Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-30
Il. WHIFMORR,
Publisher and Proprietor.
The --latest MOtOr-Mr. Jenk's As,
uW tOnishing Discovery.

The Latest MOtOr-Mr. Jenk's As,
oH tOnishing Discovery.
Philadelphia Bulletin.l aE
A man named jerks came to a
neighboring village some time ago
with a machine he called "The
jerks Motor" jerks said it was
the most wonderful discovery of
the age. He said that the motive
power was nothing but water. All
you had to do was to pour a buck
etful of water into the receiver" !"
and it was instantly decomposed
Into gases, and then the gases start
ed the machine, which, jerks said,
would run from here to Peru with
half pint of water. And jerks
said his little idea in coming to
town was to give the people a
chance to subscribe to some Of the
stock of the motor company.
jerks said he knew he was throw
ling away his own chances in selling
the stock, but he was a philanthro-
Ipist, and he wanted to give his fel-
| low men an opportunity to 60 into
/ = big thing, So he set the machine
up IN the office, which was the only
room in the building, 50 that there
would he no chance for fraud, and
a anumber of people went round tc
see it work. sg05 q sar I7e
First he poured some water into
the receiver; then he churned it ur
with a kind Of revolving paddle
| then ne opened the valves and
stamped on the floor, aud the crank
began to revolye with great rapidity
The spectators all thought it wal
wonderful, and jerks said that the
word didn't express the idea in full
They examined the machine, and
saw that there was neither fire mol
chemicals about it, nor smell Of gas
and jerks said that they must now
confess that it was just about th'
grandest achievment Of the human
intellect. DR.. Potts was about tC
admit the fact, when the crank wen
up and he heard a vehement
I" "At-schewp sA
Apparently the sound came from
beneath the floor. 1t sounded likC
J a man sneezing, but jerks said i
was merely aviolent explosion of ga
from the cylinder, and as the cranl
8 went ahead again rapidly, the visit.
ors all thought he must be right
A minute later they heard another
"Ah-ah-ah-tschew
And then the machine stopped
uutiI it was over. DIR. Potts begal
! to look cross-eyed at jerks as if b,
suspected something, but Jenk
said it was one Of the peculiar prop
critics of these decomposed gases t.
push out the cylinder with a vic
lent Kissing sound, and, although
he had tried hard to prevent it, h,
had found it to be impossible.
J. Then the machinery went Of
again swiftly, and jerks was jus
directing attention to the pressure
( gauge, which stood st 600 pound
70 the square inch, when the ma
chine came to dead halt, and th
n spectators heard. evidently in tn
J. cellar: seaB
"Ah-ah-ah-tschew! Begorra bu
I'll snseze the head off Of me if
\ keep on"
Then the crank began to revolv
again, and jerks, getting very re
in the face, said Indignantly:
(Which Of you gentlemen hey
been playing a trick on me b
practicing ventriloquism? 1t ism
/ the square thing
Before anybody could ansWt
4 they heard another terrific sneeEei j
the cellar, accompanied with an el
y clamation:
I'd si"Mother of Moses, but it batt
l. Banagher down yer for ketchil
1 cowld !"1
J The machine came to a dea
, halt, and presently a square yard
=. tha AAor hn0an ~ huloa nm n