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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16

Springfield find a balloon all equipped
and ready for the order, - Every body
let go! -
Similar aerodromes are contemplated
and will shortly bc established in
Cleveland, Chicago and ST. Louis. aud
other cities in the east Will undoubted-
ly follow suit
This is the era of the air, it would
seem. and as mediums of trausporta-
ton leave The earth other couvcnienccs
are about 10 follow.
imagine flying along at an elevation
of several miles and Still remaining in
constant communication with other
balloons or with the earth beneath The
aerodrome5 TO be. in the middle west,
arc. counting on wireless telephone sta
lions installed about the great lakes.
''That convenience would have helped
me come years ago." said Leo Ste
vens.
No Shore in Sight.
s'I made an ascent at Cleveland one
afternoon and passing above 4 huge
cloud was suddenly Gaught in a swift
counter current Of air. 1t carried me
along at the rate of q mile q minute
but had 10 sense of motion whatever
as Is natural TO a baloonist above the
clouds. In fact, / didn t worry great.
~ about my whereabouts TIL the bal.
loon descended suddenly through the
mists and there beneath were The wa.
ters OF Lake Erie.
~ wheeled about and looked anx-
lously for land, but there was no shore
line IN sight, nothing but a horizon of
water, without a single sail or col
ANN OF steamer smoke. a sharp squalI
caught the balloon as ! ncared the
water, and ! saw that the waves were
high. In q moment the spray was dash.
ing into my face rs the balloon swept
along just above the water.
HIho darkness was coming on fast
and It promised a wild night. ] WAS
all alone and whirling straight out into
that wilderness of water. ] was posi-
lively helpless-and hopeless The out
look was dismal enough, there was lit
tie to do.
81 strapped life prcservcr about
my waist, to he ready when the car
hit the water and Aoundered. Then
hurriedly improvised a flag, tearing out
the canvas lining Of the car and at
taching IT TO a rattan rod
"When ] left the car for the water
] began shouting and kept it up at
intervals TIL my voice gave way COM
pletely. 1T was near midnight then
and insy dark Tho water was cold
and my legs were bcuumbed and past
all feeling, IT was Just a question
whether or not / would last till dav-
light. and then whether my flag would
be seen. ] stuck the rattan stalr down
the back Of my shirt so that it would
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16

MORE BALLOONIST STORlFS

stay upright in case the morning found
me unable 10 wave it.
he minutes Of that night werr
Ike hours, the hours like stretches of
eternity. ad:nit ! gave M.
thought OF Prof. Wise and his terrible
experience in Lake Michigan. and of
Prof. Donaldson and THAI younr rc,
porter from Chicago Who were drowned
under similar circumstances. \ Gock
OF Seagui!s ahghted near me oucc, and
remember vIvidlv now how delightful
seemed the companlonshlp of some liv-
ing thing.
'Wc!l, | m alive now. and Won know
that | was rescued a steamer got me
about five o clock in the morning. I
was carried TO Detroit and laid in a
hospital there for three months The
lower part of my body had turned
black.
:" The worst part of The experience,
loncsomcuess, Even today ! dislike 10
90 up alone. If YOU have some one 10
talk TO it helps so much.
had another experience IN Lake
Eric, but this time I had 2 compan-
Iona Young fellow from New IIamp-
shire. who came To Cleveland eager for
his first ascent.
He was a yenturesomc chap, had
climbed the Alps and endured some
hazardous experiences in the Austria
liam bush. Bat when We landed in the
lake and he saw that cXpause of WA
ter and black night coming on his
nerve gave way completely He blub
bercd quietly, huddlcd down III the car
and at times he threatened me:
Darn 'you' he walled. If YOU
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16
BY WILLIAM ALLEN JOHNSTON
stLook! There's balloon,,,

