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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
TIE age or MONET.
A. Pull 81 the Rsins In the VIA Hsss
For Riches

In the earlier ages u the world
there wa. time vixen fishes domi-
mated all exc. Biologists called this
ego Of Ashes the doyonian period.
Later vegetation sappiansed sEs
ashes, and taere came the car5onif-
erous after :Ae deyopian, and coal
was stored up watch we use for our
needs today Subsequently, there
followed an age Of reptiles. AT age
Of mammals ard fsally IN ago Of
man, and TIE aye Of irHa has beeo
vsnously srOdiyided Until re now
have the age Of nioney.
IN spite Of the fact that it has
bean pointed out upon the very
highest authority that the love OF
money IL the root Of all evil With
which the world is charged, its value
and power have nov grown so very
great that in our day and genera
ton it is worshiped By high and
low, the rich and the Pn2r. The
good, old fashioned morals Of for
mer days nre relaxed in order 20 OBJ
tain it, and dcfalcations constantly
grow because Of the modern creed
that reads, "Get money-honcstly il
possible, but get it in any event"
Luxury increases and extrava-
gance grows. The idea Of slow &C.
emulation OF money saved during
the productive againt the decAn-
ing years, when the earning power
decreases, no longer obtains. We
you'd ali be rich, and we would be
rich quick. Speculation arises. ard
q long train Of evils marches con
stantly before US, because our age
has become an age Of money ire
spectiye Of all other considerations
It is exceedingly pleasant to have
wealth. When we see the beautiful
palaces at Newport and their gar.
dens and the countless Injuries that
money spells anywhere and every
where only tho anchorite turns
aside and will have none Of it.
Horses, steam yachts, European
travel, entertaining, various ert
products and a thousand and one
things beckon to the rich man and
lure him and tend toward making
him forget that the conquest Of the
world is not worth the loss OF a soul.
We Of this age Of money need to
remember that there are certain
cardinal virtues that will linger
when stock and other exchanges are
no more, and in ages yet to come
money will be replaced BY some
thing higher and better than a com
modify that can upon occssion take
on taint.-W. G. Bowdoin in
Brooklyn Citizen.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
DOING THEIR DUTY
Scores Of Lexington Readers Are
Learning the Duty Of the
Kidneys

To Hlter the blood Is the kidneys
duty.
When they fail to do this the kidneys
are sick.
Backache and many kidney II FOL
low:
Urinary trouble. diabetes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure them all.
Lexington people endorse ocr claim
A, b. Beckwith, Nam St., Lexington
Va. SAYS: For over two years was
subject to attacks OF backache anu
while these spells lasted, the misery
WAS 90 intense that was unable 10 re-
main In ora position for ans iength o.
time. III irada a sudden movement,
sharp pains darted through my IONS
and in the morbing when | arose l was
60 lame AMI stiff tfat 1t was long
lime before / could get around. iinai'
Iy procured Doan's Kidney Pills at
Gorrelrs dug store AMI a few doses
re- moved my trouble. | can recommend
this remedy as the best one ever useo
for kidney complaints
For sale by all dealers. Piioc oO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-DoaD's--and
take no other
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
Gems In Verse
TO one IN pARADisE.

ryHOU vast tina; ell ~ re. love.
For which my ro"i CD pine
A green isls IN toe SEA. love.
A fountain and a shifne.
Al wreathsd with fairy rrriss.
And all the cOweYs wera mine
An. dream too bright 10 last.
All, starry hope that dicst arise
But TO BE- cYs-cast.
A voice from 90. tho future cries:
ION, on.'-but o ~ the past
Ohm EulfD ny spirit hovsrisg n-s
Mute. rnotionleas, aghest!
For, siss. Alas. with me
The light Of life 10 DER!
No me re-no moreno more
tsuch language holds tho solemn saa
- the sands upon the shorel--
9hsu bloom the thunder blasted tree
or tina stricken eagle soar!
And all my days arc tsaness.
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy dark eye g'ances
And where thy footstep gieanas-
In what ethereal dances,
BY what eternal streams7
Edgar Allan Poe.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
Not ths Gardener.

