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ance in its sreadv fIight. the airtg1ple

ance in it's steady fight. the iirigiole
ran northward.
BY noon we had gained little, if at
ALL Cody turned to me.
I'm going to Drop" he said.
There's a south wind, a cross-current,
500 feet below. See those geese ri
ding in it?"
l looked down. Under us, riding
easily upon the wind, a V-shaped flock
of large birds were bearing steadily
south Cody depressed the steering
plane We sank with fearful sudden
ness. Then-we seemed to leap for
ward. In ten minutes our gain was
evident. The dirigible was not more
than a mile ahead. and rapidly in
creasing. She seemed in terror, be-
gan to swing aimlessly hither and
thither Five minutes more! Cody
whooped exultantly. Then
The motor, which had whirred like
an electric fan, chugged loudly and
irregularly. We seemed to stop, hung
poised swooped downward. The mo-
tor had ceased. We rushed down-or
rather the earth seemed to leap up at
us. Cody raised the steering gear.
That saved us; he guided her gently
to the ground. Near by stood little
village of stone, ringing a low hill.
Gasoline exhausted" yelled Cody,
pointing to the dirigible, now rapidly
lessening in the north. mo chance
get gasoline here. She'll burn-oil-
great secret" We ran painting toward
the village Five minutes later we
were at the door of the inn, an ex-
cited crowd around us.
"Oil," gasped Cody. "Parafan-any
quantity"
We've ma parafin," cried the inH-
keeper. 1--WE burn candles nights.
Yell no find parafin norte O. Glasgow.
Except little gasoline for the motor
cars. Now If We had wanted that
That saved us. Half an hour after
the disaster our tanks were filled
and we were away. And, in the dis
lance, a little speck still hung be-
tween heaven and earth!
But this time there could be no
escape. Little by little we drew
nearer. Now, through my glasses, |
could make out the car-long and
low-and a figure that reclined in 1t
and another that leaned back at us
and shook it's fist in impotent defiance.
l unslung my rifle.
Fifteen hundred" cried Cody.
Calm high, for the bag.'
T fired. I saw the fugitive raise
rifle to shoulder too. And something
| Kissed overhead and splinter fell
from the wooden frame of the aero
plane.
Thirteen" cried Cody. Suddenly
| the dirigible changed tactics. She
swung in a wide circle and came dt-
rectly toward us. This was mad.
ness-gas against steel. I fired four
| times; I saw the dirgible falter, hover
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poised, and begin slowly to- subside.
Her bag was pierced in several places.
l dared fire no more, for fear OF
sending her In collapse to the ground
with her precious burden.
We were right over them when he
fired again. We were some 1900 feet
up, and 200 above the slowly sinking
dirfgible. heard Cody give cry,
looked round, saw the blood squirt
from his sleeve and his right arm fall
from the steering gear. An instant
later breeze struck us and tipped us.
The aeroplane wheeled, swung like a
condor that is caught by an unexpect-
ed breeze, and suddenly rushed earth
ward at furious speed. saw a
mocking face that peered out at me
from the dirigble as we swooped past,
and fired my last cartridge at it. The
ground swept up toward us-and
stayed! Cody had caught the steer
ing gear with his uninjured hand.
Five minutes later we stood on the
solid ground and watched the dirigible,
like wounded bird, drop gently
earthward. From the rent silk the
gas was escaping slowly. We caught
the guy. rope and pulled her down
like floating feather. There, within,
lay the king, in the bottom of the car.
cried, but at sight of the wounded
man beside him who chung desperate
ly to the car rim.
"Peake!" he shouted.
"Yep, Peake,' he answered, stagger-
ing where he stood. Il told 'em I'd
teach the war Office lesson they'd
never forget for not looking at my
machine"
"Well, Peake," said Cody, you've
tried her against mine and lost out
with her"
Peake stepped out like drunken
man. His face was ashen.
"W-w-wouldn't have lost if-rd had
as light a passenger as you," he an
swered, and fell fainting at our feet.
There were many who would have
| brought Peake to trial for his adven-
ture, and it was thought for long that
| he was, in fact, a German agent. But it
seemed . me that the German am
bassador@had actually known nothing
of the kidnapping until told by con-
| federates among King Edwards suite,
and that, learning his country was
suspected, he had shrewdly refused to
deny his share in the conspiracy,
| thereby actually gaining his object in
postponing the declaration of war.
Before his majesty could be removed
to London assurances had been given
and received by Germany, and the
| disaster was averted. But when
| think how half-crazy American
saved the peace of Europe | often
wonder whether he should not have
been rewarded instead of shipped out
! of the country as criminal lunatic.
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cloud 1 can pledge my word to- you he
shall never reach Germany"
"But how. will you find him?" the
prince asked.
zone can see half across England
at an altitude well within our limits, .
I reminded him.
Good" cried the prince enthusiast
tically.
ct want two rifles, cartridges and a
weeks rations for two men," said to
General French, who had returned and
was directing the removal of the aero
plane from her shed. A couple Of
soldiers were wheeling her out along
rail- She rocked and tipped-a slen-
der, graceful thing, apparently land
bound, like some swan upon earth,
longing to spread her broad wings in
the empyrean.
At an order from the general rifles,
rations and cartridges were placed
within the box. Captain Cody re-
turned, wiping his mouth. He was
dressed In a buffalo robe and stagger-
ing behind him under the weight Of
another came an orderly,
You'll be glad Of this up above" he
said. "It's colder than SIM" He
looked In the tank. Gasoline for
seven hours" he said. "By thunder,
we must fill up again If he leads us
anything of a chase. Get in, COM
rade."
/ had never entered an aeroplane
before: I had not even been up In a
balloon. I confess a thrill Of fear
ran through me. But strapped on a
bandolier full of cartridges and en-
tered the narrow framework, to take
my seat upon the narrow space allot-
ted to me. Just then man came
running with Geographic dispatch.
It was addressed to General French,
but the prince tore 1t open.
Huntington, he read. Dirigible
sighted. two thousand up. Heading
northeast. Gale increasing BY thun-
der, general, wen get him yet" Sud
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'Dirgible sighted Lancashire, bear
ing north. Apparently abandoned
hope cross North Sea. Follow!"
Ten minutes later we were In our
seats again and speeding northward
through the darkness. need say
nothing of that night. 1t seems like a
horrible dream now-the fight
through the darkness, the sudden
squat that struck us in the lake
country and sent us hurting down
ward for thousand feet before Cody
regained control; the halt, to find our
selves at Appleton; the answer to our
telegram at seven in the morning,
desperately late, telling us to hasten
northward We would overhaul him
in Scotland; he had been sighted in
Argyll.
What was his purpose in this appar-
emily desperate fight northward? And
how could the king, an elderly man,
endure his cramped quarters in that
narrow car, exposed to the inclement
weather Of early April? With brim-
ming tanks and empty hearts we pur-
sued our desolate way northward,
ever northward. Now we had reached
the barren wastes of South Scotland.
And then, suddenly, my heart leaped.
clasped Cody by the arm and pointed.
Far north of us tiny speck was
beating eastward against the gales.
Cody shouted and I cried back at
him in ecstasy. I reached backward
and slung the rifle to my arm. l
opened the breech and inserted clip
of cartridges. And we beat our way
onward.
Now the dirigible evidently per-
ceived us and guessed who we were,
for we saw it cease suddenly its at
tempted eastward flight and head
northward again. We ran at full
speed. I heard the motor plunging
frantically behind us; In front the icy
blasts nipped our faces. But, though
we dipped and swung to every breeze,
In front, almost immobile to appear
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26
BACK THE VULNERABLE PART
Comparatively Easy to Kill Snake by
Striking 1t With Cane
or Stone.

