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THE MAKING OF AN AIRSHIP
A LONG ISLAND MAN SURE THAT HE HAS
SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF AERIAL
NAVIGATION.
THE INGENIOUS MECHANISM OF THE FLYING MA
CHINE WITH WHICH HE EXPECTS TO WIN
THE SENATE PRIZE WHEN HE
SECURES A BACKER.

SECURES BACKER
The untimely death OF Otto Lllenihal the Berlin
inventor of fying-machine. has drawn renewed
attention to the subject OF aerial navigation. and all
the more because within few days The news has
been published that the Cusab brothers acronauts
OF Walkerton Ind. are constructing aIrshlp con-
sisting Of a clgar-shaped balloon. with car sus-
pended from 1t. This balloon is to be fifteen feet
long and four feet in diameter. and Will be made Of
oiled silk The car, which will be five feet long
will carry battery for the manufacture OF gas
There will be one propeller at the and TWO in
front OF the ship.
The problem Of navigating the air is as fascinating
to-day as in the times of Daedalus and Icarus. The
in /, has steadily increased since the Mont
golfer Brothers constructed their balloon OF linen
cloth lined with paper In 1883. The krebs ana
Reynard arship La France with the balloon mod
elled upon the form Of birds. which was built in
1884 was then considered great step in advance
in aerial nayigat But the problem OF control Of
the vessel In the whimsical currents Of the atmos-
phere still remains unsolved 10 the world over In
Long Island City, within five minutes walk Of the
ferry, lives a md-mannered German bachelor. who
believes however. that he has attained solution or
the great problem. lie Is not crank. lie IS an
enthusiast over his invention. but he Is so 10
speak only scientifically elated. His name Is Joseph
Neubranl he Is slxty-fve years old. and IL potter
by trade. He is hard student and has read all the
literature he can lay hands regarding ships that
may some day pass In the air.
Mr.. Neubrand lives In two-story and basement
frame house across the street from the lowand be-
longing 10 Union College. He occupies small room
on the second floor OF the dwelling and rents out
the rest OF the house lie Is not working now at
his trade He Is living his income while perfect
ing his invention, and looking for the day when
some one rich enough who has hobby for air
ships shall put up 5000 10 enable him 10 demon
strate how easy il Is for man 10 rule the air The
Inventor has only two small models OF his creation
and many drawings thereof. But they are sufi-
Client TO prove that he departed radically from
the IDEAS controlling other workers in the field Of
airshps and flying achnes. or Of "ballOoning and
aviation" az the Interstate Commerce Committee
OF the Senate in It's report OF February, 1885, deslg
mates the science
Mr. Neubrand does not believe at all in the flying
machine OF all means of navigating the air. he
holds this to be the most impracticable Because
why" said he the other day in broken English to
the writer. who found him in his room gazing at
an engraving of Alexander Won Humboldt which
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ahead OF the one from which It is seem and SO II
Is said. many engineer has reversed MS FEVER
with jerk In mortal fear OF collision, only 10
see the engine ahead disappear wnen ne mas cone
to full stop. Then the engineer becomes uneasy,
for he knows, thinks he knows. that some one
on the road Il TO meet with sudden ana VIZ
lent death before long. He does not sleep sounu,y
until he hears OF fatal accident. Then ne asaln
brcathes freely for he knows that the prophecy
has been fulfilled. -,
'Of several accidents which occurred on tnat
line I'm bygone days. in every case hed,u U, a
phantom engine that had appeared Few Gays pe
fore. Sometimes the spectre engine Is gong III tne
same direction the engineer VINO sees H. AZ
others II is coming from the opposite directlon IN
the latter the engineer Will make neTcuIeah
efforts 10 bring his train 10 standstill put De.
fore he do the other train passes right
through his engine. .
Just who this mysterious warning trainman If
seems TO know. The common BELIEF among
the trainmen themselves is that II Is the ghost OF
the engineer who killed in the first wreck mat
occurred after the road built. AS the nrst
man killed, 1t seems but proper that he should
warn all others likely 10 share the same rate
II have known engineers who have refused 70 go
out on their regular trips when the vision nau ap.
peared 10 them. choosing rather to lose Few DAYS
pay than to the risk OF losing their nVes
here IL arguing with an engineer when ne
thinks he mas received this warming You might as
well argue with stone wall
Il would say that all trainmen believe In
these things. but | know that large majority 90.
and. ! suppose. always will. Whether they are
right or wrong is for science 10 discover
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4 STORY or BAD LICK.

