The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-20

y
spring tonic or lightning rod.
You've somehow got the .dea that
don't know enough to buy turuips at
so cents n bushel. but | rather think
I'll astonish you
The Experiment.
Mrs. Bowser realized that the exper.
1ment would be carried TO some sort
of finish. no matter what she said.
and she therefore held her peace. and
Mr. Bowser gathered up his specimens
and descended 10 the basement.
"And now is 1t another fooin
around with the hot water pipes or the
gas meter?" asked the cook. who knew
something of his experimental nature.
'My dear woman. am going To as
tonish you as well MS benefit you," re-
piled Mr.. Rowscr as be approached
the range.
you've astonlshed me before. sir.
and want no moro OF II. Is II She
coal gas you are gom' 10 Try ana bottle
up and make a cure for the whoopin'
cough|
"Be calm and fear not. You see this
stuff? II Is a new fuel to take the place
OF coal. 1t gives out i've times the heat
and leaves 10 ashes-no more Juggling
up coal, no more ashes to bother with.
1t will be snap to work in this
kitchen after this. lust rake out what
little fire there IS, will you, SO that /
can start afreshT
"Therell be a bobbery of some sort.
You know there allus Is"
'Never you mind about bobberles.
I've got dead sure thing in this. and
there's barrels of money in 1t. You
came from Ireland, belleve?"
II did. sir"
"Well. within two weeks all Ireland
Will be talking about Bowser's new
fuel, aud it will probably be mentioned
in the pagers that you We're the first
cook to use II"
Its more likely they will be sayin
I've left my place, but git along with
you and have it over with"
The Explosion.
Mr.. Bowser put i'm paper and kin
dlings, added liberal quantity of his
new fuel and then stood back. Things
went OFF with n rush. ana he stood
back and rubbed his hands ana whs-
pered
"Only one pound OF my patent fuel In
there, and just feel the heat! The fue!
question is solved. You could put a
roast of beef in that oven and have 1t
ut for the table In an hour My dear
woman. I'll be running cotton facto-
ries for 40 cents a day and driving
locomotives 1000 miles for a dollar.
DO you observe? Do you feel? Dc
you realize a hundrcdth part OF what
this means to the civilized worldY
The cook had opened her mouth to
say that she thought her wages ought
TO be raised 81 month when there
was low rumbling, trembling of
the whole range, and the next instant
the covers few up to the ceiling, tho
doors banged open and burst OF flame
filled the kitchen. Mrs. Bowser, from
the room above. heard howl from
the eat, scream from the cook and q
yell from Mr.. Bowser, and she knew
what had happened. She couldn't &c
down for the smoke, but as she opened
the front door the trio came flying out
of the basement to roll on the snow In
the back yard.
The Fire.
1t wasn't much of fire. The seven
or eight pedestrians who rushed In and
upset everything and flooded water all
over the floors soon had 1t out, and in
the course of alquarter OF an hour the
open doors and windows had freed
the house of smoke. Mr. Bowser sat
ON the lounge, with red eyes and slnged
hair, and Mrs. Bowser finally faced
him and asked:
"Well, sir, any further experiments
this evening, or will you wait until to-
morrow nightW
"Wo-woman," he gasped as he lift
ed his hands and bulged his eyes, IN
VVaa--Vaa VOnln