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ments interested IN the construction OF
primitive flying machines and machinery.
This government, however, has only with
in the present year stepped into the arena
and given It's aid to the private inventors
who we're struggling with the problem OF
aerial navigation.
Two men and two widely divergent
types of air machines have attracted the
national government Both the men and
the machinery have been able to astonish
the government experts and to fuldl the
promises they made to the army engi-
neers.
United States Buys an Atrship.
OrviIle Wright and Capt. Thomas p.
Baldwin are the two men to whom the
United States government said Build US
a practical flying machine that will do
such and such work, go at such and such
a speed and stay in the air for SO long
a time" The terms were made just as
practical as the government is accus-
toned to in providing for torpedo boat
destroyer.
And both Orville Wright and Captain
Baldwin have made good. AS result
the United States government has at last
gone into the airshlp business aud owns
an airship. Just what this may mean
only the next great war will show. But
one thing is absolutely certain.
II the next big war broke out tomorrow
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how It appeared in the construction tena,
at Fort Myer, across the Potomac River
from Washington, the day the inventor
announced that 1t was completed and he
himself was ready to hy through the air.
The diriglble balloon merely floats In the
air lust as ship floats on the ocean be-
cause of it's lighter specific gravity as
oompared with the amount of air II dis
places. 1t floats and Is driven through
the atmosphere by light and strong eu-
gInes which work propellers Of huge size,
hut acting on the same principles as the
screw attached TO an ordinary steam
vessel.
But oryilie Wright claims, and has
proven by actual trfdls, that his aero
plane can do more than hoat-H can do'
tualIy w. And its motions more closely
resembled those of some gigantic lying
ash than an inanimate object. The real
secret OF success in Wrights aerop@ne
lies in his manipulation of the planes,
which, by special machinery, he con
tracts or expands SO that the action
the ar as the engine forces the airship
through the atmosphere guides the ma
chine up or down, while the rudder an-
gWers TOT tne hlfSiip ioeSt"t ~N''N~-,
to the right OF left.
These planes are held together By very
strong but light piano wire-the same
that Is used In planes to produce the
various notes of the musical scale. The
steel frame work OF the machine Is hol'
low and extremely light.
wright's Machine Works Miracie.
The engine (which, after all, counted
for much in wright's struggle to obtain
a practical working airshipl is built
along the same lines as the finest four
cylinder motors to be found in the high
est priced automobiles. wright's engine
is built of especially light and strong
materials, and can develop enormous
horsepower
1t revolves the propellers at such an
enormous rate OF speed that a practical
vacuum is created ahead of the aero
plane. while behind is hurricane Of
such violence that men have been knock
ed fat just from the air waves created
by the machine.
Wright stands on the little platform,
and from this point he can direct the
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a charming expression, and the eolors
are wonderfully beautiful. There are
some excellent examples of Frans Halls,
Adrian Ostade and Jan van capelle,"
Rubens is represented by the Baechanal
and Van Dyck by beautiful painting OF
Jerome. The modern Swedish school Is
fine, and includes the work Of Gustav
cederstrom and Karen Manslatter, known
for his beautiful colors, Zorn Is repre-
sented by some charming peasant scenes.
with other brilliant hues. The most at
traetive are the Swedish Dancing" and
"Washing by the Stream" The gallery
has large collection OF his etchings,
which show how much this artist has
accomplished. 1t Furthermore gives ere
dence to the story of how this artist
rented a costly studio IN London without
the money to pay for it, and In less than
a month had painted enough portraits to
pay his rent t.
Bruno Lilyfors' studies of bird life are
equally interesting and worthy.
Carl Larsson's six frescoes onSthe great
staircase reproduce with freshness and
great decorative effect scenes from the
history of swedist art, These freseoes
belong to the most remarkable amongst
wall paintings in European museums,
The series of water coiors by the same
painter show scenes from the artists
home In Dalarne.
But the art in Stockholm is not limited
to the galleries and museums. Many OF
the public schools have. through private
muniHcenee, been adorned with hand
some paintings. In the Northern classi'
cal School are frescoes by Bruno LILY
fors, Prince Eugen and Carl LARSON.
