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wedgewood Portland. Me-. September
~ lMs; time regulation, s'"'s'
John Il. Gentry. bay stallion. by Ashland
Wilkes. dam Dame Wood. by wedge
wood. Portland. Me-. September "a. 1886;
time. reputation, 2:O0it.
Gcldipg record
Robert J., bay ge,ding. by Hartford. dam
Geraldine. by Jay Gould; Terre Haute,
Ind, September H. 1884; time, regulation.
AiHrcsF record
Lo,tie Lorine. bay mare. by Gambeita
Wilkes, dam Lady Yeiser, by darrsrd
race, regulation. 2.0Sis.
Pearl C.. bay mare. by Roy Wilkes, dam
Lincoln Belle s, by Abdall ,l Bruce; Co Co
ulation, 2:O6is.
Race record to sulky--
John n. Gentry, bay stallion. by Ashland
Wilkes, dam Dame Wood, by Wedge
wood; Glens Falls. n. y. September 10.
=. 1895; regulation. 2:Oih.
To wagon-Race--
johnston; bay geld.ng by Joe Basse,t; De-
,iro,t Mich, July q, 1857 regulation,
TO wagon-Time-
inond, Jr, dam Bonner Maid. by Mar
,inet 2:oS.
Under Saddle
'GaesGn bay SShSS ANUS By iSs ressa
Team Record-Time--
Miss Rita, chestnut ffMy, by j. j. Audit
bon. and Josie b., bay mare. by Chat
terhox; Lexington. ny. october 10, 1895;
PAGER with Running Mate-Tlme
Flying J.b. bay geding, BY Algona, dam
Mddleiown Mare by Mddletown; Chill.
tcothe, Ohio, October 4. 1894; KITE 1854.
Two Miles in Harness--Race--
Defiance, bay geid.ng, by Chaeftadn. and
Longfellow, chestnut geldng. by Red
BIZ, dead heat; Sacramento. Cal, Sep
Two Miles Against Time
w. w: p. chestnut geld.ng by Ben 10.
tnond. Jr.. dam Bonner Mad by Mar
t.net Lincoln. Neb.. October 81, 1896; reg
u,at.on i:22A
Under Saddle
James *. Polk. chestnut gelding. and Ro-
smoke, dead heat Philadelphia, Pa.
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cite by Ng'wool. Stockton. Cal. No
Nehber lt l,-i, slime k.tc. -.l.-,
'upt' by COLT, ~ Al.il MAr,s. lam Au-
ne Paicnec, ~ a-inbfluo 4alCh-r.
ho"ton, Mass oCpitu fel ~ Jan. Face
regulation, S.i51
Impeig;ons. hla.k aiiy b. D.e,a4of. darn
h-heiHya, by HarulI. .sashgae. reaG
,octooer in. 1874, racr. resui1 lion. -.i5t.
Sllcon| bay auy. hv Nufuu ltln Stl.
hhone;tG. by ttambrHo 3 tshf...e tenn.
octorF Il, lH'-. rict. 2. Es.atiou. lJ-.
Three eaF-oids-C anu lily
fat..asy' by my. ny lnim.-. dam Ho-
mora BY Almonascn, Nashville t.na
opober IL 1888. race. regulation. -tl.s,
arm ny tps. ~ f-.ectOneer, lam Alan
cite. ny Nul"uod; Sashvalo Tenn. No
Il, NcmDer y ~. ame regulation. 9.l0ls.
touf-yt'tr-o.us- Cot and u.ly--
Direc I'M, hack station. ny Director dam
