The Best Spring Medicine ABDUL REPORTED
TO HAVE GIVEN UP
It is as easy to prove that H ood’s Sarsaparilla is the best spring medi­
cine as it is to say it.
A
Spring Ailments are blood ailm ents— that is, they arise from an Impure
impoverished, devitalized condition o f the blood; and H o o d ’s Sarsaparilla
purities, enriches and revitalizes the blood as no other medicine does.
I t is the most effective o f all blood medicines.
In itia tiv «.
Said to Have Abdicated I liront in
face of Advancing Enemy.
There is Solid Foundation fo r this claim, in the more than 40,000 testi­
monials o f radical and permanent cures by this medicine, received in two
years, this record being unparalleled in medical history.
H ood’s S arsaparilla
Cures all spring humors, all eruptions, clears the complexion, creates an
appetite, aids the digestion, relieves that tired feelin g, gives vigo r and vim.
Begin taking H o o d ’s Sarsaparilla today. (Jet it in the usual liquid
fo rm o r in chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar.
B u a ln e a a
P r o p o a ltlo u .
At
(h e
N lt t h t
S c h o o l.
“ Your honor,” said the convicted beg­
Teacher— W ho’s Words wort h——
gar, “ can’t you change my sentence of
Bhaggy Haired Pupil (interrupting) —
A dollur apiece? Any living ex-Presi­
Imprisonment to a fine?”
“ Suppose I did,” m id
the Judge, dent’s.
“ where would you get the money to
A ll U O M t I IICU|»U4‘ i l u t c d .
pay It?”
A colonel In General Lee’s division in
“ Oh,” replied the c. b., “ I could beg the late Civil W ar sometimes indulged
a little every day till I hud enough.” In more apple-jack than was good for
him. Passing him one evening, leaning
C o a m o p o llt a n .
against a tree, the general said: “ Good
Confused Young Man— Why, Mina
Come over to my
Bella, I — I scarcely expected to meet you | evening, Colonel.
I tent for a moment, please.” “ ’S-s-cuse
at a roller skating rink.
Self-Possessed Young woman— I*m not j me, g g-en’ ral, s-s-cuse me,” replied the
at all astonished at meeting you, Mr. Colonel. “ It ’s ’bout all I can do stay
Bmlley. All sorts of people come here.— where I am.’
Chicago Tribune.
Sarcasm .
C o u ld n 't
F ool Johnny.
W idow Jones— How would my little
Johnny like a new papa?
Johnny (aged 5 ) — Oh, you needn’t
•hove the responsibility on to me, m a!
It Isn’t a new papa for me, hut a new
husband fo r yourself, that you are
thinking of.— Boston Transcript.
C I T C St. Vitu«’ l)»n i’o ana "rvoun imho »»*»« perma-
I l l J n e n t l y cured l»y Dr. 1 ine'e (treat Norvu lie-
■torur. Hfiul for FREE $2 00 trial Ixittle nmt t routine.
Dr. H. H. Kline, Ld., 931 Arch Ht., Philadelphia, Pa.
Cl « m i n I n u the Stas:«.
! “ W e hope,” said the spokesman o«
■ the committee, “ to enlist your support
( In favor o f a clean stage.’’
“ You have it,” responded the theat­
rical manager, heartily. “ Why, almost
| every one of my plays opens with •
j girl dusting everything In sight.” —
Philadelphia Ledger.
I.canon
from
(h e
I'nnt.
Robin Hood had just handed back halt
the contents of the slender purse he had
A m o n g t h e U l t r a S e t.
taken from the pluinly dressed traveler,
Mrs. liightippe— Uncle Henry is so
“ If you were a rich man,” he said, “ I ’d
stupidly plebeian. Tteully, 1 am exas­ soak you for the whole of it, but I ’ m no
hog; I exact only what I think the traffic
perated every time be calls.
Mr. liightippe— In
what way, my will bear.”
For Robin Hood, with all his faults,
dear?
Mrs. liightippe— Why he always asks lived faithfully up to his idea of what •
graduated income tax ought to be.
I f our baby cries. As if we had one of
those old-fashioned babies!
(■ ettintt It H I k ht.
They asked him if his name was Tahft,
W h y T h e r e la So M n r h ( 'r i m e .
And merrily the big man laughed.
“ H ello!”
“ Why, no,” he said; “ my name is Taft,
“ H ello!”
