IS DRIVEN BY FANS.
INVENTION FOR A BALLOON
FLYING MACHINE.
Etperimeuts a Success In the Car At
tached to the llulloon la au Engine
Keil with Petroleum. Which Supplies
I he Motive Power.
HA ELKS K. HITK.
of this city, has In
vented a balloon
which he claims he
will be able to di
rect and drive
through the air by
means of two fans
operated by a mo
tor.
Mr. Hite Is a
well-known scien
tist. In 1892 he accompanied the Peary
relief expedition on the steamship
Kite, making valuable researches in the
Arctic regions. In 1895 he went to
Central America to collect material for
the biological department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. Altogether,
he has taken part In or directed over
i dozen different expeditions, covering
the continent from Greenland to South
America. He lias conducted two Lab
rador expeditions for the purpose of
studying the Ksiiulmaux. and has made
many explorations and geological sur
veys.
One year ago. Mr. Hite, while toying
INVENTOR HITE’S EXPERIMENTAL AIR SHIP.
with a bit of paper, had suggested to
him the idea of aerial navigation. This
was the inception of his "dirigible bal
loon," on the plans of which, now pro
vided by patent, he has been working
•ver since. In description this pecu
liar airship is nothing more than a
balloon large enough to carry a P» >
if small but powerful steam engines
apable of dr! 'Ing a pair of fans. Mr.
Hite has worked along Independent
lines in the planning of his balloon
mid it is significant of the feasibility
of his project that the only other air
ship resembling his, which has given
iny practical demonstration of sus*
lained flight, is that of Cart Meyers,
down successfully at Hie Nashville Im
position. Although dissimilar in de
tail, the two machines are propelled on
practically the same principle, the only
difference being the motive power,
which in Meyer s is a single fan pro
pelled by a man, and in Hites two
high-speed fans actuated by turbines.
The aerodrome, Mr. Hite considers a
fragile toy, capable of no useful appli
cation, and only demonstrating the
ability of a man to construct a flybn*
machine on the principle of a b rd s
wing, but subserving no useful end af
ter all. Properly speaking. Mr. Hite's
contrivance is not a flying machine,
the problem be Is dealing with being
one of aerial locomotion rather than of
aerial suspension; and it is here that
i he simplicity oi his scheme is appar
ent.
It being evident that a balloon of
large size could lie made to support a
considerable weight, the first caie of
the in'ventoi was to devise an engine
large enough to furnish the requisite
motive power. To this end Mr. Hite
made a small apparatus of paper for
experimental purposes, somewhat re
sembling a rocket. By blowing at the
end of the flexible paper lube mn
iiPfiefl with this rocket-llhe affair, the
iir coming from the narrow end of the
< yUnder gave It a pronounced forward
rising. The inventor then proceeded
in the pe.xt step, which was the build
in,,. of a small experimental cur. titled
,ii either end with pasteboard • ones
...irexpondlnn to the two reapc-nvo |
tints of the rocket. The frame of tin
i ,u- wax aluminum, und Itx lower IhxU
t-ontaltti'il n otti half hor**«-power elec
iiie motor, neared to a four-UUtW
rotary fan hv a round belt \ xlout
wire wax xtret 'Ue«t acroxx the room in
which tfee erperltuenu wei* about lo
lie iontlueted. and the t ar a a* au»
ie»n.te.l from two traveling pulleys
SVIi'ea from a xturage balien were at
t,n tint to thi motor ami Mi Hite
turned on the rheoaiat. The fan le-g.nr j
to revolve rapidly, ami Ih* Mat blue I
itunhly trnvernnd the length of the
iwtimeul So’ thoroughli Mtulted
with iWn per for ui a nee. and In ntder t >
teat the iapabtllHea of the lau lo H«
utmoat he loaded the framework of
the lira* Ua»» with >l>c*e heart Winch**
te* rttna and turned on the entrant
ogam apparently there »M »*• dlmthu j
I ton whatever tn the »p»l ot the r-ai j
and that loo, while running over a |
wira not perfectly taut and dragging1
the two gerlble feed wire* ol th *|i»r
age hatter» in addltnm
Mgltlbaloa ol the e*. mm* . .4 tfc«
model ««* giirx before Prufeaaru
\rthur Uoudepevd proiet.**. .1 ph*» >e
ai the t nrverwt'1 ol l*e«n«yl»wnla. who
. aaidered (He *W •«*“*• <*» *,m~' •
,w*t«M **’ ••*“*’** '**
ingenuity «rf the Idea V large a rat bar
w# •denitfe «ft» «» <»• nraddl
tv|Ug were *11 enth » '* its
I praise, auong them being Professor
King, the aeronaut, who heartily in
dorsed the general plan, and said that
he looked upon it as practicable.
