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enough arm for rope and capstani'
Up flew the great white sail, Justin
hauling with the rest: the foresail fol-
lowed, and they were fairly off. The
sloop sailed most swiftly, topping the
waves with a grace, and soon the water
was rushing behind and the spray spit
ting on the deck Lynch himself took
the helm. and sent the lads below to
get bite TO eat, for now, the excite
ment died out, they remembered they
had had no supper. They cooked for
themselves, for the slooD seemed short
Of hands, and, having eaten, they threw
themselves down and slept heavily.
They remained undisturbed, and
Oziers first thought when he awoke
was to go on deck, but he staggered
on his feet blindly and found Justin
in the same evil case, deathly sick.
Their voyages hitherto had been of the
shortest-but trips to the islands and
on the river. Never before had they
been at sea, save when Justin, babe,
was brought from England by his dead
mother. They were helpless, sick as
Oziel never had conceived sickness,
who himself had never suffered from a
headache in his life. Then DiXey Lynch
came down to them, and, when he saw
the big youths plight, laughed and
made merry over him in a boisterous
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manner, which the unhappy lad was
unable to resent, saying it was absurd
so stout a fellow should be PROSTATE
for so small a matter. He stood over
Oziel and offered him a horrid. piece of
the hunters own venison, half raw, UNI
til the New Highlander forgot the train
ing of the meeting house and cursed
him in a manner most foreign to the
youth and amusing to the mariner.
Then Dixie tainted him. asking what
Lady Marian would think if she could
see the protector of her cousin now,
and Oziel marveled how shrewdly this
long-legged tormentor guessed his
thought, and had OWNED the real rea-
son of his presence on the Golden
Wish Yet, even in his sickness and
wrath, Haskell was perplexed that his
harmless presence should yex the rover
So But. to Justin, who lay on a bunk
apart, Dixey Lynch turned and was
most tender and polite, with much of
the gentleman's ceremony which he
used or not, as he pleased, but always
when he did with pleasant effect. He
brought the lad with his own hands a
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girl, by a crowd Of angry magistrates.
So, into the night and far out on the
bay they sailed. Justin steering by
Lynch's directions, until, far beyond all
shipping, they pulled alongside a silent
black siooD Of large size. ard boarded
her on Lynch's hail. A man on watch
peered sleeDily from the side and
caught the rope flung to him, yawnlng.
Then, as the waves tossed the small
boat against the sloop's side, the long
legged skipper jumped with alacriry,
and at once, without waiting. to bid
any one welcome, began stumDing the
deck, roaring out orders from the sac
of his hand. Justin followed him, and
then Oziel. who threw aboard the game,
trophies of the days hunt. which still
lay in the boat The sloop lay we'll out
from land and the wind blew with
violence, so that the vessel rolled and
pitched at her cable The sky had
grown flecked with fieecy clouds, swirl
ly, speedily, behind which the moon
raced merrily. The breeze played It's
music on the rigging, and the waves
were white-topped and swelling. 1t was
a brave night, with the wind from the
land, to PUT to sea, and DlXey Lyhcn
took quick advantage of it.
up! Up! Up with We. lads!" he cried
down a hatch, and at the word three
men came, with numbering legs and
heavy eyes. Our cargos aboard-all
the cargo Gabriel Murrin will ever give
us. and brave one, too, if We knew II.
Rouse ye, We sleepy, overted, land
clobbering lubbersl Haul on the main
sail! Stir ye! Boston town may go
burn-we're for the Indies again."
While he so cried. he himself, with a
man he logged to him before the fell
lows eyes were we'll opened. was labor
ing at the bow, hoisting anchor. Then
the salt wind and the sense of freedom
bred by the sea thrust all sad matters
from Oziel's mind, and he ran to help.
The aid of his hard muscles told quick
", and Lynch greeted his coming with
q gay word.
Catch hold, my lusty Puritan So,
thou'rt not afraid to use thy numbering
elephant limbs. 1 see! Faith, but il
comeliness and grace be not thy por-
ton wherewith to beautify the cabin
among gentlemen. thou hast stout
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q The Snakes Mark !
Being an Account Of the Finding Of the Lost Treasure Of
the HallOweu Family.

