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The morning times., 1896-04-12
EARLY MINING ON THE COAST.
Barkeeper's Pay Gauged by the Size
OF His Finger and Thumb.

Barkeeper's Pay Gauged by the Size
OF His Finger and Thumb.
Butte Mont. Inter-M Mountain.
Gathered in and around Butte are men
who have mined in almost every country
under the sun. but although charming con-
versationalsts in the society Of their friends
for some unaccountahle reason they be-
come suddenly dumb when approached by
newspaper man. 1t was reporters
luck yesterday ~ run against one who
talked in an interesting way. He was
large, rather fine-looking, apparently about
seventy years of age, and a man who had
watched with close interest the progress
OF mining on the Pacific coast since the
historic days of 40.
''Yes, l was out in Californy in the old
days he replied to a question, and then
added with q pleasant smile, II was thar
from 40 to 80 and took all the courses,
from pan to little giant and from han d. made
black powder cartridges to dinnymite.
when gold was discovered by Marshallin
that tail race Sutter wasdigging for hiSsa W
mill at Coloma, not man in that country
knew thing about mining. Never heard
how they knew it was gold, hey? Well,
there has been great many stories told
about it, but here is the right one 1t was
little nugget Marshall picked up, worth
three or four dollars. Each one of the gang
looked at it, bit it. tasted it, rubbed it,
smelledi it, but none of them had a clear idea
what it was. Several thought it might be
gold, but none was sure of it,. A happy
thought struck Marshall. Mrs. Weber board
ed the hands. She was making soft soap
from pine ashes lye. Marshall pro-
the lady should boil the nugget in iye a
day or two, and il it didn't change color
or lose its substance in the test it was
sure enough gold. Well, it stood the test.
The world knows the rest.
Among the first on the ground was a
lot of greasers. a cross between Mexicans
and lower class Of humans. God knows
they were all low enough. but the cross
was no Improvement on the general run
Of the cattle. The greaser brought his
willow-made pan and knife as his mining
tools. He cut and scraped among the
The morning times., 1896-04-12

what i now known as the Davis buy an
object that has become familiar t. dweliers
AT Bergen Point and Port Richmond from
the frequent experiments On the Xiii that
have been carried on during the past year.
This form of buoy is much larger than The
other. being three or four feet in length.
ana its essential feature is a deep iron
keel that projects below cut OF the block %
wood forming the body. II Is evident that
this keel Will tend To keep the buoy headed
IN any given direction. and stability Of ps-
sitiUn Is further assured By the presence of
gCy-rGpes attached 10 the main line If the
kite. Each bOuy is provided with three
or these ropes, which. by being leHgthened
or shortened. may cause the buoy TO form
any desired angle with the kite cord. and
10 keep il. Prof Davis has entirely sue
ceet!ed in making the kites drag the buoy
along the water in various directions in
the very strongest gaIes-in fact, under
precisely the conditions that would assist
when the buoys would be needed for life
saving service from wrecks. Aud he IS
positive that. with further experiment. he
win be able, by moving along the shore
until q tacking angle II reached. not only
to send lines, food or mcSsa ges t. a disabled
vessel from the shore. but 70 bring back
10y the same kites and the same buoy other
lines and MESA gcs from people IN distress.
Considering the important offices OF which
il has already been proved CIpa ble, and
the possibility which these suggest OF many
other practical applications. ir is clear
that the kite i 20 longer @ be regarded
as simply toy. And this. in turn. suggests
anew the familiar truth that, after all,
nothing in this world is OF small conSe-
querCe.
The morning times., 1896-04-12


