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The Portland daily press., 1897-04-23

for her. 1t tones up the system invigorates
the body, and the blues" vanish before it dark
ness fees from the sunlight You can get it at any
reliable druggists.
Mrs LOUIS STRONG, Harris HILL Erie Co. N. Y says: 81
have been troubled with falling of the womb for years.
was advised to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound took thirteen bottles and received great
benefit. When the time for change of life suf
fered great deal with faintness and palpitaton of
the heart got one bottle of the Vegetable Com
mound and one of Blood Purifier and WAS relievel
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-23
PORTLAND, IS. 1897.
II& ELVYT" is cloth for polishing and
~ busting everything that should have a
PORTLAND, APR!z IS, 1897.


brilliantly bright polished and clean sur
face, from the door knobs to the brass beds, from
the parlor windows to the attic skylghts from the
sideboard to the chamber chairs the most valuable
plate, the daintiest china and glass and the
est kitchen ware.
These polishing cloths are made from pure un.
deyed cloth with soft velvety surface, have fluff
nor lint, absorb the dust quickly, will outwear any
chamois or wash leather, are made good as new by
cleansing and never become greasy. Each cloth is
marked "Sevyt", is hemmed and ready for use.
The Linens department has complete line Of Sizes
Speaking of Linens
There are several special bargains in linen
Toweling here now worth looking after. One lot
of pure linen Crash, IS inches WIDE at Sc a yard.
Another lot of wide Crash with scarlet border
at yard 90 yards for ST oo) fit for roller and
hand towels. cup towels, ETC., and few bales of
extra heavy RussianCrash, made in Russia, to be
sold at IL yard.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-23


enabled through that period comfortably
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-23
SERVICES AT ST. LAWRENCE ST.

The spirit of Fast Day was truly OBJ
served at st. Lawrence st. church where
services were held in the morning at II
o'clock. A fair sized congregation was
in attendance to join with the pastor
Rev. Mr.. Wright, in commemorating the
day set aside for prayer and fasting.
The services were opened with prayer
by Mr.. Wright who afterwards delivered
an interesting sermon on the import
ance of the observance of Fast Day as in.
tended by its early promoters, and he al.
so dwelt on the common disregard and
abuse of the day.
Mr.. Wright continued, however, by
saying that he dissented from the view
expressed by Rev. Mr.. Moody that the
christian world is going to smash .
Mr.. Wright believed that the world is
growing better both materially and
spiritually even though there is room for
fault finding by preachers of the gospel
and others who are trying to do foods
work. He likened the progress of the
world to the coming and going of the
tide. The Christian world Is in that period
of progress which is analogous to the re-
ceeding wave. While strongly empha-
sizing the importance of the church he
believed that there are other other aeen-
cies working for the good of mankind in
society and Throughout the world in GEN
eral, and with such agencies Christian
truths can never die.
II want this church to work to-
gether," continued the speaker, $50 that
the community may point to us and say,
there is body of men and women more
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-23
Total.

Best score for A prize-1st, W. C. Cum
mings, Al; Cd, g. H. Tucker, 3D.
Best SCORE for B prize-1st, w. H.
Jeuks, &c; I'd, L H. Baker, So.
Glass Q w1nnars-E. e. Willard, list,
! SIS; j. r. O'Donahue, I'd, SIS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
NINETEEN rARDoNs GRANTED.
Cases Acted ON FavorabIy by Gov.
J. III. MeGrnw.

