MOTORMIEST,
Novel Competition For Queens
boro Bridge Celebration.
START FROM NEW YORK END.
One Hundred "Covers" to Be Estab
lished, the Prize Going to Automo
bilist Discovering the Greatest Num
ber in Twelve Hours.
A r. Pardlngton, chairman of the
automobile division of the Queensboro
bridge celebration in New York, has
planned a novel motoring diversion for
that occasion, which promises to be
come popular in every part of the
United States. It Is called a "motor
bunt," and it will take the hunter over
much ground to unexpected places or,
In short, to all points where the scent
may lead or the "game" may be In
hiding.
The "game" in connection with the
Queensboro bridge celebration event is
In the form of cards, showing that the
hunter has visited an official control or
cover. The person who at nighttime
bands into the committee the greatest
number of these cards will be declared
the winner of the hunt and will re
ceive a silver trophy valued at $230
and either cash or plate amounting to
.<IOO, the latter going to the driver of
the car. As an additional check on
the movements of the hunter, at each
control or cover his card of identifica
tion will be presented and punched
with the number corresponding to that
of the station visited.
Certain limits to the hunting ground
have been agreed on. all of which are
over good macadam roads suited to the
motorcar. The western boundary of
the northern section of the hunting
ground will be Hillside aveuue, Jamai
ca, reached by crossing from New
York over the Queensboro bridge to
Thompson avenue and Hoffman boule
vard. llockaway road, which enters
Jamaica near the corner of Hillside
avenue, and Hoffman boulevard will
be the western boundary of the south
ern section. The eastern boundary
will be a highway known as the Oys
ter Bay - Jericho - Hlcksvllle - Central
I'ark-Massapequa road, which runs
almost north and south between Oys
ter Bay on the north and Massapequa
on the south, Illcksville being about
midway. This hunting area contains
approximately 300 square miles. In
this territory are several towns and
villages.
In hotels, garages, road houses, real
estate offices and other suitable points
the controls or covers will be located,
and there will be 100 of them. No par
ticular order or system will be follow
ed in establishing these points. This
is purposely done so that clews as to
the different locations will not be easy
to obtain in advance. A weatherproof
card, yellow in color, with black print
ing. will indicate the control or cover.
A banner or flag of good size, of yellow
bunting with black confer, either in
• form of a star, square or other dis
tinguishing emblem, will also mark the
control or cover and will be posted in
a conspicuous place. The contest will
begin from the Manhattan end of the
Queensboro bridge promptly at 8
o'clock on the morning of June 13 and
will end at the same hour in the even
ing of that day
In connection with the "hunt" for
which entrants in that event are eli
gible will be another contest in which
the principal figure will be a car suit
ably labeled roving at will in the
hunting area in the manner of game
bewildered by the close pursuit of
hounds. This car will keep on the
road continuously, traveling at tnoder
ate speed, and the representative of
the committee riding therein will sur
render to each contestant met a card
of distinctive design and color. The
driver securing the greatest number
of these cards during the twelve hours
will receive a trophy valued at not less
than SIOO.
Entry fee will be charged only for
the "hunt." and, irrespective of size,
"lass, horsepower or capacity, the price
for each car will be $2. Entries will
be accepted up to 10 o'clock of the
morning of the event at the office of
the automobile division of the Queens
boro bridge celebration.
In order to guard against speeding
it is positively announced that It will
be Impossible for all of the controls or
covers to be visited by any one car
during the twelve hours. The winning
of this event will take care and pa
tience and not speeding, as controls
or covers may be half a mile, a few
yards or as many as five miles apart
There will he no blind controls estab
lished. Contestants who during the
event have been convicted of exceeding
the speed limit will be absolutely dis
qualified.
The Annual Rooter.
"Do you know the difference be
tween an optimist anil a pessimist?"
"Yes, Indeed," answered young Mrs.
Tork'ns. "Ail I have to do to see the
difference is to observe Charley at the
beginning and at the end of a baseball
season."—Washington Star.
The Unhonored Prophet.
A \ isitor to Carlyle's birthplace back
in the seventies said to a native:
"Smart man. that Thomas Carlyle."
The native grunted.
"Him smart? Why, I went to skule
wi' him."
The soul Is the percelver and reveal
*r of truth.—Emerson.
A Queer Eye.