Of course these experiments are by
no means new. and Mr. Hite merely
performed them to convince the Incred
ulous and make assurance doubly sure.
It should be understood that there was
no attempt to make the machine fly,
that feat not entering Into the demon
stration, but being left to the lifting
power of the balloon. The secret cf
the great pushing force developed by
the fan lay In the cylindrical casing
by which It was Inclosed. The casing
in question Is the Invention on which
the balloonist bases his patent claim,
for by Its use the current of air made
by the fan impinges Itself directly on
the outer atmosphere with great force,
obviating a loss of air at the sides.
The car is suspended by harness from
a netting Identical with the netting of
an ordinary balloon, and Is guyed fore
and aft to prevent oscillation, although
there could be little danger of that, as
lhe car is drawn up lightly against the
body of the balloon. The car Itself Is
made of the best steel bicycle tubing,
and from its upper lateral extremities
extend the two spider-web frameworks.
These frames are attached rigidly to
the car, so that vibration Is impossible,
each one supporting a steam motor act
ing directly on the axle of a fan. The
engines are a French Invention, and the
kind to be used In the dirigible balloon
are capable of developing seventeen
and one-half horse-power apiece, al
though little lurger thaifa bucket. Kn
glne and fan are enclosed In the cylind
rical box seen on the side of the bal
loon; the rectangular piece of metal
at the extremity of the eyllnder Is a
rudder, which, by directing the draught
of the air current, regulates the course
of the ship. The steering can also be
done by using one fan Independent of
the other. Five feet. Is the diameter
of the fans, and they are made by the
most celebrated fan blower concern in
the country.
In the center of the car is the boiler,
a small contrivance, also French, such
as Is being used abroad for self-pro
pelling carriages. The fuel burned is
petroleum and the engines are condens
ing, thereby necessitating only a small
water supply. It Is estimated that the
weight of engines, lioller, water and
fuel combined will be within "00
pounds, certainly a marvel of lightness
from which to obtain thirty-five horse
power.
The fans and framework weigh 250
pounds, and the balloon and net will
come up to about 150, thus making a
total of 700 pounds. The balloon Is 20
feet in diameter by 04 feet long, hav
ing at these figures a capacity of 20,000
cubic feet of gas. As one cubic foot
of hydrogen lifts one ounce averdupols,
the balloon when fully inflated may be
expected to exert a lifting capacity of
1.300 pounds, which leaves a balance of
000 pounds surplus weight lo be utilized
i by tile aeronaut, ills food supply and
j the ordinary tackle and instruments
| carried In a balloon. The old method
j of sand ballast will bef done away with,
j as the balloon c an be made to seek a
; higher or lower level, according to tin
| amount of gas pumped up from reset
| voirs contained in the car. The react
| voirs consist of a flooring of pipes made
into a false bottom, in which com
| pressed hydrogen Is placed. Hy meant
of a thermo-hydrogen device, the
amount of hydrogen in the balloon it
IHK o.whinm. vm. *im -MIC
K'mh» Mw !<»»**' #'• '»»«•>«»**
Increased or decreased at will through
a residue of expansive element In the
boiler. By this method the usual es
cape of hydrogen, which Is the most
expensive consideration in ballooning,
will be prevented, and the balloon be
dropped or raised Into different air cur
rents l*y altering the density and there
by the lifting power of the gas. A drag
rope and anchor will form a part of
the extra paraphernalia, and also a
light stayaail on the under forqpart of
the balloon to give greater stability In
navigating against winds.
It la expected that the dirigible bal
loon will make about twenty miles an
hour In a still atmosphere, and will
have a steaming radius of 500 miles ut
an average speed of ten miles an hour.
The ends of the balloon are cleverly re
inforced by stays of bamboo, so that
they will hold their shape when sub
jected to the pressure of air. It bolng
an impossibility to Inflate an angle
! with gas.
Mr. Illte Is at present getting up (he
working drawings of this most unique
! airship. When asked why he placed
; the propellers at the side Instead of at
the stern, he explained that if they were
put In the rear the motion of such a
large body through the air would rob
the fans of their working medium by
creating a vacuum.