The Southern Classical School has a
freseo by George PAUL., and the Modern
School painting by Oscar Bjoiek.
Nowhere Ia more care and money ex'
pended in making schools beautiful ana
sanitary. The grammar schools and
high schools are well built and greAt
attention given to the subject Of light
and air The Swedish schools have
reputation the world over for the spJen-
did work done In carpentry, wood cary
ing and metal work and their advanced
methods In gymnastics,
Nature appeals to these people sven
more than art, as Is seen In their parks
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engine and also manipulate the planes
and so lcontrol the dirsctien Of the ma
chine. A speed of 40 miles an hour has
been made by the aeroplane. When this
is compared with the i2-mile-an-hour gait
obtained from motor-driven dirigibie bal
looms 1t is seen that the aeroplane offers
the greater hopes OF an air machine
such as the United States government
really desires.
While orville Wright was displaying
the aeropane to the government experts
at Fort Myer his brother was doing the
same In Europe to a concourse OF gov
ernment officials aud enthusiasts from
the many nero clubs of the different Eu-
ropean countries. He. too, created a
profoundly striking impression. and the
aeToplane is believed to be the real sclu-
tion for aerial navigation.
Captain Baidwin's dirigible balloon Is
shown In the photographs as 1t was leay-
ing Its working teat Just as It was start
ing on i7-mile flight. Its sise, as COM
pared with the Average man. is striking
ly displayed. The slender rail work In
which the operator sits Is well shown.
AerOplane CONSTRUCTION simple
wright's aeropiane Is seen Just as it
stood when completed. Its planes are
clearly visible, as ia also the platform
and its hoxlike propeller. to which Is
attached the powerful four-cylinder mo
tor, The various parts Of machinery.
which reverse the motor. elevate or de-
press the planes. ETC., are set close at
the hand of the operator. Wright had
his machine so well under control and
SO delicately balanced that he was en-
abled to change Its direction and level
merely by shifting his own weight
SO while the diriglbe balloon promises
to be more Immediately useful, especial
ly in case Of war In the near future.
1t Is to the aeroplane that inventors are
looking for air machines for business
and for pleasure on a large scale. At
present only an expert can hope to en-
Joy the sensation of flying, just as the
automobile was for several seasons large
Iy an experiment, both dangerous, costly
and uncertain.
But man can ny-for a number have
done so and are doing SO every day.
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and woods. The handsomest OF these
gardens is the Kungstrafgard. or Eing's
Garden. It is laid out with large hand
some trees and flower beds that bloom
nearly all year round. In June and
July the air is redolent with the per
fume of roses \ A beautiful fountain
adorns the front of the grounds, repre-
senting the daughters Of the sea god
Aeger listening to the harpins OF the
Mixes. In the center Of the PARK 10
large, 6ne statue Of Charles XIII.
The Humiegard is one of the Oldest
parks in Stockholm, founded In tne sew
enteenth century, 1t has been remoo'
eled, however. during the last few years
The city gardener of Stockholm mas
made It beautiful pleasure ground VITO
flower beds and tropical plants. Hut
these parks are small compared with
the Djurgarden and scansen, two parks
Of which the city is justly proud. The
Diurearden covers an area Of nearly
two miles and Is covered with large
ioak woods and ieyeIy walks. 1t Ia Joined
with the mainland by a stone bride dec
grated with agures from Morse myth
ology and was used originally as deer
mark. IN the Weotrrh patt " thS Sne7
den is scansen. large opep-air mu-
seum. covered with lakes and rocky hills.
1t is designed to represent the hora and
the fauna of the country with Lapps,
their camps. reindeer and sledge dogs.
AT one end is large Maypole, where
the maypole dance is given In May.
Not far from Stockholm begin the
woodlands of Sweden, which add 50
much to the wealth and plcturesquepess
Of the country Nearly SO per cent. Of
the country is woodland. There are 900
acres. of forest for nearly every hundred
inhabitants. The forests are very beau
tifuI; pine spruce and alder mingle with
. birch and aspen, Some Of the forests
belong to private individuals, but tho
larger part is the property of the state.
