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The evening times., 1896-06-19
HoUSEBREAKERS AT WORK.
Store Entered In Anacostia and Se'
eral Articles Stolen.

Store Entered In Anacostia and Sew
eral Articles Stolen.
Housebreakers We're at work before day
light this morning in the little across-the-
river town of Anaeostia. About $50
O'Clock the store of Edward Lawrence, No.
Las Monroe street, was entered by burg
lars, who forced the store window. They
Were frightened off, but carried with them
a lot of tobacco and candy and S4 in
change.
An hour before this robbery was COLI
mttcd an attempt was made to enter Frank
lewis home on the Marlboro road beyond
Anacostia. The mounted police are looking
for the burglars.
Mrs. A. Ball, of No. 800 street SOUTH
east this city, reported to INSPECTOR Hol-
linbe rger this morning that while getting off
the steamer Ma calester last night she
lost her gold watch and bob chain.
Mr.. Judson Spaulding, an -employe of
the VeEdome Hotel. is mourning the loss
OF his russell shoes. They were stolen by
sneak theft last night from his room, at
No. 106 street northeast.
Another sneak stole two white shirts and
two collars from the house of Philip Led
erer, No. l Fentou street northeast
Henry A. Campbell was relieved OF S3.25
his scarf-pin and pocket knife by shell
game workers on the south side of Long
Bridge about O'Clock last evening.
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SHOT AT THE cABMAN.
Floyd sweatt Sent on to the Grand
jury.

Jury.
''If this man had Eeen killed IL would
have heen the coolest hlooded murder ever
committed in the District" said Judge Mil
Ter, this morning; He was trying
the case OF Floyd sweat, alias Smith, col
orcd, charged with shooting with intent
to kill Robert Bowie 4 cab-driver. Sweat
and Frank Proctor attended garden
party last night and did not leave uI;tl
after midnight.
Judge" said the cabman, "these men
came up To me aud this one," pointing to
sweat engaged the cao They both got
in and told me to drive them home. They
directed me into Washington street and
when got there they jumped out and COM
mcnced TO run. They ran up an alley
aud ] followed them. In the alley one
jumped q fence and the other disappeared.
] stopped to attend my horse and turned
around in time to see Sweat fire a pistol
at me twice"
Frank Proctor turned states evidence,
ard admitted getting III the cab with
Sweat. He gave the whole affair away,
and said Sweat fired at the cabman.
They ran because they did not have the
money to pay their fare.
Sweat was put on the stand and claimed
that Proctor did the shooting. The court
held the former in $4,000 bonds and put
Proctor under $500 to appear asa witness.
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HANNA MADE CHAIRMAN.
Republican National Com mittee Elects
Him as It's Chief.


st. Louis, June lS.-The Republican Ma
tional Committee met this morning at the
Southern Hotel for the purpose OF organ
ization and becoming acquainted with each
other. there having been number of new
men placed upon the committee by the vari-
Gus delegations. Secretary Aianley, OF the
Old committee, called the new one to order,
and Powell Clayton, Of Arkansas, presided.
On motion of Mr. Scott, of, West Virginia,
the few vacancies found to. exist i'll the
committee Were .flned, with the e1cep-
tion of the Territory of Alaska and the
District OF Columbia, which, owing to the
difficulty in making selection, We're left
TO the executive committee.
The MEMBERS OF the committee having
been sounded on the subject. it was de
termined to eject the chairman at this
meeting, instead of leaving it open until
the meeting that will probably be held i'll
New York two OF three weeks hence.
Mr.. Mark Hanna WAS nominated for
chairman on. the motion OF Mr. Payne OF
Wisconsin, seconded by Pennsylvania, Ohio
and New York. He was elected by the
unanimous vote Of the committee. Mr.. Han
Ma accepted the domination in short
speech that was received with applause.
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NEwPoRr's FAST RUN.
Breaks All Records Between New
port News and Panama.

-
San Francisco, June 10. The Pacific
Mail Company's steamer Newport arrived
from New York via Panama and way
ports yesterday. The run from Newport
News to Panama was made in thirty nine
days, and is fastest on record.
On April 20, George Cleveland, one of
the cabin-boys, died, and was buried at
sea. Five days later Capt Carver, OF the
American ship Charles R. Flint. his wife
ard thirty-one CT hi screw were picked up
in mid-ocean.
The Flint was from New York for
Shanghai with cargo Of kerosene aboard
When Off the Brazilian coast the cargo
caught fire. In thirty minutes she was a
mass of flames, and the men had hard work
getting away in the boats. Fer four days
they were on shcrt allowance and then the
Newport picked them up and landed them
at Panama.
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Police officials on sick List.

