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nnT rim o£ charred bond, Avon lcnpwri as the
a/ I lIndl ,) 01/1,,1 rimy snake stone, whim he Applied at
once, to the two punctures,
then waited for some minutes, end
V . ' DELUSION ABOUT 1 'could see the veins on the back
1'llls'ilzrlli of Ilia hands standing out lire -knot•
/limn 1>fDli ilicl9. ted strilgs,
.10,"After a conplo of rnintttee Orsu
thestone dropped down and lie.
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Eoav i'ut Ono of 'Them 11 Ffgitt then told site that he lead extracted
'S n red cabin for a
11 he poison, a g
lVitilcillb a Seethe a t p
shall eccoanut aIle'' frill of milk he
Danee, dropped the stone,into it; in a mo
. t' is often found Inept, after a oensidel•able amount
A deluauo rsl iah of bubbling there came to the etlr'-
in story books is the power of fee -
fee* a certain amount of an e ily
eination which cobras are said tolooking liquid, pale straw in color.
-exercise toward Urrds. On tlieooi i ""In order to test whether tee.
tsar in at 'met two instal s canis oil leis knttokle had been
saw cobras chased by else's, watteo produced by the fangs or whet:teat
a eon -upend -eat of the Spoke, Zoy- they were' due to scratching by the
hnncioned in Ceylon
890, uearrHo One
ana ease
I royale teeth, I ealleid for a small
happened chicken, of which I had a certain
was roturning to my oamp., about 3 climber in my fowl run, and inking
p, m.' when x saw a group o£ bread- a small incision of 43 kg, 1 d pixel
gazing at the top of a large bread-, a feather into the oily liquid and
fruit tree. I asked them what they rubbed it into the incision The
were looking at, and they told me chiokon 4iod within .ten minutes, a' crow was fighting an antra- with all the• symptoms of suake
der into his nest situated at the bite. I then paid the titan the
very bop of the tree. The crow wad amount agreed upon."
circling at close quarters and ,peck-
ing hard at the nest, cawing loudly
all the time, The nest was at some
forty feet above ground.
Presently a snake came out of the t.
nest and started climbing down the Anyrosmall boy knows the differ -
tree, with the crow in hot pursuit once etween having all he wants
behind it, pecking at it all the time, .
all he can eateat
the snake hissing hard at every anda man's con e is always on
blow. It took refuge about ten feet the job bright and early in the morn-
-which
in a clump of dead ferns, from ing after he night before,
which it was People who live in glass houses
CHASED OUT BY THE CROW, are not the only once shouldn't,
and it came from branch to branch throw stones, greater mistake
until it reached a large horizontal There can be nogre
one, which stretched out twenty than to suppose that the man with
feet. $1,000,000 is a million times happier
Hero the snake was at great dis- than the man with one dollar.
advantage, as itcould not turn upon The work' wouldn't be so fu'' o£
the crow. Thelatter seemed to know kickers if we all had wooden legs,
it, and its tactics were splendid. It One half the world is quite setts
-
would peck hard near the . spine fled that the other half doesn't
closeto the tail and then peck near,know how it lives.
its neck. At each peck pieces of . Thwoman
anaveto isn'tome afraidfrof s
a
thee snake's akin were torn ,and the mouse1
snake would stop; but as soon as it getting a husband.
:started moving the crow would peck There -are always two sides to a
at it again with extraordinary sur- story, but it never occurs to a bore
•ety of aim. After fully fifteen min- to turn some of his.
utes on the branch two large patch- The average person is imbued
• -es had been torn out of the snake, with the ambition to .create some -
which was evidently getting ox- thing, even if it's only a sensation.
hausted. One woman can take in another
On a Sunday morning in Febru- woman'shat in two two hours ,and
.ary, 1892, two Indian snake charm- talk about
with-
ers came to my small bungalow at out repeating herself.
