"MV WORD, MOSQUITOES ARE BAD!"
—Cartoon by Gregg, in the New York American.
WOULD RECORDS HELD BY WRIGHTS.
Flight with passenger—l hour, 12 minutes and 40 seconds, July
27, 1909, by Orville Wright, at Fort Myer, Va.
High flight—36o feet, October 18, 1908, by Wilbur Wright, at Le
Mans, France, in which he won the Michelin prize, t
Duration and distance flight—2 hours, 18 minntes and 3 0 seconds,
covering about 77 miles, January 1, 1909, by Wilbur Wright, at Le
Mans, France.
Records For the Wrights to Beat.
Cross country flights by Henry Farman, Leon Delagrange, Louis
Bleriot and Hubert Latham.
Cross Channel flight by Louis Bleriot.
NEWS ABOUT FLYING AT HOME AND ABROAD
In tlic Realm of Aviation Events Arc Crowding
Thick and East.
Washington, D. C. —Events in the
realm of aviation are crowding thick
anil fast. On the same clay Orville
Wright made a new aeroplane record
at Fort Myer, Hubert Latham made
an almost successful attempt to cross
the English Channel.
Again the motor of the French avi
ator failed, and this time at a criti
cal moment. Five hundred yards
from the English coast the engine
stopped and he fell into the sea. This
second failure may disappoint, but
will hardly discourage, such a'Yducky
man.
At Washington Mr. Wright suc
ceeded in making a new record for
flight with a passenger. In the pres
>eiree of President Taft and a distin
guished company he flew with Lieu
tenant Lahm almost an hour and
thirteen minutes, thus fulfilling the
terms of the Government contract in
respect to duration. During this per
iod he compassed a distance fully
double .that betw<y\ Calais and Dover.
That shows the meaning of this splen
did performance.
DESCRIPTION OF WRIGHT MACHINE
The machine used by the Wrights
at Washington consists of two planes,
one five feet above the other, and
measuring thirty-six feet from tip to
tip. The seat for the operator is |
placed in the centre of the lower
plane, off to the left of the motor.
The passenger sits on the other side
of the motor.
The motor itself is a product of the
Wright brothers- —a four-cylinder,
thirty horsepower, water-cooled gas
oline engine. The gasoline is pumped
directly into the intake pipes, there
being no carbureters.
The tips of the planes are flexible
Tor the space of about twelve feet.
By means of a lever they can be
turned in a curve, resembling a helio
coid. the wings moving in opposite di
rections. A second lever controls the
twin rudders, which are supported by
a brace ten feet from the rear of the
planes. By working the two levers
together the equilibrium of the ma
chine Is maintained.
Ten feet in front of the operator’s
seat two planes resembling a box kite
about fifteen by three feet are used
for controlling the ascent and descent.
Two propellers about nine feet in di
ameter and revolving in opposite di
rections 3re used to thrust the aero
plane forward.
The weight of the machine, includ
ing both operator and passenger, is a
trifle under 1200 pounds.
M. BLERIOT’S AMEITION.
L>ondon. —Following the farewell
dinner given at the Hotel Ritz by the
Aero Club. M. Bleriot and his wife
left for Paris. The aviator expects
to return in October to attempt a
flight from London to Manchester for
a prize of $50,000 offered by a Lon
don paper. The distance is 161
miles and the prize was offered in
1&07. It is open only to heavier than
air machines owned by members of a
recognized aero club.
At the dinner a letter from Lord
Roberts .was read. He said: “M.
Bleriot may be leading the way to
great changes in the conduct of fu
ture wars.”
M. Bleriot was presented with a
gold medal similar to that given by
the Aero Club to the Wright brothers.
M. Bleriot, prior to his departure
for Paris, said in an interview on M.
Latham’s ill luck; “I am too sorry
for words. He deserved success and
will yet succeed. He has pluck—
everything—but luck failed him. He
experienced the same awkward cur
rents of air off the Dover cliffs which
I encountered and .they proved too
much for him. I was troubled by
them, but was luckier. He is a right
worthy competitor and I shall yet
have the happy chance of congratu
lating him.”
AN AIRSHIP WORLD’S FAIR.
Berlin, Germany.—What strides
have been made in a brief period in
the science of aerial navigation is
borne in powerfully upon us by a
world’s fair exhibiting the progress
of airship construction and manip
ulation, which has opened at F’rank
fort-on-the-Main and will last 100
days. In September the crowning
feature of the show will be the ar
rival of Zeppelin 11. for a series of ex
hibition flights.
A million and a half has been spent
on the buildings and grounds where
upon will be held contests between
airships, balloons and dirigibles.
