Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-05-18
THEY DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITIES OF
SOME, GREAT IDEAS.

AH"o ~, kuIHel, JEST SarcuM
stances, and I'm glad yo' kin see it.
was bon too late to be gineral and to
early to be president of the Unite
Stats, but these ere Pike county folk
can't overlook il. -
"Shoo, SHOOT But yo' amt gwine {
give up, Abe?"
Say, Kurnel Dawson" replied Alb
as ne stepped back to survey the colonel
did yo' ever h'ar Of the phenix bird?''
Cant rightly say I ever did, Abe
Is 1T crow or q buzzard or some sucl
thing?"
1.-The phenix bird, sah-the pheni,
bird is a bird that rises up from TIN
ashes when all has been DESTROYED ant
begins business ag'in. Yo' may burn al
his tail feathers off, but he rises jess tn,
same and proceeds to grow new ones
He's got ambition and pluck, and he'll
git thar in the end. I'm that pheniz
bird, kurnel'
"shoo! Risin' right up, eh?'
That's what I'm doin, sab, and il
won't be amonth befo' these Pike county
folks will hide their heads fur shame.
I've got mo- ideas, kurnel-heaps and
heaps Of 'em. All I want is a leetle
time to work 'em out. Yo've seen them
'lectric street cars, I reckon?'
"Of co'se.''
What becomes Of the Electricity after
1t gifts through runnin the CARP
sSShnnl
he scratched his head and looked puz-
zled.
Wasted, Kurnel Dawson, wasted in
the air and the ground. Thar's waste
OF 81 per cent of the power right along
every hour in the day. Why not save it
and utilize it? That's one Of my ideas
That yere wasted power can be made to
pass hat along and collect fares, to
push tat man along on the seat and
make room, to open and close umbrellas
II 1T rains, to chuck a redheaded man off
the car if he won't pay his fare. Tt can
be made to do mo-, kurnal, heaps mo-,
but yo' git my idea?"
II sorter git it, Abe-jess huff to see
that it's big thing, bound to be a. win
ner. Say, Abe, thar ought to be riches
in it. Z"
Fur shore. Gimme a month to think
it over, and won't take millyon dol
lars fur the idea. That amt all, how
aver. That's only one of so big things
m workin on Yo've had. chilhAains on
your feet, kurnel?''
Yes, drat EMP
And yo've had to scratch ,em?
scratchin don't do no good, but that's
illus the idea. In these United Stats
har ar exactly 1,2s3, 1863 people who
lev chilblains every winter. Each one
cratohes total Of Sc hours. Every
lme yo' scratch achilblain yo put forth
ess half Of one Horsepower Yo' kin call |
900 Horsepower wasted by 1888. 1853
'eople. That's SOL, 5S4, 900 Horsepower
one to waste when it could be made to |
lstill and bar'l up all the whisky man.
featured in the United Stats See the
int, kurnel? Let 'em keep on scratchin,
housh 1t don't do no good, but store up /
ne power and sell OF rent Ii. Yo' can
ome IN OH the ground floor and take
[ock at % cents on the dollar. but it'll
Q up TO 2U0 befo' a month rolls around.
.ow does it strike yo'?''
Abe, 20 ar I, wonderful critter-
SIS wonderfulP' gasped the colonel as
extended his hand.
"Thankee, kurnel! I don t 20 fur to
AXE any claims for myself, but reck-
these yere Pike county scandalizers
i'll h'ar sunthin drap befo' I am
rough. When yo've coua he'd yo'r head
as throwed forward and. yt,r heels lift
up, Kurnel Dawson?''
Heaps of times, Abe.
And when yo' cougled, yo' exerted
'rself bout the same las when 70,
lmbed fence. Of the 70, 900, 900 ,,eo-
IN America about one-half have a
ugh all the time It's all wasted eyer
N. 70 cough because yo' can't helm
but 70 don't accomplish any thing.
70 fingered that wasted power right
wn hne, kurnel, and it amor lnts to
100000 Horsepower a var, leayin
T baby coughs See where 7 ann atpn
store up the power and use,it Abepn
cried the colonel.
Fur shore, butnot to turn tina wbeels
commerce. Use it to help people up
llrs III their houses, and thus do away
IN elevators. Every five people cough.
orter lift an ole woman I'm an or. ]
lary pair Of stairs and hev sunthin
T over. It's got to work with a system
springs, and it may take me a fewI
eks to invent sunthin, but the idea il d
II, kurnel-the idea is tharr'
shes thar, Abe-she's right thar"
EMMY added the colonel as he reached
his hand again. Il
And look we're, Kurnel Dawson.
ltlnued Abe as he became more ex-
arated, "yo' own mo- or less mewla |
IKE it2''
Bout 30 nevis, Abe. y =,
And they kick mo- or lessp,,
They do, drat 'eml Can't skasslv On n,
4 one OF 'em without he kicks 4,
Thar ar Jess exactly fo'teen min.
nevis in these United Stats. knr.
not countin any BON since sunrise ~
mawnin. Each one Of them mewls
Kick an average Of ten timss a tlav. he
king lao, 100000 kicks every 81 IA
RS. Whar does all that power 70 to,
nelp''
Wasted, ] reckon. I"
That's right-wasted on the air. th
N II could be slowed up and made
Of, Here's the fggers, kurnel: Them ~
Notice FOR Publication.
Homestead Entry No. 3c99.1
LAND OFFICE At 81 NrA r., N ~