ammunitiouandap, Threemen can entirely
operate the tair-ships And, allowing the
inventors calculation of 100 pounds each,
there will be over 500 pounds left for
the air-ship and Its ammunition. OF this,
100 pounds onghtto be ample for ammuni-
ton, as few volleys will be needed and the
remaining weight is in machine. With its
many air compartments this is ample
Should the ammunition give out, what
easier than to descend for more!
And that bringsn to the third hare diff
Guilty mastered by the inventor, the work
OF coming down Co the ground I'm the right
way without overturning or dropping
with force enough TO hurt machine or man.
This he accompllshes by pumping the air
out OF his ar-cells.
1T Is on the same principle as the tor
pedo boat. In the torpedo boat you
rise 10 the surface by pumping water ou.
OF the water chambers, thus tightening the
torpedo enough to rise to the surface.
You fall by letting water in to make the
torpedo boat heavy enough to go down.
I'm the air-ship YOU are dealing with an
other element, that of air. And you fall
by pumping air out of the air-ship. 1t is
ike balloon when you let the air out OF
ii. 1t falls to the ground. The great
extra sails, lying flat against the sky, are
hauled in, and only the smaller ones left
for The descent. The plan is TO navigate
the air-ship to a point directly over where
you want TO descend, and then to let the
air out, take in the top sails, and gradually
come down. The position OF The side
wings must not be changed. 1t is in shift
M
inventors get their great falls,
GETTING DOWN AGAIN.
LAS soon as those. wings are turned so
they cut the air like u birds wing the
ship drops like stone. Unlike "a bird the
ship cannot change the position OF its
wings in single second, and before they
can be righted again there has been an
awful drop. This point mastered and the
inventor feels he has the happy solution
Of air-ships.
There is steam plant aboard the air
ship. This can produce an onward pro-
peling motion. II can also heat the air
for the operators, should the air above be
full of snow or icy seet. This steam will
give warm atmosphere TO the flying
ship. and enable il 10 discharge its duties
no Nilttl tiIe weather dDDft tt
1t need not be used unless desired. 1t is
only small steam plant, and cannotmarthe
machine, even if IT, does no goocs
1T must be confessed that the machine
as it stands though complete, is open TO
some questions or doubts. But what new
Invention was not? Every body remembers
when trolleys and cables were thought Of
with doubts and fears; and nearly every
growI-up person recalls the doubts with
which the telephone and its live wires were
thought of in connection with family use
in ones home. This air-ship, while wonder
ful. is no more remarkable than those
There are many other air-ships now
being built. Thetinventors will tell notli-
ing about the direct mechanical arrange
ments, as each bbpes for the reward OF
100000. Islt 10 friends who do not in
vent they giKe little private exhibitions
The morning times., 1896-04-12
One Naturalist.

A man who has made a careful study
of the habits of animals and birds. ana
who firmly believes that htrt!S think and
are controlled by brain action in great
mcasure-about il rot quite as much as
human beings. and ret by the 'Overr1ted
instinct'-tOI few nights ago OF ,he odd
effect natural history had on him.
do YOU Know he said. that since
I learned that birds and mammals think.
have had SoTt OF spleen against flesh?
When 7 cat Partridge l think of the birds
wiles used in its cndeavOTs TO escape the
hunters merCiless shot. Ii Is the same
with the ducks. turkeys, deer. and beeves.
and all other flesh. bur not fish / have
the dread, or feeling. that / am eating
a rational being / think that il vCgc-
tariaHiSm ever becomes universal IL viii
be when we understand the thoughts OF
blrdSaBd mammals and are able TO converse
with them. We are Just now entering
on wonderful field OF research. We have
found the door TO real natural history
knowledge, andwe are now groping for tina
keyhoIe. View York Sun.
The morning times., 1896-04-12

Much interest attaches from a scientific
point OF view to experiments designed TO
test how great an altitude may be reached
by kites; and for year past Mr.. Eddy has
been working in this direction for the
Smithsonian Institution, the hope being
that he will ultimately succeed in sending
kites two miles above the eaTth's surface.
Prof. Langley has been following these ex-
periments with great interest. and has
furnished Mr. Eddy with a special quality
OF silk cord, which. il Is believed. will give
better results in meteorological observa-
ton than the ordinary hempen irvine or
rope. The great difficulty that Mr.. Eddy
finds in the way of making his kites reach
great attitudes, il the pull on the cord,
which increases greatly as the kites rise
higher.
II is probab BILE that a tamden OF fifteen
or twenty big kites. reaching to a mile
above the earth'S surface, would exert a
pull of 100 pounds, while at a height OF
two miles they might, Mr. Eddy thinks.
exert pull OF $50 pounds, and at 4 height
of three miles pull Of 200 pounds How
ever great the pull, it is essential TO sue
ceSsfuI flying that the man in control b.
able to let out or reel in the main line
with great rapidiry. and il is evident that
dozen men could not by hand alone ac-
compIish this il the kites were Sent as
high as might be. II is likely, therefore,
that, as the Importance OF scientific kite
flying becomes mere widely understood,
some simple dummy engine will be devised
Tor rapidly turning the windlasS ON which
the main line is wound
NIr. Eddy has made frequent expert
nlents with rain-kites. which nc used for
the first time in November. 1898 II IS
true tbat Fran Kiln sent up flyer during a
shower. but in his case the rain was merely
an accident accompanying the electric
storm which was his only concern. Mr..
Eddy. however, has sent up kites in the
rain for the purpose cf studying cloud
attitudes and other meteorological Pie
Iomena: and by this means he has dis
covered what was not previously believed
10 be true. that clouds sometimes sink 10
within SIX hundred feet of the earth'S sur
face without actually coming down TO IT,
In fact, Mr. Eddy has had kites disappear
in a cloud AT height OF only five hundred
and sixty-eight feet. IL has sometimes
happened that clouds settling toward the
earth have obscured the kites gradually.
the top one becoming invisible first. and
then the others in succession. Mr. Eddy
has found that by such indications he IS
able to fOreten the approach of fog four
or five hours before IL reaches the carth.S
surface, so slowly do the clouds settle
through the air strata
The morning times., 1896-04-12

