ig, fall A f an infinite ey yes. And . ing of ardent thankfulness that it |* was only a But such a patente may be re pers are men who have actually It it and yet lived to tell the tale. The history of Ballooning contains mees where aero- al. nearly six miles. he tions of a man falling through space from a height of six ee BBays the earth; falling, mind y: t wit! _ the merciful ieitieae, aire cove ald yet this happened to Pe waste, both of whom lived to tel tal le. This is a vastly Br litles condition planes will probably always be from & height of:not more than a few hundred feet. However, en, * del is neta to have fallen sey six hundred feet with a disabled monoplane in Germany last. year, making a sheer drop except that once the aeroplane righted itself for an instant. e summer of sie Be skill- ful aeronauts, Andreo! chi, made an epee Italy. They had not intended to make a lofty flight, and the Shae was therefore fil nis sat puny inflated to its n the thinner that the gas-contained within teas | pands to such an piety as some- ticaes to qitars the silk bag. In the -eoli: i caakt ascension the palleoy. was fully inflated for a Jong and low flight. But, owing to some blunder, it was allowed to start without a proper supply of w |minutes, when it with a loud report, and at once be- gan a precipitous descent. After the first mile the descent the Pp ill -were erayell uy raat towayd . solid gro with i eae Speed, aad were in despair, realizing that ah ~ only by a miracle could they sseape Eidien ant terrible death. The 8- | the balloon dropped two. miles in hi dali |its of which could & to its fullest ede eres it oe when they vere iseusing the ee tion, both ai moment being bs car, the ae that held the al. n to the earth broke and the big oe bag shot upward into the dis- turbed air. The ascent was one af the most rapid on record. Within — min- utes the balloon had atti thousand feet ; miles. The aeronauts 0 idea in what direction the; wr ne were 2 being car- ried, Bee die pat itis ie sible to get a arth. They. iaiarotiie aecded to deep: , the valve being thrown open, that is, over about six minutes. en, at a height of two miles from ee ‘earth, the balloon dropped out lowest cloud Savas and the es é could be plainly On looking eee the bal- loonists were appalled to perceive almost directly under them a large expanse of water, the farthest lim- not be seen Glaisher writes, “Mr. the to mind its cutting my hand. It was a bold decision, opening the valve in this way, and it was boldly ¢ ried out The balloon, thus deprived of its buoyancy, dropped downward like a plummet, falling from the lofty height of Four and a Half Miles “ |to the earth in less than fifteen min- into the netting, and formed a kind of parachute which broke the force of the contact; so that, while the car landed with a crash, the bal- loonists suffered no injury beyond instance, with her fiance, Lieutenant Parris of the British navy, made an ascen- sion in 1824. Batria had invented a device for more effectively deflating The ascension was made from City mn, under conditions ot a most favorable nature. The wind was light, the day warm, and the sun, oe bright, was not too hot. The balloon ir being released was tea ind in a south- westerly ireraan for about ten entered a dense ae of sou oud was lost to view f the spec “a rose ae until a height St een at: m this point it began a hich s checked only by a discharge of nearly all the ballast carried. r a short re- ascent the balloon began to fall Stocks made a full The balloon, fine ‘ike a stone, a large oak tree ly Gee. 8, W thrown herself flat down on the floor of the car, was not badly in- | jured ; but Parris, who was clinging with a few cuts and ‘n 1837, diame cocking an Eng- see aerostatician, made a trial of a chute of peculiar atte is adress. Anstead of being of the usual form, like an open umbrella, a - gaging Ppansonet’ made sion from Vauxhall Garden: When a height of five thousand feet, or Peene one mile, was reach-| fares af cious person partly