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"" CAMERA MEN ALOFT. How Battle Field Views Are Taken From an Aeroplane. The camera man in the aeroplane, in order to get bis focus, must usually work within range of the firing lines. Few precautions ate possible. The bottom of the aeroplane may be covered with metal sheets, when it is said to be armored, but the pilot must depend upon his fleetness and elevation to dodge the enemies' Are. There is besides the chance of encountering another aerial craft, probably armed for an attack with a machine gun. Calmly facing such dangers the camera man hin ??o mflm nol/tn. AUUSV V.W1 ij iXKlJ UOV uio \.e? aiviu, vutvu late the value of light and shadow, the speed of his craft and altitude and make his exposures at just the right instant. The photographer who loads his plate holders and, camera in band. , takes his place on a scouting aeroplane faces perhaps a greater hazard than any man of his profession, which is saying a great deaL The telephoto camera, which has been especially designed and constructed for aeroplane work, is as powerful as a small telescope or the field glasses available for an army officer. Every one who has ever looked at the ground glass of a camera beneatb the focusing cloth knows how the world suddenly appears in miniature. As one looks through the telephoto ; camera the landscape suddenly leaps nearer like the stage of the theater through one's opera glasses. With such a camera excellent photographs may be taken at a height of 3,500 meters, or rather more than two miles. From such altitudes the lens sweeps a broad expanse of country. * In the photographs made from a point a thousand feet or more up the detail recorded is often marvelous. A fort or a trench is*-thus shown as clearly as though snapped by an ordinary camera at a distance of but a few feet. Many of the pictures are taken at high altitudes with the camera Inverted and \ the lens pointed through a hole in the floor of the car. Since these fliers can work In a radios of 100 miles their operating base need not be near the battle line and the dark room problem is greatly simplified When he has returned to earth with his exposures the developing and printing may be done In some nearby city or town. It is often necessary, however, to develop in the field, when special portable tent dark rooms are employed, or the films are developed in special trays without the use of ruby light Developing becomes * thrilling operation when a chance bullet or bursting shell may at any instant enter one's dark room and fog the plates, if It does nothing worse. With these aero photographs before him the modern commander may be said to look directly down upon the battlefield. An attack or a defensive movement may be planned like a game of chess, where every square of the board is beneath the eyes.?"The Camera Han." by Francis A. Collins. \ : Climbing a Coeoanut Tree. Gocoanuts when ripe fall to the ground and when necessary are plucked by men who climb up. It sometimes makes' one's blood run cold to see them run ap the trees like monkeys. Two ways are practiced for mounting -the trunk. In the case of a small tree or at an odd moment the man walks up the trunk, keeping his feet flat against It and throwing his weight back from it as much as possible, retaining his position at the same time by the tension of his arms. The other and safer plan Is to pass a loop of cord around the feet, which are thus kept cloee together, and grasp the trunk of the tree, the arms meanwhile assisting the climber, who moves upward in a aeries of jumpa. Force of Habit. Speaking of force of habit, some years ago there was an iron railing around the capltol grounds at Washington. The appropriation bill provided for a watchman to close and lock the gates every night at a certain hour and open them at a certain hour every morning. In the course of time the railing or fence was removed, but the gates swung between their Egyptian pillars for a lsng time, and all that time the watchman came and went