The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-26

L. J. Auerbacaer, now in st. Paul as q
representative Of the national police
alarm system, is the patentee and manu-
facturer of an electric lamp. The lamp
is about six inches long and two inches
in circumference and consists of a stor-
age battery in "a leather case with a
small headlight IN one end. By pressing
a spring an fncandescent lamp Is lighted
Mr. Auerbacher. Was explaining the
beauties of the searchlight in the mayors
office the other day and telling what a
fine thing it would be to have the police
use the lamp instead of the present dark
lanterns now carried.
No one seemed to be particularly in
terested until Mr.. Auerbacher stated that
he had one Of the lamps in his own house
and it saved him many a sleepless night.
Some one asked how so, and then Mr..
Auerbacher went on to tell how when the
baby awoke at night ready for crying
SPELL he simply pressed the spring, shot
glare light into the infants face, and
either from fright or pleasure the kid
Immediately went to sleep.
There Is probably Tot much chance for
the police department to adopt the new
searchlight, burt the story has been cir
cUlated around the city hall as to the
wonderful effect the patent lamp has In
putting crying babies to sleep and the
patentee has been busy taking orders
from the city officials.
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'Mr. Phinback, you are slangy."
The tall, svelte creature threw at the
young man a naughty Crocus hill glance.
But he muffed It,
Miss Cuddleton., he cried, passionate
ly, "let me irnplore, you to hear me out. "
The girl replied in RANT, Thoroughbred
tone:
why for? What further communica-
ton can you possibly have to make to
me after what has occurred this morn
ing?"
''Matil- Miss Cuddleton," he spoke
hoarsely and clutched ftercely at his
Adams apple which was bobbing like a
cork on a mill pond. you have laid al my
door the charge Of being slangy. Can
you honestly examine your own heart and
say that you have not been a trftle un-
just?"
While two peariy tears welled from her
lUstrous orbs the girl sank down on to a
custard-colorcd fauteuil. The idea of sink
ing up never occurred to her. She might
have sunk down on a bow-legged Roman
dfvan on the port side of the alcove, but
of two evils she chose the least.
Mr.. Phinback,H she replied, you heard
my gentle wheeze. / trust it is unneces-
sary for a brick house to fall on you
"True Miss Cuddleton, you have, in
L
that I cannot cotton to your invidious
patter why, you'll have to guess again.
Were l out for the stuff simply 1t would
be dead easy for me- to catch on with a
certain guys daughter with fifty thou
sand plunks. But it turns out I'm dead
stuck on you, personally. Of course. your
governors well fixed, but so far as any
of the velvet being in your Individual
name, why, he'll have to show me. I'm
from Missouri. So there's no need for
you to make rough house by chewing
the rag about my objectionable char
aeteristics. I've been keeping cases on
you for six months. I've gut up for ice
cream, livery, theater tickets and cut
flowers That's no pipe story. Now If
you are going to turn me down for some
lobster with Il high grade vocabulary,
why, all I've got to say, Miss Cuddleton,
1 won't stand for it,
Morti-Mr Phinbacll,'' replied the
girl, 1T is barely, possible that I was a
:tr1fie too previous. I can readily per-
ceive THAT you are a pretty smooth guy
For me to give you the marble heart at
this stage of the game wouldn't be treat
ing you exactly white Had this trouble
occurred the first crack out of the box
| might, perhaps, have trun you down.
But now, after such a lapse of time, I
haven't the heart to queer you We both
have certain duties that we owe to So
ciety. We have known each other since
we were kids. We have trotted in the
same class. I have liked you from the
kickoff. In the past six months we have
done centuries together Together we
have chewed caramels in the grand stand
at the races and the ball game. Mr.
Phinback-MortimerI Must we now de-
clare the stuff Off. sOh, no. let us not
go. to pieces int tie homestretch, but
come under the 5Wire nose and nose and
make a dead heat ofeit."
And the willowy Miss Cuddletor pill
lowed her small head on the manly
breast of Mr. Phinback while the English
sparrows twitterfd .paean of peace