, 1875-07-26

In r,coI,nR tngothaFfl tho hltls nhcoslfa oapt
Of the Savcntf, Btroot road, And the Lt,lhn ilng
,nu wnyaa oyaT the s1hts Ut both tie blue and
tho Bray. -.--
MATTHEW'S nIN DISCOVERY.
Tho Lighting or vfrRintn Otty with
GINS from WrtCr-1.r*s0ts In Chca,1-
Turn OF 11tI,i.
f'trofn1a CArcnfttt.
About two yc'rn ago all Old gentleman, resi-
,lcnt Of this city, named ". II. &. Mnthews,
| which Ae bar beet. Iabosins sos Yeats. All t!!at
| WIS ncodfn, 10 .lako colossal fortune wAa Tho
| practical sppllcatbh Of tho 1ca which ho lad
| elaborated. He wan, like most inventors, With
years IT study. lle Ind followed i,ls guiding
idea :or tho botter part Of an ordinary lifetime.
| Ono ayeninR ho called upon George W. Hop
kint. tho Secretary Of tho yellow JacAot Mining
| peint Of enthusiasm. Mr. alati,ows profesBel to
t,u nble 10 produce oxy-hydrogcn gas iron, aint-
u air and watcr nl actnail, did il before tho
| eteH II Mr.. Hopkins, who aaksd whether tho
thing could DO done on sufficiently largo scale
Certainly" raid tho inventor "as long an
", hnyo air and water to work with. there in no
~ lit 10 tho Quantity Of gas which wc can pro-
/ duee,"
1,ut." said Mr. Hopkins, at rccms Irnporpi-
b1o thnt q brilliant flame iiko tint should como
from sruter and alr.''
"1ho simplest thing III tito world. wien yo.
/ know tho secret, replied l1r. Mathews. "Air
consists merely Of Two gaser, oxygen and nitro
Gcn-ih tin Woportion of 21Af parts at the fur.
iner to 7G.9 Of tho latter or by weight. OF 2.0l
| oxygen and 79.19 nitrogen. Water If COM
Of 8s9 Of tie lrst to Ill u tho latter. Now. oil
that ii necessary to snhkc highly innnmmablo
gas is to drive on tho nitrogen: Ny, invcnslom
does tint, as you sco for yoursef. In that aatno'
| lllcre ,saH no doubt about tho valNe Of the
di.coyery, for which scicuttsts hnse hceu labor
Ing iu vain for years. Mr. Hophio1 waaHatintled,
aud ha adyaucet1 sufficient nlonoy to make q
practical! test Gold Hill was lighted for two
successive nghta !" tho aasstaet'on Of osefy
tho rructicabslitg Of tho iuTcitton. and Mr. Hop
| kins went hcnrt and soul into tho enterprise.
| lie had machinery nato In Ban Francisco at a
cost OF oyor 80 Nll, Tliia wns aet lp at the old
gaa+worhs at tho lower part Of Union street, and
! work MAS begun.
| After tho machinery hnd been set up. It was
hiseovcrcd TINT thu machinery not AlIhcent-
wcro suspended for time. .AIr. Hopkins had
i exhausted lila capital. Unwilling to allow no
valuable discovery 10 le idle, he czer.esl hisn-
self to foim iointatock company. His efTorts
resulted in tlle formation in jhnnrY last Of tho
Compreseed Air md Oxy-Ifydroseu Gas Coul-
The company purchased land on Washington
Ftrcot, and hnIretl building ut n ct'st Of nbout
/ EJ,u93s hlu GhfIF III may Lilb IHAtLlHctf Whb
moved iii. But NJ vet no 1,ew engino has been
procured aud this was the first stop necessary to
practical operations. Consequently, in tho be-
| ginning ct June meeting OF tho tncorposat atose =
was called. six attended, a'1l It WAS resolved TO
nssess @lao upon each, tocorporate tuterost.
The monoy thaB raiBcd, together with tho
ealo OF stock, won1l place tho company On a
eound financial baaib. On The 90th Of Jttnc. q
| nov Uoarts Of Trustees MN elected. i great do
,nantl for stock immediately aroHo and several
capitalists of tho city beca1no much interested.
IL giYo tAcAs gentlemen rractico! do1nnnatfa-
tlosl George Il. Wintcrh,r', the Secretary OF
iaye Al. exhibition Of the works GU sunday morn.
ssg last. Eycrytalug. worked to perfection.
1I.o pumps cl'urnod vigorously tho es-
capo yalyea snortol with tho outgoing
"ultrogon,, and t!lo pipes from tf'e s seser a,,
doubling TAomas among the disciples, to-uit
Secretary WinterLurn. Everything seetnet rigLt,
but somcloN lo Want e. sat,Htioa lio haa ln~
mil II anything slio"ia turn out wrong they
would naturally bold bin morally rospons!blo.
White no was pondoting tAebe factR sauutosing
down street, Mr., a!aehewH. WIN his aaco all
aglow witt, successful invontnf's PRIDE nccoss.
ed him md hold forth aoghtelly GU tho aasuEoa
suooeBa OF tho onto1Priso.
"Nr. Mathews" said Mt. Wintoehurn,. -
llarc aoon Jour tnachnery work, au'1 can't nanY
that it Hcelna d suucess hnt you Lnuw TINT l am
leaduK tllcao uon into tho Investment. aud. ~ q
business mal,. l want to be perfectly Huro of my
ground. Nov. you won't feel tnsil'tod II sak
70 como on nssa wtl NJ aud lot mo mako al ''"n'
- You a!o quito right, Sir" cried the inventor.
almost eagerly. Como OH Wo have all day
Hafo9o hegiuulug tue search, Ar. Winterblrn
&skad Matthew'S whutl.er hu would nay On lis
word Of honor as gont!vnau TINT lo uaod moth
ing but water md air.
~ d." said hr. Mathews.
"Thou unscsow tho top Of tho first TANK"
Certainly" -. ...
Ttera waa nothing but water. Thu pipes woro
| taken a{DnTt, and every TANK WIS a1aunet. nnd
still all waa fair. Mr. Mathowa went through it
oil very much AMUSED; but, toward the. onh,
picious mud tuaincha-1iko Wiuterburn. Last Of
All, the reservoir saH tackled
''Open this" said Mr. HintcFhurn.
1t waA done. Nothing but watur. Tho EecFo-
tary scratched blu hcad. He looked ouce mora
into tho reservoir. 4 happy thou9nt struck hitu.
Hupposo va take out thiH water I"
"Npuseuse. Cnn't you aca tie bottom r said
Mathews, turning rcd with auger-ar something
olnn, ,
anil he ballt4l Il out hlmaoaf.
That raa tlo end OF tue "CompSsRsed Air
aud y-liydrogeu uaA Company"
Tue roaotvoir llnd faas bottom. and beneath
| It were ton or tlFteeu gallons Of na}lhthA
Niuo Laulapino tanks and oEp reservoir Will
large quantity Of i1rst-tlasa uapltho may be
purchased Oh reasonable terms by APPLYING at
she works OF the conlpresael Air sud 01y-IIy
dEogca Gas Company.
How 1t Feels ~ Aso Hanged.
Paris newspaper Biyba this extract from thn
notes Of young follow who tried to cotn,ni.
suicide aud was cut 4lowu hoforo suITocaeou was
complete. fIo was dellghted to return to life