New-York tribune., 1901-10-27
THE OLD FASHIONED INVENTOR
HE is ABROAD WITH A SCHEME TO GRE
ATE REAL" STEAM ENGINE

ATE REAL" STEAM ENGINE.
The way of the inventor has never been an
easy one From the first the men whose brains
produced new mechanical ideas have had great
deal OF trouble in profiting by them. In most
instances circumstances forced the inventor TO
dispose of his valua bic creation for almost
nothing. though II may have made his heart
bleed 10 do so. The aftermath-seeing others
make the fortune which should have been his
was hardly calculated to heal the wound.
When Americans first began to invent things
it was almost impossible for the inventors to
make progress. There were not many capital
ists and the few who had money very
careful how they invested it, The inventor did
not desire expect much capital TO push his
invention, and he often secured ii by disposing
of shares in small lots every whom he
could induce TO buy. To-day the patent broker
and the professional company organizer exploit
most of the good inventions The man who
fails to interest capital usually gives up the
fight and lets his invention go for anything he
can get.
Yet the old fashioned inyentor-the one who
peddles his own stock-has not entirely disap-
peared as many New Workers testify from
recent personal experience with one of the sort.
For the last twenty years this man has been
canvassing throughout the United States in the
interest of wonderful engine. which is calcu-
lated to turn the marine world upside down.
He says that fifteen million people have heard
him call for opportunity to expound science"
and that he has personally talked" millions
of these people.
Il have a steam engine that will drive a ship
across the Atlantic in less than three days and
will make the world over" he says in beginning
a stock selling argument. Il will prove that
water is the best rail. The space in a ship is
limited; that demands the best distribution of
metal in the best fgure-for the best results
The present steam engine is mere stack of
junk. standing vertical fore and aft. The steam
engine only utizes from TO 10 per cent of its
power while the dynamo utilizes 90 per cent
The nebulous mind thinks that electricity is the
coming motor. A horse should know that elec-
trio motors only steam engines by proxy
and proxy cannot supplant a principle
Il am thirty-ive years laboring to prove that
the steam engine was lost I'm the shops that II
only shows what the world would be had it
real steam engine. / labor to prove that lever
age is the medium for the transmission and
multiplication OF power n fact which has re-
ceived scant recognition in the steam engine
I want TO post the steam engine with an up to
date Improvement that will multiply its value
at least three times"
The old inventor does not go into details
garding the construction of his wonder working
engine. The lay mind would be unable to follow
him. and he sell stock by persuading people
10 take his word that the engine will work. His
energy and faith are infectious. and he never
fails to go into detail as to what he has done.
With my circulars I have kept the nationa.
and international postofices hot for the last
sixteen years. Thousands Of times have talked
myself hoarse, talking myself to a standstin in
trying to make a saving impression on my audi
enCe have good reason to know that my per-
severance will soon be successful Some $4,000
is subscribed for my stock by about twelve
thousand people. and they do not represent one
tenth OF / per cent of all I canvassed.
Science involves the value of lfe the bounty
of God. Science makes the world over. 1 can
give great object lesson in science that win
make the world over. that will be equal to the
discovery of a continent. / will place the
world under obligation that will be honored with
these lines:
The heroes OF the past
Will own the coming man.
All earth will pour her treasures vast
To aid his mighty plan.
Il must move the world with object lesson
that win carry conviction"
Then he offers has stock at FIVE cents share,
and promises opulent dividends from the $780,
100000 that is coming some time.