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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23

the extreme. Facing IN audience OF
some five thousand persons, he passed
through his body current of two hun
dred Thousand volts, causing streams of
light to pour from his body and break
forth from his finger tips. whereas a cur
rent of a hundredth part of that energy
would have killed him instantly, thus
proving that the amount of electric
energy that may be passed into the
human body depends on the strength
and frequency of the current, and that
the higher these are the less harm they
do the body. Mr.. Tesla said at the
time that the only Inconvenience he
felt from thus making an electric light
of himself was a slight prickling as of
a needle and burning sensa ton at the
finger tips.
Most important work on which Mr..
Tesla is now engaged, and which bids
fair to bring him more fame than any
thing he has done before this, is a ma
chine by which heretofore unheard-
of steam pressure can be applied to
the generation of electricity, reduc-
ing the waste of the current, and, what
is of supreme Importance, reducing the
cost of electricity.
II is easy to see that any device by
which the cost of electric power is
brought below the cost of steam power
viii bring a revolution in the processes
of manufacturing more sudden and
startling than was brought about by
the introduction of steam The eco
nomical transmission OF electricity gen
Grated by water, as at Niagara falls,
has at last brought promise Of this
revolution. and II Mr.. Tesla's machine
Will bring a corresponding reduction
in the cost OF electricity TO cities too far
away TO derive benefit from water
power like that at Niagara. then, in
deed, the revolution viii be complete.
Electric motors viii everywhere take
the place Of costly and wasteful shaft
ing in mills and factories. and the day
when private houses will be lighted,
heated and. 20 some extent. ruIi by cleo
tricity. will be brought almost as near
TO other cities as il now Is 70 Buffalo,
which Will receive its first installment
OF power from Niagara falls il few
weeks 81 price promised TO De some
where near a fourth cheaper than that
now paid for the work done By steam
This much may be said positively.
and the statement is here made to the
public for the first time: II the wonder
full machine on which Mr.. Tesla is now
putting the finishing touches works as
well elsewhere as it has already worked
in the Tesla laboratory. il will bring
the extraordinary advantages sugges-
ted above The inventor himself re
fuses To make any definite statement
as % what his engine will 90. Y
know" he says, that il viii accom-
plish in mr. laboratory results thatcan-
not but be considered important. and
that certainly opens Up new field for
high pressure boilers II ! now IL op-
GRAFTON and has succeeded absolutely,
but OF course must not predict from
Ia ooratorv results what 8 machine viii
accomplish when applied TO public uses
II mar -taks two ~ three years 20 pre-
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blackboard, for when the inventor is
puzzled he goes to it and works away
On il nervously with stubby piece of
chalk.
The laboratory itself looks common
place to the uninitiated. 1t is filled
with machinery and electrical appli-
ances, and stranger prowling about
the building at viii would surely mis-
take its fourth floor for part of
the machine shops below. One who is
not an electrician would find in the
Tesla workshop none of the marvels
that make Edison's laboratory better
than circus for the Sight-seer. An
electrician. however, would find secrets
there with which he could make and
break colossal fortunes on the stock
market, or reasons that will appear
further on.
But Mr.. Tesla's half-dozen employees
are tried and trusted men, and the
rould-be visitor finds it an extremely
difficult matter to get into this labora-
tory. If he did get in he would he
more than likely to find the inventor
there working over some bit of ma
rhinerv, with a handkerchief tied
about his throat in lieu of collar. vet
dressed in clothes of fashionable cut,
clean. Unlike Mr.. Edison. the Younger
Inventor has some regard for his per-
sonal appearance.
One rarely meets a man more free
from Alterations and self-conscious-
hess than Nikola Tesla. He does not
Ike to talk of himself and when that
subject comes up he is sure to steer
away from il as quickly as possible
He has bachelor quarters at the Gerlach
IN West Twenty-seventh street. but he
Fan be found at Delmonico's nearly al
Eavs at breakfast and dinner time.
With due apologies 10 Mr.. Tesla for
80 much personality, it may be said
HAT he has the same cast Of counte-
nance as Ignace Jan Paderewski-long
and thin. with fine. clean-cut features.
low forehead. and n certain CLEAN Of
tho eye that denotes what might be
called spirituality He is an idealist.
and one who has created an ideal Of
him from the fame that he has won
will not be disappointed in him upon
seeing him for the first time lie is
fully six feet tall. very slender. very
dark OF complexion. nervous and viry.
lmpressionable maidens would fall in
love with him at sight. hut he has no
time to think of unreasonable maid
ems. Day and night ne Is working
away at deep problems that fasciuate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23

