The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-22
LEGAcrEs FOR BRITISH GENIUS

/ Lonion Answers
I II pumont the Young r1u wAo has
/ jus Invented 4 stesrlbla airsh p, var"
+ q B~itrr ~ would Va entitled tn prize
! = Ssn0o0 besides his own prodts II
w'u'i have won the Melton Plvnr'
award. aNl a committee would now h"
settling up the conditions prior 90 hand.
Ing him the money
When Melton PAYNE IN. famous
amateur ler1naut. died he LETT a legacy
~ S6o m trust for tho frs, Bttnn
whn should invent practicable uayi-
gable 7l-sh'7 TIE prize has been tried
f1- uHsucc'ssful'v bv over q l'E'0 men.
lnl a good many thousands sp-n. in
Pho process. Tha nearest On succa -
was Captain Graena's attempt. wh'rN
ended. however. IN the serious arc.ler,
- tho inventor NJ Exeter when ha and
H.s nm hfne col'ansa4.
\ committee % experts is O. h"
chosen g. decide M 'he geUu.0e0e's ~
anv 1i-sh0 AMI 2: ls SAID that, s.-'rt'v
'1a wl.N.U' N0s f1 hH heavier .hln ar
and 0n' 1'1'"i hv gas balloon. 3nl u
'h1' .s sr a~an Duw1nts vessel would
h' h7r-el Thera VII be- n good many
,umb'as before that $4,000 Is WON.
There Is $4,000 a vNl- fAr lif'. ana m"
-.s.'n. O. y1u- ha'rs. waiting pr Won
? Won a-. l0vt1'u~ ~ q 1aHremNkH"
rN4f 's .Na r~'ce 1Nn-a1 hv m an 'ran'
Sv.'a-F lm1r1 NIeusse0--'n anyone
Who srrN an Instrumental i0 0o-sull-
'-r 'N. powers % give mn war sH~ grHi
a0f ar ana 71 ava with nrWlmr"'7
ar ~v Kind n wiu axe great u-1-
D. 4
r.-w7 'U hiring this m. and acc1rl.ug
'o rules aa must persuade Russia.
G-a7' R-fl'0. France Germany Au-
7'-.7 ant Isa'v % a. aw1v with 1l'
soldier ana sailor men. oNreo, ne h1dy-
-u7-'s NJ me courts. Nothing Is par
To- 1h"u. he other nations, who would
r-asu~ 7'v '1l',w suit
4 good many men have had q t'v f1r
this result the one nearest the mark
h.i0g 'Taus London Journalist But
ihe~ d.11'. succeed, and o. looks as
r. fh7t $4,000 would look f1r a claim
an' PIP a long time which is h'll IN
'-ist. and ls an N British government |
bonds When Mr.. Nelllssen Hes mo .
money 's 70 remain IN trust '''l some |
b1ly wins f., no matter how l7ng |
hence.
Tda-. 10 certain 5000 q wear. outside |
an personal profits. standing ready FOR |
'ha man who'hnds a genuine cure Tor |
r1nsunu'1n This is The Git ~ the |
late Sir John Bean. the famous phya- |
can and solantls' The Bean award |
amounts - $4,000 IN government !
stock He eft this legacy IN trust, 70 |
BE- AWARDED 10 any British subject VINO |
may discover a cure that ls considered |
genuine by a committee ~ the College |
y Phvsl7lans and the British Meic1
'0uncll The interest amounts 10 5000
per annum, and there are always plenty
Z Starters" working AZ the great prob
en-. and a good many fortunes have
leen spent in the pursuit.
Th- cure. according to rules laid down
ly the w.l must be able 10 heal seven
cen cases out N twenty, all In the Sec
md stage" ~ the malady This is
,bou, the best beduest there ls. Tor the
,r-at doctor calculated that out OF the
u NM people that die of consumption
every year In Britain alone at lel't
s nm would b. saved Besldes that
$4,000 n has been hint-1 more than
,1re In nigh places that the man who
an stamp out consumption Will get a
llra1otcy AT last. II no. peerag'.
For saving 5000 lives a year he ought
0 get 2 dukel1m
a British prize open 10 all the world
mi "ua fav0rg" ls the $4,000 offered by
Henry s"udamOre. the famous noun
a.nanr fIr the ascent Of Mount Ev-
ras. the highest mountain IN he world.
Ir. Scui1mor. died TWO years ago. bur
be- $4,000 "a stlll open 10 Dc climbed
Ir-1a'lo1ns 5arrad-by any man Of
nv cation
Everest. wh'ch is 2g,0OO feet high, or
.o1rly as tail as two Mount Banr'
,'n! ole 0n Top Of the other. has Kill
% sevan w1ulI-bc climbers during the
lsf twenty years and mas bafIled many
"lrra more That expert mounta.netr.
ir Whymper, has made the bes' rec
rd, though not necessarily FOR the S2j,-
00 but the summit has never been
each d by mortal man. and II rs doubt
uI n anv human being could live for
1lf an hour Ut such an altitude. even
he got there. But every no" ana
hen somebody has a try. seldom get
ng much more than half way up how
yer tn. accent. II successful. Woull !
0gt about $1,000 and take a week. ,
Although there Is a cash prize for a Z