The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-08

err" find out what has happened and
what Is likely to happen during the
day. He may learn that Ii Hung
Chang has lost another battle and
more peacock feathers; that wheat has
gone up or down; that certain stocks
are high or low-and SO on to the end.
Everything in the way Of news will
be clicked Off Dy the instrument as
soon as it is received through sources
that are the best and most reliable.
The paper ribbon that m from
the Essick machine is not the narrow
and tender tape turned out by the old
stock "tickers' that print n contin-
uous line; it is thick white paper near
~ half a foot in width, and the matter
printed on it is in either paragraph or
tabular form, according to the nature
Of the news. A section clipped from
an Essick machine. roll could not be
distinguished from q sheet Of the same
size that had been run through a regu-
lar typewriter.
Methods Of Operation.
At headquarters a young woman sits
at q keyboard exactly like that to be
found in the ordinary typewriter. This
is electrically connected with the "tick-
ers" each of which has q metal wheel
bearing the letters Of the alphabet,
numerals, etc. When the young wom-
an at the transmitter thumps the let
ter A, or any other letter, the wheel,
which is linked automatically, promptly
prints that letter on the white roll.
And so 1t continues, the lines being
printed as they are to be read, from
left to right, as in a newspaper. The
shifting of the paper is done automati-
cally, and one person the one who
plays on the keyboard at headquarters
operates all the "tickers" simultane-
ously. They may number a thousand
and some of them may be twenty miles
away, but all record the events Of the
day at one and the same moment. The
machine Is about four feet high and
occupies floor space about a foot
square.
No extended account Of any event,
unless of the greatest Importance. will
be sent out by the company. The in
formation will be in the shape of bull
|letins containing the pith Of the news.
On momfentOus. occasions, such as q
general election. fuller reports will be
furnished the "tickers," and they will
be operated all night, or until most
people have gone to bed.
Special attention will be devoted to
stock and bond transactions on the
Chicago, New. York. Philadelphia,
The Hssick Ticker.
Boston London and Liverpool ex-
changes; to grain. trading in the pri-
mary and seaboard markets Of Amer
lea and Europe, and to current finan-
ns.1 Hnl Hro Donn,ofnV ONAc3n
III Cause Of Weariness.
DR.. Hodge of Clark University, has
been for some years making expert
ments with a view Of throwing light
on the pathology, or explaining the
physiology of fatigue. He bases his
researches on the fact that oil the en-
ergy Of the body comes directly from
chemical changes and reactions N the
individual coils Of which the body 10
composed. Every kind of cell has it's
peculiar function-gland cells to pro-
duce work, and 81 On-whereas nerve
cells produce what we call conscious
ness, q thing outside of physical OBJ
servation. But the nerve cells have
the same life-history Of birth, matur-
ity and death as other cells, hence they
suffer from want of nOurishment, from
oyer-exertion or from ether causes. It
has recently been demonstrated that
the passage of an electric current
through O muscle is equivalent to 20
much work done by the muscle, and 1t
has even been proposed to produce
muscular development by electricity.
The excessive application Of electric
currents would naturally produce IA
tigue, and Dr.. Hodge utilized this
cause and effect In following out his
investigations. He passed currents
through various animals, and after they
were killed he examined. their nerve
cells under the microscope. The unir
form result in a large number Of AZ
periments was a Inflammation In the
nucleus, the cell protOplasm was shrunk
en-, and the recticular appearance OF
the cell was destroyed. The sections
Of the brain net stimulated showed no
changes OF this nature. Dr. Hodge
then ret himself tO inquire: sWhethee
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