severed with a knife several Pe ‘of the meHene, on Hoo inuelé tron}? j, | to the ropes, was thrown out and Instantly Killed. easily explained. Before starting ad us the top of the balloon where the valve had been placed was far- | sacrifice of ballast momentarily cor- rected this; but, the gas still eon- tinuing to escape, the balloon eould only fall more rapidly as it became a ae aerial adventurers were not won Tape ea west AFRICAN ANT HILLS. — a er Sometimes A Atta’ 1 a Height of ‘orty Feet. cua oe als are veri. tained a] Jam nd | as SHadeon The cause of this catastrophe is | © me pauthoiaiae the mayor. s J. Hill is Tiphly regarded rem: of born in Wellington county, Ontario, in 1838. He was a great admirer of the works of James Fenimore Coop- er, and it was through the influence of his books that Hill’s attention was called to the great possibilities years he slaved in a menial position, and, fees supports his mother, na: little money, euaiek to take him on his great ex- pedition. oni! went to St. Paul, which was ste-lJ. J. Hills’ Fearlessness and - Shrewdness Made Him Rich “King of the Amer r West. = Began Work as Clerk in Ontario Store wharf, carrying wood and freight on his back from the wharf to the decks of Mississippi steamboats for 2 a day. e became a shipping ee in the Gihces of the Dubuque and St. Paul Packet Company. It was in thi: position that he first came in con- tact with some of the problems of | transportation. It fired him to greater things, and he was soon es- He > firs tally, to tednes coal in St. Paul, s the first to establish ees between St. Paul and Winnipeg, then known as Fort Garry. . In 1872 Hill went into partnership with Node . Kittson, of the Bay Compa nd toge- ther they operated pl at Ss be- tween ‘Moorhead and Winnipeg. He was prevailed upon to the reorganization of the and Pacific Railroad, a Sankrapil abies) standing $35,000,000 in debt e road was a joke in financial eircles, and alarmists did all they mpt qe bushels cont ul] ket by Mr. J. J. Hill. | could at Rn lee au in his in- a ed Dona hen ae hel: road was reconeiested under name of the St. Paul, Minnea- ition, Ste: the the polis. was made the general manager of the road. He saw personally to its development, and in 1886 the main line of the track was almost com- pleted, a; the bridges were built, tunnels cleaned, and the line ready for grading. Over 4,000 men were used in the work. -day the Northern Pacific Railroad, which it e been rechris! of the North-¥ His railroad hauls the greater - portion of the 80,000,000 bushels of wheat raised annually in nesota, the 97,000,- ributed to the mar- kotas, and the 24,- 000,000 piel from Oregon. Only bis fearlessness and far-sightedness have enabled Hill to become of the nineteen richest men in the world, FUNKY OLD _ GERERIORIALS THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTING MAYORS IN ENGLAND. Famous Bournemouth Will Be De- prived of One of Jts Usual Rights. e is gloom in EU Bournemouth has been done oe of its mayoral kiss, to wi SS each year Berea the misfortune of eRe ‘a. resident of that dull seaside. town, ees a London correspondent. Bourne- mouth is situated on the south coat resort for invalids. Few pretty cus- toms are associated with the nace, but the mayoral kiss assuredly longs in ‘that ee ach retiring mayor of Bourne- mouth bestows a kiss upon his suc- Across the Channel, as Tt te witness two Frenchmen_or Ger- | mansimprinting chaste salutes on each other’s frequently heavily- bearded cheeks. Foreign monarchs and diplomats, too, make a practice of kissing, and continental mayors may, for all that one knows. But English ones don’t, He in Bournemouth. g the Bournemouth may- ‘'s have Meacad: nobody seems to ee definitely. It is one 9f\those old customs that have been handed | jown. The reason why there was | no kiss this year, by the way, is that the mayor, of 1911, 8. McCal- mont Hill, succeeds himself, having been chosen ay his fellow aldermen for another term. In England mayors are not elected i whe yee e gov- board