Which, ns you will find by consulting the
“ Say, central, you gave me the wrong
various dictionaries and paying
number.
I didn’t want Lawn wood 1
particular attention to the marks
double 0 double 7. 1 wanted Woodken 1
indicating the correct pronuncia­
double 7 double----- ”
tion o f the words therein.
“ All right : I ’ll ring ’em again.”
Almost, if not quite, rhymes with ‘ raft.’ ”
— Chicago Tribune.
No
K ia ct
1‘ n c le
J erry.
“ As a general thing,” observed Uncle
Jerry Peebles, " I believe in lettin* wom­
en have whatever they want; but when
I see one of ’em goin’ around with a
spring bat on her head that looke like
an old-fashioned beehive
that’s been
tarred and feathered and then struck by
lightning, I begin to wonder, by George,
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing if it would be safe to trust her with the
lyrup the best remedy to use for their children ballot!” — Chicago Tribune.
during the teething period.
T lte
P re m a tu re .
The era of universal peace had dawned.
“ How delightful !” exclaimed the suf­
fragettes. “ There will be no opposition
Bow to our demands for the ballot !”
Instantly universal war broke loose
•gain.
N o t a Ile j r u l n r N i m r o d .
S im ila r ity .
Mrs. Gunner— Henry, you would per­
sist in calling that last cook a vision.
There was nothing pretty about her.
Mr. Gunner— Not at all.
Mrs. Gunner— Then wliy did you call
her a vision?
Mr. Gunner— Because visions fad «
away. She remained only two days.
Employer— You'd like to go and spend
S u s p ic io u s C ir c u m s t a n c e .
• week with friends in the country, would
you, Roger?
The grocer had warranted the maple
Office Boy— Yes* sir.
sirup to be the real stu...
Employer— What’s your little game
“ It doesn’t taste like any maple sirup
now, Roger?
I ever bought,” said the customer, who
had just sampled it, “ and I strongly sus­
Office Boy— Rabbits, sir.
pect----- ”
A m p l y Q u a lifie d .
“ S ir!” said the indignant gracer.
Farmer Ilonk— Hear ye are goln’ to
“ I strongly suspect, in spite of your
•end you son to college, Eben?
guaranty, that it’s genuine.”
Farmer Born kicker— Don’t see any
S o lv e d .
reason why I shouldn’t— he’s too dum
“ W hy,” asked the critic, Impatient­
lazy to work, has too much hair, and
ly, “ do you "bave your orchestra play
can yell so’s you can hear him ’most
music during the pathetic scenes? Do
B mile.— The Circle.
you imagine it helps the effect?”
“ No,” answered the manager, “ but
SO RE E Y E S , weak, inflamed, red,
w atery and swollen eyes, use P E T T ­ It keeps the actors from hearing the
I T ’ S E Y E S A L V E . A ll druggists or audience laugh and cough and make
Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y .
fool remark«.” — Cleveland Leader.
Any
Change
>»
Im p r o v e m e n t.
Ile v e n tfe .
Photographer— Is that the most plead­
“ I ’ m going to get even with all th«
ing expression you can assunu ?
phonograph fiends in our flat.”
Sitter— Yes, sir.
“ How so?’’
Photographer— Then, for heaven’s sake,
“ Give my kids snare drums for
glare ferociously at m e!
Christinas.” — Detroit Free Press.
P r e lim in a r y .
“ Mrs. McGoozle, your husband is • sin­
gularly gifted man. It ’s a wonder to me
that he isn’t on the lecture platform.”
" I think he contemplates taking to that
some day. In fact, he has been lecturing
In a desultory sort of way. just for prac­
tice, for the last ten years.”
“ Why, where, Mrs. McGoozle?”
“ A t home. I ’ m the audience.”
Restorative
Recipe for Men
This w ill prove a welcom e bit o f inform ation
fo r all those who are overworked. Rloomy. de­
spondent. nervous, and have trem blin g limbs,
h eart palpitation, dizziness, cold extrem eties, in­
somnia. fea r w ithout cause, tim idity in ven tu rin g
and ireneral inability to a ct naturally and ration ­
a lly as others do, t>ecause the treatm en t can t>e
prepared secretly at home and aken w ith ou t any­
on e’ s knowledge.
I f the reader decides to try it. fret th ree ounces !
o f ordinary syrup sarsaparilla compound and one
ounce compound fluid balm wort; m ix. and let
stand tw o hours; then pret one ounce compound
essence cardiol and one ounce tin ctu re cadomene
compound (not ca dam om ); m ix all to g e th e r
shake w ell and take a teaspoonful a fte r each
meal and one when retiring:.
