West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-03-28

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the road five hundred feet or more.
A little boy brought it back. and
he said "l.ook ut it and see if
YOU know what makes it mountand
sail" IL was mystery. even when
held in the hand and viewed with
the naked eye at close range.
This man may be crank. and he
undoubtedly is, in limited sense.
liis whole being is absorbed by his
one idea. and his simple faith in
God isawc inspiring. His eyes have
IN unnatural glitter, and his man.
nor Is ono of intense nervousness.
lie talks rapidly aud his movement Is
arc almost quick as thought. His
faith is contagious. Without seeing
his machine. | was impressed with
the belief that iii thus mountain re-
treat a great problem is really being
solved by man who is not seeking
glory and fame for himself. but is
engaged IN n work which he intends
shall prove blessing to the whole
human race.
"Will yoa jump from one of
these mountain peaks some day ?"
ooh, NO. Not that | would fear
to trust myself to the flying ma
chine. would MS lief do it as not.
But am not building a parachute.
There Is no trouble about jumping
from peak with big umbrella
and sailing through the air to the
earth. But unless | can mount up
MS the eagle cannot hy. The first
principle to DO solved is the princi
pie of mounting; and that is the
principle which | have been spend
ing these years IN solving. | have
learned the secret. and am now
completing my machine. You see
these little toys will mount, and
they do not need railroad cars nor
steam engines. | am very poor.
and am crampsd for IN lterials, bat
am getting most OF them from
nature, for she is bountiful. live
on bread and milk and water. and
| work from sixteen to eighteen
hours every dIy without getting
tired. awake from my sleep as
the san comes over the crests OF
these everlasting hills; and am al
ways refreshed and ready for nv
work. | thank God for my life and
health, and then go on with nv
life mission. It. is almost accom-
plish ed. "
The earnest man informed me
that his big machine, which is
thirty feet from tip to tip Of its
wings. weighs less than 80 pounds.
lio said: "When ctn afford to
bIild another one. will make it. Of
aluminium and it will weigh not
moro than ten pounds. That is the
metal which God has provided for
man in unlimited quantities.. 1t is
dear to day. 1t will soon be very
cheap. If those toys which showed
You were made OF aluminium. they
would fly out of sight SO quick that
you would wonder at their dlsap.
pearancc, and think it was some OF
magic"
The expert scientists at the Smith
sonian have no doubt that flying
machine5 will be common public
property before the close OF the CEN
tury. They say that the old idea
that gas reservoir is necessary TO
flying machines has long since been
Abandoned. Roger Bacon declared
more than six hundred years ago
that "a RESERVOIR Of ,hn metal, Gil.
ed with etberealIzed air or LIQUID
fire." was the prime essential to q
flying machine, and that theory was
accepted without question until
within the last half century; conse-
qdently the scientific theories CON
corning the problem Of mrial nayi
ttion have taken an entirely dif
ferent direction during tho past
twenty years. The generally &c
cepted theory Of sciences now is that
tho development Of some sort Of
power which will produce sufficient
ly rapid revolutions Of screw pro-
pellers, will result in air sldps
which will mount and sail ne easily
through the air as ships arc pro
pelled through the water by that
means. But nearly all of them
unite ia rejecting the bird theory
az an exploded vagary. Probably