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'THe Art Of Courtship' By Nelljrinldey
James Watt
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TUB HKK: OMAHA. SATURDAY. FKBKUAUY 13, 1915.
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By ELBERT HVBBARD
By popular acclaim. Jamea Watt has
been' given the honor of being the in
ventor or the steam-engine.
The steam-engine made by Watt revo-
lutlonlred modern
civilization.
' The cold, ' actual
facta are that' the
expansive power of
steam had been
recognized since the
the, days of Pytha
goras, who lived
too year before
Christ.
For 1,000 year a
few men were con
stantly working on
the Idea, and re
volving It over and
over In their minds,
to discover a way
.whereby thla power
could be utilised.
But the immense
value of the inven
tion of Jamea Watt was In taking recti
linear pressure and utilizing it for rotary
motion. '
Watt was the first Ilct&rtaa.
The steam bolter Is simply a tea kettle
with a college education. "
Jamie did not know anything about
Pythagoras. He was Interested in oat
meal, and in swimming off the dock at
iGreenook, and In running errands for
his mother. ' . j
i
"When a thing is needed badly enough
the world evolves a man who evolves '
the Idea, The time was ripe for the steam
engine. '. . ; " ;" ' .' '
The father of James Watt was a ship
carpenter- For' a time' he served as. dock
collector, and as clerk In' the excise. Al
together he managed to be very poor,
which was a great advantage, so far as
Jamie was concerned.
Greenoch is the seaport of the great
city of Glasgow. From Glaegod to Green
och the Clyde runs full and level, a
wonderful river, along the banks of which
more than half the steamboats of the
world are built
. Greenoch built boats and made ma
chinery wnen Watt was born there In
17361 '. V
The lad 'worked In tho, machine shops,
and among: ' other ' things' .'turned the
grindstone; and we find him later using
that fine oid phrase - about having "his
nose. on the grindetonei"
: Boys who ' worked ' In the machine
'shops turned the. emery wheels. . It , was
this very toll that caused him to east
around for a scheme to turn that tarna
tion grindstone.
He was only 15 years old -when he saw
the agitation of the cover of his mother's
tea kettle. - ' ' ',' ' "" . c.
He was raedest enough to deny-that he
was the inventor of the steam 1 engine.
Watt was so rich In mental assets that
he gave everybody else credit-.
1m nature there la n duplicate of the
wheel. We hear of the hoop-snake that
takes Its tall In its mouth and rolls
away In safety; but no one has even seen
the hoop snake except e id ted colored
men of those much given to alcoholic
exhilaration.
The wheel comes down to us from the
days of the Egyptians. To make that tea
kettle turn the wheel was the achieve
ment of James Watt. i
In 1768 Watt made a steam' engine of
the piston tod variety. The pressure ot
the steam In the cylinder pushed the
piston rod back and forward and this en
gine ran and turned a goodly flywheel.
Watt was then a years of age. Besides
working in .the machine shop he had at
tended night school tn Glasgow, and had
tnade good deal of progress in the suo-
wt of physics and tho history of
mechanics. '
Archimedes was his patron saint This
steam engine that Watt made was shown
In the University of Glasgow.
Watt was a very superior man. Not
only did he have the Inventive genius, but
he had personality whloh commanded
respect evn from boyhood. In addition
to this, he had the Scotch Idea of econ
omy, lie took a theatrical Idea and made
of it a practical working betterment for
humanity.
In lTJt he made an engine which had suf
flcient power when he put a belt on bis
Ilywheel and attached this to shafting to
turn a series of wheels. I
' Success was then assured. It Is all
right to make an engine to run Its own
machinery, but when you have made an
engine tht. will net only run Its own ma
chinery, but also dosens of others, you
have achieved.
The Invention of James Watt evolved
la 1774 two years before the American
, - Declaration of Independence was In It
self a declaration of Independence from a
, vast amount of dead lift and pull, which,
before this, human hands and human
muscles had performed.