Chief Clerk Richard Sylvester OF the po-
lice department who was taken suddenly
and seriously Ill at Barper's Ferry. was re-
ported today to he rapidly improving. II
is thought he will be able to resume his
duties within a week. Detective Tergeant
Robert Johnson. one OF the Police veter
ans, who has been seriously i'll with stom-
ach trouble for several days, was reported
this afternoon TO he much worse.
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Rising temperature is indicated for the
Atlantic States and the lower lake region,
and it will probably continue warm two
or three days
The following heavy precipitation. in
inches, was reported:
During the past twnty-four hours Hazle-
hurst, Miss, 1.50; Marion, Ala, 154; Pine
Apple, Ala, L 80.
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Reduction IN Rate TO Bay Ridge

The rate To Pay Ridge, tie beautiful
excursion resort ON the Chesapeake Bay,
has been reduced this season to so cents
for adults. except for evening train Il
rate OF 10 cents will be charged, with
rebate OF 25 cents after coupon is stimped
By ticket agent at Bay Ridge. Half rate
for children between the ages of and 2
wears Trains leave Y. K o. depot, week
days 9.I5 a. IN. and 8:2S p. m. Sundays,
9:35 n. m, lao and 81 p. m.
iel6- w.t. ,S-tf
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New Argentine Minister Here.

senor Martin Garcia Merou, the new
minister pleuIpotentiary OF the Argentine
Republic, reached Washington yesterdayand
called at the State Department today He
saw Assistant Secretary Rockhill, Secre-
tary olney being 1.-THE Cabinetnieeting. No
date for his presentation to tie President
has been fixed.
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Movements of Naval vessels.

Movements of naval vessels have been
reported to the Navy Department as fol-
lows: The Machias arrived at Yokohama
yesterday. The Raleigh arrived at Port
Royal, s. c., today. The Amphi,rite ar
rived at Tybee, Ca, Yesterday. The Ban
croft arrived at Chester, Pa, today. The
Ericsson left New London for New York
today.
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Bodies washed Ashore.

Brest, June ia number of bodies of
victims of the disaster to the British steam
er Drummond Castle. which was lost off
Usbant lighthouse on the night of June
f6. have been washed ashore ut. Ushant
Some of the corpses are those of women
entirely nude.
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vENEzuELAN BOUNDARY CASE.
Sir Julian Pauncefote Authorized to
Receive PROPOSALS.

Receive Proposals.
London. June 19--In the House OF Com
mons today Mr.. George N Curzon: under for
eign secretary. stated that Sir Julian
Paupcefote. British Ambassador at Wash
ington. bad been authorized to receive and
report any proposals that might be made to
him by the representative of Venezuela in
Washington in regard to the Venezuelan
boundary dispute,
The representative OF Venezuela in Wash.
ingson had been so Informed, but so far,
MIR. Curzen saidg he had not made any
proposals. sssesi
Negotiations between Great Britain
and the United States, Mr. Curzon con-
tiDued, were in progress for agreement
upon a treaty of arbitration.
With reference to the irthtief question,
he said. as far as9thc government was cen
cerned. the failure 70 settle the difficulty
with Venezuela hxd not offered any obstacle
in the way OF the conclusion of general
arrangements respecting arbitration. which
the government llsred to see completed.
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No confl,ct in Br,,,.,, Gu,aoa

London. June 19.-The foreign office of.
ficials deny the truth of the report that
a conflict has taken place between Ven
ezuelans and British at Point Barima, in
the disputed territory OF Guiana. The
foreign office Is not informed thattbere has
been any trouble in the disputed territory
whatever
The evening times., 1896-06-19
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by Sey mour Bros, bank
ers and brokers, members of New
York Stock Exchange. Washington
office, coo Fourteenth street j. A.
Breen, manager
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HECHT & COMPANY.
SIS Seventh ST.
Good Templars Entertain.

UVVu 1tIIlPIhfH - h@II1NI t.'ffI'
4 public meeting of Silver Star Lodge.
Good Tcmp!aTs. was held at its hall last
evening in Tenle ytown. and the guests were
CHts-rtl ned w,th fine program. embrao-
ing music. n recitation, and several ac-
dresses. succeeded by abundant refresh
mcnts.
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Condition of Water.

High and low tides are officially recorded
AT the Navy Yard today as follows:
High. Low.
1:55 a. m. s:33 a. m.
ZIG p. m. S:4S p. IN.
temperature and condition OF the water
at a. M: Great Falls-Temperature, 70;
condition, /. Receiving reservoir-Tem-
perature, rs; condition at north connection,
/; condition at south connection, 4. Dis
tributing reservoir 10: con-
dition at influent gatehouse, 6; effluent
r7ltebotlse g.
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HEIGHT & COMPANY.
SIS Seventh St.

