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'» â- :'â- " '<i' I : I : SCIENTIFIC _KITE MIM CONDUCTED AT BLUE HILL OB- SERVATORY. Some Enormous Flyers That Carry Up Very Delicate Instruments. Mr. S. F. Cody's reciint pxperimanta TJith his loaii-lil'ting kites and his suc- cess in crossing the English Channel in a boat drawn by kites have called attention to th<! scientilic use of these minatiirc airships. But then? is one Uepartmont in which kites play an uuportant role, and that is as a suc- cessful explorer of the upper atmos- phere. To-day they are extensively used both on the continent and in Ami'rica for obtaining meteorological ob.servatioiis. Numerous kitc-.lying stations have twin o;-;<ned in France, Uenuany and the United .Stale-.i, whsre kites are daily flown for se- ciu-ing metforological and other data. Some of them are under the control of the r"?;r,ioctive Governments, while othoi-.s are purely private institutions. By far the largest and most inter- »8ting of these is Blue Hill Observa- tory, a I'rivate station, near Boston. Massachusetts, U.S.A. Here kites may daily be seen far away on the horizon, almost out of sight. The obscrvatoi-y is presided o\er by Mr. A. Lawrence liotrh, wlio needless to add. is an cnthusia.stic kite-flyer. In- deed, he has brought kito-flyinir to a science. Ho knows more about kites and their v,aried use than any other man living. " HARGRAVE KITE. ' The type of kite in general use at the various meteorological stations is the Hargrave, or cellular kite. It Was the invention of an Australian, Mr. Ilargra^i'. who hails from Syd- ney. It consists of two light bo.xes. iwithout tors or bottoms, fastened some little distance one above the 'Other. The wind e-xercises its lilting ;force chiefly uj'on the front and rear sides of the upper bo.x. the lower box. which inclines to the rear, and so re- ceives less pressure, preserving the balance, while the ends of the boxes being in line with the wind keep the kite steady. Experts declare this type to be the best flyer ever d;- signed. Curio'JsIy enough it was in Britain that kites ".-ere liibt flown for a scien- tilir objectâ€" namely, at Glasgow, in 1719. Four kite.s were sent up, some of them measuring seven feet in length. They were all attached to one line, and their work was to lift a. thennouicter into the air. It is •related that "the uppermost one as- cended to an ai'-iazing height, disap- ivaring at times among iho whito summer clouds, while all the rest inva series, formed with it in the air bil- low s'lch a lofty scale, and that too aficctcd liy such regular .a:i'-l conspir- ing motions, as at once changed' it boyish pastiine into a spectacle which greatly interested every beholder." CAURYINC; IXSTRUMICNTS. The kites at Bl.ie Hill, and for that toatter at all the up-to-date station?, carry up a WGi:d.'rful little instru- ment, called a metoorograili. Virtu- lally it is a couvbiiuition of a bareme- ter, a thermometor, t>nd a hygrome- ter, all of which record their readings automatically on one cylinder, turned by clockwork. These little instru- nients are the invention of M. Rich- ard, of I'aris, and are made oi alum- inium, and weigh three pouni!s. By- flying two or .more kites, a greater lifting power is obtained, while there is also less risk of the kites breaking nway and getting lost. Indeed, live, six. and even eight kites are often at- tached to the same line whiii it is flesired to lift a heavy instrument in the air. while there is a record of twelve kites having been fixed to the same rope. * ! .^n Interesting device Is employed at Blue llill for bringing nown the kiti'3. In design it resembles an or- Winary deep-sea .mounding api<aratus. There is a drum round whicli the wire Is wound by a small steam engine when the kites are drawn in. and .an- other drum for playing out the wire. STKKL WIRE USE[>. It has b€K?n found that the pull of the kites during a.scents is sufficient to unreel the wire, which by means Df a I'ulley i*s dcliveryed to the kites as retpiired, an attached wheel mean- while recording tJie pull on the line and the length paid oi;t. Mention ntny here he made of the wire used at lllie llill. It is a 'ne steel music- wire, weighs but iifteen pounds to the mile, ami is callable of withstanding n pull of three hundred no uids. The wire is s:>lici»d in