receive my patents. I can say, however, that the boat will be drawn along by suction. On a large vessel the device will extend fifteen or twenty feet in front of the bow and will create a vacuum which the boat must naturally follow.     “I believe the invention, attached to a warship like the Maryland, now being built at the shipyard, would give her an average speed of thirty or thirty-five knots instead of the twenty knots which she will make. I have tried it on a small boat here in Newport News, and the success of the dial has convinced me that it is entirely practicable. I have had several offers for it, but will not sell. I hope to be able to exhibit the device at the St. Louis fair next year.” From—The Hawaiian Star. (Honolulu [Oahu]), 08 Oct. 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.