Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-08
Wayside Notes and Impressions
BY A. d. scougal.

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now Is 81 years old. Ho retired from
the farm many years ago to spend the
twilight OF life In the intellectual at
-mosphere Of Grinnell. a city he loves
wcll and from which he has received
the highest political honor within its
power to give. With memory Keen.
Mr.. Jenkins delights to talk OF the old
days, when Wilbur r. Story and his
Chicago Times were the main factors
in the newspaper field of the west.
Recently he lost his wife, and now Is
almost alone except for the host OF
friends who delight In his companion
ship.
Grinnell has what is termed by many
people as a second Edison" His name
Is f. r. Talley. and he has forty seven
patents to his credit. He Dis tho inventor
Of the invisible bitocal lens which now
has become so popular and indispens-
able to men and women who have
reached the fat and lean period OF IS
or thereabouts: a massage device FOR
tho relief Of local pain; a potato dig
ger: the electrical fire alarm, which ~
known to the world. and many other
appliances OF more or less value In the
commercial world. Mr.. Talley now
claims to have invented what he de-
nominates as an electric centrifugal
water softener. which makes hard
water as soft as rain water. Indeed,
II this new device will do what "a
claimed for 1t, the second Edison"
need have no fear Of his future tnan-
cial standing. College experts who
have analysed water that has passed
thru the softener proclaim that 1t will
do as claimed. This being so, the next
generation OF the human family may
be able to live from ten to thirty years
longer than In these days. We are
told by medical men that most OF us
die between the ages OF so and 80 years
from arterio NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
the arteries: that the lime in the water
taken into the human machine forms
demonstrations lining the veins and ar"
teries. SO that the heart has not the
power to pump the blood thru the
human body thereby causing death bv
the many diseases akin to Rright's
Observation-Disclosures. gallstones. dropsy.
etc. Now, wherefore. II Mr.. Talley's
device wild extract the lime from the
water which means softenine OF the
ShIne, lHe pTOpleHI VI lOIlE bilt ~ iie'tt
easy as compared to what II has been
and Is at present. The device Is a
cylindrical shaped container with
water wheel which is propelled by the
force Of the water in the water pipe.
The water Is disturbed severely while
an electric current Is padded to it, 1t
Is said that the motion Of the water and
the application of electricity separates
the lime. which settles in crystals in
the bottom of the containcr. from which
the CRYSTALS can be taken as fast as
they accumulate in any considerable
number. And there Is scientific arEu-
ment for the correctness OF Mr.. Tallev's
theory. No one knows what electricity
is and yet all authorities are agreed
that It Is a fluid many, many times
thinner In consistency than water.
That being so. its apnlication to water
fills On the molecular Intersections
much the same as the addition Of
mea sure Of buckshot to bucket NJ
marbles IT Is this subtle force that Is
alleged to cause the lime CRYSTALS 70
sink to the bottom OF the condenser.
because heavier than the highly dis
turbed water.
The inventor is man Of peculiarf-
ties. He is man 81 wears Old ard
the father Of an interesting family. ""
Is not man of letters. and Is lmhned
| with the characteristic of suspicion.
probably because some Of his inven-
tons have not yielded him as much
money he thinks thew should have
done. That he Is n mechanical genius
there can he no doubt. because he Is
man Of hard nnremittinr work and
infinite nains. and these are the Gle
,nnnt.. Of which N,enills Is ccmnnsed.