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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04
Air Castle for the Antwerp Exhibition
of 1884.

Since the invention of the EiiI'el
Tower and Chicagos grent Ferris
Wheel, every man manufacturing II
Worlds Fair deems it necessary to en-
dow it with some ky-piercing struct-
ure transcending and eclipsing any
previous effort. The wonder herewith
depicted is the result of the profound
study of Belgian engineers, and is des-
tined to adorn the Antwerp Exhibition.
Tobiensky, the engineer, has i'm
agined gigantic captive balloon, com
posed of two hemispheres and three
cylindrical compartments of triple
China silk. It's volume will be ~, 079
cubic metres and its dimensions 9311
square metres. The weight, including
the castle in the air and it's accessories,
with that of 150persons, will be 50, G2O
kilogrammes, or about sixteen tons.
The balloon will be anchored by four
great vertical cables.
Two balloon elevators, capable of
carrying ten to fifteen persons, con-
meet the castle with the ground. This
elevated platform and edifce is to be
built of steel and bamboo tubing, COW
cred with China silk and sheet iron.
According to the strength of the wind,
it can rise TO height of from 600 to
1900 feet. The platform is ninety feet
long, with surface of 200 square feet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

streets. A strong odor of fish per-
vadcs the place, aud all along the
streets, paved with cobhlc stones in
the fishermen's part of the town, are
gates made of whales jaws and gar
dens adorned with ivory teeth.
Nearly all of the exhibits of the
whnlers come from New Bedford.
There are hnrpoons and hnrpoon guns
invented by famous old captains of
whaling bnr&s about which lingcr long
"yarn's" of varying degrees of veracity
and improbability. The old whaling
vessel which sailed from New Bedford
in years gone by has undergone n com
pletc change. Now the vessels start
from San Francisco for the Arctic Sea,
where the whale nbides. They are
steamers of improved types. The
ynwls nre made of steel and nrc
guaranteed to give any refractory
whale the toothachc that takes il into
his head to crush the boat between his
massive jaws.
There is not the danger in whaling
there used to be. and the captains
make twice the money that the old
New Bedford scnmen got on their
perilous ventures. The darting boom
was invented by Captain Eben Pierce,
of New Bedford, one of the whalers of
the old school, who knows more about
the habits of the mammoth cctncenn
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04
THE LABOR WORLD.

Ovr railroads employ 900, 900 men.
BEELis has hundred year old shoemaker.
TEoY o. - plumbers must pass an ex-
animation.
MANY Western farmers took part In Labor
Day demonstrations.
SLD1. EwoREgns want dag work generally
enforced, instead Of piece work
EosToS pipe layers will prosecute q polIcs
captain for pernlcious activity In their ro-
cent trouble.
BROoKLTS boiler makers have deferred tho
nine hour day demand until business shall
have improved.
LEADyiLLE (Col.) mine owners and miners
have settled their troubles, and 1000 mlnerS
have returned 20 WORK.
THE Workngmen's Assembly Of New York,
met at Albany and published the labor record
Of members Of the Legislature.
ALBANY IN. ~ stonecutters have left the
Federation Of Labor and allied themselvesto
the Western Union Of Stonecutters.
INSTEAD Of laying oil men. Colonel Rend,
the great coal operator OF Alleghany, Penn.
has decided to employ all hands ontwo-third
time.
IT Ia expected tina. q convention or National
gathering OF all the working girls clubs will
be held in Massachusetts, In the spring Of
1891
NEw YonK artificial flower girls commence
at thirteen years and remain about five years
nj this work. The average wage Is over sl0
n week.
TH2 many advantages enjoyed by the
South over New England In cotton manu-
featuring are the topic OF many discussions
in the latter region.
USIoS flint glass workers talk Of accepting
only part Of their wages during the depres-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

