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SUNDAY. JULY 10. 1910. them, and so adds to the humidity of the TANGLE OF BED TftPE AVIATORS AND OFFICIALS. ATLANTIC CITY AERO MEET.

INFLUENCE OF TREES ATLANTIC CITY FLIGHTS WALKS AND TALKS. BY JULIUS CHAMBERS. unmistakably German. Where could she be going? I was reading a copy of Bellamy's "Looking Backward" that I had bought at (Jallgnant's before leaving Paris. The young woman seated herself close on my right, although there was plenty of room upon the opposite side of the compartment.

When 1 had detected her looking at the page of the book I spoke to her. She answered in fair English. Then she volunteered the statement that she was returning from Munich, where she bad been to the funeral of her mother. Later she Intimated that she was a widow, and when we reached the luncheon station, she accepted my invitation to aliRbt and Join me. She was very abstemious, taking a pot of tea and a little cold chicken.

We talked all the way to Verona; then talked more to Padua. By that time. It occurred to me to ask where she was bound! To Venice! Glorious, thought I. Thus did I build castles in Italy, describing the evenings we might pa6s in the gondolas and the visits we would make to the churches and picture galleries during the days. To oil my suggestions of this kind the fair Gretchen had only one answer and strangely, she always dropped into her native tongue: "Es ist besser nlcht!" In vain I argued.

I demanded to know why? Why was It better not? She would not tell me the name of her hotel; she would not make an appointment for the following noon at St. Marc's, where pigeons are fed and many a tryst is made. No; as my ardor grew, her's cooled. She had flirted with me outrageously clear across the northern part of Italy, but she suddenly became as cool ss snow. I did not Buspect that the proximity to Mestre had so much to do with the change In the woman's manner.

Whereas, she had talked a streak all the way from Milan to Padua, she was silent as an oyster as the train came to a halt at the wretched station of Mestre. Outside I heard a voice that mteht have belonged to Carl Formes -or Edouard de Reske, calling: "Mnr-ghar-e-e-e-ta!" The call didn't interest me, but a shiver ran through the frame of the woman In nlnftr hoBirle TT1I. Expert Aviators Find Still Air Over the Ocean Waves. GREAT CROWDS ATTEND. Feasibility of Aeroplane in Warfare Discussed by General W.

A. Jones, Who Watches Exhibitions. Atlantic City, N. July 9-Expert aviators, including men of national and 1 1nternational fame, have proved the feas-lblllty of flights over the ocean In heavier than air machines during the thrilling seriet of contests held in Atlantic City this For the first time since the aeroplane became established es a vehicle for thrilling sport and a possibility in defense and attack in case of war, a courBe for exhibition and competitive contests has been laid out directly and entirely over the ocean. Glenn H.

Curtlss, whose trip In the air from Albany to New York marked an epoch la aeronautics, started from the Atlantic City beach in what was the first trip of an aeroplane over the Atlantic Ocean. Others have followed and have proved that the ocean air currents are even more settled and safer for aviation than are those over the land. Probably more people from more different cities, towns and hamlets of the country and world have witnessed the Atlantic City flights than have ever watched plucky bird men drive their machines through the air in any other contest. Three hundred thousand people were packed along the boardwalk, on the piers and on hotel porches and roofs on July Fourth, when Curtlss made his first flight. An average of at least one hundred thousand spectators have witnessed the ascents of such conquerors of air as Hamilton, Brookins, Coffyns and the several other professionals and amateurs who Joined Curtlss in the air battles for the J25.00Q prizes later in the week.

The meet has been in direct charge of H. W. Sutton, who has had much to do with its success. Expert aviators and followers of the aeroplane game, both from the sporting and serious standpoint, have solved questions which had become mstters of important discussion. "My first flight over the ocean satisfied me that there Is practically no limit except the carrying of fuel on ocean flights," stated Glenn H.

Curtiss, after his. several over the sea trips. "I have found that the air is steadier over the ocean than in any place on land." "Ocean flying in heavier than air machines has now been proven a practical possibility under even less favorable conditions than on land," said Charles K. Hamilton, another aviator, who uses the r.tiss machine and methods. "The aeroplane In Its present stage of development could be used with deadly effect against a war vessel, in my opinion, nee the problem of air navigation ovor the ocean has been settled at the Atlan-l City meet," says Walter Brookins, the '(pectacular air driver, whose wonderful evolutions In the Wright biplane have own the possibilities of this style of ine.

Other aviators and students ol a science are loud in their praise of the Atlantic City men whose public spirit secured the presence for the first time iu aviation history competition between the highest exponents of the Vright and the Curtlss methods. "To my the American aeroplane is now the most deadly engine of war, declared General W. T. Jones, retired head of the United States Engineer Corps, who has followed every flight made ver the sea at the Atlantic City meet. I has been definitely settled here that Aviators who come to Atlantic City Ig- norant of the possibility of the aeroplane over the ocean would be absolutely able t(, accurately drop the highest pow-ered explosives on the deck of any war 'vessel.