was devoted to experiment with what
is known Rs the rotating field Tor use
with the alternating current In 1887
Prof. Anthony proved that the young
electrician had produced an alternating
current motor of an efficiency equal to
that of direct current motors, yet dis
pensing with the brushes and commu-
tators which had added materially to
the cost and Inconvenience of manu-
featuring electricity.
He pushed on eagerly in the field he
had opened, experimenting with alter
mating currents of extraordinary high
potentials and frequencies. The re-
suits OF his experiments were laid be-
fore the public in lecture delivered
before the American Institute of En-
gineers IN May, 1891. Before that time
he had been known only to electricians
BY the hour the reports Of that lecture
had found their way to the public he
was famous The brilliant gathering
of scientists before whom the lecture
was delivered was taken bV storm
with his theories and his remarka BILE
experiments in veriication of them.
Soon after another lecture was deliv
cred before the most notable body of
electricians in Europe, the Institution
of Electrical Engineers in London, and
his reception by them was as enthusi-
sstic as it had been in America. A
day later. by special request, he re-
peated his experiments before the
Royal institution, and soon afterward
responded to an urgent call from the
two foremost societies of engineers in
France. In 1898 he delivered lectures
In Philadelphia and Europe which
served to intensity public interest
in him. One of his experiments on
these two occasions was spectacular in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23

pare for placing it on the market. I
have. of course. pretty definite idea
as to the reduction it will make in the
cost of electricity, but there are many
reasons why it would not be well to
give the figures"
The young inventor endeavors to
speak very conservatively of this new
machine of his, but it is quite proba bic
that he believes he has solved one Of
most important practical problems
within reach of the electrical science Of
the present day. Anyone who is IA
Hiliar with the mathematics of the
steam engine will appreciate one phase
of his device when it is stated that it is
now run with steam pressure of three
hundred and seventy-five pounds, the
highest that was ever put to practical
use. The pressure generally used is
about one hundred and seventy-iive
pounds. The boiler which supplies this
steam pressure in the Tesla laboratory
is said to be the most powerful ever
constructed. 1t was built for the in
ventor by Babcock & Wilcox, and so far
has responded to the amazing test to
which it has been put. The machine 10
which this unprecedented pressure has
been applied has to run almost without
friction, that is the kernel of Mr.
Telsa's discovery. He tells me that he
would dare apply q steam pressure Of
one thousand pounds to his machine,
and would 90 so if he could get boiler
that could supply the pressure. Engi-
neers who read this statement will con-
elude, unless they know Mr.. Tesla per-
sonally, that he is crazy.
covery for utilizing steam at high pres
sure is in the saving that it makes in
the cost OF heat for producing the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23

verse. 1t would be the greatest dis
covery since the creation. and would
bring about a total revolution in all
life"
Nr. Tesla's enthusiasm is of the kind
that kindles quickly. and the great
electrical work now g.ing on at
Niagara Falls is one of the subjects that
is most likely to arouse it Some day
all wood and coal will be used up" he
said. when this subject was introduced,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23

Ms Peterb7. OF Austin Tex, !:
kind mother and faithful wife. ert
L. some respects she l. rot 80 bright a.
sis might be The conversation w.s
sbout counter1eit<-A
There Il one very strange thing
about -hese co1a;erfei.ers. sad Ma
Pet~rSy.
What : that
y b-y zrc siwars a-Testee ~ com
tr-tciti8g dollars I have never heard
CO op making good dollars ThsT
seem 20 be naturally GtPr=vec Alex
Sweet, u I Las > ..ipE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23
FIXED FOR AUTUMN
Elegance Will Be the Feature Of
Cool Weather Gowns
u Peep At the Tronsseau of . wealthy
Chicaso Bride-The w edding Gown and
the BridesmAics' Costumes The
Latest In Millinery.
special Chieazo Letter,

Signs that point to the fact that
autumn's reign has begun are by no
means confined to the weather. No
where Is il more in evidence than in the
dry goods stores where the counters
and shelves are filled with imported . nd
domestic fabrics for autumn and winter
wear.
In the matter of materials. with one
or two exceptions only, there Is little
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23

Help 70 ~ WITH ;ki. o-srsoa,, u,
Peach s.ia He-h<r: 20 Assl1
No. Hsrbert. TX 70: yos- p>.oh.
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lemon I'D yoz know vk.I yoz zss: Ia
frs
Hsrbe-; Squeezed els lszsOn Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23
CURus BaovS.

