The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-06

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showing the blight season after sea.
son, but not succumbing entirely to
it. A few have died in three or four
months, and instances Of complete
recovery have been very unusual A
tree killed by the blight seems to
be attacked quickly by borers and
other wood destroyers, and is ruin
ed much more speedily than a tree
that has died from some other cause.
The financial damage from the
blight so far has not been very great.
Whole stands, or growths, have not
yet been destroyed, the blight APP
pearing in scattered instances. II,
; however, some remedy is not speed
| lily found to check the blight's pro-
gress, the damage Is bound to be
great. This loss would include NOT
only the actual stumpage value of
the trees for lumber, but their value
as ornamental and pleasure groves.
Two of the most severely affected
localities in Maine have been the
beautiful grove OF piles at Bruins
wick, owned by Bowdoin College.
which are inseparably interviewer
with the traditions and history Of tho
college, and the Greenacre Confer
eAce Grounds at Elliot, which are Wis
ited every year by hundreds OF pleas
ure and health seekers.
Considerable young growth has
been killed and this phase OF the
disease Is even more important than
the destruction Of the mature trees.
Great alarm is expressed by the peo-
pie of the affected districts, as the
high commercial value, rapidity Of
growth, hardness and freedom from
injury of the white pine timber have
combined to make it the most popu-
lar and valuable tree OF the New Eng
Hand States.--New York Times.
NEW TYPE OF FLYING MACHINE.
Emile 5erIlner's Description Of His
"AeromobiIe'
! Emile Berliner Of Washington. d.
O., inventor Of the telephone trans
mitter now in general use, who has
been experimenting with the hell
copter type Of flying machine, has is
sued statement outlining the es-
sential points of his machine, which
he calls the "aeromobile." He says:
II have lately constructed an ex-
perimental propeller of such power
that, placed horizontally, 1t Is cap
able Of lifting 800 pounds In a calm
straight up into the air.
There Is no gas bag and no aero
plane, simply motor, weighing 100
pounds, some framework, gearing, and
two-bladed fan, the latter having
surface of about thirty-six square
feet. Moreover, the whole apparatus,
outside the seat of the operator, Is
entirely of steel and aluminium,
and is built substantially and for
practical use. In order to propel the
aeromobile horizontally the propeller
will have to be tilted forward, and
have calculated that while this
would reduce the lifting power less
than 8 per cent, the resulting for
ward thrust would be one-quarter Of
the lifting pressure.
ut is an accepted theory which
has been proved by practical tests
that a propeller moving forward is
more efficient than when moored fast
in one position. Hence, the lifting
power Of an aeromobile would In
crease in free flight Generally con-
sidered, it is necessary to have two
propellers revolving In opposite direc.
lions in order to steady the machine
and prevent 1t from turning around
its own axis in direction opposite
the motion of the single propeller
"A peculiar Importance Of these
experiments lies in the fact that a
power propeller, capable of flying
stright upward with an operator.
when attached vertically to a mod
ern aeroplane, would force the lat
ter through the air at very high
speed, probably from seyenty-fvc to
one hundred miles an hour, and would
double the present speed of dirigible
balloons.
II am planning also to apply small
aeroplanes to this apparatus OF Just
enough surface to help in lifting and
in landing. There will be the usual
rudders, such as are used on dirigi-
bles and earoplanes."
The 1orses Of Iceland are snod With
2heep's horns