This was in the early part of the sew
enteenth century, long before the rub
ber coat, or tarpaulin, was heard of.
Then the fishermen stood in tubs for
protection against the waves, and n
strip of canvas was placed along the
deck, which served as wind-break.
In those days the fishermen had hard
time of it. Their quiet little settle
ments on the coast of Newfoundland
were always in mourning. In all the
Nations of fishermen aquatic life was
made easier as time went on. With
each year even yet the dangers de-
crease and the trade of the sea toilers
is increased. The yswls of the cara
veis of Columbus were identical with
those of Newfoundland fishing boats.
These French fishermen laid the founda-
tion of all the trouble which even now
makes them enemies of the native fish
ermen. Now the natives of the island
refuse to sell bait to the Frenchmen,
and have appealed to the British Gov
ernment to keep their rivals out of the
fishing grounds.
The whalers of New Bedford are not
forgotten by the commission. The
most interesting part of the exhibit is
devoted to the equipments of whaling
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

gray beard and spent an hour at the
cabinet where was exhibited the lines
and hooks of the old cod '7ic-s.
Provincctown IL the home of nomcs
for the fishermen of tbn Atlantic coast.
u is ultima thule of every Goldfish that
swims in Vineyard sound or the bay 60
the West, The lines are rough-look.
ing and the hooks are of no recently
improved pattern. But they hook fish.
Captain Lemucl Cook sent n line 10
the exhibit which he used from 1919
to 1880. He is famous old fisher
man, known from Hyannisport TO the
far side of Nantucket. The old man
from Provinretown talked with u
strong flavor of Goldfish and his voice
was husky sen voice. H. looked with
contempt ut the display of silk lines,
nickel-platcd sinkers and FURNISHED
hooks. ''I tell you what" he snid,
"thnr mir not 50 many codfish caught
nowadays NJ thar was when Lem Cook
and all Of us had our way. Tharc mir
too many steamships anl no easy times
like we used to have"
From the single hatch bcdarkn Of
the Alaskan natives, built Of drift
wood and covered with the skin of u
female sen-lion, 10 the new fishing
craft designed by Captain Collins of
the commission, is II long step. The
evolution of the fishing craft IL pie
tured in cabinet Just south of tho
north entrance to the Government
h,,,ll,n.. fnl,.. E,al thn nat, la.
sells which came To America was tho
Sparrow Hawk, which met mn untimely
end of Cape Cod. She sailed across
the water in 1896, struck reef and
went to the bottom. Her old hulk,
which hnd been embedded III the sands
for nearly two and half centuries,
was uncovered in 1868 and put on cx.
hibition III Boston Common.
The steamers Albntross and Fish
Hawk, which nrc in the service of the
United States commission, are the
latest models Of the fishing vessel.
Captain Collins's model is of II fishing
schooner of moderate dimensions and
is being largely copied on both COASTS.
It's hull is built after the model of II
racing yacht aud the rigging is adapted
To the needs of fishing vessel. II
combines the speed qualities of n yacht
and the seaworthiness of fishing
schooner. Snfety is also taken into
consideration.
The United States is fur ahead of tho
Nations of the world in maintaining II
fish commission and cnring for it's
fishermen. A museum has been estab-
lished devoted to ichthyology, and tho
steamers of the iish commission cruise
all along the coasts of the United
States TO collect specimens of fish life.
Hatcheries have been established in all
the States Of the Union and every year
the work grows in it's scope.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04
Doesn't Like Colorod Stockings.

Queen Victoria always had mania
for white stockings, and when COL
Ored hose FIRST came TO be generally
worn she actually prohibited them
In court circles. On one occasion a
royal princess was dismissed from the
presence chamber because she wore
a pair of black silk stockings with a
colored gown. The venerable lady
was obliged TO give In at last, how
ever, and colored stockings have
been generally worn 10 the Queens
household for several years. Now,
however. that white Is so much in
fashion. white stockings have ap-
peared again, which so pleases the
sovereign that she herself ordered
twenty-five pairs for Princess Mays
trousseaI Vogue.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

entering the Government Building
from the north is II whaling boat fully
equipped for service on the sea. The
hardy fisherman of New England, IL
potent factor in the early development
of the country, is given his due. In
cases nil about are exhibited the abo-
riginnl instruments used in fishing in
contrast with the modern. The bone
hooks and fish-skin lines which the In
dian used hundreds of years before the
first settler built his hut nrc fixed on
the walls with the FURNISHED looks and
silk lines just from the factory.
The evolution of things piscntorinl
has kept in line with the evolution of
the trades and sciences of tho world.
The exhibit of the Fish Commission
has been arranged 50 NJ tJ emphasize
this fact. just ns improvements in
boats were made the lot Of the fisher
man was made happier. Years ago,
when the Frcnchmcn first came to the
coast OF Newfoun lland and spread
their nets on the grent banks, they
sailed in vessels the general appear.
ance OF which rescmblcl modern
canalbont, such rs carry coal on the
Erie canal. They were caravel-built
and had full convex bows, strongly
raking, OF round, full bilge. The
quarter deck was high and the average
length of the queer craft over all was
about forty feet
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