regularly, closing and opening the gates according to law and drawing hlanlary. Paper Making In Japan. Papermaklng was one of the earliest Industries of Japan. When Europeans were writing on the skins of animals and leaves of plants, ancestors of modern Japanese were recording their thoughts on paper made from wood or vegetable fiber. Papermaklng In Japan was probably introduced from Korea about 610 A. D. in tbe reign of the Empress Suiko, this being tbe first mention of paper in Japanese history. Descriptive. Small Tommy bad just come frcm the back yard, where the cook was removing tbe feathers from a chicken. "Have you seen anything of Jane?" asked bis mother. "Sure." replied the little fellow. "She is behind the shed busking a hen."?New Yerk Globe. Professional Tendency. "What a squint that theatrical manager has." "Don't yon know managers always have more or less a cast in their eye." ?Baltimore American. Flies and Typhoid. It has been found that the prevalence of typhoid fever in India varies regularly with the abundance of flies. Suspicion la very often useless pain. ?Johnson. THE LEFT" IN ARABIAN Writes Driver of Overland Ambulance on Egyptian Front. One of the very best testimonials in recent months has been received i xl- _ Will A 1??J Dy uie vviuys-wverimiu <juui^an^, i makers of Overland and WillysKnight motor cors, from the Australian Motor Transport Service, which is stationed at Gamrah, Cairo, Egypt. | Abh NEXT W MUSTANG A1 BRON BRONCHO JOHN is a Scout, an Explorer, a Gui Master of Military Transporta Philosopher and an Orator, carries with him just enough .pie, Oregon Wild Horses. Must* Half Breeds, Broncos, Mea f*\ n_ J .burros, I'acK muies, uuna, oaa Overland Concord Stage Coach asplendid Camp Outfit. Hit: horse Silver, his scouting 1 Teddy and many others in acts. The people love to see man work in his repetition of tory. Secure this Genuine S< advertise the truth and the i crowds are with you and all pleased. Wonderful, Amazing, Uni Historical Stage Go; and Rum lor Life .The Wild, Bucking Broi i Magnificent, Untama Monarch of Tije American Wild Horsi The Mexican Bon w - r?i,j?j ?_ r n.K.i M nv vruiurvn * u^vwum It is the children's special pa: the show. Fun for their elders carries them back to the da when they were children The Sham Battle Western Scenes of Fic and Bloody Warfar Broncho John1 quickness in handling the larg vy rerolver for business u Marvelous, Amzing He holds the people with a prised admiiation The letter was originally set to Mur ray Aunger, 'Ltd., the Overland deal er at Adelaide, Australia, who trans mitted it to the Toledo factory. "The Overland, which you hav< supplied us for ambulance service,' runs part of the letter, from th< Egyptian battle front, have done ex cellent work; they have been run ning continuously since they hav< been in Egypt. Four of them are a present stationed on the Suez Canal evili rEEK, We ID COWBOY HAVING FUN. CHO JOI A FlksT CI I, | WONC ^ BRO. i Draws Wonde Possible ( "5* EVERY D) Peo ? RROh dies, MVi m m and 1 i war never cancel Z ?always full this his- letter. He BOUt. REMAR . " Broncho John, i remarkable mai ach eler and natural soon be a peopli Broncho John's icho ==========2sszz ible BOARPO*AOBICU1LTOLTUI11 STATE OF Oh Department of Agr % Columbus, 1 Mr. J. H. Sullivan, Broncho 0 Dkarsib:? d You being away fron ing your several engagements ^ first opportunity I have had ' an thanks for your very efficient yfl Wild West work, under you at the Ohio State Pair, Auguf tember 5, 1903. I wish to say that w< your contract waa very fully rce torily full filled, and that t 6 given met with the approi greatly pleased our patrons. 