Clarksville Weekly Chronicle

St. Louis Republican: An inventor of this city has been engaged for some years in the construction of an engine to be operated by a new motive-power, and which will be completed inside of a month. It is designated as the Non-exhausting Pneumatic, Hydrostatic Paradox engine, and if the invention proves to be what its originator is sanguine in the belief that it will be, it will take the place of steam-power in land and water transportation and the propelling of all kinds of machinery now operated by steam. It will require no fuel except water and air. The inventor has associated with him a gentleman of some considerable means, and the various portions of the machine have been turned out at the foundry and machine-shop, while the rubber required has been ordered from the rubber works in New York. There is some fine work required to correspond with the drawings, and when a piece of work fails to fit the design, it has to be sent back and remodelled over again. The first engine on the new principle will be a six-horse power, and a trial will be made with street cars, so that the test will be open to public inspection.