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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
Aer0naut Says He Feels as
Safe in the Air as on
Ground.

when | am up in the air sailing in
my ship l feel just as confident and
safe as when l am walking Oh the
EARTH" said y. Roy Knabenshue, the
young Toledo aeronaut, the other morn
ing as lie carefully threaded his fingers
around the huge silk bag that had
safely carried him around New York
city i'll IA flight on the previous after
noon. My ship can go into the air in
any direction unless there is IL gale
blowing"
That statement was proved when the
daring young aeronaut sent his airship
from the vacant lot at SiXty-secOnd
street and Central Park West TO the
FlatirOn building and back, To the great
establishment of thousands of persons
who lined the streets and gaZed into
the air for more than an hour, says the
New York Globe. Scores of persons
had heard that the ship was to appear
shortly after o'clock, and they OBJ
tanned positions from which to watch
the fight to advantage.
Weighs But 30 Pounds.
Knabcnshuc's car is so light and
fiimsy of construction that the first
idea is that it could not sustain mans
weight 1t does not weigh more than
fifty pounds, exclusive of the engine.
\ structure made OF the thinnest Of
wood il suspended from the gas bag.
and upon this tire young inventor trusts
his life. The skeleton il made of spruce
scantlings, held together by little bolts,
none of which is more than an eighth
Of an inch thick.
The frame Ii fashioned after the
shape of triangle, the extreme length
of it being an ellipse, sharply pointed
at the ends. Crisis crossed from the
scantlingS at equal distances of about
a foot are thin steel wires that hold
the frame scantliugS in shape and sup
port the engine and the man who Oper-
atcs the machine.
The machine when in flight presents
a fascinating and picturesque appear
ance The huge gas bag is almost
transparent, and when the sun shines
on it it has much the appearance of the
sail of first class yacht at sea. Be
low the bag hangs the frame on which
the inventor sits and guides the ship
and runs the small engine which OPP
crates a propeller at one end.
This propeller is the only visible NOV
ing thing on the car. The aerOnaut Is
but a speck in the air, and If il was not
known that there was a man On the
frame it would take the hardest kind
OF persuasion 10 convince any one that
there was.
knabenshue himself is man OF
tMeptyceiGbs Mz i Lui1 and Strong
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
Purchases Vast Tract of Land
to Aid in Support of
Needy.

The city OF Cleveland, o., has under
taken a municipal experiment which IL
successful will have much To do with
notwithstanding its general attitude to-
ward the treatment of the criminal. de-
pendent and defective classes, says Al
Cleveland dispatch. Eight hundred and
fifty acres of land have been purchas-
ed. which, with an adjoining 4J0 acres
recently bought for cemetery purposes.
makes a total area OF 1900 acres, or
two square miles. This vast tract Of
land, ten miles from the public square.
will furnish advantageous locations for
the various Institutions which the mu-
nicipality finds necessary and useful
in its department of charities and cor
reCtion. 1t will be known as the Cleve-
land farm cClonC-
Administration building.
The administration building will be
located ON the summit of a ridge which
tTaVerses the center of the tract, from
which is an extended view over the
farm and many miles beyond. Located
distant from one another will be the
house of correction, the detention hos
pital. a tuberculosis sanitariuIn, II gen
chronic cases, a hospital for the treat
ment of the drink and drug habits. a
home for aged poor, home for Grip
pies aud home for maynard girls.
\ municipal hospital car with beds
and attendant nurses will be run over
the suburban line from the city 10 the
different hospitals on the farm. Spe-
Cial cars will also be employed for tho
other departments of the colony.
The infirmary or home for aged and
defective poor will be one of the first
Institutions TO be removed 10 the new
site While there will be larger wards
for the more helpless as far as possible,
the residents will be grouped in cot
tageS. Here separate groups will be
made according to nationality and con
genial tastes.
Husbands and wives will occupy a
part of cottage by themselves. Each
cottage or when desirable each individ-
ual will be given a small plot of ground
for cultivation. Here will be located
not monumental institution. but a
village OF unfortunates. with homelike
surroundings. sufficient activity TO fos
Ter a feeling of Independence. some
room for individual whims and ca
prices and all in the midst of the free
open country. flowers, trees and gar
denS
Free From Temptations.
To the residents of the other institu
tons will be given freedom from city
temptations, the privilege of outdool
life and OF regaining the normal phys
ical conditions WHICH are. impoEtan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
Apples Kept For n Year In Icehouse.