An orator stated that "the worst en
emy any cause can have Is a double
lie in the shape of half a truth."and
the newspaper reported It "a double
tye in the shape of half a tooth."
An Exception.
She—Do you suppose a man ever
■poke the truth when he told a woman
ehe was the only one he ever kissed?
lie—Well, I don't believe Adam lied
about it to Eve.—Boston Transcript.
Hopeless.
"He ought to turn over a new leaf."
"Gee, that wouldn't do much good.
He could turn over a whole library
and not have a good start toward be
ing decent."—Exchange.
PSYCHIC HEALING TEST
Methodists Grant Rev. A. T. os
bron a Year For His Plan.
COMPLAINTS LED TO ACTION.
Conference of Ministers and Laymen
Will Pass Judgment on Missouri
Clergyman at End of His Test —Camp
In Ozark Mountains Will Be Opened
For Patients.
An Ozark mountain beauty spot, near
a new town named Mount View, In
Howell county. Mo., Is to be the scene
of a prolonged test of the value of
"psychic healing" for the use of min
isters of the orthodox churches. If
the test is successful. Methodist min
isters throughout Missouri may be au
thorized to practice psychic healing
whenever they see fit The Rev. Dr.
Andrew T. Osbron, pastor of the Ben
nington Heights M. E. church of Kau
sas City, Mo., Is to make the experi
ment. The decision of the conference
was to suspend Judgment upon Dr. Os
bron and his methods until the next
annual conference.
The conference did not indorse Dr.
Osbron's endeavors to mix metaphys
ics and preaching. lie had not asked
for indorsement only a chance to
make a test, and that was granted. Al
ready seventy-five patients have ap
plied to him, and in less than a month
the Ozark camp may be opened.
The Emmanuel movement in Kan
sas City as led by Dr. Osbron had
reached such proportions a few mouths
ago as to cause complaints that the
leader could not take care of it and
his church routine at the same time.
So. actuated by complaints made to
him la a mass meeting held in his
church and by the warnings of certain
of his colleagues In the ministry, Dr.
Osbron handed In his resignation, and
when the state conference met at Se
dalia in last April he asked that body
just what attitude the church was go
ing to take toward mental science and
Its allied branches. The ministers and
leading laymen of the church answer
ed in effect. "We do not indorse you,
but we will stand by you as interested
spectators and watch you for a year
before we render judgment."
In 1005 this same minister while
stationed at Jackson. Mo., stirred the
M. E. Church South with a similar
question and was censured, then vin
dicated. His own account of that af
fair is t!:.,t over since his boyhood he
has been a student of psychology,
psycho-therapy, mental science, spirit
ualism and even of the tricks of thr
conjurer and that he prepared a lec
ture on "Mind and Mystery," embody
ing the results of his studies and giv
ing practical demonstrations of the
fakes that are often practiced.
He announced that he would give
the lecture and set the date. The
board of directors of his church asked
him not to do so, saying that they did
not wish to antagonize a strong com
munity of spiritualists living near
Jackson, in the town of Miilervllle.
Dr. Osbron's answer was brief, "I will
give the lecture."
lie did and Immediately afterward
was asked to resign. With the con
sent of his bishop he left his charge,
then spent the summer continuing to
give the lecture that had caused the
trouble. In September he had tired of
dress suits and kerosene footlights and
asked to be given a charge. This was
refused. So when the M. E. Church
South met in conference at Birming
ham. Ala., he went there to petition
the committee on episcopacy. Though
he tried several times to get a hear
ing. he was shut out. What to do next
under such circumstances puzzled him.
The problem finally was solved for
him by a reporter, who called in half
a dozen other newspaper men and told
Dr. Osbron to detail to them the cir
cumstances of his case. The follow
ing day the minister got a hearing
without delay. The bishop who had
been most prominent in the attack
was censured, and Or. Osbron was
given the desired credentials. He used,
these papers to gain entrance to the
main body of the M. E. church.
He went to Kansas City in August.
1907, after two years in southern Mis
souri. In the spring of I'JOS he again
began giving the lecture on "Mind and
Mystery" and made, it is said, a num
ber of cures by psycho-therapby and
suggestion. His fame spread until
the patients—by his own confession
took up almost as much time as the
pastorate.
