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has been overcome.
Man has been learning to fly by a slow
process and throughou, countless dis
courasements, but within the past few
months, despite a few minor failures. the
progress has been marvellous.
Santos-Dumont has circled Eiffel Tower.
Spencer has circumnavigated St. Paurs
The balloon has been driven TO harness
made "dirigibie"
NJ. Capazza, French aeronaut. is plan
ming to cross the Atlantic.
Swedish aeronauts. inspired by the en-
thUsiasm of King Oscar and his offer OF
a big prize in money, will attempt 10
reach the North Pole by balloon
Brazil has offered a reward of $4,000
for an airship competition. and Santos
Dumont will take part in ;he contest.
St. Louis next year will be the objective
point Of a transatlantic voyage in an
airship.
Airships for commerce, airships for war,
airships for pleasure and for discovery
these are among probabilities. if not the
certaintities. of the future
The science of aeros;ation will receive
the greatest impetus of its history dur
ing the ST. Louis exposition next year.
when NJ. Capazza, the distinguished
French aeronauth viii attempt to cross
the Atlantic in a balloon
The start will be made from the high
shore cliffs near Lisbon. and the land
ing point. as near as u. Capazza can fix
IT, will be the seashore OF Brazil.
This voyage Will show more than any
thing has ever done the desperate earn
estness with which aeronauts are en-
deayoring to solve the arship problem.
Almost four thousand miles OF tumbling
sea separates Portugal from Brazil. aad
over this wild waste of water, far out
OF the beaten ship tracks. the venture
some aeronaut will fake his course.
Alongside the great cur which Will
swing beneath the airship viii be life
boat, SO that in case the balloon falls
into the sea there will be a chance for
life
The aor0naut will have three compan-
Tors on his dangerous voyage. including
two sailors. whose duty will he TO man
the iife-boat He hopes TO make the
voyage in three days with favorable
winds
In speaking Of the reasons which in
duced him TO attempt the voyage II
Capszza said:
We wish 10 widely exploit the work
Of the American captain. TO whom we
owe the charts OF sea ard air currents.
We wish 10 make universally known the
existence Of these air curtains. the knowl-
edge of which has already saved mora
than fifty milnsrds csloOoo ,o.o. esN) 10 the
commerce OF the world.
The chart OF the Atlantic winds north
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men engage in whaling where hundred
spent their strength in the task life
to old timers around the dry dock where
she Is laid up. that there has been re-
vival Of late in the whaling business, and
set their tongues wagging reminisceutiy
of the old days The Josephine halls
from New Bedford, although the legend
on her stern would make it appear that
Boston is her home port. AS a matter
of fact, she is one of the feet of eight
or nine vessels owned by J. W. r. Wing
& Co.. the largest concern now in the
whaling business. She Is 3Si tons bur-
then, and was built at Bath quarter of
a century ago. a stanch, strong ship as
she needed TO be for the work she had in
hand. On q recent cruise to the South
Atlantic, however. she began to leak,
curtailing the length Of her voyage. and
when after her return to New Bedford
she sank at her wharf her owners con-
Guided to make general repairs. Accord
ingiy, she was dismantled and towed to
East Providence, where for several days
a force of carpenters, painters and gen.
eral utility men has been giving her the
sort OF a grooming which will put her
in shape TO travel after monsters of the
deep.
AS she lies In the dry dock, a good idea
is TO be obtained Of the lines on which
whaling vessels are built She is almost
as different from the ordinary schooner
bringing freight to Narragansett bay as
Reliance is from the ordinary cruising
sloop. The coal schooner and the lumber
schooners are pretty well given over to
deck and are obviously blultt with main
eye to capacity. with little thought OF
speed, while the Josephine. on the other
hand, Is not intended for carrying such
burdens as are piled in coasting freight
ers. and a premium is placed on speed
and seaworthiness. She has the graceful
curves OF a swift boat. combined with
the depth of hull and general massive
ness of construction which go with abil-
ity to stand up against, heavy weather,
and il is said that with a wholesale
breeze she can make her fifteen knots
an hour without iaboring too hard.
