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elevation the report of gun was heard.
 We reached the height of two miles at 1h. 22m., where the sky was of a darker blue and whence the earth was visible in occasional patches beneath the clouds. The temperature had fallen to the freezing point and the dew point miles was attained at In. 28m., with a temperature of IS degrees and a dew point of 13 degrees. From In. 22m. to h. 30m. the wet bulb thermometer read incorrectly, the ice not being properly formed on 1t.
 We reached the elevation of four miles at 1h. 40m. The temperature was 8 degrees, the dew point minus 15 de- grees, or 47 below the freezing point of water. Discharging sand we attained in ten minutes the altitude of five miles, and the temperature had passed below zero and then read minus de- grees.
 My last observation was made at 1h. 54m.-above 29,000 feet (almost five and a half miles). While powerless heard the words 'temperature' and ob- servation,' and I knew that MT. Cox we'll was in the car, speaking to and en- deavoring to rouse me, therefore con- sciousness had returned. I then heard him speak more emphatically, but could not see, speak or move. heard him again say, Do try now, do!' Then the instruments became dimly visible, then MT. Coxwell, and very shortly I saw clearly. Next I rose in my seat and looked around as though waking from sleep, though not refreshed, and said
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this coast, but the most of 1t is shipped from the East. It is now used for foundations, floors, steps, stairways, fire -proofng, and in fact can be adapted to almost any portion of building large or small. In speaking of his project Mr. Strahle says:
 'I have owned and operated the quarry on a small scale for the past five years, but have only been able to operate it on a small scale as l have not had sufficient capital and such cap italistS as have become interested in 1t always wanted to buy outright. 1 nave been frozen out by capitalists in thls State several times and have had enough of them so I looked for another way out of my difficulty.
 My plan will make each man his own employer and his own employe. He will go to work in the morning for himself receive a days wages, and at the end of specified time, perhaps six months, receive a dividend on the profits of his labor. Other plans have failed because men went in with noth- ing and received no wages. They were forced to wait for a dividend and through some misfortune this was long in coming. The result was dissatisfac- tion and discord, men began to quarrel with one another, the colonies were broken up and another failure was scored against the communists
 Our scheme is simpler, more liberal, and it gives to all an opportunity for steady work at living wages with the privilege of withdrawing with at least what they put in at any time thev see fit. We will take in all kinds of skilled
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supported by the dearest and most in- disputable testimonies of scientific dis tinguished men.
 The day selected for the recent ex- ploration was most suitable, and they ascended, according to Mr. Stanley Spencer's account, given to the inter viewer of morning newspaper, 27, 900 feet from the earth. Before reaching their maximum elevation, however, which was only five miles and a fifth from the ground, they had to apply themselves to a vessel containing oxy- gen to prevent being suffocated by the lighter and colder atmosphere which was encountered.
 At 25,000 feet" said Spencer to his interviewer, 'the air was so rarefied that began to become giddy. I looked at Dr. Borsen, and he was making a gurgling noise as he breathed. 'Oxy- gen!' he gasped, and so I handed him tube at which he sucked and felt quite exhilarated. I feel confident he said, that with a good supply of oxy- gen we could go higher than has ever been done yet
 under what circumstances and for what purpose MT. Glaisher and ascended in the year 1862.
 .'We left the earth at In. 3m. p. m The temperature of the air was 59 de- grees and that of the dew point 50 de- grees. At the height of 5000 feet (near- ly one mile) the temperature fell to 365 degrees, the dew point being the same. this indicating that the air here was saturated with moisture. At this
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as we'll as unskilled labor and there will be work for all. The ground has been carefully surveyed, town site mapped out and the opening for quar- ries located. We will need carpenters, bricklayers, painters and in fact every kind of skilled labor, and can guaran- tee them steady employment. We will establish our own store and the pro1ltS will go into the general fund.
 ''The wages will be graded according to the class of work, but dividends will be equal. The men who do the brain work will, of course, receive the high- est wages, then skilled workmen in their rank and lastly laborers. All will be given a chance to improve them selves so that when one man drops out another can be promoted from the ranks to take his place. This will offer an incentive to good workmanship and promote harmany.
 ''So far as disposing of the products of the colony is concerned, we expect to find little or no difficulty. There are a. few men already at work, but they are unable to supply the demand and I am signing new contracts every day. Within three months at the furthest there will be colony of at least three hundred men at work and we are plan- ming all sorts of improvements, chief among which is the building of a new road to Placerville, which will shorten the distance about two and one-half miles. The success of the colony means the opening up of a new indus try in California and the keeping of thousands of dollars within the State which otherwise would go East"
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of their opportunities. All have been frugal and industrious, and in every instance each family will clear, above all expenses, between $200 and s350.
