Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-03-02
NO.. II.


be very secure"
'Ah, but that is only the first step
toward security" the jeweler ex-
claimed. I'VE do not put all our money
on one card. You have seen that the
safes are as strong as they can be made.
That is all that steel can do for us
Now we call in electricity to stand
guard Each safe is connected by sep
arate wires with the Burglar Alarm
Company. If an explosion or any other
Jar should move one of them q six
teenth of an inch out of its place, a
bell would ring in the headquarters of
that company, and within ninety sec
onds two policemen would be here II
any body should turn the combine
ton knob hairs breadth that would
have the same effect. I used to have
the wires run into my sleeping-room,
but l found that two or three times q
year there would be some trouble with
crossing wires, and / would te called
out in hurry in the middle of the
night, and it gave me too much worry.
So had the wires connected with the
Burglar Alarm Company, and now
when go home do not give the goods
another thought"
Mr.. Jeweler here closed the safe
doors and turned the little knob that
locks them.
''We can lock or unlock them a hum
dred times a day." ne continued, but
when we once lock them for the night
they are not opened again till next
morning. When I set the combination
for the night, just before going home,
/ give an electric signal to the burglar
alarm people, and that instant the
alarm is set. If 1 should forget any
thing, and should open the safe my
self after giving the signal, there
would be two policemen here in a min
ute and half, exactly the same as
though burglar were at work. Now
do you suppose l can go home with an
easy mind?''
Perfectly" the reporter assented;
your goods are certainly safe"
But that is only the second step to-
ward security" Mr.. Jeweler said. LET
me show you the third"
He closed the folding doors of the
walnut cabinet.
TAP one of those panels with your
fingers, please" he said.
The sound that followed was mufied
and heavy, entirely unlike the sound
made by tapping thin wooden panel
These slight cabinets are not as de-
fenseless as they look" the jeweler
continued. Those panels are made OF
pasteboard, and other parts of the cab
inets, although of wood on the outside,
have pasteboard within"
And why pasteboardp" the reporter
asked.
Because paste board is a better non
conductor than wood The panel you
tapped is made of three thicknesses OF
Ipasteboard and two thicknesses Of tin
foil. First there is the outer pasteboard
panel, which is stained and grained to
initiate walnut; then layer of tin
foil; then second sheet of paste board,
then second layer of tin foil; and
finally a third sheet of pasteboard.
Whicn force the sack Of the panel.
The first sheet of tin foil is connected
with the positive pole of an electric
battery; the second sheet of tin foil is
connected with the negative pole of a
battery. With the sheet of paste.
board between them the metallic
sheet do not touch, and there is no cir.
cult But let a burglar begin to oper.
ate upon the cabinet, and run knife
or gimlet or anything else through
the panel, and the metallic tool, touch.
ing both sheets of tin foil, instantly
completes the circuit, bell rings In
the burglar alarm Office, and two DO
icemen come, as before"
us that alp" the reporter asked.
No, not quite" Mr.. Jeweler smil
ingly replied. Besides these little ap
pliances we have faithful watchmap
In the store all night. Part of his
work is to press little electric button
every half hour from the time we lock
the front door at night till we open il
in the morning. Thereby he tells the
burgular alarm people that he is awake
and on duty. If he lets sixty seconds
beyond the half hour pass without
pressing the button, the two policemen
come to see what is the matter. lust as
If somebody had tampered with the
safes.''
There were no more precautions, and
the Jeweler and the reporter emerged
from the inn er regions of gold and pre-.
cious stones.
Thank you very much," said the re-
porter.
Good day" said the jeweler ''Come
again; but always como in the dav.
time. IN. Y. Sun.