ed it from the old mans store. the sin
be mine.
She dropped little bag of coin to his
awaiting hands, and he hardly paused
to thank her, but was off again, her
voice behind him:
Leave him not, Oziel, and God be
with you bothr'
The others by this time had got fair
start, and to catch them, Oziel had to
run his best. 1t had been quickly set
tied ere they left the chamber that the
boat at the landing place would be the
safest means of flight, saving the need
for passing to the harbor through the
town, and for that point all fled. By
now the soaring moon gave a light al
most as clear as that Of day, and Has
kets big form stood out against it most
inconveniently plain. Soon shout in
his rear warned him he had been seen,
and he redoubled his speed, but some
shrewd rascal in the crowd that fol-
lowed the officers in curiosity, screech-
ed:
There's Justin He's fleeing! After
the bag begottenr'
With that the whole rabble left the
road to the house and came after the
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o'clock on the day of the ascent, to find
the balloon in readiness.
It was a glorious day for the purpose.
The barometer stood above thirty
inches and the temperature was eighty
degrees in the shade at the Crystal
palace, a splendid clear sky with only
a few heecy clouds in it's whole ex-
panse. The day was one which seemed
more suited to Italy than to gloomy
England. A genial southeasterly breeze
barely rustled the foliage and the sun
shone brilliantly. The Excelsior stood
upright with only the faintest sign of
movement, ready for its upward career,
awaiting the adjustment of the scien-
tific instruments. 1t looked bus ness
like and powerful, towering some sew
enty feet high, covered with it's SYM
netrical netting and ropes. It's semi
inflated condition did not add to its APP
pearance, but the satisfal tory lifting
power was evident by the strain at the
lines attached to the hoop and car.
Dr. Berson adjusted his Instruments
which included a mercury barometer
that required great nicely in position
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FIVE NILES UPWARD IN THE AIR
First Authentic Account of the Greatest Recent Balloon
Voyage

an aneroid in a protective case, and a
self-registering instrument, with a
clock to denote the time and lever
which contained a pen at its extremity
which marked in violet ink on the chart
every upward and downward move
mometers were contained in case with
a revolving fan worked by clockwork
which had the effect of keeping a con-
slant flow of air past the bulbs of the
thermometers. Everything was thor
oughly protected in cases, so that any
slight knocks in connection with the
ascent or descent would not injure
them. 1t may be stated as rule that
any instrument which will not stand
dropping on the carpeted floor of an
ordinary room will be unsuitable for the
average balloon ascent
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Justin Haliowen was a clerk in the
shipping house OF his Puritan uncle in
Boston, and Oziel Haskell was a
sturdy country boy and Justin's con-
slant companion
On a summers afternoon, some two
hundred years ago. these two young
men were returning by boat from a
hunt At the beach Justin's uncle. Ca
hriel Murrin. and a stranger awaited
them. A quarrel followed, in which
the Stranger took the part Of the boys
Murrin tainted Justin about the ILL
omened Snakes mark on the boys
forehead. and in the confusion which
followed The outbursts OF anger, Muir
rim was struck down. The stranger
now revealed as DiXey Lynch, a friend
of the elder Hallowell. charged Justin
with the crime Of murder.
(Copyright. 1895. by the S. S. Mcclure Coz
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INITIATING THE BALLOON EXCELSIOR.