Hanw ells. They had three snakes No man is really a fool unless he
f
e same
eh them and proceeded to makeecan he girl
o marries fel money
them canoe as t used I stopped may discover that a rich lover
them and told thorn tend
ts haadd semakes a nighty poor husband.
all that before and asked them
-whether they could compel a wild A burned child dreads the fire,
anake to dance, and if so whether which doesn't indicate that one good
they could catch one for the par- burn deserves another.
pose. One of them expressed his Never threaten to kiss a girl un-
, ,willingness to do so. Ten days pre- less you make good. Moet girls hate
viously I had chased a cobra of the a bomoeY.
fellows can dodge an species called by the natives au-
tom"Tom-
beater," i.e., the black cobra tomobile almost as adroitly as they
with the red spectacle mark on its cane. creditor.
hood. Tho Sinhalese, I believe, Don't
Tde pise sterntheu violin it begin -
think that they are reincarnations ninnecessary to play second fiddle first.
n low caste mainly here its A good motto for the fellow who
ladle. It is certainly fiercer and tries to pick the winners is, if at
more active than the, first you don't succeed, don't try
COMMON BROWN COBRA. again.
TRUE SA. i'INGS,
If the secret of success' is really
hard work, it isn't much -of a sec -
LIFT: IN SWISS PI SONS.
S0 ,Baty That Convicts Rave Little
Retire 't0 'escape.
Prison life in Switzerland as a
luxury instead of a punishment,
Tho esente opera jail at `:!'horburg,
where the Inmates did es they
pleased, has only, recently been
suppressed by the Berne attthori-
t balled of a
r 111
ties, yet details are published
similar institution at Sarnen in the
oabton of Oswald,
Sarnen is apparently an ideal
penal resort, for the happy erimin-
els who arse sentenced to terms of
dotention in'rthat institution have
a far better time than hundreds of
"free" Swiss citizens who are
forced to earn their bread.
n correspondent of a Lausanne
paper states that he was passing
through Sarnen when he saw a
number of men dressed in dark
blue clothes with white stripes
walking about the village smoking
and joking.
Others were seated at a cafe and
some were working in a leisurely
manner carrying bricks for the con-
struebion, of a new building. To
his astonishment the correspondent
found that the men were convicts
from the cantonal prison close by.
These convicts are permitted to
leavethe prison early in the morn-
ing and find work around Sarnen
or walk about the country until
nightfall, when they returnof their
own ,accord to the prison.
They are unaccompanied by ward-
ers and there is nothing to prevent
their escaping, but they are far
far too comfortable to think of
relinquishing their quarters, for
they have as much liberty as other
men and are, moreover, fed and
lodged for nothing.
The money earned by these con-
victs who choose to work can be
spent as they like. One convict
who is employed as a gardener by
a local Magistrate sends his month-
ly salary to his wife and cbildron.
Two or three convicts "camped"
some time ago, but they eventually
returned to the prison in a half
famished condition and after being
severely ' reprimanded they . were
allowed to return to their apart-
ments.
'I'1[Irl UNlLUltMIMLED VAL1'1'J.,
Hew Ile Treated' the interference
Of Lord Stratford.
Some persons have ,an unbounded
admiration for o,' title, "What's in
a name?" means everything to
them, and demands devotion, fauell
a person was Lord Stratford, at
one time British ambassador to.
t -
R
ent e
Turkey: What tile worthy
gentle-
man hG 4.o.
would have sa
man o
mate ,of the Prince of Wales's eld-
est son when be remarked to young
Edward'that he "hoped he wouldn't
put on too 100011 Side," may b0 in-
ferred from the following incident
told by James Henry Skene. The
etory•is found in "With Lord Strat-
ford in ins Orin -team Wer."
Tho Duke of Oen:bridge, was, at
one time, an expeoted guest of
Stretford's. At an early hour the
ambassador went, in slippers and
dressing -gown, to see if the rooms
were in perfect order. He found
that the Dunce's valet had arrived
and was arranging his master's
trunks and portmanteaus. Strat-
ford gave some directions how they
should be placed. The man left off
working, and stared at the intruder.