Every type of flying machine will be
shown. Prizes aggregating about
SBO,OOO have been offered by the In
ternationale Luftschiffahrt Austel
lung, mercifully, shortened to Ila,
which is the name of the latest and
most interesting of world’s fairs.
Passengers may take joy rides in
balloons and steerable vessels of the
air, and a liberal education in the art
of aviation is promised in the read
ing of a series of papers by the lead
ing experts. There are twelve groups
of exhibits: Balloons and balloon
manufacture, motor balloons, military
airship navigation and artillery, bal
loon signal service, production and
compression of gas, the science of
aerial navigation, mechanical and
physical apparatus, equipment, mo
tors, art objects and toys. Various
competitions, aside from the actual
races, will bring forth the best in the
specialized phases of the art.
Germany expects fully 5,000,000
visitors to go through the gates of
the Ila in the period of the exhibition.
Altogether it is a welcome variation.
CURTISS ENDS £IS FLIGHTS.
Hammondsport, N. Y.—it was an
nounced that Glenn H. Curtiss would
make no more flights in this country
before leaving for France August 5.
He is now engaged in assembling the
new machine which he will use in the
international contest at Rheims.
TO BUILD BIG DIRIGIBL7L
New. York City.—Mr. Joel T. Rice
and Mr. John A. Riggs, of Hot
Springs, Ark., are in New' York, ne
gotiating with Captain Thomas S.
Baldwin for the construction of a
large dirigible balloon, which they
plan to use for exhibition purposes,
making tours from city to city in the
big airship. They have plans for a
balloon one hundred feet long, the
large«t dirigible ever built in this
country.
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international LESSON COM.
MEATS FOR AUGUST S.
Subject: Paul’s Instructions to the
Thessalonians, 1 Tliess. 5:12-24
—Golden Text: 1 Tliess. 3:13
Commit Verses IG-18.
TIME. —A. D. 52.
PLACE.—Corinth.
EXPOSITION.—I. Christian Con
duct Toward Those Who Are Over
Them in the Lord, 12. 13. Paul was
an apostle and had the authority of
an apostle, but he was absolutely
free from the domineering spirit. He
besought men rather than command
ed them (cf. ch. 2:6, 7). His exam
ple is worthy of consideration and
imitation by all ecclesiastical rulers
to-day. While all believers are breth
ren, it is the appointment of God
that some be ‘ over” others. The
duty of those who are “over” others
is to labor among them (the word for
“labor” is a very strong word; it
means not merely to work, but to
work hard) and to admonish them.
Those whom they admonish are un
der obligation to esteem them very
highly (R. V.) in love for their
work’s sake.
11. Christian Conduct Toward All
Men at All Times, 14, 15. The “dis
orderly” (particularly those who
would not work, cf. 2 Thess. 3:6, 11;
1 Thess. 4:11), they should “admon
ish,” “the faint-hearted” they should
“encourage,” “the weak” (those spir
itually weak) they should “support.”
The word for "support” is a very ex
pressive one. It means to take hold
of so as to support (cf. Gal. 6:1, 2;
Ro. 15:1; 1 Cor. 9:22). "Long suf
fering toward all.” “There h? no be
liever who needs not the exercise of
patience “toward” him; there is none
to whom a believer should not show
it.” Under no circumstances must we
pay back the evil that any other man
does us (cf. Ro. 12:17; 1 Pet. 3:9;
2:23; Luke 22:34; Acts 7:60). We
should “always follow after (as a
matter of eager pursuit) that which
is good, one toward another,” and not
only so, but “toward all,” even the
bitterest infidel and persecutor.
111. The Will of God, 16-18.
Three things every believer should do
all the time —rejoice, pray and give
thanks, this is God's will in Christ
Jesus to usward. A Christian should
rejoice every day and everv hour (cf.
Phil. 4:4, 6; Rom. 14:17; 12:12;
Acts 5:41; Jas. 1:2). A Christian
should pray, not intermittently, but
constantly. Every day should be a
“day of prayer” (cf. Eph. 6-18) Phil.
4:6). Only as he prays without ceas
ing will the Christian rejoice always.
In everything, absolutely everything,
should the Christian give thanks (cf.
Eph. 5:20).
IV. Entire Sanetiflcatiqn, 1!)-24.
When any one receives the Holy
Spirit he receives a holy fire (cf.
Matt. 3:11; Acts 2:2; 2 Tim. 1:6, R.
V., Marg.). This fire should not be
quenched. We quench this fire in
ourselves by not yielding to the fire
that burns within. We quench this
fire in others when we throw cold
water upon them as they seek to obey
the prompting of the Holy Spirit.
