THK CrnS&KN, FRIDAY, DKOEMHUR 0, 1010.
AERONAUTjS LOST
Death ki Trip From Munich
Across North Sea
IS DASHED INTO THE WAVES.
When Bag Arose Ifrom Immereion One
of the Original Party of Three
Was Gone Survivors Were
Almost Drowned.
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Dec. 0.
Two members of the Balloon Touring
club who left Munich, Germany, Sun
day morning lauded here. An easterly
Bale carried the balloon across the
North eon.
Herr Dlstlcr, director of the German
Aeronautical Touring club, one of the
party, says they lost knowledge of
their position In a fog and suddenly
heard the sea roaring below them.
They descended to try to ascertain
their whereabouts and dashed Into the
waves, being Immersed. When they
arose ngaln they found one of the
party, Ilerr Metzgor, missing.
The balloon was caused to descend
twice, but each time It struck the
waves. Everything, oven the anchor,
was thrown overboard. Finally the
sound of the waves ceased, and the
party knew they were over the land.
The emergency cord was pulled to
release what gas remained In the bal
loon. The wind whirled the bag along
at a furious rate of speed, and It
stnick fences and stone walls, which
It knocked down. Dlstler'nnd his com
panion, Captain Joerdensen, crouched
In the bottom of the car and were
badly battered. They were hurled to
the ground a mile Inland bruised and
bleeding. They thought they were In
Sweden until they saw the word
'Tush" on an electric doorbell.
Saturday Qight NEW TALES
By Rer.F.E. DAVISON
fUilanA, Vt
THAT Al
THE KING'S LABT BATTLE.
International Bible Leson for Dee
11, '10 (Matt 27;16-60).
MEN'S CHORUS DISMISSED.
The crowning event of history hai
already taken place. Nothing In the
nges past, nothing in the ages to
come 1b, or can be, comparable to It
That was the focus toward which
everything from the foundations of
tho world converged. That waa tho
fulcrum Archimedes could not find,
for the long lever that could move
tho planet Tho result of that
ovent will yet have a direct and per
sonal effect upon every individual in
habiting tills Globe. For that stu
pendous, far-reaching and revolution
ary event was tho crucifixion of
Jesus Christ
The world has seen somo awful
tragedies; but that was earth's great
est tragedy. Tho world has seen
somo dark days; but that waa earth's
darkest day. Tho world has seen
somo terrible earthquakes; but nev
er one before or since that burst
tombs open and brought sheeted
dead to life. The world has seen
somo strange mysteries; but never
ono before or since like the Invisible
power that ripped tho wonderful veil
of tho temple from top to bottom,
exposing the Holy of Holloa to every
curious eye.
Tho world has Been somo great
battlefields; but never any llko that
green hill-top Calvary. Other con
flicts settle tho destinies of cities, of
nations, of continents; tills conflict
settled the future of a world. Ono
Friday, In tho month of April, out
side the walls of Jerusalem, in tho
presence of men, angels and devils,
heaven stooping from above, hell
swarming up from beneath, great na
ture turning out the lights of tho
sun to add to the horror of tho
scene, tho Second Adam, fought the
great fight of redemption and won
tho victory for all men everywhere,
to the last syllable of recorded time.
The King a Victor.
The ordinary view of the crucifix
ion is to dwell upon the sufferings of
the victim, to stand awe stricken at
the spectacle of physical distress and
to stop there. But that Is not the
teaching of Calvary. To count tho
sufferer's wounds, of head, and
hand, and foot, and go no further, is
to put a low estimate on the Issues of
that day. To sympathize and to pity
the Bozrah Conqueror is all wrong.
He docs not ask for pity.
Ho wants no sentimental tears shed
over him, as though ho was a felon
executed against his will. Hear His
glorious declaration: "I lay down
my life of myself; no man taketh it
from me; 1 have power to lay It
down, and I have power to take It
again." Christ is not a martyr.
dragged to the cross and executed
In spite of Himself.
Ho was a victor on that battle
field. He was a victor when He
shouted, It is finished!" And He
lay down to rest in the new tomb
in the garden, like a conqueror on
the field sleeping the sleep of peace.
