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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04
BY JULIUS w. MULLER.

Yet, if these inland fellows do de-
mand an unlimited vertical zone of
air, what use will airships ever be for
them except for purely domestic pur-
poses? If they have the unlimited
vertical zone. all the rest will have it,
And then they couldn't send out a sim
gle airshio of their own without hum
bly, asking permission from their neigh
borS.
However. it will be merely a matter
of time, intrigue and mutual swim
ding before the nations agree on a
zone. And then the real practical diff
tculties would only just begin.
Declaration of the zone is one thing.
Enforcement is different.
The sailor of the sea can approach
coasts only in certain ways. He can
not run into any part of the shore. He
needs channels and lighthouses and
harbors. Therefore, the present port,
navigation and commercial marine
laws are enforced easily enough by
establishing custom houses and quar-
antine and immigration stations at the
various ports of entry. Even the
smuggler can be practically suppress
ed that way. for surf, rocks and other
dangers of the seacoast limit him, too,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04

What kind of mornings could be
made for her?
The matter of moorings presents
an interesting phase. OF course the
big, unwieldy airships will need par
ticularly snug berths when they are
not under way. If it were merely
question of tying them fast to some
thing, it would be simple enough to
erect immense steel skeletons of tow
ers. But something more is needed,
so that they won't roll in a heavy
ground swell" of wind This opens
a delightful prospect for the owners
of suitable roofs. The time may come
when every roof in a city will be laid
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04

the street If there is collision
overhead, the Average Person on the
sidewalk viii be the target for the
pieces. II two freight ships smash
into each other somewhere out of
sight overhead, the Average Person
will find 1t out very quickly, though
too late for 1t to do him any real
good, by being buried under the tum-
bling freight.
He will have brand new injuries
and diseases, Of course. Medical and
surgical specialists unlmaginable
now, will arise to do for him. There
will be weird complaints, due to the
expansion of the good old vital or
gans when they are hauled into the
rarefied air. Ear drums will burst, ar
teries and veins will have blow
outs" there will be diseases Of noses
and eyes with Latin names a foot
long. Everybody will have mountain
sickness The aerial ambulance serv-
ice will have vast emergency cases
when a whole ships complement Of
passengers is stricken suddenly blind
because an airship happens TO swoop
out of a cloud into the full glare OF
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04

temptation for airships to evade pay.
ment by sneaking in at night over
lonely ports of the boundaries of diff
ferent countries. is too great to be re-
sisted by any except the supremely
virtuous. There will be fine chases
in the air when aerial tonnage gets
large. At. any moment the unfortu-
nate Average Person on the street
may expect to get his share of modern
progress by being hit with the hurt
ling fragments of a ship that has been
blown into sn1tthereens by a vessel of
the Revenue Airline three miles above.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04

graphical and political boundaries to
restrain them. They will be far be-
yond the hand Of law.
The lightness of the airshp of the
future will demand an entirely new
form Of armament. OF course, Il will
not be enough for the fighting airship
to carry only explosives to drop from
a hight. 1t must carry guns that it
can direct against other airships.
These guns must be featherweight. yet
they must have tremendous range; for
the flying ships viii be able to sight
each other at incredible distances,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04

out with a slip or dock for airships,
and the happy proprietor can rake in
wharfage duties in the very heart of
the town.
Shipwrec<s Right at Home.
OF course the whole country will
get nautical, or, rather, aero-natutical,
and everybody will watch wind and
weather with the knowledge squint of
the old salt of to-day. At any mo-
ment n blow may set in and drive
airships in shipwreck at a mans front
door.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04

to certain localities for landing his
cargoes.
Troubles of the Revenue Airline.
Consequently, the revenue marine
of to-day has well defined beats"
But the revenue airline of the future
will have a vastly different problem.
The flying smuggler can swoop over
the borders of any country at any
point at any time. No surf beats
in his path. No channels daunt him.
He can dump his freight in prairie Or
in suburb-even on the roofs of houses
in the heart of the city.
The staid and honorable merchant
airship will make trouble enough. If
a liner of the Flying Cloud Line ar
rives off the borders of the United
States with infectious disease aboard,
where is she to be quarantined? They
can't establish an aerial anchorage
over the land, for, no matter how
high UP the unlucky vessel might lie,
the people on the ground would have
good reason to kick against posi-
bile shower of germs. Yet how could
she be quarantined over the sea?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04
the sun in the thin a
high.
His Coming Trials.