Stemw .nuer by Venture Nusny'l lie
d.nn OCTOBER lol@S. rare regulation.
Faisasy. bay nily. by Chimes. dlm TO.
mora ~ AlWpnareh, u ere ilaute. lad.
,,sep.ember is. ~. time, rreulatoa 100
Eve; year-9l1-- 'oit ana maze
Ralph Wilkes, chestnut stallion. by Rel
i.kes. dam Mary Al4ys, uy sdAinIrlnd
Patcheni NashV.ie. Tenn. October NJ
lAai, ime, regulation. s1aii.
fshiasy, bay IA are, by th.lurs. cam TO.
mora. hy llmonarCh, Das Moin.s Iowa.
June y. $50 time, 9'07.
Worlds record
AIN, bay mare. hy Patronage. dam Al.
lanta, by Attorney. Gnlcshurg IA Son
TENDER ~ lNi' Tine regulation, 2.03s..
Diteclum, blaei stallion. uy Director. dam
SteInWinl"r, hy Venture, NAshVL,4
Tenn, October Is 1883, race. regulation
Ge.ding record
Azoie, bay geldlng by wh!ps dam Josie,
By Nhippie'S hAmb.alonsin, G.uesnurr
~, September g. lN5. time, resu,a Uon
Race record to sul1y.-
DireoLum, black stallion. by Director. dam
s ssgm"i nd,dber by ,l %ssniagy, iEas9yie
AliS. bay mare. by Patronage. lam ii.
lanta, by Attorney; rerre tilute. Ind.
r. AUGUST Il 1874 regulation 2'o64.
TO Waspn-ltaCe--
Alfred s.. bay geldng. by Elmo. dam
Nora Marshall by un.on Phlladelphia.
Pa, September l. 1880; regulation. 2:iCi,
Guy, black geiling. by Kentucky Prince
dam Flora Gardener, by American Star;
Detroit, Mich. July IS, 1873. regulation.
Under saddle-Race.
Great Eastern. hay gelding, by Waikiki
Mood Park. New York. September :,
ls71 regulation. 2;l5a,,
Fastesi race IN straight heats
lana, rs Attorney; Terra Haute. Ind.
August Il. 1891. Time 2!OG, 2;0Gl,, s.O5i,.
Team record-Race-
Sally simmons, brown mare, BY Simmons.
and Roscleaf black mare by Golleaf
Columbus, Ohio. September q 1891 reg
Tux uiation. s:l5'sr 49,, 49,, -
Lynn w. brown seding by sponsellcr
Tnckahoe. dam Topsy. by HOLMAN
Horse and Clayton bay geling. by
Harry Clay, dam Star Maid, by Jllpit.r
Abdalllh; Fleetwood Park, New iork
CITY. n. w. May Is, 1881. time regula-
tion, 2l9
Team record-Tme--
Honest George, bay geldlng. by Albert
ana Belle Hamlln bay mare. by Almont
Jr., providence, X. l., September 90 1892
regulation, 2:i2h.
Trotter with running mate--Race--
Frank. hay geldlng, by Abraham dam by
tirecn Mountain Boy; Prospect Park H.
tIon. 2.0sis 'N'"''-
TroNer with running mate-rlme--
HSfes ~, chestnut gelding. by Prosper
Merinee' dam by Rustic; kHkwood,
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PAGERS AND TRoTrERs.
The Best Records Of the HarnesI
Performers 10 Date.