In s id e
Sultan Believed to Have Fled or Hid
. den— S uccessor May Be Prince
Yusseft Izzedin—Arm y o f Consti
tutionalists Enveloping City —Cap
ital Full o f Rumors.
H is to r y .
Indignant W ife— What’s the use of my
«lyin g anything to you, John? It goes
I d at one ear and out at the other!
Provoking Husband— Not always, Ma­
ria. When you say anything worth mind­
ing I •top it on the way through.
W a it e d .
“ So you want to earn enough to buy
you a dinner, eh?"
"Tea, boss."
“ I wish you had come around here
h a lf an bour ago."
“ I did, boss."
“ W ell, there waa a ton of coal to
ka carried In then; why didn’t you
knock?"
“ I aeon de coal."— Ilouaton P o s t
F u flllin e n t
of a
Prop h ecy.
Hannibal, the illustrious general, driv­
en to despair by his enemies, had taken
poison and had laid himself down to die.
“ Anyhow,
he said, “ my name will
live in history.”
His foresight was unerring.
Two thousand years later a town in
Missouri was named in his honor.— Chi­
cago Tribune.
Of a D i f f e r e n t O p in io n N o n ,
“ You are charged with larceny. Are
you guilty or not guilty?”
“ Not guilty, judge. I thought I was.
but I ’ ve been talkin’ to my lawyer, an’
he’s convinced me that I ain’ t.” — Chicago
Tribune.
The
W in te r
of
Ilia
D is c o n t e n t .
“ W hat’s the matter? Aren’t your
pictures a success?”
“ No.”
“ But the papers say they sre full
of warmth.”
“ That’s It ; they are all Arctic
scenes.” — Houston Post.
Cc-nstantinople, A p ril 20.— W ith the
Constitutional army steadily enveloping
his capital and demanding his head,
with a garrison unwillng to defend him,
and with a cabinet ready to surrender
to the demands o f the patriot army
Sultan Abdul Hamid is reported to
have abdicated and fled on a warship or
sought refuge-in a foreign embassy.
The report that the sultan had abdi­
cated caused the greatest excitem ent
in the lobbies o f parliament. A rumor
o f the fligh t o f the sultan on a warship
follow ed closely on that o f his abdica­
tion, but neither could be confirmed.
L a rge crowds gathered at the British
embassy, where other reports had it
that the sultan had taken refuge, and
there were scores o f inquiries at the
Russian embassy concerning the truth
o f the rumor that the sultan was under
the protection o f Russia on one o f its
guardships. A t both o f these embas­
sies all knowledge o f the sultan's move­
ments was denied and the Turkish F o r­
eign office gave a strong denial o f the
rumors.
The abdication o f Abdul Hamid, how­
ever, appears to be not improbable,
and it appears that within a day or two
the Constiuttionalists may accept as
his successor Prince Yusseff Izzedin,
the eldest son o f the late sultan, who
is second in line, as they are strongly
displeased with Abdul H am id’ s a tti­
tude.
The Constitutional forces sent out
small parties to reconnoiter this a fte r­
noon, and at 7 o ’ clock in the evening
they were within sight o f the gates o f
Constantinople. They encountered no
resistance, nor does resistance seem
lik ely, unless it is at the palace. The
headquarters o f the Constitutionalist
army is at Dedegatich, and General
HuBni Pasha’s forces, which now num­
ber between 20,000 and 30,000, occupy
a range o f hills about 20 miles from
the capital.
LO E B A F T E R S M U G G L E R S .
Declines O ffe r o f $ 2 6 0 ,0 0 0 to Drop
Governm ent Inquiry.
N ew York, A p ril 20.— The sm uggling
syndicate that first offered Collector o f
the P ort I.oeb $100,000 to drop the
governm ent’ s
investigation
o f the
sm uggling o f “ sleeper” trunks con
tain ing $55,000 worth o f Paris gowns
increased its offer today to $260,000,
according to Mr. Loeb.
“The amount now offered the g o v ­
ernment to drop the investigation and
probable prosecution is $260,000, ” said
Mr. Loeb.
“ The amount represents
what would be the penalties o f fu lly
$200,000 above the appraised value o f
the goods.
