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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

Is mercury will surely destroy the sense OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering It through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
lions from reputable physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold TO the good you can possibly de.
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by I. J. Cheney Il CO., Toledo, o., contains no mer-
curry, and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t f. taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, T. F. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.

Reported by Lothrop & Johnson, pat
ent lawyers, 910 Pioneer Press build
ing, st. Paul, Mimi: J. ]. Carrigan,
st. Paul, Mimi, gate; H. Christopher
son, Kidder, S. D.. wrench; f. G. Held,
Kenyon, Mimi, litter carrier; E. c. A.
Johnson, Virginia, Mimi. ice cream
packer; S. Leigh, Winifred, S. D.,
reel for wire fence; b. o. Neslon,
Trolley, N. D., whip socket; H. w.
Stone, Morris, Mimi, wire looper; w.
H. TidIand, Mankato, Mimi, clothes
dryer.
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Made Clear.

Bacon-So you have been to Paris?
Egbert-Yes.
Gould you understand the people
over there"
well, they always succeeded in
making themselves understood when
there was hotel bill due"
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Black Fox Killed in Nome Street.

A black fox with a pelt worth $500,
driven from the hills by the extreme
cold, was killed on the streets of
Nome last week.
The animal was chased by hundreds
of Nome citizens and finally it's pelt
fell to a tenderfoot prospector.
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Good Reasons,

John" said a business man to his
Sicilian fruit vender, why did you
leave Sicily?"
my country" answered John, ten
cent a day. This country, ten-cent a
cigar"
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A Crittcism.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, the govern
ment's famous food expert, was talk
ing at Mackinac Island about impure
WHISTLES.
Il once saw an old Kentuckian,"
said DR.. Wiley, take up a glass OF
whisky, sniff 1t, set it down and shake
his head sadly.
lone thing he said, was never
seen coming through the rye, and
that's the kind of whisky they send
us nowadays"
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eft IL There.

Teacher-You have no certificate Of
vaccination, Johnny, and l cant find
any scar. Where were you vaccinat-
ed?
New Boy (much frightened)-In
Missouri, ma'am.
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After the Failure.

Mrs. Scraggs-My husband hasn't a
dollar in the world and | think | am
entitled to a divorce.
Mrs. Baggs-On what grounds?
Mrs. Scraggs-On the ground that
l had married him for money.
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Don't You Find II So?

Churchill is said the giant bees Of
Indian build honey combs as high as
eighteen feet.
Gotham-Well, the higher things
go the more chance a man has of be-
ing ''stung,' you know.
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Grudginq Approval.

"Do you enjoy classical music?"
Il don't exactly enjoy it," answered
Mr.. Cumrox, "but it helps to kill off
q great deal of mighty uninteresting
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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Rubberinu.

Bill - Over 100000 rubber trees
have been planted OF the Hawaiian
islands.
Jill-Why, is there so much to see
over there?
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What Did She Mean2

Tardy Arrival at Dinner Party
Smith
Mrs. Smith (effusively)-Oh! my
dear, you could never come too late!
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Not Her Fault.

"a man is judged by the company
he keeps"
That's fair enough. But it isn't
right TO judge a girl by the company
she has to entertain"
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His Idea of Il,

His Wife-Don't you think my new
hat Is a poem. dear?
Her Observation-Disclosures from it's
height, | should say it looked more
like a short story.
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Not Licked on Stamp,

Bill Do you suppose Bryan will
ever get his picture on one of our
postage stamps?
Jill-No, he'll get licked without
that, though.
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Now They Don't Speak.

Now They Don't Speak.
Were living in a much better
n%eighborhood now"
$50 are we"
Have you moved too?"
mo; we're still living In the street
you moved away from"
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Marine intelligence.

Redd-This paper says the steam
er sailed" is that ignorance, do you
suppose?
Greene-No; that's marine intelli-
gence.
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WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
4 buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog los
n. w. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis MINI.
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Secrets a woman can't tell worry
her as much as the money she can't
spend.
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Use Aliens Foot-Ease
Curestired aching, sweating feet. 25c. Trial package
' free. A. 3. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
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ONLY ONE "BROMO oUININE"
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUINlNE. Look for
the signature of II. w. GROVE. Used the World
over 10 Cure a Cold in one Day. 25c.
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important TO M othera.

