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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
THE FIRST BALLOON.
Result OF the Experiments OF the
Montgolaer Brothers.

Proceeding on the principle that heat
ed air expands and SO becomes lighter,
bulk for bulk. than air at the ordinary
temperature, the brothers stephen anu
Joseph Montgolfier filled paper bag
with heated air, which rose to the cell
ing of the room. This preliminary sue
cess was rapidly followed up, and they
gradually increased the size of the bal
looms experimental with until they
were so satisfied with their progress
that in 1888 they gave public exhibit
ton, sending up linen balloon 105 feet
In circumference, which was inflated
over fire supplied with small bundles
of chopped straw. The balloon succeed
ed beyond their utmost expectation, and
after rising to a height of over 6OOD
feet it descended ten minutes after in
field a mile and a half away. The
next balloon carried car, in which
were sheep, Il cock ana duck.
The success of this further expert
ment induced NJ. pllatre de Ep2icr and
the Marquis dArlandcs to risk their
lives by mailing thc first ascent in the
new and wonderful machine. Their
balloon, which was forty-tive feet in
diameter and seventy-iiyc feet high and
was inflated with hot air, passed over
Paris to the great astonishment Of the
people, attaining an altitude of half "A
mile. Ballast was then for the first
lime employed in regulating the as
cending power Of the balloon. The first
venture was followed by others, and
De Rozier. the first to ascend, was also
the first TO meet his death in this man.
ner, having been killed, with com
panion, hy the burning of his balloon
near BOuiOgno.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Whnt Father Does,

Mothers may talk, work. struggle to
make their sons models by which to
shape new heaven and a new earth.
But the boys world is in the man
who is his father, and the boy believes
that whatever may be right on Sun
days or at prayer times the things that
are really good, that really count in
life, are what father does. Moreover,
it is what father does which defines
the means with which the boy shall
work, the sphere wherein his efforts
shall be shaped. In a word, what fn-
ther does is the beginning rs 1t Is the
end of the boys achieyements.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Onion Soup md Fame.

Membership in the French academy,
the hoped for reward of Gallo writer's.
was once closely associated with onion
soup. During the restoration in France
club was formed under the title Of
"Diner de Ia Soupe pOnion." This or
ganization contained twenty members
1t met every three months, when the
dinner was opened with an onion SOUP
The club was to endure until every as
sociate was elected to the academy
This was accomplished in 1915, when
the last banquet was held.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
BLAZING METEORS.
che short Lived spIendor of Shoot
fuu star.

A small body as large as a paving
stone or not as large as n marble Is
moving round the sun. Just as Il
mighty planet revolves In an ellipse, so
this small object will move round and
round in an elllpse. with the sun in the
focus. There are at the present mo-
ment inconcelvable myriads Of such
meteors moving in this manner. They
are too small and too distant for our
telescopes, and we can never see them
except under extraordinary circum-
stances.
At the time we see the meteor il
trnverses distance of more than
twenty miles second. Such velocity
is almost impossible near the earth's
surface The resistance of the mir would
prevent II. Aloft in the emptiness Of
space there Is no air to resist It.
In the course of It's wauderings the
body may come near the earth and
within few hundred miles Of its sur
face, of course, begins TO encounter the
upper surface of the atmosphere with
which the earth Is inclOsed. To n body
moving with the appalling velocity Of
II meteor, Il plunge into the atmosphere
is usually fatal Even though the up
per layers of air are excessively at
tcnuated, yet they suddenly check the
velocity, almost as rifle bullet would
he checked when fired into water As
meteor rushes through the atmos-
phere the friction of the air warns its
surface; gradually 1t becomes red hot,
then white hot and Is finally driven Off
into the vapor with brilliant light,
while we on the earth, one or two hun
dred miles below, eXclaim:
"Oh, look! There is n shooting star"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
A FISH HOOK.
The One You should Buy and the
Test You should Try.


