Show BERNE beune switzerland feb 9 01 editor eilor deseret news dear sr sir I 1 hav have ejust juat received a letter from a friend in paris who is connected with the academy of sciences containing a long and detailed account of an experiment recently made in that city elty to demonstrate the possibility of serial navigation in the tho hope that the subject may be interesting to your readers i f take the liberty to send bend you a short account of the experiment made and results remits obtained mr nir dupuy de lame who during the belge beige of paris had been engaged in numerous aerostat io experiments read on the ath of february to the member of the academy of science sciences a report upon the aerial journey undertaken by himself three days previously the hall of the academy was wag filled to overflowing with european scientific celebrities I 1 eager to hear the tho explanations of the innovator In lovator at eleven on the morning of the and 2nd of february 1872 mr dupuy capuy do de lome loille entered the car with fourteen persons the wind was wag blowing violently from the bouth south the bulletins of the observatory were very threatening and a tempest raged in the channel while the gale around paris became every moment more violent in spite of these circumstances the brave afave captain shouted the word of command and the balloon let loose ascended with great speed the propeller being adjusted and worked by hand commenced to revolve at first very sio slowly wiy but by degrees with greater speed the rudder or helm was next tried and the balloon was steered in various directions in spite of contrary winds an anemometer placed in front of the tho car indicated the rate of speed with great accuracy while a marinero mariners ma compass a barometer and a thermometer enabled the captain to determine the exact position of the balloon the trial tra trip lasted four hours during which the speed attained directly against the wind was at an altitude attitude of 2000 feet about 43 kilometres kilo metres or 27 miles an hour at precisely three thanks to its peculiar construction the balloon made a steady easy descent at the very spot determined upon before the departure of the travellers trav ellers the problem which mr dupuy do de lonae 16 me pretends to have solved Is three fold 1 the constant stability of the balloon 2 aa A certain regulated determined speed 3 the obedience of ofa the tho balloon to the rudder or helm the results obtained are entirely satisfactory with regard to the stability of the apparatus as during the whole grip trip the car remained in a perfectly horizontal position the various motions af pf the passengers whether walking running or cailing leaning calling over the side of the car not affecting in the slightest degree its constant stability the ard 3rd condition of the problem Is also fulfilled as the balloon readily obeys the slightest motion of the helm As to the aad 2nd condit condition lon ion the speed attained is not very great but mr dupuy de lome rome asserts it will be much greater if steam be applied to the propeller the starting point of mr nir dupuy do de lomes lornes theory in the tho construction of balloons is I 1 to so eo construct them that they may constantly maintain a permanent shape thib tills this has never been the case before 2 this shape should be such that the main axis of the balloon should be in a direct direction ibn parallel to the line of pro pul pui pu slon blon by conforming to the first mr du puy pay do de lome nome avoids the resistance opposed by the atmosphere crowding crowd lag into the concavities con conca conea cavities cities of the balloon made mad e by the currents of wind when constructed ted according to the old plan plane by conformity to the second point the revolving motion so frequent with most saloons ba loons is entirely avoided this is the first time in the history of that such results have been obtained and should subsequent t experiments bo be equally successful it is impossible to estimate the great changes it is likely to bring about not only in the mode and conveniences of traveling but in the social relations of men at any rate mr dupuy de lome may henceforth be considered one of the great gleat gi eat inventors of this age and if it be in consequence of the siege of paris that so useful a discovery has been made the parisians Pari will perhaps regret less the trials of that memorable epoch p sines sinca one of their number has b been e err t thua us led to the solution of the great problem of aerial serial locomotion I 1 beg to remain dear sir respectfully yours 0 L BELLE bellu RIVE PORTAGE malad march 10 1872 editor deseret neus news we are rii nii nil nii enjoying good health and a goodly portion of the spi god the tha brethren and sisters attend to their meetings promptly as a general thing and we have good meetings mee tinga all are striving to live their religion and build up the kingdom the farmers are putting in grain with a good prospect of reaping an abundant harvest us aa there is an abundance of snow in the mountains which will furnish farnish water for irrigation the grasch grasshoppers did not lay jay their eggs here last fail fali so we shall be very apt to have none of them only travelers pres 0 0 hoskins is commencing the survey of the water