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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01
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birds and landed on the opposite size
fuly ten feet beyond the edge After
this the going was simple. ANA we made
The trip safely, having circumambuiated
the globe ln thirty seven minutes.
II am not going 90 tire you with all
the details 20 fhe stay en- Nuhnir let
10 suffice o. say that we had 20 walt there
twelve hours for che United States 90 get
hack % us. Tn the meantime food was
cooked and served Then. when Call
fornia was Just rounding the edge 81 the
earth from the west. we lifted anchor and
started our motor bidding but tenn
porary farewell 10 our little world. for
we an fully determined that THIS should
not De our only trip there. The Journey
back was the reverse Of the conditions
Ira coming away from home and hy op-
Grating the powerful machinery. We were
enabled 90 make our landing within n
very short distance Of the snot W. had
left but little more than half a dav before.
But IL was moonlight. and the night was
beautiful On the mountains. We camped
where we landed. and came down % the
ranch next morning
Re stopped abruptly and relirhted HIS
pipe. waited for him % continue.
"What 40 you think Of H.. he sskei.
ct think n the most remarkable tale
ever heard " 7 replied
"And perhaps YOU would IKE 20 look az
our little world. be asked.
I was Instantly alert and rose quickly
from my chair
"Come along. then" he said. leading
the way.
Into the garrett We went. where NJ dug
out % corner fine hand telescope.
which he carried 20 the d0rmer window
on the east side. Swinging n Into post
tion 90 degrees. ne peercd carefully into
g. then adjusted m agnin. screwed n
tightly onto swivel. and babe ne take
careful look 7 wes more than amazed.
Tor before me IN the heavens was globe
~ dim Hight. upon which I could with
care. trace and outlines 0f what seemed
20 he land and water. For bat moment
7 looked and then be took the instrument
tie planet.
Now hnd It," he commanded
I tried with all my might 20 locate r.
but nothing revealed itself but the star.
and the moon.
That's the reason n has never been
discovered be said: s'because astrona
mers have always been hooking Ter thing.
farther away"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

lows weIl.knowa natural law. Tbs
kraxifation ~ the little planet ~as almost
- much iees thsn that o. thu sartn az
provldsd-about tee .onnds 49,. -
less. With nay muscles. IA was notains
70 1a@p seventy 90 eiShtT feet. the dinl.
No~, so2pose yos are wondering
bow 4 wss that the pianst VAS nOt drawn
- TIE earth - The great attraction Of
tie latter body. - took -sS sctentists iees
than Eve Eninutes 10 d2tersnine the rtasou
accurately. IL was because OF the CON-
position Of Nebula. suca ingredients hav-
ms been put Together in It's forination ss
10 repci the advances % the carfa toward
a union. but not enough g DIVE the a.
Tie fellow altogether away from a
motSerly projection. He cad come NTH.
In = certain distance. beyond which ae
could not pass Nfr coransnsoae crfies
,aiculattons. and I sprang hack as easII,
as 7 had bumped scrcss.
hy looking at The earth 'her n-f fgs-
covered that we were travelling aronnd
turned over from west 20 east The corn-
hincd MOTIONS in opposite direction. fns.f.
orr speed about two thousands miles an
hour. 50 that we should circle the earfh
was n the greatest Importance. since we
wouid have % tsme oar departure ac-
cnrateiy In order 20 land who're we
wanted %. n We allowed or balloon %
ascend ne the wrong time it uas fusf
as likely that We should ana ourselves
ever an ocean ~ over the land. aud just
RS hkelv over Africa over America
Figures were t0tted down. and We then
determined upon an exploration 81 our
/ At this point dIa sorne frnrfn., nv
self. Tt seemed reasonable 20 me- % sup
pose that, AZ could jump seventy feet
| with little effort. I could rua Just - manv
times faster here than could on the
| earth Aud I proved 10 I pointed ouf
| 60 the others n clamp 81 trees about n
mile away. and then. asking them O. time
| me. started. Ny work surprised me be-
air shout thirty feet az each bound
ahehted easily some sixty feet beyond
ana took another bound. ne simply as 81
on the earth. yet with an ease that gave
me NOT fhc slightest wenriness. r1r
back aud found that 7 had made che fw0
miles ln fraction wnicr three minutes
At that rate,' said x. n ron rur
around this hah af the rate 90 forty fFt
are correct, and 10 rs eight miles in ii
aucfer. it must Dr. about twenty Csc miles
in cirevuffcrcucc- ] can. thereforc. %
/ dom get windei. circle lt in lrs. fs1l
forty minutes. and I'm going CD do it.''
Two ~ che party volunteered Oh ~
company mo. and ~ we started nr
good clip, the stop watches hcipg ONT a
me word ESQ. Nnne or ~ -rrrIrf n
mind the cxertion. if fo1finr lightly o.
the air can lo called exert Un- nnI wn rlr
along through the forests and ACROSS fr
hnrnts. For hnlf an hrur ue asa un
siacken our pace. but there ap
pcarod before us deep cuiiev. a
The bottom ~ which WAS m sfrcam
Here we came 20 n sfanfsffu tn.
gulch was quite nffv feet deep an.
nearly n hundred wilde ar the ton. ana aI
far as we could see. there was mo- hoffe
crossing in sight. Eiate1 at our work
and feeling certain WE could make tn
leap. wr GOD ram DO Do together Ever
bound we took was better than fhc pro
Vious ono. aui when we reached fhe rir
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

