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Democratic messenger., 1892-07-30
FARMER wooDwARD's AesAlp
He viii Attempt Ia sail Across tn
Country In Three Days.

He viii Attempt Ia sail Across the
Country In Three Days.
Robert J. Woodward. farmer of
Ventura county. is preparing to sail
from San Diego to New York in bal
loon. He had expected to get away be-
fore this, but had trouble with the gas
company about the gas to fill his air
ship- and he may be detained several
uays.
Mr.. Woodward is an enthusiast ON the
subject of aerial navigation. and for ten
years has given the question the most
exhaustive study. In the theory of the
navigation Of the atmosphere he is per
haps as well posted as any man living,
but in practice he is a novice, never hav-
ing made an ascension.
On account of the mountains being
lower here than in the north. and also
of there being nearly always n westerly
breeze i'll this part of the country. Mr..
Woodward decided to honor San Diego
with his presence. and make it his point
of departure. with what degree of sue
cess, however. remains To he seen.
He arrived in this city about two
"Ntho h7t. stitNt Mullt dNdtliIlE tue ar
rival Of his balloon has busted himself
studying the air currents and preparing
peculiar apparatus, which he proposes
to attach to his inflated globe.
He proposes by adding two huge white
wings to the balloon to sail whittier he
will. ascending and ascending at pleas
ure. The wings IN, -Dout s by feet.
and are spread nr~~i bamboo pole
about twelve fee. ->ng. having two
branches from the main pole. one on
either side. and four crosspieces. The
wings We're of strong though light weight
canvas. sewed To each piece of the frame
BY working the wings as one would
pair of oars in rowing. the inventor
claims To be able To- control his move
ments. At any rate. he has such conti-
dence in his ability To do so that he has
not only spent much money on the in
vention. but proposes to risk his life
on it.
The balloon is sc by &c feet. is cap,-
BILE of lifting 100 pounds and cost 5000.
II requires | 900 feet of gas and about
fifteen hours is the time necessary To in
fate il. Mr.. Woodward caused to he
erected Il canvas screen about forty feet
i'll height ON "a vacant lot. where he made
an attempt to fill it. Being afraid Of
getting water into the balloon after let
ting in 200 feet. he decided not to take
any risk. but obtain the gas from the
gas works. Accordingly the valve was
opened and the gas released
Although having no idea of the height
he will have to reach. Mr.. Woodward
expects to obtain an altitude of iO.OOO
feet easily.
If successful in striking the current
he expects to. he says it is not impoSsi-
bic To reach the Atlantic coast in thirty
six hours. He. however. does not ex-
pcct to travel sn quickly. and will take
sufficient provisions for three DAYS
trip. which. he said. in case of necesSi-
ty. would last him six days.-San Fran
cisco Examiner
Democratic messenger., 1892-07-30

To complete ,heir growth the nails of
the left hand require eight to ten days
more than those of the right.
Four-fifths of the engines now work
ing in the world have been constructed
during the last twenty-five years.
To test the freshness Of eggs. drop
them in dish of water. and if the small
end comes to the top they are fresh.
The Chinese silk weaver always eats
the chrysaliS of the silkworm after he
has unwound the silk from around it,
The hest time to set lily of the valley
plants is in the early fall. from the mid
die of September To the last of October
Pale green stationery with address in
dark green is fashion of the moment
in writing paper that is really hand
some.
Democratic messenger., 1892-07-30


jeff Bryant and his brother Abe each
owned large tracts Of land near here
and they were bachelors.
One day the brothers agreed that the
one that married first should have the
Others land i'll addition fo his own. One
Sunday about nine wears ago Abe called
at .Jcff's house.
Good morning. jeff.
How dye ms boy" answered jeff.
jeff. you remember that marriage
agreement we made" asked Abe.
We'll. | reckon | do" said Abe.
What about it,
I'm going To he married Wednesday.
Are you ready 10 keep the agreement"
Sure as you'rc alive" answered jeff.
hain't got no use for man as will Z"
back on his word"
We'll. Won are right. Jeff, and you
shall bc my best man"
So the compact was sealed, but jeff
did not intend TO give up his ,0oo acres
SO easily. He just fooled Abe. Instead
of waiting for Abe to get married ou
Wednesday. Jeff hitched up and called
ON meighbor'S daughter and proposed
that very Sunday night. He was ac-
ceptc,l. and they were married Monday.
Then he went 10 Abe. saving:
Abe. that little agreement of ours.
YOU rcncmbcr"
Yes: well''-
You see was married this morning.
and want to know if You allow To keep
your promise.
We'll. this is a little suddint like. hut
reckon it's all right. I'll keep my
word"
And he did. Abe transferred his prop
erty to jeff. On Wednesday Abe WIS
married as per contract. and went Ia
live on rented tract of land
Singularly enough the brothers have
been good friends all these wears. Gov
ington Post.
Democratic messenger., 1892-07-30
PRICE, Sl.OO PER ANNUM

