Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 6 April 1900 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1900.

So FAB poor, old Shook Shannon is the only Democrat to announce for office. He wants to be county clerk and stands about as much show of getting the nomination as he does of getting the nomination for governor. Shook Shannon, in the sear and yellow leaf, asking for a nomination, presents a figure at once grotesque and pathetic.

PLAKS have been completed by the •aval construction board for three cruisers—tho California, the Nebraska and the West Virginia—which will be, when put in tervice, the strongest war hips in the world. They will have stronger batteries, be more thoroughly armored, have a larger coal capacity, a wider steamirg radius than

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EACH d»y chronicles the organization of some new party iu Cubs. Cubans are rapidly demonstrating by their actions what men conversant with the situation there have always contended. The Cubans are absolutely unfit for self-government and it is very doubtful whether they ever will be able to conduct their political affairs in a manner tolerable to civiiization. Many of the more reasonable Cubans realize this and are joining themselves to the foreign element of the Island, which is «nit for annexation.

HBNRY WATERSON declares in tho Louisville Courier-Journal that he will this year support the national Democratic organization, "no matter what they do or whom they put up." In view of the fact that the platform will be the Chicago platform with a few additions, and that the nominee will be Bryan, Col. Waterson's declaration 1B interesting. In i896 the CourierJournal was most bitter in its denunciation of Bryan and the Chicago platform. Later the paper, declared la thunder tones for e&pansion. Col. Waterson's declarations of the past will be good reading when placed in parallel columns with the defense he Tviil soon be making of Bryanism,

MB J. L. BRASS, of St. Paul, Minn,, who is in Washington on business thus speaks on our business outlook, upon whioh he is posted: "Our trade with the Orient will be tremendous. We are not going to get this trade in a month, but we are going to get it. It will come to us gradually. We will do business with Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines, tariff or no tariff. It must come. We are a manufacturing country. Even now we are shipping shipload after shipload of goods to China and Japan. We are bringing back cargoes of goods from those countries. Mr. James Hill, the railway magnate, is building a line of vessels to ply between this country and China. He intends to ship Hour to the Orient and bring back rico. Here is another point. There are men in this country representing South

African capitalists who have 84,000,000 to spend in machinery. There will be more machinery needed in that country. There will be machinery needed in the Philippines, in Porto Iiico and in Cuba. We are tho country that will supply the demand."

Tub senate has for a second time, by more than a two-thirds vote, put on record its opinion that Porto Rico is not apart of the United States, and that Porto Ricans are not American citizens. The question was brought to an issue on an amendment offered to the Porto Rican-blll by Senator Pettus, of Alabama—that "the constitution' and laws of the United States shall have the same force and effect in Porto Rico as in other territories of th6 United States"—which was defeated by a vote of 33 to 13 During the debate the position of the Republicans, was fully defined by Senator Spooner, who declared iu answer to the quesr tiooB of Senator Allen, that the Porto Ricans were not citizens of the United1 States but coloniBts, and as such owe this government a qualified allegiance, and by Senator «Foraker, also in answer to Senator,-Allen, who said, in declining totaccept Mr. Allen's amendment designating Porto Rico a territotory of the United States: "We do not propose to erect there a territorial government as such form of government is usually understood. We have not seen fit to give the people of Porto Rico that kind of a government. By the treaty of Paris, this whole matter is rested is congress. We ms" them any sort of a government we de-

sire. I do not believe, as the senator does, teat Porto Rico is a part of the United States, over which the constitution extends of its dwn force, and that is where our roads Dart.