Some in Thessalonica thought lightly
of the utterances of others w r ho spoke
under the Holy Spirit’s influence. Yet
they must not accept every man’s
claim to speak by the Soirit. They
should “prove all things” (cf. 1 Jno.
4:1). They should seek to find out
whether the claim was true or false.
Every claim to speak by the Spirit
should be tested by a comparison
with the teachings of the written
word (cf. Isa. 8:20; Acts 17:11; Gal.
1:8, 9). No man’s claim t® author
ity and infallibility should be accept
ed merely because he makes the
claim. That which stands the test
and is found to be good w r e should
“hold fast” (cf. Luke 8:15, R. V.; 1
Cor. 11:2, R. V.; Heb. 2:1). On the
other hand, that which proves bad,
“every form of evil” (R. V ), should
be abstained from. This twentieth
verse is constantly misinterpreted to
mean to abstain from all appearance
of doing evil if w r e can without doing
actual evil in order to avoid the mere
appearance of doing evil (cf. 2 Cor.
8:20, 21). Nevertheless it is not the
outward appearance, but the heart
and its purposes at which God looks
(cf. 1 Sam. 16:7; Luke 16:15). Man
consists of three parts, the spirit, re
ceived directly from God and linking
him to God (cf. Gen. 2:7; 1 Cor. 15:
45); the soul, i. e., the animal soul
(cf. Jude 19, R. V., and Marg. and
Greek), and the body. Paul’s prayer
is that each part of this threefold
man be “preserved entire, without
blame.” This means the absolute
perfection of the whole man (cf. Phil.
3:20, 21).. When is this absolute
perfection to be attained? “At the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ”
(cf. ch. 3:13; 1 Jno. 3:2). And now
follows, if we take it in its connection,
one of the most cheering statements
in the Bible: “Faithful is he that
calleth you, who will also do it.” Do
what? Do what Paul has just prayed
—sanctify us wholly and preserve our
spirit and soul and body entire. The
pledge of this is not our faithfulness,
but His. Wbat He has called us to
He Himself will also perfect (cf. Phil.
1:6; Ro. 8:30). “Faithful” means
true to His word. What He has
promised He will do (cf. Jno. 10:2 7-
29; 1 Cor. 1:8, 9, 10, 13; 1 Jno. 1:
9). If we would have hearts filled
with hope and strength, we should
look neither at our foes nor at our
selves, but to our 'faithful God (cf.
Xu. 13:30; 14:8,9). Never discount
a promise of God. no matter liow stu
pendous it seems. “Faithful is He,
who also will do it.”
LATE NEWS NOTES.
Washington.
Frank E. McMillan, chief inspec
tor of the postoffice department, ten
dered hts resignation to Postmaster
Gereral Hitchcock, to take effect July
31, in order to become vice president
of the National Surety company of
New York.
Mrs. D. E. Finley, wife cf Repre
sentative Finley of South Carolina,
ins lied the president to attend the
Kings Mountain celebration at York
ville, S. C., October 7. The invitation
was extended on behalf of the Kings
Mountain Daughters of the American
Revolution of South Carolina.
The democratic congressional com
mittee will soon begin its campaign
work. The committee's effort will be
to win a majority in the next congres
sional election. The executive com
mittee has just been announced by
Chai«nan Lloyd as follows: Rainey,
Illinois; Finley, South Carolina; John
son, Kentucky; Hitchcock, Nebraska,
and Palmer, Pennsylvania.
President Taft sent a telegram of
condolence to Mrs. Leopold Mark
breit at Cincinnati upon the death of
her husband, who long had been_ a
prominent figure in the affairs of that
city. “Colonel Markbreit was a brave
soldiers,” said the president; “a puo
lic-spirited citizen, a knightly gentle
man, and one whose friendship and
courtesy to those who came within
the influence of his charming person
ality will always be cherished as a
sweet memory.”
General.
Owen Dowley of Chicago, 111., prob
ably laughed himself to death at a
joke cracked by his cousin, Edward
Dowley. The couple were sitting on
an iron railing and Owen's spasm of
mirth shook him off into the base
ment fifteen feet below. His cousin
found him on the floor unable to move
and he was hurried to a hospital,
where it was stated that his spin©
had been broken.
Lurbon Kiustoff and Xolia Nosoff,
two natives of Bulgaria, were arraign
ed in the police court at Enslcy, Ala.,
on charges of sending Black' Hand
letters and dynamiting the bakery
and home of J. Mideoka, another Bul
garian. The foreign population is
greatly wrought up over the art -X.
