, tial. TESLA his EDISON. Roentgen Rays Can Never Make the Blind See, He Says. " A.CRUELTY TO RAISE HOPES. While the \Vizard's Name Is Not Actual- ly Mentioned His Rival Gives Him Some Mighty Marked Digs—Some Facts About the X Rays. NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Nikola Tesla, the electrical scientist whose investigations and successes have from time to time set the electrical world agog, expresses himself as opposed to the theory advanced by his fellow scientist Thomas A. Edison that the blind may be made to “see" by means of the Roentgen rays. Wizard 'Edlson recently experimented in his laboratory upon two or three blind. patients, and by use of the X rays, or streams, succeeded in eliciting’ from the blind the ejaculation, “I see—yes, I see a light!” . Now, whether this cry was the result of keen imagination, due to, nervousness, or the action of the Roentgen streams upon the retina..is not known, but Professor Edison was so impressed that he prophesied there was great probability that much might be done hereafter to mitigate the condition of the blind. Mr. Tesla’s views on the subject of “making the blind see” are set forth in a signed and dated article published today in The Electrical Review. As is the. case KI KOLA TESI.A.., with every other product of Mr. Tesla’s pen, this article has already created much comment, and surmises are rife as to What reply the Wizard of Menlo Park will make. The article is entitled “Tesla on the Roentgen Streams,” and it is after a lengthy general discussion of, the rays and their uses that the writer takes up the sub- ject of the blind. He prefaces his opposing views by stat- ing the unpleasantness of the succeeding task, and throughtfully refrains from men- tioning the name of Professor Edison. “Is it not cruel," he asks, “to raise such hopes, when there is little ground for them?” Then he states that, first of all, the rays are demonstrated not to be transverse vi- brations. “If they were," he continued, “we would have to find means for refracting them to make possible the projection of a . sufficiently small image upon the retina. As it is, only a shadow of a very small Ob- ject can be projected. What possible good can result from the application of these rays to such purposes? The shape of the small object might eventually be recog- nized by impressing the retina,. but the sense of touch is more than sufficient to convey such impressions. As to Luminous Sensations. “Luminous sensations are well known to be excited in two ways—namely, by mechanical shock and electrical transmis- sion. Both of these, I think, are present in the Roentgen streams, and hence such an effect on the optic nerve might be ex- pected. I may say, however, that I cannot confirm some of the experiments reported. ” Mr. Tesla cites the fact that where a hand is held before the closed eyes it is very easy to distinguish the shadow, much the same as before the flame of a candle; but that when the tube is inclosed and all light from it excluded he fails to get such an impression. The impression, he says further, is due chiefly to ordinary light. If this is not the case it is for the reason, contends Mr. Tes- la, that his tubes act differently from those experimented with by other electricians. From this point Mr. Tesla goes into the question of the best conditions to be main- tained when taking impressions with the sensitive screen or plate, assuming that the experimenter is dealing with material streams. ‘ There are two causes,” he writes, “which, with a given bulb or coil, tend to augment the intensity of the impres- sions. One of these lies in the bulb and the other in the coil. "The latter, being most generally made of many turns of fine wire, is very sensi- tive to changes in the capacity of bodies attached to its terminals. The capacity of these bodies, therefore, in such a coil largely determines the difference of poten- At a certain degree of exhaustion this capacity assumes such a value that the pressure rises to a maximum, this tend- ‘tng to give the highest velocity to the ca- thodic stream, and consequently to give rise to the most intense rays. But at that degree of exhaustion it may happen, and usually does happen, that the cathodic streams are not. most abundant. “To produce the best result it is neces- sary that both of these causes should be made to cO-Operate by a. careful proportion- ing of the dimensions of the bulb, which, in practice, is very difficult, inasmuch as the experimenter has to avail himself of commercial bulbs, which may or may not be most suitable for his coil. This simple consideration shows the great advantage of the use of a coil which contains no fine wire and is capable of giving a heavy cur- rent through the secondary far in excess of what even the largest bulb requires.” Sunday Concerts For Pittsburg. . Prr'rsnone, Dec. 3.