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FELL THREE 7HoUsAND FEET
Fatal Endins OF . Balloon Ascension Near
Trenton.

TRENTON. June 5.-Charles Richmond, an
aeronaut travelling under the name OF Prof.
Jewell. made an ascension here at 5 o'clock
this afternoon and lost his life. Four thou
sand spectators saw him rise 5000 feet In his
balloon and thon tumble the entire distan CO
to the earth. Men were thrilled with horror
at the sight, and women shreked and tainted.
The ascension took place at Cochran Park q
picnic ground and pleasure resort on the
Delaware. two miles below Trenton. Rich
mond made an ascension at the same place on
Decoration Day and came down in the river,
He had not travelled upward over POO feet.
however. and tho crowd OF spectators grum-
blcd and cried Fizzle'
Last Saturday when he was advertised to
mako the second OF his series OF three trips Mt
the park crowd OF G.Oo0 persons was pres
ent. The aeronaut boosted that lie would give
the people their moneys worth this time.
I'm going up out Of sight" he said. and
the Lord only knows whore I'll come down."
1t was clear day; the air was still, and no
sailed straight up to the clouds. Whom he cut
loose from tho balloon to open his parachute
he looked no bigger than a mans hand. Tho
descent was made in safety. however. Rich
mond landing unframed In Trenton.
This afternoon It is said he used not tho
regulation parachute, but a continuance with
When he cut loose for. tho trip downward the
parachute failed to work properly. lie did not not
secm to be able to get IL open.
In twinkiing. instead OF smiling down
gracefully. he came down with lightning
rspidity. turning sum IN srsaults like u circus
performer
The Wind had taken his balloon about n mile
In q southeastery direction. and no landed in
Sturgeon pond. muddy little piece OF water
flowing into tho Delaware.
The spectators OF the thrilling sight fancied
he was dead before he reached the rond but
o Waterman was seen tonight who declares
that he was less than q quarter Of a mile away
from the pond and heard Richmond cry for
help. He says he hastened to tho balloonist's
rescue. but whom he got to the pond saw
nothing except Il chmond's hat on one OF its
banks, The parachute was found several rods
Harry Jewell. tho asronaut. denies tonight
that Richmond used anything but tho reguia.
tion parachute. He added that Richmond had
made about 500 ascensions altogether and
had never before met with any serious acci-
Richmond'a body was recovered shortly be-
foro 10 o'clock and brought to Trenton. Rich
monds homo was In Springfield, Ill He was
~ years Of age and unmarried
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06

Edward Simon a. Bros, Trunk Ms ere, FAN
with S4IO,oOO Liabilities.


with $3.50, 900 Liabilities.
The failure was announced yesterday OF the
old established house OF Edward Simon &
Brothers. manufacturers Of trunks and bags.
at G67 Broadway, and at Newark. N. J. The
business was carried on under that style by
Morris Schwerin as sole proprietor. The
house was established in 1868. Lradsrsets re-
ports state that William and samuel Simon re-
tired In 1886 and Edward Simon died In $780,
Mr.. Schwerin. who had been partner In the
firm for twenty years. bought out the latter's
interest. The Sheriff yesterday took charge
OF tho Broadway store on an execution for S2s.-
oil In favor OF Louis ]. Krieger. Mr.. schwerin
allowed judgment for that amount on five
notes given TO Mr. KrieRsr In June and July.
1902. payable at various times the last one
falling due on March l last.
M. Marley Platzek attorney for Mr. Krieger.
said yesterday that he represented claims for
1000 more. which had been cared for. Tho
trouble. he said. was inability to obtain fur
Their accommodations from the banks and
from friends who had heretofore discounted
for him. Collections were very poor and trade
very dull schwerin paid every claim as It
his employees at the factory ut Newark 5000.
:, Neither the estate OF Edward simon nor
Samuel or william simon Is interested In the
present collapse. except as creditor OF Mr.
The liabilities, are. about $3.50, 900. three
and relatives. The nssels consist Of an i'm.
monse factory and plant at Newark. which. II
would pay all his debts In full Besides this
he has a Iarge stock on .;and and many book
Mr.. Schwerin has confessed judgments In
Newark for $+n.5i5 and given chattel mort
INC schedules Of William l. Patton & Co.
bankers and end, fnIekers. 90 broadway. show iis:
bilitics. SbsS. OIL pomi1Al assets; SS53.o25:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06
Il HORSE IN an ICE CREAM SHOP.
Customers and Walters Fled Before Him
and Checks and Ices Were Forgotten.