CASTORIA a safe and ure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
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PILES CURED IN 9 TO IA DAYS.
PAZ0 OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any cas-
of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
. to IL days or money refunded. Doc.
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia r.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured OF
women who have been troubled with
diSplacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ,ornervous p~rostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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This woman says Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
saved her life. Read her letter.
Mrs. T. c. Willadsen, of Manning,
Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 can truly say that Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound saved my
life, and l cannot express my gratitude
to you in words. For years I suffered
with the worst forms of female COM
plants, continually doctoring and
spending lots of money for medicine
without help. 1 wrote you for advice,
followed it as directed, and took Lydia
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
it has restored me to perfect health.
Had it not been for you l should have
been in my grave to-day. 1 wish every
suffering woman would try it."
The evening world., 1908-03-09
TO GET SUBWAYS,
SAYS METZ, YOU
MUST AMEND LAW
Comptroller Still Insists on the
Amendment of the Els
berg Statute.

Amend the Elsberg bill so that the
,ractive to private capital. This can
be done within month. and active
construction could he begun within
three or four months" said Comptroller
Metz to-day II recognize that the city
has reached the limit of its borrowing
power and there IS no prospect of suf-
fcent expansion Of that power within
the next generation to provide for need
ed subways except through modihca-
ton of existing constitutional provis-
IONS Neither floods of oratory nor per
sonal abuse Of city officials will extend
the borrowing capacity of the city"
Comptroller Metz has been urging the
adoption OF the TraNis-ec bill amend
ing the Constitution 80 as To exempt
from the debt OF the city bonds issued
for self-sustain ne subways and Jock
properties. II this Is the only means
by which New York is 10 get more
subways two years must elapse. for the
Travis-l.ee measure. II adopted now
would have to he repassed next year
and submitted TO the vote OF the peo
pie at the election in 1909
In view Of the urgent and genera
demand for new su5ways. the Comp
troller appears willing to give his sup
port to the proposed Elsberg amend
ment, whicR would permit the con-
struction Of suoways by private enter
prise
In statement given out to-day the
{ Comptroller said;
Unless tho city improves It's trans!
facilities ~ th" maximum that part o
the state ~ Ncw Jersey adjacent I,
the City uf New York is bound to re-
teiyc large amount Of the benefit oI
/ the growtl NJ New York. FOR IN IN,
rommuu alton between that distI it
and the city there Is no restriction L.
the Investment % private capital.
TWO Years ago | urged that the
actual year hy year cost ~ cpustrurt
tinu ~ routes f"r suhways he unlN
rhargrahlr against the debit limit, l1
stead OF Tho ou'itc amount of the w,~lt
contract | warned the people uf ths
city OF New York that the opening OF
tunnels to Jersey would make OF that
The evening world., 1908-03-09
GETS LEAVE TO INSPECT
GRAND JuRY'S MINUTES.
Attorney for Former Gov. Voor'
hees, of New Jersey, Wins
First Point in Fight.

Justice Blanchard. in the Criminal
Branch of the Supreme Court. to-day
granted a motion made by Judge w.
Nj. X. Oicott to inspect the minutes OF
the Grand Jury that on Feb. l3 indicted
former Gov. Foster NJ Voorhees, of
Now Jersey: exPresident of the Bank
ers' Life Insurance Society. and Fred
erick II. Combs, ex-secrltary OF the
same company. on charge of perjury
The granting of the motion caused
some surprise among lawyers, as jus
tice Bowling recently refused similar
motion In the case of Charles w Morse
Mr. Olcott made the motion last week
stating that the matters aduuCcd before
the Grand Jury were so intricate and
involved that the defendants would not
he able 10 prepare their defense with
out a more complete knowledge 1f what
vas presented before the Grand Jury
After Justice Blanchard handed down
- snort memorandum grantin" the m =
ticn. T j MrNiauuS who was Judge
Olcott's reuresrutttivc. gave notice
thai he wound move tor -" diSniS al
OF the indictments. The case was set
Der 1sxt Monday.
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POILlON SISTERS MUST
GO TO BLACKWELL'S
Justice Fitzgerald Breaks Down
Their Last Barrier of
Defense.

