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is a general all round sportsman, talk
ing great interest in all athletics He
is himself fine athlete, having pulled
an oar on a Columbia varsity crew, and
besides is an expert with the gloves and
foil. General Spaulding in the preiim-
mary games has shown himself to be a
careful player, and Congressman Beach
of Ohio moves the men about the board
with great skill. Bodine of Missouri
and Shafroth of Colorado make a good
pair, and Parker of New Jersey is a
clever player.
Congressman Pearson has received
the names of the men who are to repre-
sent the house of commons in the COM
ing match. They are Mr.. Arthur
Strauss, member for Cornwall; Mr..
Horace Curzon-Plunkett, member for
the south division of Dublin county;
Mr.. Arthur Atherley Jones, member for
the northwest division of Durham, and
Mr. John Howard Parnell, brother of
the late John Stewart Parnell, mem
Der for Southmeath. These four will
select another man, who will probably
be either F. w. Wilson or Charles
Shaw
This is said to be an excellent team,
most of whom are veterans at the
game, and they will therefore have an
important advantage over their Amer
lean opponents, who know practically
nothing of the habits of play of their
fellow members. The British team re-
Gently played match with the Quill
club of London, an organization COM
posed of newspaper men, and defeated
them handily by the score of Az to
az games.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09
SAIL IN THE

expedition that was to leave Spitzber-
gen last summer has not yet materially
ed, but the project has received
great boom from the fact that King Os-
car of Sweden is behind an expedition
which will be managed by the Andree
party. 1t is scheduled to start from
Spitzbergen about July 1.
One of the principal claims made for
flying machines is that they would be
useful in time of war. The aerodromists
say they could fly over an enemys
country and drop dynamite and other
explosives over his camp, but the ma
chimes would not be much more valua-
BILE for that purpose than balloons. The
United States army has balloons pre-
pared for such an emergency, but Gen
eral Miles, the eminent commander,
does not think that they would be
much of a factor in case of war.
The problem of how to travel through
the air is one that has been tackled for
a very long time past, but especially
so by Americans during the past quar-
ter of century. The patent office in
Washington teens with the devices of
anxious inventors who thought they
had solved the great problem.
NJ Gustave Trouve, the celebrated
electrician and inventor, who had taken
out up to the end of 1890 some 81 pat
ents and who is frequently referred to
as ''the French Edison" has construct
ed several working models of flying
machines. His latest mechanical bird,
so far as is known, is shown in the en-
craving. He believes it to be the first
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

which has risen into the air by it's own
unaided force, and also that it's eXplo-
sion motor covers the principle which
must become the primary base of all
flying machines. The bird consists of
two wings connected through Bour-
don bent tube, such as is used in steam
gauges, the popularity of which is that
when pressure increases within the
tube its outer ends move apart and re-
turn toward each other upon dirnin-
iShed pressure. M. Trouve increases
the efficiency of this action by putting
a second tube within the first, and he
produces therein a series of alternate
compressions and expansions by ex-
ploding II cartridges contained in a re-
volver barrel which communicates
with the Bourbon tube. These explo-
sons produce a series of strokes of the
wings, which, with the aid of silk
sustaining plane, both support and pro-
pei the bird in the air.
This bird has flown so yards, and
after it's motive power is exhausted it
futters gently to the ground, the wings
and silk body acting like a parachute.
For practical flying machines NJ. Trouve
proposes to derive most of the motive
power from the atmosphere by taking
up a supply of compressed hydrogen
only. This when mixed with a due
quantity of air forms an explosive mix
ture which he expects to use.
John Alfred Jonasson, a Norwegian
sailor in whose brain the flying ma
chine idea -bided for some years, came
out a couple of years ago with a model
which he claimed would fly. Here is
his description of his inventions:
There are two wings, each 16 feet
long. They are oval in shape, and it is
my intention to initiate them with gas.
The lifting power of these wings will,
1 calculate, be sufficient to support my
weight and the weight of the car. The
wings follow the curve of the boat on
the inner side and are attached to a
mechanical device of my own invention
which will enable me to move the wings
as rapidly as 1 like. The rudder is
built upon the plan of the tail of bird
and is 10 feet long and feet in diam
eter at the outer edge. Between the
rudder and body Of the boat is a large
canvas propeller having four blades,
and there is an auxiliary propeller in
the bow of the boat as large as the one
in the stern, which can be used to pro-
pei the boat in one direction or can be
worked against each other in case the
rudder should be disabled.
Il can operate the rudder with my
feet and the propellers and wings with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