You had better not put
off dropping in for one of
those 6.9SsSuits. The ones
that were s14, $40, and SIS
are already sold-just as we
told you. But what's left
are suits that sold up to S12.
and that's better than you
can do elsewhere even for
$3.50.
These are in fine black and
blue and plaid cheviots, fine
worsteds and cassimeres and
the maker of them, who was
the least bit overstocked,
makes our finest garments.
They are all sacks-but
there's the single-breasted
and the double-breasted
StyleS-and they're III Such
nobby patterns that they'll
please you at once.
Pity there wasn't some
serges in the lot. So many
men want them, and tney
couldn't wear anything that
is cooler. But we've got the
usual SIS serge suit here for
S10-Dlack or blue-and the
color guaranteed true. You
can wear them anywhere,
for they're always in place.
This hot spell sets you to
thinking of the thin goods.
and we've got them ready
for you.
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We've still some of that
purchase of bicycle suits from
Sylvan E. Bier & Co. left.
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scheduIe for Street Lightinu.

Gas lamps lighted at 9:04 p. M; extin-
gushed at 2:5S a. IN.
Naphtha lamps lighted at 9:04 p. M; ex-
tinguished at 3:13 a. IN.
mcaDdesceBt and electric lamps lighted
at e:49 y. N; extuguished at 3:lS o. m.
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Mems fine crash suits,
worth So. so. for S4.9S each.
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Mems linen color duck
suits, Worth So, for S1.9S.
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S. English cotton covert
suits, S2.49.
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White duck pants, worth
81. SO, for CSC per pair.
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Mems linen color duck
pants, 49c pair. Worth csc.
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$40 fine cheviot suits, S.. 9S.
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So English cotton covert
pants, 79c.
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$12 to SIS Scotch cheviot
suits, s7.9S.
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And any of these On such
terms of payment which you
wish to set yourself-just a.
little down. :. /
The morning times., 1896-12-20

than a thief on the ground He has no
obscure refuge: he is in full view. A
limited number Of police air boats can give
all the protection we need for carriers
They patrol the routes and carry grapphng
hooks, with which they can easily arrest
any proving thief car
] seemed to WIN the secret, eye-winking
approval of StanifeX, the official skeptic, by
aSking somewhat pecvlSniy. nat is
the use Of all this air traffic, anylo ow?'
! feel a desire to ombat Hammerflcet on
amy subject that came up; because he was
Jealous OF me, or Of h.m-I hardly knew
whIcE-reea arGug Electra. 1t also irritatcd
me that he was so sell informed as To the
details of the twenty Ond century, when
| felt that / had just as &c od right TO
be IN it, as he.
why. my boy he replied, with a rat
roniZing emphasis on the boy word:
dom you see that IL is an immense re-
lief to the congestion OF surface travel
to have all these means OF conveyance?
Civilization and the general occupancy OF
land have spread TO such an extent, that
We must equaliZe ground area. Formerly
human beings, in their degraded dcSpcra
-tiUn, actually burrowed underground like
moies, to get from one point TO another
We rise into the pure air, instead. Land,
and the right iii it are rmously valuable.
Air costs rothing. The race claims Ger
tain right in the air, though; and franchise
dues are paid to the people by public
vehicles, while private ones are subject
to a small tax. Air ships are not SO re-
liable S other m odeS oflCcomution, but they
relieve the railroads and highways, ana are
Immensely useful in sailing over mount
aims, deserts, forests, or impossible rivers,
in times OF freShet and flood, besides
their ordinary uses. The airShips have
also been OF vast service i'll polar and
African exploration. You ought to realize
that our opulation is large ard is spread
out all rough the country. So, in uIder
to accomplish traffic easily, 1t is best
to divide it between earth ana air. We do
not live in large cities ! ow, and we have
t. have plenty Of roCm.'
What he said was entirely justified by
tie landscape beneath us, where we could
see the country beautifully laid out in
small towns, villages and hamlets, with
perfect roads leading from one to another.
and large groves or tracts of wild wood
land interspcrscd. Every acre of the open
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resolved to meet whatever 1t might imply,
unflinchingly. VERY WELL l answered;
IF Graemantle approves, will accept his
decision
We three then went down the hillside,
not speaking further, and joined the rest
of our party Whether Graemantle suspect
ed anything sinister in Hammerfleet's plan
or not l could not guess; bat was rcas-
The morning times., 1896-12-20
Continued From Last Sunday.D
SYNOPSIS

