Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-01-18

made too many promises and the rep
resentatiye Who had the treasures Of
Alaska In bill form In the hollow Of his
hand went without recognition. ad'
iournment came and the discovery Of
the treasures Of the klondike vas
postponed for ave years
The army ofiieer who told this story
has won a lighting fame II he never
has discovered q sold mine. and with
ys hFhting fame be has q modes,y
which made him ash that his name
should no, BE- used. lest pvradyenture
people should feel called upon 20
mourn with him the loss Of a great op
portunity. TO say nothing Of some pos
sible millions Of money
inventor 10 Discouraged.
There comes 10 Washington &C
casiouAlly man who perfected
an Invention. an engine Of war.
which IL nos lE-gae By nearly every
civilized government on the face OF
the earth. Including the government Of
the United states THIS man recently
talked rcmlniscently lie said some
things In the course Of bic converse.
ton which may be interesting TO In
vcutors present aud prospective.
It must be remembered. OF course,
that this Inventor IL man Nuo finally
uaadc good. and Who today talks from
the hilltop % success tie said:
let every man know. n be has an
invention IN uhich he believes and
In uhlch be trusts that the govern.
meat viil nod merit tina, he must
prepare himself At the outset 20 DO
treated 10 turn like an nnbecile. Ia
uA,ic and criminal By the depart
meni oficiAls TO whom he tries to pre-
sent his IDEAS.
Every iuveaior vho enters de
parimcnt OF the Uni,ed states gov
srHmsn,-Sith view to Interesting The
osiolhls In something which may be,
and ettcn proves 10 10 % service to
the government. Is set down as a mat
I ter q course a. an idiot. This IL al
Z tho outset. There "a In mos, OF the
departments. and certainly 10 the one
with Witch | have to 90 business, a
/ set 81 ofaclals whose business Il 10 10
set rid Of Inventors. and 10 get I'D Of
thea without Ices Of politsuesa and
without luss II time.
The regular plan Il 10 pass the In
vsnior irum one 20 another. each one
having An increased chlllinexa OF man.
Der. but Jet wearing the emi.indul
seat smile uish which che lixtens TO
The prattie OF child known 10 be
mentally dsacient
The last oaeiai gets rid Of tho In.
ventog. uho. u 10 has no, an lndomit
able perseverance and a mental poise
Which viii enable him. because Of an
inner consciousness OF right. 20 over
look ln1alt. goes away probably never
10 return. aud the chances are tina, be
cause ot the scnsltiveness OF some
men this government has lost 10 It's
ase many Inventions which would have
added TO It's power
Next Cehtidefed 40 luFatic.
The secuad stage Of the inventors
progress. far arr speaking only Of
these who make progress. Ia that Of
The fanatic Tor 20 he becomes 10 be
viewed. The idiot 10 practically harm
ieas. and may ba treated ~ child .
the lunA,ic ia ap, 90 be dangerous. and
81 " en- the inventor. conscious OF the
worth Of hts inveation, pcrseyeres In
his attempt 10 see the officials. be Ia
looked upon as a man With 4 Sitter In
hls eye, aud the bluscoaied officials
with polics authority are given warn,
iaK that be is not TO be admitted 10
the presence Of he Official great.
meas,
Occasionally influences which the
inventor hates to bring TO bear enables
him to get an audience with the high.
est otfclal IN the department He has
reached the criminal stage by this
time. for he has taken to the ehiei
that which courtesy and custom re,
qulre should have been taken to the
nnderlIng
The three stages OF suspicion are
gone through again by the persistent
| ~ ventor --iuheciie. iunatic and Grim
lnai4 aud occasionally his persistence
! wins out. for In passing through the de
grees he mas happen to hit upon some
| uftlelal, also regarded as a lunatic by
, thfa rnltaagues who takes interest In
that whie other lunatics produce
. such vas my case. and won out
! The officials today who treated me
with something worse than scorn. ars
|, I,aklsg credit to themselves for discov
! erlng the merit In that which | had Il
! offer
On the continent OF Europe thing'
are different. There the Inventor Il
! not treated as n be we're fresh from
} an asylum for the feehle,minded. bu
, Ia turned over at once to the officia
! whose duty II Is to examine suel
{ things as be has to offer. and the exam
J ltnation proceeds forthwith. The con
: ltinental governments take interest Il
I leverything that Is new. especially II |
/. pertains 10 warfare, and the iuven,
, ior IN treated like what he is In mos
cases--a gentleman. The United State
government. when It gets a thing, ge.
J Il hy accident after exhaustlng ever,
r means likely 10 discourage maj
. whose brain has produced that xhicl