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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
M. BrERror's AMBITION.

London.-Following the farewell
dinner given at the Hotel Ritz by the
Aero Club. M. Blerlot and his wife
left for Paris. The aviator expects
to return in October to attempt a
flight from London to Manchester for
a prize of $4,000 offered by a Lon
don paper. The distance. Is 161
miles and the prize was offered in
1907. 1t is open only to heavier than
air machines owned by members of a
rec 'gnized aero club.
TT the dinner. q letter from Lord
Ro egts was read. He said: IN.
81 riot may be leading the way to
great changes in the conduct OF tu-
turc wars"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
TO BUILD BIG DrRIcrsLE.

New York City.-Mr. Joel T. Rice
and Mr.. John A. Riggs, of Hot
Springs, Ark. are in New York, ne
gotiating with Captain Thomas 8.
Baldwin for the construction of a
large dirigible balloon which they
plan to use for exhibition purposes,
making tours from city to city in the
big airship. They have plans for a
balloon one hundred feet long, the
largest dirigible ever built in this
country. s4
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

Has Charge OF Rock Hall School.
Walter Hicks Davis.
has been appointed. principal of Rock
Hall High School, vice Thomas Ken
dali, resigned. The school is en-
titled to the $1,000 State appropria-
ton for commercial course. The
number of pupils on the roll in Kent
in 1908 was 3,718; in 1909 it was
1904. The average attendance in
1908 was 2,121, and in 1903 it was
1850.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
Passenger Airship Also Provides
For Water PropuIsi

Cleveland. Obio.-An airship, COW
cred with waterproof canvas and
fitted with propellers at its bow and
stern which will work In water is
being built by a company here.
These appliances have been added to
the airship for use in case 1t should
fall into the water while on cruise.
The builder of the machine says he
expects to be able to carry from six to
twenty passenger In the airship. He
will also provide an apartment for
baggage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
Absolute Proof.

A writer cells of the sister of Lord
Houghton, who was frequently an
noyed at the guests whom her broth
er brought to the house.
"Do you remember. my dear" he
asked her at dinner one day. "wheth-
er that famous scoundrel x. was
hanged or acquitted"
"He must have been hanged" she
replied. 'or you would have had
him here to dinner long ago. Tit
Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
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Not . Penny to Fay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.

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which you will fill out and return to
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
Bruf's Island Sold For sic, 900.

Easton. Col. Oswald Tilghman
and DR.. George F. Nickerson, real
estate brokers of Easton. have sold
Bruff's Island. containing 80 acres,
and 40 acres on the mainland, stu
ated In Miles River Neck, Talbot
County, the property of William Law,
to Sidney s. Schuyler. of Plainfield,
N. j., for $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

An official report in Chicago as
to relative cost of school buildings
of the same general character makes
this estimate: Chicago. IS: st.
Louis, 10; New York, Is: Boston,
25. The chief causes OF this differ
ence are better builoings and better
labor conditions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
Tried mo- Burn MANS Home.

Cumberland.-An attempt was
made to burn the store and dwelling
of Francis Willetts, at Midlothian,
this county. Some young men no.
ticed stiff blaze and found that a
quantity of waste had been collected
from cars along the siding, placed
Willetts and his family had retired
for the night. M
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
Makes Balloon Parachute
and Lands Perfectly.

Conway, Mass.-Parachuting his
balloon at the height of more than
two miles by loosening the appendix
cord and allowing the lower part of
the balloon to rise into the netting,
DR.. s. s. Stowell, of Pittsfield. in his
first trip as pilot, made a drop to
earth in the balloon Pittsfield. The
experiment was probably the first of
this nature ever tried in this coun-
try. A perfect landing was effected
without the valve cord ever being
touched.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
NEWS ABOUT FLYING AT HOME AND ABROAD
I'm the Realm Of Aviation Events Are Crowelirl.y
Thick and Fast.
Thick a

