New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-25
THE EIECTRfC BOY.
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California having beaten the world IN produc-
ing gold and wheat and fruit. and heaheSSm'
has evidently been looking about Tor i'sh "'h
quests an has come TO the front with noNeiN
calculated to pale the Intellectual hire even Oh
Ohio's red-hot man The latest product OF inc
Col en- state is Electric Boy OF an entneE
novel and I'm rccedc nted kind The last led OF
with a variety of ectric girls but these were only
ca~able 81 knocking out umbrellas and atten anu
rhi'osonhers an fecbe-kn ed icntlic persons
The Calfo MIA wen Ter is no such mild phen )me-
non Tie is a srOn aneOus cOmbuster, so I'd say
The electricity which flashes from his eyes rhites
fhincs AMI the touch of his incandcsrcn' nn'es
is more to be relied on for startin hre tiah
matches which strike "uron the box on y vi
course there are drawbacks to the enjoyment OF
close association with hoy OF this KIND Ills
narcn's cannot get insurance u"on their house
r,hi,e ne occupics it and the neichbols fnl that
thc agents are "a NJ the rates precisely as thou-h
Tho Electric Bow was coal oil warehouse or
pow-e or ma"azine
Tie nride of ~ session no doubt compenSateS
those disadvantages to some extent. hut it Is evil
dent fhat so HIGHLY developed ana Powc'1uiN
charged an Electric Boy Is liable tn contia"'a'e
his silrroundn at any time IL docs not vet
aprear whether his flashing eve is carabe OF SET
tin, fire 10 pcople as well a. thin 5. nut IL Is
reasonable TO sun, ose that current which can
hmm down horse mi Int ha an INJURIOUS
effect uron person Hitherto the boys parents
do not seem to know what ~ do with INN anu
in fact are clearly emba raised by his remat<anie
IN lowment But they viii have TO utnze MN
and to do this they must realize what ne vi
course II Is apnarcnt that he is Twin Faure
storage battery AMI the efore carahe OF he'E put
70 thc same uses lie is more than Faure bat
oil no To-
self acF n dynlmo with that of Storm rover
lie may I've employed to light the town in which
ne restless. or to furnish power for machinery or
for heating purposes But there Is a use for him
which seems specially Appropriate. and that Is the
vitalizaticn of the q eat American MESSENGER Bow
NJ on lcavoIs to supnlN this stranse product OF
min fcenth century civilization with energy ha
thus far failed dismally Nobody has succeeded IN
ecttin, The District Messenger Boy to do more
than crawl when on duty Modern science mas
com letclv broken down IN Ter the terrific suain
Of this problem and the MESSENGER Boy con
Times TO brn down the gray hair of those who
employ ,,m in sorrow 10 the grave Now here
is a rse for the Califo MIA Electric Boy Let mn
he emp'oved b. charge the District Messen 'eIs OF
New-N O with his surpus eectnciW mere
no danger that he will impart to them ue com
bustive mower manifested by himself but bN
dinusinr his current he will diminish his own Ill
! zen arism. and con cy TO the meSsch els JUS
| enough electricity to keen them goini nimpy ~
! 10 the imposition TO marry nm 10 an fiecui'
Cir. the difficulty is that the Urls eiectlclS
woul have To he negative. to Justify any eNpecta
| ton OF harmonious results. an all girls hther"
disco, cred have been found TO he positive. VI
the whole therefore it would be better to apply
him IN the solution of the great social problem re
fcr1ed to even if IN dong his electricity should
| be CONT leley eXrcn lei