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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 139, 22 June 1901, Page 4

A beautiful story has been told of the courage of the Sultan at the time of the earthquake, while he was in his palace in the midst of the Beiram reception of the ambassadors; and the Emperor of Germany has sent him a fine letter of congratulation for his bravery. A gentleman wbo was present on the occasion makes a somewhat different report. He says that the Sultan rushed out of the room ; the officials rushed to the windows, breaking them with their swords to jump out, some mistaking the large mirrors for windows and breaking them. Tbe Sultan returned after a while, trembling visibly. Another hero of the air-ship has nearly lost his life in "Switzerland by falling from his machine. That is of little importance; but it is very important that the air-ship rose fifty feet before it became unmanageable. Flying machines are bound to come, and the century i 3 young yet. It has begun with a scientific announcement of the first importance, tho discovery of a feasible way of making nitric acid by electricity from the air. This may give ns an inexhaustible source of agricultural wealth. It is nitrates that feed the farm Lay on, Mac Duff! who hasn’t read How bold Macbeth was slain, But now he’s been so long since dead, Why rake him up again ? -Then let him rest, he's out of date, We’ll turn to something newer, If you’ve a cold, be not too late, Take Woods’ Great Peppermiht Cube.