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UPER TEIUtESTltlAL Is the suggested
naino of the Intest thing In flying inn
chines. It will he un "nerlul submn
line" kind of a tiling. Thl.s sounds like
an Irish bull, hut It readily suggests
the thing itself un enclosed machine
which will protect hoth the umchlno
and the (Iyer from the nlr.
High-flying has lately proved so In
teresting that It fascinates botlu the- nvlutor nnd
the scientist. ''The Roof of the World" Is evi
dently u most astounding place. And as It Is a dan
gerous thins to try to reach It, It Is Just the place
that the during want to try to reach. A scientist
worth his salt Is a man with an Imagination
mid that Imaplnatlon Is busy these days with con
ditions super terrestrial.
What little we know of these upper helphts
makes us keen to know more. For example, wo
know of heavy trade winds blowing ninny miles
uhove the earth at such a terrlllc speed that could
they be utilized In accelerating machines, men
might circle the globe at several hundred miles nn
hour. Also there are Indications of n rise In temperature-
after n certain altitude Is passed, of belts
of mysterious pases and vapors, and of other
strange phenomeun, nil of which combine to mnke
n trip to the outer edge of the atmospheric ocean
surrounding this planet the most romantic and
ii I luring of nil voyages ever attempted by man.
So It Is small wonder that planes arc made for
specially constructed airplanes, designed to meet
the conditions existing nt great altitudes and to
mlnlrnlatf the dangers that have hitherto rendered
high '(lying sich a hazardous undertaking. The
Super Terrestrial is not yet an accomplished fact,
hut It seems to be well on tho way. Major Sehroe
der, having recovered from the effects of his re
cent 30,000-foot night, Is said to be Interested In
the construction of such a machine, In which lie
hopes to reach the altitude of 50,000 feet. It Is
further reported that Louis Ureguot, n French
aeronautical engineer, has announced that nn en
gine has been perfected capable of ascending 100,
1)00 feet, or nearly nineteen miles, and tlmt (light
to that altitude Is Immediately In prospect. Tho
main feature of tho new typo of aircraft will he
an enclosed fuselage or cabin to protect the nvl
utor and the machinery Itself.
"The 'Super Terrestrial' would seem to mo to
he tho answer," said August Post, secretary of
the Aero Club of America, giving tho proposed
carrier the name he himself had coined, ns quoted
In tho Now York Tribune by Arnold D. Prince.
"From whnt man already has experienced In
his attempts to fierce tho heights ho has learned
that some form' of protection not yet devised Is
necessary. Something designed along the lines of
the submarine would seem to be what Is needed.
"Tho Inclosed cnbln for the nvlutor (suggests It
self as tho most sensible scheme. Sitting In this
nlr-tlght comportment, ho would ho within ensy
reach of tho lovers'controlllng tho mcchnnlsin and
regulating tho supply of oxygen needed by him
solf ns well as by the super chargers by which air
ut sen level pressure is now fed to tho carburetors
In nltltudo night.
"He would not only ho safeguarded against tho
physical hardships which have beaten him back
heretofore, Vit, with ndjustnblepropellors copablo
of Incrmslng their purchase on tho rarefied ut
mosHicrcs, he could push his way luto levels now
beyond his rench."
Mint Is It llko up there- among tho stars, or
bfen a llttlo lower down?
Some things wo know ulrendy.
Wo know, for example, that some distance abovo
tho earth's "atmospheric envelope," hut below that
Htratum of "inflammable nlr" which science has
discovered, nro trndo winds which blow from west
to east with unfailing regularity; and wo know,
too, and this Is even mora reassuring, that at that
level It Is far less cold than had long been sup
posed. For seme of this knowledgo wo are Indebted to
scientists llko M. do Bort, discoverer of what la
culled "linrerslon of temperature," and for tho
rest to our own courageous aviators, and to bul-
loonlsts like Henry Glnlsher and his assistant,
James Coxwell, both Urltons, who In September,
IStH., rose to un altitude calculated by them as
about seven miles, which was higher thnn that
attained by Mnjor Schroeder, tho American (Iyer,
In his recent sensational "Jump" nt Dayton, O.