ssLook, There s a balloon,,'
An American, lately arrived in Paris
and strolling along the Champs Elvscos
saw a round black specl in the skv and
pointed at 1t with an exclamation of
Surprises an American naturally
would.
A passing Frenchman stopped. looked
up nonchalant1y and shrugged his shoul
ders. .'But no, monsieur there are
two, three, four-there are thirteen
balloons. 1t is the Aero club-oh,~~
just out for q run. And he passed
blithelv on. swinging his cane.
An Aero club out for a run. Wo
used to say that of blcvclists not MANY
years ago. Then came the AUTOMOBILES
Now the air flyer has arrived. In Elm:
rope at least 1t is an everyday. renn.
larly established sport Shall we have
IL so IN this country? Are we, too.
soon 20 scc IAN aero club ont for n
runff
Evidently we are. The first big no.
rodromo in this country is 10 be built
this summer at Springfield, Mass. ON
nm island in the river The building
VIII be the largest in the world ,lc,
voted solely 10 aeronautics. Tho
grounds adjoining will cover more than
two hundred and fifty acres and in
elude an aeroplane station
Gas viii be piped under the river from
the city plant and somo seventeen bal.
looms, with capacities for from two 10
seven passengers, VIII be held ready
for quick imitation. In fact, with tho
Rerodrome In operation one can tcle.
phone from luncheon table 10 anv
New York hotel and on arrival at
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16

get me drowned III have you arrest
ed.
GA balloonist gets used to appalling
danger, but when you are alone things
are ma2nilied so ard your Imagination
takes such wild, ncrve.racking jumps.
II have been drifting along in the
clouds and repeatedly scared To death
almost by those weird hallucinations
N nnrAllnnn IL Ahn
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16

and still further beyond the sky. with
the lazy. going cloud out of which
had dropped.
"Then I saw the earth floating soft,
]y up to meet me, the same panorama
the white houses, the crowds of poo.
pic. I closed my eyes. That was all
|, remember.
''Peoplc camo tearing over fences,
running and shrioking-crazy, pop.eyed
people. When ] opened my eyes big
mechanic was bending over me aud
reaching down TO lift me up.
Where S that hand that beld mc3'
T yellcd-' that big hand7 Take it
OFF,
"'The big fellow let loose Of me as
though J. were hot stove and looked
foolishly down at his hand. That hand
Won It hurt YOU, pardner said he. And
then ] laughed.
- believe" said Stevens, "that in
such a great fall, or IN any. fail Of,
say, moro than 200 feet, one is practi-
callY unconscious by the time the ground
is reached The body becomes limp, TO
which fact is due the marvellous es-
capes YOU read of.
u know of boy who fell from an
eleventh story window. His body hit
a horse in the street below and broke
the ANIMALS neck. The boy suffered
only broken arm. Again, I saw a
man fall head first down a shaft near
ly hundred feet deep. lie landed
upon q pile of lathe and plaster and
escaped with few bruises.
'iIn my own fall, of course, the para
chute saved me. but [ laid in a hospital
for some weeks getting over the shock
getting my nerves in shape. 1t took
me long time 10 forget those sensa-
tions That minute was tho most
crowded one in my life
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16

like no sound [ had ever heard before
lt was like the rumhlng roar of a
heavy ram, mingled with n pulsinr,
booming sound liSo water beating
against a seawall
My eyes, ] know. were wide opeu
and staring: still / saw nothing but
strange, uncarthly shaft Of light, blind
ing like flash of lightning .
The. aeronaut stopped talking, his
eyes alight with tho living over Of his
remarkable fall ~ believe these i'm
prcsslogs arc worth giving in detail"
fully constructed and complex The l,u,
man brain is. / note that scientist
recently says that we use but small
part OF 1t ordinarily; that a great deal
OF lis power is never called into play.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16

] believe that such an experience as a
fall through the air of 1000 feet makes
tho brain perform marvellous functions
'Just think. That fall took less
than minute Of time, And Vet in
that minute ! know that mentally /
hved an eternity.
. After my fear and horror came 2
complete forgetfnlpcss. J. forgot that
] was in the air, l forgot nv balloon
my useless parachute, myself. ever,
thing. You might say that ! left fhis
world. va"
81 remember thinking calmly +bot
this WAS death. [ believe M TpS
moved; l tried to say, $50 this is is
"All the time my impressions ware
most vivid, and | not only folt thon,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16