Her square rig was stripped of before
the Josephine left New Bedford, and
since arriving here her light outer sheath
ing and the copper plating which UNDER
lay Il have been removed. The work Of
replacing these is now almost completed.
1t was at her PROV that the leak was
sprung which caused her premature re-
turn to New Bedford from her last cru
Use. Copper sheathinG. while the best
thing shipbuilders know for the purpose.
is nevertheless unsatisfactory, not so
much because of its cost as of its sus-
ceptibifity to the action of sea water. In
building such vessels al the Josephine,
therefore efforts are made TO protect the
copper as completely as possible from
water. In the Josephines case. her
sheathing was knocked off forward. the
salt water attacked the copper. and her
captain. as soon as he found the leak
was gaining on him. struck his swiftest
gait for New Bedford with only 40
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OVERLAPPING AN
OLD WHALER

On the dry dock at East Providence is
whaling vessel, and on the whaling
vessel is a unique sailor. The latters
singuiarity lies in the fact that. although
he has been at sea with whaling vessels
most of his long life. he has never had
n narrow escape from being killed by a
n.onstrous cetacean. has never been an
occupant of a boat which was overturned
by a whales fuke or crushed like an
egg-shell between a whales jaws, and
has never seen sea serpent. He is
Western Islander by birth, whaler by
profession, and at present the keeper
aboard the bark Josephine OF New Bed
ford, which, dismantled, is undergoing
rehabilitation in the dry dock.
But unique as the keeper is. he is not
more interesting in this day and genera
ton than the vessel herself, representing
as she does the remnant of what was
once an enormous business. Half a CEN
fury ago-or was it longer the harbor
OF Providence as we'll as that of every
other New England coast city of any
size. was the home port of scores of
sailing vessels whose business was to
search the four quarters OF the globe for
whales. Romance and hard labor went
hand in hand in the arduous pursuit.
The foundations of many fortunes in
vested today ashore with less hazard were
laid in the oil which fleets of whalers
gathere in sub-Arctic regions or under
the Southern Cross. and daring mariners
swept the oceans for their prey until the
whale seemed in danger of extinction. 1t
appeared as though there could be no
bottom to the business. but one was
reached, nevertheless, and today a dozen
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of the equator marks out three distinct
change with the season. The only route
for a balloon to follow TO go from Eu-
rope to America is that of the northeast
winds These mako up a current more
| than 10 degrees broad, which exists un-
interruptedly during several months OF
the year from beyond the Antilles 70
the peninsula of Yucatan and the Cult
of Mexico. So it Is necessary to depart
! from a point in the southeast of Europe
to arrive on the northern coast of South
America.
I'VE will consider a satisfactory So
hutton that which will bring the aeronaut
| to a point on the northern coast of South
America situated between the point OF
: Gal;inas to the west and Para TO the
| east.
The island of Triniead will be the most
convenient place OF descent one can mag
/ inc. because il is inhabited ard because
! OF it's sheltered position off the coast of
Venezuela. As the crow flies this point
is about 5000 Kilometres from the Canar-
! les Goughly 1900 statute niles; the
mouth Of the Amazon is 1900 kIlometre5
(about 2,5oo miles, distant, and finally,
Yucatan is within 5000 kilometres 6 900
miles,.
eve have not considered Gains. because
during the time and over the routes afo-e-
said. they are not worth taking into ac-
count. Their frequency over the high
sea is always less than per cent In
the month Of May there is % per cent Of
caim of French Guiana, but the trade
winds blow for twenty-five days a month
in following this route there are:
''First-Dangers of height, below the
sea, above hypothetical current with a
direction perpendicular TO that we wish
to follow.
"Second-Dange-s Of breadth. toward
the north, the southeast current. which
may carry Us toward the northeast.
whence we came toward the south. the
same current
'Third-Finally dangers at departing
and landing. Near the European coast
we may be seized by north wind. car
ried fun into the Sahara. Between July
and October it would be DANGEROUS u
have to cross the region of the Antilles
where such terrible tempests form
The main force Of the trade-winds Is
50 kilometres an hour fabout ;hirty-three
miles,. This force OF the wind IS that
calculated near the surface CT the sea.
and II is logical that at a height or 81
metres G.s4a feet the wind velocity win
be approximately one-half greater.
