Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-13
KEPT CooL BY ELECTRICITY
The Curious Instrument That a Ger
man Inventor Uses Successfully.


A tail. stout man, Of military aspect.
with brouzed face fun of fanatical in
telleetuality. his long hair brushed away
from his high square forehead, saws the
st. Louis RepU5HcaA. entered a saloon on
Walnut street the other day and called
for hot whisky toddy. He was dressed
in heavy black br0adclOth. but did not
seem to be suffering from the heat. The
bartender looked astonished at the order.
but being accustomed to strange custom
ers he said nothing. put some water on to
boil and proceeded TO mix the beverage.
Another customer was leaning languidly
against the bar, vainly endeavorIng to
get even with the weather by sucking a
lemonade through a couple Of straws
The tall, warmly-dressed man noticed
that wOnderment depicted on the other
mans countenance.
"You look surprised. he said, with a
TeutOnlc accent, lat mein ORDER"
THAT'S so, aSSented the other, with
the air of a man too hot to say more.
'.Oh, OATS nOdings. L0og here. / vas
yust returned from Cape Coast Castle, on
de vest COAST Of Avrica. Shall / dell you
Something's dat shall make your fortunes -
Il should like to hear it, draWled out
the other, finishing his drink.
''Nell, come, hat drink nit me. You
take hot viskeys Nos On, veil. gif der
EAEAklEUlAu IlllQHHUe. come ana
sit down; l tell you all abowat it."
Accordingly they retired to a small ia
bic. and over the hot whisky and the lem
onade, which were ordered more than once
at the listeners expense, the German told
the following tale:
Il vas yust COON back vrom der Cold
Coast. / hat been der guest of Sir sam
ueF Rowe, der Governor owat dere. Great
man, Sir Samuel, big head. all brains.
Veil, dell you. You wonder Why trink
hot tlngs, und Why dress in tick Globes.
Ven, 1 dell you. De heat do not touch
ne. Pm always cool. How? Veil, got
a leedle tings / always wear nit me.
Electric battery, vat keeps me cool. Seei'i
The German pulled from his pocket a
small round instrument, in appearance
something like an Old-fashiOned turnip
watch.
'Dot's a dynamo generator. Goes by
gloekwork. Now, look; dis gold watch
chain is made of copper wire. You see it
goes rount my neck. Ven, | hat attached
to it at several points oder wires. Dey
vas connected init fiddle refreegerators
in different barts of mein Globes and
body"
''Refreegerators! repeated the other,
scarcely daring to seize the idea.
~ a, dock RefreegeratOrs Ivas YEAR
IN ten fiddle refrigeratOrs ab0wat me all
AO t41AAC duNl OHC AAUulC UNUdulU generator
keep dem all colt at once. Ven l vas in
New York l show my dynamo-refreegera-
tor to Meester Aydison, ind he laff at me.
Oh, veil, take de shteamer und 90 to
England. Dots de place. Dey buy up
efeTytings dere if it's invented in Ameri-
ca. So | sell it all Ofer, ind den l 20 to
de AFRICAN Cold Coast und sell my little
dings out dere, Very soon l links l COON
back again und makes batent. Und den
hear dat dere vas an electrical exhibit
ton in Philadelphia. So ! goes to Wash
ingtOn und puys mein batent und cooms
back here today"
whats the price of one of these
''Yell, day COST four tollars TO manufac-
ture. | sell you dis Won got for four toll
lars fifty"
The temptation to be cool and drink hot
whisky and wear thick clothes was too
great to be resisted. In five minutes the
was richer by 81 30 and the
other man was the proud possessor of the
patent dynamo refrigerator.
As the latter left the barrOOm he heard
a voice, with a down East accent. say:
''Say, Jim, put a bigger piece of ice in the
next hot whisky you give me. The
dynamo refrigerator is out Of ORDER"
The purchaser and victim still wears
summer toggery and clings to straws in
lemonade.