. Glnlsher's experience was especially valuable
from the standpoint of tho person who Wants to
know "what It Is like up there" becnuso tho aspi
rator quit working at nn altitude of five miles.
Writing for the British Association for Walloon
Experiments ns to whnt happened after reaching
the (lvc-mllo level, he said:
"Up to this time I had tnken observations with
comfort, nnd experienced no dlfllculty whutevcr
In breathing.
"Then, having discharged sand, we rose still
higher. The aspirator became troublesome to work
and I began to (hid dlfllculty in seeing. ... I
could not see tho column of mercury In the wet
bulb thermometer, nor tho hnnds of the watch,
nor the flue division of any Instrument.
"Shortly after I laid my arm on tho table, pos
sessed of Its full vigor, but on being desirous of
using It a little later I found It powerless. I tried
to move the other arm ; I found It powerless ulso.
I tried to shake myself and succeeded, but I seemed
to have no limbs.
"I dimly saw Mr. Coxwell nnd endeavored to
speak to him but could not. Then, In nn Instant,
Intense darkness overcame me, so that the optic
nerve lost power suddenly, hut I wns still con
scious with ns nctlvo a brain ns at the present
moment, while writing this. I thought I had been
seized with asphyxia mil believed I should ex
perience nothing more, it deajth would como un
less we speedily descended; other thoughts were
entering my mind when I suddenly became uncon
scious. "I cannot tell anything of the sense of hearing,
ns no sound reaches tho air to break the perfect
silence of the regions between six and seven miles
uhove (ho earth."
The balloon llnnlly began to descend after Cox
we'll, who retained consciousness even longer thnn
his chief, had managed to pull tho valve rope with
his teeth.
1'oth men regained consciousness nfter the bal
loon had descended several thousand feet, nnd
they mnnnged to mnke n bnfo landing.
Two facts having u direct bearing on tho ques
tion as to atmospheric conditions abovo tho earth
were established by them. One Is (hat sounds
llko that mado by passing railroad trains can still
be heard at a height of about four miles, but that
ut six miles thero Is perfect silence.
The other Is that up to u certain point, scientifi
cally referred to as tho level where "Inversion of
atmosphere" occurs, tho fall of tho mercury av
erages about ono degree Fahrenheit to every 300
feet.
In April, 1875, M. Gaston Tlssandler and two
companions confirmed these (hidings when they
rofeo from Paris In a balloon to a height of nearly
six miles, but In this enso tho expedition was
mnrred by the fact thnt both companions of M. Tls
sandler, having less stamina than ho or the Brit
ish aeronauts, died beforo tho gas bug returned
to the ground.
If further corroboration Is desired as to con
ditions as they exist on tho "first Inp" of tho aerial
Journey Into tho void they can bo had from the
experiences of tho aviators who, since tho ndvent
of airplanes, have tried to reach tho "lid of tho
world's atmosphere."
Two of tho most prominent of these, nt least
among tho American aviators, hnvo been Major
Schroeder and Uolund Itohlfs, who hnvo engaged
In a unlquo contest for highest records abovo tho
clouds.
Mnjor Schroeder in his flight a few weeks ago at
tained an nltltudo of 30,020 feet, nt which height
his thermometer registered 55 degrees below zero
ccntlgrndo, or 07 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
So, In his' enso, ns well as In thnt of Rohlfs when
ho reached 30,300 feet In July Inst, and that of
Adjutant Casalc, of tho French army, who rose 33,-
137 feet nevcrnl months ago, the average of n fall
of one degree In temperature to every 300 feet of
altitude was fnlily well maintained.
Moreover, In all these (lights, when tho men
had passed above the four-mile level and had risen
beyond the screen of atmospheric particles which
make our "sky," they entered the stratum In which
absolute silence reigned and In which vision was
remarkably clarified. '
The (Imminent above beenmo almost Muck, duo
to the nbsence of light refraction; the sturs were
easily visible, even In brightest day, and the cold
was terrible and Intense.
