The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-23

World. Nov ssd thsa have kept
so0seAlng 70 myself long saough % 81
u patented. but hAv0 pot lsbored TOT
faas with electricity. Il has been ny
pastims 90 bobby whns ] havs prae.
tlcsd ny profession"
A tuFn q Q tlny switch Of two sets the
Doctors whole Office In motion. Bat.
tories and electric engines are buxxing
and whirring. A long pendulum Of Z
clock on the wall run BY electricity runs
every clock In the house. A music box
sets up . lively tune, and when Ito mo.
tive power Is sought Il Is found in tiny
motor three inches square, run by cleo.
micity, on the bottom shelf Of q table in
the window. A ray Of sunlight break.
ing through mass Of clouds strikes the
bulb Of . little glass case, and starts into
motion . little instrument for measuring
the heat OF the light Of the stars. Edi.
son also has one VI these. One side OF
the delicate fans, composing . sort Of
windmill wheel, Is composed Of plat.
inized silver, while the other side is car
bombed.
Upon the next shelf Of tho little ebony
table Is . nickel.plated motor, twelve
inches long and four inches wide;
which, although almost noisclcss, runs
the sewing.machine up stairs, and sets
q small regiment of toys 10 dancing In
the nursery. A battery VI three sui
phste Of copper cells runs the motor six
months for household or other purposes,
nj . cost Of ten cents a month. At.
tached to an exhaust pump, which is
used "a an aspiratcr, the tiny machine,
that may DO carried In an Overcoat
pocket, does the work OF two assistants,
when 1t Is needed to assist its owner
professionally. 4 large Holtz machine
sets chime Of six bells to ringing. The
turn Of switch starts . seli.feeding
scroll saw by electricity.
Asked to pick up two innocent.appear.
ing sponges swinging from table, tho
visitor gets an electric shock from a
machine in perpetual motion. Curious
to look ut book, the visitor opened a
door, and at once the burglar alarm
sounded. A photograph on the table
will probably he some day produced in
court rs witness. Il has Q better vor
humane tone than Edison's, as the
metal base Is hollow, and therefore reso.
nant, and the mouthpiece. which is nd.
justed by Edison to different voices
with rubber, Is by DR.. st. Clair regu.
lated by screw. Although Edison first
invented the phonogrsph, he was neck
and neck with his old schOOlmate on the
quadruplex telegraph machine. He,
however, got his patent and a fortune
The model made BY DR.. st. Clair Is Ia
his curious collection. There are forty.
five batteries in the doctors study, and
nearly all Of them have something To
do. A curious instrument made ia
Paris, and only duplicated in this coun.
try. Il Il said, In the collection OF DR.. w.
A. Hammond, throws stream of water
80 fine and strong that 1t penetrates the
flesh like q knife. Il Il used in treat.
ment OF sciatica. There is q cautery
battery, with $500 worth OF electrodes,
by which platinum wire, heated to white
heat, il used 70 remove excresences /:
and there Is curious machine worked
BY battery which Is infallible in detect
ing curvature Of the spine.
Perhaps the most attractive piece Of
mechanism in this curiosity shop is Z
double electric motor of eight mag nets
and sixteen armatures, with four shafts
running to common center, where, BY
. complex system u wheels, they 70.
vOlve two horizontal shafts, one inside
the other. Two six.inch wheels. one
inch apart, revolve In an opposite direc.
ton over the shafts. The whole ma.
chine. which Is Of the physicians own
manufacture, - are most OF the things
described, Is constructed 10 produce
constant currents passing In opposite
directions. Its practical application h
important in surgery, especially in the
rapid removal OF . cataract from the
eye. A large nickel.platef motor on the
Doctors table runs . lathe when he il
at his mechanical work. He can turn
out . screw for his watch while he i
waiting for meal.
by . wire from bis burglar alarm DR..
Stellar has made 1t easy to turn on the
gas to each separate burner Of his chan.
delier, and light it by electricity. Al
long - the shut-Of cock IL Turned. :
constant spark passes over the mouth Of
the burner. and It Is impossible to blow
tho gas out.
DR.. st. Clair expresses the belief thu,
electricity will yet produce revolution
IN domestic economy, and that il can be
made Q more useful servant than it Il.
There is no science, !" he added, /" ID
which the inventive talent of the youna
can BE- turned which promises more
The city's lights, il not electric them.
selves, should be lighted and extin.
guished by electricity; fires should be
announced BY electricity to those who
live In their immediate vicinity, and moi
only to those whose duty it is 10 extin.
guish them; there should be under.
groud cables with which householder,
should have the privilege Of connecting.
TOR burglar alarm or other purposes.
Just - " connect with gas sndiwstel!
mains. "-NeO York San.
Let nr. B1r1han b Applaulel.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs,
Geo. W. Burnham, Of IA Columbia
Street West, were walking up Wood.
yard Avenue, and at the congrss,
Street crossing one Of those street. corneI
ogiers Of ladies addressed on insultina
remark TO An. Burnham. Her husband
OF course heard it, but with great SELF
control b passed on . few doors. lef
the lady In . friends store and returned
10 the place whore the incident occnr
rcd. Tho fellow Wa stil there, leerina
q othsr ladies' pasingby. Walking ~
70 him M. Burnham quietly said: "You
have ilsulted . lady. aud 1 an aoinr h