Although Stockholm is wonderfully
attractive city and beautifully kept. II
has accomplished this through hard
struggle aud great effort. For years the
wars with Germany took money which
the government would like to have spent
in beautifying the city.
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tion; Can the airshlps fly? They can.
BaIdwin's DirigibIe Successful.

Baldwin's dirigible balloon and the
Wright Brothers aeroplane form the two
diyerging lines along which up to date
the flight problem has been attacked.
Baldwin's machine. like that exhibited
by the Beachey Brothers. is merely cigar
shaped bag of gas to which is attached
wire framework. imarvelously light and
extremely powerful gasoline motor and
framework with a small platform on
which Captain Baldwin or the other op-
orators can sit and handle the machinery.
The photographs of Captain Baldwin's
airship show that 1t Is an enormous affair.
The gas bag is made of some specially
prepared material which Baldwin claims
is superior In Its gas-holding qualities to
any other ever produced. 1t showed up
well in the trials made in August and in
September.
The motor used by Captain Baldwin
worked fairly well. but II is considered
possible by army engineers to improve
over the present decidedly crude airship
engine. Now. however. that the United
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States has taken the matter seriously in
hand and actually paid Captain Baldwin
for practical airship. It should not De
long before the government itself can
turn out far better specimens of dirigihles
than the first one the government has
ever owned.
The marvellous flights Of Count Zeppelin
appear to show that as far as dirlgibles are
concerned Germany now holds the rec
ords. 1t Is. therefore. to oryille Wright,
the inventor and bold and successful op-
orator Of the Wright Brothers aeroplane,
that the United States must look for its
ability to lead the world in the conquest
of the air.
Orville Wright's aeroplane is heavier
than-air flying machine 1t has nothing
whatever to do with balloons or balloon
ing 1t introduces an entirely new meth
cd of navigating the atmosphere, and It
Is considered fairly certain that the new
ideas contained in Its construction and
operation are the real clues to certain
and practical domination of the air by
man.
The splendid photograph shown Of this
marvellous machine gives an exact idea Of
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mental building and In the Bunsowska,
the Adelswardska and the HallWylskn,
Clasop's work Is unusually individual and
artistic.
Boberg tries to md new and unusual
forms to make them seryiceable and still
beautiful. The immense Nordeska Bank
his original and beautiful central post
Office, and the building called the Elec-
trio Works represent new ambitions ana
a modern school OF architecture. OF
course, there are more or less unattraetive
public buildings in the capital, as In all
the large European cities, but these help
to contrast and to emphasize the charms
and loyeliness of the more modern strue'
lures.
On the other side of the lake is the
National Museum one of the handsomest
and most interesting buildings in Stock
holm. This splendid building was de-
signed by a well-known German archi-
teet. 1t is In the Renaissance style, with
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airships of some sort or other would play
vastly important parts in that terrific
struggle. Added to the. horrors Of fright
full explosives Of unheard Of destructive
ness, to artillery SO deadly and long
ranged that a hand-to-hand battle would
seem to be an impossibility for mere
human flesh and blood, the next war will
be fought, not only on the ground and
under ground, but In the air as we'll.
From the atmosphere will resound the
thunder OF explosives and airships of
some design or other will threaten the
antlike armies of men down on the
earth's surface with unavoidable, unseen
and yet certain death.
The group photograph shows, reading
from left to right, Captain Baldwin;
Orville Wright and his chief assistant.
Lieutenant Fulois, and Lieutenant Sell
friedge, of the United States Signal
Corps: Augustus Post, of New York, secre-
tary of the Aero Club of America. and
Lincoln Beachey. The photograph was
taken in the government balloon tent at
Fort Myer.
Now for the still disputed question
among the great masses of the popula-
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>2z<g5&da MraazeM EgA[

At last man has learned to ny
Through all the bewildering descriptions
of various devices that enable their In
ventors to float, drift, steer and even
steam through the atmosphere, there can
be put down as absolutely certain that
one great illuminating, era-creating fact;
Man has learned to fly!