When in 1888 Professor Freeman
vas examining Battle abbey he
found himself logged by q person
who, as he thought, somewhat on
ciously obtruded bis offers Of as
sistance. After vainly trying 10
shske him of he broke forth, With :;
IT don't want your assistance. The
Duke Of Cleveland promised that |
should not be interfered with by the
gardeners. ~,
'Exaetly So" was the reply. Il
hsps they have ebsysd my orders.
I IN ,tAs paks q clssslAAa."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
THE BOY WITH C0WLICKS.
Why the Barber Dses Net Like to
Cat His hsIy,

Cut His Hair.
"When a boy with cowlicks comes
into q barber shop" says q local
artisi in hair, ".hers is quiet com
petition at once among the BARRIERS
to see who shall get through last
With the customer in hand, for
every barber is perfectly willing
that somebody else shall pocket the
boys quarter. 1t is almost impossl-
Bile to cut the hair Of boy with
cowlicks SO that it shall look descent.
II you get it right in one place 1t is
too short in another, and il you
trim it doru in the frat place, to
make il look like the second, il two
or three weeks the hair will grow
so unequallJ that the boy looks IKE
q scarecrow.
@What people call a cowlick Is
only Q set Of the hair roots in q par
ticular direction, BY which the hairs
are made to turn at 9 sharp angle to
the growth on the rest Of the scalp.
Babies are often born With COW
ticks that showed just as distinctly
With the little hair they have, as
though their heads were fully COW
cred. But boys generally get them
BY the way they have Of wearing
their hats or caps. A boy always
sings his cap on the back OF his
head, then gives il pull down over
his forehead. This draws the hair
on the back straight upward and
very often makes q cowlick. / re-
member one boy who had q semi-
circular cowlick from one ear clear
around to the other and another on
the top Of his head, where the cap
touched mis- crown, and when thA
boys hair was cut he looked a,
though he had a white stripe around
his head at the place where the hair
stood up straight snd the scalp
showed through.
"Cowl;cks are sometimes rene
died by frequently brushing the
hair in the proper direction, so as
to turn the roots at the right angle.
Men who shave themselves very
often have covlicks in their beard
by shaving up one side and down
the other. So long as the face Is
clean shaven these are never no
ticed, but when such men start to
grow O beard they find the hair
sticking out in all directions, and
Tor the first few weeks their faces
are a show, but oombing and brush
ing soon turn the roots in the night
direction and the cowlick passes
away. 1t is true that there are some
natural cowlicks that cannot b
eradicated. There is lady in the
city that has two cowlicks just over
he- forehead that have worried be,
more than all her sins. She Ia:
brushed them, straightened the hair
with pon,atvm, fsstened it back
With bsirpins, he's done everything
that anybody told her and . good
many she thought of herself in er.
dor to get rid Of them. But theJ
are there stall, and her sole consola
ton is the fact that fortune teller
once told her that some day they
would bring her good luck. - St
Louis Globe: Democrat.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
AN IKoUEiTIvE AR4RAL
Vss csa Foel the Prairie Dos " You
Wsris upon His Curiosity.