shape and one will be fastened on Ell
Their side of the air cylinder, which will
be in the center.
In the cylinder lies the secret of the
success of the device. 1t will be feet
in length, with diameter of Is inches.
1t will be constructed of aluminium and
some alloy of sufficient resistance to al
low 100 pounds pressure of compressed
air to the square inch.
The passing away of Professor Otto
Lilienthal in Berlin in August last is
sincerely mourned by all aeronauts and
those interested in the flying problem
for he had made marvellous success
with his machine. For over five years
he had made short flights at intervals
and was daring and intrepid expert
menter. His machine as described by
himself consists of a wooden frame
covered with cotton twill shifting. The
frame is taken hold of by the hands,
the arms resting between cushions, thus
supporting the body. The legs remain
free for running and jumping. The
steering in the air is brought about by
changing the center of gravity. This
apparatus I had constructed With sup
porting surfaces of 10 to 20 square me-
tiers. The larger sailing surfaces move
in an incline Of one to eight, so that
one is enabled to fly eight times as far
as the starting hill is high. The steer
ing is facilitated by the rudder, which
is firmly fastened behind in a horizon
tai and vertical position. The machines
weigh, according to their size, from 10
to 25 kilograms (35 to 55 pounds)."
The experiments of Mr.. Maxim, the
inventor of the famous maxim gun, at
Baldwyn's park, BeXley, England,
have been very successful, and remark
able developments are looked for dur
ing the next few years. His machine
is built on the kite principle with large
propellers.
Professor Langley's machine is call
ed an aerodrome. In May last he made
a flight that was extremely successful.
mo one could have witnessed these eX-
periments," writes Professor Alexan-
der Bell, without being convinced that
the practicability of mechanical flight
has been demonstrated" Langley's ma
chine is made of steel and driven by
steam engine. It resembles in form an
enormous bird soaring the air with
extreme regularity in large curves. At
the trip last May the machine went
distance of half mile in 1R minutes.
The many stories in the newspapers
recently in regard to the appearance
of airships in different parts of the
United States has stirred up the cranks
on that subject, and Washington teens
with men applying for patents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09
TRoUvE's MECHANICAL BIRD.

TROUVE'S MECHANICAL BIRD.
report comes of one having been seen
IN Nebraska, or farmer in some Iowa
county reports seeing bright light
and moving object in the air on dark
night. Then the scene shifts, and
man or a score of men report seeing
1 wonderful what is it from some other
remote quarter of the United States.
On the evening of Tuesday, Nov. IL,
If last year many citizens of Sacrament
10 were surprised by the sudden APP
pearance directly over the city of
startling aerial craft. The peculiar
night visitant made its appearance
about o'clock. People standing on the
sidewalks saw coming through the sky
,ver the house tops huge and brilliant
light propelled swiftly by some mystic
rious force. So brilliant was the light
that as it flashed past suburban resi-
lences the inmates ran to their doors
expecting to find a neighboring house
n flames. Instead they saw wonder
hui craft Of the sky.
1t swiftly drew near the city, sail
.ng evenly to the southwest.
Then it dropped nearer the earth,
but suddenly shot up into the air again,
as if the force that whirled it through
space were sensible to the danger of
collision with objects on the earth.
So much hundreds of prominent
residents of Sacramento saw, and it
caused CONSERVATION in all parts of
the city, where groups gathered at the
corners until far into the night listen
ing to the tale of those that had seen
[.
On reaching the extreme end of the
city the strange object, as if careless
Of its obligation to maintain straight
forward course, descended dangerous
" near the tall chimney of the electric
railway power house, and an anxious
voice was distinctly heard to eXclaim:
Lift her up quick! We will hit the
chimney"
The startled employees of the car
stables ran to the corner and discerned
a wonderfully constructed oblong
sphere, brilliantly illuminated and
seemingly under perfect control.
Clearing the chimney, it quickly shot
into the sky, as # obeying some mystic
touch and, ascending to a considerable
height, continued on it's southwestern
course and soon passed out of sight
Experiences and scenes like the above
have been reported almost daily ever
since from different parts of the coun-
Try, and one man, a farmer, claims to
have in his possession a note dropped
by the occupants of an airship on to
MS house
Such things force the belief that the
great problem of the age, the ability
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