I believe that all present plans of defense for war craft" are useless against the soaring machines, whose need and ability to Instantaneously kange their position would baffle the expert marksman. "With even the lightest sort of armor, such as a bullet proof cloth that would turn rifle bulle.s under operator and en gine, the aeroplane would be almost ab solutely safe within a distance above nnything from a torpedo boat to a Dread- lught type ot the heaviest armea cruis er that would allow them to drop explo slves with an accuracy that would prob ably allow an explosive shell to drive even Into the funnels and to the bowels of a ship." As a result of his Observations at the Atlantic City meet, it Is expected that General Jones will be one of the active spirits In the movement for taking up aeroplane as a practical war machine by the government. Following the formation of the Atlanta C'ty Aero Club several months ago, Fres lent John J. White, with the assistance of other members of the organization, began the active campaign which has resulted in the present successful series of ocean flights. Money for the big prizes aud other expenses, which have run up atmosphere.

The evaporation of a wood In one day of summer la said to be equal to one inch of rainfall, adding this proportion of vapor to that In the atmosphere brought from the sea by the wlnda, and this very act of distillation makes every forest a great refrigerator. Darwin, referring to this, quotos, when at Rio de Janeiro: "As soon aa the rain ceased, It was curious to observe the extraordinary evaporation which commenced over the whole extent of the forest. At the height of 100 feet the hills were burled In a dense white vapor, which rose like columns of amoks from the most thickly wooded pi -J, and especially from the valleys. I observed this phenomenon on several occasions. I suppose It la owing to the large surface of foliage previously neatea cy me sun rays." Local Bains Are Often Caused by Large Wood Areas.

Local rains are often due to large areas of woodland. Forests cause precipitation from clouds that have passed over the plains and still withheld the grateiui showers. 'Mountains and rocks," sayB James Rodway, "are Imposing, and cataracts foroe themselves on our attention oy their deafening noise; but in the absence of a setting ot green, or clumps of trees, they are lifeless. "It Is the earth, 'with verdure clad, which appeals to the mind, and wjilch does so much to promote the higher civilization. The snowbound and ice-clad earth ot the North, and the burning sands of the desert soon become monotonous and dreary, and the wilderness of houses In a great city produce a weariness wnicn only the open fields and woods can relieve." There however, one benefit we derive from the destroyed forests of bygone ages, but here the destroyer was nature, end ber destruction was wisoom, not folly, for no man was upon the face of the earth to require the timber.

From these wrecked primeval forests we derive our chief supplies of coal, with all Its attendant benefits, such as heat, light, wealth and power. "These stately forests, with their gigantic trees, were destroyed by atormo and inundations, only again quickly to spring up In, the swampy lands and humid atmosphere, to be again destroyed, and suffer the Interment of endless ages, during which chemical changes took place. Within the great laboratory of the earth's crust, exposed to water, temperature, and great pressure, tho gases In the vegetattile matter were driven off, thus Increasing the oarbon, turning it into peat, lignite, bituminous coal, and ultimately anthracite and graphite, which Is practically pure carbon. Thus was our coal formed, and by upheaval was again brought above the face of the waters and made accessible to man, to be consumed for his pleasure and needs as a servant and mechanical force. Its constituents wore released bv uombustloti, onco again to Join the atmosphere from which they origlnallv came, to be again built Into the structure of trees and again be utilized for use of man.

and again by decay or fire to be consigned to the earth or the atmosphere, and so continually to assist In the perpetual repetition of nature's wonderful economy." Compiled from "Water," by William Coles Finch, by permission of the publishers, D. Van Nostrand Company. Now York. FIRST ENGLISH DEFEAT FOR THE STEWARDS CUP. Victory of the Winnipeg Four at Henley Marks an Epoch The Diamond Sculls.

The victory of the Winnipeg four at Henley tor the Stewards Cupp on Thursday marks the first win In England of any Canadian crew and also the first defeat ever experienced by English crews In the fours. The Wlnnlpogs won handsomely In the good time of 7:62, beating the Mayence Rudder Club of Germany. Critics-who had followed the work ot the Canadians in their preliminary work on the Thames were not at all enthusiastic about their chances and It was said that their style was everything but classy. It was the second attempt that Winnipeg has made to lift the eup. In 1904 they were beaten largely because they listened to the advice of English experts and attempted to change their style and rigging within the last week.

Riley, who stroked the victorious crew In 1904, was again in the boat last Thursday. The Argonaut Rowing Club of Toronto has also tried to lift this cup. The record follows: Instituted 1U. Qualifications same as Grand Challenge uup. year.

