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named the Campbell Air PROF. HOGAN
Ship and which was year or two ago copied
in tho construction Of n craft OF sufficient
size to carry four persons.
ltconsisted of an egg shaped balloon, under
which were hung I; basket and system OF
propellersa and ruddcrs with which, he argued
the navigation Of the air could be accom-
plished. With these rudders and propellers
Campbell thought his ship could be caused to
move forward and backward, up and down,
even against moderately strong wind If
necessary. A somewhat successful test Of tho
mnchine was made in 1887 from Coney Island
on q very still day. After that no practical
trial was made until tho last, the result Of
which Is known to the entire newspaper read
ing world.
Edward D. Hogan, the unfortunate aero
naut who attempted to navigate the air in
Campbells air ship was born in Moretown
Canada. He made his first balloon ascension
from Jackson, Mich, when he was IL years
old It is estimated thnt after that he went
up in the neighborhood OF 200 times He had
wide reputation as II daring neronaut and
had some thrilling adventures. Last summer
he made periodical ascensions at Rockaway
Beach, l.. l., leaving the balloon at an alt-
tude Of 5000 feet and descending to earth
with the aid of parachute The parachute
looked like Il great umbrella Ropes took tbs
place Of the ribs, and suspended beneath it
was Il hoop for Hogan to hang to. When he
reached the desired height Hogan would
grasp the hoop and leap from his seut.
The parachute WAS attached TO the top Of
the balloon by a slender cord. Hogan's
weight would break this, ut the same time
overturnins the balloon and opening Il valve
which allowed the gas to escape FROM the
balloon, which would slowly float to earth
As Hogan and his parachute dropped, the
folds of the latter would open and he would
reach the earth gently us to hardly jar
him, Once he dropped into the sea and was
barely rescued alive, .
He once gave an exhibition MT Auburn, N
Y, which included one Of these parachute
desceuts. He left his balloon. hut there was
some hitch in the parachute ropes, and it
failed 10 open. For 2,5Ul feqt lie dropped
like Il piece of Head, wiu!e the breatlless
crowd below looked mortified, expecting
to see him dlshph tn pieces il moment
more. Finally the parachute slowly opened
just i'll time to prevent Hogan from striking
Il house top with terrific force He toppled
from the roof and fell on a picket fence, re-
ceiving severe wound in his thigh. AL
though he was unable to walk, he crawled to
where the parachute lay, folded it up, lay
down beside it and waited calmly for some
body to turn up. His friends carried him to
a physician, who sewed up the cash, and
Hogan proceeded to Rochester, where he
made another ascension the next day.
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Many regard tho first act Of 'Die Wal
kuren Hs the most finished of his creations;
aud certainly it has wonderfully impress
sive climax. But grand as this is, thero are
many who consider the last act of "Goetter-
daemmerung" the supreme achievement of
Wagner. The exquisite trio of the Rhine
maidens swimming and singing in pict-
uresque forest scene; the death of Sicgfried
and tho procession that slowly carries his
body, by the light of the moon, up the hill;
and the burning Of the funeral pyre, at the
end, until it is put out by the rising waters
Of the Rhine bearing the maidens on tho sur
face; these scenes, with the glorious music
accompanying, cannot be matched by any
act Of any other opera. Nevertheless, it is
the opinion Of tho best critics that, as n
whole, "Siegfried" is the grandest part Of
tho tetralogy. In no other work Of Wag-
ner's is there such q minute correspondence
every second between the poetry, music and
scenery. Every action and gesture Oh the
stage is mirrored in the orchestra. A great
musician once said that lin 'Siegfried' we
hear for the first time music such rs Nature
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"'e'Ni'o "1A'NLHr courag ement of
success, with but small incentive to pursue
theory to the end and make Of the theory
living and palpable fact, Wugner's whole
ife was devoted to the establishing Of his
theory. 1t was q life Of protest, He one
Of the most berated men Of his time
otuntil the great wave of approval which
swept over Europe in the early part Of tho
'10S did tho critics do him justice. 1t was
a great reaction Wagner societies were
organized in every large city of Ger
many Men who from sheer perliuacity,
mingled with afanatically conservative dis
inclination to accept anything that was new
and snerved from established criterions, be-
came tho most ardent enthusiasts over what
wns then known as the Emusic of the futurc,h
but what is now more aptly termed the music
Of ull time Wagner never composed any
thing for the mob When he first went to
Paris, friendess and absolutely without any
tangible future before him, he was well quail
filed to compose my number Of tlorid, tin
selfish operas that would have captured the
town and put money in his purse. But the
idea was revolving 10 him He preferred to
live I'M garrer AMI perform for pittauce
such musical tlrulyery US the adapting of
comic opera scores for the cornet Il piston.
