Untitled

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7220, 16 July 1884, Page 3

The Empress Eugenie, a short time ago made a’■ graceful acknowledgment of the courtesy aud attention she has for several years from Mr Grimgted, the stationmaster at Ofiarjng Cross, Ijondqn. She drove up in her carriage, and, sending for Mr Grimsted, presented him with a very elegant silver tea service, at the same time asking hint to accent it as a small token of her appreciation of hfs unvarying attention, Some parties in C,uia;!a are reported to have invented a machine for cooking by electricity. It consists of a saucepan or hot plate, so isolated by non-conductors that the bottom forms the positive pole ol a current. The other pole is attached to a moveable point which travels over the under surface of the pan in circles sufficiently quick not to burn a hole through. Some cakes were cooked in the apparatus, and eaten by the inventor and bis family, who aro believed to be the first menu bets of tho human rape who have oaten food cooked by tho electric spark. One lady declared she tasted the flavor of electricity “ quite strong.”