Consequently these facts We reason
that the voyage cen be made IN four
days: that is 20 scay. in considerably
less time than by steamer
We expect 10 start in May 1894. dur
ing The ST Louis Exposition. from the
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served together. The dish has an odd ard
fragrant favor. tasting little like fish.
DESSERTS or FLOWER PETALS.
And in the matter OF desserts the Chi
nese are even esthetic What could be
more tempting 70 a young woman FOR
instance. than 2 dessert made CT ch-yE-
snthemuns. anothsr made % vIoiets. q
third 81 rose petals, fourth II peach
blossoms
Each OF these flower desserts is made
in TIRE same way. Take. so- instance. TIE
ehryssathenuEn one
\ fresh ctryszntkc-iur- f. selected
and II IS carefully washed Then its
petals are piucked of and ! LITTLE = TIE
green leaf IS chopped and s;trrr1 futo
3 batter made Of beaten eggs and four
Now the petals themselves are 6l2EeS
into The batter. and afterwzrd ihey are
dropped Lightly TITO a par Of bofiing Pea
mt oil. which browns them "a a no
meat hey are taken ont q the OIL
ard placed OF absorbent paper. which
drains TIE grease from .hern. They are
served WARN and srrsnkis6 with poV-
tere1 sugar
Peanut oi. The only fo-cZez insrccse.;
used In flower deserts Is an excellent
oil Ger frying Il IS made purely frors
PEANUTS. and car be bought from any
Chinese grocery tor tea o. afteea cents
. pint
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Here lies Napoleon. beioved by all
good citizens, and the most useful in
habitant of the town He was slain in
cold blood by one who lacked human
appreciation of superhuman achieve
ment:."
Napoleon's advent TO Tucson happened
in this way:
Two years ago Judge Barnes. a wealthy
and distinguished Arizona lawyer. went
to Chicago on mining business So en-
crossing were his business affairs that
he did not observe the solicitous atten-
ton paid him by a full grown monkey
of the hand organ type. AS the escaped
animal followed him about the streets
the people stared and were amused
The sober judge frowned. suddenly be-
came pompous and self-conscfous. and
marvelled that the people SO readily
guessed that he came from Arizona
When he boarded the train to return to
Arizona crowd gathered near him and
made merry over the departure of the
discounted jurist When the train
When the train pulled ont the monkey
bounded TO the platform and the disiIlu-
stoned judge knew for the first time
why he had been 4 star attraction in
Chicago.
BY his tricks Napoleon aroused the adj
mirstion of the Tucson people. who de-
clared he could talk. He was given the
key 10 the town and when the residents
of the ancient and honorable pueblo suf-
fered on account Of his depredations they
took il as matter Of course.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
MONUMENT TO A MONKEY
MILK INSPECTOR

, The monkey milk inspector of Tucson.
= Ariz., is dead. and the dairymen Of the
section are rejoicing, for now they may
reap the fat profits of former times with
milk well watered and chalk. relates
the New York World
While this euriously intelligent town
pet made his daily rounds in search of
rich milk breakfast the milkmen knew
that aduiteration would soon be detected
for Napoleon never touched poor milk
and another customer would be lost.
The monkey, in this curious fashion,
accomplished for Tucson what ordinance
after ordinance and rigid inspection had
failed to do. For this reason few be-
grudsed him his breakfast. and when
every three OF four weeks a citizen had
a milkless breakfast he grlnned and re-
marked that never before was there
such smart monkey.
There was one man in Tucson. however
-diligent official search has failed 10
identify him-who begrudged Napoleon
the little he took The other day when
the milk inspector was on a tour in the
early morning he stopped to sample a pail
of milk and was shot dead
When the news got aJOut there was
general and genuine expression Of
grief. and dire punishment was evoked
should be found
An elaborate funeral was given the
popular beast and The whole town turned
out A slab over his grave bears this
epaaph.
