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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-15

ing, sailing and rewra piping goes on for
about forty days, when the child is ready
TO wear the ordinary clothes of ba byhood.
This usually consists OF one garment, and
in the summer il the child be poor that
is omitted, although a naked baby may
wear a skull cap The ordinary garment
is shirt which reaches TO the knees. and
as the children grow older they may have
a jacket over the shirt.
One of the important ceremonies is nam
ing the boy. In this the name of the
father is always added. I'm oden times
If the son of James was named John, his
name would be John. son OF James. but
now the words .'son Of are omitted and
he is known as John James.
am SURPRISED at the beauty OF the
Nazarene girls, and especially of the little
ones. They have rosy cheeks and bright
eyes and are quite good looking our
American babies. They dress in bright
colors, some having rows Of coins on
their headdresses and rings on their
fingers.
l see many little girls at the fountain
of Mary, each carrying a jar in which To
bring water home. This is the work OF
almost every woman in Syria. The little
ones are taught by beginning with TIM
jar which they steady on the head with
the hand. AS they grow Older they use
larger jars. until at last they are able IL
walk through the streets carrying four
or five gallons of water on the head with
out touching the jar. This work gives
them erect figures. and there are no
stoop shoulders nor curved 81 ines among
them
When a girl reaches ten or eleven years
of age she begins TO think of marriage.
and il is not an uncommon thing for hei.
TO be mother al thirteen or fourteen.
After marriage the wife becomes a mem
her OF her husbands family, and. for a
time at least she lives with her mother
-lot 1pOnip believe
early marriages. whereby the girl may
be trained by her husbands mother into
a suitable wife when she grows up
The chief study OF the Mohammedan
boys is the Koran. and of the Jews the
Psalms. At harvest time tie schools
close and the children go out into the
Fields, gardens and vineyards. They are
accustomed to work, and everywhere
go | see them herding the sheep. The
boys sings just as David did anu
they are skillful in sending the stones
where they please.
Some OF these Palestine children are
When the good Arab boy comes into q
room full of older people he goes around
and kisses the hand of each one and
places Ii on his Torch, al. lie can be so
sweet you might think him the scur OF
innocence and piety. but take him out
side and he will tight, kick and scratch
with his fellows great deal OF slang
Is used and i'm quarrel the most COM
mon expressions are those or curslhg
your enemy's ancestors One boy will
say to another, Curse your father" and
the other will reply, And your grand
father And so they will go on to thu
fourth and fifth generations, cursing the
various branches of the others genealog-
ical tree. Here at Nazareth we find the
children very polite. but at Nablous they
threw stones at me and called me "a
Nazarene." a contemptuous term which
the Mohammedans of Samaria use for ali
who are not of their faith.
FRANK u. CARPENTER
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ELYING-MACHINE Pat
L ents-Thousands Granted
by United States Patent Of
hce Within Past Year-Many
Odd, Unique and Interesting
Ideas of the Inventors-Air-
ships Propelled by Eagles,
Condors and Vultures-
Wings to Be Attached to the
Back = Airships Resembling
Full-Rigged Ships at Sea-
Another Like a Steamboat
One Like a Bat-Advertis-
ing Airships-Patent Office
Swamped With Applications
for Patents on Airships-
Short History of the Con-
quest of the Air.
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here as luxuriantly as they did in the
time of our Savior.
The buildings of Nazareth are ugly, but
as whole the city is beautiful. The
sky is so blue, the air is so clear and all
the surroundings are so picturesque
shall not soon forget a bird s-eye view |
had of the city last night. The moon
was at its full and its great round sill
yer disk changed the night into day It's
rays mellowed the yellow limestone of
which the buildings are made, and trans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-15

