The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-25
A Modern Sidney.

 ~ AMUEL BUSH died. in ditch. But he died a royal death just o the same.
 Bush was the engineer of fast train on the Southern road. With no fault of his own his engine went down in a wreck near Knoxville. The engineer, who stayed by his en- zine was caught under the machine badly/crushe and cut and burned. He was barely able to crawl out or the tangle, dragging his mangled body Passengers ran to help him, but ne waived them aside, saying:
 Don't mind me. Go and look after the passengers" Being assured that none of the pas sengers was injured, he said, That good"
 Whisky was offered to him as a stimulant until the surgeons could come. Bush was dying, and he knew it. He was suffering great agony Nevertheless before he would touch the liquor he called four men close to him as he lay in the ditch beside the track
 Before I touch this whisky l want you to smell of my breath and testify if necessary that I was not drinking when this wreck happened"
 They compiled with his request. Then be took the stimuiant.
 "Au an engineer has is his record, and he cannot afford to have anything against that" were Sam Bush's last words.
 He died in few minutes-+died with out a stain on his record of 30 years as an engiener.
 Is there anything finer anywhere than the dying moments of Sam Bush, engineer2
 Philip Sidney, dying on the battle field on Zutphen, waved aside the cup of water, saying: Give 1t to that wounded soldier His need is greater than mine.'' And the memory of his sacrifice is sweet savor in the an- na1s of heroism.
 Sam Bush did no less
 Don't mind me. Go and look after the passengers" said this modern Sid ney.
 And upon him was no fervor of the battle. There were no Haunting flags or throb bing drums. Instead, over him was his ruined engine, in his ears the hiss of steam; agony tortured every nerve of his wounded, burned, bruised body.
 Put yourself in his place.
 At such time. in such place.
 
 the passengers?
 And your second thought of your repu- ton and record as a sober, careful man? And the last thought of your broken, wounded body? Sam Bush died happy. What mattered himself if the men and women and children were safe? Himself? Why those four msn would testify at the day of judgment. If need be, that ne died Aohar and in the line of dutv
 Going Some. About a quarter of a century ago Jules Verne wrote his tale Around the World In Eighty Days" and people read it and 5niiled and said it was a fantastic dream. Recently two Chicago schoolboys sent cut hy a newspaper to break the record eiriled the globe in 4O days, r hours and minutes.
 The rapid transit dream If Jules Verne was cut almost exactly in half.
 With a single exception--a special train from New York to Chicago-these boyish circdinnavigators used the ordinary means of travel though of course taey were spIy to make close connections. The record thus made wit stand-until some sone makes better The facilities for travel throughout the world, as shown by the quick trip of the Chicago boys illustrates the progress of humanity in a quarter of a century. And year by year man harnesses up the forces of nature in a new way and com pels them to carry him more rapidly from place to place.
 What of the future? Will our present mile minute average of train speed be made obsolete? Surelyi Oursnew era is the era of aerial navigation. Within a few years the sky will be dotted with aeroplanes and dirigible balloons carrying their precious argosies of passengers and fast freight. Electricity or some new power not yet dreamed of will propel the sky ships. And some day not too far distant from us it will be possible to take trip around the earth with the sun always shining overhead! What" you say. Certainly. Did you read how the other day six men were flying in the air simultaneously at Rheims?
 | Did not that spectacle make you stop and think and philosophize--and proph- esy?
 | There are wonderful things in the brains 1 of the boys of today to be brought out l and perfected by the future wizards of | the schools and shops and laboratories. 1 The impossible of today is the fact of to- | morrow.
 1 You may just as well make up your mlnu 10 the fact tnat III d coHpdrdtiVeiy 1 short time aerial transportation will be | as comomn and as easy as automobiling. l We'll, with all this perfecting of the means of transit you ask, will man | be the better for it" | Surely; Every facility for shortening 1 distances binds larger groups of humans 1 together as neighbors. Some day the | whole world will be one parish. And l the concern of one will then be the con J cern of all.
 1 He Is blind who cannot see that the | Almighty is just beginning to trust the sons of men with the elements of eman- | cipation and progress.
 Take Care! | At a certain point in the Alps the guides will warn the tourists against mak- | ing a noise. Thaz will tell you not to