The story, as 5nld by the author. is the
result Of conversations with Thomas 4
Edison, the substance OF which MIR. Edison
afterwards put into the form Of notes writ
ten for the authors use. Mr. Edisons
suggestions as TO inventions, etc. are un-
derstood TO be simply hints as to what
ingii, pOSSIuis br 1u,oiul.ilsncu. f'og the
story Itself the author is responsible.
Gerald Bems, at the end OF the nine
ieenth century, having been unsuccessful
IN his SHIT for the hand OF Eva Pryor, al
lows himself tu be "vivificated'' by the So
clety Of Futurity. BY newly discovered
process, animation is suspended, and Bemis
Is placed IN Il hennetIcaily scaled cylinder.
Three centuries later the cylinder is opened
by the chiefs OF the society then IN con
troll, and Bemis is revived. Among many
wonderful discoveries, he finds that tele-
graphic communication with the planet
.tarS has been established. Word comes
from Mars that one Bronson. who had
started for that planet in an anti gravity
machine, mas nos arrived there, ana later
that a messenger from Mars is on his way
TO the earth. Meanwhile Bems discovers
thar Eva Pryor, who rea.Iy loved HIM, was
also "viVificated." He meets her and
lmuS that niS ioge for her has vanished.
He fails in love with Electra, a beautiful
Iwenty-seCOnd century girl, who Is in turn
loved by Hammerfleet, a man of her OWN
peuCd.
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duceu the skin friction of her passage

duced the skin friction Of her passage
through the deep.
Here and there Eva and / noticed, with
curiosity-and Zorlin was with us in this
certain little air packets that were flying
around-"all by their lonesome as Eva
said-always north and south and east
and west. They were too small for any
one but pigmy to hide in, and, in fact,
there was no one in them. They went
automatically. Zorlin at last was unable
To maintain his reserve any longer. "What
are they?'' he asked.
Hammerfleet came to the fore with:
Merely express and mail carriers. We
have any quantity of them, all over the
country and the world. The magnetic
lines generally keep them straight on their
course; but If they are blown aside, a
current is generated by their mechanism,
which puts them in line again. An auto
matte aneroid barometer, working valve,
keepts them at the right altitude
But where do they go?'' asked Eva.
Look now, this minute, and you will see.
Watch that one. You notice it is driving
straight for that tall skeleton wooden to wer
yonderT
Yes"
We fixed our gaze upon tie tower. The
little express carrier drew near: and, as
il touched the top of the tower, was
clutched and held firm by an iron frame
which caught its sails and stopped it.
Then man in the tower began to unpack
the contents of the carrier, and sent them
down by chute to an enclosed yard below.
Bat ! don't see why you need these
things, with all your other facilities for
transportation, l objected.
They save an immense amount of bother
ana of surface traffic" said Hammerfleet;
'besideS doing away with hand labor
They are very swift
Il should think, though, they could be
easily robbed by air thieves"
mo. That almost never happens. There
are too many people watching. A thief
in the air is much easier to deal with
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ground, excepttrigi Il. : fields reserved for
sports and public meetings, was thoropghiy
titled, with electric arrangemS S"ls Ief tne
fixture OF nitrogen in the soil, so as TO
produce vegetables containing sustenance
like that for meat, and for raising apples,
pears and peachesfa foot in diameter, Gy
electric light, and other fruits in pi oEortion-
ate sizes.
Our first stop was at Chicago, which we
found was simplyea vast trading >post n
business fort OR stronghold-like all other
cities, now-wherel q garrison Of clerks ana
other laborers was stationedin n tlfe immense
buildings once ,teeming with superfu)us
people This garrison attended to business
"details with military precision, and was re-
heved at intervals by other men and wo.
men drafted from the population for the
same purpose. Allaround Chicago were the
Impressive ruins Of various Worlds Fairs,
/ sc insticutions having Eow become or
solcte. The ruins had been carefully pre-
served, and drew many thousand 81 ght-srrrS
ana tourists every year, who paid a small
fee in memorial silver for the privilege f
viewing them.
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CHAPTER ".
THE NEW EARTH