Rut In each Instance certain phenomena were
obherved, which brings up the next question of Im
portance to tho Inquirer as to conditions "up
there," nnd this Is the subject of "Inversion of
temperature."
For n great many years man believed thnt tem
perature Invariably changed with nltltude, nnd
that as height Incrensed there was ulways a cor
responding drop In the mercury.
M. do Hart proved that not only does the prin
ciple of Increasing cold cease to function nt an
nltltudo of from six to eight miles above tho earth,
but that exactly the opposite occurs, and from
there up It constantly grows warmer.
Sounding balloons with self-recording Instru
ments have been sent up to u distance of seven
teen miles uud hnvo Invariably confirmed this
discovery.
So, then, the situation presented to those who
are planning the Super Terrestrial nnd arranging
to launch muii on his greatest adventure In the nlr
Is this:
They know ns, of course, do we who nro fairly
consistent readers of newspapers the conditions
ns they exist up to six or seven miles. It Is thero
thnt nature plays the parts with which we are
most familiar. There thunders roll, lightning
(lashes, clouds gather nnd elements clnsh In never
ending strife. It Is from there that wo get such
wintry storms ns recently experienced, nnd whero
the humble drnnm of ruin, snow, sleet and weather
unfolds Itself.
They know, too, thnt "atmosphere," as we know
It, although In cbnstnntly thinning qunllty, ex
tends above the "weather strip" to a hekiit of
about twenty to thirty miles, but beyond (hut.
what?
It Is here that real dlfllcultles will begin, nnd
tho Super Terrestrial will encounter Its greatest
obstacles provided, of course, that long beforo
that bourn Is reached the presumptuous craft, has
not boon destroyed.
Here new dangers will appear In the shapo of
drifting "ice clouds." which for Imaginative pur
poses mny bo likened to Icebergs; the void will as
sume n totally nllcn aspect ; meteors and shooting
stars will occasionally Hash across the path, mid
the traveler vill enter the boundary of "liilluni
innblo air," or pure hydrogen.
Passing through this always, supposing, of
course, that It Is not biiufTed out long beforo like
a, peanut shell under the font of un elephant
the Super Terrestrial will emerge Into the stratum
of helium which -on earth Is created from radium
nnd encountered In practical quantities ouly In
test tubes.
Then but perhnps this Is enough for the mo
ment. Even tho most vornclous seeker of knowl
edgo ns (o "what things nro llko up thero" will
hnvo been satisfied long ere this, nnd tho tlrst voy
age of the Super Terrestrial need not be charted
further.
"Provision would, of course, havo to bo mado
for changed conditions," Mr. Post concluded, In
touching on tho mechanical necessities of tho un
dertaking. "Of course, with tho thinning of thr
atmosphere tho Super Terrestrlnl would encountei
less nlr resistance, nnd provided tho propolleri
were adjusted to Increaso purchuso, tremendous
speed would bo attained.
"Tho propellers would rovolve much fuster nnd
the crnft would shoot abend llko a meteor.
"And It thut Is, tho Super Terrestrlnl, If you
desire to cull It that Is tho next thing on tin
cards."
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Randy tin boxes of twelve tab-
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Headache, Toothache, Earache, gtU al sell larger packages.
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4-Mf4 !
DEW HAS VITALIZING EFFECT I MORALE AIDED BY MUSIC
Abundant Proof That It Possesses In
vigorating Action That Affects
Growth of Plants.
Oew Is vitalizing, not entirely bo
cnuse It Is wafer but because It pos
sesses an Invlgorning net Ion due part
ly at any rate to fhu fact that It Is
saturated with oxygen, nnd It has been
stated that during Its formation per
oxide of hydrogen nnd some ozone nro
developed. It Is not Improbable that
the peculiarly attractive and rcfioh
Ing qunllty that murks the curly-morning
air has Its origin In this way. The
dltllcttlty of Inducing grass to flourish
under a tree In full leaf Is well known
and Is generally explained by saying
that the tree absorbs the nourishing
constituents of the soil or thnt It keeps
the sunlight nwuy from the grass and
protects It from rain. It Ik doubtful
whether any of these explanations Is
true, the real reason most probably
being that the vitalizing dew cannot
form upon the prnss under it tree,
whereas as a rule both rain nnd light
can reach It.
