Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-08-17
ELECTRICAL susrENANcE.
Anything Your Stomach Graves Supplied
by Wift,
Have Won triei eIectrotomy.

by Wire,
iiave you tried electrotomy.
Prof. Stephen Bafnegat, formerly
filling the chair OF electrical science at
Oxford, is the man who will astonish
you within few months. He is in the
city perfccting the machine, which he
claims will revolutionize the eating OF
the civilized world.
The whole scheme of the invention
is this: An electrode is placed on the
stomach of the victim and the article
of food which he desires to eat attached
to n small electrical continuance in the
kitchen, thus transmitting the very es-
sence of the food to the stomach of the
eater. The sensation is delightful and
the possibilities of the thing are start
ling.
For the sick it will be precious
boon. The man of leisure can saunter
into Delmonicos and, when a pretty
white-capped waitress approaches say:
"Kindly connect me with a porterhouse
steak; put cup of black coffee on the
WlIt. 1tS. lllttb y Ill w uhC lhc
up after am fed"
"No more fear of indigestion, says
the professor. mo cholera germs can
lurk in the food, and no disagreeable
sensations after meals; in fact, it ought
to lengthen human life.
"Why, just think of it; Supposing
now that you wished n table d'hote din
ner. You go into restaurant and,
lying down on luxurious couch, order
the waiter to connect YOU with the
course, throwing in n daslf of red wine
every thirty seconds; then you go to
sleep.
"You might even smoke cigarette
without waking up. Should you not
wish to sleep during the feeding pro-
cess, there will be books and periodi-
Gals with which to entertain yourself,
and an electric indicator will show you
where you are at-that is, what you
nre eating. There will be no odor of
food, no unpleasant sensations: in fact,
| have so perfected the machine that
the electric current will be simply a
delightful, invigorating sensation.
After a time you will find that eating
by the present means will be entirely
done away with. 1t will save the lives
of many people when too i'll to take
nourishment,"
Another feature OF great value is
that families or bachelors can. have
meals served in their own houses from
any distance. Take, for instance, the
man who never can find any cooking
to equal that of his mother-in.law He
goes to Chicago to visit the World S
fair, and by connecting himself with
mother-in-laws kitchen, thousand
miles away gets homemade dinner.
Regular eating exchanges will be ar
ranged where a person may he con.
nected with any number he desires,
just like telephone exchange.
People can have Delmonico meals
served in their own homes, and the
busy business man can hook onto a
meal without leaving his desk or stop
ping work for minute. The man who
Is oDllged TO get up IN the middle OF
the night to eat need do so no longer.
He can go ito bed with his cleo
trode aul be fed at intervals all night
long, if he so desires, laying the flat
tering JUNCTION to his soul that he will
wake in the morning with clear head
and full stomach. Dinner parties
can be given in the manner; in fact,
there's no limit to the possibilities of
this electric feeder
1t is even possible that in time the
Bowery waiter may change his plain
tive howl to something like this:
Hook one on Top sirloin on de light
ning." "Sticll Il wire in the coffee for
No 81" and so on.-N. Y. journal.