The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-14
MAKES BLUE LIGHT
Revolutionary Invention of a
Wichita Citizen.
Is WORTH A MILLION
Organized Company TO Be
Chartered Tomorrow.

Monday morning there will be charter
filed in The secretary OF states office that
VIII eventually mean a big thing for
Wichita. Mr. Charles V. Ferguson viii
apply for the charter, and until it is fled
al the facts concerning its purpose viii
not be made known. It viii locate a cor
poration that VIII handle an invention
that viii rank in importance with the
great inventions Of the century just
closed. II is the result Of years Of eX-
pertinent by a Wichita man-one who
travels fer paints and oils-but whose
name Is Yet a secret in connection with
the invention. A company has been or
ganized and the project is already Il
nanced.
The invention consists Of a mysterious
illuminating power. A sign IS painted
Jones Restaurant for instance-and
when it IS exposed to strong light for
Few seconds il absOrbs enough Of il to
lest from sixteen To seventeen hours.
-4r. Ferguson yesterday showed q street
sign to an Eagle reporter-New York ave
nUe-and experimental with it. II was
apparently a common sign, painted white,
on black background. but when he took
ir into a dark room IT shOne so radiant
almost as an electric light. The signs can
be nailed up on corners, and appear as
ordinary signs in day time but when the
Ike bright artificial light, and the uneX-
plainable thing about them is that while
The paint is white in the day time 1t has
q pronounced blue tint IN the darkness.
The mysterious flluminant can be utiI-
lied in any species Of sign or, In fact,
In the illumination of any solid sub
stance. 1Ir. Ferguson caused to be made
for Mr. Russell Harding. Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific road an Illuminated key
hole which is now used in his room at
the Southern hotel at st. Louis. Expert
ments have been made On elickers and
dashboards Of buggies, and 1t works so
Well that a negro happened to see Mr..
Ferguson testing a slicSer in the dark
and came near falling dead with ghost
fits. Mr.. Ferguson thinks It can be used
on wall paper, and If it IS successful, as It
VIII be, it VIII keep perpetual daylight IN
ones parl0r. This week he viii have
made an illuminated professional sign
which he VIII hang in front Of his Office.
lie already has had sample signs made
for the Rock Island, Missouri Pacific and
Santa Fe roads, and it is said that the
Missouri Pacific VIII experiment with the
iluminant for switch lights.
ar. Fergus1< says that the invention is
worth q million dollars if IL is worth a
cent. Efforts have been made to pur-
chase it, but IL IS not for sale. It VIII
be manufactured in Wichita. It does
not require sun rays TO charge It with
light; sunlight itself is sufficient. and
The exposure need not be long. Tt can
be charged with electric lig-L An ex-
pertinent was made with one Of the signs
In the Eagle Office last night by exposing
g an inc9ndescent lamp and while Il
worked well the Illumination did not last
long.
DIT Fabrique and others, who have been
given demonstrations Of .-.e Illuminating
power Of the invention, pronounce it Won
derful.
Purify the blood and put the system