TLIE OMAHA DAILY TTCE : .SATURDAY. NOYEMP.ER II. 1SOO. 11
AERIAL EXCISES OFVAR \
BaDenc rad Eitw t Itttm
Oper t ra .
. V'HAT IS THE ELEMENT OF f SK
EiK-nt cif RipcrtiiK-nt * nml Mtfrle * f
rroptifct-d Annj Tr tk IW *
if AVnr Mtillnonh -
CliuunlfV Kile.
Out- day recently Ocure Owunrt * . tbe
flying-machine experimenter ot Chicago.
ilfl to a single auditor in tbe Mehntmi of
his model room " 1 will biilia a Ban-carry
ing kite If the Vsited State * Signal 5errice
forpt wlabe * to t * t iti sflkstancy. " Tbeo
tbe aeronaut pointed to an odd-looking pa-
jH > r affair , Maying simply "Th yle of
lite bae greater titiKalDiDE power tbfi any
other nod K chair lor t mas may t * at
tached at thi * jmint. "
The bare tart that Ortare Channte ww to
liuild suih a kltt was made known and al
though neither tbt inventor nor his flutter
nald one word touching the hp ? It might
ti-l.e. there apfieared within B Jrw days a
doret. minute descriptions Irom a flown dif
ferent dourcee of a doten different l.ltt * .
a < h one of which wa * declared to I * an
oxar statement IB detail of the Btyle of
cotiK'rur'lot ) of the proposed Cbanute kite
Mr Chauute has In the attic of hie Huron
rtreet hoa-e on the North Side , relate * the
Chli.RBo Tribune , a model of every kind of
Lite 1 nowti to anrlentr and modern * and to
the ptxiplt who eome In between the two
< TBK Jt nieake well for the Inventive cenlus
of those who wrote tbe doren x-arjllig de
scription ! , of the ow Mr Cbunute I * to build
when It Is Raid the kinds thttr minds
evolved have no tionnterpartt : JB the aero
naut t folUctlon
WTL.L EXPERIMENT TSTITH KITES
It 1 * true that tlie United State * Signal
! Srrvl-e eorps Ir turning it attention to
kites An officer of that branch of the
Korvlee 1 * nonn to ennsuH with Mr Chanute
about ki'e experiment * and toctR will bt-
mede within a abort distance of Chicago ,
but tbe kite which will carry up In the face
of a gale of wind an arm-chair containing
IT- . * weight equal to that nf a man of average
T * w U ! b ur-HUp itnj kite which rver galled
> at the end f a boj's rtrtni ; , l > e be Jap Chl-
nwio. or Yarl ee It will lool. Ifke two ob-
Innc SKIICP with their eud ktiocVcd out
Ia teti"d topetber xlth a Htlrk and brarefl
v nil nnn i v Ire ro6t. The to ] and bottoms
of tht tmxcf will be of Mnut cloth and the
w indiiBbinr uiider and through will do the
lift It ! P
That I * what the kite Mr Chanute pointed
TJr" out renemblee The thing lt elf apjn r * as
crude a * the description , but it will do tbe
work i ; aiiMhluf will for it ha been founfl
steadier than any other form of Inanimate
bird htcb ever attempted a flight
Tbe kite will be of wirrtce to the elgnal
loon1 when tmlloons cannot he ufcfd for ob-
oervatinD jit-rponee but the revere le true
us well and reoint ntat nieLtc Riven great
puhliuti to the e.ffwt that tbe 1-lte wae to
tmiietttede tbe pnf. Khlp are denied by arm ;
nQlcer aiid li.uplied i In tlie denial. Wbun
the quentlon was a 1ed the Ironical rtijily
RSK. 'Kltee will be eipoclall } UBeful In
calm weLlher "
Tin balloon worl : of the army IB In charge
of Captain William A Gln > ford and the
equipment has recently linen enlarged to
Itielude all known Imiirovemenu Uullonn
nw'cimiont ; bb\t' been made recentj ) both
in .li IK departtuent and lu that of tbe Colorado
rado A noldler fell out of a balloon the
ounr d > and broke I.Ik leg He wac uu
Injured otherwlfw. Tbe brigadier genertl
cotnmpndinp the department laid that i
man who could fall from a balloon and t *
CHp with a broken leg was IWD to mm-
riRiid the army btifore he di d and that a
tirauLh of the iwrvice whlcu had r.uch a
lie lit canualty lint in piuportiou to the
risk run was hound to survive ,
VTAU KITCS IK ENGLAND ,
lieutenant Iladen-Powbll of the Brltlhh
amiy 1ms been gotni ; up on a kite He
wrote a letter to Octave Chanute the other
dut and told him he had made an aiirenMon
In the presence of General WolfH-lej , und
the general was xatlBfled he thought , that
tbe 1 lie had eorne to May These experi
ment * of Baden-Powell nre what have
Kpurred tbe men of the kindred army branch
in the fulled State * to make en effort
to get the rneiitit. to take c kite flight thtm-
miliec Chicago \ U1 ghe them the flret
chant e , end that In the not tar dimiiui
Jut U ! ti
lt htrlUcE the overuge civilian that It
would 1 > htrulntug cicn the Imrth mili-
turj code to order a man bufore
court-marti&l to be trlud for cowardice
if he thnuld decline to tnaku a late usnenL
A Lilt , ut cvury boy Iniows , is "cantuiL-
cnitiB. " and evun Octave Chauute. who
knows all their iior hurtk ) * . has iiaa that t
nothing can abKolut ly &M < ure the htabilit )
of a kltt in the wind. They will take
"lioiidWE ' toward tbe eartli. Some shapee
do it frequunlly. othera only at long inter
vals , but until uiuu CMU control the iilr
currLi.ii > and mnke the wind blow Bteadtly
and with Hquallxed force on all points ol I
the kite's surface at the Mime time , m
long will the hhifty things jterhtht in diving
bumi-oocaMloiiClly.