of aldermen or borough coun- cil or what not— t—and nee term of the same day, h 325 of them 25 Pdi ppointed | kiss only to travel-to other towns to. see even more amusing -performances: of England and is most famous as a| ; me yea 2 Sea ae and lord ens’ of a ss oe gone through with in connection | ™ ifthe lo elected by placing on his finger an ancient ring which his predesessors his eons sel school in the city, its hebdeastar | a4 lacea cane, while at York ae wor- ship is equipped with a gold-mount- ed oak stave which has marked his authority fee centuries. the Lord Mayor’s show dislocates SSURRE in the city for a whole day. ; The New Lord Mayor of London, Sir David Burnett, is the 822nd who offi as the it, to e Bar, the entrance to mdon, against the ry himself. though how long hi Majesty could be kept out is other matter. In France it is be. lieved that ‘le Lor Marie” is cho- sen by the servants of Buckingham Palace, and that he imbibes turtle soup three-times a day, that he has the powe: le: se, needless to say, are figments of the Gallic imagination, but among the lord: mayor’s privi- leges is that of extending the free- to distinguished Paul’s Cathedral Se os NEW. STEEL p COmPOSITE uecessful Test. German military authorities are paying a good deal of Rees new kind of composi iteel, the irivention of an engineer fecal be impervious to ‘i tances at which nickel steel are eas eet al- | ti seh the new m the ordinary German ar rmy | rifle with an extra charge of ‘‘S’” earth three whose is, and Manitoba: Railroad. Hill oe ‘one | ¢h, clerk, while the mayor of Lincoln is | ¥ like wise | © ‘of life and| ¥ German Military Authorities Make {? it eee without mean: h-| remarriage. plates ted naked halt. milimetars thick and rant p ABOUT THE TURK:SH WOMEN THEY ARE NOT SO BADLY OFF AS IS IMAGINED. ~ When Mectied—Ther Enjoy Civil Rights—They Can Seek Di- yorece If They Wish. in comparison with the demands of the women of other au EeE ES a renaissance, ae the Londee Sphere. Woman under Islam is not so de- ay but to the selfishness of men, who prefer uncultured women, their ig- norance making’ them their slaves. The indicial situation of the Turk- ish wom is as advantageous as they Soul: ied wo- men they ee all civil rights ; they are capable, in the judicial sense o! the word, of all acts of administra- tion and alienation, without obtain- | ing, as in France, authoriza- nae oe eee ibe or of the law special provision in the Hiariee het the Mikiah, permits fo seek a divorce, so that her fee ‘ubjestion to her master is not led to believe. whole question of the w: of the Orient reduces itself to a ok thes, senjoyed under the first cal- The Number of Wives. Polygamy, aes ees of the man, is passing a Ae ee fortunes and an increasing desire for Juxur- ies have necessitated the husband's satisfying himself with one wife. Some rich pashas are able to in- dulge in three or four wives, as well , odalisks, ay they are fa dle sian polygamy ae horror, | peasant in the retired solitary villages takes ate or three to help him streets with their nae bar brothers, even ‘their lovers. Are they not quite impersonal under the obscurity of the veil They gather European shops of bold ‘Turkish officers, and the, al- ways inquisitive Christians. The arora Murenee eng no longer unknown ‘Even e poorer women dress themselves Ene to the latest fashion ; the | narrow skirts, bewitching curls, and thin. stockings render the little |, ete anions women small—very attrac’ 2 rallectial m are Seu also, le a move forward, if only a lit- a ogy), poets, like Lelia hanoum or Niguar. Many Being Biueated. ‘The attendance at scl chools i The total suniber | for the yee 1907 1,963, w! has increased to 2, for 1910 Seat Toll. Besides these *Inine feet lon _ | ewts. | ning Co.’s facto: FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL, ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Occurrences in The Land That Reigns Supreme in the Com- mercial World. jew reservoir is | to to be con-| siructed at Shooters