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TAKING A TRIP ON L (A JMMj j a M JHJtSlkv. KUg
Kj III FiLrvwL fifMsq 9ytf2SZL3tfiffiMflaaHa
O-OW, whoo-ue c, oo oo o,
Koo-e uhl-lz, but that wuh
u buiii))!"
It wuh our friend from
thu Hand duutH of Indiana,
Michigan, IIIIuoIh, Ohio.
Minnesota. Wisconsin, or
any other ntatn with plen
ty of fnrmliiK districts,
tryliiR out n thriller al
Conoy iHland, Atlantic
Cllty, one of Chleat;o'H bin
four auiusuinent liarkn or
for that matter at any city or town
which HiipporlH these Hununor devlcoH
for extracting coin or thu renlm from
tluno ploltclnnH.
No matter how Htolld he may be in
llfu'a ordinary jiuraultH orhow omo
tlonlCHH In an intcrurbau wreck, IiIh
aplno curls, IiIh sym.iathetle nervo
nyfltom tickles and he Ih compelled
'to give himself up to thrlllH. You can
flmt him In every reuort where there
(nr acenlc rnllwayn, roller-coasters,
volrot-coaatera, flRureelKhtH, shoot-tlio-chutoH,
dlp-the-dtpH, leap-thegapH,
tlcklcra und HroreH of other modes for
shooting the olectrli currontu up and
down tho spinal cord of thu laiiKhlng,
howling public.
Ho Ih a source of nmiiHemuut for IiIb
tutored city brother who UcUIch tho
day ledger with a pon during daylight
and 'cavorts nbout on unuiHemont tie
.vices throughout th6 summer evenings.
The city ploasuro-sooker lins much of
'tlilH sport und the thrills rail to rluc
up In Ills anatomy the way they do in
that of the man, woman and child who
are taking their first: 'Mini at '.'tfie
game.
! Statisticians claim that there are so
many actual thrillers of. different cali
ber and vnriety at work dally la the
United States that If one Hhould travel
on every ono of them, 'just onco, tho
trip would tnko all Hummer. Thoro
wore inoro this year than ever before.
If nil of tho rldcH woro strung out
they would reach clear across the eon
t Incut', 'high browed hcIciiIIbIb claim.
, Hut that only goes to show that
Aiuorlcu Ih amusemeut-cruzy. The
populace and tho elite, too, can't get
enough thrill. Not long ago, an Illi
nois man with an Idea proposed to in
titall an uutomobllu In thu parks of the
country and this device wns scheduled
to run down an Incline, turn n double
somersuult and alight upon its wher.ii
again. America's thrillers are tcrrlfa;
and gotting more so each year, hut
the man from tho mlddlo west was
pei haps a bit premature with his
death-defying machine. Sometimes It
didn't alight as per program.
Tho process of starting a thrill
thiough the pleasurscoker's frame
consists of laying out n dovlco which
combine both speed and tho unexpect
ed. This Hubjecl Iiub been studied
by every nmuscnient mnnnger In tho
United States nnd they can't got tho
jumps, drops and bumps long enough
or fast enough to attract your shekels
from your bank account to their coffors
with the desired rapidity.
"Say, by heck, I'm afeared to ride
on thct shebang. It don't hcv a safe
lopk. to mo."
Well, hurtling through tho nlr raster
thuu an aeroplane In working order
cettalnly doesn't look wife, but at the
Maine lime the visitor to the city who
made that remark did not know where
of he spoke. ISvory single dovlco, nu
matter how small, how largo or how
"hafe-looklng," Is required to undergo
n rigid test by the building commls
Hlouuru, before bolng allowed to accept
tho public's dimes. There must b- n
block syfitotn or lights, much tho sanm
as that used by railway hj stems, also
Htoppago dovlces on every Incline to
prevent cars, chairs or other sontlng
toJiIcIcb from sliding backwards down
fuiMncllnu.
Tho fruuiowork or tho device Is tost
od for Its strength and made to sup
Vrr far heavier weights than are ovor
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TT it wuh our riionti from w-w, Yml I mmmiMSm w&altiri? 1SH
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gIfc Michigan, Illinois, Ohio. .. J(ty BKKMm'MMk
ST Minnesota. Wisconsin, or O'MO cTS y K!KKsmEKISSB0W'
2! any other stnto with plen- Vj YP' EcW?vWWVSrmf
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after made Its burden. On the curves
f riding thrillers there s tho usual
horizontal track above tho wheels or
I ho vehicle to pi event It from leaving
Iho scheduled pathway. Persons pos
sessing weak hearts :uo rorbldden the
thrills and rew accept the chance to
test that oi gnu when In bad condition.