My lad, you'll know your place be-
fore long, and be more wise than beard
Dixey Lynch. Meantime, if you'd eat,
go to work."
Il wish for nothing more reasonable,
SIR" said Oziel. Lynch sent him with
an oath to the bow at once to coil a
rope whose blight trailed in the water,
and Oziel went, stumbling with unac-
customed step on the sloping deck.
Lynch, with an ugly grin, went to the
tiller himself
Lively, you bitter-mouthed lout of
a plowman" he cried, and Oziel, fu-
rious, tried to balance himself on the
plunging sea-swept nose of the boat,
and seize the rope. For a moment, as
he stopped, he had no control of his
legs, and, at that moment the sloop
swung suddenly in the wind and Oziel
vent overheard.
(To be continued.)
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hydrogen we generate-which chemists
describe as a '-tasteless. colOrleSs and
odorless element" 1t was not getting
decidedly cold. The pressure of the at
mosphere was only half what it was
upon the ground. We began breathing
oxygen through the india rubber pipes,
attached to the iron tube of compressed
gas which we had brought, and found
the apparatus worked satisfactorily
The nozzle of the tube was soon deep
" encruSted with q coating of fibrOus
ice At $4,000 feet We took a good look
about. Usually when one makes an
ascent, the view is obscured by clouds.
but on this occasion so clear was the
atmosphere that we could see as far
as the eye could reach. The north sea
was visible and we could trace the
coast line along to the Wash. We could
observe the dots upon the ocean which
denoted the position of steamers. To
the south the English channel could be
seen, with the coast line Oh France be
yond. AT 24,000 feet the balloon had
been diScharging its gas for some time.
thus causing it to lose it's lifting power.
and noticed that the tell-tale violet
line OF the registering aneroid be-
gan downward course. We thereupon
began discharging ballast. In order to
facilitate this, each bag 1--WE had eight
was tied by line at top and bottom
md hung outside our car; all we had
to do was to unite or cut the top line
when all the ballast was DrecfDitated
eaving the empty bag hanging to the
car by the lower line. Between 2:30
and o'clock we discharged four bags
# sand, each weighing fifty pounds.
ind thereby caused the balloon to reach
is maximum altitude of 27,297 feet as
shown in DR.. Berson'S carefully
yOrked-out chart
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ON BOARD THE GOLDEN WISH.
Oziel found the other two at the back
of the house, and, in their attitudes he
saw that q dispute was between them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-25
eeA 49,
Chicago Tribune.)

.sWen.p remarked the passenger in the
long linen buster. II think We're going to
get the Philippines, and it won't be, long
till Cuba comes in, too.
II don't see what we want with either
of en-" retorted the passenger who was
An said the other. Then you are
not an expansionist?
Not enough to hurt. I'm Connecticut
tobaccO-raiSer
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Three Crown Flavoring Extracts
are made direct-from the fruit, there
by retaining their natural flavor.
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the happy mother, and the child laughed
in glee.
Not so II. Shortribs-S hortribs Hamm.
the husband and father.
Don you think" he urged gently.
you ought to explain to baby precisely
VIVA rs5u Instances render a little. pig
marketable?"
Nov they had to revise the Bible in
order TO make it available for the in
structiOn of the Chicago youth, and why
not Mother Goose?
Description Fitted Tom.
animals save one. 1t has bristiy hair
hates . bath and is fond Of mud. Well,
Tom2
Tom (shanefacedly)-T That's Sie.
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Explanation In Order.

(Detroit JournaI)
This little pig went to MARKET sans
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BERsONs REPORT OF AsCENr SEPT. Is. 1888
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sold WEATHER sETs In.

The cold had become very severe at
this height and though thickly clothed.
l was shiVering. I noticed that Dr.
BersOn appeared colorless in the face
and he remarked the same of me.
The oxygen inhalation seemed most
advantageous, for with it one felt COM
Portable, but when as an experiment I
removed the tube I found a drowsiness
coming on. Dr. BersOn suffered no i'll
effect and continued taking his read
ings. We both studied carefully when
at the maximum height the direction
of the wind as indicated by the course
we We're floating, and found that we
were making almost directly for the
sea. This indicated that our course was
more westerly than ever and at 1923
was decided to open the valve and
thus hasten the descent. Whilst float
ing at these great heights the sound
of cannon being discharged below
reached US with perfect distinctness,
but of other sound there was absolutely
none. 1t will be observed from the
barometrical chart that after reaching
the maximum height the balloon be-
gins to descend without intervention
on our part, and it is necessary to dis
charge sand to obtain again a lift. The
balloon would, therefore, naturally de-
scend to the earth without attention on
our part, but the seward direction rem
dered it desirable to hasten the down
ward course, if we wished to avoid a
descent into the German ocean.
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BREATHING FROM TUBES.

