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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-08
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1921 CHEVROLET rOIRING CA

1921 CHEVROLET TO URiNG CAR.
Demonatrator. GOOD row. boat, fCash
Or or S sss y,,t Terms. N. E. Fhohe Its.la'
! T1o ssEtosD HAxD FoKt,s OARS
In good ifanning condition. Also ponies,
Ind and iclever.i Ponies we'll broke to
let Man or woman sent with those
who are inexperienced for instruction
n riding; Call or phone w. e. Wares
s Phone' 4 Wster St. skowhegan' tfaa e.
HARD AND SOFT SLAB WOOD
ready for stove, at 1850 a cord. Albert
Stienski, Skowhegan r. f. d. No. 2.
4w22'
HOUSE LOT Fon SALE ON MT.
Pleasant Ave. Inquire clyde H. Smith,
Skowhegan. 3w22
BABY CHICK PRICES REDUCED,
Bred Lay popular breeds; prepaid
guaranteed delivery; Send for circu-
lars; Breeders $f.75 up. Roy Clark,
East Hartford Conn. 4w22F
HOUSE IN SPLENDID CONDITION
for sale at IS French street. Selling
on account of i'll health. Sell at sacri-
fee for quick sale. Albert j. Libby, Tel.
\. e. Phone 56-12. 3w22'
WILL SELL CHEAP FOR CASH ONE
drum, three pairs drum sticks and
stand $12. Inquire of Edward Lessard,
32S Madison Ave, or f. S. Lessard.
lw22
TWO DOUBLE TENEMENT HOUSES
on East Maple St at very low price.
Cali 27-5 Madison. j. NJ. Norton.
4w22s
CAR LOAD OF NEW BRUNswICK
shingles just unloaded. Low price for
cash. j. M. Norton, Arson. 4w22e
MATCHING EGGS. THE LAST CALL
this season. White Wyandottes at
40 1 n
der now. Drop-In Poultry Farms,
Bingham. 2w22F
MAXWELL CAR. 1920 MODEL. CO.
BURN Garage, Skowhegan. 2w22'
TWO FARMsi THE STEVE GREEN
farm In Cornville and the Frank King
place onsthe East Madison Road, 2
miles from Skowhegan. Mott E. Rus
SELL RID No. 4. Skowhegan. 4w22'
AN ADDING MACHINE. NEW, REG
ULAR s26. 00..ar ade.. Can offer it for
$500, Send 25c to cover postage and
packing. and we will forward for 10
days free. trial independents Reporter
Co 81, ~. Ssd tf22
DICTATE YOUR LETTERS TO THE
Ediphone. the most recent and useful
of office devices We are distributors
for Somerset County. Send for litera-
ture, or ask for demonstrations. Also
good trade. observation-disclosures Co.
u tf22
ENGLISH ,COLLIEs, BEST CATTLE
dogs fawn and white, 2 months old,
males. 1oi female, S. Angora Rabbits
$3.50 per pair. Mrs. D., l.. Benson, Route
p, South Paris. Maine; 4w22'
FARM WAGON AND HAY RACK
combined. =, Cheap for cash Also
month old Black pigs. c. II. Fuller,
n. L. Phone. Norridgewock Exchange.
Address Skowhegan, r. +. ID. No. l.
2w22+
IHAvE A FEW HUNDRED CHICKS
that are from my Gelecleo tio / Vi
Barred Plymouth I.ock5 ara ! Lu--r-.ll-
tee rnera 10 live 4Gtl1is-. &. g
Dath o. r.I,l g.. {. -. az o. - i- E.
Plca.e acrd : ,lr { f<scs-for r. Lii
ssry. AZ, Gage. has. t-a!pH Z. .44sReyy;
MainstIeafn. SWIM
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LET Us TRY TO SUIT YOU WITH
nalf cut at Spragues, The Barber
4w21s
AUTO TRUCK, 21-2 TON REQ
Speed wagon. daily round trips, The
orks 10 Skowhegan and return. See
piacafds for schedule. Rates on APP
plicatlon. Durgin & NORM. The Forks.
tf21
WOULD You WRITE A WEALTHY
Ptst'f slfIf Stamped envelope please
--.ii-e-. 154~Nb Gt2t.o-. II. Clt eiar1
23E "a
-s1 80 Al-HisY ~. y
'--.3 u Z o.--a; ets E1S5 an
e'~4'0' ''oite 4-ey, De..-lAor, On.c.
20w21s
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SAVE YOUR BUILDINGS-PAINTs
and Varnishes Direct from Factory to
Consumer Save the Middleman's
Profit. and get 1t in the Quality of the
Paint. Prices reasonable. Goods guar
anteed. Write c. A. Seekins, Main
stream, for particulars. tf15F
he'd couch in first class condition. Call
at Mrs Sarah Vigues corner of North
and Lawton SITS. tits
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Positions Wanted