SPECIMEN'S OF EXPANSION. St. Louis Olobe-Democrat'. Among the states carved from the Louisiana purchase are the two Dakptas, Montana, and, in part, Minnesota The population of these four states in 1890 was 1,915,512. JnlSOOthe population of the same region was 17J,860. In every decade since 1860 the increase has been over 100 per cent. A doubling of population every ten years is a rate that cannot be maintained. Btit it is estimated that the four states will reach a total in the present year of 3,000,000 poo pie, entitling them to four or five more congressmen. The figures serve to show the rapidity of the progress of the United StateB, as well as the rich resources of the country west of the Mississippi, even in a section once supposed to be too far north to get a full share of the country's development. The northwestern stateB lack some of the advantages of Missouri, but the tide of empire rolls over them also and no one can set limits to their future. Many thousands of men are waiting to go to the Cape Nome gold district. Some are trained engineers and capitalists who propose to introduce larger methods in extracting the gold from the sands of the beach, and also to secure it by dredging. The central lode has yet to be found, and hardy prospectors will lose no time in searching for it. Cape Nome is an Arctic waste where the longest winter night Btretches over nearly nineteen hours,, and the cold is intense. Yet American energy makes light of the drawbacks. There must he behind these Btrong currents of immigration a national destiny, though some effect to ridicule the phrase. The Philippines were placed by an unvoidable war in the path of this destiny. They are but an incident in a movement of a mighty people to whom expansion is a natural law, and yet who will continue to deal justly and generously with the rights of others.

A New Firm In an Old Corner. ,f*' W, 0. Murphy & Co. have opened tbeir handsome now store in the Campbell corner and are now ready for business. Mr. Murphy is known to nearly every maD, woman and child in Montgomery county, and his long experience in the clothing trade hse admirably fitted him for the business. With Mr. Murphy is associated J. P. Maloney, formerly of Qreencaetle, who already has many friends here. Their stock is all new, high grade and the prices marked in plain figures. They guarantee their clothing and will no doubt make the old corner one of the most popular places in the city. Otis WiliiamB will be with the uew firm.

School Funds to Loati,

According to the treasurer's report made Tuesday there is now the sum of $25,297,31 ofjschool fundsonhand to loan at 6 perjeent. For the first time in history these 'funds are going for borrowers. It seems that money is so plenty that those) wishing to borrow can do better elsewhere. Formerly there was a long list-of anplitations on file in the auditor's office and these funds were'esgerly sought. Auditors used to make themselves "solid" with certain voters by giving them preference when it came to letting ou school funds.

Letter List.

Following is a list of the letters remaining uncalled for at the postoflice in Crawfordsvilla for the week ending April 4, 1900. Persons calling for same will please say "advertised:" Hay less, E. E. Cadle, Dr. W'rn. J. Dawson, George \V. Deiuree, Lawrence Miller, Marion Miller, Mrs. Anuiu Morent.lMis. M. 11. Nutt, Dr. E.'H. 1'ersiniier, Samuel W. Jfcherer, Louis

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Notice tiriintghts or Pythian. The institution of the new lodge of Knights of PythiasatLinden which wes to have been instituted Wednesday, has been postponed until next week on account ot a failure to' make the necessary arrangements through the grand chancellor. The parties hope to be ready by the middle of, next 'week. '1'

Will Slake Hie Opening Aridi-re*.' Hon. W. D. Owen will attend' the meeting of the Supreme Tribe of BeuHur in this city next week and on Tuesday will deliver the address of welcome. Mr. Owen is one of the best orators in the west and his address wi'l be a feature of the week.

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The Heit Jteuieily Tor Klieuiuati.-in. YUICK KBI.IEF FROM 1'AIN. All who use Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism are delighted with the quick relief from pain wnich it affords. When speaking of this Mr. N. Sinks, of Troy, Ohio, says: me time ago I had a severe attack of rheumatism in my arm and shoulder. I tried numerous remedies but got no relief until 1 was recommended by Messrs. Geo Parsons & Co., druggists of this place, to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm They rpcommended it so highly that 1 bonrht a bottle. wn« soon relieved of all jjain I have since recommended this liniment to many of my friends, who agree with me that it is the best remedy for muscular rheumatism in iiitj market." For aale by KJ?E «, BUOB, druggists.

,THE ASSESSORS.

