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YOL. XXIY-NO. 46.
BEECHER LEAVINGS.
rURY ROOM. SECRETS.
A EÜORT SUMMARY OF WHAT "WAS DONK AND
SAID TN THE JURY ROOM WHILE WRANQ
Lisa OVER A VERDICT.
The New York Snn report3 an interview
with Juryman Ilall oi tbe immortal twelve
who wrestled with the conflicting evidence
in the scandal salt: Mr. Hall then, with a
very retentive memory, detailed same of
the experiences of the jury room as iollows :
At 1:15, when the judge's charge was con
cluded, we were taken to the jury room.
Ve effected an organization Immediately
"Chester Carpenter feeing elected foreman,
WllllmT. Jeffreys secretary, and G. B.
Ilalstead and Georgs llull tellers. We went
to the opposite rooia to dinner belt re any
ballot was taken, but on eur re
turn to the Jury room we proceeded
to business. The first ballot was
taken with great interest. It was 8 to 4. Dis
cussion followed, and, interspersed by sev
eral balloting without difference in result,
continued until 7:30, when we kad supper.
mi i a. v.viaa1 awaw hATtrvf.hA
juroes meanwhile being engaged in discus
sion, or seeking rest in all aof-s of place
and in everv altitude. Mr. Carpenter was
in the judge's easy chair, Davis under the
judge's desk, and" Case on t ho table. JetT
reys was still cn his leet at 3 o'clock. Kal
stsadwas discussing the case in the jury
box. TavU, under the desk, was almost
gone, and MtOIurn, was hunting for a sort
bed a la Til ton. Ilull was under the teble,
with a law be ok for a pillow and the carpet
for a ted. At 4 o'clock they had averagd
about an beur's sleep, and most of hm
tried to shut their ey to the day
light, still endeavoring to fid re
pose; but tfcose who wocli not or covld noi
sleep, prevented the others from enjoying it.
During the day, with usual intermissions
lor tnsals. they contin-ced to consider the
-testimony, aitnouzn occasionally iw.ureu
by different recollections ot important
points. The crowd of watchers outside was
ot as much interest to the jury as they them
selves seamed to be Co it, and they were
much amused at being followed from one
side of: the court hoirye to the other. Un
usually persistent watchers were noticed,
commeaied upon, and made the subjects oi
-11 sorts of theories, -bet no signals were
-observed. Every transfer to Judge McCue's
court room was halted with delight, as was
-the
CAN OP ICR CREAM AND BOX OP CIGARS
'that th?y received in the afternoon of the
second day. After tapper on tbo second
. day the discussion became genera!, and was
attended by animation and excitement,
until Interrupted by the transfer to the
lower room, when hats, coats, fans and
writing material were picked up hastily and
-the Jury were conducted down stairs by the
court officers, followed by the crowd a far
as possible. Other ballots followed during
that night, but on subsequent evenings
worL was stopped at 8 o'clock. Friendly
chats followed, and efforts to secure rest.
Thedays were passed in mu:h the same
way . until they received the testimony,
when they got -along more satisfac
torily, although the - results did .not encour
.age hopes of an agreement. The jury had
understood that trey were .tc receive
tie iMtimony, and the failure to do so had
delayed them somewhat. After the first
two nights the jurors became tired out suf
ficiently to sleep even In their uncomforta
ble places. One mattress made 4ts appear-
. ance,' but the lucky, possessor was no sooner
. asleep than he was rolled off, and bis place
was ta&en oy anotner, soon to sDare ma rate,
Mr. Hull's only luxtry was a shftorcov-
ering ot sheets ot brown paper pasted to
gelber. The recreations of tbe iury were
not. many. Juryman Fitter proved a bless
inz. -Iiis singing was entertaining, bis
stories interesting, and his sleight-ot-hand
tricks . marvelous. ,11 e also introduced
a cata 3 christened "The Beeeber jury
jtame.1' :It was played upon a diagram
.marked uron the labia. Nine paper chips
-Wfrrd.hald by each eft wo players, end the
moves were alternate a in draugnts. Th
vnlaver who succeeded in putting three cf
his mea !n a row on any of the straight lines
-could tal e one of LUopponeot'd men. A
smarter . mile track was measured off for
walking and running races, and pitching
pennies was Indulged la. Sunday was ob
.aerved an a day ot rest, and no devotions
marked tbe day, the subject in dispute be
lug mentioned only once or twl-e. Mr.
Hull said chat the jury were anxious about
the extra compensation. For himself, it
.bad bee a a hardship to neglect his boclues
Jor six roor.tü, aud unlecs something was
done he mbt never recover from the craw
;ack.