lengtiia of more than a mile with the greatest cure, special pains l;einjr taken that no sharp bends or rust spots occur which would cav.se it to bivak. When the kites are to he drawn in a 3-h-p ateam engine is called into reguisi- tion. and the wire pulled in at a rate of three to six miles a" hour. The kites at Blue Hill vary -in height from five to twelve feet and more, and are fnii-ly heavy. The larger â-  n s contain about seventy square feet of supporting surface, and exert a pull of from seventy to a hundred po'nd.s. It would be itnpoR- pible to mnnngc -luch an airship by h»ml. hut by menns of the ste«im •^intUnss or reeling apparatus referred ito they are kept under control. (!REAT IIEiaHTS REACHEn. In the summer ot 1.S97 a kite at .HVm Hill attained the then record Wi«ht of ll.Tir. feet. It was regard- /<Ml M r*uiarkabli> M;biri>%M»<>^ Sinca MORE EVIDENCE nm mmuki THAT DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS ALWAYS CURE DROPSY. It Is a Kidney Disease and is Cured by Curing the Kidneys â€" Dodd's Kidney Pills Never Fail to Cure the Kidneys. Montreal, Que.. June 2'S.â€" (Special). â€" Every day brings forth fresh proof that Dropsy is caused by diseased Kidneys and that the one sure way to cure it is to make the Kidneys steong and h'althy by u.sing Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Geo. Robertson, 392 St. James Street, this city, is one of those who ha-s proved this be- yond the shadow of a doubt. Mr. Robi-rtson says: "My feet were so much swollen from Dropsy that when I got out of bed in the mornings I could hardly- put them on the floor. My arms used to swell at times so that I could not put on my coat. â- â- I had to be tapped to relieve mo of the terrible pains. â- 'On the advice of a friend I began to taRe Dodd's Kidney Pills, and before I had used the second box I began to feel better. Seven boxes cured me completely." Rheumatism, 'Diabetes. Bright's Dis- ease. aJ'e some of the many forms of Kidney Dispa=!C that Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail to cure promptly ajid permanently. then the distance has been gradually Increased, the present record being 15.800 foi't above the level of the sea â€" an ascent of over three miles, and exceeding the highest scientific balloon ascent in America. When this unique record was achieved, a combined weight of a hundred and seventy-five pounos wa.-* lifted into the air. Si.x kites of the imp.roveri Hargrave type were u.se,d. They Had curved flying surfaces, modelled after the wings of ja bird. The lengtii of wire jJaid out ito the kites was over five miles. Ac- ;cording to the recording iiLslrunients, the teuiperatiire at the highest point attained was fifteen degi-ees below freezing po'it. ami the wind velocity was about twenty-five miles an hour. Flights have been made at Blue ?Iill in gales, in rain, and in snowstorms, but ne er in a thi;nder.-toim. The high flights ocfiipy ten or twelve hours. Occasionally the kites are left out all night. Jfany know of th? success accom- plishen in kit e-jhotography and it Would seem that the kite in the hands of a scientist is a weather chart, a photographer, a signalling ipparatus: a telephone, a collector of electricity, a parcvl and letter carrier, and a medium for lifting man into space. In .^m.^rica alone there are now some eighteen kite-flying stations. It is only fair to add, however, that at many of them kites are oii'y flown at certain Eea.= o; s of th3 year. One of the late.st countries to resort to kites is Russia, which ha.'? equipped four ob.servatories with kite-flying out:its. There is also a private kite- flying station near P.aris. and an- other in Scotland â€" the birthplace of scientific kite-f'ying. REDUCES cxpsnse: J5,000 Reward r^ve^'^B^ro'ttr^ umited, Toronto, to any person who :an prove that this soap contains iny form of adulteration whatsoever, »r contains any injurious chemicals. A«k far tkc Octacsa Bar. iij WAR. Gunpowder has spoiled war. War Was always detrimental to the solid interests of mankind. But in old times it was good for something; it painted well, sung divinely, furnished Iliads. But invisible butchery, un- der a Pall of smoke a fur-long thick, who is any the better for that ?â€" Charles Reade. .