OLYMPIA. Jan. il-From the last leg
isiattve session 20 the present. Gov. ]. H.
McGraw granted nineteen pardons. as fol-
lows:
A.. T Duncan. Spokane larceny Of cat
tle-Pardoned February Is. 1895
Fred MsthtsS, from King county, as
sault with intent TO commit robbery
Pardoned March $, iss5.
". Il II. Grant. from Clallam county.
Illegal voting-Parioned March 10, 1875.
Nee Chin. Chinaman. from Spokane.
keeping opium joint-Pardoned May 4.
Louis soAlminsisi. from Lewis county.
sim pie assault-PaTdoned March 10 fsaS
Richard Wesley. Pierce county. rob
berv- served six years on sentences os
eleven years Psrfoned April Is. 1895.
NJ Coo8fricnd. King county, grand lar
ceny. served one year-Pardoncd April "a.
NJ Golden. King county. accessory with
NJ Coodfrlend. grand iaTeeny-Pardoned
Mrs. Tay Yuen. grand larceny commit
ted In clarke couniy-Fardoned May 5.
fTr,~ea srgsrin. Jefferson county sen
fenced for ten years Tor burglary: served
four ysars-Pa rfoneI May Is. 1896: died
six months Rfferwar8
l.. A Gle. served tao years Of four
years sentence Tor burglary committed IN
Lewis county Psrdoued Nav l.. ISIS Gle
was accused Jointly with pr James d.
MinkieF and Catherine Nc ormiek- with
fhe crime ~ mans1aughter in having
caused the death 81 Alfred Wright
John Bryan, sentenced for ten years for
burglary committed in King county.
served five years. ar9oned MAY l.. 1895
John Miller, co-defendant with John
Brva8-p aruoned October = fSs6
Harry Irwin. sentenced in iSai for eleven
wears for robbery IN Pierce county; served
faur yeaYs-P Ardoues May H. 1896
Elmer Hastings and James L. BeTrfdge
cattle stealing la Spokane county. served
thrse years--Pardoned Nav Il. iseS.
. George F. Bailey. lewdness Seattle
pardonca MAY p 1855.
Fannie Williams Seattle petit larceny
PR-doned Nay - iSsS IL critical state q
heaitn
Ssmual 3 uUslnherre. Pierce county
err hezzlsrnent. served two years-Par-
sass,ea June a. ts96
". =. Feu.Eore. egnbsEzlsment. Jes4r-
son county. served fan term Of one year
EtEhts oG citizenship restored
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15

Cameron and Frank A. williams. state
fair commission.
John Dobson OF Chehaiis county. trus-
tee state reform school,
John &. Goodwin. Of EllenSburg, trustee
state normal school
r. W. Hastings, Nathaniel c. Strong
and Jacob Behrman. ali of Jefferson coun-
~. members Puget sound district board
OF health
John T. Lee. Of Tacoma, state board Of
health.
Elmer D. olmstead. Of Spokane. trustee
Cheney normal school.
Erasrus Brainerd. OF Seattle. ard 3. j.
Chadwick. OF Whitman county. state
board OF land commissioners.
Eli Aiilkin. Of Fairhaven; r. c. Htggin-
son and J. j. Edens, Of New Whetcorn.
trustees OF Whstcom state normal school.
George A Kennedy, of Ritzville, state
Librarian.
r. A. Boutelle. OF Vancouver, adjutant
general OF militia
f. A. Bartlett Of Port Townsend board
OF plot commissioners. Straits of Fuca
and Puget sound.
Harry Landes. state geoiosist. This ap-
pointmSf was made by the mining bu-
reau. with the understanding that no
salary should be paid.
DR.. r. M EAmes. OF Seattle, state board
OF health.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15

CLINE A DARK HORSE.
The Speaker Considered a Senatorial
Possibility at Olympia.

From an Occasional Cores pendent
olympia. Jan lA-SPeCisI-In Speak
er Csins there - a senst ortal E3osSI oilfty.
He has net yet crystall.zed into = probabl-
f,y. oUE watch bis ErcNth - yhs weeks roll
by. He s. pariia mentArtsn and that
ai4a-lslcst.on appeals to the popular in
&Etnatl1u. when fitness Is considered. He
e Pop toe Not al ideal Pop Ike
Farmer Tca1 % Mason Or Farmer Young
of Whitman. bat nevertheless a Pop"
BE can naturally afHGzte VITA tie Pops
II does not require an effort. he Ass IN
DEE cover an scroii adviser IN II. l. For
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
SCHOOL FUNDS APPoRTIoxED.
A Total of sI82, e3s. ss-Number Of
Children I2o.S63

