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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

There is one discovery that was made
during the last year which seems opposed
10 the otherwise strongly supported hv-
pOthesis Of q close resemblance between
Mars and the earth. Il relates TO Mars
atnC sphere. The great English spsctro-
scOpist Higgins. the famous Italian as
trOnOmer Secchi. and more recently the
indefatigable German observer Nosel.
have all put on record their belief. based
upon studies Of the spectrum OF Mars.
that that planet possesses an atmosphere
resembling the earth's. and containing
the important element aqueous vapOr.
Nogel, indeed, went so far as 70 say.
about ten years ago, that 1T is definitely
settled that Mars has an atmosphere
whose com position does not differ appre-
Gladly from ours. and especially the Mar
tian atmosphere must be rich in aqueous
VapOr"
More recently observations have APP
peared 10 confirm those of Nogci. But
now comes Professor Campbell. OF the
Lick Observatory employing some OF the
most powerful and perfect spcctroscOpic
apparatus in existence. and shows that,
50 far as the spectrOscOpe IS able 10
inform us. there j. no evidence whatever
OF the existence of a Marian atmOs-
phere containing watery VGpOr. or even
that Mars has any atmosphere at all
His observations made I'm June. July,
light reflected 10 us from the surface OF
Mars undergOes no perceptible ahsOrp-
ton such as would arise from the ex-
istcnce of an atmosphere surrounding the
planet and that the lines IN Mars spec
trum which other observers had ascrihed
To the absorptiVe effects Of its atmOs-
phere are really due 10 absorption by the
atmosphere Of the earth.
Professor campbel's observations do
not entirely dispose OF the supposed at
mosphere OF Mars. They simply indf-
cate, as he has himself pointed out. a
superior limit 20 the extent of such an
atmosphere. He thinks that 4, Mars
had an atmosphere one-fourth as extern
sive as the earth's. he would have de-
tected Its existence. Against the con-
clusion that Mars has no atmosphere and
no aqueous VapOr stands the unquestiOn-
ed existence Of the white polar caps OF
the planet, waxing and waning with the
seasons. As 10 this, Professor Camp
bell says, while believe that the polar
caps on Mars are conclusive evidence
OF an atmosphere and aqueous vapor. /
do not consider that they exist i'm sufii-
Gent quantity TO be detected by the spec
trOscOpe.'
In other words. Mars does not possess
an extensive atmosphere but II may
nave one about one-quarter as extensive
as ours Does such a fact preclude the
suppOsition that Mars is habitable
world? Hardly; for although we should
die like fish thrown out OF water II three
fourths OF the atmosphere were suddenly
withdrawn from the earth, yet II IS plain
that begins resembling ourselves and our
contemporaries in the animal kingdom
would require comparatively slight adap-
live in an atmosphere no more extensive
than that which the spectrOscope vet
allows TO the planet Mars.-Harper's
Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
Loves Aftermath.

Loves Aftermath.
Not here. but there,
Not near nor far:
No night time then,
Nor moon nor star
No meeting smile 10 turn to sigh
And breathe its bitter wail-Good-by!
Not here-not here.
Too dim, too sad
This doubling world
Yet there-all glad,
The loving eyes earth's shadow yelled
The tender clasp, We deemed had failed.
Some voice-perhaps
Loved-lost-regained
VIII thrill us there
With love uDfcigncd.
But how We know not. all is rest
They are our oWn-GOd's ways are best
That one we loved
Perhaps too well,
Can love. love so?
We cannot tell
That one. I'm Gods sweet. holy place
VIII meet us then and. face 10 face!
The loved caress.
The Old. dear smile
Gods Ever for
Earth's little while,
The mists Of pain all passed away:
All lost in that long, loving day.
T.. y. :. in Good Words.
Inc season has opened a. NarrdEdnSett
Pier. as all interested will be assured
when / tell them that both Miss Polk. OF
Baltimore and Miss LanghOrne. OF Rich
mond, have arrived. The season at the
Pier is at best a brief one; August
ushers in the gayety. but just as the
coming OF Mavroyeni Bey means the
formal genesis Of things social at Bar
HarbOr, so the appearance Of the reign
ing beauties conveys a similar signih-
canoe TO the habitues Of the Pier. Miss
III. aaH.
eddy the bellies OF this blessed year OF
grace. Miss Banghorne will be Iemem-
bered by New Workers as the young lady
selected by the late Mr.. McAlnster 10 lead
the cotillion with Mr.. Willard Bartlett at
the first Patriarchs' I'm 1898. II was
stated at the time that no unmarried
woman had ever received the dstin-
guished honor Of being invited TO lead
before. Many New Workers thought at
the time and freely expressed the Opin-
ion that II debutante was 10 be select
cd the choice might have. with propriety.
fallen upon a Manhattan girl. but Mr..
McAllster stoutly maintained his course.
arguing that II would OF necessity cause
hard feelings among various reignlng
families 10 have chosen a local beauty
for the honor. SO Miss Lanchorne came.
saw and danced. To say that she con-
quered would be an eXaegeratiOn. She
is undoubtedly a very beautiful woman,
but had she been az beautiful as Helen
Of Troy she could not have won more
than Success d'estime" from the cold
critical and snubby Patriarchs' audi
ence. The upshot OF the matter was
that while Mr. McAllister accomplished
his purpose in reviving society's tagging
interest i'm the institution over which
he presided, the experiment was not re-
peated. and Miss Langh0rne herself the
innocent victim of an mternecine row,
went back TO Richmond bearing with her
the empty honor of this single achieve
ment.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
Maud Muller and Trilby.

