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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
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by the weather bureau.
The most significant development
in weather forecasting for years, maxi
ing II possible to forecast for a period
at least sixteen hours longer than at
present and more accurately, has been
attained by the weather bureau and
soon will bear practical fruit. This Is
the result of experiments with kites
flown nj distances one TO two miles
above the surface of the earth, which
have been quietly conducted in this
city for some weeks. Daily readings
have been taken ut this altitude and
the fact has been established that
shifting Of the wind occurs ut mile
level above the earths surface, from
twelve to sixteen hours before the
same change of direction occurs on
the surface. This is due to the same
forces which operate to cause wind
shifts TO produce n storm; one condi-
tion being dependent on the other.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
taken great interest in the expert
ments, which were made by Chief
Moore of the weather bureau, and his
consultations with Professor Moore
have resulted in the formulation Of n
policy which will make weather pre-
dictions more valuable in the future.
The most imperfect part of weather
forecasts now is the prediction as to
rain or snow. Meteorologists for the
past ten years have been impressed
with the fact that future data as to
storms must come from knowledge
Of upper air conditions. The aero
plane investigations have reached that
point where it can he safely stated
that within six months the govern
ment weather bureau, for the first
time in the history of any meteorologi-
cal service, can construct telegraphic
synchronis chart based on air condi-
tions one mile above the earth. This
chart will cover the conditions be-
tween the Alleghanies and the Rockies
Mt the outset.
Chief Moore says this step probably
will mark new epoch in the weather
forccasting problem. With these
high-level readings the bureau will
have the moisture content of the upper
strata as well as the lower. 1t will be
seen how important this double in
formation is when it is considered that
the two strata of air may by shifting
of the wind become mixed within
twenty-four hours and that the pre-
cipitation will depend upon the aver
age moisture of the mass. Washing
| ton Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11

Physicians are puzzled over the
strange illness of Abe and Adrien
Meyer, two sons of Keya Paha
county, Nebraska, farmer. 1t is
thought that both lads are suffering
from some form of nervous complaint.
1t manifests itself, however, very
differently in their respective cases.
Abe is 10 years old. For four
months he has been unable to sleep
more than four hours in a night. His
health has suffered little, but he is
very irritable, and, in the opinion of
the doctors, he cannot long stand the
strain without losing his mind. There
was no premonition of his attack, ex-
cept extreme nervousness and ten
dency to insomnia.
Adrien is only II years old. For
long time he required more sleep than
does the average boy of his age, and
few months ago he began spending
sixteen or eighteen hours out of the
twenty-four in bed. Now he remains
there altogether. For the last three
months he has not opened his eyes
more than half dozen times. On
these occasions he evidently only
partially awoke, spoke in a drowsy
tone, and within fifteen minutes lapsed
again into unconsciousness. His food
is forced into his mouth in a liquid
form, and very little seems sufficient
to satisfy him.-Chicago Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
Cinderella and the Prince.

1t was raining very hard, and
Charlie Mason and his little sister
Cora were obliged to remain in the
house. Their mother was not feeling
well, and had retired to her own room
upstairs to have short nap. Charlie
and Cora had been reading the story
of cinderella and the Glass Slipper, :"
and they thought they would play it.
Charlie made soldiers hat out of an
old newspaper, and plucked feather
from the parlor duster to make a
plume. Cora found o dress of her
mothers in the hall closet, and put it
on, pinning the front up and leaving
the skirt trailing behind her. She
found fan in the dining room, and
then hurried into the parlor to meet
the prince, who bowed very low, with
his hat in his hand. By-and-by the
clock struck four, and Cora, gather
ing up her train, ran out of the room,
throwing off one of her slippers.
Charlie, STOPPING, picked it up and
followed Cora through the hall As
she was going down the basement
stairs, he threw the slipper after her.
just then the cook came out of the
kitchen, and the slipper struck her on
the head. She was very angry, and
threatened to tell their mother, but
Charlie humbly begged her pardon,
and when the cook found that it was
an accident, she not only pardoned
them, but gave them each glass of
milk and huge slice of angel cake.
Just then the sky cleared and Charlie
and Cora ran out to look at the beau
tiful rainbow in the sky.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Paris buys California pearls.

