The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-02-06
A FHONTIEnaMAH's GlEf To PREsI.
DENT 0RANT

ASwe Of his W0sks.
Iron The Denvsr Iribsne.l
Eeedezick Z. 6hulise, Of Boseman, up in
ihs Yel1oWst0ne valley, the naa Who has
manufactured, BY hand alone, Temarkahle
secretary Tor the White Houee, Washington,
10 about sixty years of age, and Vas formerly
. wealthy citizen of Hoboken, New jersey.
In 1868, n the story coca, Shultss and
his son came West to Cheyenne, Wyoming,
where be was engaged in building the Rail-
road Hotel, the only decent eating house in
the Territory. He left Cheyenne, with the
'.Big Horn Expedition" two or three years
ago, and that's how he eventually turned
up IN Bozeman, . financially wrecked man.
Shul,ze's mind has always been engaged in
inven.ins something new. The last two
years have been consumed BY Shultz., as
sisted by his son Fritz, in building = presi-
Dental desk, or secretary, which i nov
being taken to the national capital, - . gift
to General Grant. This remarkable piece Of
furniture was freighted east over the Union
Pacific few days ago. Prof Hayden, the
geologist, who is we'll known throughout the
territories. has inspected the thing and says
it is one Of the finest specimens of workman
ship in tie world.
Ii is four stories in height. In the FIRST
story there is a book stand on each side, and
in the centre there Is q place for = seat. The
second story is q secretary, aud is composed
of three revolving cylinders, which, upon
| merely touching spring, can be turned
around, bringing into view six drawer, Z
mirror, inkstand, pigeon-holes, etc. A
library for fine books cOm2oses tn,
, third story. while the fourth is al
arch which can be Ievolved 80 IS h
show either side. The desk. whei
placed INTO position, is eleven feel
high. Nine hundred feet Of cedar and twt
hundred feet Of pine were used in its con
struction, and it consists of 4. 100 differen
pieces, and not q nail or q screw Can b
found in il, none having been used. Tn,
weight is z, 306 pounds. The Ornamental
work is OF the most ingenious design, bein:
inlaid and of the finest polish.
Some years ago. before Schultze though
of trying to hide his genius in the iastnesse
Of the Rocky Mountains, he invented wha
he thought was perpetual motion machine
the principle being shafts attached to q re
volving cylinder, in each Of which yer
placed cannon balls, each weighing ski
pounds.
One day, on invitation. large number o
prominent railroad men, inventors, and in
fuential citizens OF New York city, anon
them being Gen. DIX, Geo. Law, Wander
bit and Mayor T,eman, went over to Ho
boken, and assembled at Schul,zs's var,
in the rear of his house. to see the pel
petual motion machine work. Tn
fortunately, however, Mr.. Schultz
had been called over to New York in III
morning. his son Fiiz, Eot wishing 4
have the notable assemblage without seeiB
the workings of his fathers wonderful in
vention, concluded to start it himself. H
did 10. and the machine started wrong. Il
a second the cannon balls flew from thei
places with great force in different directions
smashing in the brick walls of SchalIze'
house, breaking down the fence, ETC., an
very nearly hitting several of the bystanders
The machine was q wreck in less than
minute. All was confusion, and the crow
dispersed, congratulstins themselves upol
their narrow escape from instant death. d
reaching home and viewing the ruined ma
chine, which had cost him thousands OF dol
lars and many months of hard labor
Schultze seized an axe and made klndlin,
wood of il, swearing that he never a.aiI
would have anything to do with perpetua
l motion