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, 9 VHE MORNING TAR. WILMINGTON, N. C, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1921. TWENTY BALLOONING AN AGES-OLD DREAM OF WINGLESS . MAN Adventures of Three Naval Aeronauts In Northern Canada Re call Numerous Historic Attempts of Man to Fulfill Ancient Feeling He Would Have Wings Some Day Aviation History s WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. "The ad ventures of-three naval aeronauts, and the Internationa! interest in their safe return from the frozen Canadian north, recall numerous historic attempts of man to fulfill for himself on earth the ages-old feeling that he would have ' Tvinars some day," says a bulletin from their midst. Subscriptions were taken up to further the project, the Roberts brothers constructed a balloon, the no ted scientist, Charles, conceived the idea .of filling it with hydrogen, and a day for the ascent was set. The crowd that gathered was great and curious and so interfered with the operations that the ballon had to be moved to an- the headquarters of the National Geo- I other place, but the eager throng, not graphic society. ' to be outdone, learned its whereabouts "These American birdmen wno got ana were mere to see me periorm their noses and ears nipped by the cold performed no such feat as did Daeda lus, who. some thousands of years ago in the aces of myths, flew near enough to the sun to melt the wax on his wings. Daedalus' experiment and the attempted flight of a certain monk called Elmerus. who, John Wilkins, one of the founders of the Royal so ciety in England, tells us, flew for a distance of more than an eighth of a mile from a town in apain,.aie sum ance. I he spnere rose j.ooo ieet in the air amid the rain, which some had though! would be an obstacle, to" the wild enthusiasm of the spectators. Expr rimfnt at Versailles "In 1783 Joseph Montgolfier repeat ed his experiment before the king, queen and court at Versailles. ' The first living creatures to take a balloon trip went up on that day. A sheep, a jnents, the federal reserve board said, in m survey of the business field. Whiskey sales to retail druggists, by wholesalers legally permitted to with draw liquor irt huge amcjunts from bond and resell to the trade. Account for part of the increase in drug busi ness, officials said. In fact, they figur ed it is responsible for a very substan tial amount of this increase. The board had no figures to show what proportion of the 28,000-OOfl gal lons withdrawn last year went .into "drug channels, but admittedly .it. was large. No figures were separately compiled to indicate the growth In the narcotic trade, but treasury reports from various collectors' districts indi cated that heavier revenues are com ing in frqm that source, accounting in part possibly for some of the heavier business reported by the wholesale drug dealers. ALEXANDER'S CHAUFFEUR SUICIDES OX ACCOUNT GRIEF I into the air with the ornate balloon and descended after eight minutes about two miles away. The only in- i jury suffered by any of them was a cient evidence, however, to accord to ! duck and a cock soared majestically aviatlon the palm for being the older of the flying arts. "Ballooning though less romantic in its appeal and decidedly more com monplace ana piacu iuukiujs .u . -p; ( kick on the wing which the sheep gave pc aranee may perhaps be considered ; the cock Qn jn that fiame year the John the Baptist of both arts ast)e sanant PUatre de Rozier and the they are practiced today, as its prog-... Marquis d-Ariandes made the first trip ress has been steadily on the upgrade j taken by persons in a free fire-balloon. since i.oger uacon. oacK in wie ilii , p th t ti 'soundine' the skies cience. Lunardi startled th his daring trips. It on Via cnarpd into trisinn float upward on the atmosphere. the kjng. prided a conference with his Moraine Dtt a F1I'?,P , j ministers and a court of justice acquit "From that day priests, philosophers ) ted a criminal in order that all per and scientists put forward the ifleaJfs0ng present might watch him. that a light sphere could be made to ; Th(. R34 when it traveled 3130 rise and float in the upper atmosphere, j mi,eg jn a Imie over 108 hours cer. Almost every cunceivade nuns tinlv n,it crimn into world rirrl since itoger cacon. DacK in me "L j prom that time century, propounded