From The Chicago Record
Here is another story showing how to account
for bad luck
4 man was shaking dice in cigar store. He lost
"No wonder" said bystander. You're wearing
an opal. You never will have any luck"
This set the man 70 thinking. Four days later he
slipped In getting off a streetcar and sprained his
ankle
This decided him. He gave the pin 10 a friend
who the Board OF Trade, and who was too
hard-headed 70 entertain any fool notions about
the number l3, or black cats. or cross-eyed girls
with red hair
Nevertheless when this Board OF Trade man lost
over $1,000 on wheat he began 70 worry. lie didn't
much for ,hc pin anyway and day
whan young man In his Office admired the fire
In the stone. he said: Take it along II you like
The young man overwhelmed him with thanks
Then he waited. with guilty knowledge. to what
10 wait long The very week the employe
taken III. ana he missed four days at the office
science, he told his young friend about the opal
pin and the superstition attaching 10 it, and the
employe. after deliberation. decided that he wouG
The opal aid very rapid and effective work after
IT became the property OF the young woman. on
the second day after she began 10 wear II she
ignited a curtain I'm attempting to light the gas.
The curtain was destroyed and the young woman
buried both Of her hands in attempting 10 extin-
The young man who had given the stone to he-
felt called upon TO apologize.
perhaps il was that opal / gave you." said he
you know an opal IL supposed to carry bad luck
with IT. didn't tell YOU because I'm not supers;:-
I'm not wear the dreadful thing day longer"
So She didn't She gave It to her brother who
scoffcG 1T the suggestion that sparkling CLASSY.
little stone could WELD any influence, good or bad
the train ran OF the track and he was tossed half
the length of the car he became converted
"TU not give II TO anybody else 10 be 4 JONAH
said he "I'll sell 1t to a jeweller.
So no went 10 the jeweller and said: "Whatll
The jeweller looked at II and said: THAT isn't
an opal: that's n cats-eye.
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between this country and the Danish Govern
ment in connection with what is known the
"Butterfied Claim" Although the award was
against the United States every point. yet
so satisfied were the COntending parties with his
conduct Of the case that after obtaining Lord
Sasburys permission. they Jointly presented
to him a magnificent service of silver plate.
The Paris Embassy IL very justly regarded as
the blue ribbon of the British Diplomatic Ser
vice It carries with II salary of $4,000. be
sides allowances. and the finest residence at
the disposal of any chef de mission. English
foreign.
During the First Empire the palace was oc-
cupied by Napoleons most beautiful sister,
Princess Pauline Borghese, from whom 1t was
purchased after the battle of Waterloo by the
Duke of Wellington on behalf Of the English
Government The front faces courtyard
which opens into the Faubourg st. Honore,
while at the back there Is a superb and very ex
tensive garden reaching right back 10 the Dor
der of the Champs Elysees. Indeed, when one
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n1entary. too anxious TO win the goodwill Of the
people among whom their lot was cast. ever com
pletely TO disarm the suspicious Of the latter The
French. while they excel in the art Of paying
graceful compliments. do not expect 1t from Eng
lishmen, and when they find II are likely to sus-
pect them OF insincerity and Of harborng sinister
designs Thus when Lord Dufferin. in the speech
which he delivered at the farewell banquet given
in his honor by the British Chamber of Com
merce in the French capital. reiterated In that
graceful language for which he IS so justly cee-
brated his familiar assertion that Paris is the
Mecca. the Holy City Of Arts Sciences, the Graces
and the inventive energies that adorn-nay. ere
ate-civilization." the people at whom these COM
pliments were aimed. fguratively speaking. put
tongue in cheek and opned that the Marquis
was a very clever man, too clever by haif
in fact a man with whom II was always neces-
sary TO be on ones guard, and who was TOO
smooth-spoken ever 10 be trusted.