The first law that Watt discovered was
that a oublo yard of steam will lift one
ton a foot high.
The second law is that It takes only a
little more, fuel to evaporate a cubic Inch
of water at a pressure of 800 pounds to
the square inch than it does to evaporate
In the open atmosphere.
Third, the gain In power depends upon
the number of times tnat steam la per
mitted to expand. .
Fourth, a horsepower Is equal to 83,000
pounds lifted one foot In one minute.
Watt .after inventing his engine. In
vented a pop-valve, which avoided undue
pressure and the danger of explosion.
Then he Invented the governor, which
kept his engine from running away with
Itself.
Next he Invented the glass water
gauge, which shows plainly the amount
of water In the boiler.
It la good to know that all Inventors
do not die poor. Watt became rich, and
was accorded more medals than be knew
what to do with.
Some - of these he melted up and
analysed tn erdcr to see what the metal
was.
There are portraits of Watt painted by
Sir Joshua Reynolds, by Roinney; by
West of American and by O anna bo rough.
Hig methods change! . The wooer of short
"pants" and mittens and pockets that were verltr
able conjuror's nests for the marvels they held
went about Ms courtship In a fashion that nobody
but Bros up above could see through.! Even be
didn't . know what ailed him. But the little girl
whose fat little coat and snub-rimmed bat and
fashion at switching her skirts enchanted the very
soul of him the girl of his heart -he treated a
a wild Indian would have ,a fleeing white! He
twitched her ribbons ofif; he made hideous faces
into her horrified eyes; he tipped her snubby littl
hat over her nose and eyes and laughed like a
fiend ; he snow-balled ber without pity till the tears
glittered in the rosy dimples of her cheeks; these
were his tactics then! He threw stones at the, girl
he loved the best to let her know he loved (her.
But ah! later he carries her chlflfon wrap as if
It were a baby; he tramps through the snow to
spend five minutes beside her fire; be fetches and
carries and hands her about as if she were a bit
of spun moonshine that a finger would dispel; he
brings her pretty offerings to suit her taste, ber
heart and her mind candjr and roses and books
and he wouldn't . snowball her now unless he
klased her afterward. His methods in his art do.
change! NELL. BRINKLEY.
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Mutual mm corporation.u not oniy
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(Copyright 1919. by. Serial Pulblcatlon
Corporation.)
Fifth' KnaonE.
A AVonian tn Trouble.
CHAPTER III.
I stayed In thla house for no other
reason than to see Mr. Perry." announced
June, with no trace of timidity about
her.
What do you know about thlsT"
"Mrs. Perry Is tn deep trouble and
needs your help," ,
She had no reason to be In trouble.
I give my wife an ample allowance." The
man turned from June.
"You give it." Across June's mind there
flashed again the whole of her own vital
problem that whatever the wife has
must come from the husband in the
nature of charity. She saw herself again
aa the piteous little boggar before Ned,
whom she loved, and she saw. Mrs. Perry
in that same attitude before this stem
husband. "What right have you to call
It a gift?"
The man stopped and turned to June
with a puttied brow. She bad set astir
tn him a new thought
"This angel of , mercy stuff Is had for
profits," rasped the voice ot the yellow
head. "But I can't overlook a chance
like this. I know your kind, Jackson
Perry! Tou give your wife an allowance
that covers everything but emergencies.
You figure the plumber to come In throe
times a year, and If he comes la four
she loses. If she had a mad passion, to
treat a few of her friends to ice cream
sodas she haa to wait till next month's
allowance day. If she ever saved $3
you'd reduce her payl I'll bet this poor
Uttlue wife of yours first got Into trouble
through losing $3 In a friendly penny
auction game and she's been trying to
overtake It ever since."
A gentle hand was laid on the man's
arm.
You will help herT The low, sweet
voice was full of more than appeal; It j
was full of trust and confidence. I
There was a slitiht convulsive heaving I
ot Perry's shoulders, but that was all. !