the theory that a became a ,cienc hollow globe of very thin metal filled j (reat Britain wit with 'ethereal air or liquid flrewould ' js saW that when jxitgested for filling these balloons, One of the . most amusing was the morning dew, sine that substance, ac-r-ording.to their suppositions, was slied by fhe stars during the night and would be drawn back to heaven in the lay by the hat of the sun. "Ah the result of watching the clouds I'm- brothers Joseph and Jacques Mont solfier, of Annonay. France, in 1TS2, invented the firt real balloon. They concluded that if the vapor of the clouds could hang suspended in the !i!er nr n larpc lag filled with sufh a vapor illicit rise and drift about as i'ie clouds do. "Anolbcr inl-rr.ting story is told about th .Monigolfier brothers' origin al ing the idea. They were watching of ten -ears ago which' at that time read. 'No balloon voyage has yet been made of a length comparable to the breadth of the Atlantic.' Only two flights exceeding 1,000 miles were then on record those of John Wise from St. Louis to Henderson, New York, and Count Henry de la Vaulx from Paris to Korostieheff in Russia. "Among the notable flights made In balloons the daring attempt of Salo mon Andree and two companions in 18!7 to reach the north pole should "bav an honored place. They left Fpitzbergen at a point 600 miles from the pole on July 11. The only records concerning the explorers later than that are messages picked up In two floating buoys." ATHENS, Jan. 10. (Correspondence Associated Press"). The late King Al exander's chauffeur, Mitso Dimitriades, has committed suicide from grief over the death of the king, which, it will be recalled, was the result of a mon key's bite. Mitso was King Alexander's insepa rable companion on all. his automobile rides and motoring was the king's fad. Alexander was, perhaps, the most affa ble sovereign in Europe and had a talent of making everybody feel at home. He was always very kind to all the '.members of- his household, but seemed more strongly" attached to Mitso than to any of the others. When Alexander felt death approach ing he called Mitso to his bedside and gave him a small gold cross which the king had worn all his life. After the king's death, Mitso became inconsola ble. The other night while contemplat ing a photograph of the king he shot himself. A wreath sent by Madame Manos. King Alexander's widow, was one of the floral offerings at his funeral. STUDENTS LIKE BOXING I "Professor" Edward Shevlin. Dart-1 mouth college instructor in boxing, has at present 70 students attending his classes in the manly art of self-de-, fense. Instruction is iven every af ternoon. A boxing tournament be held later in the season. to! the smi"ke-wreaths curl upward from their fire, when one of them fcegnn j MBBT8 or WORLIVS NATIONS v. uiiikiiiik , 11 nit" miiunc uuuiu hui i carry other things up with it too. In the enthusiasm of the moment they niade a. small fire on a little tin tray anl held a large paper bag over it. With delight they watched the bag fill out and try to rise. A neighbor, a widow lady, seeing the smoke issuing from their window and fearing that the house was on fire, went running nlo'the room. She suggested they at tach the tray to the bag, and tlw im mediate result was tha the bag rose to the cfiling. It Flew, They Dfd'nt Know Why "After several private try-outs, they announced a public ascent of a balloon on June 3, 173, and many spectators gathered to see this sphere, 105 feet in circumference, wiich the Inventors inflated with the hot air from burning straw, rise high in the air and float off for about one and a half miles. The brothers believed for quite a while that they had hit upon some peculiar qual ity In the straw which had lifting properties and did not realize until la ter that their wonder ball had risen oiily because of th- lightness of heat-f-d air. Hut th-y made the balloon a : ality. "From this time forward the physi cists in France and elsewhere took se riously this infant invention which hid suddenly made its appearance in REACH STAGGERING TOTAL O. P. Austin, of the National City bank of New York, declares that the national debts of the nations now amount to the staggering sum of $300, 621.609.000. The paper currency of the nations, including Russia, now amounts to $82,791,000,000, according to the j same authority. In 1914, before the World, war, the national debts amounted . to 143,889. 