The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-10
A FELINE MOTOR.
The Marvellous Machine Invented
by a Western Genius.
Cats utilized to Furnish Electricity Tor
Illuminating and Other Purposes
Steam Engines No
where.


Prof Richard DeLong, the inventor
of the new feline motor, says Slough
ton wis., correspondent OF the New
York Sun, is tall, pale-faced man
with a threestory, bay-window fore
head overhanging pair OF deep-set,
sky-blue eyes, set on each side OF
large, thin, hooked nose. He is not
beauty, but he is genius.
His feline motor, which is at present
creating such sensation in sclentinc
circles in Stoughton, is a marvellous ma
chine, unique in appearance and Won
derful in operation. 1t may be de-
scribed as curious com binatlon OF
large and small fy-wheels, great bal
ance-wheels, bright steel rods, and an
almost innumerable number of coils OF
copper wire, all joined to a brightly
polished cylinder of brass, one end OF
which projects into wire cage hlled
with ordinary cats. Its operation is
very simple, but surprising in its re-
suits. A slight pull on n small nickel
plated lever starts the machine lhen
like lightning from out the end OF the
cylinder projecting into the cage there
shoots long steel arm and hand, grab
bing one of the cats by the nape OF the
neck and yanking it into the cylinder,
where it disappears with q yell of more
than feline terror. In moment the
fiy-wheels, the great balance-wheels,
and all of the complicated machinery
begin to move, at first slowly, but soon
with startling rapidity At the proper
moment, which is indicated by small
clock-like attachment, the operator
pulls another lever, when from out OF
the other end of the cylinder, with hair
and tail erect, scintillating eyes, and
caterwaul dislocating to ones spinal
column, the cat is projected into tub
of cold water prepared for its reception.
This operation, surprising as it may
eeem. extracts from the cat electricity
equivalent to the power represented by
ten horses, working for one hour, and
this power can be stored into the
cylinder until needed. As a cat can be
run through the motor every three
minutes, and all the accommodating
electricity be stored, the power OF the
machine is practically limitless. The
same cat can be used every ten hours
without the least impairing it's health
and general usefulness.
The professor is iubilant over thu
success Of his invention. He is satisfied
that he has overcome every difficulty
md intends soon to put the machine
upon the market. In speaking OF tn
origin of the invention and the probabl
results of its use, he says:
81 have long believed that the cat
natures Leyden jar, charged with a
enormous amount of electricity, but
such manner as to require peculia
process to extract it. This process
has been my good fortune to discove
The discovery will be of incalculabl
benefit to mankind. 1t will revolution
lie the mechanical world, and will
felt in every department of life. By i
means every family, no matter no
poor, can have it's home brilliant
lighted with electricity at less CO
than to have it poorly lighted wi
kerosene. BY simply running the NO
practically useless house cat throu'
the machine twice each day a-suflicie
amount Of electricity can be engender
to illuminate brilliantly any mediu
sized house. Think how advantageo
it would be to a large city, Take NJ
York for example. Carefully compil
statistics show that there are at prese
within the city limits 9,09S,347 ca
This represents very nearly 2O,0oO,'
continuous horse power, or enough
light the entire city and furnish all
motive power needed to do its wol
The feline motor will do away w
steam. Ten years from now vent'
to say there will not be steam eng
in active operation in the Uni
States"