What They Will Do to the Tai Payers on Thetr Annual Roandi,

The township assessors met with County Assessor Billingsly Monday and received their supplies and instructions. The following schedule of Valuation! on personal proper^ was* agreed upon: First class farm and team horses 76 to $100 Common work horses !.... 40 to 60 First class three-year-old colts..,., 60 to 75 First class two-year old colts 85 to 50 Flrstclassone-year-old colts 25 to 35 First class carriage horses............ 100 to 160 Horses with records .....' 1 250 to 500 Registered stallions..j..L.V.Lj.. ..i:.:' 400 tip Grade ptallions. ..... 150 to 260 Jacks 200 to 400 Firs#class mules.as td 10 First class three-year-old mules .. 60 to 75 First class two-year-old mules.... First class ohe-yeilr-old mules..._ Registered cows and bulls Common cowb and bulls Feeders and stockers ...... fat cattle Registered sheep Allother sheep..... Registered hogs Common brood sows Stockers Poultry ..from $2 to $6 Bees II per stand Wheat jo 60 per bushel Corn 26 Oats 20'-\{p Rye 45 iff Clover seed 4 00 Timothy seed 60

86 to 50 25'tb 35 60 tq 100 20 to 40

,:'.::'3V4c:pdrlb 4c per lb ..... 10 to 20 ..U 3 to 6 12 to 26 ...... 8 to 16 4c lb

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Potatoes... 50 Clover hay 6 OOJper ton Timothy hay 7 00 Bacon, all kinds 6c pound :, Lard 6c ?-r*'

POINTS ON MORTGAGE DEDUCTION I,AW I. The affidavit required by section 3 of said law may be sworn to before any person authorized to administer oaths (this includes notaries public) and must be tiled with the auditor before the first day of each year. Said affidavit must be sworn to by the perBon securing the deduction, personally A husband cannot make an affidavit for his wife, nor she for him. 3. The deduction allowed by this law does not apply to the taxes to be paid in 1899, but only to those of 1899 to be paid in 1900. fV3. The auditor or recorder 'are1' not required to furnish blanks to persons wishing to secure the benefits of said deductiion, but the auditor may swear persons to the affidavit required and charge a fee therefor of 25 cents, which fee, however, belongs to the state and not to the auditor ly4. The assessor has nothing whatever to do with the mortgage deduction law, and is not authorized to swear persons to the affidavit required by section 2. 5 Under no circumstances, can one person legally secure more than 3700 deduction under this law. Neither can he deduct his mortgage indebtedness from the assessed valuation of his real estate and then use the .same mortgage as a deduction from his personal credits. 6. The word "mortgage," as used in this law, includes mortgages held by non-reaidentfl of this state, aB well as school fund mortgages and mortgages held by building associations, but only one claim for deduction can be made upon any one mortgage. A bond for a deed'ean not be used as a title under this law. 7. If a husband and wife own real estate together, as tenants by entireties, they must join in the affidavit, and are entitled jointly to not more than 8700 deduction. That is, each cannot secure the benefit of $700. But if the husband and wife own real estate separately, they are each entitled to the deduction provided for in the law, just as are all other tsx payers owniDg ,real. estate in their own names, ytiv r. 5. Firms or partnerships (limited or otherwise) and corporations are not entitled to any deduction upon, their mortgage indebtedness under this law. 9. Improvements on real estate are technically part of the real estate, provided 6uch improvements are permanent. Therefore, in ascertaining the value of mortgage premises, all improvements 6bould ba taken into cpnsideration. 10. Under no circumstances can a deduction from real estate exceed onehalf the appraised value of such property for, taxation. This means the appraised value as shown on the duplicate for the year in which the deduction is prajed.

II. Maa'and wife may sign affidavit as owners as tenants by entireties of property and obtain deduction of&'fOp, or not to exceed one-half the value of the property. 12. One person cannot make an affidavit for the benefit of another, 13 One joint owner cannot make an affidavit for the benefit of another joint owner. It is a personal privi-

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14 A guardian can make an affidavit for his ward. 15. An executor can make an affidavit for his estate. ... f' tOJ ,v

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16 One heir cannot make an affidavit for all the heirs. 17. Each heir may make deduction for his proportion of an undivided inteiest in lands. Each heir, however, cannot claim a deduction of 8700 from the entire value of lands owned by heir? as tenants in common: 18. A taxpayer may deduct not

more than 8700 from any tractjof land or one-half the! value of such land. 19. If the description qf the land is substantially correct, the deduction should be made. The description should be sufficient to show the land intended to be described. 20. It is simply the duty of the auditor to receive the affidavits provided. for. in tha mortg&gQ d6du6tion law for filing. The board of' revtaw passes on the .validity, of the claim for deduction!