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barrels OF oil aboard Soon after reach
ing New Bedford. as related above. tbs
Josephine sank at her wharf
4 visit ABOARD the ship and a talk with
the ancien- mariner IN control waIie shs
is on the dock IS a profiitabl expediturs
OF time. Although archaic as 10 he.
motive power, the Josephine, when IN
trim for business. Is equipped with the
most modern devices for converting blub-
Der into marketable oil. The whalers OF
cid were in the habit of hosting the en-
tire carcass OF the whale aboard for the
purpose of cutting or the blubber. but
on the Josephine better method is fol-
lowed. a cut is made in the whale al
the place where the neck ought 10 be.
and hooks are fastened into a strip Of
blubber which is started loose there. Then
a win6lass is hought into play and the
fat is stripped OF diagonally the entire
length OF the whale. his body rolling over
and over in the water as his overcoat
OF blubber is drawn aboard. until the
iukes are reached. tiie strip of blubber
cut loose and the denuded semains turned
loose. food for the fishes and sea birds.
The trying out process is along the famil-
lar and often described lines. and finally
the oil is run from the cooling watts into
barrels. ready for the market
In repairing the Josephine the owners
OF the vessel received some returns from
a peculiar source. Piled on her deck as
she lies in the dry dock is all lie wooden
sfeathing which was stripped from her
sides to make way for fresh lot. The
sheatning has been sold to New Bed
ford man for s275 The uninitiated OBJ
server who saw the heap OF splinters
and broken boards taken from the ship
would conclude that the whole lot would
SELL high at sl.5o. but he thinks differ
emily when told that this has gone into
the hands of New Bedford man whose
business is selling driftwood for use in
open fireplaces. Driftwood for fires has
come into vogue rather recently, but the
demand for it is very great. and the sup
ply limited. Its popularity is that il
burns with green flame, the result of
the absorption OF metallic elements from
sea water. The sheathing OF such a YES
sci is particularly desirable for the reason
that in the disintegration of her copper
plating the wooden sheathing has become
strongly impregnated with copper. max
ing is the very best kind of driftwood
for open fires. This is why a pile of
the stuff containing FIVE or six cords sells
for s275.
Old whalers say that whales are getting
numerous again after several years. dur
ing which it was difficult to find them.
Nevertheless. the whaling industry will
never regain anything Ike its old status.
it Will continue profitable
enough to engage the attention of a few
daring spirits. Petroleum products have
supplanted sperm oil for general use:
have been found for whale
bone, and hands which once hurled the
harpoon with unerring skill are now
trained to other Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
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somehow had gathered the idea that she
was an imposing, immensely dignifed,
grance dame. The next afternoon, as L
waited In the salon for her, quakei a
bit inwarGly. She came in unexpected
~ and found me racing against tine with
my pencil to take notes before she ap-
peared. Bang on the floor went book and
pencil, While my face turned the colors
OF the rainbow. But she only laughed
In a GirliSh way that did not show up
single wrinkle on her smooth face. and
we were friends at once. 1t seemed i'm
possible to believe that she has a son
of twenty-five, his education finished who
is preparing to settle down in America.
She speaks English almost perfectly,
and began plying me at once with ques-
tons about America. Il want to go to
America and see it alone" she said Mr..
PadeTewski sees nothing of the country
when he is playing, and in America he IS
never well-the air is so exhiliarating that
ne cannot sleep. So never leave him.
But once 1 started out on an independ-
ent excursion" and she looked a bit
sheepish. My husband was playing in
Brooklyn. and / begged to go back alone
on the elevated. ! felt sure that l could
do it all right. But what did I do but
take the wrong train and wander up ard
down and around until in the morning.
by which time Mr. P2derewski was about
distracted. And never dared TO ask to go
alone again.
Am 1 jealous because all the ladies
adore my husband? What a question.
