The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-09

this mortal frame, preferrlng to take their
chances at being angels and having wings
that didn't require oiling, to any imitation
they were capable of concelving. Even in
modern times the dreamers have not been
few. The Patent-offlce of the United States
is full Of models for flying machines on
which copyrights have been secured. These
have wings, and fans, and parachutes, and
bladders and every possible contriyance by
which gravltation can be overcome or avOir-
dupOis reduced.
In 1872 about the time the Millerites
were talking about going up and ascension
robes were in great demand, Mr.. Henson,
an enthusiastic Englishman, evolved an idea
from the Tecesses OF his mind and came out
with a machine that he claimed could go
without the aid of muscular force. AS
muscular eXertiOn is the great bane of
thinking men, Hensons continuance was
popular among scholars. His machine
looked something like an Overgr0wn bat
having a propeller instead of feet, and
light framework covered with thin cloth,
instead of wings. The first thing needed
by him was to get up a rapid rate of speed,
which he accomplished by taking his in
ventiOn TO the top of steep
hill and letting it run down like hand
sled. When it got to going in good shape,
making the dust fly and blowing up the
dirt like an avalanche, he spread out
the wings and it shot off into thu air,
like puff of smoke from the mouth
of cannon. Owing to his inability to
keep the wings of this aerial sled on a
plane with the horizon, it had all uncOm-
| Portable propensity to come down in a
heap, creating large amount of ridicule
! among those who were ignorant and could
| not understand the scientific principles in
VOWED. He never got more than Ten feet
| into the air at any one trial, and, after
| giving two or three performances to an I'M
| sympathetic, though apprecative, audi
ence. he concluded that he didn't care il
he never went any higher. He ended his
days as clock maker, and was far more
| successful in annihilating time than he had
been when at work on space.
While the civil war was going on In the
| United States a certain Mr.. Landell, hav-
ing some money to spend and not caring to
found college or start cemetery that
should bear his name, put 1t out in Won
derfully-cOnstructed machine, that. failing
TO fly itself, had the satisfaction of making
the money fly. A series of fans arranged on
shafts that revOlved like screw propeller
were attached to tank filled with gas, and
under this was beautiful little steam en-
CINE to set the thing agoing. When fitted
out and ready for sea it looked very much
like one of those old square. rugged briggs
that are occasionally seen in our ports.
Like its predecessors this continuance was
very pretty on terra firma, and might have
made pleasant picture sailing through the
air if 1t had consented to do 50, but as il
stubbOrnly refused Lindell worked the fans
over into a windmill to hoist water. and
used the engine as substitute when the
wind didn't blow.
After several thousands of years of work
and thought, the balloon is the only inven'
ton that has been able to carry a man into
the air and return him in safety and some
of these are not wholly safe. All othe
projects have failed, leaving the man whit
tried to lift himself over the fence by hi
boot straps in the same place he was when
the trial begun. -BOSton Globe.