Yet It will be many years undoubtedly
before mankind In anything approaching
large numbers betake themselves to the
atmosphere for business or for pleasure
The problem now remaining Is one OF
vast Improvement in every respect, but
IT is after all merely a matter Of engi-
neering, and the best experts are the
most hopeful as regards the nearness Of
the time when practical air machines will
be open for public service.
Wright Breaks All Records.
When the epoch-making flights by Or
Vile Wright at Fort Myer are consid-
cred 1t must be evident to the man in
the street that the heavier-than-air ma
chine is an accomplished fact. When
Wright sailed In the atmosphere for over
an hour, not once but many times. and
at a rate exceeding forty miles an hour.
the most skeptical were convinced that
man had actually conquered the air and
had learned to fly.
So practical is this certainty now that
already the army authorities have pre-
pared a bill which calls for doubling
the signal corps of the United States
Army, and this is demanded solely be-
cause they must have men to learn how
TO operate flying machines as well as
to fight them. Wright and his aeroplane
are historic, just like Stephenson and
the first steam locomotive. Fulton with
his steamboat. and Morse with Alexan-
der Bell on the telegraph and telephone
inventions.
For the future flying machine-big in
size, certain in It's ability to keep aloft
and to reach definite destinations-man-
kind must wait. The present offers only
most intensely interesting flying machines
which are small in size and by no means
perfected in their machinery or details.
For 10 years Germany, France and Eng
land haSe been publicly and as govern
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with trophies of the hunt. There are
hundreds of deer heads, bears. moose and
crocodiies,
The private rooms Of the King and
Queen are interesting, because they con-
tain rare silver given to their majesties
when they celebrated their silver we'd
ding. Though the state apartments are
spacious and well furnished, they are
without show and ostentation. On the
west side of Helgeandsholm are two
handsome new buildings of granite, ad-
mlred for their size and splendid arehl'
lecture One is the National Diet and
the other the National Bank These
buildings show the wonderful strides
Swedish architecture has made during
the last two decades. 1t has developed
both In the artistic conception of the
buildings and in the costliness and soii'
darity of the materials used. 4, q.
Clason and +. BobeFg are two OF the
foremost Swedish architects and have few
rivals IN Europe. Both In this monu'
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have small attractive summer homes on
the lake.
The government buildings are spacious,
many exceedingly beautiful. The most
noteworthy. but one of the simplest of
the public buildings. is the Royal Palace,
built in the seventeenth century and lit
tie remodeed since then. 1t Is beautl-
fully situated at the head of the lake
and its chief approach Is from the Lyons
Hill, opposite the North Bridge. The
exterior is simple, almost homely; 1t is
made of sandstone and is painted yel-
low. The Grown Prince and Princess
occupy one portion of the palace, the
King and Queen the rest The apart.
ments of the Crown Prince and Princess
are simple. the most attractive room be-
ing her workroom, which is filed with
books, pictures, and casts she herself
has modelled. The most valuable of the
furnishings is collection they brought
from the Orient. Above stairs is large
billiard room of the Crown Prince, filled
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Venetian windows. The portal is adern-
ed with six medallion reiefs of famous
Swedish scholars and artists, including
Ehrenstrahl, the painter; Nicholas Tes-
sin, the architect, and Linnaas. the bot
anist. The vestibuie is adorned with
two bronzes representing industrial art.
The first floor is given over to COM
plete historical collection Of primitive
tools, pottery. 1ewelry and coins. Above
stairs is large collection of paintings.
