Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-21

again as thick as 10 had been in his
youth. The receipt for this wash was
brought from Russia by a near relative
of the SucrowS.
Therefore when Feodore Emil Oscar
Sucrow arose last Christmas in his little
attic room at 413 Sixth street, where he
was obliged to live because his father
had cut down his allowance, and saw
his thin locks in the glass, he thought
of the old family receipt for renewing
the hair
Major Sucrow, for that was his rank
in the German army, Is still a rather
fine looking man, about - years
old. He has n dark brown beard and
mouStache, and his bearing is military.
He purchased the necessary chemicals
with which to make this wash and
placed them in a bottle. The liquor was
carefully stirred, and then he added
enough water to il to fill the bottle.
The moment the water touched the
liquid in the bottle it seemed to burn
up, and it generated steam with such
energy that presently the bottle burst
into Il dozen pieces. This had never
occurred before, and Major Sue
rows mind, which is of an in
ventive order, began to work. The
ingredients were simple and inexpensive.
They had generated steam when place
in contact with water, and no sediment
had been left behind. III it could be
generated thus cheaply and rapidly in
making a hair wash, why could it not be
generated in the same way on larger
scale and utilized in the locomotives and
! Il 1.
of experiments that has terminated sue
ceSSfully in Major Sucrow'S opinion, and
il only remains for him to patent and in
troduce the new fluid.
Ills next experiment was made night
or two later, he says. He discovered
1.-THE mistake that he had made in his
hair wash, and he was little afraid of
the fluid. Crude petroleum was one OF
the ingredients, and acids were used.
His attic room was not the place for
such experiments, so he purchased
enough chemicals To make gallon of
the mixture, and went up TO 4
pier on the Hudson River TO
make his next experiment. He told
the night Waterman OF his wonderful
discovery. and excited his curiosity.
They got an empty barrel, and after
mixing the chemicals in IL they poured
in several gallons OF water and placed a
fiftv-pound stone on the barrel cover.
They had only time TO retire safe dis
lance when there was an explosion, and
the stone was shot up into the air so
! high that neither of them saw il come
down. The Waterman was frightened,
and refused 10 allow Sucrow to make
any more such dangerous experiments
on his pier.
This experiment satisfied the descend
liant OF the noble German family that he
was the pOSSeSSOr Of a secret that would
coin for him more money than the
SucrOw estates were worth. lie was
poor, however, and it was expensive 10
experiment. His father sent him only
six dollars week. His rent was small,
and for months hc has been living on
black bread and the cheapest OF diet.
In this way he was able TO save little
money each week for his experiments.
; He constructed tin boiler about 2ls
{ feet high and . feet in diameter. with
numerous vent holes in the top. This
was braccd and strengthened on all
= sides. He tried his experiments in
q this boiler and made several
/ new discoveries in regard to his wonder
full compound After several explosions,
he found that when the water was near
! Is exhausted he could repleniSh the
boiler thirteen times without adding
new chemicals. There was no sedi-
ment left in the bottom, and there seem
ed 10 be nothing in the action OF the
mixture that would in any way injure
machinery. The experiments also
proved that he could eyapOrate 1000
gallons of water and generate steam at
a cost of S25. This was estimated on
the basis of the retail price of the
chemicals. In case the invention should
prove practicable, the ingredients could
be purchased at wholesale and the eX-
D. penSe thus reduced.
SucrOw worked hard to perfect his in
vention. He saved money in every way
that he could, and when reporter saw
him recently he seemed to be confident
that he had achieved one of the greatest
successes in modern invention. The
new method of generating steam could
be used to advantage I'm many ways.
There need be no change I'm the machin-
simply be necessary to make a few alter
ationS in the boilers and arrange
some scheme by which the generation
Of the steam could be controlled
and fresh water supplied when
it should be needed. In the case OF
stationary engines the fresh water could
easily be supplied. Major Sucrow
thinks that it will be n simple thing TO
lcOndenSe the steam after it has been
used in such q way that there will be
little waste of water. The chemicals
necessary to excite this action are not
bulky. Several experts, he says, have
carefully examined the new Invention,
and pronounced it valuable one. If
he cannot get the capital with which TO
push it here, he intends to go back to
Germany. His father died six months
ago and. according TO his will, the eS-
tate will not be divided until year mas
passed.
"Mv share OF the estate will bring
me an income of $4,000 II year, said
the inventor, "but the SucrowS are
proud. and | can't 90 home in my pres
ent condition Our family name now Is
not Sucrow. When the Sucrows imml-
grated to Germany from Russia, many
years ago, they changed their family
name. My forefatherS were knighted
and the family was raised in rank by
different kings. | am under pledge
of secrecy not to reveal that family
name, but when l shall come into my
own then | will surprise my enemies In
New York who have accused me OF
being IN adventurer and fortune nun
ter. | have no title, nor have | claimed
10 be baron. 1t was my wife who TOOK
that title. When | was Il years old l
entered the PruSSian army. The Su-
lcrows had been fighters for generations.
was promoted TO the rank of Major and
ii lived the fast life of an army officer.
INV allowance from my father was large.
In 1865 | struck superior officer with
nv riding whip and was forced to leave
the service and the country. My broth
ler exiled himself with me, and to-
gether we went twice around
the world in our lI0-ton yacht, the
Dorothca. We lived on board her for
eight years, and made numerous discov-
cries in our out-of-the-way travels. Sew
eral of my companions picked up very
rich wives. | knocked around the
world as gentleman OF leisure. In
1879. with three friends and four serv-
ants. | came TO New York. We started
from here horseback and rode down TO
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