Tbe kite -warfare will b v hipped onto
the Hold aud made ruady for obhenatioi-
jiurpOHfi. and the anctuit lu the eamv tlmi
rtKiuimd for the balloon contingent to get
the hill : bag out of the basket The cable
vlll be attached and in a trite , if the wind
is fair the kite will be bearing Us man-
burden akyward If the tueth of the Orel
man who poet up on c. kite vlicn c filu U
on do not chatter out of hi * head he hhcult !
b put on tte roll uf honor windwichea in
} > etwt < en the Spartan youth tud Muciut
Soac\oia
Vbat a iKif"iO2 is hit. ' A slender ! ini Ir
all thet holds his to life ia one dirtirtiim
vhile a alight Khlfttng of a tmpriduus uinU
mu\ make him linoiuutsrlly pis ) tuli to &
Ivite lu a wild dash to death oarthnu'd The
riwiiij has sighted him and T.hilo He it
jotuuE down the length and atrenirth of lu
position the artilleryman are Bending bur
i.hrifkinp greetings of solid ahot. Bbell aud
rajil ter The burning nhrajmel we emptj-
Ing their burden of deadly ncrtips about Im
cyrituud through it all he wuBt k oi > heart
Mid bruin In touch with the work iu huud
ADVANTAGES IN WARFARE.
Grunt ltd that the use of the kite in the
clgn&l cerAice will bf dangerotM to an ex
treme degree , there are jet dvanug at
tached tn lt employment which will insure
lit place when once b suitable kind hus been
made and tested > Vuh the viud blowing
toward the ent.m > s line a kite may be tat
out rapidly aud a man with d alh-d < taing
dynamtte lion ! > s CHH be plated ulnictl.v oier
the bo tlU > lortificationK before a gun cun
be brought to bear hai ins ih proper range
and Hlevu'.iun Boint * ctu be dropped and
iiomriue damage and IMS of life iiittictwi
Tint dune , the wan in the i-hair can bo
drawn raiUdl ) down to his i'.sn ij : puliit A
thouMiid tsniall rifle * wight attempt tht
darlne one's lite , but & treat elexatiau
the ohauoe of hitting a taptdl-tooting wiii.ii
object u > luduood to a minlmuni li COM
U be iniprarUtr.ble to ur i lephoiie in the
( .rmfhair the ground at..ail of mun tau tjifl
Doniuiunicatlous to the nua aloft JIMU as
bo > k with toy Kltee tumcl np p pw aetwu-
gerc on the cleuder llnwA holf lc . 'Ut li.
tie router of a dUl ; of cardboard upon which
Is written the dtepatfb It U pltceJ BO that
the 1 : < ( pusses through the hole aud the
'jtttht
mnd - rtnt
One aft'Fiiard against bflug injured b ;
the fnlnc f the l.ltt alone exlsis. The wen
lit tie pound t-i'fl of tht line may run with
thr kit * when it .liowi > au uimteud.v di | io-
rltlou and causr it to mount B.IU ! an op ra
tion which ma } be repcaud until tb * air
current * recovttr their force and cquUltr.
IVopU- who have atood aruuod lor hour *
tnd watched the tedlout o ] > ertiop of ulUt
& balloon with KM tor Ihf ujruUiloi. 1'ounh
of July ctdt braUon have about a much idea
t > t a ballouu tutcentian 11 * oaudiMiitfd b ; tht
riigaal oorp , w tht-y would set of a hatUt
from w at oh In c a bu ) auap iKircuasioa own
on a tar pbsual.