He drew out a pocketbook and counted
some money Into the yellow haired wom
an's hand.
"Now bring Gwen to me," he said.
With moist eyes June hurried from the
room. -
A moment later there was a shriek, and
June came to tho door Mrs. Perry,
"The cops are at the doorl Walt for the
firemen!"
The explanation of that was Slow In
coming to June. When the yellow-haired
woman sent for a hnsband she had al
ways to fear the police, and the only Way
to foil a raid was to contuse it with a
fir. '
Thoroughly frightened, June, turned
back toward the salon, and as, she passed
the basement door she saw coming up
through the rolling yellow smoke the
dark, black Vandyked face of Gilbert
her eyes wild and her hair Tying, came ( Wye!
rushing back through the hall. Bhe
had gone only aa far aa the parlor door 1
and at the first sigh of her husband had
ran, overwhelmed with unreasoning ter- ,
tor. Back Into the salon Mrs. Perry fled
and to her place next the dealer. With
snakelike swiftness she Jerked open the
money drawer beneath the dealer's card
box and snatched from It the shining
revolver which she had so ofXen seen
there. Thare was an instant's commotion,
shrieks ot fright overturning of
chairs, as with a wild cry the woman
swiftly raised the revolver to her temple.
Before she could press the trigger, how
ever, June's strong young arm had thrown
up the woman's wrist and the bullet
which would have ended Mrs. Perry's
life went into the celling.
Jackson Ferry came bursting through
the door and found June In the midst of
the pandemonium, with the limp Mrs.
Perry tn her arms.
"Owen!" cried the man, and the call
came from his heart.
The yellow-haired woman had waited
only to see' Perry clasp his wife In his
arms; then, leaving wide the salon door,
she rushed toward the basement door.
"Ready with that flreT" she yelled.
"It's ready, all right," replied the page
girl, bursting out of the basement door,
and with her came a tremendous cloud
of smoke. It poured into the hall and
Into the salon. The page girl' was chok
ing with It - "They foozled the first one.
and the boas haa been fighting ever since,
trying to keep the shack from burning
down." ;
June rushed out through' trws hall.
"Not that way!" called the .page girt
This way!" called the yellow-haired
woman and with a Jerk of a tasseled cur
tain oord drew aside tha great yellow
hangings of the. salon windows, which
ran to tha floor.
The terrified women threw open the
windows In an Instant and were out on
the latticed balcony, down the steps and
through the yard to the walled park
fronting on the other Side.
As June sped away she heard the clang
of the fire engines and the hoarse shouts
of the gathering crowd In front of 48
Klngley court
Blye had dashed after her, hut he
reached the street only In time to see
her boarding a downtown car., He caught
the next one.
All unconscious that she1 was pursued
and grown careless by her three days of
safety in the Widow O'Keefe's thor
oughly protected house, June alighted at
her usual corner and hurried down the
cross street At an Irregular corner,
where half a dosen dingy streets and
alleys plunged . together and. apparently
dlssied by the Impact, wandered engu
larly and aimlessly off, 'June met, on a
narrow crossing a being fairly. Jiggling
with alcohol. Her heart pepped Into her
throat and she waa about to turn back,
for she would have died rather than have
brushed clothes with the object when
the creature, catching sight of her. Im
mediately stepped far over . into the mud.
Jerked off his battered rap and wfth ' It
made a courtesy so sweeping that he waa
unable to rise up for five minutes afterward.1
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Aa article, appeared In these columns a
few weeks ago regarding the Importance
of having children brought up by their
own mothers instead of being left to the
care of servants or
hired attendants.
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a letter from a
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poor woman ' waa
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children to sup
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years ef age.
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handom-niarked by divine In 11 v id u-! She was forced to look for, aid, and, not
eiuy. j succeeding very well, she applied to the
city. It claimed that it could only re
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L. I. Mother and children are heartbroken.
"X understand the city pays 13 per
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willingly bring them up with a Ittlo extra
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The flaws In poor human nature are
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