Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-10-03

brings me to the point intended to maS
by calling gentlemen Of your high stand
ing and Intelligence here tonight.
wish to sell my knowledge to the Englisl
government"
"And why to the government y criec
the Right Honorable Il. L and tn,
Honorable Mr.. S. in breath.
"Because no private individual is ricl
enough to buy it. once thought to dis
pose of it to my own government, that o.
the United States, but shall not entoT
into reasons why abandoned that idea
and came here. Besides, it becomes Ply
lie property after ten years. would hol
agree to sell the right under any condi-
tions for longer time. The benefits OF
the discovery are universal, and in justice
belong to mankind, and mankind shall
have thcm,"
Said n member of the Cabinet "Your
idea of selling such discovery to the
government of Great Britain seems CHI
mcrical, and | may add, savors of selfish
ness to keep your knowledge from the
world. But may bo permittcd to ask
how much you demand FOX your kuowl-
edge p
Here the young man rose to his feet in
an excited manner. "You talk of selfish
ness" said he; II know whatit is to labor
and suffer, to be lost amid mountains,
and tormentod with thirst upon deserts.
| have labored hundreds OF feet under
ground with pick and shovel for my daily
bread. got tired of it; | sworc of. l
hold in my possession what will make
mo Independent for life, besides confer
ring incstimable benefits upon my fellow
men, and intend to use it so far. Self
iahness indeed What did Morse or
Fulton make from their inventions cx-
cept what was given them almost as a
charity, after they let their knowledge go
out Of their hands ? No charity for me.
| hold my discovery alone, and | will
part with it only on my own terms. You
ask me what demand for it, | want
$4,000 ,000."
100000 is a rather large sum-"
Professor T vcnturcd to remark.
"a large sum ! Have you taken into
consideration what this discovery is dcs-
tined to accomplish? Why, | tell you it
will rcvolutiouilo the world. Take the
dock-yards OF Great Britain alone. What
think you, would be the saving in n year.
when every object, from the gecntest tc
the smallest, can be moved to any dis
tancc, without expense? How long will
it take to huild your largest cdt0ces, whct
your blocks OF marble weigh noiAi.'s
o, gentlemen, when you have cousidcre,
this subject rs | have done, you will stan.
oVerpowored with the magnitude of lhD
results that are to follow Think of it,
effects upon means Of transportation
When there is no weight may not eve.
the mir be navigalod ?"
Do you object to informing us how
you happened to discover this might,
and mysterious secret of nature ?"
" Mysterious q! Why, it is so simp,,
that any child can understand it.
stumbled upon it. Since | have disco,
cred it, | wonder that it is not found Out
thousand times every day. But gentle
men, are you aware that doubt whethcl
| am really a pioneer in this field ? Ther,
are books, written thousands Of years ago
that | read when boy that have led m,
/ TO believe that this is one of the lost art.,
though known perhaps Only to favored
few. | feel sure--vcry sure-that the
simple law by which the attraction OF
gravitation is suspended was known in
ancient Peru, Arabia, and perhaps in
Egypt also, and went down with Other
lost arts, in some general catastrophc.
The same law | rcdiscovercd while work.
iHg in II silver mine, 1000 feet under
ground, and my knowledge l am ready
to communicate, under the conditions |
have named"
" But should you die in tho meantime,
would not your discovery be again lost,
and the world bo deprived of il. benefit ?''
90, not at all. | have taken caro- OF
that. Whether live or die, or whateyer
mny happen to me, within ten years Of
the present time the world will be fully
informed upon tho subject"
Alter some further consultation, n Sc
lcct committee was appointed, to meet in
three days, to fully investigate the secret
and take solneaclion upon l9e proposition
Of the stlanger, who, alter reminding Nil
present of their plomi-o Of -ceIecy dc.
putcd-aGd was never seen again.
Scycml months ago, drtmgui-hed
gentleman, IA resident ol great Amrllcan
city, received the following conmuulca.
ton from prominent solcitor ia LIudon:
No IL OLD BROAD SIHlLr,
London, S,pt, -, 1913.
"-- --, Esq. Denr .Str ~ short
time since, an lladau, VINO wa The con-
hdcnllal cieik uI one %, my much e-tecn-
cd clUnts-SlguOl SulllnI, ui the house
OF Sullni, lsoiH &Cu., OF London, Nj.
pies and thnce-dicd suddenly leaving
IN Wiltlug the statement Wnch HCcunpt-
Hlte TINS ltlLtls w lAL tldl Illltl HL s7As
George's Hal, in NuVcmOcr, loGb, hHs
Dcen kept Il plu.uund sccicl, undo. u sol
tuin p,rdgc, but owing ~ the ~ttuupc CIR
cuuI,laucos Ul the ca9e, and The almost
certain dcu,h OF the lcniui naD.c -traugor,
supppSed Ia bc an American, Whu-u ro
appearance hts been awaited with The
most lntrIl-u anxiety ior yrar-, ty those
lun,rlncd ON the subject, Slgnor sunni
has cuns,dcird hn,cn' - ar ab-olved
nom his uUsiHtiuu ~ To- convey H. ,"He
trustworthy UnrIl-lci IA y .ur city Tho M
TO nation hrleiu contained.
All colnnlunicHtlIus received nom
you viii he kept s1,c1iY .eclrt; buL ~
any event II you succeed IN dsc"yc Ing
the bhnh, lnipicss upUn The ma na&ri' lhu
supreme lmpui tanrn ~i e1lo uuy = e-eiN-
ing, AZ al .haIaid-, the ducuuieil, eotn-
nittod Ia thelr charge.