The Poillon sisters. Katherine and
Ch" -lotte, who were convicted as hotel
swindlers. will have to take a three
months soJourn on Blackwelrs Island
Justice Fitzgerald, in the Supreme Court
to-day. dismissed the writ obtained hv
Meyer Greenberg. their attorney. rba,a
Is no appeal from the Courts deciqto,
and the picturesque Misses Poillon. whn
for several years have been in the Inn,
light OF publicity. will have 10 dena :,
Immediately for the penitent.ary
The women We're not in colIrt w %,
Justive Fitzgerald handed down his de-
for several weeks.
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HEALER BEST IS
HELD BY CORONER
IN BROWN CASE
Coroner's Autopsy Shows Man
Under Christian ScienceTreat-
ment Starved to Death.

w. II. Best. a Christian Science heal
er, was held by Coroner DE Mund, Of
Ridgewood, y. j.. to-day as a witness
IN connection with the death OF Fred
erick Brown. who died on Saturday
night in his home at Ramsey.
Another Christian Science healer.
Charles Brown. was summoned to the
home OF the sick man in Ramsey, but
arrived there too late.
Coroner DE Mund is a physician and
he upheld DR.. keeter for refusing a
death certificate 10 the family of the
dead man. The coroner thereupon or
dored that an autopsy be performed
The autopsy showed that the man ha
died OF cerebral congestion and tina
he virtual! starved to death, An in
quest Will be held on March 10.
J. V, Dittemore, chairman If tn.
Christian clcnce Committee ON Puolica
tion, declared to-day that Healer Brow
had not gone 10 Ramsey until Sanr
DAY afternoon when ne found Freder
lex Brown dying, Healer Best wa
with the dying man.
Mr. Dttemore said that other ply
sicians (M. Dsl had been called in b,
the Brown family last kriday. but tha
wnen they found that CHRISTIAN 5 ienc
treatment WAS desired they wtldreN
/ from the case
! Healers Best and Brown were at
tached to the First Church OF Chris
| will eudeavor 10 have him released o
/ bail Mr. Dittemore said thar the rapor
| that Browns death had been Hasteue
| by starvation was untrue, While unie
! Christian Science treatment. Brown ha,
received all the nourishment ne coul'
take
The evening world., 1908-03-09
WOMAN JUMPS
|. To DEATH FROM
HOSPITAL WINDOW
Patient From Brooklyn Eludes
Nurse at FiShkill and Takes
Fatal Leap.

NEWBURG. y. Y, March 9.-Mlss
Jessie Daw. of Brooklyn, who had been
an inmate of DIR. Bottoms Riverview
Sanitarioum at Fishkill Landing. for
the past three months, threw hersels
from a third-story window last night
and was killed.
She had suffered from nervous de-
preston. Miss Daw eluded her attend
ant and leaped through the WINDOW.
She died instantly. Miss Daw was
forty eight years old.
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ENGAGEMENT RECEPTION.
Cclcbrntion of the Betrothul of
william &. Hermann and
Jessie WE'LL.

Tho hotrothaI ~ WiWi0m Q Horr-
mann and Jessie Well, both well known
in Harlem's younger social set was
celebrated Yesterday at the savoy.
The pair received friends from To i
o'clock, and gave a dinner in the even
ing.
Among those who called were Mr.
ard Mrs. J h. Creenhu'. Mr.. and Mrs
r. J. Gresnhut. Ren. Nillmau, Nat
Menken. Leo Underdorfer. +. G, cad
den. Almond IIeavenrlch. WALKER Kahn
Mr., and Mrs @. HAIRY Mtss Relic
Joel and Miss VI. Griffcnhagcn.
Miss Well received numerous gifts
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Scllooner's Company, Brought
Here by Clyde Liner, Faced
Starvation.
BEACHCOMBERS'VlCTlMS
Provisions Stolen by Bahama
Natives, Who Discovered
Their Plight.

