The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-18
Applied SCIENCE.
One Of the Latest and Most Useful Of m.
plicatiOns of EIcciriciIv HI

piications Of Electricity. NJ"
Every inhabitant of the Fifteenth w.,
knows that no other district of the c,,
abounds I'm cats. Every dealer In crockerv -.
every manufa cturer Of bootiacks know. ~ ~
from the Fifteenth Ward comes the laryss, -
steadiest demand for his wares. In tho ,,s"'
where Mr.. Magufiin lives the cats have lats,,
peared in great numbers, and fought v,,s
fervor that has spread dlsmay among the bo1,,
ers They would congregate on the iron fence =.
front Of the house and skirmlsh fron, -
until break Of day. On Friday evening NJ, A.
gu1in took home mysterious package ,,,1''
he carefully deposited I'm his own spay,r,.,,
After dinner he invited all the boarders IN h,,
room. On table was a curious-iooktn, nv
chine, and from It ran two wires wbosc o,t,
were attached to the iron fence.
" II has occurred to me- said Mr.. Narum.
that however advantageous. to the mercb,n,,
who deal In those articles, the present hahn ~,
shying water pitchers and bootiacks AZ e,,s
may be, the practice is expensive TO ma
and unsatisfactory In its results. The vcrv
energy impaired TO the propulsion Of tho.e i'm.
provised projeotiles impalrs the accuracy Of ON,
aim and when We consider rhe souuness ofths
cat in changing position YOU will readil, believo
the statement that have known sevent,.tbrss
one cat without effect, EXCEPT on the pitcher,
and bootJaCks. 1t has occurred tn In. tnsi
In this age Of progress such n method II kil,iWc
cats IN crude and wastcful. and that the nre,r.,
for the destruction of these animals should Ken
pace with the many other improvements de-
vlsed Tor the amelioration OF mankind. lh4ye
therefore provided, ns YOU see. an electrical mar
terry, winch is connected with the cats PRONE.
made, and"
Mr.. Magruder tsitting by the window)-Bera
comes black cat walking on the fence.
=. Mr.. Magufhn adjusting the machineJ- Blackl
Emblem Of strength. Note the black bear; the
black snake; the Morgan horse anu other AMI.
mails and reptiles. Tue
BLACK cat on tue tence-Meu-ow weOw-Owl
oeow-ou-ow! (Mr Magufiin turns on tho ma
chineJ Oo-ow! pz-zptl tdagutfn turns un mora
Uower.) Wow-raeUw ow- quawk-quaW Uhudl
Maeruder-by Jimmy! hes u goner! Hes
Dropped on the ground
Maeunn-Ihus we see illustrated one Of the
beneficial results of modern science. Lttle
did tlo great inventor OF the telegraph ihink
when struggling for the building OF his 1nt line,
that the time would come when this mighty and,
as yet. comparatively unknown power would 10
uti sIte1 iof many otner puyPoses IMAM Tue traus-
dsnsed lightning put up In packages convenient
for handling aud shipment on sale In every
the fence.
Magurin-white. besutiful white, Bnblemof
purity, badge of Justice, color OF sheets. paper
collars, and vanilla ice cream. l hate to take
the life Of white cat, but
" Into Cst-lir-eow-ow-aeo w- aeow-Ho O-OO-
cit! zit. (Mr Maguhn-" Hut when they howl
like that, pity taxes a back seat turns on the
machine with great force. wooroo wooruo
oow-ow! More lightning) Bz-z-zt! quavkl
quaw-ucKl Ohud).
Magruder texcitedlyl-GOt 'em again, by gravy |
And so the brave work went on, cats coming
usual from all directions, Us ever bowling. anI
walking unsuspectingly on the top Of the iron
fence. path once strewn with roses, but row
bristling with the briers Of death. Mr.. Magunin
turned steadily ON the crank and at short inter-
walls for hours "thud,' "thud," marked tue
fall OF cats whose sefeuading nights are over.
Yesterday morning. before breakfast, the
boarders went out and gathered up the cats and
stacked them on the curbstOne, where they
would be handy for the a~htnan wnen the ASH
carts cuiue along. Magruder called them on anu
Mayufiin made the inventory:
Klnck s........... Cats brought forward. II
Mnitc at............... Maltese Cats....s.....
Brown As............. ~ elbow
Tortoise uuCu llLrbra cat
e. Not Alned............lD
Cats carried forward. Isl
Graud total OF cats. 40