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    OMAHA 'BAIL V BT3IHH SITN DAY , MAHOJT 8 , 181)0. )
CHALK TALKS ,
Hatch of Clover Suggestions for nn IJvenlng's Kntertnlnmcnt. &
opjrK , ISM , by the AUlhnr )
A friend of mine who was called upon to
v
take charge of a mission meeting and give an
evening' * entc'talnmcnt once came to mo In
flcrpalr.
"Tlio audience , " he wld , "will consist of
ft number of bays of all BRCB from 1C years
old to CO , nnd what I can say that will In-
B'.ruct or amusb them , that will bo listened
to , that will "hold their attention for moro
than five or ton minutes at most , I am at a
lora to conjecture. They are from the worst
district In Now York City , and will require
to he held with a strict hand. "
"You have called your prospective amllcnco
boys , " I replied , "and as far as the eelf-rc-
Btralnt that comprlMB ono of the chief differ
ences between children and grown-ups Is
concerned , thcro are probably none of them
adults. Like children , they arc easily amused
by fun and novelty and like children , they
soon tire of being scolded , preached to , or In
structed , though they will not object to a lec
ture , advice or Information It It comes natu
rally ; an entertainment that Interests them.
Speaking from a rather large and somewhat
varied experience of entertaining children , 1
should advise you to give them a chalk talk. "
"Yes , that's all very flno , " said my friend ,
"but It Is Impossible. "
"Indeed ? "
"Yes , I cannot draw. "
"I know you cannot , " I replied. "I will
FERGUSON'S CAT.
draw your pictures and you shall redra
them. "
HOW TO DO IT.
1 then E.howed him vhat I meant , and , b
Ing a bright , Intelligent fellow , he Immei
ntoly caught my Idea. The result was a d
elded tuccess. My friend drew and color
the pictures before the eyes of his audlom
being careful to go over the ground rapid !
to make hlmt-elf Intelligible and Introduce
many palpable hits ae possible. To pee t
parts of the pictures start from the charcc
on ho moved It rapidly over a largo sheet
paper , to rca apparently unrelated puts caa !
and dexterlously connected , to make a syi
metrical whole , to have sprung upon the
additional llncj , after the drawing scorn
complete , giving It by an uncxpctel turn
now significance and character very dlffcrei
perhaps , from that It at first had , proved
source of such unfailing and rare new plet
uro to the audience , from the hushed exp (
tancy of the beginning to the uproarious :
plauo at the end of the entertainment , tr
I doubt If ono there wished himself aw
or gave a thought to the resorts be usua
frequented In eearch of amusement.
The secret of the whole affair Is as cinii
as It Js effective. It consists In having t
outlines of the plqturea drawn upon the par
with a hard lead pencil. At night , by nr
flcl.il light , or even by daylight , the pencil !
entirely disappears at a little distance , but
ono standing nedr enough It can ho sc
with case and the , comparatively faint gr
lines follonTd by heavy dark ones from
stick of charcoal or a. crayon. The trie
though explained to an audience after t
performance , does not eeem to make It li
Interesting or lessen their enjoyment.
A BOY CAN OWE THE LECTURE.
Such an entertainment la especially adapl
to schools , particularly Sunday schools , bel
In every way unexceptionable and glvl
opportunity for very effective work In teai
Ing facts and morals. A fnw plain din
tlcnt and a skeleton of tuch a lecture w
make It possible for any person of ordjns
education and Intelligence , however 11111
uualnted with drawing , to glvo a very <
Joynble challc-talk ,
I'rocurc a number of largn sheetH of lit
brownish-cllow wrapping paper , the oxi
number to bo regulated by the number
pictures you expect to draw and thu s
by the mirnbi'r of your audience or th
distance from you. In making your drawli
ordlnaiy slieett , ot about thirty by fifty
plxty Inches will do vury noli , though smal
ones will answer for n single class or
limited audience , of whom none are mi
distant than fifteen or twenty feet. 1
paper should ho moderately heavy , so tl
it will hear handling without tearing. Si
paper can be had In Now York for about
cents a pound. , , Provide yourself with
ilcr.aii or to French sticks of charcoal , si
as are used by Artists In sketching , nnd
box of such colored chalkn or chalk cvnyc
as are used In diawlng upon blackboar
You will also rc-qulro ft frame , or stretch
covered with canvas Or heavy muslin ,
the tame sir * as tbo paper upon which >
are going to draw , and an easel to supp
this frame. After the outlines nrn dra
\\ltli a hard pencil upon the sheets , tl
must bo collected In the order In which I
pictures drawn upon them are to full
ouch other In your lecture , securely tncl
to the frame , and the frame firmly faster
to the uasel. As each picture Is complcl
it is loosed from the lower lacks and thro
over the frame , A small stand or Ja
should bo at hand to hold tliu chalks i
crayons.
