Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1897, Page 15

SSS THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1897—16 PAGES. [BE STRONG AND HEARTY|ON SUGAR SCHEDULE |FOUNO DEXD IN AN ALLEY }OW TO BE STRONG AND FULL OF Slow Progress of the Senate With the LIFE AND VIGOR. If you starved for two days you would fecl as ‘weak as 2 cat. Proof enough that your food is the cause of your strength. If your stomach is sick you're starving away your strength. Slowls, perhaps, but none the less surely. You feel it yourself. You have nausea, lorw of appetite, headache, gid- diness, pail in the stomach, loss of strength, spiz- its and ambition. ‘What de you think? That it's your head? But it's not. It's simply your stomach. Food is strength. Stemach makes it available. If stomach won't work food does not become avasl- able strength. Shaker Digestive Cordial will, in a few doses, make your stomach well and help your food make you strong. Who wouldn't be strong? Whoever wot take Shaker Digestive Cordial. ‘Sick, tired. weary men and women, those who are ‘working their bedies and brains too hard, will find Fellef and strengta in Shaker Digostive Cordial. It makes strength. It makes health. It makes bappiness. It’s not an ordinary medicine, it's a cordial. ‘It's pleasant to take, and more than pleasant in ite resnits_ For sale by all druggists at 10, 25, 50 cents and $1.00 a bottle. —= Antique Young Mean. From the London World. The remark “He’s not a marrying man” is a very common one; but I begin to doubt the existence of the species. There are ex- ceptions, of course, to prove every rule, and each could specify certain antique young men who from salad days have danced ‘and dined after the eternal society phan- tom, and will continue to do so until, with Dlear eyes and toothless mouths, they tot- ter into the tomb—or to supper with the ddaughters of contemporaries. Pray- ing spiders, and weazels, and zoophytes are all created for a purpos-, and so, no doubt, @re these caricature survivals of the un- Attest. It may be they live and have their being as a warning to the rising genera- tion; for the mos: frivolous must surely feel a tinge of dread and pity when they see the wrinkled, and baid-headed and Preternatirally slim-figured, grinding on and on, year after year, in the purgatorial mill of pleasure. The fattest and most daughter-ridden dowazger has her revenge she commands the situation from a mt seat. She recalls with a chuckle odious time thirty years ago when wretch behaved so scandalously, pay- ing her conspicuous attention morning, noon and night, keeping her on everlasting tenterhooks, wasting her very best season and then levanting to Hamburg without , one word, merely looking at her round the {final ball room docr with exactly the sim- pering. senseless smile he is wearing for his sins in Anno DominL sos —____ Experience. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. “What is experience, Uncle Tom?" “Experience? It is what we learn from wanting everything we don’t get, amd get- ting everything we don’t want.” zy ‘‘Don't dump!” perl ‘people often ‘ i le often “‘lose their heads.” ' Sometimes at a fire : a frantic woman jumps to her death just as rescue is at and. Women who suf- fer with some dis- - ease or weakness j until it becomes un- bearable, often into worse trouble a: F A still further endanger their 4) health by taking some so- ¢ _, called remedy prepared b: 3 an incompetent, uneducat \\ person, ‘haps a mere finrse who has no tivaledne of medi- cine and no experience in prescribing for complicated diseases. The safe and sensible course is to con- sult an educated, experienced physician. Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physi- cian of the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., may be con- sulted free of charge, either personally or by letter, and will give sound profes- sional advice to any woman who writes him. He is one of the most eminent living ialists in women’s di: and his® “Favorite Prescription” has fured more troubles of this kind than any other remedy known to medical pcience. : i “1 truly believe that Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre- scription saved my life,” writes Mrs. Maud Pearce, of Stoutsville, Fairfield Co.. Ohio. “‘It is a sure and certain cure for ‘female troubles.’ I am having perfect health. I am stout and can do all my housework. hing did me any good Until I heard of you. Now fam well at last by taking your medicines. My health pleases me and pleases my husband. He wants me to ive you his wishes. i Id take Dr. Pierce's . For obstinate constipation, Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are the most natural and truly scientific laxative and curative in the world. They regulate and invi ite stomach, liver and bowels; cure bilious- ness, inc fetes and kindred ailments. Sold by druggists’ very ingredients the system juires. he ai , soothing tl nerve ify in the blood, "temper ance drink for temper- ‘ance people. Tariff Bill. REJECTION OF THE HOUSE RATES Proviso Relating to Hawaii Passed Over. ANTI-TRUST AMENDMENT a SS In the course of the chaplain’s opening Prayer to the Senate today he invoked, “Open the doors of well-requited toil to the unempléyed, and bring the long-expected prosperity to every household.” Mr. Caffery (La.), with a tinge of