Between $4,000 feet and 10000 feet the
balloon which was only half inflated
at starting, had become quite full and
was pouring out its gas in the form of
clouds of mist through the open mouth
We were able to distinguish the pc
culiar rusty smell and taste by which
1 can always tell the presence of the
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CHAPTER III.

Copyright, 1895, by the S. S. Mcclure Co.,
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FAILING THROUGH THE AIR.

FALLING THROUGH THE AIR.
When the valve had been opened,
there was a rush of gas, which created
a Whistling noise as it escaped through
the open orifice at the top-of the bal
loon, and our descent began in real
earnest. It will be observed that at
3:15 we were at q 200 feet, and at 300
we were on the ground at Cranham
Rectory near Upminster. Thus we had
| dropped 700 feet a minute for forty
minutes as the average, which meant
I that at some points we were dropping
at nearly 1000 feet a minute. Ballast
was discharged from time to time but
had little effect, at first disappearing
upwards in clouds, and afterwards re-
passing US as the downward drop Of
the balloon moderated. All the ballast
was thrown, and now it remained for
the folds OF the balloon to form a para
chute and thus slack the speed of the
fall. This it did more and more as we
entered the denser atmosphere below
The descent was a reversal of the as
cent. and warmth in increasing power
became noticeable as we went lower
and lower. Five hundred feet of tail
| rope hung from the balloon. This
! touched the ground and lay across
( fields and hedges and trees, and we
reached the earth with a smart bump
! The balloon Immediately fell over on
done; it had no further power to lift US.
The usual crowd of assistants ar
rived on the scene, and the balloon was
/ packed up and placed on a. cart, to be
driven to the nearest railway station.
LESSONS OF THE VOYAGE.
The result of this trip shows certain
I principles which we must bear in mind
when continuing these high ascent ex-
/ periments. 1t will be noticed that the
: balloon lowered upwards Of p, ST feet
by 2:31 p. m. This was while the gas
was expanding, completely filing the
balloon, and blowing off its surplus.
After so much gas had left that an
( equilibrium was attained, the dis
charge of ballast had but little effect
each bag of fifty pounds thrown giving
but trif1ing lift. It is, therefore, OBJ
viOus that greater altitude can only
/ be reached by using q larger and light
( balloon. For future experiments q bal
I loon of almost double the capacity,
I viz: 100 600 cubic feet. should be used
| Pure hydrogen should be generated to
| give it the necessary lifting power. All
/ depends upon the weight of the ma
terial of the balloon and the proper
/ ton it bears to the lifting power of the
/ gas. If we can get a. balloon to carry
| us up when only a quarter full. we can
/ then reach much greater heights. If,
/ however, the balloon requires to be half
| filled to lift, it will be useless for such
/ q purpose. Oxygen gas to breathe is q.
! necessity, and with its aid j think it
possible to attain greater heights than
/ yet reached. There is q field for fur
! Their research, and I hope to obtain the
assistance and collaboration of Scien-
fists and other friends in its expIOra-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-28
AT CAMP DEWEY.
The Grounds Are Crowded With
People and OYercrOwded
Games of Chance and Fakirs
Thick as Bees.
THE OLD SOLDIERS
Can Get Bit If They Want or
Leave Things Alone.
Scenes and Incidents of the
Day.

Garfield park is crowded today and 1T
is beginning to be feared that it is too
small place for a state reunion.
The central portion of the park is a
Veritable Midway. Dozens of games of
chance are in operation as well as a
few games of skill. There is the phre-
nOlogist with a silk hat and three hu-
man skulls. He enjoys the title of per
fesser" and when other attractions are
silent he can draw a crowd to listen to
his lecture" but in the most interest
ing part his audience deserts him and
goes to the man who is expounding the
beauties of the ''kootchie-kootchie dan
GERS There are the old standard cane
and knife tOsSes by the wholesale but
they do not get much trade. The toy
balloon and badge men do a good bus
mess because they can move with the
crowd. There are numerous blind mu-
sicians, and vendors of every kind of
souvenir.
The most numerous games are the
cigar wheels but they are receiving but
little patronage, the principal crowds
being drawn by the gaming tables
where the stakes are money. A crowd
constantly surrounds these, and they
are reaping a harvest One operator
who has been running constantly since
yesterday noon with the exception of
few hours during the night has been
taking in an average of 20 cents every
ating a novelty jeweIry sale" was
playing stakes ranging from one to Is
dollars this morning and he had from
three to five customers all the time
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NO HooCHIE-CooCHIE SHOW.
An Exhibition at Garfield Park Stop
ped bY the Sheriff