whi''h pierce. him. and al the kindreds
Of II e earth shall wall lccausc Of him. :
On that day al our advantages will
com up for oar glory or for our discoml-
htur"-everv PRAYER. every sermon.
evelv exh"rt tory remark. every re-
pro, !, evervc II II grace: and while the
hea' ems are ,lling away like scroll.
and the world Is being destroyed. vour
destiny AMI NY destiny will lie an
nonnced. Al's. alas. If on that dav il
is found that we have neglected these
matters. W. may throw them off now.
Wa cannot them We will all be in
earnest then. But no pardon then. Nu
offer Of salvation them No rescue then.
Driven away in our wickc,lness-b
ishc.l. cxilcd forever.
Have you ever imagined what will h.,
the S"liloquy # the soul on that day nm
par,ioncd. aS :; looks back upon its pas,
life: oh" says the soul. Il had glor
ions Sabbaihs: There was one Sabbath
in antuinn when | was invited to Christ.
There was Sabbath morning when
Jesus stood and spread ont his arms and
invited me to MS holy heart. refused
him. | have DESTROYED myself. have
no ,'uc else I" blame. Ruin complete
DARKNESS implying. deep. eternal. am
lost: Notwithstanding all the opportuni-
ties have hal Of being saved. am lost.
Oh. thou lon, suffering Lord Gnd Al
mighty. | am lost. Or. day of judg-
mci.t. | am lost. Oh. father. mother.
brother. sister child in glory. am LOST
And then rs the tide goes ont your soul
goes out with it-fariher from God.
farther from happiness. and hear vouI
voice fainter and fainter and fainter.
Lest. Lost. Lost. Lost! Lost @
We diving. vet immortal men! Seek the
Lori while lie may be found"
But | want you to take the hint of the
text that have no time To dwell on
the hint that there is time when he
cannot be found. There was man in this
city. eighty years of age. who said to a
clergyman who came III. DO you think
that man at eighty years of age can
get pardoncd:'' '.Oh. yes" said the
clergyman. The old man said: Il cant.
when was twenty years Of age-l am
now eighty ycars-the spirit of God came
to my soul, and felt the Importance of
attending to these things. hut put il
off. rejected God. and since then
have had no feeling" Well" said the
minister. wouldn't you like to have me
pray with you:" Yes" replied the old
man. but it will do no good. You can
pray with me if YOU like to"
The minister knelt down and prayed.
II seemed to have no effect upon him.
After awhile the last hour of the mans
life came and through his delirium a
spark of intelligence seemed to flash.
and with his last breath he said. Il shall
never hr forgiven" 20 seek the Lord
while h. may bc found"
Democratic messenger., 1892-07-30
Gold Water Killed Him.

In a small house of the Rue Ste. Mar
gucrite, Paris. there has lived for long
time past u crippled old beggar known
i'll the quarter aS The Terrible Savoy
ard" One morning recently he left his
lodgings as usual to offer pencils to the
charitably inclined, and when he ar
rived at the wineshop of the Rue Bas-
froy. where he WAS known. he began to
tease the hoiisemaid. Clemence Pruvost.
The girl. not rcliShing his attentions. re-
tortcd. IF you had waterc,l your wine
this morning you would bc less trouble
some. and threw glass of water in his
face The old man sprang forward with
an insult on his lips, but suddenly stag
gcred back and fell down dead The
doctor summoned in haste 10 the spot
declared the cause of death ~ have been
CONGESTION of the briir ,.-oiuced by the
unexpected cold .'spersion. Pail Mall
Gazette
Democratic messenger., 1892-07-30
A Major who Would Train sea GuII,.

