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Once in a Queen Vict we In dis country Now Turkle w lib nex to him off all day round wish him could fly So one time he a him to fly. An' dey all com Pigeon look wise dat dey could! So each of de of him wing- back, till him full of feade Den dey in de air Bumby de get t Ebery dey Pigeon g dey get dere dey feader out of Turk An' dey gib' Tur tell him say him is So dey all pick u up corn. Now bumby dey An' dey all sta Norfolk, Va., April 13.-Aerial navigation will be an open book to all who visit the Jamestown exposition, at Norfolk, Va., this year. The aeronautic exhibit will illustrate the history and progress of all attempts to master the ethereal mystery and overcome the power of gravitation. The art of sky climbing is regarded by enthusiasts as having now entered the realm of reality. What had been accomplished to this time by many bright minds concentrated on the work will be shown at this exposiiton on the shores of Hampton Roads, and when President Roosevelt, by the touch of the now proverbial button, sets in motion the great machinery exhibit on April 26, the cloudland chauffeur will dip his colors in the spindrift of the sky. It is expected that a great impetus will be given to ballooning, superterranean yachting, flying, or whatever one whould call it. All of the late inventions and contrivances of airship builders, many o which and their perfomances have been described in public prints, will be there for the inspection of the exposition goer. Those disposed to view the aerial fun form altitudino ntage may do so form captive ba ons. Capt. Baldwin, who is recogniz as the greatest of American aeronauts, and who was conspicuous in exhibits aloft at St. Louis, will have the captive floating observatories in charge. De. Julian P. Thomas of New York, whose thrilling experiences have put Munchausen's adventures in the shade, will be there with his big Nirvana, and his dirigible, as will Santos Dumont with his collection of air craft, and many of the other pioneer pathfinders of the Blue. Dr. Thomad has been on grounds already testing the lifting power of Norfolk gaas, and though, on a recent visit, an ascent was out of the question, because of the severity of the elements, he is soon to visit Norfolk again and give some attention to air currents. The Aero club of New York has taken up the exposition aerial exhibit with a zealous interest and under its and the exposition’s auspices an aeronautic congress is to be held that will bring together the aeronautics of the world, while international contests will put all kinds of air craft through paces that will embrace high flying, speed and long distance flights. The names of Langley, Bell and Maxim now figure prominently in the work of scientific effort. Others skilled in practical accomplishments are Ader, in France; Kress, in Austria; Hoffman, in Berlin; Margrave, in Australia; Baldwin, in California; Knabeshue and the Wright brothers in Ohio. The Wright brothers attracted much attention some two years ago when they flew more than a mile at Kitty Hawk Beach in North Carolina, with an aeroplane pushed by propeller and sustained in part by another propeller pushing up. This arrangement was changed afterwards, so that one screw was put forward and the other overhead. The most elaborate attempt at "gliding" flight was that made by the American inventor, Sir Hiram Maxim. His ma and PIG STORY by [[Image]] equilibrium. Prof. Langley’s machine failed for the same rea ttempts at flight by "heavier than machines, such as those built to fly ird, and the aeroplane and aero- [[image]] DR. THOMAS GETTING READY FOR THE ASCENT rome construction have failed up to date because of this defect. The balloon prop r as a means of sustaining a man dates ack the 1783. The first successful dirigible was American, in 1833. This, however, was but a model. A dirigible was begun in Paris during the siege of that city and later completed. It proved fairly successful. Prior to that, a dirigible was constructed, but it could not be sailed directly against the wind. The more recent accomplishment of Santos Dumont and that of Kanbenshue, who sailed around the dome of the capitol at Washington show that the dirigible has reached a stage of considerable advancement. That the dirigible is likely to play an important part in modern warfare seems to be attested by the trip made a few years ago by a German dirigible over the frontier into Russia when it hovered over a large town long enough to photograph its fortifications, and though fired on, returned unhurt the way it came. Man's attempt to ape the bird is almost as early as history, and indeed legendary. Ovid tells of Daedalus and Icarus who imprisoned in Crete, unable to escape by sea, made for themselves wings of feathers attached to frames by was, and tied them to their arms. All went well till Icarus soared towards the sun which meired the wax. Icarus fell into the sea. made several successful trips, going some fifteen miles an hour and returning to