pointed to'thc front. Tho reason of
IL no man can tell
Statistics show that women in tho
United States are growing taller, while
men nre getting shorter.
The whnlc moves through tho water
with n velocity which, If continued ut
the same rate, would enable him to en-
circle the whole world in less than
fourteen days
Sir Joseph Lister hne returned TO
the use Of cnrbolic ncid for nntiseptic
purposes, In the strength Of 100, be-
lieying IL 10 be- gcrmicidnl 10 most of
the pnthogcnic ro-organisms.
Here are the very latest estimates of
the five great oceans Pacific, II, O0O,-
900 square miles; Atlantic 80, 600, 900
square milcH; Indinn, $4,000, 900
square milcs; Antarctic, $500, 900
square miles, Arctic, $500, 900 square
miles.
by contact with this planet meteor
ties are raised to II temperature which
reaches from 5000, 900 10 1000, 900
dcgrccs-high enough to consume the
hnrdcst known substance almost in
s'nntly. Thus only those Of large
size reach the earth before being en-
tirely burnt up.
survey for II cable from the shores
of California 10 the Sandwich Islands
has resulted in route being cho sen
from Monterey bny to Honolulu. The
route selected will require the smallest
length of wire, aud il pngscs over nm
even bottom, favorable for the pro-
lection and preservation of cnble,
submarine mountains being avoided.
An English rninmnkcr now operating
in lndin hns nm apparatus consisting (
n rocket capable of rising to tho
height of II mile, containing II rcscr-
yoir of ether. In its descent il opens
n parachute, which causes il TO come
down slowly. The ether Is thrown
ont in fine spray, and its absorption
Of hent is snid to lower the tcmpera.
ture about il sufficiently to condense
the vapor and produce limited
shower.
During the pnst year Astronomers
have discovered twenty-nine new plan
cts. OF this number two were found
by Palisn, the "vetcrnn nsteroid hun
ter of Vienna" The remainder wero
appraised by means of photography.
During the three opening months Of
the present year ~ planets have been
added to the list. The total number
of asteroids known on April is 374.
Astronomers ARE confident that the
number will be 400 before the close Of
the year.
The most interesting of all moons
are the two that attend Mars, each
about sixty miles in diameter. That
planet is just one-hnlf the size Of the
earth; its surface is divided into con.
tinents aud seas, having as much land
as water; it has nm atmosphere, clouds
frequently concealing its face, and its
seasons are about the same ns here,
though the winters are colder. Be-
cause one Of the moons travels around
it three times as fast as Mars itself
turns, it appears to rise in the west
and set in the east, while the other,
really circling in the same direction at
speed comparatively slow, rises in
the east and sets in the west Thus both
moons are seen in the heavens at the
same time, going opposite ways.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

Probably the longest carriage ride
ever made in this or any other coun-
try has been completed by Bishop
Ash, of Sunbury, Vt. Mr.. Ash left his
home sixteen years ago and drove 60
Minnesota, thence to Oregon and to
the Pacific coast. He started for Yer.
mont again seven months ago, crossing
the continent in covered wagon
drawn by two Indian ponies. -Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04