Apples Kept For n Year I'm Icehouse.
Alonzo Wolfe. Il we'll TO do farmer in
Lake township. LuZerne county. Pa.
has for years been trying to study ont
how to keep apples for year or moro.
says the Wilkes-Barre Record. Last
September he put two bushels OF his
selected Northern Spy apples in his ice
house and kept them at II certain tenn
perature. The other day he carted
them 10 Wilkes Barre. where they
brought a big price. They had not
spot or blemish on them and We're us
hard as rock. They were simply per-
feet and the only year old apples to be
had In this valley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
KNABENSHUE IS BOLD in FLIGHT

and with nerves OF steel. He weighs
but 40 pounds, stands five feet seven
inches, Is of dark complexion and has
clear eye. This spareness of limb
and flesh makes him best fitted for the
task that he has undertaken. for every,
pound of flesh that he carriers means
corresponding loss of weight that
must be taken from the strength of his
engines or to the structure to which
he Clin1S-
In Ballast for ship.
This 40 pounds of Knabenshue is so
much ballast for his ship. If heavy
current of air hits his ship unexpected
ly fore, aft or on the side he must know
where to stand upon the web OF scan
thing and wires. He must skip about.
throwing his weight at the right mo
ment TO the right place and bringing
his ship to the right angle of equllibri-
UNI. II his Judgment errs death prob
ably will be his fate.
Knabenshue comes from good stock
His father is now the American consul
at Belfast, Ireland. Knabenshue. Sr..
was at one time editor OF IA Toledo
newspaper and 1t was there that the
son achieved his greatest victories over
the winds. Like pilot of the seas,
Knabenshue knows the currents of the
air This Is as essential to a proper.
sailing OF an airship as it is to the man
who holds the wheel on the greatest
ocean greyhound.
1t takes fifteen hours to initiate the
airship bag. Hundreds of little bags
filed with sand hold the Inflated bag in
readiness for the adjusting Of the
framework when the ship is being
made ready for flight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09

the Gar1es des Corps, regiment or
the army stationed at PotSdam. near
Berlin, where the imperial palace is
located.
Won Lieber, who is a perfect giant
OF about go pounds in weight, out
weighing Hackenschmidt by nearly
twenty pounds, had but little difficulty
in disposing of the man whose very
name is now terror to English and
American wrestlprs.
Won Lieber Is not the only European
wrestler who has given Hackenschmidt
trouble. Peterson, the Danish cham
pion, a giant weighing 300 pounds,
wrestled draw with the Russian
lion in 1900, the year when the latter
entered upon his career as n wrestler.
For two hours the two men tossed
and tumbled over the mat, striving
for the hold which would pin the 9th
er's shoulders to the mat and wrest
victory from him. At the end Of that
time neither had scored fall and
neither would give up.
The referee was compelled to call II
q draw and stop the match. The two
have never met since, which is per-
hans wise for UNDERESTIMATE, who
may well fear losing his worlds cham
pionship title at the hands Of such a
man.
Hackenschmidt. notwithstanding his
title of Russian Lion" Is a German by
birth, having been born in Koenigs-
berg, in POmeranian Germany. The
Pomeranians are noted as practically
the only one OF the Teutonic nations
which retains In its entire purity the
Teutonic strain of blood. They are
giants In stature, averaging five feet
eight inches In height and ranging up
TO over six feet They are double
jointed. have large boned frames, and
their feet are seldom under nine In
size. Bismarck, the great German die
tator, who was a giant OF over six feet
in height, was "a Pomeranian, as is also
Eugene Sandow, the worlds champion
strong man. In this section of the
country wrestlers are very numerous.
The gigantic stature Of the men, the
compulsory military and physical
training in the turner schools and gym
nasiums and the simple lives led by
them fit them for this strenuous game
as perhaps no other training would.
the average man among them could
meet the best men of other nations
and make a good showing against
them.
Included In that German contingent
are also numbers of wrestlers of other
nationalities who have made Germany
their home and are regarded as Ger
mans.
Among them are Petroff, wrestler
from German Poland, who weighs over
go pounds; Nitshke, a wrestler OF Ber-
lin, weighing 210 pounds, who holds
the German record for dumbbeIl lift
ing; Zbysko, the Colossal Pole" who
weighs 26O pounds, all Of which Is
solid, muscular flesh: Romanoff, Rus
sian OF 22s pounds In weight, who de-
feated Paul Pons. the French cham
pion, and also defeated Peterson, the
Danish champion, at Copenhagen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
few ills and bodily troubles.
Finest Human Product Ever Known.

