The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-02-28
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.,,s,s.s p-o,,aos A csvssS ne Agfaasic.
a Das.v XII, i sRieni Of the navigation oil
n about t0 brought again
~ 80 si,a attention OF the public by an NJ
|aIu ,.s - cfoas the Atlantic from New York
Il y sliaon. which enterprise rs to be I'M
2. 80 IN Mons a.. Chevnlier, an aero
el ls - Srteudei European reputation. M.
s ls III arrived In this country about a
|aesa AGO. and has already succeeded in
PIE the confidence and support Of some
arr 5rst scientific men. He Is by birth a
.r;ss labont 30 years Of age: For dozen
AIRS mast. Chevalier has been an enthu-
Id in aerostatics. He spent ms inherited
Isssune ON flying machines, and has ever
- axnerienced, on account of his PEN
psnssa succession of ups and downs IN life,
tsraortifisary- even for an aeronaut. nj.
haSalier,s latest invention is steam fly
| : ,aarhine, which may be briefly described
Isi.a;ng conesructed after the model of o
a ~lo1g. wing-iike sails project from
f.Ser side of the iron body of the ship, and
fsn.like "arrangeftientp Mt the stern
Iands in the place of the tail OF the bird,
nj serves it's purpose in raising or depres>
Ia the machine in its course through the
Lacking Mt the fine picture represent
e Il soaring in mid-air over plains and,
Ioountaips. as it appears in French peri
E,;caI. the only really astonishing thing
6out the pir-monster is that it would not
III when Cheyaiier tried it, but broke
I,wn and left it's sanguine inventor "dead
[otep too. This and similar accidents
I've NOT in the least succeeded in diskeart-
r;ne him in his life-search for the solution
the gyeat problem; they. only throw ..
|ronaer light ON the obstacles in the way.
|fter such mishaps, Chevalier bounds aloft
|astically in his balloon for the delight of
fokn 6ot- pov
|arseiIles, or Lyo ns, or London, or Dublin,
ka thus repairs the losses of his exchequer
Il n fresh everlasting OF 4lis flying steam
lin. In this way he has made hundreds
ascents in every country ia Europe and
Australia. Once he sailed in his balloon
Io,n Paris beyond the boundaries of Russia.
n another occasion he crossed st. Georges
|hannel from Dublin into England. In one
! his trips he made the extraordinary
! eht of 700 miles in four hours. I'd another
tsent, made for the Marquis of Butte, just
fore comingto this country, he was driven
} miles in an hour. But about his trans
[tlantie trip, from New York--he under
likes it partly for the great. effect it will
hive, if successful, on his business" on
be other side of the water, and not less to
|etermine the existence OF n continuous
belt" of westerly currents, which the phifO-
[,phers say must exist at tho hight of 5000
J iO, 600 feet above the surface of the earth.
|. Cheyalier has brought with him, in COM
lete readiness, the balloon in which he
Iropases to make his long and perilous
5urney. 1t is of peculiar shape, and of
lese dimensions 95 feet in height, $50
Jet in diameter; capacity for gas, I25, 900
|ibic feet The car, being made of bamboo,
bid in the shape of house, resembles
ing bamboo hut, and will probably ac-
Emodate as many passengers as will desire
go upon the voyage. NJ. Clsevalier is
|sssEioas of making tho stars as early as
bssible, and, ut all events, before the r.;-
lrn of warm weather. His reason for this
that the balloon would suffer dangerous
|ss OF gas by expansion in the heat of
|terested people in his undertaking, and
Ill proceed to perfect the preparations for
8 interesting and unprecedented voyage,
hder ppeprtions circumstances.
Tie Spiaer.-one Of the greatest writers
INSIDERS the spider ugly. That is because
has no full appreciation of it. Other
tse, he would not hare made himself the
bio of NIL the tittle-tattle that prevails
bong those busybodys, the gnats. Let
pa look at the creature through the mi
|oscope, or even through the ordinary
Egnifying glass, and he will see his error
g would discover there sombre and
#ABtV Aiuu Oh OSduty, iuueeu, DuB one pos
Using some peculiarly fine and delicate,
y firm and inflexible traits, Again, the
|ider, almost alone among all the beings
|at i've in close proximity to- man~-and
|is Is sign of uperiority-finds itself in
condition to appreciate the charms of
|aslc. 1t also, excepting man and the
Eard, is, perhaps, the only animal in the
tise-stsfaes- rorsirsrrcr IN
|tst. 1t was with a violin that Pellisson
|med his pet spider, and there are abun-
ut examples of this insect having become
Hover of HIIsie.==ft il said
at, spider would take its station upon
EetFys piano every time the composer
|qehsd the keys. Miehelet himself relates
|partally the story of young virtuOso
% had contracted an ardent friendship
| th spider, but whose mother, far less of
artist no doubt, than the insect, crushed
with her slipper. The young musician
|ariy died with sorrow.
Inc writers who have recorded the le-
mas Of entomology have OWNED the ar
ae capabilities of the spider. They have |
en- declared that its venom is musfcal, in !
me cases, and that the bite of the s6rass- |
q can DO cured in no other way than by |
davine power of harmony-afld, assur- !
| 70 nothing Is more barmpnioas than the |
|slen ana texture of the spiders web III
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