Crews Of two shipwrecKed vessels
reached this city to-day on the Clyde
liner Cherokee. or these twenty be
lnnged to the British steamship Beta.
miles east OF Turks Island Lighthouse
in the early morning OF Feb. 81. All
the sea was calm. The only excite
ment was provided by the Chinese
cook who went mad with fright and
had to be tied up like chicken before
h, could be got over the side and into
yawl
The Beta had four passengers but
only one of them, Louis Mowbray. a
bermuda curator, came II New YORK
on the Cherokee. The master, Capt. c.
f.. Pye. also stayed behind to claim the
salvage The chambeTmaid. Katherine
Kennedy. OF Halifax, was one OF the
returning party. 1t was her first trip
al
Fell Among Beachcomoers.
Mate e a. Holden and five men ~
schooner Mariory j. Sumner. an Eng
lish-owned craft, were also aboard the
Clyde liner The Sumner. with Capt.
, Whithers in commind. left Weymouth.
Nova Scotia on Feb. ). bound for
Turks Island with lumber. ON Feb. z
she driftef among a dangerous nest of
coral reefs off the little island of
Caicos one of the most northerly OF
/ the BANANA group.
She put out her port anchor. but the
cable broke and she irlf,ed until she
hull. The vawl had ben lost in n storm
two days before. and the seven men
made a raft. and upon 1t managed to
reach a little island Off the coast.
/ Native negroes came out ic them in
skiffs The black beachcoln Ders al rirsi
seemed friendly. and helped the men 10
get a lot Of provisions and clothing
ashore from The wreck. but while the
whites were making another trip to the
Sumner for more provisions the negroes
ran away with all that had been saved.
! For two days. the forlorn little group
: lived on potatoes Thsn they found
their way to "A small town where there
were few whites. They b rrowed a
lighter. riggsd sail on 1t and manag II
to reach Turks Island. For the best
part OF a week they had lived eX-
clusveiv on porridge and potatoes.
back to Caicos to get the carg, OF
lumber. The men who came here to-day
said there was no hope Of getting the
schooner OFF the rocks.
The evening world., 1908-03-09
DOCTORS PRESCRIBE 1T.
A Real Medicine That Appeals
to Physicians-They Recog-
niZe Its Valne-Dr. j. e. I'm.
mis-, of Atlanta. Ga, Tells
the Truth About Vinol.

81 want people to know that | be-
lieye The most valuable ccd liver oil
preparation. the best body-builder,
bcalth-resrorer and strength-creator
Known TO medicine to-day is VlNOL-
II advise VINOL in my practice.
and find It has no equal for healing
coughs. colds, bronchial troubles and
sore lungs.
"I hava used VINOL in many
cases of Indigestion NAL assimilation
and for patients who have no appe-
tite. were anaamic and run down.
with splendid results. | nave also
found vINOL to be boon to the
aged.
Il bolieve VlNOL to be we'll worthy
of any honest physicians indorse-
ment. y. f. Ennis, NJ. D.
Tho reason Vinol accomplishes
such surprising results and is so gen.
orally prescribed by physicians is be-
cause Vinul is combination or the
curative elements of two worid-famed
tonics. cod liver oil and peptonate-
of-iron. Dut shcrn of all useless oil
or grease.
Vinol is not patent medicine, but
n real cod liver preparation made bV
"A scientific eAtractive ana concen-
,ratlug process from fresh Gods liv-
ers, combining with peptonate-of-
iron all the medicinal healing, Draiys
huildinC elements of cod liver oil.
but no oil TO upset the stomach
AID retard It's work.
Ae a hOdy-buider and strength-cre-
ator for old people, delicate children.
weak rundown persons, after sick
ness, and for chronic coughs, colds.
bronchitis and ali threat and lung
troubles, Vinol is uneXceiled.
WHERE TO GET vINOL IN Ny. =.
Riker's Drug Stores, 9Th Ave. and 2sd ST., cornec
Broadway and gth ST., West 8Ith st. opp. Waldorf.
Astoria, corner 18th st. and Seventh Ave.
ST., 96i Fulton St., .78 Flatbush Ave. 847 Sumner
Ave, .17 Columbia st.
Hegemnn a Co, 100 Broadway, 81 Park Row l25th
St. and 7.h Ave, i25th St and LenoN Ave, iIsth
iOlst 81. and broadway, Ga Fulton St, Brooklyn,
Times building, 42d st. and broadway, Broadway
and BeeCker st.
!: !" : !: 81
kinsman 3 Drug Stores, 10th
st. and sth Ave, broadway ~-
and s0th ST., 3Nh ST. and sth EY
j. Junomann, loso I'd Ave-, IA ~
t2s Columbus Ave, l.. i"d st. &A&U
And at all drug stores M
where this blue and SRE-
,Jlfte sign IL displayed. AM6TVOI
The evening world., 1908-03-09

State an active competitor, and cited
- fat tuat | personally had been
Obliged 10 remove two OF my pants
from BrpokNu 10 Jersey owing Ia .Ia
better facilities offered bv that STATE to
Wanutn'tu
"A good many resolutions have been
passed -luCr that time. but not single
step has been taken to change tho
condition. except me granting of the
connecting railroad franchise and tho
acquisition of land fnr docks The rec
ord will SHuN tliS. Al that time N was
popular to pound corporations In gen
ersl'
The evening world., 1908-03-09
DRIVERS SKULL FARcTuREo.