\s long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause an their destroyers than on their bene- jfactors the thirst of military glory iwill ever bo the vice of the most exalted characters. â€" Gibon. I Mad wars destroy in one year the works ot many years of peace. â€" Ben- ijamin Franklin. CURE FOIX IXDIGESTIOX. Scientific investigation has discov- ered that that troublesome disease, dyspepsia, can be cured by short in- tervals of exposure to intense cold, followed by hearty eating. M. Raoul Pictet, a Swiss gentleman was ex- Iperimenting with a low temperature. 'He had produced an artificial tem- {perature in a sort of pit which caus- ed the thermometer to sink to 14.0 or 150 degrees below zero. Among iother experiments he exposed him- self for a brief interval to this tem- iperature by lowering himself into the jPit. On emerging he found himself intensely hungry and ate freely. The jprocoss was repeated several times, and as a result he found himself cur- ed of chronic indigestion, from which jhe had suffered for years. W-UmJaJv , Sn^0-!Ud^ iLU(/^yu4 A' 'Mt^ Potatoes. Poultry, Eggs, Butter, Apples Let ua have your consignment ot any of these articles and we will get vou good prices. THE DAWSOAJ COMMISSION 00, Limited Cor. Wo3t Market an;i ColborneSts. TORONTO How's This I We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward t for Hiiy case of Ctitarrh that cannot bo 1 cured by H»ir» Catarrh Cure. ; F. .J. CHKXEY i CO., Toledo. O. I Wo. the undorsigned. have known F. . J. ChL'ney for the last 15 years, and I believe him perfectly honorable in all business tran.sactions. and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WiVLDINCl. KINN.-VM & MARVIN. Wliolcsale Druggists. Toledo, O Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal- ly, acting; directly upon tlie blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testi- 1 nioaials sent free. Pric'e. 75c. per 1 bottle. Sold by all Druggists. I Take Uall's Family Fills for consti- pation. We may beat our swords to plough- shares -Vnd our spears to pruning-hooks, .\nd betake ourselves to farming In the peaceful country nooks; But we want them back as weapons When we find at early dawn That our neighbor's scraggy chick- ens Have been .=;cratching up ciur lawn. HAinSTTS OF FISH AJID GAMX. Attractions for Sportsmen on the ! Line of the Grand Trunk. j The Grand Trunk Railway Company i ;haa issued a. handsome publication, , profusely illustrated with half-tone engravings, descriptive of the many , attractive localities for sportsmen on i ; their line of railway. Many of the ! regions reached by the CJrand Trunk jSeem to have been specially prepared for the delectation of mankind, and [where for a brief period the cares of ! j business are cast aside and life is | given up to enjoyment. >(ot only do ' the "Highlands of Ontario' present unrivalled facilities for both hi^nting. i fishing and camping, but the 30,000 Islands of the Georgian Bay, Thou- sand Islands and St. Lawrence Riv- :er, Rideau River aad Lakes. Lake ."St. i •John, and the many attractive lo- | calltics in Maine and Xaw Hami>- i shire, present equal opportunities for health, pleasure and sport. All these â-  localities are reached by the Grand TYunk Railwav S\-stein. and on trains tmc(iualled on the continent. Abstracts of Ontario, Michigan, Que- bec, N'ew Ifanipshirc and illaine fisii I and game laws are inserted in the ! publication for the guidance of sports.'nen. The Grand Trunk Rail- iWay has also i.ssi!od descriptive il- llustrated matter for each district sep- arately, which are sent free on ai>- Iplication to tho agents of the Com- Ipany and to Jfr. J. D. McDonald. District Passenger Agent, Q. T. R., Union ."-station, "t'oronio. i ♦ j Crab.=haw â€" He has the inventive fa- jculty very highly d..neloped. Craw- ford â€" ^\hat has he invented? Crab- shawâ€" Nothing, so far as I know. : But when his wife goes out he can think of things to keep the baby amused bv the hour. IborneSts, TORONTO. CLEVFR TOMMY. â- â€¢micre do the bees get the honey from, tlaiidy?" "Why from the flowers, of course. Tommy. I did think you knew as much as that I ' "Oh. I know. But I wanted to find out if you did!" Ask for t\mh and take no oliier. "Bobby, won't you kiss mo?" "Xaw." "Well, Bobby, may I kiss you? â-  "Yes. if you kiss mo easy on top of my head." Minard'sLiniiDcotLuniliErnian'sFrbii .liiiuones â€" "I met a ghost last night and it spolio to me." Pairsnith â€" "WhEt did it sn.v?" Jimjonea â€" "ITavrn't the least idea. I'm not familiar with the dead languages." FOR FAR-viEP.S AND OTHERS th^t are safe and earn good rates of f.Tterest. We Oder good securices that are payinz 3 to 4 Der cent, half yearJy. or better thaa 7 and 8 PL'r cent, pjr annuel. For full part.