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Foo Pred aste Hydrogen The British government's, recent de- cision to suthonige the construction of two big airships, one by the Air Min. istry and ong by a, private company,' three Are completed annually on |a regular bullding pr m, world bo close to a milHon a For any regular senvieh, i, would be necessary every two or three. thous: and miles. 'A large and efficient base would include a hangar for one ship, . two. mooring masts; a gas plant: and facilities for storage, and the ne es. i} sary workshops and accommodations , for the ground men, and would cost in the neighborhood of $1,600,000, A 'bas led naturally to the question, gngjjer hase, with only one mast and iJ "What will the new ships be like and how will they compare with present day Zeppelins and Shenandoahs?" The long series of disasters to hydrogen- filled airships has made the average earthi-bofind man somewhat skeptical of thelr eapabilities, so one may under stand his desire to be told why the gow ships should be any more success- 1 than those that have gone. before them. It is known that the proposed sky | liners wil have & hydrogen capacity of 8,000,000 cuble feet. This will make ' Ahem about twice the size of the Shen- andoali. They will be conalderably fatter in proportion to their length than the Shenandoah, however, and the designers believe that they should therefore be stronger. If figures are desired {t may be stated that the pro- posed ships will probably be 800 feet jong, 115 feet in maximum diameter and 126 feet in height. They will dis- place 160 tons of air and be designed for a speed of eighty miles an hour, Capacity of Aircraft. Such a craft, airship enthusiasts re no hangar, could probably be built for a third of this, | Heretofore. the necessity of letting out quantities of hydrogen to counter: balance the Increasing buoyancy of the ship. as the fuel wes used up has considerably diminished the potential renge of dirigibles. In his report on | the commercial aspect of airship trans. port at the London Alr Conference last June Major G. H, Scott desenibed Ri cardo's experiments on burning the | waste hydrogen in. the engine in.con- duction with geaollne, instead of de: . Mberately. letting it eccape. Major Scott declares that these experiments ware very successful dnd that thls cp- eration is capable of effecting an enor- mous saving in fuel and conseguently increasing the range of the ship. "The range of airships may be, in- creased by 50 per cent, for the same amount. of fuel carried," he states. "Had the R-34 been fitted for hydro- gen burning on her Atlantic flight, in- stead of landing on Long Island 'with barely 100 gallons of fuel she would have had nearly 1,000 gallons Swiplus, The parish of St. Clement's Danes, Strand, London, recently celebrated the ancient ceremony of "beating the bounds." ) \ ing the bounds" at Temple Pier. Photo shows members "beat- Endurance Tests. Life imposes tests of courage and endurarce that none can evade. Some upon whom the sun of prosperity ap- \parently blazes are in fact walking through a vale of shadows, though the world © knows {t not. The strange thing is that much. of the cheering sympathy, with its tonic effect upon fhe dcowneast, comes from those who jare best able to understand and to "comfort 'because they: have had pro- found experience of sorrow. We are tempted to rail at fate when it imposes burdens; to ask why we should be singled out for this invidi- | ous; distinction of punishment. The "rest seem happy and carefree; why Joould we not be ranged wth their gay 'and thoughtless company? But, if we (would observe, we would note how of ten that felicity Is transitory, and a fowitt and sudden cloud eclipses the | poonday radiance. A boy at school -- rich, popular, iagdscume and clever--seemed to have' ¢ good thing in prospect to make him admired and envied by those caps le of either sentiment. Of a merry ition, he dispelled gloom where came, Boon after leaving college, while he was "learning the ropes" of banking business, he went blind. Iringing a resolute temper to bear on problem he turned to poultry- ing. with a courage worthy of Sir r Pearson. i\ But there wére many who wanted to in hig shoes before the misfor- Made a Hit. "Johnson expected to make a hit with 'his new car when he went to town yesterday." "Heé did--went into the first street car he ey The world is .full of famous clocks | and many & great man has made time pieces his dobby, In the palace of the late Emperor Josef at Vienna every room has a clock or two of unique