we're more than sixty miles above It's srr-
face. The thought staggered me. but on
we kept. the scientists cNuiting NJ such
wonderful progress. Constant observations
were being made OF every condition. and
all were jotte1 down FOR futnre reference.
another hour.
at the end % the third hour. noticed
n remarkable thing and called the attention
or one or my companions 20 a.. Hitherto
the earth had. ns j have said. been n blue
gray blot beneath rs. It now appeared
part blue and part pale Rray.thc latter color
being toward the west, and. as I Interested
my other fellow travellers IN the sight, the
western portion II the col0red map was
seen 60 grow larger as tho eastern portion
diminished I'm size. None ~ my companions
could account Tor the phenomenon. The en-
tire field OF eur vision was changing, until
now 10 seemed that only n portion OF the
old familiar blue remained. the pale gray
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

the sea Of more than two miles. STRAIGHT
upward scared. and within an hour
during which we felt not the least discom-
fort. we had risen so high that the
earth was now a broad expanse beneath us.
blue IN color and showing no convosutions
whatever. 10 seemed perfectly fiat at such
a distance. and the ocean had become the
same color as the land.
one Of the gentlemen OF tina party low
cred Thermometer through the floor end
drew u hack within ten seconds, its bulb
showing that the outside air waa too cold
for IL 20 record the temperature. A special
INSTRUMENT was then seat down, aud came
back with the Information that the rarifed
atmospheric we we're IN Was eighty degrees
below zero. Within the ear, the thermome-
tefs registered sixty-tw0 degrees. which
was quite warm enough for comfort. In
another Aeur we again tested the otter
afncsphere. and found that n had dropped
TO more tkae ore hundred below zero By
this time the earth had become a dlfn
haze and calculations showed that we
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

spot that Indicated water: vet even then
the territory was wholly unfamiliar to any
of MS. even to fne who know these noun
tains as you do your own home. The bal
loon, under the guidance Of the practised
toward a plain. but or course you are IA
mtliar enough with aerostatics 20 know
thar the sensation Is that OF being, station
airy while the earth does the moving. In the
AIR, al seems moving except the balloon
itseir Well, within an houg We had fallen
toward the earth Ia an entirely strange re-
gion. Not a thing was familiar and we had
evidently passed beyond the mountains and
were above broad plain
immediately beneath rs now was a per-
fectly circular disc or variegatea eolOrs.
surrounded by On ocean of bright blue with
here ana there feafhery cloud The disc
seemed very small IN comparison with the
surrounding blue ocean. and we c0uid none
or Us understand L. The balloon now fell
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

less rapidly than previously. and hap
pensd 90 glance upward through thn sides
~ the cat 1 almost fell over with aston
issment. and could scarcely get my voice
~ rlii o. fre others whaf SOW
Old. they were as amazed as Tor directly
above rs noatcd a tremendous globe which
we Instantly recognized a. a map ~ the
continent Of North America. IL covered
almost the entire sky. and seemed bet
few miles distant. while beneath was
what certainly was another earth.
Good gracious" exclaimed orr lead
er. we have made the greatest discovery
% oil the ages We have discovered an
other world. and are falling onto &C.. That
globe on there Is the earth. and we have
lost ~ and are about 20 land on another
piauctf
Il confess that his explanation did not
exploins but ne soon made himself palmer
hr recalling 90 ms that there ere supposed
10 be many nebuiOus bodies a1oat outside
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01
why a Redhos Poker Does Not Hiss
In Boiling Water.