Wherever you have nation in which
there is no variation there is compare
lively little insanity or crime or exalt-
ed morality or genius. Here in Amer
lea, where the variation is greatest, the
statistics show n greater percentage of
insanity and all other variations. AS
time goes OH in its endless and cease
less course environment will crystalline
the American nation. Its varying ele-
ments will become unified, and the
wedding out process VIII probably
leave the finest human product ever
known. The color, the perfume, the
size, the shape. that We're manumitted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
Flags Our Wrestle1s.
Hackensehmidt, "Russian
Lion," Says americans -
"Fake' Matches.

Georges Hackenschmidt, the Russian
Lion" was not favorably impressed by
the ability of American wrestlers on
his visit here. In recent Interview in
London he says some unpleasant things
about them. Hack" has resumed his
tour of the music halls and is throw
ing from three to six men nightly.
zone thing that / could not under
stand about America" said Hack, :"
was the taking methods of some of
the wrestlers. Wherever l went to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09

analogous problems. Man has always
figured in my calculations. and as the
human species is the highest type OF
life l could not escape the conclusion
that as long as plant life could be con-
trolled by human hands mankind might
likewise be subjected TO similar influ-
ences and the race similarly improved.
i did not 20 out Of the way to form
these deductions. They came sharply
and quickly and naturally and are as
much part of my study today as the
production OF rare fruits aud flowers.
lf we hope for an Improvement OF the
human race We must begin with the
child. rs the child responds more readi-
~ to environment than any creature in
existence. The change may come In
the first generation, and II may not.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
Great Fire In London Predicted.


within the next few years, L tell
yOu, there viii he another great fire.
attended by loss of life, in the city o6
London" This is the prophecy which,
Edward Atkinson made 10 one Of the
representatives, of the st. James Ga,
ze1tc. AS regards the mechanical ap-
pliances employed by the London fire
brigade Mr.. Atkinson gave IL as his
opinion that we are far behind the
United States. Your appliances arc
mere toys" he remarked II read OF
your having an engine which can throw
a jet Of 800 gallons ii minute. but that
is not enough. | have not seen a sin
gle standpipe in any street here. In
America the standpipe runs to the,
highest floor OF the loftiest building
and IS so constructed that the engine on,
its arrival can be connected without a
minutes delay. No hose Is needed, and
water IS thrown OH TO every floor Wa
do not have. as you do. a few such jets
OF water thrown from the grouna
level"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
LUTHER BURBANK WOULD REAR CHIIDRE EN- LIKE PLANT:

faffthere- Tor Sleeping outdoors. says
a Paola dispatch. 1t started early last
summer and has grown steadily, as
each one who has tried it tells OF the
benefits he has received from sleeping
outdoors. since began TO sleep In u
tent" said a follower of the fad. II
feel much better. Before l began TO
sleep outdoors l never felt refreshed
when l got up in the morning. Now
feel bright and am able to do my work
much better
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
A "SUPERMARlNE" BOAT.
Novel High speed Craft Devised by
French Engineer.