Paris buys California pearls.
Shadrach Ray of Galloway County.
Kentucky, has just become the father
of his forty-second child.
A room in the Castle of Simonetta,
near Milan, Italy, has n wonderful
echo. A loud noise, such as a pistol
shot, will be repeated sixty times.
Of the fifty-four trotters in the 2.10
list all but four have the blood of old
Hambletonian in their veins, and of
the lag PAGERS in the 2.10 list all but
twenty-three trace to him.
A colored man who was killed by q
railroad train near Swan Creek, Nd,
and was not known by any one in that
locality, was identified by pocket
Bible. He had come from Abingdon,
Va.
In the WhitechapeI (London) county
court three witnesses in succession in
one case could neither read nor write.
Three witnesses in the next case were
named respectfully Speller, Reader
and Wright.
Atchison (Kan.) society people
thirsting for novelty, gave an imita-
ton circus parade in trolley cars which
they had decorated as band wagons,
chariots of $40, 900 beauties, and tanks
and closed cages OF aquatic and wild
animals.
Another Chinese giant has been
discovered. Like his predecessor, his
name is Chang, and he lives at Yunan
Foo, in China, where two cycling tour
lists from the West-Mr. and Mrs. II d.
McIlraith- across him recently.
Chang is 7 feet o inches high.
No more elegant compliment was
ever paid to preacher than that of
King Louis XIV. of France to Jean
Baptist Massillon, bishop of Clermont.
Said he 81 have heard many great
preachers, and the effect they produced
on me was that felt thoroughly satis-
fed with them. Every time l heard
you / have been dissatisfied with my
SELF"
Less than ten rods south OF the Ca
madam border, in Derby Lane, VT,
lives Moses Pierce, who was 104 years
old June 1st. This remarkably we'll
preserved man lacks only four years of
being as old as the government of the
United States, and has lived during
the administration of every president
this country has had except Washing
tons first.
Tracy Brooks Tyler, five months old,
of st. Augustine, Fla. whose father is
baritone singer, whose mother is a
pianist and mezzo-soprano singer,
one of whose cousins is high soprano
and all of whose uncles and aunts are
musicians, runs his fingers over the
piano keys at every opportunity in a
way to bring out certain sounds, which
he seems to strive for and to like.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11

Stock papers published in different
parts of the range country are begin
ming to see the end of the present
method of handling cattle, notes the
Sioux Falls Is. d. Argus. The i'm
creasing number of new settlers is
forcing the breaking up of large herds,
and the "little men" with from fifty
to 200 head of cattle, giving them
continued care, are the ones who are
bound to be in on the finish, while
the large herders will be working at a
loss. When that period arrives there
will be not SO many cattle kings, but
the aggregate number of cattle in the
country will be greater, and by the
better care they receive, the better
grades will bring more wealth to the
country than comes under the present
system.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11

Game birds never did, and probably
never will, form more than very
small part of this country's food sup
ply, so there is no such need as exists
in the case of fish for propagating
them at public expense. Notwith-
standing that fact, the proposition to
extend the field of operations of the
fish commission, so that it may apply
to the problem of increasing the num-
ber of birds the methods that are sue
ceeding so we'll with fish, is one to be
highly commended, in the opinion of
the New York Times. To do 50 would
result in some direct profit to the peo-
pie, and in much that is indirect. The
incidental expense would be infinites-
imal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
Pussy and Her Squirrels.