The first impulse of man on see
ing snake is to stamp On its head,
which, according to the Rosary Maya
zine, is unwise. A snakes skull is
very tough, as behooves a part Of the
body that is always liable to be knock
ed against stones, etc., owing to the
extreme short-sightedness of all SER
penis. 8
The back, on the contrary, can be
broken with light rap, for it con-
sists of delicate system of ball and
socket joints. Should snakes be harm
less the best plan is to leave them
alone; should they be dangerous
shot from a revolver is safe and eff
fective.
In case no revolver is at hand rap
with a cane will be sufficient, but care
must be taken to keep away from the
head of the creature.
A snake does not normally go about
hitting it's skull against hard objects;
it only does this when in a hurry.
Moving at its ordinary pace it feels
its way with it's long, delicate, forked
tongue.
In the same way when about to
swallow its food it touches it all over
with its tongue in order to ascertain
where to take hold, and this process
has given rise to the mistaken idea
that a snake covers it's prey with
saliva prior to swallowing 1t. No
doubt considerable quantity of sa-
Iva is generated during the process
of deglutition, but it does not come
from the tongue, which Is merely used
as feeler.
When a snake bites it bisects it's
head up to the nape of it's neck and
opens its jaws till they are in the
same plane, l. e., at right angles to
the body. These jaws are provided
with six rows of strong, sharp teeth,
four on the upper. and two on the
lower jaw.
This is very formidable arrange
ment, but when you remember that
medium-sized constructor can project
its head with sufficient force to knock
a man off his feet, and will either on
provocation or sometimes without it,
let go this catapult, rat-trap machin-
cry, you are likely to avoid constric-
tors so far as is possible Such a
snake can take hold of a man and
shake him or strip the skin end flesh
from the part seized as If 1t were
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26
IN THE sPoNGING SEASON
How Valuable Utensil of the Bath
room Is Brought From the
Oceans Depths.