Washington, D. C.-Events in the
realm of aviation are crowding thick
and fast. On the same day Orville
Wright made new aeroplane record
at Fort Myer, Hubert Latham made
an almost successful attempt to cross
the English Channel.
Again the motor of the French avi-
ator failed, and this time at criti-
cal moment. Five hundred yards
from the English coast the engine
stopped and he fell into the sea. This
second failure may disappoint, but
will hardly discourage, such 4 plucky
man.
At Washington Mr.. Wright sue
ceeded in making new record for
fight with passenger. In the pres
ence Of President Tiff and distin-
guished company he few with Lieu
tenant Lahm almost an hour and
thirteen minutes, thus fulfilling the
terms of the Government contract in
respect to duration. During this per-
iod he comprised n distance fully
double that between Calais and Dover.
That shows the meaning of this splen-
did performance.
UG0GM41 44OIv OS WN4GAA MANAANG'
The machine used by the Wrights
at Washington consists of two planes.
one Ave feet above the other, and
measuring thirty-six feet from tip to
tip. The seat for the operator is
placed in the centre of the lower
plane, off to the left of the motor
The passenger sits on the other side
of the motor.
The motor itself is product OF the
Wright brothers, four-cylinder,
thirty horsepower, water-cooled gas
oline engine. The gasoline Is pumped
directly into the, intake pipes, there
being no carbureters.
The tips of the planes are flexible
for the space of about twelve feet.
BY means of a lever they can be
turned in curve, resembling hello
cold. the wings moving in opposite d.
rections. A second lever controls the
twin rudders, which a-e supported by
a brace ten feet from the rear of the
planes. BY working the two levers
together the equilibrium of the ma
chine is maintained
Ten feet in front of the operators
seat two planes resembling a boz kite
about fifteen by three feet are used
for controlling the ascent and descent
Two propellers about nine feet in di-
ameter and revolving in opposite di-
rections are used to thrust the aero
plane forward.
The weight of the machine, includ-
ing both operator and passenger, Is
tridc under 1900 pounds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

Plans are on foot for holding an
agricultural and crop exposition in
Mexico. This may assume the shape
of an agricultural congress to be
held in September. 1910. as a part
of the celebration of the Mexican cen
tennial.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

The policy of the Urugaayan gov
eminent is to send young men to
Europe to be trained for electrical
engineering. who, on returning 20
that country, are placed In g0Eerm-
ment positions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

Deposits of copper in the Caucas-
us present vast opportunities, and
enormous beds of coprolites exist in
Central Russia and in the Dniester
basin, the quantities in the latter
alone being estimated as high as
100000 tons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
ITcHED FOR TWELVE YEARS.
Eczema Made Hands and Feet Swell.
Peel and Get Raw-Arms Affected.
T0o-Gave Up All Hope Of Cure
Quickly Cured by Cuticura,

Qulckly CURED Dy Cuticura.
Il suffered from eczema on my hands,
arms and feet for about twelve years; my
hands and feet would swell, sweat and itch,
then would become callous anu get very
dry, then peel off and get raw. I tried
most every kind of salve and ointment
without success. l tried several doctors,
but at last gave up thinking there was .
cure for eczema. A friend of mine in.
sisted on my trying the Cuticura Remedies.
but did not give them trial until / got
30 bad had to do something. secured a
set and by the time they were used I could
see q vast improvement and my hands and
feet were healed up in no time have had
no trouble since. Charles T. Bauer, R. f.
d. IS, Volant, Pa, Mar. IL, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies. Boston Mass.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

About 10000 automobiles ara
now in use in the United States, Of
which 10000 are electric, i About
$4,000 of the total number are own
ed Ia New York state.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

for HEADACH Ai-aRicks't Az DHNE
Whether from Colds. Heat. Stomach or
Nervous Troubles. Capudine will relieve you.
It's liQuid-pleasant to take-actS immedi-
ately. Try It. i0c.. 25c. and soc. at drug
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

Call at the .bru. Store fo-DAv ~
Get q bottle OF D.. Big5srs H lsSleberry
Cordial for DarrnosI. Oyssasery, Chill.
dren festling, src Y D-lsy-.t Is and 800.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

Sore throat is no trifiing ailment. 1t will
sometimes carry infection to the entire
system through the food that is eaten.
Hamlins Wizard Oil is sure. quick cure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

Leaf and twig diseases, difficsat -
combat. are gradually lessening m
dia's annual production OF cOfeaa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

On the Bowery a dope gun is call
ed a sewing machine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

900 members. B. NJ. SR.
The anticigarette league has &C.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

M. Bleriot was presented with a
gold medal similar to that given by
the Aero Club to the Wright brothers.
M. Bleriot. prior to his departure
for Paris. said in an interview on M.
Latham's i'll luck: 81 am too sorry
for words. He deserved success and
will yet succeed. He has pluck
everything-but luck failed him, He
experienced the same awkward cur
rents of air off the Dover cliffs which
encountered and they proved too
much, for him. 7 was troubled by
them, but was luckier. He is a right
worthy competitor and shall yet
have the happy chance of congratu-
lating him.
AN AIRSHIP WORLDS FAIR.
Berlin. Germany.-What strides
have been made in a brief period in
the science OF aerial navigation is
borne in powerfully upon us by a
worlds fair exhibiting the progress
OF airship construction and manip-
ulation, which has opened at Frank
fort-on-the-Main and will last 100
days. In September the browning
feature of the show will be the ar
rlyal OF zeppelin II. for q series of ex-
hibition flights.
A million and half has been spent
on the buildins7 and grounds where
upon will be held contests between
airships, balloons and dirigibles.
Every type of flying machine will bs
shown. Prizes aggregating about
$4,000 have been offered by the IN
ternationale Luftschiffanrt Austel-
lung. mercifully shortened to Ila.
which Is the name of the latest and
most interesting of worlds fairs.
Passengers may take joy rides in
balloons and Siderable vessels of the
air. and liberal education in the art
OF aviation is promised In the read
ing of series Of papers by the lead
ing experts. There are twelve groups
OF exhibits: Balloons and balloon
manufacture, motor balloons. military
airship navigation and artillery, bal
loon signal service, production and
compression of gas, the science of
aerial navigation. mechanical and
physical apparatus, equipment, mo-
tors, art objects and toys. Various
competitions, aside from the actual
races. will bring forth the best in the
specialized phases of the art.
Germany expects fully 100000
visitors to go through the gates of
the lila In the period of the exhibition.
Altogether 1t is welcome variation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
cURTISS ENDS HIS FLIGHTS.