There are alno sirups, chains, guards,
etc., to hold the pation In the car und
If he or she mils out it Ih little short
"f n miracle and only once or twice
a benson uro accidents reported, ho
earofully do thu nmusemont managers
gunrd the lives of those who provide a
method or bread-winning.
Perhaps thu scenic railway Ih known
more gonernlly to thoso who would
lino their interlois with momentary
thrills. This ildo consists or a series
or curs strung together. Thoro are
brakes between each car and the
levers are manned by strong-nrmed
boyH from the railway yards. To them
there are no thrills. It's monotonous
as driving tho cows home from pasture
Tor them. Kvcn catching a pair spoon
ing while- the trulu Ja running through
the blackness or a mimic Canadian
forest, can't make them reel weary. It
happons on every trip.
TjKMavgrngn'Hcenlo 'railway runs'up
ii ir... ,...,. I..V.II ' .!.' . ,r-
if-uvhiuu indium ui miner is uauieu
up hy it chain 'arid you a'te ready ror
tho first dip. Tho brakemen roleaso
thulr levers and down the enrs go
raster than tho Now York-Chjcago 18
hour limited. lt thu uninitiated puts
his head between his knees he Is npt
to kick himself In the rnce on the
Journey up tho hill which rpjlows
overy dip. Therororo If you haven't
yet been bounced around In this man
ner, hnng to tho Iron guurd, stick your
hat under your arm, grit your teeth
anil mnku up your mind not to care IT
your hair does got mussed.
Arter the tialu has completed the
llrst scries or dips there la usually a
Journey through a durk recess, tragi
cally known as tho "cavern," this
being Installed to glvo tho spooners a
chance to gloat over their nervo. Tho
rest In n repetition, generally.
Nct In lino us a death doling con
trlvipico Is thu coustor. Thero nro
rower carB and not ho many seats In
each vehicle. Then, too, tho coaster
needs no hauling up a second Incline,
for there Is only one, tho dllTerenco be
ing noticeable in the length or the de
scents. In homu pnrkH in both enot
and west theio has been a tendency or
latu to turn the coaler Into a seml-loop-the-loop,
that Is to Bay, the cars
drop off tho top or tho runway onto a So
scent at an anglo or about 70 degrees,
dropping about 80 feet, and then start
up tho ascent at an anglo which Ih not
quite so abrupt. Some coasters lmvo
only ono or these terrirylng dips, while
others have about '20 It seems to tho
first-nighter. Well, ono Isn't so bad.
but nbout tho third jump you begin to
calculate that the seat must have
slipped out tho bottom of the car
you'ro so high In tho air most of tho
time.
Passing on to another part or tho
resort you strike tho llguroelght.
Every hamlet lias Its figure-eights
theso days. That contrivance Is rash
loned llko nn "8" and much resembles
tho coaator, except that tho cars rollnw
tho lines or tho tlgure, tho dips nio
smaller and you naturally don't get
so russod up. It's tamer In fact, and
Tor thnt reason graduation rrom the
uguro-elght entitles you to prestlgo,
which Bhould enrry you rearlussly over
tho Jumps which thu coaster takes and
allow you to blandly hand tho "socond-
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the dcgmc
ride-lady" SO cents Tor another trip ror
yourseir and rrlend.
Then there's the tickler. That's a
new rldo Just put on In the west this
scuson. You get Into a round car and
tho device Is dragged up nn Incline ror
the downward thrill. Stnrtlng down it
OntOIH II lubvilnth nt rnlla. Mm Pr rn.
volvlng in ono direction and tho de
scent carrying It In another. This
gives u remnrkablo oppnrlunlt to
learn how It tools to bo jerked In two
dlroctlons nt the same time.
Tho Potsdam railway Is a practical
dovlco. "made In Germany." which
runs on nn overhanging rail and which
magnates among tho Teutons threaten
to make a conventional mode or travot
thero within u rew years. The thrill in
this conHlHts 'or hoping It won't rail
oft this trip.