VIOLIN II,.tG y, ga ~ ss>D = A.
f.ra a4s 10 ,-G. -r-'c
IlC.f - --,-.-ss. -------
-. l .o-c- scr -a- ~..-- '-.-
io.nld,.oa oaiI .. $40 -4-oei e.-, Ell ~ ~-
Loi .cr Once. 4WzO'
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ARE You LoNrt,,
i and d pawn, 1oeo2 sam W
iapo, ONO. Please eneIasA
rIWANTED THE p,,o-,.
We keep open ain a iioalE "
rlu ns cigars and s5fi a.
oaie' j. a. Wheeler. Proe ing
,l !, prne pn,.]
Eercheron stallion No s nhki1
Tor the season of Igl5 ~
sl% [ lie on West Front (,
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- AMATEURS, SEM w.,
70 Milford Baker Hissi 'o' \
nfeh grade deyelopine "a
Elne enlargemcnts nd aa
faVorite negative. GU n
work. M se7il
.1'BEEs WANTFn-vo,,n
~ - oiii nee Keeper VIC u
10 place several hives of j
thousand tree orchard ~, "
Skowhegan, r. r. p.f u
mers' Canaan 80
1--WE DO wELDI,G. NM
cutting. All work ea.'r's'
days. White Weld5s@. '',''''
Phone 44-4, n. L. PHONE "a
y.
HAVE THE C4Rpey
from your car. Price IA
White Welding Co. Both /
10
LAWN MOWERS Rrp,n|
regrounded. White Welding
phones.
HAVE YOUR OLD etRp,l
into rugs by the Novelty m
Lancaster St. Portland No n
send for price list e.
HATS tLEANED-PASpj
Straw Hats Cleaned, BIol
Bleached equal to ne. Ils,
on while you wait. Peter I Il
Shining, Hat Cleaning psfd
ST., near k.R. Station. Skoetl
lh
MACHINE HEMSTITcnnl
EDGE-Covered buttons. III
accordion, knife and side pla|
ders promptly filled. sam,ll
quest. Phyllis l.. Tolman, Ii h
Rockland, Me.
RENT WANTED FOR ss,l
lily, Mrs. Donald kelleg {
Fred Parkman, LeaYitt s4el
began.
, CEMETERY WORK, n
lettering and repairing in III
and granite. Special lr.gesl
terry associations. Ntle a
lars, references and prices
Jones, Hartland.
French's Auto Service eil
80 East Front st. Tel ll5,l
CANE CHAIR SE,Ts-c,l
or basket chair seats reese
SsYilaple prlcS9' y Yih ga
SeilVereu,, n. a. .9la
pHrhor, II " inter o. aAoa1
pfALI KINDS OF PIA,Iwl
and blacksmithng at = Il
go East front II, near Amen
or 20. w asoilS' uniil' 9slis l
anu iui'iper u an "''''' u
DEVELOPING AND FIsNI
4haeeurs nea.iy anu T. g'af
nc nun o. UNIV, ,r - -, a..
fsah' MaI'le' 4" en- .,gl
~, 80 =, l,,Vi - - IN 4
Take. or mail your films here
=, sUru PHOTO sruD1
rhnto on post ord Finla
ynu, wait. DeyeIopIng ani
High grade amateur word
ar .ngsfnss1 Hstt. ". W ar.
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ABOUT YOUR FLOORS.