II a rcd hot poker Dc thrust into cold
water BE- misses and Sputtcrs. N into
boiling water there Isl no c0mmOtion
When. in the first experiment. cold
water comes ln contact with the hot
iron there is a sudden and explosive
generation OF steam. which causes the
liquid 90 Doe scattered with a kissing
Noise. consequent upon Che bursting
of innumerahlo bubbles
When. on the other hand. a poker %
thrust into boiling water. which "a
already freely giving forth steam. the
Introduction 81 the hoe iron hv stan
further assisting steam production
causes The poker % become at once
surrounded hy a sheath of vapor.
which enectuany prevents the water
from coming into actual contact with
tlc metal
This sheath 81 vapor Isl comparative
ly bad conductor 90 heat. so that but
little heat passes from the iron % the
water There is no commotion. and
the poker can De Withdrawn stu
glowing brightly.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

having absorbed Do. Then. rs suddenly as
had come the other change. there crept in
from thc cast o. dark blue shadow tnat RAPE
ldiT swept across the plain beneath.
changing Che C1lur again to ISIS own. while
the former colors moved away. There
were uo definite objects in sight. only the
mouotoDuus dark blue that soon covered
The entire field below us.
Not understanding tho cause OF the
change aud becoming somewhat exercised
by IT, the professor Tn charge ~ the cN pc-
diuou concluded to descend. and accordln q
ly operated the machinery for that purQose.
Rapidly The motor did its work. and the
plain below NI-Iu fn n~euu.e dean. re
form. DO changcd its color from blue Co blue
and green. uita Acre au4 tlere "a dazzling
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

The beef trust controls the supply OF sole
leather. and Il Is said that IN concurrence
the kicks OF the consumer DO not hurt.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

The recent campaign eeectually dispeis
the Illusion that there Is any silent vote
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

The cough lozenge man Il glad that TIE
uncomfortable hot weather is over.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

Oscar, not fhe king % Sweden. hut ths
chef % the Waldorf AstOrla. says taat one
meal dag Is enough for che average man
Doubtless az w. a. prices.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

The Pnrnmz Canal has reached fAe sts0.
% splendid coat % arms and commend.
able motto. This Is a good deal further
than the French got.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

The skoyf hfsfory Of the most re-
marka6kc Aeylaf Exploration on rec
0rd. .Scc3yca fyoD' and brblfshcd auth
HInsfrafiorS mate Ct TIE trip, ~ eoAy-
1esy Of Tie technical WoyiG, Chicago.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-26

nesses frequently saw Mrs. Riggin
and her daughter beat the children
with sticks as large as broom handles,
and on one occasion Mrs. Riggin told
neighbor that she was going to make
the boy mind or she would kill him.
She added. "HIe Is almost dead now"
A huckster who sold a watermelon
to Mrs. Riggin In August, noticing
Roberts emaciated condition and the
scratches and bruises on his face, ask
ed what the trouble was. Mrs. Riggin
said "He played with the dog and
II he does not stop hope it will kill
him."
She told several neighbors that she
was going to get rid of him in some
way.
One woman testified that she had
seen Mrs. Riggin whip the boy I'M
mercifully, and that two days before
the boy died she beat him until it
seemed she wanted to kill him. FIRE.
quently, after such punishment, the
witness testified, Mrs. Riggin or her
daughter would knock the child down
by blow with the fist in the face.
During the proceedings great in
dignation was displayed by the spec
tators.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-26
CONVICTION or IS.
Report Of JUICE Advocate Of United
States Army.