humor, presented a petition from the Sugar Plant- ers’ Association of Louisiana “protesting against Mr. Caffery’s statement that the Wilson bill gives erough protection.” ‘The consideration of the sugar schedule of the tariff bill was then resumed, the pending question being on Mr. Lindsay's amendment to paragraph 206, to strike out 1.95 cents and substitute 1.8 cents per pound on sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard. = Mr. Caffery (La.) referred to Mr. Lind- say's statement yesterday that the figures furnished by Secretary Carlisle as to the amount of raw sugar required to make 100 pounds of refined sugar came from the Officers of the sugar trust. Such a state- ment, coming from the Kentucky senator, ‘was worthy of full consideration, said Mr. Caffery, as it overthrew the entire caicula- tion on which republicans were relying. Labor Here and Abroad. Mr. Caffery read a statement showing that the labor cost in the United States wag less than in Germany and other coun- tries, and that the cost of refining was less than 30 cents a hundred pounds. The senator said this controverted Mr. Allison’s assertion that the cost in the United States was greater than in foreign countries. He criticised in detail Mr. Allison's figures, showing the differentials on the law of 1804 and on the pending schedule. They showed that the protection increased as the scale proceeded cowrwaré to 75-de- gree sugar, which, he said, accrued to the Lenefit of the trust. Mr. Caffery said he did not wish to unduly occupy the atten- tion of the Senate, but this was a grave question for the people, and the Senate should not add to the favors received by an overgrown corporation. Mr. Lindsay’s Amendment Rejected. The vote was then taken on Mr. Lind- say's amendment, and it was disagreed to —yeaz, 32; nays, 36. Mr. McEnery (La.) voted with the republicans in the negative, and-Messrs. Mantle and Pettigrew, silver Tepublicans, with the democrats in the af- firmative. Mr. Allison moved to strike out the re- talatory clause of paragraph 206, from line 3 to 12, page 63, because, he said, it ‘was covered in the third section of the schedule. In this connection Mr. Vest of Missouri criticised Mr. Allison's figures, given yes- terday as to the differentials, saying they were a complete abandonment of the posi- tion originally taken by Mr. Aldrich. It disclosed, he said, the radical difference in calculations on the other side of the cham- ber. He had prepaged a “table showing these divergencies in calculations. It showed that on 96 sugar Mr. Aldrich had given 26 as the price per pound; Allison, 12, and the sugar dealers, 2.25. With this varying basis of calculation, the results were necessarily conflicting. The net result of his tables, Mr. Vest said, was to show the relative protection on 96 degree sugar to be: Wilson law, 37 cents per hundred pounds; Dingley rate, 41 cents; Aldrich. rate, 46 cents; pending caucus rate, 47 cents, showing, he declared, a protection ef 10 cents per hundred pounds greater in the pending schedule than the protection of the existing law. He denied: abeolutely, he said, the figures which showed that the Wilson differentials were more than those of the proposed schedule. Imitation of the Wilson Bill. Mr. White of California also criticised Mr. Allison's figures, saying they were in- correct throughout. Taking them as cor- rect, however, Mr. White pointed out that on the two great grades, 95 and 96 degree sugar, Mr. Allison conceded that the Wul- son differential and the present differential were practically the same, so that at most this schedule was but an imitation of the Wilson bill. Mr. White again turned to the records of republican senators on former sugar schedules. He quoted Mr. Hale's statement four years ago as to the poor man’s break- fast table, adding safcastically that that same breakfast table was to be turned over to the modern autocrat—the sugar trust. Mr. Aldrich was also quoted, amid amusement, as saying that the democratic senators were so hopelessly under the in- fluence of the sugar trust that the Ameri- can people were humiliated. Mr. Tillman of South Carolina remarked that he thought that this showing justitied his word ‘‘villains,” for which he had been chided in referring to the sugar rates. Mr. Allison's motion striking out the re- taliatory clause in paragraph 206 was then agreed to without opposition. ‘The Hawaiian Proviso Passed Over. At Mr. Allison's request, the proviso re- lating to the Hawaiian Islands was passed over. This completed the consideration of par- agraph 206, except the Hawalian proviso. Mr. Allison moved to insert ‘a new par- agraph, to be known as paragraph 206%, of which he had given notice. It is as fol- lows “20612. That the duties on molasses, clayed, jJaggery and other sugars testing not above 57 degrees by the polariscope shall be one-tenth of one cent per pound less than those imposed by the preceding paragraph on corresponding tests of su- gar.” * ‘The paragraph was agreed to without ob- Jection. Paragraph 207, relating to maple sugar and mable sirup,was agreed to as reported; also paragraph 206, relating to saccharine. The committee amendments to paragraph 208, relating to sugar candy and confec- tonery, were agreed to as : This brought the Senatego the end of the sugar schedule, the HaWaiian provision