So there is no doubt whatever that by JAN
uary 1, 1901-the time limit appointed
there will be successful flying machines.
Nothing angers- an inventor like being
found out. and that is the reason of the
stiffness in flying-machinc circles.
Maxim is so conscientious that he will
not allow hostile nations to approach him
for inventions to fight his own country; and
when the United States rewards one of its
sons for producing so powerful an imple-
ment as this will be in warfare it will take
pains TO patent itself against foreign ell
croachments. JAMES BARTON.
The morning times., 1896-04-12
USE OF KITES IN WAR.
Experimental In nDischarging Dynamite
and Taking Observations.

Cleretdnd Mofett an March Ne Cture's.
Its obvious that Kite photographs might
be of great value in time of war. since a
detailed view of an euemys lines and for
tifications might be thus obtained; while at
sea perfected kite photographing ap-
paratus might be of great value in recording
the approach of an enemy's ships. Mr.
Eddy regards it as perfectly possible TO
send up a tandem of kites from the deck
of a man-of-war, with a circular camera,
such as has already been devised, attached
to the main line, and an apparatus for
swapping all the shutters simultaneously;
and photograph, not only the whole
horizon as seen from the deck of a vessel,
but, because of the greater elevation, many
miles beyond. A battleship provided with
The morning times., 1896-04-12

is by means of q large air cell in the top
of the body of the whale-Iike structure.
This great hollow compartment lightens
the upper part and prevents the ship
from turning over, and it also is fitted
in such a way that it catches the whole
force of the wind. The sides open toward
whichever way the wind is blowing. ard
an immense current can be put ON from the
wind alone.
In addition to this the professor has
very ingenious arrangement some
thing on the balloon principle, by means
OF which he manages to rise from the
ground anywhere. When in the air this
is cut loose and allowed to sail away
With each flight one of these balloon
affairs must be sacrificed, but the cost
is small compared to final savings.
The second difficulty overcome is
that OF steering. This is done by 'pintin
her nose TO the wind as an old sailor re-
marked who saw the little model floating
around room. There are ways of shutting
off the air on one side of her nose and let
ting it in on the other side, for thereis agreat
hollow for the pilot to occupy And
this, with a similar manipulation of the
tail causes the air-ship to revolve or
partly revolve or move in any desired
direction.
ITS WINGS
The great spreading wings are to keep
the ship up in the air. Their resistance
is something mighty. When fully spread
they lie over hundreds of feet OF atmos-
phere; and, if found necessary, more sails
can be run up and spread outupon thegreat
network OF wire until the sky will lie
full of flat white sails resting apparently
against the heavens. Con sidering the
weight which large kite will lift from the
ground, the sails will be more than ample
to hold up the thousand pounds which the
air-ship will weigh, with it's pilot, gunner,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13
To neautify the Homo.

