Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-03

small chance for syharitic enjoyment of the
meal. He sat smiling an oily, bsnignant
smile, when suddenly there issued from his
waXen gullet the following sententious
maxim:
POOR RICHARDS WARNING.
"a fat kitchen makes lean will; if you
would know the value of money try aud
borrow some"
And so the dinner went on. In the midst
of it suddenly there burst forth the sound
of a delicious voice. 1t was Nine Adini's,
of the Grand Opera, in Paris. She sang a
few notes, and then suddenly there merged
into hers the deep notes of rich basso
That was Melchissedec's. Together they
We're pouring forth the inspiriting music
of the "Marseillaise." Next there came
the booming of cannon, the thrilling notes
of grand bugie solo. with its echoes
against the buildings of Paris, and finally
a mans voice again making graceful
little address.
By the dexterous placing of 4 photograph
the guests ut the strange little dinner at
Newark had been transported away across
the Atlantic and were listening to the last
closing exercises of the Paris exposition.
The mans voice distinctly heard making a
speech was NJ. Eiffels.
In the place that a sorbet would natural
ly occupy in an ordinary dinner the lights
suddenly went out again, and Il strange
thing happened Near the middle of the
table there had been throughout the din
ner great globe of gold fishes, through
which flashed the varied colored lights
that had been turned on from time to
time. All of a sudden, as If "a magician
had waved his wand, the globe became il
lumined with u monochrome. In the
UIOha nf ploEG CyyimroInO ohCnt
the little live fishes of gold or silver, which
were as transparent as those tiny affairs
that fakirs sell in the streets for the amuse-
ment of children.
All the anatomy of the shiny fishes was
plainly discernible. And they swan and
swan about as if nothing more unusual
had occurred than was natural with the
finny folk. Yet each one of these fishes
had inserted down his throat-down into
his stomach-a miniature electric light
about the size of a big pea, and was sailing
about with thin, hairlike wire in its gull
let that was almost invisible to the naked
eye.
SURPRISES IN EVERY COURSE.
So the dinner went on, and with every
course, with every other minute some
strange, uncanny thing was done by the
magical intervention of electricity. The
oysters were stewed by the same mystical
force, so were the eggs boiled, so the water
fer the punch was heated. Between whites
once, for instance, the lights went out and
there appeared on the table a miniature
| menagerie, the inmates OF which had blaz-
ing eyes, mouths splitting forth flames like
the animals in the Apocalypse, and all
were doing some surprising thing
just as the banquet was ending all the
| flowers overhanging the table fell in
showers upon the guests below. Tiny bits
| of iron had been attached to each rose or
carnation, which were held in their places
| by the attraction of magnet. When the
! circuit was broken the flowery shower fol-
lowed. The air was kept cool all the time
| by steel fans worked by electricity, and
| among the numerous other odd things that
| happened was the sudden burst of piano
music that broke in upon the banquet.
This was produced by subtle telephone
connection with u piano in the next block,
| played by ayoung woman who was notified
| by local telegraph when her services
were required Mr.. Edison, through the
medium of Photographic cylinder, maze
some pleasant remarks about Franklin and
through a ike medium De Wolf Hopper's
robust voice filed the apartment with
| the topical song "You Can Always Elk
| plain 1t Away" At IL o'clock sharp the
| .:lo~. ,-o;oa Of Franklin nuieflv rp-