Amuscmont-loving Americans also
have tho aerostat. Curs aro suspended
at tho ends or long cables, you are
locked In nnd tho device Is started. It
Is like a Maypole, except that tho
cables don't become Interwinod around
the pole. Ah tho speed Increases the
cars rise higher at the ends or tho
cables and. Inclined, speed through
ether rnr out over tho heads or the
multitude. Anyone who Is susceptible
to sea-sickness might possibly become
Immune by this treatment Tor the
blues or ovorydny lire. Tho giant
swing, whllo It Is not much like the
aerostat, gives the same reeling to
Home.
Then there Is tho airship, which inn
Jestlcally winds about tho outside or a
tall tower and then winds down again
Murry-go-iouuds are numuious ami
despite the ract that this Is the father
or all thillls. it still has Its patrons
among the children.
Among the tlmo-honorcd creations Is
the Bhoot-thochutes, which consists or
u slldo down a toboggan and a row
bounces ufter tho bont strikes tho
water or tho lake at the bottom or tho
chute, ir you'ro wlso you'll not sit
In tho rront sent. There's whore the
big bump comes and the occupants or
tho bow or tho boat reel the leaps over
tho water most,
Having traveled on rides enough to
Htlmuluto nn appetlto ror something In
a different lino wo steor our down
state rrlend Into the Btntlonary de
vices Tor thu same purpose. These nro
of uvory variety. You Htep Into one
at random. Tho lloor stnrtb to move
with a circular motion towaid tho top
COW BROKE UP BARN DANCE
or course, realism Is all well onough
in Its way, but It can easily be carried
to an excess. Here, Tor Instance, Is
tho caso of thnt barn dauco in tho
enst, whore an actual barn wan tho
Bcono of revelry.
And In tho midst of tho fun a blood
ed cow broko away from her stall and
took nu active Interest in the proceed
ings, ripping tho shirt wnlsl from a
coltugu jouth and hooking n roomy
holo in tho big llddle. Aftor which
she pranced up the middle with her
railway
or the room, ir It imfves backwards
rrom you. Intuition tells you to step
forward. Don't step too speedily or
you'll And yourself walking on the
celling, head down. Finally nn open
ing Is reached. You step out onto n
floor which bounced up and down as
you meander along. ' A moment later
you walk upon what seoms to bo tho
top of an airship, loosely Inflated. By
that time, ir you'ro one or the rnlr
sex, you need protection. Tho recess
es aro all pitch dark.
Then, perhaps you are swayed by a
wavo-Ilke motlun or ther entire room,
which very naturally elicits very prop
er scream ftom the women rolks.
"Freed from ocean-liner Imitation, you
uro Immediately Introduced to a 200-mlloa-an-hour
cyclone, coming from the
lloor, colling, walls und In fact from
all aides. The lloor begins to move
sideways .with a quick-Jerky motion.
You try to nteady yourself on a rail.
Just ' perceptible in the blackness.
Ouch! It's charged with electricity.
Ahead are several staircases and you
feel rather relioved to think you're
out of it at last. Reaching them sare
ly you start up when, without wnmlng,
the whole contrlvunce begins to movo
backward and forward, compelling
you to grab tho rail for surety. In
daikness again, you try to mako your
way through a typical Inbyrlnth or
rooms. Feeling along tho wall with
one foot ahead of you to ascertain tho
nearness or bottomless pits, etc., for
our mind's eye -sees lots thnt don't
exist, you bump your hobo against a
few barrieis and eventually push
against a wall, which gives way and
you Mud yourself alone In a turnstile,
inclosed on nil sides. When your ter
ror has reached a burning point some
one elso behind pushes tho wall ns you
diil and you aro liberated, only to
again tind yourseir in the midst or
weird ghostlike cries and see skele
tons dartlnx hither and thither (on
pulleys). A little scream Just nt this
moment might bo appropriate. .lust
to get your mind off the terrors or tho
place, tho next few turns are tamo,
when suddenly your feet slide out from
under you and you find yourself shoot
lug down a chute in a sitting position.
Daylight ahead and once agnln, before
you have time to think it over, you'vo
lauded among the crowds outside,
thanks to tho manly strongth of tho
spfoler, whode nrms received you
where the chute ended.
head down, and six girls and three
boys ciawled onto thu feed box nnd
fell olt in a shrieking heap, nnd tho
athlete or tho paity, with wild yolls,
broko the lecord on a quick climb to
tho hayloft, and four girls hid under
the straw cutter, und thero wns tho
merry mischlor to pny. Tho cow
quickly had her gambol out, and then
backed into hor Btnll with a satisfied
moo and Immediately resumed her
cud.
