Telegram-herald., 1889-06-24
A MARVELLOUS STORY.
And y Is About an Equally Mar
veloas Machine
~ Rem AIMED srar10a.ry al the Rate Of ons
Iksas.aa asti~s Hour and
Is Supposed 10 he
There stiu-

A haIftozen men were talking together
rot lOaz slace IN al uptown CLUB, aud
aFnonx other tlings The proposed elevated
railroad was mentioned by some oae, and
so0n the coayersAIion driltsd from elevated
reads - otasr modes Of travel, but manly
lie speech was OF rapid transit IN its vart-
aus projected And accomplished forms, Lon
uOu's underground road, New IOrk's ult-
air trsrnways, the electric roads OF Paris
and berha, the proposed air ship route
across tho con ltn-nt were discussed, and
tn-n Tie talk became more fancifuL What
men might achieyo IN the way OF rapid loco
notion new discoveries were made IN
eiecsriclty, aercst&tics. mechanical cOuOi-
nations and kindred branches OF investiga-
ton WA pictured with such powers o. in
sgsnstion as each speaker possessed.
Well geatlsmen." said a thin faced,
uiddle-sgsd man, whose features and &c
cent pronounced hln = Yankee with all the
thrift, inqgisltIyeneSs and dartag Of the
tribe, you may talk al you want 70 about
rapid transit, aud imagine all you can as
possible probable, 0ut / have had al act
ual experiences which greater wonder
thaa al your fiction. have Travelled ~ the
rate Of Que thousand niles Al hour"
"You weren't a. the centennial ball, We're
ycur' sarcastically remarked one Of the
party, while another told the fast traveller
that hsh stories were barred. Every
thing that Is al admitted fabrication goes
sad be. but facts of that nature are sus-
picioas."
I'm goisg % tel you the story. and you
can lay V 0u the table or not, a. you
choose" persisted tie hin faced man, aud
he gave LIE following account " hls ex-
p-rience..
Some years ago / was IN business in
Cosumo ous. o., and, beink about as wellto-
DO As Elost OF them, w4s coas,dered oEs "
the solid men of the pace. | lad the r-pu-
tstiUn -dessrvedly, toO-Of beng always
ready 70 invest money where there was
far show Of successful enterprise. aud. as
. cor sequence, I was overrun With Crsnks
who had al sorts OK schemes they wished 70
interest ne In. aod, inc.Gen tally, n Y money.
Iwasu't a little bit q : -ser though,
ard seldom got fooled % Gny extent
''Ons Gay man called % sea u q 20 INTRO
dace. he Sad. toe most wonderful discovery
Of this or sRy other time. he was Ger
man. % such an appearance that 4 could
Only xuess 40 ms axe. II might be sixty or
NINETY, yoa couldn't tel which. He was a
graduate. be said 4 Goettiageu University,
and had made magnetism and electricity
his lifs study. Hs claimed 70 have ciscov-
cred the priscipls of The telephone years
oefoys Gray or Bell thought Of Is. but be
hsd not seen ire commercial value, and
would not ha~s bothered With 70. IL he bad
Re was full % only one idss-rap.d travel
ins-saa ne had, hs ssid. almost perfected
q machine with wbich bs could OUTRAGE the
sun. He waited money nGch-to
coupiets 'h- work. sEd fov This assistance
he would give a share IN the profits of h1s
Invention Ha bad Inherited a fsrtune srd
had spent = az IN experiments s1d his last
combination Of principles ne was certain
would NJ a success
The fellow impressed ne fsvorsbiT "a 70
hiussf bus I thought hls scheme hair
bra ned. lie seemed honest. tzough. he
ai1n't propose % seu ne a block of stock in
anew company CT % sell ne a Patent CAPT
Ia zed oa fabulous basis Hs wanted only
few aundrsd do lars 10 pay for some parts
Of his Invention walch A iuexoraols ma
shinise wouid deliver only when Re cav the
cash. I agreed to s.d him ou condition thss
be should exgsiB - ne the method bv
wbtca be proposed % trsvei 50 ,ast. A
slsousand nii3ss an hou-. said 7. Why. mat 4
"a last as the sarta rsvolves you VII lsavs
Il oebn3 y1u
Al ss5 Ia you have Fos TIE ldea
tust reversed 81 sse earth cave ue be-
hlnd
Il sexsd him . sxplsin. ard hs orsuesi y
ef9 roll of co,sres drawings which A. car
red sni s>s~tsf iu 81 bis explanation I
.ceaia ast s-teuPt o. expiain ia a. he did. but
she princir = j. this
the sxIs ~ the magnetic s1S cf r1s ~
ser.si world cross at 3 - M r'es Ma
nesic stsrsc-fsu srd what = kuova az The
zttrscticn ef Trsv tsEoa ar brit cprrs' =
poles n - sane t-rrs. but eacb pile sasn-
ers ~ Itself dlyersut fsrrss cf ccrr are
fcrces. Ths uot.cn ~ Frsvitrrico = fr-rn
west - sasts ttat % the magnetic unf-
verse frcn scush ~ ncrsa A illustration
Of tae t-a . ne uasnetio ueeae -hse
A. ordinary ptscs % nets 80 ssfrscfiau %
grsvi'szsou heiss e enthraled Condition
y 80 taat he rsgueti- force usv se.re it
and she sr-r7ct.en ~ zrsvitetioR Is 3ehee
a. the aeed.s sl7Hars roiu-s toward tce
nszaesic pcin1 Tie aschia- nv inventor
ksd srnsfrzctss uas tls neefle 81 a con
pas sc arEp scse
- seilgsfe' e. Iaste1 was r'-s rei sflvi ~
- rhe ussav uasnesz ~ which e v1< cor
posed tar - c.slses fAas oy stevsusg It