the noble animal has given so liters
(about 140 imperial pints) of his blood
in the cause of suffering humanity.
An inventor proposes to scare away
rats, moles, etc, by placing about arti-
fetal figures of cats made of plaster or
terra Gotta and having eyes of phos-
phorescent material.
A good story of a duck comes from
Chideock. Frequenting an orchard, the
bird found plenty of apples lying about.
and. installing these for eggs, she COL
lected IS into nest and sat on them
for a whole fortnight in the expecta-
ton of producing brood of ducklings.
Those who have partaken of peacock
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

Of the two men was done by the aid Of
the machinery taken from two small
alarm clocks. These were located in
the saddles of miniature bicycles, and
the weights were so adjusted that the
clocks bore the same relation to the
model in the matter of avoirdl pois as
two men would to the full sized ma
chine. We went into field at Jamaica,
N. Y, to make a first test. The ma
chine rose in the air for 200 feet and
then started off at terrific rate. 1t
flew about the length of 11a city blocks.
and then the air and fluid. which had
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09
STRANGE SHIPS THAT
Thsn the f eanshp

This is the age of the airship. The
evolution of the balloon to the flying
machine is nearly complete, and it is
not improbable that within few years
great aerial vessels for passenger serv-
Ice and monster engines Of war and
commerce will be seen sailing through
space.
Recently the newspapers of the whole
country have been exploiting stories of
airships seen lowering over various
towns and country places in districts
very far apart. The testimony seems
unimpeachable, especially in the face
of so many witnesses, but certain de-
tails are always lacking to complete
the evidence. Now it is a story of
wonderful vessel seen on the Pacific
coast in the neighborhood of San Fran
CISCO or maybe Sacramento. Next
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09
BEASTS, BIRDS AND FISH.

right through piece of plate glass a
quarter of an inch thick at Turnberry
lighthouse. Ayrshire.
The famous black Arab horse of Cen
eral Boulanger is now being driven in
a cab, and visitors to the stables of the
Pasteur institute at Garches can see
the former charger of Marshal Canro-
bert, which figured SO prominently at
the funeral of the last Of the French
marshals This charger is now used
for the production of serum, and so far
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

Where do the swallows of England go
for the winter? Some go to Rome,
some to Nice and Monaco, some to AL
giers and some to Egypt. A naturalist
who tied bits of red silk to swallows
caught in Englaad identified one of the
Same birds in the Eeighaorhood Of the
pyramids.
Some :dea Of she terrific force with
which bird passes through the air
may u. saaieS through the fact that
Mort ti&, $50 a common cNfew few
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09


to navigate the air, has at last been
solved by man.
There has always been a species of
warfare carried on among the different
inventors of vessels to sail in the air
ocean as to the lighter than air or
heavier than air problem. One party
believes in balloons, filed with some
sort of gas, that rise because they are
lighter than the surrounding atmos-
phere.
The other side won't have anything
TO do with them, but pins it's faith to
vessels that rise by means Of sails,
wings. fans or other contrivances in
the manner of birds
Arctic explorers have taken up the
idea of reaching the pole by means of
the air, but they always propose to
make use Of balloons.
Professor Andree's much talked Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

declare that gorgeous bird to be decid-
eddy tough eating, While it is said of
the swan that the fact Of it's ever hav-
ing been familiar dish speaks highly in
favor of ancient English cutlery.
Robert Bonner mentions the strik-
ing fact that when he bought his first
trotting horse in 1856, only 10 horses,
living and dead, had trotted mile in
2:S0. Now there are more than $4,000
on the list.
Among birds there are few better
fighters than goose, or a gander more
particularly. The ragged, white Rus
sian geese bite ferociously. 1t is not a
mere peck with them. They bite and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

