The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-07

'sWho Va Tho worus crank Won -.
mwr va asked 81 = New York la~.
~ vho makes specially q the y,
That's : pretty difncult question a
answer, but one Of tho crankicst m
lovs with ~hom ] have had 70 desI
wsn the inventor Of : revolving puIp;,
The man had . box containing small
model Of his invention. He believsj
TINT all Of the churches IN the worlj
would buy his pulpitA He wanted
mo 70 obtain . patent and assist him
In organizing o company 10 manufar,.
ure and sell the invention '.,ilIiors
In IT, he said: and when ] told nm
that he was fool and that if he .l,,Ir,
skedaddie Id help him down stars
be waa a mad a. q hornet HI \.
vention was indeed unique The idea
was 70 have the church circular n
form. with tho pulpit in the center
The pews were 20 be arranged in rovs
surrounding the pulpit the Iaffe,
being slowly revolved BY an electric
motor. Thus the preacher, without
cxertion on his part would Be- turned
% a. face the different portions Il M
congregation successfully. The All
heard Of tie inventor he was III q
asylum for the insane
Among the cranks who ore the
greatest annoyance 10 the lawyer IRE
The individuals who think they hays
discovered the secret Of perpetual mo
ton These persons have not quite
| perfected their inventions. but each i
| anxious 10 protect his machine By =
| patent and prevent Others from steel
ing the fruit Of his wonderful dis
| covery.
"A man once gravely informed me.
| said the lawyer. that he knew how
| to make a watch that would never run
| down Now. such a timcpiece would
be = godsend 10 any person No wind
ing. no key. no running down, no
/ troubled ] asked the inventor il be
could show me . working model He
replied that be had no model handy.
| but he would explain his theory. |
I had The janitor bounce him from nv
/ Office without Whiting for the proposed
\ explanation Any person Of sense
| knows that no machine can b. con-
structed which will create power II. il
1 self. There must he some chemical OF
\ other natural force TO supply motion.
! have heard Of man who believed
that gunpowdercould be made cheap
4 and ctfcctual agent for propelling ma
\ chinery. His idea was to ignite the
4 powder, small quantity at a time. in
\ . cylinder, the expansion Of gas thus
/ created working piston ! presume
\ an ocean steamer could be propelled
BY means Of . powder engine, but it
| strikes me il would be little awk-
ward for the passengers in case the
Gre happened to get 70 the main maya
zine"
Il suppose very few women cranks
trouble you" said the reporter
II wish your supposition WIS true.
said the lawyer, but I'm gricved 70
say that il i not There are plenty o:
women who imagine that they ca,
make their everlasting fortunes in The
Geld Of invention. A. rule. . woman
crank Is ten times moro to b drcsdtd
than . man crank She cannct b
bluffed- When one Of her kind comes
70 my Office resign myself to cruel
fate. There are women who have in
vented fly traps. cradle rockers. carpet
swccpers. and goodness only knows
what not Some Of their inventions
have been successful. Mechanical and
inventive talent Is BY no means con-
fined 10 the male SEX The most that
] have against . female crank Is her
proclivity to talk . man TO death
Whenever one Of them enters my door
! mentally calculate. Heaven pre-
serve merr
"what Is your advice to people who
have hankering to distinguish them
selves in the ficld Of inyentionr
Il would recommend that they
make use Of common sense lftthem
begin BY making sure that the article
which they intend TO have patented 8
both novel and useful. There are
thousands Of patents which either
never resulted in profit to the owner
or involved actual financial loss !
know Of . person who devoted twenty.
Eve years and . large fortune inherited
from deceased relative in construct
ing : steam man. His idea was 70
have his man made Of iron. the body
comprising boiler and furnace, ana
u the legs being worked BY steam
engine. Well. his machine wac finally
perfected 10 such an extent that =
n actually walked The invention was
patented, but the owner soon found
that the public demand for steam men
was very small indeed ! believe be
" did manage 20 ell . few Of the mn,
chimes, but they were Of no practical
uss 70 the purchasen except 8 -
amusing toy"
Gould 30 not make money BY e.
= hibiting his steam men and chargln'
IN entrance fee for the shown
II remember that an entcrprisini
chap did purchase one Of the ma
chimes and place Il IN vacant store q
Broadway. The steam man attracts
4 visitors, who paid IN their dimes 70 e
/. him walk, but the show soon proved
4 failure and the doors were closed 70
rood The last saw Of this particula
III steam man be was reposing IN heal
d. junk iron q an establishment q
Center street Air ships and Hymn
machines are favcrite dreams for ID
patent right cranLs. IL may be Cha
: succcssful lying machine, which ca
b sseered in any direction, will be con
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