s27, $50 80
THREE year old Charles Snyder fell into
GO foot we'll Mt Noun ain TOp Huntington
county. His mother descended the rope
hand over hand aud found her child un-
conscious. Barring some bruises. he Is as
wei ~ ever, but tho mothers restoration
will require time. Her hands are fri ght-
iuily ton and the muscles OF her arms arc
so strained and stiilened that she will be tor
sote time unable to lift her hands TO her
face
FIRE on Wednesday totally destroyed the
large barn uf Abraham Brown near Wood
bury Huntington county with scven
horses aud farming implements.
A q YEAn old daughter Of Frank Sheridan
dy, ot Mcndon was burned to dc ath. She
hnd amused herself by burning holes In "A
plank with red no, poker.
AvtEr conferences lasting more than a
week the employees Of the New Castle steel
miil signed nsca'e IN which their wages are
cut from - TO 10 per cent.
WILLIAM, n i3.year.ol son Of James
Martin, Of Dunbar accidentally shot him
.eli through the heart with revolver vhich
he found ~ n drawer.
A1roEHgY GENERAL IfENsrL has decided
that the state factory INSPECTORS have no
l'i 'l''i''i w HidNfn NHfIt Duy men krt
employed.
OS account Of The Washington electric
road hot paying expenses its receiver wants
the court to permit him to sell the prop
efty.
BAD sewerage NJ Export, Westmorclana
county has caused an epidemic Of typhoid
fever and several deaths are recorded
McCLrLLAN FgrERMAy. n bontman at the
park near Altoona was drowned by the
sap'izng Of his boat Monday night
JoHN MILLER. Of Connellsville while on
his way TO Lei-enrius 10 he married, fell
from car and was fatally injured.
WILLIAM f. WINg,Rr, Of Altoona, fire.
man on shiftini engine was struck by an
engine aud insanity killed.
A 3 YEAR old child of William Henry. OF
TiiusyIle, was ~ badly burned while play
ing about n IRE that 1t died
EDWARD r. IiAGEv died at Lancaster from
the effect Of A kick on the head, received in
a foot ball game
JAMES SmA"ER. mieor. working al Smith.
ton. was killed by being run over by Il load.
ed car.
REv.B. d. IwEizfo. OF Reading, on Thur
day united his 23 oh couple in marriage.
TEs thousand PEOPLE attended the fair a.
Stoneboro, Metccr county.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04
THE YOUNGEST SOLDIER.
A Uniontown, Pa, Shoemaker Lays
Claim to tho Honor. Was Fourteen
and Helf.

Claim to tho Honor. Was Fourteen
and Helf.
Cyrus Halliday, a shoemaker OF
Uniontown,P Pa, lays claim to being the
youngest surviving soldier of the war.
He noticed the claim of Patrick Shee.
oan. of Allegheny, Pa, and found thst
he entered the service three months
before Sbeenan, The latter enlisted
at the age of IA years and months,
while Halliday has the records to show
that he was but Ia years and months
old when he elisted as a private in
Company H,Third Maryland Volunteer
Infantry aud carried musket 10
months to the end OF the war. Halliday
Is now A years and 10 days old and
gets no pension.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

A MASTER butcher nad twins lie
At once announced the fact to his
parents rs follows: Il write in great
haste to inform you that my wife has
Just presea ed ME with couple OF
twins. More next tlme.".
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

CoRN-BLossoMs are the fashionable
dowers In Paris They were Always
the rage In Kentucky and are worn
IN the nose. Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

KILLED ny A nunsriSd EMERY WHEEL
EniE--A new 10 pound emery wheel burst
at siearns Il Co.'S boiler and engine house.
killing Christian Scheafrer instantly. seri-
ously wounding Fred Schmidt and slightly
injuting two other workmen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS.
KILLED WHILE PLAYING INDIAN.

tRASros--GraDd Grinn aud Stephen
Doyle we're at tho thcatcr and saw West
ern border act The boys next day took
ilobert gun and battlcd with imaginary
Indians on the outskirts of,he city. Doyle
accidcnily fired the gun and Griffin was
shot through the heart.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

The average yield per acre of pota-
toes in the United States annually is
about eighty bushels, and in Germany
12l bushels.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

"SAY. Corpor.
al, you was In the
war and did your
share Of retreat.
ing, / guess. Did
you ever see o
panic3"
"Well," said
the Corporal,d dry.
ly,"I always man.
aged the line OF
,fctres: GO | never
got taken prison.
er. Did 1 ever
see n panici You
know when Banks
went up the Red
River in 'Gd2 His
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04
THE SEAS FOOD.
EXHIBIT OF THE FISH COMMis-
SION Al THE FAIR.
Various Fish-Cntching Appliances In
Former Years and at the Present
Tinc-Thc Hardy New Bed
ford Whaicrs.

n the exhibit OF
the United States
Fish Commission
in the Govern
NJ cnt Building,
says the Chicago
Record, is shown
the gradual pro-
gress ofthe toilers
of the sen. The
first thing that
strikes the eye of
the sight seer on
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