Washington, Oct. 21.--The annual
report OF General George B. Davis,
Judge Advocate General Of the army,
shows that of the commissioned off.
GERS tried during the last year by gen.
eral court-martial, S5 were convicted
and 10 acquitted. Three cadets and
1898 enlisted men were convicted
while 1856 men were acquitted. The
total number of trials before general
courtmartial Of 1890 cases shows an
increase of 551 cases over last year.
This increase is mainly due to the
fact that a large number of deser-
lions have been apprehended and
brought to trial, the number Of con-
victions for desertion being 1,476 this
year, an increase of 440. This gain
is chiefly due to the increase Of the
reward paid to all civil officers for
the apprehension Of deserters, induc-
ing greater vigilance on their part.
The number of men sentenced to dis
honorable discharge was 2,529.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-26
NELSON CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION is HELD

London, Oct. 24.-In every part OF
the British empire and wherever there
is a British man Of war, the one hun
dredth anniversary of Nelson's victory
over the combined fleets of France
and Spain off Cape Trafalgar is be-
ing celebrated. On all the ships of
the navy at a given hour flags were
dipped while the bands played the
death march. Nelson's old flagship,
the Victory, still lying at Portsmouth
harbor, was decked from stem to stern
with bunting and thousands of electric
lights were strung everywhere for the
night illumination of the battleship.
It was proposed to illuminate the Mel
son monument on Trafalgar square
here but fearing the tremendous crush
of people with the accompanying acct
dents the authorities would not sane
ton 1t.
In London the days celebration be-
gan at the hosting of national flags
on the Nelson column. Immense
crowds assembled and when Nelson's
famous signal England expects this
day that every man shall do his duty"
was, unfurled a mighty cheer went
uD.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-26

ARE STILL STUDYING QUESTION.
Engineers Pleased Over Trip to the
Isthmus, Even Though It Was Hot
and Damp - Realize Canal Is Big
Undertaking.

Washington, Oct. 2t.--In regard ia
the published rumors to the effect that
the majority of the members OF the
consulting board Of engineers have
decided in favor of lock canal at
Panama, General Davis, chairman OF
the board, said:
$50 far as am aware neither the
board nor any individual member OF
it has expressed any opinion as to the
type of canal that Is favored. The
board Is not in possession of all the
facts bearing upon the question of
type. 1t returns to this city entirely
free from any prejudice or bias re-
specting that type so far as known
to me. The board will be in con-
tinuous session either as a board or
in separate committees until they
reach conclusion, which will be ar
rived at some time in the month Of
November. probably near the close.
Two committees have been appoint
ed to study the two types of canal
sea-leyel and lock-and these COM
mittees are endeavoring to develop
the best canal Of each type. When
the work shall have been completed
the whole board will be ready to de-
eide which type they prefer"
The members of the isthmian board
of consulting engineers have all re-
turned to Washington and will resume
their meetings. 1t has been found
that the mass of material on hand was
so large that three separate commit.
tees have been appointed for a spe-
cial study of plans for sea level can.
al and lock canal and to consider
the unit prices for both. These COM
mittees consist of three members each
and General Davis is chairman of all
of them. 1t is meant that the first
two committees shall make plans and
snail consult t1e tnlrd ABOUT the queS'
tion of cost. The engineers have
promised not to divulge any of their
plans, and this rule is kept so strict.
ly that even Chairman Shonts, of the
lsthmian canal commission, is kept
in the dark about their proceedings.
It can be stated, however, that the de.
cision will favor either lock or a
sea level canal, the idea of first build
ing a lock canal and afterwards chang.
ing it into sea level canal by means
Of a second canal built at the side of
it being found impracticable. The
board is expected to continue in ses-
ison for about six weeks more, and
the foreign engineers hope to return
to Europe by the end of November.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-26
TO CONCLUDE HEARING.
Manner Of Handling PsrIshah.e Goods
Made Known.

Washington, Oct. 21.-Several traf-
fic managers of southeast railroads
testified before the interstate com
merce commission In the private in
quiry concerning the manner OF hand
ling fruit and perishable products in
their territory. Most of them said
they have entered into arrangements
with private car lines by which the
latter engaged to take the RESPONSE
bility of handling Of the fruit, the rail-
roads acting as agents only in the
matter Of transportation A. Allis, an
ice manufacturer OF Augusta, Ga, sub
mitted contract his company has to
supply the Armour car lines with ice
and gave many details concerning the
arrangement with the private car line.
1t Is expected the hearing will be con.
cluded soon.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-26
Government Can Save a Million Dollars
Each Year.
STATEMENT MADE BY Lands.
Says Tons of Needless Documents
and Worthless Trash Are Issued and
Piled Away in the Committee
Rooms and Departments.

Washington Oct. 23.-Supplemert-
ing his statement regarding extrava-
gance and waste in public printing,
Representative Charles b. Lands,
chairman of the subcommittee of the
congressional printing committee
charged with an inquiry into the al.
legged extravagances in the public
printing. insisted that the statement
be made to congress before its ad.
journment that the government could
save a million dollars a year on its
printing bill was not at all extrava.
CANT.
Mr.. LanCis declared that "a print
ing contagion seems to have swept
over and taken possession of congress
and all departments of the govern
ment to such an extent that an arbi
trary reduction in the printing appro
priations of from 20 to Is per cent
could be made without doing violence
to the public welfare.
"There are tons upon tons of docu
ments for which there never will be
any demand piled up in the commit
tee rooms and in the various depart
cnts about Washington, and the
situation fairly shrieks for correc.
ton"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-26

The weather was cold and threat
ening but this did not deter the people
from coming out to participate in the
nations holiday. Trafalgar square,
which was deliberately decorated, was
naturally the center to which all con-
verged and much interest was mani
tested in the thousands of wreaths
from the colonies, provinces and vari-
Gus cities of the empire which were
piled in immense masses at the base
of the Nelson column. Among the
floral tributes occupying the more
prominent positions was wreath In
scribed:
ITO the memory of the gallant dead
of France and Spain who lost their
lives in the great conflict
The column itself was covered with
laurels, streamers stretching from the
top of the statue to the base.
The boys Of the naval brigade a.
rived at the scene from Portsmouth
during the morning and after saluting
the column by presenting arms, plac-
ed on it wreath from Admiral Togo.
Services which were all largely at
tended were held simultaneously in St.
Paul's cathedral where Nelson is
buried, and in other churches.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-26
TESTIMONY NOW COMPLETE
IN RICCINS CASE HEARING

Fort Scott, Kan, Oct. 23.-Several
hundred women fiocked to the court
room where George F. Riggin and his
wife were being given preliminary
hearing on the charge of numbering
six-year-old Herbert Riggin by star
walton and brutality
When the expert evidence Of the
physicians has been taken the state
will rest Its case in the Higgins pre-
liminary hearing. All the testimony
was that of the neighbors and was
damaging for the defense, showing
how Bert Riggin was starved and
beaten. Hazel Horn, colored girl
who worked at the Riggin home for a
time, told that Herbert was not al
lowed to eat at the table but while
others were eating he would stand
back and wiring his hands with hun
ger. Mrs. Weddell, neighbor, told
of being at the Riggin house during
meal time. The boy was not allowed
at the table and on one occasion he
took a piece of mouldy bread from
the table, placed it behind him and
backed out of the door and ate in the
yard. Other instances as outrageous
were told with reference to the starv-
ing of the boy and. his sister Wit
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-10-26
CAR ISSUES MANIFESTO.
Ratification Of Peace Proclamation In
Russia.

st. Petersburg, Oct 81. = An i'm
perial manifesto was issued proclaim
ing the ratification of peace between
Russia and Japan. 1t says.
God has caused our fatherland to
suffer sore trials from the blows OF
fate in a sanguinary war, but the
struggle has afforded manifold proofs
Of the bravery and courage of our
glorious troops against a brave and
mighty enemy. This war,sso painful
for us all. is now over. The eastern
portion Of our country will develop
itself in peace and good neighbor
lines with the Japanese empire, which
has now become our friend
in communicating the restoration
of peace to our subjects we are sure
they will join in our prayers to God
to give blessing on our great labors
in conjunction with men elected by
the people for the development and
prosperity Of Russia.
NICHOLAS