The most common flaw Is the temper
Of the hook, Some hooks are brittle
and break easily. There are other
hooks still that bend, and bend so easi-
ly that they "strnighten" on every big
fish, and yet other hooks that bend, but
bend so hard that big fish never
fleXes them, and they only stralghten
and come away when the full tension
of the line Is laid upon them If caught
on tough snag or tree bough. These
last are the hooks TO buy-if you can
find them-and the hard breaking
hooks classifies next in merit. Tests by
the eye are quite useless. as 80 many
hooks carry exactly the same tints in
blue or black. Test the hook instead
by the hand, catching the point in n
firm bit of wood and trying it out both
by the hard. firm pull and by the jerk.
Watch particularly in this trial for
weakness mt the foot of the barb, where
the wire is apt to be attenuated over
much and the whole point give way
on strong fish, especially If hooked in
bone or very hard gristle. What vastly
depths of angling profanity, In spirit
If not in word, have been stirred In
boat and on bank when the pointless
hook comes away from the hard played
fish must be left to memory Outing
Magazine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
THE GROWTH OF TROUT.
Age, Food and Temperature Seem to
Have No Herring ON Size.

The Snlvelinus fontinals, which Is
currently but inaccurateiy called brook
trout was supposed for many years
to be small fish Agassiz was
largely Instrumental In exploding this
fallaCy. 1t Is not an uncommon thing
for an angler with ordinary luck to
get n six or seven pound trout of this
variety. 1t Is known that trout may
grow to weigh eleven or twelve pounds.
There Is, however, great difficulty In
accounting for Its variation in size.
In northeastern Canada there are
large streams and lakes In which only
fingerlings have ever been found. In
the immediate vicinity Of such waters
three and four pound trout are quite
common and seven and eight Founders
are not phenomenal In all these wa
ters crustacen do not abound; there are
no small fish of any kind except small
trout. All the fish are pure fly feeders.
At some places, ii Is true, frogs abound,
but taken as a whole the difference In
food supply is not an adequate ex-
PLANTATION for the difference In growth.
There is no substantial difference In
the waters as to temperature, size,
origin and course. Climatic conditions
are the same. The small trout taken
to virgin lakes in which there are no
fish have sometimes grown to great
size have sometimes remained small
and sometimes have not thriven. The
anglers who haunt these waters have
not yet found satisfactory explana-
ton of this peculiar condition of things.
1t Is one of the mysteries which lends
fascination to the art "You never can
tell what is going to happen when you
go fishing"-St Paul Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
MANY, MANY DOCTORS.
4 Sixteenth Century Wngcr That
Might lie Won Today

The storr Is told in .Ipuhrrt's "POpu.
lnr Errors Concerning Medicine" pub.
lishcd at Bordeaux, France, In 1919
tHt one Gonc,n. a Jester at the court
of the Duke OF Ferrarn. insisted once
upon = time that the trade which had
TIE most followers was that of doctor
To prove his assertion he LEFT his home
one morning to go TO the palace with
his nightcnp on and his jaws wrapped
M. The first person he met stopped
lin with the question, what Is the
matter with you, Gonelle?" "A terrible
tODt3mchr." "Oh, Is that all? I'll tell
you what will cure IT," Anh every per.
son he met had some advice to give
him.
|'hon the Jester reached the dukes
chamber, the same question and an.
SWcr were repeated. "Ah," said the
prince, II know of something that will
take the pain right away" Gonellc
mg, Htly threw up his kerchief saying:
"Ai.l You, too, monsc!gucur, are II doc.
tor | have only passed through one
street In coming from r'y house TO you
and have counted more than 30 of
them. | believe | could find 1O.CGD In
the city" Whether the story Is true or
false. 1t could hc told again in Our
days. and GOnele would win his wager
without dispute.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
LIVING ON AN ACRE.
How II Would Help the Man of FAM
lily and Little Money.


