The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08

son. DR.. Rudolps j. Schimper, Of st.
Paul, for instance, conveys the re-
verse Of that impression. Yet by his
own confession he has for twenty five
years been searching for a chemical
property that will be an adequate bin
der for soft and hard coal dust and
Ignite. Perhaps his cheerfulness
comes from the satisfaction of knowing
that he has at last found such a bin
der and that his invention promises to
revolutionize the coal industry.
DR.. Schimper has fitted up a little
study in his home at 638 Fuller street
and the big square table in this study
is covered with black blocks the size
and shape, but not the weight, of
bricks. These are called briquettes
and to the inventor they represent in
concrete form success. He fingered
them fondly one afternoon clast week
when visitor dropped in to ask him
about his invention.
Has Dwelt in Many Lands.
A short but sturdily built man, with
the irrelevant manner and the wan
dering eye of an enthusiast Is DR..
Schimper. The flesh has gathered in
deep folds over his eye brows and he
has the twitching mouth of the man
who has lived the greater part of his
life in an ecstacy of hope and fear. DR..
Schimper is a Bavarian by birth, but
he has dwelt in so many different lands
and consorted with so many differ
ent nations of people that his broken
English is curious polyglot of Ger
man, French, Russian and modern
Greek Fe5)
ia, hat invented It," heofemarked,
taking up one of the neat black bricks
and gazing at it affectionately. You
hear 1T has been tested and that It ISIS
a success, JAZZ"
Us it coal?" murmured the visitor
wonderingly.
ia, it ISIS coal, but 1t ISIS something
else besides, too, and that something
else is the great thing-it ISIS the SOUL"
He smiled with simple cunning. "Ev-
erybody knows what coal iss," he con-
tinued with comprehensive gesture,
but the soul-no one knows what
that is but DR.. Schimper" He medi-
tated for awhile, the brick clasped be-
tween his two hands. Now, nobody
knows the secret but me, but If I die
then somebody else will know, for hat
made provision, ia, L hat made pro-
vision.
Il was born in Bavaria" continued
the inventor, in response to a query,
inlet me see-1846. That ISIS many
years ago, ISIS it not? I studied there
at the simple schools, commons
schools, you call them, in the city Of
Deuxponts. which means two bridges"
The bit of information was impaired
with pride, and the inventor paused
long enough to make sure that 1t had
taken effect.
Filled Many Important Posts.
Then, in speech too broken for repe-
tition-for, when the inventor is inter-
ested in what he Is saying, he is not
English-he went on to tell how he
had studied in polytechnicaT institutes
in Heidelberg and Munich, and how,
before he had chance to finish his
education, he was called In military
service in the Franco-Prussian war.
He served for six months as lieutenant
of the engineering corps, and then
was appointed by the Bavarian gov
eminent member of the special bu-
reau of government control D Of the
German railroads. vi
After another six months he was
called to Constantinople and was made
director of the government railroads,
which were controlled by the French
government. During that period the
Turkish-Prussian war took place, but
on account of special service he had
rendered, DR.. Schimper was accorded
special considerat on by the Turkish
government and was finally promoted
TO the position or general manager or
their line from Salonica to Nitro.
vita.
At that time the railroads of Turkey
used as fuel briquettes manufactured
in England, but these were not of a
satisfactory nature, and DR.. Schimper,
for the first time, began to investigate
the method of briquetting coal. The
perfect briquette was his object, and
with this result before him to inspire
him he studied and experimental for
quarter of a century. Much Of that