Mies Annie Morgan, daughter of J.
Piermont Morgan, made an escent
in the drigible balloon Ville DeNan
cy at Nancy, France. The airship
made a magnificent cruise over the
city. Miss Morgan was amazed at
the speed of the airship and at the
ease with which it was controlled.
Tribesmen attacked a French re
connoitering force near Tazzguert,
Algiers, and four French were killed
and fourteen wounded before the na
tives were routed.
By his long flight at Fort Myer
while carrying Lieutenant Frame
Lahm of the signal corps, in the dis
tinguished presence of President Taft
and other notables, the aeronaut Or
ville Wright beat the record of his
own brother. The only records that
are now held outside the Wright fam
ily are those of Henry Farman, Hu
bert Latham, Louis Bleriot and Leon
Dela Grange for cross-country jaunts,
and that of Louis Bleriot in sailing
across the English channel.
E. B. Barnes of Demopolis, Ala.,
narrowly escaped a horrible death
while driving out to his farm in his
buggy. His horse became frightened
and in attempting to hold him the
rings attached to the bit broke. Mr.
Barnes, realizing his danger, jumped
and in doing so his feet became en
tangled in the lines and he was
dragged a distance of three hundred
or four hundred yards. By great ef
fort he got hold of the lines and un
buckled them at the end, thus extri
cating himself. He came out of
the accident with his right leg brok
en in two places, just above the an
kle. The left ankle was dislocated
and he received severe bedily bruises.
However much a master of detail
Senator Aldrich may be. H. T. An
drews, a lawyer of New York city,
who was formerly attached to the
force of the appraiser of the port,
thinks he has caught him in an omis
sion—the Payne-Aldrich bill provides
no classification for flying machines.
Mindful of his difficulties with auto
mobiles which were unclassified when
they first began to be imported, Mr.
Andrews sent a telegram to Chairman
Payne, of the ways and means com
mittee of the house, in which he calls
attention to “the failure to mention
the mose modern of all i mentions in
the tariff act, and recalls the per
plexities formerly experienced in seg
regating the various materials.
It is said in New York city by
members of the Hudson-Fulton cele
bration committee that James M.
Beck, former assistant attorney gen
eral of the United States, and now
chairman of the committee on aero-
for the commission, is in
Paris, endeavoring to arrange to have
M. Bleriot, who recently crossed the
channel in his monoplane, and Hu
bert Latham, another French aviator
of note, bring their airships to New
York for exhibition flights during the
celebration.
Chancellor McCool of Scooba, Miss.,
rendered a decree annulling the mar
riage of C. H. Stuart and Annie Mor
rison Stuart, members of prominent
families in this section, who were
married jusl a little more than a
week ago. A few hours afterward the
same judge performed the ceremony
uniting the young couple in marriage.
After the first wedding in Bay St.
Louis, following an elopement' the
father of the bride obtained posses
sion of his daughter through a writ of
habeas corpus and had the groom
arrested on the charge of swearing
falsely to her age, which is fifteen
years, in securing a marriage license.
After this decree, the intercession of
friends broke down the barrier of pa
rental objection and the couple pass
ed on again to the marriage altar.
Womsn as Wei! as Men ars Made Miserable
by Kidney and Bladder Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessens ambition; beauty,
vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
c sikct ° ut °* or^er ° r dis
? MrSraOh ~~ ' Kidney trouble has
il b ecome 50 prevalent
m ** * s not uncom_
fj mon for a child to be
U \\.nFf=- 1 born afflicted with
w eak kidneys. If the
child urinates toooften, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it hi yet afflicted with bed-wet
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diffi
culty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
cent and cne-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle |egsitttitTUlSStirgyH
by mail free, also a
pamphlet telling all
about Swamp-Root, Hom« ©f Swimp-RooL
including many of the thousands of testi
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who found Swamp-Root to be just the
remedy needed. In writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and
mention this paper. Don’t make any
mistake, but remember the name, Dr.
Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle.
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When the death cf George Mere
dith was announced a group of Lou
den newspaper boys quarreled as :o
his identity. One held that he was
an amateur champion cyclist, anoth
er maintained that he was “the boss
of the biscuit firm,” but they finally
hgreed to the argument of the third,
that he was the “bloke what played
m tile cup final at the Crystal palace.”
There are a lot of things that it
is much easier to look over than to
overlook.
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
The man who goes forth in the
morning with a prayer in his heart,
is many flights above the man who
believes in his own power alone.
Mutiny cn the high seas is a ter
rible offense. Perhaps she'll consent.