Novel High speed Craft Devised by
French Engineer.
a novel form of high speed boat has
recently been devised by French Ell
gineer NJ. de Lambert, which involves
n radical departure from all previous
designs of hull, says Harper's Weekly.
Ii is termed a skating" or "superma-
marine" boat, for il is constructed TO
glide along the surface of the water
rather than experience resistance by
being Immersed and passing through.
This is accomplished by means of five
inclined planes. which are fixed on the
bottom of the hull and which when the
boat is at rest are few inches in the
water. When the engine is started the
hull is raised, so that the boat runs
with less resistance on the inclined
planes. which then rest ON a mixture
of air and water
With twelve horsepower petroleum
motor IL is reported that a speed Of
from twenty-siX 10 twenty eight knots
an hour can be made. a rate not al
ways attained by motor boats with
eighty horsepower engines. The new
boat Is also capable of being handled
with considerable facility and stopped
readily.
The attainment OF high speed by mo-
tor boats which run on the surface OF
the water rather than through ii has
attracted some attention lately. and an
English high speed boat was built
where this idea was considered in de-
signing the hull. but the use OF the In
clined planes 10 diminish the resistance
as successfully carried out is quite
novel and will be tried further.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09

instance been secured, in another in-
tellectuality, in still another moral
force. Nature alone could do this. The
work of mans head and hand could
not be summoned to prescribe for the
development OF a race.
a preconceived and mapped out
crossing of bloods finds no place in the
making of peoples and nations. But
when nature has already done its
duty and the crossing leaves product
which in the rough displays the best
human attributes all that is left to be
done falls to environment.
Greatest In Man Not Yet Attained.
Man has by no means reached the Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09

studied in the public schools through
out the country, and that study Will
lead to new knowledge in psychic
thought The man of the future age;
may prove a somewhat different order
Of being from that of the present. He
may look upon us as we today look up
ON our forbears.
Sometimes l am appalled, when L
read of the increase of insanity, sui
eide. murder, the ills of the flesh. Sta
tistics show many things to make us
pause, but after all the proper point of
view is that of the optimist. The time
will come when insanity will be re-
duced, suicides and murders will be
fewer and man will become being OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09

I IT NAV not show at all for many gen.
erations. but patience and constant at.
| tention will finally reap the reward
and the fruit will be more than worth
while. When the test has been made
successfully and the product attained
il will be a survival OF the most beau
tiful, the most precious or the fittest,
whichever you may wish TO call It.
The two forces to be considered in
reproduction are heredity and environ
ment. A great force is necessary to
change the aspect of metals. Great
heat or electricity or some such pow
erful influence must be brought to bear
upon them. \ less potent influence
will work a complete change In plant
life. 4 minimized degree of heat, the
sunshine, the atmosphere, all will d.
rectly affect the growth of plants and
the production of fruits and flowers
And when we come to animal life we
find that the force or influence neceS-
sary TO effect a transformation is very
slight. That is why environment plays
such an important part In the develop
ment Of man.
Environment and heredity.
In child rearing environment is
equally essential with heredity. Mind
you, do not say that heredity is of no
consequence. 1t is a great factor and
often makes environment almost use
less. When the hereditary instincts are
1ndelibly ingrained environment will
have hard battle to effect a change
in the child, but that a change can be
wrought by the surroundings we all
know. The particular subject may be
stubborn against the influences of ell
vironment, but repeated application to
the same modifying forces in succeed
ing generations will accomplish the de-
sired objects.
All animal life is sensitive to envi-
ronment. You can change the oyster
by gradually changing Its environment,
and you know the oyster is a very low
type of lie. Take an OK, a horse a
dog. a man, and that which often
counts most in the development of
each Is environment. OF all animate
things the child is the most sensitive.
act upon il as the outside
work acts upon the plate In the cam
era. Every possible influence acting
will leave Its impress on the
child. and the traits which il Inherited
Will be overcome to a certain extent, In
many cases almost being even more
apparent than heredity. The child Is
like cut diamond. Its many facets re-
reiving impressions not possible to a
pebble, with this difference. however,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
Where Bullet Pads Arc Wanted

Subsidized by the Russian govern
eminent, factory at st. Hilaire
Manche. France, is turning out n new
bullet proof chest pad which can with
stand a rife shot fired at ten yards"
There should be'a ready sale. says the
London Globe, for this useful article
in official circles in st. Petersburg and
among the motorists living in country
neighborhoods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
UTHER BURBANK. the famou.
naturalist Of Santa Rosa, Cal.

