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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02
TERRORS OF A DROP FROM
BALLOON.
Drop by Parachute Troubles Even the
Brnvcst--It H. Question Of Life or
Death Jntil Umbrella opens Out.
CFrom tho BnNalo Times


! once went up IN n balloon ana came
down IN n parachute. something went
wrong ana All tho money IN tho world
uou"'e" """i" ""t '"""'" H' W MAKE
the experiment again
One grows strangely accustomed TO ina
DANGERS OF an acr"oa'' anu "'eh II WIS
suggested that ! should earn S7 IN as
many minutes ny taxing the place ~ .
p~arachutlst VINO hhd laieh III NJ the laS'
minute | jumped az the chahoe'
1t was at n large country lar' lHq
laughing crowd mad prohaoIy never seen
n balloon go up. AS inc great Fix Dag
gradually sweiled a silence yell upon Inc
onlookers.
The sick parachutist manager pattor
me on tho back and said = was money
easily earned. J agre"4-then'
Keep cool he said. and "na''Net
you do don't look down except 70 l"1gS
Your distance from tho earth. You see
that tower 1t is about 100 Nards
away. When Won arc That distance up,
pull the check string and smut your
eyes
A dull mrrmrr ros" ms th" ropes were
cast of and ! fo't my feet leave the
ground. TIL" upward movement was
gentle. and = great cheer came MP to me
until the band drowned +.
I hardly heard the cheering or The
bond. Tho Involuntary mur0'ur stii
rang IN M cars perhaps my nerves
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02
CHAPTER XXI CoNTi%rED.

II am go!ns to leaye thu country,
CLARION" Sinclair vas saying. There's
Nothing here for me; I can see that.
What's the use OF my oatirS my heart
Sut over the way I've been trca,cd$
I've given the best years Of NY life to
this rai,rcad, and now they turl me
down with Il Kick and a curse. RS
Che old story of lie Indian and lis
dog, only | done propose 10 let them
make soup CO INC. I'm going 10 ths
coast, Marion. I'm going 10 California.
where | wanted TO 20 when we were
married. and | wish 20 God we had
conc there then. All or troubles
might never have been e | had got in
with a different crowd frCm these cow
boozers on the start. Aud, Marion. /
want to know whether youll give me
another chance ana 70 with me-
Sinclair, on the bench and leaning
against the tree, sat with folded arms
looking at his wife. Marion in a
hickory chair faced him.
NO one would like 30 gee You be ell
you ought 20 be- more t'an !, Murray;
=. | , 1870.
=. ,..
have denied me oyeYt th-0r' to make
q man of myself again 'u f.. railro9d
-Sou N"'" ,'"'' .'''i'''' III co.
tHeE never a." -''1 ',' ND'" was
entl''eu 10 " nave mao
Haiiey place i'n'hS newer 'r'a'eI
me rieh' IN 'n''' n' h''.' p'sHe' M
IN the way ne pus'pG o'"'' men 'i1t
were Jusl as DIG Wy eve. was '
discouraged nc thats the reason Z
ut could be no reason for treating no
ms Won treated me. Tor briasing drunk
en- men and drunken women into oar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02

There was some stirring. Kennedy
talked a little and at length stretched
himself on the floor. When all was
still again, Dannie's hand crept SLOW.
ly from the breast Of his companion
up TO his chin, and the little hand. feel
ing softly every feature, stole ever tho
strange face.
What is It, Dannie?"
Are you Whispering SMITH"
"Yes, Dannie. Shut your eyes"
At three o'clock, when Kennedy
lighted a candle and looked in, Smith
was sitting with his back against the
wall. The boy lay OF his arm. Both
were fast asleep. On the bed the dead
man lay with a Handkerchief over HIS
face.
mn br- rnS-rtr NfEt~rN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02
A TROUBLESOME UMBRELLA,

MANY of my opponents, salu JOSEPH
Chamberlain in one Of his taritf REFORM
speeches, ARE as ignorant OF my pro-
position as was a certain farmer many
years ago, OF the umbrella.
This farmer had made n journey OF
some twenty miles on foot 10 " S"na''
town. As he was about 10 set orr Tor
homo again n hard ra' came up. and
his host loaned him an umbrella-a
novelty at the timc-open'ns 1t himself
30 as to save his friend all possible
trouble.
"A week later the farmer brought the
umbrella back. The weather was bright
and fine, but he held the eontrivance
open over his head.
:. This Instrument he grumhled. is
marc trouble than IT'S worth, There
wasn't a doorway in the village | could
get II through. and l had to tether 1t all
tha uaaa. is = s~iAta-ra-.s-h-ss'> -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02
CHAPTER XIII.
w.

