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beauty that night. She put out her hands
t. him.
Please she said. and he helped her
down. Their observation-disclosures seemed to
desert them. Mechanically he kept her
hand in his, held spellbound by her gra-
cious charm. Diana withdrew her hand as
she said: Jim. you're a boy and you'll
never grow up" Then, because she wished
proposed marriage, she said: Sadie Jones
is the chance of lifetime and you'll
miss it
Jim only half heard her words. He was
conscious of a strange dread of remaining
longer alone with her.
How do you know | will?' he said
All her tender faith and belief in him was
in her answer: oh jim | know YOU"
Did she, though? Did he know himself?
What was this wild new feeling of fear Of
sweet, elusive pain? His words gave no
sign Of the tumult of his thoughts.
DO you? Well. you couldn't do me a
greater service than to make me know my
self. Fire a Will
Diana, too, was conscious of a strange
undercurrent to their lighter talk She was
aware Of Jims searching glances, but, like
him. she gave no sign of the vague I'M
easiness that would not be s,illed.
Shall l, really?" she questioned.
Jim nodded.
Remember, you've brought it on your
self" She seated herself close to the sun
dial and half leaned against 1t. Jim was
facing her. We'll, to begin with, you will
Dear me, meant surgery, not butchery
Di."
She paid no heed to the interruption
You are not spiritual enough to create
your own world, and you are too idealistc
to be happy in this frankly material world.
You have temperament and sentiment; they
are fatal i'll practical age" She paused;
there was denial from Jim. AS she
waited for him to speak her eyes rested on
the decorations glittering on his coat.
Your breast is covered with medals for
personal courage, but you could never be
great general
He almost stopped her with a reminder
OF the days on the Northwestern Hills, but
n certain truth in all that she said kept
him silent. His memory went back to the
hours in which he had fought-eVen at the
sacrifice OF himself-to save his men. He
heard her say:
You could never sink your point of
view to the demands of necessary horrors.
Confronted with the alternative of suffer
ing. causing suffering, You would suf-
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instrument. first perfected by Dallmeyer,
an English optician, was used by the jap
anese as early as their war with China.
A view can, with such cameras, be made
of fort a city or a whole battlefield
from height of two or three miles If the
air Is clear 1t is discovered, too. that
such cameras reveal many objects on the
surface Of the earth which escapes tho
naked eye.
Enthusiasm over ballooning has in
creased in our army since Lieut.. Frank P.
Lahm of the 9th Cavalry in his balloon
the United States won the balloon contest
In France last September. defeating the
fifteen other aeronauts entered. His record
Of 40 miles between Paris and Flying
Dales in Yorkshire. England, was largely
do to his foresight in considering all of the
meteorological conditions to be encoun-
tered. Maj. Jersey of the United States
weather bureau, who accompanied him, eX-
amined the latest weather reports before
starting and saw that the heavier and
faster outer currents would be at the lower
surface. He also figured that the wind,
revolving about a known center from left
to right, would inevitably change their d.
rection and carry the balloon northward
toward England. Consequently while Lieut..
Lahm's rivals were vainy testing the
upper air strata the America remained
close to the earth. and although it was the
twelfth balloon to start it was the first to
reach the English coast. This incident
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| But Henry did not notice the truth Of
Jim's words. Ever since his boyhood, wher
| he had first abused his power as master OF
the Towers. he had been irrltated by the
opposing point of view OF his cousin-had
| rebelled at Jim's success In making a place
| for himself in The world without his help.
You have lived in my house" he said
] enjoyed my bounty. and now-damn YOU
"Don't say it-don't!'
Jim's words hit at Henry across the table
| like points of forked lightning. All the
| pent-up feeling of years seemed concen-
| trated in the utterance. He was leaning far
across the table. his face twitchng with
disgust at Henry's suspicious. Like Diana
! he sickened at the thought that Henry
! could believe him capable of playing so de-
grading part In Diana's life.
Don't" he continued, 'or I'll forget my
self-forget the respect We owe her" Even as
he spoke he knew that Diana was the gu
preme concern of his life. That he loved her
he now realized; all the misery that might
ensue was engulfed in the supreme surren-
der he made to his love, the love that I'M
consciously for the past months had become
part of his life. But with this knowledge
came clearly the injustice that Diana and
he We're being subjected to by mind that
could not conceive of the purity OF her
friendship. "You-why, YOU" he began
again, then with difficulty controlled HIM
self.
1t was impossible to continue this CONVEX
satlon further; any moment they might be
interrupted. He could not determine the
could save her the discovery of his secret
ne could save her further humilia ton from
Henry.
Henry. You must have been drinking. Go
10 Dana at once, before she realizes what
you sad. before it is too late. Go and make
your peace with her for this outrage against
her.' While he spoke lie trying TO es-
cape from the knowledge the night had
brought. He watched Henry, who In
logged tone said:
Its too late now. 1t has always been
too 1ate-with me-and d.
Nonsense" Jim said.
Henry mumbed az though lie were
only half aware of the words he was speak
Ing
listen to YOU
Jim rose. To obtain peace and dismiss
from Henry's mind all suspicion that might
harm Diana was his one desire. But almost
before he was on his feet Henry sprsng up
and held Jim with both Hands while he
spluttered in frantic abandon:
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Copyright. 1907, by John Elfreth watkins)
- UR army Is at last to have for
n,idab.e aerial fleet 1t has just
been made known that the giant
~ war balloon completed a few
weeks ago for the Signal Corps is
bu the first OF series of war balloone Of
great sIze TO be manufactured under the d.
rection of Brig Gen. James Allen the chief
signal officer.
The new war balloon is the largest aerial
craft ever seen in the United States. The
nearly globular gas envelope is "a feet IN
diameter, holds 5000 cubic feet OF gas and
IS made OF .. 700 separate pieces Of a new
combination OF linen and percale. selected
not only because Of superior durability. but
because 1t best ressts the actnic rays Of
the sun. Double strength in the netting has
been effected by making the meshes only
half as large as hitherto, the entire netting
weighing 2S6 pounds. The car carries the
full crew of four men and an additional
weight OF 1000 pounds. 1t is six feet long,
five feet wide and four and one-han feet
high.
A novel feature OF the new balloon is
the ripping strip" rs feet long. running
down the side. When this is jerked a seam
so TO speak. Is opened IN the side and COM
pleta defation IS effected IN a half minute.
This will be OF great advantage in quick
field transfers. when the balloon. having
been discovered by the enemy. must be hur-
ried out Of the zone of danger. All of the
gas having been let out IN A half minute, it
would then be a matter of a few minutes
more to completely pack the envelope in
the car and place the latter aboard the
waiting balloon wagon.
Although the largest in America. the new
balloon is not the largest in the world. the
latter record being held by the Mammoth.
just completed IN England. This giant of
the entire balloon family. which made its
first trial ascent from the Wadsworth gas
works, London, has a capacity OF Jos, COO
cubic feet of gas. or thirty above the ca
pacity OF No. 10, our new war balloon
has been officially designated. The lifting
power OF the Mammoth Is learned TO be
1929 pounds. and the other day it carried
into the air no less than sixteen persons
the largest number ever lifted by any bal
loon. The Mammoth being u double-dcctcr
several of the passengers promen aded on a
platform over the car behind taut nets.
There is a special room in the car for pro
visions needed on long journeys. Another
novelty Is chute which emits sand bal
last from n bin whenever lever is turned
in the car the necessity Of ballast bags
being thus done away with.
To Educate the Balloon Eye
our new series OF giant war balloons
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Great School for Matrin:ouy

