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value will be in war time, when il
may be employed for dropping exple-
sives upon an enemy or for recon.
noitering purposes. In this connec-
ton may be added the fact that the
navy department has planned an ex.
tensive series of experiments with
dirigibles, the purpose being to dis.
cover their availability for war usage.
Those who advocate the employment
of these machines point out the fact
that flying machines sailing over a
fleet are immune from any attack
save that of small arm fire, and that
they could attain height so great as
to be out of range from these smaller
weapons. There is no type of larger
gun now carried on shipboard that is
capable of such extreme elevation OF
course it would be easily possible to
construct a gun mount that would per.
NIT of high angle, or even vertical
fire, but the question is asked how
would you be able to hit one of these
small targets sailing so high in air?
When firing at floating target any
error of sighting can be detected by
the splash of the shell. But how is a
gun-pointer to tell where his shells
are going when he is firing upward
into the air?
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altogether unusual angle the move.
ment of locomotion gives them a pc.
culiar mobility.
Now, one relies on experience for
the Interpretation of sensorial impress
sions, and when these present them
selves suddenly in an unusual form
they create feeling of insecurity
which finds expression in mental per-
turbation and more or less violent
motor impulsion. In fact the subject
finds himself in the position of a
horse which sees rapidly advancing
automobile for the first time and does
not know what to make of it.
Imagination aiding, these blurred,
mobile and uncertain images are sus-
ceptible of the most phantasmagoric
Interpretation, and in persons who
are not accustomed to control sensorial
impressions by the exercise of the in
telligence the impressions are accept
ed as realities and acted upon accord
ingly.
Gamekeepers and others who are &C.
customed to night work make allow
ances for phenomena of this class and
correct the visual deficiency by the
aid of other senses. such as hearing,
which are not dependent on light
British Medical Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-12
KISS THAT LASTED MINUTES.
OscuIatory Performance Interested
Even Busy New Workers.

The osculatory art is only in its in
fancy on the stage. Harlem presented
a performance to a mixed audience on
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street the other night that put Olga
Nethersole, Sophie Brandt and Mary
Garden in the shade. At One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth street and Eighth
avenue there is an open-air transfer
station. About church time the other
evening two figures appeared at a
window in a hotel near by. The win
dow framed a picture reeking with
orange blossoms and jessamine. Two
pairs of arms met each other, pretty
blonde head rested on manly Shout
der for a second and the lips turned
upward in invitation. "A soul kiss"
suggested a cold-blooded citizen wait
ing for car outside. Il have waited
for my car ten minutes. 1t is now $40
and-they are Off"
Two pairs of lips met. Two forms
swayed. A piano tinkled a waltz
dream, A small boy snickered. A fat
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Think Great Speed Possible.
THE EYEsIGHT AT NIGHT TIME.
Why Objects Assume Fantastic and
Alarming Appearance.

Every one must at times have asked
himself why familiar objects in dim
light tend to assume fantastic and
oftentimes alarming appearances.
The explanation is to be found in the
special conditions of night vision The
pupils are widely dilated and, as in
the Photographic lens with a large
diaphragm, the apparatus of accom-
mediation can only focus for one plane.
AS the faculty of estimating distances
is in great measure lost in the OBJ
security we cannot focus with pre-
cision, and blurred uncertain outline
is thrown upon the retina.
Then, too, colors viewed in a fading
light lose their distinguishing hue in a
fixed sequence until point is reached
at which everything becomes of one
uniform gray tint.
1t follows that the images which
are transmitted to the visual centers
are profoundly modified in color and
outline, and as they enter the eye
through the widely dilated pupil at an
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-12
Ambitious Minds Would Con-
troll Only Element That
Has Defed Man
NotO 1t Is Thought That the Aero
plane Devised by Wright Brothers
May at Least Point the Way to
Success---Could Laugh at Vessels
of War.