and S'necke ana Ices ttero Forgotten.
A high-spirited bay coach horse with q
docked tail came pattcrinR down Madison
avenue yesterday afternoon Mt q furious pace.
He had escaped from stable in Sixty econd
street with only a halter dangling from his
head. and was evidently bent on q tour OF tho
millionaire district on his own account. But
street cars. and the drivers made such rum
pus when they ,, say . . the horse charging down
ner OF Fifty ninth street, 'N WI
=, The frightened animal pace was so hot
that the impetus swept him IN on the sidewalk.
and when every one expected to see him 60
Jaeger's Ice cream and cake store on the
snrpris sod them oil by adroitly slippin. through
hS h %h ifSe ntH As i rhs
and there were u good many persons seated
drinks When The horse came thSndef SiGHi Fl.
fh me Sasn fS g thu IL
door furthest from the four-footed intruder.
Tables a md chairs were oysstsrnsd and Ice
T6e R hese f b.hav %" Himself WIZ wonderful
In Mno sG hm do %p tho
avenue came In and tried to catch him. Then
them the hay w ssr Els ra snd suS Sfsns At
out Of the place In hurry. He Was making n
good dsH q nofe and tn sno to do some
hosti"r. hatiess and coatless, came rupnips
along, He made n dash for the bride strap
dangling from the runaways head. and. de-
had the animal safely In hand. The horse
made two or three plu IpgS toward tho big
tive and cantor might come out that way. but
the hostler hung on.
Finally man in the crowd about the door
the horse bounded out and was led away to
the stables. The counter In the store had
but otherwise no damage had been done to the
place or Its OCCUPANTS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06
The Fort Aun Wool Coup .py Fails.

TROY. June 5.-Ths failure OF the Fort Ann
Woollon Company OF Fort Ann. Washington
county. was announced this morning. The
property OF tho company was attached and tho
mills shut down by the Sheriff. Inability to
fsAilze on goods In Now York and the general
,h fs causes OF tho failure. 1t Is thought work
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06
The Hot Wave In w..b,uuton.

WARRINGTON. June GA hot wave struck
this city yesterday and several prostrntions
from heat have been reported. one OF which
proved fatal; William Bibs. nm engineer,
official tom perature In the shade accosdin. to
the weather service, was 81 degroos.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06
Ove-oone by Heat ut Long Branch.

LoNo BRANCH. June 5.-To-d day cottagers and
hotcl people numbering In tho hundreds had
. taste OF tho summer weather The Their
mometer registered TT. and this evening the
humidity WAS also high.
Many OF tho men employed on the streets
here were overcome to-day by the heat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06
Poiaee Precincts and Excise Districts Not to
COIuclde hereafter.

Tho Excise Commissioners changed tho dis
tricts OF the inspectors yesterday, and now
they are Arrraged in n manner that will pre-
won't conflict with other dePartn ents. Here
after tho INSPECTORS " III En AssiEhed rs Assem-
bly, districts inste cad Of police precincts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06
Arr,va, OF Victims to Dynamite.

Eight OF the victims OF tine dynamite explo-
zion which took place recently at Strouds-
burg. Pa arrived by train al Hoboken, n. j..
yesterday. Ono died while waiting for a ferry
boat for this city, and the condition OF two
others proved still SO serious that they were
taken TO Bt hary's Hospital One 10 likely TO
die.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06
Another Tsxa. Rank Fn,l..