from the Kansas City Star.
1t has just been discovered h. statistics
that the State Agricultural College p Mar
haitian Is the greatest school Of matrimony
in the Union. \ larger peE cent of It's
graduates get married than any other
school. A young woman graduate at Man
haitian is doubly attractive - The youn =
man looking for a wife. IN her four years
course there she has learned much o.
practical housekeeping. such as sewing,
cutting making garments, cooking and
similar domestic arts, while studying tie
classics. sciences and culture subjects TH!s
puts her in touch with home making along
with her classical training
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fer" She rose, and. as though peering int
the future, said: You are marked for The
sa crifice."
Her face shone as though illum;ned bv ,
clalrvoyant power Of spiritual insight She
seemed to have forgotten the present anC
stared straight ahead. trying to see into
the heavy mists that enveloped the coming
Years. Jim made effort to relax the
nervous tension of the moment
w nat rosy, alluring picture! A fall
ure at everything | touch, eh? Have l one
redecming virtue?'
But, although the voice that spoke was
light with raillery, he was possessed by ar
uncomfortable agitation. She stood with q
haunted look Of such intensity on her face
that he became conscious only of an infinite
desire to protect her. AS he came close tc
her she was thrilled by the vibrating sym.
pathy that drew them together and raised
her eyes to his. The strong. tender face OF
jim, to which she had SO often turned in
her days of unspoken despair. gave her the
comprehension and sympathy that were de-
MED her by another. She thought of the
expression of Sadie Jones eyes as she
sang:
Tout passe, tout lasse"
Diana knew that she had been sending her
song out into the night message to
Jim in the garden. She thought of the I'M
acknowledged sense of comfort that LADY
Elizabeth experienced when Jim came To
visit them. Without him, what would the
days be? She shuddered a the desolatto
1t might mean to be without this reliant,
forceful friend. AS it all flashed through
her mind, she said:
You have one triumphant quality, Jim.
Whether 1t will add to your sum Of suffer
ing or compensate for all the rest, who
knows? You have on inevita BILE success
She paused, but the rustling of the tree
tops prevented either of them from hearing
Henry as he came from the pergola Diana
moved step nearer to Jlm-Henry did
not make known his presence. Quite SIM
ply and sincerely she said:
en-. jim"
something snapped in Jinl's brain. He
stood hypnotized by a stronger force than
MS own VIII; he could not speak. Henry's
voice sounded like the cracked clang of a
Earring bell in a golden silence.
That's dangerous gift. jim Profess
sional heart-breakers ought not to be al
lowed in other peoples preserves
Henry spoke quietly. but he was con-
sumed by mad. unreasoning fury. Diana
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the field Is so cumbersome that It could
| In the tests now being made with the new
war balloon ordinary Illuminating gas is
being used, but this Is twice as heavy as
hydrogen. and hence reduces lifting power
to one-half. Each of the tubes containing
the compressed hydrogen will be about
eight feet long and three inches in dame
ter. the gas inside being at a. pressure of
1000 pounds to the square inch.
The new balloon and it's prototypes will
not be flown "captive'- in the ordinary
drills, but are designed for flights to great
heights and over long distances. The at
tempted long distance flight of Capt c. De
F. Chandler of the Signal Corps and Mr..
]. c. Mccoy Of the New York Aero Club
in the balloon America April 80 last from
st. Louis to the eastern seaboard was pre-
membered that they started off with In
struments to show the altitude and speed
attained and that they took with them a
number of carrier pigeons, but met with
contrary winds. Capt. Chandler has been
put in charge of the new war balloon No.
10 and Mr.. Mccoy accompanied him lately
on the first trial flight over Washington.
The accompanying hirds-eye snapshot Of
the Capital city is the work OF Mr.. Mccoy,
who made it at an elevation of 5000 feet.
The Capitol building is seen in the fore
ground and ON either side the office an
neXes now being constructed. while the
edge of the Congressional Library is seen
below. This Photograph strikingly H.
illustrates the value OF balloon photography
In indicating the location and extent of
fertilization. Such pictures on large
scale serve as maps of country under
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Considering Another Aerodrome.