The drawings may be enlarged from I
originals given In the present artlclu or tethers
others by means ot a pantograph , a cht
Instrument made for the purpose to be boui
at art emporiums. Ho careful In drawing
first go over the outlines ot distant points
your picture , na the feet and head , keep
your audience In doubt as long on possl
how the > parts are to be joined. Hub yi
colored chalk upon the places you Intend ul
bo colored , with the side rather than '
point ot the crayon , and blend where blei
Ing cccma necessary , with a wad ol cotton
a pleco of chamois ukln , Do firm and qul
but not hasty with your drawing , and
member that , though It looks very rough <
.unfinished to you , distance lends snlllcl
enchantment to make It appear much bet
to the spectators. Draw with great bri
lines ; they can scarcely be too broad ,
gives much moro vigor and a better effect
the work , Suppoto you call your loci
"Transformations , "
mn HEATHEN CHINEE ,
Jou may begin b/ Baying it It alw
the unexpected that happens In chalk-
talks. Here you draw a circle about the slzo
of a small orange. A circle Is the moat
universal of symboli. As a circle may bo
Imagined that will Include everything , so al
most anything may bo made of a circle. It
may be a wedding ring or a "kingly crown , "
a target or a tambourine , a clock face or a
cart wheel , though as an all-around symbol
f Mich general utility It Is not , like a cart
vheol , apt to bo tiled , hut may go on to
nflnlty , suggesting objects that may bo
jomidod by Its circumference. It Is the
otter O. hot in see , what circular object
oca 0 stand for ? Orb ? OrangoT Let us
nake an orange of It and give color for BO
ailing It. Here you color your disk with
range colored crayon. AVe will Imagine It
as fallen from the trco and lies
pen tlio ground underneath. The
lound upon which It lies may bo
ere , there , or anywhere. The or.in go looks
u though it might bo ono ot tliow thin-
klnned , highly-colored Mandarin oranges ,
o wo will fancy , If you plcans , It lies upon
Ihlneso soil. What becomes of It ? I'crlnps
ionic animal coming by finds and eats It.
iVhllo you are saying this , or between the
icntcnces you are changing and adding to
he original circle. First add a sort ot a trl-
ngle al ono side near the bottom , Now
raw another larger circle , forming1 a sort
f crcwont , and so on'until you gradually
Icvclop the lait figure. As you finish the
ast you move to one side , allowing It to be
JOSH , at the game tlmo ciylng : "Like srf
many of the good things In this ) lifeit fells
"n the way of a pig and Is Immediately ap-
roprlatcd. "
Here you begin another change by add-
ng additional lines to the drawing , at the
nine tlmo saying : "L ut If plg9 are fond of
; oed things , there- are folks who are equally
end of pigs , especially roast pigs. Many
.icople , however , like the Jews , will have
nothing to do with It. The Buddhists and
Drahmlns ofXlndla not only hold It In
greater abhorrence than do th ? Jewt > , but
' .hey look upon people who eat meat of any
kind as wo , do upon cannibals. Indeed ,
ivhcn n hungry glutton attacks pork , we
lOmctlmoy cannot help thinking of the Budd-
ilstB1 Idea On the subject. " While you are
saying something like , this and anything
else you can think of to the purpos ? , you
are very busy with your chalk and char
coal ,
After drawing In the- different parts , ns
shown In accompanying Illustrations , you
move aside , allowing the meaning of the
ivhole picture to.be fcccn. at the same time
saying : "But among all people none are
'onder ' of roast poik than your Chlnunan ,
who may almost bo described as a machine
constructed for converting rlco nnd roast
pork Into the queer sort of- human nature
pocullar to the country he Inhabits. Poor
Charles Limb says It took the Chinese GOO
years to learn how to roast pork properly. "
Tell the story , If you know It , or care toile
ilo eo. It In to be found In Lamb's works ;
or It you do not , you can say. It Is an awful
chestnut , and It Is perhaps In honor of this
story that the ChlnoPo stuff their roast port
with chestnuts to this day. It is worthy ol
remark , however , that It has not taken tht
Japs ( point out the little' figure on the rlghl
charging down Into the p'sture ' with a bayo
net ) aa long to learn to roast the Chinese.
FERGUSON'S CAT.