From October until July the spong-
ing season in the Bahamas is in full
swing. There are several thousand
men and boys engaged in the fishery,
each schooner carrying crew Of
from five to seven. The sponges are
found all over the banks, which vary
in depth from two to four fathoms.
Arrived on the ground, the small
boats, of which each schooner carries
two or three, put off, manned each
by two men, one Of whom SOULS,
while the other, armed with 30-foot
pole bearing at the lend a double
hook, lies extended over the bow and
examines the bottom through a
sponge glass;" or bucket with a glass
bottom. Laying this upon the sur
face, he sees everything below as
clearly as if no water interviewed.
The sponges when found are
hooked up, and as soon as the schoon-
er's deck is filed she sails away to
rancho" where she deposits her
evil-smelling load in Crawl" or in
closure of wattles in shallow water,
where it remains for a. couple OF
weeks, during which the crew are
fishing for fresh cargo.
On their return all hands enter the
crawl and beat out the now rotted
fleshy parts of the sponges, which
when first gathered present the ap-
pearance of round masses Of dark
india rubber, freely perforated.
When the fieshy part has been
thoroughly removed and the market
able skeleton washed the heap is laid
on shore in a secluded spot and the
schooner starts again for the sponge
banks. At length, when enough
sponges have been gathered and
cleaned to load the vessel they are
sorted by the crew into glove, reef,
lambs wool, grass, ETC., and each
kind is separately strung in rings Of
from one to two dozen.
In this way they are sold at auc-
ton in the sponge exchange, when
the first step Of the preparation for
the consumer is carried out by the
sponge merchants. The sponges are
exposed to the sun to improve their
color. They are then clipped and
all irregularities and pieces of shell
or rock are removed.-Harper's
Weekly.
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denly his face grew crave. Captain
Adams" he said, you will be careful
Of your cartridges?''
I understood.
81 will not shoot unless in the ut
most extremity I answered. / knew
that he was thinking of his father.
But more serious danger he had not
thought of. What If, hard pressed, the
German should throw his companion
overheard, as so much ballast, and fly
to safety? Well, though the chance
was slim, we could but do our utmost.
And few bullets through the gas
bag should bring the great dirigible
slowly to earth.
My musings were interrupted by a
rush of wind. Could it be possible
that we were away? The earth seemed
to rush downward. The camp grew
rapidly remote We tipped and
swung on every vagrant breeze, but
gradually assembled until the strong
gale from the east caught us and
sent up spinning northward. The SEN
sation was distinctly one Of fear at
first, but this was soon lost in wonder.
And now I realized indeed how it
would have been impossible for me,
unaided, even to have launched the
machine into space. Captain Cody, at
my side, rode her like yacht or a
bicycle, or perhaps combination of
these, rising and falling upon the ed
dies of the wind. Under us dark
shadow began to spread.
"Fog," cried the captain, pointing
downward. London. We must rise
higher"
Up, up, up we went until the ane-
roid registered 1000 feet. We were
scudding in the void, a furious wind
from the east sustaining and lifting
us.
Gwen we could never face that
gale,'' said Cody. ''He will not try
in his gas bag. He will put about and
make for the Yorkshire moors. And
on the Humber we overhaul him."
He seemed to speak prophetically.
London was left behind us. Far below
towns and villages were spread out In
endless panorama. And still we were
far short of our destination. The day
began to close in.
Finally, our gasoline all but exhaust
ed, we came to earth in a disheart-
ened state of mind, to find that we
| were on the outskirts of Lincoln. We
filed up in the garage of a village,
while gaping rustics stood surround
ing ZIG in awe guard was placed
round the machine and a telegram
sent to Aldershot.
There's one consolation" said
Cody as he paced the corridor of the
restlessly; she can't have made head
way against that wind"
An hour later an answer was re-
| ceived from headquarters. 1t read:
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A Clear Distinction.