being the only commitiee provision to go over. The Anti-Trust Amendment. Mr. Pettigrew desired to have his amend- ment relative to trusts voted on as part of the sugar schedule. Mr. Allison asked | that it go over and be considered at a later stage of the bill. Mr. Pettigrew said he felt like having the issue now, unless overruled by the Sen- ate. Mr. Vest remarked that he had not sup- posed there was any difference among par- ties on the propriety of this amendment. It was time to dispose of it now, otherwise the whole sugar debate would be reopened at a later stage. ‘The amendment was then read with a view to a vote. It covers printed pages, and in brief provides: ‘That all ar- ticles on the dutiable list mentioned in this act shall be esdmitted free of duty if said articles of a like character of domestic production are manufactured or their sale ccentrolied or the price affected by a trust or combination 1o increase the cost of said articles to purchasers competition or otherwise.” Mr. Hoar said the amendment provided for an importer’s trust. Mr. Faulkner maintained that all raw ished product be kept on the dutiable Mst, as the provis- icns of the amendment were limited to manufactired articles. Mr. Pettus (Ala) took a decided stand agal.st tne Pettigrew amendment, and urged that the Senate should not destroy the industries of the country by heaty and inconsiderate action. —_-e-+______ Court of Claims Award. The Court of Claims has awarded to the ‘Washington Martin Expired While on His Way Home Lest Night. It is Believed He Was Poisoned—Cor- oner Will Held an Autopsy—Dead Man’s Money Gone. The dead body of Washington Martin, ‘colored, was found this morning between 12 and 1 o'clock in an alley near 6th and K streets northeast, only a short distance from the man’s home. The police patrol ‘wagon from the ninth precinct was called and the body was taken to the morgue. “I've got a dead body in the wagon,” was the way the man in charge announced his presence in the police station where the morgue is located: “But,” he added, “I don’t know whetber he’s dead or not.” The key to the morgue was handed over to him with instructions that he place the body in the little brick structure, and Policeman Mansfield, who gave the direc- tions, thought ‘the body would be prop- erly bestowed. But in thts he was mis- taken, for the dead man was put on the floor and left there. When Superintendent Schoenberger of the morgue reached the building this morning with two friends of the deceased he was very much morfffied at finding the body where it was, and at once set out to make inquiries. Afraid He Would Revive. He was told that the body was not put on the table for fear the man would re- turn to life and fail on the floor. ‘The dead man was twenty-nine years old. ard as the coroner could find no cause of death, from the appearance of Go jay of his friends, or- aaa: na Sues Beh will be made late bes afternoon by Deputy Coroner Giase- Martin’s wife could not account for her husband's death, and the Roginski broth- ers, for whom he had worked for two years, give him an exceltent reputation. He ‘was not much of a drinking man, although he occasionally drank a glass of beer. His employers gave him three dollars yesterday afternoon, just before he left the shop, and he went home, but he had not Siven his wife any of the money when his dead body was found. The man had vomited and was lying in the alley with his face downward. Persons who afterward handled his body said they detected the oor of beer. Hin Pockets Picked. His trousers’ pockets had been pulled out and there was not a cent found on him. This caused the suspicion that he had been robbed; but, if so, the police believe the rebbery was committed after the man dropped dead. Martin’s employers have an idea that he was poisoned, but this will not be deter- mined until the post-mortem examination is made, ——— ANXIOUS TO GET PRICE. Police Offictals Concerned About the Bank Sneak’s Return Here. Inspector Hollinberger and the members of the detective corns are anxious to get “Johnny” Price here, now that he is’ un- der arrest in New York. He was appre- hended on a charge of naving stolen $1,682.86 belonging to the Me:ropolitan street railroad, as published in yesterday's Star. Detective Carter went to New York iast night with a requisition for Prize, and it is possible the case will be heard before a United States commissioner today or to- morrow. No details concerning the cap- ture and incarceration of the noted bank sneak have been received by the police. It is thought, however, that he did not have much money on him, for such men as he seldom carry large amounts, cspeciailys when they know the police may overhaul theth at any time. Price, the authorities have learned, had a box in a New York safe deposit com- pany, but they do not know whether the laws of NeW York will permit the police to take possession of the box, or whether the law will protect it from their search. Price is indicted for alleged grand lar- ceny. Under this law, upon conviction, he cannot be given more than three years in the penitentiary, and then he may get six months off for good behavior. This pen- alty covers the theft of amounts exceeding $35, and fs just as severe as it is for the theft of millions. On the other hand, the offense of house- breaking may be punished by a sentence of ten years in prison, and in a case of this kind it is not ni sary to show that the burglar took two cents’ worth of property. In the event of Price being held by the United States commissioner to answer the charge here, he may not be brought here until next week. Carter Arrives im New -York. NEW YORK, June 15.