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threads on vertical rods. Rotation OF the lat
ter not only partially colapses the balloon. but II
also shifts 10 an almost horizontal position several
metallic ribs projecting forward. aft and Sideways
which stretch and support an aeropane. the wings
that sustain his craft after II Is once up ana IN
motion To assist the balloon In nftng the snip
quickly some fans are mounted on horizontal shatS
one on each side OF the hull. and working In SEMI
circular depressons that the downward thrust or
the fans Is exerted the free air. and the up
ward movement occurs under cover. AS soon as
proper elevation is secured these fans are set so
as 10 act on the al. after the FASHION OF
screws and Cooperate with the propeller astern
in driving the vessel forward. There Is rudder
adapted TO controlling motions In both horizontai
and a vertical plane, combining the steering func-
lions OF a birds tail with those OF nshs a prop
erly braced sheet OF aluminium constitutes the Iool
OF the craft The gasbag is brought down snusiy
on top OF this. when the coapsing stage IS reached
This metallic shell keeps the bag from being driven
inward In front by motion through the ar But
for this precaution the gas might accumulate arr
and seriously disturb the equilibrium OF the vesseI
,ongitudinally The hull. containing machinery and
passengers. brings the centre OF gravity well De-
low the level OF the aeroplane. and thus automat-
,cay prevents any lateral fitting.
Thus far Mr.. Kupprecht has confined his STUDY
mainly TO those features Of his ship here described
and has not given special attention to motive power
II is his intention however, to select such motor
as seems to be most available for his purposes when
he comes to build
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come so near absolute success as they are known
10 have done. are out OF place. and reveal
how unobservant are those who still maintain
scornful attitude on his subject. Among those VINO
have been working this field Is George j. kup-
precht OF No lsN Haverford-ave.. Philadelphia.
He has not been abe to command the pecuniary
means and some other advantages enjoyed by more
distinguished expermenters; but he is man OF
IDEAS and his project herewith briefly described
has It's good points 1t is worth examination. Mr.
Kupprecht is looking for capital to assist him In
building a ship after these designs and is very con-
hdent that they practicable.
Above the hull Of his airship the Philadelphia In
ventor stretches a ba.loon-llke, flexible covering
which may be inflated temporarily TO assist him In
ascending He then proposes to discharge Tor CON-
press in storage cylnders) large part OF the gas
and lower his cover to a corresponding to
that of turtle back. thus lessenng the resistance
which would be offered to horizontal movement
through the afr. This hattenins Is effected by
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ft rotictuasalhfs rHoroHr 70 Bb issAsk

tit Policeman Thomas Martin, until weeh aso
connected with ihe Mofflsanla police station was
aaalh IA Nufflsahls Court yesterday mefhhs MAJ
tln was hefosp lha falipe commissioners about
iva Weshs asa far alleged nieslta'iohi "h ina
mornlns ~ June " he hfed IVA shots ~ h's WIS
al their home, M a0n Thlii lave, tta was az
raigned hufarn Police iusli0e Martin IN Mefflsshla
Court, aud held IN s9n hail for the General ses
slons, on q charge Of assault Next dai the Com
mlssoners dismissed him,
About o'clock yesterday morning Policeman
Hand, OF the Morrsania station, found Marun
lying, half leaning. against iarso stone WINDOW
near ono hundred and thirty nnih-s' and Locust
ays Martin was acting strangely. and was ap-
parently H. Policeman Hand arrested him FOR IN
toxicatlon In Morr.sanla Court Yesterday morning
Policeman Hand said that Martin acted more as
IL insane than Intoxicated. Martins wife also tod
Magistrate Cornell that she believed her husband
was Insane. Tho Magistrate committed Martin TO
the care OF tho Department OF Charities ana Cor
rection for examination a. TO his sanity.
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NEW TORPEDO BOATS FOR THE NAvT.