 All the colonists came to the land un- der practically the same circumstances, received the same tools to work with, and have succeeded about equally well.
 The case of c. H. Stohl is almost ex- actly like all the others, and will serve as an example.
 Mr. Stohl and his wife arrived at the colony last February without any means in the world of their own Their struggle in the city had been hard one. But the Salvation Army came to the rescue, and hope once more cast the future in a bright light
 From abject poverty they were sud- denly transported into home Of their own, with every necessity provided and a chance of making themselves in- dependent in the days to come.
 The ten acres of land about the house was plowed and planted with such produce as would prove valuable for family consumption. Chickens and pigs were also supplied. The things which were needed immediately were obtained at the Salvation Army store and charged against the credit check.
 AS well as working on his own plat of ten acres, MT. Stohl worked on the tract that was being cultivated by the army. The provisions raised here and not used on the colony were shipped to San Francisco to be used in relief work among the poor. For this work MT. Stohl was given credit for s1 50 per day. His work here amounted to $122. His expenses at the Salvation Army store were $191, leaving him still owing S6S But as the crop of his own land sold for $25O and he did $50 worth of work for neighboring ranchers he has a neat balance of $232. Considering the fact that this has been a bad year for crops, and that owing to the fact that water for irrigation did not get on the land until June, and that beets could not be planted, it makes a pretty good showing, much better than many skill ed laborers in the city can show for the same time.
 Besides the pecuniarv gain, Mr. Stohl has been entirely free from worry and has consequently improved in health. His wife looks ten years younger than she did when she came to the colony owing to the more healthy mode of life.
 Other families make even a better showing, for several babies were born on the colony, and such bouncing ba- bies they are.
 From all that can be learned from these people, they are perfectly happy. That is, all except the two discordant families already referred to. Most of the people in the colony feel that they have been given a first chance in life and intend to make the best of it.
 In concluding his report Major Winchell says
 '"The first year Is nearly finished and
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simply workers sent ahead to prepare for the coming of the families.
 Before the party had been on the land twenty-four hours active work was commenced. The surveyor had made a preliminary chart and located the lines for the main street and the principal buildings. The moment this was done blowing commenced. At almost the same moment work was commenced on the first house.
 The work was pushed along with all possible speed, and by Christmas the opening of the colony was a glad fact Seventeen families started out as colon ists, filled with hope and enthusiasm for the venture in which they were to take such prominent part.
 There were children in nearly all of these families, and no happier band of youngsters could be found in all the world than these, when they reached the colony and contrasted its cheerful space with crowded tenements they had left in the cities. A school house and teacher were ready, and the boys and girls took up their studies within few days after their arrival.
 The work of providing for others was kept up, and before early spring there were thirty cottages spread over the land, each on its own ten-acre lot In each house there was happy family.
 Although there was room for more people than this on the land, the Salva- tionists had not the money with which to provide for others during the first year.
 The plan of the Salvation Army col ony has been published in The Call on different occasions, but a brief refer ence to it is again necessary. It is to provide homes for families who are worthy and without means of support Nobody with any money will be taken as colonists, nor will unmarried men or women. The idea is to first provide for fa miles The colOnistS are tO be
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Special to The Sunday Call.

ONDON, Dec. 2.-The aerial
 ascent at the Crystal Palace of
 Stanley Spencer has caused a
 great sensation here, and the
 feat has been declared to be a record one. Spencer ascended to great height, but there is still living, at the age of 80, the famous aeronautist, Henry Coxwell, who, in 1862, with James Glaisher, F. R. S., reached a height of seven miles from the surface of the earth. MT. Coxwell, who resides at Seaford Sussex, was requested by your correspondent to give his views on the recent achievement of Stanley Spencer as compared with his own. He responded by writing me the following for publication in America:
 The aeronautical feat for purely scientific objects which was accom- plished in England on September 5. 1862, to the unparalleled height of seven miles, may well be contrasted and ex- amined by the side of MT. Stanley Spencer's ascension with Dr. Borsen, a German scientist, on September 15 of this year. Dr. Borsen claimed to have ascended previously to very great heights alone before he came to Lon don and placed himself in the hands of the Spencers with view of surpassing or equaling the 1862 record. which is
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V HE OdlNdLlOIl AIIly CO-OPOAotAN '
 colony near Soledad, Monterey
 County, is a success.
