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Show H ANOTHER HOPE FADING. H Those of the uninitiated who hope to live M to take a trip In a flying machine might as well m place that hope fur In the background. That M the Hying machine Is an assured fact is demon- M strated in recent scientlllo articles, but It Is M also demonstrated that they will not be In com- B mon use at any early date. The Wright broth- HH crs, of Dayton, Ohio, havo perfected their aer- M oplane so that It is possible for them to B ' fly whete tlicy will with perfect ease, but it is H their opinion that the flying machine will not H revolutionize the transportation of the future, B In their own language tho inventors say: 1 "The alr-shlp, so far as wo can see at pres- H cnt, will have its chief value for warfare, and H for reaching Inaccessible places for such uses M as expeditions Into tho Klondike, or to Peking H during its siege a few years ago. The valuo of H an air-ship moving faster than a railroad train HVJ for rcconnoltering or dropping evploalves upon Lfl an enemy In time of war is now obvious to the entire civilized world. The aeroplane may also be of great value In the near future for service like the carrying of mall. When properly developed de-veloped It will be quicker than any means of locomotion now In uso for direct Journeys between be-tween two places unless against hurricanes. There will be no switches, no stops whatever; and the journey can bo made In an alr-llne, liowevcr.lt will scarcely displace the railroad or the steamboat;. neceisarlly, Its expenditure of fuel will be too great. In a steamship it is calculated cal-culated that the heat from the burning of a sheet of letter-paper will carry a ton a mile; you could hardly expect such results In an air-ship"." |