A ll offers have been re­
fused. W e want the sm ugglers.’ ’
I t is believed that worry over this
case so affected the mind o f W illiam
G. Bainbridge, confidential agent o f
the United States Treasury department
Paris, that he committed suicide.
The Treasury department had fu lly ap­
proved Mr. Bainbridge’ s course in the
case, but he le ft a note declaring he
was the victim o f a plot.
Mr. L o eb ’ s in vestigation shows that
the smuggled gowns had been made in
Paris by famous designers fo r many
women o f social prominence and wealth
in N e w York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Washington and that the reason for
offerin g such a large sum to suppress
the investigation was to shield the
women from unpleasant publicity.
Hecate M atter Serious.
Ottawa, Ont., A p ril 20.— The ques­
tion as to jurisdiction over Hecate
straits on the Pacific coast o f Canada,
between Queen Charlotte islands and
British Columbia, is lik ely to become
an active issue w ithin a short time.
As these waters lie between tw o Cana­
dian stretches o f territory, the Domin­
ion claims that they are as much her
exclusive property as Lon g
Island
sound is the property o f the United
States. The H ecate straits are halibut
fisheries, and are resorted to by both
Am erican and Canadian fishermen.
Sh ort Route to Europe.
W innipeg, Man., A p ril 20.— Edson
J. Chamberlain, general manager o f
the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, an­
nounced tonight that in a few days the
road would begin constructing branch
ines north and south from M elville,
Sask. The company w ill lose no time
in building a through line from the
Am erican boundary to Hudson bay,
thus providing the farm ers o f the Mid­
dle states with a short wheat route to
Europe. He also announced the con­
struction o f several other branches
from the main line to the north.
Sultan Names Successor.
Berlin, A p ril 20.— A rumor emanat­
ing from Vienna says that the sultan
T e l e g r a p h P o le s .
B arker— Fine automobile, Coggwood. has expressed his w illingness to abdi­
cate in fa v o r o f Mohammed Rechad
What do you call it?
Effendi, heir apparent to the throne.
Coggwood— Pea ry.
Ila rk e r— A fte r the arctic explorer, A dispatch to the Lokal A n zeiger from
Constantinople says it is rumored Mo­
eh? And why?
Coggwoed— Because It Is always mak­ hammed Rechad Effendi has been ac­
claimed sultan at Salonica.
The cor­
ing a dash for the pole.
respondent says it is intended to estab­
lish the provisional seat o f government
H e r C o n s titu tio n a l R lg k t .
Gladys— Bo you’ve sent Herbert about at that place.
his business, have you?
*
May belle— Yes; but I have since used
Young Turks Will D epose Sultan,
the— er— recall on him.— Chicago Trib­
London, A p ril 20.— In terest in the
une.
Turkish crisis is now chiefly concerned
w ith the fate o f the sultan and there
C o n c i s e l y S ta t e d .
Mrs. Ferguson— George, what are the is little doubt that he w ill be deposed.
Recent developments have served to
seven deadly sins?
Mr. Ferguson— Being a candidate for emphasize the devotion o f the whole
any office.
country to constitutional government.
MAPLEINE
A fl.Tortmr a»rd th . .im r a, Irmon or vaattla.
By disyntvin,, rr.nol.trrt «near in w .trr and
addin* Maplrinr, a drliciona syrup it mado and
a .ym p brttrr than maple. Mapleine ia told by
grocers. I f not aend 35c for 2 oa. bottle and
recipe book. Creaceat MV*. Co., Saattla, W a
“ That statesman lb a man o f won­
derful Initiative.”
“ Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum ;
“ there is no doubt about his Initiative.
He sturts things that nobody on earth
could fluisti.” — Washington Star.
M a k ln ir
Up
fo r
l.o «l
T im e .
Stranger (happening along)— What’s
all that loud wrangling about in there?
Sexton— The ladles, sir, are holding an
adjourned meeting in the silence room.—
Chicago Tribune.
D iffe r e n t
10q n I v a l e n t .
“ It would be correct to say, then, that
you are on the water wagon, wouldn't
It?” asked the reporter.
“ No,” said the distinguisher actor;
“ that hardly expresses it. I have merely
quit drinking coffee and taken to more
wlholesome beverages.
You might say,
perhaps, that I am on the milk wagon.”
H n u d lc a p ,
"M y mamma’s yardstick has three feet.’
Said Willie, cute and cunning.
“ I ’ ve only two, but I can beat
My niamuitt’s yardstick running.'
—Judge.
N on.