At Linden.

The following is the -programme for ihe third annual'commeucementqf the Linden high school, to be held in the Christian church at Linden on Saturday evening, April 14,1 1900,. at 7:80 o'clock. •BADIJATES, Paul D. Montgomery, Frank M. Thompson, baisy D. Dudley, Maude M. Stncla*Otho W. Hawker, Walter A. Morefield..

PROGRAMME.

Music—March 8cfooted invocation... Kev. J. W. Claypool Music .: .....L:...l ...Seiected Adders Mrs. Emma Mont McRae Music-Quintette Selected Conferring of Diplomas

Principal Curtis Merrlman

Music} Selected Benediction Rev. Claypool Music bj the Schweitzer orchestra. iiivfj gjvin

Liquor Lloeattl, ,i-

The county commissioners Tuesday considered the granting of liquor licenses along with other routine business. Bill Hodshire, of Ladoga, was granted license, there being no protest. The question of granting a license for a bar in the Crawford house came up and Mrs. Martha Griffith, Mrs. Minnie McKnight, and Mrs. George Robinson, representing the W. 0.. T. U., were present and objected on the ground that the proposed bar room was not on the street. The county attorneys were appealed to and stated that it would be perfectly legal to grant the license as the room was on an alley. The Nicholson law says saloons must be on a public street or highway and the supreme court has held a numbeir of times that an alley is a public highway.

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A Cold March.

The coldest March iu the history of the middle western weather, service, made its exit Saturday. The blustering month just passed has tumbled the weather records with apparent ease and departs with the championship medal. The months of March in the years 1877 and 1872 established records for low average temperatures, but the last month has gone them one degree better.

I j. Ij'.! A Valuable Train.

Last Tuesday a train of forty cars loaded with Champion binders and mowers went west on tho Big Four, pulled by two engines. The train was gaily decorated with bunting and the company's advertisements. It started from Springfield, Ohio, and was bound for Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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!Js Chopping Down the Maples. Vl A number of the magnificent maples that have long adorned the Masonic cemetery are being chopped down and converted into stove wood. In explanation of this destruction it is stated that "the trees breed moles." This information is interesting. ••!, i'tit

Monon Sold Agaiu.

The latest rumor is to the effect that the Southern Railway Company will buy the Monon aB soon as the present litigation is over. The newspapers have sold the Monon many times but it is still doing business at the old stand. 'i_

Divorce Granted,

Last Tuesday in the circuit court Judge West granted Mary A.-Nichol-son a divorce from Howard Nicholson. The defendant had made an appearance but it was withdrawn before the case was called for trial.

.. 1 Farms Sold.

John Shue has solcl,his fine farm in Wayne township to John C. Henderson for $11,000. Thomas Haywood has sold bis 483 acre farm in Coal Creek township to G. E."1'MWsteller for 821,000.

Death of Mrs. Urnoli.

Mrs. Bertha Brush, Wife of George Brush, of NewMarket.died there Tuesday at the home of her parents, Mr aud Mre. W. R, Childers, Mrs. Brush was ill for two months with stomach trouble.

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A Uniformed Baud.

Bert Ramsey and John Warbritton went to New Market lapt Tuesday to take the measure of the members of, the band there for new and dazzling uniforms. The band has twenty-two pieces. *i By Dr. Itunyan.

Rev. A. W. Runyan, of the rcsptist church, will deliver the annual Easter sermon to the Knights Templar this year. The commandery will attend in a body in full uniform. .-•» vhr

A Testimonial l-'rom Old J^nglund. "I consider Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the beet in the world for bronchitis," says Mr. William Savory, of Warrington, Eogland. "It has saved my wife's life, s6e having been a martyr to bronchitis for over

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being most of the time confined to her bed. She is now quite well." Sold by Nye & Booe, druggists.,

ORDINARY household accidents have no terrors when there's a bottle of Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil in the medicine chest. Heals burns, cuts, bruises, sprains. Instant relief.

