The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-04-08

grim determination and the essence
Of inspiration, had gone fenceward,
only to find the mslodlous feline had
gone thenceward synohreneusly, so to
speak. He would always End the fence,
but 1t was catless when he reached
It, His wife was cruel enough to in
sinuate that he was q better cat
silencer than his invention. But wo-
man Is ever the curber of ambition
and the throttler Of high resolves.
But, then, that has nothing to do
with Henry X. Bligsers and his in
ventions He would have tried to fix
up snake trap for Cleopatra had he
lived in her day. and he would have
been too deeply interested In the pur-
suit OF his experiments to pay much
attention to her, anyway. Henry was
man who placed his work before
mere pleasure, he was.
To resume.
Mr.. Bliggers struck new idea dur.
ing the recent eoal famine. 1t was
not q briquetts, nor an oil burner.
nor q mechanical board of arbitration
that should get Its pictures in the
papers and be interviewed merely by
pressing button or pulling string.
Bliggers had the welfare of humanity
a. heart, and besides he had no time
to read the papers, so did not know
what were the demands Of the hour in
that direction. To him the great de.
mand was for smoke consumer. He
figured that enough smoke was vast
ed every day to keep the population
Of the world hot for . whole year. So
he collected all his springs and pipes
and wheels and things. and built lit
tie shed in ths backyard. There, from
the remains of two unsuccessful air
ships, a sinkless submarine boat, and
a defective hydraulic pump he con-
structed smoke csasuMer that work.
ed wonderfully on paper. He comput-
ed the thing by algebra and demon
strated 1t by geometry. There simply
was no reason why. II so much smoke
should be delivered over a given area
OF the hrebox, 4 beautifully bright
and even fame should not result.
Figures don't lie, and Henry X.
Bliggers had figures that showed air
pressure and foot pounds and caloric
units till you couldn't rest. So prac-
tical did his invention seem that he
had little trouble in assembling Q
small party OF fnaAciers, who prom.
.ised TO back the invention il 1t WAS q
success.
The day for the test arrived, and
Bliggers had the back yard all cleaned
up. with chairs neatly arranged for
the accommodation Of his monsyed
guests. A six.iAch pipe led from the
smokestack of the sausage factory
across the alley. to supply the neces-
sary fuel for the smoke consumer.
When the Investigators were all
ready. Henry turned the valve that
admitted the smoke and lit the burn.
or beneath the hrebox. To the dis
may of himself and the unconcealed
amusement Of the inspectors, dense
black volume Of smoke came from all
parts of the invention. With true
confidence In bis own work, Bliggers
had neglected to provide 1t with .
due. for. being intended to utterly
consume the smoke. there was no rea.
son why 1t should have vent Of any
sort. a.
After half an hsur OF puttering and
shifting Of valves and pipes. the lead.
or of the capitalists arose and said
that he must be going, that he had
some business to attend TO. Before he
left, however. he turned to the dis
comfted Bliggsrs and said:
1T was my Impression, Sir, that we
were invited here to see demonstra.
tion of some sort. May inquire what
you have demonstratedY
you may, siy." replied Bliggers,
rubbing the snske from his eyes.
"You may. And will tell you what
have demonstrated. have clearly
shown that this smoke Is incom busti.
blem
Last week Bliggers had remodeled
the smoke consumer, and confided to
his friends that he was on the verge
Of perfecting q machine that would
make Ice by extracting the natural
heat from the water. and at the same
time could be used a. a milk con.
denser and cider press. But some-
how the public faith in his Inventions
had hean shakan