The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-03-03
FORGOTTEN GENiUSEs.
Useful Tbinga Due to!Men Whose Nam,

Useful Things Due to.Men Whose Names
Are Unfamiliar to Us.
Mention the telephone, and instant.
~ the namo of Edison comes before
the minds eye speak of wireless tel.
eciupby and one Immediately thinks
Of Marconi, The name Of Santos Du'
mont IL as closely connected with the
flying machine a. that of Robert Ste
rhenson with the locomotive. Yet
there are dozens Of things, big and
little, which are part of our daily
lives of the origin of which we never
think; or, If we do, we fail to connect
them with the names of their invent
ors -men as worthy of praise as any
Of the worlds benefactors.
When our grandmothers were
young pin money WAS necessity, not
figure Of speech. Pins We're sold at
tour a penny. 1t is to the forgotten
Samuel Slocum that we owe the cheap
pin Of to-day. In 1880 the idea came
to him that pins, which We're then
made by winding Il fine wire on the
head and fastening it to the post of
the pin, might be made at a single
operation. But. strive as he would, he
could not perfect the idea. At last he
shut himself up in room in his house
there eight days. seeing no one and
having his meals passed in to him. At
the end of that time he had every de-
tail perfectly worked out, and in 1881
the manufacture OF the modern pin
commenced.
A few years ago. comparatively
speaking, every one laboriousy laced
his boots from the lowest hole to the
top. There was none of that lightning
crossing Of the laces into the neat little
hooks with which the modern lace
boot is provided The inventor of the
boot hook, II. A. Ship. who was born
In London more than 20 years ago, is
at present ending his days in an aims
house. He sold his patent outright
for the sum Of fb0, and the purchasers
are said to have made f250,000 out of
tho idea.
1t Is less than century ago that
almost all of the worlds cooking was
done over the open fire. Joints were
roasted on spit. Bread was baked
In Il brick oven, tediously heated with
wood. For puddings and cakes the
portable Dutch oven was the only con-
trlvance known. In great houses elab-
orately built-up ranges of brick, with
Iron tops, were just beginning to be
used. The small compact range or
cooking stove seen in every kitchen to.
day was unknown. There is probably
not one person In 10000 who could
say, If asked, who invented the cook
ing range. His name was Josiah Reed.
and he died only four or five years ago
at the age of o.. His great invention,
which revolutionized domestic life.
brought him neither fame nor fortune.
In all the worlds history there is
no more startling instance Of ingrati-
tude and forgetfulness than the history
OF Henry COrt He expended the whole
of his private fortune of 100000 in per-
fecting his inventions for pudding iron
>.
Then he was robbed of the fruits of
| his toll by the villainy of certain gov
eminent officials and in the end left
to starve. This was in 1884
An Interview with Chamberlain.
Joseph Chamberlain, the noted En-
glish politician, was always noted as
difficult statesman to interview for
newspaper.
He would never talk for publication
unless he was really ready to take the
public into confidence, which was
seldom.
One day while talking with friend
in London hotel, he was approached
by diffident young man with the
timid question:
MAY l speak with you for
moment?'
Certainly" said the minister.
81 can't say 1t here" said the youth;
'let us go to one side"
| The bashful young man led Chamber
lain into a dark corridor, where he ex-
planned:
Il am on the staff Of the, and
would like to get your views ON the
Transvaal question"
every WE'LL" said the statesman,
with dark and mysterious look.
Come with me-"
He led the young reporter through
several corridors and rooms TO the
darkest corner he could find, and then,
after looking about carefully to see that
the coast was clear Of possible caves
troopers, Chamberlain whispered this
piece Of information: