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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-05-19

Robert Collycr tells the story of Il
little girl with a vivid imagination
which constantly led her into amazin.
eXtravaganceS regarding things which
she claimed to have seen. one ,lay,
after an extraordinary exhibition Of
her inventive powers. her mother eX-
claimed in despair; "Oh. my dear. my
dear! my dear. Don't YOU know that
Annias and Sapphira fell down dead
on account of the lies they told? DON'T
you remember that terrible story"
"Oh, yes" responded the child I'M
abashed. II saw them carried in after
they fell down dead
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WHOLE NUMBER, / IT'S.

bandman The name is popular to.
day. not only in Greece and the Bal
kan staes. but also in Russia and
England.
Rrbccca was Il much esteemed jew.
ish name. and means the plum one.
According TO Il tradition given by one
of the rabbiS. the wife of Isaac WAS
much inclined to embonpoint,
Caroline is the feminine of the Latin
form of Charles. Its signitit.ation i,
the Nob'c Spirited One 1t has always
been regarded as an exceedingly for
tunate or lucky name and has been
borne by seventy seven quVynS.-Sl
,ouiS (,lObe-DpInocrut
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LITERARY QUERIES.

Is Thomas Hardy nowadays?
Is Rider Haggard pale:
Is Minut Savage? oscar Wilde?
And Edward Everett Hale?
Was Laurence Sternc? was Hermann
Grimm:
Was Edward Young? John Gay:
Jonathan Swift: and old John Bright?
And why was Thomas Gray!
Was John Brown: and was !. Il. Green:
chief Justice fancy quite:
Is William Black? Il. -. Rlnckn"rcF
Mark Lemon: II. X. White:
Was Francis Bacon lean in streaks?
John Sucking vcaly? Pray
Was Iogg much given to the pen:
Are Lambs Tales sold to-day:
Did Mary Mapes Dndg" just in time?
Did &. ID. Warner: How
Al what did Andrew Marvell so:
Does Edward Whymper now:
What goodies did Rose Terry, Cooke?
OR Richard Boyle beside:
What gave th" wicked Thomas Paine.
And made Mark Akcnsidr:
Was Thomas Tirkrll-Sh at all?
Did Richard Steele. | ask!
Tcll me. has George A. Saln suit:
Did William War" Il mask:
Does Henry Cabot Lodge AT home:
john Horn" Took. what and when:
Is Gordon Cumming: Has q. W.
tahlcd his friends again:
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German Baptist Annual Meeting.

The Anual Meeting of the German
Baptist Brethren will be held at
M-yersdale, Pa. on the Pittshurg
Division of the Baltimore a. Ohio Rail
road. commencing May 9th, 1891
For this occasion the b. d o. r. R.
Co. will sell excursion tickets to Meyers
dale and return from all stations on
its system of lines at rate of one first
class fare for the round trip. From
points east of and including Pittsburg
and Wheeling the tickets will be sold
from May 22nd to 2Sth inclusive. and
will be valid for return passage with
in thirty days from date of sale.
For time Of trains, etc, ETC., address
nearest Agent of the b. q o. r. h. Co.
or o. p. McCarty, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
b. d O. S. w. R'y, St. Louis, Mo. l..
S. Allen. Asst Gen'l Pass. Agent, b.
Il o. r. r., Chicago, Ills; f. ID.
Smith. Div. Pass. Agent, b. & o. r.
R., Pittsburg, Pa, or B. F. Bond, Div.
Pass. Agent. B, g. o. r, r., Baltimore,
Md: Chas. O. Scull, Genl Pass.
A gent, b. d O. r. r., Baltimore, Md.
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Salt as a Remedy.

