Gilpin observer., 1910-09-08

more man insisted and upon further refusal
waxed wrathful whereupon the examiner called
the bouncer.
An inventor in Highlands, Col, recently OBJ
tanned a patent upon an airship that contains all
the comforts of home. In the drawings It re-
sembles enlarged picture of some sort OF .
bug. with a row of eyes along the side and a
rufle down its back; on inspection the rufHe re-
solves itself into the railing along the upper deck
and the eyes into windows Of the various state
rooms the ship
The lace curtains of each window are care
fully looped back so as not to obscure the view.
staircase leads down from the hatchway that
modest women may alight without undue expo
OF lingerie. Everything man can want Is
shown. even to the buffet-that is, all except the
machinery. which is probably in the cellar of the
craft with the laundry tubs and the furnace.
man of Bergen. N j.. has patented what
looks like large metallic box turned upside
down. There is no bottom in 1t. In the side
walls are circular openings. and in these are ro-
tary fans. which suck the air into the box. The
aeronaut sits In car suspended from the box.
When the Bergen man wants to fly he turns
the power onto his fans; these pump air into the
box. 1t can only escape downward. and the reac-
tion from this powerful draft will force the box
upward causing 1t to fy-so runneth the patent
specification.
An expert of the patent Office figured out that
a blast strong enough to lift the combined weight
Of machine and aeronaut would blow hole in
w
happens to the unfortunate hero who sits below
In the teeth of this tornado will probably be told
in the supplemental application recently filed.
genius from Clarksville, Tenn. would fly
by incasing himself in rubber suit much like
that OF a diver. to which are attached hollow
wings filled with liquid air. The release Of the
air through Waived vents downward and back.
ward propes him upward and forward There
no eyehoes in the casing. but" naively
remarks the inventor, the air pressure from
uytth thNt,t ,rtl 10
direction" which is rather vague sort Of com.
pass.
From gay Paree comes Edouard WulM, with a
patented scheme for flying by means OF eagles.
vultures condors." True to the Instincts
Of his native city, he fits out his birds with "cor.
sets,' the specifications OF which as to trimmings
binding etc. are carefully set out.
b. Szantmiklosy, from Budapest. Hungary, also
has patented birddriven airship, but limits his
motors to ducks; why ducks is not set forth.
or course Chicago has to shy her castor into
the ring. She turns up with combination
oon-hotelboat-airship. with bay windows and
balconies In the body OF the building. "eminenty
adapted for flying through the air or navigating
the water" saith the patent 1t has hull-shaped
body and the vessel can go from air to water
and from water to air without disturbing the
poker game In the smoking room.
But a woman from Brooklyn goes the Chicago
man one better II some night the lonely way.
farer is startled by the appearance OF huge,
nondescript bird that alights In the roadway and
goes steepechasing cross country with Barney
Oldfeld speed until It reaches nearby lake. over
which It rapidly skins. until landing on the fur.
ther shore, It rises into the air again, and disap.
pears over the horizon with parting nrt of its
tail. let not that wayfa-er hasten to the nearest
parsonage and sign the pledge. The bird he has
Is real. for II Is only the lady from Brooklyn
taking nm after-dinner spin In her newest inven.
tion. ship that can make a lightning change