——After deliberating over the matter for a. full year the board of trustees of the Pittsburg Carnegie library have decided that hereafter the citizens of Pittsburg shall have Sunday concerts in the Music hall. This decision was arrived at after several lengthy petitions for and against the movement. Everhnrd Knocks Out Ernst. _ ALBANY, Dec. 3,—Jack Everhard of New Orleans knocked out Billy Ernslt of Brook- lyn in the twehtieth round of a 20 round fight here after clever fighting. . ./ ' 4 l3 ' IS OVER. NOW is E lllVl To Subscribe for the WE Both Pacers Sent to one AddreSS for $I.OO a Year ‘0’ '—.‘—‘i ‘ THE USESUL WASPL . How the insect Plays a. Beneficial Part in ' the Work of Nature. By common consent the wasp is ac~ cepted as emblematical of irritability and petty malignity; but even this much-abused hymenopterous insect plays a beneficial part in the work of nature. Mr. R. M. Barrington, an Irish natu- ralist, buzzing about his cows. Closer inspection revealed that they were catching flies, and pouncing with the rapidity of hawks after birds on the flies as they tried to settle or rest on some favorite part of the cow. One white cow drew more wasps than any of'the others, because. the moment a fly alighted it -was seen at once against the skin. When a wasp catches a fly it immediately bites off both wings, sometimes a leg or two, and occasionally the head. Mr. Barrington saw one of the wasps when laden with one fly catch another without letting go the first, and then fly away with both. There was a constant stream of wasps car- rying away flies, probably to feed the larvae in their nests, and returning again tosthe cows to catch more. In about twenty minutes Mr. Barrington estimated that between 300 and 400 flies were caught on two cows lying close to where he stood. Perhaps this narrative of good deeds accomplished will lead people to think more lenient- ly of the vices of the wasp. CABINET POSSIBILITIES. Mark Hanna, Might be hIatle McKinley’s Premier. Among the rarest possibilities for the Cabinet of the incoming Republican administration may be mentioned Mark A. Hanna, of Cleveland. Mr. Hanna ‘zame into prominence at a bound, and MARK A. H ANNA. his subsequent occupancy of public at- tention seems to fully warrant his ad- vent. are inclined to believe him. Neverthe- less, many Cabinet builders insist that when his advisers are chosen by Presi- dent McKinley, Mr. Hanna’s name will lead all the rest. .— CURIOUS STORIES OF WHIST. A Favorite Game of Celebrities—A Game that Caused Great Sorrow. Lord Sligo was at a card table when magnificent residence was on fire. He flopped only a moment to ascertain whether or not his presence could be if material service on the scene of the zonflagration. Finding that it would lot, he calmly took up the hand hich lad been dealt him while he was talk- ng with the messenger, and resumed clay. A case where a single game of whist was responsible for a good deal was :hat in which G. H. Drummond of the "mucus Charing Cross banking house at London lost 3325.000 at a single sit- :ing to Beau Brummel. When his loss occame known to Drummond’s part- riers they decided that a gambler was an undesirable associate in a business requiring for prosperity the confidence of the public in its managers. They therefore forced him to retire. “’hat is known as a Yarborough ' hand in whist is one in which there is no card above a nine spot. The name given to this hand is derived from a certain Lord Yarborough, who used to ofier the attractive but very safe wager of £1,000 to £1 that a hand of this sort would not be dealt. He may have worked out the chances or he may not, but the fact is, such a hand occurs only once in 1,827 rounds. It is Said that Yarborough won his wager many thousand times. At the Union Club of Boulogne some years ago the dealer dealt the twenty-six red cards to himself and partner, and all the black cards to their opponents. When we come to realize that the odds against such a round of hands are eight billion to one. we must admit this was a very re- markable deal. Isletternich. the great Austrian statesman, owed to a. single game of whist the greatest sorrow of .7‘1‘ life. One evening. while he was e g .539 in his favorite game. an expra 5 an rived with despatchcs from ' :alicia. He placed the papers on the' nantel— piece, and went on playing 21 that night and far into the morniI' , When the party broke up he, was .orri'fied to learn that upon his im1 liate re- ply to the despatches depen . the fate of two thousand innocent 1 bus. Had Metternich loved whist l ' passion- ately, history had never 1 --orded the infamous Balician massai .'