Salt is most excellent for cleansing
the teeth. 1t hardens the gums and
sweetens the breath One of the most
effective. remedies known for sick
headache is to place pinch of salt on
the tongue and allow it to dissolve
slowly. In about ten minutes it may
be followed by drink of water.
There is nothing better for tired and
weary eyes than to bathe them in hot
salt water
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Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE

*On theatre nights, when admission tickets
are sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave cumberland at close of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berand.
Nos: |, 2, and daily except Sunday. Nos.5
ana tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only
Baggage car will be hauled on trains Nos
ana b., l.. Nj. HAMILTON,
NOV. Superintendent.
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No. II is a local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg and No. - from Pittsburg to Cum
berland. ,os 5and6 make stops each way.
Through tickets for all points east and
and west for sale at Cumberland.
7. II. ALLEN,
M ;. CLARKE, General Acting Agent.
Ticket Agent. Jan 10
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PittSbnrg Division.
EASTBOUND

No. lO-Baltimore Express arrives. 2:3O a NJ
" 14-Mail SO =. 2:l5 ON
&C 64-Cum berland EXP. 6 dali
ly except Sunday. 7::35 M
{" 6-Limited leaves 4:l5 D M
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16
PART IV-PAGES 25 TO q
Amount

II. Name and Description. Amount
subdivision of block B, lands
San CAB iel Orange Grove
association, lot %, for per-
sonal property tax ...........$ "a OC
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lOntalfeS qul pal llrent de ThibOdauX
pour lie siege de la guerre il Sen
rolla CONNIE ser9eut major Ian, ii
compagDie du Capitaine Irch ,ic,
Lafourche Guards" qui dc, inrcut
une partie du 4me Regiment. ori.i-
nalement sous lie commandments du
Col. Henry W. Allen. il demerra
dams lie service actif jusqu'a Ia cessa-
ton DIES hostilites, ct monta en- grade
jusqu'a son appointment CONNIE
capitaine. Son regiment prit pal.
dams la bataille de Shiloh, ct subsa.
qnemment dams celle de Mu-phres-
boro, Atlanta, FIarklin ct la Mobile
Depuis son retour de l'armee il re-
sidait a Thibodaux, OH en- 1865 ayec
lie venerable Francois Samoan, IN DIES
presents proprietaires, il commence
la reduction dies nouveIles series de
la SENTINEILE DE THIBoDAUx, ct
continue dams cette occupation
jus4u'en 1868. il fut JUICE de paix
pendant plusieurs annees, MARIE de
vile de Thlbodaux pendant p~lusieurs
termes, ct president de la compagniei
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du pont de Thibodaux,. quand Il
devint IN attache du bureau
du sheriff, ct lie sheriff de n
paroisse pendant SEES d~ernieres sil
annees.
Dams toutes ces differences posd
lions, IL a montre IN habilit6. mi
fermete ct un raisonnement remaI
quables. Sociabie, affabie, genereux|
liberal, charitable, il a So gagner y
.conserver grand nombre d'amis. .!
on ne iui c~onnaissait pas d'ennemiJ
ii fut marie deux fols, ct laissl
auiourd'hui une veuye tendre a
devone, ct plusieurs freres pou1
eplorer sa mort.
Pendant plusleurs annees il fuI
membre DIES Young Mems Benevolent
Association Of Lafourche-a lui al
du en- grande partie lie success de cetta
soclete.
Les differences companies II
pompiers de Thibodaux ct les mem.
bres des y. VI. B. a., ainsi Que 1
"Thibodaux Brass Band, accompa.
gnalent les restes mortels du defuus
a leur derniere demeure.
A la yeuve desolee, a ses frere. i
toute sa famille, nous ofrons nos
sentiments de sympathie ct de con
doleance les plus sincares.
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PETITES

