Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-02-14
AN ELECTRICAL PPar
WONDERS Or elecralctry s,.,.
LlNoLy DISPLAYED s'AR'-

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The annual dinner Of the F,...,,
detrimental club, Of Newark @IAiin T.
weirdest affair OF the kind H.. Z, Eaztls
given, and society reporter ,..' Wy en-
been at his wits end to wits I, "Du'd han
William y. Hammer. who W. ~ 81,
representative at the Paris cxpos;, ;s''s0as
the prime spirit in the enterpvis. 'en, ~
one can tliscrcdit the fact thai III, ~ and y
was the most original ever p;vas ainas
think OF TINS; II was presided ovss !. wv
Franklin In person, who made : ~ i. Y Ri.
ful speech and welcomed ira ~. soly sras
sat at the head of the board NJ ,a VI
hair hanging over his shoulders 'snR WhAs
a suit OF brown broadcloth w;. uu'sssed
hisneck and wrists fashion M ..I ACC =
out OF date ut present, 1t In trus
talked In way that sounded s,,-s saa h
like Old Richards almanac ma ssosnethlug
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The laboratory had been tra,.,. \
from It's workaday world appea r,',s' !.
by magic In the center Of the roo ~ q ~
was long, narrow table. the 800 sass
work bench OF the. place. cova.ss
snow white napery and adorned ~, ~
looked like luscious fruits. fresh y, sa ~
and sparkling glass. = &C. Aosss
WORDS FROM sKUIfa
The guests sat down and 80.
with the first course. There was !. ~. "!
employed. 1t was cooked bv $3.50 y eas
and In fact 80 was everything d. o,sssllu'',
conee, wnicn was made over wires ~
diners had no sooner got their t mi y. y.
samples from deliciously stewed An. ~ !.
oysters, when bangl out went IL I'M ~. Y
descent lights and darkness reiened ~ ~
there appeared out OF the shadows ] 80 w
OF hideons, grinning skulls. Ths;. s ~
shone fire, their mouths shot forth 4. s'u
| Their jaws moved with spapn;nc NJ
crocodile's, and from their invisibls 49, ~
there came forth two sepulchral yoisss 4
| unison: -
AS 80 are now 30 once were w.
AS we are now so ye shall h.
II was pleasing appetizer. Mr. H.r
mer had. as II by magic, brought them ,'1 -,
OF space somehow. aud had, by the ami.
use OF battery and a phonosrapb. nj.
eyes CLEAN where in reality only $780,
were, and their heshless Jaws moye !, h
| alive. Mr.. Hammer has friend who II.
deep bass voice which seems to fssne f,o,,
his feet, and he it was who was mr.
into service for the manufacture n n.
photographic sound. OF course. after q.
mechanism of the thing was explained
every man had good laugh on his peioh
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The lights were turned up again and an.
other course was introduced. All upsus
pecting, the various guests began to epioy
the product cooked by electricity, h.
with Ben Franklin at the table there Va,
small chance for sybaritic enjoyment Of ths
meal He sat smiling an oily, benienapt
smile, when suddenly there issued from n
waxen gullet the following sententiou
maxim:
POOR RICHARDS WARNING.
"A fat kitchen makes lean will; Il YOU
would know the value of money try and
borrow some.
And so the dinner went on. the mids,
of it suddenly there burst forth the sound
OF delicious voice, 1t was Mime. Adinrs
of the Grand Opera, in Paris She sang
few notes, and then suddenly there merged
into hers the deep notes of a rich bassa
That was Melchissedec's. Together thsy
were pouring forth the inspiriting music
of the "Marseillaise. Next there came
the booming of cannon, the thrilling notes
Of grand bugle solo, with its echoes
against the buildings OF Paris, and finally
mans voice again making a graceful
little address.
By the dexterous placing of apnonograph
tho fytaeta ar fho ctranoa littIa dnnar Al
Newark had been transported away across
the Atlantic, and were listening to the last
closing exercises of the Paris exposition
The mans voice distinctly heard makings
speech was M. Eiffe's.
In the place that sorbet would natural
ly occupy in an ordinary dinner the lights
suddenly went out again. and a stranga
thing happened Near the middle Of tho
table there had been throughout the din
ner great globe of gold fishes, through
which flashed the varied colored lights
that had been turned on from time 70
time All of sudden, as if magician
had waved his wand, the globe became L
lumined with monochrome. In The
globe of glass were seen swimming aoous
the little live fishes of gold or silver, whlch
were as transparent as those tiny anah
that fakirs sell in the streets for the amlae
ment of children.
All the anatomy of the shiny fishes was
plainly discernible And they swan ana
swan about as if nothing more UNUSUAL
had occurred than was natural Win vac
finny folk. Yet each one of these nsnS
had inserted down his throat--down lnso
his stomach--a miniature electric ngn'
about the size of big pea, and was saluns
about with thin, hairlike wire in its gus
let that was almost invisible to the naAeu
eye.
SURPRISES IN EVERY COURSE
So the dinner went on, and Win e''l!
course, with every other minute soas
strange, uncanny thing was done " y.
magical intervention Of electricity ~,
oysters were stewed by the same m!sn'a.
force, so were the eggs boiled, so the " as..
for the punch was heated. Between ail',
once. for instance, the lights went ea' aas
there appeared on the table niin,a ~.
mepayerie, the inmates Of when nad u ne.
ing eyes, mouths splitting forth nanes II II
the animals in the Apocalypse anu
were doing some surprising tnlns' a,
Just as the banquet was ending az N
flowers oyerhanging the table ieu =
showers upon the guests below. ilny Nv
of iron had been attached 10 esen III sIs,ss
carnation, which were held ID sns n,i INA ~
by the attraction of a magnet L. ioL
circuit was broken the flowery snow, IN.
lowed. The air was kept cool al .ue and
by steel fans worked by electrlclH, ~.
among the numerous other odd tn'nss ,, m
happened was the sudden burst Of p'-''
music that broke in upon the bangues 81.
This was produced by subtle telsp hlo,s
b bV local os telegraph when her service *
were reonired Mr.. Edison, through y. ~
medium Of a photographic cylinder, .,; n "a
some nIeasant remarks about Frankin.s s,.
Through like medium De Wolf hop I'll
..e,oc allied the NnlTtIleAe