Winner. lSSS. Thames (Oxford) Thames 1892.. Royal Chester 1893. (Oxford) 1895..

London 1898. Time. 7.6J (Oxford) 1901. Trinity (CambrldKe) I.M toot Third Trinity (Cambridge) 1903. Trinity (Cambrldgxs) i 1904.

Trnlty (Cambridge) 1907.. Magdalen (Oxford) 1908. (Oxford) 1909.. Thames 1910.. Winnipeg The Diamond Sculls, which has been competed for in singles since 1884, Is the most coveted prize in the rowing world.

It was captured this year by W. Klnnear of London, who defeated Lucas, the German champion, In the finals. Lucas was also beaten out last year in the finals. Cosgrave of Toronto competed but was beaten in bis trial heat. Among the prominent amateur oarsmen who have been successful are Guy Nlckalls, five years, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1893, 1894; F.

S. Kelly, 1902, 1908 and 1905; B. H. Howell, 1898-9, Hon. Rupert Guinness 1895-6.

J. J. K. Ooms. a Dutch sculler, won In 1892.

In 1897 E. H. Ten Eyrk wsb the winner. Speaking of Ten Eyck, the Illustrated Sporting and Dra-matio News says: "He was one of the finest scullers ever seen at Henley, but a shining example of America's Inability to define an amateur. The win of the I'nlled States sculler was bad luck for Blaekstalfe, who reached the final, and another first cIbbb man, Howell, who was also beaten by him." Lew F.

Scholes of Toronto pushed his shell over the line In front In 1904. defeating F. 8. Kelly. Scholes was a powerful scullers, being then at the top of his form.

Scholes Is back training again and Is to compete "at the National at Washington next month, as will also Cosgrave and Toronto. Kelly Is described as being the prettiest sculler of the modern school. His form Is beautifully neat and clean and he drives a boat through the water with the greatest ease end with apparently little effort. Mr. Lehman, the well-known English authority on rowing, chose Kelly as the perfect sculler to Illustrate the points of a stroke In "The Complete Oarsman." In the final heat for the Wyfold Cup Trinity Hall, Cambridge, best London Rowing Club by two lengths in 8 minuteB 9 seconds.

In the final for the Ladles Plate, Eton beat Balllol bv half a length In 7 minutes in seconds. In the race for the Grand Challenge Cup Magdalen of Oxford beat Jesus of Cambridge by two longths, In 7 mlnutos 19 seconds. In the race for the Silver Goblets, Burn and Thomson of Leander. best WlolRma and Croon of Amsterdam by three-quarter of a length. Time, 8 minutes 46 seconds.

In the race for the Thames Cuo An-e-linm beat Merton by a third of a length. Time. 7 minutes 36 seconds. In th race for the Visitors Cup. Trin ity Hell boat Balllol by three-quarters of a length.

HOLDEN. MARYLAND CHAMPION Baltimore, July 9 R. A. Holdon of Cincinnati to-jlay defeelcd F. C.

Colston of this city at tennis, 108, 5 7, 16. 62, 6 2, thereby becoming the first holder of the Baltimore Country Club 1500 cup nd winning the championship of Maryland The cup Is to become the property qf anyone, wlaplut it three time. KEEPS SAILOR IT SEA True Man Without a Country It Alfred Amundsen, Now Held at Ellis Island. AFFLICTED WITH BERI BERI. Sick Seaman in Sad Plight Because He Is Unable to Prove He Was Born in America.

Alfred Amundsen, disabled seaman. Is In port, tied up with red tape at Ellis Island because he has the dreaded sailors', disease, ber! berl, the immigration authorities not allowing him to land because be cannot prove that he is a native-born American and may become a public charge. His disease is one which calls for long treatment and he has not enough available cash to see him through his sickness. Failure to record his birth In Boston on April 18. 1877, he says, Is the reason why the United States will not allow him to laud, become a sailor In distress and entitled to the usual benefits of those of his craft who have met with trouble while at sea.

Amundsen's story Is an interesting one, telling of the sudden strlckcnlng of the entire crew of his ship while sailing from Trinidad to Barbados, West Indies, the men being in a condition where they could not change a set sail after te brlgantlne Marconi left Trinidad, until friendly bands at Barbados helped the ship Into port and furled the canvas: Amundsen was once deported to Bar bados and new faces the same proposi tion, though he has the money to pay bis way to Norway, where he has a sister who will care for him, but the Immigration authorities so far are unwilling to let him go that way, fearing that he will again be sent back and become a charge of the government. The sailor's' story Is an interesting one and sitting on the porch of the hospital at Lllls island be gave Its details to a reporter of the Eagle. "I have always understood that I was born In Boston on April 18, 1877," said Amundsen, "but naturally I cannot remember any of the details. My parents were both Norwegians, my father a sailor, and two years after I was bora we went back to Norway to live. I had the usual schooling In Norway and when I was old enough I followed the life ot my father and when I was fourteen years old shipped as 'boy' on a sailing vessel, and have followed that line ever since.