1.-The problem of mechanical fight
is how to balance in this moving fluid
which supports the flying machine; or,
technically speaking, how to make the
center of gravity coincide with the
center of air-presSure. The wind often
veers several times a second, quicker
than thought, and the center of pres
sure changes with it. 1t is as diff
cult to follow this center of pressure
as to keep your finger on the flicker
ing blot of light from a prism swing
ing in the sun.
1T has been the common aim of
experimenters with the aeroplane to
solve the problem of equilibrium by
some automatic system of balancing.
We believe that the control should be
left to the operator. The sense of equi-
librium is very delicate and certain.
If you lie upon bed three-quarters of
an inch out of true, you know it at
once. And this sense of equilibrium is
just as reliable mile above the earth
as it is on it.
1.-The management of our aeroplane
like that of the bicycle, is based upon
the sense of equilibrium of the opera
tor. The mechanism for preserving
the balance of the machine consists of
levers operated by simple uniform
movements which readjust the flying
surfaces of the machine to the air.
The movement of these levers very
soon becomes automatic with the avi
ator, as does the balancing of bicy-
Gle rider, and simpler to operate than
bicycle. In fact, the aeroplane is
easier to learn. In all our experiments
with gliding and flying machines, we
have not even sprained a limb; we
have scarcely scratched our flesh"
Fatalities Among Inventors.
But if these two eXperimenters have
had immunity from mishap their pre-
decessors have not. Among the first
to undertake the task of demonstrate
ing that a mechanical flying machine
is possible was Otto Lillienthal, Ger
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Another SMALLEST" Baby.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Dr. A. J. Colborn OF
near Connellsville has furnished an
affidavit with the story of the small
est baby ever born alive and healthy
in western Pennsylvania one and
three-quarter pound mite-which ar,
rived at the home of George Hertzog
at Morrell, Pa.
The baby is a girl, the second one
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hertzog. The
first was a boy, weighing two and one
half pounds at birth. Now, at %
months, it is as lusty as the ordinary
child.
It's newly arrived sister, which came
Sunday morning, is fully developed,
and, while not at all lusty, will live.
The father is carpenter. The moth
er is a woman of medium build.
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man mechanical engineer. He made a
study of the flight of birds and event
ually concluded that very little was
known of the laws which govern the
flight of the feathered tribe. He be-
gan experimenting in 1891, using wings
constructed like those of soaring birds.
Equipped with these, he sailed down
hill sides into valleys. After a series
of more than 1000 flights one of his
wings gave way one day and in his
tumble to earth he dislocated his spine
and died the following day.
That was in 1896. Three years later
an Englishman, Percy S. Pitcher, be-
gan experimenting along the same
line. He had essayed only few flights
when one of his wings broke and he
sustained injuries which caused his
death few days later.
On this side of the Atlantic, Prof
S. P. Langley conducted some notable
experiments, fashioning in 1896 a
small, steam-driven aeroplane which
made fight of three-quarters of a
mile. In the same year Chanute of
Chicago constructed gliding ma
chine which attracted some attention
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-12
CORK LEG BALKS SUICIDE.
LandIubber Hurls Himself Into Water;
Buoyed Up by Artificial Limb.