ditch on the west side of malad river for the purpose of brili bringing ging water down to where they have laid out and intend to buildup build up portage they will surveying next thursday and keep at it until sure where the water will come and if it comes up where we have every reason to believe it will we shall have an abundance of water aud nud good farming laud and plenty of room for tor more good latter day saints to come and live last evening bro W 0 Hewston the teacher or of our school gave us an exhibition the pro gramme consisted of declamations dialogues 1 songs and recitations and was a co complete m piete pleto success we were highly edified and entertained for about three hours and a half and I 1 must say everything went off smoothly and red cuned ned to the credit and honor of both teacher and scholars all did well but little mies hale in reciting the cullom bill did splendidly and brought down the house I 1 am your bro in the gospel WM H andeeson ANDERSON I 1 AND ATTO GLADSTONE IN DEBATE I 1 was present the other night when gladstone made his great bid for nor popularity by denouncing the american claim for consequential damages As the speech has pretty nearly set this countr country yina in a flamel alamei I 1 may ask a little of your space to describe the speech the debate and the scene the house was crowded to excess for everybody knew know that disraeli would draw out the government on the subject and that gladstone would say something strong DISRAELI disraeli led off his speech was immensely clever it had a fine show of patriotism about it and of unselfish readiness to support the government for the sake of the country while all the time it continued to throw the whole blame of everything on the government ern ment and especially on gladstone the manner of thie the spee h was of course excusable one must be well habituated to the house of commons style to endure most of its speakers and desra elps elis mannerisms transcend those of anybody else he talks in a sepulchral voice something like that of an afflicted and lachrymose raven A stranger might dancy fancy that ho he was actually beginning to cry he groans and croaks out his words and seems to drag them up from the very pit of his stomach ule ble stammers and boggles and halts at irregular intervals in the tho middle of if every sentence and interjects that odious taw law aw aw 11 which english speakers seem unable to get rid of his gestures are angular constrained and awkward when he becomes vehement he is turgid when he is ia solemn he out groans the tho rev mr iggins Bt I 1 have heard a few public speakers in various countries in my time and I 1 hereby record my former declaration that the manner of the right bight hon benjamin disraeli is tha the most utterly detestable that has overcome under my nay notice but for all that his speech was very clever ingenious and effective and disraeli is ja perfect master of phrases he never speaks without bequeathing que athing some happy phrase to be quoted again and again in and out of the house he spoke as he always does standing beside the table on which the mace lies and on the other side of which sit the ministers when leaning across the table as if he were about to lie down on it and looking straight at gladstone he announced that he was prepared to support the government he conveyed and of course meant to convey the following im pre pro blon aelon 1 I know that this is all your ault nult I 1 have personally the mast utter contempt for you and all your colleagues gues guek I 1 could overwhelm you with sli bhame shame el but for the sake of the country I 1 will actually subdue my feelings and consent to endure you while this thia hafti difficulty lasts GLADSTONE mr gladstone was wag singularly mild nol noi id ever humble bumble in hia hib reply towards DIs rail rall ra IL he put on the weak air of one w who 0 rather like ilko to be rebuked and believes it to be for hia hla spiritual good there is a story told with great zest zeat by one of mr Glad stones atones own colleagues to the efrece that being one night in the members gallery and near that 01 0 the reporters while gladstone was wag declaiming in one of hia hla saintly strains he be hearda reporter ej ejaculate acu late inte as if unconsciously 8 clou sly ly or as if lie he help it the word vord mord for myself I 1 believe gladstone to be a perfectly sincere and high minded man but his hid saintly words of oratory are A decidedly irritating he H wa wai sweetly sanctified in hig his dealings with disraeli but he flamed up into anything but sanctity when he came to talk of your alabama claims it wab wag really a splendid specimen of that ornate and gorgeous kind hind kird of eloquence which is peculiar to gladstone in the opening passage a of the speech the house of commons mannerism and tone were painfully apparent the singsong sing slug song cadence and the oddly lach laeh strain like that of a certain kind hind of preacher were unpleasant to hear atone at one time I 1 remember I 1 hardly understood der dera tood stood what charles dickens used to mean when ho he described the house or of commons tone as the worst of all affectations tat lous loub then I 1 used to attend the debates debs deba so regularly that familiarity prevented me from observing the defects