Maud Muller had 1rilby foot,
But she was not Trilby; .
very different girl was she,
And SO her story viii be.
Sweet Maud was dressed in tattered
gown,
Trilby in Altogether"
for IriiDy posed in studios
Ana Maud out in the weather.
Poor Maud, ashamed OF her bare feet.
Tier bushes tried TO smother.
While Trilby first put one foot out
And then stuck out the other.
Love came TO both OF them one day,
Which they both had 10 smother;
The Judge he smiled and rode away
Billee weLt with his mother
Then both these girls were hyrnotizcd.
Poor Maudie by a farmer.
While Trilby fell beneath the spell
or a satanic charmer.
Poor Maud she sighed. 1T might have
BEEN"
But Trilby knew It should not.
SO brayely tried 20 let him 60
And sing. although she could not.
Alas. for Judge ard gifted boy,
The darling little Billoe'
Strangers eYermore 20 10Y
Their fate they bore quite NY
Inc world, too, signs with secret pain.
And wishes "Wih he. MIL he"
The Judge had married rustic Maud
And 1rilby Little Rlleo'
Sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
PolIy's Minutes.
by ROSEMARY BAUM.

Polly was sewing. At least she had her
thimble and scissors in her lap and a
nartlv hemmed napkin in her hand. But
the napkin was being whisked about on
the rug for the amusement of Pollys Kit
ten. $500 49,.
The tall clock in the corner licked
steadily az il had been doing for nearly a
hundred years. Polly looked up at It's
old brass face.
How slow you are che sighed
'sNother said | must sew for an nour
and your hands have only gone nalf way
around since | began. Can't you tick
any faster2'
Tick-tocki Textbook Really II was a
most argravating old clock. Presently
Polly began 10 yaWn.
Il wish IL didn't take sixty minutes 10
make an hour" she thought. The clock )
ticking was making her sleepy.
II wish-there werent'-any minutes.
you do. do your said a round eyed.
thin-legged Brownie. such as Polly had
read about in Mr.. Palmer Cox's stories:
"pid you ever see a minute?' asked the
little man. before Polly had gotten over
her surprise at seeing him.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
FOROUR
SMALL PEOPLE.
.If Didn't Forget How Old Was.7

II I didn't forget bow old was,
DO YOU thirk ia act like often does
DO You think I'd swing from the 'front.'
yard gate, - .t.h,9
II I didn't forget how coon Ia grow
To be a big man like Uncle Joe,
Do you think my pa wouln nav "
'Cuz | didn't DO what ! was to!df
Dc you think I'd set my pa so vic,
An act so much like niue cnii', -,
II didn't forget ] was haii-past elshL'
An would Miss Brown have 10 Keep hio
late?
Miss Brown said I was "a little fend,'
An / didn't know what the OH lhihs
meaned,
But she said twas becuz l played so
rough.
An it made my ma just cry-sure 'nough.
If didn't forget. DO you s'pose that l
Would ever act SOS to make her cry
And don't YOU s'pcse Ia BEHAVE Just me,
II didn't forget l was going on nine?
II I could remember, don't You suppose
/ would take care OF my Sunday clo,esF
An would / get mad at my cousin ben
Without getting right away good again
Pa saws he believes l was just born bad,
An Uncle Joe says that I'm like my
dad"
An Aunt Lou says she don't suppose
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
THE TlMES-RICHMOND. VA. SUNDAY, AUGUST 1s. 1895.

