Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-22

gentleman. He sat on the edge OF the r',air.
brushed his hat primly with u's Goa. sleeve
as he spoke, and tried in vain TO hide his
pride in the idea that he was about TO ex-
plain
1T came to me in a flash" said he. (Tha
schemes of promoters of this class have Il
marked prediction for coming i'm a nashl
I've figured and figured on II since then
and can't see a flaw i'm II. Possibly you,
with your greater experience, viii see ons
a once.
Briefly # struck me all of sudden gee.
tcrday morning that there is an appalling
waste of power in the skyscrapers. The
point Is this: In those huge towers in
habited by thousands of people, there is
never a moment of the day when the water
faucets are idle. Waste wafer from tho
vashbasins and the drinking fountains is
rorpetually falling through the pipes. and,
OF course, attaining an enormous velocity
III It's drop through two and three hundred
feet of space
mo. what I've come to you for is this:
My idea is to lease the right to install rno-
tors in each skyscraper to convert this
force into power, and to collect the energy
in a central station. If you will interest n
irst-class engineer in the project and
raise enough money TO build the plant, [
an willing to give YOU two-thirds inter-
est in the matter. l have figured that
should clear at least million year.
Simple Christian Scheme.
81 have spring of water on my place"
said the red-whiskered man who was
next" producing bottle. IT'S the fin
est. purest water I've ever tasted. Just
plain water, you know, no minerals or
anything else-but just the thing that IL
needed in the big cities with their red
water supplies. I've got the name for 1t,
and my eldest boy. who Is quite an artist.
has drawn the designs Hercules Spring
Water I'm going To name il. I've got adj
vertising and all other matter all written
out. We are ready to begin the campaign.
sir. on a moments notice after we buy tho
bottles.
My family and I will furnish every
thing-the water. the labor. the brains
everything except the bottles ana what
little money is needed for advertising IL
you Will furnish that we will let you in
on an equal basis, share and share alike,
with me and my five sons and two
nephews. I've measured the flow OF that
spring, and il flows ten million of dollars
worth OF water a year. figuring the value
on the basis of two-Sallon bottle for 10
cents, bottle to be returned. How is that
for a good thing?"
\ burglar alarm personally conducted
by a gentleman who looked unfortunately
| like a burglar himself; an epoch making
Improvement in suspenders presented by
a society man. who was almost overcome
with establishment at his sudden invent
iveness; an idea for n cannon, to be made
economically of sheet tin on a new de-
sign that would enable it to throw 100
pounds of dynamite and infalIibly destroy
the naVies of the rest of the world. and
an elaborate scheme to give all the house
holders of the city shares of stock in
old paper and rags company, with the
understanding that IN return they would
deliver all their refuse of that nature at
a collecting station to be established by
the company-these and a score of others
followed each other in rapid succession.
Gems in the Rubbish.
'Nine-tenths of my day goes that way"
said the promoter. But it pays me, just
the same. I'm good deal like a junk
man, you know-picking over the rub
bish till 1 light on something worth
while Now, last month L found nothing
but rubbish. Last week was the same
every day clear waste. But last Monday
the first man who came through this door
brought me a good thing 1t was simple
enough-nothing except 4 patented tim
uers shears that will cut tin and sheet
iron straight without allowing either
side to curl up. That doesn't seem like
much, but you just ask any tinsmith what
he'd give for such a tool and you'll see. L
have reason to believe that I'll clear 500
600 for the inventor and $4,000 for my
self on that
That is the real business promoter and
how he gets rich, legitimately with only
his brains for capital.