The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-20
mn. sowsras rRlBulArioss.
fie Experiments with Been for AL siaH-
Kind.


After dinner. during which he had SEEM
cd much preoccupied. Mr. B0Eser had
passed through the kitchen into the back
yard. and poured about two pals of wa
ter into an empty barrel The cook look
ed AZ him susplciously from the hslf-Open
door. and Mrs. Bowser wondered what he
was up to. but nothing vas said until he
had kicked of his shoes and settled down
for the evening He had been aching for
ten minutes to be questioned when Mrs
Bowser observed:
Are they going 70 shut the water on
from this street TO make repairs TO the
pipes?"
no; that know Of" he replied. "LoOk
here. now. but I want 20 tell you some
thing. and I don't want you 10 shodt fad
over il. and call me 4 fOCi. | think I've
got hold of a big thing In fact, ] believe
am about TO produce boon for all man.
kind"
Going to turn water into cider vine
gar?"
There you go with a sneer in your
voicel By hen. but you do provoke me!
Why can't you give a word OF encourage
ment in seeking 10 win fame and riches?
well. tell me all about il, and I'll give
you my opinion
Mr.. Bowser picked up the cat and pulled
her tell in an absent-minded way and final
ly said:
You know what snow IS, OF course.
It's useful enough out in the country,
whare they went TO draw saw logs TO
mill, but 1t Is a source Of expense to the
amount of millions of dollars in the cities.
| II costs New York City alone about $50,
90 to get rid Of her winters snow. The
snow must be shoYeled up and carte6 off.
you see"
Yes. I seen
"Well, suppose the snow could be melt
| ed on the streets and in the yards and
| the water run off into the rivers; suppose
Ii could be done for about a hundredth
| part of the expense of remoyal-would
| there be worldwide fame and millions of
dollars for the inventor of the process.
or nothing?"
sit would be splendid idea." said Mrs
Bowser.
Now you are talking. Now you are
| Offering the encouragement to your hus-
band expected Of a wife. Say. my dear
woman, / wouldn't sell my secret for
50. goo COO"
you can melt the snow on the streets,
can your"
| Il can melt IL az fire melts grease. /
can clean a whole city block with one
barrel Of fluid. can melt snow for about
a cent ton. It's a discovery that will
knock the world off its feet"
And how did you discover the proc
ess?" asked Mrs. Bowser, as she kept a
serious face.
Partly by means of an old manuscript
left by a sailCr who died IN the hospital,
and partly by a man who was out of
work and was willing to part with his
! information for S. It's straight and sure,
and within two hours I'll be melting ice
to prove IT,
"Well, I hope there's something in it."
Something in it! My dear woman,
| where 1 start with one barrel of water
I'll end up with ten barrels of gold. Your
| words OF encouragement have done wOn-
ders for me. I must now go TO the drug
store after few ingredients"
He went, and he returned with three
bottles and a gallon jug, the contents of
| which were poured into the barrel. Mrs,
| Bowser still further encouraged him by
coming down stairs to see him pour and
stir and mix, and the cook was kind
| enough to remark that Mr. Bowser looked
like a man who would not knowingly
blow up or set fire to his own house in
! order TO kill off poor girl working for
SIS per month It was an hour before the
experiment was ready. The dead sailor