When the travellers had been refreshed
And revived we drew from Bronson an
account of his intersJellar adventures
LAS ! CStme near Mars he said, alter
uately twirlnE and biting the ends Of his
long ana war!ike yellow muSraChe Il was
aware Of strange rubbings alongside the
car. and occasional shocks a. Of hammer
blows. Satan, 1 suppose. Is called the Old
Boy because a boy IL the persOnillcat!nn or
mischief and second only To Eve IN making
trouble My first idea Was That the old boy
was having fun with me by throwing
stCLes. \ rapid survey through my peep
holes showed me ] was SO far right | was
caught in a meteor storm. Fortunately,
though. the mcUcarS over there do not shoot
SO recklcsSly as those that come near
earth They move with a velocity in ac-
cord with that or Mars, SO that they drop
through its atmosphere AS the gentle ram
from heaven. But they gave nae pretty
hard time Of IT, steering clear Of them:
and there may have been some magnetic
stress accompanying their flight that car
Fled me out OF the way. At any rate, 1t
was a long time before l could make a
landing But, with my automatic drag
net lowered from the bottom OF the car,
] managed TO catch two small meteors,
which ! used as a combined anchor and
rudder IN conjunction with the adjusted
Helum screen, and finally reached terra
Hartis long after the observers there had
given me up. once safely aground on the
planet. found Zorln all ready to embark,
and we decided 10 come right back
But they had promised he would come
without you.'
Stanifex interposed: How could he ever
have done that?''
Ask him. Bronson suggested, pulling
his mustache wide at both sides defiantly.
And can we talk English TO him? Does
he understand Electra asked.
He has the most rapid Intelligence /
ever met answered Bronson. Il had TO
each him most OF the English language
on the eight hours home trip; and hc took
il all in like water, as fast as I could pour
That is what has tagged me out So And
the stellar acrOnaut helped himself 10 a
vegetable chicken breast and swallowed a
draught OF life brew at a gulp.
by this time Zorlin had Strengthened
himself up and seemed TO have grown per
celHibly in height nd breadth. He was
coBquering the atmosphere Of earth: and,
after a single sip Of sparkling tinted water,
be spoke
Il would have found "A way to come, " he
said easily, vet with "A strange accent;
some what as though hIs words were snow
flake crystals. cold at first but melting 3 S
they fell. we had not thought II worth
while; but YOU have made so much advance
lately that it seemed best TO help you. We
Kurols move by VIII power. Itis saidmany
Of our people have come to you secretly
before. We know great deal about YOUR
life. Bot until just now il was against the
Law for our people to visit earth; il low
caused wars among you, much against our
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PART II.

Itseemed no time d5 all before there was
A rush ana a thud outside the station. and
GlisSiuan announced that these sounds
meant the arrival OF a stellar car Oh The
receiving platform.
He WAS ugut. y wethrew open the door
two strange figures came staggering in.
One was a sine wy, blonde fellow, limp and
ured aS though tie mad passed through
about thirly-fiye thunder storms. Iir bn-
SOM exclaimed my friend, aStoundea.
" Yes, I'm here" ne affirmed. And this
Is ZOrlln.''
He pointed TO his companion. the Strang-
est semblance OF n man l had ever seen;
OF giant form and with 4 face of over
powerinE Intelligence, but at this instant
crouchlng To the floor on hands and knees,
halr helpless. Your atmosphere Is So
heavy he said, in fairly good English.
Il can hardly bear II yet. Bus VIII
soon stand up" He shook his vast head
OF halr and beard. then heavei a mighty
breath. struggled to rise, and Sank Ito
char.
This was Our missionary.
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will and desire. Even now, fear, my
coming will make disturbance"
lie was like a man, but endowed much
above man, and with something weird
and incomprehe ensible about him.
'Mill yUu Tot tell us something about
kuro?' asked Graemanue serenely. he
was the only one OF orr group who seem I'd
anywhere near coral TO Zorlin. "or would
you prefer to rest?''
The first duty II missionary ZoTiin
made answer, ''is 10 learn about the coun-
try or the world he comes to. After that,
lac can tell things. Not now. ! learned
much of your speech from our star talk:
the rest from Bronson But now let us
wait"
We "waited'' accordingly; for the hour
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GEORGE PARSONS LkTHR0R'
gN COLLABORATION EIlT5
THOMAS ADDISON

was near dawn, and streaRs OF morning
were family limiting at day in the cast,
through the windows, and even Glissnan's
spectacular eyes looked a triflc diIn and
weary.
When we rose some three hours later in
the glory of a crisp and cCol forenoon of
autumn, IT was decided that we should be
gin jaunt of observation through the
country, back TO New York. This was
partly FOR Zoglin's benefit, but il suited me
equally well, since ] WAS almost as much
q stranger as he. For Convenience we took
the walking ballo on down the mountains,
as this was the pleasantcst conveyance
over rough ground, when there Were no
large air ships handy.
This vehicle S a shallow car, with small
hollow sails of silk above il, containing
just enough gas to keep IL about thirty feet
above ground, assisted by small electric
engine In the center. From the bottom OF
the car two long rods, or mechanical legs
made of aluminum-the IightesU known