Hill, “Wool: Sana, by the collapse of a wall on an old shop in Cranmer Road, Bux- tor mn. At a convocation of Durham Uni- versity at Newcastle the Duke of THE IDEA was FOR: DECORA- TION CHIEFLY. Skin Pricked, Then Pigments From : HS Rubbed Into Punc- tures, : ~The art of puncturing the human Northumberland was elected Chan-|M cellor A Spanish ay el, or tunny, i: weighing ea as ese aught in Poole arbor, Dorset. acton Town Council has rea- lized a profit of $695 on its band- stand. new bandstand to cost $40,000 is proposed. Burglars broke in and stole val- uable racing trophies from the New- Mr. Felix The King has granted an increase of wages to all garden laborers at rogmore, in view of the enhanced ok of living. ay gee aia service at Ligh Baptist Church G. Sal lebu, a Leighton Avenue, fell soy Close ae dred work people have besa’ tegwe out of work by fire that occurred at Mossley Spin. ry. exhibition at Ormesby, outh, two pumpkins were At an near Yarm whieh led to the cause oO! penn: r. Rowland William Fronfair, Dolgelly, father of ‘‘Llew Me! rion,” the conductor of the Welsh Eistedd- eee his ninety- Sonawerapleediert wee aren in Newcastle by an explosion which occurred in the boiler-house of the Station Hotel. Fortunately no one was hur eee Bailhache, the new who pale the honor of knight- ‘hood on The at a the Federation of Master Printers of the United Kingdom, has iistiiede tal an a ,| mediate advance in all prices for pine is necessar; $ McKellar, the King’ Bede: at Frogmore, exhii the ee Horticultural Soci 8 show ae ana yeighing e Ibs. 9 ozs, sponse to an aut iy Mr: Oliver Sees Lampson, M.P., over $125,000 has been pecs es the eee Mr. Herbert |® ea foot} i othe. art is of Polynesian orea ‘ beating into ve tate bone dipped i left an fadelible nak behind. To Attract Opposite Sex. Generally speaking, the marks have been significant of manhood, and also have been largely used, erhaps chiefly, as a means of dec- braae especially among females. It 1s “ Ne 0 of wr a desire to attract the opposite sex, though this does not exclude mo- tives related to ceremonies and reli- i the art as it is prac- sed in Prada confirm though there are insta tribes practice it, giv gious significance. hi pointed out that its end was to take The origin of any custom to the gods. It is stated that even tattooing is supported by divine sanction, for the god Vishnu tatooed the arm of Lahshmi with the figure of his wea- and the wars with the troublesome He also promised that all the fail ful who wore these same marks 01 | | th boulaiie ve Daly souie Ot lusdine ia BaRICE ee all evil influences. Operation is Painful. ‘ As the operation is a. very painful one it is not usual to tatoo any but the parts where the skin is oat 4 men belonging to th tribes known as Koram! Yekrualas ; Besthas and Jogis. work is carried on in the ry nou en stealing and ee in he districts in which they wander. adras rondante wander in the provincial towns and. relief of the recent shy of the | ini floods in Huntingdonshir the Tope houses in the district has been re- Spine since April, 1910, from 400 to Chiswick Urban “District SHaittenny dinnérs are to be sup, plied to the poorest Hast End akeel 2 | children by the one Vegetarian | . 8804 uni e winter at ? Brunswick Hall, Whitechapel Road i ciation farsi! GE SENS 3 THE HORRORS OF WAR. 7 * f : ers, | Awful Price That Is Being Paid for airaieans: or s of support with their ‘brothers, davies ake refuge ee times one man ‘is obliged to keep si€ arents. Extension of Freedom. The veil has been lifted, and we have been able, in ie latter step ol hasty or ae aq, compan: b- Boa of pnedisal equipment have Re cdescett dena ons “| eor was al war aH w ae ing to a return Ttanitied ” | vehicles, articles et dress and |The wandering tribes, we are { swear tattoo marks of circular semi-cirenlar form on thejr fo: heads and forearms. sox —— to. Aor being tattso consist oe Ts “oietain e etimes : The de} ee ox vary iff! mong women of Southern clea flow bait ments, trees, birds, anim =