A Major VIII" Would Train sea Guil>.
Major Allatt. who Is himself a prac-
tical pigeon flyer. states that the italians
employ pigeons very considerably i'll the
Mediterranean i'll connection with their
ships of war. The French also use them
regularly and Systematically in thu
Mediterranean during their naval ma-
neuverS This officer. however. is of the
opinion that if We are going to use birds
to fly over water for naval purposes.
ducks would bc better than pigeons, be-
cause when duck gets tired he drops
and sits ON the water until he is rested
and then goes on again. Ducks. more
over can fly 10y night. while pigeons
cannot. Major Allott thinks that sea
gul> might I've trained also for message
bearing purposes. London News.
Democratic messenger., 1892-07-30

II is a curions coincidence that the
present inayor Of Huelva. Spain. where
Columbus first met Queen Isabella. is Of
the same name rs and lineal descend
ant of thc man who was mayor of the
place when Columbus sailed To discover
the New World.
Democratic messenger., 1892-07-30
A Railway Train Lifted by the Wind.

IstITW"N ITHIh f-IfI'W ny w" W tHU.
During a hurricane i'll Hungary an
engine weighing seventy tons and
five carriages of an express train are
said To- have been lifted clear into the
air and prccipitated with a fearful crash
into water ut the bottom of deep cut
ting. Twenty-Five passengers wcr in
jured. bnt how any escaped with then
lives is Il mystery.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31
Englishmen and Their Wives.

lrishmen are more sympathetic, more
true to their wives, and in my opinion
we should hear less of unloved and un
lovely marriages, less of the divorce
courts, if Englishmen showed more SYM
paUhy and interest in their wives. Wo.
men need more-and l speak from a
woman's standpoint of view-than the
conventional husband, who judges his
wife from the care she bestows upon his
household and his children. We need
some one we can lean upon, and if a
wife wishes to welcome her husband
with a bright, smiling face, knowing
she has nothing to hide, nothing to feal
and nothing to conceal, she can only dc
so in the perfect love" which "casteth
out fear"
Irish women are far more virtuous
than their English sisters as a rule, and
| believe it is in the main because there
is more oneness between them and their
husbands. Those little attentions, those
little words of love are not lacking in an
Irishman which are so dear to every
woman's heart, and more particularly 80
when she is tired and harassed with
household cares; and these words, so
often withheld, would soften wife's
monotonous duties and help to make
English homes ideal homes.-Florence
Nightingale in London Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31

Two New London girlsz--Miss Lizzie
Goodwin and Miss Nettie Alen-aston-
ished the town the other morning by
swimming the Thames river. Both are
expert and graceful swimmers. They
plunged into the broad stream on its
Groton side, directly beneath New Lon
don's drawbridge, the largest in the
world, came swiftly across it, distance
of quarter of a mile, and landed at
the western abutment They had a
Leander along with them, and though
he is a strong swimmer he reached the
abutment behind the girls.
The Thames river at the place where
the girls crossed it is by no means as
wide as the Hellespont; still its current
is strong and deep, and the two fair
swimmers have no doubt they could
equal Byron's famous performance.
They We're not at all wearied by their
feat.-New London Conn., Letter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31

l was passing a house the other day
on one of our residence streets when the
door suddenly opened and boy rushed
out-hatless and doubled up with laugh
ter-followed by a matronly looking
woman welding a broomstick. She was
also laughing, but on seeing stranger
passing she retreated into the house
What struck me in this little domestic
episode was the genial good nature on
the faces of mother and son-for such
they evidently were-and the casual
glimpse l caught of the interior showed
me that it was home rather than a
house. l imagined that the boy had
been playing some pranks and that his
mother had good humoredly retaliated,
but it was the expression in their faces
that told the story, and l thought boy
cannot go far wrong who has his mother
for chum.-Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31

