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length can be increased or decreased by
machinery. In this point lies the pow
er to rise or fall at will. The lifting
power of gas has been demonstrated
to be increased in proportion as it's
surface area is increased, so that a
frightening of the cylinder gives a
larger gas surface and causes a rise
of the machine, shortening in the
length of the cylinder being followed
by corresponding decrease of surface
and consequent lowering toward the
earth.
It is in the placing of the engine and
propellers that Mr.. Cowdon also claims
to have developed an entirely new idea.
In all of the models made in America
and Europe the. propellers have been
placed in the rear. This is the case
with the French machines, which can
make speed of only seven miles an
hour, as an increase over that will
cause fitting of the-1ship on account
of the uneven balance, The two pro-
pellers of the C6wdorl machine, being
at the ends balance perfectly.
Just between each of the propellers
and the engine care the two rudders
which steer the affair in the face Of the
wind or enable Hhe engineer to tack
against it,. as may beedesired. The mo-
tive power, Mr.. Cbwdoh expects, will be
steam. He is experimenting with new
engine which gives enormous force
with very little expenditure Of coal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

TROlN > MECH ANlCAI BlRD.
report comes of one having been seen
in Nebraska, or a 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
a wonderful what is it from some other
remote quarter of the United States.
On the evening of Tuesday, Nov. IL,
of last year many citizens Of Sacrament
to were surprised by the sudden APP
pearance directly over the city OF
startling aerial craft. The peculiar
night visitant made its appearance
about I o'clock. People standing on the
sidewalks saw coming through the sky
over 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-
dences the inmates ran to their doors
expecting to find a neighboring house
in flames. Instead they saw wonder
full craft of the sky.
1t swiftly drew near the city, sail
ing 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 10 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
it.
On reaching the extreme end of the
city the strange object, as if careless
of its obligation to maintain a straight
forward course descended dangerous
Iy near the tall chimney of the electric |
railway power house, and an anxious
rolce 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
wonderfully constructed oblong
sphere, brilliantly Illuminated and
seemingly under perfect control.
Clearing the chimney, it quickly shot
Into the sky, as if obeying some mystic
touch, and, ascending to considerable
height, continued on its southwesterly
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
SKIES.

my hands with no more effort than 1t
would take to raise and lower my arms.
The machine can be sent to any height
desired to take advantage of any air
current and lowered at will by simply
stopping the machinery. When de-
scending, the wings can be adjusted so
that they will act like parachute, and
a descent can be made from any height
in perfect safety. The proportions of
the machine are all arranged in ac-
cordance with the sea gulrs size and
shape and l have no doubt that it will
fly like bird"
Professor George Wellner of Vienna.
who is professor of engineering and
machinery construction at the Technic-
al High school of Brunn. has patented
an arship which he is positive will sail
and soar through space at the rate of
80 miles an hour without any trouble.
Professor Wellner has explained his
airship as follows:
my hope of it's future success lies in
the construction of the sail wheel. 1t
was patented in England as a rotary
sail for flying machines 1t is an in
vention of my own. The wheel works
on a fixed eccentric, and the air blades
attached to the spokes have thereby
an osciIlating as we'll as a rotary mo-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

the noble animal has given 80 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 duck comes from
Chideock. Frequenting an orchard, the
bird found plenty of apples lying about,
and. mistaking these for eggs, she col
lected 18 into nest and sat on them
for whole fortnight in the expecta-
ton of producing brood of ducklings.
Those who have partaken of peacock
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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 a 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 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
Ms firmly fastened behind in horizon
tai and vertical position. The machines
weigh, according to their size, from Is
to rs Kilograms Obs 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 fight 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 Langleys ma
chine is made of steel and driven by
steam engine. Il 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 a half mile in 11a 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

which has risen into the air by it's own
unaided force, and also that its eXplo-
sion motor covers the principle which
must become the primary base of all
flying machines. The bird consists of
two wings connected through a 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 dimin
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 re-
volver barrel, which communicates
with the Bourbon tube. These eXplo-
sionS 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 M. 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, Norwegian
sailor in whose brain the flying ma
chine idea bided for some years, came
out couple of years ago with a model
which he claimed would fly. Here is
his description of his invention:
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 8 feet in diam
eter at the outer edge. Between the
rudder and body of the boat is 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.
II can operate the rudder with my
feet and the prcpellers and wings with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

This is the age of thesairship. 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 story OF
wonderful vessel seen on the Pacific
coast in the neighborhood of San Fran
cisco or maybe Sacramento. Next a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

declare that gorgeous bird to be decid-
edly tough eating, while it is said Of
the swan that the fact of its: ever hav-
ing been familiar dish speaks highly in
favor of Acknowledgment 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
$780, Now there are more than $4,000
on the list.
Among birds there are few better
fighters than a goosen or a gander more
particularly. The ragged, white Rus
sian geese bite ferociously. It is not a
mere peck with them. They bite and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

