The sun., 1897-11-06

MAYOR ZEGExIE1N St. Louis has established matrimonial
bureau his is usual in such cases. for the benefit
the women but for that the short time ago his honor
discovered that there young his baiwck who
had not married because they had failed find odasoned
women The mayor married mar himself Consequently he
takes very lofty attitude He will send only deserving
deserving The bicycle girl, the hraos girl the girl of
many admirers the girl who had of own and SO on and
50 on do with his Honors approval bounded in
his admiration If asked for explanation he would have
"Im not a single
don't believe in the existence Of that 10000 bachelors
pinng for odfashioned girls That is manesty fiction.
THOUGH baIoonst not long crossed the English Channel
feat performed several times before the list of casualties
pronauts during the year has been long The best that
hoped for Andree that he has descended in
waste which he will succeed in making his out next
When he departed his balloon contained 10000 feet
gas enough keep him aAol IS days. Its lifting power
pounds and povisoned for several As nearly
four months have passed since Andree hoaed off before wind
carrying him tie northwest the chances for lis small
though Nasen considers them not unavoabe The average BAL
lon fatalities maintained and parachute act ce
amost certain i'll the end to result i'll tragedy Great risks
taken in the balloon show business The air ships used sy
and themselves peculiarly reckless class know
ing the danger they incur though unable escape from what
them is fascination OF late many experiments have been made
by weather observers with huge kites at high elevations In
cases the kites, with registering instruments have reached height
of miles But last week the kites proved be quite
eaksh as balloons At Massachusetts observatory the kites
outfit broke loose and the valuable instrument dropped the earth
and Those kites huge affairs and have been
lift 50 feet III the air Each kite consists of
parts the head and the TAIL The head includes upper and
under plane joined by other planes right angles The material
is coth curved like the wing Of Bird What called the tail is
rigid construction framework and cloth. The surface of Il
XII seventy square feet and when elevation Of mile,
reached four mites Of fine piano wire have been paid by
clery the day when the kites wrecked the wind
gusty, sudden strain snapped the supposed
equal far heavier pull Inventors OF fl ing machines have
ways les, aAcl by the variability Of air
No has succeeded il making trustworthy map acricl
ents lndrcc had the wind he desired wIIc; he the little
island Spzbcgcl but The may have changed
few hours, and all further Of him lost, so real progress
has been achieved il steering ool Weather Observers are
well acquainted with what to be w,msalis air.
The careful conclusions often at fault, and
promise decided changes aside and spirited ava,
almost mystcriolsy. Mankind apparently is still far the
period Of safe and useful navgauor Terra fna is decidedly
the best place for the The balloon Of to-day is substantially
the that OF hundred years ago. spite Of The fact that its
study has been colnou and rinccy devoted making
it more and manageable