Portieres add much TO the beauty or an
apartment, and should be selected with q
view to harmonic with the whole effect
OF the room. The pretty denims OF the
best quality make lovely portleres, and
new material known as satin lambell, IN
two tones. Is very popular for room dra-
peries. Liberty velvets viii always be
beautiful for porteres. and heavy Bed
ford cord material is also suitable.
No longer are tall, towering plants used
for decorating the table Instead. there
are low dishes tastefully arranged with
choice flowers. and delicate trailing plants
mingled with appropriate leaves and
moses. Another pretty way to arrange
flowers for the table is to fill a low dish
with small blocks Of ice and swset-smeil-
ing buds and blossoms.
The handsomest table linen Is hemmed
by hand, and is developed in pure white.
The initials should he richly embroidered
in white, and the bed linen should be hem
stitched The latter can be bought ready
made these days and OF lovely quality. II
should al be hemstitched, II the latest
fashion is desired.
II you particularly admire an author,
and wish TO preserve your admiration,
never make his personal acquaintance.
1t is depressing to think that many dis
loyal husbands are conscious OF having
the very best OF wives.
No man can be said 70 be defeated IN any
enterprise until he has acknowledged his
defeat
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Egg plants bought now may. II they
are In perfect condition. be kept month
IL wrapped in paper and put where 1T is
cool and dark.
II your haH is narrow place a mirror
opposite the parlor door. This helps out
by reflection tire very narrow space usu-
ally given 70 this part of tho house.
Woodenware, such as chopping trays
and moldiug boards, should never be
dried by the ire, as, II exposed 10 neat
While wet. they viii warp and crack
To brighten carpets. wipe them after
sweeping with warm water which has
had few drops OF ammonia poured in
TX. 1t VIII make them look fresh as new.
One teaspoonful OF ammonia put IN a
cupful or water viii clean gold or silver
jewslry. few drops under a diamond
viii clean IL Immediately, making II very
brilliant.
A scorch mark II not too heavy. may
be removed by noistening with water and
laying IN the sun. Repeat the moistening
two or three times and the mark viii
disappear.
Olives. lock very pretty when served on
a small dish Earnisbsd with glossy
leaves and small red peppers. II used IN
me winter picked peppers may be taken
for the garnish.
Stale bread cut in clices. then laid to-
gether again. folded in .dampened nap
kin, slipped into paper bag and laid in
a hot oven for fifteen minutes viii come
out like fresh bread
To clean windows. put one or two
tablespoonfuls OF ammonia into bucket
OF warm water. After washing thorough
ly rub with old newspapers and they vii
look beautifully bright
Grease spots may BE taken out with
weak ammonia in water. and r very
carefully applied VIII remove spots from
paintings and Chv0mos. Lay soft white
paper over ana iron with moderately
hot iron.
IN escaping from a fire creep or crawl
along the floor OF the room, with your
face Is near the floor as posslole. a
smoke G-scendE there Is Always q fresh
current q air IN which sou can breathe
Wsrh greater ease near the door.
Equal parts OF ammonis and turpsntfns
VIII taAe rne paint OuE ~ cl6iE4Eg even
& ~ MSS become hard and oEy. Wet tho
spots often ana wash out so soap Studs.
WASH hair erUshes 6G3 egmi1s IN ammo
MA water. rinse and dry ia the sun.
skirts do not hang quite the same as
iast year. bat II Is possible % maaa last
years skirts ever. Net or tUile covering
put over TIE goEns car be modelled after
the latest patterns. and the rushing can
tse made bF any seaaasfress tu use house.
\ wei fitting waist can easily De- covered
with fuil fai4s 81 the ust CO chiffon Ea--
Enas are used though net - IGA as they
we're. particularly on the front or me
waist. SEG en- t0e sleeves they are caIs
up and turned over, using bunch 81
flowers CT = bow OF rtbh5t-
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touch which relieved the somber tones OF
brown and green.
SO much for the cold weather clothes.
whose chief aim is 10 aid their wearers In
tho battle with the elements. In the realm
OF dainty Hothlugs that one sees In the
shops. an evening hood OF white Brussels
net Is one OF the newest and prettlest ere
atoms The net Is dotted and IN shape
The hood very much resembles the one
worn BY the fa5led Red Riding Hood. IL
a. gathered IN around the neck with a
skirt or cape that falls over the shoulders
Around the front the hood is wired 10
stand out away from the face. SO as not TO
d.sarrangs the hair. There Is a border Of
white feather trimming around this wired
edge, and at the top are loops OF wide
green tsffeta ribbon. which also forms the
ties under the chin. one OF these hoods
can be easily made by damsel def of
hand. and viii be found extremely useful
20 Young women who attend many evening
parties. They may be made Of colored
net or indeed Of any light. neeoy mate
rial IN any shade.
To make last years high crowned hat
look more ~ 20 date. put in wide velvet
bandeau 70 TIT the hat UP on the left side.
and cover the crown with light colored
veivet TO match that on the bsndeau.
Tho latest thing tn corsets is made Of
snakeskin. Thus closer and closer does the
serpent creep 20 the heart Of his FIRST and
falrcst victim
ANNIE LAURIE WOODS.
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Mrs. Flel1s has added chapter on Lady
Tennyz0n 70 her Authors and Friends"
for the new edition of The book. Here IL
bit from the volume:
THE social atmosphere OF Tarringsorsi
Is hieh depended upon its mistress. was
warm and simple 4 pleasant company Of
nsighbors and friends vas gathered when
Maud was read aloud 70 us-a vide group.
grateful ard appreciatlve. and ore 10
which ne liked 70 read. After this tire
utsts Of time dose overt can recall her
aaain in TIRE gray dreas and kerchlsf. fol-
loving 0uf footsteps 10 the door. can see
her Rrae efat movement o. the bead as she
waved ner adtrux. / can see the poet'R
s,usNy figure standing BY her side and that
ia ala. Sometimes sne lives cOnfuHedlv 70
ne world or Imagination az the Abbes al
AlrnesbuYy: and sometimes. aa one who
knew her has saia. Ehe was Ike she first
81 the three qaeens. the tsliest Of them
all. and falrest' VINO bore away the body
% Arsaur. she was 70 Jess than these.
beinE a living inspiration a. the heart ~
Tire pests everyday life n wsalA seem
20 be upon another visit that we were talk
ing n Ire drawing room About Browning.
We saoa1 Ike - see hsgn oftaaer.' she
sad. s8e s. 1e4 -zhtfal company. but ge
cannot get him % come hare: We are 100
quiet for him. I found food for Thought
lw this little speech when I remembered
she fataoas talk 81 dlnner tables where |
bad sometime me- browning. and thought
Of Tsnuysona great talk ard the lofty
serenity q ala .acy's presence
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Ee-sh perves03'a latest move - rot
Hey 20 tne-ease her poHg'artty with pea-
r.R Rho rresl3er themselves san Ia Tia
r~De q isfs = ss nothing grra ~ iess
tHar e revival 90 the Costume ~ T47tsts
ThG.7re. @hsr sNs has effected hr rsvErz
"ta Daefa AK Cag1~sBas" wlts ma actors
CARRIED ta ere sasA.on - fs. rer5s a.
wrtH Pa E-Ew VAS wr3ften T~e Pass
critics PES sha risy pass urn-ff,.rf ,r.4 a.
vr-et sr tse5- zTRec 81 cansssera OF q tass
reste-Has srt che waaHa who kss eerns
90 aHEa 80 -ae s- e1asa3 aa1 sly FASH
sa1s q lksz yer 1.Hc1 asa to gray. ss4t "a
e,Fa ere l1lGfy sweeaEaaea - "a
actresses "a E>e1r aHafrr EoRns. rr7-- ~.
f.fse O. faa street ana tAs draw.rF rs7-s
- a-l ssart see fa psg.s 50 lAs. Fe -ssv
eE ar-t So So essao hzrnA-a ana zrfe
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f-t as an7-asr o-s1 sszse ~ a.. ea..-e "a
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9Tseo rrR&as sNeu fses a. = rnre So
teec0re eh.ee-F ~ a~ttesae.s~ .a-sra-ef -
= ~ssae ssaa realms eaS's ear ob.t-ary.
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SMASHED THE CRoChEA"
An Fropement ResuIts In
ing of Cbins.