Uncle Burr travelled a great deal
and when he came home he was al
ways teased for new stories which
he was sure to have. He had
been in Iowa, and while there had
seen the cat and squirrels Of which he
now told the children.
"rhere was nice old mamma cat
that lived at the same farmhouse
where / stopped one day. She was
striped yellow and white, and was
great pet with the whole family.
"She had nice little family OF
kittens but one day they we're all taken
away from her.
'Poor Kittyl she was so sad and
lonelyi she wandered about the house
all day long, and called and cried, but
could not find her babies. Toward
evening she was seen going out into
the woods, they thought for something
to eat as she had refused food all day.
"Soon after they heard scratch
and NEW at the door. II was opened
and there stood mamma kitty with a
little gray squirrel in her mouth.
"The mistress scolded her and
made her give it up, but kitty only
purred. She went to her nest and
called as if it were one of her own
babies. They put the little squirrel
down beside her, and she licked it and
cuddled it down just as she had her
own lost kittens. She gave it some
dinner and 1t was soon fast asleep. /
"Then kitty cried to go out Of doors
| Aa lac %, ia
woods they followed her. Then she
ran nimbly up n tree and went into a
hole. In few minutes she came out
and in her mouth was another baby
squirrel, which she carried to her nest
in the house just as carefully as il it
had been her own little kittens.
''She snuggled it down, and it was
soon fast asleep with its little mate.
''They were then little fellows and
could scarcely walk; that was weeks
ago, and now they are nearly full
grown, and as brisk and playful as if
they were with their own mother in
the woods. They don't seem to think
their cat mother is one bit strange.
"Tbey are obedient, and come when
she calls 'purr-purr' to them. Jack is
the largest and sometimes has to be
boxed to make him mind; but mamma
cat is very gentle about it, and do
not think she hurts him much.
Gypsy is very gentle and tame, and
will let the children take her in their
hands. She has beautiful large black
eyes. ssSsS
"Bob, the little boy at whose house
they are, thinks they are very nice in
deed. He has made them little
house ont of starch-box, and fixed a
wire wheel on one end for them to
play in. The first time kitty saw them
in the wheel she was very much
frightened. She tried to stop it with
her paws and seemed pleased when
they came out. When she found they
were not harmed she soon got used to
it, and would watch them and seemed
to enjoy their play boston Bouquet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
Sailing Under the Sea.

When Jules Verne wrote his story
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea-" in which he describes how a
certain Captain Memo navigated sub
marine ship under the surface of the
ocean, few people dreamed that Jules
Verne's imaginary marine wonder
would ever become reality. But
n submarine boat already has
been built. II was launched
on May II, at Elizabethport, N. j.,
and it bears the name ''Hol-
land" after its inventor. II is 55 feet
long and IL feet in diameter, and it
can sail as well under water as on the
surface. In case of war IL could be
loaded with torpedoes and run ont
under water until it was beneath the
enemy's biggest warship, when the
torpedoes could be placed and the
great boat blown to atoms.
Just think of skimming along the
bottom of the sea in such n boat and
think what fight there would be il
two such boats belonging to hostile
navies should meet under water. We
should feel proud, too, that the owner
of this ship is an American. = Chicago
Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
Oldest ship Now In Use.

The oldest ship in the world en-
gagged in active service is the bark
True Love, now used as coal hulk
on the Thames, near London. She
was built at Philadelphia in l764 and
is 1913 years old. When launched the
True Love was the largest boat the
Delaware river had ever aoated. being
96 feet inches long. She sailed away
from Philadelphia and did not return
for 100 years, when she again reached
her birthplace from Greenland with .
cargo of kryolite. Soon after this she
reached London and was sold to .
wan who made coal barge Of her.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
ElJildr olUmn|

deal smaller. The height Of the male
is from five TO six feet. The great
mouth, armed with tusks sometimes
over n foot long, opens TO width Of
two feet. The ears, eyes and nostrils
are situated on one plane, 40 that the
six protuberances may be kept above
water while the rest Of the body and
head is below.
The rapidity Of its growth is very
remarkable. One very young speci-
men was captured in Africa, on the
bank Of the Nile, in 1849, and was
brought successfully 20 London.
When about ten months old IL had
attained length Of seven feet, with
girth Of six and one -balffeet. Clumsy
AZ they seem, il is said that they can
move with remarkable rapidity on
land. Chicago Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11