Performers ia Date.
The harness season being closed, there
II now an opportunity TO straighten up the
record books OF the season and see which
horses are the champions In the various
divisions which they represent AK. the
queen of trotters in 1894. s,ili holds the
worlds record and nothing has been done
to better the mark OF c:03s which she
made at Galesburg, H.. September "A. 1884.
With PAGERS there Is different story.
for the great John r. Gentry as recently
as September a OF the present year re-
duced the worlds harness record 90 2oois
while Star Pointer paced the fastest three
heats ever gone in harness on September
IS.
Following is a ia BILE OF harness cham
pionshlps TO date. taken from the last Is
sue Of the Spirit of the Times. II gives
names of performers. breeding dates and
places of performance. In races and
against the watch. and statement of the
sort OF track used. All records made
since 1891 were made TO bicycle sulky.
Yeariings-Colt and fly
Abdcn, brown colt, by Advertiser dam
Beautiful Bells. by The Moor San Jose
Cal. September n; tune, regulation 2 %
Pansy McGregor. chestnut lilly by Fergus
McGregor dam Cora. by Coriandcr; Hol-
ton. Kan, November IS. 1898 race, kite
Two year-olds-Colt and FLY
Arion, bay colt. by Electioneer, dam Man
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dam Ida Kendall. BY Hero Of Thorn
dale: Oakland, Cal. October IL. lSo; reg
uiation. 1854.
Fillmor. chestnut geldlns: san Fr,ncisco
Cal. April IS. 1853. regulation. l3;le.
Ten miles in harness-kace--
lor; san Francisco, CAL, November y
In ~" hsr rssslafEn; Ns''.
By Lcamington New York. y. Y. No
rNemoer 2. 1893: regulation, ?6lS.
cisco, Cal. June Is, ISIS; regulation
Twenty miles in harne~s.-Tlme-
Mass. October 81. 1896. regulation. 5s:25
Thirty miles in harness-Time-
General Taylor, gray stallion. by Morse
February n. ISL, i:i7:5e.
Fifty miles In harness-Tme--
ARIEL. bay gelding. Albany. N. Y. 1876
One hundred miles in harness-Time-
Conqueror, bay gelding, by Bellfounder
Laeourette'sl. dam Lady Msclare. BY
nov osem be' z. isss, s:s5 sa'efS''e L. "
PAGERS.
Yearlng colt and lilly
Belle Acton. bay flly. by shadeiand on.
var Ward; ,i ayons Neo.' October a. 1892; time.
Rosedaie, bay colt. by Sidney. dam Rose
Leaf by Buccaneer; stockton, Cal, No.
.vember s.. 1898; time. kite 2:2a
Two-year- olds-Colt and fifty
Directly. black colt, by Direct. dam Ma
bel, by Nauhic' Galesburg, H., septem-
Der ~, 1884: time, regulation. 2:0Ia..
Lena HUI. brown fiily. by William NJ. Hill
dam Postum Pie, by Octoroon. Dallas
Texas October p. 1898; race regulation
2si2A..
Three year-olds-Colt and tlly--
Directly, black colt, by Direct. dam Ma.
bel, by Naubic. Fresno. Cal. February
l.. 1885; time, regulation. 2:0i..
Tone, by Ferguson; Woodland. cal. Al.
gust q 1895, 2:0eL
Judge Hurt. brown colt. by William NJ.
HNl. Dam Postum Pie. by Octoroon.
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vents TRANSMITTING During
Do. July 4. 1893; kite. s:Osss.