,ora. .Im rockonin' on stickin' TO the
nevsnaner business II there's any money
I'm IL. Jest as long as l want 20. l dihn
travel all the way down here 10 get scar
ed the first day. You see. Niger IL bout
ike this: Sam Thompson, he came 10 inc
don', know whether Ii was you or not
made IL hot for him. 1t wasn't more II
a week before he was glad TO walk BACK,
although he came down In the cars. Now
] thought I'd begin right where sam lott
off. I'd walk the first way, an then,
rerhaps. stand "A better chance OF ridin'
the other, II had TO go; hut It's got 10
be boys what are bigger than / am 10
scare me out err the plan. I've come to
stay."-St. Nichalos.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
When She Goes Nv.

When she goes by with head erect,
4 springtide blossom fair and sweet.
| wonder il she can't suspect
How heads are turned along the street,
or how ! try 10 catch her eye
And win a smile when she goes by?
When she goes by with wind-tossed curls
And cheeks where winter roses blow,
She quite eclipses all the girls
It's been my happiness 10 know.
Oh. how those fairy feet do fly,
No lettering. when she goes by.
When she goes by, gay. debonair,
With graceful swaying figure, though
To follow her do not dare,
My heart is taken into tow,
And | can only long and sigh
And rail at fate when she goes by.
Detroit Free Press.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

case was used by the opponents TO the
higher education OF women az an argu-
ment in their favor. but investigation
showed that the brother ana sister had
lived I'm a set OF rooms OF which the sis
ter was housekeeper and oaretaker. The
young man left college each day. mount
ed his wheel or went to the ball or ten
mis- field. while the young woman re-
turned 10 her rooms. gathered up the
loose ends OF the domestic machinery
prepared dinner cleared II away. and
after studying all the evening sat up
while her brother slept TO mend his and
her clothes. So she broke down, and
small wonder.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

The native doctors OF India practice a
peculiar system known as "nrins. Al
fiictei persons, no odds what the disease
may be, are Immediately upon arrival
OF the family physician. subjected TO the
tCrtures OF fire. A late report by medI-
cal authority declares thai there Is not
one 10 the thousand OF total population IN
Bombay and the larger cities generally,
who does not bear trace Of the application
OF the fire cure In the shape OF hideous
ssrrs on the head. back. stomach. feet,
or limbs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
EDITORS LETTER.

Dear Children.-,In spite OF very warm
weather indeed, answers 10 the puzzles
are coming in more rapidly than for sew
eral months, but numbers OF them. We
are sorry TO say, are unsigned. These
will md place in. the waste basket
without examina ton.
1t is pleasant TO note number or new
little friends on the list.
We were sorry 10 have 10 return TO
some OF our small people short stories
kindly sent 10 us by them. but, as we
announced some weeks ago, little folks
are not usually very successful story
writers. We are gratihed 1T the inter
est shown. however.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

VI. Soyer. the noted French cook, made
a curious calculation on the amount or
food a healthy man viii consume M
lifetime of seventy years VI. Soyer says
"The average epicure OF three score ana
ten years will have consumed 30 oxen, ~
sheep. 100 calves. - lambs. 80 pigs, -,-D
fowls, 1900 fishes OF different kinds. o.
0O0 oysters, $40 pounds OF vegetables,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
PUZZLES.