PASSES COUNTERFEIT MONEY.

Uharlns W. Waterpisn, the Wife Beatlug Pl*no Tuner, Up On a Grave Oliarge.

Charles W. Waterman, the piano turner who has figured in the police court for wife beating and drunkenness, has been advanced and will make his nexji, appearance in the United States cotlrt On the very pleasing charge of passing counterfeit money. The case against him is a most positive one. Some timela^o he passed a counterfeit' dollar on C. O. Smith, the liveryman, and an investigation disclosed, the fact that Waterman kne^jw perfectly .well that the money was bad^w^hen he parted with it. He had p'revioiisly tried to £ass it at Clement's' restaurant and had passed it at Dan Lipscomb's barber styop, only to haye }t thrown back Jn him. A day or so before this Waterman approached Robt.. tiheeb, a negro who works for Gus Karl, and who plays the piano, endeavoring to ibiuce him to form a partnership and go-about the country with him. Oheek claimed that Waterman then displayed a handful of spurious dollars and stated that there were plenty more where those came from. The dollar now in the possession of the authorities is made of Babbitt metal and is not a good counterfeit. T. E. Hall, chief of the secret service in this district, was here Tuesday and went to Lafayette in the afternoon to make the affidavit for Waterman's arrest, he now being held on a charge of drunkenness.

Marshal Brothers had been on the lookout for Waterman for some time, he having left town after passing the money. When be returned he was promptly bagged on a charge of intoxication and Capt. Hall wired to come at once. It is not thought that Water-! lyan made the money himself, but the supposition is that he has been acting as the agent of the man who did I make it.

While Henry Is Aw ay.

Nancy McKineey has filed suit for divorce from Henry McKinsey. She recites that she married Henry in fountain county in 189S and that in 1899 be was sent to the penitentiary I for an attempt to murder. As a sort' of afterthought ^she (asserts tbat he failed to provide for her while he was at liberty and while the honeymoon was new.

Death of Aire. W. B. Galey. Sarah M.^Galey, wife of W. B. Galey, died last Tuesdayjat'six o'clock at the family home gnear Harmony church.! The funeral* took place at the res-' idence Thursday morning at half a in a dian Creek cemetery. Mrs. Galey has been a patient sufferer for years. She

leayes her husband and one son. I

Death oFJacou Martin.

Jacob Martin, colored, died Tuesday night of hasty consumption at the family residence on north Walnut street. The funeral took place at the home on Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, interment at the Masonic cemetery. The deceased wa6 an unmarried man.

Will Be Repeated.

The musical and literary entertainment given at Parkersburg by Mrs Mame Wilhite ^Kennedy, Mrs. Lucy Cullom, the Misses Talbot and Edvtard Brandkamp will be repeated under the auspices of the G. A. R. Friday evening, April 6th, at the G. A, R.

The License Granted.

The county commissioners Tuesday afternoon granted the license for a bar in the Crawford House. No remonstrance was filed and under the law the/ were given no option in the matter.

Judgment Against Ye&gley. x'-'-i Lebanon Reporter-. In the case of Jennie Bauerlien et alj vs. W. Yeagley, on note'^ judgment was rendered for plaintiff for $15,533 20. Judgment againBt defendant for coBt.'.

Fine Rigs.

The Dove tail company has just turned out two elegant pneumatic tiied vehicles for Waveland parties. One goes to Harry Crutcbfield and the other to J. W. Robertson.

A Big Contract.

The Dove tail company has taken a big contract for the new .match company. It is to furnish 176,000 slats for the dry kiln of the plant. These slats will fill 4,000 frames.

Against the Gas Company,

In the circuit court' bn Wednesday' Judge,West overruled the demurrer tOj the complaint in the case of, the city of Crawfordsville vs. the natural gas a

Abel Co* Very Low.