The HOochie-Coochie show at Garfield
park has come to grief. It was closed
at noon today by Sheriff Cook, on the
charge of being an immoral exhibition.
There have been numerous indefinite
complaints among the better class of
old soldiers encamped at the park con-
cerning the show since yesterday noon.
Some of these reached the ears OfSherih
Cook and he made a personal inVestiga-
ton of the performance and judged
that it passed the limit of respectable
ty. He accordingly told the manager
he had better stop.
Outsiders who listened to the ticket
seller expatiate on the beauties of his
dancers probably imagined the show
much worse than it really was. But it
was bad enough. 1t consisted of a ven
triloquist, juggler, a freak with his
face painted red, and two hOOchie-coo-
chic dancers. The dance is similar to
that performed in the Cairo Street the
ater at the Worlds fair, only not as
well done, because the performers were
amateurs. The girls were dressed in
tights and the dance consists of move
ments of the muscles of the abdomen
and hips.
Before each performance commenced
all participants of the show mounted a
platform outside. and the ticket seller
expatiated upon their attractions Out
side the tent the girls were completely
wrapped in pink or blue cheese cloth,
excepting their necks and arms which
ha
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-28
TRAINLOAD OF SICK.
Let Topeka Do Her Utmost to
Tighten the Lot Of These
Poor Boys.

"A train load of sick soldiers from the
Twenty first regiment of Kansas volun-
teers will arrive in Topeka some time
this afternoon. There are about 80 SOL
diers on the train in six Pullmans. The
United States government has ordered
the sick to Topeka and their transpor-
tation was paid to this point but no
provision was made to send them to
their various homes.
Governor Leedy has come to the
rescue of the men and he is now MAX
ing arrangements to pay their railroad
fare from Topeka to their homes out of
his contingent fund.
Arrangements have also been made
to send the sick who are unable to go
home to Christ hospital at the expense
of the state.
Major w. F. Brown who arrived last
night says that he does not believe the
regiment will be mustered out.
Topeka should make the stay of the
sick soldiers here as comfortable as it
would be in their own homes. Let the
ladies of Topeka turn out as one wo-
man and supply these sick soldier boys
with delicacies, flowers and everything
that will brighten up the sick room. The
men of Topeka will furnish all the
money necessary.
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A JOINT RAIDED.
A Place Kept by CoIored Men at the
Camp Closed Up.

Only one joint has been raided at the
camp thus far and the county officers
are keeping a strict watch over affairs.
AS the camp is outside of the city limits
the police have no power there. Tues
day evening a refreshment stand which
was run by Oscar Richardson and Andy
Ellis. both colored, was suspected of sell
ing intoxicants and the prOprietOrs were
promptly ordered to leave the grounds.
Yesterday afternoon they were again
discovered doing business under a hop
tea sign near the entrance to James
park They were arrested about 4:3O by
Under Sheriff Hollis Williams, and their
stock confiscated. While the officers
were in charge a string of men, not
knowing that the joint had been pull
ed" kept coming in and ordering the
officers to dish them out some beer.
Then the officers would display their
badge of authority and the Would-be
customers would spring back in amaze
ment.
Richardson and Ellis faithfully prom
ised to desist from further violations of
the law and were released under $500
bonds, signed by David Chiles.
I am determined to stop the sale of
liquor out there said Sheriff Cook.
Whenever we find anyone who seems
to be violating the law he will be taken
in. We can stop it and I propose to do
it,