LIE jour de Ian ne tombera le al.
manche qu'une fois pendant lie pre-
sent steele &c sera en- 1899.
Les Pheniciens creusaient les de.
f-ases de Elephant ct y percaient
d rous pour en- faire DIES flutes.
Le bureau de poste de Chicago
ccnpse 2.543 employees.
On = inyente en- France an non.
vau eombustible, compose de pc
trole solidi6e ct d'autres combusti.
bles.
La semalne derniere. il Y await au
bureau Gle poste de Chicago IN
million de lettres non reclamees. Ia
plupart a cause addresses defectueu-
ses.
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pY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY
- vested in me by the constitution and
at the principal front door of the Courthouse
in which the Civil District Court of said par /
ish y held, in the parish Of Lafourche, with
in the legal hours for judicial sales, begin
ming at IL O'Clock A. NJ. on
Saturday, 23d June. asOA.
and continuing on each succeeding day un-
til said sales are completed. all immoyabIe
property on which taxes are now due to the
state of louisiana, and Parish of Lafourche
to enforce collection of taxes assessed in
the year 1888, together with interest thereon
from the 51st day of December. 1893, at the
rate OF 2 per cent per month until paid, and
all costs.
The names of said delinanent taxnavers.
the amount of taxes due by zach on the
assessment OF said year, and I he immovable
property assessed to each to be offered for
sale are as follows, to-wit
LEJEUNE MICHEL EsT.-1o acreas land.
right bank Bayou Lafourche, below Race
land. bounded by Mrs. III. Maisdon L Ms.
ioise: Amt Taxes san. Interests and
costs sl.S2 Total s4.02
LAF0ST ERNEST.-7ase acres land being
lot No. 6 in See 3. T.. y 5 X % L lower Ia
costs Sl.52. Total ST7
MATHERNE NOISE acre land right
bank Bayou Lafourche in the town of
Lockport Bataria ST. Convent and r,
Bariileaux. Aunt. Taxes S2Is5. Interest
and costs Sl.3i.
Total "a 10
OWNERS UNkNOW Formerly assessed
Est. T. Blanchard 3125s acres land right
bank Bayou Lafourche, below Cut an.
bounded by +. Barilleaux and Est. Z.
Chrrsmie Amt. Taxe S23..5. Interest and
costs S3.S. Total ~ al
Raglan VINE. H.-2O00 acres land. Lots As
and. 46 l.. l. ; X DO Il bounded by EST. ID.
Mcleod and ,olden Ranch Co Amt Taxes
So 10. Interest end costs. 1-29. Total $5a.-4
TAYLOR MATHEW-40f acres land rfthr
bank o: Bayou Lafourche, below RaceIand.
bounded by JONI Ursin and A. Labatfe.
Aunt. Taxes SI.25. Interest and casts
SI.S7. Total NIa
A NORDEN W-292 acres (: Lots .. 4. &. and
asec 2s and Lots 2. J, anu S Sec, 81 Amt.
Iaxes 1919. Interest and costs. SLIT.
Total s1G.S2
a NORDEN W. -1s3 acres Lots and
Sec. Il, Lots 4 and s Sec n + ~ ; Il " e
Amt. Taxes $685.. Interest and costs. ~.
Total SIS
On said day Of sale ! will sell such portion
OF each OF said specific property as each teb-
TOT small point out, and in case the debtor
shall not point out sufficient property.
viii at once and without further delay sell
the least quantity OF said specific property
OF any debtor which any bidder will buy for
the amount of the taxes. interest and costs
Que by said debtor. The sale Will be with
out appraiseuient for cash in legal tender
money of United states. aud the property
SOLD shall be redtetlable AT any time tor the
space OF one year by dtytng the price given
with 20 per cent and costs added.
May 18TH, 1894. T.. T.. r
Sheriff and Tax Collector.
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FLORA
CHEZ LIN Mains,
PAR A. DELAMOTHE.
XII \.