'c Yours very truly, 0 J. W^Fleming, ?naH A1 - and they are called upon to do ver - strenuous work, as most of the goin - is in the sand. The drivers spea very highly of these machines. Th i cars are kept busy, running day an ' night. ; "Up to a short time ago there wa - no speed limit in Cairo, and we use - to drive the cars at a tremendou ? rate. When we were stationed s t Heliopolis, about five miles froi , Cairo, we would have races into Ca e Gc dnesday, 1 5 jf Srfj&si Cowboys' mi i l^lll Friend UN LASS SPECIAL ATTRAC' Western Amuse: Enterprises _ / IERFUL SATISFACTION f ... . ' , NCHO JOH . irfully Large Crow Classes--Young and A i \Y RAIN QR JCHO JO! leed a date and ne\ filled his contracts pleases the peopl KABLE SUCq the lead ear of desperate 1 i, with & remarkable hist< orator. Like the Buffalo b of the past. See them i book, "Life and Adventu: B.OrAMi?4 *46 FIFTH ANNL UO Big Foue Fa\ iculture Amgwt 30. 31, s* Nov , 7, 1903. - Nashua, ! John. To WhcJm It May Cc This is to certify i home, meet- van was engaged b i, this i9 the give hia Broncho i of expressing Show at our Fifth 1 an interesting am free to say thi r engagement entertaining and rea it 81 to Sep- were more than plea? the means of greatly ) realize that ance to our fair this and aatisfac- I take pleasure i be exhibition Sullivan and his Bho1 ral of all, and accompany him. Yftnw ( Big Four F Ass't Sec'y j 1 bbevb i ? y ro. It was no uncommon sight to see g 15. or 20 ambulances, tearing along k the. main road to the city. e "But now we have a speed limit, H which is heinc tightened almont fortnightly. The best run we have is is a place called Helousan, about 25 d miles- from Cairo. The road follows is along the banks of the River Nile, it practically the entire way. n "One soon picks up the Arabic [- language, especially enough of it for ' lunty hursday a Road Agents Holding up a \ WILD ds of All I Old COU] The Sham Batl SMINF ThelOverland Con *11 **- Roaa Xgentfl and ?? grand and thrill m | ricane deck of the " k"?^ou 0411 ^ieal a kind, but who r r will exhibition, in nin< or between heats a agreeable to all cor 111*5 of mirth and jollit ?.i\ , of War and Spet ? Willi is an established other credentials. UCC crowds from a ver; or shine. aw-abiding gentlemen. T Dry. Equally renowned as and Indian the "Noble Fi iow; hear them talk; see t res of the Genuine Cow Bo jal meet/no Merchai lr Association At h Xptmmbmr 1, 2. 1904 Aogtltt Iowa, Sept. 2, 1904. Hasting iNceen : h. Sullivan that Mr. J. H. 8olli- ga; y thin Association to ^ .<wad Tohn or Wild West ^ave jn oar c Annual Meeting and I drew the lane it ibis show is very Everybody wa listic and the ^people from the fart] led. 1 believe it was neighboring ci increasing the attend- The large ci year. chants' Carni n recommending Mr. elcelknt abili iv and the men that Your illustrate ographs did th taly, air Association. Jy L. E.JEck, Sec'^, 8 .1 Nnv i j I . v motoring purposes. Such , essentials as "Imshi," . go .away; "Yemeenak," ' get ove^r to.the Tight; "Shamalak", get over to the left; "Oak",' look out; "Oak rigglak," look out for your feet are enough for an ambulance; driver's purpose. Are you raising pre-bred poultry' or mongrels? Pure-b^ed pays the best and is no more expensive to keeP- U. ' | Fair nd Friday ?/ ' m V ' is* ? i J. {S,r i>j ' ' jH jwsi r, ; iS?-.4M $ ; ~ .-' ? &fi&: Stage Coach. . ' ' Sii :&< . . r-.^ . " . fc-S . < iV WEST / MCIL OF WAR. = ; : >/ ;le is an ^exhibition in itself. cosd Stage Co&ch chased by .w the run for life is great, ing. The Cowboy on the hurBucking Broncho?' 'whoop-, ' his tail whop a mile. tfwoof i is master? Great fun. This 3 acts, is given before the races to suit time, and positively i cerned, making a golden frame y around the beautiful Horse d for Glory. Broncho John reality. Read his war and j This attraction draws great y far distance every day, rain ??? he Scout, a tnost *'s a Hunter, Trav ron tier smaii will :hem work. Read f =i=^==s=ssf ?i'. its'Street Carnival \ foturi, Michigan 14 th and 15th, 1903 \ p, Michigan, Aug. 20, '08. ~ , "Branch* John." I West Exhibition" which yea iity, wad a great success. It st crowd ever been m our city. b satisfied. It brought people lest parts of our county and ties. owd and success of our Merval was entirely due to your ty in the way of advertising. j! ?J hand bills and colored lith- j e work. fours respectfully JOHN J. DAUSOH j II m eo. of Merchants' Carnival. I j H in f .^1