The most interesting are those of the
early Dutch and modern Swedish mas
ters. The most popular Of the Dutch
school is Rembrandt's gigantic and un-
finished canvas, "cladius ciyilis lncit-
ing the Batavians TO Combat Against
the Romans" 1t was painted in the six
teenth century, but was not brought to
Stockholm until two centuries later
'Lisbet the Little CoQf" Is one OF the
finest pictures in the collection. 1t
shows a sweet-looking girl with her arm
resting on her head. The young girl has
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Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, Is
known the world over for its wonderfully
beautiful situation on the Islands and the
shores of Lake Maeler Just where this
body of water finds its exit into the
Baltic. Approaching the town Ia the
evening during the summer when 1t Is
still daylight 1t seems like fairy city,
especially with its masses of light re-
hected on the dark surface Of the sur
rounding waters. But 1t is equally love-
ly to catch a first glimpse of its build
ings when the feecy mists of morning
are being scattered and the early sun
shine falls upon the rows of houses ana
palaces This very charm of position has
presented many difficulties In making
Stockholm an attractive city The roads
were often steep and crooked and they
had to be leveled and Strengthened. Great
rocks were blasted to make room for the
houses as is shown by the boulders which
often stick out on the sides. Beautiful
as is the lake, which divides the city
into humber OF islands, 1t has neces-
STATED that these be Joined to the main
land. The bridges are made of hand
some granite and some of them are dec
grated with fine carvings. Hundreds of
old buildings and residences had to be
destroyed to give way to modern struc-
lures.
Some of the old streets are so narrow
and steep 1t was found impossible to
make them over; where 1t could be done
and when new streets we're planned they
were laid out as broad boulevards. The
streets are we'll kept and this Is espe-
cially difficult on the lake front where
much of the loading of cargoes is DONE
Though the houses are often humble.
rarely pretentious, they suggest little OF
the poverty on the one hand and ex-
travagance on the other. which is so
characteristic of some Of the large cities
Of Europe and America Most of the
families live in apartments, usually oe-
cupying a floor by themselves. The
privilege Of an entire house is restricted
to families of great wealth. though many
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-17
WALLINGFORD NEWS
Regular Monthly Meeting oi Board of Burgesses-Fine
 Rose Festival.
Special Journal-cour,er New. Service,

Special Journal Courier News service.)
 Walllngford, June 16.--The court of burgesses held their regular semi monthly meeting this evening, All the members of the board were pres ent excepting Burgess Martin.
 A report was made by Burgess Leavenworth, of the sidewalk cem- mittee, that a grade had been given for a sidewalk fronting No. S5 Sylvan avenue. The report of Burgess Leav- enworth was accepted and the com mittee was discharged.
 Attorney Fowler appeared before the board in the interests of R. Nick erson and Mrs May A. Dunn in ref erence to the so-called nuisance on Sylvan avenue. Mir. Nickerson also came in with Attorney Fowler, Franklin Hill was also present In ref erence to the same subject.
 Burgess Leavenworth reported that the private-road sign of Peter Jacwix had again disappeared.
 Burgess Sutterlin reported that all repairs as suggested for the fire alarm had been made.
 Burgess Hall reported that the hui sance regarding emptying into the Wharton brook had been abated
 A vote was passed for the repairing of certain sidewalks on or before July 15.
 A vote was passed that the prop erty owners on North Main street from High to North street, curb theil property on or before August 15.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-17
New Business Block.

The contract has been awarded to the c. F. Woodng company for the build ing of the new block for Miss Eliza Owens at the corner of Meadow and Center streets. The contract for the plumbing has been given to Edward Gardner. It is to be of stone faced concrete of light gray in color with trimmings of a lighter shade in gray The building will be one story In height and Is to be used for store pur- poses. There will be three stores two being on Center street and one on Mea- dow street. The contract calls for it's completion by the first of next October This will be the first building of con crete to be erected in the borough.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-17
Graduation Tonight.

The graduation exercises of the class of 1908 will be held tomorrow evening (Wednesday) In the opera house. The speaker of the evening will be Col. Norris G. Osborn, editor O! the Journal-Courier. The program in full will be as follows:
 cessional-Orchestra
 Prayer-Rev. W. A. Spinney.
 Chorus-'Day of Glory" Bellini.
 Address-col. x. q. osborn, editor of the Journal Courier.
 Cnorus-Wiefienlie Frank.
 Presentation of diplomas by Charles B. Yale, president of the board of school visitors.
 Chorus--"The Beautiful Blue Dan- ube," Strauss.
 Chorus-"America." (audience.)