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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03

Wise, the American aeronaut, frequently
exploded his balloon a mile above the ground
and descended safely, the wreckage forming
parachute. go
Of avowed aerial vessels we had Lakes, With
the fans, in 1887, and Sanson's, with the pad
dies and fappers. In 1S43 we had Hensons
machine.
In the car were the goods, passengers and
engine, and to it was attached rectangular,
immovabe framework of bamboo, covered with
canvas or oiled silk, and serving for out
stretched birds wings.
There were two vertical fan-wheels and OBJ
lique vanes to propel the apparatus. There
was tail which moved up and down, and
there was a rudder beneath it. 1t was IN
tended to be started from an inclined plane,
and thus attain sufficient velocity to sustain
it in its further progress, but 1t failed like all
the rest.
In 1850 we had Julien,s ,fsh-shape vessel,
driven by screws; and later came Ladd's
feathering paddles, which seemed to steer
dangerously near the solution of the problem.
We had then the heices of Nadar and the
queer-looking productions of Babinet and Ian
dele.
All were failures. And now in these days,
with the discovery of aluminium (the lightest
of the available metalsJ, eiectro-motors and
storage batteries, the pursuit has received
new life; Tissander is working at the prob
lem in France; Baranowski is describing mod
els lIOm llusSlh IlOSI duNdnceQ OF all,
Baron Nordenskjold took with him on his
Greenland exploring expedition fying-ma-
chine.
Hundreds of enthusiastic inventors all over
the country are working at the problem, con-
! fident that there is fortune in store for the
discoverer. Every week, on an average, a
| flying machine is entered in the Patent OF
fee, and some of them undoubtedly do fly. or
rather navigate the air; but, somehow, cog
breaks or a wheel slips at the critical moment;
or the machine will not carry its own weight,
and success is as far off as ever.
But 1T will come. Edison, the great in
ventor, says it will come when capitalists
realize that there is money in it. When jules
Verne described his submarine vessel, every
body laughed at his extravaganza, and now
every naval nation has submarine boats in
practical operation.
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the writer that there were many other such
Zanates along the coast, and that they were
looked upon by the natives with almost super
stitious reverence and spoken of as great plr-
acles which have always been as they are
now" e-a
In following down the Rio Grande, we find
many streams entering into 1t IN It's upper
course In going down little further, reach
ing the San Luis Valley, they are tound t9
suddenly give out on the northern SIDE, ano
a few miles further down. on the southern
side, also. IL. .ho p;o
Grande excepted, come in tull torce doWh Sno
mountain, flow freely on, and terminate III
marsh or small lake on the sand "a.
The beds of those which should empty INTO
the Rio Grande are there, but there Is no water
in them. n .o. 4ba
Similar streams are common all over the
Southwest, and the various streams SHOW az, a..
the different stages, from those Wmcn reaiiy
90 somewhere all the time and those w,ch,
alive and full of water above, always IAN "
reach the streom to which they are heaueu
below. = :. No-r
There is one very remarkable. case IN New
Mevico whore the lost tributaries are plenCi-
ful. Int the main stream does not exist at AT
This is in a valley which lies between the hlo
Grande and the Pecos River. The valley pc
gins near the Sandia Mountains, ana is snuI
in bv broken mountain ranges. 1t IS a well
defined valley, not very broad, but haVing
length of perhaps 300 miles. FLOWING INTO IL,
especially on the western side near the upper
end and on the eastern toward the lower, are
numerous lost tributaries, while the primary
stream has so completely disappeared tnat iCs
very bed can only be found at intervals
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03

working to windward and taclIing as readily
as a boat on the water, and keeping horse
at moderate canter beside it.
Later we had the kite carriages, and even
now we have the sailing car on the Kansas
Pacific Railroad, which has done its twenty
miles an hour.
The popular support for the flying machine
is some kind of parachute. Blanchard, the
aeronaut, was the inventor of the idea,, but
Garnerin was the first to test it. Blanchard
sent dog down in parachute; Garner1n
came down himself.
On September 81, 1902, Garnerin dropped
from height of nearly two miles. HIS para.
chute was twenty-three feet across, made OF
white canvas, with a car to hold hlm. When
it was cut loose it stuck, and came down shut,
but luckily it opened, and, oscillating tremen-
dously, Garnerin gained the earth.
II had reached" he says, "a height OF ten
thousand feet, and measured with my eye the
vast space that separated me from the human
race. | felt my courage confirmed by the
certainty that my combinations were Just,
when / took out my knife and cut the cord" !"
The balloon shot up like rocket, and the
closed parachute dropped down from midalr
with fearful velocity. At last it opened and
began to sway. 1t struck the earth with a
tremendous bound, and then Garnerin jumped
out, once more safe on solid ground.
Many descents were afterward made by
parachutes. On one occasion balloon caught
| fire, and the aeronaut, Ruparento, in 1908,
came down safely in his "chute."
In 1899 another parachute was invented by
Hampton, and ip it he descended comfortably
three times. Hampton is also worthy of re
membrance as having been the first, as far
back as 1850, to suggest the employment OF
balloons for Arctic exploration purposes.
Nowadays there are dozen OF more men
to do the parachute drop" in this country
and it has become so common as to almost
cease to attract general attention, unless the
athlete is injured.
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with torrential speed within a natural tunnel
not far from the seashore, and probably over
one hundred feet below the surface OF the
ocean. Its shaft-like entrance was adorned
by a picturesque old Spanish welcurb of
stone, furnished with standards OF fanciiully-
wrought ironwork.
Nothing on the surface indicated the exist
enee of the vast cavern under the monotonous
and fiat lowlands of the peninsula OF Yucatan /;
and though not a breath of air stirred, the
deafening roar of the torrent under our feet
could not be perceived until we were fully IN
side the cavern.
"a rapid descent brought us to the level OF
the pumps used for irrigating very extensive
light of our torches the yellow foam OF the
waters upon the underlined background OF the
chasm below.
Descending still further, the full stream
could be seen through a wide fissure IN the
limestone of the cave. 1t had the rounded
appearance of a stream flowing horizontally
under great pressure, ten or twelve feet IN
diameter, and looking like gigantic black
iccle lying on its side.
"The large volume of water plunged with
great swiftness into an unexplored and dark
chamber with a terrific roar, producing noises
which resembled the hollow echoes of heavy
explosions heard now and then above the per-
petual rumbling of the rushing water The
mouth. or entrance of the zanate was only
twenty eight feet above the level of the Gulf
of Mexico, and as my barometer indicated a
descent of one hundred and forty feet, it
meant that the river was flowing one hundred
and twelve feet below the level of the sea.
"The manager of the plantation near which
was found the subterranean stream informed
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03

known as the Pit of Soucy, from which it
never reappears, except in the form OF new
springs, which are supposed to arise from the
lost waters. -
In Derbyshire, England, there are two small
streams called The Hamps and the Manifold.
Formed by the union of several small springs,
they flow in the open for a short distance,
and then turn in close together under the face
of hill range.
Here they have made for themselves pas
sage through the solid earth, and for miles
they flow underground each maintaining its
own complete individuality, until at length
they re-emerge to the light by apertures only
fifty yards apart.
That their waters never interminge is PROV
ed by this experiment-that any floating body
thrown in where the rivers enter the under
ground passage again reappear in the separate
river into which it has been thrown when the
strange streams of water issue into the light of
day.
A somewhat similar condition of affairs is
said to exist about little Cornish lake called
Dozmere, or Dosmary Pool. 1t has neither
visible outlet nor inlet, but articles thrown
into the lake will reappear in Falmouth har-
Dor, which is at least sixty miles away.
Sometimes the conditions are reversed, and
the river, instead of disappearing before il
reaches the sea, comes from the sea and disap-
pears in the land On the coast of Cephalo-
MIA the sea runs into the land in strong
stream, turning water-wheel on its way, and
disappears in the earth about one hundred
yards from the entrance. These seated rivers
are also found in Mexico, where they are
known as "zanates."
'While passing through Yucatan in 1870"
says traveller, 81 saw large river running
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03

current in the water, so the. air-ship of the
future will be driven through the air indie
pendent of the current in the air.
AS man first used his muscles for propeiling
die through the atmosphere. To say nothing
of Daedalus, with his wings of wax, we have
"hyers" by the score.
There was the English monk in the reign
Of the Confessor, who flew from height a
distance equal to the breadth of the Scbuyi-
kill. Then there was another man covering
fair distance of ground at Venice, another at
Nuremburg. Roger Bacon long ago discussed
the possibility of some flying instrument be-
ing made. $50 that man sitting in its mid
die may, by turning some mechanism, put in
motion some ARTIFICIAL wings, and beat the air
like bird flying"
We have also the Frenchman who attempt
ed to fly from Stirling, Scotland, to France,
and excused his failure on the ground that
the feathers in his wings had been obtained
from, birds that walked on the ground. in
stead of from those that scared in skies.
Many have been the men who have tried
to fly, but in no case has success been credi-
bly, reported. The attempt is in truth hope
less. Man has not, nor is he ever likely to
have the tremendous muscular power of the
bird proportionate to the weight of his body.
OF inventions attacking the problem of
aerostation in different phase, we have the
dove of Archytas, four hundred years before
the Christian era, and the sphere of Archi
medes.
September 81, 1907, Barkshire (Eng.) man
a of his s own % making and Sfepa %thout otSei SGs
help than his own conveyed her about TWEEN
ty miles by land over hills and dales to the
river, and SO down to London" boat per
haps modelled on the sailing chariot of Ste
vinus. which traversed the forty-two miles
between Schevening and Putten in two hours
In 1920 cutter-rigged vessel on Newman
ket Heath, did fifteen miles in thirteen hours
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03
Who WoD tbe Gold Watch ?

"Can you ever forgive me?" was Tighe's
rather husky response. "But let's say moth
ing more about it, Dock, and begin all over
again."
Nothing more was said about it then, for
the exposure had been too much for Dock,
and he tainted away in Tighes arms.
How Tighe, strong as he was, got him to
the nearest house he could not afterwards
tell, but still he did it, and that, too, without
losing any time.
There Dock was restored to consciousness,
and several hours later, when he was feeling
more like himself, he went home in the car
riage that was kindly provided for him.
But his unfortunate experience brought on
cold so severe that at one time he was
threatened with pneumonia. so that it was
week before he was in his place at school
again.
Mr.. Debevoise had delayed the competition
for the watch until he came back, but to the
surprise of all when the weeks trial was
over, neither Tighe nor Dock had won it.
But the two boys could have told why, no
doubt, and the moment, they were out of
school they gave each others hand shake
that meant more than words.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03

Aes us This is the more aggraVaVing peSau'o
birds and insects can travel through the ai'
and we feel that we ought to be as sllar' do
they are.
At present we do not seem to have got iar
on the road toward aerial navigation, and YET
the progress has been enormous comparcu
with the corresponding period IN the hlssory
OF marine navigation.
Tt is a fact very often lost sight OF that the
beginning of navigation is prehistoric, and
that the art of voyaging on the sea, Dy ho
means perfected even yet, has taken many
thousands of years to reach its present ex-
cellence.
Another fact generally disregarded is this
very important one-that the balloon has fully
answered the purpose for which 1t was de-
signed.
1t was built for rising in the air, not tor
sailing through the air; and hence its peculiar
shape, which is specially adapted for vertical
and not horizontal movement, and which en-
ables it to be steered in only one direction,
that in which it was originally designed to
upwards.
We have used the phrase Sailing through
the air." but the aeronautical vessel will never
sail. The phrase is survival of the old idea,
that as there existed an ocean of water, SO
there was an ocean of air, and that man had
only to get to the surface of the air-ocean TO
be driven along by the zephyrs of the ether,
as on the surface of the water-ocean he was
driven along by the zephyrs of the air.
To sail there must be two MEDIUMS one to
support, the other to propel-the propelling
force must be outside the machine. Given
but one medium, however, it must be used
only a support-the propelling force must
be inside the machine.
The first has for a century been done, the
second has yet to be done; we can support
but we cannot yet propel. AS torpedoes are
driven through the water independent of the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03
copyright by James Elverson.)


T0T is not an unusual thing in Arizona
I1gI or New Mexico, or the arid portions
kS@kAl of Territories close TO the eastern
|dana0I slope of the Rockies, to encounter a
SssZs=9 stream which, after flowing in the
legitimate manner for several miles,
will disappear in the sand sometimes very
gradually, at others with startling rapdity.
The water simply subsidies into the sand,
which is very light and porous. Where 1t goes
is another question. Perhaps to feed some
vast subterranean lake, or perhaps to emerge
again in the form Of springs and arteslan
wells.
But these are not subterranean rivers in the
strict sense of the term, because they may
flow underground, and then again they may
not.
OF the subterranean rivers of Importance
we have quite an extended list. The most
remarkable one is in the Mammoth Cave, In
Kentucky This stream flows between banks
about thitry feet apart, and is said to average
forty feet in depth. 1t comes very mysterious
ly from bank and disappears quite as myste-
riously in a bank of fine sand.
In Europe subterranean rivers are not by
any means uncommon. The Lys, on its en-
trance into Belgium, dashes abruptly over
precipice and is lost to sight for nearly half
mile
The Meuse also has subteranenan course,
extending to distance of six miles, while the
River Dromme, in Normandy, on nearing the
sea, plunges into hole thirty-nine feet wide,
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CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAGE

heavy clouds and showed him a dark object
on the ice some distance before him.
He hastened to it, coming close up to the
line of the deceptive thin ice that had al
ready formed
1t was Docks overcoat. frozen stiff upon
the solid ice, while elinging to it, almost
about to relax his grasp, was Dock himself,
in the intensely cold water.
It was all made plain to Tghe in a flash,
Dock had broken through, and, with his
weak insecure hold, had been unable to raise
himself to a position of safety.
Thinking that he might be able to do so if
his heavy overcoat was removed, he had slip
ped il, off, and placed it on the ice, to which
it had frozen fast.
But his strength was already exhausted
and he could only cling to it, and cry out for
the assistance that in his increasing despair
he thonght would never come.
Bending over, 1ighe brought Dock from his
perilous position up on the ice.
ooh, Tghe.'' were Docks first words. "can
you ever forgive meT
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03
Copyright by James Elverson.

F the three elements-earth, water water
and air-man has pretty effectuaily
conquered two, as far as navigation
GOES We can travel on land and
water, and even under the water at.
with great facility, but the AIR Daf'
The Washington times., 1907-01-11
PHILIPPINE
ARMY 'DOBIEITCH'
Disease Contracted In the Philippine
Service ltchingPimpIss Covered
Body - Army Surgeons Failed
to Cure Discharged for DISABLE
Ity-Cured BY Cuticura, Now
A FIRM BELIEVER IN
CUTICURA REMEDIES

az enlisted In the Corps Of Engineers
IS = telegraph operator. and, while sta
toned in the Philippines. became sub
Jet to the "DObis Itch" as the natives
call il. In this disease small, white.
itching pimpies form under the skin,
generally between the tSes, on the limbs,
between the hnRers, and under the
arms. ! never knew Of q case original
ing outside the Philippine Islands. but
have known Of many cases where IL has
returned In this country and invariably
al the same time Of the year IS the eriE-
inal attack. The cause. 50 far as ]
could learn. was some tropical parasite
or germ peculiar 70 that regioa.
~ got so bad that / was confined 70
my quarters q week At 4 time The
Army Surgeons applied some carbolic
solution, aAd IL would disappear for q
time when it would break out again.
] was discharged from the Engineers
by reason Of disability contracted in
line Of duty. and when had the
trouble again, my druggist, Mr.. 2, Of
Brooklyn, recommended Cuticura Rem
edies. The immediate relief vas mani
fest with my FIRST purchase. and the
malady quickly yielded to the Rene
dies. II has never required OF bothered
me since / began 10 use and continued
to use the Cuticura Remedies. You
may quote me as a believer in CuticurA
Remedies from personal experiences.
John S. Woods, POI Sands St, Brooklyn,
n. Y, Oct. 81 and 20, 1909"
The Washington times., 1907-01-11
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY.

Schedule IN effect November q, ys06D
800 z. Mold DOMINION E1PRESS
Week days-Stops Al principal &c nts in
Virginia kestibule train, standard
coaches; parlor car 10 Clifton Forge WITH
connection for Virginia Hot Springs
Pullman sleepers Clifton Forge 10 Louis
Vile. Cincinnati, indianapolis St Louis
and Chicago BUFFET service from GOrdOns-
vile.
$50 P. M.-SEW c. & o. LIMITED. Daily.
Fast new vestibule train. stops only al
Gordonsviile. Charlottesville stanton
Clifton Forge. and Covington Va; Rom
ceveTte and Hinton. ". Va Pullman
seepers 10 Lexington, Louisville. Cincin-
natl, Indianapolis. 81. Louis and Chicago
Dining cars. a IA carte -ervice. one night
out.
me p. Nj. r. V. LIMITED. Daily
Solid vestibule train Pullman sleepsrs 10
Cincinnati, Lexington. and Louisville
Compartment sleeping car 70 Virginia Hot
Springs week days. Dining cars q Ia
carte service. Sleepcrs Cincinnati TO Chi
cage and ST. Louis and Louisville to
Memphis, Nashville. and Southwest.
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and
Ohio onices, 5l1 Pennsylvania ave; 6l9 18th
st, near F. and Sixth Street Station Tele-
phone, Aiain $3.50. for Pennsylvania r. r.
Cab Service. and Main lo66 for c. & o.
Ticket ONCE n09s-tf
The Washington times., 1907-01-11
FAMOUS SWEET MARIE
IS IN FINE FETTLE

NEW YORK. Jan. u.-George NJ
Webb acting for z. T. StOtesbury, OF
Philadelphia, who recently purchased
Sweet Marie. at the old Glory horse
sale at Madison Square Garden. makes
the announcement that the great mare
will be trained and exhibited next sea
son. She may also be raced on the
Grand Circuit
Sweet Marie Is now at WlnOnga stock
farm, and is enjoying the best OF health
IL is Mr.. Stotesbury's intention 70 ex-
hibit the mare al horse shows as well
as on the track
Sweet Marie's sire. Mckinney. 2.ilL. is
fast coming 70 the front as remarka-
bic sire OF extreme speed, and seems
destined 10 become the founder OF an
other great branch OF the Wilkes fam
lily.
The prominence into which Mckinney
has forced himself was mostly due 10
his own individual merits. His get have
demonstrated their speed abilities as
we'll as their race horse qualities. In
regard to their prepOtency. however, his
sons and daughters are mostly too
young Tor their offspring 10 demonstrate
their ability.
The Washington times., 1907-01-11
If it is true, as the Spanish

If it is true, as the Spanish
adage has it, that Every man
is the son of his own works."
how are your father and your
self getting along in the matter
of advertising?
Perhaps you car exchange it
for something you DO want
through a classified advertise
ment.
Richter said that "a timid
person is frightened before a
danger, a coward during the
time, and a courageous person
afterward." The proper time
for a merchant to get scared
about a Store-crisiS is after it
has been passed safely
through a "neyy" and coura-
geouS campaign Of advertising!
The Washington times., 1907-01-11
RAILROADS OWE
STATE MILLION
Is Charge of Resolution In
troduced in Nebraska
Legislature.

LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. IA concur
rent resolution has been introduced in
the Nebraska Legislature. denouncing
the Hn-Harriman railroads for failing
10 pay state taxes. II also instructs she
Nebraska delegation ia Congress to op-
pose Senator Foraker and other national
lawmakers who have attempted &C as
sist railroads in avoiding their taxes.
The resolution charges that taxes OF
over 81 600 90 have been tied up BY the
Union Pacific and C. b. and Q. railroads
through Injunction proceedings. and de-
clares this Is -'haTassing the people OF
Nebraska IN the administration of civil
government and depriying school chill
dTen OF educational advantages guar
anteed by the constitution OF the State. a"
The Washington times., 1907-01-11
SEAROARD AlR LINE RAlL WAN
Ticket Once, ]

Ticket once, 1@21 Jenna. Ave
For Petersburg Raleigh. Wilmington. Co
Iumbia Savannah. Jacksonville. 81. Angus
tine. Tampa Atlanta. Birmingham. Memphis
Mobile Pensacola and New Orleans
1880 A 81 DAILY-Ssaboard Mail Through
coaches ana Pullman sleepers 10 Jacksonville.
Fla also through parlor car Washington TO
Pinehurst. n - Dining Cars
6.Z5 p 81 DAILY-Seaboard Florida LAM
tied. Solid EIeCtnC-ughIed Pullman train -
Camden, Columbia. Savannah. Jacksonville
and ST Augustine. Dining Cars
1-E p n DAILY-Scaboard Express Solid
train with Pullman sleepers 70 jacksonville
and Tampa. Through sleeper 70 Atlanta.
birmingham and Memphis. Daily except sun
Gay. through sleeper TO Ftnehurst y c
Dining Cars.
r. Il. sTANsELL- District Pass. Agt.
5a7-tf
The Washington times., 1907-01-11
GEORGETOWN NEWS.

Funeral services were held this morn
ing over the remains OF Mrs. Catherine
S. Cleary. wife of Daniel l.. Cleary and
daughter OF Mrs. Annie r. Bateman and
the late Thomas J. Bateman. Short ser
vices We're held from the home OF the
deeeased's mother. 34l6 p street north
west, and later the remains were taken
20 Holy Trinity Catholic Church. corner
Thirty-siXth ana o streets. where re-
QUEEN mass was chanted.
Besides her husband, two small child
rem survive.
The Washington times., 1907-01-11
CANS WANTS EASTERN REFEREE

CHICAGO. Jan M--ChampiOn Joe
Cans, who is appearing at a theater
here. made II plain today that he Will
have a Chicago or Eastern referee in
his battle with Britt. or there will be
no night.
The impression obtains there that
Britt and his crowd Will hold out for
their own referee. and the friends Of tho
dusky champion are urging him 20 settle
this point first
Several Western men, supposedly
friendly 20 Britt. have been suggested
by the coasts favorite son, but Cans
says that. while he has no personal
objection 70 any OF them, Il will be
better all around 20 have a new man
IN the ring.