Nine. Blanche Roosevelt has an inter
esting personality, as this little sketch of
her career shows:
Her first volume was a sketch of her.
self as a singer. To this succeeded a
volume concerning Longfellow, whose
"Masque of Pandora" she brought out in
Boston as an opera with music by Alfred
Cellier. The failure of the opera gave in
teresting glimpses of the amiability of the
poets character, which the Singer and
writer disclosed in her book. Her next
volume was sumptuous life of Gustave
Dore, for which the artists family fur
nished materials, supplementing the
writer's acquaintance with Dore. Nine.
Roosevelt occupies a unique position in
the artistic world of Paris. Her failure
as a singer she frankly avowed and with
smiling courage she took up her pen.
Her beauty of face, remarkable in its
regular, sculptured delicacy, united to
lively imagination and unusual fiuency
of speech in Italian and French, as well
as in English, has made her welcome
guest in many circles. She was petted
by Victor Hugo, on terms of sarcasm
and repartee with Arsene Houssaye,
rapturously adoring and ardored of
Verdi--of whose Requiem" when it
was brought out at Milan, she wrote
descriptively of its influence, walked
home afterward in a state of comatose. +"
There have long been rulnors of drama
to be written in collaboration with
Sardou. The manifest result, however,
is the volume just brought out, "Vic-
torien Sardou: A Personal Study" She
is the first American authoress to be
decorated by the French academy, of
which she is an officer, and quoting
from the gallant NJ. Houssaye, ''She is
lovely with every loveliness; her profile
one that might have been designed by
Apelles or Xeuxis."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31

The Countess of Aberdeen has written
n paper for an English magazine in
which she tells why she is a politician.
She says in substance that it is mys-
terry to her how any woman can think it
anything else but her plain duty to in.
terest herself in politics. She further
remarks: 81 think we may say that we
shall find that the objections proceed
principally from two sources-a very
partial idea of what a woman's life
should be, and low estimate of poll
tics. But we believe that there are
grand principles which may, and which
should inspire the government of the
people, by the people, for the people
and we believe implicitly in their power
when properly applied to reform and EN-.
noble and uplift.
ANY of us who know anything OF
the lives of the poor know how the so
cial questions which we discuss back.
ward and forward are living, pressing
realities to them. Questions about edu
cation, labor, the sweating system, Ii
censing, the housing of the poor, the
workhouse system, are all sternly real
to them, and especially so to the women,
and they are affecting them day by day.
We must so believe in our politics that
we shall both believe and act as if it
must deal with these questions"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31

In the parlors of the Willard hotel
Wednesday, under the call of April 26,
a national convention of woman suffra-
gists was held, under the direction of
delegates from Victoria leagues of the
different states. Mrs. Anna M. Parker,
of st. Louis, was called to the chair.
and Elizabeth Powers, of Providence,
acted as secretary. Twenty-eight states
were represented by fifty delegates.
On motion of Mrs. Windish, of New
York city, Mrs. Victoria Woodruff Mar
tin, of New York, was nominated
for president of the United States, and
Mrs. Mary L. Stowe, of California, was
nominated for vice president. The plat
form reads as follows:
Whereas, Under the fourteenth amendment
no citizen Is deprived of the franchise through
law, but by custom and habit; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the representative
women of America, ask the officers I'm charge
of the election precincts through the United
States in the coming campaign to give us the
opportunity to cast our ballots on the first
Tuesday in November, 1892, for our candidates.
Resolved, That by the united efforts Of the
women voters of this nation we will drive
anarchy, crime, insanity, and drunkenness
from our midst by our humanitarian efforts
backed by the ballot.
Washington Letter
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31

The Boston Transcript publishes the
complaint of plain typewriter who Was
dismissed III favor of pretty girl.
"Tbis girl" she says, ''was not taken on
because she could write faster than
could. No, the whole truth of it was
the office is an outer Office, with people
coming in often, and she made a pleas
anter piece of furniture to have in the
room. She could look up and smile
sweetly when anybody asked her to turn
off couple of dozen lines for them.
Now l was just as willing to turn off an
extra letter, but | couldn't look up and
smile. People with straight sandy hair
and spectacles, and broad mouth and
crooked teeth are not thanked for toe
much smiling in this world
"Then there was another woman, a
friend of mine. She weighed nearly
100, and when the weather was warm
she used to look pretty red. She kept
accounts, and her mind just flew over
the figures, and her columns always bal
anced. But that didn't make any differ
ence. Along in July, when the weather
was the hottest, she had to go. Now
there's no doubt in my mind that the
only reason was because she didn't look
cool. The girl they got was just out of
Latin school, and the other girls ha2
to help her add two and two, but she
could wear sprigged linen frocks and
she was slender"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31

A recent biographer of Carlyle states
that when he was writing his history of
the French revolution it was his habit
to paste on screen in his workroom en-
graved portraits or woodcuts, if no bet.
ter could be had, of the people about
whom he was writing. The image OF
the man was thus steadily in his view
Carlyle held that an author must have
clear image of his subject in his mind
otherwise he could not make it clear tt
the reader.
Here is a significant hint to school
boys and girls who are expected to ex
press their ideas in compositions or es
says.-Youth's Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31
Effect of Physical Training.