Mrs. Chugwater— Josiah, what Is the
“ unwritten law?”
Mr. Chugwater— There Isn’t any. It’s
been written up in all the papers, I ’ve
told you that before.
W hy
AVcgelable Prepara! ion forAs
slimla I nig it* Food and Rrtula
ling Uu> Sumachs aodßowb of
S tr a ta .
The irresistible high handshake chanced
to meet the immovable low handshake.
Whereupon they gave each other the
cold shake and passed on.
Not
ALC OHOL 3 PER CENT.
They
D o n ’ t.
Would some oracle might utter,
Giving me the reason why
Maidens in a constant flutter
Never fly !
•—Indianapolis News.
Fam e.
Uncle Hiram— So you play base ball,
do you, Dickey? Has your ball club got
a uame?
Five-Year-Old— Has it got a name!
Gee! You’ve heard of the Rag Alley
Y’ annigans, haven’t you, uncle? Well, I ’m
their reg'lar shortstop.
We’re goin’ to
whale the everlastin’ stuflin out o’ the
Bumtown Billygoats next Saturday!—
Chicago Tribune.
T h e Q u a lif ic a t io n s .
Tremolos DigestionfWrfif
ness and fost.Coniains neither
Opiuni.Morphine nor Mineral.
N o t N a r c o t ic .
Jtrajie o f Old DrSm urm iEU
A f i i i & edm
jUx.Smua *•
JhcM/e Sd!fc~
utilise Seed *
- .
L i Cammk iJ a *
Warm Serd-
Clcnfutl Sugar •
ness and Lo ss OF S leep .
F r ie n d s .
M o re
About
H im .
O f gardening the city man
Oft little understands,
Yet never fails to raise a crop
O f blisters on his hands.
•—Kansas City Times.
And when his M. C. franks to him
A lot of garden seeds,
He plants them and is sure to raise
A splendid crop of weeds.
— Chicago Tribune.
No
L im it
to
11 la
A b ility .
"Now here,” said the salesman, “ is a
cigar I can recommend.”
"I know you can, young man,” said
the customer. “ I tried one of them the
other day on your recommendation. What
I want is a brand you can recommend
without lying.”
A
R ig h te o u s
Ju dge.
One Sunday morning a minister's
w ife saw her son chasing the hens with
a stick. She went to the door to In­
vestigate and heard him Bay: “ I'll
teach you to lay eggs in a minister's
fam ily on Sunday m orning!” — Delin­
eator.
H la
W a lk in g
P ap ers.
“ My sister’ll be down in a minute,”
said little Clarence, who was entertain­
ing the young man in the parlor. “ I
heard her tellin* maw a little while ago
that she was goin’ to give you your writ­
ten permission to perambulate to-night.
What do you reckon she meant
by
that?”
‘I think I know, Clarence,” said the
young man, reaching for his hat. “ You
may tell her, if you please, that I have
decided not to wait for it.”
A rro g a n ce
of
W e a lth .
•*What’s them apples worth?” asked the
farmer, stopping in front of a
fruit
stand.
‘In that pile?” said the proprietor ef
the stand. “ Five cents apiece.”
’ Bo? Well, I guess I ’ll eat about a
dime’s worth.”
Thereupon he took two big red apples
out of a capacious pocket in his over­
coat and strolled on, placidly munching
one of them.—Chicago Tribuna.
RIGID LAWS TO GOVERN AERONAUTS.
L eo Stevens, Inttructor o f U. S.
Arm y Balloon C orp s, Advocates
Government License and
Examinations.
E very day I am firm ly convinced that
there should be government regulation
on ballooning. I have held this theory
for some time, but the experience o f a
certain California aeronaut a few days
ago in the Sierra Madre mountains has
brought the need home to me more
strongly than ever.
The government
regulations should consist o f licenses
fo r balloon pilots, and laws within
which the pilots should have to confine
themselves.
W hile I do not wish to reflect on this
aeronaut, I do wish to point out that
ha is only a case in point.
Some peo­
ple can never become successful balloon
men any more than all men can become
successes as arti-ts or deep sea divers.
Cotton Fire is Burning,
I t ’ s a part o f a man’ s makeup.
There
L ittle Rock, A rk ., A p ril 20.— The are some men who can make 20 ascen­
St. Louis compress No. 2, w ith 1,200 I sions and still be no better equipped as
bales o f cotton, caught fire a fte r mid­ pilots than i f they were goin g up for
night and its total destruction is ex­ the second time.