.?UNCII AND FUN TOI FOUR.
ilETIKG OF THEODORE TILTON. THE JfCirAL
FRIECID, At'D THEIR COC'SEI. AFTER TUB
TKRDJCT TAS RENDERED THE CHARGE OF
CONSf IRACT.
icr. Moulton wrote the eara in a genui?.e
fit of indignation, and later in the day rs
celveditbe plaudits of his friends lor h3
spirit. .Gen. Pi vor and Judge Morris agree:!
that It waa no time (or hairsplitting and
serene sayings. Mr. Tilton thought tivt.r.
calm denial woaJd bav-e had a better effect
on the pablic. When Judge Morris mas
Moulton he greeted him angrilj-, and spokq
in t tie plainest ort of inproved.Engltsu of
Moulton 's clng 'away whea ßhearman,
Trscv, asd JJill ware busy accusing them of
conspiracy. Moulton replied tLit he waa
back in tamo to joic in the fight, and that be
wouid join hands all round to etir up tho
Loader-Price matter untfc there was noth
.Ing lelt to tir, and to mako plain whoso the
-Jault was. As Mr. iloaltoa was going from
ilorris A Pearsall'a office with Gen. Pryor,
j said to a reporter "The statement that
Jd.r. Shearman makes, that I was. concerned
in procuring Prije and Load? to make fale
äLdavite, is a lie. absolute, and I moan to
prove it. I wa with Gen. Pryor when
LÄü.ler Kd Price entered Morris's cflice.
and .as tLö yoong derk eould not writo cor
recti?, I seized a pen and told the gereral
to dictate, and I wrote down wnac ne
xeceiv42d bom the two m6n. I did not.a
adozea words to Price or to Lo&Jer.
oeyer saw Conners, and the assertion that
I met Cinners and Price In the Washirgtcn
Hotel, ia Ji'ew York, is another lalaebc-od."
"Well, at to the newer topic, the verdio:,
2Ir. Moniten?" asköd the reporter.
"THOSft WERE THREE BAAVK 2tZB.
Thyerhas 'Anal, honest pluck, and the
threa deserve monument for clinging to
their convictions. You have heard that
Jeffreys was my' friend, and that he was un
der business bü gatlona to me. That is not
true. I never knw Mr. Jeffrey, and when
he was summoned and called to tho fury
box I remember I scolded Mr. Morris for
not sending to me U.' let me Enow that he
was a member of tL Corn Exchange. I
. was afraid that he wai against us, and sup
posed that being a floux merchant that dealt
largely with David Dowi' in New ork. be
might be inclined to ft'-vor Mr. Beecher
through that gentleman. No, sir, that jury
aa far as I know were left to themselves to
find their own verdict." Mr. Moulton
tnmari 1ti TVcter rnftt ilir&n.. With G6HS.
Prvnr nrt Jnrtjr Morris and Frank
Carpenter soon joined them
at
lunch. Mr. Tilton had hurried
from the court room to his
library, for which his affection is reviving
in proportion as bis troubles cease, and was
in conversation with Mr. Peter K. Deyo
when a messenger came to summon him to
the symnosium in which bis friends were
joining. Mr. Tilton, on bis wav to the
restaurant, pasjea me carrisj?0 ui mi.
B. Murray, the Plymouth usher. Mrs,
Henry Beecher, jr., and Mra. Murray were
in the carriage, and as Tilton strode past the
Udles scowled at him and spoke in low
tones to fach other. Mr. Pickwick re
ceived no more cordial welcome from bis
club than Mr. Tilton received from his
coterie of counsel and friends, and with one
accord they saluted hira. Mr. Morris Intro
duced Mr. Moulton, a gentleman from Mas
sachusetts. Mr. Tilton greeted Mr. Moul
tca with a good-hnmored vrelcome, and for
mally asked whether he was the Moulton
spoken of in the case or Tilton versus
Beecher. Moulton lifted his bead and ad
mitted that he was. Mr. Morris
LIFTED A SLABS OF KOMA PUNCH,
looked at the rest of tho party through It
and proposed the health ol the three j ary
men "braver than the three hundred men
at ThfcrmoTylter' f Applause.! The health
of Charles A. Dana was drunk, as the pluck
iest editor in America the enemy ot enaras
in cflice and frauds in the pulpit. Then the
rartv fell into the most cenial social conver
sation. Mr. Tilton was brighter than he has
been for a year, and hushing tho clatter for
a moment, gravely tsiced Gen. Pryor and
Mr. Morris if it wor.ld bo convenient tor
them to receive their fees at that time. Gen.
Pryor dryly replied that he did not wish to
be burdened with a large sum of money, as
he expected to go to Princeton in the after
noon.' After the lunch Gen. Pryor and Mr.
Morris wont to 'Princeton, Mr. Carpenter
hurried to his studio in New York, Mr.
Moulton went home, and Mr. Tilton re
turned to his library. As he went through
IL street he was met by a number of
friends, who congratulated him on the dis
agreement of the iury. One of hi friends
said. "Sir. I have been trembling in fear
that tbe-great Plymouth Church influence
would sweep court, iury and all before it."
"Yes, all except the truth," added Mr.
Tilton. Judge Neilson mot Mr. Tilton in
the city court chamber and said, Mlt may be
pleasinc to vou. sir. to know that yotir
dignity, patience and courteous bearing
throughout tho trial have excited com
TUE POPULAR VERDICT.
THKrULPIT AND BAR OF INDIANAPOLIS ON
THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL FROM NEW YORK
HERALD INTERVIEWS.
Early in June Mr. J. W. Bingham, of this
city, interviewed leading ministers and law
yers here upon the Tilton-Beecher trial lor
the Now York Herald, but the interviews
were not published until Saturday, when
they appeared 'n connection with many
others throughout the conntry. Here is the
way such -sentiment is reported under the
head of Indiana:
TH E CLERGY.