Considering Another Aerodrome.
That our army, in spite of the discontin-
uance Of the experiments with the Langley
aerodrome, is still considering the acqui-
SION Of such superior means of navigating
the air Is indicated by the following state
ment for which l am indebted to Maj.
George o. Squier of the Signal Corps,
lately assigned to duty at headquarters:
Although balloons both captive and
dirgible have amply justified their use as
an adjunct in war, yet 1t is to the attain
ment of q successful flying machine heavier
than air. capable of carrying considerable
loads and producing a speed of thirty to
fifty miles an hour, that the military stu
dent at the present moment looks with keen
concern.
1.-The first practical flying machine Is an
established fact and is the creation OF the
Wright brothers of Dayton. Ohio. Each Of
the Wright brothers has made numerous
flights over their testing field near Dayton,
sometimes at an elevation Of about eighty
feet and at other times passing close to the
earth at only about ten feet from the
ground. They have been able to circle over
the field Of operation and even TO describe
in the air the figure eight, thus demon
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ability to stay aloft after the wind has died
down. 1t is divided, internally. by a dia-
phragm. separating It's gas envelope (for
ward) from air envelope (afU and the
latter is always kept stiff by the air rush
Ing into 1t through a funnel opening be-
meath. The air envelope pressing against
the diaphragm also keeps the gas envelop.
solid and thus is avoided the habbiness
suffered by the ordinary balloon as 1t as
ccnds into the region of lesser and lesser
atmospheric pressure. 1t has a capacity of
1900 cubic feet of hydrogen and will carry
one observer 1.090 yards. or two observers
$50 yards Owing to the fact that hydrogen
gas has not been manufactured in this
country as a by-product since this balloon
was purchased abroad 1t has never been
Inflated, but its duplicate has been used
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To Build Balloon Gas Plant.