Abel Cox, a pioneer citizen living near Garfield,, is reported as lying at the point of death.

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Caught a Dreadful ohL-,

Marion Kooke, manager for T. M. Thompson, a large importer of fine millinery at 1658 Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, says: "During the late severe weather I caught a dreadful cold which kept me awake at night and made me unfit to attend my workdurin&r the day. One of my milliners was taking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a severe cold at that time, which seemed to relieve her so .quickly that I bought some for mvself It acted like magic and I began to improve at once. I am now entirely well and feel very pleased to acknowledge its merits." For sale by Nye ft Booe. druggists.

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A most interesting and unique instrument is ^liown 'in tlie:accobip'anyIng illustration. Its purpose is to locate the direc| ionN qf sound and. to project a squijid long distances. Experiments just made with this instrument prove that the ticking of a watch can be lizard a distance of 20 feet.

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away even with a strong breeze blowing across the direction of the sound. The instrument consists" of a reflector which is niade entirely by electro, deposition mounted on an arm which can be readily turned on its center and. depressed ot- elevated by the operator. When It is desired to ascertain the exact direction from which a sound emanates, the apparatus is turned on its axis, and as soon as the reflector Is opposite tb6 course of sound it Is heard with greatly increased intensity in thereceiver. The use of the Instrument Is that conversations can be carried on between two distant points, such as from ship to ship, by the beam of sound being thrown from one reflector to the other and focused in the receiver of one instrument. The operator speaks into the flexible tube while the person working the instrument places the tube attached to the receiver to his ear. Conversations can thus be carried on at long distances without unduly raising the voice. if ,vt}•

Experiments in tobacco growing have not been very successful iu England, but from a statement that Mr. Plunkett made in the house of commons my Lady Nicotine is kinder to Ireland. In fact, so liberally does she shower her favors on tho distressful country that Irish tobacco uot only flourishes like the bay tree, but is nearly twice, as stnpng as the strongest tobacco sold. But Paddy and Biddy will not mind this, for their only complaint is that the darkest plug is not. strong enough. However, if Irish tobacco is to gain any wide popularity the variety must, as Mr. Huukett suggested, be milder than the kind known as "English-Virginia" grown last year!. If tobacco that the man in the street could smoke could be grown! in ireland, some of .the troubles o|f the dis--. tressfui country' might be solved. It is at least hopeful to recall ,-it this moment that so successful were the experiments in tobacco growing in Ireland in the time of the Stuarts that a stringent law was, passed forbidding the culture in order to 'foster the growIng colony ,of .Virginia.r-Westminster GaxetteV i- j.-i.-.: u.J... y,,. An Inland of Snlpljur. Xy

Probably the strangest home ever chosen by human beings is a little island just off the coast of New Zealand known as White island., In this, rocky, isolation, where' it is impossible' to escape from the l'umes of prac!ieally miintermittent sulphuric, eruptions. 100 Now Zealauders recently made their home. The one delight of this spot is, it is said, a wonderfully beautiful panoramic view embracing the' bay of Plenty. But so great is the preponderance of sulphur that the island is knoAvn by some as Sulphur island. In tho center of tho rock is a great crater, whose cavity is in a dousiiiut' stat6 of ebullition. In addition the entire surface 6f tlie island is dotted with from 300 to 400 miniature cniters. which emit during both day and night dangerously hot vapors and sulphurous fumes.» ... a.

French Flying Muoliino. The Loudon Globe says an interesting feature of, the Paris exhibition will. be the "Avion" flying machine of M. Ader, which was tried at Camp Satory. It has an aeroplane in the form of •wings, and their spread can be altered at will. Two four bhulod propellers are driven by two 40 'Horsepower steam engines heated by alcohol from two reservoirs, between which the aviator sits In a chair, with guards to keephim from falling off. Over his head 1» the steam condenser, and to the riglit and left are handles for a ltm-in?! the surfaces of the aeroplanes, or wjngs. The speed of the screws can be varied at will. The total weight of the machine and tbe aeronaut himself is 256