PUZZLES.
3I.-A TRAY OF FRUIT.
I'm each couplet TWO" is transposed
"a make "ONE," the name of fruit)
These ONE ripped by a stream where
wavelets TWO
The messy bank whereon their parent
grew.
Eut from my hillside orchard came these
Like TWO of live coal glowing in the
sun.
Just note this luscious ONES rich emer-
And lib fbrous. Two-hued lace-work Ger
the green.
And here are amber ONE. all gathered
Their TWo-Ike stems loosed in their
mellow flesh.
And ONES, whose soft. rich tipts no
words can paint
For adjectives seem TWO and praise but
faint.
VI.
Then, lastly in corner these ONE
As acid as some heartless cynics TWO!
MABEL +.
$50. -PRACTICAL PROBLEMS.
I. A painter desired 10 know the
height Of a certain building Standing 80
feet from the wall. he held his cane per-
rendicuiariy so that its lower end was
, 4 tsa.at In ha "a
his eye, and found the range OF the top
OF the wall 10 be IS inches from the hot
tom OF the cane. II his eye was b feet
from the ground. and the latter a hon-
zontal plane, what was the height OF
the WALTZ
2. TO his friends query. what is the
time OF day2" n smart young sophomore
replied. "Two-thirds Of the time past
noon is four-ffths OF the time 10 mid
night" Can any reader tell what was
the time? s. Il. l..
3S5-CURTAILMENT.
Who does not know the total man.
The one who knows most everything
Can break a horse, or draw a plan
for building; he can make swing
To please the children, build a boat
or mend hole I'm TOmmys shoe.
Can play the fiddle. sing by note;
A broken dish together glue.
Can put his ONE 10 any kind
OF work, for ornament or use.
Then why, | ask. is IL We find
lie gets less praises than abuse2
The lack Of all trades" It Is shown,
Is usually master quite of none.
BITTER SWEET
BSL-PYRAMlD.
Across.-1. a letter. 2 Woollen waste
for mixing with mungo and shoddy. 3. \
potato. lStandardD T. The eggs OF a fsn.
D. To rouse oObs) s. Agricultural I'M
plements. Z. The saturatOn of detecat-
ed beet juice with carhOnic acid gas. y
The state Of having no meaning. STAND
ard
Down.. A letter. , The symbol or
cerium 3. To push. (Standard) 4. A
hawk-owl. CStandard) 5. Bulbs. STAND
erd) 8. \. sixpcnce. CObsD 7. Force
mcnt. s To surpass IN rivalry. 9.
Dehed. 10. I.ariats. IL. Young bulls or
oxen. u. A poetic name OF ireland. r.
a cowl. H. Printers measures. -. n
letter. A. f. HOLT.
3S5.-CHARADE.
one fair June morn | launched a tiny
with eager joy. out on the ripping
TWO.
"All nature smiled"-it seemed to me she
laughed,
She was 50 gay in vestments, rich ana
new.
I wandered by the stream I'm childish gloe.
TO see what would COMPLETE my
little ship;
Like whitc-winged bird, it drifted out
10 sea
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
Mixing Salad.

When Polly. fair and deft Of hand.
Prepares TO make the salad dressing
With fork and spoon / near her stand.
Man like-my helplessness confcssins.
Yet when I try 10 lend my aid,
In manner meant TO be quite pleasing.
She says t1~Sle-this cruel maid:
The lemons, Tom-they need the
squeezing Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

I'll ever be better but ma-she knows,
An she hugs me close with kiss. becuz
She says, Il forgot how old was"
Youths Companion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
3s7.--NUMERICAI~


~" shricked Young AIgornon. In pain
His mother said. but All I'm vain,
"2-3-4-S make such noise. my child.
Even an Indian stern and grave,
In tooth-ache's pangs will cry and rave,
And $3.50 Is no stole wild.
How quickly woe succeeds to woe,
Now 10 a dentist ne must go:
Behold him, with his mouth distended
wide.
J'he executioner is there,
With forceps shining cold, bare
y, 2-3-4-5.' 6-7-S-3 cried.
MY dear. you'll hardly feel IL. yet
II is the only way 10 set
l-2-i-i-5-6-i-S-3 right"
The patient. scared by that dread name.
Could only shudder and exclaim-
Il didnt know ii was so bad-rot quite"
NJ. &. >.
3%.-PRO6RESSfVE NUMERICAL.
1-2-S IS TO peruse. 2-3-4-5 is at any one
time 1851 is "A small coin S-9-lO is one
OF several species OF small rodents. So
lV-ll-l2-3 is fixed allowance OF provis-
Ions. l-2-3-i-5-6-7-S-9-l0-ll-l2-l3 is cOnden-
sation. REII, BDl.
3S9.-DECAPITATION.
Twill never do II you run an ALL
10 be a LAST OF another.
For originality. you know.
" success Is called the mother.
SOLOS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
! watched for its return with trembling

watched for its return with trembling
lip.
7 came TO ONE man. and joyously,
| sent a ship, for freight, out on Liies
MAIN S,.
Oh, treasures rich and rare, Hope whis-
pt,ed me
VIII ONE. my own when she returns
again.
Bot. like my childhood's boat. she's long
o'erduc;
wait and watch the cleaning sails TO
see.
Junes come and go-out on the troubled
TWO,
Still drifts my ship, she comes not back
TO me. r. h. =.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
August Prizes.