Then trouble began Some of the
congregation pointed out that in their
day Methodist ministers didn't study
conjurer's tricks or dabble in hypnotism
or expose the "act" of the Bangs sis
ters. and they said they didn't intend
to have the name of the Bennington
Heights church used in connection
with such things. And when it be
came necessary to hire a deaconess to
help Dr. Osbron with his church rou
tine and patients began to come in
from out of town to be treated the
dissatisfied members grumbled'louder
and louder.
So many patients came after a few
mosv ••• that Dr. Osbron prudent!;
trained • tt.e assistants to help him
treat—" rted a school," hlr. enemies
said. Then came the mass meeting
and the ri -.caution.—New York World
Quadrupedal Chick?n.
Edward Richardson of East Orange.
N. J., is the owuer of a four legged
chicken, hatched a few days ago. Each
of the extra legs Is attached to one
of the normal appendages and really
is not useful in locomotion, though
perfectly formed. If the chick lives tc
a ripe age Richardson expects to make
a lot of money out of It
New Alaska-Yukon Postage Stamp.
Postmasters of the various offices
throughout the United States have
been notified officially from Washing
ton that a new postage stamp of spe
cial design will be ready for issue on
June 1 to commemorate the develop
ment of the Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc ter
ritory. i his stamp will be rectangular
In shape, red In color and of two cent
denomination only, in the center ap
pears a portrait of William H. Seward,
who. as secretary of state, negotiated
the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
The new stamp will not be issued Id 1
book form.
NEW PEHAL METHOD
Chicago Woman's Plan to Shield
Families of Criminals.
FAVORS INDUSTRY IN PRISONS
Mrs. Mary E. Ida Would Make the Con
vict Earn Enough to Save Kin From
the Burden of His Crime—Favors
Paying For Work at the Union
Wage.
The speedy disappearance of wife
beaters, home deserters and tramps
and the alleviation of some of the In
justices of the present penal system
are the objects aimed at in an Idea
being worked out by Mrs. Mary E.
Ide, 1G:;S Ken more avenue, Chicago, a
member of the North End Woman's
club and of the League of Cools Coun
ty Clubs, who Is busily engaged in de
veloping the details of her scheme and
enlisting others in its support
11 rs. Ide has long seen a great injus
tice in the modern prison in that the
heaviest burden entailed by the sen
tencing of a criminal to a term be
hind the bars falls often not on the
culprit himself, but on his family. The
man goes to jail and may or may not
be put at hard labor, but his family is
left out in the world and must shift
for itself.
"Why, I have even beard of criminal
husbands." said Mrs. Ide hi explaining
her plans, "who held their wives in
submission by the threat that they
would goto Jail for a rest and leave
them without any support at all."
But all this would be changed if
Mrs. Ide could have her way, and jail
would l)e far too serious a proposition
and too much like prosaic, everyday
working for a living to be considered
for a moment by the leisurely inclined.
The gist of the proposed plan is this:
Let the criminal, when sent to jail, be
put at his trade or labor and paid a
regular union wage. Then let hi?
board and lodging be deducted and the
balance be sent to his family, so leav
ing the burdens of a jail sentence to
fall where they are intended to fall.
To carry out the plan it would be
necessary, according to the originator,
to change the prisons about so as to
give them less of the present day as
pect of "houses of correction" and to
give them more of the nature of "houses
of trades." Mrs. Ide would prefer
that they lie made In reality colonies
or virtual little towns, with all sorts
of factories and industries and oppor
tunities to put each man to work at
the trade or labor for which he is
most fitted. If ho is not fitted for any,
let him learn one and goto work.
There would be shoe factories, mat
tress factories, furniture shops, car
pentry shops, printing offices, stonecut
ting sheds, brickyards, tile manufac
turing plants, and the products of all
would be placed on the market and no
loss entailed to the state, for Mrs. Ide
sees in her plan the elimination of one
of the greatest objections to prison
made articles.
"Pay is the keynote to my plan,"
said she. "if we can pay the prisoner
the regular union wage. I believe that
the greatest obstacle, the opposition
of the trade unions, will be overcome.
Now the prison made articles are man
ufactured by free labor. Let the men
be i>ald wa ,'es and their product put
on the market. 1 think that this wage
and the consequent Justice to the pris
oners' dependents should obviate the
objections of unions, though 1 haven't
yet consulted labor leaders.