but ! thought them out. II seemed as
IT a terrible weight oppressed me, A
torturlnG suit of armor III compressed
my chest, bound my limbs, clutchcd
my throat. Then [ thought of it as a
mighty hand with great broad fingers
OF steel that were crushing me as ono
could crush Il feather. That was tho
most vivid thought of all. It remains
with me today.
SIS Another sensation swiftly followed.
My head aud body seemed 10 separate,
my head floating in the air, my body
falilng failing, falling till it was ut
fcrly gone from me and | was left with
my thoughts, These wore of home, my
people, friends, my past lifc-all piss
ing through my mind in wonderful
Kaleidoscope procession.
Fall Produces Unconsciousness.
Ny body is gone, 1 thought. / am
not Of The earth now. i ain passing
into another sphere. And then sudden
ly, and with Il kind Of shock, there
came new train Of sensations, an
other world of thought, tho world L
had all but left. My body seemed to
come back to me, and with it that ter
rible oppression. Then the clutching
power left me and a wave of joyous
ness surgcd through mc-anothcr
thought, another realization. The para
chute had opened,
~ remember getting n quick i'm
preston OF my surroundings like q
lightning flash. I saw the open para
chute and the falling balloon above it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16

"This accident happened at Belle
fontc. Pa. thirteen years ago; big
picnic was being given by the shops
at WiIliamsport and | was scheduled
for an ascension.
Parachute Would Not Open.
"The ascent was made in the usual
way. / had u parachute attached 10
my body by which [ could drop IN case
of accident or if the balloon-a hot air
one-went up too high.
''The balloon went up rapidly. l
heard below mo the cries Of the pic
nickers. at first loud and clear and then
mufhed roar that died away quickly
into perfect silence.
"Somehow or other the sight Of the
earth on this occasion is impressed
more vividly upon my mind than in any
other ascension | have ever made. Even
now [ can sec the panorama of hills
aud valleys, a white house hero aud
there, n slender ribbon Of water, u long
wisp Of smoke from Il passing train. ]
was about 1000 feet up and Just about
to pass a low cloud when clap. the eX-
plosion came. like 4 thundeTbolt over
my head. Immediately ] was shot for
ward as If from a cannon.
"a wild rush of thought came to me
of self-protectiou. | clutchcd my
parachute would save me. [ looked up,
and then in fraction of a second came
q second thought-of horror. The para
chute would not open
tDown ! went, my hands outstrctch-
ed and clawiug at the air. In my cars
there was heavy laundering crash,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16
Whooping Cough.

This is more dangerous disease than
is generally presumed, 1t will be q sur
prise to many to learn that more deaths
result from it than from scarlet fever.
Pneumonia often results from it. Cham
berlain's IS Cough Remedy has been used
in many epidemics of whooping cough,
and always with the best result, Del
bert McKeig Of Harlan, Iowa, says Of
it; "My boy took whooping cough
when nine months old He had it in
the winter. l got bottle of Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy which proved
good. [ cannot recommend it toe high
~, " For sale by all druggists.
Tribune Want Ads,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16
THAT GOOD
COAL

THE FIRST TOUCH
Of SPRING is the sig
nal for most people to
empty The coal bin and
this has led TO a lot OF
trouble. II you want 10
De sure Of spring weath-
ar, at. least in the house.
let ns send You a load OF
CLEAR GREEK COAL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