The circle may bo used to Phew the corre
Bpondenco between different members of tin
animal kingdom. Many of thp birds occupy
Ing places among their kind , answering ti
that borne by certain mammals among tin
beasts , have many peculiarities In commoi
with the latter , and bear a noticeable extcr
nal resemblance to them , Every one , to
in&tancc , who hay seen a penguin and n sea
mutt have noUce'l the -very obvious llkenes
they baaf ( o each other , anJ their habit
and manners ot life arc'as much alike'as I
Is porulfolo for those of bird and biist to "be
but , taking an Instance of the kind ncarc
home , lot Us contemplate Jhat'cohtdmrdatlv
fowl , the owl. Ho to quite" add tlcalthy' I
hla flight and motions , hut makes nlgti
hldcoun with his serenades. Ho Is a Tioctui
nal prowler us well as a night howler. II
drcada above all else dogs and water. 11
catches mice and small birds and fluffing 01
all lily feathers , puts his back up like Fergi
son's cat when ho Is angry. Did you eve
hear how Ferguson's cat did put up hla back
Whl'e ' talking you liavo with a few stroke
changed the owl to a cat , and you now pn
cccd to recite the following poam , In dlalec
There v > na a man named Ferguson ,
He lived on Market street ,
He had n. speckled Thomas cut
That couldn't well bo beat ,
Wo have a cat at home that has a manl
for breaking things ; not only dtehea an
glasses , but chairs and furniture genorallj
She also has an abnormal and tremepdou
appetite. I have known of her dUpD lns c
a whole log ot cold mutton at ono slttlni
She Is very fond of pies , preserves an
tnvectn of all kinds. I once caught her s
her nefarious practices. Add a few lines t
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Is. cook's cousin. The suggestion in the letl
if.Of press hero given Is all the space that can
Of afforded , but the matter can be varied a
ou enlarged upon to suit the lecture. Ma
irtn few puna , and only thoaj that teem to pn
\n naturally out ot what la said , Humor'
oy vertex mo always welcome , especially
he they are appropriate- the occasion , a
well recited. Snappy1 little ( anecdotes ,
cd they are qulto brief , arc appropriate ; but
od Is the pictured , utter all , that must bo c
pendcd on to Interest the spectators. Fi
ilo jcctB for two fthrets have , been given an n
pd gcstlons , the chalk-tickers themselves m
add others and comment upon them.
ha J. OATVrnil HEARD
n coi.nitg.
' I'avorlto nniMi'itin of VurloUH .Mm
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Some rather-pretty traditions nro connec
ng
bio with the choice ot colors by the dlffcri
mr college ! , Each has the .significance , wh
all should be understood by Che boy \ \ hap
he a bow of Prlncetonlan orange and black
idor the lapel of his coat , as well as by the dam
or who fastena the Yalp blue to tbo core :
ck , ot her drets.
roud For instance , In regard to the crlnn
, ud
which Harvard always dliplays so c
ie'r splcuouely as I In color. It was years i
that It was adopted , the occasion being t
iadU annual boat rase with Yale ,
U A young girl presented each member
to the Hurvard crew with a crlmion silk ) ia
jrc kerchief. Proudly the brilliant color %
Haunted throughout the race , Never
Harvard's sons pull with utli a long i
lye steady ttroke , Crlmaguas f r in tbs I
and the men enthusiastically acknowledged
Allegiance to their winning banner nnd pro
claimed thAt henceforth crimson should Uo
their chosen color.
The orange- , which uhlneo so brightly over
all that l Prlncetonlan , was adopted long
ago In honor of King Wlllltm , the Third of
thek House of Nassau , and black , was after
ward added tq fffrm nn effective background.
Ynlo college Is oald to have borrowed the'
dark blue from Oxford ; recent years have
fixed upon the violet as the precise Yale
crlcr nnd violets arc favorite flowers with
the sons ct good old Ell , and always In evi
dence at their entertainments.
Iliuo ranks an a prime favorite , Indeed
It has been chosen by nearly a third of the
colleges and universities In this co.untry ,
either alone or In combination with other
colors.
Among the numbers besides Yale arc
Washington and Leo universities ; Middle.-
burg college ; Central college , Fayetto , Mo.j ,
Eureka college , and Trinity college , N. C , '
Illuo and Black Jefferson's Medical col
lege and Johns Hopkins University.
Uluo and Old Gold Allegheny , Delaware ,
Franklin nn.1 Trinity colleges , West Virginia
unlverFlty and the University ot California.
7led and Illue Anlloch college.
Sky nine nnd Hrlght lied Hiram college
and the University ot Pennsylvania.
Blue and Silver Nevada Stale university.