AT the end Of a long and neglected
han ON the second floor of the old
bank block in Hill street. Whispering
Smith had a room in which he made
hc.druaYt..s AT Medicine Bend: II
was in effect Whispcring Smiths
home.
Tho door Of the Dom in the course
of MANY wears had been mutilated with
koyholos and rc.arforced with locks
until it appeared difficult to choose an
opeuing that would really afford en-
trance, mi two mon besides Whisper
ne smith carried KEYS to the room
Kennedy and GEORGE NcCloud They
had right of way into It a. nil hours.
and knew Aow to get in.
McClo,d had ,aft The hr,dge camn
IN tho river fo, Medicine Pond m tbe
Saturday that Marion cinclair-whoso
husband had finally told her Ia Womb
give hor one more chance to thinl II
oyer-retrrned with Dicksje safely
from their trip to the F~renchman
ranch.
V~biercri,q Smith who had hoo,
with DuckS and NOrrfs Blood got hack
10 town the same dav. The president
and v,,oral manager we're ot tho
Wicklup during the afternoon. and
left for the oaet at nine o'clock IN the
evening. when their car was attached
to an east.bound -passenser train Nc.
Cloud took simmer ofterward with
Whisnering S1nith at q FRONT street
~chophouse and the two men sonaratnd
AZ II O'Clock. # was three hours
Iator whom NcClo,d ,anrad on tbo
foor of C,ni.h,s roam "a !, NO
mani orarod f., "Awn,o Con,o,n
.Suro. oo,,o ~ uvhn, !, TO"
Tho second section of Tho roseor.
cor troin-Numhar Tbroe With ov.
nroee CORFU. stornod ~ Tornou VI,
to-nirht Oliver Sollors wos r,,,i,g.
he is badIv shot IN and ono NJ tho
mossenqors was shot all 10 riaocs
They cracked the through sato ann.
tied II. and made a clean pet.awoy"
"rovar " orc n,u.a -
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a.t osaa.a ,,aa.u .toom IN we
W.. ~ 1..a 1000. IT.. t,uo
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thau,,a ntTinr Nc ou- moro,,s wor,h
WIZ noinr ,yith ,s ror.on9"
.na, CO.. Daoa vom,n a.. ,.,u
,e Dood w. oat Liu 90 81 cn.
D,nc,pr ie locd,ng tho boreos"
"y wo,+ r., pan,a 49,,
..roioh+ Prov, hara sn uro"
Caoh.. Dono;nu "
t~oIonboro Coro ond pnh 1ah,n Hn ~
down IN Co,,dion nnca ,t1 ,ho .oNI
e. tho roaI.r h,t s'o"
,hrouob If thav wan, ~ ,,ro n~.
sec them Tbav,v po, oil ,ho i,a,n..
tons. all thov need is The VOID ~,
n long chance brt 7 tbir,, ,hoa. -
! orr friends Won "a, bcod VII. 20
by telenhono somowher. 70 wo oha."
our minds when we get n troi, Go
Brill Young and y pood mon tnau
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02

tTO BE CON11NuED)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02

stop n Ieia. ...ur, serd some tele-
grams, ana ask for news. They got
orac-a from Rooney Lee. had mn empty
bov car set behind the engine for n
n,ec,a,. and, loading their horses at
the chute. made u holter-skelter run
for sleepy Cat. At three o'clock they
struck north for the Mission noun
tning.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02
APPRECIATED IN FRANCE.

1'he lie Ripolin Building. situated or
a wharf beside .he Seine River, Paris
France. was recently rooted with ou'
ComPo-rubber roofing. Samples free
Strong Hardware Co. P~IrliuEton. VI
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-05
TO THE MAN WITH THE R

II dong thinG better than tho other fel
Il is worth YOUR while tn read htah.elass bo
benefit YOU IN your chosen held.
Inc succcssiul farmer ~ho really max rs
who reads. studio. and thinks for himself q
for hum. II !, most escntial that you form
kocp abreast ot tho times.
Herewith VIC present partial lat OF the
every phase of rural htc All ut these have b
authorties on their respective subjects. IN =
Understood. IN many case. theN have been espc
FOR description, ould refer on TO {
mailed free on application.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-05

summer. but 1t cannot be kept clean,
Is sometimes difficult 70 keep suflci-
entity dry in damp weather. and Is
likely 10 become dusty in dry woath-
or. Taking It all In all, the best ar
r3nromont seems 20 be- q cement and
n wooden false or movable floor FOR
tho hogs to sleep on in tho porm7-
monthly located house or pigg"ry. and
a plank noor in the movable house
or cot.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-05

i@' '.'.s important point 'n Ga"
..'+'.."a ."' "t> hog ho"a" !" 80"
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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-05
GRAIN. YHED sTIT~. ETC.