Ths overland stage started
From the station mt Cheyenne,
With me, the one girl passenger,
Amid dozen men.
On either side n cowboy sat.
With pistol, knife and braided hat.
They talked OF hold-ups, Pl-utcs,
OF ambush, OF stampedcs
IL terrified my woman's heart ..
To hear their bloody deeds.
I was n pale school teacher then,
And gloricd In the strength OF men
There was ono who sat and hearkened
To the awful tales we heard.
A "tcnderfoot." they called him
Their contempt might be inferred
A sort that under frontier laws
Was ranked with clergymen and squaws.
And though liked his quiet ways,
And kindly, honest face,
felt that mid these heroes fierce
He looked quite out OF place,
As he sat and meekly listened
TO the way they had him christened.
We went rattling down the canyon;
From ledge to ledge we dropped
When from n bush shotgun flashed
The bronchos reared and stopped.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11

Macon is running municipal farm
and doing it successfully, too. 1t is
small one, comparatively, comprising
sixty acres, and it is devoted to the
raising of food for the fifty horses and
mules which the city uses in work on
the streets. When not otherwise en-
ployed these animals are used in
working the farm, while the manure
from the city stables fertilizesit Under
these conditions the only cost in
operation is for the labor employed in
planting and harvesting. From forty
acres Of oats crop Of $500 bushels,
of an estimated value of $3.50, is ex-
pected this season. In addition $4,000
worth of hay is looked for from the
other twenty acres. From measured
acre of land last year there was cut
5400 pounds of fine hay. This was
after forty-bushel crop of oats had
been harvested, and nearly enough to
make certain another cutting of hay
before frost. 1t had long been the
custom of the city to rent this land at
IS an acre. Now its value in annual
product is figured at over $50 per
ooro
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
LATEST Animal at the Zoo.

Just the opposite of the prairie dogs,
and by all odds the LATEST OF all the
animals, is the hippopotamus. The
hippopotamus has onlyrecently come to
Chicago, and one would think that he
would wish to make a record for him
self in his new home, but he seems to
have no conscience at all. When the
visitors appear at his home in the
animal building, all they see Most of
the day is black island about the
color and appearance OF a boot-top.
1t is three feet, perhaps, by
two feet broad, and it lies
so still that the surface of the water
is hardly disturbed. However, if you
watch long enough, you will see the
great head rise up and remain mo-
ment above the water. During this
time the eyes, which are set at the
very top of the head, looking straight
up, blink sleepily. Then, having
taken q good breath of air, the head
will go down again. Occasionally,
when the hippopotamus gets hungry,
it will come out and get meal of
fresh grass. Then it reveals its i'm
mense size--nearly eight feet long
and as big around as a hogshead.
The hippopotamus is getting to be
rare animal, even in its native Africa,
and it is fortunate that the zoo has q
specimen. 1t is among the hugest
animals that live. The male has been
known to reach length Of seventeen
feet, but fourteen feet is a fair average
dimension. the females being great
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
THE TeNpERFooI.n

A slashing at tho traces,
A volIey OF commands,
And the heroes looked like deacons
As they lifted up their hands.
In deadly fright fumblcd
For my slender purse OF gold,
While the cowboys sat like yokels
In a pillory OF old
but while thought the strength Of men
A mockery and u shame,
That "tendcrfoot' rose TO his feet,
A Gatling gun OF ilame.
IL might have been minute,
Or, for NIL know, n week,
When saw tho light returning,
And heard n calm voice speak.
can right, poor girl no danger"
And he lifted up my head.
"There's lots Of heroes missing,
But only two men dead"
And then our stage went on again,
Beneath tho MONDAY light
But the daring deeds OF reckless men
Somehow. were ended quite,
And when talk about II now
My husbands eyes will shine,
But he only gives my hand 10 squeeze
This 'tenderfoot' OF mine.
r. II. Gassnway, In New York journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11

Cases against George Washington
appear here and there in the civil
docket recently unearthed in the
courthouse at Greensbury, Penn. No
less than three claims were entered
against him during the year 1887 to
compel him to pay taxes. The humor-
ous clerk, commenting on these ac-
tions, remarked: George Washing
ton, Esq, appeareth not to like
taxes"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
lie Repente,l.

