The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-11-24

On Plain SabIeeIs,
BT A PLAIx CHAP.
INVENTORS.

There is no person whom I admire
more than the inventor. He Is the
imPersonation Of grit, perseverance,.
patience and industry, Usually some
poor man, earning, II anything, little
more than enough TO support himself
and family, he scrlmps and starvts
Ms stomach, putting every spare
cent Into his pet project, living more
on hope than bread and butter, seeing
wealth and affiuence Ia the accom-
plishneHt Of what he IL striving after.
II he Is seeking 10 invent something
which Is declared impossible, the air
around him becomes black and blue
with the Jeers Of his neIghbOrs. They
say he Is becoming insane, Just
little luny, cracked, and had better
shovel bitches, not word OF en-
enlargement from any source. the
whole world seems against him, bat,
like Fulton, or an Edison. he plods
on, year after year. Perhaps q hap
py thought gives him q key to his
object, and then, perhaps again, The
hair, on his head, becomes gray, and
he dies, leaving only few fragments
fer some more lucky genius to pick
up and fashion into something Of in
sstimabIe value, q Steam-boat, teIe
graphy, q telephone, or something,
Though not 30 famous, yet possessing
Its great value. Or, again, when the
wrinkles have become thick upon his
forehead, he succeeds, against all op-
position, and finds himself a public
b6nsfactor, with q geld mine at his
feet No man deserves praise more
than he. And, then, how ready Ia q
hypocritieal public to shake his hand,
and say, al knew it all the time"
All inventors cannot Become Mors-
Is and Edisons, but many, In their
o~n locality, reach 4 position to be
envIed. IS
Our own Oregon Is not without Iis
genluses, and the list Of pate0ts tell,
every week, OF some invention Of
considerable worth, thought cut by o
Webfoot The brain OF our worthy
preacher, down Ferry Street, has
besn quite active, and, as q result of
several years Of study, investigation,
and thought, has several useful pat
ents 10 show for II, enc, an invention
for raising and lowering the wheels
OF river steamers, particularly, being
something which should be Of great
value 10 river navigation.
During the last four years, anoth-
er Of our citizens has lab0red eontintl-
ously, to obtain something which
would separate gold from the differ
ent substances among which Il ID
found. Confident Of success, he ha.
suffered every privatien fer the saIl,
Of pushing forward his one purpose
has been ridieuled knd laughed at
but, Persevsring, he has, we believe
} fully, at last, succeed. His gold sep
arater Is one Of the most iR9eniu
contrivances ever invented, and, IL
: does what indications say 30 strongl.
it can do, win unearth millions G
dollars Of gold abandoned in III
u tsillngs from the hundreds OF mine
q along the Coast IL is known that
by the present style of gold washing
st In which rough wood catches the col
= dust, not over half Is saved, 50 ths
a. much Of the deserted soil ccntair
n many dollars worth TO the ton. No
At with process like this, by which al
70 or, at least, 90 per ceat, can be save
"a by the attractive power Of quiek.si
a yer, and the use OF the magnet. II
n very easy 10 estimate the amoul
'i- that could be made from q single Sc
Z" arator. In some parts Of the beacl
1t ut Coos Bay, there can be found sar
Be with from So to SO ton In ID, and, +,
q certain part OF this State, Is lar
section OF land containing only blal
sand, in which Is large quantities
geld, running, IL Is thought, as hIi
rs several hundred d0llars to the 10
- It cannot be washed out, 50 close
does the sand adhere 10 the gold, b
our ingenius friend, one day, Ia ru
. ming Q magnet under tin with sor
,se of this magnetic sand on 1t, discsvs
,m ed that the sand brlstled up and I
ies gold collected at the bottem. Taxi
=. this as starter, he has worked .
m. his present invention. What it "
do with these sandy plalRs, IL
works,-as it no doubt will-can'
r. imagined.
= And, then, down by the river
|, have another genius, who, instead
" abcring to separate gold and san
has worked 10 separate wheat
good as gOld) from chaff, etc., q
has succeeded in patenting sevea
be msritorious inventions In that LIN
X. which we hope will line his pock'
tor with greenbacks, as . recompenss
ter having made the best cleaner. :
,ar We have others in our midst