THE CARL ERICKSON AIRSHIP.
10 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
Bcean as to the lighter than air or
heavier than air problem. One party
believes in balloons. filled 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
NOT AT ALL IMPRACTICAL.
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 a bird
closely allied to the swift. The nests
are made of 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
10000 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

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 avoirdupois 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. It
flew about the length of ~ city blocks.
and then the air and fluid. which had
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.
In 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 APP
paratus with bicycle attachment.
'In the model which I used the work
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09
BEASTS. BIRDS AND FISH,

right through piece of plate glass
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 England identified one of the
same birds in the neighborhood of the
pyramids.
Some idea of the terrific force with
which bird passes through the air
may Sc gained through the fact that
mort time age common curfew flew
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

ton. When this air blade reaches the
highest part of its 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 main secret
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 ana
clumsy as a 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 un-
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 a young man named
Charles Sigors who has invented 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

Roman Empire. He wears 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 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 so years of
age and is married to an Austrian arch
duchess.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

ple 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. Il 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 a cigar
shaped machine, with propellers on top
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 a Meiningen artist
panorama of the defeat of the Italians
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

Gallifet's charger, although in the best
of health, is daily the subject of scien.
tifc 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-
cumu!ated by his ancestors while they
held the monopoly of the post as hered-
itary grand postmasters of the Holy
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-30
JUDGE AND JURY DISAGREE.
Justice of Peace Cooley's Interpretation of
 the Law.


 In the summary process suit of Carl Birk against w. F. Matthews in Jus tice of the Peace George R. Cooley's court, yesterday afternoon, the jury, after an absence of about thirty min utes, returned and asked, through the foreman, whether they could, in view of the charge of the court, return yer dict in favor of the defendant if they found the facts warranted such yer dict. Justice Cooley held that they could not, but must under the interpre- tation of the law given by the court render verdict in favor of the plain tiff. The jury retired again and in a few minutes returned to the court and through the foreman, Benjamin R. English told the court that they had not reached verdict and that there was no prospect of an agreement.
 The plaintiff contended that the de- fendant had not paid his rent and should be dispossessed.
 The defence set up that the lease did not require payment until the end of the month and claimed the verdict on that ground.
 part of the jury, at least, did not interpret the law as Justice Cooley did and wished to return a verdict in favor of the defendant; hence the disagree ment returned to the court.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-30
coNTIcrED OF SoN-sUpPoRr.
John H. Bradnack Must Pay His Wife
 $475 Per Week.

$4.75 Per Week.
 John H. Bradnack, who has been on trial for four days in the common pleas court before Judge Hotchkiss and a jury, for non-support was convicted yesterday and sentenced to pay $475 per week for twenty-six weeks to his wife, Mary C. Bradnack's support He was placed under bonds of $50 for the performance of the sentence.
 The case was lengthy one and ex- haustively tried, both on the side of the state and the defence. A large number of witnesses were placed on the stand by the defendant to prove that he was Justified in refusing to support his wife, the prosecuting witness. At 4:30 yes terday afternoon the judge began his charge to the jury, in which he review ed the case at length in clear and comprehensive manner. The charge occupied fiftyfour minutes.
 It took three hours for the jury to re- turn verdict, during which time more than a dozen ballots were taken. The first ballot stood for conviction and 4 for acquittal. The second ballot was similar. On the third ballot one of the to the majority For several ballots the vote was to 3, and then another juror went over to the state.
 At 6 o'clock Judge Hotchkiss ordered supper for the jurymen and the court took recess until o'clock.
 Supper over, the balloting and the arguing was resumed. The result of the next ballot was 10 to 2 Several ballots were taken with the same re- suit. It began to look as if the deliber- ation and the balloting were to last all night, when another vote was ordered. This time one of the pair went to the ten for conviction, and the other voted blank.
 The ballot which proved to be the one deciding the fate of the prisoner was then taken.
 The Bradnacks have occupied the at tention of the court at times since Mo- vember 1, 1895, when the husband had the wife arrested for adultery She was discharged in the city court, and on January 6, 1896, she had MT. Brad mack arrested for non-support He was convicted and took an appeal. Early last fall Bradnack brought suit against his wife for divorce on the ground of adultery. The divorce was not granted.
 In February, this year, Mrs. Brad mack had Bradnack arrested for non- support with the results already men, mentioned.
 After the decision was rendered Judge Hotchkiss adjourned court without day.