Uluo and Maroon St. Francis Xavlcr col-
lego. "
Drown and Illue Taft's college.
Maize and Uluo University of Michigan.
Orange and Blue Pennsylvania college ,
University of Virginia , Columb'an university
of Washington ,
Pink and Light Blue Hampton Institute ,
Davidson college , N. C.
Blue end Gray Georgetown Polytechnic
and Ilcanoe ! colleges.
Blue nnd .Scarlet Hanover college.
Whlto lo also a pet color with' many col
leges. Bdwdoln college , for Instance , in
combination with lavender It Is the em
blem chosen by Adrian college and the
Kansas Wesleyan university.
White , Blue and Yellow Alabama Poly
technic college
Purple nnd White Amherst college , Bish
ops' college and Furnam university.
Blue and Whlto Barnard college nnd Co
lumbia university.
Scarlet and White Bethany and Illinois
Wesleynn colleges.
Seal let and White Boston university.
Green , Whlto and Blue Cumberland unl-
vcreit : ' .
Red and White Dickinson and McGIll col
leges and Miami university.
Orange nnd White Geneva , Denver Falls
and AVllllum and Mary colleges.
Navy Blue and White Hlllsdale college.
Violet nnd Whlto Lincoln university and
Nashotnh house.
Purple has several devotees ; It Is tha color
of Cornell college of Iowa , and of Williams
and lluclno colleges.
Royal Purple nnd Gold Alfred , Elmlra nnd
Knox colleges , Northwestern , Portland and
Omaha universities , and so on through the
whole Hat.
Cornelian and White Cornell university.
The bright red of the cornelian was at first
the ; sole color ; later , In honor of A. D. Whits ,
Cornell's first president , white was added to
the cornelian red.
red.ELEANOR
ELEANOR LEXINGTON.
I'HATTMJ OF TUB YOUXUSsTUIlS.
Ip wrath and tears Edith Hewlett had
gone to bed , i elates Harper's Drawer. She
had been tucked In once , given a drinli
twice , kicked good night three times and
the lamp had been extinguished , but the
spark of rebellion still burned In her chlldlsl ;
sOul.
"Mamma , " she cried.
"Go to sleep , Edith , " her mother said
sternly ; "I shall not come In there again , "
"I want a drink , mamma , " Edith pleaded
"You've had two drinks already. Now g ;
to sleep. "
There was a brief silence and then Edttl
tried again.
"Mamma , come and kiss me good night. "
"You've been kissed good night , dear , am
I shall not cor.'j In again , bo go to sleep a
oi.co like a good girl. "
There was another pause , whllb the lonel ;
child cudgeled her llttlo brain for a ncv
expedient : * . .
"Mamma , " she cried a.t. last , "please cpm )
In ; I'm so hungry. "
"You cannot have anything to eat tonight
and if I come In there again , " the mothe
said , with rising choler , "It will be to g"lv
you a good spanking ! "
There was a longer pause and Just as I
began to look as If the evening's battle were
o cr the child's voice w-ds heard again :
"Mamma , " she pleaded , "I'm so lonely 1
here. Please come In and spank me ! "
A society young man of this city , rotate
the Rochester Chronicle , was entertained
cards the other evening In a manner whlc
he will not soon forget. During the evenln
some cake wao passed , and the G-ycar-on.d rso
of the poetess wished for a second piece.
"No , Johnny , you can't have any more ,
pho fald.
"I'll tell , on you If you don't give me same ,
was the youngster's threat.
"Well , you can't ' have any moro cake , an :
how. What lo It you have to tell ? "
"Oh , nothing much , " answered the chili
"except that my pants are made out of o ]
curtains , "
The company Instantly collaps2d.
"Oh , papa , " told a little C-year-old gfrl .U
other day , pointing to some workmen wl
were oa the roof ; of a very high bulldLni
"see those little brownies up there. "
"Those are not forownlos , " replied the ma
ter-of-fact parent. "Thoto are big men llli
me , and they look little becauea they are use
so , high. " i
"If they were up twice as high would the
bo.twlco as small ? " pursued the little one.
"Yes. "
The Juvenile brain wai at work rome eei
ondu before reaching a logical conclusion.
"They won't amount to much when the
qet 'way us to heaven , ylll they , papa ? "
Harper's Drawer : Auntie Ethel , you mu
not be PO Impatient. Remember that Ron
was not made In a day.
Ethel Why , auntie , how can you pay rue
x thing ? It Is wicked , really wicked. Yt
know that God made all tbo world In s
days , and He certainly did not spend moi
than five minutes on Rome !
A hMJEl'V-IIV HO.VO.
