New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-09
AS THE WORLD WAGS.
RANDOM REMARKS OF A STROLLER HERE
AND THERE


Just when he learned to cat It he died. They are
afraid to eat wholesome meal. Morbid dread of
allowing some mpuriy takes away all pleasure OF
living. Dyspepsia like starving vuiture sits upon
their congested and pecks at their vitals Inc
sorrest specimens Of humanity have seen are those
that paironlze socaled health-food stores no"
they survive Is a mystery.
There are two electric generators al the American
Institute Fair that In many respects are precisely
alike but In one important feature arc wholly as
similar One produces incandescent Hight, Inc
other leht. Each IS Of 5000 candle power
The first is harmless The other IS the deadiost force
known to science. Each has positive and negative
pole man may unite these in one machine py
taking them IN his hands and allowing the entire cur
rent TO pass through his body. The only sensation
is slight feeling OF warmth To attempt this on the
other machine would be instant death.
Standing beside the deadly arc-hcht dynamo. within
foot Of its g' thing stroke. s l. Marsden one OF me
managers Of the Institute, opened his pocketniie ana
laid II on the base Of the machine half way between
the two poles which are about four IN Inches apart
Instantly the knife arose and stood end, the blade
polnting upward For several seconds It wavcred
there swnving 10 and fro as II uncertain what To 90
or where TO 90 Then 10 began crawling slowly toward
the great magnet At first the motion was scatceN
perceptfbe but instrument neared the electric
coils It took sudden plunge and buried It's sharp
point in the pitch coating Of the horseshoe. When
removed It was nacnctzed strongly that II sup
ported six Keys and a ring which held them together
It was then brought in contact with the other side Of
the magnet. when It's power Of attraction immedl-
atcy disappeared.
ain ls4O.' said Mr. Msrsden, made dynamo on
precisely the principle that We have here But
I was rot lucky enough to bring together by chance
the points OF two lead pencils did not discover or
invent the electric light. ! knew Faraday very well
and made many experiments with him" Mr.. Mars
den invented the stone breaker and crsher which
IN Use in nearly every mine and quarry in the world
The invention, out of which he has made large
fortune was suggested by of the simplest little
Instruments in the unveIsc-a nut cracker The
movement % the Jaws Of this machine is so slight
that the human hand may be inserted between them
with impuny yet the hardest stones are crushed as
Il they wero eggshes.
Young "Joe7 Donoshue who Is now on his way to
England 10 win the skating championship Of Europe
IS less than eighteen years u age. He il among
skaters what LORI Myers Is among runners, and his
advent among Europeans viii cause something Of a
sensation His performances In this country and
Canada have been phenomenal. No known skater
in the British donnors or on the continent Of Europe
has a record that Will approach his OF 10 45 for
straightaw1y nile Donoghue's first appearance viii
be made at Amsterdam about January l. in ten-mile
championship contest. few days later he Will Try
for the championship of the world al Hcrcnvein In
Friesand, where he Will meet Panscha and swift, the
greatest two among the skaters Of Europe. on Jan
uary - he will skate in Vienna the 10Th in Ham,
burg and on the Goth in Berlin. after which he VII
90 10 Russia sweden, Denmark and England, re-
turning to this country IN February.
W. T Young the English runner, whose entry for
% pms Harrfpr IN nke1fy
Dav was rejected is tall and slender youth, with
decidedly boyish face profusion Of light curly hair
and an accent that viii never lose It's identity. saw
him sitting I'm the dinnc-rOom Of the Manhattan
Athletic Club few evenings ago with black velvet
band around his head. lie had hurt himself In the
gymnasium and was trying to conceal an ugly knot
that bclIigcrent dumb-bell had raised his fore
head. Mr. Young said that never before has he
been so badly treated by the Amateur Athletic
Union since his arrival In this country lie knows,
of course that tho Gaelic team the leading athletes Of
ireland, had been barred out Of the \. a L. games
could not believe that English athletes would
be treated In the same way. Therefore he tested the
matter by winning race under Association rules and
entering at the same tine for the Prospect Harrers
games under Union rules. The rejection Of his
entry settled the point and he has decided to train
with the Association. Moreover, he intends 10 write
full particulars Of his treatment to his home club
the Spartan Harrers, Of London, which has member
ship OF $500 This, he feels sure, will not cau-c
English athletes TO love the A. a. L. team that IS
going to the tight little Island next spring.
Whenever LON Myers opens his batteries on the
a. A. L. he fires hot shot, grape and canister His
black eyes sparkle like the magnetic orbs OF rattle
snake and the champion middle distance runner Of the
world becomes positively handsome. Jealousy, be
is at the bottom OF all athletic disputes.
l." The New-York Athletic Club says he. "ls jealous
of the Manhattan That's the whole story in a nut
she'll Butt he adds there's one Of the Cherry Da-
mOnds who has escaped all tho fuss. and that is my
horse Beaconsdcd Hes running at Gutenberg and
he's wearing the Manhattan coors They haven't
interfecd with him yct, but wonder they don't try
70 have him ruled off,
Otto Ruhl the strappnc secretary Of the New York
Athletic Club says that the fight between the A. A. L.
and the N-Four-A's will never end until one or the
other goes under. And 1t won't be the Unon,7 he
declares d" we have come TO stay. The same ground
was fought over in England four years ago one OF
the contestants swallowed the other and there has
been peace ever since There can't be two sets Of
rules two governing bodies. two championships In
this country any more than there could be in Eng
and7
Mrs whitney. having returned to Washington and
resumed her horseback riding. after neglecting It for
three years IS setting example that Is sure 10 be
extensively followed Her mount Is tall rawbOned
gray horse and according TO the thousand and one
paragraphs that have been published about her, She
i always attended by groom. Washngtonian.
peakinr Of this at the Hoffman House the other day
aid Mrs whitney is generally accompanied by either
he Secretary OF the Navy. who also
s fond Of riding or Danish captain !
n dragons who is accomplished teacher Of
II IS too bad that either Of these
gentlemen should he taken for groom. Mrs.
Whitney, by the way. is a superb horsewoman.7
on Thursday the funeral Of young woman be
nging 10 rich and exclusive family took place in |
his city I'm the presence Of her relatives and few
friends The house did not look Ike house Of
Mourning but was eayy decorated a. If festival !
were in progress The colin was a bower of loS's /
n which tho fair form Of rs occupant lay peacefully
estlng like one who having just returned oni-wearled
rom a ball had fallen al,eep there She wore white |
attn gown with low neck and short sleeves, ana /
Ter marble like bust was partly covered with beautiful
ala milo