Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-05-19
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having eliminated in this meeting.
How strange!" you exclaim togeth.
er; 81 was just thinking of you"
Tbeophilus thought long and deeply
OF these matters, and at last conceived
method of connecting two such cur
rents of electricity by means of pow
erful instrument, so that the thoughts
of one person might be telegraphed,
rs it were, to another whose mind was
at that time in unison; and, whSn
words We're used, monograph attach
ment would be set in motion to tell
them off, reproducing the exact tones
OF the speaker,
But in an invention of this kind, so
startling in its powers, there must of
necessity be some drawbacks. For in
stance, putting ones mind "in unison,"
rs my friend Theophilus expresses it,
is impossible unless the person with
whom you desire to communicate is
thinking Of You at that exact time
Theophilus is blessed with dear
little woman for a wife, one who be-
iieves, us all women should. implicitly
in her husbands genius. When he
spoke of testing the machine she said
at once, with the wisdom that seems to
characterize her:
why not invite my four dearest
friends, with their husbands, to a social
tea? They will say nothing hard of
us, of course, but they will say some
thing ON their way home; all people
do. Mrs, White usually does not wait
until she gets into the street. | have
been with her and all OF them, you see,
and know their ways. Mrs. Black
speaks later, but with no length; Mrs.
Gray waits until she gets nearly home,
and Minnie Green until she is hou sed.
You know she is so quiet, she never
chatters in the street like some women"
There was so much wisdom in this
that I was lost in adm ring wonder,
while Theophilus said concisely:
"GOu are trump, my DEAR" at
which the little woman flushed with
pleasure.
Tho day arrived, and the company
sat down to my friends Widespread
table. | was present, of course, to
share in his triumph. The food was
excellent, and every one appeared de-
lighted with each other and their enter
tainers, while little Charlie, my friends
only child, was petted to his hearts
content. Ny thoughts wandered often,
| confess, to the innocent-looking case
that contained my friends instrument.
Theophilus shared i'll my feelings, am
sure, for he was absent-minded at times
and | caught Inn glancing quietly in
that direction more than once. Not so
Mrs. Smith. She was as calm as a
summer morning. which shows, think,
that the feminine mind more readily
lends itself to deception, for as soon as
her guests took their departure Mrs.
Smith rushed to the machine and ex-
claimed, as she touched the battery:
"Now for Mrs. White"
Mrs. White was q very cXtravagant
lady, whose former husband died a
bankrupt, and whose present one,
though in easy circumstances at the
time of their marriage, was now said
to be much straitened.
"Such tablet clicked the machine,
i'll Mrs. Whites very tones. Il like
Mrs. Smith; but she is so close. Home
made biscuit, when she might have got
delicious rolls at the caterers. and
sponge cake instead of fruit Did you
observe the basket, Edwin? l
am sure it was plated, and that dress
she wore was made OUer! l know it,
and without bit of anything new.
How can folks live SOP"
Mrs. Smiths face was crimson; but
Theophilus was iubilant.
Mrs. White to 7! Pass on to
Mrs. Black, my dear. / shall have to
use your mind, for l could not bring
mine in unison with gossip" which,
don't You see, was saying that his wife
could.
Mrs. Black and her husband began
life without dollar and worked their
way to a comfortable. fortune. They