-Je ne puts croire que nous soy
ons encore au centre de lAfrique,
sous les feux de l'Equateur, CONNIE
parlent les poetes demodes, disait
Flora a son beau-frere au bras
duquel, la tete ct les epaules couver-
ties dun capuchon, ellie Sc pronenait
a grands pas sur lie pont, vers deux
heures de l'apres-midi, pour Sc re-
chauffer entire deux averses.
-Ol %pensez-vous done etre?
En- Ecosse, en- Irlande, lie paws
par excellence de l'humidite, votre
Equateur est une veritable p~Iaisante-
RE ct la zone torride une mystiica-
ton; on y gele litteralement, air
est dune humidite desesperante, les
rivieres debordent de tous cotes ct
&c climat doit etre horrible pour les
dents.
En- souffrrlez-vous, Flora?
Pas encore, Dieu merci mais
ayez-vous remarque ces pecheurs qui,
hier nous ont apporte du poisson?
-Oul, il sont dune tres belle
tallle, notre aimable sOuri-Bara ne
lenr va pas au coude.
Eft leurs dents !?
-Je ne les al pas regardless.
-Toutes noires ct limees.
-Fous en- concluez?
-Quelles SOM gatees.
Etlenne partit dun eclat de rire.
De quot r~iez-yous
DE yotre erreur, chere snur.
&c que vous avez pris pour une mfr.
mite nest rien qu'un ornement: 81
les dents sont noires c'est qu'elles
sont t%eintes, ct 81 elles sont llmees en-
ponies aigues c'est par un rafine.
ment de yanite.
-Vous eroyez?
-J'en suis certain, la mode a ses
caprlces partout chez nous ellie
porte princlpalement sur les ..vete-
ments ,etant reduits a leur plus
simple expression, c'est sur toutes les
parties du corps qu'eHe etend son
despotique empire. Chez les Voua-
-touas la supreme elegance pour les
.,femmes consiste a suivre uu regime
dcies grasses qui les change en-
boules de graisse presque incapables
de Sc mouvoir, tandis que leurs dignes
epoux Sc b~ariolent lie corps, de, cou-
leurs disparates ct st font DIES cheye.
lures fantastlques. Les Basotns Sc
defgurent en- Sc trouant la leyre
%infereure quill etalent ~en ayant
CONNIE I'm plateau, d'autres Sc tortu-
rent les GRIZZLIES pour leur bonner DIES
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NOTICE TO VI u RTGAeaE GRE.
DITOKS.
SHERIFFs OFFICE
Parish of

SHERIFFS OFFICE
Parish of Lafourche, May 18th 1884.
In accordance with section No. 81, OF Act
No. So of 1855, the attention III an mortgage
interested in any OF the forgpits
described property II hereby diyectetI e.
the above notice of sale of property Of
delinquent tax payers.
T.. E. LORIO,
Sheri If of Lafourche
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ATELHR

Ayant tout lie materiel necessaire. nous
Sommes 4 meme d'exeeuter tous les ouvrages
typographiaues qui nous seront comics. LIE
briefs c'svocat. cartes d'affaires. entetes de
features, tickets d'habitation, blancs. circus
laires, etc., seront imprimes dams lie plus bre
d6lai ct a des prix oal defent toute concur
renee.
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ANSONCEs.

