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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26
CAPTIVE BALLOON AT WORK

Balloons are being put to some practical pur-
pose in Germany, where, at Salzburg, they are
employed as a sort of locomotive for hauling a
car up a mountainside, London Tit-Bits says.
The inventors idea is merely an adaptation of
the captive balloon principle, so arranged that
long, but regular flights are possible. The balloon
Is attached to a steel rail laid on the mountain
side, and upon this it makes its journeys.
1t spans great chasms without the necessity Of
bridging and by running the rail over any pro
1ecting points there is, of course, no need of any
tunneling. Fastened to the rail is a heavy steel
Slide, which holds the balloon captive. From the
slide to the balloon runs a steel cable, which
permits the balloon to soar about twenty-five feet
above the rail, but holds it firmly in place.
Suspended from the balloon is a circular car
capable of holding ten passengers, which can be
equipped with heating devices.
In going up the mountain the balloon is lifted
of course by the hydrogen gas it contains. Nc
matter how desperately the captive may tug at
Its steel cable, it cannot get away, but must as
cend directly over the guiding steel rail.
Reaching the top of the mountain the balloon
is simply anchored until the time arrives for be-
ginning the descent.
This is another problem easy OF solution. A
tank under the car is filled with water and the
entire affair is dragged downhill by weight and
gravity.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

Men and women forty and fifty years old have
been taught to read and write in a series OF ten
lessons. The problem is to secure cooperation of
industrial managers and boards of education in
providing free instruction during working hours.
The Standard Oil and General Chemical COM
panies, with large plants at Bayonne, N. j., have
arranged with the local board OF education for
instruction to be given to a thousand Of their
illiterate employees. George B. Clifford. general
manager of the Standard Oil company, thinks
that a vocabulary of about 600 words would be
sufficient to enable the average workman to I'm.
derstand directions and to answer ordinary qpes-
lions. Having that to begin with, the ambitious
man could rapidly acquire more. The increased
economic efficiency both to the workman and his
employer, amounting, it is estimated, to $500,
100000 a year, is scarcely second to the benefit
the civic life of the country would receive.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

A pertinent suggestion for the
church life has reference to the inan-
cial support of the church. Most negro
churches are constantly overtaxed.
The collection table is used more fire.
quently than any other instrument in
the church. The people are generous,
but the desire Is stronger than the
ability. Often the largest influence
of the church and especially of the
minister, is broken on the rock of con-
slant and necessary eXhortation to
give money for the support of the
church.
/ am told that the minister Shout
ders the responsibility of getting the
money practically alone. This is I'M
Baptistic. l am told that the trustees
are a body who spend the money
thus secured. This is un-Baptistic
and unfair. They are at present mere
" the channels through which the
church expends. They ought to be
cooperating agents in securing church
support. Practical experience has
taught us that the greatest results
come from the widest distribution of
responsibility for securing adequate
support for the current expenses of
the church as well as for its henevo-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

the suns rays cease to penetrate the ocean. The
eyes of the deep sea inhabitants have undergone
some curious notifications. In the majority OF
cases it is found that the eyes are either very
large or very small. A large proportion of the
denizens OF the deep possess either no eyes or
eyes reduced to mere ~vestiges. The very large
eye seems to represent an effort to make the
most of what little light there is.
The deepest sounding so far reached on the
ocean floor is in the North Pacific, near the Is
land of Guam, $3.50 fathoms, or 31,614 feet, or
about &C feet less than six miles. This enormous
depth is 2,612 feet greater than the highest land
elevation above the sea, that Of Mount Everest in
the Himalaya mountains being $4,000 feet. These
great deeps, as they are termed, vary in form and
size. The Mares Deep, lying wholly in the At
lantic ocean, north of the West Indies, is the
largest. The floor of this deep sinks to 1000 faith
oms and is estimated to cover an area of 100000
square miles.
The animal life on the ocean floor is enormous.
Not all of the species have as yet been described.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