 Nearly one hundred people
 have been raised out of the slough of despond by it and from being discontented and starving residents of a big city have been turned into valu- able and independent citizens of the new colony. Cold and hunger have been replaced by warmth and plenty and misery transformed to cheer.
 Major w. w. Winchell, who has been the prime mover in the enterprise, has just sent report to this effect to the Chamber of Commerce. It covers the entire work done for the first year of the new colony and is highly satisfac- tory to all concerned. Some officials of the Salvation Army say that the re- suits are far beyond their most san guine anticipation.
 The name of the new colony near Soledad is Fort Romie, called after the man who allowed the Salvation Army to buy the land on such terms as would make the plan possible. This is the third colony established by the army. The others are located in Colorado and Ohio.
 It is nearly two years since the pro- ject of starting a colony in California was first mentioned. At that time Commander Booth-Tucker appeared before the Chamber of Commerce and explained his scheme and his hopes.
 The members were so impressed that a committee was formed on the spot This was named the Citizens Coloniza- tion Committee. with ex-Mayor Ellert as chairman and Daniel Meyer as treas urer and thirty business men of Cali fornia on the advisory board. The commander asked them for $26,0OO 1n cash, to be raised by subscription or loan. The committee raised $19,500 mostly on loans.
 In the meantime much care was taken in selecting the location for the colony. Soil and climate had to be care fully considered for such al expert ment. A 519-acre tract of land in Sa- linas Valley, Monterey County, was se- lected, Commander Booth-Tucker with the committee having inspected it per sonally. The soil was found to be a rich alluvial, capable of sustaining either root or cereal crop.
 Once everything was decided upon, the plans were rushed forward with all possible speed. Only few months after the money was obtained and the land secured the first colonists were on the land This was about the middle of October, 1897.
 At this time the colony land present ed anything but a desirable appear ance. The weather was cold and windy and the landscape looked wild and bleak. There was only one old house on the entire tract of 519 acres, and the dried remains of the previous wheat crop covered the surface of the land
 There were only two colonists in the first party, the other members being
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ONDON, Dec. 2.-The aerial
 ascent at the Crystal Palace of Stanley Spencer has caused a great sensation here. and the
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miles from Ludlow.
 T have already said that my last ob- servation was made at height or z9,- 900 feet At this time, 1h. 54m., we were ascending at the rate of 1000 feet per minute; and when I resumed observa- tions we were descending at the rate of 2000 feet per min te. These two po- sitions must be connected, taking into account the interval of time between my thirteen minutes, and on these con- alterations the balloon must have at tained a height of 37,000 feet Ca little over seven I1iles)."
 Concerning this aeronautical feat the London Times said editorially on Sep tember Il. 1862: "The aerial voyage just performed by MT. Coxwell and Mir. Glaisher deserves to rank with the greatest feats f experimentalizers, dis coverers and travellers"
 Professor Glaisher died recently. MT. Coxwell, in spite of his great age, is in good health
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ANOTHER COMMUNIST
 COLONY.
\ MOTHER attempt at a commu-

\ MOTHER attempt at a commu-
 n nistic colony is now being made A in this State and the originatorse 1 \ of the plan are confident of suc-( (
 cess The colony will be located at Kelsey, about seven miles from. Placerville, in El Dorado County, and it will be known as the Jacob Strahle' Cooperative Company.
 The company, which was incor-' porated last month, owns 520 acres of valuable slate and it is proposed to, quarry this on the cooperative plan, Jacob Strahle Is the prime mover in, the scheme and he says that he has, figured the thing out so neatly that failure will be impossible. There is a great and growing demand for slate ont
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In these days of bacilli and microbes one Is constantly in danger of his life. To be handed change by car conductor or bundle of bills in store is to be handed so many thousand germs of disease. But remedy has been found by which Madame and Monsieur may be entirely immune from microbes. The antiseptic glove is the very latest fad among microbe maniacs. They come in dainty kid and larger sizes for men.
The oasis., 1898-10-22
THE LAND COURT Status of Cases and Other Matters of In-
 formation.

THE OASIS receipt of the following the present Arizona in the land which with great hereby Mir H. O. Fpper special interpreter
 of suits tried Land Arizona
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
BRIGHT BITS.

"A Shorter Catechism-sunday School
Teacher-What is necessary to salvation?
Tommy (who reads the papers)-CoaI!-
Puck.
well, Ella, have you consulted the
eminent physician eyes! and just fancy,
the man had the impudence to declare that
l was not sick at allp'-Fliegende Batter
Got Off Easily-"When asked for a
raise l told my employer 1 had grown gray
in his service" What did he say?" He
said IF l had worked anywhere else prob
ably would have got bald. "-Chicago Rec
ORD.