Uut tho barn dnnco was ofrectuallj
brokou up Clovoland Plain Dealer.
DAVID AND
GOLIATH
Sunday School Lesson lor Aag. 9, 1908
Specially Prepared for This Paper
I.KSSO.V Ti:.T. - 1 Samilul 17:3S-.
Mrmory Vfrm-n. 4S, W.
GOI.DKN TKXT.-"ln the Lord put I
my tniHt."-imilin 11:1.
TIAIK. It Ih uncertain how long after
nlfl nnolntliiR wuh David's victory over
Oolluth. Prof. Heeoher Imagines It to
tie about four yours. I'sshcr gives 1J. V.
Ml for the dute.
l'r.ACK. The PhlllmliiKH llt-mi in !
pluln bordering the Meilltuirnneuu. muitli
went of Palestine. The uniile were
Katheled at KplieH-dniniiilin, "llio boun
daries of blood," toward tlip head of tho
valley Kiah, miming up f,0in tho I'hll
istliio country toward Jcrutuilein. Tho
ncenc of Mm buttle, was 14 inlleH soutli
went of Jerusalem, and ten miles went
of Ualileheiti,
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
A guiding Providence I plainly dls
corned In this story, the meaning or
each part being unseen till tho result
showed tho reason ror uvory step. Tho
significance or Providence Is often
written tin with Invisible ink, nnd can
not be read till tho consummation is
reached. Tho three oldest or DavId'H
brothois wero In the army or Saul,
only about ten miles rrom home, and
Jesse, feeling anxious Tor ncwB about
them, sent David to the camp with
some fresh provisions, for the soldiers
there, ns often in later wars, furnished
their own suppllup. It was tho fortieth
day or (lOllatli'H challenge when David
reached tho camp, and heard his
haughty words. He soon took In the
state of affairs. His inquiries and
comments brought upon him tho r
buko or his oldest brother. Hut he kept
on till his words camo to the ears or
Saul.
Saul was convinced by two argu
ments. (1) The coinage, skill and power
shown by David in laying a lion und
a bear In defonao of his sheep.
(2) His trust In God us his dollvcrer
rrom tho paw of the Hon and the paw
or tho bear.
What Cod has onablod one to do Is
the proof of what he can do In tho
future, as woll as a preparation for do
ing It.
David's Weapons. Vs. ns-40. Saul
was far from seeing tho advantage
or Davld'H uso or tho weapons In tho
uso or which ho had gained great
skill. Hence ho began by putting on
David his own armor, tho best tho
kingdom afrorded. Hut this was worse
than useless, and David put it off.
V. 40. "He took his staff." His shep
herd staff and means of offense and de
fense, in days when no firearms ox
lBtcd. A shepherd's staff rrom Pales
tine, In my study, Is u heavy, oak
club. "Five smooth stones." "Smooth"
in order to move straight to the mark;
"five," so that If ono railed, others
would be on hand. Such pebbles as
David would chooso would weigh be
tween six nnd fifteen ounces. "In a
shepherd's bng ... a scrip." "Ah
tho shepherd Is ever moving In search
of pasture and water, ho Is very often
far rrom his headquarters, and thoro
foro he carries slung over Ills shouldor
a skin-bag, primarily to contain his
bread, olive berries, raw onions, and
dried fruit, figs, or raisins." Mrs.
Howie, In Sunday School Times. Tho
forelegs tied together form tho handlu
of the .crip. "Hla sling was In his
hand." A sling skilfully used was by
far the bent weapon with which to de
feat a huge, mailed warrior. It conld
bo used from a safe distance, but was
very (powerful. Davjd had doubtloss
become accurate with his Bllng as, a
means of defense, as the Bonjamltes
In tho tlmo of tho .ludgOB "everyone
coujd sling stones- at n hair-breadth
anil" riot.' mlaa" (Judg. 20:16).
V. 41. "And the Philistine camo on."
In his shilling armor, with "his dread
ful clanking tramp under tho hundred
weight or metal." Cornier suggests
that they walked down tho stream
on either bank, conversing as they
went. ,
V. 43. "Cursed David by his gods."
Theae gods were such ns Dagon, Baal
and Astnrte. Tho combat thus bo
camo a question not merely between
David and Coltnth, but between God
and Idols; between true rollglon aud
raise, as David fully expressed in his
answer to the giant (v. 4G) "that all
the earth may know that thero Is a
God In Israel."