To overcome this gas obstacle the army
will within the next few months commence
the construction of its own hydrogen gas
generating plant and compressor. Here
the gas having been generated will be
stored by the compressor into steel tubes,
suitable for shipment and transportation
with an army in the field. This method
was deemed absolutely necessary when 1t
was seen that the apparatus by which for
eign armies generate their balloon gas in
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the data which our weather bureau has
lately gathered by exploring the upper air
with kites and sounding balloons.
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Telephotos From Balloon.

Our new war balloons Will be equipped
with the most improved telephoto camera,
which combine the functions of photo
graphic and telescope instruments. This
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-01
shooting n hos

A travelling man, stopping in a small
Michigan city, heard Of a haunted house
that no one dared live in. He called
the story ~tommyrot, and to show that
he was right he said he would sleep
there for the next three nights.
That night, placing a large horse
pistol beneath his pillow, he fell asleep.
Along about ~ O'Clock he awoke from
a horrible dream, and looking around
the room he perceived what looked like
a large hand at the DOT of the bed.
Carefully pulling his cannon from I'M
der his pillow, he took as careful aim
as his trembling hands would allow,
and said, in a weak voice:
"If that hand is not remove when I
count three l will blow a hole through
it." True to his word, after counting
three he pulled h trigger. He jumped
from bed with a blood-curling yell, for
he had shot three toes off his own foot.
Judges Library.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-01
WHAT BLOCKED EQUAL TAXATION

The Legislature tried for several
years 10 provide laws for equal taxa
ton. but the opposition of the rural
representatives of both parties made 1t
a hard matter to get such legislation as
was nacded-Jersey City Journal.
a reputable newspaper ought to be
ashamed to make such a bald misstate-
ment as the foregoing. And the Jour
nal is characteristically charitable to
the railroads. The Legislature never
tried" to provide for equal taxation
until the year 1906. although the agita-
ton Of the question goes back for near
~ thirty years. The House of Assem-
bly, in 1884 did try to get equal taxa
ton by passing the Prall bill, but the
Senate that year suppressed the bill
and forced the House to accept a sub
stitute which provided for grossly IN
equal taxation.
That ended all legislative attempts to
get equal taxation until the Legislature
Of 1906 passed the Perkins act, which is
now hung up in the courts. The opposi-
tion of rural representatives of both
parties was simply the opposition of
the railroad lobby, which used these
representatives as their legislative
tools. Ignorance in the rural districts
OF the railroad tax question enabled
these men to sell themselves to the
lobby, Railroad interests and railroad
money held up equal taxation for nearly
thirty years, and the railroads are now
fighting the equal tax law of 1906, re-
gardless of right and justice and public
sentiment. The people of New Jersey
have become so well educated in rail-
road tax matters that a newspaper
shows effrontery when it makes a state
ment like that of the Jersey City Jour-
nah
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-01