- culars address '•Ex;cular." .Vj. iiQuee.n St. East, Toroata. HE KNEW THE GENUS. During a lesson on the animal kingdom tho teacher asked if any one could give an example of an animal of the order of edentata, that is, one which is without teeth. "I can!" cried Reginald, his face beaming with the pleasure of a.ssur- e<J knowledge. ""Well, what is it?" said tho teach- er. "Grandpa!" he shouted. Lever's Y-Z (Wise Head) Plslnfect- ant Soap Powder dusted in tha bath, softens the water aad disin- fects. FOOD FACTS. What an M. D. Learned. A prominent nhysicinn ot Rome, Georgia, went through a food e.\- pericnce which he makes public; "It was my own e.\i>crience that first led mo to advocate Grapi'-Xuts 'food i^nd 1 also know from having Iprescriled it to convalivscints and 'other weak j.'Utionts that the food is la wonderful rebuilder and restorer of nerve and brain tissue, ns well as :niuscle. It improves tljo digestion land sick patients a!wa.vs gain just as I did in strength and weight very rapidly. "I Was in such a low state that I had to give up my work entirely and I go to the ii.ointiiins of this state, jbut two months there did not iin- (piove mc; iu fact 1 was not quite as I well as when I left homo. My food J.a' solutefy refused to sustain me and it became plain that 1 must change. then I began to i;.«o tirai>e-Nuts food aiui in two weeks I could walk a mile .without the least tntigKe and in !''\e [weeks ivtumnl to my homo and practice. ta"'iing up hard wor!; a-- iin. I Since that time I have felt as well 'and strorg as I e\er did in m.v life. I "As a physician who seeks to help 'all sufferers I consitior it a duty to imake these facts public." N'.ame 'givi-ii by I'ostum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. Trial 10 days on Grape-Xuts when the regular food does not seem to sustain the tody will work miracles. "There's a reason." Look in each i>ncknge for the tain- ois little book, "The Road to Well- Mr. Tutterly â€" "Could you many a very old man with a good deal of money, if he told you frankly how old he was and how much he was worth?" Mii.s Timely â€" "How much is ho worth?" OVER THE WACASH. To the Great World's Ealr St. Louis. ?.lo.. everythiug is now wide open, roimd trip tickets on sale until Liecember 1st, at lowest Uist-class one-way fare, good iifteen days, faro and a third good sixty days. Now is the time to see this, the greatest of all Expositions in the history of the world. Tho great Wabash is tho Hanner Line, the shortest and quick- est route from Canada to St. Louis. The through trains on tho Wabash are the admiration ot all travelers going to St. Louis. For time tables and descriptive fol- der, address .1. ."V. Richardson, liis- trict Passenger Agent. Northeast corner King and Yongo Streets, To- ronto. A man in trouble is apt to dis- cover that his friends arc not as friendly as they might be. Mlnaf(i'sLiiiiiiieritis!]sg(l!)|Ptiysiciaos .\n old bachelor who was ^•ery bald fell in love with a pretty widow, whose late husband's name was Robin. One evening the bachelor dropped in to have a cup of tea with the widow. .After tea was over she commenced to sing 'Robin .\dair." The bachelor picked up his hat and said : "Madam, even if .vour husband did have hair, it's no fault of naino that 1 haven't." U'hcn he fled. "Harkins," said the head of tho firm to the foreman, "the firm has decidetl to inaugurate a system of profit-sharing with its employes." "Good!" replied the foreman. "What were the firm's profits last year ?" "I-a.st year the firm lost $3,000. That iiccoKsltate.«t a reduction of 10 per cent, in wages under the new sj-Btom. Tell tho men tho new ar- rangement cornea Into effect Unnicd- latal^." For Over Sixty Years Mn<<. WiNsLoWa Soothing Syrit has been nsal by miillunfcof niotbiT* for thai" chiUlrea while teaUiin^- IisooiiieBLhe child, aof lens the ginit^ alittj-spnin. cunji wind ^-olic. regulates the sioiuadl anil bowels, ami is the l>^flt retnedy for Di.irrhiu'v. 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