GRAIN. "ED 011TS. ETC.
ObRs ~ GACks-Psr nushe' - 'i-
&c. No. miI~i 80. No sys Aow So
EkAS-Psr Cwi -
OATS Per Hashsl No wife .., ~
miIsd, eu
NAY fsr Tor. In HAs s.. $3.50 a
No. u ebo;rs 81"
CoAs MEAL OBJ = to1a
FLOUR Aaya Wheat ka-sas ,.tsui
nrys
MIRSISAIPP1. IDUISfANA. AND
ALABAMA LIVE STOCK.
HRRNE-
Choice ........- e
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
THIS BURGLAR HAD
 A RUN or HARD LUCK

Paris. April I7.--A burglar who broke into chsuiafs shop near the Opera one morning carly this week was the victim of a curious misadventure. which ended in his capture by the po- lice after a tug of war in which an innocent man took the place of the usual rope.
 The burglar. on entering the chem ist's shop. found two bottles of wine. and forgetting his mission he sat down and thoroughly enjoyed their contents. His unsteady and noisy movements aroused the caretaker, who came down. stairs lightly clad. Tn the struggle that followed large bottle of ann monia was upset, the contents falling upon the burglar. who. being almost suffoeated, sank upon the floor.
 The caretaker. thinking the man was insensibie. ran to the front door of the shop, and was just in the act of crawling through the broken panel by which the burglar had entered when two policemen saw him emerging. and quite naturally took him for burg lar. Thereupon they seized him and tried to haul him through the hole. The real burglar, however, having par tially recovered his senses. ran to the door, and taking the man by the feet tried to pull him back into the house.
 A fierce tug of war followed, until the burglar. again overcome by the connbinad effects of the wine and the ammonia, dropped his end of the care taker. and the police pulled him out. Explanations followed and the burglar was arrested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
TtUo Neuu Planets

tourney still further to the planet which is some forty five times the dist- ance of the sun from the earth.
 Putting on full speed the car plunges onward, the record on arrival at the planet being 1875 years. A final spurt enables the chauffeur to cover the dlst- ance separating his party from the o,,termost planet of all. and we can imagine the car finally landing on the outermost planet, some 1o,5o0 years having elapsed since the car started from the sun.
 On arrival at the planet the travel lers would find the merest giimmer of light from the sun, now some 5,bSo,- oO0. 900 milesrdistant. and a correspond fng chiliiness, compared with which the cold of our arctic regions would be warm This we argue from the fact that from Neptune. which Is only one half the distance of the new planet from the sun, the disk of the sun ts only about one-hundredth of ours in apparent size. and in consequence the solar light and heat received by this planet are greatly diminished. Tne sun must be as bright as a large electric arc lamp at a distance of a few feet. the light being equivalent to that of ssT full moons. or about the light Of a thousand candle power electric arc at A distance of ten and a half feet abundant for all visual purposes. At distance twice as great we infer, there fore, that the light must be correspond ingly diminished, since the intensity of illumination decreases as the square of the distance Increases.
 Then another interesting fact would in the course of centuries attract the attention of travellers. viz.. the time required by the planet to circle around the sun. While our planet has accom- pIished the journey 164 times, Neptune has only made the circuit once. At
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
RUSSIAN PRINCESS
 DANCED IN THEATRE

Rome April I7.--There was a gor- ReouA display of dresses and jewels at the Theatre Quirino where the elite of society gathered at the Invitation of Prince Abamaiek Lazare: to wit ness the graceful dancing of his wife,
 The young Russian Princess pos sesses beauty as well as real talent, and although her birth and social po- sftion would prelude her from ever taking up dancing as a profession. her husband frequently depiored the fact that she could never be known to fame. Some time ago the Idea occur red to him of hiring a theatre to which their friends should be invited to wit ness the performance.
 The performance was great suc- cess. The house, which was beauti- fully decorated with flowers, was packed to pyerdowing, and after scene from "Cavalleria Rusticana," sung by Baronette Korf and Princess Trubrtskoy, and conducted by the com poser himself, the star" appeared on the scene, clad in an early Empire" gown of shimmering gold.
 The young Princess was rather ner- vous, but after tTeading the first few measures of the classical Italian "pas de deux," in company with her dancing master, she seemed to forget her au- dience, and gave herself up complete iy to her art. She was greeted with a thunder of applause and repeated en- cores.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

