Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-31

another razee last week, and exhibited
reckless disregard for the truth by becom
inn balky and refusing to go on for two O
three days.
An effort will be made to get the Rev
Sam Jones for two or three sermons Il
Springfield. II the skating rink could b
secured for q week or so, and Rev. San
Jones could be induced to come, one of tn,
greatest revivals in the history Of this cit!
could be inaugurated. Springfield is rip
for something Of the kind. Revivals are il
progress at the present time in several o
the white and colOred churches in this cit!
and there is room for one more.
W. w. Beach, formerly Of the Daily Ad
vertiser, of this city, and concerning WHOM
there has been so much newspaper tall
lately, is one Of the best advertising solic
itOrs in the county. He was special frient
of d. r. Locke, Petroleum v. Nasby,r o.
the Toledo Blsde '.Nasby" visited Beacl
several times when the latter lived in thi,
city. For some time Beach got advertising
for the Blade. 1t Is said that he would g
east on canvassing tour and return with
as high Is $4,000 worth of advertising
contracts for the columns of the Blade.
This was in the palmy days Of the Blade.
Some years the commissions of Beach on
the advertising he got for various papers
amounted to $1,000 or $4,000.
It is astonishing how dirty some of the
popular works in a public library become,
Mauled by thousands of grimy fingers,
their pages grow almost illegible. Some
Of the most popular works Of fiction acquire
such loads Of soil, in q few
years all they are fit for is t.
be ground for fertilizers. A Chicago
paper recently published . ludicrous inter
view with the Chicago librarian on this
subject The librarian states that some Of
the books given out most frequently became
almost alive in time. He said that some Of
them became 50 much alive that they occar
sionaL own Oh the shelves and visit
one an Uncle Toms Cabin, he fur.
ther stat so vigorously lively and
dirty that thy lad succeeded in training il
to come down Oh the shelf and come to the
desk, when it was wanted. When this was
shown to Librarian Woodward, of the pub.
lie library, he laughed heartily and said:
This state of affairs is not confined to
Chicago, but is pretty much the same in all
public libraries. The average duration Of
the most popular works of fiction in the
Springfield public library is about two
years At the end Of that time the volume.
are no longer tit to give out They become
frightfully dirty; odd leaves are torn
out; the leaves are scribbled on,
and the binding nearly torn of.
Uncle Toms Cabin, believe, Is the book
for which we have the most frequent calls.
We have four copies constantly, and, not.
withstanding these are always out, several
additional copies could be used. We have
two complete sets Of Dickens works, and
two sets of Scott's, but 1t is almost impossi-
BILE to get one Of the most popular works OF
either author, so constantly are they called
for. OF American authors we have more
calls for the novels of r P. Roe than al
most any other. We have three complete
sets Of his novels, Barriers Burned Away,
Dav Of Fate, and the rest, and they are al.
most always out Mark Twain's books
neve renal. in the library . minute.
Often they come in but are eagerly taken
out by the first person who comes4n. Some
people wait for months TO get . popular
book; Others have their cards at the desk,
requesting us to transfer q certain book to
the card, the instant 1t comes in. Ceie-
brated books, which people think they are
compelled to read or say they have read, are
always out Three or these are Victor
Hugo's Les Miserables, the Last Days OF
Pompeii, and ''Carlyle's Hero Worship"
Mr.. Kelly, the well known monument
dealer, was speaking, telling about re-
markable telephone he saw at farm house
near New Carlisle, the other day. He said
Il vas riding along and noticed an iron
wire, similar to that used for teiegraphine
purposes, strung along over the fields. Al
could see no signs that the wire formed
part of the regular Clark county telephone
circuit my curiosity was aroused, and When
l reached the farm house into which ths
wire was conducted, I went in and asked
about it It's telephone said the owneI
Of the house, with trinkle of pride in hi.
eye: 'one rigged up myself. Come, lool
at it. 1t is an unique invention, to say the
least. The receiver and the transmitter wa
all In one. 1t consisted of thick block OF
wood with large cup-scraped hole bored
in it. The open end Of this wooden cup,
which was fastened to the wall, had thir
piece of metal fastened over it. The wire
was conducted through the bottom of tn,
cup into the metal, which wa
fastened over the open end, ant
was there riveted. Twas anxious to Sc,
how the calling up and hello business
would be done. was considerably amuseG
when the farmer picked up a large rust!
key which was hanging by string near tn
telephone and tapped on the metal disc
making sharp metallic sound. In min
ute or two an answering knock came
'Hellos' were exchanged. and then the talk
ing commenced. The apparatus transmit
ted the sound perfectly. 1t was not neces
ssrs to put any receiver to the ear, since tn
voice Of the person talking at the other en-
Of the line was audible at some distanc
from the apparatus. 1t was like talking {.
an invisible person who consisted larfigly 9
voice"
In this connection another Springfield
gentleman stated that nOn-electrO tele
phone is manufactured BY Michigan firm
This telephone can b bought outright fe