The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-08
INHALER DYING
OF THE TYPEsETTIHC
we WASTING AWAY.
struxgIe for Recognition.
Com pleted the Wonder-
REPRESENTATIVES, Patent.

ncs of Philadelphia Times
NJ. October 26.--Otto Mer-
hhe inventor Of the linotype.
sing the winter--and, sad as
knoe is. perhaps his last days.
n has lad his hand upon hm,
told by a friend of one OF his
that the man OF medicine be-
.Nie,t's end Is within the ken
Despite his menace, however,
rful and does his work each
Il counting upon giving the
her Inv ention within a year.
mon him In his beautiful DEM
IN the outskirts of the town.
the East would expect to ind
use equipped with such sur
away out here on the great
Il a large square brick struc-
ugh the center Is a. wide hall.
Oh to accommodate a billiard
4 much enjoyed by the friends
uttered around him and the
his family. Wide lawns, kept
be-.l sprinkling, are The play
his children. From this point
nay range over a magnificent
issfr to the south are the great
Manos (Crhree SiSters) noun
twenty-five miles away stand
ier of the sister republic, ana
leads into the ever-bine sky.
nj a little to the east are the
buntains. that ut q distance re-
II the legends of anctent feudal
hey are extremely precipitous,
peaks are serrated and lash
Resemble those turrets from
tocstn sounded the alarms.
st are the Organs, and north is
Cooks Peak.
rs. Mergenthaler showed me to
Ind's library the Inventor sat
some mechanical problem at
He Is pale and thinner than
people of the East hast saw
his cough annoys him frequent
nohype- that machine that is to
mahlng what the telephone
aph are TO commercial life
lirse, the first top.c of convers;i-
erring to his invention, he said
Expects to see any typemak.ng
hap enough to be within reach
ller class of the country papers.
expect to give the world any
savlng deviceg" I asked him.
he answered slowly, mo, not
h, but probably within a year"
E,ll it be-"
pt tell you. No one knows what
world must wait and see. re-
he time, he continued reflect
en | was a boy in the old coun-
saw the need of am improved
r. lathes. / worked on ii dill
ID when / thought / had ii coru.
X 1t to "A neignbor, a machinlst,
ID 1t TO HIM. He gave it such a
lance that 1t injured me, ana
bying a word reached under his
b brought out .denlt.cally the
X, So. you sec, 1t is not best to
you intend to do UNTIL you have
he'd It,"
gave me the story of his life.
age of Is years he arrived in
pennilcss, and with nothing else
.et experience in mechanics. he
Washing ton, and during the sue
Dur years worked ON the me-
Pf electric clocks and bells and
Nice appar@;ls for the govern
'bhe last named he made many
fnts and invented several new
The end of these four years he
baltimore, where he thought he
der field for his talents. He has
CITY. his home unt!l more than
80, when he came to the South
leek health.
n 1876, soon after he located in
anental CITY. that THE history of
pa begins. From then until 1850
rs--he gave his every thought ii
or of his machine. He tool. 1T
n Sht aid day he toiled, and
put into work the gold oil his
the Drawn Of his body. On.y
AZ Morse, Field. Gray, Bell or
uid tell what such toni and APP
Imeans.
at the and of these four years
e. ne had a machine that would.
of a keyboard something like
ter, set a Nle of key dies or
tlfy them 10 the exact width of
q amy required measure and
to a solid line OF lead or type
~ MS work was not done, for
had accomplished all this, and
en ms patents, another obstacle
bafiie him. Mon OF money dis
us machine. even after they had
kofk. Publishers said III was inn
e: They We're willing to try
II he could show that II would
PORK of five or six men setting
lhe case. but not until then did
10 take any risks. BY constant
however, he at last succeeded
Nhg a company with small cap
IN IN the next three years was
III the Efforts to place the lino-
compost g room of some daily
pney all gone, the machine turn
the despair CT failure. OF seven
wasted toA,--of death, almost,
him. Moreover, his physical sys.
hattered, and he passed the next
RS IN a struggle to live. But
ned Cor him at last. In 1885
kesd of the New York Tribune
Try a machine. Ii proved a
bhd The equipped his office wit h
pen the Louisville Courier-J our
gh. the foresight of Mr.. Halder-
o. Its owners, took them up,
that time fame and q golden
ere his. Since 1856. $3.50 machines
esent a value of SO. 5o9, 900 have
or leased.
hle TO enjoy the dry and aseptit
re oil th's region as he Wills. but
ms time is given to the work Of
history of the incepi ton, deyel.
"a completion OF his Invention In
fIith some of his persona. ex.
ms four children, the eldest q
ana his wife are with hsn, ana
-.uren he has a tutor. Ii Is Mr.
at lptenI1.rl 10 give his chill.
ney can receive.
Seiltnaler first came West a year
Jpce to benefit his health, anG
rescott. Ariz., where nc rougiiet
" moisths, Csol temperature
~ to go to Phaeuix, where. after
Fay. he loft for Ell Paso. While
seemed TO grow weaker, and last
came to Deming. He says thai
e here agrees with him better
place he has yet been. II was r.
lhlt the Inventor had his frs
experience. Shortly after he ar
ne was tackled by some young
claimed to have made a greaf
gold property. and that they
'eney for development. The or,
Tor assay showed we.l-his part
in lha; part of if--but In opera,
h,he never came near paying
h@e In the ground cost him $ll,
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