Nearly all Of the music that lie wrote while
III Paris was rejected as being too :antasticaL
When Wagner had composed ''rhe Flying
Dutchman'' Ito which he was inspired by
an intense appreciation of tho wonders Of the
sea), an opera which, although tnorbidy
gloomy, contains some of his most noble
music, the public was SO bewil,lered by the
composers daring departure from all estab-
lished rules that it was undecided rs to
whether the innovation should be strangled
or applaued- So it remained passive. But
when Wagner offered to it tho splendid har-
monies allied to the sonorous and significant
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CAERDAFF AFTER THE COMMANDMENT.
The British ministry was now the
calmest body of men in Europe. Tho
great opposition storm had died away;
the great war storm had ceased, and the
wisest British statesmen saw the unmis-
taxable path Of national policy lying
plain and open before them. There was
no longer time for arguments and strug-
giles with opponents or enemies, internal
or external. There was even no longer
time for the discussion of measures. It
was the time for the adoption Of meas
ure which indicated itself, and which did
not need discussion.
On the afternoon of the day of the
bombardnnent of Caerdaff, Repeller No.
II, accompanied by her crabs, steamed
for the English channel. Two days
aftcrward there lay off the coast ut
Brighton. with white flag floating high
above her, the old Tallapoosa. now naval
mistress Of the world. 49,
Near by lay cable boat, and constant
communication by way of France was
kept up between the officers of the
American syndicate and the repcller. In
a very short time communications were
opened between the repeller and London.
When this last step became known to
the public of America, almost as much
excited by the recent events as the pub
lie Of England, great disturbance arose
in certain political circles. It was argued
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AN IOWA ENTERPRISE.

The Blue Grass Palace That Is BeIn.;
Built nt Iowa.
Corn palaces, spring palaces summer pal
aces, ice palaces, all serve their purposes.
Creston, Ia, is to have the next structure OF
this nature in the shape of blue grass
palace, work on which has just been COM
menccd.
Creston is in the center OF the blue grass
region of southwestern Iowa, n region in
which, though not SO well known as the blue
grass region of Kentucky, the graceful blue
grass fourishes most delightfully."-, and which
Is noted among those familiar with it for its
pretty girls and its whole souled hearty hos
pitality.
The building will bo 100 by 100 feet on the
ground and 120 feet high The roof will bs
composed Of q thatch of native grasses, and
all the entrances aud projections will be built
of haled hay. Tho interior will be divided
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CaMPBELL'S AIR SHIP.
Something About the Queer Craft and the
Man Who Went Up In Her.

Something About the Queer Craft and the
Man Who Went Up In Her.
The NEUROLOGICAL stories of Dadalus and
lcarus show that the first attempts to nayi-
gate the air were made in prehistoric times.
AS far back as records go mention is found
of the efforts Of man to soar above the earth.
Even after the peculiar properties of hy-
drogen gas were discovered, however, in
176G, it was seventeen years before any prac-
tical result was obtained in the line OF
aerial navigation. In 1888 the Montgolfier
brothers succeeded in sending up n balloon
made Of linen cloth, lined with paper and
filled with mir raretieel by heat. From that
time to this the subject has been one of
absorbing interest to inventors, and some of
the greatest minds Of the world have gruppled
with it,
These efforts have been successful to this
extent only: Balloons have been constructed
which will aoat suspended in the air for
hours and days at a time and which can be
made to ascend by tho discharge Of ballast
and to descend by allowing the gas-the sus-
tanning power-to escape from the bag con-
tanning it. Beyond that point no oue has
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MERCSG. !" I&.@"
There are no proscenum boxes, no visible
footlights or orchestra, 10 promptel'S hood.