"I tell you what it is," he said ; "'I
know how his royal highness likes
to have his things arranged better
than you do. So you just be off,
will you, old fellow?"
Lord Stratford left in a towering
passion. Calling one of his
attaches, be ordered him tc go in
and tell the . man whom he bad
addressed in such' language. The
attache returned with twinkling
oyes.
"What did you say 1" asked the
ambassador.
"I said to him, my lord, that the
person he had ventured to address
such language to' was her majesty's
representative to Turkey."
"Ah, quite right. And- bis an -
ewer ?'1
"He answered, my lord, that ho
never said you, wasn't."
AUTUMN TILE TIME TO PAINT..
•
TITS SENTENCE INCREASED.
Prisoner AP15ealed and Gets Three
More .Years.
PAPER FROM MANY T1t1NGSt.
And a Witl0 Variety of Articles
Made from Paper. '
The London Daily Chronicle of
recent date contains the following:
For the first time sines its forma-
tion the Court of Criminal Appeal
the other day exercised its preroga-
itve and increased the term of a
prisoner's sentence.
The man- before the court was
William Simpson, who fired five
shots at a gentleman travelling on
the Metropolitan Railway between
Baker street and St. John's Wood.
For this crime Simpson was re-eent-
ly sentenced to twelve years' pen-
al servitude, on a charge of attempt-
ed murder, and against his sen-
tence he appealed.
The Lord Chiet Justice warned
him that the court had the power
and mightsee fit to increase the
sentence which had already been
passed upoh him, heavy though' it
was. Simpson said he would pro-
ceed with the appeal.
After hearing the case the Lord
Chief Justice said that having re-
gard to the nature of the crime,
the only too obvious premeditation,
and the deliberation with which it
was carried through, the court came
tb the conclusion that the sentence.
was not severe enough.` Therefore
it would be increased from twelve
to fifteen years' penal servitude.
I had noticed at the time that it
had token refuge in an ant hill near WORLD'S BEST SHIP TIMBER.
the edge of the paddy field which
formed one boundary of the new Forests of Durable Teak Restricted
clearing upon which my bungalow to Area in South Asia.
stood, and situated about 200 feet Some of the most useful products
from it. Y led the charmer to this of oar planet are confined to small
ant hill. When I had assured him areas of its surface, situated at a
that a snake almost certainly ocou- great distance from the main cen-,
pied the hole he squatted down op- fres of population and industry. In-
posite to it and started blowing a dia rubber is one of these, teak, the
reed piece which gave a sound simi- most valuable ship timber in exist -
lar to that of a bagpipe. ence, is another.
After a long time, and when I . Extensive teak forests are, it may
had almost .given up the idea of be generally stated, restricted ;to
the snake being there still, these Burma, Siam, and Cochin -China.
bra protruded its head about an There are only three ports inthe
see
inch out of the hole in order pre- world from which teak red exported
sumably to e what' vas going on ; --.Rangoon, Moulmein, a
the charmer' pounced upon it, and It is a beautiful dark colored valuwoode the head of the snake be- taking a high finish, and
tween his thumb and two fingers so in ship -building depends upon its
that it could not open its mouth ho durabtltty, its resist-
ance
pulled it out of the white ants'nest
and brought it to the bungalow.
- He then tried to make it dance by
holding a small piece of white root
above its head. The snake trier.' to
escape several Ones, but was.
brought back again and ultimately
was induced to dance with its hood
extended; so Inc as I could judge
it was the same snake that I had
noticed before. I then asked the
charmer what he would do if ho
happened to get bitten by the wild
snake. He told me that he did not
mind items ho had a certain medi-
cine which would prevent any ill
effects.