WIZ SIC Vas a Caisa- sse c5ed for cas-nrsa.
vbea dc b~a1e gEss. 80 eiEaS 20 Ca=o-1A
vbea SIC I'D CzlJ5-en. zbe gave tAeza Czs-1-4a
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06

art store on the Boulevard des Ca
pucines | noticed the original OF
poster that had been used for the
Moulin Rouge. | was curious to know
how much such thing could be worth
after duplicates had been on every
dead wall In Paris The price was 1900
francs N240), but II bore the signature
OF Cheret, who is the acknowledged
master Of the poster art In France.
Each example, OF his work that issues
from the lthograpIng press In worth
more han Is asked for copy OF a high
class magazine. There are even placca
IN Paris where collectors buy posters,
and the best examples co~t from 3
francs go cents up. Posters without
the lettering are stlll more highly
esteemed, and cost about ten times az
much. Rare examples frequently com
mand fancy prices. Choret, Gnilleum,
Fralpont Camls, Chouhrac, fhrla,
Nerneau. etc, are the best known de-
signofH, and the connoiasour looks for
the signature on street advertise
ment as naturally M he would for the
artists name on the painting hung at
the Salon. No better example could
be given of the extreme TO which this
art has been carried 9broad than the
poster exhibition which II now being
held In Brussels A special building u
given ny TO Il. and people pay their nd
mission free. wander about through the
Various rooms and study the different
examples critically. just MS we should
do Mt an exhibition " the Water Color
society In New York.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06
ISABEL.

see thee from afar
Thou gem OF purest light.
While lilies close their petals soft.
And bid the world goodnight.
Let down thy ray of love,
And all my doubts dispel,
And tell me from thy throne on high,
Where IL my lshbel2
Twinklmg, brightly twinkling.
shining from afar;
Tell me. have you seen her.
Lovely evening star?
OH you know | love her
More than I can tell
Then lead me with thy ray Of love
10 my sweet Isabel,
oh! silver clouds that glide
Calm In thy star-lit zonei
on the ethereal tides,
seek my loved one.
Say, hast thou lowered DER
The glory OF her hcad2
Then tell me. fairy. fleecy cloud.
What her sweet lips have said.
Drifting. softly drifting.
Cloud OF silver crest,
While the stars OF heaven
Hide within thy brcast
Drifting back TO dreamlnnd
Ere you go pray tell
Tho message that she sends to me,
My own sweet Isabel.
oh! lovely gem Of Hight,
Whose ray she loved so well;
oh, fieecy fairy. silver cloud.
Whose shndow on her fell,
Go back to her ! love
So dear and tenderly
And ask her IN your cholceBt tones
II she Is true to me.
Star and cloud Of beauty.
Grant this boon. pray,
As ye drift TO drenniland.
Through the starry way
Carry back my message,
Take my henri az well.
And say IT'S all ] have to give
10 ms sweet Isabel.
VIII Waters.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06

The average actual enrolment, at
tendance and hardness of the Fort
Worth city schools for the week ending
Friday. May 4: Total actual enroll
ment. 1894; absent. ia; tardy. l; per
cent of attendance. SO; per cent tardy,
.OOO5; number Monday. 2422; Tuesday
24Os: Wednesday. 23ss; Thursday. 2s7O;
Friday, 2s7l
The absences this week are too great;
hardness, the least In the history Of
the schools.
The monthly summary shows a loss
of 1873 since the beginning OF the pres
ent month This should not be. 1t is
largely due to the action OF parents in
procuring work for the children, and
then 1t is said they must accept the
work now or lose it.
Others are aetuated by fear they will
not be promoted.
This should not be the case. More
real study can be done the last
month: more can be accomplished than
during any two preceding months
Come back now and continue to the
end; secure promotion card; advance
another grade.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06
OPPOSITE HOTEL PICKWICK.