wee &81 VVoi WV E'~'sS 80 "
wfsris Upon His Curiosity.
"Of all the dang fool animiles
loose o. the plains" said the man
With the uncomfortable tobacco
habit as he wiped the corner Of his
mouth, "the prairie dog is the dang
Oldest. At least he is pretty tolera-
bic dang.
"a KNOWN little teller in some
w1ys-a dang KNOWN little fellerl
But, like every other Known feilsc,
he's got a week pint in his crgani-
zation that keerful, patient chap
kin take advantage Of an put tn
dots on him.
'Many's the time Tve stood clost
to q dog hole an shot at big, fst
old prairie dog settin' up on end
looktn' straight at me an not n11vip'
an eyelash. But did hit himH Not
though ! had no more wabble to my
mitt in them days than tn rock o
Jibberaltar. All / seen was a twin
kle O. heels an tail, and when tn
smoke cleared away they wasn't 10
prairie dog lsyin' dead beside tn
vestibule Of his palayshal abode.
Neither was they none layin' dead
inside, as / found out If / laid low
long enough an seen is sassy nose
come pokin' up to daylight ag'in.
Smart fellers, them prairie dogs,
even II they are dang fool animiles.
The weak pint of a prairie dog Is
his curiosity. Fight him Oh any
other line, an you'll keep yoar re-
spect fer i'm. Quickness, keen
meNin', good hesrin' an eyesight-
he's got all them; got diplony
from Prairie Dog university in all
them branches. But he amt even
: in his freshman year when it comes
to resHtin' that curiosity O ms'n.
It's q fright.
$50 th' Teller that wants praire
dog an don't care Z wait q few
years till he san shoot one an git it
without diggin' up a whole town
ship has only jiSt to take advantage
o. tn. prairie dOs's weak pint an
; he's got i'm.
take a barl an cut hole in
tn bottom big enough t set over
tn prairie dogs hole an set it over.
Then lay down beside that bari an
wait. TIL little Teller hears some
thin goin' on around his front
stoop, an he wonders what il Id.
Az soon as he begins t wonder he's
Q gensr. II he could just keep from
stsrtin' T wonder he'd live free till
he died Of old age. But he can't.
| Curiosity amt no trait with him
It's Q disorder.
! mo sooner does he hear that bari
chunkin' an tunkin' around up
there an no sooner does tn noise
stop than he scuttles right up there
to eco what's doin'. First thing, he
scrsbbles through that hole in tn
bottom O. tn bar1!
9TH TELLER beside th' bsrl hears
i'm scuffin' round, an'-zip!-he's
showed that bari aside so tn hole in
tn bottom amt over tn hole in tn
ground no longer, an Mr.. Dog
can't git back, an he can't climb IN
sides O. tn bari nor nothin'-jist
goes rsmpagin' round, wonderin'
how it happened he got took in that
away.
$50 while the prairie dog, as ]
said in the beginnin', is right peart
an hard TO bamboozle in most ways
he's q easy mark fer tn chap that
knows is weakness an takes advan-
tage Of it,"-Chicpgo Nows.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
FraternaI Orders.

hockblidge Lodge, No. SO. /. .; o; f.
msets every Thursday night. at ODD Fell
swp' hall.
Lexington Lodge, No. sc, K; OF r;
uests every Tuesday night, at Odd rel
Iowa Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No. 2, Daughters o
kebekah, meets every Monday nights
'.dd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient
fork Masons, meetn LIST aud Bra MOL
lay nights at Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No. 1870 hoya'
Arcanum, meets lst and 5rd Wednesday
Nights In each month, at odd Fellows
Hall.
Lex. Corncil. No. 179, Junior orGer
United American Mechanics, meets
every Friday night TT Odd FELLOWS
n Ill
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
Wasp and lite Prey.