"The expressions of opinion which I
have received have all been very fa
vornble to my idea. Superintendent
Whitman of the house of correction
said that'lt is just the tiling we are
coining to, and we may as well take
it up now as later, and Judge ClelaDd
saiil that the plan had many good
ideas. I spoke to Judge Mack about
it also and asked him if my plan was
Impracticable. lie told me 1 was on
exactly the right track and urged me
to hold to it."
Mrs. Ide intends to enlist the aid of
prominent judges and lawyers (.(.rough
expressions of opinion from each and
then start the work of raising popular
subscriptions through personal can
vassing for funds to carry on the cam
paign of publicity. As the club sea
son is over aud the aid of women's or
ganisations cannot be eulisted, Mrs.
Ide intends to carry on her work pri
vately through the summer and have
the plan well developed by the time
the women's clubs can take it up in
the fall. She has been promised the
tloor at the first meeting of the League
of Cook County Clubs.
"Make the criminal dread the jail
sentence less and crowd the prisons';
Not in the least!" said Mrs. Ide in de
fending her plan. "The criminal is not
the man who will look on the oppor
tunity to support his family utider
compulsion as an inducement togo to
Jail.
"I h:ive had the Idea In my mind for
many years and hope to see it In prac
tice. 1 believe there Is a remedy for
every evil if we can imly ii*a,l it."
Chicago Post.
Winning a Violin.
The way M. Ysaye", the great violin
ist, became the owner of a (Juarnerius
violin dated 1742 was thus quaintly
told by himself:
"The Guaruerlus was bought In Par-
Is by a pupil of mine, a charming
young woman. I envied her the vio
lin, and fate gave It to me. I teach
this pupil, and by and by I meet he)
sister, a most lovely young woman,
with whom I fall In love straightway
aud marry. Soon I goto my sister-iu
law, who was my pupil, and say to
her:
" 'lt is time you stop fooling with
violin. You will never learn how to
play it.' I take the liberty of a big
brother, but she do not like it for long
time. At last she succumb to my ex
perience and wisdom, aud she stops
playing. Then I say grandiloquently:
"'I will take the Cuarnerlus, 1712.'
I take it, and that is how the violin
came Into the possession of Ysaye."
The Exporter.
"Who Is your Chicago friend?"
"He Is a prominent ex-porter."
"What does he export?"
"I didn't say he exported anything,
lie used to bo a porter at the hotel
where I '.." Cleveland Plain
Dealer. «
I When Polly fj
t Thrilled. *
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The girl's hand lay quietly In the j
strong, brown palm.
"Is there no response In your heart?"
queried the young fellow, tightening
his clasp as he gazed Into the brown
eyes that gave him back the look of a
troubled child.
"I am afraid not, Ned." answered
the girl reluctantly; "not any more
than there Is there." She nodded het
golden head toward tlie imprisoned
fingers. "By all accepted rules I should
feel a thrill at your touch If I loved
you. and I don't—not a bit of a one."
Ned dropped the hand that did not
"thrill" promptly and dug holes in the
sand with his bare heel strenuously ns
he said, with a huge sigh, "You are
absolutely heartless, I do believe, Pol
ly."
"Not so," replied the girl, combing
tip some straying lovelocks and set
tling her bathing cap at a more be
witching angle. "I am only young and
well satisfied with this good old world
just ns It Ii at present." And Polly
nonchalantly piled the wet sand in a
circle and watched an imprisoned sand
jumper's ineffectual attempts nt es
cape.
"That's just the way you've got me."
remarked Ned gloomily as he gazed a.
the little creature.
"Nonsense!" answered Polly as with
a long, flying leap the. jumper got away.
HIS CUIS CAME DOWN SHAIiI'IY ON TKH
ItlNO.
"I couldn't keep him, you see"—and
mischief twinkled in her eyes as she
sprang to her feet—"but I'll promise
you one thing, Ned"—Polly extended
her firm white hand, full of sand, to
ward the young man—"lf ever this
does thrill I'll tell you first of any
one. Come on and don't be so tragic.
I'll race you to the raft once more."
Ned ducked just in time to escape
the sand she aimed at him and stum
bled after the flying Sgure In its trim
black suit.
Polly was the best girl swimmer nt
the beach, and Ned had his work cut
out for hint. They landed at the raft
side by side, to the delight of two
half grown lads who were eagerly
watching the race.
"You're a dandy, miss." said the
younger boy admiringly as he extend
ed his hand to help her on the raft
with the freemasonry of bathers.