UO\V BALLOONi AKB UAXOUEa
An araij appr < uch a forUfrttd place It
Is halted aitd the balloon eon * I * ocdkrvd
uui tn obktiie tl.f poilttoc of the rueun
UufB the dlkjuklt un of an ard1U-r > tbi
nun her u' * * H tr-i ip mij any o'\ir fa
wbul I r gtat. * n . < i i
\ c n u i i * . . ( - ' 1 * * " \ Wcpru
fl'awa ' > ' ' 1 r '
v'
rij js r t-
Irontr nurrjwSuecl bt j. Kn : .n mauvt * .hra"t
1 I
With a precision and celerity born f a
tine of pnrr" preparation and drill a
arm silken bag hi spi-MCt and wtrtfthted
Stefcl rube * comaiaifYc J flnifiwi p > * cow *
pressed at a preasur * of lid atmoupbrrw ,
ar taken out ar-d anuwted lib pirr * '
wbieb nm to the neck W tbe balloon 10
thirty miautps It Is ready for tbe awswttioti
and an otteer and aa esllMed m i tatte
thslr planet ia tbe attache * bartcet and tire
balhtoe shoot * upward , unwinding at It goes
tbe cable which bold U captive and wbich
tc released from a reel at tbe rear f tbe
wagon
Tbe enemy TWO mile * away , bas sighted It
PS i : risen , and after a moment sport in set-
unit tbe range , open * with shrapnel Mid
olid chot all along the line. In modern
warfare tbe bubble reputation ma ? bent be
Bought ia th b * V t of a balloon. It takes
courage and the frenry ot hatred bom of
the mgbt of slain comrade * to make a man
b re bis breast to a storm of lead or to
burl himself agstnst a w-sJl of steel , but
It takes higher courage , tbe higher bepaw *
It It calm to fare at once tbe fury of a mid
air onslaught of hell and ebot and the
danger of death by being dashed to the
earth
Imarlne a m a making a mathematical
calculation or taking a photograph 2.8X ( ) feet
above the earth , wbtle bite o ! shrapnel are
"plnplnp" through tj > silk of tbe balloon
chipping places out ot his frail basket lodg
ing , and occasionally snapping one of the
supjiortlnr eorde Yet thi * is just what the
signal corps iuon are BXperted to do when
culled upon tor wrrice. The picture will
hate to be repainted with heightened polar
effects when the kite with Its man cargo
ha * taken Its place in the service and above
the llw * of the enemy.
HARD TO HIT BAL.L.OONS
It is not the easiest matter in the world
i < to hit a balloon with a solid ahot. and that Is
I the reason Kbrapnel is largely employed
A captive balloon is generally tent up at a
distance of at least two miles irom the lines
of the enemy It 1s a small marl ; at best.
and an oscillating one at that Then the
men below. b > means of a greeted bar of
wood placed over the cable and shoved along
at v.lll are enabled to change the position
of tht capthe alrtthip as they may wish
The cable vhieh controls the movements
of ihe balloon and ties U to earth is used at
well tor a telephone wire , and message * are
trartsmltnid from above to n man below who
in turn giver them to a telegraph operator ,
who. with an instrument on hU knee , ticks
off to the general commanding over a wire ,
just strung by another wjuad of nignal corp *
m n. puch information as the men cloud-
wards have been able to gluan of the enemy's
utrenctb atid position.
When a dirigible balloon Is perfected one
of the duties of the man aloft will be to
drop exploshes after his airship has been
meered to a point directly over the enemj's
fortifications It Is the hardest kind of w ork
to train artillery on an object dlrectlv over
head and the military aeronaut , whun he
gets the desired position , will have the fun
all to himself In ease , however , before he
reaches a vertical position with respect to
the enemy's works a eonlcal projectile
r.hould rip Its way Into his bag of dynamite ,
his descent would be made in sections and tn
adjoining states.
The Germane and Trench hare gucci-eded
in making a cigar-shaped ballonn of alumi
num which can be steered in the face of a
light wind American officers have begun
to exjKTiinejit along the same Hni * The
Ideal apparatus from which to drop orplon-
i'-es is a flying machine Perhaps the < x-
perlments on the * band dunes of northern
Indiana may result in the realization of
Ohanute's dream and then a modern but
vucvftuful Darius Green may take an earlv
morning flight , destroy a dlvi-bion or two of
thf foe and return to camp in time lor
breakfast.
BALLOON EXPERIMENTS IN ErROPE
Every man who ma } be called upon some
Jay to face -bulleu. or to run the chance of a
lofty tumble may be pardoned possibly for
figuring up how many chances he has of
i-scapc The balloon corps of the German
and Austrian anute hare been hard at work
at this problem recently , and the other day
an American arm } officer translated the re
port of the flinirinr and the firing for the
benefit of lite fellows , A balloon placed at
an elevation of 1.311 fetit and at a dtatance
of 4.698 feat from the pun * was pierced in
several placet and fell rapldl ; after a tew
shots.
At another trial a battery of four light
field guns fired nhrapnel at a distance of
10.1M feel at a captlxe balloon of III.GOO
ubtc feet caparlty at an elevation of Cut !