As DR.. Darwin was walking ore
day in his garden he perceived a
wasp upon the gravel walk with a
large fly nearly as big as itself,
which it had caught. Kneeling
down, he distinctly ,aw it cat of
the head and then, taking up With
its feet the trunk or middle portion
Of the body, to which tho wings re-
NAMED attached, fly away. But q
breeze OF wind acting on the wings
of the fly turned around the wasp
with its burden and impeded its
progress. Upon this it alighted
again on the gravel walk, dsllber-
ately saved of first one wing and
then the other, and, having thus re
moved the cause Of its embazTass-
ment, few Of with its booty.--Lon-
don Globe.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Foley's Honey and Tar clears the air
passages, stops the irritation In the
throat, soothes the inhamed mem
branes, and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Sore and innamed lungs
are healed and strengthened, and The
cold is expelled FROM thu system. Re-
fuse any but the genuine in the yellow
package. B. II. Gorrell.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Judge (aOout to sentence)-Pns.
oner. you have used this poor. hall
vitted fellow most numerically
You have beaten him most cruelty.
Prisoner (surlily) - He attacked
ne first. Besides, he is a rascal and
rave me NO end of trouble on the
farm. IFS not my fault his bains
an idiot. nv lcrd
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
Cures FLOOD and Skin Diseas es
Ecze ms,Greatest hood Puri'
fieF Free

II your blood Is impure, thin. diseased:
hot or full OF hun ors. IL you have blood
poison, cancer. carbunkles. eating
sores. scrcfula. eezrme, Itching, rising
ard bumps. dwellings OF snperating
sores, scabby, pi,nply skin. ulcer bone
peins. catarrh, rheumatism, or any
blood or skin disease. take Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. b. Soon all sores
heal, aches al d pains stop anu the
pioCd Is made pure and rich. Drug
glsts or by express IL pei large bottle.
Sa nple irt oy writing Blood Balm Co..
Atlanta, Ga. B. b. b. is especially ad.
vlsed for chronic, deep seated cases OF
blood or skin diseases, as 1t cures after
all else fails. Nov. 2C-W Tyr
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Smok ehouse at small cost: Needing
u snokehouse / boaded up corner OF
an outbuilding, fitted in y door, hung
II by leather hinges, aid ran pipe
frsn all old shert-iron stove to the
.moke house. Result; Cool smoke,
little d niger OF setting building on
fire; aud q chunk OF green hickory will
burn all wiuter. - From Febi uary Farm
Journal.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
CONFINEMENT.

GONE have too much. yet still do crave.
- | little have and seek no morn.
They are but poor. though much they
have,
And am rich with little store.
They poor. I rich; they beg. l give;
They lack. I have: they pine. live.
-6lAkespeaPe.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Foley's Orlno Laxative cures consti-
nation aud liver trouble and makes
the bowels healthy anj regular. Oiino
10 superior to pills aud raElNts as 1t
does not grips or nau-caie. Why take
ANYTHING elses b. n. Gorrell,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Hosrse coughs aud stuffy colds that
may develop into pneumonia over
night are quickly cared by Foieys
honey and Tar, and 1t soothes Ia.
famed membranes. heals the lungs, and
expels the cold from the system. u. H.
Gorrell.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

c. X. Kluger, the Jeweler, 1000 Wiz
ginia Ave. indianapolis, lni., writes;
IT was so weak from kidney trouble
that | cor Id hardly walk a hundred
feet. Four bottles OF Foley's Kidney
Remedy cleared my complex on, cured
my backache aud the Irregularities dis
appeared, ard l can now attend 70
b siness every day, and recon mend
FoIey's kinney Remedy to all sufferers;
AS it cured me after the doctors and
other remedies La l failed" b. II.
GopralI
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Why get up in the morning feeling
hire,
Worry others and worry you;
Here's a secret between YOU and nee,
Better take Rocky Mountain Tea
Il. H. GoIrell.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

See TO It that your straw and clover
stacks are not eaten from beneath, so
the March winds will blow them over
on the stock. l have q nelghbor who
lost nine sheep at one time, and two q
week later, in this way.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

II YOU know good thing. tell Jour
neiehbor about 1t, 1t will help him
about l,is work, and II surely cpn net
do you any hahn. Bottled.up good
ness soon turns sOur aud spoils.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Builds up waste tissue, promotes rp
petite, improves digestion, Induces 70
frsshlng eleer, living renawed strerrtf
and health. That what HOLSTERS
Rocky IA ouniaip Tea will do. soc. Tta
or Tablets, Is. II. Gorrell.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