"My. but they are fierce today.'
panted Polly, grasping Ned's arm to
keep from sliding as an extra big wave
tilted the heavy raft at an t 'arming
angle.
"We had better get back bel >re the
tide turns," said Ned. "There"! bound
to be a big undertow with suet, a sea
on. As soon as you are rested, Polly,
we had better start. What Is It, Jim?"
he asked as the boy drew near.
"Wish you'd show me friend," jerk
ing his thumb at the heavy built lad of
seventeen, "that double back dive I
seen you do the other day,"the hoy
said, with a grin parting his freckles.
"Sure thing," replied Ned obligingly.
Jim was the lobster man's boy.
"It pays to stand in with the pow
ers that be," murmured Polly. "Think
of our lunches. Ned, and pnt on your
best form."
Ned had a "corking physique," as
the girl phrrsed it, and as he left the
Kpringbosm', turning his two sotner
saults and cleaving the water neatly,
Polly gloried in his muscular strength
and beauty of line as she would in
that of a thoroughbred horse.
"1 feel the undertow. The tide has
turned," said Ned as he came up
spluttering at the comer of the raft
lie caught hold of the big Iron ring
on the side of the wood to pull him
self up just as a huge wave struck
him fair and square between the shoul
ders. As it receded his chin came
down sharply on the ring. In a ilasl;
the man disappeared like a plummet.
Polly gasped when no dark head re
nppeared. "Quick, quick!" she cried,
'■no is stunned. Oh, Ned!"
One agonized glance at the slender '
boy and the lout of a fisher lad show
ed her how much help they would be.
"Under the raft—the undertow. Oh.
my God!" screamed the frantic girl. A
band of Ice seemed to be around her
brow; then suddenly her wits were
slear once more. Grabbing up the
heavy safety rope, she tied It around
her waist.
"Take It." she commanded the boys
sharply, "and pull quick when 1 pull.
I am going under the raft after him."
She slid down la the green depths.
A few strokes to the left, and she was
In the blank darkness under the raft.
An Instant's frantic clutching here
and there—and then, thank God, she
had tho neck of Ned's bathing suit in
her desperate grasp.
She pulled wildly on the rope, swim
ming and tngglng nt the same time.
The boys answered her. Tho heavy
of the raft scraped the girl cruel
ly as they tugged, and she had no
strength to clear it, but she held the
inert form tightly in a half uncon
scious grip.
Out at last! Oh, that blessed first
gulp of air! Jim's cries hail brought
the life squad, and willing hands eased
her of her burden, and as they lifted
her into the boat Polly collapsed.
Everything was dreamlike after that
until she found herself in bed In her
room at the hotel. She dimly remem
bered being assured that Ned was all
right, and she smiled faintly ns Broth
er Bob said: "Cheer up. We have got
a heroine in the family at last." Then
she slept the sound sleep of exhaus
tion until the following afternoon.
"Best thing for her," said the doctor
in answer to her mother's anxious in
quiries. And so it proved. With the
exception of a few bruises Polly was
all right when she awoke, and after a
meal served in her room she donned a
most fetching pale pink gown that
gave a becoming tlush to her rather
pale cheeks and sent for Bob.
"You look pretty fit, after all, sis."
said Bob. "There Is mischief brewing,
I can tell by the 'glint in your eye.'"
"Nonsense," replied Polly. "Do some
thing for me, there's a good boy. I
want to see Ned, and 1 can't stand it
to face all those people tonight. You
might mention that 1 am going up to
Pine cliff after dinner, but for good
ness' sake don't let him know that I
want him to come." The color rose
clear to her pretty brown eyes as Bob
began to grin.
"Now, be good," she coaxed, "and
don't lease. I'll make you a dandy
pillow if you will."
"It's a go," said Bob. "I'd rather
fancy him for a brother-in-law," shut
ting the door just in time to escape
Polly's powder puff.
After dusk Polly managed to escape
unseen by the back door and made her
way with beating heart to the cliff.
There was a cozy sheltered seat for
two facing the ocean about halfway
down the rocks, and there she found,
as she expected, Ned awaiting her.
The moon's radiant pathway ended
at the base of the cliff, and as Polly
descended the path she looked like a
fair goddess In her filmy gown to the
young follow who watched her with
eager eyes.
When they met Polly was surprised
to find herself incapable of speech.
Ned grasped both her hands and gently
kissed first one, then the other, with
out saying a word.