"I then more as a joke than any -
thine else, promised him 5 rupees
if n byntth'eallow
sn snake hehimself
had -to
just
stung by that he
caught, fully behoving
would never attempt the tele]. But
before I could stop him he had seiz-
ed the snake by the neck and had
thrust the forefinger of his right
hoed
DEET' IN ITS MOUTH,
and when he withdrew it there two
pnneturoson each side of. the see-
and joint. Both punctures were
bleeding slightly.
"Ho at once handed over the co-
bra to his companion, who iumtedi
ately shut him up into rho snaky
basket, and the. charmer presently
took out from his waist cloth a piece
acstrength, o itsexcitement of the ears 1905 and
anon to both moisture and drought, ish excite Y
its non -liability to be attacked by 1906, and the fact that eases of sui-
boring insects, its lightness in the cede have become painfully frequent
water, and its resistance to the in- amongst pupils of secondary schools
fluence of iron when brought in and students of universities and
close contact. In this last point of other higher educational institu-
excel'lence it has no substitute as a tions is perhaps partly to be ex -
backing for armonrplate plained by the extraordinary inten
.n--- airy with which the general reac-
BOW TO WASH WINDOWS. tion both in temper and government
Strange as it may seem, there is has manifested itself in schools and
a right and wrong way to wash colleges.
windows, and as this operation is The estimated number of suicides
usually dreaded, the following me- in Russian educational institutions
thod will doubtless be appreciated, was in 1908, 312, and in 1900, 449,
as it saves both time and labor. or 701 in two years. The figures for
Choose a dull day, or at least a the previous years are, 1904, twen-
time when the sun isnot shining on ty ; i 1905, forty-seven; 1906, sew-
the windows, for ,when the Sun enty-one; 1907, 112.
shines on. the window it causes it As to the caubes of •suicide it is
to be dry streaked no matter how estimated that about a third of the
much it is rubbed,. Take a pain cases have their origin iu certain
ter's brush and duet thele inside conditions, of seheol life.' The Ozer
and -out, washing all the woedwork has become so worried about this
inside before touching .the glass. suicidal tendency that he has ap-
The latter must be washed slowly in pointed a commission to invasin,
warm water diluted with ammonia-- gate.
do not use soap. Use a small cloth
with a pointed stack to got the dust MADE HIM SHELL (aU'J<
out of the corners; wipe dry with
a soft piece of cotton cloth -do not "1 ease you kiss sister Ana1s last
use linen, as it makes the glass night 1"
linty when dry. Polish with tissue "Did you, Robby 1 Hem's a 4fay.
paper Or old'newapaper.. You will ter for you.
find that this can be done in half
the time taken where soap is used,
and the result will be brighter wins
down.
While there is nothing like linen
for paper making, many other
things will serve as substitutes, Iron
instauoe, patents have been issued
in Europe and this country for the
manufacture of paper from barley,
Pats rise, Wien
corn, � as
,
beans,
,
1
alfalfa, iamle, pine needles, sugar
talo refuse, jute, moss, seaweed,
tobacco, lichens, the leaves and
bark of trees, boets, potatoes and
ether equally strange things.
to most cases the Trice of manu-
facture is excessive when we eon -
aider the quality of the product.
The great bulk of our paper — not
the best, but that most commonly
user'—is made from the wood of
certain trees. Paper can be made
from nearly anything, and nearly
anything can be made from paper,
With compressed paper are made
wheels, rails, cannons, horseshoes,
polishers for gems, bicycles, and
asphalt tubes for gas or electric
wires.
Berlin has made' an attempt to
snake artificial brinks with wood
pulp and zine sulphate. After .sub-
jecting them to an enormously high
pressure they aro baked for forty-
eight hours. Those have been used
for paving streets. In similar fash-
ion roofing tiles and water pipes
are being made. Telegraph poles
of rolled sheets of paper are hol-
low, lighter than wood and resist
the weather well.
In Japan the following are made
of paper i Clothing, window frames,
lanterns, umbrellas, handkerchiefs,
artificial leather, etc.
