In Gino it is occasionally charactoristic of the age that the people can. move one atap from darkness into light. The awollers of the West, have in'tho matter: of the lighting of -their cities, moved slowly. Vegetable oil; kerosene, gas,. incandescent" lights, and Instly-electricity have each successively given place to' its-rival. In' Cahtori there hus boon but one step from the wratchédni of actual darkness, or the yo lamp, worse almost than darkness to modern electricity. Stroot after stra and shop: After' shop has installed this modern' cojivenience, and there would appear to be no limit to its reasonable extension, The electrical company has doubt a great future before it, for there is no other competitor in the field, If the expense can be brought within-the roach of the economical Ohinese of the middle classes, there is no reason to doubt that ere long all the principal shops and houses in Canton will adopt ti provement. It is almost amusing to seo the electric light in a small shop, which appears to the foreigner to contain nothing of value, and less that will offer possibilities of s successful business, But é0 it is. The Chinese, however, may be safely left to manage their own affairs, There is some discussion as to the advisability of erecting another generating power at the north side of the city, and if this is done, the whole of this vast mass of houses will be soon lighted: with electricity.
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