He must have felt a subtle difference
in their touch, for after one quick look
at the shrinking girl he knew—and.
knowing, blessed the world and Polly.
After a long, long talk, interspersed
with happy silences, Polly raised her
face, illumined by the moon's soft
sheen, and the brown eyes twinkled
with their okl teasing light ns she laid
tier hand on Ned's and said softly, "1
suppose I must keep my promise,
I Ned." Then the love light shone above
I the mischief as she added, "I really
believe I felt a thrill."
A King's Bank.
, The practice of hiding money In all
; manner of out of the way corners is
:by no means modern. In tho old days,
according to "Gleanings After Time,"
! secret receptacles were often made In
! the bedsteads and contributed both to
safety and romance. On Aug. 21, 1485,
Itichard 111. arrived at Leicester. Ills
servants had preceded him with the
running wardrobe, and in tho best
chamber of tho Blue Boar a ponder
ous four post bedstead was set up. It
was richly carved, gilded and deco
rated and had a double bottom of
; boards. Richard slept In night.
After Ills defeat and death on Bos
worth field it was stripped of its rich
hangings, but the heavy and cumber
some bedstead was left at the Bine
Boar. In the reign of Elizabeth, when
the hostess was shaking the bed, sue
observed a piece of gold of ancient
coinage fall on the iloor. This led to
a careful examination, when thedcmble
bottom was discovered, upon lifting a
portion of which the interior was
found to be fillet! with gold, part
coined in the reign of Itichard 111.
and the rest of earlier times.
Naming a Kansas River.
Practically all the streams in Kansas
were named by Indians and carry those
names to this day, though in an Angli
cized form.
The Neosho, the largest stream in
southeast Kansas, has Its own little
story. The Osage Indians at one time
lived in Missouri, and when they began
talking of trading their lands in that
state and moving to southern Kansas a
party was sent out to look the country
over and make a report on It. It was
in the summer time and very hot and
dry. Coming over the prairie northeast
of Humboldt, they had a long way to
travel without water.
"When they arrived at the river."
said an Oswego man, "an Indian rode
down the sloping bank Into the water.
But, to his surprise, the horse stepped
right off into deep water, and the horse
and Indian went in all ovet. As the
aborigine clambered back on the bank
he muttered. 'Wugli Neosho.' This in
plain English means water pocket, or
water hole, and the name clung to the
stream ever afterward."—Hutchinson
News.
Living the Simple Life.
A number of men gathered in the
smoking car of a train from Little
ISock to another point In Arkansas
were talking of the food best calcu
lated to sustain health.
One Arkansan. a stout, florid man,
with short gray hair and a self satis
fied air, was holding forth in great
style.
"Look at me," he exclaimed—"never
a day's sickness in my life, and all
due to simple food! Why, gents, from
the time 1 was twenty to when I
reached forty years I lived a regular
life. None of these effeminate delica
cies for mo, no late hours! Every
day, summer and winter. I went to
bed at 0; got up at 5; lived principally
on corned beef and corn bread; work
ed hard, gents, worked hard, from 8 to
1; then dinner, plain dinner, then an
hour's exercise and then"—
"Excuse me, Bill," interrupted a
stranger who had up to this refrained
from entering the discussion, "but
what was you In for?"— Minneapolis
Journal.
He Walked.
"Good afternoon, Miss Brown! Go
ing for a walk? May I go with you?"
asked an elderly but ardent admirer of
the lady.
"Yes; my doctor says that we must
always walk with an object, and I sup
pose you'll answer the purpose!"
PLAN OF HEW AIRSHIP
Washington Man Building Unique
Type of Machine.
HAS GAS BAGS AND PLANES.
Q. W. Byron's Aerial Craft Is Combina
tion of Aerodrome and Dirigible Bal
loon—lnventor Predicts It Will Be i
Flier of Future and Could Destroy
Big Fleet.
Georgo West Byron of Washington
ts building an airship which will be a
combination of an aerodrome and dir
igible balloon and which will be total
iy different from anything 1
constructed either in the United 'States
or In Europe. Mr. Byron has obtained
patents on his aerial craft and believes
It will revolutionize navigation of the
air.