He believes thut the self-propelling
balloon will figure largely In the war
fare of the future, contemporaneously
with the submarine boat, whose devel
opment it very closely resembles.
Aside from a bellicose application, how
ever. be is confldent that It can be made
an Instrument for limited transporta
tion Into regions otherwise Inaccessible.
Several of the European governments,
Germany In particular, are paying great
attention to ballooning tactics with re
lation to warfare, and there Is In this
country a standing offer of |100,000,
made by congress several years ago,
i for the man who should successful!}
| solve the problem of aerial navigation
Ks|inrgsle<l.
Mother What did your father ny
when he saw hls broken pipe? Inno
cent - Shall I '.cave out the wicked
words, mamma? Mother -Certainly.
Innocent—Then I don't believe ilicrt
Is anything to tell you, mamma
The llrute!
Wife—We have been married twel,-e
years, and not once In that time have
I missed baking you a cake for your
birthday. Have I dear? Hubby—No, my
pci. I can look back upon those rakes
a i milestones in my life.
WOMEN AND MEN.
There Is a ID-year-old widow at Cov
ington. Ky. The girl was married u
year ago to a 19-year-old boy, all the
parents consenting. Her husband died
a few days ago.
Francbettl, the ban ker-com poser, Is
building un opera bouse at his country
seat, where he can have his own works
performed without subjecting them tc
the judgment of managers.
President Barrios of Guatemala war
educated In this country and Is a grad
uate of Yale. He declared himself dic
tator to protect the interests of for
igners in his country, and is anxious
to have American capital develop it.
Mrs. Charles Stewart Parnell, widow
of the Irish leader, is about to thke uj
her residence at Trematon castle, neat
Plymouth. Trematon castle war
formerly one of the great houses ol
Cornwall. Only the ruins of the thir
teenth century castle remain, the pres
ent house being of quite modern con
struction.
Marcelle Berenger, the most beauti
| ful model In Paris, who has declared
i her Intention of posing in the future
fur none but American artists, U a
i slight, brown-haired, blue-eyed slip ol
| a girl, with a faultless ligure. The
chief charm of her face lies in Its puz
zling contrasts, in the ditnpies that
come and go with every breath; in th*
eyes that never, even in her gayest mo
ments, lose a certain look of appealing
sorrow. “She possesses the eyes of a
Mater Dolorosa and the lips of a Bac
| chante. She is a beautiful sphinx."
When a Woman is in doubt concern
ing the trimming of her hat, she simply
puts on a few more red flowers an<i
ifeathe.s Washington Post.
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PALMAGE’S SERMON.
LABOR STRIKES THE SUBJECT ;
LAST SUNDAY.
From Ilia Following Tell, Mall. Til 14:
"Whatloavrr Ya Would that Mru
Should !>• to You. Do You Kirn So to .
Then.**
UK greatest war
the world has ever
seen Is between
capital and labor.
The strife Is not
like that which In
history Is tailed
the Thirty Years’
War, for it Is a war
of centuries. It is a
war of the five con- /
tlnents, It Is a war
hemispheric. The' middle classes In
this country, upon whom the nation
has depended for holding the balance
of power and for acting as mediators
between the two extremes, are dimin
ishing; and If things go on at the same
ratio as they are now going. It will not
be very long before there will be no
middle clans In this country, but all
will be very rich or very poor, princes
or paupers, and the country will be
given up to palaces and hovels.
The antagonistic forces are closing
In upon each other. The Pennsyl
vania miners' strikes, the telegraph
operators’ strikes, the railroad em
ployes’ strikes, the movements of the
boycotters and the dynamiters arc only
skirmishes before a general engage
ment, or. If you prefer It, escapes
through the safety-vulves of an Im
prisoned force which promises the ex
plosion of society. You niny pooh
pooh It; you may say that this trouble,
I like an angry child, will cry itself to
1 sleep; you may belittle it by calling It ;
Fourierism, or Socialism, or St. Blm- .
_ MILIIlan. r'nmntim I-i m • i
but that will not hinder tbe fart that .
It is the mightiest, the darkest, the
most terrific threat of Ihls century. !
All attempts at pacification have been
dead failures, and monopoly Is more |
arrogant, and the trades unions more
bitter. ' Give us more wages,” cry tbe
employes. "You shall have less,' say
the capitalists. "Compel us to do few
er hours of toll in a day." "You shall
toll more hours,” say the others.