Baltimore July (SpeciaD.-Work Will be begun
this week on the construction OF three new tor
pedo-boats for the United states Navy at the CO.
lumbar Iron Works and shipyards this city. All
the sectional drawings and plans have been APP
proved by the Navy Department. and the working
wooden models for the hu,ls OF the vessels COM
pleted The wooden mode. Is made IN the pattern
shops OF the works and Is an exact fac-simile In
shape OF the three boats all OF which will be alike
in lines and dimensions The model Is carefully
excluded from the public gaze. and the officials OF
the work vii, give no detailed description OF 1t for
the reason they state. that the Government IL de-
slrous OF having little publicity as possible at
tenlant upon the construction OF these war vessels
The model Is about six feet In length II Is made
OF seasoned oak and other woods from the sectional
drawings Marked upon II are the locations OF all
the different parts of the boats TO be built. From
the lines OF the drawings from which the model was
made some impressions Of the appearance OF the
be 100 feet long l6 feet beam. and each with an
avcra ge displa cement of about 40 tons. They VIII
he OF steel; their model shows them to be built Tor
speed az their lines will be very sharp. with "A
make twentv-four and half knots an hour and
their builders say they Will do this or more About
an,lshps and under the coming tower the Keel
viii be fat The forward part Of the boats viii
have rounded OF steel while the covers over
the stern and amdships viii he hat Two OF the
three torredp tubes will be forward OF the coming
tower and the other will he In the stern OF the
boat. . 49,, !,
Plans for the submar lne boat also TO be built at
the columbian Iron Works. are nearing completion.
and work has been begun upon the working model
This boat r be ~ feet long. IL feet beam ana
draueh
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Aur,taAptnNs utr tdt,trTnfftfy,

iva ~ three projects Tor converting wh'sf power
,p,o sleo,reity and Transmitting tha latter " Az
ian,s aver q line seven and u half Miles onh sFr
nav under confederation IN that ely. ono ~ men,
would drvelop ltWn horsepower, another MWl au'
third 5000 These aIs al ""h'''a''""s w WV
same general plan,
Electric motors Of suitable design ara now AZ
tached 10 tho driving SHAFT ~ printing press III
place OF one OF the pueys The machine can men
up AT A slow rate simply by moving lever such
u press runs more steadily than one WIN PEI, >,
and the frictiona electricity developer NY pe'"s
is entirely done away with.
Three electric hoists. each having capacity oil
2oOo pounds and q rope speed OF no feet minute
constitute part Of the outnt Of an extensive plant
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THE NANTASKET BEACH ELECTRIC ROAD.
THE FIRST LINE ON WHICH ELECTRICITY HAS


THE FIRST LINE ON WHICH ELECTRICITY HAS
DISPLACED STEAM.
Since the New-York New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company began to operate Its Nantasket
Beach road with electricity instead OF steam, n
few DAYS ago the original announcement has been
supplemented with interesting details by the tech
meal Journals Nantasket Beach is on the east
side OF a great sand bar that juts out from the
south shore OF Massachusetts Bay. and is a popular
summer resort for Boston The Old Colony com
pany whose extensive network OF lines has re-
Gently come into the control OF the New-Haven
people. have for years had branch, on which
cars were run by an ordinary locomotive. running
out on this sand spit. and starting from Ola Colony
House station. What the new managers OF the
road have done is TO substitute electricity FOR
steam on this seven-rnile line. The enterprise de-
serves the more attention because II Is said TO be
the first instance OF the kind in this country. 1t
undoubtedly opens a new chapter In the history OF
electric traction.
The road is double-tracked, stone-balasted and
very level but has a number OF curves. The rails
weigh seventy pounds to the yard. and they are
bonded" or connected with stout copper con-
ductors 10 provide for the return current The
electric supply Ia derived through an overhead wire
and the familiar trolley wheel and pole The power
house Is situated two miles from Old Colony House
station and hence FIVE miles from the other terni-
nus at Pemberon. the tip OF the cape The
trolley wire has pear shaped cross-secton ana IS
almost fiat on its lower surface. In order to faci
tate stronger suspension from the hangers. and TO
lessen the liability OF the trolley wheel to jump
the wire
Trains are made up OF motor-car and two or
three trallers. The motor-cars are OF two types
Four of them are ordinary baggage-cars. equipped
With trolley motor. controller gong and whistle
the Ia st-nentloned piece of mechanism being opef
eted with compressed air. Six open cars each nav
Ing sixteen reversible benches and three continuous
t.l,a
same manner Some of the motor-cars have only
two motors zone on each rtckl and some have -FOUR
These cars weigh about thirty tons. There VIII
te nv, kinds of service rendered. local and express
Al present there are only ten stations inscunlng
the ternlnl, but II is proposed TO build others at
intervals Of a quarter Of a mile ESperlmentaiiy a
rpeed 81 eight, miles nm hour has been male on ms
line and doubtless this could he exceeded WIN we
present motors hut II Ia not likely that any'hlus
like this viii be attempted at present WIN pas
nuiot cars howsvpt has hauled thlrtt siaNel ears
Ia ifain ~ oflt-mlie rate,
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FOREIGN INVENTION AND RESEARCH.