—Detective Carter of the police department of the District of Columbia arrived in this city today to se- eure “Johnny’’ Price, the notorious bank thief, who was arrested by ¢entral office detectives yesterday. Price is wanted for the alleged theft of a bag containing $1,600 in money from a restaurant in Washington. The money belonged to Arthur O. Baden- drier, assistant superintendent of the Met- ropolitan Railroad Company at Washing- ton, and was stolen on March 1. Price was remanded to the federal authorities until Thursday, when two witnesses of the theft, Miss Etta Searles, cashier of the restau- rant, and Stewart Minor, a waiter, will ar- rive and endeavor to identify him. —— ‘To Meet the Simonton Decision. Senator Tillman, from the committee on interstate commerce, yesterday submitted a report on his bill for the amendment of the Wilson law concerning the commerce in Hquor between the states. His bill ts intended to legalize the South Carolina dis- pensary, and the report says its enactment, in view of the recent decision of Judge Simcntcn, is necessary to protect the state from the evils of intemperance. The report also says: “If the state of South Carolina is to be flooded, as it will be, by liquors under the prevext that they are for pri- vate use, when, in fact, they are for sale without analysis, it is readily seen what obstacles are thrown in the way of staie control.” The conclusion is drawn that no remedy is left for restricting Intem- perance except prohibition, and that the report is pronounced a failure. -—____ ‘They Escaped the Rice. From the Atchison, Topeka, Globe. There wes a wedding in Topeka recent- ly, and, as is customary with Topeka peo- ple, the bride and groom left town for a wedding trip. It was announced to the wedding guests that they would leave at nine that even- ing, but at 7 o’cleck a man dressed in overalls, and with unwashed face, might have been seen enerems from the alley gate of the residence w! the wedding was held. He skulked along in the shadows, taking an alley whenever feasible unt he reach- ed the depot, when he went into the emi- grants’ waiting room, and @ pipe while waiting for his train. We cakasars minutes after he left the slight igure of @ young woman was seen emerg- ing from the same gate. She was dressed way to the waiting room, and, when the train out, was @ passenger on It, sitting in the same seat with the man spoken of previ- ously. were the @ dirty bandana between ‘They were ugly and horrible look- ing, but their souls were at peace. : ‘Two hcurs: later a frenzied mob of To- ‘8 soclety young jlosied with rice and old shoes, @t the depot looking frantioally fer the bride and ercom. DRAWING TOA CLOSE|IN THE NEXT BIG WAR his many duties, wag ‘uable to secure a 3. 3 Freeman; “the well-known ‘of thé wink of sleep. Lieutenant this afternoon at the request of a lady visitors and on record & ot each of them in turn. he Was focusing the camera: for eX€posure the lady ad Bu to know, shows the person or ob- Ject Yo be photographed ‘reversed. Lieu- tenant Freeman, who ‘was for “Oh, Mr. Freeman, saw mp—upside down?” Ladies Bathed Their Ankles. _ Since yesterday morning the signal tower of the engineer battalion has been among the most popular places in camp. The reason is plain. One of the members of Captain Wiggins’ company, who was scouring the country around about with a field glass, located a who considered themselves secure from the- curious gaze of other mortals, were amus- ing themselves by wading in the water. ‘The party consisted entirely of wheel- women. The race of the entire battalion to the top of the tower needs no further explanation. A guard is now stationed at the base of the stairway, and a toll is collected from ali who desire to ascend. “This is a camp of instruction, but TH be durned if it is a camp to work the cor- poral of the guard to death,” was the declaration of a young soldier, wearing two stripes_on his sleeves, after running all over the camp last evening replying to the calls of sentinels. Private Horaee H. Brower of Company A, 4th Battalion, was the orderly at head- quarters yesterday, having been selected for such duty twice within forty-eight hours. A selection as orderly is a compli- ment to the man chosen, the neatest sol- dier at guard mount being the one desig- nated to serve at headquarters. At taps last night a quartet of horns from the band played “Sweet and Low.” ‘The effect of the selection was really beau- tiful, and it was thoroughly appreciated by all who heard it. |. x 2 Col. Moore as a Guest. z Col Wm. G. Moore, until recently the commanding officer of-the Ist Regiment, and Capt. Matthew Goddard, who was his quartermaster, will visit the camp tomor- row as the guests of the 1st Battalion. First Lieut. F. J. Woodman ts acting as medical officer of the day for the twenty- four hours ending at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Major O'Brien being field officer of the day, and Captain Edwards away from the camp