can resurface them so they
viii look like new. Now is
good time as / have machine
In operation in Madison and
also in Skowhegan. Upon re-
quest | will call and estimate
the cost. Three machines in
operation. Write or phone .. G.
Campayner. Waterville. 1075R.
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oALL McKAY,s n,

S Mhen you want
job too lareee Ai'ls don.
day or night Win i, s%af ID
best trucks in " I'm IN tso a
move you whers,.sn vi
= for 70 GO 90 No distance e.
a apr us Is. We insure r., ~. %
Know we can rlesy.a' a
You. If you c'i, and q
viii want Us ass.a alcs
= Kay, skowhegaln,'' m. tiet
l16-11.
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BEFORE BUYING

paints and roofing see our agent
at Skowhegan and get them at
wholesale prices. Kuller Kraft
Paint, Co., Abram Meader, Agent,
SkowheganI 4w23s
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Is anted~ IoI
Adds under this head u
Subscribers.

A ONE House ptlaH1
IA feet long Ih1H =
began RID 40. .. y. j..
20
A SECOND utNp PIlNol
grand or upri-ht
suite; hansin@ lHWii la'l
description aaf
cIo independent -l,ep9fisf
I WANT To GtY ! rN1
-mo wing machine.
condition. g. -hli'lt'a9
Telephone li-2-.
A POTATO srGAlta.
PARKS, SkoWhesaa sf2
~
WANTED FOR etsH--"
+fbig price for ButiefH. I'm Ia
usually of birrh ar ,s
eFs running around taii9 M.
leaves The wing tlat toia'
ltd tNs ! - ~ fu ME
Guns from bottom - -beg
Mretches on each sids ~. Luz
in size. | also past l'3's re1
wing chairs. swell fr.i ~
clocks, high and Il" o1 nd
man, 217 Pine stree.
'os A FLAT TOR OFFICE III
two sets of drawers =
/, & Co, Skowhegah'
1--WE porlrR,-@Ril.rf, y
letter. kind and ata. I'm
Harry Cohen. Sko" 90, a
Thigh PRICES rA ,.',.d Fo' .
poultry. Harry
St. N. E. phone l-'' !. sra
). cory or EonhaTl r., ~
Bbems. state prie.s,, , sDl Ind,
Frank n. Howard, la'
Reporter Co. ~o,p nd
boats. TWO sri e, o ,a',D.-isya
'boats' George i. +. Esa9
negan. Telephone IT. as
,sHANsoN's Hi>T0hl. I'd
bloomfield. Norrio-r
II YOU ifr
and MI b. $3.50
Fatten.
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AMATEURS, SINn

70 Milford Baker. Bi8el.'oo' Y
nieh grade deyelonirg -
E11ne enlarGemcnts nads s :.
IaVorlte negative. Quas Il
work. T. seTfl
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fercheron stallion N"' 81 nhfiI
for the season Of ig55 5-ea-i !
s y on West Front :, ~ |
The Weston Farm.
Sko vinegar. {
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nSAaRi.E You LONELY. r. !
H2ris Dawn, 1882 Ssis ~ y
v,elope. enclose ST
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Advertisements n these column,
lines inserted once for asc, sour ~, not to as,,
with order. naeh additional In. "ea fa u
lines. reckon an average Of a -. o. Ia eo.
II not p.ss 1. stv.nee, 1oe s "Sns.. s'aan
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y, WE DO WELDING, mn,

cutting, All work ga1r's''j
days. White Welding T..
Phone 44-4. N. L. Phone ii
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HAVE THE Carbon
IRON your car. Price ,sl. "a.
White Welding Co. Both y,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-21
Du. to til. Dynamie. Of a whirlins Globe.
How Ocean. and cauanent. Have Shifted from The, Original Petitions,