( pet The weather was culm and clear
-.Tier ten shots tired by the guns individual ! }
olleyfi were fired , and after the fifth volley
the thirtieth shot the balloon came down
Inwly It had been utruck by five shell
'rannients and by twenty-five balls
At one of the Austrian tests tbe balloon
otnsinffl tip after tilgnTcen fragments of
jthell had ripped through ItAt another
eet a balloon 1 ° 301 ! feet distant and at an
ulfvation of 2.C2T. feet fell rapidly aft T
ilxty-live shotb had been hurled at it. Two
-olid shot had pawed through it and made
? rea.t reuti ,
IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPt'TE RAVAGE
The most li.terw.ting of all these experi
ments wafc the lu.ii one mude. Men were
placed under cover w that they could
manipulate the balloon end raut-p it to change
UE position. Its point of dejarture from
the earth was 1C 404 feet from the battery
It reached an elevation of 2 Ci4 feet Af
noon w it upjx'ared ubo\e the horigon a
battery of eight piece * 8 9 inches caliber ,
opened on It with shrapnel At the end of
eight abets an elevation of " 4C1 feet had
been obtained , and the captain of the bat-
: ery * e ulxiut the tank of completing the
adjustment of the guns Then it was re
ported by the jiointers that the balloon had
hanged junction , no a new adjustment was
neec-s ary The uhclls finally began to
burst about tbe airship , when It nuddimly
' took up tlie march for n change of position
Eight } Khrapnels. furnibhing id.UDD frag
ments and balls were finally expended , and
tbe balloon was still waring calmly \Vnen
it was lov. iTud. three Fiuuil bolus were found
in tlie silk
One of the pwuliarlties of these trials
and one not particularly satisfactory to u
ii.Rn .wli" may go up in a balloon some day
undoi circumstances ofwar , is that tie lay
figure was put in the basket to M-C what
Bhcre of the shots would fall to the lot of
a man similarly placed.
There will be w > me experiments like tbo < *
undertaken abroad In the ( signal corps of our
army just as fcoon as a little money can be
obtained When the kite takes its place lie-
aide the airship it will bt ! made to etaud the
Bhrapuel test. Then it will be laiown
whether the new field of observation will
Eland tht puncturing Mr Chanute soyi. It
will , aud. burring ap'-idi'ius to the frame
work continue to soar and ! > oar i\k burden
uf humanity long after its cloth covering
has taken on the buznWanoc of a pepperbox
tup.
Ever ? man woman end child vho hae
once tried that specifl' . Dr Bull'c Cough
Syrup , cannot sa. ) Enough in lit
THR FAMILY.
The.lot' > I rtilillr I5x TU Iou T
r frnin KiitlMT Hi Sou.
It Is a fact not generally known that the
public czwutloncn. of Burope , oven whore
thu afllce does not pass from father to son.
have an otlqarttc of their own , intermarr }
and are quite as etclu ivt In their limited
circles k are the rulers at their respective
oouiitrU * . Mae. Delblw. who died tbe othtir
day ia Partc , besides Ue.ng the vlfe of
Mnutieur de Paris. " the public ex
ncutloner of Prance , wae the
tw of M. llawinpeud the ectcu-
tloner of Algeria , , win * although 7B years
of % nr vUtl txwrciwt tbe fuuctiotis of bis
office. M and Mrtif , Diibl"r bad I vnd lace
the e ctitlon of Vaillaut and HMiry In i.
ll''le cottasc In Antwil' Hue d BUIaacourt.
for they were obliged to glre up their bouce
in HutVlci , d'Axir owtns to threats nf the
ui-c'l.lt'.K She war n n > nl' pretty
timid tot rettriiig. unrt entertained ouly ti <
nfliclftl goes of b-er hrobanfl or hU few per-
ttonal frlttuSt Tbe Trench ) i per have
that b * w-as a granfttUugh'er ol
the ekeoutloocr who gttiUutlned Loult XVI
Thk > It a mlBUVe Cha"cM ! Henry Samt-oi
had mil ) one giandchili. Hour } barn in
liftti aud nikit. "MoiteVuur de I'arlf. " It. JS1 *
He W-IM > dl niiKWl Jroui office In JWfi.
tiutrged. It u Mid. with having
urib k H - died lu IBfri. He wrote th { -
inou * "M u olr c dec 8wcou " which would
Uf of laflnluhlBtorlcal > alu b d Untir au
thor uet b B bkittfcd with as iakjiiro'ri | ] \ -
I
!
Deserving < " ( nflflenpe There it no artleti ,
Wl It SO li'll'1 dlr \ t f , 'h. < : . ' * * Cf *
I * ( -1 ff be t ir < - \ CK vj v *
i i 'i r T o-i i 'rhi ' " T p T"-
fcrr - B' U ! ' ' ' , f.rt i p1 j
hm.iJ trr them.iCB Si > J
KIDNAPPER'S j BOLD CRIME
3a > rj of a Su Iraacinoo MRS TSTio -H t aid &
Ten Tiotmakl Iblln 3Ua m.
T3APPED BY A SMOOTH CrWOK
wltli Torture nml Dentli ,
After Jlrlnir Ht Ieit ril A. ;
. BrU fur CHH. Mftt. j
Such a story M Millimetre Jatn * * Camp- j
bell told and proved agaltwt Oliver Wlathrop
pmf > g BOW tr Charles MontRoniery. pror
prteter of the Brooklyn hotel. Sau Pruueiwn.
who is a man of aieutc. jfjsitlou and high
reputation junt such a story , save that tbe
kidnapper , to call Mm so. le declared to hart
planned more wlwly Utaa Vtlntbrop. eieeu-
tfd more skillfully , reaped a ib tantial re
ward for his darltig crime and cone neot
Irre
Jor more than a year , relates the San
Pranotope Chrtmlole , Mr. Moutsoinwy has
held lita peace and kept ii *
secrecy , and no on * but hi * wife find his
lawyer has known that he was tin ? vie-1m
of an astonishing plere of villainy aud that
he paid a large sum of money said to be
flO.OOO to his captor as the price of his
liberty and personal security.