A person who is not
pected. The loss w ill reach $1,000,000. skilled in aeronautics, knowing that
Castor!» is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare­
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
G E N U IN E
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What is CASTORIA
huu’uym-n flavor.
Aporferl Remedy forCrrnsfipe
i io n , Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions.Feverish
“ I want somebody to report a wo­
man’s congress,” said the managing
Exact Copy o f Wrapper.
editor.
“ Some one well versed In parliamen­
tary language, I presume?”
“ Nope. Some one who understands this man ha< made say nine ascensions
such terms as passementerie, aigrette says, “ Oh, I ’ ll w illin gly g o .’ ’
I f we
und the like.” — Kansas City Journal.
had government regulation,
where
men skilled in aircra ft should make the
examinations as to whether or not the
applicant was fitted to be a pilot, this
obvious danger would be di-pensed
with.
The popular idea is that all one has
For Catarrh of the Throat of Two to do to make an ascension is to jump
Years* Standing.
into the balloon car, cut loose and when
•*l was afflicted fo r tw o years with one is ready to ascend throw overboard
catarrh o f the throat. At first it was the sand ballast. As a matter o f fa c t
that much is not even the alphabet o f
very sligh t, but every cold I took made
air riding.
it w orse.
When I heard that this experim enter
“ I follow ed your direction s and in a was to make the trip with that number
very short tim e I began to im prove. I o f passengers and w ith so small an
took one b ottle and am now taking amount o f ballast in my old “ A m eri­
He should
my second. I can safely say that my ca,” I predicted failure.
throat and head are cleared from ca­ be thankful that the escape was so suc­
tarrh at th e present tim e, but I still cessful. There are some requirements
continue to take my usual dose fo r a and some theories controlling the as­
cent and descent o f balloons just as
spring tonic, and I find there is noth­
fixed as those that govern temperature
ing b etter.” — M rs. W . Pray, 260
or that o f gravitation. A certain sized
T w e lfth S t., Brooklyn, N. Y.
air ship, with so many cubic fe e t of
Nan (exhibiting her latest photograph)
— Don’t you think a three-quarters view
better than a profile?
Fan— No, dear; it shows too much of
’toe face.
The Kind You Have Always nought, and which has been
• in
* * use
MOU I for
W i U
fO t u
v
over
30
years, lias homo the signature o f
' and has been made under bis per­
sonal supervision since its infancy.
Allow no one to deeel vo you in this.
A ll Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Jnst-ns-Kood” are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health o f
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gas naturally can carry only so many
passengers exclusive o f its ballast.
There is a nicety in determ ining just
how many it can carry successfully,
To be specific, a balloon w ith 80,000
cubic fe e t o f gas should start out with
35 bags o f ballast and five passengers.
Equipped in that manner the pilot need
fear no storm, and have no worry. He
just as safe as i f he w ere s ittin g at
his own fireside. When a storm comes,
by throwing overboard some ballast he
can go above it. When the storm is
over, by lettin g out a little gas through
the escape valves he can descend safely
to the earth. When a balloon o f this
size, that is 80,000 cubic feet, has
thrown over all its ballast fo r one rea­
son or another, except five bags, it
should drop to earth at once. T o do
otherwise is to run a dangerous risk.
A law making this necesary would be
a great boon to the art and practice o f
ballooning. A hag carrying between
35,000 and 40,000 cubic fe e t o f gas
and tw o persons besides the pilot
should drop to earth when the pilot has
expended all the ballast save three
bags. I f he does not do so he is risk­
ing lives that he should not be allowed
to jeopardize.
I am in favor o f government regula­
tion. A t the present time licenses can
be granted to pilots in this country by
the A ero club o f Am erica. There are
now 24 men holding these licenses. An
applicant must make 10 suecessful as­
censions before he is granted the li­
cense. These directions have to be
made before he is granted the license,
under the direction o f other licensed
pilots, or afte r the applicant has made
four or five so that he can manage a
balloon, he must keep data o f his trips.
This information has to be exact, and
be filed away. For instance, when the
applicant drops back to earth, say on a
man’ s farm, he has to g iv e the man’ s
name and where he lives, and who
hauled him back to town.
This is so
that at any future tim e the authorities
may satisfy themselves that the trip
was really made and that it was a suc­
cessful one in every way.
France has a very creditable method
o f licensing its balloon men. The li­
censes are not governmental, though.