temporarily, Capt. Edgar A. Shilling was in command of the 2d Battalion last night. At dress parade last evening, ow- ing to the absence of Major O’Brien and Capt. Domer, Capt. Edwards commanded the 24 Battalion, ‘with Capt. Shilling at the head of Company A and First Lieut. Tral- les in charge of Company C. Private Clarke of Company A, 2d Battal- fon, last evening entertained the residents along headquarters row with a number of clever artistic whistling selections and imitations. BS Gazing atthe Stars. The department af rifle practice tele- scope was again in“working order last evening, and visitorsj@t beadquarters were entertained with a close view of the upper regions. eos There was great excitement last evening in the vicinity of the4ent of Capt. C. Sum- ner Domer, Company C, 2d Battalion. Capt. Domer had lighted ‘Ais !picycle lamp and left it burning in bfe rters. While he was away the lamp exploded, and every- thing was in a blaze in,a few moments. Guardsmen nearby at the time organized a fire brigade, and “the ‘flames were soon extinguished, but nof before great damage had been caused to'gertgin clothing of a neglige character, the property of the gal- Jant captain, 2 0? ©. F.C. ek atin tars Marriage .Licenpen.. . Marriage Heenses have been issued to the following: : Whtte—Patrick O'Too! and Cora Robin- son; Chas. H. Fred and Elizabeth M. Chap- man; Eugene C. Gott and Harriet B. Med- ing; Reuben Riggs and Emma Jones, both of Montgomery county, Md.; Horace L. Bramhan and Minnie Anderson, both of Fluvanna county, Va.; Patrick G. Cason and Pinkie H. Bowman, both of Wheaton, Md.; Geo. L. Drury and Lydia M. Cruitt; Wm. A. Kinsloe of Bristol, Tenn., and Laura Downs of Philadelphia, Pa.; Llew- ellyn B. Ker of Wycomico county, Md., and Mary A. Triplett of this city; James W. Kennerley of Pueblo, Col., and Eleanor Lasier of this city; Jacob Wiemer and John L, Flynn and Henriet- win A. Heilig and Auna F. McCabe; Paul F, Sauers and Carrie Broessel, both of Baltimore, Md. Colored—William Walker .and Cynthia Hardman; Jacob Brooks and Mary F. Dic! Alexander Stewart and Mamie Woodwar William Johns¢n and Mary Terrell; Turncr Sybot and Mary Turner; George Roberts acd Rosa Slaughter; John C. Weems aad Laura V. Harcombe. —_-.—_—_ Flag Day Exercises. The patriotic exercises which took place yesterday afterncon at the .Brookland school in honor of Flag day were largely attended by parents and friends and were held in the large corridor on the first floor. A large flag was draped in one end of the hall, while flags of all sizes were mingled among the children, who showed much enthusiasm. The program was as follows: Song, “America,” by the school; saluting the flag, by the school} reading, Fred God- eedoom’s Flag,” Sara Dickinson; ‘lag Raising,” Irving Borenstein; song, “Stand by the Flag,” by the school; “The National Ensign,” Rese Warder; “Our Flag ts There,” Mary Dowling; recitation by Barclay Bailey; “No Slave Beneath the Flag,” by Fillmore Warder; song, “What Flower is This,” school; reading by Rich- ard Daniels; recitation by Marl Barnes; song, “Home, Sweet Home,” All thé children did well and deserve high com- mendation, considering that the program was mostly impromptu. The exercises were seasoned with a few by Mr. Finckel. ———~ Successor te Blondin. From the New York Herald. James Hardy of Toronto calig himself rope walker, and i hing Rochester, N. ¥., with his featss:-He stretched a wire from Seneca Par east to Seneca Park ‘west, at a heightcof 220 feet over the river, and did “very daring feats upon it, The wire was 900 feet long. Ac- cording to the Roc! Union-Democrat to attend the Armed Balloons May Play a. Promi- nent Part. COULD DROP DYNAMITE FROM ABOVE ASubject Which Puzzles the Brains of Inventors. . MANY CURIOUS SCHEMES ‘The government {s being worried by in- ventors ambitious to build all sorts of queer airships for the defense of our do- main in case of war. Efforts are being made by some of thesa to obtain money from Congress. It may be stated almost as a@ sure thing that the first airship to be launched in this country for prac- tical purposes will be a vehicle of war. Advocates of the army airship Project are divided in their opinions as to whether the first vessel of the future aerial fleet should be built on the Principle of the dirigible cigar-shaped bal- loon, or after the fashion of Langley’s purely mechanical aerodrome. Some be- lieve that the practicability of the former has now been definitely“ demonstrated by the successful experiment lately made in the west. . The government has been watching pro- gress in aerial locomotion with increased interest of late. It is the purpose of the War Department to get into the flying business as soon as a safe machine can be devised. In time of peace such a contriv- ance would be employed in connection with the signal service. There has been talk of a@ soaring apparatus, a man-carrying kite, and lately the office of military intelli- gence obtained from abroad an elaborately illustrated description and plans of a new military balloon kite. The Wer Depart- ment, however, is ambitious to fly rather than Aoat—to enable our sailors of the fu- ture aerial navy to advance upon or re- treat from a hostile position in the sky, rather than be hitched to a rope dangling in reach of the enemy, or be wafted about ‘among the