the sun in the thin ain
high.
His Coming Trials.
The Average PersonN n
get soaked just as
then. as he is now on
ship catches fire, no -
will be rotten and burs
way. the fire boat of ,oe
problem, too. 1t certasCS a
able to carry enough for
with which to put out ftOl
a cloud? What would ham
days when there isn't cloL
Maybe they will learn to
cloud by that time and tow
for use in case of need.
OF course, 1t Is too much to
that human ingenuity and gene
both will have arrived at so
pitch by the time airships fiy.
have produced a real life pres
1t is to be expected that the lff
serving parachutes of 1860
made of canvas dated 1880"
they will be thoughtfully though
tentatiously loaded with iror
by that time people may have a
TO swim In the air, so that the
founder around in the thin fluid
or four miles above the earth I'll
are picked up, or, perhaps,
down.
What else may the Average
look forward to in the day of afrt
There win be so many OF him by
time that all the airship rapid {
routes will be as crowded as the
portation routes on the surfac,
now. IL is only too certain tina
Average Person OF the future, lik
Average Person OF to-day, will
to a strap. There won't be .zr.
enough. There never were. The
never will be.
A Revival of Piracy.
In his voyage to business and baf
his crowded way will be beset by
the present dangers and added
them will be the new ones OF gray
and wind and lightning. Furthermo
the chances are that the fine old pi
fession of piracy viii have a gre
revival. The rakish craft of tive
tieth century Bluebeards or Morgal
may hover everywhere and hold a
whole shiploads or. descending to
Average Persons home on terra fl
at night, lay his house by the bob
depart with his plate, and perhk
make the unhappy owner walk I
plank out of his own windows in go.
old style.
Even without the pirate, the Ave
age Persons privacy will vanish wi
the arrival of the ships OF the atmo
phere. High walls will give him {
exclusiveness. Merry chowder pa
ties and picnic crowds will lean gay
over the taffrails of their excursi,
barges and lightly drop banana pee
ara sandwich erusts and other rubbi
all over his property, and his hea
too. Probably, whenever he walks
his garden, a bomb proof metal he
met will have to take the place OF Il
broad-brimmed straw hat Of to-day.
The Average Person won't get al
fun out OF air navigation himself al
more than he does now out of the wa
er. He won't be able to own ~
vate air yacht any more than he c.
own private sea yacht now.
The new aerial police to enforce Il
new speed laws and rules of the aeri
roads; the new aerial fire and ambl
lance services; the aerial anchorag
and life saving stations; the Boards
Aerial Inspectors Of Everythii
Aerial and More, Too-all will be pa
for by the Average Person in increa
ed taxes.
And In return he will get an occ
sional fractured skull from an emp
bottle tossed pleasantly overheard
an unknown speed-manlac who
racing In his air auto out Of sight 70
! miles uD In the blue.
| Copyright, 1904, by julius w. Mule
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04

Secretary TAFT played golf up IN
Canada last summer with a Justice Of
the Supreme Court. n clergyman ana
"a city magistrate. The llghtent in
weight ~ the quartet owned A. 200
pounds. They were dubbed the LOCO
pound f0ufs0lne."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04
Deed, Mlstah FommeblD crlo

