The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-17

| explorer 1t is at n height of from 5000
| to 1l.000 feet bui when 1t energies In
| Assam IL is only 400 feet above sea
level. From this point ii pursues it's
| sluggish way FOR another 800 miles as
| the Brahmaputra to the Ganges and
| the bay of Bengal According to the
National Geographic magazine. there Is
no other instance on earth of a large
| river dropping 5000 feet in $50 miles.
plunging with the mad rush OF noun
tain brook henmed by ranges whose
| peaks are from thirteen TO twenty-five
thousand feet IN height. The native tes-
timony Is conclusive az to the existence
or at least one aWe-inspiiing fall before
Tibetan territory is left.
Latest among the flying machines
TO attract public attention Is the navi-
gable balloon. invented by NJ. Augush
Gandron model of which was cXhib-
ited recently in the Crystal Palace
London. The balloon was sausage
SNAPPED. seventeen feet long and three
feet nine inches in diameter 1t was
steered by broad rudder. ana pro-
PEELED by four two-bladed screws, one
forward, one art, and two side by side
amidships. The car was in the middle.
ana the balloon was sieadied by u
weight which kept II on an even Keel.
and in II real balloon would serve the
double purpose of moOrings at sea. and
holding the balloon to earth on land
The experiments We're successfully car
ried out in the Crystal Palace, the bal
loon soaring in a spiral course like ii
pigeon preparatory to straight fly. II
navigated the large concert hall in IL
series of short tucks. and went off at
Il sharp tangent, or took an obliQue or
spiral course whenever required. The
inventor. a French aeronaut. wants TO
build on The same lines q balloon 100
feet long and thirty feet in diameter
which he figures would have IL lifting
capacity, when Inflated with hydrogen.
of 1000 pounds. The motive power
would be derived from four petroleum
motors of ten horse power each. work
ing four sin foot screws. which are cal
culatcd To make 1000 revolutions a
minute These screws are not for lift
ing. but for steering and propulsion.
such an air ship as this would require
it is thought. :, crew of five men. al
though possibly one man could take
care of each two motors. and reduce
the number to three men. The inventor
believes that in still air a speed OF
thirty-tVc miles an hour could be OBJ
tanned.
As showing that the average man
eats TOO much. the case OF Benno Groth.
a Harvard student is pertinent Groth
thinks nothing of living a whole week
on what an ordinary person spends for
Il moderate breakfast. His weekly sup
ply. cooked by himself costs about 80
cents. He has lived at this rate since
last September and shows no i'll effects.
He has an oil stove i'll his attic room
and buys rice. potatoes. corn meal and
an occasional soup bone. which, with
a piece of bologna sausage once in a
while. provides him something of Il
variety,
The Philadelphia Press notes thai
when General Washington approved a
plan for one of his own bndyGuard.
Sergeant Champ. to desert to the Brit
iSh. enter their service, take tn" oath
to King George and wear q British uni
form SO as to kidnap Benedict Arnold
he gave his sanction to "treaCherOus
plot" precisely similar to that by which
General Funston captured Aguinaldo.
Says Frederic Harrison of his recent
visit to the United States: II found
clear intellectual atmosphere, a broad
tolerance and an universal hospitality
which delighted me- ] was much struck
with the evidence of deep thinking eX-
hibited by the students in the Ameri-
can universities. I visited many cities.
but nowhere did | see sign or hear d.