Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-07-14

. success for lighting large build
ings, IL b as occurred to scientific
man Of this city that electricity
could be used for wheeled vehicles.
He knew, by experience, that there
was always more or less electricity
wasted, for instance, when young
couple were out riding. so he ex.
perimented. Those who we're out
on the Whitefish Bay road last
Sunday evening may have been
ast0nished ct the unusual light
which shone the whole length of
the road AZ o certain carriage
passed along, and they probably
observed the fright of she two oc-
cupants of the carriage. The sci-
entiet had learned that certain
young man had engaged buggy
at a livery stable for the evening,
90 he bribed the livery man to al.
low him to experiment on the
buggy. The scientist put small
electric lamp on the lower part Of
the dashboard, out of sight,
of the driver, and ran small copper
wires to the back of the seat. 1t is
we'll known to the student of ma.
ture that when brunette young
man and blonde girl, who act as
the positive and the negative-that
is, he is positive that he will put
his arm around her, and she mega.
tIves the arrangement along at
first, until after dark-there is a
certain electric current established,
small In itself, but Of great power
If properly husbanded. You have
all felt 1t. o, don't blush. 1t is
like your arm getting asleep, or
hitting your funny bone on the
arm of a rocking chair. Well, this
wire was placed so that the arms Of
the young people would touch IL.
Just as they were passing Fitzger-
AIDS, there by the t0ll-gate, they
begun to snug up, and before they
got to Leudemag's the little lamp
began to throw out light. II went
under the hOrse's feet aud lit up
the road for several rods, and the
| young people were almost as as.
tonished as the horse was. They
thought there was somebody fol-
lowing them with q lantern, and
they Strengthened up and the light
went out. Every little while they
would get near together. and kiss
each other shyly, and immedi-
ately the light would blaze up.
The girl was real frightened, and
insisted on the young mans sit.
thug on his side of the buggy, and
he was q little frightened the
first few times that the light dared
up; but, as be came out to hug, he
was going to hug, If 1t turned night
into day. So he went to lying to
her about the horse being a. phos.
phorous horse. He said there were
some horses that were so full of
PHOSPHORUS that. when they got
warmed up a little from driving,
they shed light all around. Then
they got nearer, and the electricity
again appeared, and for an hour
they rode along in the evening by
the bright light. The young eel
enlist passed them a number OF
times In another buggy, and he is
so we'll satisfied with the expert.
ment that he will apply for q pat
ent. The young lady was very
much annoyed at the queer light,
aud while she cannot say that she
did not enjoy the ride, she has re-
quested her escort to be careful next
time when they 60 riding and not
get q PHOSPHORUS horse. The
young man, when he got back to
the stable, told the livery man that
was the Highest rig he ever drove
and he said he wanted q calcium
light next time he took his girl out.
They will know what caused the
light when they read this. 1t Ia
getting SO there is electricity in
everything.