II you suffer with indigestion, eonsti-
ration. feel mean and cross, no strength
or appetite. your system If unhealthy.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea
inc kes the system strong and healthy.
3se Ten or Tablets. B. II. Gorrell.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Have you done your best and teer
bsat,n7 Keep = stiff upper up. DO
little better than your best this year
You viii, win; only be true. fair auc
eouRre
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

A mule may never be known to KICK
and yet around his heels IL no place foi
small children; for after the explosion
regrets wort mend the pieces, nor
ciubs better the IL ule.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Talk over your plan with your wife
"a you sit around The evening IRE. You
will be surprised to find how sound her
adYlcA Is
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

A Qua rantsed Cure for Piiss
Itching. blind. Bleeding, ProtrudirE
pllss. Druggists are authorized 10 ts.-
aaA nsasy a pAzo 0AT&kAV
IA b ssss h 80 MaAs& -
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Here It Is February. aud In almost
no time thu rush OF spring work Will Dc
on. We hail batter get ready for IL by
doing all the cdd jobs w can now.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

For a farm covering, good barnya.d
manure IL much BITTER than mortgage;
aud judlcicusly applied the fo'msr Will
speedlly remove the latter.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

Far above the production OF wheat
and corn and hay and potatoes 10 the
growth aud cultivation OF chpfacter'
for, afle. all. this is the main purpose
of life.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

The growing colts, especially the
roadster. should have lot al sxsrotse.
They should Under ae circumstances he
hest u Ne nsAhltA
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

s5tse men read very sharp'5 all your
o,tyats history In your look ana gHi'
and behaVios .-Emsfcon.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

An hour OF hard work getting . stone
Out OF the public road Is veil spent, even
II no one thanks you Tor 1t.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
NJ " Norfolk 6 Western
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT. OCT. 10, 1908
LEAVE BUENA VISTA

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT. OCT. 10, 1908
LEAVE BUENA VISTA
2.2O p.m.-For Bristol and informed
late ststiors Q. Pullman and Buffet sleep
ar to Knoxville. Connects at Roanoke
with st. Louis Express for all points
west. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke to
Columbus, Biuensld and Cincinnati
Cafe Car.
132 a.m.-For Roanoke. blueneid.
Pocshsntas, Norton, Wins:on.Sals
Charlotte, Weleh ard intermediate
stations. Pullman Sleeper tO Gary.
Cafe Dining Car Roanoke and Gary.
800 pm.-Fpr Hagerstown, Phila-
aslpkia, New York. Pullman and Buffet
sIespers via HaRerstown for Harris
burs, Philadelphia and New York.
c9.sf p.m.--FOr BaRsrstown, Philsdel-
phis and New York Pullnan Sleeper to
Philadelphia; Parlor Cars PhilAdsiphis
AID New York.
Rates. time tables and Information
shssrfully fsrnishsd apea application
" Agent u. &W. Ry.
". B. BxvILL
esn. Pass. ACT u, n. nRA30.
xeaseke. va Vxev. sAsA Aga
SAA. As,'W
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03

T B,p issues certificates os Payable on demandthe
~ r. or Interest al the rate of three 3 cent per annuh
ROM their date provided money remains sixtv 6o) days or
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
FIRST NATIONAL BANK