ing speaker. A good many members
hang around and listen to him in the
hope that some more nimble opponent
will bait him and send him up In the
air.
The House lost something In the ora
torical line when Theodore Burton
moved over to the Senate. He Is not
much on nourishes and STACEY decla-
nation. but he certainly can falkland
the people who are listening when he
starts his speech stay right through 20
the end. He knows how TO command
and hold attention.
On the democratic side there are
many speakers OF the southern type.
the old-fashioned spangied style that
hourished before the war and that isn't
by any means as popular as IL used To
be. Hardly a man OF these but Will use
a million yards of verbal bunting and
a train load of oral blooms In one or
binary set speech. John Sharp VIII
liams was the real thing In the way az
a rough a nd tumble. cross-fire. always
on-the-job debater and speechmakcr,.
but he will decorate the Senate soon.
The commission which investigated
the general subject of legislative cham
bers and offered to the House the plan
for the change that will be made after
the next adjournment hopes that the
reducing OF the size Of the hall and the
removal of the individual desks OF
members will cause a revival In the
almost lost arts of parliamentary de-
batting and political oratory.
IRVING c. NORWOOD.
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man, entitled the "Origines Topographic
CAL" published at The Hague in 1765.
One Of the most amusing and quaintest
S senia. t is e sIHsi TSe Queens Closet
Opened" This odd little volume con-
tains Incompatible secrets in physic.
chirurgery. preserving. candyfng and
cooking" Some Of the recipes for va
modern physician with their utter indif-
ference to sanitary laws. One Of the
most remarkable Of these old remedies
was a poultice whose chief ingredient
consisted of swallows, put through NOR
tar, with an accompaniment OF a mixture
Of herbs and spices and mulled wine.
There is no record Of the cleansing or
even the removal Of the feathers, though
the directions for compromising are very
explicit. AS 1t was only poultice. no
doubt unnecessary trouble was considered
There are sirups, cordfals and tonics
whose constructions are as fearful and
wonderful as the swallow poultice, the
remedy often seeming worse than the dis
ease. Other queer told tones are Be
wick's Emblems," London. 1898. the prose
and poems Of Sir Thomas Overbury. In
the pamphlet collection there is one called
"Pockhorn's Whim" in the edition Of
1906. Some idea of the value Of this may
1908 edition was purchased for so. Poetry
10 we'll represented. English poets are
contained in over 1000 volumes. Another
unique specimen in this collection is
'Gray's Elegy" in more than 100 Ian
guages.
Magazines form small but Interesting
factor in the honor roll of antiquities.
The first twelve years OF 100 saw the
birth of the three pioneer magazines. The
first edition of the first periodical was
launched upon the reading world January.
17O1. under the title of the Memoir de
Trevoux or Journal Of History, Arts and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

good many Of them know where he lives.
The Joyous thing about IL all Is that
the prohibitionists and corn whisky
manufacturers seem to be equally
tickled with the present state OF affairs.
Down there I met a prominent citizen
who has been cursing the cup that
cheers ever since he reached the mature
age of fourteen. He gave me an ex-
teneive song and dance. He was earnest
and sincere and impressive. According
to his story every town in the state
with the exception of two or three
abodes Of concentrated iniquity. would
be as dry as a covered bridge within
the year. Everywhere the people were
seeing light. John B. Rosynose was no
longer the village favorite and ginger
ale was the most exciting beverage
imbibed by young bachelors.
The next day ! met one Of the pro-
prietors Of a corn liquor distillery who
had learned the business under his
father. the founder Of the concern. He
was a large. we'll fed. happy looking
individual. who seemed not to have q
care in the world. But. just the same.
I felt sorry for him. I knew that the
specters Of ruin and failure danced be-
fore his eyes, and worrisome thoughts
dwelt behind his. we'll worn mask. At
least, 1 thought I did.
But the liquor man soon set me
straight. I was careful not to mention
the prohibition movement to him, think
ing It. well to let him have one peace
full. forgetful moment, II that were pos
sible.
It wasn't long. however. before he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

brought I'D the subject himself.
Grand prohibition movement were
having this year. he remarked. during
a lull in the conversation.
YES" / said, lit seems so. And
adjusted my countenance to the proper
sympathetic cast.
Grand thing for u.s." he continued
blithely.
1T must be-" I assented in satirical
gutturals. But the liquor man didn't seem
to notice.
Yes" he went on" business is GER
tainIy booming. 'tSome town goes dry
every week or so and every time that
happens we have to work overtime to
keep I'D with the increased demand. Our
plant has been running at nights now
for a considerable spell, and II the whole
STATE goes dry we'll have to make an ad-
ditisp to our plant to retain our proper
s;iaSs Of the business"
OF course after that I quit using chest
There's no use I'm shedding tears on the
shirt front Of a man who Is as much Of
an optimist as that. 'Twould be foolish
in the extreme.
But coming back to the original ques-
ton, 1t must be difficult to enforce a pro-
hibition law. Down there it seemed so.
Certainly the thirsty soul who drifts into
one of these merrily dry towns looking
for a drink of something that will bite
him on the way down, need not carry a
telescope. If he loafs around in re-
ceptive mood long enough the aforesaid
George H. Alcohol will waltz up and slap
him on the back, and II he goes out look
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

