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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21

there throughout the entire day. It is al
most superfluous to state that ell who
have worked on this question agreed that
II this could be done the problem was
solved. An attempt has been made to do
this through concentrating the rays Of the
sun By means Of a number OF cOncave mir
rOrs. This has proven to be impossible over
any great extent OF territory and imprac-
teal from q commercial standpoint. An
other experiment Of my own In which 1
had the sunlight from q number OF mirrors
thrown into the large end of q great fun
proved scarcely more successful.
After this experiment I was forced to
the conclusion thai the true solution Of
the situation must lie IN the fiat mirror.
Working on this idea / have constructed the
form OF reflector. which you see before you.
To this I nave given the name OF pan
helio-motor.' the Greek. which translated
means universal ~sunpower.'
This motor consists. as will be seen, Of
the simplest arrangement possible. Each OF
tha small fiat mirrors is attached to a
simple gearing device by which Il can be
moved at pleasure Each and all Of these
surfaces. four by six inches in size, can be
any desired distance. In practice they arc
concentrated on the reservoir in the center
of the yard. Each glass reflects from
twelve to fifteen degrees OF heat from the
sun"
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DAY REPUBLIC, DR. CALVER IS SHOWN STANDING BY ONE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL
INVENTORS LABORATORY THE UPPER PICTURE IS OF DIR. CALVER SETTING FIRE

est days sufficient heat to weld copper and
Russian Iron. 1 have burned a brick half
way through in half an hour. 1 have CON-
centrated the combined heat from tho mir
rors on an ordinary unburned brick and
have burned it SO hard that It scratched
STEEL
Doctor Caiver described a number Of ex-
p~erinents which demonstrated the efficacy
OF his methods and the terrific amount OF
heat. nearly ten thousand degrees. which
he can concentrate IN a single spot. He
then showed the party some OF the brick
which he had burned. as well as the metals
which he had melted and welded. Some OF
the simpler OF these experiments he per-
formed.
hello motors were concentrated on q corner
of the reservoir. Some one walked near
and held a handkerchief for q moment at
the point OF concentration. A white light
CT dazzling brill!ancy was reflected. causing
everyone around to close his eyes.
Doctor Caiver reached down and picked
q stick from the frozen soil. He mounted
the reservoir and holding the stick IN one
hand he focused. by means CT a small hand
reflector. the heat OF the combined mirrors
on a portion of the frozen wood. In a
moment IT cracked. smoked and burst into
q fierce fame.
Sixteen feet in front OF a small hello
motor. whose rejecting surface was bat
ten square feet, he placed a tin boiler fuil
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The writer allghted about 9 o'clock tho
next morning at the end OF the North
Capitol street car line Following directions
he made his way up q high hill to the right
and passed around behind a largo mansion
and found himself confronted by a board
fence some ten OF welye feet in height
This iRclosed a lot about half an aero in
extent.
The morning was cold ana a semifog lay
ever the city and partly obscured the sun.
whose beams struggled over the dome Ct
the distant capitol building and down into
the Enclosure in a ftful uncertain fashion
A chilling wind blew from the Maryland
hills TO the west, while the ground under
foot was frozen.
Doctor Calver was promptly on hand with
q small party CT persons who are ac-
suainted with his secret and are interested
In his scientific work. Il am afraid that We
have rather an inauspicious day for our eX-
perimcuts." he said.
However. l can explain some Of our ma
chinery and methods 10 you
The sight which met the reporters gaze
as he entered was enc at the same time
both novel and interesting. At the center
of the inclosure stood a small house, about
twelve feet through, roughly constructed
and resembling In general appearance =
rough upright water tank.
This tank seemed to form the center OF
= system Of circular wooden tracks. And
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oE IF THESE PICTURES WHICH gHEhIHi AE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN RoRR TIL - SUNDAY REP
TO FROZEN WOOD BY MEANS OF IE CONCENTRATION OF REFLECTED SUN RAYS =
X - ~

How about the po!nt OF concentration
when the sun moves aroUnd?" was asked.