000,000 and the paper currency totalled only $7,527,000,000. The issue of paper currency by the soviet government of Russia is esti mated at $34,000,000,000. The financial authority Cadmus as serts that only 5 per cent of gold is behind the paper money of Europe. IS PKOHIBTION RESPONSIBLE FOR DRUG BUSINESS GROWTH Cone-shaped paper containers that also serve as funnels have been invent-i ed for the purpose of carrying fuel to i automobiles "They WORK while you sleep' Is prohibition responsible for big growth in the drug business in the United States? Drugs, out of a .long list of business groups, stand alone as the only one showing a jump e'in volume of sales and future contracts. , Drug business is rapidly expanding, while other lines have been under de pression, consequent to price readjust- ' You are bilious, constipated, head achy, full of cold, unstrung. Your meals don't fit- breath Is bad, skin sallow. Take one or two Cascarets tonight for your liver and bowels a 1 wake up clear, rosy and cheerful. No griping n inconvenience. Children love Cas carets too. 10, 25, 50 cents. (Adv.) fi ll x iiiffr, .. A ffifc j mm m-.r, n, , vss- e . v -v r, tc- -".v-v. m sin PRICE REDUCTION Fordson Tractors Reduced $165 Effective Wednesday, January 26; the price bf the Fordson Tractor was reduced from $790.00 to $625.00,, f . o. b. Detroit, Mich. In regard to car prices we quote the following1 extract from a re cent letter from Ford Motor Company: " . , - "Therejs no change in present car prices, which, as explained in recent letter, are al ready at thewest figure possible, and now, with rock bottom reached on tractor prices, any future refactions in list price of Ford cars, trucks or tractors cannot be made for an indefinite period. In fact, these big price cuts have been made in anticipation of continu ous maximum production, and increases may be necessary before long if a large volume of business is not obtained." Protect Yourself by Placing Order for Immediate Delivery Easy Terms If Desired Joneis Motor Sales Company- 225-227 Market Street WILMINGTON, N. C. Telephones 725-760 $30.00 Decline on all Great Males tie wntfy : Kaiaff e TjNa letter just received from the Majestic Manu 11 facturing Company, we have been instructed to reduce prices on all MAJESTIC FAMILY RANGES. This decline is an extraordinary effort on the part of the manufacturers and ourselves to stabilize busi ness in general. Through co-operation of Majestic Dealers and the factory this exceptional decline was decided on at this time, rather than gradual reductions through out the year. Those familiar with continued high costs of iron and labor, will wonder how this great reduction can be made now, but some one had to take the initiative, and we are proud to announce that the Majestic people are setting the pace. The Majestic Manufacturing Company and the Ma jestic dealers throughout the United States, decided to take their loss all at one time rather than string it out over the entire year 1921. In the New Model Great Majestic we offer the high est standard of range perfection, and with this ex tra low price, probably lower than it will be this fall, there is no reason why your kitchen should be with out one of these wonderful ranges. Our stock is complete take advantage of this opportunity. - - - , III ' yKM'mM I 1 1 Oriental Rungs and Carpets Can Now Be Bought In Wilmington , Special Sale Beginning Monday Morning At 9:00 O'clock at 122 Market Street i Personal selection by a native of the land where they are made. Quality, de signs and weaves of the highest vegetable dyes that will appeal to those buying rugs as an investment in pleasure, satisfaction and profit. Should any purchaser of these rugs wish to dispose of them after fifty years or more of use they will realize morehan the interest on their money. Owing to unsettled conditions in Persia, Armenia and Turkey the manufacture and distribution of rugs have been greatly curtailed. The advance of the Bolshe vist hordes has practically paralyzed the industry and it is more difficult to obtain Oriental Rugs in America today than at any other time in recent years. This is an exceptional opportunity. JOSEPH K. FULFIL Y Importer of Oriental Rugs and Carpets 122 Market Street IL
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