"Then, under certain condition, we will
not work at all,” say these. "Then you
shall starve," say those, and (he work
men gradually using up that which
they accumulate In better times, un
less there be some radical change, we
shall have soon in this country four
million hungry men and women. Now,
four millions hungry people cannot be
kept quiet. All the enactments of leg
islatures and all the constabularies of
the cities, and all tbe army and navy
of the United States cannot keep four
million hungry people quiet. What
then? Will this war between capital
and labor be settled by human wis
dom? Never.
1 shall first show you how this quar
rel between monopoly and hard work
cannot be stopped, and then 1 will
show you how this controversy will ue
settled.
Futile remedies. In the first place
there will come no pacification to this
trouble through an outcry against rich
men merely because they are rich.
There Is no member of a trades union I
on earth that would not be rich If he
could be. Bometlmea through a for- .
tunate invention, or through some ac- I
ctdent of prosperity, a man who had j
nothing comes to a large estate, and
j we see him arrogant and supercilious,
i and laking people by the throat Just !
1 as other people took him by the throat, j
I There Is something very mean about j
I human nature when It comes to th»- \
top. But it Ib no more a sin to be rich
than it is a sin to be poor. There are
those who have gathered a great es
tate through fraud, and then there are j
millionaires who have gathered their j
fortunes through foresight In regard j
1 to changes in the markets, and through j
brilliant business faculty, and every
dollar of their estate is as honest us i
the dollar which the plumber gets for j
mending u pipe, or the mason gets for |
. building a wall. There are those who
j keep In poverty because of their own |
fault. They might have been well-off.
but they gave themselves to strong
1 drink, or they smoked or ehewed up
their earnlngn, or they lived beyond
their menus, while others on the same
j wages and on the same salaries went
on to competency. I know a man who
I is all the time complaining of 111* pov
erty and crying out against rich men.
while he hlself keeps two dogs, and
(lows and smokes, and Is filled to the
chill with whlskv and b»er'
Mlcawber sold to liuvtd t'oppertleld;
"Copperfleid. my boy. one pound in
come. twenty shilling* and sixpence
expenses: result misery. Rut, Copper
fleid, my hoy, one pound Income, ex
penses nineteen shilling* and six
pence; result, happiness ‘ tiid there
are vast multitudes of people who are
kept poor because they are the vic
tims of their own Improvidence, II
Is no sin to lie rich, and It Is no sin
to tie poor 1 protest against this out
cry which I hear against those who.
through economy and self-denial and
assiduity, have come to taige fortune.
This bombardment of commercial sue
cesa will never stop this uuarrel hr
tween capital aud tailor
Neither Will the rouiral tie sallied
b* ctuhal and an*ympelhetb treat
meat of Ike Uborlug ts. es There
are those who speak ol tki m aa thungh
they were lub rgltle or draught
h oses Tfcetr nerves are nothing
their dometttc «'»it ft is nothing
their happiness la nothing They hare
no more sympathy fro ik«m than a
hound has for a hare or a hawk f«t
a hen or a Ha*' ft a »tt When
Jean Vaiysaa the greatest kevo of VI
tor Hugo s writing* after a Ufe of sol
hiring and brave es-totaure g tea into
In. ai> er-vtion and hath they Clap Ike
'cook shot ami *•> tim'd fur him1 ‘
They stamp their feet with Indigna
tion and say Just the opposite of "Save
the working-classes." They have alt
their sympathies with Shylock. and not
with Antonio and Portia. They are
plutocrats, and their feelings are In
fernal. They are fllled with Irritation
and Irascibility on this subject. To
stop this awful Imbroglio between
rapttal and labor they will lift not so
much us the tip end of the little finger.
Neither will there be any pacification
of this angry controversy through vio
lence. God never blessed murder.
Well, if this controversy between
capital and labor cannot he nettled by
human wisdom. If today capital and
labor stand with their thumbs on each
other's throat as they do—tt Is time
for us to look somewhere else for re
lief and It points from my text rose
ate and Jubilant and puts one hand
on the broadcloth shoulder of capital,
and puts the other on the home-spun
covered shoulder of toll, and says, with
a voice that will grandly and glorious
ly settle this, and settle everything.
"Whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do you even so to
them.” That Is, the lady of the house
hold will say: "I must treat the maid
In the kitchen Just ss I would like to
be treated If I were downstairs, and
It were my work to wash, and cook,
and sweep, and It were the duty of
the maid In the kitchen to preside In
this parlor.” The inald In the kitchen
must say: "If my employer seem* to
be more prosperous than I, that Is no
fault of hers; I shall not treat her us
an enemy. I will have the same In
dustry and fidelity down-stairs as I
would expect from my •ubordltiales,
If I happened to be the wife of a silk
importer.”