The Rev. E. A. Bradley, rector of Christ's
Church, sotd be had no doubt of Beecher's
innocence. He considered his explanation
of his letters satisfactory. He would not.
however, like to be in his shoes, because of
the suspicion that would ever attach to his
name. The Rev. G. W. F. Birch, pastor of
the Third Presbyterian Church, said
that Beecher had mixed in bad com
pany, and was culpable lor that. As
tar as his examination had gone he had not
found enough to satisfy him that lieecber
waa guilty of the crime imputed to him.
The pastor of Plymouth Congregational
Church, the Rev. O. 8. Dean, thought that
Beecher had been guilty of indiscretion
and had done some very foolish things, but
his opinion had been from the first, and had
not been changed by the evidence, than his
Brooklyn brother was not guilty ot crimi
nai intimacy with Mr. Tilton. The Rev
Henry Day, pastor of the Fhst
Baptist Church, said he had
very decided opinion in regard to
the case, but as be lived in a community
where Mr. Beecher formerly preached, and
where he had many old friends, he did not
think it would be wise to give it. He
thought the jary would disagree, with a pre
ponderance in Mr. Beecher's favor in the
ratio of eight to tour. The Rev. Dr. J. 11
Bayli.-8, of Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Cburcb,sakl he would not wish to be quoted
At the outset he hsd been interviewed, and
then said that it was bad for Beecher, but
that both sides should be heard. Where
there was such a great outburst there must
be some guilt, but he was not prepared to
say just what the degree ot guils was.
THE LAWYERS.
General Thomas M. Browne U well known
throughout tho state for his legal ability and
and is also prominent in politics, having
run against Hendricks lor governor in the
last race. General Browne said that can
vassed by legal rules there was not much
doubt oi Beecher's guilt. He bad no doubt
what the verdict of a New York or Brook
lyn jury would be in such a case sitting in
the shadow or Plymouth Church, with the
outside influence that would be brought to
bear. TheHon. S. J2. Perkins, formerly a
Judge of the supreme Court of this state
and wno now occupies a seat on tne
bench of the Sucerior Court of this
county, said that had the suit been between
ordinary persons Ail ton would rocover.
As it was, rJeecbers great reputation and
Tilton'a loose character would help the
former out. The Hon. J. E. McDonald
United States senator from this !state, holds
a-Gorrcspondlngly exalted position in the
legal profession. Senator McDonald said
that he considered the written evidence
was nroof of the existence ol a guUty love
between Beecher and Mrs. Tilt6n. He
thought tbero was no proof ot an overt
criminal act as no wituetis had spen the ac
eusedin durante dolictu. Mr. WYE. Fish
took possesnes an enviable reputation as
lawyer.and was at one time editor ol the
lato &c Ionia Democrat. He said
that the same amount of crirainatinc evi
deuce that tbere was against Beecher would
convict a man of ordinary standing in our
Criminal .Court, and lue people would enly
laugh if tho same explanation was offered
that Ueecber bad made. The lion. A. G
Porter, a distinguished member ot the bar,
and aa ex-raemoer of congress, coincided
with tke vi et s of his partner, Mr. Flshback.
in regard to it be crimitiativeness oi the evi
dence. Beecber'a explanation of bis letters
was a bar to bis belief in his innocence.
Mr. II. V. Harrington, an able lawyer, said
te had looked upen Beecher as guilty ever
kLdco the publicatlcct ot the correspondence
between him asd be; other parties con
nected with the salt. They attempted to
put a Latin ambiguity upon the letters, but
tret was "too thin," to use a common
pLrase, for belief.
Mr. Edward F. Bark, of Cincinnati, pub
lishes a pathetic card in the Enquirer, in
which he clearly statei the case thus, with
great force and delicacy: "I was arrested by
the well-established liar, my Btep-fathr,
for stealing hia' watch, wbich case was
squashed by bis being better acquainted
with the courea be bad pursued, and better
for bia own cause."
INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY JULY 8 1875
KE ELY'S DISCOVERY.
FEATS OF THE NEW MOTOR.
STATEMENT OF ONR WHO IS IN THE SRCRET IT
WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THE MECHANICAL
WORLD REASONS FOR KEEPING THE
SECRET PERFECTING THE INVENTION.
Further particulars in relation to the
Keely motor have been given to a reporter
ot the New York Tlmea by Mr. Sergeant, of
the firm of Sergeant fc Cuttingwortb, of
this city. According to the statements of
this gentleman, the newly discovered power
4 Inevitably destined to revolutionise tbe
entire mechanical world and render possi
ble, and even easy, leata which seem now
bevond the power ol the most perfect ma
chinery in the world. Guns are to be fired
..' A1S..
bv tbe same power mat drives me snip mai
-carries them ; explosions are to be rendered
uomparatively barmles; engines oi e,uuu
horse power are to do conbiruciea bo as to
occupy no more space man an oruinary
steam engine, ana an tne mureis wmca mrv
accomplished by steam are to be performed
with infinitely greater ease by the cold
vapor evolved from air and water. The
wildest dreams of the Arabian story teller
seem commonplace when compared with
the marvels that are promised in this newly
dlfecoved force of nature, if the statements
of a well-known business man ot good
standing, and ol high repute as a scientific
inventor, are to receive me creaenco inai
would be given to them on any other sub
ject. All the difficulties naturally to be
expected in learning me use oi bo tremen
dous an agency have been encountered in
the experiments that have been made with
this. New tools have been made with
which the parts of a new engine are being
fashioned for the use of the motive power.