That Is simple enough said Doctor
Calver. The frame moves too. 1t Is geared
and adjusted ia such . simple manner as
to be moved along the circular track by
even the most ignorant OF attendants. ono
man could keep a. great number Of these
machines focused on d single point. All
that is required IS tho occasional adjust
ment of rome pulleys.
Now Is TO the exact value Of the Trans
before Us. I have estimated that each mir
equal In the course Of a year to that gem
Grated by the combustion OF a hundred
pounds Of the best anthracite coal. There
fore the frame before Us Is about equal each
year In heat-giyiug power TO forty tons Of
tho best coal. This IS more than the
actual cost at which tho frame could be
constructed. 1t must be remembered that
this frame Is only an experimental one.
having IA rejecting surface OF only about
100 feet. After the same fashion hat this
frame Is built. structures immensely broad
er and taller can be fashioned. When I
explained the working of this reflector TO
Professor Alexander Melville Bell some
time since. he exclaimed: Why. by an ap-
plication of this principle you can collect
acres and acres OF sunlight tn a single
spot This. as a matter Of fact, can be
done"
But how about the cloudy and rainy
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dEySg' questioned the writer.
Simple enough. We can keep Zee IN hot
weather.; after exactly the same principle
We can store and keep heat In Geld weather
for use BY day and by night. In sunshine
and In storm. Two welI~known examples
will suffice TO explain the principle o; our
hea: reservoir. For instance. the heat Of
the suns rays goes through the closed
glass OF a hot bed and raise the tempera-
turs within. Heat goes through glass. but
Il does not come back. II is a universally
known fact that 4 brick or q bag Of hot
water retains impaired heat for u COnSiI-
erabie length Of time.
What more simple then tina to throw
the concentrated rays from our mirrors
through two thicknesses OF glass and col
lect ;helr heat III a reservoir Of clay and
stone on the inside. This is what has been
done In the present Instance and In prac-
Teal work on an extended scale this same
principle viii be applied. only to q much
greater extent and on a much larger scale
than IN the email experimental reservoir
here.
4 the same time Il may be stated. as
q matter OF interest. that 1 have kept three
or four hundred degrees OF heat-a much
higher temperature than is needed to make
steam-in this reservoir FOR a week at Il
time.
FROM the loo mirrors in the laboratory
here, which can al be concentrated on a
single point, I have generated on the cold
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OF water. A few minutes after he had CON.
centrated the mirrors on its surface the
water was boiling merriiy.
Why. that little trick could cock a din.
ner for a whole family in summer t!re,s
remarked a member OF the party.
And the cost OF cooking for the whoio
year would Averages about a cent a Cay,s
said the doctor.
Doctor Ca,ver has interested a number
OF gentlemen with him and will endeayor
to utilize his discovery in all OF Its practical
possibilities: this Includes the furnishing Of
power and heat, smelling and the making
OF artificial gas. The discovery will also
be exploited In furnishing power for pump
Ing in irrigating the arid lands OF the great
and sunlight is plentiful.
When asked what he believed the effect
or his invention would be on humanity.
Doctor Calver said:
Il had few better friends than the lats
Senator Leland Stanford. who knew ny In
vention well and sympathized with nv pur-
pose and ends. ConyerSing with me he .no
day said of my hello motor: IF perfected,
II will do moro for humanity than all We
have at present. The steam engine made Q
great revolution and this VIII make another
and a greater
has said except that my invention ia COM
pleted now." said Doctor Calvec.
JAMES VI. THOMSON.
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J. Special Correspondence Of Tia sunday R.n.rv..
4 Tho human mind grasps great things
Z slowly. Philosophers have ever worked at
/ problems which appear utterly vain 70 tho
!: grea, mass of people. MautiGI IS as promo
4 to doubt as are the sparks 60 tv Ufwar.-.
Calico was imprisoned for his .u.,at,lu Of
/ the telescope. Columbus M first uls hagt,!