4 Graham avenue car last night nj
Flushing avenue, Brook iSn crashed
into milk wagon driven by Albert
Roth. hurting him To the street and
fracturing his skull. The mu.urnt, ..
Matthew Weber. was iammed against
the door and sustained n broken arm
several Of the passengers were cut hy
ryins glass Every window in the car
was Nrok~r
The evening world., 1908-03-09
missed Then he seemed frightened
and backed into corner
Dove Out Of Window.

"The old woman still had the grn-
and / ran 10 tho hall door to get out.
II was locked | tried another door and
that was locked Then | dove through
the window taking the sash with ma.
II was a mighty good thing for me
that the old woman used a little .22
calihre gun. a big one would have
blown my head off.
- Is pretty evident that the whole
thing was plotted out. The police tell
me that my trunk had been empted oe
every rythinE. getting 1t ready. | suppose.
to put me in Il after they had disposed
Of me- 1t was my revolver with which
/ was shot
Avandros is about six feet tah ari
broad shouldered. He was well dressed
and wore a handsome furlined over
coat. He declared that Cummings. his
father-in-law who was arrested. had
taken no part In the attack. He was
greatly chagrined when the police
justice held him as a witness. No trace
has been obtained Of Mrs Cummings.
her daughter, or Hurd. The latter In
the son of n Paterson policeman.
The evening world., 1908-03-09

speed OF 100 miles an hour, and with
proper air currents much faster. The
steering apparatus - perfect There are
three propelling screws. all OF alum
mum. and they work on arcs SO that
the craft can be switched up or down
or around in short order.
Capt. Blyen is not an inventor who
wants the earth, and says he Will sci.
the right to manufacture his airships
to any country for 100000, He exp, )
to build the first airship. and of course
will be paid extra for this. lie VIII
be content he says, If he makes
100000 out OF the invention.
The United States is always the
slowest 10 recognize new thing OF
this kim, he said. Il expect Norway
and Sweden to take advantage of my
invention first l have already been
approached by their representatives.
France, also. is interested and l have
letter from Gen. Plauart. Minister
OF War.
After every other nation has a fleet
of these airships | expect our Gov,rn-
ment will wake up, and Congress, after
long deliberation and lot OF red cape,
Will pass a bill authorizing the fitting
out OF a squadron of my craft"
The evening world., 1908-03-09
Broo'lvnite's Machine Is
Planned to Garry Ton of
Lyddite and Drop Bunlhas
of II Out of Sky on Enemy's
Decks.
is ONE PRICE TO ALL,
slCo,OOO PER NATION.
Foreigners Already Interested,
Declares Captain-New In
vention Which Makes Coast
Fortifications Useless De
scribei.

Fear not. New Workers., Heed no
more the warning articles OF rear ad-
rnirals and chiefs OF artillery who tell
you in public prints your coast de-
fenses could be easily knocked out by
almost any old hostile fleet that hap
pens to come along. for here is a man
to make such a thing impossible and
he does 1t with a no less new-fangled
contraption than an airship.
With one OF these aerial protectors
lowering around over Sandy Hook.
says he New York would be safe from
any collection OF uirsh!ps that ever
made ripple and with ten OF them
his No. 4 airships he particularly pre-
scribes-spread from Boston to Savan-
nah. and carrying a few tons of !yddite.
the entire Atlantic coast line would be
safe from harm from the combined ma
world
So 1t is quite plain that as soon as
Capt. Alonzo Parry Blivsn-for that
is the INVENTOR name, and he lives at
No lui, Bergen street. Brooklyn--com-
pletes his first agsa y and the Govern
ment buys from him the right to man
utacture a fee, OF them. this county
will De safe forevcrmOre from inva-
sion.
The evening world., 1908-03-09
End OF Hostile Fleet.

THAT is why they will never he prac-
ticahc for freight and passenger pur-
poses All they will be good for Is as
guardians for our coast. Suppose some
other hostile power sends a big fleet 10
lombard New York. II couldn't get
as far as Sandy Hook without news of
it's approach coming. and the minute
this news was received all that would
be necessary would be TO send one of
the airshps out from the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. The airship. with about
1000 pounds OF lyddite, would sail down
the harbor.
1t would throw out water ballast
and rise about l50o or 5000 feet
In the air and sail out till 1t sighted
the hostile hect. Then It would drop a
charge OF lyddite on each vessel. sink
1t and come back to It's place in the
Navy Yard.
Ten No. airships would cost about
N,000,0oo, which is surely cheap wins,
one considers the cost OF battleships
and the vast amounts appropriated for
our navy budget They can 80 At .