Mr. Allan, a resident of Seattle, Wash., is at present engaged in perfecting a flying machine. The cigar-shaped framework will be 100 feet in length. About it will be a worm of silk filled with gas. The worm will form the thread of a screw ten feet in diameter at the center, and tapering at either end. A cabin in the frame, suspended from the axle, will be the source of the “power” which is to cause the screw to revolve and bore its way through the air. One man only is to occupy the cabin. Passengers will be carried in a basket suspended below the frame by long ropes. A complicated steering apparatus will control the course of the machine. Mr. Allan is confident that his invention will be “a go” when put to the test. That, however, is a matter that only the future can decide.

From—The Crawford Avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.), 26 March 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.