The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-27
A NARROW ESCAPE.
<'6do1y ola Maniac and Els Inveu-
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STORY of5a Maniac and Els Invep-
l.. .s1ttfz ~ s:rtion. ~, q. d. 1
Il There were dozen of us who were
waiting for, q, train that was loafing
along four or five hours behind time.
The junction swhefe I'VE were held un-
willing sHisoners was remote and
lonely crossing without my scenic ut.
tacti6SS 81 any Kind. and totally inno-
oentef any msans Of passing away the
tReX4p osk orEpaper could be"
an1 n - No alleged restaurant
was . place In (which to con-
tract N aggravated case of dys-
pepsiA We read the timetables and
ecompnted the distances between the
ia. " haungry aid iii to ,t talk.
Ing Of tho hotels in various cities, un-
TIL satished with the Barmecide feast
-0s1 inisin&tious set forth, that sub
3et Grew old; we criticised the rail-
10y hsnsgers of the country and sug-
gested, laws with dreadful penalties
Tor allowing trains to vary second
,fnoR the published time; we compared
our watches and. each insisted that his
was just right and had not varied for
months,s andssthl the train did not come.
Then with one ACCORD we fell to watch
ing saEdock of pigeons that; were flying
about. One of them was beautiful
eumb1ef. Size would rise to height of
two hundred feet and suddenly her
wings would drop as if she were dead
and she would come tumbling over and
overshntil she would almost strike the
earth, when she would recover herself
andsweep upsinto the air only to re-
peat her performance Among the
party there was q portly gentleman
wh0swas evidently delighted with the
birds action and his EXPLANATIONS of
delight were frequent.
'"Thatamust5 be glorious sensation
for the~bird," he said, Ito fall as if
limp and lifeless, with the speed of an
arrow, knowing that she is in no dan.
ger. was reading not long ago in
apapaper that men who have been
saved after falling long distances in
variably claim to have experienced a
delightful sensation while dropping
through the air. 5.g
Il had 4 little experience in that line
short time ago." said another of the
party, who was dressed like priest or
an Episcopal minister, ''and I assure
You my. sensations were the reverse
of pleasant. !
Hereawas q chance to kill time which
we were quick to avail ourselves of,
and half of sus asked the gentleman to
relate his experience. He seemed per-
1ectly willing to do so, and moment
sfterward we had disposed ourselves
on the edge of the platform and the
trunks that stood around, in as COM
Portable positions as we could find.
Il am a clergyman" began the gen.
tl.msn, land among the members of
tie church under my care is gentle
msn who is an enthusiastic student of
electric phenomena, and to him the
world is Indebted for a number of i'm
ptovements in the telegraph, telephone
aid incandescent light, which is cred
tt:d to better-known inventors. Re-
Gently he has been investigating tie
claims made that telephone pictures
were possible, and have become very
11eh interested in his researches,
thoagh I lay no claims to being an cleo
trical expert. ss7.zfg@sa-. -s
NY friends Office is in the twelfth
story of one of the high buildings in
Chicago. where my home is, and from
the windows there is distance of not
far from one hundred and fifty feet to
the pavement below. l have often
thought that there would be no shadow
OF q chance for man who should fall
from one OF these windows, little think.
ing whatwas in store for me.
frequently call on my friend be-
catses histalk. is interesting, and be-.
cause his Office is high enough to be
about as cool place as there is in the
city.
Zone morning about two weeks ago
dropped into his Office just a. he was
preparing to go out. lie sat down, but
1ainsisted that he should not stay on
my account. and finally he suggested
that stay till he returned, which he
said would be in the course of an hour
l agreed to this and was soon deeply
interested in a new work which found
lying on the table, H.zgL 49,.
IL had not been alone long when a
gentleman entered and saluted me, saw
ing: Are you Interested in Electrical ap-
paratus?' 7 ans sered that was to a
certain extent, a1dsthat my friend who
occupied the Office was an expert.
M have something here that want
tQshow You, said the stranger 1T is
going to revolutionize the whole cleo
erical system Of the country. .~.~r-.--->. -~
Il shall be glad to examine it, re-
piled, as he proceeded to unlock a
avail metal box'he carried insone hand,
From the box he took acurious looking
machine that appeared to he made of
some metal resembling aluminium. It
was In the shape of a box, on one side
OF which was funnel-shaped orifice
rese milling the receiver, Of a telephone.
The side Of The box were glass, and
insids WINS q complicated system of
wheels Taking Key from his pocket
the stranger wound the machine up
and the wheels began to run with as
tonishing rapidity. Little glass tubes
were inside tho machine and a sub
stance which surmised vas quicksilver
was In them. AS soon as the machine