"Ef "II"tHH VHIHItHI crTc1
'Rustus Johnsing. caught with the
goods on in Mr.. Fommeh's turkey
coop; deed. sub, / isn't a-stealln'
dis yah bird-Ise a-takin' Il IN self
defense. Homes u.s." "gelf-do-
Tense? What kind OF a lie are YOU
trying 10 tell me?" please. sub, nah
wife she say ef / doan fotch home a
turkey she gwine ter break ebbery
bone IN NAH body. An 10 ] lees
'bieeged ter perfect mahsec'f "-Judge.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-04

Copyright, 1904. by julius W. Muller
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
NAvIES OF WORLD COMPARED /
. u All Ships Now Under Construction \
Were Completed. I
II all Ships now Building
were Completed.

actress rescue and narrowly escaped
losing his own life. As he was return.
Ing with the unconscious form of Miss
Rush another large wave struck tho
two and flung them apparently lifeless
on the sand. Herviot was restored TO
consciousness after time. but Miss
Rush was beyond medical aid. She
was hurried to hospital but died
while the physicians were working
over her without rcgaining conscious.
ness. Death is believed to have been
caused by heart disease produced by
the shock Of being hit by the first
wave. as there was not enough water
in the lungs to cause drowning.
lsadOre Rush was one of the most
highly esteemed women on the stage.
and her versatility made her favorite
with theater-gOers. She made her
debut as an actress about dozen
years ago. She was married to Rolan nd
Reed, tho famous comedian, and for
several years was his leading lady on
the road, sharing his successes I'm sew.
eral OF his notable productions. One
OF her last parts with him was In "The
Politician" Miss Rush had also played
with the Rogers Brothers and In
"Florodora' and other musical sue.
cesses. She had beautiful home near
Morningside Park, in New York, and
was popular socially as well as on tho
stage. Her loving care Of her husband
during the many months he suffered
from cancer endeared her to many and
resulted In her health breaking down
temporarily.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
lR!AP]E,RS Mfni1 PEOlPI H.

ana hrm aith In his wife can ill the place of genuine
permanent love, in love declines to follow I'm their
wake He must take into consideration that sweetness Is
coying when not desired and question himself closely as
10 whether the demonstrations Of love which not
share may not prove wearsome beyond his power to con-
ceal that WEAKNESS.
There not many women to whose hearts true and
earnest love cannot find Its way later few who
are proof against loyal and loving lover Which fact in
view OF the insurmountabe law that q woman cay not
choose except from those who her. 10 un.
doubleday mercifu dspensation Of providence The love
which lasts must he founded upon the Of mutual re-
spect esc when the storms Of adversely come and the
floods beat that love- 1t will fail and fall like the
house in the parable which was buided upon sand
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

Simple entertainment longer satisfies The stage. the
press. fiction. and music all In mad rush
ate find sensations for restless dissatisfied patron.
age bnrdened with many and oppressed by in.
Aescribable ennui.
simple, tasteful dress scarcely exists over.
dressed people ruled by the latest Of clothes
makers. We mad superHuous wants. The people
worry most nonessential things No Is any hap
pier under these conditions Everyone look Of care
Our women are not rosy and contented looking Our
young men breed wrinkles early. Men and women who
dress to suit themselves and be comfortable freaks
To keep appearances people clothes which they
nave not paid for and cannot afford To march with the
procession people eat food for which they have paid
the grocer live in houses with rent In affect style
Of life they have visible means Of supporting Living
our present Is responsible for Of modern
crime From the of small debts brought by ex
pensive living many seeks escape by
ulattons and finally by certain populations.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
ORIGIN OF WORD PICNIC.
il Appeared in One Of Lord Cbester
feld's Letters,

