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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-05

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 SEE our plain Potato Digger. Buy it and try it. See if 1t doesn't do all that was ever claimed for wonderful diggers with high sounding names and higher prices. LINSLEY X LIGHTBOURN, Big Broad way Agricultural Store se8 57
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-05

WANTND.
 MAN for grocery; must understand horses open evenings. COOPER, se5 It's Atwater BIoak
The herald., 1898-12-11

The orbits of two OF the planets, those of
Fides and Maia, are so nearly coincident
that it is deemed possible that at some time
in the future those bodies may coalesce.
The sizes of these little planetoids range
from 4S5 miles in diameter, that of Ceres,
the largest, to bodies of less than twelve
miles, OF which it is presumed there are
thousands. Prof. Barnard made micro
metrical measurements in 1894 with the
Lick telescope with the following results:
Ceres, 4S5; Pallas, 304; Juno, lis, and Vesta,
243. Only one other asteroid, Astrea, ex
ceeds 100 miles in diameter.
But though Ceres is the largest, Vesta is
much the brightest, owing to surface pos
sessing higher Illuminating power.
The aggregate bulk of all the known as
teroids is probably not much more than
l-40O0th of that of the earth. Yet Lever
rier, Judging from certain irregularities in
The herald., 1898-12-11
(a) Center OF the orbit of DO.
(b) Center of the orbit of the earth.
(c) Center of the orbit of Mars.

the orbit OF Mars. inferred that there might
be millions of little asteroids whose aggre
gate mass would equal a globe containing
about one-fourth the mass of the earth;
that is. globe about 5000 miles in diameter.
or a little larger than the planet Mars.
In all the researches hitherto conducted
there has been no suspicion of the existence
Of minor planets inside the orbit of Mars,
although the occasional fall of meteorites
upon our globe and instances OF huge mete-
ors grazing our atmosphere and then pass
ing off into space, have led to conjectures
that small bodies Of that nature may be re-
volving round the sun in independent orbits
that bring them from time to time into the
reighborhood of the earth. But these We're
not seriously regarded in the light OF aste
roids or minor planets.
On the night OF August Is, about four
The herald., 1898-12-11

months ago, Astronomer Witt, in the IRA
mia observatory near Berlin, was examining
the heavens near Beta Aquarii, IN search OF
the asteroid Eunike (ls5), which had not
been seen since 1881, and was therefore lost,
so to speak When he developed his photo
graphic plate the next day he not only
found the lost planet he was in search OF
QS5), but another one, Althea (ll9), which
was also previously known.
With the help cf lens still another trail
was noticed, but on account of its unusual
length Witt thought it must be comet.
That evening he examined the object with
a Pinch refractor and found it stellar, not
cometary, of the tenth magnitude. The
discovery was Immediately communicated
to the "Centralstelle' and the news sent
to the principal observatories.
On that same evening, August 13, Char
lois, at the Nice observatory, was photo
The herald., 1898-12-11

The greatest surprise that has occurred
in the astronomical world since Asaph Hall
discovered the dlminutlve satellites OF
Mars in 1877, is the recent determination OF
the extraordinary orbit of a minor planet
between the earth and Mars, whose FAINT
trail was detected on the Photographic plate
of Herr Witt at the Urania observatory,
near Berlin, in August last.
To enable the lay reader to appreciate the
full significance of this interesting star find,
| will briefly sketch the history OF ouur
knowledge of the singular group OF little
worlds whose orbits lie between those OF
Mars and Jupiter, and which were named
asteroids by Sir William Hersche, but are
generally known as minor planets IN the
text books and technical treatises on as
tronomy, though sometimes called plan
etoids in popular newspaper articles.
After the discovery of Uranus by Herschel
in ISL. and the fact was noted that 1t near
,v conformed to Bodies law as respects dis
tance from the sur and period OF revolu-
ton, the belief that there must be planet
between Mars and Jupiter was greatly
strengthened, and systematic effort to
search for the hypothetical planet was
made, and such search diligently prosecuted
by a number of ardent souls.
The methods pursued century ago were
slow and tedious compared to those In
vogue among astronomers today. The art
of photography was unknown, and the slow
, process of observing, measuring the position
and charting each individual star, prevailed
in all the observatories where any effective
work was attempted. An association of
twenty-four astronomers was organized,
and these were provided with mapped sec
tions of the ecliptic. so that their work
should progress harmoniously towards the
desired result.
Among the astronomers who were vol
unfairly cooperating from without the as
sociation was Giuseppi Pazzi, who Tor
many months laboriously scanned the
heavens near the eciptic with small tele-
scope at his Sicilan observatory near Pal
srmo. He would chart all the stars IN the
field OF his telescope on IA certain night, and
a few nights later reobserve the same field,
comparing each star with those in the re-
corded chart. On the night OF January l.
1891. he perceived a star in the field that
was not there few days previous.
Although he at once surmised its nature,
vet he could hardly believe his eyes, ana
took time to assure himself that the in
truder was not a comet. when he dispatched
the news by mail to Bode at Lilienthal. The
announcement OF the discovery which was
to have such an important bearing on future
speculations regarding the nebular hypothe
SIS and planetary astronomy, did not reach
Bode till January %.
Curiously enough, just one day later than
the arrival OF Piazzi's announcement. Bode
received a communication from a young phi
losopher OF Jena named Hegel who proved
by the clearest light of reason that the num-
ber OF planets could not exceed seven. In
his dissertation he exposed the folly of
certain devotees who sought new celestial
body merely to fill a gap in numerical
series.
Piazzi named the new planet Ceres. Al
The herald., 1898-12-11