WARRINGTON. June 5.-Comptrol,er Eokles
was informed to-day that the Merchants Ma
tional Bank OF Fort Worth. Tox. capital
100000, failed to-day. The bank was closed
on an order from the directors. and Bank Ex-
amlher stone was placed In charge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06
y. SIMON 4 BROTHERS.
Morris schwerin, Who Made Trunks Under
that style. Has Failed Tor S7l 600

that style Has Failed LOT o1i,OoO.
r. Simon 4 Brothers trunk business Of this
city and Newark has failed. Morris schwerin.
who appears to be the sole owner fled at tho
County Clerks office in Newark yesierday con-
fessed judgments amounting TO III 900,
At the same time a chAttel mortgage was re-
corded In favor OF the German NATIONAL Bank
OF Newark for $1,000 As. covering stock.
70 secure tysnty pr0miSs0ry notes maturing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06
is was tho March statement:

The Canal Street Bank was organized In
1890. 1t 10 State bank and its directors are:
Simon Adler, Leon Kahn. Gharles L. Foreman.
bort IL. Frost. Antonio Rasines. Vernon M.
Davis. p Camponigri, s. Kl!ngenstein. Harvey
". Hall. George Silver. and AQuilino Zwical-
day. J. W.. Spaulding 10 its acting cashier.
Tho Bank Superintendent will take charge Of
the bank to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-06

why not INCLUDE Chicago in the scheme for greater
ne tnIIodncton OF the Exposition Flyer Of the New
YORK Central" Americas Greatest RAilroad."-Ads
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s.Dsss 5sSSlss family r'nsay Rpaas TAsulss
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trAL-Ads. - Nv"
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Caiisnsa Discovered 1910.
CalisAya La Ril!A first prepared l8ea.-Ady.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
CLOSING rRICEs OF BOSTON STOCKS.
March 1902
PRINCIPAL EXPORTS IN FEBRl AIRY.
Er1o,- NarcL ~ N.

frlttaN, MT'H i'-P' AZ
Tie report by tire Bureau of Statistics OF VI"
exports in February Of the principal products OF
the country. whic. include brcadstul'S, co'tpA'
mineral oils and provisions with ave STOCK
shows a continuous falling of in the outward
movement. In every case the values were smaller
than they were in the preceding month. and very
much below those in the corresponding month
last wear. The total value of these experts in
the month was SlOas2,716, against S4s,l3e,657
in January. and against S66,3oi. 2s0 in February
n year ago. and Sj4,0G3,232 in the same month
in 1891 Toy the eight months Of the present
fiscal year these exports were in value S4o3'-
sS7 800, aaainst $j47Ol7.376 in the sang pero
last year. and Si4s .G2o,56a in tho preceding year.
The following table compares the valu" OF
these principal exports in February and in the
cgh. months of the fiscal year for the last three
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
tlnGnri1i.
CITY OF PAWTUCKET.
PROPOSAL FOR
100000 a PER GENT. BONDS.

OFFICE or Tn; CITY TREASURER.
PAWTrCkIrr Il. l.. MIrch q 1898.
Sealed proposals addressed Frank VI. nac.. cry
Trpa-urcr Pawtctt L. /. each i.dpr'i "PTDIo-al fOg
Loans Will received this OIL 20 until II O'Clock NJ
SATURDAY. March p. 1898 fCr the whole part Of
the following loans q the Cy "f Pawtu i't
1-.Tencral Account and Highway Loan 70 hundred
dollars (fio0.GOoJ bonds Of -ait c.ty
denomination +! 900 each dated April l. 1898 dne Ap
J. 1929.
o-scwcr Loan -Four hundred thousand dollars $500.
OO0 coupon bond, Of sail city demon naor 81 900 each
dated April l. 1898. due April !. 1923
Each Of the above rcric. bonds bear Interest
the rate of four ~ per pr annun payable scm
annually. April aud OCTOBER /.
The ntcses, coupons viii be- payable at tho National
Bank Of REDEMPTION Boston. Mass, 'hu>etis.
IIond. will Re- ready To- delivery hrrii l. 1893. The
right 10 reject and all Dds re-efyrd fuithef IN
formation, BE- obtained Of the under'i3hci.
FRANK VI. BATES.
C.iy Treasurer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18

To.,I 49,. :. 40 23j 60
Stat. OF y orlt. County Of Ncw-Yoik. 81:
J. OLIVER <. CARTER President Of the ahoNe-nanci
bank 10 solcmnly that the ab"y" statement Is
true 10 tho best CT nv knowledge and belief
OLIVER :. CARTER President.
Suhscrlhod md sworn to before this 18th day OF
March, 1893 ELISHA ~, All: ~
Cofrcct-Attest:
JAMES A. GLAlR. }
GRO. II. CARNAHT directors.
II TIt.IINGiAST
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
,1s3 3s3 e3I si3S. ,.fc,D'c. 80 s. i1S
IL aOT pGJ II 100 lob Inc. 2J| $40

