Telegram-herald., 1891-03-15

Asd conceal the ksy u the taunIiy b ose
Beng a Free Thinker. DC aessr dlScov-
cred the Key and FOR InaHy years Wa al
lie mercy II hls wife.
Aoo4t . eenIary and quarter later
J4sob D-sseE, a prisoner al NlsnaA, con
str1cted an sppsTstFs having two um
orella-llAe wings On co.. side "a the op-
orator and worked BY manual power
BE Wa c0nvict, however, and the
rather r'gld rules governing PRISON hfe
interfered NTH his e1PerlEnents- The
lailer woaid allow aim - dy ~ height
OF ffry feet, bat aad cord attached u
the machine 50 that D-yen could not g.
Cape
One day be cut the rope and SCARED
away iato TIE ether blue, 5at as DC was
puTting his thumb 70 bis bose IN an atti-
tnde II derision at the warden his Of
wing buckled 70, and q moment later he
fell with DISMAL plank into mort >
bed just outside the p-niIeatiary, After
that be wore look OF chastened sorrow
and a truss.
The great dlficulty experienced by the
hylng machine men of all ages Is to over
come the atmospheric influences sulfi-
GENTLY a hOat the stock. B-saier wanted
also To be able TO rise by his own unaidei
efforts, ike self made and sockless
statesman He wanted TO be able 20
light cut when ''shooed." but whether
he ''shooed" or "shooed not" be died
unsatisfei. Poor man. he did not kno..
whether he shOoesl or shooed not skip
through the aeronaut.
This = What call a reciprocity joke
IL Ii for use n our trade with England.
Poetry written by Lord Tennysoa taken
II exchange. Better jokes offered. how
ever. IN trade for Tennyson's earlier
work, done when he was poet.
In the manufacture of flying ma
chimes we are apt 70 forget that the
pectOral muscles Of bird are greater
than al the other combined muscular
tissue Of the owl pat together. while IN
man the pectoral muscles comprise only
one-seveatieth Of those in the body. -
nan must rely upon extraneous methods
Of propulsion, and artificial flying be
comes extremely difficult.
In the MIDDLE OF the present century
4 bill was introduced into the house OF
commons by Mr.. Roebuck 10 Incorporate
a company fer the purpose Of working a
gigantic flying machine, also the stock
holders.
1t comprised horizontal plane made
OF wire and hollow wooden bars, ar
ranged on the principle of a trussed
g:rler and covered with silk" pre-
sumo the motto Of the company was thc
same az that on the silver dollar-"In
God We Tr1ssed."
This plane was furnished with a pro
peller driven by n steam engine. A rail
capable of Icing brought 70 any desired
angle according to whether the owner
felt clsted or depressed, l presume-was
arranged 40 that when the power acts
10 p-opel the machine by inclining the
tail upward the resistance offered by
the air VIII cause the machine 10 rise,
and when the tail is reversed the ma
chine Is propelled downward and passes
Through a plano more or less inclined to
the horizon, as the Inclination of the tail
is greater or less
The inclination Of the tail, however, was
intensely downward an inclination in
which the stockholders shared The ma
chine was designed for carrying freight,
passengers ard mail, but so far most all
shippers are sending merchandise and
mall By other routes. The whole appa-
ratus weighed 5000 pounds, and there
fore made quite a large dent IN one of
the planets on her ira. trip.
The tail had an area of 800 square
feet. and when jsurtily thrown over the
dashboard had tendency to obstruct
the view.
This machine also was unable to rise
from its jimson weeds and soar away
into the enpyFean blue like sandhill
crane, but had TO be scooted along a