The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-07-11

Inc newly IlaO9 Princess OF SCnOn-
burg Lithow and her fiance, Santos,
reached Berlin safely. They few in
the Hawk to Irkutsk in Asiatic Russia
and from there continued their jour
ney on the quick aeroline to the Ger
man capital. They sent the aerodro-
none back to Ciryne.
The Rosiny mansion was ready for
them. Rositta's first action was to
send word TO the Count Won Werden-
stein that she wanted to see him.
When the chancellor came. Rositta
received him alone. 1t was necessary
for her to explain the situation. The
Count Rosiny was dead. He had been
on board the Tar that Napoleon had
sunk This freed Rositta. but as a
princess she could not marry a plain
citizen, SO she asked the count to
make Mr.. Duprel a titled nobleman.
Rositta told all she thought necessary,
and they talked for long time.
Santos was told the plans without
the slightest idea that it was a ire.
mendous, far-reaching plot designed to
destroy all the achievements of the
peace committee. He could see moth.
ing but Rositta, he could think of moth
ing but their approaching marriage.
The purpose the chancellor and Ro.
sitta had in mind, was to manufacture
| and equip number of aerodromones.
If they pursued this desire, they would
have, inside OF year, the power to
master the situation and take the lead
in political affairs
Suemeg now belonged to ROSETTA and
the cfrynith deposit there was very
rich. The Count Won Werdenstein
placed an unlimited account in the
bank to her credit, so that she and
Santos could begin work at once
The people of Kiss-Cell were sur
prised at the unusual activities dis
played by the strange men imported.
Santos Duprel was very busy. He
had been informed that after the sue
cessful completion of the first aero
dromone he would have the title of
count" conferred upon him, and that
this would remove all the barriers be-
tween Rositta and him. Their mar
riage would take place the day of the
trial fight. This fired his ambition,
and he worked hard and long. He was
allowed to plan as he wished, and one
day laid his blue prints before the
Count Won Werdenstein. He showed
him that larger and more powerful
aerodromone than Napoleon's would
be necessary; otherwise the design
and make would be unchanged This
improvement in size would give more
motive power, and thus make it supe-
rior to the Eagle.
And what is your motive power?
/ don't see any details in your plan
that would explain the wonderful
power that your devils of the air pos
sess."
Santos cast questioning glance at
ROSETTA. She nodded acquiescence,
and he began:
The power, of course, is electricity.
I will try to explain things as simply
as they are. The fight of the aero
dromone is based on the flight of a
bird-not any bird, but the king of the
air, the eagle. Size of body, wings,
and balance are all considered After
long search and study, Napoleon Ed
ison found that no muscle power could
have the endurance of the eagle and a
few other birds that are able to cover
remarkably long distances in a very
short time. He closely examined liV-
ing birds, and took the honing pigeon,
for example, after a long fight, and
proved that they had collected in their
feathers a surprisingly large quantity
of atmospherical electricity. The
feathers on the wings especially, serve
as collectors, and every little hairlike
feather adds to the supply.
when the bird begins to fly regu-
lar magnetic is created, that has its
two poles at the two ends of the wings.
One side Is the negative and the other
the positive. From the moment this
electromagnetic state Is reached all
the work the muscles are expected To
do is to direct the fight, as the wings
are moved by the force of the cleo
tricity; that is, they come together I'M
til the force of the opposite magnetic
power forces them apart, and the repe-
tition of this operation is called fight"
THAT certainly sounds simple, muir
INJURED the chancellor.
Now take the aerodromone," con-
tinued Santos. Through mechanical
inventions, and eirynith, we have i'm
proved the birds method of flight The
Improvement is in the storing away of
unused magnetism. The more quickly
We fly, the more magnetism is gath
cred by the machine" Santos pointed
TO the front part Of the machine on the
blueprint, calling the chancellor's at
tention to the continuance that gave
the machine the appearance of an
eagle. 1t was a large brass ball, COW
cred with a cirynith cap. Then he
pointed TO broad brass bar that ex-
tended over the entire top of the ma
chine; that bar was like a round
brush, and its duty was TO gather in
every little spark OF electricity, and
store it in the brass collector When
the insulation was broken, lightning
fash was sent out, directed at the viii
Of the air man. So long as the ma
chine vas n melton there was always
plenty OF electricity IN the collector,
ready e be sent out to cause aestruo
tinn t. anythins.
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