Both my father and mother are dead, and none of my relatives know enough of my birth to give the United States authorities enough Information to prove that I am entitled to be called a citizen, ot this country. 1 "I have called my home port New York for a great many years, have sailed from here hundreds of times and have worked in the city, but now I find I am a man without a country, unable to prove I am either a native of the United States or of Norway." Telling of what led up to his present plight Amundsen recites a tale of a ship manned by a crew, none of which were able to climb to the mast and could only steer while sitting on a chair. None of the eight who manned the boat were exempt from berl berl, which suddenly disabled the crew two days after the boat left Trinidad one April day this year. "Our ship left Trinidnd In ballast, bound for Barbados to take on cargo." Amundsen says. "At Trinidad we took on stores and water, but two days out of port the entire crew was stricken with what we at onco recognised as berl berl, the dread of all seamen who work In tropical and semi-tropical seas.

We had all sail set when we left Trinidad and it was only because we had ideal weatner tnat we were aoie to iuuu Barbados. For twelve days we not a man able to go aloft and the man at the helm sitting on a chair and turning the wheel as the compass directed. "We reached Barbados with distress signals flying on Good Friday and were brought to the anchorage by friendly hands who furled our sails. Those who wure able to be moved were taken to the hospital there, while those whose condition would not allow them to be moved received treatment on the ship, one of them dying a tew days after we reached port. "After three weeks In the hospital I was able to go to the British consul, as the Marconi was an English boat, and he furnished me with transportation on the Corona bound for New York, whore I have friends.

1 "For three weeks I was In the hospital here at Ellis Island, and then was deported on the Parema, sent back to Barbados as one not entitled to land in the United States. They would not allow me to land there and I was hustled back on the same steamer, arriving here a week; ago Friday and detained again as an alien who may become a public charge because of my affliction, "I have a sister in Norway who will care for me and the money to pay my passage there, and If I am allowed, to-sail I will take the first boat bound for that country. If I am not allowed to take a ship bound for Norway I will probably be agsln sent back to Barbados and become a man who will be shifted from port to port because no one seems to want me until I am well. My disease Is not contagious and Is not Incurable, but. the doctors say It will take a year, or possibly two, to cure me.

"I have been exceptlopally lucky as sailor since I took to the seas, never having been In a shipwreck and never having had any narrow escapes. For five vears I was on the American liner St. Paul, was quartermaster for several vears on the Clyde Line and was mate en the Marietta, a yacht owned by- a Philadelphia millionaire, and this is the first time I have had any trouble. If they won't let me land here, all I aek Is thst I may be allowed to go back to Norway, where I can be among my relatives and get the necessary attention which will enable me to go back to my life as a sailor. The doctors say I am not an Incurable, but that it will take a long time to make me a well man.

I have been well treated at the hospitals where I have been and have no complaint, but I think I should be allowed to land In the country of my birth, whero I have friends and where I can get proper treatment." Berl berl, according to Jr. McMullen, In charge of the hospital at Ellis Island, Is a disease practically confined to sall-orB. particularly those who sail In the tropics. It is not contagious and Is supposed to be caused by eating too much salt meat. It is a nerve disease, disabling the extremities, causing swelling of the hands end feet and acting very mueh of the naltiro of paralysis.

Its exact cause Is not known to the medical profession and tho treatment consists mainly In dieting the natlent and giving him a general tonic. The fatalities usually are In the first fow weeks of tho malady, those who survive the first requiring from six months to two years In which to effect a cure. Amundsen flays ho feels that he Is better each dnv and he takes his situation nh'losnnhlcnlly and his only "kick" agnlnst the Immigration Inspectors wae would not nllow him to land. BRUSH SEES GIANTS PLAY. Chlcngo, July 9 For tho first time In almost a year John T.

Brush, president of the Now York Glnnts, Baw his team play to-day. Although unable to walk, the New York magnate will net give up the gamo. Ho came to the grounds In his automobile and occupied a seat In It In the extremo right field corner of tho Inrlosure. Ho was evidently a mascot, an the Giants got away to an early start and were never headed. It Is expected that MathewBon and Brown will be the opposing twlrlers io to-morrow's battle.

Over Forests Vapor Readily Con-denses, and It Descends in Frequent Showers. DESERTS REPLACED CITIES Through Huthless Destruction of Areas of Tree Growth and Nations Have Thereby Perished. Forests are found to attract rain they cool the atmosphere, their surface offering a warmth-radlatlng area, so that the vapors readily condense and descend In frequent showers. Ruined forests mean flooded rivers, periodic droughts, eroded soil and drled-up springs. Columbus records the frequent showers experienced along the coast of Jamaica, Madeira, the Canaries and the Azores, before their forests were destroyed.