The owner of an Iron mill, having
taken a dose of my text before leav
ing home In the morning, will go Into
Ills foundry, and, passing Into what
Is called the puddllng-room, he will
see a man there stripped to the waist,
and besweated and exhausted with the
i m iiijr *i iu»»? mjii mm »»*•
him: "Why it seeroit to he very hot
In here. You look v< ry much ex
hausted. I hear your child Is sick with
scarlet fever. If you want your wage*
a little earlier thl* week so us to pay
the nurse and get the medicines, Just
come into my ofll« e any time."
After awhile, crash «••*« the money
market, and there Is no more demand
for the article* manufactured in that
Iron mill, and the owner does not
know what to do. He says, "Shall I
stop the mill, or shalll run It on half
time, or shall I cut down the men's
wages?" He walks the floor of bis
counting-room all day, hardly knowing
what to do. Towards evening he calls
all the laborers together. They stand
ail around, some with arms akimbo,
some with folded arms, wondering
what the bos* I* going to do now. The
manufacturer says: "Men, time* are
very hard; I don't make twenty dol
lars where I used to make one hun
dred. Somehow, there Is no demand
now for what we manufacture, or but
very little demand. You see I am at
vaat expense, and I have called you to
gether this afternoon to see what you
would advise. I don’t want to shut lip
the mill, because that would force you
out of work, and you have always been
very faithful, and I like you. and you
seem to like me, and the bairns must
be looked after, and your wife will
after awhile want a new dress. I don’t
know what to do."
There I* a dead halt for a minute or
two. and then one of the workmen
steps out from the ranks of his fel
lows, and says: "Boss, you have been
very good to us, and when you pros
pered we prospered, and now you are
in a tight place and I am sorry, and
we have got to sympathise with you.
1 don’t know how the others feel, but
I propose that we take ofT twenty per
cent from our wages, and that when
the times get good you will remember
us and raise them again." The work
man looks around to his comrades, and
-ays: "Boys, what do you say to this?
All in favor of my proposition will
say ay.” "Ay! ay! ay!” shout two
hundred voices.
But the mill-owner, getting In some
new machinery, exposes himself very
mil'll, and takes cold, and It settles
into pneumonia, and he dies, in the
procession to the tomb are all the
workmen, learn rolling down their
cheeks. and off upon the ground; but
an hour before the procession get* to
the cemetery (he wIvpk aqd the chil
dren of tbnmi workmen are ut the
gta\< waiting for the arrival of the
funeral pageant. The minlater or re
ligion may bare delivered an eloquent
eitloglurn before they aturted from the
house, hut the most Impressive things
are said that day by the worklng
• lasses standing around Ihe tomb.
That night in all the Oihliia of the
worklng-petiplu where they Have fam
ily prayers the widowhood and the
orphanage lu the mansion urc remem
bered. No glating populations look
over the Iron fence of the cemetery;
tint, hovering over the scene, the bene
diet ion of Dod amt mao t* coming for
the fiilttllnieut of Ihe t'hilstdtke In
I Juration, ‘Whatsoever ye would that
i men should do to von, do you even
| to them ’*
Uh *u>» some man here, "that I*
1*11 Ctuptan. that I* ,tp>M i >pual, that
j ta imp. **tble 1 No. | cut out of a pa
p . this Uto of the pleasantest lit
j i’Meuts tworded In a long time Is r»
> tufted from dbcHMd. KngUud The
: wage* of the meu tn the Iron work*
1 a’ dhvltte.d are insulated by a board
| of arbitration hy wbwae dw taioe bulb
•uaatera and m«n arc iMtuad K»t
*».«»# Urns paai the Iron sad iiwl trad*
- ha* been etsremei* unprobtabi* and
i *b' eniei tyera ctnio.t a it bum much
1 it*Mh pev the wage* Hand by the board
j *b ck'aetihei employer* nor employed
hwve ihe power lo . hang* To avoid
| this -ItNk-olty. the workwea fb •>«»« of
I lb* large*! Mewl noth, la Hhe«*ld hit
j ‘t| «n a lev l.e ae tar# a* tt aaa genet
i avp> The* offeted to aurk lot th»i)
I employer* au w*«k etthmi ynt
1 ahaf*«ef'*
^
But you to with me and I will show
you—not so far off a» Sheffield, Eng
land—factories, banking houses, store
houses, and costly enterprises where
this Chrlst-llke Injunction of my test
I is fully kept, and you could no more
i get the employer to practice an Injus
tice upon his men, or the men to con
spire against the employer, than you
could get your right hand and your
left hand, your right eye and your left
eye, your right ear and your left ear,
into physiological antagonism. Now.
where Is this to begin? In our home*.