coVerles or the life of the deem Tho Pr;tisb
mp onanenger also made a notable cruise
aioun me "oriu Tor the purpose of deep sea
Investigations. Its trip yielded larger results than
any other single cruise. but the Albatross has
made a Tar greater number of expeditions.
Among the foremost living deep sea explorers
are Sir John Murray of England, the greatest au-
thority on this subject, and the Prince of Monaco.
who is one of the most active students and pa
irons of oceanography of today. He maintains
the steamer Princess Alice well equipped and
specially designed for deep sea exploration. he
also has established an oceanographieal museum
at Monaco to exhibit deep sea inhabitants.
Fishing at depths of from one to five miles, to
bring up to the surface specimens of hidden in
habitants of the deep sea floor is accomplished
by means of a large trawl net about fifteen feet
wide and twenty-five feet long. This is attached
to a steel wire cable wound on a drum and is let
down to the desired depth. When it has reached
the bottom the vessel steams slowly forward,
dragging the net for many miles. Then by means
of a steam windlass the net is drawn aboard the
slip. In the net many curious fishes are caught
as II drags along the bottom.
At great depths there is no movement of the
water. no tides are felt. At the bottom Of the
abyss there is simply cold and darkness and
perpetual silence. 1t is difficult to realize the i'm
mense pressure of such deeps; at a depth Of 15,
600 feet the pressure per square inch is two and
a half tons, whereas on land the pressure is
under fifteen pounds per square inch.
The tremendous pressure of the water keeps
the creatures developed in it from extending their
range upward or %ownward. A deep sea fish
rising. above its depths is killed by the reduction
of the outside pressure. It's tissues swell, its
blood vessels burst, it's eyes are forced out. On
the other hand, a fish sinking below the range
10 which it is accustomed Is soon crushed or
suffocated by the unaccustomed pressure. Some
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26
TERRIBLE COST OF ILLITERACY

The annual cost OF adult initeracy to the United
States is enough to build a new Panama canal
every year, besides constituting a menace to rep
resentative government. The difference in pro-
ductive power between those who can read and
write and those who are ~illiterate is 800 a year,
and since the census of 1910 showed that there
were over 100000 illiterates in the United
States. the economic loss easily reaches the stu
pendous amount of $500, OOO. 900, says Leslie's.
Speaking at the Industrial league conference
on adult illiterary, p. p. Claxton, United States
commissioner of education, brought out the fact
that, while during the last 20 years fliteracy in
the southeastern group OF the southern states has
been. decreased by 100000. in the same period
the number Of iliterates in New York, New Jer-
sey and Connecticut has increased by more than
half that amount, a large proportion of the num-
Der being foreigners.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

ment or by responsible business peo-
pie in the colony upon entering the
colony to have in his possession 1000
marks ($476), and the Woermann and
other steamship companies require
such passengers to deposit 500 marks
($119) each against return passage to
port of embarkation. While | am not
certain, l think the rule holds true for
French West African possessions.
Thus it will be seen that Liberia is
the only place American negroes can
well attempt to colonize. The impress
sion gained by conversations with va
rio1s government officials of the diff
ferent colonies is that the American
negro is not desired.
This consulate is informed that
"Chief Sam" of the Gold Coast, with
the assistance of some American ne
groes, claims to be at the head of a
scheme to ~colonize the Gold Coast
colony, or some part of the colony.
My advice is to select some well-in-
formed person to make a thorough in
vestigation, visiting the particular sec
,tion in which they intend settllne, De
fore they pay any part of their passage
to West Africa. 1t is quite evident
that some of these schemes are in ev-
cry sense fraudulent.
Those who have come to West Afri-
ca suffer untold misery, are for the
most part illiterate farmers who have
through a long struggle, managed to
save enough to pay passage for them
selves and family, with barely enough
to live on through their first certain
attack of African malaria. Many have
expressed the choice of prison life in
America to freedom here. In addition
to the above, now and then a mis-
, guided Independent missionary comes
suffers and dies.-Consul w. T. Yer
by of Sierra Leone in Daily Consular
Reports.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

The Frenchwoman who complained
that it was difficult to grow old grace
fully had evidently not begun early
enough. THE child is father of the
man." and hence of the patriarch, and
whoever would easily grow old grace
fully must take care and regulate
wisely the earlier stages. A little
artificial tinkering later on will never
compensate for radical defects permit
ted to persist through a lifetime. In
one of his letters Huxley remarks:
Somebody started a charming theory
years 'ago-that as you get Older and
lose volition, primitive evil tendencies,
heretofore mastered, come out and
show themselves" Huxley treated this
theory too lightly; there is more truth
in it than he seemed aware of. Bot
anists tell of defects existing in plants
/ as sleeping eyes," diseases remain
ing in a lethargic state for several
years, and then, with favorable condi'
tons, revealing themselves; while
psychologists similarly allow that NOR
bid growths in the human body may
remain lethargic for years and then
become di%sastrously active. There can
be no doubt but that it is much the
same with the moral life. During the
years when criticism and circum'
stance hold us to good behavior, and
in which the will is most masterful
tendencies to temper, avarice and self.
ishness are checked and disguised
while they become painfully obtrusive
when the volitional power declines
and the consideration paid to old age
gives them unrestrained play.-Ex
change.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26
Harpooned Big shark.