Hugh Miller saya: "Man is the only creature, of whom we know anything, who has et hlmeelf to carry on and lm. prove the work of the world's original framer who is a. planter of woods, a tiller of fields, a keeper of gardens." We should not lay such flattering unction to our souls, but also state some of man's more patent works of destruction, especially with regard to forests. It is man's place to enter this Held of contest, not with an indiscriminate slaughter of trees, large and small, as is the custom of woodcutters: but, by an Intelligent felling of trees, to make the forests the most effective contribution to human Interests. There Is conclusive evidence that the British Islands were once as bountifully supplied with forests as other lands, but the following table will give aa Idea of the ruthless destruction of forests that has been going on there: Proportions of Forest Land to Total Area.

Percent. I Percent. Norway 68 1 Italy 14 Pamsia 31; Jleliudum 10 Sweden Denmark 6 flermany 2.ii Portugal 6 France lilGreat Britain 4 Mercenary destruction means denuded mountain slopes, the loss of historic forests and "nature revenge" In the near future. The reckless and wanton destruction of forests has. says Lord Ave-bury, ruined some of the richest countries on earth.

Syria and Asia Minor, Palestine and the north of Africa were once far more populous than they are at present; they wore once lands "flowing with milk and honey," according to the picturesque language ot the Bible. Why have deserts replaced cities? It is mainly owing to the ruthless destruction of trees, which has Involved that of nations. Even now a similar process may be witnessed the Hautes and Basses-Alpes are being gradually reduced to ruin by the destruction of the forests. Cultivation, is diminishing, vineyards are being washed away by flooded rivers, the population is dwindling, and unless something is done the country will be reduced to a desert; until, when it has been re leased from tho destructive presence of man, nature reproduces a covering of vegetable soil, restores the vegetation, creates the forests anew, -and once again fltB these regions for the habitation of man, Greece and Asia Minor have Been their fertility decease and vanish with their trees. At Porto Praya, St.

Jago, the chief of the, Cape de Verd Islands, it seldom rains, but during a short portion of the year heavy torrents fall. "On January 1832, It had not rained," Bays "for an entire year. When discovered this island was clothed with trees; the destruction of which has caused here, as at St. Helena and some of the Canary Islands, almost entire sterility." The springs that once watered the Tu-neberg, a range of hills on the east bank of the Rhone above Strasbourg, have failed since the peasants have hewn down the trees. Many other Instances of a similar result caused by the destruction of forests have been recorded.

The destruction of forest trees In Great Britain might be considered as disastrous. Many millions are spent on Imported timber, which could be supplied from lands at present wasted. There le In the United Kingdom alone more than sufficient surplus land to produce all the timber required. without touching existing woodland or putting a single acre out of cultivation. Water Boards Plant Trees to Catch Hainfall.

Many bodies having control of large tracts of land, such at water boards, are now planting their catchment areas with trees with advantage and profit; for It Is found that the presence of trees adds to the retention of water falling as rain as well as that produced by radiation and cooling the adjacent atmosphere; It prevents floods, regulates and purifies the supply, for water from wooded areas Is generally purer than that falling on bare land. Thus we see that trees not only attract rain, but are an all-round source of monetary gain; In addition to the esthetic Improvement of tho locality, refreshing our eyes and brains, as well as purifying the air, and covering with verdure the waste and barren lands. The beneficial Influence on our general health exercised by the afforestation of neglected acres is beyond dispute. The consumption of carbonic acid gas alone by irees is an apparent gain to all who dwell In their vicinity. The mighty inland forests are not hv their distance from the coasts free from the ravages of man.

The timber Is floated down the rivers, as In the case of the Manchurlan foreBts on the Amor. The logs from the forests between China and Burma are floated 611 miles down the Yang-tse, their Journey occupying about six months. Trees and rivers are Interdependent upon each other. Even In the midst of a prairie the course of a river Is shown a double line of trees. Is there not some connection between them? Is the river due to tho forest or the forest due to the river? Experience goes to prove that springs are conserved In a well-woodeo country, and that they dry up If a great clearance Is made.

In Guiana It Is certain that thunder storms are more common over the forest than over the sea. Climate Is Affected by Loss of Forests. Not only do forests affect the rainfall, they greatly Influence tho climate of a country. In the years 1862-62 70,000 acres of the stately and magnificent forests In Mauritius wore denuded, causing drought and floods, with disastrous results: rain fall diminished; rlvors dwindled to muddy Birenras, Innumerable examples could ho found of a similar kind. Where land Is devoid of vegetation ralnfnll Is almost Impossible.