1922. r.#
rocks fold and crumple; whep matter
is injected thew stretch and finally tear
open to let Java run out.
The southern ends Of all the CONT
nents. for some reason as yet unknown.
are shrinking. North America .is 70.
bust and we'll p!r+ d~--~ - Mexico, with
most Of it's original igneous crust still
in place. Southwark the land. crumples,
like the skin Of a larva when a blood
sucker drinks its Juices.
Northern Europe tells the same
story.> The crust of the earth is in
place in Scandinavia, but Greece which
corresponds geologically to Central
Am RIGA, Is withercl and puckered.
Africa has beer driven bodily north.
eastward into the place where the heart
Of Europe used to be. The northern
faces Of the continents are not shrupk.
en-, and SO the greatest contrast is seen
between the long. sweeping ridges~of
the Atlas mountains and h jumbled,
gnarled heaps ofthe Alps.
Asia is growing at the expense of
the other continents. India is the $50
stat of the Oaxaca plateau Of Mexico
and Arabia Of Lower California. Land
is spilled over into what was once
the north Indian ocean. New rocks to
the north have pushed on the western
mountain chains Of Asia and now, In
stead Of running. north and south in
great sweeps, as in the Americas, they
lie over nearly east and west.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-21

North America Is the least deforned
Of any Of the continents. One of its
sides faces the Pacific ocean. n the
! Arctic ocean, and the Atlantic
ocean. Three major CULTS indent It,
one on each side. They are the
Gulf of California, Hudson bay. and
the Gulf Of Mexico. South America is
somewhat more deformed than Moth
America, yet its plan is Sstfll easy to
trace. One of its sides faces the Pacific,
one the Caribbean sea, and n the
South Atlantic ocean,. and its there
CULTS are the seaboard Of africa. the
mouth of the Amazon river, and the
mouth Of the La Plata river.
Astronomy teaches that every body
in rotation Is in a state OF unstable
equilibrium, and that It r,hv eventually
grow spindle shaped and separate into
a double star. The Garth 10 a small
body, in an astronomical sense, and
its force Of rotation probably never will
be gren+ r,~r,"h ~ --i.tit. but the slow
drift Of its surface toward opposite
apices is distinct and well marked.
Continents are light while sea beds
arc heavy, and consequently continents
stand high while sea beds sink low.
The matter in the continents, is drifting
toward a pole ear the Gulf Of Obi. in
Siberia.
The crust. OF the earth acts az though
it were tough and elastic. When mat
I, ter is abstracted from beneath the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-21

T E IGNITE IN AIR.

n HETEORS can be seen all night
" long at this time Of year. Lie
on your back, looking outward
Av0 into the vaulted expanse Of
the heavens. There will not be q min
ute when some meteor, large or small,
does not flash before you.
Meteors are sometimes called falling
stars. They shine like stars, but there
is little of a stellar nature to them,
and evep less of a fall. They are
small rocks. Normally they fly through
space like planets, and those we see
have been so unfortunate as to strike
the earth. At one time the whole
solar system was in the shape Of dust
and fragments. The sun and all the
planets were disintegrated. and we
were a nebula.
Ages so vast that the human mind
possesses no numbers to describe
them have passed since then, and now
most Of the dust has condensed into
globes. The earth is n sphere, the
moon another, Venus and Mars are
u nearest neighbor spheres. There
are eight large planets, some twenty
seven satellites, and several hundred
asteroids in the solar system. These
represent the solid spots. But in
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-21
CONTINENTS STAND EQUAL.

"HERE are seven continents on the
globe, standing in septipartite
equilibrium. You know the
names Of six Of them, North
America, South America. Europe, Asia,
Africa, and Australia. The seventh Is
Antarctica, a land as large or larger
than Australia, but almost unknown
because it is covered by snow and ice.
These sever continents are isostats Of
each other. The term " isostat" means
"in equal standing" The earth is not
just a chaotic mass Of iron and rock
accidentally heaped together into
spherical form. 1t has a structure,
and this structure permeates it to its
very center.
When. two pans Of a scale are bal
anced under equal loads, they are IN
a condition Of isostacy. If you wish
to set yourself a more ticklish job, bal
ance three pans together until they
hang level from one string. Yet these
three are simplicity itself compared ~
the seven continents Of the earth. nil
seven in balance, from the crust down
ITO the center of the earth.
Each continent is in turn balanced
upon itself. Every land mass has three
fundamental sides, SO this makes TWEEN
ty-one scale pans which must always
rest exactly even upon the ccEter Of
the earth. The earth preserves its
balance.
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II Don't Haze to HIDE"