clouds as the prey of a fickle wind. An inventor who lately submitted to the Wer ent plans for an aerial war- ship on the elongated balloon principle re- ceived in reply @ note, which the writer has seen, expressing the purpose of the de- partment to wait upon the progress of Boots Langley’s experiments for the time eing. Am Aerial Battery. A specialist in the employ of the govern- ment, who has for some years devoted his attention to these problems, and who has made several ascents, said the other day to the writer: “If we had a well-equipped aerial battery, capable of planting a tor- pedo upon any warship, we might be sure no nation on the face of the earth would attack us, except by such a battery. In such @ case the advantage would all be on the side of this country, for nearly all up- ber air currents are from west to east, and any war vessel approaching our coast from the Atlantic side would be put to sleep long before it could get its aerial outfit in working order.” Speaking of the practicability of a flying war battery on the balloon body principle, this specialist further said: “The size of balloons needed for such batteries would range from 30,000 to 75,000 cubic feet, lift- ing 2,000 and 5,000 pounds, respectively, when fully charged. Such a vessel would not be injured by almost any number of rifle bullets, as it is known that the bal- loon material closes down and_prevents serious loss by such openings. The aero- naut might need a bullet-proof jacket, but that is all. Such a balloon could carry dy- hamite enough to blow the best navy out of the water. If it should be found that there be a little uncertainty in striking a ship square, from 10,000 feet, the dynamite might be carried by a cord 8,000 feet long, and then dropped with absolute certainty. “All the prominent nations except our own have already begun, and in the case of France carried to a successful issue a means of attack from the air. One thing is certain, we can never hope te hold our own as a first-class power, either on sea or land, without an adequate aerial bat- tery. We must fight aerial battery by ae- rial battery. We are not alarmists, but we must emphatically say that we are far be- hind some of the weaker powers in these aerial experiments.” The Greater Wonder. Of course the flying battery on the Lang- ley principle and that on the cigar-shaped or balloon principle would represent dis- tinct and separate genera of aerial vehi- cles, The Lengley craft is of course the greater wonder by far—indeed the great? ‘st wonder of the world. Its weight over all is many times heavier than the air which it replaces, The balloon body contrivance is cnly a wonder in re- spect to its ability to drive itself against the normal current of the air, which the Langley machine can accomplish in addi- tion to its other phenomena. Theorists claim for the purely mechanical airship that it will have the greater immunity against destruction from projectiles, since @ projectile will be able to pass through its skeleton-like aeroplanes and wings without isabling it. This immunity may to some extent be enjoyed by the compartment bal- loon, which consists of a plurality of smaller balloons fitted together like the sec- tions of an orange. But the balloon, no matter how made, will be more liable to destruction from below than the mechani- cal aerodrome, all other things being equal. periments made abroad, however, indi- cate that if painted a pale sky blue it will hardly be visible at.a great height. It is amusing to examine the number of inventions which have been submitted re- cently to the government by would-be solvers of the military flying machine prob- jem. There are now in the country hun- dreds of brains boiling at a terrific rate by heat of the midnight oil and distilling sen- Sational “aerial torpedo boats,” “aerial gunboats,” “aerial warships,” and the like, each of which, in the projector’s opinion, to insure will be sufficient our safety against a foreign power. a Many Models Submitted. The history of these sensational inven- tions is very short, in ali cases. They are submitted to an official, pigeon-holed and only taken out as @ souree of amusement to some friend or visitor. In almost all cases the patent office is sent a specifica- tion of the invention, and a patent is ask- the alleged inventor of <= & vel = pee of A boltcy of the office—one not al- ways at that an inven- tion must be le be! lemonstrabl fore patent- able. It is needless for the inventor of a purely mechamical aerial apparatus to claim that its workings ere demonstrable. Had i ef! 5 fi . ite! hy fell | BI | i Hel it 35 strung .Taovable parachute. The para- chutes are kept bobbing up and down, in alternating sets, by action of the engine. As they ascend they close themselves auto- ™Matiecally, but open wide as they go down, and thus resistance in the air are supposed to have a tendency to lift the machine. Another genius has just presented @ scheme for a “skycycle’—a pear- sha) ited at both ends, halleoi, point supporting a seat for the operator. Cranks, to be revolved by the feet, actuate a rear Propeller, wave side wings and govern a rudder behind. A San Francisco man would construct of aluminum a huge cylindrical balloon, having on either side a curved aeroplane or wing, which may be folded against the cyHndricel