Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-11-01
WONDERFUL INVENTION.
BOUND TO REv0LUrIoSIxE MODERN
WARFARE.

He was lean man with q persistent
look. He leaned over the desk Of the
associate and persisted In waiting for
him to look up.
"Wellys said the associate.
The lean man held up small valise.
~ have here" he began, but be got
no further.
"l'm long on everything-except
cash, !" said the associate.
"Sir," said the lean man, with some
degree Of dignity, "this 10 not for sale.
It 10 an invention, sir; an absolutely
novel invention. I merely want you TO
come In on the ground floor, sir, - .
witness"
"what's the nature Of your discovery
inquired the associate, ~ he leaned back
and resigned himself TO fate.
The eye Of the lean man frightened.
st ID Q warship destroyer, cir. l call
Il the magnet Of DEATH Il IL 90 simple
In construction that II 10 wonder some
body did not stumble on II long before
did. II ecllpses the ordinary torpedo
boat. Il IL absolutely certain. II can
not be guarded against"
whats your principleY
"Simple, Of course. As you know, .
warship 10 mass OF iron and steel. It
attracts the magnetic particles. A SEN
sitive magnet will 1t once intultively
turn toward Q warship, even though the
latter be ut some considerable distance.
This Is my principle. have construct
I'd combination Of wood, magnet and
vibratory tall, that Is guaranteed to feel
the wsrship's Influence at distance OF
ut least Ave miles. The magnet Of
death Is ballssted to run under water,
and calculate that my No. 4 size will
cover the I've mile distance 10 ID min
utes, and then stick to the hull Of the
warship like veritable limpet."
"But how will that damage the enc
myw
"A natural question. BY putting q
span OF my magnets together, or hooked
up three In the Russian fashion, I can
attach to them cylinder containing ak
pounds of my new fulminator, which,
when electrically fired from the shore, Is
enough to blow q hole 10 the side OF
Cheops. Here, let me Illustrate"
The lean man brushed back the papers
on the associates desk and cleared a
sufficiently large space. In the centre
OF this he placed = steel facsimile OF a
wsrship, perhaps . foot long. Then at
one end OF the desk he laid two curious
little objects that looked like metal pol
lywogs. They bore between them q
bright brass cylinder perhaps half an
inch long. A Aue wire was attached 70
them, Its end disappearing In the vslise
on the floor.
Ready" cried the lean man. "Go!'
He raised his hand from the comical
polly ogs and they began wiggling
across the top Of the desk toward the
warship at q high rate OF speed. A mo-
ment more aud they had touched Il,
holding their black noses tightly against
its metal hull.
snow watch!" shouted the lean man.
He bent over his valise, his hand In its
Interior.
The next instant there was fash and
sharp report. The warship Jumped
from the desk, q shower OF copy few
into the air, the dictionary toppled to
the floor, and all the associates pigeon
holes emptied themselves simultaneously.
When the associate had adjusted his
dangling glasses and picked Up the Ink
stand, and waved aside the cloud OF
vapory smoke, the lean man, the valise,
the warship and the magnets Of death
had disappeared together.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.