de- sign and especially fine workmanship. | The old Emperor had to leave home | in order to get away from the ticks, In old Nuremburg there is a clock . S------ ee a nt GS ---- or sufficient to have carried her be- yond Chicago." Better Range of Engine. The airships of the future probably. will be fitted with crude oil engines. which will greatly reduce the danger! from fire and cut the fuel costs to one seventh of what they now are. Oil en- gines also require less attention than gasoline engines, and it is expected that, instead of running. only 300; hours without overhauling, the pro- posed -oli engines will be able to run 800 hours. In other words. an airship running on a regular schedule to India would require an engine overhaul only once every two months. Six engines of 600 horsepower each would be.nsed | in the proposed ships. These power unity easily could be made detachable, 80. that engine overhauling could 'be done on the ground and the ship. de- layed only long enough to lower the old engine and hoist abpard. the new one. It is proposed to use hydrogen in the new. algships betauae it can be manufactured practically anywhere. in the British Empire, whereas helium in any quantity cap be obtained only in the United States: . What. is more,' hydrogen has a considerably greater lifting power than helium, and, while it is highly inflammable, the ofl en- gines are expected to reduce the dan-! ger of fire to something like a mini mum. It 1s grgned that in previous fires and. explosions aboard dirigiblea it was always the gasoline vapor that caught fire-firat, and that this in turn | set off the hydrogen. The mere fact: that the hydrogen -- 5,000,000 cubic | feat of it--Iis always there ready to be set off, however, must cause some of | the ship's crew 'to ponder; especially if | they are inclined to remember the | R-38 and Roma disasters, to say moh, ing of the Dixmude. -- Teaches Parrots to Talk. Teaching parrots to talk is the un- usual way in which one woman in New York city earns a living. It is a task that requires puciénce and skill of the Alsatian. This clock not only delights the eye with its fighters, but tickles the: ear a bit with its chimes. | Faces Wonderful Vista, Venice hoasts a olock everything except tell you your birth-'on the stone face of this clock would. city of Basle, Th day. It tells you what the sun and moon are doing or ought to be doing at any given hour; it tells more about the stars than most books on astron-: | And arguments cooled, | Buch teas party furies, Such: powdered head tossings, Such bright, angry glances, Such, shrill hot words-- But the three Misses Barker were like a little garrison, And they: held out for their king In a.land of rebels. The years went by, And the years went by, Apd .eyebrowsswent up, And fashions changed, And maguy; things were forgotten But the three Misses Barker did not) surrender-- They were loyal to their king In a land of webels. Phe. grandehildren of their school mates i Were, young men and women | Who giggled and chuckled At worn-out 'heartburnings; But the:tbree Misses' 'Barker held. their heads the higher. And died fifty years after the Declara. x tion of 'Independence, Still true to their king In a land of rebels. --Elizabeth. J. Coataworth. hy And Then Prebably -Rerspired. "My, how dough-faced:Mabelle looks tonight." oat pours out just enough for three | high rank he will spill it on the floor. | health and education is besutiful," he * {beautiful gersonality is the result of eing allowed to boll + Next the host takes three. or. dour le cli w.cups without handles, and for each guest, begining with the ps, which are taken slowly and with much gusto. Hauer ia thought to apdihy the flavor. 'To pour, out more: than three sips 1s considered 'a sign, that the guest is unwelcome, and if coffee 1s poured carelessly for a guest .of The host hande coffee round three' times, and afterward from time to time one of his sons or servants usual ly _passes-it. To ask' for it is not con- bad: though to ask for food is-rude. nt i MP in » * A striking definition of personal beauty comes from the dean of an Eastern university. "Any - 'of says and adds: as. a. coroliavy, 'there is any lack Lack of beauty," y cheaks are those that come from 4 thful - outdoor exercise, and a ing. water and a pinch of 'clonamon |' are added, and then it is bropght up to |" the bolling point several times without | knowing something and being" some, one rather than of posing as some one. "She ran out of pawder. and. had to use flour." up the oldest part of Canton you ay easily