A family, with a modest house sur
rounded by nn acre of good soil, even
where the work has to be performed
by members Of the family who are oc-
cupled during the long hours of the
day Mt various occupations. will pro
duce almost everything used In the
family. An acre OF ground thoroughly
well cultivated, with little chicken
yard as an adjunct, will reduce In n
very material way the expenses of the
family.
or course acre lots are impossible In
side of the city limits or even very
close TO the city limits. The person
seeking 80 large II lot must go to Il
considerable distance from the bust
ness center, but the extension Of elec
tric lines enables even working people
TO live at considerable distance from
their place of employment A man
who earns $3.50 to twice that sum IL
day and who has II family consisting of
number of children often finds some
difficulty In bringing them up properly
and giving them the kind Of an educa-
ton he would wish Such an invest
ment as this, saving rent of say $50 Il
month and yielding eggs and all kinds
Of vegetables as well as considerable
Of the fruit that goes TO make up the
daily ration of each member of the
family, will make his struggle In life
much lighter. A man who has such n
stake in the country Will be in every
way n better citizen than the one who
spends his weeks earnings as soon as
they come into his hand, If not week
before they are earned.
Varied occupation exceeds all other
processes in drawing out whatever of
ability n man possesses. Here lies the
advantage to the cOmmunity-one su-
perlOr to all economic gain-of the sub
urban acre lot for the home of the city
wage Garner. The cultivation Of that
acre In alienation with his other EN-
ployment will bring him intellectual
and spiritual enlargement, while 1t
gives him Il healthier body and whole
some surroundings In which to bring
up his family -Maxwclrs Tallsman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Purity of MIX.

In Paris the municipal chemists ac-
cept milk as pure when it contains one
ounce of butter and four ounces of
solids per quart. At Bern milk must
contain at least per cent Of butter
and may contain 80 per cent of water.
At Berlin the police seize all milk Of
fered for sale which is below the legal
ly required standard of 81 per cent Of
fatty matters. This allows the dairy
men to add with safety from 10 to 13
per cent of water to fairly rich milk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

Two coins clnked together give so
good an imitation Of the robins metal
lie note that this device has long been
employed in England to attract the
welcome "harbinger Of spring" For
merly male robins were shared by the
cllnking of two copper pennies near Il
dummy bird. The dummy was perched
on twig smearcd with bird lime, and
cock robin, attracted by the sound and
suspecting n rival, flew at him with
blood in his eye. This is in violation of
the bird laws in the United States, and
no one who lives where robins make
their home in confidence is likely to
give the odd trick so unpleasant a
finale. The clinking coppers serve a
much more agreeable purpose as Il
means of rendering cock robin socia-
BILE
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Cockaghting Among the Greeks.

The sport Of cockfighting seems to
have originated with Themistocles Of
Greece. When he was leading an army
against the Persians he noted two
rocks in a desperate battle. To stim-
ulate the courage Of his soldiers he
pointed out the bravery of birds, and,
having won his battle with the Per-
SLAMS, he ordered that an annual cock
fight should be held to celebrate his
victory. In England the records show
that the first cockight took place in
1191.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Decline of the Bath,

One strange feature in the advance
of civilization has been the decline of
the bath. Washing in the golden age
of Greece and Rome was fine art,
and baths were built with as much
care as temples. There has been re-
vival in this century Of public baths,
but from an aesthetic point of view
they cannot compare with those of a
barbarous age. This is not an age Of
washers.-London Lady.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
sbouId Have Said shoes.

Miss Backbay, said Mr. O'Bull, who
had been strolling along the country
road with the lady from Boston, Il
suppose your feet are very dusty. Per-
init me-
"Sirl' cried the precise young wo-
man witheringly. "How dare your
Philadelphia Press
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

with little time and labor 1t would
be possible to construct a garden whose
flowers would combine to make n first
rate clock" said the botanist ut Is .
a. m. when the SOW thistle opens" he
continued. at Is $50 when the dande-
lion opens. 1t is 7 when the white lily
opens. 1t is 8 when the hawkweed
opens. At 11:12 n. m. the SOW thistle
closes. At noon precisely the yellow
goats beard closes. At 2 p. m. the
hawkweed closes At the white lily
closes. The dandelion closes at sharp.
Since Pliny's time forty-six flowers
have been known to open and shut
with great punctuality at certain hours
of the day and night"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
precOclgus Fox.

Charles James Fox is probably the
only man who ever made maiden
speech in the commons while still Il
youth in his teens. He was nineteen
when he took his seat for NTiGhurst
and within few months he had made
three excellent speeches. And yet
even at this early age Fox used fire.
quently to sit up all night drinking and
gambling.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
What He Mennt.