Oh carre de 10 .;gnes: lere. insertion. <l.5o
{" +" 2me. 20
" " Insertion add SO
Toute annonce indignant la profession
, G Padresse ct n'exeedent pas quatre
see. par an. d'ayance. IS 90
Annonce de candidats. d'avance, $3.50 10 90
Eecrologle. par 10
.Toute annnnce commercials publiee q IAN
ME sera inser6e au taux de so cents par pouce
pour Ia premiere insertion ct IS cents pour les
insertions subsequentes.
.Toute aunonce don't lie nombre d'insertions
a est pas specific sera ins6ree iusqu'a nouvel
ordre au taux ordinaire.
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de laiton ct ne porte pas moins de
vingt kilos d'anneaux GU de golfers,
les hommes Sc tatouent non pas
supplement avec des piqnres mails en-
sui leur corps n mosalque
relief formee par lie %gon1ement
des chairs. En- Europe et en- Ameri-
que les elegantes Sc parent avec DIES
claimants, pres du Tanganika les
beauties noires meprisent ces pierre
ries ct les remplacent par DIES plaques
d'argile qu'elles s'appliquent sur les
joues, qu'elles melent a leur cheve-
lure !: c'est absurde tant que vous
voudrez. mails pas plus absurde a
Vouatouama qua Paris gu a la
Nouvelle-O Orleans, et....que vous
arrive-t-il?
-Rien, n mouche qui Went de
me piquer au bras, puts a la main.
-J'al etc plque aussi, signe do
rage.
&c ne sont pas DIES mouches
ordinaires, elles fondent sur nous
avec la rapidlte de la 1eche tenez,
en- voici une sur Ia manche de yotre
habit qui....
Les chiens | on sont les chiens !?
Ali ferme la tente de Souri,, vocifera
lie docteur en- Sc precipitant effare sur
lie pOnt les animaux, sauvez les
animaux
Mon Dieu, qu'est-ce? LIE feu
seralt-il a bord ? s'ecria Flora epou-
vantee.
Non, les mouches repondit lie
docteur haletant qui, Sc penchant sur
lie tube acoustique cria a Paul rem
ferme dams la chambre de la machine !:
force la yapeur, nous traversons une
station de tsetses, fails porter a
gauche.
&c seul mot produisit a bord de
fEclair une frayeur blen autrement
grande que 81 Benito on Jupiter
eussent annonce de ravant, OH lis Sc
tenaient tour 4 tour en- s~entinelle,
l'approche dune hotte de pirates, on
lie volsinage de la cascade la plus
formidable, ct dependant &c mot
n'etait que lie nom dun insecte de la
grosseur dune mouche ordinaire
tsetse pour le vulgalre, glossina NOR
sitdns (glossine mordante) de la ia
mile des dipteres pour les entomolo-
gistes, ennemi terrible pour les voya-
geurs dams l'interieur de T'Afrique,
GU deux GU trois de ces mouches
terribles suffisent pour faire perir Gu
quelques jours tous les animaux do
mestiques, chlcns, chevaux ct autres,
ST un hasard fatal conduit Ia cara
vanne dams IN de ces cantons, assez
rares du reste, on la Providence a
parque 81 etroitement Get insecte, u
solvent il sufit de la largeur dun
cours d'eau pour garantir les trou-
peaux etablis au della de cette Unite.
Embarrassment lEclair, qu'au-
Gun motif ne pouvait faire devier
plutot dun cote que de l'au;re, Sc
TAFT rapproche de la rive droite ct en-
await frole les roseaux.
Ii men await pas fallu advantage.
Rapides CONNIE la ieches, vingt on
trente mouches venimeuses s'etaient
elancees du haut DIES buissons sur les
promeneurs, pour lesquels du reste
So piqdre nest nj plus douloureuse
nj plus a craindre que celle du yul-
galre moustique, tandis que d'autres
Sc precipitaient u lie radeau, on
voyageaient dams une profonde secu-
rite, Forward ct Souri, avec leurs
amis Windsor ct Proserpine.
La lalerte await etc claude, Tins
tinct DIES animaux les avertissant.
invasion DIES redoutables ennemis
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5tntneIIe SC Ibibo0auf
=
Journal du ome District Senatoria

Journal o1icisI de la Paroisse La
0urehe ct de la Tiut de IhbOdaur
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suREAU: Rue Main, entire st. Philippe
ct st. Louis.
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ABONNEMENT.

$o.oo
,,,ero 10
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STATE TAX SALES.
OF ImmOvable Property.
The State Louisiana VS.. Delin-
quent Tax Debtors, Parish of
LafOurche.