V. 47. "Tho battlo Is tho Lord's,"
who will defend his own cause, and
not only had moved David to learn h's
weapon, but guided the stone to Its
mark.
V. 48. "David hastened, nnd ran,"
giving Impetus to his sling, and a
nearer mark for accuracy.
So Paris In the Iliad:
"With his f"U strength lie bent bin angr)
bow,
nd wlitKrd the feathered vengeance at
tho foe."
V. 49. "David . . . took thenco
a stone, and slung It." "On wings of
fnlth and prayer tho smooth stone
took Hb rntal flight." "And 'smote tho
Phillbttno In his forehend." Tho atonn
either entered u point unprotected bj
tho helmet, or It may oven havo peno
trated aud passed through tho helmet
Itself. Prof. W. H. Green.
Practical Point.
The combat between David and
Goliath hits muny points which Illus
trate aud symbollzo tho conflict be
tween good and ovll in tho world; a
conflict into wnlch every ono, old or
young, should ontor,
Thero Is a personal conflict with ovll
as when Christ fought the battlo or
temptation In tho wilderness.
Tho church cannot succeed with
worldly weapons.
David's preparation for his" groat vic
tory came through dally falthfnlnoss.
David showed tho daring and hero
ism of faith.
When Cooks Leave.
"Can you assist mo?" pleaded tho
beggar. "I really don't know whero
my next meal is coming from."
"Neither do I, replied Cltley.
' Cooks haven't the slightest regard for
appetites, havo they?"
An Example.
"If you want a thing well done yoir
simply must do It yourseir," declared
Mr. Wyss.
"Yes," ngreud Mrs. Wyss. with n
touch of sarcasm, "I remember how
nlco you looked the time you cut your
own hair."
A Foreign View.
Mrs. Cttnson: "Count, do you coiw
sldor American girls good enough to
marry foreign noblemen?"
Count Goldo: ".Madame, zc beggar
cannot oo ze chooser."
Something Stronger.
Pat: "Sir? Yo nlvver heard o' th
big wind in Ireland? Degobbs, mon.
y'r wan In tin thousand! Thot wind
blow ivverytlng lengthways, sldowiiyH
hlc Idgcwayi), shortways; nuro hlc
It wuh th' strongest thing as Ivvor
blow agalnBt a mon!"
The Listener: "There is something
fctronger, Pat!"
Pat: "Toll mo what, now! Phat is
stronger?"
Tho Listener: t "Your breath"
Making It Pleanant for Him.
Mabel Papn, what did you say to
Harold that upset him ho? Ho warf
absent-minded and nervous all tho
oveninn ufter ho hnd been in to nsk
your consent.
Mabels Papa On. nothing much.
Aftor giving my consent. I moroly ad
ded that I hoped he wouldn't back out,
sninu ns nil tho other fellows had'
done, when ho found out what a
temper you had.
Real Base Ball.
(W. .1. Lampton In New York World.)
Oh, tnko mo nwny from the base ball'
game ;
Whero sclcuco Is at the tint
And tho players play
In a technical way
Till a rube can t tell where they're
at.
Where scores aro highest when noth
ing at all
And nobody tnkes a base;
Whero nobody makes
Any sort of mistakes
And ovorything'a Just in placo.
Whero spectators keep on the watch
ror playii
So closo that it gives them a pain;
And whatever's done
In hit, catch or rim
They Bcreum at to take off tho
strain.
Oh, carry me buck to the old-rashloncd,
game
That doesn't know science at all,
Whero the sides go In
With a whoop to win,
And they don't do a thing but piny
ball.
Where twenty or thirty or rorty runs
Aro likely ns not to bo made;
And tho bagH, are hot
From many a swat
In games that are played as Is
played.
Whero the catcher don't look like nn
armored knight
And tho pitcher Is not ho intense,
The.battor can't-hit
Em a little bit.
nut bangs 'em clean over the fence.
Where something is doing thnt suro
stirs up the soul
About every minute or so.
With tho homo runB mado
And double ploys played
. And the whole darn thing on tho go.
Whero grandstand and bleachers aro
all or a kind,
And are there becauso they aro
there
To seo a good game
That's good Just tho same
Though science bo up in the air.
Oh, take me away rrom tho base bait
game
Whero scientists havo tho call,
And glvo mo the play
That lasts hair a day
Hurrah! That is ball; that Is ball.
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