Each pilot, who is goin g to make an
ascent, carries in his pocket a little
book with his number and his photo­
graph in it. I f any one questions his
identity or his ab ility as a navigator
he simply shows the book with his
photo behind the isenglass.
I am in favor o f governm ent licens­
ing and government regulations, rather
than that o f state jurisdiction. In this
way the laws would be uniform, and
all the air sailers o f something near
equal ability. An applicant would not
have to go to Washington to make an
ascent by any means. He may make
the trip at any place under the guid­
ance o f an accredited pilot.
Ballooning is becoming more and
more popular. I t is now more than a
craze. Its possibilities are attracting
a great many reckless people to have
the experience o f seeing the earth slip
out from under them. Here is where
the trouble comes. I w ill not say that
it ia not righ t for a man to go up in a
balloon by himself.
I think that is
more a m atter o f ethics. A person
may walk on a railroad where there is
a third rail. He does it knowing that
he is taking his life in his hands, but
when he persuades other people to go
along with him, he risks their lives
without enough experience to g e t them
out o f danger should anything happen.
When five people go up in a balloon in
addition to the pilot, the unskilled
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pilot is risking five lives in addition to
his own.
Throw ing overboard ballast is a sci­
ence. Ballast is to a balloon what
steam is to an engine.
And just as
steam once gone can never be recover-
j ed, just so ballast thrown overboard is
j lost. One man can g e t along, make a
whole trip without losing more than
five bags o f ballast while another
spends twenty. The latter spends all
his tim e in travelin g up and down,
making saw teeth, while the other sails
along in a com paratively straight line.
The pilot who is out with the beginner
makes careful notes and gives a full
report to the members o f the A ero
club. He takes into consideration just
how much fluctuating the learner does.
He assists the new man, but watches
him carefully to find out how much grip
he has on the science.
The dilettante in search o f new sen­
sation is as dangerous as an automobil-
ist with the speed mania.
I hesitate
to make a trip with a beginner who
9ays the danger is nothing, with the
man who say9 “ Oh, I ’ m not afraid.
I ’ ve g o t the n erve.”
As a matter o f
fact when good sense is used, there is
no more danger than there is in an au-
i tomobile trip. But there is much po­
tential danger. 1 am w illin g to make
the trip with a beginner who says:
“ Now I ’ m new at this, and want you
to take the rudder.
I don’ t know it
a ll.”
Another thing, balloons and all air
crafts w ill soon be equipped with w ire­
less telephone. An air craft in dis­
tress can send a C. Q. D. message to
earth just like a vessel at sea. It
should be compulsory that equipment
for communications with the earth or
airships be installed.
A balloon in
trouble would sim ply telephone its lo­
cation or general direction and rescue
balloons or automobiles could be sent
to the rescue.
The U . S. army corps with which I
have been connected has successfully
experimented with a D eForest instru
ment, w eigh in g less than 100 pounds.
However, there is a new spark less and
w irele s telephone o f the radio variety
which weighs only 10 pounds and which
any balloonist can safely carry. The
radio sparkless attachment does away
with the danger o f settin g the gas bag
on fire. The w eigh t o f the telephone
is so small that when the balloon lands
out in the country the operator can put
it under his arm and take it with him.
An old fashioned wireless telegraph is
impractical for the reason that it makes
a spark that may ign ite the gas bag.
Ballooning has advanced so fa r now
that it is no longer experimental, but
is a science. The throwing out o f bal­
last is a science. It takes a long time
to learn to handle a balloon properly.
Why, in the fitness o f things, should a
beginner, one who has nothing to urge
him on except curiosity and daredevil-
try, be allowed to risk other lives?
I think the license to beginners
should be made reasonably hard to ob­
tain. And further, the laws regulat­
ing the ballooning should be severe.
Ballooning is a m atter o f public con­
cern, and when licenses are first issued
I hope that they w ill not be given so
promiscuously as licenses were given
at first to auto drivers.
L e ttin g an outsider take up a bal­
loon is exactly like running a railroad
engine. A railroad train is h alf way
between stations when its engineer
Some-
dies. The train is stopped.
body asks, “ Can anybody here run an
engine?”
A young man steps up and
says: “ Yes, I can.”
He takes the
engine and may draw the train ten
miles without an accident and he may
g e t it safely into the station. But is
he a worthy engineer? No. On the
follow in g day th'S same young man
m ight wreck the tra n before he got
out o f the switch yards.
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