R1 VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY
- vested in me by the constitution and
laws OF the state of Louisiana, i will sell
at the principal front door of the Courthouse
in which the Civil District Court of said par
lsh ls held. in the parish of Lafourche, with
IN the legal hours for judicial sales, begin
ming at Ill O'Clock A NJ nm
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JOLIET j., & Co., Proprietaires.
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ing with a mixture of reserve. grace of
manner and good nature which recalls her
father, Victor Emmanuel. Like him, also.
she is passionate yOtary OF shooting and
all kinds of sport, and when at her coun-
try place on the seaboaTd al Caldas used
to amuse herself by aiming with rifle
from a high window at .earthenware bot
ties floating in the sea and placed there for
that purpose. 1t is said that she did not
often miss her unstable mark. Philan-
thropy is with her as much passion as
shooting, music or painting. She is at the
head of all Portuguese charitable esta hllsh-
ments, and has gained by her uDabating
goodness the title of The Angel of Char
ity." Before her husband died 1t was no
uncommon sight TO see her on quitting the
cathedral after morning service surrounded
by crowd of poor people, who knelt as
she passed and kissed the hem OF her dress
or presented her with some petition. These
she invariably took in her own hand. and
on her return home caused them to be
thoroughly investigated. She is passion
ately fond of flowers, especially maiden
hair ferns and lilies of valley. OF which
basketfuls always adorn her private apart
ments. After the Kings health declined
it was the Queen who attended him. and
proved herself the best assistant 10 the
doctors. Her son, the present sovereign.
is very fond of his mother, and generally
consults her on all important state matters.
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is VENUS INHABITEDP
A Question That Astronomers Are
Much Interested In.
Youths Companion.


1t will be remembered that about two
years ago the famous Italian astronomer,
Schiaparelli, announced that he had dis
covered that Venus, which is a world
very slightly smaller than ours, makes
only one turn on its axis in going once
around the sun. 1t would follow from this
that upon Venus there is no succession of
days and nights, as upon the earth, but
at perpetual day reigns upon one side of
the planet and perpetual night on the
other. In other words, II Schlapareli is
right, Venus always presents the same
face to the sun, just as the moon forever
turns the same hemisphere toward the
earth.
The inhabitants OF the sunward side of
Venus, theu-if there be any-leVer see
the sun set, while the inhabitants of the
other side never see the sun at all. unless
they visit the opposite hemisphere of their
globe.
OF course no one knows whether there
are inhabitants upon Venus or not, but We
do know that Venus has an atmOs phere,
and that in its atnCsphere watery vapOr
exists and clouds float. and that upon the
surface of the planet the force uf gravita-
ton is not very different from that which
it manifests on the surface OF the earth.
Accordingly there are some reasons to be
urged in behalf of the Opino n that Venus
may be an inhabited world.
But If one-half of Venus be buried in
endless night while the other half lies
glazing beneath never-setting sun, it is
evident that the Inhabitants of that planet
must have experiences that would be most
strange and trying to US. So the question
whether Venus really does rotate on its
axis only once in Dds days, the period of
its revolution around The sun, derives an
added interest from the consideration that
the planet possibly has inhabitants.
The older observations indicated that
Venus rotated in between twenty-three
and twenty-fOur hours, giving it days and
nights about equal 10 those of the earth. In
order to settle the question 1t has recently
been proposed TO apply the spectroscOpe.
1t is known that in the Spectrum of a
celestial body which Is rapidly approach
ing the earth the spectroscopic lines are
shifted toward the blue, while in the
spectrum of a fast retreatiDg body the
lines are shifted toward the red.
This principle has been used in meRsur-
ing the rate of the suns rotation. The
lines are shifted toward the blue on the
eastern and toward the red on the western
edge of the sun, and by measuring the
amount of shifting the rate of rotation is
found. 1t is easy 10 see that the same
method may be applied to find out how
fast Venus revolves on its axis.
Every one who watches the glorious
evening star growing brighter and brighter
in The sunset sky during the coming
months will certainly be eager to hear the
latest news from the astron omers who are
trying to find out whether Venus has sue
cessive days and nights like the earth or
has only day side and night side