Sorry you couldn't git to the Sit
and Argue club last night, squire, y
alphabetically said Hi Spry I'VE
had considerable of a discussion. I
want to tell you! Prof Twiggs pretty
nearly convinced the rest of US that
the planet Mars is not inhabited He
contended that If there is no life on
Mars
What's that got to do with it?'' in
terjected the Old Codger. Even If
there is no life on Mars it don't fol-
low that Mars is uninhabited. Look
at this town, right here, for instance!"
Puck.
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civ and country Prices.

Mr.. Citiman-What in the world are
you carrying?
Mr.. Suburb-Milk and eggs and veg
etables and things.
Mr.. Cityman-Huh! Why doE% you
buy them in the country, where you,
live?
Mr.. sp5arD-Tm too poor.-NeW
York Weekly.
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One Execution.

81 admit I'm out for money all the
time" said Hussel. There's only one
thing / could ever be induced to do for
my health.
"What's that?' queried Ascum.
europe. Catholic Standard and
Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26
Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.l

NOW have to recount
one of the most ex-
traordinary Of all the
episodes that occurred
during my work as
courier to his majesty,
King Edward the Sew
enth. This was the
event of that fearful
week of suspense and
anguish in the spring
Of 1909, when his mai
esty was supposed to
y H.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-25
TRAGEDY FOLLOWS
EVENING PRAYERS
RUSSELL AND WILLIE CLAIBORNE
PLAY BANDIT WITH FATAL
RESULT

Just after they had said their nrsy-
ers for the night and were preparing
for bed. Russell Clyborne. twelve yea 50
old. of 1900 North Twenty second
street, last night shot his -year-old
brother, William Ciyborne. through
the right temple, and then collapsed.
The shooting was entirely acct
dental. The elder boy noticed TWEEN
ty-two caIibre pistol lying on the
bureau in his room, and playfUily
demanded his smaller brother to
throw up his hands. As the boy ac-
uuiesced in the playful bandits dc.
mands a bullet crashed into his brain.
Members Of the family downstairs
heard tho reverberation of the sho.
and rushed up TO the boys room
.rhoy found William lying on the flool'.
and Russell standing above his
brother. crying.
II didn't mean to do it, the elder
boy cried. I'VE were only playing"
The parents called the city am =
hulance, and DR.. II. +. Watts 70
sponded The little fellow was still
conscious when he arrived. aud ne
took the patient to the City hcspltsl
There DR.. stuart Macy4aan, one of taa
operating surgeons. suggested that the
hey be taken to the Grace hospital
for delicate operation. Willie was
inamcdiately taken there, and was at
once placed on the operating table. 1t
is said that he hms small chance ct
recovery.
The police we're Gifted Of the Sc
cidcnt. and ivtes :ive Sergeants 49,
lam nri Bolton and Detective Atkin-
tigation They reported that the
Shnnfipr WAS entirrtv arridcptaI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-25
WILL FLY FROM
SHIP TO SHORE
WILMINGTON JEwELER TO TRY
HIS NEW AEROPL-ANE IN
OVERSEE FLIGHT.

NEW YORK. May "a. - David
Balmgren, Wilmington. n. c..
ieweler, today sailed for Wilmington
n. G., on tho Clyde steamer Savahoe
Mr. Baimgren claims his machine is
noncapsizabie, having two wings, one
on either side, which will prevent II
from turning turtle even should the
engine stop when he is in flight.
When the Navahoe is about TWEEN
ty-five miles from the North Caro-
lima port Balmgren intends to make
a flight to the shore. The airshir
was placed on the main deck of the
Navahoe. and everything has been
cleared away to prevent accidents
Several other avfators were passen-
gers on the Navahoe TO watch Balm
gren's attempt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-25
FRANK GOULD TAKES
OVER SEAbOARD
WILL. BUILD Up ROAD INTO
PROPERTY RIVALING AT
LANTIC COAST LINE.