By Mary Proctor In New York Herald.
 Dame Rumor has startled those who are interested in the gossip Of starlano by announcing that the astronomer, aa' Gaillot. has just made known his ois- covery of two new planets situated ne- yonds Neptune. The latter was oiscov- cred in is4s by means of the mathe- maticaI calculations of, Leverier. Frenchsnan, and Adams. an English man. Untfi recently Neptune has been recognized as occupying the position ofH sentiuel, as 1t were. on the outer most boundary of the solar system. Now it's place has apparently eeen usurped by two hitherto unknown plan cts. and their discovery has been ef- fsctad M 3aiIlot states. by the same methods as those used by Leverrier.
 One of the planets is said to be forty Ava times and the other sixty times tts distance of the earth from the sun. The outerrnost planet ts therefore twice as far from the sun as the planet Nep- tune. whose distance Is stimato at 1.
 800. .000, 900 miles. We can scarceIy re- sra make use of familiar Illustration. H,,ch as the time which would pc re- o,,ired for a car going sixty miles an hour to cover this stupendous distAnee:
 TAt us imagine broad level road reaching from the sun to the outer most planet Neptune. ana tne car pfo- caeding in that direction at an average sneed of a mile a minute without stop. ping, night and day. untn, N reaerse ,ss n,,r rlanet earth. By this time 1d0 s,sa-! vould have elapsed. Continuing or ia way to Neptune 1t would not rsach its destination until b.2So years istsr Though the occupants of the ear. hoary with age. would long since saxa nassed the, allotted span of mans iiSs or, earth. yet we can imagine them urging the chauffeur to continue tne
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

lar. Tho buttons. in high relief, bear the eagle and eleven stars. The sculp- tor has been especially attentive to the, textures. showing unmistAkably the quality of felt in the hat, the smoothness of the leather on the sides of the boots where they rub against saddle or horse. the character of the broadcloth of the military coat, and of the heavy leather gauntiets beneath which the strongly modelled hands are felt.
 These and other details, have been executed carefully. but with an evident intent not to detract from the main purpose of the work. which aims to create a faithful likeness of one of the best beloved generals on either side of the late unpleasantness. The model, ing is distinguished by a great deal of "color"; advantage Is taken of deep masses of shadow to emphasize Im- portant forms in the light and half light.
 In his preliminary studies for this work, which will be of exceptional in- terest to the whole South, MT, Ritson has not only had access to various documents and relics of greatest value. but he has been helped by impressions formed during a personal friendship with General Lee. extending over sev- ePal years before his death in 1908. He had charge Of the erection of the.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
M. Gaillot, a French savant, Has Discovered Two New Planets in Starland Situated Be- yond Neptune.
yond Neptune

this rate. a period of 1e4 years on the earth corresponds to one year on Nep- tune, and SEQ years must elapso on the earth before Neptunian baby reaches the mature age of i've Now if the new planet is twice as far from the sun, and its pace consequently slower. 1t will probably require some i've or six centuries, if not more. to make its annual circuit.
 The greater the distance, of Q planet from the sun the more slowly it trav- els For Instance, Mercury, the near est planet. makes It's annual journey in three months. hurrying around at a varying speed of from twenty three to thirty-six miles a second. Planet earth. op the contrary. pursues its way at the leisurely pace of some eighteen and Q half miles . second. or seventy five times as swiftly as an ordinary can non ball. When we come to the planet Neptune we find its pace but three and one-third miles a second. from which we assume that the outermost planet probably crawis along it's path at the rate. perhaps. of about a mile a minute or less, for all we know at present.
 whether the two planets are inhab- 4ted worlds is one of the problems to be ranked with the so-calied canals of Mars and other theories regarding the solar systems, which have so far taxed the ingenuity of astronomers. Mean while we await with interest further news of the newly discovered realms in the solaf system and wonder what the future will reveal~as to their pecu- liar characteristics.
 The theory that there might be a planet or planets beyond Neptune was suggested in 1880 by Prof. George Forbes. of Edinburgh, though the Idea was first advanced by the great French scientist. Flammarion in November, 1879.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
KICK OVER
 THE SEAL STAMP

