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Show WHAT ELECTRICITY HAS DONE Commonplace Happenings of the Day More Marveloui Than Tales of "Arabian Nights." Alnddln rubbed his lamp, but tho modern mnn touches n button. Thanks , to electricity, tho commonplace hnp-pcnlngs hnp-pcnlngs of every day are more marvelous mar-velous than anything tho hero of tho "Arnblnn Nights" ever did. Electricity carries our messages, ' turns tho wheels of Industry, ami as , well, turns night Into dny. It has revolutionized rev-olutionized funning nnd emancipated woman from household slavery. It has been tho keystone of modern medical experimentation nnd research. With Its nld tho pain and suffering ot mankind have been relieved. In tho pursuits of peace It is man's ally, hut when tho evil genius of war appears It becomes brother to Mars. Without It no nlrplano files and no automobile runs. On land It is supreme, su-preme, und on the high seas Its mysterious mys-terious power lends eyes and ears to tho mariner In tho blackest night. It makes tho world only a neighborhood. Stop tho How ot this mysterious fluid nnd you plunge cities Into dnrki ness, check transportation, but nn eiiH burgo on commerce nnd set everything; buck n century Into tho days of tho stagecoach und tho packet boat. Light, heat and power nre n trinity that constitute tho monarch of force. Each by Itself Is n wonderful gift of God to mnn, but electricity, combining, tho three. Is tho scrvnnt of humanity, In n thousand ways. ltesearch( though extensive, Is still la Its lu fancy. Our greatest scientists, skilled In tho' mysteries of this nwe-lnsplrlng phenomenon, phe-nomenon, predict thnt coming generations genera-tions will witness electrical marvels that havo not yet entered tho dreams of mankind. Terrible In Its unfettered power, electricity, elec-tricity, when subjected to tho will of mnn, becomes n miracle-worker for all humanity. Leslie's. |