Metal has been made especially for Its con
struction. A new scientific vocabulary has
been fashioned to express the operations
hitherto unknown in mechanics, and per
fect success has attended tbe experiments
made thus far. Mr. Sergeant says: One
vear ago to-day I began an investigation
Into tbe powers" and properties of what is
termed the Keely motor. I was at first '
AS CTTER SKEPTIC,
knowing that the things which were claimed
lor it were utterly opposed to all my sclecntl-
fiR teachings, and that, according to all that
was known on the subject, tbe claims of Mr.
Keely were arrantly absurd. But I had
some curiosity on the subject, and. being ap
plied to by a number oi persons, some of
whom were pecuniarily interested in the
discovery, and all of wbom desired a careful
investigation to be maae, l conciuaea 10 go
to Philadelphia and examine u as an expert.
They offered to pay my expenses while I did
this, but I preferred to pay them myself, and
I dkl so. Mr. Keely claimed that be was
able by tbo utilization ot a power coming
from tne consumption oi mi auu wwr, vu
produce a pressure of thousands ol pounds
totheeauarelnch, aud do it Immediately,
almost instantaneously. 1 was incredulous.
and theBurroundings made me still more so.
I said to Mr. Keely that in the introduction ol
alllhe great inventions or discoveries' of
which I bad ever beard, the discoverer had
had great trouble to persuade people to listen
to him, and greater yet to persuade any
one to luvest money in the novelty.
But here this was reversed. People were
investing money in something of which they
knew nothing except what be chose to say
about it. Tnat ol itself looked suspicious
to me. and the extravagant stories wbich be
told convinced me ot the fallacy of believing
him. lie was very jealous ol bin secret. H
would not for a loug time admit me to
what he was doing, that I might investigate
tho matter. It was only after a strong pres
sure had ioen brought to bear on bim that
be consented to do as mochas let me see
him work, and when this was at length ac
complished by I be intervention of his friends
who were interested r-the Invention, he
bad in the room a man named Beck el, who
has worked for bim a number of years, who
would be able to testify, if need be, that on
such a day be ( Keely) had exhibited bis in
vention to me. And so great was bis anx
iety to keep the secret that the very stock
holders were keot out of tho room while e
were together, and their counsel, coming to
tbe closed doors, knocked, and was an
swered by Mr. Keely, wno would not aduia
bim. I &aid to him lhat it he would, in Ii;
way he described, show me, not a pressure
of thousands of poundJ, but of a nundrei
pounds to the square inch, produced iuioic
aiittly, I would believe that he had a uüm
invention. He Bhowed me at once a pres
sure of
A THOUSAND FOUNDS.
I was conlounded. I dared not believe him,
even although I had told him that I would.
I thought he most have some kind of aeid
litz powder concealed somewhere, or some
gun-cotton, or nitro-aljcerine.orsome other
powerful explosive. I examined closely,
expecting to find some little pea somewhere
that would explain the wonder to mo. . I
found none, and yet I was not convinced,
even by seeing. The thing was too wonderful
forme. But I continued my investigations
until I lonnd no room lor any further
doubt. I did more. After being with Mr.
Keely for a long enough time to solve all my
doubts, I went away and consulted with
others. I went especially to one man whose
name would be instantly recognized, if I
should tell it, as that of a scientist known all
over the country. He was a skeptic, as I
had been. I told him what I had seen. lie
beard me through, and told me I must bo
däooived; that Mr. Keely was using some
chemical of which be kept me in ignorance.
He thought at first from my description that
it wxs carbolioe, or a vapor from it, and
at my request, he produced a jt of
that vapor. I allowed the jet to piny upon
my hand and found that it was sj cld
as to produce a stinging Sen
sation. I taid, 'This is not Kesly's vapor.
ThatU pleasant to the touch.' Isinelledof
tbecarboiine vapor and it was utterly un
like Keely V, for the crboline nad a scent
about it which Keely 's had not, although
tbe professor said the carbollne could be pro
duced witn scarcely a trace ot the scent. But
I have swallowed all I could get of Keely 's
vapor, and I find it is pleasant. You can
live on it. I asked the professor if the car
bollne vapor was capable ol condensation by
simple expansion. He said no,' and I knew
it was not Keely 'a, for that is condensed by
simple expansion. It turns back to water,
and that water I can drink. .After each con
versation with tbe professor, in which be
would tell me that I was deceived in this
thing or that, I would go back to Mr. Keely
and watch and study his operations until I
(knew I was not deceived. At length he al
lowed me to work hie machinery myself,
aad I found I could do as he did; and the
machinery for producing this vapor is so
simple that a child eight years old could
woric it. Deception was impossible under
sueä circumstances. Soma of the articles
that o.tve appeared in relation to the Keely
motor elng based, as all these articles have
been. ot the reports and statements of those
who kn w nothing about the matter, have
contained the
MO8" ABSURD STATEMENTS.