, =, Del, July I. 1888; kite. 2;oS'a.
Mambrlno sparke ,, bay mare a, and 6 MI
september il, isss; regulation, a:ss.
A team of three tro,ting IN harnes.
abrea slime
Belle Hamiin. bay mare. by Almont. Jr
Jusiina. bay mare. by Almon,. it.. ant
Globe, bay gelding. by Almont. Jr.
Cleveland. Ohio. july 81. 1891; rcgula
ton, PA.
Four-ln-hand--Race--
Frank Ross. roam gelding; Peculiar. bay
gcldlng leaders; Ruinps, bay mare
Tom bradley, brown geldlHg twhcelers)l
Cleveland. Ohio. September T. lsse, reg
ulation. 2;+os..
fourth hand-.TIme-
Damania. Bellnut. Maud v. and Nutspr.-
all By Nutmeg; Chicago. Ill, July 4
1896. regula ton. 2.30.
SiN-in-hand-Time-
Fleetwlng. Lamar. Flora. Hugie, Dexter
and Pete, New York. n. Y. November
g. is96; regulation. 2:56is.
Two miles in harness-Race--
Nightingale. chestnut mare. by Mambrino
King, dam Minnequa Maid, by Woods
Hambleton.an: Buffalo y. Y. August
., 1884: regulation 1864.
In harness-Time--
Grceniarder. black stallion. by Princess
dam Juno. by Hambletonsan. 20: 1crre
Haute, Ind, November 4, 1895. regulation.
1882,
Under saddle--Race--
George 81 Patchen bay stallion. by cas-.
sius NJ. Clay. dam by Head'cm; Fashion
Course, l.. l.. June IS. 1873. regulation.
LIS.
Three miles In harness-Race--
Bishop Hero, roam gelding. by Bishop
dam Ida Kendall hy Hero OF Thorn.
dale; Oakland. Cal. October :. 1898; reg.
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ula,lon, 7.l9ia.
Ihrse miles IN harness Time
Nigmilhsalo, chestnut mare. by Mambrino
King dam Minnequa Maid. by Wond,s
hambleton!an; Nashv.lle, Tenn. oc,o.
-, Der 70, 1873; regulation. G:55is
To wagon--Race--
Union Course, l.. l., y. Y, septemhs~y n
1881; regulation 7:53h Az
Under saddie--rime-
Dgtehman, bay geldlng by Tippo Said
regulation, 1921 - '0''
-Four niles in harness Race
senator L., bay stallion, by Dexter Prince
Dam Fanny Blyswater uhoroughbred1
by lsayswatct; san Jose. cal Novembe,
:, 1891; race Cwalkovcr); regulation, Io:l,
In harnoss-'rime-.
Satellite, chestnut. geiiing hy 1'empt.r
dam Lacy; kcokuk, Iowa. August ~
ISL, regulation ig:52ia
fiVu miles In hlrnoss-Race--
Blshop Here roam geiding. by BishOp
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Galesburg H.. August IS. 1896; race. reg.
King of Diamonds. bay geldlng, by ve-
locNy Lexington. KY, October ii, 1895
race, regulation. 2.09L.
Sulphde. bay coli. by Superior. dam Mag
gle H.. by Iron Duke; Springfield. III.
september p, 1855. race, regulation. 2:o9a.
Miss Rita. chestnut iilly, by J. j. Audi
Galesburg. H., August 81, 1896; race,
regulation, 2:0sA.
Four-year-oldss--
Online. bay colt by Shadeland Onward
dam Angelina. by Chester Chief; Sioux
lation. 2:N
Ailoen. bay filly, by Gazette. dam Hernia
by Nuncio; Freeport, Ill.,. July 20. 1885
race. regulation. 2:07is.
Worlds record
John 3hn, II; Gen.ry. bay stallion, by Ash.
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sensation, pslpit.ts s 4.
gone" feeling and blues. i. ~
takes Lydia E. Pinkham,s v.. = - \
compound, feeling sure 81 NM. NJ !
immediate relief. '
Should her symptoms b. -, 4,
abe writes to woman, Mr.. ps,!
Lynn Mass, who promptly -.
her case, and tells her free h. |.
we'll.
Indeed, SO many women I.
appealing to Mrs. Pinkham q, y.
that score of lady secretsrie,,r.'.,
constantly at work answerin, 4.
volume of correspondents vbtA ~.
in every day. Each letter /. ,,.~
carefully and accurately, q M, ~,
ham fully realizes that : lifs n, - j.
pend upon her reply, and into -.
and many a home Aas she IN d.
-.ys of happines&
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JOHN L. SULLIVAN, 1He WORLDS GREATEST FIGHTER.