.—London Tid-Bits. How She Was Convi red. “Dearest,” she asked, : nuggling up to him, “are you sure ; )11 love me more than you did your 13 st wife?” “Why, darling,” he repned. “I paid only $7 for her wedding ring. Yours cost $15.” , Then a look of trust overspread her countenance, and she murmured: “Oh, you have made me so happy.”— Cleveland Leader. A number off, wasps were seen by Mr. Hanna has said he would . " not accept a Cabinent position, and We z;he news was brought to him that his- THE E v an inch HAZE r'r—n Nail Association Secrets. NEW YORK, Dec..2.—J. H. Parks, sec- retary of the National Wire Nail associa- tion, declined today to give out any infor- mation as. to what ahtion had been taken or would be taken in regard to the re- newal of the old agreement under which the association had been doing business. Instantly Killed by a Train. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—James Sullivan, 32, of Niagara Falls, N. Y., was struck by a train at One Hundred and Thirty-fifth stred; and Railroad avenue and was in- stantly killed. The body was removed to the Morrisania police station. Grief Drove Him to Suicide. Fangs, Dec. 2,—M. Maximo Avoine, the sculptor, has committed suicide on account of grief over his dismissal from the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs for expressing revolu- tionary views of the Carmaux troubles to his pupils. ' McLaughlin as 3 Trainer. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—.Tames McLaugh- lin, the Old time jockey, has signed a con- tract with Burns &. Waterhouse of San Francisco and Sacramento to train their stable for one year. J. Franklin Fort a Judge. TRENTON, Dec. 2.-—Governor Griggs to- day appointed J. Franklin‘ Fort as law judge of Essex county to succeed Andrew Kirkpatrick, recently appointed by Presi- dent Cleveland as district court judge for the district of New Jersey. New Jersey State Grange. TRENTON, Dec. 2.—-The New Jersey state grange is meeting in annual session in the assembly chamber at the statehouse here. There are about 100 representatives pres- ent from the difi‘erent local bganch'es. One Day'- Government Receipts. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—National bank notes received today for redemption, $391,- 412; government receipts from internal revenue, $215,344; customs, $545,722; miscellaneous, 5255.129. —— .uRGE‘R‘v WITHOUT ANESTH_E’TICS., rhe Horror‘of the Knife Up to the Discov- ery of Anaesthesia Fifty‘Yeax-s Ago. One of the most interesting papers end at the recent: celebration in Bos- :on of’ the fiftieth anniversary of the irst administration of ether in a sur- gical operation was that by Dr. John Ashhurst of this city on “Surgery ‘Be- fore the Days of Anaesthetics.” It vividly recalls the horrors of those lays when the surgeon's knife was an )bject of far greater terror than now, ind inflicted untold tortures upon the :onscious‘ patient. ' ‘ . “No braver or more gallant gentle- nan ever lived than Admiral Viscount Nelson, and after his right elbow had oeen shattered by a French bullet in :he assault at Teneril‘fe be manifested :he utmost courage, refusing to be ta- ken to the nearest ship lest the sight of his injury should alarm the wife of a fellow oflicer whose own fate was. i uncertain, and when his own ship was reached he climbed up its side without assistance. saying: ‘Tell the surgeon to make hustle and get his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it is off the better.’ ‘Hc underwent the amputation,’ we learn from a private letter of one of his midshipmen, ‘with the same firmness and courage that have always marked his character.’ And yet so painfully was he affected that when‘next going into action at the famous battle of the Nile he gave standing orders to his surgeons that hot Water should always 3e kept in readiness during an engage- nent, so, that if another operation should be required he might at least have the poor comfort of being cut with warm instruments.——l“hi1adelphia Record. b Foundries—~Providence, R. I. - BARSTOW STOVE cox» ages . Reputation For good goods is the result of great painstaking for years. Our plant at Providence is equipped with every device necessary to facilitate economical production. The best workmen only are employed, and thorough attention is given to every detail of manufacture. can always furnish the best stoves, ranges and fur- naces to be had. 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