The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-05
GREATEST WONDER
IN ALL THE WORLD
English Will Yet Find
Way to Raise the
Dead.
Isnee!aI cab!, q The 1eme,.pIsna,oh !

Especial Gable to Tho 1H,nes- Dispatch
London. March 4.-"Of all tho Won
dcfS Of the world. this iS the greatest
wonder. God be praised The English
Will yet discover the means TO raise
the dead gaid an Indian. when he saw
81. jules Tyck. the Belgian aviator who
Is nov In Calcutta on an aviation mis-
sion with Baron de Caters, floatins
over the race-course tho other day
DO you know, sahlb. how they do
III" was his next question.
II vas useless entering into the de-
tails OF the mechanism OF an aeroplane,
SO contented myself with telling him
that the airship had an engine which
gave the machine wings
rs it not true that they know magic.
and make the onlooker believe that
they arc in tho air, while they are IN
reality among us ?" he asked next. and
when he was told that the aviators
were no magiciens he put on a skepti-
cal look.
II have heard that in olden times
neople knew how to fly. But this IS
searched the heavens for the aeroplanc.
NJ Tyck's machine was then mere
speck. at a height OF $500 feet
u they can go up so high" tho man
continued. his wondering gaze s,ill
fixed on tho aeroplane, they can re-
veal the secrets of heaven. They can
live in other worlds. But who knows ?
1T Is. perhaps, only q trick OF magic
rs the air carriage or ordinary wood
or is it obtained from some hidden
1ungles. where man has never trod
II 1t Is not magic, the wood must be
Of kind unknown to US. Perhaps 1t
is brought from the country OF the
Djinns. and 1t is possessed"
lie again lapsed into silence. Won
No m a lit
and then proceeded: In my village
there was an old woman who was a
'debi' possessed Of spirit), and I
have heard she could foretell the ri
ture and speak Of things happening in
distant lands. It IS not the engine
which makes the airship n.y." he said
in tone of fnality. The wood out
Of which tho snip is made is possessed.
There is Djinn in the wood. who
makes 1t rise in the air. or. perhaps,
| he is in tile engine. for the sahib says
1t is the engine which makes the air
carriage move"
Asked if he wished to go up in the
air III n acropldne, he shook his head.
1T is the work OF the Evil One. sahib,
and we must leave it alone. have
heard many have been killed by these
air CO rriages. That proves that 1t Is
a Djinn who works them. and when he
is annoyed he kills the flying mau.
Ia! ha! sahib." he laughed triumphant-
", "it must be the work Of a Djinn.
If It is only the engine which makes
tho carriage to rise on It's wings. why
are men klled?''
He was told that sometimes even To-
comotives get out of order.
What does that prove?" he asked.
Does 1t not show that all these things
are the works OF the EVIL Spirit?" and
he entered into a long description OF
the powers Of the spirit Of the aocomo-
tive. He left me convinced that Satan
dwelt in flying machines and that avia :
| tors were in league with the powers Of
| darkness. He has probably by now
| spread the news far and wide In his
| village that the sahibs have brought
wonderful air carriage which is
! worked by Djinns. He had expressed
his opinion that "sahib logs" arc not
| ordinary mortals, but that they can
even imprson Djinns In bottles. "as In
electric lights in tramcars.''. he had said.