country produced
whkrs newly his shiny silk hat
fighting
n
told the the modern
m work o. the oil the ring.
o good They're
Lockat a
tell how he found
snice what S a
blood blood
When France.
Will
hundred
all
O the worlds profound
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Leon La Motifs resort in ST. Charles street,
in New Orleans. Billy Earla's name arose
during the conservation. I have met Billy
In San Francisco, In New York and London,
and in many one night stands too numerous
TO mention. And, by George here he Is now
said one OF the party. And sure enough
tnere stood Billy conversing with Mike
Kelly. He was in New Orleans for the same
purpose as the rest of us-to see the Fitz-
simmons Dempsey fight"
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Reward for the Prosperity Boom.
Groesbeeck Mirror

Has anybody sidetracked the boom"
that appeared in business circles after
election day? II was prominent for few
days, 1000 men going to work in towns
that had only 200 population. II any one
comes across said business boom" riding
or walking, or with bell on its neck.
please inform Us and we will give a sub.
stantial reward.
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Texas Grown Oranges.

Oranges grown in this county are very
rare, but we were given a limb yesterday
which is only fourteen inches long that
held seven oranges ranging from five and
one-half to seven inches in circumference.
The plant was raised in c. II. Davidson s
yard and contained about thirty five
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REMARKABLE EXHIBITION. SAYS coRBe1r.

the Editor the World
rema
that Mace
he
sc
erni deasa
in he sstuckto
occasional the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-20

oa'' Is the man who
'h ever questioned in
no |
was as true gu" WIZ" ""shn 'aa'
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MACE IS 4 PHENOMENON, says DONOVAN.

o the o.
the
a o he
a o when
at
hen
to
NH,hao
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-25

neve tnaJ the absence from our menus
of plenty of green vegetables and salads
accounts for the biliousness of the
American people. The best known of
such plants are lettuce, beet-tops, dan
delion, kale and spinach, but Mr.. Col
vile, botanist of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, finds that
there are many other palatable and
healthful plants that, though rarely
used, might add pleasant variety to
our list of available vegetables. One OF
these, winter cress," or Barbarea proc
cox, which is cultivated from this city
southwark and is sold in large quanti-
ties in the Washington markets, IS
planted in late summer or early fail
and needs very little cultivation. An
other plant that belongs to the spinach
and beet family, though it is a COM
mon weed in fields and gardens in near
ly every part of the United States, is
lambs quarters" or Chenopodium al
bum. 1t is in many places commonly
known either as pigweed or goosefoot,
but it is not the true pigweed. The
plant has pale-bluish green color, AMI
is used when six or eight inches high
is tender, juicy and pleasant to the
taste. The teasing weed, the common
garden "pusley," or "purslane," when
boiled is also recommended as most
palatable green vegetable and can easily
be had. In India, where it originated,
the plant has been used for hundreds Of
years. In Europe it is used both as a pot
herb and for salads.
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wait some time for his turn to give his
testimony, and went out into the cor
ridor and lay down. Soon he fell asleep.
In his sleep he dreamed of his wife
and children. just what he dreamed
does not appear, but the dream was SC
vivid that the Indian was seized on
awaking with the fact that something
was happening to his family. who were
in Lewiston, Idaho, 100 miles away.
We-la-Kowit rose without delay and
sought the long-distance telephone in
the courthouse. His wife was at place
in Lewiston where telephone was &C.
cessible. He called up Lewiston with
good, vigorous "hellos" in the English
language and succeeded in inducing the
operation in that city to summon Mrs.
We-la-kowit to the instrument.
She came, and then the use of Indian
English ceased. A long and affection.
ate "wa-wa" began in the Nez Perez
tongue-which tongue perhaps the tel
ephone had never before transmitted,
If, Indeed, it had ever transmitted any
language native to the soil of the United
States. AT last the talk ended and We.
la-Kowit hung up the transmitter.
The regular operator, who had heard
this ''wa-wa" but could understand no
word of it, could not restrain her curl.
tosity to know whether the Indians
dream had been warning"
Mrs. Kowit all right?" she asked.
The Indian nodded his head.
"The.iittle Kowits all right?"
"All all right" answered the Indian
''Me heap glad"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-25
PATRON SAINT. OF BARRIERS.
Alexander the Great Started the Fashion
of Shaving.

Alex8nuer the Greab started tho fasnlOn
of Shaving.
The confessor of Francis II. of
France refused him dissolution until he
had completely removed his beard. An
ancient German was by tribal custom
not allowed to cut off his flowing beard
until he had killed his first man in bat
tie. About the year 200 B. C. the Roman
Emperor Scipio Africanus inaugurated
the custom of shaving among the Ro-
man mobiles. Henry I. of England wore
a beard until a courageous preacher
ieveled his eloquence at him to such
good purpose that he submitted to be
shaved. From the time of Julius Caesar
until the advent of William the Con-
queror the Britons wore mustaches, but
the clergy, after the conversion of the
islanders, were forced to shave by law.
One of the early popes established the
shaving of Roman Catholic priests to
distinguish them from the patriots %
Constantinople. The priests of the
Greek church still wear boards. Peter
the Great of Russia laid tax on boards
and delinquents were forced to have
their faces shaved with blunt razor
or to have the hairs pulled out with
pincers. So everybody shaved. The
first shaving was done by order of AL
exander the Great, who forced the
Greek warriors to cut off their boards,
as he found them awkward impede
ments in the hand-to-hand contests Of
that time.
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FOR HARBOR DEFENSE.
A Frenchman's Plan to Hitch Balloons to
Submarine Boats

