Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-29
Ito be continued.



Mr.. George Z. Moore, of Lowell. Mass,
a retired mill owner, has constructed an
| electric man that walks about with every
appearance of life and is made to be
useful as well as ornamental by pushing a
perambulator The chair over which be
| presides is a light wickerwork affair, like
| those of half grown trotting sulky.
| There is a footboard which is used for
carrying the batteries which put the pro-
| polling power into the electric mans mus
| cles of wood and steel.
The man stands directly behind the chair.
If he was flesh and blood he would just
come inside the limits as a light weight
sparrer, and as far as all appearances go,
would be about Is years old. He is con-
nected with the chair at about the point at
which the human diaphragm is popularity
supposed to be located.
There is a pushing bar above this, on
which his neatly gloved hands rest, but
this is more for vanity than utility. He
| is dressed i'll the height of fashion, being
attired in a new suit of gray mixed goods,
white shirt with collar and cuffs to match
and Il soft felt hat. He has a number of
changes of clothing and can be dressed for
| fourth of July or Christmas weather, just
| like any man. He wears No. shoe,
| four wide, and sports a Louis NopOleOniC
mOustache. Met upon any public thorough
| fare he would be marked for his general
| style and dignifed bearing Just at
| present his complexion is little off color,
| but he is to have this treated with the
most approved toilet preparation that the
| paint pot can produce.
The action OF the feet and legs, which
| the inventor has reached with this
| machine. is Il remarkable imitation of a
| human being There is none of the
| jerky motion that is so comm only seen in
| mechanical figures Each foot as it leaves
| the ground rises naturally on he toe with
| the same springy motion that IS character
istic of the graceful walk among men and
women. As in the taking of the foot
| from. the ground, so in replacing it at the
end of the step, the motion is free from
| jog or jar and is entirely natural.
The electric man is provided with a six
horsepower battery, which is amply suffi
clent to enable him to push the latest
dowager up a hill.
1t is Mr.. Aoors intention to make his
electric man polite as well as useful, and
to that end his right arm. which is said
to have more Joints and bones than the
| corresponding member of the human body,
VII w ~ Nudl Nttii liSC llAS La
gracefully as he receives a fare
Papa Paid for the Cocktails.
Boston Herald.
Some of the fragile. sensitive-looking
girls that adorn the fashionable summer
resorts hereabOuts and seem almost too
frail for the rude sea breezes, have
wonderful facility for slowing way slim
lantS of every kind, and are somewhat
overcongenial with their acquaintance.
There is little beauty stopping at a big
hotel by the sea who wears the daintieSt
sort of big, hower-laden shade hats, the
Sauciest gingham gowns and the
tinieSt russell shoes in the world, and all the
young men that catch glimpse of her
would pawn their souls to know the Joy of
kissing her fresh. red mouth. No one
would ever dream, to look upon this mouth.
that II knew any moisture other than the
natural honey of the maiden herself, but
the frs, hotel bill that was presented to
her indulgent father showed that it Is well
acquainted with glass rims. the bill was
for two rooms, one of them being that of
the daughter, and to this latter was charg-
ed S}S from the bar. The fond father
glanced down the enumeration and then
went in search of his child.
That right, papa. said she with the
utmost sang -froid. 1t has been awfullr
thirsty weather, you know, and | have
given three room parties to the girls this
week.
We'll, it all seems possible. > said the
father. but forty-six cochteils is a little
steep, now isn't it?"
Yes, little, " replied the girl. But
Maud and Alice don't drink anything else
but cocktails. and that is how there hap
pened to be so many
The doting parent paid his daughters
bill without more muruluring, and then he
paid his own. the bar charges for this con-
sitting of bottle of Bass ale aud a siphon
of carbonIc water.