The fierce rays of the sun heat the surface; the nlr In contact then becomes heated, too, and will therefore hold more und more moisture, and rain will not fall. If there he abundant vegetation the vapors readily condense, for vegetation quickly radiates Its heat Into apace and becomes colder than the earth. It, Is one of the laws of nature that whatover tends tn lower the temperaturi of the air below dew-point Is a cause of rain Tho lnlluence of trees on the atmosphere Is also apparent. A considerable portion of the rain falling upon forest trees Is at once taken up by the leaves. The roots also supply the leaves with moisture, which evaporates from an belonging to a certain church.

If at 28 he has succeeded In all these he gets his fortune and becomes bis own master. The general effect of this remarkable will upon the rising generation, I believe, ought to be good. There is far too much inMinnHnn nn fho nrt nt "Young Ameri ca" to blunder along into the age of citizenship without having any spur to activity. This boy time is moruuBinj laid out for him until twenty-eight, and the least Indifference on his part will cost him a large fortune. Four boys out of every five sent to college utterly fail to appreciate their opportunities! If this one does not comprehend why he Is at college, he will fail! Regret therefor will be continuous, our-ing all subsequent life, it will ho noticed that not the slightest inhibition Is placed upon the beneficiary a use of Intoxicants.

It 'goes without saying that if the candidate becomes an inebriate, he will fail to attain the high standard of scholarship necessary io success. But General Dyrenforth had very distinct Ideas regarding so-called ''temperance." He served in the army and had no objections to the "canteen." He is on record as having said on one occasion, when a fellow officer had been accused of Intoxication by a far less competent military man: "A drunken man will get sober, bu a fool officer never comes to his senses! To my way of thinking, this obvious omission of any caution against "the flowing bowl'1 Is the moat remarkable feature about this curious document. The boy is warned agalnsl all women, "strange and otherwise! But he may look upon the Wperhaps'this Is the pitfall the wily old army officer has digged for his protege to Perhaps he may have intended that his fortune should go to his brothers, and made the conditions well-nigh for the adopted son to carry out! Who knows Nobody can read a mind that has now ceased to act. And yet, as I have said, the moral effect ot such a lesson as tn grizzly officer reads to the boys of this country Is thoroughly good. Other fathers may follow his example, and thereby put nh nnnn the careers of Indolent, un grateful and generally worthless sons.

Let us suppose that the late but I Let us suppose may not name names. You and I can nil them In without serious hesitation: It may end the race of laggards! FORD'S COMPLETE PLANT. New Factory at Detroit Is Nearing Ilnlsh and Is Perfect in Every Detail. Gaston Plantlff, the Ford busy bee of tho East, arrived in New York yesterday after answering a call to Detroit headquarters. He IB surcharged with enthusiasm over tho new Ford factory, an inspection of which be made with the company's officers.

"Nothing like this has ever been seen, he states, "from any angle one wishes to view It." "Covering the entire length, close on 900 feet by 240 feet wide, the, finest machine shop ot tho decade is disclosed. Here Is where the vanadium heat-treated steel from the old plant is put through h. flninh ODtioslte each machine or set are the compartments which receive the finished Btock. The machinery on this floor is valued at $1,000,000. Olio thing dovetails Into another in this new plant, all making for economy In time, labor and money.

At one end oi ine piani inu trains carrying the raw material are Bhunted right up to the factory door anl at the other end the finished machines are loaded Into the box cars tor shipment to their various destinations. Practically all the parts that go to make up a complete Ford car are made on the premises and a Jaunt through the various floors shows how it Is done, une or tne oriu-cipal featu'es Is tho provision made for the care of the old Ford models. One of the few floors Is well stocked with parts ready to be shipped at tho call of need to any part ot the country. "At one time on the second floor 800,000 wheels and tires were stacked, giving some idea of the immensity of the stock requirement. Thirty-eight hundred men are employed, and the output is 1C2 complete ears a day.

"The offices are on a separate plot 300x 75, two stories in height. These are nearing completion, and when finished will perch in a picturesque setting laid out by a landscape artist. "Ford will eventually do away 't'i steam power In the new factory. On ttf property he Is having erected an gas producer plant, and when completed he will light, heat and run his factory by power generated by gas. "Until Ford broke ground the section In the vicinity was little better than a wilderness.

Now the factory Is surrounded by a prosperous community which has Its banks, Btores, etc. Residential buildings are rising daily. All of which bears testimony to the general good which Ford carries in his wake." CORK BALL OFTEN BECOMES LOPSIDED. The genius who Invented the "cork center" baseball did nothing to benefit the national pastime, says the Wllkcs-Barre Times-Leader. Leaving out the question of whether tho ball le livelier or deader than the old stvle.

