St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-15
LIFE AT MINNETONKA
LIFE AT MINNETONKA.
a Continual Round Of Gayety During the
Past Week at the Hotels and
Cottages.
A Telegraph Operator Invents, During
His Vacation, Machine Called
the Mentalophone,
Which is A BILE to Read the Mind and
Transmit the Thoughts Into
Language.
Resume.

ing tourists, but the Willy hotel man shouted
in glee when in the confines of his chamber.
A thermometer ranging up in the nineties
has tendency to produce plethora in the
caterers exchequer. The past week has
been particularly gay. At the Lafayette
the travelling passenger agents and their
families and friends came on Tues
day and held their annual convention.
The same evening moonlight excursion
was INDUCED in, and on Wednesday hop
was the order of the night. Thursday the
Lafayette gave moonlight excursion, and
some of the guests enjoyed private ger
| man in the parlorS of the hotel. At the
st. Louis Friday brilliant ball was given.
and on yesterday rowing regatta added
to the pleasures of the day. The usual
Saturday dances were given at the Lake
Park and Lafayette hotels. During the
week the Westminster Sunday school and
the Minneapolis police force had their an
nual picnics, and the pavilions gave their
usual entertainments. The cottagers didn't
suffer either for guests
~
Probably not one OF the guests of the
Hotel Lafayette has dreamed that Won
derful invention has been perfected meath
the roof of the holstrely; but during the
summer months Mr.. G. r. Andrews, the
agent ndoperator at Minnetonka Beach,
has produced an electrical device that will
make the inventor famous and give to the
world an invention that will add materially
to the comfort and elegance of living, If not
revolutioniZe the social fabric. Mr.. An
drewS is known to most people who visit
the lake. and is a retiring, dark-conplected
young man, possessing large black
eyes of remarkable brilliancY and showing
splendid vitality behind them. Andrews.
although for years a resident of this county,
was born in Jamaica. West Indies, and I'M
der tTopic sun and on a delightful
| island. was early imbued with the romance
Of the Southlands. His education was re-
ceived at the old Spanish college at Kings
ton and his earliest preceptor, Padre
Joseffa. predicted that he would astonish
the world in mechanical science. That the
| old Spanish priest was right is evidenced
| by Mr.. Andrews wonderful invention.
During the past week guests on the same
| floor and in the vicinity Of Mr.. Andrews
room have heard strange noises, snatcheS
of laughter, bits Of conversation and NOR
ceauX of songs. 1t was Mr.. Andrews exper
imenting OH friends with his new invention.
| ApropoS of his invention, which has been
rightly called the NentelophOns, the instru-
ment reads the thoughts Of any one who is
in the proper condition. and tranSmuteS
and transmits their thoughts into language,
the words coming through the duplex plate
into a phonegraph, and this photograph,
by reversing the machinery, giving the
| words to the world.
The instrument itself consists Of series
of magnetized cones of wires placed on a
plane. over which is sensitizsd gslatone
plate, suspended from q disc by platinum
wires. This disc is supported by rod,
tightly screwed into a table-which sup
ports the entire machine-and two armS-
| lures. positive and negative, connected to
| an ordinary battery Of twenty ohms
| resistance, turn this above men
toned circular disk. upon which
| is strange alphabet or signature. Screwed
on the rod which supports the disc is an
ordinary scientific mirror which reflects a
ray Of light from neighboring window
after the manner of camera obscura.
This ray is divided by spectrum and the
prism reflected upon the face of the subject,
who is seated on an insulated chair about
five feet distant from the machinery. Con-
nected with the machinery above described
is telephone and photograph and from
the telephone receiver runs a combination
| of wires to the ceiling and suspended over
the subjects head. in delicate filaMents.
ended with little carboniZed balls. From
the magnetiZed coil runs two wires to which
is added silver pole, like the ordinary
handles Of battery. The subject being
seated, the pole is grasped and the opera
tor pressing button, charges the machin-
cry with electricity, the disc revolves and
the sensetiZed plate receives an Impression
from the prism reflected on the subjects face
which is in turn reduced and transmitted
into the telephone and thence by wire to
the photograph. 1t is said to work like a
charm, and stock company has been
formed with $500, 900 capital to place it on
the market. The only fault or imperfec-
| ton with the instrument at present, said
Mr.. Andrews to a GLOBE reporter, was the
clegging OF the machine at times by unfin-
ished thoughts. This was caused by ex-
periments on two society ladies. When
the GLOBE reporter called on Mr.. Andrews
he was busy with some sweet oil and a
toothpick, getting out of the machine the
half-grown thoughts of the subjects men-
toned Mr.. Andrews stated laughingly
that he had received some pitiful letters
from cid maids, who wanted him to ell
snare some gentlemen who were guests of
the various hotels. Mr.. Andrews will 90
to Philadelphia to consult Mr.. Edison and
Keely about the imperfection described.
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At last! The third yacht regatta Of the
season was sailed yesterday from Poiut
Lookout over the triangular course laid out
| by the Yacht club. There were twelve
yachts entered and the race was good one,
a steady breeze from the northeast blowing
until the finish. The judges were G. NJ.
Hardsnburgh. A. W. Howard and A. ii.
| Ellis timekseper The first gun was fired
at 2:45 and the third at o'clock. with the
yachts crossing the line as fol-
lows: Ariadne, 9:14:16; Mary Lee,
3:14:36; the Pearl, 3:14:45; the
Phyllis, 3:14:56; the Swallow, 3:15:1e;
the Eleanor, 3:l5:1S; the Princess, 3:15:32;
the Catherine, 3:20:20; the Bonita, S:21:6,
and the Curlew, 3:21:17. The boats stood
On their course in good shape and were
| handled well. The yachts crossed the
home bouy after o'clock in the following
order: Mary Lee, 1886: the Pearl, 5:14:27;
the Ida, 5:15:11; the Princess. 5:16:4S; the
Swallow, 5:1S:s; the Bonita. 5:1s:49; the
Phyllis, 5:19:55; the Curlew, 5:22:1s; the
Catherine, $3.50; the Eleanor, 5:25:49. The
corrected time showed the Mary Lee to have
sailed in 1:55:2o, the Bonita in 1:56:1O, the
Pearl in 1:56:35, the Swallow in 1:57:47,
the Curlew in 1855, the Princess in
1891, the the Ida in 2:0:1, Phyllis in
| 2:0:26, the Catherine in 2:3:2Sand the Ell
eanor in 2:7:59. The winners were the
Mary Lee of the sloops and the CurleW of
the cats.
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