rYrusual sxeiternsnt attended NJ
rt9ga H. New York city ths othsf ~ -.
Miss Virginia Rouss. daughse1 = rssg
Millionaire Rouss, and her cous'a'
Lee. re-
The wedding was an elopeinen-t ~,
Finia fs the only daughter OF MI - 80 81
Rouss. who discouraged suitofs s.s.s
the handsome Fifth avenue hon'a ..vr.
parents hoped the girl wonla NO. '.nsss
although Mrs. Eonsa was wittiuA, =. K. ri,
al the man was wealthy aaa SO - .,rss
,rtnaat she adopted all sorts OF -, 4
IA dismiss any bold youth VINO 80 ssr.
cslI on her pretty daughter. 80 80. al
ago David Lee. a cousin OF s.-y4raa
Ses~euded from the Lees. OK y. ,rfss
csrra 20 New York. 20 work for - 20 ~
Mr. pouss. SIR. Lee was tsAe .srsH /
Ronss home, where he rernaanea -. A.
week ago. when ms declafed t's Dr. "a ~
VIRGINIA. This vas great -. -ses We
y,ep@ntp as they had never fefA'e .s...,xs.
IN the iipht 81 q sutton 80 he
fhan tb.@r daughter and cohhiA :. esrr
After ne was SAINT away yonns "a re-
y,npt~ased with his sweeths1sfl ..ss.,.s,rs
r,.Eer morning shs met htni =. ss,ssxzsl
I,ousa and they were rnarritsn ~ sss.
sbav drove 70 Afr. Rouss OIL - hsss
sa,,e ,bera. but said he efah a.. !. sss-
fha task 81 telling his wifs f lfss,ssr. ~
graro was sent yirEinia.s - srs
apalntsng her with the nas 1..ss,nr sssar
ponev. rave took form ~ s..,sng szs.
able brto-a-brac ard chinhs -, 80 ,.,ss6sss
nf,mre through ere psals-Elas.1s 80 ssoss
ara otherwise deraofaiizifs - -, rs1es.
hor.e. IRE servants nav. h'' - thiass
sred from their fright b. ~. asr.
ner mother viii Ia time fofsAfs