It is a mistake as wide as the un
verse to use the cross to excite the
lachrymal gland6. Christ was no
body's victim. He was victor. The
cross stands for suffering certainly,
keen, awful, mysterious, but that is
not by any means the chief lesson
of the crucifixion.
The Cross Emblem of Victory.
Up to that April afternoon the
cross was the emblem of shame and
disgrace. But tills conqueror trans
formed it and the cross now, alwayi
and everywhere stands for victory.
That is what ConstanUne thought of
It, as he saw tt emblazoned on tho
midnight sky, with its significant
prophecy. "By this sign ye shall con-
One on the Judge. quer!" nun is wnat i-eter we wer-
The lawyer for the prosecution had m,t thought of It as he bore it aiort
finished his closing argument and the over Europe, until he Inflamed a con
Judge, a pompous und long winded In-' tinent with the ambition to rescue
dividual, was charging the Jury. I the Holy Sopulchre. Men, women
Ho was in the midst of an unusual-' and children flocked to that standard
ly long and tedious address when he id put the holy emblem on their
suddenly noticed that one of the Jury-' shoulders, shouting, "It is the will of
men had fallen fast asleep. The in- God!" That cross is mightier to-day
dignation of his honor was boundless, than fleets and armies. Before It
Rapping sharply on his desk, ho awak- all other signets bow.
cned the slumberer, who seemed not! There Is a wonderful picture in
at all abashed at being thus caught , the Dore Gallery In London. It Is
napping. After glaring at him angrily j called "The Dream of Pilate's Wife,"
or a few moments the magistrate In and is remarkable as being tho art
hls most sarcastic tone said: I lst's conception of the true meaning
"So that's the way you attend to ' of the cross. Tho dreaming woman
your duly, is it? You're a fine sped-, is represented as standing in a bal
ment to have on a Jury. Do you think ! cony and looking up a valley which
your opinion will be of any value is crowded with figures. It Is the
when I send you out to determine the J vale of the centuries and the figures
Opera Singers Who Wanted More Pay
Warbled In Whispers.
ATIenua, Dec. C The entire men's
chorus has been summarily dismissed
from the Imperial opera for what la
called a passive resistance demonstra
tion. The forty-eight men were exas
perated by the refusal of their persist
ent appeals for better pay and decided
Saturday to keep only the letter of
their contracts.
They appeared on the stage as usual,
but suppressed their voices to whis
pers. The conductor's frantic efforts
to make them sing were ignored, and
the audience hissed them; hence the
puulshment.
The program has now been rear
ranged so as to exclude the chorus
from the operas as far as possible.
When necessary soloists will form the
chorus. A chorus man's salary is $100
yearly until he has served three years,
after which It rises gradually until he
receives $230. The Imperial Opera
IIous,e has a big deficit yearly, which
is rec?uped from the emperor's private
purse.
DENVER USES MORE PENNIES.
Banks Have Ordered 60,000 For Christ
mas Bargain Buyers.
Denver, Dec. G. Two Denver banks
have ordered 00,000 pennies from the
east to meet the demands of the local
trade. The banks pay 5 per cent pre
mium in the form of express charges
for the pennies, selling them, there
fore, for less than cost.
The department stores now use a
great many of them, newspapers now
sell on the streets for 2 cents and
cafeterias have played nn important
part in putting pennies into universal
use. Ten years ago pennies were al
most a curiosity in Denver.
Wanted to Help.
Ccptalu Kendall of the Montrose."
nid n New York Journalist, "was guy
Kl by us correspondents In Quebec
about the stupidity of the story Hint he
made Crippen laugh with, so as to see
the little man's false teeth.
"Captain Kendnll took our guylnu
good nattiredly. The subject of Crip'
pen's life insurance came up, and th
captain told us he had an insurance
story that we'd like better, perhaps,
than tho banquet yarn that mnde Crip
pen open his mouth so wide In laugh'
tor.
"He said n draper once told n friend,
a grocer, that he was so hard up lie
didn't know which way to turn. Ruin,
In fact, was staring him In the face.
" 'Well, Insure your store,' said the
grocer. 'Then some dark night, you
understand when the wind Is high'
"So the draper Insured his store. A
month or two later a fire broke out in
the ploce. Somebody turned In an
alarm, tho fire endues soon arrived,
and a vigorous tight was begun.