Really "Bored. to Death."
The expression, "bored to dentil," Is
no mere funclCifl figure. A person may
actually die from boredom. The Medi
cal Press, In commenting upon this
subject, refers to n statement by Dr.
W. II. It. Rivers, that "Interest In life
Is the primary factor In the welfare of
the people." Doctor Rivers contends
thnt the dying out of native races Is
due not so much to what the white
man has Introduced In the shape of
new diseases and new modes of cloth
ing, housing and feeding, us to the fnct
that by uprooting native Institutions,
without providing adequate substi
tutes, he has "deprived them of nearly
all that gave interest to their lives."
Fnct Drought Out by the War Bouni
to Have Great Effect on Future
Generations.
"Music makes mornle," nnd bo
promptly music wns enlisted In the
war. Song leaders were appointed nt
all the training camps and Immedi
ately the glory of real music was
spread before the millions of men
ns u reinforcement and nld to the
Idealism which had brought them Inte
the war.
From then on the soldiers hnd mu
sic Individually, In musses, In groups.
They tiuidc It themselves, It was innita
for them by our finest artists. They
had phonographs. They had record
by the million. The process of musi
cal education wns swift, nnd the pu
pils were npt. Now they have return
ed to us men who know good music
ns a largo part of their life and en
tertulument, havo become reasonably
apt performers themselves In n gren.
miiny cases. Whnt must thlo mean to
the country? It must menu thnt the
people ns u whole nre readier thtai
ever before to listen to It ns well a
to ho taught It.
Unexplored Libya.
Kalian Libya now comprises the
two provinces of Trlpolltuna and
Clrenulca uud lies nlong the northern
const of Africa, between Tunis
(French) on the west nnd Egypt on
the oast, In longitude from about t)
to i!3 degrees east. The extremely
northerly part of Libya Is at about
the parallel of latitude 33 degrees
north; the southernmost point Is un
known, us the territory runs south
Into the unmapped Suhura Indefinitely.
A Clean Sweeper.
Frank A. Munsey, who has now add
ed the Gordon Dennett newspapers to
his long string, Is n very critical em
ployer, nnd ninny a clean sweep oc
curs In his various ofllces.
It is said that a visitor called nt
one of Muusey's ofllces nnd asked the
olllce boy If Scrlbbs, the reporter,
was In.
"I dunno," snld tho boy. "I ain't
seen today's reporters yet."
An occnslonnl domestic storm Is nec
essary to clarify tho matrimonial atmosphere.
Vivacity. Is flue when you don't wnnt
to Just rest.
Allot Land to Eskimos.
It Is announced from Ottnwn thnt
the Canadian government ban decide
to reserve for the remnant of tho
Eskimos a small part of the tcrrl
tory over which they formerly ranged
at will In the varying pursuits of fish.
Ing nnd hunting. Tim reservation la
to consist of Hanks nnd Victoria Is
lands, north of the vast region, wide
us the continent, known ns tho North
west territory, and fur north of tne
arctic circle.
From this reservation, nnd appar
ently the waters Immediately adjacent
to It, (ho white hunters arc to be ex
cluded; and those, who have begun op
erations on Hanks Islnnd will be oust
ed. Thus the resources needed to sus
tain .Eskimo life will bo reserved for
tho Eskimo.
Burying and Berrying.
It wjis In the blueberry senson, 8.
she wns showing him around tho
small town.
"That." she said, as tnoy droYt
along, "is the burying ground," point
Ing to the cemetery.
"I noticed n number of people tvltk
palls, going that way," he remarked
ubeut-mludedly.
"Perhaps you thought tho klckefr
the bucket," she snld flippantly, as
she skidded round the corner lino the)
road leading to the State hospital.
Naturally. .
"Why nre you lushing yourself inte
such ii stnte of excitement?"
"Because I wnnt to get off the neat,
en track."
Natural Result
"Your friend seems burled la
thought."
"Yes ; he Is In n grave wverte."
Class rule is the wcr-u menace t
democracy.
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