its starting point. Prof. Carl Meyer made a dirigible in 1890 which he propelled, bicycle fashion, making about ten miles an hour. One of the earliest victims of ballooning was Count Zambeccarl. He had sent up unaccompanied balloon in London Nov. 25, 1783, march 23, 1785, with Sir Edward Vernon, he made a trip of twenty-five miles from London in less than an hour. Sept. 21, 1812, he fell from a burning Montgolfier fire balloon, at bologna, and was killed. The largest hot-air balloon was made in Lyons, France. It was 105 feet in diameter and 130 feet high. The present day Nirvana is but 47 1/2 feet high and wide. The Lyon balloon took up seven persons in January, 1781, to a height of 3,500 feet in 17 minutes. Its lifting power was 18 tons. The Nirvana's lifting capacity with Norfolk gas is 41 pounds to the 1,000 cubic feet of gas, or about one and a quarter tons including its own weight of a little more than half a ton. The old timer came to [[?]], however, on its memorable [[?]] for its size and a rent of some fifty feet dropped it to the earth with more than comfortable celerity, but not with fatal results to the occupants. In 1875, Blanchard, a Frenchman, and an American, crossed the engineer were killed by an explosion of their hydrogen dirigible, set on fire by the gasoline motor. Perhaps the first balloon ascension in America was that of the Frenchman, Blanchard, Jan. 30, 1793, in Philadelphia, when Gen. Washington was a spectator. A philosophical voyage was made from Hamburg, Germany, in July, 1803, when Messrs. Robertson and Lhoest reached an altitude of 23,526 feet and made various experiments-electric and magnetic-by explosions, in temperature reading, determining boiling points of fluids, and in the liberation of birds. At the Jamestown Exposition the whole world will be in competition, making herculean efforts to travel through space in machines that will be under as perfect control as any that now travel on land or water. Capt. Homer W. Hedge, founder of the Aero club, says: "No man can prophesy what the next few years see accomplished. Men are Shadwell March, a writer on the subject from whose researches the foregoing material is largely obtained, says, that before the seven months of the duration the Jameston Exposition shall have expired, many new and remarkable records EXHIBIT PALANCE-JAMESTOWN E sphere floating in the skies over Par almost any day during the summe months. the visit of Count De La Vaul country last spring, and ascent wa from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ntaur, an immense balloon of 55 ic feet capacity, was sent by ex o the Pittsfield Gas Works. A eary in the morning, large tan were spread on the groun, upo the envolope was carried by si e sand bags were filled and place it in a circle, to be attached t ting, to hold the balloon whil g with coal gas. entaur is the famous balloon i he world's long distance record o les in thirty-five hours from Paris, r, Russia was made during th race held by the Paris expositio in the following trips: Miles. Hrs to Warsaw (Russian Po- 900 2 Lubeck (Baltic Sea) 550 1 Breslau (Silesia) 850 1 Westervek (Sweden) 950 2 Emden (Hanover) 400 1 alve and neck are sparate fro in part of the envelope, and ar d before inflating. The valve rop fast, and the ripping cord which e fastened to a portion of the ma s arranged to tear out, leaving pening through which the ga escapes when the descent is mad ter the gas bag is on the groudn prevents dragging the basket with occupants along the ground, if the nd is blowing very hard. It is a very piring sight to see the balloon swell u d gro larger and larger, finally as ning the shape of a large sphere, whil ny men keep continually lowering th d bags around it. After it is entirely id with gas the collecting ring is at hed to the ropes leading from the net g and the car is then fastened to theis ng by four or six stout ropes; the aeronauts then take their places, bags of bal ast are taken on board, when all is ready the men around the basket allow the balloon to rise from the ground a little way. Tis is to balance it properly. If it does not rise some ballast is put out; if it has too much ascensional force ore ballast is taken on. Finally when all is right and the wind is still, the word "Let go all" is given, and, strange to y, the earth, the crowds, the trees, all seem to shrink away; there is a slight murmur of voices that seem to grow weaker, a waving of handkerchiefs, until finally all is still. While floating in a current of air, and moving as fast as it does, breeze is felt at all and if it were not the rising and falling of the recording ometer which shows just how many tres your altitude is, it would be impossible to tell that there was any mo n at all; there is nothing to judge by, to give you relative change of posi Far over the hills and lakes, the of which are as clearly visible banks around them, a fact that the natural enemies of king like toy farms tha the cows looking in the fields, and
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