A few days ape It was learned that a year
ago last July Mr. Montgomery had be n
lured at midday Into a vacant house In the
most populous part of the city , had been
l ld a prisoner aud threatened with torture
and death , and had finally agreed to pey his
jailor the sum he demanded within a specified
time after "his release had sworn not to
betray the robber , and had paid the rnone }
os he promised
Friday the hotel man after b * had tried
to p\ery way to avoid the necessity of publl-
tiation confirmed the story In most of It *
details declining , however , to give anj in
formation that might lead to the detection
of the criminal
The man who WEE kidnapped in broad
da > light is the proprietor of the Brooklyn
hotel on Btu > h htretrt and of Montgomery' *
hotel on Second street. He Is well known
In business circles , aud until recently was
tolerably wealthy Some seven years ago
he lost about J300 OOfi but even now he Is a
uran of means In church ctriles Mr Mont
gomery is as well known a * amonc business
men. He to devoutly religious , and has en
gaged largely in tbe work of reforming
criminals
"WALKED INTO THE TRAP.
It was in the latter part of July. 3SBS the
story goes , that a Btrancer called at the
Brooklyn hotel and asked Mr Moatcoiner }
to accompany him to look at a piece of
property , as he feared he might be rw indled
in a purchase he thought of mailing He
said be was a otr&nger in tbe city , but had
heard that Mr. Montgomery was a good
judge in ibene affairs , and would consider
It a grttat favor if he would give him tlie
benefit of tls advice Montgomery replied
that he was busy , liut if tbe btranger would
would wait a little while he would be at hl
service He inquired how long the trip
would take , and was Informed that tip
property wan located within ten minutes
of the hotel At 10.3D a m Mr Mont
gomery wai > rendj , and the two net out. tht
stranger having waited meanwhile In the
hotel ol&ce
Tbe btranger did lint volunteer his name
or l > iMlneH and Montgomery did not ques
tion him. Their destination was the Mmth
side of the city When it was reached.
Montgomery remarked that the building
was worth nothing His guide said. "Oh
it e better than it looks " whereupon he
produced a key and unlocked the front
door He stepped back and allowed Mont
gomery to enter first. There was a long
hall , and the hotel man utartod down It.
He was surprised to hear a key click be
hind him and. turning quickly , found hiin-
* elf covered with a revolver Souu3 and
sight were almwt : lmultaneouK
At the command of his guide Montgoiner }
threw up hit hands and was marched into
a rear room There he was told to sit on
a rude bench , and did so A rough board
was laid across , his lap and fastened , and
its feet v ere placed in Blocks made of
unplaned boards , and fastened together with
a spring , which the captor worked with hto
'ootTbe
Tbe house was unfurniibed nave for these
preparations for violence There were two
windows lu the room in which Montgomery
found himt-elf but these looktid out on a
high board fence , and the house was sufii-
clcully isolated BO that a plutol shot would
not probabl } be beard by the ueichtxiri.
The btraucer demanded , it is eaid , that
Monteomer } Bign a chw.l ; for a large rum
The hotel man explained that he iiad on ) ;
i. fexv bundled dollars in the bank , having
drawn out a large sum for wagt * thai dcy
explained that an overdraft would not
be honored
After considerable parley Montgomery
succeeded in convincing his man that - hat
he said wat trim
Presently the captor divulged what hie
pluu had been. It wai > to extort a check
Jien to hhont Montgomery and destroy iht
house tlie bckly and all evidence of the
crime by fire. A pile of rags in the corner ,
a can of coal oil and some kindling wood
supported these assertions
CONDITIONAL RELEASE.
Montgomery told his captor that he was
not afraid to die. but tlie thought of his wife
1 children made him temporize No ono
Lnew where he had gone , and he thought of
the anxious and fruitless search for hit
boflvM
M though Montgomery Is o large and pow
erful man it seems ne er to have OBcurrefi
to him to attack his assailant and try tc
overpower him before he "R'aF put In tlie
stocks The fact that he was covered with
the pistol without a second's warning , an6
that the neat little contrivance to hold his
burly form was ail in readiness , save him no
chance to down his antagonist or measure
strength against his Neither did he know
bon many assailants he had to contend
with
The caplor threatened to kill his prlooncr
a way unless he took an oath before he
left By thte obligation Montgomery was to
pay no.OOO as a ransom. Ht was given two
months In which to ralee the Fura. Mean
while , his captor aseured him every move
would he watched It would be known If
he sought police or private aid , and his life
would suruly pay the penalty He also
promised never to divulge the facts of hit
capture or attempt to trace the man who
had threatened to 1:111 him He was assured
that whenever he tried to fllscover his as
sailant , no matter at how Jate a date , hU
life would be the to-felt.