body, when the contrivance is to descend. Another rival of Darius Green would build a cate airship on the cigar- or fish-shape prirciple, with a cabin nd grip in the under half. The grip grasps the cable, which hangs loosely over @ loag Une of T-posts. The cable acts as a ballast, keeping the aerodrome on a level. The grip is a large drum, kept revolving with great rapidity, around which the ca- ble is wrapped several times. Unlike that of the street car, the cable of the Lomax vessel stands still. Another would coistruct an aluminum ballooa body, shaped Iike a giant fish,with a fan tail. The end of the tail is hollow, forming a sort of stationary mortal, aimed straight astern. Cortinuous explosions are rapidly taking place in this, the force of which, against the air, drives the venicle through space. A Virginia inventor lately submit- ted to General Greely, chief signal off- cer of the crmy, plans for a military aero- drome, consisting primarily of three tele- scopic and cylindrical gas receptacles, sup- porting a suspended boat-body. The recep- tacles are to be folded in or out to alter the buoyant force of the contracted or ex- panded gas inside, while dire slaughter is to be distributed broadcast on earth by the hurling forth of dynamite. The hori- zontal motion of the concern is to be ob- tained from a pair of propellers, one fore and the other aft, revolving upon a com- mon axle. ~ A phenomenon of inventive genius, Texas, would construct @ giant cross, consisting of two im- mense parallel cylinders of canvas placed vertically, and two similar ones placed across them horizontally. In each cylinder there is to be a powerful propeller. When the contrivance is to be raised in the air, the propellers in the vertical cylinders are rapidly revolved. When it is to be moved jaterally, those In the horizontal cylinders are actuated either way. A very severe and violent attack of aero- dromania, contracted by another man, shows symptoms in the form of a colossal cigar-shaped balloon, which would about equal the size of the Washington monu- ment if the latter were balanced horizon- tally in the air. It gradually tapers to a slim end, like one of the new-fangled all- tobacco cigarettes. This monstrosity is ex- pected to sail to such an enormous height that it will be necessary to pad the win- dows and doors to keep out the rarified atmosphere surrounding. A steam engine inside drives a screw propeller in the rear, and a tall smokestack protrudes through a fire-proof opening in the center of the gas envelope. Violent Symptoms. These symptcms, however, are equaled in violence by those of an inventor, whose “Albatross,” if in existerce, would com- pare favorably even with the descriptions of those “mysterious airships” which have been plovghing such a network of tracks through the western skies. The “Albatross” is to resemble a mammoth ferry boat raised into free air. An aeroplane projects on either side and shades a double row of ob- servation windows, from which the travel- ers are to view the scenery far below. A buoyancy chamber is hidden beneath a tent-like roof. A firing-cup in the rear constantly explodes huge explosive caps and thus propels the colossal aerodrome through space. Such inventions as these, almost a!ways provided with means of dropping exptosives upon armies or navies below, ure poked constantly under the noses of officials in the War Department or patent office. In what area of a man’s brain cortex could be located a disorder which would inspire him to seriously plan and have patented an airship to be harnessed to birds? Yet there was such a man. He was a French- man named Wulff, who projected his scheme in this country. The birds were to be harnessed in tandem to a horizontal wheel, to be revolved by a pilot, accord- ing to the direction desired for the craft. These are but few of the wild schemes Which come to the attention of officfals and which have caused the curse of prejudice to fall upon the heads of the flying ma- chine enthusiasts—even those desiring ones of conservative thinking—with even greater force than it descended a few years ago upon the many students of the problem of perpetual motion. —__ DO NOT EAT EGGS WHEN ANGRY. Dyspepsia {s Caused by Indulgence Under Certain Conditions. From the St. Louis Republic. “Did you know it was dangerous to eat eggs while you are angry?” was the strange question asked by A. E. Stewart, a Bos- tonese, who is a St. Nicholas guest. “Don’t ask me for the reason of it, for I can’t give it, but I do know from observation that people have died in terrible agony after eating eggs while their passions were aroused. You needn't laugh. I don’t mean while the passions of the eggs were arous- ed. I mean the temper of the victims. I mehtioned this to an eminent physician once and he scoffed at it. That was no less than I expected him to do. Physicians don’t know much that lies out of the beaten paths of their science. They don’t even know how to cure the grip. But take warn- ing from me and never eat eggs while you are angry. Then you will be on the safe side, no matter what your doctor may teli you about ft. ‘My attention was first called to this strange fact by the tragic and sudden death of a lady acquaintance in Boston severai years ago. I accepted her hus- band’s invitation to dine with them. Just as we were