It has been .asserted that we do cot know
the differencd between pressure and power;
that we claim to have a perpetual motion
machine; that "we pretend to be able to
make something out of nothing, and many
similar things are put forth by persons who
oagnt to Know Dotter man to assert euch
things in relation to the men who are cor
nected with the Keely motor. The assertion
that 1 do not know the difference between
pressure and power is sufficiently answered
by the. reputation cf tbe firm of which I am
a member. It Is not likely that we could
have obtained that reputation if we were no
ignorant of the very principles involved in
the work we do. A perpetual motion machine
is one that makes its own power. One that
does not make its own powej can not be a
perpetual motion machine. Now, Keely
pretends to do no such thing as that. On i he
contrary, Mr. Keely's claim Is entirely dif
ferent. He claims to produce from the con
sumption of air and water a cold vapor
capable of condensation by simple expan
sion, and which contains power enough to
produce a pressure of 20,000 or 30,000 pounds
to the square inch. It is admitted that no
cold vapor capable of condensation by simple
expansion can be produced by chemicals, but
I know that by Keely's method It can be
prod aced, for I have produced it, and con
densed it in just that way, and have drank
the water produced by the condensation.
Tbe professor to whom ! have alluded, when
I told him that I bad drank the water so
produced, said, 'Ob, you are deceived.' He
thought that Keely had substituted the water
which I had drank in a surreptitious man
ner. I went back to Keely and tried it again
to be sure that I Lad not b?en deceived in
that manner, and 1 convinced myself that I
had not. As to tbe Idea that Keely claims to
produce something from nothing it is ab
surd, tor that is just what be does not claim
to do. He claims to have discovered one of
the laws of nature by which this vspor can
be produced. When I talk to the scientists
about a pressure of 10,000 pounds to the
square inch they are incredulous, but I have
seen it at 15,000, and I have weighed it. o
that I know that there is no mistake. We
are now having a gauge made by which we
can weigh it up to 50,000 pounds. One of tbe
difficulties in our way has been that we
have not yet bandle! tne thine at tbe great
pressures at which it can be used. It takes
time to make all the experiments needed,
and, although we are pursuing them as rap
idly as possible, we can not do everything in
a day. We have used it up to 16,500 pounds
pressure, and are going on as fast as we can.
There is
ONE HINDRANCE.
We do not know what we can cover with
our letters patent. We can not, of course,
cover a natural law by a patent, and what
we can cover we must describe so fully that
any person expert in such matters can do
the same tbing from our description in or
der that he may know when and how be
Infrioges on our patents. This we have not
yet been able to do because we have not yet
used it at the heavy pressures at which it
can be nsed. We know that it will pro
duce 250 times tbe pressure that steam will,
and in order to control this agency we mnst
have engines ol Austrian gun metal. Tbe
engine we use is a regular yacht engine,
with a pair of three by three cylinders, aad
capable ot working under a pressure of
from 500 to 1,500 pouuds to tbe inch on the
piston, but tbe engine we are constructing
will be capable of working under the tre
tneodnous pressure which we shall produce.
It Las been asked how we will harness such
tremendous power. We will d it with
gun metal and in such a way that it will bt
safe. In making guns such exactness is
tossible that they are able to tell how many
times tbe gun can be fired before it will
burst, and the bursting comes, not from
tbs force of tbe explosion itself, but from
the unequal strain produced by the burn
ing of powder. This element of de
struction we do not have to contend
with, because our pressure is even,
and with machinery made on scientific prin
ciples tbere will be no danger or possibility
of an explosion. But even if there should be
an explosion, wbich could only come from
some defect in construction, there would bo
no danger, excepting from some flying piece,
wbich might do damage, of course. In ex
plosion of a steam boiler tbe destruction is
caused by the eudden and marvelous in
crease of pressure wbich occurs at the mo
ment of explosion. This is not understood
scientifically, but tho fact remains that when
a boiler explodes under a pressure ot 30 or
40 pounds, at tbe instant of tbe explosion
tu ro will be a pressure of 10,000 pound on
the sudden liberation of tbe steam, and it is
this which causes the damage which results.
Now, with the Keely motor, it is entirely
different. Supposing there should be, from
some defect in tbs machinery, an explosion,
and tbe motor suddenly liberated. By its
expansion it wouid be condensed to water,
and no damage would be done. The Kealy
motor not only will do the work of steam,
but is applicable to all purposes lor which
gunpowder is used, and is far superior to
gunpowder or any ether explosive known.
We have a rille from which we have tired
hundreds ot bullets with it, and these exper
iments have demonstrated its
SUPERIORITY TO GUNPOWDER.
It is well understood that the force of tbe
gasses generated by the explosion of powder
lessens as the bill travels on its way
through the barrel, and that it the barrel
were long enensth a partial vacuum would
be found nehlnd the ball. The study of tbe
subject has led to the experiment of explod
ing three or four cartridges in ucctosioa
behind tbe ball as it travels through the bar
rel. By this means a tremendous impetus
can be given to tbe ball, as bas been repeat
edly demonstrated by experiment. Ba; the
pressure of the Keely moter is continued up
to tho time thu bill leaves the tauzzla of the
gun, when of course by further expansion,
the moter is condensed to water. One of the
rnmsritabl things about the Ketly motor is
that it ein not be trasmitted at a lower
pressure than 1,000 pounds. It can be usd,
f cour?, tit a lower pressure at;er it is put
in action. It can ba regulated like steam,
but its transmission at b-.F.s than 1,000
pounds pressure causes its condensation. It
is like e tea oi in this respect, only, of
course, the pressure at wbjen it can
be transmitted is much higher than
that ot steam. This disposes at
once of the absurd allegation tbatitdoes
KOine certain things at a low pressure, but
that it is doubtful whether it will work at
high pressure. The time will certainly come
when our gunboats will be worked by the
same power which will fire their guns'.