!. fer a fool and at last died iu chains ue~
! cause Of his IGe. that the w.rlI Wa round
instead of fiat. Morse lcdllsI las electric
!, needle until he was f~uotsoro aaI almost at
4 the point Of giving up his Invention, aud
!. men laughed to sy0ru Ills wild notions ~ a
!, magnetic telegraph. People said t,.; T.uI
!, had only discovered a pretty plsythirs for
!. children. when the young inventor was al
) most hcar1b,okcn with the st-urg," for tie
recognition u the possibilities which Le
! alone saw IN the telephone.
y Within the past two weeks a man ~ sol
er.c. Doctor William calver. who has been
i, working for twenty odd years ul 'hc vast
i est material problem which has ever pre-
J scented itself TO mainland for solution. has
!. been granted letters patent eiJul't,u,oUs-
/ IL In the United States. England. Germany
! and France en- m invention which contains
: within Itself possibilities Of u revolution a8
! radical as OF a reorganization OF society
q. great as those which followed "a. first
... -
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II took him a long time TO locate It II
had become buried under a lot Of ether
plumber. and was hard to get at. Finally,
with the assistance OF a porter. he luggsd
the thing on; and prepared to deliver It.
But the man vas gone. Lane did not
know why. unless he had got tired of wait
ing, and he put the bundle aside. This
time he put II in a place where It could
be got at easily when Mr.. Johnson should
call for It again and take II away. Lane
did not want il. He was boarding. and
had alt the bedcIothing he wanted. And, be-
sides. It was June, anyhow.
But Mr.. Johnson never returned. Lane
insisted on keeping the bundle in easy reach
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Letters Patent Have Been Granted to Doctor William CNsro of Washington, D. C, on a n Ii
vnion Which May RevoiudOnzs Existing Systems of Obtaining Power


on the sun for heat and power. 1t Is Il
method for the utilization Of the heat Of
the sGu IA Il practical way and for q nom
iusl cost that Doctor William taIv"r claims
to have discovered. Ia substantiatipu u' his
claims he shows machinery and results
which w.liI seemingly convince the most
skep;icaL
The correspondent % yuUr paper called
on Doctor Calver al his home In Washing
ton. The Doctor is d man of something
past middle age. His hair and beard are
streakeI beautifully with gray. Physically
he IS OF medium stature: bat his frame -
almost massive Ia is proportions. In man
ncr the doctor Is genial. kindly and very
gentle. Liz many inventors he seems
thoroughly wrapped up in the work that lie
has accomplished and the work that he has
In view.
Il believe. in fact / know" said he in
answer to d Question. that l have solved
the problem OF the direct conversion Of thu
SUM-. rays into a heat which can be utilized
on q far cheaper commercial basis than
coal. / have also devised a method for tho
storage Of this heat SO hat it can be used
at any desired time ard place. / feel that
beyond a doubt l have settled forever tho
question OF the actual commercial harness
ing or the direct rays Of the sun and Of
their conversion to the use OF man.
The process which l have invented Is a
distinct departure from anything which has
ever befor, been attempted by men working
In mv line. My methods are the acme q
simplicity. No complicated and costly ma
chin,ry is used in L single portion Of my
invention. once my machine Il built il VIII
-. ,r...f-rlIr- fplafrf4sIr and AS long as
the sun continues to give heat and IiSht 10
man II Will labor in his behalf.
There IS no limit u the intensity Of the
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until the boss told him he either had 20
move Il or get another job. Then the bundle
went into the basement.
Lane made a mental bet with himself that
he would have TO lug the thing back again
within t~wenty-fOur hours.
Bat six months or so passed. and finally
Lane decided that he had lost the bet and
paid Il. In the course OF scme five or six
months the bundle was sold along with a
lot uf other unclaimed stuff. a negro was
the purchaser after some spirited bidding.
which ran the price up from AZ cents To
s375.
Next day the negro came back to the ex-
press office.
BOSS, 1 didn't spec TO tell anybody. but
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but what de p'lice might git a-hOit OF me-.
Upon Investigation. as the police report
said afterward. It was discovered that the
siiverware had been stolen from a residence
In ST. Charles. Mo. by burglars, and that
a diligent search had been made by the
police officers OF that town and county, but
without result. II was believed by the st.