Secretary Taft is Philosophers He
does not deal in honeyed phrases or Sc.
lect the softest words. His speech at
the Toxic banquet last night was char
acteristic of him. He paid some honest
compliments to Japan and Japanese
achievements, a tribute hat all the
world renders, and then he discussed
the question of 4 war between the
United States and Japan. He used the
word war; he referred to the trouble in
California, and he spoke with a per-
feet frankness that must have i'm
pressed his cultured japanese auditors.
But war between the two countries
would be d crime. The possibility was
inconceiyable Neither nation could
afford 1t. and neither had anything to
gain by it. To both nations war would
mean arrested progress as well as
calamity. Each nation is engaged ir
gigantic work. Japan is engrossed in
Asia. She has China and Korea on her
hands, as well as her wi development
to look afler. We are struggling with
great home problems. and We are tutor
ms two peoples, Nn Cuba and the
Philippines. to make them self-depend-
ent and s%clf-governing.
As for the sale Of the Philippines,
that is Herald bosl. The American ma
ton would be incapable of this gross
est violation of obligations to the peo-
pie of the archipelago. We propose to
stay and finish the job. Secretary Taft's
robust ut%terances at Toxic are read
with attention today in three CONT
nents, and nowhere with greater inter-
est than in the Orient. Japan sees in
the American secretary a type of the
forceful men who are at the head of
American affairs. and a specimen of
that ~Amerteanism that comes to the
frcnt ip~emereencies and does the great
Sspe 81 that the world marvels at.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-01
THE DrscRED1TED VOTING MACHINE

Experience with the voting machine
all over the State Is unfavorable to it's
use, and it is experience and not theory
that will determine whether the device
shall be retained or abolished. There is
no single claim made for the voting
machine that has not been refuted by
experience. The fundamental claim of
reliability has been shown to be un-
founded. No machine is reliable that
can tally wrong or be operated wrongly.
In a device for popular voting two fac
tors must be considered, the machine
and the operator. The machine must
by exempt from the f~railties that put
it out of gear and the operator must
operate correctly. If there is n duty
of the citizen that must be made per-
fectly simple for all it is that of casting
his ballot. Anything that complexities
or interferes should be discarded at
once.
The idea that the citizen should be
educated to the use of the machine is
farcical. When the voting machine
commissioners in an official report
solemnly recommended schools Of in
struction for machine voting they
wanted to adapt the voter to the ma
chine instead of adapting the machine
to the voter. The voting machine is a
class device. 1t creates discrimination.
1t tends to destroy independent voting.
1t takes the life out of the ballot. 1t is
a menace to government. And 1t should
be abolished from this State.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-01
Francis Murphy,s caste.

THE late Francis Murphy said
Pittsburg man, was perhaps the great
est temperance reformer our country
has ever seen. over 10000, 900 people
thanks to his labors, took the pledge
Mr.. Murphy, a plain. sincere man.
hated snobbishness hardly less than
drunkenness. At a dinner here in
Pittsburg l once heard him rebuke,
with a little anecdote, a snobbish mil
1ionaire.
HE said there was a rich and snob-
distinguish woman living in the coun-
try. Her husband put himself up for a
political place. and in order to help his
campaign along the woman gave a gar
den party to which every voter fol-
miles around was invited.
Among the humble guests was a
very Independent grocer. The grocer
made himself quite at home. No dukes
manner could have been easier and
freer. Indeed. the mans total lack oil
subservienee angered his hostess ex-
tremely, so that in the end, thinking
to take him down a peg, she said to
him, significantly:
"You know, MIR. Greens, in London
shopkeepers don't go into the best So
city
The grocer looked at her, and nodded
and smiled.
They don't here, either, ma'am,I he
said."-Exchange.