OLYMPIA. Jan. Especial. -One Of the
last official acts of superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction Bean was 10 make the
quarterly apportIonmsnt 10 counties Of
funds accumulated under the provisions
OF the barefoot school boy Jaw" passed
by the last legislature. The first appor-
tionment under this law was made July
q. 1895 At that time the number OF chill
dren OF school age in the state was IIa. s37;
amount OF funds apportioned. S2z2. 2t2 Il
amount per capita, Sl-SS2. At the time OF
the second apportionment. October I. aSea;.
there were 1858 children; amount amor
toned. SG,Ai amount per capita. 80. 1898.
The third apPorilonment just made was
calculated upon a basis Of 1s0 SIS anonnt
apporgioned. Sl6s. go IS: per capita. Ssiq
Following are amounts due the several
counties
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. i5--A6viees
rust received from Honolulu per steam
ship Monowsi are as follows:
United States Minister Albert s. Wills
died az $50 a. m. January s. after an IL
ness covering several months. the effect
upon his health resulting from an attack
OF pneumonia from which he suffered while
on his vacation 10 the states. In April last
the minister and family left Hawaii Tor q
visit 10 their old home al Louisville. Willis
In San Francisco. on the return trip. the
minister contracted a severe cold, which
settled upon his lungs. This was the i'm
mediate cause o. his death. At noon OF
October 81, while leaving church. bis horse
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15

hossse or n fotnt session. &c 1ie sn An
Ssvts with the chsef clerk or secrs-sTy.
sta ling TIA. ne has not used. either III
r-cty or indirectly. IN an unssvfI man
Ter. any money or other vaSuzoie ccnzac-
eratsen. for the purpose - influencing
The vote Of any member OF the legisAa-
t1re"
Land % Eing attempted 90 have me
rules essSperced and inrnedSete coasic - a
ssor given the resoIssfion- Ross Of Pierce
absscf.d. saying s1ch action vas not good
policy. The motion 70 saspend the rules
was lost. ara the resolution vent 70 the
committee OF pahsbc morals.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
APPOINTMENTS BY GOV. Me#Aw.
List of Citizens Named since the Last
IrEIsiaturr.

OLYMPIA. Jan ff-Snecfaf -Follow n <
the list ~ appointments made BY Gov.
Aellrsw siEce fhe issi legislative session:
George r. Barrr. 90 WaT3a WsIia. state
saea.tsnt58ry rcCnult ss31nar.
J. W Arrs@gnifh. ~ Whitman county.
recent 20 AGRICULTURAL college.
rTADe-s Waite. q Snehnn1fsh coan-
-. trustee Western Washington hospital
fHs Insane
tiear-c l.y3e Preston. o. Seattle. r &
~. Sific Nlant. ~ spokane and Charles
a ftsf1.e 81 1saftAe. regents ct T-nGver-
stg az u ksht zran
J. Calendar and George II Beard
Iasi. - Tacoma. trustees - Wasl1tngroE
Soldiers harn@
Jean R, RsAvis. ". H. Hare. s4nas, J.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
HOUSE.
Report op Clerk Hire--shsrp Debate
on Penitentiary Resolution.