The same fault from a diplomatic point Of
view must be laid at the door Of the late Lord
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educated at Eton and Balliol Oxford at which
latter place he was graduated with high honors,
receiving fellowship. we'll as the post OF en-
aminer In modern languages TO the university.
Appointed to the diplomatic service he spent
five years from 1853 to 1863 at Washington in
the capacity Of private secretary TO Lord Lyons
In 1860 he severed his connection with the SER
vice in order to stand for Parliament on the
Radical ticket but was defeated
MARRIED IN SOUTH AMERICA
Thanks. however. to the influence possessed
by his family at Court, he permitted to re-
enter the Diplomatic Service In 1868 and after
successfully holding the offices OF Consul-Gen-
eral at Pesth. and Of Diplomatic Agent in
Montenegro. was sent off to South America.
where while acting as Minister Plenipotentlarv
TO the Argentine Republic he met and married
the gracious and to-day still extremely beauti-
full woman who Is his wife She was the
daughter Of old Major Munroe for so many
years the British Consu-General at Montevideo
and ! may Incidentally state that the wedding
was celebrated by DR.. Stirling the Bishop of the
Falkland Islands. who travelled thousand
miles in order to perform it. From Bueno Ayres
Sir Edmund and Lady Monson migrated to
Denmark, where the beautiful English church
owed its creation to their Joint initiative and
Efforts to Brussels, to Athens, and finally to
Vienna, whence Sir Edmund has just been pro-
NOTED to Paris Let add that while at
Copenhagen Sir Edmund selected as the
sole arbitrator in the controversy that had arisen
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stands on the balcony of the great drawing
room OF the Embassy. one might fancy one 3
self thousand miles away In the country so
completely is the view closed In by great planes
and elms chestnuts, sycamores and other glori-
Gus specimens Of arboricultural beauty with
the palace the Duke Of Wellington purchased
the entire collection of furniture, hangings
clocks chandeliers, candelabra, etc. of Prin-
cess Pauline all Of which bear the stamp Of
her original individuality. and constitute TO
this day the permanent contents OF the EN-
bassy as distinguished from those which form
the personal belongings Of the. Ambassador
During the tenure Of Office Of the Lords Dur
fern and Lytton. these personal belongings
have been. In a great part, souvenirs OF their
respective Vice Royalties Of India.
SIR EDMUNDs TASTES
Sir Edmund Monson's taste lies in a some
what different direction, and is Of more anti
ouarian nature the new Ambassador TO France
having inherited the tendencies Of his accom-
plished father the late Lord Monsoon who was
for so many years president of the Antiquarian
Society. Of Great Britain. There is but one
exception that can he taken to Sir Edmund
appointment-nam that he is not rich For.
i'm s,te Of the largeness of the salary ana OF
The allowances a British Ambassador at Paris
finds IL difficult to maintain in nttihs manner
the dignities Of his lofty office without dipping
deeply into his own pocket Especially is THIS
the case when he endeavors To convert soclai
enlendor and magnificent hospitality into an
available instrument for promoting political ana
national good feeling on the part OF france
toward his own country; for diplomacy IS es-
sontiaIlV and very largely a social undertaking.
Lord Lyons like his pred scessor Lord Cow,
lev. had large private fortune. which ne usci
freely. but both the Lords Lytton ana Dul-
ferin were comparatively poor men Whem .ne!
,rere appointed 10 Paris. and while owen
Meredith left his Countess in very straiteheu
circumstances il IS no secret that brlnseH
Shertdan's gifted grandson. Lord Duferln, mas
retired SO hampered I'm his resources as 10 ne
very largely dependent upon the HS'"V" pen
sion which he receives from lne NUITt"-
mant a. an ex-AmDa ssadOr. HN-H ANN
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an engravi'

hung on the wall. while he held small model OF
his proposed airshp tcnderly in his hands. Be
cause he continued. answering his own question,
mot only the propellers, but the wings of the ma
chine are in direct and free contact with the air
and are therefore subject to all the currents of
the atmosphere. Such exposure makes it i'm
possible to control the machine. A like trouble Is
encountered. In a minor degree. with all the air
ships which have been built. Their prOpellers are
exposed To the currents of air from all directions
They work In the air precisely the propelers Of
a steamship work in the water-eNposed. But in
the latter the course Of the ship cannot be
other than to the right or left while with the air
ship 1t may also be up down.
