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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. |
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MUSTANG A1
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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
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.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
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Magnificent, Untama
Monarch of Tije
American Wild Horsi
The Mexican Bon
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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.
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remarkable mai
ach eler and natural
soon be a peopli
Broncho John's
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ible BOARPO*AOBICU1LTOLTUI11
STATE OF Oh
Department of Agr
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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,
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- 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
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Classes--Young and
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leed a date and ne\
filled his contracts
pleases the peopl
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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:
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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.
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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
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m | ricane deck of the
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a kind, but who
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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
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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
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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
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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
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he Scout, a tnost *'s
a Hunter, Trav
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:hem work. Read
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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
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eo. of Merchants' Carnival. I j H
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