absence of some years from england has lately converted me into a sort of fresh and strange observer and thib this hideous funeral tone tono impresses me beyond 3 description why when sir boun roun dell palmer last night was proposing the election of the new now speaker of the house every everybody body bady might have thought he was a lugubrious methodist preacher reading the burial service ber ser viea vlee to return however to gladstone he dropped the doleful tone as he be warmed in his bis speech years however have told heavily on his voice it is no longer the wonderful organ sweet strong clear like a clarion that it used to be all the finer notes have beeri been worn away he is sometimes huary husky h arse and even harsh but bal the closing pas bages sages of his review of the alabama question n were full fuli of genuine power and veness and they took the house immensely probably you will think the style of them overwrought and extravagant but this was vas not the effect upon the ears of those who listened even of those who like myself alid and there are some such regarded the speech as in the highest degree ill timed and mischievous viewed as a mere piece of declamation it was wonderfully artistic for fol mr gladstone managed with rare skill to convey into it a manner as of one who was honestly restraining and repressing his hla emotion as of one whose ardor would have led him to utter defiance but whose self control enabled him to be content with a protest strange as aa it may seem to you this was wab the effect produced the speech was mado made for the galle ibs bbs for the press for the public to anticipate the torlea tories to show that the honor of england and the british lion and the union jack and all ali ali the rest reat of the properties are safe in the handsol a lib eral era ministry justan mccarthy McCarth yen yin in new york mail ANEW A NEW STEP IN AERIAL navigation A new now balloon the feature of which is ia a steering apparatus apparatuses is le thus described by a paris correspondent of the london news nad lat your readers imagine a gigantic egg of inflated silk buk the longer axis be ing horizontal to this egg is attached an oblong car something the shape of a punt the motive of the inventor in u choosing the ovoid form was at once to 0 obtain b t an greater grester reater stability for the car than C could u id bt be hoped for wit lithe old balloons and at the same time to give the least possible hold to the wind the diameter of the balloon is about two fifths of its horizontal length from point to point I 1 take the following dimensions from M dupuy de lomes highly interesting report read before the academy of science only Ionly changing french metres into feet for the convenience of english readers total length from end to end gin gln diameter at the pointon point of great est eat circumference 1 aln diameter of the screw gin Num number berof berot of blades 2 number of turns turus to the tho screw i iu irl a minute when the bal loon laou is going eight kolome tres trea five miles an hour houn i faster than the wind 21 I 1 M dupuy do de lome thus describes the rudder by which his balloon to is steered the rudder is a plain triangular sur j face it is made of unvarnished calic caile 11 and is kept in its pince place by a hori horizontal ot a yard t hix mix ix metres long at its lower extremity tre mity the height of the rudder is five metres and it has a super superficies aleles fletes of 15 metres the car Is ia next describe described ed it is of wickerwork wicker work and is ia of bum HUM clent size bize to contain comfortably the windlass for the screw nud eight men to work it the ventilator with which to manage the he small balloon we shall have to speak of this presently aud and the man who attends to it in all ali fourteen persona persons can be carried in the car the driving screw is a hollow steel tube this shaft is constructed so as to allow of the screw being easily dismounted when a landing is emmee effee ed the rudder is ia fixed to be the balloon itself I 1 and the screw as a we said is below it and immediately attached to the car two blades only are hire used in the screw instead of when the ground is touched the two blades bindes ean can be placed horizontally so BO as to escape injury were there four blades the screw would oa almost certain to be broken whenever i a landing was effected the windlass which turns the screw is worked i by four or if necessary eight men in a similar manner to the steering wheel of a ship only the wheel is ia placed parallel to we axis axi ami s of the car instead of at right angat s to it in order to lessen the rolling occasioned by the movements of the men inen working the windlass the material of w blen bien the envelope of the balloon is composed Is ia white ing fifty two grammes not quite two ounces to the square metre and a coarser lining weighing 40 grammes gramme 8 to the square metre aud seven coats of india rubber which together weigh grammes a little over six ounces the square metre thus the who e weight of the external webb of the balloon baildon is grammes about nine ounces to the square metre metro in order to reader the web of the balloon totally impermeable to the hydrogen gas with which it is inflated the bilk was painted over with a sort of |