Alter this power has been discovered by
Mr. Keely, a copartnership was first formed
aad be continued bis experiments.- After
ward a joint stock company was organized
through the Instrumentality of Mr. Charles
B. Colisr, who is now one of tbe four men
wb kmow what tbe motor is. The four are
Mr. Keely, his workman, Deckel; Mr. Colier,
and myself. After tbe stock company was
organized it was resolved to offer a limited
amount of the stock for sale. The amount
was fixed at 30.000 worth, and I offered to
take it all myself. This was, however, ob
jected to, as "there were other parties who
wanted to buy stock, and it was thought
not best for one person to have more than a
limited amount. Another company has
been organized In New England, which has
purchased the privilege to buy the patent
lor tbe six New England states. They have
paid the first installment ot the --,
PURCHASE MONEY FOR THE PRIVILEGE,
which is ?30,000, and; they have two other
payments to make ot the same amount.
v nen these are paid thev will hav tha
right to bny tbe the assignment of tbe patent
lor those six states, paying lor it one halt of
their capitaUtock. The buyers of stock in
these companies are influenced solely by
their confidence in the men who know what
the motor is. They have no knowledge of
it themselves, although private exhibitions
of it have been given under great pressure
from tbe stockholders, who demanded to be
shown what the thing was. An engine was
shown, working by the new power, bnt it
was impossible for any one who saw it to
understand the motor. Tbere is no necessity
for telling the public about it, because we
have plenty of money to follow it up our
selves, and ask none from the public, and
our great anxiety is to keep tbe secret until
we shall have perfected our system of work
ing the power so as to be able to täte out
letters patent that will protect us. It has
been said tbat Mr. Keely has received
large sums ot money, and has
iweu raj?eu irom poverty to com
parative affluence by those who expect to
benefit by bis invention. The lacts
are tbat ne receives ?200 a month for his per
sonal expenses, and his machinist's bills are
paid. This money is advanced to him, and
if be receives other money it must be from
a sale of his interest, and I don't think he
woald sell a dollar's worth ot that as a mat
ter of principle, lor if he were to dispose of
nis interest it would De demoralizing in its
effect on bis associates. He works on his
invention so constantly that I have repeat
edly taken him away from it, and taken
him out driving, fearing tbat his constant
application would be injurious, it i, of
course, uncertain how soon bis labors will
be completed, but it is probable thai before
long the patents will b taken out, and the
whole thing given to the world. Until that
time, ot course, we cm say no more than
has been said. The stockholders are impa
tient, and, not being men of science, are un
able to see why we can not patent what we
have, and then patent the improvements
tbat we are able to make. I have bad con
siderable experience in such matters, and
have taken out so many patents that I have
learned tbat it is best to perfect an invention
before patenting it.
A CELEBRATED ADVENTURER-
CAREER OF THE COUNT SAINT GERMAIN -THE
BENSATION HB CREATED IN PARIS HIS SE
CRET OF LONGEVITY SURMISES AS TO WHO
HE WAS.
All the Year Round furnishes the follow
ing sketch of tbe famous Count Saint-Germain
: This famous ad enturer is supposed
to have been a Hungarian by birth, bnt the
early part of his life was by himself carefully
wrapped in mystery. His person and his
title allEe stimulated curiosity. His age was
unknown, and bis parentage equally ob
scure. We catch tbe first glimpse of him in
Paris, a century and a quarter ago, rilling
the court and the town with his renown.
Amazed Paris saw a man apparently of
middle age a man who lived in magnifi
cent style, who went to dinner parties,
where he ate nothing, but talked inces
santly, and with exceeding brilliancy, on
every imaginable topic His tone was, per
haps, over trenchant the tone of a man
who knows precisely what he is talking
about. Learned, speaking every civilized
language admirably, a great musician, an
excellent chemist, he played tbe part of a
prodigy and played it to perfection. En
dowed with extraordinary confidence or
consummate Impudence, ne not only laid
down the law magisterially concerning tbe
present, but spoke without hesitation oi
events two hundred years old. His anec
dotes of remote occurrences were related
with extraordinary minuteness. He spoke
oifX scenes at the Court of Francis I., as if
he had seen them, describing ex
actly the appearance of the king,
imitating his voice, manner and language
affecting throughout tbe character of an
eye-witnesa. In like style be edified his
audiences with pleasant "stories ot Louis
XIV., and also regaled them with vivid de
scriptions of places and persons. Hardly
saying in so many words tbat be was
actually present when the events happened,
be yet contrived by his great graphic power
to convey that impression. Intended to as
tonish, he succeeded completely. Wild
stories were current roncerning him. He
was reported to be 300 years old, and to
have prolonged his life by the use of a
famous elixir. Paris went mad about him.