'Discarding the flying machine impossi-
bility for practical use set out twenty years
to solve the problem OF practical arship. Con-
troll control control was the first essential which
! wanted. What the use Of solving the ques
ton OF lifting power Of kind OF gas 10 use. OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23
THE PORT or SYRACUSE.

From The Syracuse Journal
Many pass but few notice. the port OF Syracuse"
fewer still realize what that port means 70 the bust
ness men and the trade generally. BY the port" Is
not meant that dignlhed Federal Institution which
has la,e.v established offices In the Government
Rulldiug and has 10 do with seals and red tape
galore but the plain od-fashOned dock, which was
a dock when Syracuse was a swanp-the Erie Canal
dock IN clinton Square Yet despite the lnatention
rxcept to criticse nearly dozen steam vessels
daily discharge and receive loads of freight at
That place aye even take on passengers for near
by towns.
The meaning OF this Is tina, Syracuse merchants
and the irad-spe )pl. OF nearby towns, within
circuit Of nifty miles wherever the canal touches
not hampered with the exorbitant short haul freight
rates during the open easOn and they have fears
FOR The future so long the canal shall remain open
even II railroad monopoly is supreme. IL well 10
remember this in these complaining days, when the
canal f. 80 often s;igmatzed a back number and
for its maintenance grudgingy CIV
en- Every dollar expended On IT, even II not boat
noa ted L. an actual saving 10 the cities and towns
upon its banks for II l. a constant menace TO adj
vancing freight rates
This Is what Is called canal year" and handsome
prOffs will reward the canslOOat owners. IL II said.
Increase canal shipments not only mean economic
business methods but an appreciation OF canal ad-
vantages which have been long overshadowed by the
railroads A. an index this years business, the
canal shipment column will play much more I'm
portant part than II has for several years
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Lytton; and while the grand entertainment Of
the Coincide Francase with which he began
his social career AT the Paris Embassy was
fine piece Of comedy IT not good diplomacy.
Lord Lyons entirely different kind Of
man. and possessed something Of that British
"phlegm" which the French look FOR in every
Enslishman, and feel apprehensve when they
Go not happen 10 find 1t in them. He did his
duty. he was perfectly courteous TO all. but he
H<~or went out Of his way 70 win a smile. His
Peace the Embassy. and not the city in
which II stood was his Mecca. On great days
he went 10 present his compliments 10 the Presi-
dent in faultless form. His carriage was horsed
with the best blood in France. and the perfectly
correct person who sat within never looked 10
the right nor 10 the left for greeting or token
OF goodwill from the multitudes that lined the
streets. The whole thing was in character. and
that was ali that histrionc people such as
the French demanded What they prize above
everything else is ia correction" and Lord
Lyons was the approximation Of correctness.
So, too. is SIR Edmund Monson.
SIR EDMUND AS A PRIEST.
Nothing ever disconcerts or distIrbs Sir Ed
mund. who is absolutely imperturbable and
never at fault. An amusing and characteristic
Illustration OF these qualities was furnished one
Sunday al the British Church in the Embassy
gardens at Vienna, when the excellent chaplain
who staying out Of town al NOeslau had
missed the only train into the city. Nothing
daunted Sir Edmund took his place In the chan
Gel, and proceeded TO celebrate divine service
as If 10 the manner born. Not content with
this he, after the conclusion Of the liturgy.
solemnly and gravely assembled the pulpit and
preached an extempOrary sermon. choosing as
bis text the controversy which arose among
Christs disciples TO which Of them was the
greatest and the least. his discourse on the sub
Ject being listened TO with rapt attention by
the junior members Of the Embassy staff Moth
ing could have exceeded the good taste and
reverence with which he played his role as a
priest and may add that the long white beard
and stately presence seemed thoroughly In keep
ing with the snowy surplice which he had Dor
rowed from the wardrobe Of the chaplain for
the occasion
Younger brother to Lord Oxenbrfdge Sir Ed
mund comes from a family which traces It's an
cestry In an unbroken line back 10 a John Mon
son. who fourshed in Lincolnshire In the reign
Of the Tudor King Edward ". Sir Edmund
himself was born just three years before the
accession Of Queen Victoria TO the throne was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23

GROWING POPULARITY OF ELECTRIC TRACTION
AT THE BRITISH CAPITAL
nm The Electrlcal Engineer.