From the array of patents granted on
airships OF every conceivable type, it
would appear as though large part of
the population of the entire country were
experimenting on some kind of air.
ship. Officials say that if the present
rate of applications continue to pour in
the patent Office will soon have to set
aside a separate Office and rooms Just
to accommodate the people with the air
ship invention idea.
Going back to ancient time it seems
that almost every race on earth has
some myth embodying the aspiration of
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In 1742 the Marquis de Bacquevil'e
built flying machine. with which lie
descended from the window of his man
sion. succeeded i'm crossing the gardens OF
the Tuileries. and finally landed on the
top OF a washer woman's bench in tn"
middle of the Seine. Following this
attempt comes the flying car of the aero
naut Blanchard. which in some respects
seems TO have been on the lines of the
modern motor car. As mater of lac.
it was fitted with sails and wings. ana
moved at a great rate on the Place Louis
XIV and the Champs Elysees. Still
Blanchard never succeeded in raising
himself from the ground with his mar
velous mechanism. and so fell a ready
victim to the wits of his day.
About this time one Karl FREDERICK
Meerwin, architect to the Grand Duke
Of Baden, managed to construct flying
machine. Following Meerwin came the
Frenchmen Launoy and Bienvenu. who
built machine to be worked by a pro-
peller. In ITO Penaud made some I'm
provements the machine of Launoy
and Bienvenu. but in 1916 the brothers
Montgoifier We're the first to experiment
successfully with the air balloon AZ We
know IL today.
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ranged from 20 cents to one dolla per
day. In another business street | stopped
while with the blacksmiths who were
making knives. razors. pillow points and
the long thin crescent-shaped sickles used
here for harvesting The sickles have
teeth like fine saw. the wheat and
barley being sawed off. as ii were.
watched a blacksmith shoe a horse.
He used a plate of iron of the shape
of the hoof about an eighth of an
inch thick. 1t solid with the eXcep-
ton of a hole as large as finger ring
in the center There We're three small
holes on each side for the. nails which
were driven into the hoof. When shod
the. horses foot was entirely covered by
the iron with the exception Of the small
hole IN the center.
During my stay here / have paid es-
pecial attention to the children. They
are the best part of the Holy Land. ami
are rs full OF fun ana as delightful as
our children al home. / have seen families
which recall that of Joseph and Mary. Here
in Nazareth see the little ones everywhere
playing. There is a TIRES, ling floor. on
one SIDE OF the town. a place where the
earth has been stamped down and where
the grain IS failed or trodden out after
harvest. This is one Of the great play
grounds, where the boys come with their
marbles and where they play ball. They
have a game in which the boys try to
throw the ball SO to hit a stone mark
set UP for the purpose. They also strike
the ball with a club and send it beyond
the threshIg floor to be caught by the
boys outside. They play blind mans
buff, leapfrog and hide-and-seek. and as
I went through the streets The other day
] saw two little ones rising arc falling
on a board resting the edge of
sharp stone, making seesaw.
One of the games played is like our
The boys stand i'm row with hands
folded and the one who is Ii goes
along and rubs. his two hands holding
the pebble over each pair of folded
hands. endeavoring to drop tie pebble
into one without being caught. IL
pebble. We play the same game with the
Another game is known as the tiled
monkey In this the boy who is lit
catches hold with one hand of a rope
which is fastened to a peg i'm the ground
while the others beat him with handker-
chiefs or ropes in which knots are tied.
III he can catch one of them without
letting go his hold the rope the boy
caught takes his place.
| observe that the boys here usually
play by themselves. They rather look
down upon their sisters. and the ordinary
family considers the girl of but little
ACCOUNT. w iteH d Slil Is Dorm no russ Is
made. but when a boy comes the friends
of the family run through the streets
crying out: Good tidings. Good It'd
ings." The father prepares a feast and
all of the friends of the family give pres
ents CT money for the benefit OF the boy.
Immediately after the child is born il
is rubbed over with salt. 1t is then
wrapped i'm swaddling clothes so tight
that Ii cannot move and kept i'm that