green's and puppies. Just one splash
Of white is striped across a tiger
beetles face, the warning mark so uni
versally worn by the raptores of the
insect world.
Some time when the sun is shining
brightly and the day is hot, put out
some sugar for the flies. Conceal your
self nearby and watch. Soon a buzzing
swarm will be allured to the bait.
Then suddenly a tiger beetle will
swoop in like a hawk. He wastes no
energy in vain pursuits. He lights, he
rears his face. His round bullying eyes
see everywhere. He crashes his jaws.
His hooked mandibles are long and
curved, and cross in front like, W
keen sabers.
He sees a victim fly. : He leaps.
Those cruel sickles meet; they cash the
dipteron; then with a startling rapidly
he tears off legs and wings, and bolts
the body down.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-21

Australia is shriveling and is being
driven toward Asia by the heavy sub
stance on the floor Of the Pacific ocean.
Antartica long ago parted from Africa.
then from Australia, and last of all
from South America. The distribution
Of animals IN former ages reveals that
Antarctica was once a fertile continent,
from which many forms Of life
emerged.
The surface Of the land is constantly
In motion. The rocks writhe. Amove-
ment on any n Of the isostats is
transmitted through, the earth, and is
taken UP by the others Great changes
are due to the workings Of isostacy,
and the earthquake which wrecks d
city is, often causedsby forces operating
on the other side Of the globe.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-21

ARE ELECTNCAk.

lSINS AXE Ek6C14OGAAs,
IN RAEs. 10 an alloy ofscoplcs and
zinc. It'll usually made by melt.
ing copper at q bright red heat,
then adding the required amount
Of ainc. Brass CAL be deposited by
electricity krom- an aqueous solution.
This may amaze you at Rrst--the
thought OF the same metallic alloy
coming from O. cool tub az from q hot
furnace. yet the mechanics Of the TWO
cases Is In the end the same.
Mix a crockful Of q bolution Of
copper svlphats and zinc stQphate in
the amounts you wish these metals to
enter,your alloy. Place two electrodes
In the crock, and turn on q direct cur
rent. Metal appears upon the electro
negative side OF the fluid, and sulphuric
acid upon the electro.positive side, for
the former II a positive element and
the latter. a negative compound. Each
Is attracted to its opposite in elss-
tricity. The metal that is laid down
I on the terminal Is not copper; it is too
yellow. It Is not zinc: 1t y not white
enough. It is brass. and you cannot
distinguish It in any way from fire
alleged brass.
Salts In a solution r ionized. Ions
are electrical bodies; when q substance
enters solution its constituent MOLE
cules are disrupted, and wander about
in a divorced condition. None Of them
car escape, however, for should the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-21

plant. and further aid in carrying the
latter to the surface.
Oxygen Is Q vital substance TO life.
AL organisfis breathe II. But 81 they
breathe too much Of II they die, q sort
Of burning to death. The oxygen in q
POND Of slime is % Concentrated that
y can burn tho skin on any germ that
Ventures forth; IA fact. Il does do just
TINS. fungi and disease producing bac-
tcria do not flourish where there y
plenty Of frog moss
IN the microscope an siga Is an
object OF great beauty. The nbers kpf
the plant itseM are made OF cells strung
end % mo Outside there IL a casing
OF purest classy lceilulose, and inside
~ living protopIaam, filed with green
c~hiorophyi bodies for converting I'm,
lisht, watsra and carbon dioxids int
starch. Il
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ments Of chance; and nine out Of every
ten men you meet there will be fair
Nordics. Gold miners Of the Califor-,
mia and Alaska rush variety III blue
eyed almost to q nan Soldiers and,
sailors who enter these professions by
choice are almost always blonde.
But storekeepers, factory workers,
and toilers in general are far more
apt to be brunette. The dark type is
the builder type. Go into a clothing
factory or a packing house or n
place wherd there is a premium put
on patience and plodding persever-
ance. and there you will see brunettes
living their lives.
If you want q man, who can take
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-21
STRIKE PANIC OR FAIL,