and electricity for a motive power.
This machine did fly for five or ten feet
and then fell to the ground.
I'm my next machine I used cigar
shaped tubes built of aluminium, which
contain compressed air and a secret
fluid for which inventors have been
hunting for years. I equipped the ap-
paratus with a bicycle attachment.
'In the model which used the work
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

ton. When this air blade reaches the
highest part of it's circle and just when
about to descend, the oscillation of the
eccentric causes it to suck in the air
and force it downward into the inside
of the wheel.
There are four blades to each wheel.
and the canvas is stretched over them,
giving the resemblance of drum open
at both ends. This is the msin secret
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09
hang on with all the tenacity of bull

hang on with all the tenacity of a bull
dog.
The nest which is made into soup and
eaten by the Chinese is that of bird
closely allied to the swift. The nests
are made of a gelatinous secretion from
the mouth Of the bird.
It is estimated that about 250,000 ca
naries are raised every year in Ger
many. The most important market is
the United States, which imports over
100, 900 birds per annum.
Baron Finot's st. Claude, winner Of
the grand steeple chase at Auteuil in
1890, is among the inmates Of the Pas
teur stables at Garches, while General
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

pie. Sections can also be reserved for
the conveyance of express matter.
Another machine is the invention of
Henry Nuhen of New York. He calls
it a bicycle flying machine. II tried
for three years." said Mr.. Nuhen, "ev-
erything that I could think of in the
endeavor to secure some practical form
of aerial transit. Everything failed,
and at last I started to build cigar
shaped machine, with propellers on top
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

made with this wonderful machine, and
the results, the inventor says, make
ordinary cycling seem as ancient and
clumsy as jolting journey in the wag-
ons of our grandfathers.
The flying machine attachment is to
be fastened to the handle bar of the
bicycle. The wings will be of canvas
stretched over aluminium frames. They
will be feet long and about feet in
width. They will be rectangular in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

Electricity could also be used, but as
both steam and electricity can be Sc
cured from very small engines of great
power he will not decide this point ~
til after several experiments.
Beneath the cylinders will hang the
car containing the passengers. This car
will be Of wickerwork or some similar
material and will hold about 20 peo-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

been arranged to escape when the
clock stopped, gave out, and the ma
chine came to the ground"
Then there is young man named
Charles Sigors who has invented a fly
ing machine which is to have pecul-
lar use. 1t is not an airship. 1t is
merely flying attachment to be fitted
to a bicycle. Experiment has been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09
NOT AT ALL IMPRACTICAL.

Gallifet's charger. although in the best
of health, is daily the subject of scien.
tiic experiments.
A new species of rabbit has been
found in Mexico at an altitude Of
5000 feet, on the volcano Popocatepetl.
1t is very small and has short ears and
no tail.
There are nearly 400 varieties of hum
ming birds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

Prince Albert of Thurn and Taxis is
spending on his clothes the fortune ac-
cumulated by his ancestors while they
held the monopoly of the post as hered-
itary grand postmasters Of the Holy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

Roman Empire. He wears a new suit,
perfumed with altar of roses, every
day, spending $4,000 annually on his
tailor, who keeps 20 employees constant
ly at work for him. He puts on a new
necktie three times a day and uses up
200 pairs of boots a year. He spends
$1,000 a year on cigarettes and $4,000
on sports. The prince is 80 years of
age and is married to an Austrian arch
duchess.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

Menelek's capital will soon have all
the attractions of Paris. The negus
has ordered from Meiningen artist a
panorama of the defeat of the Italians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-20
IRON HAND FORGOTTEN
By the United States Says the
London Globe.