TIiiKcne rii'lil ,
The mill goes tolling stowly round ,
With htcndy nnd solcm creek.
And my little one hears In the kindly sour
The voice of the old mill rpealc ;
Wlillo i omul and round those big whl
wings
Gilruly nnd ghostlike creep.
Mv little one heart ) that the old mill sings ;
"Bleep , little tulip , sleep. "
ShiiKgy old Fritz , In slumber sound ,
Manns of the stony mart ;
Tomorrow liow proudly he'll trot yi
mound
Hitched to our new milk cart !
And you shall help mo blanket the klne ,
Anil fold ttw gentle slice1 ? .
Ami set the. herring n-boak In brine ;
But , now , llttlo ttillp , s'eepir
, A OreanvOno comes to button the eyes
That wearily droop nnd blink.
While tlu > old mill buffeta the frownli
h'.tlCH
And i-coldt ) al the ftnr that' wlnlc ,
Over your fnro the mistywlngH
Of Unit beautiful Dre-um-One pweep.
And , rocking your cradle , nho softly sines ;
" 8'c T > , lltt'o tulip , jileep. "
AMHIIItMN UMIIj.
O i : , llunli ; . mciy In Harprr'i Weekly.
With ctroii ' , clear cyer nnd dauntless fac
With linn-poised figure free and bold ,
Mottled In mind for any race ,
Proud of her right to dare and Jio'.d ,
I watch her on her joyous -way
This u'.tl with an Imperial sway.
Gentle ? Ah ! yen. I've setn her so ,
CiPiitlp an nny mating dove.
Aii'l full lit heart of ii-ndt-r glow
Vhat mlKhtcn * to u slicn'u love.
White- nil her blossoming , poul Is rifs
With the i"wcct fo'lowshfp of life. ,
Yet dignity nnd will arc her * .
And fearlessness Is bitter hours ;
What wonder that her
Swear by her wordtt , her smiles ,
ilowera ? ,
Yf t. I who fell her radiant youth.
B\veur by her virtue and her truth.
Au Affidavit.
This U to certify that on May nth ,
walked to Mellck'a drug store on ft. pair
crutches and bought a bottle ot Chambe
lalu's Pain Ualm for inflammatory rheum
tlsin , which had crippled me up. Aft
using thro bottles I am completely curt
I can cheerfully recommend It Charles11
Wetzel , Sunbury , Pa.
Bworn and subscribed to before mo i
Augupt 10 , 1S3I , Walter Shlpmun , J. P. F
itl I sale at CO cents per bottle by drugglsta ,
THE FIELD IF ELECTRICITY
Important Experiments to Bo Hade nt the
Now YeA Exposition ,
TESLA TESTS ELECTRICAL OSCILLATION
Ilrnokljii SI u ii StirTlvcM n Simple of
. ' 1,5(10 ( Volt * ISIct'trlcKy In llrttw
llNlrj tcVHi t > titctl < M In
Other iltlrcctloiiN.
The public will have an opportunity to
wltncsa the new method of photographing
throuRh solid * at tha electrical exposition to
bo held In New York City In May In con
nection with the nineteenth convention of
the National Electric Light association. Mr.
Edison has Rencrouely offered to send to
the exposition his most oowerful and Im
proved apparatus for making shadow Graphs
and h's ' own corps.of laboratory assistants
to operate the same. Mr. Edison has sue-
ci-ftilod In making n picture through eight
Inches ot yellow pine , and he anticipates
no trouble whate > cr In making Instantane
ous shadowgraphs.
Mr. Edison will nlto send to the exposi
tion his large , collection of experimental ap
paratus and designs pertaining to hit- nu
merous Inventions , much of which has never
yet been shown to the public ,
Nicola Tesla has written an Interesting
letter to the Detroit Free Press In answer
to a question concerning his experiments
with electrical oscillation. It Is as follows :
"During the past few weeks I have received
so many letters concerning the same sub
ject that It was entirely beyond my power
to answer nil ct them Individually. In view
of this I hope that I shall bo excused for
the delay , which I much regret , In ocknowl-
edging the receipt , and also for addressing
this general crmmun'catlon In answer to
all Inquiries.
"Themany pressing demands which have
been made upon me In consequence of ex
aggerated statements of the journals have
painfully Impressed me with the fact that
thcro are a great many sufferers , and fur
thermore that nothing finds a in're powerful
echo than a promise held out to Improve
the condition 'of the unfortunate ones.
"Tho members of the medical fraternity
are naturally more deeply Interested In the
task of relieving the EJfferlng from their
pain , nnd , as might bo expected , a great
many communications hnvo been addressed
to me by physicians. To these chiefly this
brief statement of the actual facts Is ad
dressed.