OLYMPIA. Jan Il -speciaf-Rsv q
SsFin, or the Central baptist church. ~
eiauss thanking the Almighty thai ,hs
transter of the state government was at
tended BY peace.
Roberts OF spokane offered = resolution
alc,ters. etc. Tais was the secons -.
fclnpt 10 gct an order trrouTh go~ ~
purchase OF soap and towels. but 81 fsiIs8
"a 20 N0"h' -
The committee appointed 70 sroup tha
standing committees FOR the assignments
OF clerks, and 70 TX their compensation
reported as follows:
that the salary OF The clerk Of IN. tIsi-
eiAfy committee Re 81 per day. all other
,csmnittse,ss 10 be grouped and allowed
clerks 80 fellows
Jsdictary committee. one clerk
state university. state normal school.
state buildings. pBblIc schools and llhrR-
FssS. pubic morals. Federal relations ard
immigration. enc clerk
STATE pea.tentiaTy, aospltsi Tor the IN
s2ne, school for defecflvo youth reform,
school memorials Internal improvH~,a- as
and indian aSsirs. forestry and horti5ll-
ture. ore clerk.
Claims and ati.tine mileage and con-
NnSent expenses printing AMI Supplies
coontiss and county boundaries eauca-
tion. roads ard bridges. one clerk,
Fisheries ard game. lahor and labor sta
ftsttcs. haTHors ana waterways water
Fisdfe ana irrigation. one clerk
Railroads sad municipal corporations
ecas.itH ional revision ana agricalttlre
enc clerk
appropriations. compensation ans fees
fnr state snd county Officers insurance
r1rN s-t ORDER. military affairs aad SOL
UteFA' ~ou7e. one cisFk
ternersitcns other than ruunh~Insl ard
faitres1s. co.rlinerce and manufacture.
ftte .aa1s. medicine. f5kes and erafr5s9
wirea ent mining. one clerk
Revenue AMI taxation. prtyilc~es ard
ecftens. SKATE. school aga grAnted lands
one clerk
Tg~ reFcTf aRs adopted
Htl3s were taSroductA - r7Waws.
House Ill Ne ~ Nv gu5e q Kf-e-pe-
isHag 20 Eae CONNIE rusnt ~ f-sy-g :.
t1ens aescfe justices % the pcA>e. re fg~ra.4
IS judiciary Csuuttset
HousN Asn No. ~. BY Cute of Ef-r-rsa
tsrirE 20 The isSaanSe, Ssryt-s ana return
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
millionaire Hammond Missing.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-THE millionaire mine
owner. George 5. Hammond. OF the San
Juan mining district. New Mexico Is miss
ing He left Albuquerque Christmas week.
bound for Chicago. He had several thou
sand dollars and valuable lewelry De-
tectiyes have learned that tina ticket pur-
chased by Hammond was used to this city.
but farther than that there IS no clue. II
is believed thar Hammond was robbed and
perhaps murdered.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
For Admission to the Bar.

OLYMPIA. Jan. I4-SpeciaI.-An exanli-
nation Of candidates for admission 10 the
bar is in progress before the supreme
court. The following ere candidates: F..
L. Garretson. H W. Huston. NJ. VI. Madi-
gan, H k Strive, r. p. Hitchcock. T. w.
Bennett. George d Devlin. J. II. Gera ghty,
e NJ. Ronds and w. w. Miller.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
Supreme Court Decision.

OLYMPIA. Jan. 14-Special.--The SUI
preme court has affirmed judgment IN the
case OF Charles r. Ogie. respondent VS..
r. A. Jones. appellant. from Spokane
county. The respondent in the lower court
Was awarded $500 damages for injuries
received while working for appellant as =
shoveier in a pit.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
ruited states Consul Dead.

WASHINGTON. Jan. IA telegram
ives received at the state department. this
afternoon saying that William y. whaI-
ley. OF South Carolina, United States con-
sui at Cologne died today.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15

SchtI2f,sg's Besftea-gro-
Ger gives your money back
ii YOU don't like it.
It's one thing to say
money hack. and another
thing to do money back.
We say II. and your gro
Ger does It; and we pay him.
a Ss.-lsax & Csss-s4v
sza fazaeaca sna
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
MR.. WILLIS is DEAD.
@. 8. MINISTER sUCCUMBs TO A sE-
WE'RE COLD.