Then Montgomery loft the place He
thinks ht > was held a prisoner lew , than an
hour
On his return home Montgomery told his
wife v.ho was frightened by the story Into
an attack of hysterics 'She would not Ilbten
to any proportion looking loward police In
terference or to any atieropt to avoid the
payment of the ransom
So jreiit were her foarr that she persunSed
Mnnteauittry that hi * dutj to his wife and
-Jilldrcti was higher than hie dutj 10 the
wmmuulty. She expected thai he would he
killed if he made n movement toward having
the criminal traced and apprehended Her
errors have not -subsided even yet
The method by which Mr Montgomerj
was to pey the money wa pmiliar Hlr
rain or said that Montgomery would never
sr him agate thouel' ' 'hewould be con-
stan'Jy near him watching him. On th <
! r appointed * " 'Ipplc would come to the
BrnaVhn hotel Tli" msr. would be an ! n-
noecat part } and ou < d Lt-ow nothing of the
nature of hlf errjtnd To him Montgomer }
WM to delivt-r the p ekB < - of money and the
rrlpple would retry It to a place devlgn ted.
On no account WIK Montgomery to attempt
to tollov , the rrlftfle
PAID THE MONEY.
I * iepieml-er. two uionthc after tbr kid-
uappir.c- Montgomery declare that he
wrapped up tb um of moony 1'roinptlj
tu tbe bow .h * cripple appeared and re-
fwHefl ihr iu ekwr Ibat wai > tlie last Mont
gomery ha * eve ! b ard of the m ltfr The
ncldint iloaod for hire tbeu and wa oiih
. 'iciTt : up Jy thf pulilwatlrn o' ibe tnme-
t - F n . ! i tx.'t . ' 'ii in > o' Milhi-i'uri
' Ti r i t Vofi'ii'nv rt t mk U c
r , fll' ' , lit ' I .It" lt I' I II
' , i tec . ! ' wts * " ' T v ti
! r T 1 ( W - > ' h
tii mfcck anu tiu L..LUI + : n to
however w * jult - a diflerent
in evciy j frcr" thr man who lured
him Into a pwitioa from wMoti h * had to be
Some three werkr after the kidnapping
Montgomery 3 walked part the bour where the
maul rxrltlup iocldrnt of hlf : Itfr had tratif-
Tired and naw tVat It w vacant He > * -
llrvM. tbouph he to not certain , that the
crtatnal hait left the coutitrj
H * * y that 'be ma ww not one of th *
c-ooB > irt * from San Waentis or Poltioni.
whom he ban helped He I * rather IcrUnrd
t tb ' tbeorj that hlf captor wit * one of a
crhnhtal brotb rheod which live * by kidnapping -
napping and thinks It it pemubkthut he
* a mtotaketi fo' hit brother George Montgomery -
gomery who to reported , to Ina millionaire
MontRomer } do < r not hellete that he to the
firm San rranrtocoan or the last to be
niuirtsfl under rimllar rrtamnnr s
Montgomery glvrn mttiy reannnc for not
maklnc the occurrence public and even non-
„ ays he deeply refrretl tbt publicity One
risen for his careful wmrflttp of th * wcret
wa hto promtnf annHfer wa * Mrs Mont
gomery's fear , a thtrt wa * hto reluctance
to oend any man to prmn and another -WBK
hto iH-Urf in actu&l danger to blmeelf If be
broke h ! prom IIP
At the time he tonMffl tbe utory to hi *
attorney. William H. Jorftun and has lnce
told tt to a few inttmateanO trusted friends
Hto attorney strongly adftaed thst lie be
allowed to put the whol * JIalr In the liand
of the police but this Montgomery uu-ad-
JsKtly reft'ftud to do and Still refusec.
"In home way unknown tc me " be said.
"Uil hae leaked out and ' 1 deeply regret tt *
publicity "
AN EAST MARK
Chalet ; Montgomery ba lived In Cali
fornia for thirty-five jears and Is generally
known fee a man of honor and integrity He
Is the president ttf tbe California prison
commlMlon and at cucb is l.nt > wn all over
the Pacific coast , being one of the few
business men who are actively engaged In
Christian -work
Part of the work he bar been engaged
In for over tw ehe years 3s in htlpingxcoa -
vlcts and In loiking after tbe welfare of
prinonei * all over the slate
Montcomery has spent thousands of dollars
lars In charity and in establishing convicts
whom he has reformed in new end useful
lives Tor some time -up to his financial re
verses seten years ago. he sp"m fin.nno out
of his } early income of'flS.nno in charity
Mr Montgomrrj's financial trouble In
N ember. 1SSH , is we.ll kiiown A laice jtari
of his fortune was swept away through the
rascality of u man calling himself E Glen-
cross Grant a London thief who cume to
Sen Prancltico and panned himself off us a
deeply religlour pcmon. Montgomery met
him at the Young Men's Christian associa
tion meetings and ae be w-as apparently liv
ing an honest life Momgttrnerj gexehim J10. .
000 u > start him In bu lnes * The pbilatithro-
plet Joined with Grant In the business of
dealing in farm Implements , with etore * here
and In Lns Angeles Grant ran tbe firm into
debt , raised money in Its name and fled the
countrv leaving his l enefactor to face a
SSOU.OO ! ' failure
Eten this -experience did not turn Mont
gomery from bte worlt. He and tbe Cali
fornia Prison commission have given aid tc
l.fiOO ex-convicts
Montgomery has frequently been duped by
people who disguise tbir tendencies for
rahcality under the garb of religion , but be
says be will continue In the work with tbe
best o ! his ability for the rest of his life
George S Montgomery , tbt brother inf tbe
unknown rascal s victim. Is a millionaire
who sometime ago n ioni hed the financial
and religious world by Joining the Salta
tion army.