Speaking of peace" said the Queen
Regent, 'let US hesitate before we embark
in -" Alas your Majesty" interrupted
the wise Sagasta, IF we hesitate we surely
viii have nothing left to embark in.''-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
First Swen pretending to mistake for
a waiter a rival whom he sees standing in
dress clothes at the cloak room of the
Iheater)-"Ahl have you a programmed
Second Swell Cup TO snuff)-"Thanks, my
man; l got one from the other fellow
TiI7Blts.
Mrs. McLubberty Cooking up from her
iAOh spa ENl J-Dl dO ne L dNlil tDOt Ut costs
$l,500 a day to run a battIe-ship.
Mr.. McLubberty-Wul av that's so, OF
am afeared av OF bod dhe runin' av
battle ship ut wud hoy TO walk afther dhe
first tin minutes.-Harper's Bazaar.
The wife of certain bookseller pre-
scented him with eleven sons, one after an
other. The good man carried his profess
sional spirit in family life. so he named
them "Primus," Secoudus, " "Tertius," and
so on to ''Decimus." He concluded it was
time to stop at the eleventh, so ne named
him "Finis." But 1t was not finis There
was yet another to come-a daughter this
time-so he called her "Errata. Tit Bits.
My lord" said the prisoner to the
judge, II should like to have my case post
poned. My lawyer is ill and unable to at
tend" The judge took two or three min
utes to consider. The case may be post
poned,' he said at last, 'if you desire it.
But l see here that you were taken in the
act. What can your counsel have to say
on your behalf?" That's just what l want
to know, my lord" said the prisoner.-Tit
Bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

Aguinaldo, the leader of the Philippine
insurgents, is proving himself 10 be an
extremely troublesome customer. When
Admiral Dewey arrived az Manila it was
thought that it would be advisable 10 be
on friendly terms with him. and even TO
encourage him in his war with the Span
iards He was brought to Manila, and
many of his followers were given arms
that were taken by Admiral Dewey from
the Spanlards when Cavite surrendered
1t IS now a question whether a mistake
was not made in having anything 10 do
with him and particularly in giving his
followers arms. He is not only ungrateful
to the Americans for what they have done
to assist his cause, but he threatens to
make great deal Of trouble for them.
He is paying the part of a dictator, and
seems to have the idea that he is strong
enough to battle successfully against both
the Americans and the Spaniards.
II is probable that the Spaniards would
surrender at once to Gen. Merritt If they
Were not afraid that the insurgents could
not be controlled Aguinaldo appears 10
be about as bloodthirsty as his followers,
who express the purpose to kill all the
Spaniards in Manila if they get a chance
to do so. Cen Merritt viii see to Il that
they do not get a chance. Sun, with the
small force under his command, he might
not be able to wholly restrain the insur-
gents if the Spaniards should surrender
to him. He would have to guard the Span
ish prisoners as well as keep the insur-
gents within bounds. Under the circum-
stances it is doubtless wise on his part
10 wait for reinforcements before under
taking to force the surrender of Manila.
The attitude of Aguinaldo has had some
thing to do, doubtless, with the feeling in
administration circles that 1t would not be
advisable to demand the cession of the
Philippines to us. The Philippines, with
a population insisting upon independence,
and yet not fit for self-government, would
present a problem so difficult to solve that
il is doubtful If the American people would
desire TO undertake the solution of it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03

Inspector General Breckinridge, i'm his
official report, criucises very freely the
military operations around Santiago The
report is in the hands of the Secretary of
War, and makes very interesting reading
Praise is given where the inspector thinks
it is due and blame Is placed where it be
longs. There is one one thing he says that
is worth more than a passing notice 1t is
this The remarkable craftsmanship of
our trained soldiers was hardly more ex.
plotted than the gross ignorance Of our re-
cruits"
From this it appears that good marks
nanship is as necessary in the army as
in the navy. our regular soldiers are
taught how to shoot. The most of them
are excellent marksmen. on the other hand
the great majority OF our volunteers have
had little or no training with the rifle
Under the circumstances il is not at an
strange that of The troops sent TO Sanu-
ago pretty nearly all We're regulars.
Il was known that the craftsmanship OF
the regulars could be depended upon while
that Of the volunteers could not. However
brave volunteers may be they are at a
great disadvantage when fighting against
regular troops that have been trained to
shoot well