To harpoon a shark in the Delaware
bay with a weapon hastily constructed
from a section of a bamboo fishing
rod and a clasp knife was the expert
ence Of William Mag, clerk in the
Dover IDel.) post office.
He and his companions were fishing
in a rowboat when they noticed that
the baited hooks and sinkers of their
lines had been snapped off. Mag said
that a shark was neal by, and he be-
gan to shape the crude harpoon. A
few minutes later the shark appeared
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

and the attendants rushed up to carry
the child indoors. Bring round an
other carriage at once" Queen Emma
said. "The queen and l are going back
over the same ground. A sovereign
cannot be afraid"
On another occasion the two queens
were driven through a mob of strikers
whose demeanor was alarming. Seeing
that the ~child-queen was uneasy,
Queen Emma stopped the carriage and
led her daughter among the men, who
drew back in confusion. She spoke to
the men herself and, seeing that they
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

of power. After Queen Wilhelmina's
marriage Queen Emma withdrew to
quite a modest residence at The
Hague, where it is said she spends a
third of her civil list allowance in
charity.
Queen Emma strongly instilled into
her daughter the quality of courage.
On one occasion the horses of the roy
al carriage ran away, and were only
stopped at the gates Of the palace by
a superhuman effort on the part OF the
coachman. The q~ueen-mother held
her trembling daughter in her arms,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26
TAUGHT TO KNOW NO FEAR
From Earliest Childhood Quality OF
Courage Was lnstliled Into
Queen WllheImina.

Queen Emma or the Netherlands, the
mother of the young queen OF Holland,
was entirely responsible for the excel
lent upbringing of the Dutch ruler.
Many charming stories are told of the
devotion of the queen TO her mother,
who, on her daughters accession at
the age OF eighteen. resigned the reins
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26
Words.

A well educated person who has
been at high school and a university
uses from 5000 to 1000 words, but
the average individual can get along
with 1000. Shakespeare made use of
$4,000, and in Millions works 5000 are
used. BY actual count the Hebrew
Testament says all that 1t has to say
with 5.642 words.-Popular Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26
POWERFUL PARSONAGE.

Father was trying to give Wise Willie some
idea of the power of a great monarch.
who is it," he asked, "who can almost stop
the world with a word and who can halt the
stream OF commerce with a wave of his hand?"
ooh, ] know" Robert exclaimed, "it's the traf.
fc policeman"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

lences. Increasing responsibility in
securing financial support should be
placed upon the trustees and strong
est members of the church.
Another suggestion is also along the
same line. There is a tremendous
need of trained leadership in the fields
of evangelism, education and church
management. Some pastors have ex.
pressed their great desire to secure
such training for the members of
their church. They have expressed
their appreciation of the help given
by the Home Mission society in their
former fields in the South, where the
actual direct assistance given them
in training their workers in special.
lied fields seems much larger than in
this apparently nor favored section.
STANDARD.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26
AFRO-AMERCAN CULLINCS

Building operations in connection
with the construction of a Masonic
temple at Washington for the colored
Masonic Temple association, at an ap-
proximate cost of $125, 900, will be be-
gun as oon as the contract has been
awarded. The plans and specifications
for the edifice, which is to be of the
Italian renaissance style, are being
completed by Claughton West, archi-
tect, Of Washington.
The building, which will be an archi-
tectural and artistic ornament to the
part of the city where it will be locat-
ed, will be five stories high with base
ment. 1t will be ~fireproof throughout,
steel construction being employed with
reinforced concrete floors and Stag
roof. .
The structure will measure SO feet
on U street and 1874 on. Tenth street,
and the main entrance will be on U
street. Brown tapestry brick, with In
diana limestone and granite trim, will
be used In its exterior construction,
and the roof will be bRrdered with
highly ornamental galvanized iron cor
nices. Wrought iron grills will be
used in guarding many of the win
dows. Both facades of the building
will be treated with a central pavilion
feature. The front on the U street
side is to be divided into three bays,
separated by Italian pilasters sur
mounted by ornamental capitals of. In
diana limestone and embracing three
stories. There will be sever bays on
Tenth street, all of which will be sur
mounted by a tablature with a medal.
lion. The fifth story is to be treated
in the form of an attic with openings
in windows and wrought iron grills.
There will be a roof garden laid in
red tile.
The rooming facilities of the struc.
ture are as follows: The basement will
contain a large drill hall, office rooms
toilet rooms and heating apparatus
On the first or ground floor will be 10
Gated a banquet hall, measuring so by
75'feet, with kitchen and serving room
adjoining. There will be two stores
on the U street side and five stores or
the Tenth street side. A wide stair
way leads from the main entrance on
U street to the upper floors.
An auditorium with a seating capac
ity Of 1900 clear-spanned and with nc
column support, will be the feature o.
the second floor. The auditorium i.
to be about 80 by 100 feet in dimen
sions, and around it will be office
rooms and in the real a promenad,
separated from the auditorium by {
panel partition with brass railing. TIL,
auditorium is to have high arched win
dows, guarded by wrought iron grills
The third floor will be the balloon,
floor and will also have offices. TIL,
fourth floor will contain lodge ant
anterooms and three smaller halls
and on the fifth floor will be locate
lodge room and a spacious banoue
hall.
The corridors will be of marble, Dor
dered in mosaic design.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

less than twenty feet away. Mag
threw the harpoon. The shark leaped
from the water and then headed for
the boat. Maag's companions rowed
desperately n pulled out of danger.
Then began a struggle that continued
for a quarter of an hour. The shark
finally died from loss of blood. The
mems capture weighed $50 pounds and
measured seven feet.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