ISiiurlifch I'oMoflirc l.lf > liikiirnnee nnd
.Mi nil 111 f > - .
The Insurance department of the Bntihh
poslofliee is as jet xclut.Uely for tbe woil.-
iiig cla n * . SBG the New York Post at ib <
amount for which an Insurance ctn b ef
fected cannot exceed 100 Tbe am-iunf
range from fu upward To afford working
people an opportunity of providing afaitiR1
expense oonocquent upon tbe death of chil
dren , children between t aud H > cait uiti
he insured for 5. The insurance of chil
dren below this age is left in the bands of
tbe indufctrlnl insurance companies , whose
armies of ugentc are continually active in
collecting the pince ol their working < las
patrons Through the postolDce CF through
the ordinary Insurance companies insurances
maj be efiected bj the pajuient of a lump
sum or by annual premiums Thi sums lu
eured for can be made pu > nbe ! at death on
the u'talnment of the uge of C5. CO or CJ. or
! sooner if fleath occurs and on the expira
tion of periods of ten fifteen end up to lortj
years Between 24 and " 5 to take an ex
ample . a man or a w omao tan be Insured lor
10 by a payment throughout life o ! t fchil-
llugh ! and 4 pence a ytar , or a penn } a wct-U
and by an annual payment to tbe aptof GO
of -shillings 30 pence , or by a tingle pay
ment of it ! d
The payments for life insurance can be
irade through tbe Poitofike SaUiics btiiK
and are accepted In addition to o > dinar ; dt-
pnslts and to deposits for Investment In
government stock It la not zecestary that
the premiums should ix > paid in one annual
sum They can l e paid by deposits in tbe
savings banks o ! sums not less than 1 fhll-
lng. and bj tbe use of stamp blanks l'U >
thcue in ute to encourage children to rgo
tbe bRUks Thue In tbe case of a policj-
holder whose annual payment Is 4 shillings
and 4 pence a penny stamp can be jilufl
each week on one of the blanks and tbe
handed into tbe local oilier w' , . o
filled up Another useful provision Is the- !
1.0 long as a depositor who is also insureL 'i j
the postoilice bus sufficient money in tbt
bank , the Insurance premium w ill bt d *
ducted an it becomes due , without ttif d'
positor being troubled In the matter biyo' d ,
receiving the notice that tbe deduction l.w i
been made If the money &n dejiosit it : > * > ' '
sufficient to meet tbe charge notht ! ( - . t
o the depositor , M > that he ma > udu 10 ) t
balance to meet the inquired amoun'
Insurances up to . ' & are made vrL-
mediuil examination. < but in tutt tu-t. .
the IncunJ should die belon tbe bp OL-
pi emium becomes payable , onlj tbt unju , i
of the first premium vill be pud t , t
represcntctivcB If he should die IK'OM
the payment of the third premium hal ! .lit
amount insured will be paid In an < UM
if it is proved tha' death was cause. . ( v
accident , the full amount will be puU Tbte
department of the thrift side o ! tbe POM
office h E been used only to a corniu.ri ;
Uvely small extent , and when the posiofTitt
estiroates are under discussion in tbe Hcmt-t
of Commons there we frwiueutl > c > u.
plaints that it UBB not been pushed a ° i :
might be A postmiiEter reaps no bcuefit
from pushing the insurance bubimst , wh Ie
the ordinary industrial insurance commnie
pay large comrniM > ioiiE OB new bubinest ar3
on premiums collected to the thousand ?
of egeliis whofce presence and worl. are
featur * * in the t > ocial and ticunniuu life
of all large centers of industrial popula
tion
Itotb immediate and deferred annuities
can now be secured through the postofi > e
No other oil and no other
medicine has ever been dis
covered which can take the
place of Cod-liver Oil in all
conditions ofwasting. New
remedies come , live their
little day and die , but Cod-
liver Oil remains the rock on
which all hope for recovery
must rest. When it is scien
tifically prepared , as in Scott's
Emulsion , it checks the progress
of the disease the
gress , con
gestion and inflammation f-ub-
sideand the process of healing
begins. There is the whole
truth. Book about it free.
SCOTT & IIOWKf , km York.
The Perfume of Violets
Thepi-ntyrf iliel.'v , the rlrn-rf tbe rene ,
and u . liu h < t Uftn. c &Aiiue n ] UZZ'M o
WPHv. ' ' , ! V '
Tbe immediate annuities arr serum' of
, course , b } the payment of a lump cum A
man at the age of Sfl ean secure an an
nuity of 110 by the payment of CSW in * l d
If he It fie by iht- payment of 14 * 1ft * 3d
A woman at (0 has to p y ml l s Sd. and
at Mi 1ST > J7 fid Deferred ansultte * rout
proportionatev ! Ints A bn > at 1C can have
purcfcaned tor him an annuit ) of U. payable
at ti * for a lls M. or for 4s 4d. paid an
nually between IP and M A woman at * 4.