This latest ship of the clouds con
sists of two superimposed planes, each
forty feet wide and seventy-five feet
long, constructed of aluminium tubing,
strengthened with manganese bronze
and vandium steel, the strongest possi
ble construction. The extraordinary
feature of these planes is that the up
per one consists of five flat connected
gas bags inclosed in a rigid aluminium
envelope and the lower plane of seven
similar gas bags, also Inclosed in a
rigid flat envelope. The planes are
seven feet apnrt. This construction
gives an air supporting surface simi
lar to the planes In the Wright ma
chine and with the gas bags has the
additional buoyancy of a dirigible or a
free balloon. Suspended from the low
er plane by a strong steel wire net
work is the car of the airship. This Is
slightly smaller In area than one of
the planes.
In the car Is located the engine that
will drive the ship. A motor of twen
ty-flve horsepower will be used, which
will develop a speed of more than
forty miles an hour. A bicycle frame
work, with four wheels, Is attached to
the bottom of the car. The ship will
rest on this when it is on the ground.
One of the Ingenious features of this
framework Is that the wheels fold up
automatically when the vessel is In
the air.
The propellers— two in front and two
behind—are placed at the least point
of resistance in the car, the engine be
ing located amidships. The cabin will
act as a ballast to preserve the equi
librium, so that the airship will be sta
ble even In a strong wind. The whole
machine will weigh when completed
only 800 pounds, and it will have a
lifting capacity of nearly 1.000 pounds
more than its weight, the inventor
claims.
Mr. P.yron believes this type of air
ship will be the aerial craft of the fu
ture, combining as it does the advan
tages of a true heavier than air ma
chine and the buoyancy and lifting
capacity of a dirigible balloon. With
this type accidents such as cost the
life of Lieutenant Selfrldge in the
wreck of tlie Wright machine last
summer at Fort Myer would be impos
sible.
The inventor in speaking of his ma
-1 chine said:
| "An airship of this type, carrying
i 000 pounds of tubing tilled with high
explosives and a crew of four men,
I could destroy the largest battleship
| fleet In a few hours. It could do it
j with perfect safety, for the ship would
I be practically indestructible, even if it
j were hit many times with shells tired
I from forts or from the battleships.
I This type of airship is bound to be the
' one in universal use in a few years."
It Is stated that several Washington
! capitalists have Investigated Myron's
j plans and have advanced considerable
sums for the construction of the air
; ship.
| Mr. Byn ais unable to say just when
the craft will be completed, but when
it Is fi- ished trials probably will be
held n .ar Washington, and if it comes
up tf the expectations of those inter
j estod the United States government
i will be given the opportunity of pur
. chasing it and the patents under which
It is constructed.—Washington Post.
Artificial Flower Fans Next.
Fans made of artificial flowers now
I are used by women In the most fash
ionable circles in London and Paris
Mrs. Potter Palmer was one of the
i first to carry a flower fan, which was
1 of lilies of the valley so delicately cut
' and colored as to appear natural to the
j most critical eye. The flowers are
placed in a crescent along the tips of
Ivory ribs, which are left bare and
without carving or other decoration.
When folded these fans give the effect
of flowers gathered compactly in r
tall, slender vase. A silk bow Is tied
to one of the outer ends, the bow of
fering a color contrast to the flowers
used. The fans now are made in lilies
of the valley, Parma violets and roses,
and it is likely thoy soon will be seen
in the United States.
Ice Skating Rink a Summer Novelty.
The grill room in the Plaza hotel, in
New York, will be transformed Into an
ice skating rink, which will be opened j
Juno 15 and kept open until cold ]
weather comes. An orchestra, the |
members of which will wear white
uniforms, will play In the rink each
afternoon and evening. Skates will be j
furnished to persons staying In the !
hotel, and an effort will be made to j
restrict the use of the ley floor to |
those persons and their friends. Ar- I
rangements have been made with I
makers of ice. who will use pipes tram \
the engine room of the Plaza la lay
ing a coating of ice on a zinc floor to j
be placed over the tile floor In the grill i
room.
A Lunatic's Repartee.
Some vlstors were being shown
through Kew Lunatic asylum, Victoria, j
one day, and, coming opposite the clock ;
In the corridor, one of them, looking
quickly at his watch, said, "Is that ,
clock right?"
"No, you Idiot," said a patient stand- !
Ing by. "It wouldn't bo in here If It j
were right."
A Way They Have.
"Some men," said Uncle Eben, "has
a way of keepln' der consciences quiet
by takln* de minister's advice on Sun
day an' de lawyer's advice all de res'
o' de week."—Washington Star.