iladelphia-"Spar buoy adrift in
the river! Better report to the harbor
master!"
Long Tom" Link, who is the blue.
coated authority on matters maritime
where Paramount avenue meets the
Delaware, spat in scorn.
''Stow tn landlubber CUFF! Spar
buoy! That's the tube of a submarine,
my hearty; can't you see her list to
starboard? Telephone League Island
for the mine engineer and have her
blowed up"
"G'way!" roared Kelly, the positive.
THAT thing a submarine? It's got
the speed of liner That's a hipper.
pertamus gettin' a swim. Shrapnel
shell is the only thing as will dent
his hide-less'n Biffalo Bull can hitch
him with lasso."
During the conversation the object
which brought it about had worked its
way around to the end of the pier
with many and many list to star.
board and many swift lunge to port
When the three observers manned a
skiff and rowed out to investigate they
found William Schroeder at the bot
tom of it, bobbing about with the drift
ings of his cork leg.
When they had pulled him out viii.
liam seemed veXed, and presently
jumped in again. The boat over.
turned and all four men struggled in
the water until William cast loose
the fastenings of his limb and went to
the bottom. Then they were all saved
separately. Schroeder was taken to
Roosevelt hospital, and the leg went
home. Both will appear in court, and
Schroeder must answer charge of at
tempting suicide.
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where they have been living for some
time, back to their old home.
Mrs. Doyle said she was 81 years
old and the bicycle men doubted it,
as she did not seem to be a day older
than Is. She was slight of build and
her ill-fitting suit of mems clothing
clearly showed the garments were
made for someone much larger.
At the matron's room in the police
station the girl was closely questioned
concerning herself
I'll tell you everything if you'll
have the rest of my hair shingled,"
she said.
I'VE were married three years ago,
and until a few weeks ago I worked as
a waitress in the dining-room of the
New National hotel This is not our
first trip. We bummed our way to
several cities because we like to tray
ell. We took our first trip to st. Louis
about year ago. l went in boys
clothes, and we got along fine. Mike
cut my hair at that time, and it had
grown nearly to my shoulders when
he thought to cut it again in the box
car. Oh, yes, I've got some nice girls
>I@tl-~,- L--t l:I-~-tlIOse better. riOss-o
don't take them away from me"
The young woman said she and her
husband travelled at night because it
was easier She said they left Cleve-
land on the front end of a blind bag.
gage car and arrived in Indianapolis.
They thought to sleep during the day
in the box car and continue their
journey by way of blind baggage to
Terre Haute on one of the night
trains
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would require only eight horsepower,
and at 80 miles an hour IL horse
power. At 60 miles "a horsepower
would be needed, and at 120 miles 60
or Is horsepower. 1t is clear that
there is a certain point of speed be-
yond which the air resistance makes
it impossible to go. Just what that is
experiment will determine. Every
year gas engines are being made
lighter-a fact which will increase the
surplus carrying power of the machine
available for fuel and operator and
heavier construction, but at present
60 miles an hour can be counted on
for the flying machine. This, of
course, means speed through the
air.
THE aeroplane running 60 miles an
hour will have surplus lifting power
enough to carry fuel for long Jour-
neys. Our 1907 machine will carry
gasoline enough to fly 500 miles at
rate of some so miles an hour. We
can, and possibly soon will, make
one-man machine carrying gasoline
enough to go 1000 miles at 40 miles
an hour. Moreover, any machine made
to move at speeds up to 60 miles an
hour can be operated economically at
a cost of not much over one cent a
mile for gasoline.
There is no question that a man
can make lighter and more efficient
wing than a birds. A cloth surface,
for instance, can be produced offer
ing less surface friction than feathers.
The reason for this fact is that a
birds wing is really compromise.
1t is not made for flying only-it must
be folded up and got out of the way
when the bird is on its feet, and eff
cheney in flying must be sacrificed to
permit this. The wings of aeroplanes
will vary in size according to speed.
A slow machine will require a large
wing, but the faster the speed the less
will be the supporting surface nee
essary, and wings for high speeds will
naturally be very small. Not only will
less support be needed, but the size
must be reduced to reduce the fric-
ton of the air"
To the same writer the brothers
made the interesting statement that
they did not expect the aeroplane ever
to displace the railroad or the steam
boat. They predict that it's chief
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-12