hut he ala not lose heart and faith thas
they would some time find publisher.
and to this end Miss Marviuw always
copied them for him on the typewriter.
aA he asked her to,
So today when he hanled hrr thcsa
last without other instructions ahs
supposed OF course, they were for her
10 copy nut. as som ny he IN gone.
aud she waH aurc OF it--with several
very becoming blushes Miss Marvlcw
got out the. sheets cf black cnrhnn
paper which she sometimes i.ac,i. and
proceeded to write the poem. two copies
at once. Why did shes Hecahae tllia
very brRzen young woman, II II sud.
wna quite as much Ia lnva With hr
employer as he was with her And
because these verses were 10 pretty
and ferVid, and brcsthed 80 much OF
the great love she had felt for him for
the last month. abe Just imagined dcwn
I'm her dear little heart that she would
like to have "A copy OF them always, 10
read every day, and think II was her
dear ono who had written them. For
Miss Mnrviow was eminenily sensibie
at timcs-nnd she knew that 10 mani
fold II would be the quickest way 70
get herself copy before Mr.. Bnker
dnrhcd bnok again from his errand.
So II was done, and her own copy lnld
carefully away In the drawer OF her
little table, while the original was plae-
ca IN un envelope, us hht nhu uonu
many others before and addressed to
the editor OF ---- to be filled IN by Mr..
Baker himself.
1'hat night he noticed that the poem
OF his lay on the desk beside him. and
his heart sunk. Then she did not love
him-Hhe even returned that Innocent
little uYowal In rhymc-and--and-w
II wna all over. and he WAS wretched.
llut ms he was closing up for the night
"A thing he always did-he happened
90 open that drawer TO replace sheet
Of heavy paper that had been nisHad
by Edith, and there before him lay
that manifold copy. For n moment he
was puzzled for he had thought she
had purpoEely misunderstood his In
tentlons aud had copied the poem In
the business-like way 10 show HIM
She really cared for him--for his versed
and had thought enough Of them to-
He stopped suddenly and small won-
der. Miss Marvisw. having returned
for q forgotten glove, was standing
looking at him, with flaming checks and
tenrs OF vocation and shame In her
eyer. a
And whnt did he do2
lie walked straight TO her side In
the quiet dusk OF the deserted Office
and anld
Darling, rye Just found that mans
fold COPY. aDd--weli. you do 1--we me-
don't your And YOU will be my wife,
won't you? That is what tried ia
say In the poem. you see"
And she probably did SEQ, because
they were married last May.
We'll" said Martin. Bakers best
friend. with a sigh. shes brave Kiri.
nnd hope he appreciates her. Mighty
few others would stand Bakers poet
ry."
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06

Although the chamber OF commerce Is
not as active as formerly 1t is still hard
at work and the prospects are good
for great activity and increased mem
bership this fall.
Secretary Glen Walker is in COM
munication continually with the secre-
taries OF similar organizations, espe-
cially In Texas.
As is well known. there will be held
in Dallas Wednesday, May g, a con-
ventkn called together for the purpose
of discussing the co-insurance clause
and other matters
Secretary Walker is In receipt of
number OF communications from va
rious secretaries urging cooperation
In the matter
The delegates to this will all be mem
bers or officers OF commercial clubs
and chambers OF commerce. Acting
President II. I. Goldberg OF the Fort
Worth chamber is heartily In favor
Of the convention and has appointed
Glen Walker, Sam MeCord and Paul
NAPLES as delegates.
1t is anticipated that the convention
viii devise some plan which will have
good effect In adjusting satisfactorily
the present Insurance laws.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06
THE REPUBLICAN LEAGUE
SELECTS FORT WORTH FOR THEIR
NEWT MEETING PLACE.
Clubs from All over TeSns WIN he
Iu Fort Worth on June ~ and
Several Days After.

All sorts OF conventions are TO be
held in Fort Worth this year. No
pent-up Utica confines Fort worth's
enterprise or hospitality. The follow
ing call issued at Dallas today explains
Itself;
Headquarters state Republican
League of Texas, $40 Main street, Dali
las, May 3. 1s94.--To the Republican
League OF Texas--Gentlemen The an
nual convention OF the Republican
League clubs OF Texas will convene in
the city OF Fort Worth, Tex. at 10
o'clock a m on the 18th day OF June
1894. and continue In session thereafter
during such time as said convention
may determine. The business which
will come before the convention VIII
include the election OF delegates 70 the
annual convention OF the National
League. to be held In the city Of Dem
yer, Col, June &C. 1894 the election OF
officers OF the State League and mem
bers OF the executive committee for the
ensuing year. the designation Of the
time and place for holding the annual
convention OF 1880. and for the transac-
tion OF such other business as may
properly come before the convention.
The convention will be composed OF the
officers Of the League and the members
of the executive committee, who shah
be ex-ohlclo delegates, and one delegate
for each club membership OF nifty or
fractional part Of nifty to be elected by
the clubs, Each club is, therefore, in
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06