A Frenchman's Plan to Hitch Balloons to
Submarine Boats.
Much more has been done in France
than in any other country to perfect
balloon which can be propelled hori-
zontally and can be steered. Expert.
ments in that line have long been con-
Quoted under the auspices of the French
army, and with such success that an
airship OF this class can be made to
travel at a rate of Is OF 20 miles an hour
for short time. The resistance which
is presented by the atmosphere to a
gas bag and the difficulty of carrying
sufficiently powerful storage battery
to drive the machinery have placed linn
itations on the possibilities of that
style OF navigation. However, the "di-
rigible balloon" is designed only for
purposes Of observation and communi-
cation with neighboring points during
military operations, and not for polar
research and transatlantic voyages.
In it's own special field, however, it GER
tainly ought to nreT hi9niv ancient.
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SHE LEARNS ITS VALUE.
Young Girls Method of Discovering Hcr
Engagement Rings Price.


Two young girls dressed in stylish
tailor-made gowns entered State
street jewelers. shop. They asked to
see diamond rings and for few mo-
ments pretended to be very much in
terested in the gold circlets and their
brilliants. All at once one of them
tished in her pocketbook and produced
ring set with most beautiful emer-
aid.
Gould you duplicate ring like
this?" she asked.
Yes" said the jeweler.
For how much?" The girl hesitated
just the least bit asking that question.
The jeweler glanced at friend, winked
and smiled. He told her the price and
then the girl asked:
''This is rather valuable ring, isn't
it?"
eyes, quite valuable"
SWELL, shall see mamma first, and
If decide to have the ring duplicated
I will let you knOw."
She'll not be back" said the jeweler,
after the door had closed. Happy
creature! She really never intended
duplicating the ring, but she was
MORALLY anxious to find out how much
her fiance had paid for it. For that was
her engagement ring, and you know
she had to know how much the trinket
was really worth. His depth of affec-
ton is largely measured by the value
of his engagement ring. Now she's
happy. Did you notice the beatific eX-
preston when 1 told her my price?
Happy youth! They are pretty much
all alike"
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Only Lovesick.

1t is not long since the emperor Of
Austria definitely settled the success
sion to the throne on his nephew, Arch
duke Otto, passing over the latter's eld-
er brother, Francis Ferdinand, because
lie was on the point of death from con-
sumption. Francis is apparently re-
covering his health, however, and it
is limited that he was not suffering SO
much from consumption as from blight
cd affection. He has long wished to
marry Archduchess Stephanie, the wild
ow of Crown Prince Rudolph, whose
tragic death at Meyerling few years
ago will be recalled, and he was con-
additionally debarred from doing so
while he remained in the direct line Of
succession to the throne.
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BALLOON HITCHED TO BOAT.

origin and has reached it's greatest de-
velopment. M. Pesce thinks that it
might be employed for harbor defense
in cooperation with a submarine boat.
the latter could tow the balloon about
easily, he thinks, if no attempts were
mnde to secure speed, and, consequent
ly,there would be no necessity of equip
ping the airship with propelling ma
chinery or with a rudder. Moreover, the
occupants of the two vessels could be
placed in telephone communication
with each other. The Frenchman pro-
poses to use the balloon as an observa-
tory, whence the position and strength
of the enemy could be more readily per-
ceived Che irnagines) than from the con-
ming tower of submarine boat, and he
would have the operations of the other
twin directed from his aerial post. Only
enough men to manage the boat and its
torpedoes would be put inside Of the
submerged craft. If the balloon kept
at a sufficient elevation to prevent its
being hit by any of the guns of the en-
emy's feet, and did not come within
range of the marines rifles, It might
prove q useful adjunct of its marine con-
sort in offensive as well as defensive
warfare.