"spout" OF whale. Two decades
ngo New Bedford was the greatest
whaling station in the world. Now
there IL only the memory of bustling
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04

vessels. A whaleboat fully accoutered
is placed near the center Of the exhibit
OF the commission. Over the doorway
a whaler with hsrpoon leveled ready
to hurl stands in the prov of his yawl.
On the lookout, high on the mainmast.
stands whaler with telescope in hand
looking ovsr the waters for the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04
It can be lowered to the ground in

thirty minutes.
Thousands of electric lights will
gayly scintillste from the balloon, as
it hovers in the clouds by night. and
by day hundreds of miles of the fiat
Belgian country will be visible. An
Antwerp newspaper expresses hope
that other air CASTLES may thus finally
reach point where they leave the
world of fancy tc' enter that Of &C.
complishe facta
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04
SOLDIERS COLUMN
IN A PANIC.

A Bit ofa story Which Instances How
Mon Lose Their Grit"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-04
wnAt rmg RrCoRb cnsTs.

HArnisnund--'rhe final statement Of the
audi,or.general with the publisher OF the
Legislative Record was made The pub.
licntion for the last session cost the state
s27, $50 80
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-07-26

most heartily in favor of encouraging
these orange buyers-they are birds of
promise that should be cultivated, and
the best way to cultivate them is to stop
consigning When the consignments
cease the buyers come; when the fruit
does not come to the commission mer-
chant the commission merchant comes to
the fruit We can encourage the buy
ers to come to Florida and induce
many more to follow their example, by
holding our fruit for them. If they do
not want it bad enough to come for it we
have a safe outlet in the Exchange. But
we predict that they will come for it.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-07-26

"WHY don't you publish some of the
most important laws passed by the last LeGisla-
ture?" writes a correspondent and an old sub
scriber. The fact is we do not know what these
laws are yet, and we won't know until they are
published, which may and may not be some time
in the sweet bye and bye. In the meantime our
people will jog along and probably violate some
of these important laws, for some of them went
into effect Immediately on their passage, though
m ost of them do not become operative until af-
ter sixty days from their passage. AS soon as
we can get copy Of the laws passed by the last
Legislature weintend to do our subscriber re
quests and publish some of the most important
ones
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-07-26
ENCOURAGING ORANGE BUYERS.

We hear that the orange buyers from
the North intend to commence opera tons
IN Florida early this season, and that
many of the best houses Of the North
and West will send agents in the State
during the month of September to con-
tract for fruit for delivery during the
season. We are, more than glad to hear
this The experience of past years has
demonstrated the fact that this is the
most satisfactory way of disposing Of the
orange crop-to sell it on the trees or at
home. There may be some objections
interposed to this plan, but we hardly
think they are well founded. Some say
that fruit sold to commission men comes
in competition with fruit shipped
through the Florida Fruit Exchange and
that as the commission men are anxious
to realize speedily on their fruit sent them
they will cut prices and undersell the
Fruit Exchange in order to do it. This
we Thinks poor reasoning and not worthy
of consideration. The Fruit Exchange
itself advises that fruit be sold at home
if fair price is offered.
With the Fruit Exchange in the field
to handle the fruit not sold at home, and
with agents from some Of the most sub
stantial fruit houses in the country on
the ground to buy the fruit, and presum-
ably pay the market price for it, there
is no earthly excuse for consigning a
single box the coming season. We are
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-07-26
GROWING AND PRESERVING GINGER

A correspondent asks for information
concerning the cultivation of ginger in
Florida and the method of making it in,
to preserves. In reply to this we would
say that we know that the ginger is Gull
tivated in some sections of the State,
but whether it proves success or is
profitable, we cannot say.
Col. Codrington for many years the
editor of this journal, who has now
passed to his rewards, replied as follows
to a question in the AGRICULTURIsTn nearly
twenty years ago concerning ginger.
Col. Codrington was West Indian and
familiar with the subject. He said
that while we need not enter into com.
petition with the North in the manufact-
ure of the cheaper class of preserved
fruits, yet those that we have the mo-
nopoly of should be pushed on and
turned to the best account. We have
several times called attention to the prof
it's to be derived from the growing OF