The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-30

saw what many others have seen since.
! A pint OF water poured into cylinder
appeared to work incredible wonders, the
gauge showing pressure of 56, 900 pounds
to the square inch.
GREAT ropes were torn apart, iron bars
were broken and bullets were discharged
through twelve inches of planking by a
force that was invisible, and which the
expert scientists with me tested in order
to discover whether it could possibly have
been produced by compressed air, cleo
trlcity, steam or gases of any kind. Upon
that occasion I we'll remember that Keely
said that within very short time with
one quart OF water he would be able to
send train of cars from Philadelphia to
San francisco and back, and that with one
gallon of the same fluid he would drive
a steamship from New York to Liverpool
and return. After the exhibition I asked
my two friends, the experts, whether or
not the force demonstrated had been pro
duoed by any of the four causes have
mentioned. They said it had not. asked
them what was the power. They said
they could not tell. -
The next day our friend, the publisher,
walked into the office of the secretary OF
the Keely Motor Company, on Walnut
| street, and handed him check for $500,
with request for ten shares of the stock
of the corporation. A look of disappoint-
ment crossed the officials facs, and he
remarked that he thought the subscrip-
ton would DO larger.
A PRACTICAL VIEW.
One hour later, in his office, the pub
Usher was visited by two Of the most in
| f1uential members of the board of direo-
tors, who said to him
"Were you not satisfied with last
nights demonstration9'
Delighted" was the reply.
| swell, we surely counted upon your
subscribing for at least $4,000 worth Of
the stock" said the visitors.
| "No," said the newspaper man. ''If
all that Keely says is true, the $500 I've
invested will in few years be weR5h
many millions, and that will amply sat-
! isfy me for the investment II Keely has
what he claims every newspaper press,
every stationary engine, every street car,
every locomotive, everything that is now
provided with steam power will be given
force by the use of only pint of ordinary
water. and untold millions will accrue to
those who have put their money into the
invention.
That was eighteen years ago, and steam
and electricity have not yet been sup
planted as motive powers.
Shortly after this occurrence brother
in-law of the publisher called upon him
and begged him to arrange for an inspec-
tion of the mysterious motor. To his
relative he said: "Don't go. If you do
you will be fascinated. Yo-. will invest
your money perhaps to a reckless extent,
and yet there is nothing there to warrant
any sensible business man buying tie
stock The brother-in-l law coaxe,,
promising that be would not put any O.
his money into the scheme, explaining
his curiosity by the fact that he was in
| terested in all mechanical devices. He
was superintendent of one of the largest
print works in the world-a man of keen,
shrewd Judgment. He saw the motor. 1t
was not supposed afterward that he had
spent penny upon it. A few years ago
be died, and an examination Of his per-
sonal estate disclosed the fact that the
day after he had visited Keely's workshop
in this city he had handed the secretary
of the company his check for $1,000. Z
A PREDICTION VERIFIED.
One more incident.
Shortly after the newspaper publisher
referred to had made his Investment in
Kelly stock he was visiting New York.
staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. His