-, t,,Ir -
more than beautifuI-wonderful For I
am sure it is homage given to his art
When we were in Boston last time we
arrived only an hour or two before the
concert, and drove to a hotel near the
han. And there / saw already a long line
of young girls and women waiting for
the doors to open. Most Of them had
worked hard all day. too. said then 20
my husband, Well. I am afraid could
never show you such devotion
One Of the most interesting expert
ences in America the last time was our
dinner with President and Mrs. Roosa-
welt" She continued. HE is wonderful
man, President Roosevelt We had a
long talk together. He loves our Polish
author. Sienkiewicz and Mrs Roosevelt
showed me later the horse she has named
for one Of his characters
The one man l want to meet next
time ir America is Booker I. Washing
ton. All, it is a man ike him that we
need today for our poor Polish peasants" |
Paderewski's studio and his wife's bou |
dor both open out from a gallery. the |
one as dainty and pretty and fenlirine
Mrs. PadereYski herself. the other as Sc
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LITTLE OF EVERYTHING HERE.
The most expensive chop suey, which
in its various forms. perhaps. is the most
popular of Chinese dishes. is made OF
chicken breasts. celery onion. pork.
water nuts, bean sprouts. young BAN
boo and mushrooms Water nuts ard
young bamboo are tender vegetables Of
delicate favor. and. all Chinese groeeTs
sell them
These various ingredients are first
boiled separately and CIT UP-the chicken
into dice half an inch square. the vegesa-
bles into small pieces-and afterwards
they are fried with little peanut oil
and with see VOW.
See VOW. the famous Chinese sauce. is
made Of Chinese beans. Chinese peppers
and salt prepared in a peculiar manner
Il is extremely sppe;iziuC.
Ge'sh : main Is a dish composed Of
noodles. see vow. onions. mushrooms. cell
cry chicken breasts. Chinese water nuts
and young bamboo.
To make It, ar the ingredients are first
boiled separately. and afterward al OF
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A BALLOON TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC is PLANNED

regions, whose boundaries. however
Island of Tener.ffe.
I'VE VIII be satisfied with an ordinary
balloon OF 1900 cubic metres. IT VIII be
provided with my parachute and with an
unsuitable life-boat with petroleum mo-
tor. The baggage will be limited to SONS
scientific instruments and canned goods.
who will take part in the expedition
Baron Berget, assistant in the course
Of Physical Geography at the Sarbonne;
Paul Nocquet and Aeopian. OF Paris. viii
take their places in the basket with
me. and two sailors to manage the boat
should we fall into the sea
NJ. Capazza is by no reans the first
aeTonaUs who has debated the posi-
binty Of crossing the Atlantic IN gn ar
ship. SCntos-D umoat had II in mind and
so did Frof Hazen. formerly Of the
weather bureau
Santos Dumcnt said recently:
Il think that an airshiD OF the length
Of the transatlantic steamer Deutschland.
constructed with the proportions Of my
No 6. would transport a thousand voy-
ayers OF n ycwn weight. with a sufficient
amount of petroleum. from New York
to Hayre IN two DAYS. l cannot help
finding the dirigibe balloon more interest
ing than the aeroplane from the. eco
nomic point Of view. which is the rori-
nant ore in the world Of today. This
is rot the conception OF romsncer. II
IS an affirmation which I can easily maize
good bv hcures: ard. what IS better. Il
VIII I am firmly convinced. within a feT
years have become ar accomplished fact.
THE problem OF aerIal ioe1motion. con-
trarv 70 the tradition which has 50 long
retarded it, solution. has TO secrets. II
demands only work IN fuIi light. IN the
open air. much perseverance and n little
audacity-the audacity of which the
swallow sets us an example when Il tries
It's unaccustoincd wings Tor the frSt tim.
beyond its nest
Prof Hszen. formerly ~ the Cnitei
States weather bureau in Washington. be
lieves that the chief difficulty n she aerial
voyage across The Atlantic viii be The
leakage OF gas. Bat science has recenti~
learned how 70 construct balloons that
viii not leak - all events. Ess-bs-z
are now made 81 Europe which Lost sas
only at the rate Of one-half Of ! per cent
a day The materials Is goidbeaters' skin
which s. obtained from a part % the IN
testines ~ the OK. called the caecur- T.
IS somewhat more costly than cotton o
silk. bat q tight balloon can be made OF
f.
Professor Hazeu also believes that
balloon re-.effs az holding 100 20 r,ghEr
feet. with q liffi-g power q l.sg1 nourds
would be sufficient 70 accomplish toe
voyage New York Word