
whether drills, saws or what not. arc
controlled by electricity, while tiny
lncandesccnt lamps, swallowed by the
patient or otherwise manipulated. are
utilized to illuminate the cavities ne
body and head so as TO reveal condi-
tions to the physician.
Street cars are not only run bv
electricity, but are illuminated and
heated by the same agency. The
heaters used for this purpose REQUIRE
no attention, regulate the temperature
exactly as it may be desired. and.
when used on railway trains, do not
endangor the safety Of passengers.
One Of the latest improvements is to
provide each berth in sleeping car
with an incandescent light, 80 that
one may read if slumber comes not.
Similarly, incandesccnt 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 email glowlights of
u'"o'cn' coioFs, 80 as 20 produce very
beautiful effect.
1.-The twentieth century will sec
electricity introduced in the kitchen
in place Of coal and wood. In order
that this may be accomplished it is
only necessary that the fluid should
DC made little cheaper, inasmnch as
1t serves much better for all culinary
purposes Tho electric oven bakes
bread ideally, and meats prepared in
1t !onot require basting or watching,
while broiling or frying may be done
in superior style on the electric range.
The electric chafing dish is attachablc
at moments notice to an ordinary
lightwire, the current is turned on
and Immediately the oysters begin 10
stew or the eggs to frizzle. In the
electric kitchen of the 'near fptnre