going in to dimner a servant did something that caused the Jady to fly into a terrible rage. She had been irritabie from some minor complaint for several days, and her husband calmed her ruffied feelings sufficiently for the dinner to be faten in good temper. I noticed that she ate an unusually large amount of soft scrambled eggs. Fifteen minutes after we left the dining room she was a corpse. She died in frightful convulsions before the nearest-by doctor reached the house. Th physician was unable to ascribe the cause. A few months later I was visiting a brother in Coanecticut and one of his sons died under similar circumstances. Before break- fast one morning the boy, who was about fifteen years old, had a fight with a neigh- bor’s boy. Before nis anger had subsided my nephew was called to breakfast. He ate four soft-boiled eggs. Had I known as much then as I do new I would have pre- the matter. “It wasn’t long after this before a Beacon 1 friend of mine expired su: y a ne 3 l i i i ifr ie 3 i CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS. ‘There Are Thousands of People Saf- fering Today, Whe Have Ket the Slightest Occasion to De So, Some of the most deadly discanes from which humanity fs a commen sufferer are caused the entrance into the system, and the subsejuent frowth there, of certain micro-ongamiams or germs. ‘These diseases have been aptly called “filth diseases,” because the germs which cause ‘bem Qourish most luxuriantly in all sorts of on gunte dirt, or Mth. Such germs commonly in water drawn from a contaminated water supply, or in ice taken from contaminated ponds or rivers. Among the most common of germ diseases are typhoid fever, diphtheria, cholera, cholera ta- fautum and yellow fever. Physicians all agree that from impure water the greatest danger arises. And when it ts remembered that the only really pure water ts distilled water, that ice water is often prolific in disease germs, and that even bolled water fails to purify ft, it ts at ‘once ste how great is the danger that confronts we = ‘The best advice which can be given to peaple, whether residing in city or country, is to make use of some pure, effectual stimulant which will keep the blood fo bealthy circulation and preveat contagious germs getting a stronghold on a stag- nant system. Nothing will do this eo well as pare whiskey, and the pure whiskey best known to the world ts Duffy’s pure malt. Not only will it keep the system in vigorous condition, but its addition to even contamineted water will render it harmless. H&R ACCEPTANCE. She Accepted the ister on the Promise of am Afterneen Of. From Judge. « Isabel (in a tantalizing mood)—“But if I should marry you think of all the things I should have to do! I should have to be good all the time. The handsome young minister—“As if you could be any better!” Isabel—“And that isn’t all. I should have to go to church regularly.” The handsome young minister—“I hope Isabel—“Twice a day, perhaps?” The handsome young minister—“Perhaps, Sundsy school class.” The handsome young minister—“Not nec- essaril Isabel—“Oh, I should. And sing in the choir. And ‘be president of the sewing society.” ‘The handsome young mirister (gravely)— “I had hoped that, if you cared for me, such duties as might present themselves to you as my wife might—might—" Isabel—“And stand ready any time to play the organ at Sunday school and prayer meetings.” The handsome young minister (sadly)—“I had hoped so.” Isabel—“And visit all the poor of the congregation, id the lame and the halt and the blind—* The hardsome young minister (distantly) —‘I have deceived myself with the belief that you might not find such responsibili- ties distasteful. I— Isabel (ruthlessly)—“And get up tableaux sed all the sociables, and Christmas can- atas.”” The handsome young minister (rising)}— “Iam very sorry that I—” Isabel—“And temperance bands of hope among the children, and conce: in aid of the South Sea Island heathen.” The handsome young minister (pale and rigid)—“I regret extremely that I have forced you to the inconvenience of explain- ing your objections so fully. I will bid you—" Isabel—“Wait a minute.” The handsome young minister—“Wilb bid you good morning.” Isabel—“No, you won't. I hadn't finished. I was going to say that if u'll let me take a course of instruction at a gymnasi- um—" The handsome young minister—“What?" Isabel—“And buy me seme dumb bells and parallel bars and Indian clubs and a punching bag—so that I can get into fit condition to undertake it all, you know—” The handsome young minister—“I don’t urderstand—” Isabel (with her arms around his neck)— “And give me Thursday afternoons off and every other Sunday, why I—I’ll be awfully pleased, dear, to marry yo Real Estate Transfers. F street northeast between 11th apd 12th streets.— Catherine A. Geler to Mahlon Groo, part lot 2, 9q. 983; $10. H street northeast between 5th and 6th streets.— Harriet B. Coolidge to Gustave Hartig, lot 17, 0a. 10. fh street southeast between E and G streets.— Amy F. Hamilton to Samuel Artz, north balf orig- inal lot 8, sq. 949; $10. © street northwest between 4th and Sth streets.— Gustav Werner to May and Besste Fenton, part original lot 16, sq. 512; $10. Tenth street southeast between E and G streets, — Samuel Bieber, trustee, to David H. 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