heio's Letters.
whence the word "plcnic:" asked
. man who Is fond Of the study of tho
meaning and origin OF words, in the
New Orleans Times. Democrat do
not know and have not been able To
race My attention was directed to
the matter by recent article, in
which II was stated that the deriya.
don OF the word picnic is uncertain.
Ia London Notes and Queries Of 1853
Attempts We're made to trace Its origin.
One correspondent says: Under
French form the word appears in
speech Of Robespierre, "C'est lei quill
todt ma'accuser, ct non dams les
piQussniques." An earlier instance oc-
ours In ono OF Lord Chesterteld's let
strs, dated October. lisa Another
writer Of the same date tries TO trace
ths word through France into Italy.
Starting with the assumption that
piquenique In French implies a party
~ which each guest provides some
special duty, he finds the Italian en-
preston nicchia duty and plccola IA
tglhiug seryice), and from these he
coins piccola nicchia (picnicJ. A French
encyclopedia, lsi3, has II that the
word is compounded OF the simple
English pic Ito chooseJ and nick Din
the nick OF time, on the spur Of the
noment). In France the term is also
used for indoor picnics. In America
abe word picnic is confined to out-of.
door affairs, and in the old-t!ne mean
ing Of the word II was a basket din.
per in the woods. The word Is given
. broader meaning now and is fire..
Quntly used 10 describe the annual Gel.
tbration Of certain organizations"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
WOMEN CRIMINALS WORSE THAN MEN.
- George cisrefis.

Crime and criminal women have always been
OF the greatest interest to the vulgar herd. Last
year 1t was the Humbert AFFAIR." this year It IL
italy which. In the person Of the Countess Bon.
martin runs In close rivalry to France. Certain
crimes. which had grown rare Of late years, RaIe
brusquely reappeared Poison has become fash.
lonabe once more. For crime has ita In shion.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
Authors Daughter Sings.

Miss Ethel Bret Harte, the daughter
Of the famous writer Of early CalIfor.
man life, has decided 10 devote herself
10 concert work. Although Bret Harte
made large profits from his writings
and won success which seldom comes
10 a writer as early as 1t did to him,
he left his family In very straitened
circumstances. and II II were not for
the many stanch friends In the Ameri.
can colony in London Mrs. Bret Harte
would often find II difficult to make
both ends meet With her children
abe has made her home In Bayswater
ever since Bret Hartes death. The
family difficulties have been compll-
Gated by threatened loss Of sight OF
one Of the sons and he has been sent
= Switzerlapd n the hope that q re-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
ENGLAND. Z
l.G,2O tons.


A few months ago the United
States Bureau Of Intelligence
made some valuable compari.
sons. in one Of which the navies
were compared on the basis Of
the number and displacement Of
warships actually completed on
Jan. l, 1904, and the other on
the basis Of the number and
displacement both Of the war
ships actually completed and of
those under construction at that
date. II should be noted that
W these estimates no account
= taken Of gunboats and other
vessels of less than 1000 tons
displacement. nor do they in.
crude transports. dispatch YES.
sells. converted merchant vessels
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
Frances Money Troubles.

The French are having n hard time
with their nickels. The old ones were
so much like the silver franc niece
that the people protested; they kept
giving a piece worth 20 cents for one
worth 5. At last they have changed
the shape The new nickel will be
rounded with acute corners so that BY
the simple touch the difference will he
perceptible, About twenty millions
VIII, In few days, be thrown into
circulation.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

IN brusquey reappeared Poison has become fash.
- ionable once more. For crime has Its fashion;
now 1t Is the revolver. vitrlo, poison The dag
ger has been cast aside for weapon unerng but more
dangerous and even more dastardly-poison And now
rumors OF poisoning cases becoming and more
frequent. fcw months ago Nine. Cattle at Lcctoure
and Nine Mascot. at Marseles accused Of poison.
Ing their husbands and at Rouen Nine Bonroy Is being
tried for having killed her husband In the same way
poisoner has the maddened thirst Of a drunkard with
this difference however that she pours out her beverage
for others She has vsbly her hysteria This refinement
Of cruelty this sort Of pernicous dainness crime 10
maady like any others. In certain this hyseria
will turn into need Of lying Of invcntng extraordinary
tales In Others 1t becomes passion for writing unsigned
letters often addressed to themselves: otes STILL It Is
the madness OF crime the impusve. irresistible need Of
killing Just for the pleasure Of killing the features
drawn In the agony Of pain. the throes Of the dying
Now we are having little epidemic Of poisoning But
noticeable feature Is thsal these crimes take place I'm
the provinces 1t would II Partisan woman in
her feversh existence In her whirlwind Of life has
neither the time the quiet mind necessary to upon
victim with the same cold sownesshe same daily ferocl
ty. When Parisenne does revenge herself upon some
body she her revolver In between calls or two
outings in her automobile. Everything goes quickly in
Paris even murder.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10