Ho . was questioned constantly about
HIS SECRET OF LONGEVITY,
aid was marvellously adroit in his replies,
denying all power to make old folks young
again, but quietly asserting his possession
of the secret of arresting decay in tbe human
frame. Diet he protested, wa, with bis
marvellous elixir, the true pecret of long
life, and he resolutely refused to eat any
food but such as had been specially pre
pared for him oatmeal, groats, and the
white meat of chickens. On great occasions
ne orans a nine wine, sat up as late as any
body would listen to him. but took extra
ordinary precautions against the cold. To
ladies he gave mysterious cosmetics, to
preserve their beauty unimpaired; to men
he talked openly of bis method of trans
muting metals, and of a certain process for
melting down a dozen little diamonds in'n
one large stone. These astounding asser
tions were backed by the ooss-ssion of ap
parently unbounded wealth and a collection
of jewels of rare size and beanty. From
time to time this strange being arpeared in
various European capitals under various
names as Marquis of Montfcrrat; Count
Ballamore, at Venice; Chevalier Schoening
at Pisa; Chevalier Weldon. at Milan; Count
Soltikoff, at Gsnoa; Count Tzarogy, at
Scbwalbacb; and finally as. Count Saint
Germain, at Paris; but after his disaster at
tbe Hague, no longer seemed so wealthy as
before, and bas at times tbe appearance ol
seekiDg his fortune. At Tournay he is "in
terviewed" by the renowned Chev
alier De Seingalt, who finds bim I
in an Armenian robe and pointed cap, with
a long beard descending to his waist, and
ivory wandln hand the complete make-up
of a necromancer. Saint-Germain is sur
rounded by a legion ot bottles, and is occu
pied in developing tho manufacture of bats
upon chemical principles. Seingalt boing
indisposed, the count offers to physic bim
gratis, and offers to dose him with an elixir
which appears to have been ether; but tbe
other reiuses with many polite speeches. It
is the scene of the two augurs. Not being
allowed to act aa a physicianSaint Germain
determines to show bis power as an alchem
ist; takes a twelve-sous piece from tbe other
augur, puts it on red-hot charcoal, and
work with the blow-pipe. The piece of
money is fused and alio wed to cool. 4,NTow,"
says Saint Germain, "take your money
again." "But it is gold." "Ol tbe purest."
Augur Xo. 2 does not believe in
THE TRAN8M UTATICN,
and looks on the whole operation as a trick,
but he pockets the piece, nevertheless, and
finally presents it to the celebrated Marshal
Keith, then governor of NeuchateL .gain
in pursuit of dyeing and other manufactur
ing schemes, Saint-Germain turned op at
St. Petersburg, Dresden, and Milan. Once
he got into trouble, and was arrested in a
petty town ot Piedmont on a protested bill
of exchange; but be pulled put a hundred
thousand crowns' worth of jewels, paid on
the spot, bullied the governor of the town
WHOLE KUAIBER 1,807
like
the
a pickpocket. nd was released with
most resDfctful or. ,:.."
doubtexists that during one of his residence.
In Russia he played an important
p '"the revolution which plac d Catha
rine II. on the throne. In support of this
view, Biron Gleichu ites tbe extraordi
nary attention btowed on Stint Germain
at L?cho.-n. in 1770. br rv.nnt iv.m i.iK-
ana a remark made bv PHnf:,.,,
loffto tbs Margrave of Anspach during his
beT tbe son of a Port
, V """ruiuriK. AIMr Sil, W JO Wkg
lid IK. enn TJ . .
a-
u"0 rfowt ur aia ne. in hi oii ao
tell
tha truth to his proteetor had enthu-
auc Kumirer, rnncv Charles of Uese-Cawx-1?
According to tbe story told his last
blend, he was the son of Prince Itakoczy
of Transylvania, and his wile a TekelV.
He was placed, when an in
fant, under the protection of the
last cf tha Medici. When he grew up,
and beard tbat his two brothers, sonsot the
Princess Hesse Rbeinfels, or Rothenburg,
bad received the names of Saint Charles and
Saint Elizabeth, he determined to take the
name of their holy brother, Kanctus Ger
uianus. What was tbe truth? One tbing
alone is certain, that he was the protege of
tbe last Medici. Prince Charles, who appear
te bave regretted his death, which happened
in 17S3, very sincerely, tells us that be fell
sick, while pursuing his experiments in
colors, at Eekrealorde, and died shortly af
tf r, despite the innumerable medicaments
prepared by bis own private apothecary.
Frederick the Great, wno, despite his skep
ticism, took a queer interest in astrologers,
saldo! bim: "fhisisa man who does not
difl." Mlrabeau adds, eplgrammatlcally,
"He was always a careless fellow, and at
lst, unlike his predecessors, forgot not tc
die."
. a
A TALK WITH OLD CARTER.
HE OUGHT TO KNOW INJUNS HIS EX PER- '
IENCK WITH THEM AND GRIZZLIES TWO
MANY WHITE PEOPLE HE WAS GOING cr
THE YELLOWSTONE.
