When it arrives at the fire, the driving arrangement is disconnected, and
all the energy of the steam is turned into the apparatus for forcing up
the water.

The engine is sixteen feet long, seven feet wide, and ten feet high. How
terrified the horses in the roads will be when this huge monster comes
rushing toward them, spouting fire, and appearing to move of its own free
will.


LIEUTENANT WISE AND HIS KITE.

We gave an account, in an earlier number, of Lieutenant Wise and his
efforts to make kites strong enough to lift soldiers into the air, that
they may overlook an enemy's fortifications.

He has almost succeeded. The other day he made a fresh attempt, and had
himself raised forty-two feet in the air.

He sent up four kites, with a pulley and rope attached. To this rope a
boatswain's chair was fastened, and when the wind was blowing steadily
enough for him to make the attempt, he seated himself in the chair, and
had the soldiers who were helping him draw him up toward the kites.

They succeeded in pulling him up forty-two feet, and when he was lowered
again he said that he did not feel uncomfortable while in his lofty perch,
and that the swinging motion was very slight.

The experiment was made on Governor's Island, New York Harbor.