"Tho grocer hurried to the fire to see
tho fun. He walked about a bit smil
ing to himself, though It nnnoyed him
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"idiot! what AitE Yon tiihowinq water
ronV"
to see that the firemen were getting
rather tho better of the blaze. Sud
denly he came upon the draper throw
ing bucket after bucket of water on
the flames.
"The grocer could hardly believe his
eyes. Uo hastened to his friend's side
and hissed:
" 'Idiot! What are you throwing on
water for?'
" 'Shut up, you fool!' the draper an
swered. 'This Isn't water. It's kero
sene. "
WORKER SURE TO GET
LEFT IN ANY EVENT
fate of this prisoner!'
"Yes, sir." said the Juryman quietly;
"1 think so."
"Oh, you do, do youT shouted the
exasperated Judge. "Pray tell me, sir,
how long you have been sleeping?"
"I don't know, your honor," was the
reply. "How long have you been talk
ing?" New York Herald.
A Polished Diplomat
"Did you see anything that partic
ularly struck your fancy when you
were looking round the furniture
shops today?" asked a young husband
of his lately made wife on her return
from a tour of furniture Inspection.
"Yes," she replied; "I saw some
thing exceedingly pretty In looking
glasses."
"I have no doubt you did," he ob
served, "If you looked into them."
Tho halo of a calm, sweet peace
rests upon that home.
are generations of tho church which
is yet to be. Immediately in front is
the Saviour Himself bearing His
cross; behind and around Him are
His twelve apostles and their con
verts; behind these, the church of
the early centuries, with the great
fathers; further back, the church of
the Middle Ages, with the majestic
forms of tho crusaders rising from
its midst; behind these, the church
of modern tlmeB, with its heroes;
then multitudes upon multitudes,
that no man can number, pressing
forward in broadening ranks, till far
aloft, in the white and shining heav
ens, lo, tier on tier and circle on cir
cle, with the angels of God hovering
above Uiem and on their flanks;
and in the midst, transfigured to the
brightness of a star, the cross, which
in its rough reality He is bearing
wearily below. As Dr. Collier puts
It: The great central event in all
history is the death of Jesus Christ
The centuries circle around the crouu
Roosevelt's Happy Illustration
of tiie Contingent Fee.
Mr. Roosevelt, discussing in Milwau
kee IiIb Idea of an employers' liability
law, said to a group of correspondents:
"Such a law would assure an injured
workman of compensation without the
cost of a suit. To be sure, some law
yers would thus lose money, but, after
all. the 'ambulance chasing' type of
lawyer Isn't worthy of much consider
ation. "An injured miner was telling a
friend how one of theso 'ambulance
cbuscrs' was going to bring n suit for
him.
" 'He's working for me on a contin
gent fee,' Uie miner said. 'What is n
contingent fee? Do you know, Jimmy V
" 'Sure I know,' Jimmy answered.
'If you lose the case your luwyer '11 get
nothing, and if you win you'll get
nothing.' "
Too Ladylike.
Tire. Chief Robert O. Mesnor of Can
ton will have no cigarette smokers
1 among his firemen. Cigarette smokers,
he claims, lack nerve.
I "Your cigarette smoker," said tho
! sturdy chief to a reporter, "Is too lady
like for fire fighting. He is too dellcato
and mild.
I "One of these cigarette smoking gen
tlemen had occasion nt a hurvest fes
tival to refer to the story of Jonah.
' " 'Jonah,' he said, 'passed threo days
and three nights in the whale's or
the whale's'
"ne blushed furiously and added:
'The whulo's society.' "
On the Stump.
Timpthy Ij. Woodruff nt a dinner In
New York told a number of election
stories,
"Then there was Cosgrove," ho said.
"Cosgrove mil do 11 good stump speaker
an imposing, stntely kind of man.
While Cosgrove was speaking In n hall
in Syracuse ono night somebody bray-
ed, Cosgrovo stopped short, glared
and said:
" 'Who liraycfl there Y
"A little chap in the front row piped
mildly: 'It was only an echo, sir. Go
on with your speech, Mr. Cosgrove.'
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