The New York Sun furnishes the follow
ing: "Injuns, stranger Injuns? Yes, I
know the hull gang of 'em, from Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail down to the tod
dling pappoose, I ought to know 'em I've -fit
'em for nigh onto thirty years !" He was
a grim looking old man, with grizzly locks
in view nnder his cuonskin cap. He had on
a bearskin coat, Indian moc
casins, buckskin shirt and leggins,
and be held a long rifle be
tween bis knees as he talked. "Tbese West
ern railroads are rapidly civilizing the coun
tryfast killing off Indians, wolves and
buffaloes?" He looked around the car,,
which Was handsomely furnished and" fin
ished, and sighed as he replied: "Yes,,
times are gittln' wuss an' wuss down ibis -way.
I've been tbinkin' of goin' up to the
Yellowstone, wbar a man can go out any
time o' day and get up a equar' fight with e
grizzly, or raise a rumpus with the reds." '
"You must be quite an old man?" "Only
'bout sixty. I aint quite so lim
beron a long run, an' can't sleep quite
so well with tbe rain pouring -down
into my face, but if I thought.
I wasn't good for any three Injuns on th
plains, or any grizzly tbat ever stood on
legs, I'd ax ye to shoot me!" "You mnst
have seen wild times out here?" "Pnrty
wild purty wild," mused the old man;
"there usee to be heaps o' reds out here, ta
say nothing of the wolves, b'ars and rattle
snakes, an' thar was times when death rose
up to shake hands with me." "Ever taken
prisoner?" "I moogbt hev been I guess I
was," he said, as ho uncovered hUbead..
"Why, you've been scalped!" "They called
it sculping, stranger!" "And who did that?"
"This same blasted Red Cloud. He dldn'
use the knife, but be
STOOD EY AND HOLLERED
and encouraged the chap who did doit.'
"Your sensation must have been terrible.'
"There wasn't time to feel any sensations,.
stranger: They sneaked in on me an' Tom
as we dozed, an' when I woke up Tom was
riddled anf my sculp was hanging to an' In
jun's belt!" "And what then?" "Nothing
much, I got up and killed two, wounded
another and legged it up a canon and got
away. If it was to do over again I'd git my
topknot back or light the whole Sioux nation
till somebody went under!" He seemed
lost In reflection for a moment,
and then continued: "I don't know what
sculps are wuth in the market, but I gue&
I've got the full value o' mine. I've knocked
over risin' of thirty Sioux since that night,
an' I guess I'd be willln' to pass receipts."
"I suppose you've had a turn at half a dozen
different tribes?" "Less see?" be mused.
"There's tbe Sioux, Blackfeet, Pawnees. Ar
rapahoes, Shoshones, Cheyennes, an' three
or four other tribes. They've all hunted me,,
and I've hunted them, an' I can't say as
they owe me anything." "I notice a bad
scar on your lace." "Purty good
scar for a common man, but I kin show
ye tbe sculp-lock of the Pawnee who
made it. He lumped on me jist after I had
swum a river, an' be thought he'd got bold
of a lack rabbit. 'Twas a bad cnt, and it
kind a 'mazed me at fust, but when I did
cum to. he was gone afore he could yell
twice! I said it was a purty good scar, but
it isn't quite ekal to this." And he pushed
up the legging on his right leg and ex
hibited a scar which made me draw back.
Tbe foot, ankle, and tbe leg as high as I
could see. had been burned by fire. "The
Blackfeet had me fast to a stake once, ye
ob8arve," he explained. "That was tbo
time when they poked each other in the ribs
an' said they had
A DEAD-SURE THING
on old Carter, but they wuz mistaken. They
had me three days, and I'd bin kicked an'
cuffed around until there wasn't any more -
fun in it, an' then they tied me to a stake an
lighted a fire around me. 'Twas pretty eins,.
stranger pretty clus!" "And how diJ yon
escape?" "Half a dozen of my old pards
came along jist in time to knock over half
the band, ard save me." There waa silence
again while he unbuttoned bis shirt and
showed me a besom literally
gridironed with scars. "Well, thar
may be two or three kniia cute
thar," he explained, "but the heft o' them
scars wuz made by a grizzly. He wasn't
one o' these bar calves that some folks knock
over an' then blow about, but a res'lar
three-story, old-fashioned irrizzlv. snch as
ye don't find outside o' tbe darkest canons
in tbe Rockies. I wuz bendin' over the
fire when tbe varmint slid down a canon an
wuz right on hand afore I had any warnin'.'"
"And it was a hard fight?" "It wuz a purty
fight. 6tranger, because it wuz a fa'r fight.
I had a b!g knife, an' be had teeth an'
claws, an' we went in ter kl'.l. He wuz
good grit, but a leettle slow. Thar waz about
thirty days after that little epvFOde that my
pard had to nusa me like a child." "And
you mean to die out her ?" "That's for the
Lord to say, but I 'spect yer more'n right.
Tbe Injuns, is purty quiet down h6re, anv
these keers ar' bringing heaps o' people
West, but I'm goin' up whara white man
won't disturb the Lord's work for a hnndred
years to cum! I feel kinder mean an' small
down here as If I wuz huntin' rabbits, but
up the Yellowstone a feller kin brace up after
he's knocked over a Ted or two an' feel as if
he wasn't foolin' away his-young daysP
And that was old Carter.