At the majority of women's colleges
systematic physical training is obliga-
tory. Each student is measured, chart
drawn defining physical deviations from
accepted normal development and exer-
cises are prescribed to counteract exist
ing defects. From time to time meas
urements are made and a record kept
showing the progress achieved. Records
of 100 cases at the Baltimore college this
year reveal chest development of from
one to five inches. The effect of this
scientific hygienic training, the presi-
dents of these colleges assert, is strik-
ingly apparent in the condition of the
girls at the completion of the four years
in comparison with their physique ON
entering college.-Exchange.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31
THE WOES OF WOMEN MANAGERS.
They Are Overrun and Beset with APP
plications for Places.

|
| Mrs. Ives, the secretary of the wom-
ans board of managers. has recently
had an interview with several of the
women managers on duty at Chicago,
and relates the following tale of their
woes. Said she: "The ladies in the
rooms of the womans board in Chicago
would find great relief and many good
women would be spared disappointment
could the fact be made clear to the pub
lie that there are absolutely no vacancies
for appointment in that division of the
exposition. Much valuable time is at
present unavoidably wasted in reading
and replying to applications for positions
which do not exist. Each communion
| ton is attentively received, replied to
and filed, and the amount of unnecessary
labor thereby imposed is past compre-
hension to those who have not OBJ
served it.
"a large number of applicants de-
sire appointments as guides, which are
to be supplied visitors to the exposition
by the lady managers, and almost with
out exception the writers inquire con-
cerning the salary which will be paid.
The woman's board has repeatedly
replied that no regular salary will at
tach to the place, explaining that the
guides must look to those who engage
their services for remuneration. This
has been announced far and wide, but
the applications and inquiries continue
to arrive.
"One source of much inconvenience
has been an erroneous statement made
by some ignorant or mis- hievous person
to the effect that the lady managers had
offered large prize for an ode This
has been travelling the rounds of the
national press, and the consequence is
deluge of poetry which continues I'M
abated. 1t is certainly harmless enough
per Sc, but the situation becomes serious
when each poem is to be examined, ac-
knowledged-and necessarily declined
regardless of its merits. Communica-
tions of the kind mentioned are annoy.
ing because they ask what is impossible.
"But those of another description are
ineffably pathetic, portraying with un-
conscious vividness the necessities of
women breadwinners. For example,
while possibly only two, and at most
not more than four, matrons can be enl-
ployed for the womans dormitory the
applications for these positions already
number a hundred, many of them being
accompanied by a powerful indorse-
ment. Albany Letter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-31
A Thoughtful Boy.

Kenniboy is sometimes very thought
full of other peoples comfort, although
sometimes he is not. He has one very
bad habit, his papa says, which is wax
ing up at half past o'clock or earlier
every morning, and insisting upon max
ing remarks. His papa is usually the
one to whom these remarks are made,
and of course listening to what Kenni-
boy has to say makes it necessary for
him to wake up and brush the cobwebs
Off his wits. Once or twice Kenniboy
has been scolded for interfering in this
way with other peoples sleep. He has
been told that he may talk all he
pleases, but that it must always be in a
whisper, SO that his papa and mamma
shall not be disturbed.
Having this lesson in mind, one MORN
ing, about two weeks ago, Kenniboy,
having walked at the usual early hour,
was rather curious to know just how
early it was. Leaning over his papa's
ear, he whispered softly into it, Papa,
what time is it?'
So soft was the whisper that papa
never seemed to hear it, but slept peace
fully on, and so Kenniboy tried it again.
Papa, look at your watch and tell me
what time it is, please" he whispered.
This time papa was awakened.
"Oh, dear, Kenniboy," he said, rub
bing his eyes sleepily, ''rll never grow
beautiful if you wake me5up out of my
beauty sleep this way every morning"
81 didn't mean to wake you up" said
the boy.
But you were talking in my ear" re.
turned papa. "How could you expect to
do that without waking me?'
II wasn't talliin. L was on'y whis-
perrin" said Kenniboy. II wanted you
to tell me what time it is, and 1 whis-
pered SOS you could tell me without
wakin up!'-Harper's Young People.