From The Electrical Engineer.
Great activity Is being shown I'm London at pres
ont i'm planning unders 'ound street railways. ana
all Of the roads under CONSIDERATION are, 10 DE
equipped with ei'Cti ,hS Sc,rir road already in
The railway referred to Is the city and South
London opened I'm 1881 Here for the first time was
tried thai invention Of M Greatheads, which.
enualv with electric traction helped to revolu-
fionz. urban railway construction This contri-
vance Familiarity known 10 engineers as IN" treat
With enables work TO be executed expeditiously
at any depth in perfect safety ana to be continued
may he encountered while boring. The railways
now under construction VIII be tunnelled In ths
manner at average depth OF sixty feet beneath
the pavements Of London ana no sign OF the Ir
streets excepting only on the sites or proposed sta
tons where shops and houses are being demoi-
There are no fewer than six lines authorized,
two being at the present moment actively pushed
Waterloo and the other at the Mansion House.
This particular line Is perhaps the most urgently
needed of all. and It Is now rapidly approaching
XIII bubble attention is attracted just now prn-
cipalv 10 the Central London Railway. which VIII
run from Shepherds Bush 10 lAyerpooist;' a d,s,
hen nndertaken bv the Electric Traction Com
ready 1vsu s,e Of tr fourteen station along the
route Trains stopping each station will be run
at intervals of two minutes ana ,halt ana WI,
stoppages. in thirty-nve minutes. The cost OF con
striction and equipment. calculated at fJDO0o per
mile brings the total cost 10 i31n.rD
The rail level Will not be less than eighty-hve ieet
beneath the surface at some points on this line
and 1--WE hydraulic lifts will convey passengers to
and from the trains. and subways viii he con
structed foot passengers to cross rom one si1
of the road 10 the OTHER The company expects 10
carry between fifty and sixty millions OF passengers
i'm The wear but the actual capacity or the line Is
s. 900 90 The boring OF the two tunnel :. which
will be circular. lined with iron and 6u, eleven feet
Zach station simultaneously BY December. 1885,
this work Will have been coinpieteI .,.,
Of these combined railway enterprises when II Is
crnsidered that the number OF stations they
v,iIl Involve will reach total OF forty-five.
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SIR EDMUND Monsoon.
lord DUFFERINs SUCCESSOR AT PARIS
WELL, KNOWN AT WASHINGTON

Tall. spare in figure, with an expressive face
end long. patriarchal. white beard Sir Edmund
Monsoon who has Just been appointed to succeed
ard Duffern as British Ambassador at Paris, Is
the very anti,hess OF his two predecessors at the
sn,endid Borghese Palace in the Faubourg St
Honore. residence but little inferior in size and
,caenlhcence 10 the abode of the President Of the
French Republic at the Elysee almost next door
ys possesses far more analogy to his former chief
,,e late Lord Lyons. whose private secretary he
uas ct Washington during the Lincoln Admins
ration and who subsequently represented his
country Cor so many years on the banks Of the
seine for he has much of the supreme 1uietude
and repose Of manner which distinguished that
famous diplomat of whom the martyred Presi-
asni OF this country was so fond, and who. on 60
,rs 10 he White House to announce officially the
marriage of the Prince of Wales, received from
lincoln the Biblical injunction. Go Lyons and
dnthou ikewise,"
This similarity OF manner between Sir Edmund
Monson and Lord Lyons constitutes an excellent
aucury for the success Of the formers mission at
Paris Lord Lyons in French eyes the beau
ideal 81 british Ambassador. and a diplomat
more successful al Paris than either OF the two
brilliant noblemen who succeeded him. Both
Lord Lytton and Lord Dufferin were too compli-