London, Sept. 2O-The Globe this aft
ernoon, in an editorial on the futility of
arbitration with a power which disre-
CARDS alike the legal prescriptions and or
binary courtesies of civilized nations
says:
Lord Salisbury has treated the United
States with a kindness they do not de-
serve, always wearing the silk glove, un-
til America has forgotten the existence of
the iron hand beneath it."
In conclusion the Globe remarks:
THE idea of our being afraid of a
fourth rate power like the United States
could only emanate from a severe attack
of swelled head. America has lost all
sense of proportion and has forgotten she
plays only a minor role in the affairs of
the world. We hope our relations with
America will hereafter be distinguished
by a firmer tone, as the only way to
avert trouble is to make her plainly un-
derstand that are determined not to
be shouted out of our rights
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-20
EQUESTRIAN DIVISION
Of the Floral Parade to be Much Larg-
er Than Last Year.

The marshal and aides of the bicycle
division of the Floral parade today
secured pledges from the majority of
the bicycle dealers in this city to place
floats in the parade. In addition to
the floats at least 100 Individual riders
are expected to participate.
OF the equestrian division of the pa
rade Mr.. E. J. Dallas, marshal of the
division, says it will be larger than the
division in the parade of last year. A
complete list of those who will partici-
pate has not yet been secured, but the
following have already signified their
intention of entering the parade:
Mr. G.. G.. Burton, Mr.. Frank Blanch,
Mr.. S. G. Stewart, Mr.. Milton Heberer.
Mr.. B. B. Smyth, Mrs. G. G. Burton,
Miss Kate Maxwell King, Miss Dora
Stafford, Mrs. J. w. F. Hughes, Miss
E. E. Smith, Miss Emma r. Banks, Mr..
K. w. King. Mrs. J. c. Heberer, Mrs.
A. E. Fry, Miss Fry, Mr.. J. w. Bell,
Mr.. H. A. Uterman, Mrs. II. A. Uter-
man, Capt. D. F. Wyatt, Miss Gertrude
Wyatt, Miss Mary Wyatt and Miss Lu-
cia Wyatt
The list of ladies who will decorate
carriages for the Floral parade is grow
ing daily. The Misses Hapgood this
morning notified Marshal Robinson
that they would decorate a single car
riage and enter the parade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-20
TAXING PRECAUTIONS.
Young Man of Doubtful Character
Locked Up by the Police.

Will Lobb is a young man who left
his home in Argentine to come to To-
peka for the Fall Festival. Being
without money and without price he
had to steal a ride on the cars. He
arrived in Topeka safely but was
placed under arrest on his arrival In
police court the young man said that
he had come to Topeka to get work
His aunt was present, and told the po-
lice judge before court time that the
nephew came to see the Fall Festival.
Chief Steele said in court: This fell
low is a rounder. He was here a few
years ago and spent all his time around
Smoky Row. 1t is just this kind of
fellows we want to be rid of on Festi-
val week. They come here to mix in
the crowds and rob people"
Lobb protested that he was simply in
Topeka to get work. He said: I came
up from Lawrence on a freight on the
Union Pacific and got here at four min
uteS after nine O'Clock at night"
The first freight on the U. P. comes in
from the east at 10 80 o'clock and fully
an hour before that young Lobb was
in Jail. Judge Atchison fined the visi-
tor 500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-20
s, 900 PENNANTS
Will Decorate the Sides of Kansas
Avenue Festival Week

L. NJ Wood has been hard at work
for the last week canvasSing among the
merchants on Kansas avenue in behalf
of the decorations for the avenue. 1t is
estimated that this can be done for one
dollar a number and this amount has
been generously contributed by all the
business men.
One wire IL feet from the ground and
another IA feet will be stretched on
each side of Kansas avenue from Ninth
to Fourth streets. From these
wires will be hung flags of the three
Festival colors, red, white and yellow,
Is inches wide and so inches long and
of the pennant style.
There will be more than 5000 of them.
The wires will be stretched between the
telephone and telegraph poles and this
Will be done next Saturday. The flags
viii be put on Sunday night and the
first person on Kansas avenue on Mon
day morning will see 5000 flags hutter-
ing in the breeze. These flags are but
part of the decorations that will be
seen. Nearly every building will be
decorated in Fall Festival and Karni
val knights colors.
Every building of prominence should
also float the stars and stripes.