Show ch e EL ICA aj 10 r L L D FOR CALLING A signal lights installed in many cana dian than cities for communication with man on belt bett this picture illustrates the way police signal lights are installed Inet aUed in toronto aad and several other canadian ci el ties to enable the stations to get into almost tussant touch with patrolmen il r I 1 police signal light on the beat says the popular electro city closing a switch on the station operator a desk turns on the light which Is red and ringa rings gongs on one beat or over a wide area as desired the attention of the officer on the beat Is at once attracted he opens his box with a special hey key answers the tele phone call and receives his instruct eions ROUT THUGS BY electricity nothing has done more to lessen crime and depravity in new york than lighting of streets A glowing tribute to electricity as the best policeman and the sworn foe of crooks appeared editorially editor lally in the new york evening world as 01 fol ol lows iowa ghosts have fled fed before the electric arc light according to a physician lecturer ghosts nave have disappeared j in proportion as our means 0 of lighting have increased ner eased said the doc doe tor and went on to point out that un til tit 1825 people used mainly candles which so far from lighting up make shadows and dark corners all the blacker moreover in the old days of draughty corridors and creaking stair cases people lay in bed in the dark listening to noises and imagining spir its now we turn on the electric light and that Is the end of them we owe much to the electric light it has cleared up the slums of our cit les it has gone into the fearsome byways and alleys and flooded them with safety and purity it has routed thugs prowlers and many other pow ers of darkness perhaps nothing has ever done more to lessen crime and de than the street lighting made possible by the wide use of electricity in cities the arc are light Is the best policeman on earth it Is the sworn foe ot of crooks if it Is clearing out the spooks as well the more credit to it ELECTRIC GLUE POT IS SAFE device can be used in factories among inflammable Ma material terral without slightest danger book binderies es piano factories brush factories and so on will find the electric glue pot invaluable according to a detroit manufacturer there is no risk of fire be said as with pots heated by gas or gaso electric glue pot tine line the electric pot may ma safely be used ased among shavings or other inglam mable material without the slightest langer of fire other advantages claimed for this I 1 device are its portability economy cleanliness and perfect heat regula tion electric soldering irons the electric soldering iron has been adopted to the exclusion of all others in one of the largest canning factories in this country the saving in labor cleanliness and efficiency are given as the reasons tor for the adoption of the electric solder ing iron industries electrified many of the great industries of the country hane been electrified the woodworking plants cotton mills steel plants machine and tac fax tortes of all kinds have adopted the sl ertrie motor 1 electricity FOR FARM USE great variety of device devices which outfit of motors would drive shown at recent land show at a recent land show held in new york city an electric manufacturing company showed with the coopers co opera lion of manufacturers of farming machinery just what can be done with electricity on the farm the great variety of devices which the outfit of motors would drive may be seen from the following list the farm a water supply waa was fur dished by an automatic pump A refrigerating machine milk cool er cream separator automatic automatic churn and butter worker bottle washer and ice cream freezer were installed with separate motors in the dairies an electric truck provided tor for the transportation A jk large threshing machine with drive abs ro 11 d ba be 17 accomplished by the ol 01 motors for outdoor machinery corn torn and feed choppers equipped with individual motors showed how the smaller machines may be operated types of laundry machinery driven drivel by individual motors an electrically driven ma chine A silo with an motor moter driven silo filler was wall exhibited A sheep shearer electrically driven through a flexible shaft this device could also be used tor for grooming horses or cattle ventilating fans household equipment cooking devices and the sup planting of the old oll dripping lan ian tern by electric lampa lamps or an electric torch completed this unique exhibit ln practically every place where muscular energy has hitherto been expended on the farm electricity Is taking its place the use of elec triciti Is such a constant source of economy that a complete equipment soon pays for itself UNIQUE ELECTRIC DESK FAN tw two sets of blades are employed in stead of one and in addition has seesaw motion an electric desk fan with two sets of blades instead of one has recently appeared on the market it revolves in a circle and in addition the fans tilt or seesaw while the head revolves new desk fan says the popular mechanics the seesaw motion of the fans Is obtained by setting the vanes on the guards so hat that one vane acts against the other the speed with which the vane tilts cannot be varied but the amount of lit tilt can be regulated by a setscrew on arm of the gear i mii ip ELLA OTE A flash of lightning has been known to i cure a case of neuritis portugal has a new three per cent ad 1 valorem valoree duty on telephone poles several wireless stations in the west indies are operated by wind powel it Is claimed that there Is less shrinkage of meats when cooked by electricity the telephone line across the lath mus of panama Is strung on old rail road tracks the automatic telephone service Is a success in havana wh where r e they are 7 subscribers 1 electric ovens are used in zu zurich rich switzerland and in new york city or conditioning milk the government of uruguay plans to make the telephone business of that country a state monopoly new zealand now has over 2 miles of railway electrification of aln tain sections la Is now under contemplo con electric lamps tor for use in mines was first designed tor for rescue work but now they are extensively used by the miners white ants in australia have devel aped an appetite for the lead covering and insulation of cables which Is brov ng costly to telephone companies A telephone small enough to be car ried in the vest pocket and which can ie attached to connections provided I 1 in n public places is an english invention A baltimorean has invented an iron ing board in which electro magnets to which current Is switched by a foot lever pull down a light iron to do the same work nork as a heavy one that the telephone exchange attend ants of paris are much older than those of the united states is said to acco account int for the fact that there la in greater delay in securing calls calla A trolley line an electric lighting service and bicycle police are among the addi additional timal modern improvements promised for jerusalem the indent city Is already equipped jtb tele |