or yachts. or obsolete cruisers.
Vessels. moreover. that are au.
thorized, but upon which no nc-
tual work Of construction has
been done. are excluded from
the comparison. The figures Of
the department are given here
after subtrncting the tonnage
Of the vessels actually lost BY
Russia since Jan. / and the
gains by japanese Of the two
purchased cruisers and the
losses sustained during the fight.
Ing off Port Arthur. II will be
seen that Russia drops from her
position Of third before the war
to fourth In the first list and
fifth under tho second eading.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
POWER OF CIRCUMSTANCE IN LOVE AFFAIRS.
~ Helen Oidneld.

There Ia nothing In the conduct OF life to
which the trlte old saying that circumstances
alter cases" applies more forcibly than to love
affairs. No one is altogether sure OF ones self
still less Of another. and none can gauge cor
rectly the depths Of another's heart. They who
ask advice concerning the course to be pursued
In the dilemmas Of love are usually I'll advised
Such proble ms are OF those with which M an.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

should ntermedde. The who wishes be told wheth
he will he safe in marrying who he sonaby
loves him. but with whom he is not in love: woman
whom he likes thoroughly and Of whom he cordially ap
proves In all kindness and Justice himself ana to
her decide the question for them BOTH lie only Judge
@hether his temperament Is such that cordial liking for
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
Plea FOR 1Ht SIMPLE llFt.
~ Rev. R. 4. whte. q. D.. CHICAGO.

Cultivate simplicity. i've Within
your means. follow your own tastes.
and act like sane human beings in.
stead of the crazy. faded, overworkei.
overplaycd. overdressed set we are.
The modern tendency is 10 become
enme shed In a complication Of wants.
necessities and confusions. like a fly
In web The mere struggle for ex.
istCnce has become woefully com.
plicated. Business has taken on such
complexities as to rob 1t OF pleasure
and threaten It with constant uncer-
talnty. Our pleasures are complex.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
To-day.
moved oculist may perform success.

moved oculist may perform success.
full operation.
Miss Bret Harte has had n long up.
hill struggle In her work. She served
stage apprenticeship with George
Edwards and D'Oyly Carte. She has
a soprano voice Of excellent range and
sympathetic quality and her one desire
Is to bring 1t to greater perfection. Her
capacity for work seems endless and
her love Of music Is rs much Of an in
centive as the money which she hopes
to bring into the family purse. 1t is
extremely difficult to get a hearing on
the concert stage In London, where
only the well-known artists are invited
to sing, but through the influence of
the friends OF the American author his
daughter will have every opportunity
to make the success which her friends
anticipate.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

throughout the country, Miss Rush
was In bathing with half dozen 9TH
or members Of her theatrical company
when she was struck by an immense
wave, which carried her into deep
water. One OF the members of the
company, Milton Herriot, went to the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
Nothing Fast Abou, Him

Gladys (slghing)-Oh. dear, he
hasn't proposed yet.
Ethel-Well, what can You expect Of
a chap who never runs his auto over
ten miles an hour! Puck,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

After boy has learned trigonome-
try, and cube root, and Greek. he still
has to learn how to mark his ballot.
With q girl. it's different ~
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
POPULAR IN COMEDY ROLES.
Isadore Rush, widow Of Roland Reed,
Victim of the Surf.

The sad death of Isadore Rush, the
actress and widow Of Roland Reed,
while bathing in the surf at San Diego,
Cal, was n severe shock to the many
friends OF the popular comedienne