I. A complete end handsome writing
set
?. John Niltons poems.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

243 pounds OF butter. 1900 eggs. and four
tons of brad. To this NAV be ADDED sew
eral hogsheads OF tea, coffee, wine, wa
ter" etc. The above amount Of solid H.
quid would weigh but little short OF forty
tons
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
Great Cnsnlnfinn.

I'VE are ruined" said the devoted hus-
band, hopping his haggard brow.
II don't know but that I am glad or
II, said the devoted wife. AT last l
can move in n sphere Of society where
] VIII not be afraid 10 express my real
opinion OF Wagner and the old masters"
Cincinnati Enquirer
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

IL is not generally known that size iof
size. a thread OF spider silk IL decidedly
tougher than "A bar OF steel An ordinary
thread viii bear a weight OF three grains.
This is just about 80 per cent stronger
than a steel thread Of the same thickness.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
ADMINISTRATIONS.

(One letter is taken from each word OF
a quotation from Lord Bacon, ana an
other substituted in It's place.
BE what bill now arply sew remeries
most expent net edls; foe tire II sno
treatest innoiator; ant IT rimc or course
after thines so toe warse. end nsioH
aid cornsel shell sot Snter they so ue
setter that shalt he toe ens2
cAMERSON.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

Charlton county. Missouri, has 4 breed
OF chickens the eggs OF which sell Tor
dozen.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
Conclusive ENidcnce.

with round yoke and wide band Of en-
broidery. ALICE AMORY.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

Phenomena like these and others
May strike surprised observers dumb
But they viii know by these same tokens
That the millennium has come.
SOmerville Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

Nine. Casimir-Perier has organized
CT usade against the use Of birds breasts
and wings for decorative purposes.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-04-20
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
written for The COURIER by C. Y. Smith,
/ L.

4
night the sixth day out from New York. being little more
than usual overheard remark that brought joy
within Fasnet light to be from the port bow
from the chair which, had been carefully reclining cast
nv blankets ndereny stepped my firmly
and mngng with the scanned the
ding gloom night search Of the welcome light which first tells
the approach the shores Of "Oud Ireland
The lighthouse built lonely rock off the south western
of Ireland then visible to the naked
every and then would There is there it is
don't t and all would rush to that point om whence
sound nothing be but the rolling
beneath and darkness beyond remained here long
night The ship reared and plunged she swiftly
forged ahead have been about IL o'clock when
off the distance the faint gimme Of light but dsap
peared almost instantly In eappeaed but only
for second Every minute brought and the light
the shining signal its
welcome the Eud with her freight of thousand
little the starboard and
of the light reluctantly turned downward
my descent internal regions below At three
reach Queensland where of the passengers
Ireland the
happy sought the deck and Ireland
he dim distance.
In Liverpool
ing hundred end thirty with miles There
done here Passing through the custom
entered bus and at the steps Of the Lime Street
Station.
many ragged little community
All shapes sizes The boys backing boots and the girls selling
matches penny box One little fellow remember well He
could the fascinating heard by knocking
his brushes together He took quite shine which
threepence Liverpool dirty place. but not devoid Of
Our there short and the
Wind private Small but comfortable and plenty of
window enable the country passed along
well the which appeared at hand
made of them trunks Of trees covered with them
and fact lost which hang advertise
ment OF soap. signs a criterion very abundant in
England
About 113O m. arrived at Windmere 1t almost
light day. semeed like twilight short walk from the
brought Riggs hotel situated hillside
ing beautiful lake beyond hot
and bed When awoke the morning gentle mist falling
little valley below enshrouded in halo through which
making endeavor to shine Windmere
delightful The general Of the place from
Ost Head hill not unlike beautiful park with winding walks
amid struggling flowers which pleasing confusion The
covered with cushedone firmly rolled and the driven
graceful lined ragged
walls half hidden with vines and gates
peoples scattered numbess vars fragrant
flowers within the open walls.
OF the England recall complete
and inviting general Wndimere shall always
remember it. alone for its attractive and scenic