Peculiar at Close oil Business Dec 81 io
RESOURCES
oans and DiScounts $4t3,66216
3nds, Securities, Etc. l,2SUOO ~.<.ooo IL
U. S. DO Bonds 5o.OOOoOo %fof'o|~''0
Banking Hocse, Lot Bank and Post oxl.,1s
Office Fufnitufe and Fixtures oo'aassz1'oS
Ttsauua Ut IT g SI Psdemotion Fond 100000
Other Real Estate ''ooo00
Cash on Hand $35,oZSVz 1earo ga
Doe from Banks 43,AAo.9E -10,09SSS
$5es $3.50
LIABILITIES
c.., s.o.t $5O,o0O.o0
S1Inn1 re TsST ErrNn 100000
Jun LoS t. NIT, 6O8.84
UncHioso tt" p,,.ki. 1sr,,..v . 1909 100000
Div'asne .SK Co. S""'' 100000
S S,ira nri so'so 25,OOO.OO
DEPOSITS
checE $1e9,t55.66
3sm zen al Cst,n'cA'sS ''%' 1855 se2,466,o5
~ $685., 574,as
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-05
CHAMBER MUSICALS
Will Be Given Here by Miss Estelle
Neuhans This Month.

Miss Estella Neuhans will give two
musicals in Bennington. The first
will be given on the afternoon of
October Goth at the residence of Miss
Jennie Valentine 302 Pleasant street.
The second will be October 22nd at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
w Varney, Jefferson street
Miss Nehans is well known social
ly and professionally, and has given
her famous entertainments in the
homes of the smartest people In
Washington, New York Philadelphia,
Boston, London and the great sum
mer resorts in this country Miss
Neuhans, by request, quite recently,
gave a musical at the White House
for President and Mrs. Taft.
Among the patronesses are, Mrs.
John G. Mccullough, Mrs. Thornton
f. Turner, Mrs. Lyman F. Abbott,
Mrs. Charles NJ. Tibballs, Mrs. John
S. Holden, Mrs. Collins NJ. Graves,
Mrs. Ebert II. Putnam. Mrs. Henry S.
Bingham, Mrs. S. H. Blackmer, Miss
Harriet S. yelling, Mrs. William II.
Bradford, Mrs. Frank R. Morris, Mrs.
William Graves. Mrs. William Root,
Mrs. Harrison Norton, Mrs. Alfretta
S. Squires, Mrs G.. H. Dewey, the
Misses White, Mrs. e. Livingston Sib-
ley, Mrs. Joseph NJ. Ayres, Mrs. L. n.
Ross, Mrs. Orion NJ Barber
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-05
WILBUR WRIGHT IS
KING OF AERIAL
NAVIGATION
Most Spectacular Flight Yet at
New York Yesterday
HAS GONE TO WASHINGTON
After Great Success Yesterday Has
Gone to Capital to Fulfill Con-
tract With Government

New York, Oct 5.-New York wit
messed yesterday one of the greatest
aerial flights, both in spectacular in
terest and personal daring, that has
ever been accomplished in the his
tory of aviation.
Wilbur Wright, to whom the title
King of the Air has frequently been
applied. but never with more justice
than yesterday, fulfilled the expecta-
tions that have been lowering about
him for more than a week by Sailing
with the grace of a seagull and
strength of an eagle up the Hudson
River from Governors Island to
Grants Tomb and back.
He was in the air 80 minutes and
80 seconds and travelled twenty miles,
attaining a maximum altitude of $50
feet. On both his upward and return
trips he was over the water. He
sailed hundred feet and more over
the smokestacks of scores OF tugs,
whizzed over ferryboats with the
speed Of railroad fiier, and clearly
felt the hot upward currents of air
ascending from the huge tunnels of
the warships moored in the river
He went 50 near some of the tall
fighting masts of the British warships
that had the noise of his motor been
less and the din of screeching whist
les silenced. he could plainly have
heard the welcoming shouts from the
jackies hanging to the yardarms and
swinging their caps from their lofty
perches in the rigging.
Twenty miles under conditions and
over obstacles such as no aviator in
the history OF the world has ever at
tempted before. Little wonder that
the small group of watchers on the
sands of Governors Island impatient
for his return and agitated between
hope and fear of his success, stood for
a moment in breathless silence as the
whirring noise of the beautiful silvery
bird appeared in the murky atmos-
phere above the Battery, sweeping
low over the water and headed
straight as an arrow for the spot he
had left half an hour before.