Net cash bal ..si4..7Oi.o9i &i+7sao7o Dec. s'''''S
The foreign exchanges were more active than
they have been for two weeks. The demahi
tho lever rates for money. Following are re-
vjsed "yotatiors for actual business: Bankers
ILLS, 5, 81 3-4as4 50 and "a 70 2;4aS1 :. ior
ia "a and 5.iJ 7-s rcchmarks. % 7-sa95 Ia;
In London British corsols were steady vun At
os 3-lG for money and 0s ZIG for the account.
The Rank of England lost 10000 bullion Oh
balance In the open market money was abundant
at SO per cent for discounts Bar silver re-
maincd steady ut 80 Sled an ounce American
railway shares were strong, and the upward
movement wac not interrupted: The closing was
at the bes. Aguree. At Paris French per ccnts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
Ocean 5iedmcrs.

A AMERICAN LINE.
"A. NEw.YOHK. SOUTHAMPTON. LONDON.
EVERY SATURDAY.
New-York Mach IS noon. Pari.... Apri = ~ H. in M
thc.trr. April !, y. "a Berlin. Apr 49, . - "
From Per 49, y. H.. loot 0. Ch'stopi er'.,.
Shortest Most Convenient Route 10 i,oa'o,,:
Passengers land nc Empress Dock. a'"'uhs "'-'"
vcnlcnr" and cNro-prc 81 tr,i sfcr hy tender ,,..
first Cabin passage Southan pto3. LONDON o,
and upward oiding t. sfcaner ana !S''''" VI
room Second Cabin. s3j and sip.
Stcerasc Of Low Eatcs
INTERNATIONAL NAVlGATlON COMPANY
General Agents. 40. Bowling tirccp New.forH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
EUROPE FINANCIAL MARKETS.

London. March II. p. m.-.Ncw-l orll Pcnnsyl-
vana and Ohio first mortgage bonds. 20 - Canadian
Pacific 20: Erie. II IL do second c1n'ols. 100 Ia
Illinois Central 100 "a Mexican ordinary. II 3-S 81.
lan' common. - - NcwlOrk Central. los - ::
Pcnnsyvana. 81 3-s Rending. u - Tho rate Of
discount In tho open market for both short and three
mo :'hs' li,,s. - peg cent The amount n built n
withdrawn from the Bank ~ England on balance to
DAY l. c1OCOG. Paris advice quot" per cent
rcntc~ st 90 francs 90 ccnacs for The account and
exchange London at - francs, IL J.. confines
fer checks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
TRIBUNE SATURDAY lso-TwEIYE PAGES

declined IS confines to 06.60. Sight exchange
on London was lower at 2j.l6 I-2 francs to tine
= sterling
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
ferturrs ano nleetinos.

COOPER UNION FREE SATURDAY NIGHT
~ IL. ture ~ the a'ge hsli at O'Clock.
March the will be delivered by Pref. VIM H.
tiocdy Ancient sculpture aad Its Modern Cttcs"
Illustrated. No tickets required. Doors closed -
aclnrk-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
APPOINTMENT
FISCAL AGENCY
FO3 TIE
STATE OF KANSAS.

TO WHOM IT MAY CoTCERN 1900
Notice a. hereby given that THE NATIONAL BANK
OF THE REP BLI, or .EW .iOHh has be'n appointed
Fiscal Agency Of the STATE o han-a- and lonG'
and COUPONS {: stat, Of kau-4-. % couhfy
township city board o education school District IT, lad
state which are 10y terms PAYABLE Al IA Fiscal
Agency Of the State q Kanus ia New fofA hail T. p.i
at the sad HE ..lfoNAL BANK OF flit RIP Is
LID OF NEW-lOKk.
Owen uud my i,nd and the ofcal sal o. ny once AZ
the CIV o. I0pck1 Kansas ms h~t dy ~ Mrri leJ
VA u. IEAIMEK. auditor q stAte.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
HOPEFUL FEELING NOW.
cT0CKS ADVANCE MATERIALLY
. Confident MOVEMENT WITH EASIER
MONEY RATES.

s.1rs AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. MARCH II.
SAILS OF BONDS AND BANK STOCKS.
N panK Of Com. i 1876 5000 Y cast l. As. osi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
Bank Reports.