In the United States and Ger-
many are made paper barrels, vases
and milk bottles. Straw hats may
now be bought into which enters
not an atom of straw. They are
made of narrow paper strips, dyed
yellow. Artificial sponges are made
of cellulose,, orpaper pulp.
The use of paper in industry may
be idnefinitely extended. It is em-
ployed to make imitation porcelain,
for boats, for bullets, shoes, billi-
ard table cloths, sails for boats,
boards for building, impermeable
bags for cement and powdered sub-
stances, boat's and water vessels.
There has even beenmade a paper
stove, which is said to have stood
the test well. Cellulose may be
used to prepare a:' waterproof coat-
ing that may applied like paint.
Whole houses in Norway have been
built of paper as well as in other
countries; in Norway, too, is a
church holding 1,000 persons, built
entirely of paper, .even to the bel-
fry.
Five Reagens 'Why House Owners
Should Not Choose Spring.
The Paint Manufacturers Asso-
ciation
sciation of the United „ States has
prepared five reasous for having
painting done in the fall :
1.. In the fall the surface is thor-
oughly dry. During the spring a
surface, which needs repainting is
sure to contain moisture and damp-
ness or frost, and it cannot be suc-
cessfully painted until it has thor-
oughly dried out.
2. When the wood is dry it ab-
sorbs more- of the paint ; the paint
penetrates deeper into the wood,
therefore gets a firmer hold on it.
3. Paint cannot be asuccess-
fully fully applied in -damp, cloudy
unsettled weather as in warm, sun-
ny weather. In the fall the weath-
er is more 'settled and uniform and
generally warmer; therefore it is
an excellent time for painting.
4. A house needs its protecting
coat of paint more in the winter
months than at any other time. A
house in need of painting should
never be allowed to go over the
winter without this protection:
5.. It is easier to keep the wint-
er's moisture and dampness out by
applying a coat of paint in the fall,
when the surface is dry and receiv-
es the oil and pigment so as to
protect the surface.
These reasons. apply as properly
to metal work, whether roof, con-
ductors, cave.troughs or flashings,
as they do to wood work;.
SUICIDE IN RUSSIA.
s
Appallingly . Frequent Amongst
Students in the Czar's Domain.
The prevalence of suicide in Rus-
sia at present is only one of many
symptoms of the depression which
set in as a reaction after the fever
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HUNTING FIREFLIES.
A Japanese Expert Can Sometimes
Catch 3,000 in a Night.
In Japan fireflies are an adjunct
to all grades of festivity from the
private garden parties of nobles to
an evening at a cheap tea garden,
Sometimes they are kept caged,
sometimes released in swarms in.
the presence of 'guests. To supply
this demand, there are a number
of firms in Japan employing men
to catch the fireflies,
,At sunset the firefly hunter starts
forth with a long bamboo pole and
a bag of mosquito netting. On
reaching a suitable growth of wil-
lows near water he makes ready
his net and strikes the insects with
his pole. This jars them to the
ground, where they are easily
gathered up.
But this must be done very rapid-
ly before they recover themselves
enough to fly. So the skilled catch-
er, sparing no time to put them at
once into the bag, uses both hands
to pick them up and tosses them
lightly into his apron, where he
holds them .unharmed till he can
hold no more, and only then does
he he transfer them to the bag.
His work lasts till about two
o'clock in the morning, when the
insects leave the trees for the dewy
soil. He then changes his method.
He brushes the surface of the
ground with a light broom to startle
the insects into light; then he
gathers them as before. An expert
has been known to gather three
thousand in one night.
Besides being a .business, firefly
catching is a sport in Japan. Little
girls pursue the insects with their
fans, boys with wands to which 'a
wisp of yarn is fastened, and they
sing an old rhyme as they follow
the glistening insects. Nor do
their elders disdain to join the
sport. They organize festival
parties to visit pertain spots long
known and famous to witness the
beautiful spectacle of the fireflies
swarming.
