Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-04-01
Observation-Disclosures SrSSsSssase eSss7ss
TJNIPTTON
Which is Common Sense with
out Educational Furbelows.
BY L, T. HovERMALE.
Canned Sunshine.

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Canned Sunshine.
West Liberty is to be placed on
the map. Hereafter it will rank
with the birthplaces Of Edison,
Erickson, Bell and other famous
inventors. 7. H. Caskey, a
young mechanic of this town has
perfected an invention that will
make him famous and will be of
inestimable benefit to the civiliz-
ed world. In fact it is hard to
estimate the possibilities of this
great discovery.
The inventor was very reticent
with the Courier reporter, and
only the vaguest outlines of the
wonderful process was disclosed
to him, but enough to convince
him that this is the greatest in
vention since the invention of
the telephone. The process has
not been patented yet, and for
that reason we are obliged to o.
init the details of the invention.
The invention is a process for
canning" sunshine. The young
inventor took the reporter
through his workshop and showed
him some of the finished pro-
duct" To him, uninitiated in the
scientific lore of chemistry and
mechanics, it looked like q large
jar of some jelly.like substance
inclesed in another jar, the two
Jars separated by thin metallic
sheet of metal resembling sheet
lead. What appeared to be an
immense skylight was in reality
a mystic array of concave mirrors
and beneath was an intricate ma
chine of some kind, the nature
Of which was uncomprehensible
to the newsgatherer. However,
the inventor placed one Of the in
ner jars, filled with a clear-look-
ing substance, in the machine,
and manipulated the mirrors SO
that an intense pencil of sunlight
was thrown on the machine, and
in a few seconds removed it.
The substance it contained was
changed in color, resembling
PHOSPHORUS, and gave forth a
aszliag white white light light Intense
that it could not be looked upon.
Then he wrapped it in the sheet
Ametal and placed it in the outer
jar. Then taking the reporter
into his darkroom, he produced
a tiny vial, and uncased it. The
dark room was instantly filled
with a dazzling light, and at the
end of thirty minutes there was
NO seeming diminution in its
brilliancy.
The young inventor then TOLD
the reporter that by his process
sun light could be canned
and stored away for future use
that the sunlight was, by the
process, greatly concentrated
and intensified and could be re-
leased and used as twas needed
He also said that it had almost al
great energy as electricity an(
that he was experimenting upor
machine for applying the en-
ergy for power purposes, but fol
the present he would only marke
it for lighting purposes. By al
ingenious arrangement, they
(they will be manufactured in al
sizes to meet the various require
Rents) can be turned on" ant
ashut off" at will. The frs
test Of them will be for stree
lighting purposes, and the inven
tor has perfected an aparatu
controlled by clock work, tina
will turn the lights on and off q
the option of the owners, depend
ing upon how many hours the
want the streets to be lighted
Que ten pound jar, the invento
says, will furnish light for twelv
months with one charging, an
that the light will be superior
an electric arc light. He say
that the cost of installing tn
lights will be less than one-tent
for the running and>recharging
rendering the great cost of in
stalling an electric plant unnece:
airy. A company will be forme
here to market the invention an
uild a large factory for the car