state for about week. II Is then UNI
fastened aShed with fresh OIL Salted
and bound up again. This wrapping, oil
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he put off at will by the operator
without assistance, and which will per-
NIT free movement of the arms and legs.
muscles into play and thus prevent the
airman becoming tired. This must have
been the idea the mountaineer had in
mind when he strapped pair of wings
to his back and jumped off high cliff
near Asheville, N. c., the latter part of
November. This mountaineer said be-
fore he jumped off he would teach THE
world how to fly. Unfortunately the
umbrella which he carried in addition
to his wings turned wrong side out and
he landed at the foot of the scliff and
was picked up in pieces.
Following closely on the heels of the
man with the wings, patent was grant
ed on an apparatus where all that was
necessary to fly, according to the patent,
is to stick one leg through a trapeze,
reach up and grab the handle bars and
work the wings stretching above. The
wings and the man were intended to be
attached to a balloon In the rear of
the wings there is a fiat steering ar
rangement which the operator is expected
to manipulate up or down to cause the
machine to go up to the clouds or down
to the earth. The inventor states the
purpose of his invention lis to provide an
airship or vessel which will be very light,
yet strong, and wherein the operator will
be comfortably seated and will be able
to operate the vessel with his hands with
ease and slight bodily exertion."
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Another purpose of the invention he
says. lis to provide aerial vessel in
which wings are employed as a motive
power, with or without the assistance of
balloon or gas bag. or it's equivalent,
and wherein the operator will be effect
ualIy protected from the elements while
working his vessel.
A certain patent looks very much like
full-rigged ship at sea. 1t is officially
designated as an apparatus for navi-
eating the air., but it is identical with
a ship navigating the water. 1t has three
masts with sails. and a jibboom, also
rudder with which 1t is proposed to steer
the vessel through the air the same as
vessel is steered through the water. Alto
Gether 1t is one of the most novel patents
yet granted on airships. The inventor of
this air displacer says:
The design is to enable the air to be
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1906.
From Legendary to authentic history Is
a long jump. Early I'm the sixteenth
century Leonardo de Ninci devoted much
attention to the study of navigating tn
air. Sketches made by him arc still M
existence. and from these il appears tina;
he proposed 10 mount the rider or Or
orator on BIND OF framework. 10 which
wings were 20 be attached. Fausi"
Eeranzio was the first human being VIII,
was ever known to have risked his
life over the work. In 1917 he let him
self down from tower In Venice b.
means OF a primitive parachute. which
consisted Of a square framework covered
with canvas. But for many Years tEere
were other imitators or his methods
John wilkins. Bishop or Chester. co
structed a flying machine in 1915. AMI
first drew attention TO the enormou
force which could be developed by tie
application OF steam Cyrano de Der
gerac developed the original idea Of
fastening air bags TO his body, and thu
allowing them to heat in the sun. u"
supposed that the heated air would hay.
the effect of making him fly.
In the year 1850 Boreli max Is som
interesting observations with regard t
the construction of an artificial bird 4
his book DE Motu Ahimalium." AMI
tried to show that il Vas impossible FOO
man to fly by his own unaided efforts.
Bartholomaus Laurence de Gusman con-
structed an airship in Lisbon in the year
1853 out of a wooden basket covered with
paper and if the facts were true il woul
seem that he the first to work IN
aerostatical principles. Ills basket Is
said to have been filled with hot air, and
the apparatus rose from the ground IN
the presence of the royal count OF Lis
bon.
The monk Galien may be regarded as
the forerunner OF the brothers Mont
golfer His book was pa blished in laai.
In the book Galien shows how il couli
be done. but il does not appear that n
ever tried the experiments which lie
proves in theory. After making the mos
careful observations Gali,n shows that
his airship was to be as large as the
city of New York, with capacity 10
carrying 4.WHWD persons and several
million packages.
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A1RsHnP PROPELLED BY BAeIEs, CoHDoRs AND VUITUREs