DRINKS DISPLACE WHISKEY.
NO OLOCK-WATCHER.
How many clerks measure up to
the standard of the young book-
keeper in this story. He was em-
ployed in
m-ployedin the passenger department
of a great railroad. It was just a
little before lunch. Some of the
clerks were putting on, their coasts,
some leaving for the wash room,
some consulting the' clock;
some
the
were still busy. Suddenly
"boss' entered. He glanced about
him, and then approached the young
bookkeeper.
"What time is it?" he asked.
• The young man kept- on figuring,
and the boss put a hand on his desk
and repeated the question.
Instantly the .other looked up,
surprised to see the chief at his
elbow.
"I beg veer pardon, were you
speaking to me? he asked,
"Merely inquired the time -that
was all," said the other.
The bookkeeper glanced about the
room, located the office clock, and
said, "It's ten minutes to twelve."
• "Thtutk you, s
aid the, general
manager and vice-president, and
strolled OUT,
That conversation cost the young
bookkeeper his place—in the pas-
senger department—and put him
under a higher officer, "on the fir-
ing. lino." Nine years later he was
assistant general manager, . and
While still in the thirties became a
general manager, full-fledged.
IAlI 111 AFRICAN WILDS
CA.JIRIED BY AEROPLANES IN
NORTHERN AFRICA.
--fie
BLOODLESS SURGERY.
Maio Possible by a Newly Discov-
ered Method.
Dr. F. Nageischmidt of Berlin,
Germany, has just demonstrated be-
fore the Electro -Therapeutic` section
of the Royal Society of Medicine his
discovery of a method of performing.
surgical operations without shed-
ding blood by employing a distinct
modification of ordinary high fre-
quency electricity. In Dr. Nagel-
scltmidt''s apparatus, which gives
a greater current than the high fre-
quency apparatus, but with a lower
frequency, two wires lead from the
generator 'to electrodes placed on
each side of the part to be operated
on, and on the application of the
current the flow of blood in the re-
gion between the electrodes is stop-
ped bythe coagulation of the albu-
men in the blood and tissue. The
area of coagulation eau' be widened
or narrowed by using broader or
narrower electrodes. Dr. Nagel-
schmidt believes the method will
be particularly useful in dealing
with large surface cancers especi-
ally the type' called "en cuirasse."
He has successfully operated on
three or four cancers, and has also
removed tonsils without loss of
blood.
There is, however. difficulty and,
except in very skilled hands, dan-
ger in the operation, because there
is some risk of the blood coagulat-
ing in the large veins in the area
between- the electrodes, thereby
forming clots. This elidieulty is
met by the application of vaselino
ointment, containing 2 per cent. of
pyrogallic acid which retards the
otherwise too rapid healing, the re -
snit of which would not only mean
the encouragement of slatting, but
the creation of redundant proud
flesh and ugly scarring. If this is
properly guarded against, the me-
thod is deolarcelto be an enormous
advance on any existing as obviat-
ing shock from loss of blood.
HELPS TRADE.
'To you believe in love at first
sight -1"
"Sura, 14 boosts my business.",
Money. lqq_I'-
10OIam a divorce court lawver.'t
Aerial Scheme to Link Fronds,
Territory to the Congo
Stations.
The more the French colonial au-
thorities study aviation the more
they aro impressed be the possibili-
ties of using it to advance in re-
mote African areas. Not only has
the governor of Madagascar deeid-
ed to use aeroplanes to carry mails
from his island capital to the out-
posts of, his authority, but Capt.
Cartier who has returned from 'a
tour of inspection along the Sahara
Desert military posts, has come out
with a big boost for the aerial
scheme that is to link French terri-
tory in North Alred to the Congo
stations.
'"Thanks. And t n Saw
tothe hall a wet ;l a 50555 tar a elan tries to settle
kiss the.maid.. .