LABOR SAIG DEVICE
Scheme to Aid the Women Work
ers on Farms.
HOW A LAUNDRY WOULD HELP
Modern Dairies, For Instance, Requir*
Sanitary Washing of Workers' Suits.
Ho\,v One Laundry Could Be Used by
a Number of Families.
The modern clean, convenient and
hygienic dairy barn means a great deal
;of additional work for the farmer's
wife and tier helpers, for suits must
Oe washed, and there Is a general In
crease in laundry and similar work.
' It Is ouly Just that these added bur
lens should be offset by more conven
iences and labor saving devices, la
general It is not true that the farm
home has kept pace with the rest of
the farm in the adoption of farm meth
ods of labor saving devices and other
conveniences.
j A widely known dairy commissioner
who had jjiveii the matter considerable
thought suggested that a laundry such
us lie had in mind could be used by a
number of families In a neighborhood
on the payment of a small fee. Sucn
Ideas of co-operation applied to rural
life are Interesting as well as valuable
and an indication of a means by widen
the farm housewives' labors may be
lessened In a number of ways. A co
operative bakery or laundry seems as
practical as the co-operative creamery
, which is now so common in the middle
west.
The suggestion is as follows:
j A laundry provided with stationary
j washtubs, with washer and wringer
for power use, is an Innovation. Hut
why should not the women of the
! farm be provided with modern appll
! ances? The farmer no longer reaps
| with a sickle or eveu with a cradle,
lie rides his plow and ofteu his cultl
j vator. lie rides his grain drill, corn
j planter and corn cultivator, lie rides
j his grain harvester and his corn har
j vester. He loads his hay by tnachln
; ery and pitches it Into the barn by
i horsepower. The time Is come when
i it Is positively inhuman to ask women
| to toil without water or machine pow
er In the house. The same water.
I steam and sewage system that muse
1 be present for the dairy will take care
jof the laundry. The same power used
for grinding feed and separating milk
I or pumping water and sawing wood
! wl'l turn the washer and wringer.
Stationary tubs of three compart-
J wents, power washer, wringer, piping
I and connections and drying room will
: cost iu the neighborhood of $l4O, and
j the interest on this amount Is J'J.SO:
the deterioration, assuming that they
: will have to be replaced in fifteen
years, equals $9.35 a year, or a total
of $19.15. to bo correct, or. say, s2t>
j even money.
i That is 33 cents a week, to which
j add 10 cents u week for gasoline used
|by the engine. If the farmer were
1 i compelled to kill and dress two hogs
I every week throughout the year he
i would not hesitate to spend 50 cents
a week for machines which would save
i so much labor and enable him to do
j more work in less time. A power
Ironer costing about sc>o could be add
ed if "he" took a notion to be liberal
In the matter.
A drying room fi by 12 feet between
the dairy room aud the laundry room,
I provided with steam pipes for heat
ing. will not cost a great deal and In
sures quick, clean and easy drying of
j clothes in any kind of weather and
j will save "her" a good many trips out
jln Inclement weather. A power laun
dry like this may be routed to neigh
bors for. say, 50 cents a day. they to
I come to the place and do the work and
clean up the plant after they are
. through. Washington Cor Kansas
! City Star
Taken Unawares.
' Sir William Grantham was encaged
| as a political speaker in the days be-
I fore be took his place on the bench
' and when h>> was plain Mr. Grantham,
j On one occasion, while he was de'iver
! ing an address, a man got up in the
audience aud shouted out excitedly,
| "It's a lie!" "Thanks." snid the future
! judge. "It's a lie!" shouted the ex
| cited one again. "You'rea gentleman,"
| said Mr. Grantham -sarcastically. "It's
| a He!" burst out his opponent again,
j carried away by his wrath, but the
general laughter which arose at his
I answer recalled him to himself again,
i and he sat down discomfited.—London
M. A. P.
To the Point
A llt!l > hoy hurriedly enured a drug
i store and asked the clerk for a bot
! tie of linlii->nt and a bottle of china
j cement.
"Why." '"aid the c!crk, "that's a
funny combination. What do you 112
want with 'hose things';"
"Ma bit dad with a tea up and brofca
J it!" exclaimed the boy.
Silence !s too much praised. Nine
I men out of ten will shun you If you
j can't or won't talk.—St. Louis Glube
j Democrat.
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