Louis police that the burglar had packed
the goods UP and shipped them to St. Louis
by express. consigulng them to a fictitious
person whom he represented.
A representative Of the st. Charles family
came to ST. Louis. saw the negro. idcnti-
fed the siIverware and paid a handsome
reward for i:s recovery. He could afford
to do IT,: for the vaIuahles were worth In
the neighborhood OF 500 9.
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heat which / can generate. With the con- =
ceUtrated rays OF the sun collected against ,
q mountain side. | could melt the rocks and 1
cause the earth TO burn like d living vol 4
c.uo. I can produce in one spot Il heat ,
va-teE and more fierce than that on the ,
face Of the sun itself. ana Il greater heat 4
than any now attainable through the COM 1
b.st!On Of known substances or through the ]
agency OF the electric arc. which row fur- 4
n!shes the fercest heat known 20 man. I
As 10 the cost OF this heat for CONNER ]
cia! purposes l shall only say that 1 can 4
furnish II az the mogtl; Of the coal Dit or /
ca the edge Of the forest for a ti.he OF the J
cost that It takes TO dig and raise the \
coal and 10 cut down the timber. And the 1
heat which l generate By this process is j
available Tor r thousand and one things 4
for which fuel is absolutely unfit. With 4: /
: shall he able 70 smelr easily the hardest j
and most rebeIl!ous e the ores. WITH it l 4
shall make a quality OF glass which can /
not exls; at present. With it an inHocuous !
gas can DO made at a cost far less than il 4
IS now made from coal. 1
Butt am running on giving the prod 4
uCts OF u lifetime Of Thought and planning 4
and OF invention IN a few moments. X is (
hardly fair TO expect any one to believe /
thfsa without absolute proof. When u man I
sees his work concluded and ready to be 1
given to TIE world Il - apt 70 be i'm !
patient that others 90 not Immediately see !
Il as he does. 1
81 conceived the principles On which my i
invention IS based IN three days. I was a !
young man then. It is going On now thirty I
years that 1 have been laboring On II. i
You must come TO my laboratory in tho 1
morning. where ] shall! be glad TO show sou I
my apparatus and explain my methods y
concluded the doctor with a smile. \
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had come 10 town and rugged himself out
IN a suit OF store clothes applied at the
Office of the express company and asked
FOR the bundle. He described II and stated
that he was moving here from out In tho
State, and sent the hedclothing by express
20 II would get here in time for use be-
fore the rest CT the furniture got hers by
freight.
W. J. Lane. who was then one OF the
clerks In the office. but who IS now IN
charge of the city money order business Of
the company, was the clerk Of whom the
inquiry was made. He questioned the fel-
low closely. not tina; he suspected any
thing. but because it is a habit OF express
clerks to ask questions. Then he went
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them wasn't bed clothes what I bought
t'otter day"
What was II. them" was the most natu-
rat question that Lane could think OF.
1T was a whole lot OF silver stuff in wild
It," replied the negro.
What Gid you do with it?' asked Lane.
who was interested. but didn't show Il.
Got IL at home" said the negro.
Why didn't you sell TT" Lane asked.
That was not a natural question. but Lane
was thinking OF something to do IN the
matter.
We'll, boss. I tell you. II was dis way.
TOu see. l kaowed a mistake had been
made. and daS somebody had los what I
found. An sides dat" he added. Il was
afeard to Try to sell ii. cause 1 didp't know
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPTRLTC.
Down in the basement OF the building oc-
cupied by the Pacific Express Company. At
st. Charles and Fourth streets, is q lot Of
old plumber, that is sold OFF every now and
then to make room for mere that IS coming.
Ard about one Of the old bundles that
stayed there for six months or 50 and was
sold for 1915, there hangs q tale.
1t was some ten years ago that this
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21
ROMANCE OF AN
EXPRESS PACKAGE.

bundle was on hand as unclaimed II Was a
very ordinary bundle-simpiy a roll Of Old
bed c!Ot.ing. 1t came in on an early train
one morning in June. 1891. addressed 20
Thorn as Johnson. Ma street rUptc. wa3
give. and the bundle was held fer 4 caller.