A story comes from New Haven
about black spaniel that abstracted
feather duster from his owners
house and while playing with il tore
out all the feathers. The dog, after
being shown the featherless handle,
was given whipping. He then dis
appeared and about year afterward
walked bravely into the house with n
bran new duster in his mouth. He
walked up to his mistress and meekly
deposited the new brush at her feet.
BY the mark on il she saw that the
dog had stolen il from neighboring
store. Our Dumb Animals.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11

Mark Twain, writing of the Queens
jubilee, says that the most remarkable
thing that has happened during Vic
toria's long reign is the increase in
the number of English-speaking peo-
pie. When the present Queen of Eng
land was born, seventy-eight years
ago, there were only $4,000, 900 Eng
lish speaking people in the world now
there are more than 1913, 900, 900. No
such rapid spread of language was
ever known before. The great Eng
lish-speaking nations and their popu-
lations are as follows:
County Population.
United States, $4,000, 900
United Kingdom, 4O,0O0,OO0
Canada. 5000, 900
Australia and New Zealand, 5000, 200
In ASIA, Africa and elsewhere, 100000
Total, 12s, 900, 900
The greatest increase in the num-
Der Of English-speaking people has
not been in the Queens domain, but
in the country which cut loose from
English rule. The population of the
United States in 1920. when Queen
Victoria was 2 years old, was only
9.838. .626. II has increased more
than seven and one-half times since
fhan IN 1921 the population Of the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
The gondolas Of Venice are being
gradually displaced by little steam
boats.

The fireworks manufacturers COM
plain that the increased use of the
bicycle had bad effect upon the sales
of their explosive products, by reason
,,f the effect that the Fourth of July is
ROW used by the wheelmen as an op-
portunity TO take runs on their ma
chimes into the country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
A Good Resolution.

Good Resolution.
"Tkis school year mean to do bcttcrl
To bind myself down with n fctter,
I'll write out n plan
AS strong ms I can,
Because am such forgotten.
"Resolved-but I'm sleepy this minute,
There's so much when once you begin III
Resolved. with my might,
II try to do rght2
That's enough! for the whole thing IL In IT,.
Youths Temperance Banner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
Cruel.

The maiden blushed. 81 have seen
only nineteen summers" she muir
INJURED.
''Snow- blindness? ?''sneered the cold,
unfeeling man, rudely.
This was . harsh, unsympathetic
world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
Used Them to Expires. Her Feelings.

There are $50, 900 words in the Eng
lish language, and most of them were
used ono Sunday by woman who
discovered after coming out of church
that her new hat was adorned with q
tag on which was written:
Reduced to Is. 11d."-London
Tit-Bits.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-22
LEE TOYS SECOND BRIDAL
Big Chinamau in Philadelphia is Married
A. an American.

Philadelphia, Aug. 2l.--The Mayor Of
China town mas married by the mayor
az Philadelphia a. the City Hall yeste.-
cay afternoon, when Chez Fong became
Mrs Lee Toy. This civil ceremony.
which was performed in accordance with
the groom's advanced conception Of civ
il.zation. was really an after consiiera-
ton. As Mr. Toy and his almond eyed
bride had previously been married by
the Celestial rites handed 6own from
CONTIGUOUS For several days sll China
town has been agog with excitement
over the event. ana the bridal feast.
which began at O'Clock yesterday az
te-roon, viii continue for al least a
week Over 500 invitations have been
issued. and The feas,ers W.. be accom-
moiated in relays.
A. e'clock n the afternoon an air
Of expectation, lowered over the Mayors
office-;hat *. over Mayor Warwick 3
office. Ire clerks were busting about
carrying chairs. talking in whispers and
locking very mysterious. To all corners
ne invar.a2le reply was: Nc; you
can't Sc the mayor He mas very i'm
portAn, engag emeGt-" Even David Mar
tin. who had been closeted with Mayor
Warwick. VAS elected when the bridal
party appeared On the scene, ard grace
fully gave way 10 the imperious demands
CO HyInen.
Le Toy and his bride came frs, China
towns mayor Uas a,tirei n black cut
away suit. patent leather shoes and
white tie His bride looked Ike a pic
tire from the Flowe-y kingdom Her
TRY feet, Wh,ca proclaimed her 20 be OF