French photographer has arranged an alcohol
lamp so that while it is immersed he can throw
powdered magnesium into the flame and thus Sc
cure a very brilliant light under water. In this
beautiful photographs of the bed of the Mediter-
ranean Oxygen is carried down in the apparatus
to promote combustion.
In Great Britain weather forecasts ex-
tensvely telegraphed throughout the agricultural
districts during the hay and harvest season.
In connection with the International Fair in the
City Of Mexico this year 1t is proposed to erect
number Of buildings fer purposes Of residence and
,s exnected to become highly attractive well
as permanent feature OF the city.
That wonderful British locomotive. the James
Toeman which was brought over to the Chicago
Fair two summers ago. was afterward put on the
Chicago Milwaukee and ST. Paul Road to test her
Ccanocf1t,, she developed so many faults how
ever that after several notifications in design she
was sidetracked in Milwaukee, and Is now Tor sale
cheap.
A safe. composed largely OF cement having wire
netting imbedded In It. tested recently In Ger
many in order TO ascertain whether 1t Is feasible
70 build safety vaults OF such material The safe
was placed on blazing logs, which had been soaked
in kerosene and kept exposed for half an hour TO
a temperature OF 500 degrees Fahrenheit. When
the safe was opened the contents were entreIy un.
Injured, and maximum ther,n ometer Vas iounu
TO have made a record OF only - degrees INSIDE
the receptacle
The intensity OF starlight can now be measured
so accurately with electrical devices that this sys-
TEN Is fairly comparable with the other methods
Indeed with stars OF the first and second magni-
,udes II is not necessary TO use telescope:
The apparatus employed consists OF clean bt OF
aluminium coated with selenum. and dipped into
oenanfhol a gavanic cell is thus created. and the
fuctuation in the current produced. or. rather the
square OF the potential developed is proportional
10 the light.
The custom Of placing wedges or blocks OF
cork under the heel and instep inside the shoe.
in order 20 give the wearer an additional Inch
or two OF height. has been in vogue In England
and France for several years, and is being intro
duced in the United States. 1t Is said that at least
two hundred sets Of these elevators are IN use
in New-York City, chiefly among actors, actresses
and singers who are Enthusiastically short In stature.
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MAN AND WOMdN MISSING
ptp PETERSON AND MRS. MORN 90 AWAY
TDufgiIiEHg

DiD PETERSON AND MRS MORN 90 AWAY
TOuEfuEng
Adoiph Peterson, q teacher OF music anu German
IA ~, Johns College, rot1hnhi, Ia missing 80 IL
Mrs Dolores Morn wife ~ n well 'o-lo carriage
,nabef ~ ihls city AMI !, ID thought mat me
,o,pla have gone away together Peterson hah
been connected with ~, johns College fof nf'eth
yea,s aud also acted as orHshsI " Tbs H"hhah
Catholic Chuioh ~ our LADY ~ mercy i'n was I"
sra,D,a,e OF Heidelberg University, iin was mar
ried and his wife n now ~ No hhs 'olnInhlhe-aVr
Patterson was divorced fran his hrs' WE Nv
whom he has a daughter twenty one years olh' me
Norns lived at No g2ds MafOn-ayn;, ana It'e.son
a' AL s,,gsgsi 10 Teach music To Mr.. Morn's four
children II was noticed that Mrs Morn ana
pefnrson APPEARED 10 be Interested w ehch o'neI,
and he was discharged. The Morns men moved 10
One hundred and sixty fourth-si ana ITiny ave we
IN "Wednesday Mrs. Morn had a qnarIe' WIN ~.
husband, and taking her money and Jeweiry ierI
~. house IL IN thought that she then mel feler
con and they went away together, going 70 Europe.
n il believed Peterson Is not thought 10 r nsEe
had much money. MT morn nus "o'eu W "
lyn with his four chiIoIe'R
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pense with these. and to attach the crank OF the
hight pedal TO the sprocket In the manner shown
In the larger diagram herewith. He believes that
he would thus tighten the machine a little. and also
bring the two pedals closer together by at least half
an inch. II he actually does lessen the weight with
imparing the strength OF the vehicle OF course
there would be distinct though trfing advantage;
for makers are constantly studying how to effect
that very result And most riders probably would
like to shorten the lateral distance between their
feet II thereby they were able 10 push more d.
rectly downward than now. Mr. Ebey claims that
they would as a result OF this change, and that II
would be easier to remove "A sprocket-wheel OF his
design than one OF the old kind.
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SCIENCE AND MECHANICS.
KUPPRECHTs FLYING MACHINE.