Those who arc accustomed only to the dis
tracttis architectural accessories Of an ordi-
nary theatre can hardly conceive perhaps,
how greatly the effect of any scene is en-
hapccd by its thus being, SO to speak, the
only thing in sight. Aud in house 50 built
no one eau possibly do aught but look and
listen to what is on tho boards, 1t is not
show place for the audience, but darkened
hall whittier the audience comes for the sake
Of the opera alone The musicians sit in II
kind Of 'moat,' which runs across the the
atre between the stage and the audience, und
they are entirely hidden from view This
conce;lment Of the orchestra is an equally
fortunate arrangement The power of the
musi': is increased by its thus seeming the
wos.i OF invisible agents, instead of piping,
pulling gentlemen in nun-drumutic gurb
A:ld the whole volume Of sound CONES to
ic eitr with far more unity and precision OF
effect
The stage is 100 feet wide by OJ feet in
height and =; feet in depth Back OF this is
another stage of 50 feet i'll depth that i onty
used on extraordinary occasions The scenic
arrangements, as is necessary i'll the proinc-
ton of Wagners operas, are probably the
finest in the world Many novel effects are
introduced For instance, in 'tPnrsifala y tho
old knight and the boy Parsfal appear to be
walking through n deep forest to the castle
OF Montslavat. But i'll reality it is the scenery
that is moving past them, sometimes entirely
hiding them from view, and they arc finally
seeli To emerge from the wood and enter the
grand hail Of the CASTLE although they have
not once left the stage Tive shifting is mar
velnusly well done, and the illusion is com
plete.
Lovers of music from all over the world
assemble ut Buyreuth during the summer 10
hear Wagner's operas. The price of seats is
twenty marks, or s. each, regardless OF loca-
ton so those WHO apply first get the best
seats. There are usually fourteen or sixteen
performances spreading over period Of
four Or five weeks. Tho performance begins
ut half past in the afternoon, and continues
until half past 10. with two internlissions Of
an hour each, during which the audience
leaves the house and walks around the spa
cious gardens, or dimes ut the nearby restau,
rant. When the tetralogy is given the per-
formance lasts for four days, one opera each
night. Leaving inside certain passages in
"Tristan" and 'Die Neistersnger,n which
Wagner never surpassed, the tetralogy is
considered his most complete and i'll many
rocnac+c h;c rrnntact Frri:
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THE BLUE GRASS FALACE.
into sections for the accommodation of exhib-
its from various counties in the Blue Grass
league, the organization that has the enter
prise in hand, aud from Montana, the two
Dakotas and Washington. 1t is believed that
the structure viii compare well with similar
and preceding buildings of the same general
nature, and instead Of there being compe-
tition between it and the corn palace at Sioux
City it is stated that tho managers of each
will try to have visitors to their exhibition
visit the other.
The decorations Of the Blue Grass palace
will be elaborate, and will consist largely Of
paintings of cattl, md pasture and running
waters and shady trees, The palace will be
thrown open Aug. %, and its cost will be
$50 OOO
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Both countries were too we'll satisfied
with the general result to waste timo or
discussion over small matters. Great
Britain had lost some forts and some
ships, but these would have been COM
paratively useless in the new system of
warfare. On tho other hand, she had
gained not only the incalculable atsyan-
tage of the alliance, but n magnificent
and unsurpassed landlocled basin on tho
coast Of Wales.
Tho United States had been obliged to
pay an immense sum on account of tho
contract with the war syndicate, but this
was considered money SO well spent, and
so much less than an ordinary war would
have cost, that only the most violent
anti-administration journals ever alluded
to it.
Reduction of military and naval forces
and gradual disarmament was now tho
policy Of the allied nations. Such forces
and such vessels as might be demanded
for the future operations of the war syn
dicate were retained. A few field bat
tcries Of motor guns were all that would
be needed on land, and q comparatively
small number of armored ships would
suffice to carry the motor guns that
would be required at sea.
Now thero would be no more mere ex-
ihoitAoAiS " tilo powers VI tLo !nstaiitil-
neous motor bomb. Hereafter, if battles
must be fought, they would be battles of
:lnnihilation.
This is tho history Of the great syndi-
cate war. Whether or not the Anglo
American syndicate was ever called upon
to mako war, is not to be stated here.
But certain it is that after the formation
Of this syndicate all the nations of the
world began to teach English in their
schools, and tho Spirit Of Civilization
raised her head with d confident smile.
THE END.