It's a cinch the new i thing isn't a.i round. Lopsided balls are frequent. In nearly evry game the umpire Is asked to examine balls, and when he finds them lopsided he throws them out. Pitchers and batters alike arc complaining about the balls and some of the twlrlers InsiBt that they cannot do good work with the balls now being furnished the major leagues. Last Beason tho balls had solid rubber cores, this year the centrs are compressed cork covered with rubber.

Tho old style ball tued to crack In the core, due to the poor quality rubber. The makers of baseballs to nvold this, hit upon the cork center, claiming good crude rubber was In such demand for auto tires that they could not get suitable cores. YACHT RACE POSTPONED. The Riverside Yacht Club's annual regatta, for which 79 boats were entered, was DostDoned. yesterday, for lack of wind, until August 17, when It will be sailed during the series of races for yawls.

EANDER'S two-mile swim at night across the Hellespont from Abydos to the castle at Lesbos, In which dwelt his sweetheart, Hero, completely mm pales before the frequent achievements of the Duke of the Abruzzl, who has been frequent visitor to the American girl of his heart at Toblach, an Austrian resort in the Tyrol, 150 miles distant from the Duke's official post at Venice. By rail the distance would be 300 miles. Of course he cannot start from Venice. He must go to the little city of Mestre, the first station on the mainland, to begin his climb of 3,956 feet into the Austrian Alps. At Mestre, a 120-horse power automobile with a fearless cnauneur awaits the Duke, and the rusn towaiu the northwest begins.

Toblach Is not more than ten miles Inside the Austrian frontier. The roads as far as Belluno are excellent; but from tnat pomi Toblach, sixty-four miles, the via is one of the finest mountain roads in ail mis It is locally known as the "Am- pezzo road," but it Is nationally known Strada d'Allemagna." ueuuno is an elevation of more than 1,330 feet and the next stage is Longarone, it) mues, with a climb of 1.100 feet. This run is through a valley with mountains on eacn Ide. Gasoline is taken at rorionga, a village between these two cities, but nearer Longarone. The reason I happen to know about this route Is because a isew iora wpki friend, Sidney Sladden, reached Mestro over this very route on June 19, wrote me from Venice and his letter lies before Mr.

Sladden has gone In his motor. driving himself, from Rotterdam, and will return to Cherbourg In the 6ame way. He did not know that the Duke of the Abruzzl was making that particular run, but he extols the beauties ot the "Am-pezzo road." Thence, northward up the left bank of the Plave, the motorist passes two fine waterfalls to Perarolo, In many places the road Is so narrow that two motor cars cannot pass. Four and a half mil's further, ascending at one point to 3W0 feet and descending again to 2905, the road enters the town of Pieve dl Ca- dore, remarkable only as the birthplace of Titian, the great Italian painter. A handsome bronze statue of this painter was erected there in 1880.

The route then veers to the northwest ahnut twentv miles to Cortina di Am- pezzo, perched at the lotty neignt oi 4,025 feet. It is a steady climb. Cortina Is grandly situated. It has about d.oou inhabitants and the detached campanile of its fine church is one of the sights of Northern Italy. Onward, through Cortina without a stop, the climb continues until an elevation of fully one mile above the sea at Venice, Is reached.

Some of the best wine of all Italy comes from the hillsides hereabouts. Eleven miles beyond is the Schlunderbach, right in front of which town the Alps rise 9.320 feet. To the right Is a red limestone cliff, standing alone, out of which half a dozaii tawny Sphinxes might be carved. Thence, always down hill, the "Ampezzo road" leads (fourteen miles) into Toblach, situated on a noisy stream of mountain torrent. The Elklns are probably stopping at the Waldhof, a modern house, outside the village.

The town Itself is utterly devoid of interest. The only possible explanation for visiting Toblach is that it is at the end of the "Strada d'Allemagna," which leads toward Venice. Here is a modern talo of romance, equal to any In classic history. It shows one debt that Love owes to the automo- bile. The world loves a lover.

It also loves the automobile because It assists two lovelorn youths, of very different stations, to keep their tryst. The tale of the Montagues and Capu-lets Is rubbish compared to this twentieth century episode of real life. Never can I hear the railway station at Mestre mentioned but it revives an episode I would wifih to forget. In 1889 I was following the trail of the late James 13. Blaine into Imly, in hope of finding what had happened along the route from Lucerne through the "St.

nnfh.rii tunne.il tn lilnn thpnpA to Enterinz the train at thp Pentrnl Sta- tlon, Milan, after passing a week in bed with pretended nickness In order to have Dr. Fornoni. who had been Blaine's physician, attend tne, I set out for Venice, the next point toward tho Florentine goal, where I wrb to see the table upon which the fateful Utter was written. As' the train was staging a very pretty woman of 30 was helped into the compart ont. She was in deepest mourning CURTIS FLYING OLER THE BREAKERS.