In our stores, on our farm*—not wait
ing for other people to do their duty,
la there a divergence now between the
parlor and the kitchen? Then there
Is something wrong, either In the par
lor or the kitchen, perhaps in both
Are the clerk* In your store Irate
ugalnst the firm? Then there la some
thing wrong, either behind the counter,
or In the private office, or perhaps In
both.
The great want of the world today
j Is the fulfillment of this Chrlst-llke
Injunction, that which he promulgated
In his sermon Olivette. All the politic
al economists under the arcblvault of
the heavens In convention for a thou
*Mid years cannot settle this contro
versy between monopoly and hard
work, between capital and labor. l)i^» •
ing the Revolutionary war there was a
heavy piece of timber to be lifted, per
haps for some fortress, and a corporal
was overseeing the work, and he wa#
giving commurids to some soldiers a*
they lifted: "Heave away, there! yo
heave!" Well, the timber wa* too
heavy; they could not got It up. There
was a gentleman riding by on a horse,
and he slopped and said to this cor
poral, "Wny dou't you help them lift?
That timber Is too heavy for them to
lift." "No,” he said, "I won’t; 1 am a
corporal." The gentleman got off hi4
horse and carne up to the plai»!
"Now,” he paid to the soldier*, "all to
getber yo heave! and the timber
went to II* place. "Now," said the
gentleman to the corporal, "when you
have a piece of timber too heavy for
the men to lift, and you want help, you
wend to your commander-in-chief." It
wax Washington. Now, that I* about
all the Ooapel I know the Oospel of
giving somebody a lift, u lift out of
darkite**, a lift out of earth Into
heaven, 'i hat is alt the Oospel I
know the Oospel of helping somebody
else to lift.
The greatest friend of capitalist and
toller, and (be one who will tt bring
them together In complete arc trd, was
born one Christmas night while the
curtains of heaven swung, stirred by
the wings augellr. Owner of all things
— all the continents, all worlds, and all
the Islands of light. Capitalist of Im
mensity, crossing over to our condition
Coming Into our world, not. by gate
of palace, hilt by door of barn. .Spend
ing Ills first night amid the shepherds,
(lathering afterward around him tbu
fishermen to he his chief attendants.
With adse, and saw, and chisel, and
axe, and In a carpenter shop showing
himself brother with the tradesmen.
Owner of all things, and yet on a hil
lock buck of Jerusalem one day re
signing everything for others, keeping
not so much as a shekel to pay fur bis ^
obsequies: by charity hurled la the
suburbs of a city that had cast him
out. lb;fore the cross of such a cap
italist, and such a carpenter, all men
can afford to shako hands and wor
ship. Mere Is the every man's Christ.
None so high, hut ho wait higher
None so poor, hut he was poorer. At
hi* feet the hostile extremes will yet
renounce their animosities, and coun
tenances which have glowered with the
prejudices and revenge of centuries
shall brighten with the smile of heaven
as he commands: ''Whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do you even
so to them."
Au 11 it Han NoIiiiiiuii.
The Duke of Ossone, while Viceroy
of Naples, delivered many quaint arid
clever judgments. The case Is related
where a young Spanish exquisite
named Bertrand Solus, while lounging
about In the busy part of the city, was
run against by a porter carrying a bun
dle of wood on his shoulder.
The porter had called out, "Make
way, please!” several times, but with
out effect. He had then tried to get
by without collision, hut his bundle
caught the young man's velvet dress
and tore It. Solus was highly indlg
mint, and had the porter arrested.
The Viceroy, who had privately In
vent igated the matter, told the pori y
1 to pretend he was dumb, and at th«
trlul to reply by signs to any question
hut might la- put to him. j
When the case cams on, and Bolus '
had made his complaint, the Viceroy
turned to the porter und ashed him
what he had to say I It reply. Tti pne
ter only shook his head ami mude signs
with Ills hands.
What judgment >lu you want me • ,
give against a dumb man*" uskeil Out
: Viceroy.
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falling Into the trap, "the man U an
, linpostei | assure you he U not dumb
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him tty utlt. Make way,'" |
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