USING GAS AND FANS TO ASCEND AND SCREWS
TO GO AHEAD-soME ORIGINAL FEATURES
The time has gone by when a man was pro-
nounced a crank merely because he had invented
a flying machine. Scores OF people who undertake
such schemes ignorant OF the experiments made
by others. are unfamiliar with the strength OF
materials and the exact load which a given quantity
OF gas or an aeroplane OF given area will sustain,
and overlook some OF the fundamental principles
OF physics But when experts In mechanical and
steam engineering like Hiram s. Maxim and scien-
tifc investigators who have won worldwide fame
by their original researches. such as Langley.
wrest.e with the problems II voved In aerial navi-
CATION. and especially when these latter Inventors
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A NEW SPROCKET WHEEL.

HOW a PACIFIC COAST INVENTOR WOULD MODIFY
THE OLD ONE.
In bicycle the propelling power developed by
the alternate thruss OF the riders legs is commu-
nicated from the pedals 10 the hub OF the driving
wheel In the by means OF what is called a
sprocket-wheel and chain. The sprocket-wheel
usually has six spokes and has a small hub Roy
Ebey, Of New-Whatcom. Wash. proposes to dis
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NETWORKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Cxx.
POOR CONDITION OF THE BUILDING or
PRIMARY NO. 80.


THE PUPILS COME FROM THE POOREST CLASS o.
HEBREws-LrrTLE PROVISION FOR LIoHr
AND VENTILATION.
Not the least valuable Of the services performed
by the public schools is that 81 educating the
10 the necessity OF sanitary construction
In their homes. and as 10 the desirabi.ity OF
gardng the laws OF health Probably one-four.h
OF the pupils entering the public schools OF New
York come from families where cleanliness is not
considered next. to goodness and where the COM
mon rules OF health are not known. Children from
such families attend the public schools and they
first see what sanitary building Is (as the
poorest NewYork public schoolhouses are, as com.
pared with the tenement houses these pupils are
accustomed to- and then they learn the first prnci-
pies OF maintaining health in great city This les
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PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLORS.
PROFESSOR Jolly GIVES PUBLIC EXHIBITION

