The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-27
A NARROW ESCAPE.

A NARROW ESCAPE.
STORY tofla. Maniac and Els 1nvep-
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#fsr 81 .Y.ssiF3s4 1880 ;~--1 .-i.. ~
There were q dozen of us who were
waiting for, . train that was loafing
along four or five hours behind time.
The JUNCTION swhefe we we're held un-
willing spi1oners was remote and
lonely crossing without my scenic Mt
tfScti6SS 81 any Kind, and totally limo
cent r aay means Of psssing away the
YPeEH@ ~ orpaper could be
LII - II t6e alleged restaurant
was . place In which to con-
tract N aggravated case of dys.
pepsiA We read the timetables and
1copppted the distances between the
seb1a 8 stH various roads repre-.
$500. &s Ut hungry and fell to talk
Ing Of the hotels in various cities, I'M
TIL aAtisded with the Barmecide feast
g. set forth, that sub
81 grew old; we criticised the rail-
10y managers of the country and sug-
gested laws with dreadful penalties
Tor allowing trains to vary second
from the published time; we compared
our watches and each insisted that his
was just right and had not varied for
months, ssndssth the train did not come.
Then with one ACCORD we fell to watch
ingsaEaock of pigeons that were flying
about. One Of them was beautiful
fdMblef. 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
oversunttl she would almost strike the
earth, when she would recover herself
and sweep up into the air only to re-
post her performance. Among the
party there was a portly gentleman
whO was evidently delighted with the
9itfs action and his EXPLANATIONS of
delight were frequent.
'Thatsmustsbe glorious sensation
tor 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
aoqepaper that men who have been
saved after falling long distances in
variably claim TO- have experienced
delightful sensation while dropping
through the air. ~ as.--..t
II had I little experience in that line
a short time ago." said another of the
party, who was dressed like q 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 !us asked the gentleman to
relate his experience. He seemed per-
fectly 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 clergyman" began the gem
tl.man, land among the members of
the church under my care is gentle
nan 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
ard incandescent light, which is cred
itcd to better-known inventors. Re-
Gently he has been investigating tie
claims made that telephone pictures
wsre possible, and have become very
n1eh interested in his researches,
thoagh Ilay no claims to being an cleo
trical expert. sss.ss.sssss=
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 a distance of not
far from one hundred and fifty feet to
the pavement below. l have often
thought lat there would be no shadow
of q chance for man who should fall
from one OF these windows, little think
Ing what was in store for me.
'Ifrequently call on my friend be-
ca.isel stalk; 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 as he was
preparing to 60 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.
agreed to this and was soon deeply
interested in a new work which found
lying on the table. %9g
IL had not been alone long when a
gentleman entered and salpted me, say
ing: Are you Interested in electrical ap-
paratus% I ans Hered that was to a
certain extent, andsthat my friend who
occupied the Office was an expert.
"sI have something here that want
tP'shor you, said the stranger 1T is
going to revolutionize the whole cleo
trica] system Of the country .-'---7-~-.
shall be glad to examine it. I re-
piled, as he proceeded to unlock a
avail metal box'he carried insone hand.
From the box he took a curious looking
machine that appeared to be made of
some metal resembling aluminium. 1t
was In the shape of box, on one side
Of which was q funnel-shaped orifice
rsse 1 bling TIE reseiveE, Of q telephone.
The side OF the box were glass, and
insido was : 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 the machine and a sub
stance which 1 surmised was quicksilver
- was in them. As soon as the machine
began tos EYE. this substance began to
ehoot back and fortL with the rap idity
d1 lightning. ~ * g..
aoinF 70 thesteaephone in the room,
the strsp2er auicklyszsde detached the
transmitter and replaced it with his
machine. Ringing up the central sta
ton he asked me the, number of my
*elsPhoas andI1 gave it to him, and
soon the Connection was made. Turn
Ing to me he said:l = zs-'gs~., "a f..'-..
"rNow lpk in H.
Il dds. IMP 70 MY amazement saw
that The interior of the room in my
house. in which the telephone is stu
ated, was in epAain. view. though more
Ahan three miles awav saxp nv wife