~ !. irlee' superintendent Eastern d.
y, SOU IeNas and Pacific, was in the
Wy Yesterday on road business.
" A. Warner. travelling auditor of
~, ~ iexas and Pacific. Nent West yes
a'uay morning.
a j. Grogard. Texas and Pacific
NJ. at Marshall. is visiting in
vonducior E. r. Woodward. running
j, ~ on the Texas and Pacific, is bacR
W. sherman, where he was called
'sIofe the courts.
sohauctor p. A. Koran Of the Texas
~ raeihc Is at work again. after
: len days lay-on
saarles b. slcat. assistant general
sshger agent of the Rock Island. is
- ~. nom New Orleans, where he at
49, su a meeting of the general pas
~ asnts of Texas lines.
sA' santa lie has announced special
CO.. 70 the meeting of the Society OF
q !, Erdeavor at Waco, May IS
,., J, and 10 the State Pharmaceutical
X on at Austin. May to II.
"a ~ Keenan,. general agent Chlca-
t,nu out'ington and Quincy, is back
4sn trip north.
sop,, n. A.-as' c, numerical agent Mis-
,ors n Pacific, headquarters at San An
vas IN Fort Worth yesterday.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06

The head OF Israel Fitzgerald yell
low negro, who is employed on the
stone work at the new court house.
looked like big squashed blackberry
as he sat in the police station last night
and allowed physician to sew up
his wounds. OF which there were many,
two Of them being deep cuts on the
top of the head. through to the bone.
He had been assaulted by man
and three women at his boarding place,
who used billiatd cues, chairs and other
articles OF furniture to beat up their
guest one Of the women was arrested
but the others escaped.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06

Some things about woman l could
never understand
She'll face a mighty army with a
broomstlck In her hand,
But she'll yell like any catamount and
even leave the house
At the unexpected entrance OF harm
less llttle mouse.
She may be so fran and delicate that,
leaning ON your arm,
You would break your neck IN SYM
patty to keep her out Of harm;
Yet she'll WELD her little slipper,
though 1t numbers only two,
on a rebel urchin's trousers iii she
beats him black and blue.
She can 10 .aore VIII a hairpin than
man with ali Ills tools
She can make the smarteat statesmen
act like animated fools,
She can argue without reason on some
notion In her head
TIL man with sound intelligence will
wish that he was dead.
Some things about a woman / could
never understand
And my knowledge goes as far as any
scholars 10 the land.
She's a complicated problem that man
kind has failed 20 solve
Since time began TO number and earth
started 10 revolvc.
Montgomery NJ. Folsom IN Atlanta
Journal.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06

"a well known gentleman a few
days ago lost his eyesight-and the
oculist can give him no hope for the
future. Defective eyeglasses are said
to have been the cause"
j. Il. Mitchell. the enterprising jew
eler. 504 Main street. IL Justly consid-
cred to be in the front rank of those
who have the best interests OF the
city at heart. His superbly dressed
show windows have long been an at
traction To the ladies. and they daily
look to see what new and dainty dis
play Is on show. His stock OF beautiful
1ewelry Is conceded to be one of the
finest and most reliable in the South.
But his newest enterprise IL the adj
dition OF a first-class optical depart
ment, in charge OF Mr.. j. NJ. Chap
pei. an accomplished graduate from
Burplln's school OF optics OF New York
city. The stock OF lenses and unground
pebbles carried by MIR. Mitchell are the
finest In the state. and lenses are ground
to order to flt the most sensitive eye
Persons requiring glasses Will be sur
prised, as was the writer, at the low
prices. and no one need now run the
slightest risk OF injuring the eye by
wearing united lenses or purchas-
Ing glasses recommended by statesmen
who have not had a practical educa-
tion In this delicate branch.
Mr. Mitchell, with his usual courteas-.
cordially invites the public to call and
look over his optical department and
at the same time to see and examine
his diamonds, rings, watches and gen
eral stock or jewelry, whether they
wish TO purchase or not