The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21

arc. Miss Bates il 90 very charming. =
beautiful an actress. and so very prcsty
that she is bound 10 succeed in mar Art.
am glad she is in New York on the top
Of the theatrical pot; but poor T. Daniel
Frawiey-rm sorry for him and his sup
pressed emotion, his muetache chewing.
etc.
wonder why II Is that the guinea pig
seems always TO be the first animal 10 sur
fer in the cause of experimental enort!
When vivisection was the fad or the up-tc-
date surgeon the first experiments were
made on guinea pigs. The other day When
NJ Jauberf formerly attached TO the Ecoie
PolytechniQue OF Paris now OF London.
undertook to do some feats N submarine
existence he took the unfortunate guinea
Mig to bottle up under the water. First
the guinea pig was put under the bell jar.
and then NJ Jaubert's brother was experr~
mented upon Three or four Kilograms or
NJ. Jaubert's discovery were put in the bell
jar with the man. which supplied him with
fresh oxygen. This discovery Is warranted
10 keep q man alive in a Theoretically
sealed space and give him fresh air for
twenty-four hours. Just think OF this
one can live in q tomb Theoretically sealed
With a supply of NJ. Jauberts discovery.
Carbonic acid refuses to generate Or foul
air invade the territory made pure by NJ
Jaubert. Had the bride who locked her-
self into the chest many years ago only
carried a jar OF Jaubert's best. we should
never have wept in childhood's happy days
over that always touching poem. The
Mistletoe Bough. And SO IL goes. One
by one discoveries are made. and pretty
soon We shall not sentimentalixe at all.
Facts, facts, and no fancies.
49,
When the X-ray was first discovered and
used people believed that there was no
more danger in the application than there
was in being photographed. Nine. Mac
Quaire, OF Paris. suffering from nephritis
and proving refractory subject, was conn.,
PEELED to submit herself for forty minutes
forty five minutes. and one hour and =
quarter 10 the X-ray as effected through
the Crookes tube. A week after the hast
application the cumulative effects produced
on the patient bad electric burns, which
have made her a cripple. NJ. MacQuaire
(who seems to be a French gentleman with
an Irish name) is now engaged In suing
the specialist for 31.000. The defense urges
that in the present uncertain knowledge OF
this late additional scientific aid 10 sur
gerry little could he definitely known as to
the power of the X-ray. or the length Of
time that the patient could bear the appli-
cation. In other words, "Experientia
docet,'' said Hippocrates; and doctors
must experiment.
Wireless telegraphy seems to he the end
less subject of discussion, along with the
Liquid air. discovery It Is proposed to
call this new means OF waiting "a sigh
from Indus to the Poles" by the name OF
"etherphone." NJ. Marconi seems TO have
the greatest confidence in this new discov-
cry OF transmitting words. With auto
matte telephoning. registry by slot In gas
meters. automatic tubing In all business
houses. and "etherphone," we shall soon
arrive at point in life where human en-
deavor shall be discounted by such treless
engines as the Mergenthaler type-Setter
and the electrical washing machine, and
then what?
A few weeks ago there was a trial test
In the Hancock. one of the largest public
schools in Chicago OF the new means Of
escaping from a building during fire:
the new spiral metallic fire escape was
used. In six inmates from the tap OF the
bell 800 pupils. the architect Of the school
and two big policemen were shot through
this new fire escape. which is six feet in
diameter and constructed entirely Of steel.
The spiral chute winds around a heavy
three-inch standpipe. The escape Is en-
tered through large double DOORS at the
various floors. The chute IL perfectly
smooth, and so arranged that the descent
is made at a uniform speed. On entering
the teacher or child has simply to sit
down and slide to the bottom. Whether
repeated trial trips will seriously affect
the scholars seat of learning Is a ques-
ton. NANCY LEE.