ID EpORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
IL NATIONAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC, at New
,ork I'm the Sia:e Ncw-York ut the close OF Ousss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
.JApAN-cIilNA
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL
Steamers leave san Francisco as follOwA;


Steamers leave san Francisco follows;
GAEIc w cal a, HSnSI"", 4 1G"sdry spT.
OCEANIC. Tuesday. May %. p. m.
supcrbly appoin,ed-Sur"r,or accommodations.
Reservations can br made b. letter telegram 10 and
cabin plans seen at os7 end 8f3 Broadway NewYork;
pate-y Place or room a. Railroad Building. San Fran.
c,,co LELAND STANFORD President
4. H. GOODMAN. General Passenger Agent
MALLORY STEAMSHIP LINE
Vi rrcm Sew.YorE Wednesday. Friday and Saturday
FOi. TEXAS. GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
Though IiencL point, ia IeAa' Co.olado, Utah,
Arizona. caiSrna. Mexico, &C., ,eOisia, tlends, aud
Gus Asss" iss a.Ss ,s ss
c. u 'l MAL LII SHt Co., ss Ats Pier 70 H. NJ Y
OLD OMiNloN LhNE .o,.,
sY e. S iTst Cd !, va
=; %s So,It vs$ss. $Sa:: "a
and Hs;; a ne ss!si e :: Dfs:
a,o.tr,y -9' r. L. SairIiLAUbEv s frame &c Manager.
DACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S
NE 0S G6r5G9HFHfA }hRtS A ASB aHko
81 sPs es Vi aoss,y i's%s fasa"'
CITY OF RIO 81 j jS 14 iSp! SSh Men %
sss o. nSA4 f'' Gs q fs'si
ID II. MACY X %,
SAVE MONEY BY PURCHASING YOUR
siNN'''-'' STEAMER TRUNKS ryAtIsEs,
STEAMER SHOES.
i''s' SHAWL MARINE AND FIELD GLASSES
P0YAL NETHERLANDS & U. S. Mail Line.
:. : onDAM...... SATURDAY. March 18th, Il 80 a. m.
Stc1mers cal blh ways 40 30 Iloene surner, Frame.
@ a. and PS for o 'a sdc $40 S e
C;encrll Passenger Agency. 80 Broadwiy n Y.
DED I'D" LINE OF STEAMSHIPS.
II FOR LAduAYE<; 2uE;To CAbELIt3 SCRAACoA
tT Hkh MAXI sfo f2 III n UHmhT9AA
s. 6. PHILADELPHIA saturday. March 20. . ?. m
:. :. cAEAsAS %ednstday Aprl ;. p N.
Thcc American ssawshps SGGs,ay built 70, the
FOR MA Nb'-fREi"Hr oELY,,, 90
& < HOLiNs! i''.,ty Marn 70
> 5 NANAOA'GnSo't;iI.Io N, bliss ! DSITEfE "
Tm0S COOK & son POI and i225 broadway.
& AVANNAH LlNE-Four Steamers weekly
- nom New T. cF 3j y. r., foo, srdag ~.
connecting vim &. Il. Il. Of On and =. y. w, R'y
6 = CITY or BGRM1NGuAM sat rlay; Meh. Is 3 p. m.
;. kANrAs 81 M H,rSH = M m,
CNIfVV 81 I.C,rsfX ssturlay. March 25 3 p m.
~, ali poiut. In GEORGIA. FLORIDA, SOUTH CARO-.
IIyA ALABAMA AMI LOUISIANA. CnSura"ed &C:
snmnoiations F!rstclass table dhoe For freight and
p FIG r. al r.w.r; csniIE. r. az H'w,v
SHr, WhLN Mas,r ~r'"' yc~ Pic, a Sorth River
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-11-25
TRAVELLING SPIDERS.
One Species that Build Balloons and Make
Journeys.