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Housekeeper lin Kansas City1-I don't want
nothin'
Peddler-I am not anxious to sell. only
stopped to remark that Chicago, where I've
been peddlin'. can't hold candle to Kansas
City. .
"Don't believe 1t Kin" r
''No, indeed, mum. Chicago is goin' to
the dogs fast. People there are awful poor,
while in Kansas City find everybody is just
rollin' in wealth, md real estates a-boomin'.
Fast trains from Kansas City to New York
won't stop at Chicago in another year,
"What have you got to sellr'
'Soap. Something new. Only 81 a cake.n
"I'll take wo."-New York Weekly
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DEER LODGE, MONTANA, AUGUST 2, 1889
material, f1oated far out to sea.

The detachment OF artillerists who had
been dcputed to man the guns on the
heights which commanded the bay, had
been ordered to fall back TO the noun
tains rs soon as it had been seen that it
was not the intention Of the repellcr to
send boats on shore. The most courage
GUS of tho spectators trembled 4 little
when the fourth bomb was discharged,
for it came farther inland, and struck
the height on which the battery had
been placed, removing all vestiges Of the
guns, caissons, and the ledge of rock on
which they had stood.
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1876, when was under the direction OF the
man by whom the idea was conceived, and
who struggled against advcrsity for many
years Of his life for the successful carrying
out of his idea-Rchard Wagner This fes-
tivnl of 1876 not only gained for Wagner an
enthusiastic recognition that has extended
throughout the world but it clearly marked
an epoch i'll tho history Of the development Of
music.
It may bo said, with little fear of contra
diction, that Tot since the marvellous har-
monies Of Beethoven first amazed and de-
lighted Europe, or the revolutionary teach
ings Of Gluck aroused u discussion, the echoes
Of which, after an interval Of more than 100
years, have scarcely yet died away, has Il
connnser exercised such q marked influence
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upon tile works Of
his contemporaries
and upon the ,nu-
steal IDEAS Of the
world as did tho
late Richard Wag-
iler. The story Of
his early life is not
unlike that ofrnany
other great m ell
similarly constitute
e d and circutu-
stancetl-n story Of
hunliliations and
hardships too i'll
frequently tenn
pered with the en-
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SCENE IN "PARSIFAL.n
herself would make if she had an orchestra"
The tetralogy (more commonly known as
the trilogy, on account of the fact that the
first opera, "Das Rheingold," merely serves
MS an introduction to the other thrce) was
first produced at tho first Bayreuth festival
of 1876 as it will probably never be produced
again.
Wagner left In his will stipulation that
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Week, and published by special arrangement
with him through the American Press Associa
tou, All rights rcSerred.l
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THE MUSIC OF WAGNER.
1T IS NOW BEING SUNG AND SUNG
WELL AT BAYREUTH.

Brief Sketch of the Author of the Music
of the Futnre-scencs from Some of His
Famous Operas-Origin and History of
tue Wonderful Nvagnertnn Festivals.
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The Great War Syndicate.
By FRANK r. STOCKTON.

Author of 'EudGcr Grange" Amos Kill
bright "T!ie Zee Man of Orn,' "rhe
Christmas Wreck ''rhc Lady or the
Tiger" Tile Late Mrs. Null" ''Thc
Hundrcdth Man." "Thc Casting Away
OF Mrs. Lccks and Mrs. Aleshinc,'' "Thc
DuSantcs,' etc.
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Snsio's Little Brother-:What song shall
play on my harmonica, Mr.. Court .=f-.
MI" Court, who hates the harmontca (sotto
vocel-Yonr death soug.-Yankee Blade
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-05-10
N. G. Weather Crop Bulletin.
Central Office, Ag. Building, |
R1laioh NJ q

The excess of rainfall, deficiency oi
temperature and sunshine in the State for
the week ending Saturday, May 4th. have
been rather uniavorable to crops, bat SO
far there ia no reason for complaint, as
the general outlook is very encouraging,
the season being far in advance of that
of 1888, and rather earlier than the aver
age season. SO far no serious injury 10
reported from frost and the season is so
well advanced now that the probabilities
are that our crops will escape injury from
this source. The prospect for tne yield
of wheat, oats and fruit is excellent.
Considerable damage to straw berries IN
the neighborhood of Warsaw, Duplin
county, is reported from the Cyclone
which occurred in that vicinity on the I'd.
