Telegram-herald., 1890-09-12
A BATTLE FOR LIFE.
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War, s2ys tae New yoFk Saa. n co-a- /
p4ny Nlth Peter Sehuitz zna maa0- /
fAcsUrer nAaed Depsnheuer he started I
IA the balloon Stoilwerk ~ enc o'c.oc4 4
ea 5 cloudy afternoon. TIE balloon /
few one nile almost straight epwarl I
into rhe thick 81 stcrI1 Woe. fear
ful Of tae serong Winds and h2l srosu4
hln. DECIDED % make landing - Sooa
as possible
There was nothing but woods AID
woo4s under Is. he sid. snossq usntiy-
u he balloon descended Wlth violent
rapllity. 1 finally discovered a httie
clearing On steep mountain side and
prepared - anchor. The balloon de-
scea3ed more slowly, and the people
who lad observed Us hurried together
underneath 10 help as land. drew the
yeutil4tor httls furtAer open ard mo-
tioaea . Sohm-ts % get oat. Deepen
heuer ahghted. and al was we'll, when
suddenly whirlwiui struck as. A ter
rible jerk sends me on my back in ths
car. jump up 70 find al things swim
miug down, down below me, and two
men clinging helplessly 20 the edge OF
the ear. catch the nearest one, peas
ant who tried to assist IN the landing
Too late! His strength Is gone; be lets
70, and | hear with horrible distinct
ness the mufied thud of his body on the
ground.
'Ny heart sickens, but / rally 10 save
my friend Schultz, who still sticks 10
the cars side Already the clouds are
sinking beneath us. We are az least
two miles above the earth. try 70 raise
Schmitz into the car but he has sunk 50
far down from the edge that | can hard
" grasp his wrists, and ne is too weak
70 make an effort for himself. Both OF
rs Croan our despair, for ali seems over.
Slowly and painfully raise him lit
tie. set my teeth in the back OF his coat
and endc2vor 70 bind him fast with the
storm-line. 4 few moments drag bv in
hope and despair, and | finally succeed
in fastening the rope under his arms
and in tying him Sd 70 the car. There
is no safety in the device, however, for
were Schmitz TO lose consciousness for
an instant his body would relax and ne
would slip away. call TO him: Spread
out your arms! Spread out your arms"
/ hear his body move in response to my
admonition, bat his voice is lost to me.
.'All this has occupied twenty-five
minutes. and we have in the meantime
been slipping Upward. Every thing
now depends on our making a quick
landing. I draw open the valve and we
begin falling. We plunge into great
storm. The balloon spins around in cir
cles, and sways about like a drunken
man. Rain, hail, thunder and lightning
sweep over US. Tho balloon reels so
+ that I must lie on my face to remain in
the car.
"'Peterl Peterr call to uy friend.
( Hold FAST Only hold fastr
NO response, for he can not hear me.
( The agitation of the balloon has
/ loosened the rope and he has sagged
/ back again, down the side of the car, SO
! can see only his finger tips on the
edge. l creep to tho side Of the car,
seize his right wrist with nv left hand,
and with my right hand and teeth l tug
at the valve.
az can not hold out longer, comes in
a weak voice from Schmitz L am slip
ping away
''' One minute, only a minute more,
cry back, and we will be there.
The nearer we come to the ground
however, the more violent becomes the
oscillation of the balloon. Finally we
slip over house, barn and drop like a
shot to the ground.
"'Let 90 shouted 70 Schmitz, and
jump away from the anchor
HE obeys and the balloon, 195 pounds
lighter, scars upward. l pull at the
valve with all nv strength till the anchor
catches a small tree. But the tree
gives way, and with the rebound the car
springs up TO the balloon, and for mo-
ment ! hang on almost by my teeth.
The anchor catches aCain in tree.
Again jerk, crack, rebound, and |
am tossed about like . ball. Once moro
the anchor catches. find myself just
above the top OF dense old cedar.
Head first I dive into the branches
and fall from bough to bough till I reach
the ground. Tho anchor rattles near
me. Another tree breaks, and the bal
loon sails OF TO the northwest
''I had landed near Give. In an hour
had tho whole neigbborhood out look
ing for Schmitz. Ic was not 70 he
found. Dead, I thought, as l limped
painfully along between two peasants in
the direction of the Cverath railway
station. Presently group OF men and
woren hurried toward "a from a side
street. Three or them were half carry
inr nan. hastened 70 them as rapid
" as I could, and had Schmitz in my
arms.
To-day ny head IA dense and
weighty. Every bone in my body aches
and pulsates I can not sleep. and I
have no peace. since I can get no news
OF the pcoT peasant who fell a sacrifice
20 his willingness 20 help me"
Cost % Production in Europe Increasing.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin re-
Gently had an instructive article on In
creased Cost of Producsion in Furope "
L shows that the tendency in England
IS toward higher wages and shorter
h0urs for labor. while coal. \ most iul-
portant element cf cost. il becoming
I GeareT owing 70 the ever increasing
depth of TIE mines anf the consequent
greater cost of mining. and it states that
l7st winter English pir iren reached a
point where even without duty. - could
not unfersell the American rro1uck
On tha continent q similar stats of AZ
fairs exists. and all things would seem
IN point n conquest ia tha near future
cf The worlds markets by American
goods.
Ancther British Admission.
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