"Some Journals have confounded the phys-
logical effects of electrical oscillations with
licse of mechanical vibrations , this being
irobably due to the circumstance that u
ew years ago I brought to the .attention
f scientific men some novel methods and
pparatus for the production ot electrical
dilations which , I [ learn , are now largely
sert In some modification or ether In electro-
lierapoutlc treatment and otherwise. To dls-
el this erroneous Idea I wish to state that
lie effects of purely mechanical vibrations
fhlch I have more recently observed have
othlng to do with the former.
"Mechanical 'vlbrat'ons have often been
mplcytd locally With pronounced results In
ho treatment ot diseases , but It seems that
ho effects I refer to have either not been
oted at all , or. If so , only In a small de
gree , evidently because of the Insufficiency
if the means which fiave eventually been
mployed In the Investigations.
MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS.
"While experimenting- a novel con-
rlvance. constituting In Its simplest form
a vibrating mechanical system. In which
"rom the nature of the construction the ap-
illccl force is always in resonance with the
natural period , I frequently exposed my toiy
0 continued mecltanlcal vibrations. As the
ilastlc force can ! bc onade as large as de-
Ired tfnd"the'vapplleB < . force ) nded be-very
small , great wo'ght"half a dtzen persons ,
for Instance , may be vibrated with great
rapidity by a comparatively small apparatus.
"I cbserved that such intense mechanical
vibrations produce remarkable physiological
effects. They affect powerfully the condition
of the stomach , undoubtedly promoting the
procato of digestion and relieving the feelIng -
Ing pf distress often experienced In consequence
quence of the Imperfect function of the or
gans concerned In the process ot digestion.
They have a strong Influence upon the liver ,
causlngi-lt to discharge freely , similarly tc
an appllcatlcn of a cathartic. They also
seem to affect the glandular system , notably
In the limbs ; also the kidneys and bladder ,
and more or less Influence the whole body.
When applied for a longer period they pro-
dues a feeling ot Immense fatigue , EO that
a profound sleep Is Induced.
"The excess've tiring ot the body Is gen-
cratly acctmpanled by nervous relaxation ,
but there seems to be , besides , a specific
act'on ' on the nerves.
"Tlicse-observatlons , though Incomplete , are ,
In my own llmltqd Judgment , nevertheless
positive- and unmistakable , and In view ol
this and of the Importance of further Invea-
tjgat'on ' of the subject by competent men
1 prepared about a year og ? a machine with
suitable adjustments for varying the fre
quency and amplitude of the vibrations. In
tending to a glvo it to some medical faculty
for Investigation. This machine , togethci
with other apparatus , was unfortunately de
stroyed by a fire a year ago , but will be
reconstructed as teen as possible.
"In making the above statements I wish tc
disconnect myself with the extraordinary
-pinlonn expressed In tome Journals , whlcf
I have never authorized , and which , though
they may have been made with good Intent ,
cannot fall to bo hurtful by giving rise tc
visionary expectations. Yours very truly ,
"N. TESLA. "
A TREMENDOUS SHOCK.
How many volts can the humanbodj
stand without Instant death Is a questlor
that Is still keeping men of science whi
have made electricity a life study guessing
To witness a man undergo a shock of 3C.O (
volts without any serious Injury to hlmsell
Is , Indeed , a novelty. Such a thing occurret
In the laboratory of Dr. Kolle , at No. 2C :
Prospect avenue , Brooklyn , last week , am
those present thought they would pick ui
a corpse from the flror.
The doctor at present Is experimental
with X rays , and , employs two twenty kilo
wat Edlspji dynamos , which are In chargi
of Ira Partelowr , an electrical engineer re
elding at No. 310 Fourteenth street , Drook
lyn.Mr. . Partelow Is an expert In his bust
ness , , While adjusting the spark cell , whlcl
U supposed to staml , a 4,000 voltage , to tin
lamp tha doctor was using , Partelow ace I
dentally placed htelct hand on a cast-lroi
frame which is fiatuned ar'und the worklni
table , thereby miking a short ground clr
cult. He wasMlfted ( off his feet about th' '
length of Irmselt.ahd , fell Insensible to tin
floor. He remained ; ! unconscious ( or Eovera
minutes , and wheat he- came to he oppar
cntly-suffercd no Injutr.