PROFESSOR Jolly tiNhS n T'ph'N
OF ''oNE- SCREEN WORK.
Several times within the last two years The Trib-
urs has mentioned a system OF photographins
through slass screens ruled with colored lines. 200
or 400 to the inch. transparent positive thus 90
,a,neJ covered with similar screen and heid up
IN the light reproduces the hres Of the Original
with more or less faithfuness DIR. Jolly. OF Duphn
who has been conspicuous IN this work on the oher
s,de ~ the Atlantic recently displayed. at soiree
~ the Roval Society In London. pictures OF TINS
sort representing men and women In striking cos
tunes pansies scenery. buildings. china ana other
subtects The degree OF accuracy obtained Is sara
TO have been surprising 49,,
Among the advantages OF this system are WI"
instability OF multiplying the picture endless, from
one Incentive exhibition In n magic lantern ana inc
,.s,ota,,on OF the colots. n the latter fade Win
lime h, substituting a newly made screen for me
nil royst rha eootel lines SAYS "Ths I"nnoh
fines" are ruled with inks nised with gum anu
ssia,lns vpon sala tlne-coated plate While these
sateans ste M, YET helms produced on = r?ih,pei
e,si scale ibr Same ioutbal dHtiates 'hat imeit
manufacture IL n6t Nkslt 70 br a''Hhheh WIN wv"
1ames ~ Moimn0nHh ~ 'hlra4" v WI W IL
b,.uharnj unl only olalms W. have "ilhiha,nn 'nis
ldpa III setlDs all three o"iols uini one s,in.h w
photography on his piahl hnl alh' 10 hayp v.
Vsiousd II further Than IN Jay, Hnl lnl'uW
country man believes that hs 10 n"s w. mass ne
his eoored lines on wnl'e paper, ana .nsm' W. 80
carefully 'rssislered' impression " sow p,sss,
IN lIlustrate q magazine or book In colors o''fe'
spondng TO those Of The objects represented
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ELECTRIC LIGHTING FOR CARRIAGEs
Although II In claimed that the first private car
r,age having outside and inside electric lamps was
that OF tho Lord Mayor Of London twelve years
ago II Ia only within year or two that the prece-
dent has been much followed.
This German Emperor, the Prince Of Wales and
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other foreign disntares have carriages thus light
ed; and their example. as we'll as the exhibition
Of such vehicles at the Antwerp Worlds Fair last
year, has gone far toward establishing the fash
ion abroad As vet very few coaches In this coun-
try are electrically lighted.
1t Is n simple matter to provide a storage bat
terry under the coachman's seat which Will supply
the current. 1t Is necessary. however to mount
tho lamps on elastic supports OF rubber or steel
to prevent the jolting OF the vehicle from breaking
the lamps ncandescent burners OF less size than
those ordinarily employed in houses and offices
are selected COR this service. An eight-cell bat
terry. inches long, deep and wide is said to
be suficient to maintain the light for eighteen
hours without recharging The inside lamp is placed
in the center Of the roof. and has two hame .
features OF such lights. Additional lamps OF various
colors sometimes attached 10 the harness at
different points. producing a highly decorative ef-
feet.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Ascension Church-Aus. 1. Eighth sunday after
Trinity. First Celebration Of Holy Communion al
:. second Celebration and Sermon AT l0.a0. Even
song and Sermon at & Daily-HOly Communion
nj :. EvenSong at ). Friday. Litany at noon
Tuesday, Feast of the TRANSFORMATION
Jesse Higgins, Rector.
Carroll Charge Reformed Church.-Benjamin
Church-Suuday school at . q. N. Divine service
AT 10 a. m. Il. Matthew 5 Church-Sunday school
ut p. m. Divine service at go p. m.
II. j. Macalister, Pastor.
salem Charge Lutheran Church.-St. Benjamin
Church-Sunday school at a. IN. Preaching at 10
II. m. st. Johns Church-Sunday school at p. M
Preaching at > p. m. Young Peoples Missionary
society at ?. m :. \. Dehl, Pastor.
Rev T. ]. Werts. of Petersburg. Pa will preach
in the Bethel in UniOntOwn sabbath morning and
evening and III Frizelburg at 2.3n r.
Methodist Protestant Church.-Sunday school al
9.ll a. IN. Preaching at lO.30 Il. m. and $40 p. m.
Up. : c. F. at5.l'p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday
AT 500 p. m 4. d. Melvin. Pastor.
Centenary NJ. F. Church.-Sunday school Al 9.l5
Il. IN. Preaching at 1870 a. m. Junior League at
400 p. IN. EpwOrth League Song service, with
topical talk by pastor AT p. m Prayer meet
ing Wednesday al p. M joel Brown Pastor
ST. Johns Church Rev. Father Cassidy Pastor
Sunday-L0w Mass al ia and High Mas at 10 a.
m: NespcrS At 80 p. M During the Week.-Mrs. at
tn 2. m.
st PauIs Reformed Church-Sunday school al
aiia IN. Divine service al i0.D a. and 6.ll p
CALVIN : Slagle, Pastor.
The Benevolent and Aid society Of Benjamin ;
Reformed Church viii hold its next Monthly
Meeting al the Church, on the evening OF We'ines-
day Aug :.
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Haighf liens.

One might suppose from the number Of
threshing machines that have been around
Haighi for several DAYS that large crop Of
wheat was grown this wear. On Monday last
there were four machines within hearing dis
lance.
II Is getting very dry down here. and sew
eral have made cider. thinking perhaps there,
by 10 break the drought e. ". Wilson, Of
North Branch. made thi, war nearly l5no
gallons.
The old school house. situated 9h0Gi Two
miles from Oakland Milis.iu BaliiHOrr clsniy.
has been torn down and new one j. being
hnilt on the old site.
Mis- Ella Shipley. Of this place, Is visiting
friends in Frederick county.
Mr.. p Il. Haigh, visited his brother near
Mt Pleasant ON Sunday last. His san ac-
companied him.
Ethel Marring. of this place. daughter Of
Mr.. George Marring. while visiting relative
near Union Bridge. was taken quite slck-
Her mother Wa sent Tor and after she rrcoT-
cred sufficiently for the trip she VAS brought
home
Several yoHug men Of Ha1ghi Neni To- NwNhH
Oak Park on Saturday last
Mrs. Jacob Bruudeaburg aRd daughter,
Mis- Annse. visited relatives near B.rusf SAT
ur,iav and Sunday
Mrs Willanna Ware. OF Haigbi, and Mrs..
John Ware. 81 near North Branch. visited a.
Mn. Roxanaa Reynolds. Baliimorr chuui,.
ON Monday Of ;his Eeek
Persons having cut their cats prior ." she
rain on Saturday last. have to cat open the
hands to keep them from moulding.
Qaite q number Of relatives assembled Is
the residence Of Mr. Jacob Brandeuhurg, oa
"Wednesday last to meet Mrs. George Plses,
Mr. Brandeuhnrg sister. who has h4-@u Oh
sent from MARYLAND for twenty ycars. Among
those presz-si were Nm GcOvee Plars asd
daughter.