Thus, the real question of the flying
machine is how to keep it from turn
Ing over.
Air in Constant Turmoil.
"The chief trouble" the brothers ex-
planned, lis the turmoil of the air.
The common impression is that the
atmosphere runs in comparatively reg
ular currents which we call winds.
No one who has not been thrown about
on a gliding aeroplane-rising or fall
ing ten, 20 or even 80 feet in few
seconds-can understand how utterly
wrong this idea is. The air along
the surface of the earth, as a
matter of fact, is continually churn-
ing. 1t is thrown upward from every
irregularity, like sea breakers on a
coast line; every hill and tree and
building sends up wave or slanting
current And it moves not directly
back and forth upon its coast line,
like the sea, but in whirling rotary
masses. Some of these rise up hun
dreds of yards. In fairly strong
wind the air near the earth is more
disturbed than the whirlpools of Nj
agara.
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Four years later the Wright brothers,
two young bicycle makers of Dayton,
began experimenting.
1t was not long before their efforts
began to attract attention. But they
sedulously avoided notoriety, kept
their own counsel, and devoted them
selves to the task of solving the prob
lem of mechanical flight. Mr.. Turner,
however, gained their confidence, and
thus describes them: 1.-TWO lean,
quiet men in a dingy, commonplace
little brick bicycle shop; pleasant. un-
assuming, most approachable, but
shy and silent under the oppression
of the greatest secret of the time Or
vile, of the more social and converse
tional temperament, did the greater
share of the talking-an amiable, kind
ly-faced man of 35. Wilbur-prema-
turely bald, about 40, with the watch
full eyes, marked facial lines, and dry,
brief speech of a naturally reticent
man."
Their New Method.
To quote his account of what the
brothers told him just prior to their
going abroad last year for the demon
stration of their machines before for
eign war departments:
1--WE had worked out new method
of practice with gliding machines"
they explained. 'Lillienthal and Cha
mute had obtained their experience in
flying with the operators launching
himself from a hill and gliding down
on to lower land. This involved car
rying back their apparatus, after a
short flight, to the top of the hill
again. Because of the difficulties of
this awkward method, although Lii
lienthal had made over 1000 flights,
we calculated that in all his five years
of experiment he could not have been
actually practicing flying more than
five hours-far too short for the ordi-
nary man to learn to ride a bicycle.
1t was our plan to follow the example
of soaring birds, and find a place
where we could be supported by
strong rising winds.
"A bird is really an aeroplane. The
portions of it's wings near the body
are used as planes of support, while
the more flexible parts outside, when
tapped, act as propellers. Some of the
soaring birds are not much more than
animated sailing machines. A buzzard
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500 Reward. 500.

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woman shifted. The corner crowd
grew and grew. "One minute" said
the man with the watch. "They are
out for record" The two forms
nestled closer. Two minutes, three
minutes, four, five and six Then
seven by the watch. The throng out
side was crowding the frankfurter
man off his post. The cop" was too
busy watching the watch to do any
thing else. There ought to be law
against that" said the fat woman who
had shifted. A sedate man who had
been looking on with sour face hur-
ried across the street and telephoned
an alarm to the management of the
hotel. Besides" he explained, "they
are blocking traffic" The osculating
couple at the window started They
hurried toward the door, A bell.boy
appeared with note. 1t was from
downstairs. Down came the curtain
with a bang Seven minutes fifty-six
and one-fifth seconds" said the man
with the watch. THAT is-up to the
drop of the curtain."-N. Y. World.
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N " 4" 1ORh.-InOSe ret1-
~ cent and intensely alb
III sorbed westerners, the
Wright brothers of Day
Il ton, O., appear to have
at last conquered the ele-
ments which have so long baffied the
ingenuity of man, and aerial naviga-
ton, so long regarded as a fascinating
absurdity, now seems to be very much
of practical reality, says a writer in
the New York Times.
Aside from the triumph of the long
and apparently easily controlled flight,
the most important item contained in
the news dispatches from Mantou, N.
C., where the brothers have been con-
Quoting their experiments, is the state
ment that the aeroplane not only car
ried both men, but carried them in a
sitting position. The earlier aeroplane
of these inventors carried but one
aviator, and it was necessary for him
to be prone upon his stomach.
The significance of the statement lies
in the apparent fact that the inventors
have at last succeeded in overcoming
the real problem of mechanical flight
the problem of equilibrium. Aero
planes that would support their opera
tors have previously been tested En-
gines of sufficient lightness to propel
them through the air at a sufficient
speed and to carry their own weight
and that of the operators have also
been successfully tried. There have
been plenty of aeroplanes that would
fly in still air. The one needful, essen
tial, and undiscovered thing was an
airship that would not capsize when
the wind was blowing.
Writing in a recent issue of Nc
Clure's Magazine, George Kibbe Turn
er. quotes the Wright brothers as as
sorting that no one who had not nav
igated the air can appreciate the real
difficulty of mechanical f1ight-that
the great problem-the problem of
equilibrium-never occurs to any one
who has not actually tried flying.
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GIRL AND HUSBAND
RIDE BLIND BAGGAGE
FORMER, DRESSED AS A MAN,
TRAVELS WITH HUBBY IN
UNUSUAL MANNER.