' under tb * name plan , pan pur-phase an an
nuity of fl. payable at W for U 4 lid tw
by an annual payment of 4 * 4d la the
1 cane of tbene deferred annuities In the
MH of death of the penmn to whom the
1 annuity Is to IK * paid , tbe porrbaw money
1 will be returned to hi * representatives
j Tbe wnn of 1 a year * 111 go but a little
! way toward providing Tor the old aee of
either man or woman No annuities of
Kuch email am mint * are bought But a
payment of 1 penny a week , securing at
a fixed period In after years an annult }
of n , otters a basis of calculation to people
ple of tbe working claaum and it is for
this reason that tbe propMal * are put in
this ahai * tn tbr literature circulated by thr
, iKmtoflice ia order to popularize Its ncbemet
j 111 thr Interest of thrift The MVlncs bank
Is long paw the need * of sdve-iiwment
It now BO more needs advertising than the
pDBtofflce itself But the Insurance and
unnulty schemes hate not yet got the Toot-
holfl biuonq Encllth working people that
their nbfiolute security ntid easy terms of
payment would neem to warrant to them.
A TO.Ml AT ON TUB HOO * > 7' .
< tui'iT Itriiiitluc t | i Unit Mnilt- Him the
rrotrrtor of Hie Ileinirrj.
H C. Henderson , a farmer living near
Opeleka Ala owif. a hen concirning which
he tails the following interet > tlur fact
About a year aud a half ace the hen went
i to setting stealing her nest lu n comer of
' the carriage house Not wishing to encour
age a migratory propensity amonc the poul
try. Henderson told ont of his children , a
bright little tmy uamod Tom to break the
ben up and coax her back to the fowl house
Tom made repented efforts to carry out his
father E Instructionf but H it easier raid
than done to break up a netting hen Day
after da } the hen went back to her nest in
the carriage house , till Tom w-as In duspalr
and he hit ujmn ihe following novel plan
to oust her from be.- chosen abode
There chanced to be n litter of kittens on
the place that needed disposing of. und Tom
thought of combining business with pleasure
by pulling one of ihe mewing young thiugt
In the old hen'b nesl This would nccm to
IKa tery effectual way. not oul } of breaking
up the hen's housekeeping , but of getting
rid of the kitten as well , as she would no
doubt turn upon the ditrturber of her peace
and destroy it This was Tom's idea at
least but the plan did not work
Instead tlie old hen , in lieu of something
better hoveu-d oicr the kitten until t pan ia
beyond the Mage of adolescence thereafter
caring for it as dutifully as if It had been
the inosrt loving of chicks In turn the lit-
lim fceemod well pleased with it * new quar
ters and itr strange foster mother , nnd wou'd
follow at her heeU. answering her iluckt
w.th a dutiful mew pick ng up crumbs and
stray blu. of meat that found Ihelr waj into
tbe chicken food Tin strange affettion thus-
engendered between the hen and thi kitten
commute unabated tbouph the latter is now
a full-grown cat and Henderson Ffs he it
worth his weight in gold in keeplne rut * out
of tbt f ow 1 hous' 11 [ courm thi rodt ntf
are not prepared to ImJ a cat perched u ; jti
tht pole amonc tb < fTwls and when h
pounces down bt bags hit game f erj time
is doing so much to
educate the people in \ )
what is true and beaufc
tiful , as the
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> F THE SriTING OF 1HI. i 1 V
fill M'lL , or THE CITY OK flM HAS \
AS A HUAKD or r.yi ALI > : ATJON - r
AS ESSWBN'J'S I'Ul. ( jENKJtAi , ' " , , i'
TAXES roll THE yi-Aft } H 7
All jiiTt-otiB InttivhU-d > xru tieretiy no ' J
tlmt tlie city ( ouiull ot Iht city ol O : . . , I a
wil ; > it ut < u Xioiifd ol IJQUHhrjitioti ol ,
hPHMiiri'iR for KITH ral tAXCR for tbe ' r
irr of M ( iropcilltun Clllt-H , on Uiifnti i
Ih" IMli duy of November ISM l 'vi
the lieu of o'clocl : u m and K o I ;
I. ni. In roromltieo ruuuin A. In . . i *
iiall lur Uie jmrjiuw.of liumiiie iiud i , i. -
mininc ull coniplulntM of crrcmuuos
lust unHL-HBtni'iiu ; for Maid year. And J
IK in met * will In crmtlnucd from tli > -o
dnv for n jmriurt nf at l n i five daj-t it .n
tin date of Raid flrat * lt&ne-
wllhli. thu city ure luqucKUd to tj.i n e
tit ; r tinH Mnioitf. HU thut. If any > " . < r
< -xli > ic 01 uny IruunHc * bat bcion 4oti' 111
the n " irn int of i > roji irty , correction rr. y
IM Hind. l y H id Hoard of Jflquullttitlci. it
lx > tne tut lM ot of tbt law that lie ( urre -
tloninl nil l < e Hindi iiftor thr Dourj uf
HI i forlli In tbc ftatut ia.
Tin nr > iimiU't Imc'kv arc now i i C\ ' , r
i MitJ'tf u'l Hi All comtiliiInlji rnuitt t i >
wilMnr in" fll fl vith tin < ty ( ii rj 'ar
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