Il was sent from some point near St
Carries, Mo.
Two or three days after tia bundle ar
rived a man who looked Ike q farmer who
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-04-27

doing it every day for years, " said the man.
There are physicians who say in good
faith to those whose lungs are worn by dis
ease 1T is impossible to help you" And
vet thousands of these impossibles have
been helped and healed by DR.. R. v. Pierce
whose Golden Medical Discovery" has
cured them, when the hollow cheek,
the raspiug cough, the burning flush,
and night sweats have all pointed to
consumption.
Ninety eight out of every hundred such
impossible cases can be cured says DIR.
Pierce What makes him so suref Be-
cause he has been curing just such cases
for more than thirty years. Golden Med
ical Discovery is strength to the stomach,
life to the lungs, nourishment to the nerves.
II makes new blood and the new blood
builds a new body-a fit temple of health.
There is nothing just as good as Golden
Medical Discovery" so let no one deceive
you into accepting substitute.
Dr. PieTce's Golden Medical Discovery since my
correspondence with you and hnd great i'm
provement in my case, !" writes Mr. A. F. No
votny of New York N. ", (Box I437) feel
that am In need Of no more medical assistance.
When I started to take your medicine had a
regular consumptive cough. Of which l was
afraid, and every body cautioned and warned me
concerning It. was losing weight rapidly, was
very pale and had no appetite whatever Now
nv condition IS changed entirely. do not
cough at ALL have gained eight pounds in weight,
have recovered my healthy color, and my appe-
tite Is enormous. can recommend your medl.
cine as II Is a sure cure, no humDug, as are
most other patent medicines.
Dr.. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-04-27
nEAT FIGURES.

Housekeepers and others who have
to buy meat will have no difficulty in
recalling the fact that not many months
ago butchers declared sharp advance
in the price of beef absolutely neces-
sary on account of the increased cost of
their supplies. The country was told
that beef famine was threatened by
the inadequate supply of cattle. 1t
was predicted that years would be re-
quired to bring prices down to the Or
binary level, if that could ever be done.
In view of this recent twisting up of the
beef market few quotations, furnish
ed by an excellent authority, will be of
general interest. In September, 1898,
the best native steers were sold on the
hoof in the Chicago market for $3.50 a
hundred pounds. There was no great
change until last summer. In August
the price rose from S.. 80 to at the be-
ginning of the month to $6. 60 at the
end. In September there was a fur
ther increase to $6. .S5 by the last day of
the month. After slight reaction in
NONclHUOI, ohO PiiSO iooO W Vo'oO Uy
December 1. By February it was
down to $6.35. A month later the quo
tation was S.. rs, and April the mark
ct stood at $3.50 hundred pounds.
That is lower than the average of the
fall of 1898, before the rise began,
which was made the occasion for much
boosting of retail prices. 1t can not be
said that the packers have simply
noolxotod the differepce hetweep tho
cost of steers last fall and their value
in the market today. Beef carcasses
sold in Chicago at from rs to cents a
pound, in the fall of 1898. The rise
last year carried the price up to 9 cents
by October 1. Now it is only 7.125.
That is a fall of about 20 per cent, and
it has brought down the price below
the level of the autumn of 1898. Has
any consumer of meat seen prompt and
full recognition of this change in the
cost of butchers supplies reflected in
the retail price demanded?-Sidney
Journal.
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They were sitting in the twilight,
and he was explaining how he lost his
money.
"You see, it was in this way: In the
quarter stretch my horse was two
lengths ahead, but he gradually lost
groud, till in the home stretch and he
was neck and neck with young filly-"
"How lovely" she exclaimed, inter-
rupting him and moving little closer.
"How lovely" he repeated. "You
don't understand. I had my money on
the horse that was dropping behind. "
eyes, Harry, I know; but I was
thinking how perfectly beautiful it
must have been to be neck and neck. "
Then he gave protracted sigh, ad.
justed his position, and there in the
silence and cleaning they illustrated
in pantomime, modern racing term.