Record breaking long - distance fights, magnificent as they are, have certain drawbacks, and the men who accomplish them have rea son to be thankful if they escape with a whole skin. This at any rate is the opinion of Capt, Pelletier Daisy, the celebrated French aire man, who has just returned—to Paris, by boat and train, after his wonderful air journey from Paris to Peking. His friends who met him at the station were somekh surprised to hear him say that had made his last long fight. said very emphatically that ture he intended to leave lau of this kind for others to gather, Poland, he said, he had to fly ly 200 miles near the ground, 8 not to lose sight of the road in the fog. In Russia he flew for hours over thick forests, Between Irkutsk and Chita he again had to keep very low in consequence of fog, and he constantly ran the risk of hitting a telegraph post on the Trans-Siberian railway—which was his only guide. After the fo in Poland, Russia, the Urals, Sibe and Manchuria he did not feel disposed to face those in Japan, of which he had some experience two years ago, and was quite satisfied to Yeach Peking intact without going on to Tokyo. On the whole, he thought he had done enough, Goud production from the mines of Ontario is increasing at the rate of five million dollars yearly, ae-cording to a provincial government report. Canada now ranks third in gold producing nations of the world.
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