, 1877-07-01
4 MYSTERIOUS INVENTION.

IrGnslafef from The DaAe:n June FIR Tae Tribune
| On lowering November day Of the year 1875,
the well known proprietor Of tho great machine
works, the Prfyy Councillor H., was seated in hi
| private Office when the servant announced vieit-
| OF. The door opencd and there entered plain
! :y-dresscd young man Of about Fl.
.'IIave the honor OF addressing the Privy Coun.
cilor D. y" inquired the young man, with q marked
| South German accent.
10y mime Is b.
II have heard Of your extensive business deal
J inss know you spend yearly thuusands expert
! mect- in machinery, aud l have been informed
that you have influence with the Minister OF War.
| hive, therefore, come ~ you ~
Then B. laid aside tho -HoFi DeHtschs ZeifHng.
fixed his gold glasses the ridge OF his nose,
and cast searching glance st his visitor
~ am, " proceeded the latter, AN inventor -
even discoyerer, il you will. have wrested from
Nature OF her greatest secrets, and made dis
; covery which must completely revolntfonize tho
world, cause an entire change IN onr social lffe
The consequences OF it will be farreaching that
they can yet hardly be foreseen. In brief, am
able to overcome the law Of gyavltstion." !"
This preposterous Insertion made Herr B. sua-
poet that he had here to deal with madmnn.. liz
felt uneasy, and CURLY said: ''Taat may be; but
as do not undertake to utilize this class OF iuven-
ricus, must hey you TO apply elsewhere
Every well, replied the young man. - With
this little finger can lift out OF the water the lar
est iron-clad in Nilhe1.ashavrn. raise ono Of
krupp's monster guns into the air like cork
II know! knowt' exclaimed. Herr u. hastily
rsin. and Selling bold Of the bell.
''S1ay, just for another minute, Mr.. privy
Councillor" entreated the visitor With impressive
enrnestuess and in u tone of the profoundest con-
victon. - am not mad. can easily understand
that yon don't believe me; 1t IL perfectly natural
hut you shall be convinced BY nc without delay
Having said these words, lie drew from his breast-
pocket shining metallic wire, and approached an
iron rnasa weighing several tons, which had been
brought to the Office to be tested. Slipping his
wire under one end Of The iron. lie laid another
wire. twistcl into something like hoop, on the
first, and with this fragile lever lifted the ponder
Gus mass like feather from the hooE,
We're We to say that Herr E. was struck speech
less with a1naZcMent, We should still be ycry far
frem the actual truth. lie was paralyzcd with ter
rur; his eyes literally protruded from. their SOCK
air, now ut The unknown. When, be had some
what composed himself, he exclaimed: ALL
we'll: you amy eertainly. compete with Relachini;
''Relachini, indeed r. repeated the IN Known and
dctachiny at the Hamc instant the loop OF the wire
the iron mass droppcd with deafen,ng crash,
Pardon mt, he naudestly said. II merely
wished +. convince you that there is no juggling in
Ucrr &. was now convinced, aud a long and car
nest conversation cnsued. The },nlsc of the for
mcr beat fcvcrishly; he perceived that the un-
known had not Inserted tor nuc1t that his secret
involved an invention of the mos. n0mentntts I'M
portance, discovery which promised to work even
greater changes than the introduction Ut the rail.
road and the electric tc1eeranh of any other OF
uur boastcd modern ACHE. .cnents. The upshot Of
the conversation WAS tina. Il conference for the
next day YVES agreed on. aud that Herr q. would in
vte to it select party Of distinguished and ntu-
eutial people. before whom the unknown should
repeat his experiments
Accordingly, on the 23d Of November, select