UTHER BURBANK, the famous
naturalist OF Santa Rosa, Cal.
whose extraordinary achieve
ments in improving fruits, flowers,
trees and vegetables have made him
famous. recently made the following
statement to the New York Worlds
staf correspondent in San Francisco
who had asked him If it was possible
TO cultivate the human race by meth
DDS similar TO those with which be has
transformed the plants:
In my work with flowers and plants
and trees / have been led naturally to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
A Surprise In store.

Sweet Innocence-Papa says that
you can't afford to marry. Guilefui
Youth-Oh, how absurd! Why, Ii only
costs a few dollars! Sweet Innocence
Is that so? How foolish papa is! III
tell him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
Little Brains.

Biggs-To think that a man shouio
put an enemy in his mouth TO steaI
away his brains. Griggs-fes. ana
think what hunt IL must be for the
enemy sometimes!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
The Tent Cure In Kansas.

a stranger in Paola, Kan, is I'M
pressed by the great number of tents
in all parts of the town and is natural
~ curious until he is told that there is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
Surroundings Change Children.

Surroundings Change Children.
There Is no doubt that if a child with
a vicious temper be placed in an envi-
ronment of peace and quiet the temper
will change. Put q boy born of gentle
white parents among Indians, and he
will grow up like an Indian. Let the
child born of criminal parents have q
setting of morality and decency, and
the chances are that he will not grow
into criminal, but an upright man.
Take the girl whose mother is way
ward and wanton and change her sur
roundingS while she is still young
enough TO be affected by the forces of
environment, and she will develop into
virtuous and moral young woman.
do not say that heredty will not some
times assert itself to some extent, of
course. When the criminal instinct
crops out in an individual it might APP
pear as If environment We're leveled to
the ground. But in succeeding genera
tions the effect of constant higher en-
vironment will become fixed,
We in America form a nation with
the bloods of half the peoples of the
world within our veins. We are more
crossed than any other nation in the
history of the world. All the necessary
crossing has been done. and now comes
the work of elimination, the work of
refining. until we get an ultimate prod
uct that will be the finest human race
known. 1t Is no doubt this is the coun-
try which will produce that specimen.
Many years will be consumed before
the finished work is attained, but ii is
sure TO come. The characteristics of
the many peoples that make up this
nation Will show In the composite with
many of the evil characteristics re-
moved, and the finished product will be
the race of the future.
In my work with plants and flowers
l Introduce color here, shape there.
size or perfume. according to the prod
uct desired. In such processes the
teachings OF nature are followed Its
great forces only are employed. All
that has been done for plants aud
flowers nature has already accomplish
ed for the American people. BY the
crossing OF bloOds Strength has ia one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
New H.rbor. For Manila.

Manila is to have two new harbors.
one 600 feet long by 20 feet wide, the
other ESQ feet by 100.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
M.raer Bureau For Chicago.

John NJ. Collins, chief OF police at
Chicago, has announced that in few
days be will establish a murder bureay
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09
No More Bow. I'm China's Army.

An imperial edict in China abolishes
bow and arrow from the army. All the
soldiers are to be- armed with the most
modern weapons. 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-09

that the change wrought in the child
from the influences without becomes
constitutional and ingrained. A child
absorbs environment. 1t is the most
susceptible thing In the world to infiu-
ence, and If that force be applied right
ly and constantly when the child is in
Its greatest receptive condition the eff
feet will be pronounced and immediate
and permanent