She stopped 'o the open aoor ami giant who looked to he at least ten feet high renched Inside, took Marghareta In his strong hands, pulled her out of the car and hugged her like a Rocky Mountain grizzly. One of her little, ungloved hands waved me farewell from behind her back I hoped the signal meant "Au revoir. but If it did, the token never came true. I saw the girl In black never any more, although I admit watching for her during every hour of a week's stay. At the end of that time I began to agree with tho unknown ana to reycui phrase "Es 1st besser niehtV I never learned who or what the Big brute was.

He certainly was a de stroyer of hope. He made me a hater of Mestre One Is curious to know if eneral Robert G. Dyrenforth has actuallv solved the problem of raising boys. He has specific instructions in his will for the guidance of his eight-year-old son. Th first Injunction to executors and guardians of the youth, brothers of the will-maker, are that he be safeguarded from women! This thought was born of personal experience, because the devisor's wife and daughter were estranged from hlra.

The boy Is a son by adoption. One Is reminded of Alexandre Dumas' nrivine tn his SOU: "Avoid women until you are 25 and shun them entirely after you are 40!" Alexandre, Junior, however, made a study of the fair sex in youth, because he produced "La Dames aux Camellias" In the early twenties. This General Dyrenforth, who died on Monday last, attained a large stock of notoriety twenty years ago by claims that he could produce rain whenever needed. His method was to fire explosive bombs Into the air. He conducted experiments for several years.

Sometimes rain followed the detonation of his aerial bombs, but oftenest the desired shower did not occur. I recall a very dry summer (1891) in which, actlnj under orders from an employer, I made to General Dyrenforth an offer of $10,000 If he would produee a heavy rain over the Croton watershed! He said he could easily perform this great public service, but he balked at undertaking It. The offer was then madu to include expenses for his explosives, but Dyrenforth finally declined, although satisfied with the price. Negotiations were brought to an abrupt ter minatlon at the end of a week by a heavy rain that filled the lakes and reservoirs. Lord Chesterfield's "Letters to My Son" may have suggested the elaborate instructions embodied in the will for the boy's bringing up.

He Is at school In Washington, but he will have to hustle if he gets his degree from Harvard at 18, as imperatively required. If set back, and he has to go over his senior year a second time, he will Iobc the entire bequest, estimated at nearly one million dollars. The three guardians must give their united consent to his marriage! Nothing would be easier than for one of these liutatlve uncles to get stubborn. After taking a degree at Harvard young Dyrenforth must sail for Oxford and Btudy law there six months. Then he must rnturn to the land of his birth, secure an appointment to West Point Military Academy and be graduated therefrom.

Failure to secure an anpointmen only to be had from a congressman, because the President reserves the ten places accorded to him for sons of army officers or to finish the course will cost him his estate. After serving as an officer the required four years he must resign even If war be In progress, which would eternally disgrace him and study law, until admitted to the bar! Meanwhile, he must learn "proper manual work" at a training school; also music and dancing, although he Is nor. told how much music perhaps he can limit his accomplishments It that line to the Jewsharp or the bones. He must be a trained arhlete; must not associate with his foster father's former wife or po. pe thousands of dollars, were contributed by the men and institutions of Atlantic City interested in the progress ol lation who insisted that Atlantic City i uld have the honor of being the first settle the vexed problem of flying fr the sea.

The success of the present meet has al 'eady started a movement to have Atlantic City selected as the center of the next international aviation meet held America. BOATS RACE IN LIGHT AIRS. Isllp. L. July 9 Only four boats look part in the Becond qualifying race Venice and next to Florence to cause of the Isllp Yacht Club, sailed oft this nm to write the "Florence letter," In po-t to-day.

The boats icvercd a 9-nille whicn he declined the Republican nom-cjursa made up a beat to windward lnstion for Presidency literally and -turn. The wind was light and i tnr0wlng it away. In every turn of the variable throughout. J. O.

Low's Rur- wneelB all the wav from the Gard de prise wrb the wlnnei. II. II. Holllns, j.Est in. Paris Milan, the Nyssa wan second, and then came I ryllyn of the rails had said Mosquito, the property of R.

B. Potts. to me "Poor Mis ter Illvino! Poor Mis-SMome, which belongs to W. R. Slmonds, tPr Blaine'" i rten dui am noi nnitn.

-exi Saturday the craft will race over an ocean course for a cup offered by Horace Mavemeyer. VAN AMKINGE A WINNER. Boston, July 8 R. C. Van Amring won 'ho championship of the New England "reea Golf Association this afternoon bty efeatlng F.

O'Connell. of the Bostob, ttruld, 4 up and 3 to play. andlber daughter; he must not marry a worn-.