New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-08

himself. He has given you choice Q
two problems, both Of which he deems in
soluble. Neither of them is insoluble
The only CLEAN of intelligence Old Co
tangent showed was when he said tina
squaring the circle was too easy. He wa
right. It would have given you you
iebchen in five minutes. squared tn
circle before discarded pantalets. I viii
show you the work, but it would be di
erosion, and am in no mood for digres'
sions. Our first chance, therefore, lies il
perpetual motion. Now, my good friend
l will frankly tell you that although
have comprised this interesting problem
l do not choose to use it in your behalf
l too, Herr Tom, have heart. The love
lest of her sex frowns upon me. He,
somewhat mature charms are not for Jear
Marie Rivoral. She has cruelty said tina
her years demand of me flial rather thar
connubial regard Is love q matter O
years or of eternity? This question did
put to the cold yet lovely Jocosta.''
Jocosta Surd!' remarked in surprise
"Abscissa's auntr'
/ 1.-THE same," be said, sadly. II will no
attempt to conceal that upon the maiden
Jocasta my maiden heart has been be-
slowed. Give me your hand, my nephew
In affection as in affection!'
| Rivarol dashed away not discreditable
tear, and resumed:
"My only hope lies in the discovery Of
perpetual motion. 1t will give me the
fame, the wealth. Can Jocasta refuse
these? If she can, there is only the trap
! door and-Kerguellen's Land!
bashfully asked to see the perpetual
motion machine. My uncle in affliction
shook his head
"At another time,s he said: "SuAice
it at present to say, that it is something
upon the principle OF womans tongue.
But you see now why we must turn in
your case to the alternative condition
infinite speed. There are several ways in
which this may be accomplished, theo-
recticaly. By the lever for instance.
Imagine lever with very long and a
very short arm. Apply power to the
| shorter arm which will move it with great
velocity. The end of the long arm will
move much faster. Now keep shortening
the short arm and frightening the long
one, and as you approach infnity in their
difference of length you approach infinity
in the speed of the long arm. 1t would
be difficult to demonstrate this practically
TO the professor. We must seek another
solution. Jean Marie will mediate. Come
90 me in fortnight. God night. But
stop! Have you the noney-dGs JeH:"
"Much more than need"
'Good! Let US strike hands. Gold
and knowledge: science and love. What
may not such a partnership achieve? We
go to conquer thee. Abscissa. !Ior,oarfs!"
When, ut the end Of q fortnight,
sought Rivarols chamber. passed with
some little trepidation over the terminus
of the air line to Kerguellen's Land, and
evaded the extended arms Of the petty.
cash adjuster. Rivarol drew a mug of
ale for me. and filled himself a setort of
his own peculiar beverage.
"Come, he said at length. lie: US drink
success to the Taehypohp."
"Tha Tachypomp::'
eyes. Why not:" jiccin, quickly,
and pempc. pepompo. to send. May it
send your quickly to your wedding day.
Abscissa Is yours. It is done. When
shall we start for the prairies?"
"Where is it," ! asked, looking in vain
around the room for any contrivance
which might seem calculated to advance
matrimonial prospects.
at is here" and he gave his forehead a
significant tap. Then be held forth didae.
hcallv.
''The.e is force enough in existence to
yield Us speed OF sixty miles a minute,
edge how to combine and apply The
wise man vii! not attempt 10 make some
great force yield some great speed. He
will keep adding tbs little force to the
little force. making each little force yield
its little speed, until an aggregate Of little
forces shall make great force. yielding
an aggregate Of little speeds, 8. great
speed. The difficulty Is not in aggre.
eating the forces: it lies in the correspond.
ing aggregation Of the speeds. One
musket ball will go. say. a mile. It is not
hard 10 increase the force OF nuskets to .
thousand, set the thousand musket balls
will go no farther. and nc faster, than the
one. YOU see. then. where our trouble
lies. We can not readily add speed to
speed. Is we add force to force. My dis
covery is simply the utilization OF prin.
ciple which extorts IN increment of speed
from each increment Of power Blu. this
is the metaphysics of physics. Let LIS be !
practical or nothing.
"When you have walked forward Oh d
moving train, from the rear car. toward |
the engine, did you ever think what you |
were really doing:'
"Why, yes. l have generally been going
TO the smoking car to have cigar" !
''Tut, tUt-not that l mean, did it |
ever occur to you on such an occasion,
that absolutely you were moving faster |
than the train? The train passes the tele-
graph poles at the rate of thirty miles an
hour. You walk toward the smoking-car
1t the rate of fodr miles an hour. Then
you pass the telegraph poles at the rate of
,hirty-four miles. Your absolute speed is
he speed Of the engine, plus the speed of
your own focomo:ion. Do you follow me?"
began to get an inkling Of his mean-
ng, and told him so.
..Very well. Let us advanc. a step.
Your addition to the speed of the engine
s trivial, and the space in which you can
exercise it limited. Now, suppose two
stations, ! and B, two miles distant by
he track. Imagine a train of platform
,ars, the last ear resting at Stati on A.
The train is a mile long. say. The en-
,ine is therefore within u mile Of Station
3. Say the train can move a mile in ten
minutes. The last Car. having two miles
o 90, would reach B in twenty minutes,
tut the engine, mile ahead, would get
here in ten. You jump on the last car
t A. in prodigious hurry to reach Alb
cissa, who is at b. If you stay on the
asst car. it will be twenty long minutes
,efore you see her. But the engine reaches
} and the fair lady at ten. You will be
stupid reasoner, and an Indifferent lover,
you don't put for the engine over those