Hammondsport. N. UT was am
nounced that Glenn H. Curtiss would
make no more flights In this country
before leaving for France August 5.
He Is now engaged in assembling the
new machine which he will use in the
International contest at Rheims.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

1t Is a misdemeanor to tampeI
with electric light wires in Colorado
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06

New York City will have new
fire alarm system costing 100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
WORLD RECoRDs HELD BY WRIGHTs.


81. 1909, by Orvile Wright, at Fort Myer, Va.
fight-360 Wilbur
Mans. which he the Michelin prize. @7~
distance flight
miles, 1902 Wilbur
Mans, France
Wrghts
flights Delagrange,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
Changes in the Human Form.

From the Boston Globe.
 The tailors and shoe dealers of Lon don have accumulated some interesting statistics on the change in the figures of men and women. According to the tail ors, there are two new types of men; that is as regards their figures. One is the man who plays a great deal of golf or indulges largely in other forms of out door sport; this man is growing taller and simmer. On the other hand. the man who has given up walking and horseback riding for the motor car is be- coming prosaically fat; during the last two years there has been such a waist developmen. that the makers of ready made clothing have been forced to add an extra half inch to the waists of trous- CTS. For the athletic type of man the average chest measurement Is 3S inches, with waist of 34, while the motoring man, though shorter, demands 36-inch waist
 As for the ladies, it is a delicate sub feet but the dealers feel the truth must prevail, and they reluctantly admit that their customers feet are much larger than they used to be. Two years ago the average was No. 4, and No. ? was kept in stock: this latter size has now been given up and No. has appeared, while the average has increased to No. 5. If this has been accomplished in two years, who can guess the changes to come?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
LOUIS BLERlOT, AVIATOR

you know. It isn't so long since their grateful country was pining a rose on them. Now the dentically same dear to the rockple because they won't knock off work to prattle every time they see a congressman.
 And Bleriot is much the same sort of stuff it seems. He doesn't run to gabble much more than the Wrights do. al though, being French and volatile, he did remark that he didn't have any sensa- tions. particularly while he was flying over the channel, except that his toe hurt like thunder where it had been burned a week before That's a fine set of emo- tions for hero to spread before pant ing land, isn't it? Being a Frenchman, he must therefore sop up absinthe. and wear Hammerstein hat and his hair in a braid That's the way all Frenchmen do in the humorous weeklies, when they are not saying wee, wee,' and shrugging their shoulders And here's chap who is as fat as nice little roll of that old-fashioned butter we used to get down on the farm. He has a red mustache and blue eyes and looks like chauffeur out of a job. And all that Galic excit- ability can run for Sweeney so far as Louis Gleriot is concerned The only time he gets temperamental is when the hussy burns the toast
 They know more about him over in France than we do here, where public opinion really amounts to something. For all his cold rolled nerves, he is an en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08

From the New York Globe.
 And will the professor who announced some time ago that France is a deca- dent nation please rise? Thank you, Doc Before you settle back in your chair just cast an eye over Louis Bleriot, Wiil you? The gent who just aviated with his little aviary over the English chah- mel, you know Not that he will care whether you look or not, but 1t ought to give you a treat, Doc. If you nave any more of this particular sort of de- cadents in stock. will you kindly get the cuffs on them before John Bull losses one strong. shuddering horrorY Between Louis Bleriot and Count Zeppelin and Hoch de Kaiser our English brother can hardly wait for the finish of one convul- sion. he's so anxious to start another That will be about all for you now Doc.
 Don't stroke your whiskers as you sit down You'u wake the little birdies.
 This fame thing is certainly a rummy proposition A week ago one might have talked about Louis Beriot until frost settled on ones tonsils, and tho listeners wouldn't have known whether Bleriot was a new form of chiggers or cold drink. Now his is a household name and it won't me q month before the vaudeville persons will be using 1t for a sure-fire hand. Or two months. at the very least. heard of him. sure Only trouble is that by that time so many other people may have flown across the channel that Bleriot will have to go on for the supper turn. That was the way of the WriRht brothers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08