The British colonies have enacted
laws holding masters of vessels re-
sponsible for passengers landed in
the colonies, excepting those passen-
gers under contract to engage in serv.
ice either for the government or for
some business firm or company con-
sidered financially responsible by the
government, or those convincing the
government authorities that they have
sufficient money within their posses
sion to pay their return passage from
the colony. The Kamerun government
requires each person not a native of
Africa and not engaged by the govern
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

Ties made of a species of native
hardwood have been used or the Pana-
ma railroad without renewal for
than SO years.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

Field experiments in Ireland have
shown that liquid manure produces
better crops of hay than any other
fertilizers.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

Brass farthings were authorized by
English law in the year 1913. They
we're suppressed as worthless about 40
years later.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

were not really violent, Queen Wilhel.
nina smiled, and ended by giving
them her tiny purse.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

What a, poor opinion the good lord
would have Of himself if he answered
all of the fool prayers that are sent
up to headquarters!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

And the man who publicly boasts
OF his honesty may secretly pride
himself on his ability to escape de.
lection.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

Shears with their handles extended
to one side have been invented to en-,
able a person to follow a pattern more
closely.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

An African frog sounds a call nm.
der water that can be heard for long
distances. As
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

1850 anu SISIudl AT
an average depth of two
miles the sea floor forms an
abyssal plain, 80, 900
square miles in extent, or
nearly half the surface of the
earth. The fishes of which
models are shown were cap
tured and brought up to the
susface from enormous
depths in recent deep sea ex.
plorations; as soon as they
reached the vessels deck
wax casts were made of
them.
Notable researches of this
kind have been made by the
Albatross, controlled by the
United States bureau of fish.
cries. DR.. Charles H. Town.
send, now director of tbe
York aquarium, commanded
this vessel for a number Of
years on its voyages and
made many interesting die.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

The man who would reach success
hasn't much time to sit under shade
trees by the wayside.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

NO mar can be really happy unless
ne is on good terms with his stomach
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

For every 1000 males employed In
New Jersey there are 276 females,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26
Limit Of HopsfuIness.

And some people count their chick
ems before the eggs are laid.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

READING LEssoN-John s:14-21.
GOLDEN TEXT come quickly: hold
fast that which thou hast. that no one
take thy crown. Rev. 3:1L.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26
INTERNATIONAL
LESSON

tBy e. o. SELLERS. Director Sunday
School Course, Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

They are considered the most noteworthy contribu-
lions yet made to popular knowledge concerning the
appearance, complicated structure and habits of the
curious creatures that dwell from one to five miles
below the surface of the ocean, in regions never
penetrated by sunlight.
Among the queerest and most astonishing of them
are the luminous fishes which possess organs for
projecting light-veritable electric light plants. The
habitat of these extraordinary looking creatures is
the deep sea floor, a vast region of everlasting dark
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-06
SEEL TON

 ssssAn alarm of fire from box 32 will be sounded this evening at ' o'clock. The box has been .out of order for some time and will be given a test this evening.
 A man who refused to give his name fell from a wagon on which he was riding last evening on the Bridge port road. In falling the unknown man received large gash over the left eye which was treated at the of flee of physician in Derby. The in jured man stated that he had been in town all day and had taken the wrong road and lost his way. At any rate he did not know how he fell from his wagon.
 Miss Anna Corners of Cliff street entertained a number of her friends at a. party given at her home last evening. The evening was passed in a most pleasing way with the playing of games and music At a late hour a luncheon was served after which the guests departed for their homes. A merry time was enjoyed by all present. 73 The Derby Gas Company is erecting a new coke bin at their plant in this place:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-06
EASTON

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church was very pleasantly entertained on Wednesday afternoon at. the home of Mrs. AIM. Davidson, at the parsonage. The afternoon was spent in sewing.-Afrs. William Dis brow has returned to her home on Si56F9zTzzfg EhazSfTig gzsfse eft -Eefv days with her daughter, Miss Lucy Dis brow, who is a student at the Mt. Holyoke college.=The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church, are to have sociabIe in the hall on Sport Hill February 12. Mrs. Fred Marsh and Mrs. E1bert R. Nichols have charge of the program.