The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-19

Then fiercely slaps his knee
Because the umpire co1dly cries,
IN fog horn tones, BAIL three!''
| The pitchers face is firm and set;
"A wild CLEAN in his eye
SHOWS his determination as
He holds the ball on high
He hurls 1t in: the bat swings 'rnnrd
And meets it with a thud!
The E6 ball SCARS Ger the left field fence!
Inc OlcnerS name is Muddi
New York Times.
The First Airship Service.
1t is now reported that the first of
the Siderable airships which are to run
| between Paris and the provinces is
70 leave Sartrouville, near Paris. some
time this month for Meaux. During
the Nancy exhibition she may make
trips around that town.
1t is evident from all the prices of
aerlai voyages quoted so far that
| only the rich among US will be able
to afford them for some time to come.
From f2 to "a is mentioned by the
| president of the aerial league as the
probable cost of a trip of 80 miles
| only.
1t is true that airship sheds Cor
| docks, to be more consistently cost not
less than $4,000, and may cost well on
| to $4,000. and that an airship herself
costs from 10000 to $4,000. and
| may very likely soon have an accident
which will cost. much more to put
right. But railway stations and rail-
way trains, and especially railway
lines, cost much more than this to
| build.
We were all thinking that Lucerne
| was to have the first airship service
| connected with a German town, but
now 1t seems that France is to have
this honor. The Lucerne-German
service is not promised until next
/ summer, while the Paris to Fontaine-
bleau, Rouen, Lyons, Bordeau Pau,
| or Nancy services are promised-at
any rate, some of them-by Septem-
| Der next
There will be five Siderable air.
ships of the Patrie type, which will
carry from eight to twenty passeng-
ers each, besides crew. Paris will be
their port and the docks will be at
Issy. There will be four lines, one
toward the east, via Rheims (three
of the stations of which are said to
be practically ready, one toward the
southeast (the stations on which are
not yet begun), a third toward the
| southwest to Orleans Tours, Bor-
deaux, and Pau, and a fourth to the
west of Rouen via Sartouville, which
has station already. The first air
ship IS ready and has been named the
Vile de Nancy.-Queen.
Bolivia's Isolation,
Military operations which offer even
faint hope of successful outcome re-
Quire ample supply of provisions. and
munitions of war. How can Bolivia
get its supplies? The southeastern
route through Argentina would, of
course, be closed. The northern en-
trance via the Amazon and the Benz
rivers is, of course, impossible for mill
itary purposes. The western entrance,
via Peru, would in every probability
be unavailable by reason Of Peruvian
unfriendliness to Bolivia and by Pc
ruvian relations with Bo1ivia's oppon-
ent. The route through Chile, by rail
from Antofagasta, might possibly be
open, but Chi1e's consent to the use of
it would probably strain, if it did not
break, relations between Chile and
Argentina. Bolivia would be practi-
cally isolated, so far as the worlds
markets are concerned. It is APP
proachable only by crossing the ter
ritory of other acknowledgements
Brazil, Peru, or Chile. A century ago
the Buenos Ayreans essayed control
of Bolivia and failed disastrously, but
the conditions of that time were wide
ly different from those of today
War between Argentina and Bolivia
would almost certainly involve all the
nations of South America, with the
possible exception of Ecuador, Colom-
bia, and Venezuela, and result in an
entire change in the national bound
airy lines. Brazil and Chile would be
arrayed against Peru and Argentina,
with Bolivia. Uruguay and Paraguay
striving to avoid absorption by the
victors. The possible and, in fact, |
probable consequences of war between
Bolivia and Argentina offer a very
unpleasant subject for consideration. |
It is inconceivable that Argentina
should have been preparing for, or
that it is about to begin, a campaign |
Of such magnitude, a campaign that
would involve continent and serious
ly disturb the entire world.-New !
York Sun.
Changes in the Human Form.
The tailors and shoe dealers of Lon
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