becomo oriented by egking al hj which is only. ancther name;for. setting. most .any Chinese to show you the, water clock, but it will do you very | Mitte good as far as determining the them forward an hour: that does , time of day, To read the hieroglpyhics belongs to an old clock in the Swiss be an achievement akin to deciphering. "the proper method of filling out your: income tax return: ft cannot be done except by expents. = Conspiracy Thwarted by Daylight as they are--haveshad nothing to do Huma belief in i ings is 'a' quickening force, , fla o made sons will still count in sonal process under a soulless direc-! tion. Somewhere there is 'a mind in which other minds believe. We who are molded in the image of the divine are able to do many things of our own tion; but we cannot leave infinity" and its imponderable purpose out of the final reckoning. We have faith in a Power overwatchi- ing and overruling. Our faith is stronger because, 'this side of God, there are human beings who. believe in us, in whom we believe: miei An insurance : for 000,000 has 'been taken out on the life of an Am- erican woman who 'manages Yi large shop in Chicago." This is claimed to Bo ie, largest sui secured oh. WY: man's life, stroke with the idea of "daylight saving," tower i your pleces back an hour or moving 4 That honor ® sory of this clock 1s as follows: ; ie Once upon Sime on thi --~wh iver would ge made from within Ba out. Every contingency was carefully scheme Sunda sqaipat ining for win th | 10 : i cantin aan ew. pemeg er nooo ro ,000 hi er ent o a Falls Power Company also company. rity erosion of Horseshoe demonstrated. "One provides for the construction of & wing dam across the river a short dis- tance back of the brink of the falls. The other calls for the construction of 'artificial islands. fut! brink near the Goat Island shore. An indicator on the model showed that. the distribution of water over the American' Horseshoe Falls is 150,000 cubfe feet a second, not including the 56,000 cubic feet a second 'diverted for power purposes. Only about 5. per cent. of this passes over the American' falls, The reproduction showed models of the power houses and intakes along the A 1 and Canadian shores. Water for the miniature river was sup plied from a pipe from the real river, the flow being regulated by a pump. ~:Flow to Retain Falls' Beauty. Paring the demonstration. 'the diver- sion was Increaged' to: 80,000 second feet. b removal: of slabs at intakes, y -water. from the fe amAll Niagara" flow over the falls: 'decreased to 130,000 ond feet. Den ating. the 'plan ot Col onel W. D. Warren, U. 8. Army "to. distribute' the flow of water over the falls more evenly and conserve: the beauty of thé cataract even at a greater diversion, - a minia: * ture dam was' placed aerossithe river bank at the brink of the borseshoe. |The ;concrete pieces: torming the dam were curved. The flow was distributed over the entire brink, decreasing the heavy flow over 'the centre. ~The dhm wag ced: by two is- lands made of concrete blocks farther. back from the brink 'near the Goat '| Infand shore. Virtually the same ef- fect was given as that produced by the - dam, the appearance being more at- 'tractive. Mr. Harper said ithe equal distribution of water over the Ameri. can Falls was due to islands and that Stioe Falls by placing artificial islands* - in he river above the cataract. Mr. {Harper 'sald it has been sug: @ mound of rock near the end of the falls, which re-: "of water, be. blasted chiselled a - Canadian. side, gave.a : ution. 'of 'water ove the Am rican and maintain er the tally vis entitled engineers 'could do the same for Horse befell him who could not display | over the Liebfrasien-Kirche known as nemes of the week, the boasts © wile 8 tthe: of Mei. fartitude in the dark- | the "Mannleinlaufen." If ems that oo nes the <a = the hour. It yooadop. own Ml is BIg Bew'- Sq | the Emperor Charles IV, took 8 great | knows more about the Signs of the ,--but: its principal el 1s, of course, a certain test of | fancy to Nuremburg . and. issued a | Zodiac than eny almanac and it tops" gia only, and the nat x: iy dus. They | "bull" in the year:1356 decresing that | iy ail off by having & pair of lmmense rand glarm clock 7 comme who are. every succeeding. Emperor should hold | bronze giants atop the. clock tower 8. of their riches and | hig. first diet.in that city, This waa' look: out upon the mest vivid picture Rus puffed J atv. no mean. auvlient, aad baad the, NTE be. seen, in any city, for, they. are the eeveror test is not the the A clock, It k i b