The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-04
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.

No Doubt OF His RecOvery-The Ball Located
to the Satisfaction Of tho Surgeons.
An interview with DR.. Hamilton is even
stronger in it's statement than in his dispatch
to his wife on Saturday. He says emphatically
of the president: 'There 10 no reasonable
doubt Of his recovery" evil you permit me
to ask one question? Do you think the presi-
dent will be able to resume his duties?" she
will undoubtedly be able to resume certain
class of official duties within week or two"
On Monday, Professor Bell, arranged his
electrical instrument in the presidents CHAM
Der and placed the telep hone to his ear. The
arrangement Of coils is seven inches long by five
inches wide aud was placed upon the black and
time to be located, and the ticking of tho in
strument was heard. In no other place could
the ticking Of the instrument be ascertained.
The attending physicians were completely sat-
isfed that the precise location Of the ball had
been ascertained.
reply to q question. sit lies five inches below
the navel, and it is one-half inch to the right
Of the median line, tbs embedded, should
think, about one and one-half inches below the
surface Ut the interior wall of the abdomen.
OF course we can only estimate the depth at
which the ball lies below the eurface. should
think the president has lost about forty-f1ve
pounds Of flesh. Taking this fact into consid-
GRAFTON, together with what We can feel by
pressing the flesh about the spot where the
bullet lies, should think its depth to be
about one and one-half inches.
ing We observed the black and blue rpot over
the ball, as We supposed, but of course we
could not be sure Of it until to-day, when
pressed the flesh around the spot, the president
said that he felt something hard and was sure
it was the ball"
do you intend to attempt to remove it?"
mot unless it is absolutely necessary. II
the ball becomes encysted it will never be re-
moved On the other hand, if after the presi-
dent RECEIVERS aud begins to walk We should
find the ball was gravitating downward where
it might do injury, it will be cut out"
THE NEW INVENTION.
Prof Bells nav induction balance consists of
two flat coils about two inches in diameter and
one-halt inch in thickness of insulated copper,
battery, a condenser, and interrupter or cir
cult breaker and telephone ends of primary or
inducing coil, which are connected with the
condenser and small interrupter, whose vi
brating tone opens and closes the circuit with
great rapidity. The ends Of the secondary coil,
in which the current is to be induced, are car
ried to the binding posts Of Bell telephone.
When connections have thus been made, the
secondary coil is laid on the primary coil, and
their respective circumferences exactly COIN
eide. Tie circuit breaker is then set in mo-
ton and the rapidity Of the interrupted circuit
through the primary coil induces another cur
rent Of higher intensity ia the secondary coil,
and as it does SO low mueical tone is heard in
the telephone with which the secondary coil is
connected. So lorg 40 the current mentioned
and the circumstances Of the two coils are
Kept in exact coincidence, the musical tone in
the telephone does not change it's pitch OF in
tensity. If, however, the experimenter slides
the upper coil along IN inch or 80 lower, so
that their eircumferences no longer
correspond, the intensity Of the musical
tone is diminished. Just in proper
ton as the centers Of the nat coils are sep
arated by greater or less distance, the intensity
of musical tone is lessened or increased. By
delicate manipulation it is possible to adjust
the centers Of the overlapping coils at such q
distance, one from the other, that : perfect
balance is brought about, and when this is the
case the telephone makes NJ sound whatever.
As soon as the balanced coils begin 70 feel dis
turrance caused by their approach to the en-
bedded bullet, the telephone announces the
fact by continuous musical noise, and grows
louder until the overlapping parts Of the coils
are directly above the disturbing metal, when
the sound reaches it's maximum.