thusiast it seems. Born in Orleans 37 years ago to a fair sized fortune, he made it into a good sized fortune by half a dozen inventions used now all over the world, including an actylene lamp and other devices for automobil And then he got interested in flying. He used to work nights in his factory over the model flying machine he built and by and by he made full-sized one, and had it swung up in his office. And, of course every one laughed at him. Just to show that he knew what he was doing, he sold his factory, disposed of his hand some country estate, and settled down to build a flying machine that would fly. It has cost him about S2O0, ,000--all his own money-but he sure has flown. And now he has two friendly nations farther up in the air than he ever was.
 He has been flying for some time. In France he is regarded as the most reck- less operator that ever got into the sad dle of an aeroplane. He has had 50 &C., cidents or more. any one, of which should have proven fatal by the recognized rules. They never even worried him. He is completely destitute of what we call nerves "A man Is never hurt if he keeps his head he says 'When I fall In a machine I throw myself on one of the wings. That breaks the wing--but it saves me-" Of course, a person has lots of time to pick his wing when he Is dropping out of the fourth cloud to the left but BIeriot hasn't missed yet. When he said he was going to fly across the channel all his friends began to make books on him. They knew he'd fly across or annettekellermann it. Now he says that in deference to his w1fe's wishes he is going to retire after he wins one moro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
SHOOTING WHALES.
Modern WhaIers Use a Cannon and an
 Explosive Harpoon.

From the London Worlds Work.
 Whaling with modern methods in Alaskan waters is an exciting game, especially for those who are new to the business. The modern whaling steamer is a little vessel almost round on the bottom. which enables it to be turned and managed with the greatest ease Mounted at the bow is a small cannon that shoots a harpoon weighing more than 100 pounds and having an explosive head called the bomb
 If the shot is good and the harpoon is planted sauarely behind the fin the bomb crashes into the lungs, killing instantly; if not, the struggle may last for several hours.
 After a whale has been killed the car cass Is brought alongside the boat and inflated so that it will float A long coil of rubber hose one end of which is at- tached to the pump and the other to a hollow spearpointed tube of steel, with perforation along its entire length, is used for this purpose.
 The spear is thrust well down into the whales side, the air pump started and the body slowly filled with air When inflated enough to keep it afioat the tube is withdrawn, the incision plugged with oakum and the carcass cast off A buoy with a flag IS attached 10 the Dody ana it is then set adrft to be picked up at the end of the days hunting.
 The whaling station is a group of build ings situated in a ba yor cove near enough to the feeding grounds to allow the steamer to come in each night with the days catch The whales are an- chored at buoy in front of a long, in- clined platform, upon which they are drawn, tail first, by means of steam winch.
 The saying that every part of the pig but the squeal is now of market value is also a fact with the whale. Not a particle of the animal is wasted. After the skeleton is stripped of flesh it is dis articulated and the bone chopped in pieces. The blubber is tried out for oil and the meat and bones are boiled for the same purpose. Later the flesh is ar tificially dried and sifted, making fine guano, and the bones are ground up for fertilizer Even the blood is boiled and dried with the flesh. and the water in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08

A great bargain on our odd and end counter: 200 suits at S7.35; former prices S15 to S20. They are real Jim Dandies. Get one. Varley & Bauman Cloth ing Co.,, 1910 Third avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08

Special excursion rates to points in North Carolina on Aug. 14th, via Southern Rail way. For all information ap- ply at City Ticket Office, Mor- ris Hotel Building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08

which the blubber has been tried out makes excellent glue. The fins and tail, after being sliced into thin strips are salted and barreled and shipped to Japan as an article of food
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08

race He is the sort of aviator who re- tires after they have dug him out of the sheep pasture.
 He is blue-eyed and silent and absolute ly calm, and he fears nothing. He made the flight across the channel when he was so lame from burn that he couldn't walk. But can fly" he said with a grin. Perhaps he does fear one thing-ridicule. It gets tiresome to have your friends shake their heads when they see you, and, say, isn't 1t shame the way he is spending the money he ought to leave to his wife? That's why he moved from his home in Orleans to Paris, where one bug more or less, doesn't attract atten- tion. And that is why he made his an- swer to friend who took a friends privilege of remonstrance.
 "The crowd laughs at me now, said he "Wait-soon it will laugh with me-
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S18.0O Washington, $15.O0 Norfolk and Richmond, $500 Asheville. Lake Toxaway and Hendersonville, on Aug. 14th, via SOUTHERN RAILWAY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
FOR SALE

One of the finest wash brown ore propositions in Alabama. Washer and all necessary ma chinery in ready for use.
 JNO. A. VANCE,
 1712 First Ave. ,.