be provided with one or more powerful
searchlights, and a fort, the enemys
camp or Other places may be Illuminated
by throwing the light on the same.
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are flying. In order to fly skyH'ard or
earthward. there are novel means for
causing the birds to be turned upward or
downward. At the close of the applica-
ton it is stated: 1T may be observed
that the birds have only TO fly, the direc-
ton of their flight being changed by the
operator quite independently of their own
Will When the apparatus stops the birds
rest on the stages arranged behind
them"
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FULL RIeeED AIRSHIP

earlier efforts TO initiate flight. but OF
these little is known. though French
missionary in 1f.,l states that balloon
was sent up on the day of the coronation
of the Emperor 70 KEN, in the year
1906.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-19
BEAUTY AND ANGUISH.

The publicity Occasloned by the
suit for divorce brought by Ethel
Barrymore. one Of the must beauti-
full women upon the American
stage, against her husband, Russell
Grisw void Col5, and the domestic in
felicity that exists among other
married couples where the wife is
famous for her beauty, causes the
DetrioJ Journal TO phllosophize
upon the su 1ct and TO reach the
sad conclusiC that a lovely woman
has small chance of a happy
marriage. The stage Divorces
alone, it asserts, which includes
such histrionic beauties as Maxine
Elliot, Lillian Russell, Mary Man
nering, and Julia NARROW, drama
tizes ageneral life situation.
These eminent actresses of emf
nent loneliness we're not mere dolls,
but artistic women ofreal femininity.
The trouble is not that men do not
love them little. 1t is that almost
any unattached man might love
them a little.
It is no art to be in love with a
sweet face. The less a man is, the
less trick it is for him to like a
pretty woman. He may not clearly
know that character exists. He may
have no conception of the grand or
gaulike structure of fine wOman's
soul; how thousand stops and rows
of intricate keys may be wrought to
great harmOnies or MISPLACED in
crashing discords. Yet he may be a
better love-maker to the Face of
Dawn than a tenderer and worthier
man. And if Beauty is englrt With
suitOrs, who but the best love maker
can win?
So Phyllis may have all her Joy
in her youth, unless she wills to
snatch back some of her lost life
from the grimy desk of divorce
court. These courts are reception
halls for Helens and IGNORES. The
non support laws are the refuge of
beauty in distress. A gay party
takes poor Fred home, and is
received by pretty wife. Reporters
know how often handsome wives
are deserted and abused.
The fact is that Phyllis is a prize
not always valued for her real
value. She is as likely to be won
by a strong hand as by a gentle
heart. Everyone is so good to her
IL the days of responsibility that
the average pretty girl is likely to
smile more and laugh more than
others. The world conceals it's
alleys and kitchens behind the gay
garments Of rallying friends.
TennysOn SAYS he saw
wherever light illumineth
Beauty and Anguish walking
hand in hand
The ward slope to death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-19

he "Dick to Lick" canard which
is the latest piece of Alaskan
scand by which a mum Der of the
eading Insurgents seek to connect
President Taft through his bro her
Charles with some alleged irregular
proceedings in land withdra walls at
Controller bay, by which it is
charged tie Guggenheim Interests
obtained some valuable mouopolis-
tic hol iings for proposed railroad
terminals, is proving 10 be a silly
piece Of maueuvering for political
capital against the presjienr. The
new secretary of the Interior de
clares that no rights have been jeop-
ardlzed or unlawful privileges OBJ
tanned at Controller Bay, the
= ythical Dick to Dick" letter has
not materializ9d an is pronounced
a fake, the president denounces the
story. and now comes the statement
that Controller Bay has no suitable
harbOr such as would be necessary
for railroad uses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-19
THE INCOME. TAX LAW.