When asked to odfccscrlbe the sensation
ho experienced ParCetow said :
"It Is an experience that very few peopli
would care to go thlongh. If I thought I
would benefit scloncooany I stand ready t
KO before any b'dy % f electrical experts am
take the same nurator of volts to satlsf ;
them that the alteroat'ons are BO rapid tha
It eeems to have nonpovfer to cause muscula
contraction , "
Dr , Koile laivshad Sand remarked : "Tha
man almost eats , electricity. He think
nothing of standings a > shock of 1,000 volte
and wll ) play wlttvl the fluid as you and
would at u Bim lof checkers. You wll
understand that a man with hard muecle
who Is In peed bodily health , might , whei
arising in the morning be able t ? stand
shock of 2COO volts. After working a fe\
hours his muscles become flabby and h !
lio.ly gets Into a etate of perspiration. Ii
that condition half the voltage he may hav
stood In thoi morning would kill at night
Mr. Partelow is a study , and wo may flni
the secret through him later en , "
ELECTRICITY IN DENTISTRY.
Within the last twelve months there ha
been a remarkable turning to electricity 01
the part of the dentUU of this country
Probably one of the most Important elc
ments In this movement was the introduc
tton of a method of obtundlng or anaeithc
tldng sensitive dentine , by an electric *
process. TbU process , which la termei
cataphorcslB , consists of a driving in of th
anaesthetic drug to be administered , b ;
meani of an electric current , hag opened tb
way to a real "palnleii dentistry. " A plec
of cotton , saturated with cocaine or ethel
l placed In a tooth which I
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la desired to remove or to operate on In
any way. On either side of the tooth , or on
one side of the tooth and outside of the
cheek are electrodes , which are connected
to an "adapter , " a newly designed machine
for administering electric current In very
mlnuta quantities. Formerly , the difficulty
was to give the current to a sensitive pa
tient without shocking. Now , the current
can bo given so gradually that the patient
Is hardly conscious of It , and In from four
to nvo minutes the tooth to be operated
upon is so benumbed that It can b exca
vated , filled , or even taken out without the
slightest pain to the patient. This epoch-
making and beneficent discovery has proved
such a ojurco of stimulation to the dental ,
profession that quite a number of beauti
ful adaptations of electricity to dentistry
have recently appeared. One of these U the
use ot the sinusoidal current , which , unlike
the current ordlnarly used , has soft , wavelike -
like Impulses , which ara rcitful and refresh
ing. Dentists , nnd this current a great help
to them , as most patients who are under Its
soothing Influence will face- any ordinary
operation with but llttln fear or nervous
ness. Severe hemorrhage of the gums after
an extraction Is now otopped by the appli
cation of the negative polo of a galvanic cur
rent , which causes Instant coagulation. Now
developments in the Implantation and trans
plantation of teeth by electricity are now
being perfected by omo progressive members
of the profession , while others are devoting
themselves to bringing out the possibilities
ot the translumlnatlon of tort tlstme by
means of the new "etherlc light. " The fact
has never before now been made public that
some time ago Mr. Tesla received a letter
from a German physician , who stated that
not only had ho killed the bacilli of tuber
culosis by subjecting them to the "Tcsla
glow" In his laboratory , but had by tbo
tame agency actually arrested tubercular de
velopments In the human subject. This let
ter , unfortunately , was burnt up In the dro
ol the laboratory , and Mr. Teula ha never
been able -o find the writer of It. Ono of
the most baneful and hitherto hopeless dis
eases with which the dentist has to cope Is
"pyorrhoea alveolarle , " In which the teeth
gradually loosen In tbo gumu and at list
drop out. If etberlc light will kill one mi
crobe it will probably kill others , and den
tists are now experimenting In the use of
higher candle powers and looking forward
hopefully to beliiR able to purify and sterilize
the cavity ot the mouth by llgbt alone , and to
sweep out with a brush of glowing phos
phorescence every noxious germ that lurks
within 1 ( . The Iloentgen rajs , too , have
nMurally opened a new field. Cathodlc na
tures ara n6w being taken of the teeth ot
patients. As thu rays pass moro easily
through bane than through metal , every bit
of old stopping In any part of the tooth la
made maulfcat lor the guidance of ( he Aer
who has a new patient. The Iloentgen
rays are alto to be passed Inylilo the mouth ,
with a plato o'n the cheek , and thus ostltls ,
dcformatlops , pus deposits will bo shown and
the whole of the hideous pathology of the
teeth and gums will bo revealed ,
THE UNDERGROUND TROLLEY.