that will be made in the House OF Rep
resentatives after the adjournment of the
coming session. The chamber Of this
body will be made more than half again
as small as IL Is now. the cumbersome
desks taken out and benches substituted.
very much according to the plan of. the
house OF commons Of England. Then,
IL Is hoped, attention will be given to
members when they rise to speak on this
that or the other subject. or. IL the speak
err is too tiresome to hold interest that
members, instead Of getting up debating
parties of their own. or reading. or writ
ing, or making four hundred kinds of as
sorted noises. will 90 out In the cloak
rooms or somewhere. and give the man
on his feet q chance
At present there are very few men I'm
the House who. when speaking. can
command the attention of the entire
body. Bourke Cochran always could.
He is about as eloquent and fluent as
1t is possible to imagine. and repubG-
cans who didn't in the slightest believe
in the sincerity Of his opinions or the
logic Of his stated views were among
those who invariably listened with In
terest and pleasure to every word he
said. Mr.. Dalzell Of Pennsylvania is
always heard by a full House. partly
because he 10 a good debater and usu-
ally knocks the block or somebody
before he gets through. and partly be-
cause of his power and position in the
House. Serene Payne, the majority
leader, commands q fair audience He
bellows and 10 not particularly pleas
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In the diary Elizabeth deplores that. on
that particular day. supper should be de-
layed TO the exceptionally late hour OF
o'clock because of a fire In a neighbor' 3
barn. All Of the family and guests went
to assist in fighting the danger to Farm
er Robinson's property, consequently the
goose pie was baked too much ana the
pork roasted to rags" Her nrst meetins
sion. for she relates having to say her
prayers twice because HE" disturbed
her thoughts too much.
Biographies are very profuse. There are
philippe de Confines edition Of 1874. and
Annee's Livre Noir. The collection OF
secular history exceeds 5000 volumes. and
the folios Of Bayle and Moreri are found
in several editions.
An entire alcove IL devoted to French
revolution, belonging to Prof. McNaliy
of Baltimore, who, had intimate relations
with the first Napoleon. Here may De
found all Of Prudhomme's Revolution
de Paris including the last issues of tS Se
trial Of Louis XVI and all of the stand
ard editions relating to the revolution
and many first editions of publications Is
sued in France during the first repub-
lie. There Is also Dryden's translation OF
Maimborg's WAR Of the League" in the
first edition, and some queer fOlios In the
Turkish tongue.
Books of travel are also prolific and
some of the ancient ones are both Gu
rious and amusing. In this lot are the
first editions of Cooks voyages. publish
ed by order OF the admiralty lords and
the Jesuit Lobo to Abyssinia. Here also
are two sets of the very valuable Jesuit
"Lettres Edifiantes e. Curieuses. con-
tanning what are universally believed to
be the most authentic accounts in exist
ence Of the Indies, China. Levant and
America of the last three centuries.
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Sciences" The journal was edited and
almost entirely written by Jesuits
throughout its entire existence Of seventy
Ave years and was continued by secu-
larized Jesuits after its suppression. 1t
was revived several times under different
names. among them "Dictionaire de
Trevoux' and later Revue Scientihque"
Of Belgium, under which name 1t Is still
continued. Advertisements were conspic-
uous by their absence, though some of
the later numbers contain notices of book
dealers.
The next magazine to enter the field
appearance two hundred years ago in
April. 100. and was followed by Add
sons Spectator" In December, 1712. Edi-
lions of THE Woodstock Letters" a
magazine originally published for private
circulation only. are also here: These
For genuine insight into the moods and
needs Of the reader. Ackerman's RE
pository OF Arts, Literature, Commerce,
Manufactures. Fashions and Politics"
from 1908 to 1928, Is the most complete
work Of its kind to be found. Informa-
ton upon all subjects was guaranteed the
reader. Accounts Of Bonaparte's battles
Of Aspern and Wagram and the retreat
Of the Austr1ans are sandwiched between
agricultural reports and political discus
sions. while here and there are pages
with samples Of new weaves Of dress
goods fastened In the little blocks made
for them. Strange as II may seem these
scraps of old poplins. challies and silks
have retained their bright tints In spite
Of their ripe old age.
AS the writer promises, all subjects are
touched upon, but he pays unusual at
tentfon to the fashions OF the day, having
reproduced the new modes In beautifully
colored plates. The styles of 1909 were
not SO very dissimilar to those of 1909,
since the one-piece gown was in vogue
then also. Likewise the hooded cape.