Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-19
MAGAZINES FOR OCTOBER.

The Engineering Magazine for this month
contains am unusually large number of cN-
haustive scientific articles which are high
ly Iustruccive and entertaining. Q Cham
uta. O. h.. President of the American So
cictv OF Civil Engineers, is the author of
carefully written article, entitled PRO
gross I'm Aerial Navigation IL IS treated
iu q mastery manner, and advocates the
pracuca0iiJy of prOpeihng a balloon
against the wind. The outcome or expert
mcuts dating back % 1852 is maximum
speed of fourteen miles an hour in a balloon
OF an elongated shape. This speed was
obtained In lS~t5 In France in aR air
shin one hundred and siXty-ive feet
long, carrying an electric motor weighing
[. ia pounds, beside the TWO aerOnautS ana
rheirsuDpies To is estimated that $50
foot balloon, with the same weight, would
travel twenty-five miles AN hour. AvlatOrS,
or scientists advocating the possibility OF
initiating Oird-dlEht, are also given an eN-
haustive discussion. The article aooundS
in fine illustrations showing all the pro
posed hyiug machines which are consld-
cred practical.
zone Viewof Kelley Motor is the sub
ject of an auyIticul paper by Il. Carpenter
Smith, NJ. p, treating on the pros ana cons
OF this interesting subject. POSSIBLE
treated bv John De Wolf l.. a, AMI The
Conditions Causing a Tornado is exhaust
lively discussed by Prof II. \. Hazen, of
the IL. y. Weather Bureau. Besides these
the Engineering MaEaz.ue contains num-
Der of interesting articles on scientific sub
iects, intersUersed with fine illustrations.
This months New England devotes con-
siderable space 90 a paper carefully edited
bv Edward Everett Haze on James Rus
sell Lowell IJ reviews important events
In the life of the great New England poet
and quotes from number OF the bard S
wonderful productions ia verse. Many
anecdotes are told ia this paper Of Lowell,
showing the soul of the man.
An article well treated ut the hands Of
4. NJ. Nosher is entitled ''MCut Saint
Niche, 80 and is handsomely illustrated by
fine artists. The celebrated Mount Of
Normandy is described from the days Of
the old N0rmaus and Bretons down 10 the
present day with its quaint old inn redolent
with age.
ssThe Innocent is the title Of an inter
iur story. written by Francis Courtnay
BAYLOR treating OF a yOcng Virginia ladies
connection with the criminal classes. Ar
tistic illustrations accompany this inter
eSting story.
"The Public Libraries Of Massachu-
sets" by Henry ). NOUrse, General
Buffers BOyhOOd, " by Benjamin <. But
Ter, and "The Womau's Movement in the
South, BY A. ID. Mayo, are all ably written
articles.
The initial article Of the Magazine of
American History is entitled, "A Group Of
Columbus Portraits and is by the able
pen Of Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, the editor Of
the magazine. Tie Illustrations are fac
SMILES of portraits Of Columbus by
famous artists; also fac-simile OF rare
contemporary paint Of King Ferdinand
and Queen Isabella.
ssThe St Croix Of the Northwestern
Bounderv,n by W Z. GanOng, "Hugh
McCunoch on Daniel Webster, "Phila-
delphia of in l71S, Through Foreign
Ewes translated by Col William l..
Stone. Napoleon BOnapsrte and Peace
with America by Emanuel Spencer and
Good Things from DR.. Johnson" by
Hon. s. II. NJ Byers, are among the in
teresting papers which will be read with
interest in this Magazine for this month.