The income tax passed by the
Wisconsin legislature has been
signed by the governor, but it will
not go into effect until next year
There is natural objection to any
income law, largely because of its
prying and inqulsiCOr1al features, az
no man cares to have his private
and financial affairs dug into bv
officials who are likely to be indis-
Greet and allow such information to
leak and be made public. Largely
because of such reasons and the
further fact that there is likely soon
to be q National income tax law, this
bill has aroused much discussion
and hostility.
The governor, however, sees much
merit In the law and maintains tina
the claim that taxation of incomes
will injure business or drive capital
from the state is utterly untenable.
One thing is certain, the present
personal property tax has never
proven at all satisfactory and
q practical demonstration of the
new law, with such changes as may
later be found necessary, may prove
to be a great improvement over
present methods of taxation.
After this year, it is claimed,
personal property taxation will
practically cease, as this law
specifically exempts money, credits,
household furniture, wearing
apparel, tools, farm machinery, etc.
and permits those who pay taxes on
other forms of personal property to
deduct the amount from their in
come tax. Nearly a score Of states
have at one time and another at
tempted to tax incomes, but Wis
cOnsin is the first state to pass a
law abolishing taxes on personal
property.
The governor points out that this
law will equalize the burden of the
cost of local government, as prac-
ideally every dollar raised through
1T, except the 10 per cent allowed to
the state for administering the
measure, will go to the counties and
municipalities for general public
purposes.
AS the law does not go into effect
until 1912 there will be an abundance
OF time for getting scluainted with
it's provisions, and il It's operation
proves what those who have
opposed it claim, that it is a mere
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-19
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS

Frank Orion IS visiting at the
home Of his brother. Hugh at Hibhing.
MINI
"A meeting of young people who
are interested 10 woman S suffcage
will be held shortly to perfect local
organization.
H. L. Henkel, A. Gulke and
families and Ed Schwartz and wife
took trip to Cassville in the Knox
and Avery autos Sunday. They took
: launch and rode eight miles up the
river where they stopped to fish,
returning in the evening.
Mrs. Montgomery. who was
formerly Mrs Ed. Budd. Of this city,
passed through here last week with
her husband, W. Fl. Montgomery,
from Beetown, where they had been
making weeks visit with MI. and
Mrs. Albert Sprague. They made
their trip from Pewaukee in their
REQ auto.
Last Saturday Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Howe and little son, of Sioux City.
who had been visiting here for a
couple of weeks at the home of Mr..
Howe's father, J. Ell. Howe, concluded
their vacation and returned home.
At the same time the daughter, Miss
Theda Howe, started for Boston, where
she will visit friends, and the other
son, Clarence Howe, who with his
fancee, Miss Edith Hebert, of Chi
cago, who had been here for a few
days. started for Pine Lodge, near
Holland, Mich, where they will
spend some time at the Hebert' s
summer cottage,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-19
Finally Assembled Mountain.

After years of effort to reach its
summit, which lies $500 rect above
sea level, Mount Hoffman, Australia,
has at last been conquered by motor
lists. The other day two motorists
climbed up to it's highest summit
through gum tree forests, and over
vast wastes of fern and sand. Fully
100 cars have attempted to climb this
mountain but failed. The grades are
SO sharp that it is difficult in a long
pull to lubricate the front cylinders of
motors
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-19

Life is not SO bloody as once, but
it is still tragic The breaking #
the idols of home, the shadcwy
passing away Of one Of the cradles
guardians, is an uish enough. Ethel
Barry more contributes her portion
Of vital regret TO the downward
slope to death. Sac was beautiful,
and many desired her. Now she
passes out alone on the still trail
OF SO many lovely sisters; praying
pltifully in masculine courts for
liberty, for release, for what is left
Of the holy hopes Of youth and the
joy OF life's Ill usioD
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-19
A MOvinu Land.

One of the broad slopes of Mont
Gringuez, France, is reported to have
become detached from its foundations,
and to have moved over a distance
of nearly a quarter Of mile, carrying
with it the soil, meadows and woods,
and covering up in its passage roads
and bridges that stood in the way. A
chestnut grove has travelled 500 feet
without suffering any apparent dam
age, but many small lakes have been
formed by the damming Of the waters.
Scientific American
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-19

The revised apportlonment made
by the legislature when reassembled
last week does not differ very great
~ from the bill which the governor
vetoed. Toe congressional divisions
remain the same in the new bill
which the governor has signed as
in the vetoed one, particulars of
which have already been given IN
these columns. The new measure
makes changes only in the Milwau-
kee assembly and senatorial dis
tricts.