Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
PERPETUAL PROPULSION.

R. j. Jones, the Inventor, the
Recipient of Many Let
ters From Interested
Capitalists.
Mexico has covered herself many
times with glory, but only to fade
away and be forgotten. But in the
invention of so wonderful a
machine as perpetual motion her
good name and fame will be herald
ed abroad and rebound with credit
to herself, her inventor and her
country There have been many,
yea, countless thousands of good
and useful inventions, but none so
wonderful as that one which Mex.
leo to-day points to with much
pride, one in which the whole
country will take an interest, not
merely as an invention out of
curiosity, but one of much useful
ness. From time immemorial the
question of perpetual motion
has been a leading one, but it
remained for Mexico man away
here in the nineteenth century to
cover himself with honor and
glory by solving the covetous
problem that has remained a hid
den secret since the beginning of
time. Men have lived and died
with the one single thought in view,
namely: To solve the mystery of
perpetual motion-but, alas! all
their endeavors were in vain and
perpetual motion was as much
mystery when they died as before.
Mr.. Jones, the inventor, has appli-
ed the better part of his life to a
study of how to solve the problem,
that he might be able to proclaim
to the world in no uncertain
terms that perpetual motion is a
reality and that the workings of
his machine may bear out his
statements in regard to it. His
twenty years of hard and incessant
study has at last borne to him
good result and will place his name
and fame in the annals of history,
along side and at the top as the
greatest of inventors. Mr.. Jones
will, IN the course of a few days,
have his model completed, when a
test will be given it; then he will
apply for a patent in person. As
soon as patent is granted him, he
will have it incorporated and be-
gin the manufacture of it immedi-
ately. The LEDGER, always awake
to the best interests of the country,
and to its patrons, has given the
public the facts in this case, as re
lated by the inventor himself to a
reporter of this paper and the re-
suit has been that letters from all
over the country are pouring In,
asking to take stock in the enter
prise, one of which we give in to.
days LEDGER from a St. Louis
man, which is substantially as fol-
lows:
To Mr.. R. j. Jones, Mexico. Mo.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 21.-DEAR
SIR: The enclosed clipping from
one of our morning papers attracted
my attention, and should you allow
any outsider to take stock in your
wonderful invention, then I would
like to be counted in. I notice you
are from Virginia and just my age.
A, and the thought struck me that
perchance you might be one of my
old school mates, as I went to
school with a number of Jones' in
Tide Water, Va, also at the Vir-
ginia Military Institute at Lexing
ton. Prof. A. Fred Fleet was an
old neighbor and school mate OF
mine IN Virginia, and a mos,
excellent man he is, and worthy of
the exalted position he holds In
the Military Institute at Mexico,
Mo.
With sentiment of esteem to you,
my country man, and hoping 70 be
favored with an answer at an early
date, I remain, Dear Sir, yours with
great respect,
JOHN II. CLARKsoN,
5O6 Olive Street, st. Louis, Mo.
P. S.-I lived Immediately on
the line between the counties of
King and Queen and Essex, and
my fathers farm was just one mile
from Fleetwood Academy.