There is q certain species of spider
which is moved by instin ct at certain
seasons of the year to travel and to travel
distances that no one would suspect
him DESTROYS of covering. What then is
their method? The spider selects the
right kind of a day, one on which there
is almost a calm in the air, or rather one
when there is just the slightest breeze,
He crawls up tree or a flagstaff or
bulrush or anything that will give
him free position. He then begins to
emit the free end of web from his
filament bag, and this is so light and
fresh that it floats away in he air and is
carried along by the light breeze.
He may emit 100 or 200 yards, and
every now and then he tries whether
there is enough out and floating to buoy
him if he let's go his grip on the tree
or other elevation. By nice system of
buoy him, and then, letting go his hold,
the filament is borne off by the wind,
and he himself at the end of it, and in
this way he can travel miles and miles.
Ii he finds himself coming near the
water he pays out more of his cable, and
in that way he obtains more floating
fllament to bear him up. If, on the con-
draws in his cable and descends by lessen
ing the amount of floating filament.
1t you anchor a pole in body of
water, leaving the pole above the sur
face, and put Il spider upon it, he will
exhibit marvellous intelligence by his
plans to escape. A first he will spin a
web several inches long and hang it by
Ia !, oil no ~ ~, 40
off in the wind, in the hope that it will
strike some object.
OF course this plan proves failure
but the spider is not discouraged He
waits until the wind changes, and then
sends another silken strand floating off
in another direction. Another failure is
followed by several other similar at
pass have been tried
But neither the resources nor reasoning
power of the spider have been tried. He
climbs to the top of 1.-The pole and ener-
getically goes to work to construct "a
silken balloon He has not hot air with
which 30 initiate it, but he has the power
of making it buoyant.
When he gets his balloon finished he
does not go off on the mere supposition
that it will carry him as men often do,
but he fastens it on a guy rope, the other
end of which he attaches to the island
pole upon which he is a prisoner He
then gets into his aerial vehicle while
, it is made fast and tests it to see wheth-
er it's dimensions are capable of bearing
him away.
He often finds that he has made it too
small, in which case he hauls down,
takes it all apart and constructs it on
a larger and better plan. Assspider has
been seen TO make three different bal
looms before he became satisfied with the
experiment
Then he will snap the guy rope and,
suspended from filament, will sail away
to land as gracefully and as supremely
independent of his surroundings as could
be imagined. World.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-11-25

tearing the front of his coat into shreds
One of the eagles claws extended meas
ured five inches across.
Mary Ven Buskirkssof Gulf Summit had
an encounter with an eagle one day last
week which she will always remem Der.
she mas some fine poultry, and, hearing a
great connection in the back yard,
stepped to the door to ascertain it's cause.
A large eagle was in the act of swooping
down upon hen, which, however, it
d!d not catch. She tried to brighten the
6lrd away, but instead it attacked her
lercely and sunk its talons into one of
ner arms and would not loosen them A
hatchet lay on the ground near by, and
selHng that, Mrs. n%%Buskirk succeeded
after desperate fight in dispatching the
eagle, which measured 5 12 feet from
tip to tip.
Her arms were badly lacerated, and
she was so weak from eXertion and ex-
citement that she could hardly stand,
Notwithstanding the fact that NJ S. Van
Buskirk is large and powerful woman.
A boy named Frank Lemister had a
desperate fight with a monster eagle
about six miles from Woodburne on Sat-
urday afternoon. Lemister, who is
about IA years old, is employed by a far
mer, and was sent on horseback TO the
village store to make some purchases
While leisurely riding along the road he
Hedfu considerable rushing IN the
branches of a tree. and looking in the
direction from which the sound came,
discovered two eagles and large hawk
in deadly combat. AS he neared the
spot, one of the ealees swooped down
upon him, Unfolding it's heak and talons
in his back. The first bird had scarcely
made the attack before its mate camesto
it's assistance, and it was with the great
est difficulty that Lemister managed TO
ward off blows in his face. The horse
started on run, but the birds kept up
a rnnning attack, both on the boy and
his faithful animal. As Lemister neared
house he jumped from the horse and
selling a large piece of wood, fought
desperately with the enraged BIRDS
When the CONFLICT was at it's height two
men who hapI ened to be going from the
barn to the house, seeing the fight be-
tween the boy and the eagles, rushed to
his assistance and managed to kill one
of the birds, but the other made good it's
escape. The one killed was nearly
seven feet across its extended wings.
Had assistance not arrived it is very
probable that the eagles would have so n
oyerpowered the boy. AS it was his
clothes. were torn into shreds, and he
was badly lacerated, IN, Y. Sun.