Indianapolis, Ind.-"Please let him
finish cutting my hair, it looks hor-
rible."
This was what bicyclemen Wilson
and Golnisch heard when they looked
into car in the yards of lumber
company. Sitting on pile of lumber
in the car were young man and a
Young woman And-horrors!-t
young woman was arrayed in boys
clothing. She had a pretty face in
spite of the accumulation of dirt that
had settled during a nights ride on
a train.
The young man and woman made
haste to explain that they were beat
ing" their way from Cleveland, o.,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-12
FAMILIAR PHRASE.
Grandma's Occupation.

Bobby and Johnny were digging in
the sand under my window. Johnny
says: "My grandma's dead; she's
gone to Heaven; my mother says
So"
81 know it," replies Bobby, in a mat
ter-of-fact way. Bobby" says
Johnny, what do you s'spose she's
doing up there?" Without an in
stant's hesitation came the reply:
"Oh, standin' up, lookin' round, I
guess"
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can be safely kept in an open pen 80
feet across and ten feet high. He
cannot fly out of it. In fact, we know
from observation made by ourselves
that he cannot fly for any distance up
a grade of one to six.
"Yet these birds sailing through the
air are among the commonest sights
through a great section of the country.
Every one who has been outdoors has
seen a buzzard or hawk soaring;
seen the gulls sailing after steam
ship for hundreds of miles with scarce
ly movement of the wings. All of
these birds are doing the same thing
they are balancing on rising cur
rents of air. The buzzards and hawks
find the currents blowing upward off
the land; the gulls that follow the
steamers from New York to Florida
are merely sliding down hill thou
sand miles on rising currents in the
wake of the steamer in the atmos
phere, and on the hot air rising from
her smokestacks.
Think Great Speed Possible.
The brothers believe that the event
ual speed of the aeroplane will be
easily 60 miles an hour, and may be
forced up to 100 miles. Our expert
ments have shown" they said, that
fiier designed to carry an aggregate
of 745 pounds at 20 miles an hour
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-12
In q Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT-EAsE.

A powder. It cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
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The Ejrehy.

The light is phosphoric, and is sup
posed to be displayed o. withheld at
the will of the insect. Only the te-
males are phosphorescsnt. Scientists
tell us that its sole purpose it to at
tract the male.-New York American.
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Miaht Miss Something.

Edyth-I told him there was no use
wasting his time, as l didn't intend
to marry him and that if he wrote to
me I would return his letters I'M
opened.
Mayme-Oh you shouldn't have done
that. He might have inclosed matinee
tickets in some of them.
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The life of woman can be divided
into three epochs: in the first she
dreams of love, in the second she ex-
periences it, in the third she regrets
it-Saint-Prosper,
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She Learned, Too,

"A man lives and learns" re-
marked the husband with some bitter
ness.
well, the school of experience does
not bar coeds," retorted his wife.-Ex-
change
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excellent idea their
the glider in notion The picture
starting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-12

Korean bachelors wear skirts and
are not promoted to trousers until
they marry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-06-12
A Drawback.

The great trouble with some men
is that they can have self-respect with
out half trying.
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important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it