The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-02-02

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Martin F. Bradbury of Dubuque, Ia,
said: II have not quite completed my
air ship, but il will be a success and
much less compiled ed and more portable
than that of Maxim. 1t is, in its conslruc-
ton, based entirely upon careful observa-
tons not only of the flight of birds and
bats which ale the only existing verte-
brates possessing the power of true flight.
The lateral membranes of flying squirrels,
flying Lemurs, flying phalangers and fly
ing dragons, and possibly even the great
pectoral fins of flying fishes, serving only
10 sustain them in the air after the manner
of parachute or boys kite, and their
ascent is like it. Away oblique. The ex-
tinct reptiles called pterodactyls possessed
the power of true fight, as their remains
prove, and their wings were of plan as
dis inctly different fro II those of bats and
| birds as these were from each other. The
wings in all vertebrates are in the anterior
limbs. and are thus homoogous to the
arms of man and the forelcgs of ordinary
quadrupeds. In flying, the wings are made
10 strike the air in one direction and are
quite different in manv importan points
from those OF insects 1t is a recogni ion
of this which helped me in my ex-
periments, and the inadequacy of
the human arm and the muscles
| which move il to give sufficiently
rapid motion to wings Of sufficient size will
in my apparatus be helped by pedal ar
| raneement, or by very small dynamo of
aluminium have risen in my machine to
a heigh, of $50 feet with perfect ease, and
then sailed away through the air for dis
lance of six miles without over ex rton.
have to stand plenty of chaffipg from my
friends, and am often reminded of Darius
Green and his fate, hu l believe in aerial
navigation and that it will solve many puz-
cling questions of transportat on of mr.
chard,ze, and that of rapid transit between
far distant points become so essential by
reason of the needs arising from our advanc-
! ing civilization. Wy machiue, he said
earnestly as his train moved out. will nbro-
ga railroads entirely, and will not ex ICED
in cost that of well constructed bicycle,
while the simplicity of its construction will
make it easy to operate even by ladies and
children.
| A party of welI-known people from Wy
oming. J. G. R.debaugh, Mrs. Radebaugh,
with the Misses Edna and Ursula Rade.
baueh; G H, Arnold and Mrs. Arnold, A.
Levinson and Mrs. A. Levnson, sr., are
spending the winter in Los Anseles and
! VlCII''y. UT. LeVtUSOH Sdtu tUat tUey were
enjoy ing the trip very much, and hardly
knew which they liked The better, Coronado
! or Los ANGELES. each possessing so many
charms. Mr.. Radebaugh, who is former
resident of Los Angeles, sad that one
erea' need was large. modern hotel, with
winter garden and wing good view,
, easy of access from The dep,ts and not too
far away from the shopping and amu-e-
ment centers. Such an enterprise would
( be paying one. and would remove the
/ idea so prevalent among tourists and in
| valds that Los Angeles has inadequate
and poorly equipped hotels. Mr.. Arnold
said that yesterday after returning from a
drive the ladies were attracted by dis
| play i'll Broadway store window and
paused few mo rents looking in. An old
| friend of ours, II n. Turner of Cheyenne.
! who is also spending the winter here, hap
I pened to come along. and we men of the
/ party stood talking beside the ladies, watt
! ing for them 10 settle some feminine crit-
clsm. We Were not obsructing the street
in a yway and were therefore somewhat
star led by very paremptory order from
an officer to 'get move on you there"
1t caused Us much merriment, and was of
/ course quickly obeyed, but we think that
I the police commi ssioners should if pos
! sib'e. secure the services OF courteous and
! in elligeut men, who would not affront
visitors.
The state ticket endorsed by the Repub-
! leans at New Orleans yesterday is the re-
suit of a deal between Kellogg and the
Populists, gu city engineered by the South
ern Pacific people through Kru tschnitt and
Kellogg, said =. w. Gregory OF the Cres-
cent city at the st Elmo yesterday. Kel-
/ logg is representative of all that is worst in
his party, and perhaps next to Matt Quay
of Pennsylvania, is the most notorious pro-
i fessional politician in the land. His cleo
/ tion as permanent chairman of the state
iv,1i th<, r,t,,
power of men who have made Louisiana
politics a disgrace, The only really good
! man on the ticket is Or. J. M. Cooke as SUI
| perintendent of eiucaton but Pharr and
Kleippeter's records will defeat its cleo
! tior. -..
Gomez Mendoza said that the coming
! carnival at JuareZ in which there will be a
great display of American pIgiistic alent,
, Maher and Ftzsmmons, and Dixon and
Jerry Marshall being the chief celebrities,
| will also be the last exhibition of bull-fght-
ing in the republic. Public opinion is
strongly against these brutal performances
and indeed is averse to pugilism. The
! Juarez carnival will be attended by the low
est classes in Mexico and he scum Of
! America For some years the best socie
| in my country have not considered it good
! form to attend these degrading shows. Mr..
| Mendoza said that railroads were benefit.
ing the g ster republic wonderfully and
! thai their extension wss much needed.
Col. c. C. Fulton of Pasadena said that
| wi hin the last few days there had been an
increased demand for desirable resi- lence
property both in Pasadena and Altadena,
! and that the spring would find builders and
carpenters busilv eng aged in the erection of
residences of a superior character.
H. 3unner, the clever humorist and
story teller, aud AL Schwartz,nan are hav-
ing a pleasant vacation. touring through
Southern California, boating, fishing aud
hunting. The pages of Puck, always bright
and bubbling over with wit, will, no doubt,
be increasingly attractive from the visit of
the editor and publisher to the coast. Both
are delighted with Los Ange 'es and Coro-
nado, and burner is funnier. saws
bas