Was Contracted In San Francfsco
While Returning to Honolulu and
Settled ON the Lungs-Imposfng
by Cleveland-Career From the
school Room to . Foreign Mis-
sion.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
Beaming With Smiles

Are the countenances of people who have
found speedy and thorough relief from
nalarial, kidney bilious, dyspeptic or
nervous troubles through the aid OF Hos
fsfterss stomach Bitters Such counte-
nances are very numerous. So are letters
from their owners attesting the efficacy
Of the great family medicine. Among the
signals OF distress thrown out by the
stomach. bowels and liver ia a state Of
disorder are sick headache, heartburn.
nausea. loss of appetite, sallowness Of the
skin and eyeballs. and an uncertain state
- she bowels They should be needed at
once. If the Bitters are reSorted TO, the
woe begone look which accompanies sick
ness Will give way 20 cheerful looks pro-
duced BY renewed health. IL you are
Srtfffng on the coast OF disease throw an
anchor 70 windward BY summoning the
pIfters 10 your assistance. II Will keep
you ia safety.
Arthur ". bennett. superintendent OF
n FL ht1rsf,s Snrlety for The Prevention
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15

Arthur W bennett. superintendent or
pr Psrkhurst's Society for the Prevention
Of Crime, is insane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
HowELLs ON BYRON.
LFrom Harper's Weekly

IT rom E1alpef-S w eeklY.
How much wrong he did we should
not now like to risk saying: we feel
that it is not safe for US to say though
for whom it is to say is another mat
ter. 1t would hardly, at this day. be a
question of how far he had under
mined faith, but how far he had IN
dermined conduct; and probably his
most crying sin will always be found
to be that in his greatest poem he dealt
falsely and to the enduring harm of all
who give themselves up to his magic
This is the greatest of all pities; but no
candid man can deny that the uues-
ton of Lord Byron is ultimately the
question of Don Juan; or that the
thought of this is what first comes into
the mind at mention of the poets
name. He is condemned to eternal
association with a work whose beau
ties are seen through the simmer of
of a later time would accept for the
sake of his fame. Byron is no longer
god, Byron is no longer Il devil; but
he was undoubtedly guilty of sin
against the light which was in him.
His sin was largely a part of his pose
which was so largely a part Of himself:
and t must not be taken too seriously
in making up a judgment of his char
acter. He has been very much mis-
judged because he has been taken too
seriously for good as well is for evil.
Because he was turbulent and rebel
liOuS it was imagined that he was lib
eral; because he was splendid and pro-
fuse, it was believed that he was gen
erOus; and he was always suffering
from these misconceptions, both in his
friends and in his foes. The truth is
that Byron was always an aristocrat
with feudal principles and instincts;
and though he gave his money and at
last his life to the cause OF Greek lib
| erty, he died as distinctly for Byron
as for Greece. There was 4 persistent
| bOyishness in his nature, and with all
his greatness he had few hours of ma
| turity. His birth, his place, his ex-
| perience bred in him a youthful ego
\ tism which he never could put from
| him in his relations with others. He
! was not a judge of men or books, and
| his rash and coarse estimate of Keats
was of the same quality as his estimate
! of Hunt. The texture of his strenuous
| mind was loose and rough; his work,
! except in rare and fortunate moments,
| had defects such as mark that of no
| other eminent poet; in his most mag
! nifcent passages he had touches of as
! tonishing cheapness; he wore stage
| jewels over his cloth of gold. But he
! had bursts of true feeling amidst his
| tawdriest defamation, and he gave
| proofs of real thinking in conditions
! which were alien even to any appear
ance of thinking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
DEBTS OF AmER1oAN CITIES.