NEW YORK. May a4.--Frank j.
Gould is believed TO be the purchaser.
through Blair g. Co.. of a10.0 600 shares
OF Seaboard Air Line stock, sold by
the Cumberland corporation today.
This stock had been put up as COL
lateral for s15,000,000 OF short term
notes that mature next month. There
are 100 900 shares OF common and co.
coo shares OF preferred. The Sea-
board Air Line has about 1000 miles
o1 read, and the stock involved carries
control of the property,
1t is understood that Mir. Gould will
have associated with him In this new
venture the same interests that he in
duced TO go into the Wabash recently.
1t is proposed to build the Seaboard
ss's Line up into Il property rivaling
tae Atlantic AGoast Line
Its earnings are already large
enough to make Wall Street expect
some dividend ON the preferred soon.
The Cumberland corporation, which
sells the stock, owns the Carolina,
C1inchfieId and Ohio railroad. and I'm
portant coal lands I'm West Virginia.
Virginia and Kentucky. The leading
interests In the corporation are
Thomas F. Ryan, Norman b. Ream,
John d. ri kefeller and Blair q
Co,
The price obtained for control OF the
road is not made public. but Is be-
lieSed 10 be materially above current
quotations for the stock. which to-day
were 81 for the common and b5 for
the preferred.
Walter Kosen, OF Ladenburg, Thai
mann & Co. was reelected today a
- ne y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-25
ROOSEVELT RECEIVES
- OVATION IN JERSEY

TRENTON. \. j., May 24.--Colonel
RooseveIt's trip took him today on
widely sweeping detour from the
northern end of abe State down to
the coast, a2d across to- Trenton. He
touched the manufacturing and farm
ing regions, The president was
acclaimed by huge crowds that lined
the streets, and jammed parks and
halls where he spoke. In truth, the
throngs that have hailed Roosevelt
during this New Jersey invasion have
been quite as rahid in their display
of frenzied spirit as cnose of Kansas.
the hot bed of insurgency, ever pre-
tended to be. 1t has amazed Roose-
Welt. who had no idea he was to get
such a fiatterine reception on his
tour.
The ex-president kept his hands Oft
Taft throughout the day. not even
mentioning his name until his Camden
speech, Roosevelt went along as
though he did no- know that the
president was in another part OF the
State attacking him. He gave up
even his reference to the presidents
"distrust of the impulsive Judgment Of
the people," which he trotted out
everywhere else in his campaign.
1t seemed like another Roosevelt
who went along today giving homilies
on the way-t to be good citizens and
how to bring up children instead OF
slamming at the bosses. He did get
in some ticks at the bosses. but they
were less singing than usual. He
didn't hate the bosses, he only wanted
them TO retire to private life. and To-
quit telling the people what brand Of
government they wanted. He didn't
hate anybody, he just felt anxious ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-25
Taft, Plucking Up Courage,
Renews His Attacks on
Roosevelt
LISTLESSNESS GONE,
FIGHTS IN EARNEST
Saws Colonel Took Credit for
Things That He Did Him
self-Continues His
Jersey Tour

ELIZABETH, y. j.. May "a
Swinging again into the aggressive
humor which characterized his Ohio
hight. President Taft was whisked by
automobile through half dozen New
Jersey towns late today. in The afner-
noon he spoke In somerville. Bound
Brook, Plainaed, Westfield, Garwood.
Crawford and Roselle. In the morn
ing he talked at Pennington, Lam
bertviIle, Stockton and frenchFille.
During the morning the president
was almost listless, He defended his
administration, but didn't attack Col
onel Roosevelt. at any time. In the
afternoon, however, he waxed agrees
sive, At westheld, n. j., he said:
II do not come here for the pur-
pose Of getting another term or for
the purpose of clearing my repnta-
ton against Mr.. Roosevelts unfound-
+ ed accuse tions, because | could walt
about that: I could wait until the
mists of misconception aud prophets
of undertaking had passed, and until
the people could look at the facts as
they are, and as the future should dis
close them, and then | could get along
without another term.
At Piainfieid. he said after speak,
ing of the tariff bill
Found Roosevelt Deficit.
Now those things ] think have
contributed a good deal to the reason
able. prosperity that we have had for
the three years, and Il change as TO
that from the somewhat hard times
that we had during the last two years
Of the last administration. one
thing / found when came In was