Western District has been an
excess of rainfall, deficiency Of tempera-
ture and sunshine in this district, but
crops generally do not appear to have
been unfavorably affected. Cotton needs
more sunshine. Frost reported on the
Sd at Morganton, Burke county, without
injurious effect. The following weekly
rainfalls are reported: Dallas, CASTOR
county-3.OO inches. Mt. Pleasant, Ca
barrus countY-l.ss inches. Davidson
College, Mecklenburg gcounty--l.25 inches.
Hickory, Catawba county-1.50 inches.
Old Fort, Mcdowell counly-2O0 inches
III. B. BATTLE, Ph. D.,
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-05-10
Charlotte Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. Q.
FOR THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT.
A Clerical CannOnade.

Messrs Editors Il do not exactly like
the following from "one of the cloth, ou'
it 10 very manifest that the polltlclane
themselves can never correct the evils ol
the spoils system, and probably now 10 the
time for the Pulpit and the Press to open
their batteries. ID.
Bishop Potter has been much crltl
cized for his use of the phrase that "Jet
fsrsonian simplicity means Jacksonlar
Vulgarity" during his centennial sermon
In an interview he explained the remark
as follows:
"Vulgarity asI used it did not refer &c
manners, but to the political atmosphere
Vulgar means common Tbs manners
of the people may be very high, but the
moral tone very low. Look at some coun
tries in Europe" and the Bishop named
them. "Now you catch the idea. l am
NO muRwump; have been Republican
all my life, but hate 'Laffy' and plati
tude. Besides, there were plenty who
were sure to pay sounding compliments to
Mr. Harrison and the nation that honor
him. I wasn't needed for that.
"Apply what said regarding my estl
mate OF the Presidential office to the pres
ent situation. How much time has Har'
risou given to craftsmanship? Not an
hour, not an instant, SO far as anybody
knows. He was put where he 10 20 main
tain the nations dignity, to protect the
rights of the poor and rich, to rule, not to
engage 10 barter and trade. But alas,
what a spectacle we have. We behold
the President of the United States OF
America intent only in getting Congress
men out of the House at nights that he
can 20 to bed. What's the use OF beat
ing about the bush in this matter? 1t
makes me very tired"
"Then you had no thought of assailiD g
the personal character of Andrew jack
son ?"
"Not in the slightest" replied Bishop
Potter; "but I cannot forget that under
the Jackson regime, the hateful dictum
was pronounced ito the victors belong the
spoils.'"
"What 10 your definition of pluto
crscyf"
."When ! speak of this as the era of the
plutoorsts, nobody can misunderstand
me. don't intend that they shall.
Every body has recognized the rise OF
money power. Its growth not merely
stifes the independence of the people.
but the blind believers in moneys om'
nipotent power assert that its liberal use
condones every offsnse.
"The pulpit does not speak out as it
should. These plutocrats are the ene-
mics Of religion as they are of the State.
And not to mince matters, will say that
while I had the politicians in mind
prominently, there are others. tell you
have heard the corrupt use of money in
the elections and the sale OF the sacred
right of the ballot openly defended BY
ministers Of the Gospel. I may find i,
necessary to put such men of the sacred
Office in the public pillory.
1.-THE social tendencies in the great
cities, outside of politics are most ele
vating. But the spoils system, and its
related vice, the purchase of votes, are
things to be afraid of, to be jumped upor
and strangled." .....
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-05-10

KILLING LAMBs.-"I killed lambs last
September, dropped in February, thai
weighed Is to 16 pounds per quarter
say 60 ponnds at 8 cents, $5.4O; and G. M
Parks paid me so cents for the peIt max
ing $500 for the lamb.
Their dams were native ewes | bought
iu Orange at $l.sO each; their sire was an
imported Hampshire Down buck L paid
$40 for and the freight on him. This buck
1 clipped April the 18th. He himself
weighed on that day 22l pounds, and his
fleece weighed 81 pounds; it had been
considerably lessened by briars. I have
SO lambs by him this season, and think
them the finest ever on my farm. If he
had never before rendered me any service
and was to die today, in this lot of lambs
he has doubly paid for himself.
You will say, "Oh, but your sheep are
we'll fed" What are they fed on ? Grass I!
have fed my sheep but two days thi.
entire winter; that was during two day.
of snow in February."-Janaes NorsoooO
an Progressive Farmer.