Don't forget to visit the mystery
show while you are in Europe"
"Let's see, that's in one of the Ger
man cities, isn't it?"
"No, it's in Berne, Switzerland. re-
fer to the international sausage exhibit
ton ."-Clevellnd Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

An Irishman, meeting another, asked
what had become of their old acquaint-
ance. Patrick Murphy.
"Arrah, now, dear honey" said the
other poor Pat was condemned to be
hanged, but he saved his life by dying
in prison"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
An ExnIn Wanted.

'1'd like to know" began the thought
ful boarder.
"Would like to know what?" asked
the boarder who knew it all.
"1'd like to know how matches are
made in heaven when they keep all
the birthstone in the other place. ."-Cht
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

There's II story" said Il drummer,
about commercial traveller whose
line was tunnels and post holes for
fences. Him | uc"cr net. did meet
once, though, II drummer st....ag iron
churches and suspension br.,.%cs. An
other time | met Il dTlnGic" who said
his line was pupils. WI: t dil IL mtIn
by pupils? lie meant, found, Glnss
eye, for stuHed animals, for dolls aal
for human beings. One of this nan'S 5
favorlte amuSemrnt5 WrI to oYen his
sample case and ask The aO..l' r"2salt
TO pick out the eye that best mAtchc /
their own. The people made awful
mistakes in this. for nobody, it seems,
knows the color of his own eyes,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
She WOuId-

I'm going up to interview your
WIFE" said the society reporter. do
you suppose she'll talk"
DO ~ replied the husband. 'Why,
she'll be talking when your twenty
second edition comes out"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
unrensnnnhle Freddy.

Tommy-Ma, Freddy's crying cause
I'm eating my cake and won't give him
any Mother-Is his own cake finished?
Tommy-Yes, ma; and he cried when ]
WAS eating that too.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Safer.

"Of course, don't want to crlticise,
but I don't think it was altogether
right for David to say all men are
liars"
"Well, at any rate, it was safer than
to pick out one man and say it to him"
philadelphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Danger In SOnp.

A Philadelphia boy who was wash
ing his face got soap in his eyes, fell
off a step and broke his elbow. Small
boys can show this to mamma.-Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Modern GnIInntry.

The Man dn the street car)-Take my
seat, madam. The Woman-Thank
Fou, but l also get out at the next cor
aer.-Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
An Old Clock.

The great clock at Rouen has been
measuring time and striking the hours
and quarters for over 500 years and. it
is said has been running all this time
without interruption.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
A Traveler,s Tip.

A guide y too often a man who tells
you what you do not want to know in
n Language you do not understand
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
A Vacancy Filled.

Gerald have cold in my head.
Geraldine-Well, suppose that is bet
te~ shan nnthinR.--Naw York Prose.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

Where life IS more terrible than
death it is then the truest valor to dare
TO live. Browne
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

Ambition IS pitiless; every merit that
1t cannot use Is contemplate in its
eyes.-Joubert.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

Calumny is the worst of evils. Ina it
there are two who commit injustice
"r1 who 30 'ni-~ed = rrn-a1a at,,e
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-18
STREBECK IS HIDING
IN A PIECE Of
WOODS
Eau Claire Official Telegraphs
Sheriff Turner-Arrest Ex-
pected by Tonight.

Sheriff A. F. Turner today received
telegram from Eau Claire, Wis,
notifying him that Henry Strebeck,
wanted in Grand Forks county for
Jail breaking. has been located near
that place and will likely be under
arrest by tonight.
The message came from the sheriff
of Eau Claire county. to whom Sheriff
Turner sent a description of Strebeck
a week or so ago, believing that the
escaped Jail bird would head for Wis
consin. he having formerly lived there.
Strebeck is the man arrested at
Moorhead last spring for abandon
ment and Jail breaking and who may
also have to face a charge of bigamy
before the courts are through with
him. Subsequently he was tried in the
Grand Forks county district court and
sentenced to six months in the county
Jail by Judge Fisk, who made the
punishment light because of the &C.
cused's promise to reform. The Off
cials are enangered at his breaking
Jail under these conditions, and par
ticularly in view of the brevity of the
sentence that was melted out to him.
If he is caught and returned, he will
be made to serve the full term and
will probably get another dose for
Jail breaking after the other sentence
is served out.
The local officers are momentarily
expecting message telling of Sire
beck's capture, the original telegram
stating that the Wisconsin officials
had him cornered in q piece of woods.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-18
PRIDE OF VETS
Marion Mercer of Larimore in
G. A. r. Parade at Mime
apolis.