seattle, washn., April i7---A seal. rampant, with whiskere, argent cafes1 sing a chunk of Ice coucnant on 4 field, azure. does not appeal t0 the Sourdoughs of Alaska as q coat of arms, wherefore has a mighty yell gone up over the design announced from Washington. D. C.. for the post age stamp to be struck of in honor of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition.
 Exalt the turnip of the Panama, pro- claim the gentle spud of Dawson, or glorify the red reddish of Nome. say the Sourdoughs, but don't hand us, q hunk of refrigerated blubber as the symbol of the Northland.
 After this stamp incident, Postmas- ter Hitchcock will have a hard time of 1t convincing the pioneers of the gold belt that he ever tended bar anywhere north of 64:40. If he had. he would have given his seal parasol and a mint jtiiep instead of stacking 1t up against an iceberg.
 The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposi- tion is primarily for the purpose of convincing . whole lot of folks who don't know 1t. Alaska's biggest future is in agriculture: that its marvellous gold mines are merely an incident: that pansies grow in Fairbanks and dairy down -dillies thrive in Sitka. In a word it will seek to unshoulder from the Great North, the burden of ice and snow and horror with which roman cists have affiicted 1t.
 Despite all statements to the con- trary, the citizen of Alaska Is strong with civic, or better. national pride. He Is proud of his great big empire and the things 1t has done. He plays its game straight up on numbers and will pay a bet any time that the seat of the national government will be a whole lot closer to the pole within the century.
 Ask him about icebergs and he will tell you indefinitely that he has heard there are some up north of Nome and that once he saw e seal somewhere oil St. Michaei's. but that will be about all--don't print any Alaska stamps with refrigerating plants on them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
QUEER EPIDEMIC OF
 SUICIDES IN JAPAN

Tokio. April .-17-The Tokio papers are at present devoting much space to the '.shinju," of suicide. together of a young man and woman in a wood near the famous pleasure resort of Enc shima The case is one of so many that it cannot be denied that a certain class of the Japanese Is extremly prone to hysteria and sentimentalisfn.
 A long series of suicides began with the death six years ago of student of Tokio University. who threw him. self over the lofty Kegon waterfall in the Nikko Mountains. He left be- hind him, pinned to a tree on the brink of the fall. letter explaining the cause of his death. which seems to have been due to over-study and his quest for "new way into the un- known"
 The circumstances of the euicIde made the beautiful resort notorious and numberG of hysterical young men and women took their way over the fall into the unknown, their reasons for seeking death being carefully chronicled on paper and left near the spot. Finally the police stpped in, an ugly police-box was placed near the fall--a jarring sight amid beautiful scenery--and an unromantic poiice- man is now on duty there.
 Ambitious youths wishing to set the example in other modes of death are not uncommon. One young man, a student. threw himself into the crater of Asana Yama, an active volcano s. .0fO feet high. The walls of the crater are perpendicular and worn smooth by lava action. Alone, before break of day, when the lava threw a glow upon the heavens. the student cast himself down. He left a carefully written but very badly worded note In English on the subject of the futil- ity of life and love,
 The suicides at Enoshima were a geisha and her lover, a clerk in a brewery. who had gpt himself hope lessly into debt to her account. They were found bound together with their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
GEN. LEES STATUE
STEPHEN D. LEE HONORED AT
 vICKSBURGs.
Henry Hudson KltaOn Has Finished Clay Model ef Great statue of Confederate General for
 Vieksbugg BattIeAeld.

Boston. April 17-(Special.)-A clay model of the first statue of Confed- crate officer to be erected at the Na- tionai Military Park, Vicksburg. has just been finished at the studio of Henry Hudson Kitson at Quincy, Q suburb of this city. It represents lieutenant General Stehpen Dill Lee. c. s. A. as he stood at critical mo nant of the siege of Vicksburg 4n the eyentful summer of 1868.
 The figure is of colossal size. stand ing nine feet high. The attitude Is one of expectancy--of momentary rest before decisive action. The left leg is raised and thrown forward, and the unsheathed sword. held in both hands, rests upon it. the scabbard hanging naturally by the side.
 The accoutrements are the familisr . ones of the wearers of the grey. The insignia of rank appears on the col-