(From the Chicago Tribune-)
The Greater New York with 100000
population, viii begin business as a
municipality, so to speak, on Jan l.
1898, with a municipal debt in excess
of 5000, 600, COO, a debt larger than that
of any four other cities OF the country.
There is a general opinion, for which,
however, there is no real warrant that
the debt of American municipalities is
based upon their population, area, age,
and resources; but the fact is that while
these elements regulate the running ex-
penseS of American cities, the debt is
fixed rather by the form of government
they have enjoyed or suffered from in
the past.
Boston and St. Louis are cities of the
same size, very nearly half a million
each, yet the municipal debt of Boston
is three times greater than that of st.
Louis, while, on the other hand, the tax
rate in St. Louis is so per cent greater
per $1,000 of valuation than il is in
Boston.
Louisville, a city of 200. 900 population,
has debt of nearly SO, 600, 600, but Gov
7 ington. in the same state, with a pop
uIatOn of 81 900 by the last census, has
a debt of s., 40G, 600, and Newport KY,
q city of $4,000 has debt of 81 100, 600
Chicago, which has a population in eX.
cess of l.650,00O, has a municipal debt
of $l1 100000 and a drainage canal, coun-
ty and park tax of as much more, where
as New Orleans, which has a popula-
ton of 100000, One-sixth of Chicag O' s,
improvements under way will material
~ increase it.
Indianapolis, with a population of the
last census of more than loo, 600 has
debt of $1.10S, 600. whereas Evansville
which by the last federal census had
population of only so O00 One-half as
large, has debt of So 100, 900. The mu-
nicipal debt of Kansas City is 81. 600. 900
and Sioux City, Ia, owes 81, 2OO, 900. The
municipal debt Of Philadelphia with
100000 is $4,000 900. and Pittsburg.
with 100000, S12. 900 600: but Providence.
which has about One-half the pOpula-
ton of Pittsburg, has a municipal debt
of $13, $50, COO
Milwaukee and Detroit are two cities
having almost the same population
205,00O by the census Of 1890. Since then
Detroit has increased more rapidly in
population, and the area included in it
is somewhat larger than the area of the
Wisconsin city.
Yet the debt of Detroit is $4,000. 600.
whereas the debt of Milwaukee is So
200, 900. In New York state Buffalo has
a bonded debt Of $12 00O. 600: Syracuse OF
IS. 100000: Troy of 81, POO 900 only: Long
Island City of So SOC. 600: Yonkers Of
s3,000,000; Albany of $4.10O 600; Roches-
ter of S. 400, coo; Utica of $3.50, 900 ;Pough-
keepsie of $1,70O. 600; Duukirk of $275.-
600, and Mt Vernon, N. Y, of $500, OOO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
ABOUT THIS AIRsHIP.
[From the Chicago Tribune. ]

from the Chicago Tribune.
curious thing about the airship
which is now attracting attention all
over the country during it's nightly voy-
ages is it's protean shape. 1t changes
its form in nearly every locality it visits
and apparently without any good rea-
son for its erratic course. In Topeka,
for instance, il resembled q fish com
posed of a complex frame of steel rods
or bars; in another part of Kansas it
appeared as a rectangular cOntriVance
with revolving propeller screw on one
side of the box and a locomotive head
light on the opposite side. When the
ship arrived at Mount Carroll, Ill, it
was "OblOng in shape" and the engi-
neer had apparently thrown the thrOt-
tie wide open, as he was going at
terrific rate of speed and displaying
big red danger signal. In Evanston the
apparitiOn took on sem blance of a, YER
liable ship of the air, with masts and
yards, sailing under cloud of canvas,
with many cOlOred lights hanging from
taffrail and foFetoD in true nautical
fashion, but as the vessel appeared in
Wisconsin atmosphere it had assumed
the shape of an egg, doubtless in defer
ence to the approaching festival OF
Easter. These varied aspects of the
airShip, as depicted by numerous and
trustworthy correspondents, seem to
lend color to the statement of a promi-
nent Chicago aerOnaut that the ship is
made of paper probably newspaper. One
thing is sure, however, and that is if
the inventor does not make for some
port and cast anchor at once it will
bring on a conflict between science and
the masses, compared to which the fight
with religion is mere child's play. When
the airship appears in view an astrOno-
mer points a telescope at it and de-
clares it to be a star, and in order to
lend apparent weight to his statement
he gives it a big name intended to stag
ger the populace and throw the COM
mon herd into confusion. On the other
hand a thousand of the plain people
serenely gaze into the empyrean with
the eyes that nature gave them, without
the aid of any scientific makeshifts
and see the vessel as plainly as they
see any star in the heavens. Not only
do they see it, but they perceive all the
details which the scientist fails to do,
even with a power of 500 diameters.
When a scientific observer with a big
telescope cannot distinguish the rigging
and the lanterns and the piston-rOds
on airship only two or three miles
high, he should quit star-gazing and