Little Marion Mercer, of Larimore,
the pride of the North Dakota G. A. R.,
we'll known as reciter throughout the
state, was in the city last night
en- route to her home in Larimore. In
Wednesdays big parade at Minneap-
oils, in which thousands and thousands
of old soldiers participated, she, with
Uncle Sam" Briggs of Wahpeton,
played very conspicuous part and
they received many rounds of applause
as they passed along the line. Mr..
Briggs was the Oldest soldier in the
parade, which is I'M itself quite a dis
tinction but it was not for this that
he is so we'll known. Uncle Samuel"
as he is called. probably resembles
the popular conception of'what Uncle
Sam is supposed to look like, more
closely than any other living man and
it is this resemblance that has brought
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-18
JAP FARMERS MAY
EM|GRA1E TO
THIS STATE
So Says Consul shimizu, Who
is Here From Chicago
Today.

Seizaburo Shimizu, the Japanese
consul at Chicago, who has been maxi
ing tour of the western states with
a view to submitting report of the
grain conditions in the United States
to his country, arrived in the city last
night and spent today looking about
the city. Yesterday he inspected the
Elk valley and Streeter farms near
Larimore. When asked about this trip
he spoke as follows:
II am making this trip for the pur-
pose of investigating grain conditions
and particularly for the purpose of
inspecting the ms and outs of the
wheat industry. My investigation Is
to be confined to North and South
Dakota and Minnesota. The govern
ment of Japan is making arrange
ments to buy all the flour it imports
from the section embraced by those
three states and am here to get
statistics for a report to submit to
the government. Heretofore the Jap
anese have been buying all their flour
from the Pacific coast, from the states
of California, Oregon and Washington.
That -four is all from winter wheat
and it is not nearly as nutritious as
the spring fife and blue stem grown
in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Here
after we will buy all our -four from
this section. Last year we imported
between S., 100000 and $6,O00,000 worth
of flour from the United States;' and
that amount this coming year will be
spent in the Dakotas and Minnesota.
"There is a possibility that Japan
ese farmers may migrate to these
states to establish a colony similar
to our rice colony in Texas, but that
is by no means sure"
The consul expressed himself as
much pleased with the general appear
| ance of this city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-18
THE WEATHER.

She was Grand Forks girl and
when at home, which was the greater
portion of the time, lived with her par
ents In the south end. She was going
on quite long journey last week,
and by the way it was the first trip
she had ever taken alone. At least
that was the inference naturally de-
Quoted from her actions.
She was reading and trying to look
like an old traveller when the conduc-
tor came along.
Tickets, please" said the conduc-
tor.
"Oh, yes, have one," she answered.
brightly. That's all right; it's safe"
Let me see it. please"
She looked startled.
"Do-do you have to see it," she
asked.
81 can't let you ride unless 1 see
your ticket" explained the conductor.
II never thought of that" she said.
Everyone cautioned me against los
ing 1t, SO L"
so you promptly lost it,"
"Oh, no; have it; told you SO be-
fore. know just where it is. but"
She looked at him anxiously, but the
conductor was obtuse. Perhaps he was
not married man.
Il wish Capt Sullivan would keep
his old advice to himself" she said
under her breath, and then thought
struck her.
"Oh, what's that?" she exclaimed,
suddenly pointing.
There was swish of skirts and
flash of lace hose, but the conductor
didn't see it, as he looked in the direc-
ton indicated. When he looked back
at her wondering, she was holding the
ticket out to him.
take your old ticket" she cried,
holly, "and hope you and your mean
old road will go to smash"
Two young married men, one resid-
ing in Grand Forks and the other at
Fargo, are constantly boosting the
good points of their respective cities
and pointing out the shortcoming of
the others home town. Neither miss
es an opportunity to give boost or
a knock when it is afforded.
The Fargo man is the proud pos
SCISSOR of fine ten-pound boy baby,
only about week old, and that baby
is responsible for the Forker's latest
slam at the village up the way.
The morning of the baby's birth the
Fargo man sent this telegram to the
Grand Forks man:
Better come to Fargo. Got q fine