Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-06-04

"h'Nh h"'N JhSt NiihCNi anu Willtb
was not voluntary journey on my
part. Not true? Yes, it is true,
though l scarcely expect any one to
believe the story. Crazy! No,
am not crazy, though l have gone
through enough In the last two days
to qualify any man for lunatic
asylum. There is only one salts
faction In the whole business--a
Chicago drummer is ahead as usual.
FELL YOU all about it? Well, if |
can, 1 will"
Aud the speaker lay back on his
reclining CHAIR, as if TO collect his
thoughts. There was a haggard,
scared expression on his face, a wills
oOk in his eye which justified tn,
suspicion that he was partially in.
sane.
Here, then, is the story" he said
lfter little. II haye been in Mich
gan, and what have TO tell begaL
II Kalamazoo. | had good trad,
ill | entered Brunton's place. ]
could sell him nothing. could no.
fix his attention on my goods, and
could Lot understand things, 70,
hitherto he had been one of my besl
customers. My pride was stirred,
aud when he suddenly said to me.
think you know something abou
lectricity and mechanics, AL
5wered promptly: There isn'l
much worth knowing about either
that Jim Gerar hasn't climbed on to,
hough what, in the name of the
respected Sam Hill, an ordinary me
chanic had to do with electricity
cou Id not for the life of me rarely.
You will presently see that / had
not caught Brunton's drift, but
was bound to sell him goods, and
would have known all about Uriah
and David or the tax systems of
Turkey and Mongolia had Brunton
asked me about them.
We'll, come down with me to
my house. There is something
there | want to show YOU
"There was no getting out of it,
| might lose my sale If / refused to
20, and l could not leave Kalama-
100 without an order from Brunton.
| wish to heaven hadn't gone; but
| have had an experience that has
fallen to the lot of no other man,
and if get one or rtwo points out of
the old fellow, | have the biggest
thing for the Chicago worlds fair
that has ever been dreamed of
"lhe Eiflel tower! Pshaw I'll
give them daily trips around the
earth, and for a consideration, stop
to enable a fellow drummer to sell IA
bill of goods on the way. Only he
must hail from Chicago.
"Well, | went down to Brunton's
house with him. 1t is a goodlsh
looking place, for the old man Is
comfortably fixed.
"Where are the mechanics? | |
asked, as we passed round the rear
of the building.
"I1e gave me an odd sort of look, |
but led the way to a high structure
In the middle of the back yard. | |
concluded the men must be at
work in it. We entered, and then
my wonder and my troubles began.
" Here are the mechanics" he
said, pointing to an object with the
graceful outlines of pigeon. "I
saw you misunderstood my mean.
ing, but you now see before you the |
greatest invention of the age. 1t is |
II combined flying and swimming
machine, whose motive power is
As you look mt 1t now |
Its arrangement Is such that it can
rise aud move through the air at
lightning speed, Now, and Mr..
Burton touched n button, you see it .
is II fish,
True rs gospel, Tom, the wings
of the bird closed, It's feet were drawn
up under It, II covering encirc'ed 1t
almost in moment, and right be-
fore my eyes was II perfect fac
simile Ofa fish, probably 26 feet in
length.
81 forgot soap, sugar and starch.
Was in the presnce of Aladdin, or
Sinbad, or would wake up at
home from an attack of nightmare?
"'The change can be made In an
instant, you see continued Sinbad,
rs he pressed another button which
uncoiled the fish covering and gave
us back the bird.
"Thc quarters inside are rather
cramped,' said the modern wizard,
owing to the machinery, which had
to be light IA well rs strong. used
rubber chiefly, Let us go in
Another button was touched, and
a sort of door admitted us to the in
terror. Tie door shut behind us,
and there was darkness for a mo-
ment Then II dim light revealed .
the mysterious mechanism within. /
"'Gou see have windows below |
the wings, When the machine be- /
comes fish have 10 depend on
of which | have stored .
a sufficient supply TO afford light and .
motive power for twenty-eight .
hours. Following the curve of the .
earth i'm this lnttitude and goiny enst