The underground electric trolley road , op
erated on Ninth street , In Washington , by
the Metropolitan Railroad company , which
was opened last Jujy , has proved so satis
factory that thirteen and one-half miles of
road on a moro Important street are being
equipped \\lth tlio same system. The track
Is much like ( hat for cable roads. There Ui
a concrete conduit between the rails , In
which are placed conductors having the
same function us , the trolley wire of the
overhead line construction. A plate having
shoes which press lightly against the conductors , -
ductors projects from the csr Into the con
duit and serves the bamo purpose as a trol
ley pole and wheel In the uiual form of
electric car. In such a road It Is , of course ,
particularly necessary to keep the Insula
tion of the conductors an perfect as possi
ble , and for this purpose some special ap
paratus ban been set up In the 'power ' house ,
which otherwise contains only common
types of steam and electric machinery. At
the present tlmo there are twenty-six trains
In daily service on the line , each train con
sisting of a motor car and a trailer. The
operating expenses during the month of
November amounted to 4 % cents per car
mile , which sum Includes salaries , wages , re
pairs , power , maintenance of way , lighting ,
repairs to building and a small amount for
eundlro * , but excludes taxes , accidents and
insurance , When the road was started up
there were a number of Interruptions ot
service , such as are common to all new
roada , but there has been no accident to
diminish the faith ot the engineers In the
serviceability of the system , It has not been
severely tried by snow yet , but It hn been
tliown repeatedly that the operation of tbo
road does not have to bo tiuspenJod by the
complete flooding of comparatively lonp
cectlons of the conduit. It was believed for
merly that such floods would Mop the run
ning of the pars entirely , but | br > havr
been robbed of tbcfr terror by fie ' i1-
paralu - In the power houuc M
tertoui accident thus far ha'o
the burning out of some MiirUl Jtrns of
Insulators ; the design of those appliances
his been Improved , and U li bulleved that
no further trouble vlll bo raused by them ,
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS.
A case of phonic spasm , or "atammerlci
of the chords , " has been * > ucccf > sfu11y treated
by electricity In England. The patient had
suffered from the complaint a year. U liad
como on gradually and wa at first only
apparent when ho p9ke publicly under ex
citing or nervo'.u condition After a while
( t occurred more frequently and more per
sistently. till at last nny duties Involving
puhllo speaking bocnmo most Irksome. In
ordinary conversation It was only occasion
ally noticeable , while Ringing could be per-l
formed without Inconvenience. The patlenb
described thp effort to speak as being most
distressing , as , though articulation pro
ceeded , ho was unnblo to produce any sound
for an Interval varying from ono to two min
utes. A rn refill examination with tha laryn
goscope * revealed no abnormality of .nny kind
and the general health appeared perfect.
After every treatment that was thought ]
likely to bo cHlcaclous had been tried the aid !
of electricity was resorted to. The constant
cu-ront was used for from fifteen to twenty ,
minutes every day for a fortnight , often
which progress was so favorable- that the
treatment was given only thrco ilmoa weekly.
Sponge electrodes were placed Hrttt on rlllien
ud ! of Ibo larynx , and later In tach bitting
the unoilal cloctrodo was hold over the
larynx and tbo cnthodal sponge'on ' the back
of the neck. The strength ' ) of the current
used varied from two to three nillllaiiipe'rco
and the caco waa treated' for nearly 'six
weeks , Improvement becoming moro and
moru masked. It ended In the illiappear-
anco of the patient's malady. The physician
who conducted the treatment tiays that In ,
neuralgic cases ho frequently obtains Iho
lieBt results from the constant current , tha
drawback tohlch tbo tendency to Irrita
tion of the skin ho obviates by changing
tliu position of Iho electrode or reducing the '
curruut , i ,
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Mtmrey'u JJugailnp ,
When she prcpoBed my heart beat fnut ;
My blushes cnme , with eyes downcaM
I HtitvnuU while ho told her lovo.
While i-arlli below nnd heaven utiivo
Hud Bt'OiiiLil to nieot at lust , at laMI
Bhe begged me not her liopo to blunt , .
And Him wed the wealth me ImU umntncal
for us twain more than enough , /
When she proposed. /
I couhl not turn fiom love BO vnbt ,
When I wus an an anec-l clapped ,
And cniiKllt and kltaeJ unU culled n l
"dove ; "
So while I thrilled -with Jov thereof , . v
A trembling "yes" fiom my lips
When Ehe pioponcu.
Waililnglon Irving' * "HUtory of Nem
York" wag * published under the name of
"Dledrlcli Knickerbocker. " Kor years manyi
persons supposed that this was the real
aame of the author , mid even now this mu <
take la occasionally made by person * In ln <
quiring for the book.
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Tmil's wliy we oifor you Ono Minute Cougli
Cute. It U prompt In relief and prompt
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