fTHE battle 81 cannae al q Of
the worst defeats tho Romans
ever suffered. Here their army
was annihilated. and Of $1,000
men who went on the held not more
than 10000 escaped. This amazing bat
tls was won BY an army o. only $1,000
men, but under one. Of the worlds
greatest generals, Hannibal
Hannibsa,s tactics wstA bold and
simple. He fought Ia the shape 0f =
prescent. Whesl Tho NoEaan masssd-
infantry charged agNn On him he drew
hack m Sentsy n Hfet4hee "a n.
Gea1t. sb56 sipSsd Wtthsbcth hanks ~
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close in by the sun and then wheels
far out. even billions Of miles away.
When meteors cross the orbit Of
the earth they always faster
than we. Their rate Of speed is about
"a miles per second. Meteors pay no
attention whatever to the position Of
the earth, and so 1t frequently hap
pens that one crashes squarely into
this globe.
An object rushing with a celestial
velocity ignites the instant it enters
Dur air. Meteors take fire when 80
to 100 miles above the ground, and
seldom come within five miles Of the
surface. The density Of the air has
nothing to do with the temperature
Of the flame: that value is determined
solely by the rate Of the meteor's
speed.
This may sound like a paradox to
you at first. However, consider the
meteor at rest, with the molecules Of
the eartr.'- air rushing up by it. AS
each molecrle strikes, it generates
heat, but the temperature will be the
same whether fifty or five thousand
strike per seco,.d. To raise the tenn.
perature. it will be necessary to have
them strike he der. II
When an object Is moving through
the air at the rate Of one mile per sec.
ond the virtual temperature of it's
surroundings is red heat. A meteor
going twenty miles per second, which
is moderate indeed for this class of
objects, finds its temperature two hun
dred times as hot as red heat, or hot
ter than a blowpipe.
The outside of a meteor is usually
fused and whisked off by the rush Of
air, so that the whole stone is soon
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-21

Magnesium throws flakes of sulphur
out of a fire that normally would be
may times hotter than that required
to burn sulphur.
Now the most astounding fact
Of all. Magnesium will burn up<prac-
tically all air, nitrogen az well as oxy-
gen. Very few substances will combine
with Nitrogen. Burn out the oxygen
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81 e .
HE CRIES "PEENT."

BIG blrd Mes through the last
settling gloom of evening. His
~ long wings beat On the air err
radically, he wheels this way
and that, IKE a-bat Now and then
he coasts rapidly toNthe ground, only
to zoom up when just above the grass
,ep with & reverberating " whum!"
The bird is a nighthawk. sometimes
called a bull bat. He utters a loud
"peent" as he fies.
Nighthawks are closely related to
whippoorwills. and more di.tantly with
humming birds. They live on insects.
You can distinguish a nighthawk at
once by his forked tail.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-21

consumed. Slow moving meteors burn
with a red or yellow flame. The ones
we meet in the morning sky, which
are those that hit the earth head on.
have velocities up to AZ miles per
second. They burn with blue flashes
Of Intensely hot fire. and never come
near the ground.
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HE o LUNGEs, EATS.

TIGER beetle gould not have
IN been named more aptly. One is
N sometimes tempted to associate
the name beetle with numbering
insects, shard ipcased and thick of shell,
with such dense |intelligences that the
mere act Of turning oveHis to them a
prodigious task. A tiger beetle is no
drowsy thing; he flies, he leaps, he
runs, and all the ferocity of a tiger is
locked inside his tiny body.
Tiger beetles have no mimicry. They
shape their bodies and their colors
after no creature, nor do they seek con-
cealment in any spot. OF protection
they have no need, for they them.
selves are the ~aggressors. Their armor
is Of the thinnest sort; their legs are as
slender as hairs: they have learned
that the best protection against an at
tack is to be instantly ready with a
counter attack. Their livery is somber
black, set of with flashes Of iridescent
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between and all around are OCCASION
al left over bits, each still flying in
its own orbit. They are meteors, and
If any considerable number are
grouped together they make a comet.
Every object that %revolves about the
sun has its own particular velocity.
The earth travels 1875 miles per second
along its invisible track, Venus runs
a little faster than we, at 21.s miles
per second, while Mars goes only $50.
These velocities are relatively slow,
and denote a mature, we'll balanced
type Of orbit. Meteors' orbits are
neither mature nor we'll balanced.
They are primitive and eccentric, so
that each little stone alternately rushes