Hared /MI a' � Pe �
�p insist en holt
Glreat'pcottt. gore
lar 1'4 Atttling up.
What Tax Collectors Tell of Eng.
land's Changing Tastes.
This is the tea and cocoa age in
Britain. More than a third less
alcohol, especially whiskey, is
drunk. Less coffee, more tea and
cocoa, more tobacco, more card
playing, more dogs, more men -ser-
vants (due to the chauffeur), more
pawnbrokers, fewer armorial' bear-
ings, aro some of the curious facts
brought out in the report of the
commissioners of customs and ex-
cise.
Of all sorts of alcoholic drinks the
country now .consumes 23� gallons
for each inhabitant in a year. Ten
years ago the amount was thirty-
three gallons per head. In the use
of tea, coffee and cocoa, combined,
there is a slight increase in ten'
years, the same with tobacco. The
tax on playing cards now yields
$145,000 a year, showing a thirty
per cent. increase. There are 4,-
000 fewerpublicans, but 37,000 more
tobacconists, than when the cen-
tury began, 24,000 moremen ser-
vants, and 360,000 more dogs, the
exact number of canines, accord-
ing to the tax reports, being 1,820,-
841.
1,500 MILES.
From Algiers to Timbuctoo on
the Sahara border is 1,500 miles.
Along the first part of this route
there aro, several populous oases.
By covering Tuau,-Tidikelt and the
valley of Saoura, relay stations
would be available, except in the
last strip of desert area. If the
eastward route is chosen, it runs
over a mountainous Sahara, with a
fair population and some water sup-
plies in the valleys till within 950
miles of Timbuctoo. After that
there is no life, water or safe land-
ing place. From the jump off at the
last haunt of man, right along to
Timbuctoo, the aviator would have
for the present to grit his teeth
and keep aloft. or run an awful
chance of a desert death. Later on,
no doubt, ingenuity would have to
devise artificial relay stations.
And often in this region sand
clouds are fanned by the storms to
a height of a thousand feet or so.
Above that the aeroplane must fly
or the driver would be blinded and
his machine clogged with sand.
Down by the Niger valley the, wel-
come green of vegetation reappears
again but so tall is the grass that
in cases of forced descent it is li-
able
iable to tangle up with the aero-
plane in a way that will hinder a
fresh start.
Success usually manages to dodge
a man who is afraid of doing a lit-
tle more than his share.
F,VOLUTION OF LISBON'.
Lisbon, the capital of Portugal,
sometimes claims to have been
founded by Ulysses in the:coltrse of
his wanderings.' But, according to
the Loudon, Chronicle, there is no
doubt that Ulyssippo is only e fan-
oifulversion of Clisipo the most
ancient. uanie of what atlas probably
at ftrst aPheeeician city., When
111p1 Itomens absorbed and muni.ei-
palized Olisipo it became I'elicitab
Julia, but the 'lands of the Me-.
slonis. it slipped back to Lashio -tea..
Byron's • nee in. ' `Childs Harold,"
"What beauties does Lisboa first
tiufsld 1" gives the Portuguese spel-
ling of the name to -day.
WESTWARD ROUTE.
If, instead of this route, a west-
ward line is chosen, six or seven
hundred mike of arid, shifting sand
will have to be traversed, an ly _ ..
in spots is it hard enough to permit
of starting again if a landing has to
be made. Still another route might
be outlined, further east, along a
regular chain of oases and hamlets,
set in high and rugged hills that
make landings perilous. But as
this route is best provided with
water and supplies it is Likely that
the first adventure of the enter-
prise will be made that way.
At Colofb-Beehar, on the north-
ern herder of the desert, the first
aviation •station will be built. The
actual accomplishment of the
scheme is not vet. It will be sever-
al months before the first experi-
ments
xperistents are made. But seems that an
aeroplane could cover the distance
in four days, while at present it
takes over a hundred days, the
scheme, is bound to mature in time.
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