The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-23
An Inventive Genius.

Il had large CORK 3uu ouuS A'oooiJ
in Grand avenue, and needed power TO
run my machinery. You know, OF course,
that there is an immense amount OF
st0rcd-up electricity in cat. The pre- O.
lem for inventors has been to haven't
way to extract it profitably. In the rear
of my factory l constructed one-story
circular building, some sixty feet IN oil
ameter. On the floor of this | coiled
glass pine six inches in diameter. The
first coil ran around the outside nt the
room, the coils gradually growing small
err. till the last, in the centre, was no
longer than than this table. 1t gave me
something like mile of pipe. The top
and sides of this pipe were lined with
rather stiff HAIR brushes, the bristles be-
ing a little more than an inch in length.
cat that time Milwaukee was overrun
with cats. 1t was impossible to sleep
nights. / put notice in the paper TN 1t
l woulk pay ten cents a dozen for prime
cats, delivered at my factory. gotsiXty
dozen the first day, and stored them in
the basement of the power-house. The
motor operated thus: Placing in the
outer end of she glass pipe an imitation
rat. made of rubber and pro pelled by a.
small interior storage battery, | would
then adjust cat Immediately behind 1T.
The rubber rat would start off at ter
rife rate-it was made to go through the
mile of tubing in from two to three min
utes-and the cat, of course, followed
furiously, thinking to catch the suppos-
ed animal, throughout the entire dis
tance Gentlemen, it was exciting to
watch healthy, active cat whip about
about those spirals, with the mechanical
rat about a foot ahead and going like
cannon ball. The cats back and sides
rubbed against the brushes and her cleo
tricity was thus extracted. With stor-
age battery, and by sending cat through
every five minutes, l generated enough
electricity to operate my entire plalt,
light my factory and sell power to run
neighboring passenger elevators and
small machinery. 1t also took the yowl
out of the cats, and gradually the city
became quiet. At the end of week a
cat could be caught and used gain"
How a Young Doctor Diagnosed.
From the Yankee Blade.
Young Doctor to Patient: Let me
look at your tongue. H'm--troubled
with dySpep-
Patient: Not bit, l can eat sole leatb
er.
Young Doctor: Let me feel your pulse.
HIM, wakefulness at night?
Patient: Sleep like top.
Young Doctor: Let me see your
tongue. Hm-dizzlness and pains
in
Patient: No.
Young Doctor: Let me feel your pulse
H'm-easily tired, with an indisposition
to mental exertion Of any
| Patient: No.
Young Doctor: Let me see your tongue.
H'm-headache and stiffness of the
limbs -
Patient: Haven't had headache in q
years.
Young Doctor let me feel your pulse.
h m you are using too much tobacco.
Patient: Never touch tobacco in any
shape.
Young Doctor: Let me see your pulse
--er-I mean your tongue. H'm--too
much confined to your desk. You need
fresh air and
Patient L m letter carrier.
Young Doctor: Let me feel your
tongue that is l should say your pulse
H'm-you have a tired feeling come over
you -
Patient: Never
Young Doctor: Let me see your
never mind, your tongue. Feverish at
times with desire for water.
Patient: No, beer.
Young Doctor: Do you drink beer.
Patient: Oh, yes.
Young Doctor: To excess?
Patient: No.
Young Doctor: Tell me how many
glasses a day.
Patient: Sometimes more and some
times fewer.
Young Doctor: L thought so. We
members of the medical profession are
seldom deceived in our diagnosis of a
case.