The sun., 1919-09-21

great feat was THE NEW York SUN.
1t was one OF the greatest scoops on
record. and the paper sold out dozens
OF extras without being able to satisfy
public curiosity. More, Edgar Allan
Poe had at the moment become THE
SUNS managing editor, and the big
beat was a great feather in his cap at
the time. For the details OF this
crossing, the readers are advised to
read Poe's lie Canard au Ballon.'
Speaking Of the recent exploit Of
the Goliath. which got tangled up in
the midst Of a colony of blacks In
western Morocco in its attempt to
reach Dakar. another Journal points
out that precursor OF the Goliath
was the colossal balloon the Geant
(giant) invented by Nadar. in 1868.
On October IS of that year the Geant
with nine passengers aboard. including
Jules Verne and Mime. Nadar with
her husband, rose from the outskirts
Of Paris and started off at a rapid
rate In the direction of Germany. AS
the crew Of the airship did not have
perfect confidence as to its stability,
they took with them leaflets printed
in seven languages explaining who
they were and where from, giving all
necessary details in case they came
down In some unknown land. They
also carried provisions for eight days,
including half a dozen live hens, so as
to have fresh eggs, and plenty Of good
wines. 1t was forbidden to smoke on
board, but the rules added that there
was no objection to the use of snvff.
The travellers also had provided them
selves with a perfect arsenal, car
blnes for lions. rifles, sabres and not TO
mention presents of bright beads in
case they should land In Dahomey
somewhere.
Landed I'm Germany.
The Geant, after two days and
nights OF drifting about came down
over, Germany, There were no mis-
haps, except that Nadar broke his
arm in making the landing, which,
however. did not prevent him from
beginning many times again.
Paris is never happy unless she has
on hand an affaire. Since the Drey-
fus affair how many has she had. Not
many people probably know that AL
fred Dreyfus of notorious memory did
his service throughout the war as a
lieutenant attached part of
the time to a group of artillery and
part OF the time with one of the
headquarter staffs. He was given tie
Croix de Guerre by Clemenceau. But
It would be a mistake to suppose be-
cause OF this that Alfred Dreyfus
has to any degree recovered his po-
sition in the world. Certain salons,
distinctly Israelite. are accused Of
pursuing this unhappy man with their
hate. It is recounted that at brill
liant reception given recently by a we'll
known avocat, one who has often
pleaded cases for the Rothschilds, and
who married the widow of q cele-
brated musician, suddenly the guests
were thrown into a panic by hearing
announced in a loud voice from the
door: IN. lie Colonel Alfred Dreyfus."
The host ran. II Is said, excitedly
about from one guest TO another, wip-
ing the perspiration from his brow
and declaring: Dear friend, I as
sure you I did not invite him. Where
is he?" But the Colonel was not to be
found among the throng. The key TO
the riddle was soon found. A foot
man who had received his notice TO
leave that morning had played the
trick.
The latest affaire IN Paris Is that
of Ernest Judet, erstwhile editor OF
the Petit Parisien, and iatteriy OF
rEcIair. Like a great fire which every
body thought had about burned itself
out, but which suddenly flames up
again, tho Bolo aftaire has burst
forth from a new crater. In the per-
son of Ernest Judet, whose name has
been added TO the list Of those ac-
cused OF intelligence and commerce
with the enemy. This case promises
TO be more than a mere house clean
ing proposition; It may develop into
the herculean task OF cleaning out the
AuEean StablsA