graphing the same region, and also secured
a record OF the presence of the new body,
but Perrotin, the director of the observa-
tory, did not make the discovery known till
after Wits announcement. As. however,
the neglect was not his own. Charlos will
be accorded joint credit with Witt for the
important discovery.
After numerous accurate observations
were made by several astronomers. Fl. Ber-
berch, whose speciality is that of calculating
minor planet orbits, computed the orbit of
the new planet. Upon delineating the orbit
an astonishing result was produced. 1t
was not one of the group of minor planets
between Mars and Jupiter, but an entirely
distinct body lying for the most part within
the orbit of Mars | say, ''for the most
part, and it is very curious that such Ian
guage should have to be used, but its orbit
The herald., 1898-12-11

is very eccentric, and at aphelion the planet
reaches point little beyond the orbit of
Mars.
The new heavenly body holding this sin
gular and complex relation to the planet
Mars is known under the technical parlance
of astronomers as DO 1893. 1t approaches
the earth nearer than any other heavenly
body except the moon, being in round num-
bers, only $4,000, 900 miles distant from the
earth's orbit at perihelion, while the near
est approach of Venus is q, ,00O, GOO miles and
that of Mars under favorable opposition is
80, ,000, 900 miles.
That close proximity, astronomically
speaking, can be advantageously utilized for
parallactic measurement. By noting the
difference in the position of DO with refer
ence to the adjacent fixed stars when viewed
from opposite sides of the earth, its paral
lactic angle can be measured with consider
able nicely, and upon that result the scale
upon which the solar system is constructed
may be slightly modified, and the distance
from the earth to the sun correspondingly
increased or diminished.
The period of revolution of the new planet
DO is 645 days, while that of Mars is 6s7
days, but the orbit of the former is so &C.
centric, almost comet-ike, that while it ap-
proaches 22000,0 600 miles closer to the earth's
orbit than Mars at its nearest point, it re-
cedes nearly as far beyond the orbit of Mars
at its remotest point. DO therefore crosses
the orbit of Mars twice during each revolu-
ton around the sun, but its orbit is inclined
at such high angle to the ecliptic that lhc
two planets never get within 2l 600, 900 miles
of each other.
And yet its orbit is so peculiarly linked
with that Of Mars that when its motions are
viewed from the surface of Mars DO will
sometimes be seen over the equator and
sometimes over the poles. Sometimes DO
is between Mars and the sun and some
times Mars is between DO and the sun.
The period of DO is 30l7ths Of the earth's,
hence it performs seventeen revolutions
while the earth performs thirty. A very
favorable opposition took place in January,
1894, when DO was between the sixth and
seventh magnitudes and was barely visible
to keen, unaided eyes. 1t was then about
100000 miles from the earth and it will
not approach so near us again until January,
1924, after lapse of thirty years.
The earth will next overtake the little
planet in November, 1900, when it will be
about 81 ,000,000 miles distant and will be of
the eighth magnitude a similar opposition
will not again occur till the year 1917. When
at the farthest opposition it is a twelfth
magnitude star.
The diameter of DO is variously estimated
at from twelve to seventeen miles. If we
knew the light rejecting power of its sur
face its diameter could be determined with
greater precision.
A query arises: Is it possible that an as
teroid moving in an orbit interlinked with
that of Mars, but less inclined to the plane
of its orbit than DO, might at one of its
close conjunctions be captured by Mars and
be transformed into a satellite? Did the
Martian satellites originate in that mannerg
Was Barnards fifth satellite of Jupiter thus
captured? WM. H. KAl,
Los Angeles, December 8, 1898.
The herald., 1898-12-11

The domain of Achilleon, in Corfu, has
been bequeathed by the Empress Elizabeth
to her eldest daughter, the Archduchess
Gisela. wife OF Prince Leopold of Bavaria.
Achilleion is one of the most magnificent
royal residences in the world, ana it is said
that l5,0G0.000 francs was expended by the
empress in building and decorating the pal
ace and in laying out the beautiful grounds
aud gardens
The herald., 1898-12-11
Miss Pratt closed the race with 1882,
Sister Angela following with 1888, Miss
Sabine 9259, Professor Housh 1926, Father
Linn 1916, Mrs. Dubois 1854, and several
thousand more votes divided all along the line.
Now the old ballot is in, all can see the situa-
ton plainly.

yesterday morning
o'clock night ballots
dtion those the mail quite
bringing keeping
the Lead
fully 80
Sabine
quantities. ballot
o hundreds until
of the prizes they will with friends
membership would $50
number Saturday handsome China
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-13
A WAIL PROM ID


The editor OF the LOrdsburg Liberal ID
bemOaning the fact that part OF the
work Of the Albuquerque high school IL
being done at the university. The terri
tory is being taxed. 40 he claims, TO sup
port the high school OF this city. HI
puts Il sven stronger than that and calls
1t robbery. Let us look at the facts Just
a moment. The university Is equlppeC
with teachers and facilities TO teach tn
youth Of New Mexico. Pupils from Al,
buquerque. II they can meet require
ments, have Just al much right 70 entel
the university as pupils from any Othel
part OF the territory. SO instead OF be.
ing robbers, W are taking only that
which is rightfully ours.
The wall from Kedzie reminds us very
much Of the poor, unkept, ill.fed, donkey
that came TO q fence inelOsing a pasture
in which there were several sleek. fat,
dOnkeys. The first one, in that pleasant
voice, for which the donkey is noted,
said:
"0h, you fellows In there are nothing
but rObbersl You are getting all you
can eat, and out here ! can hardly gel
enough to keep M alive, but Of course
you are not kicking about that"
go around 10 the gate, friend, II Ii
open" replied some one from the field
"And come in. This pasture Is for every
body. We have a right to 1t and 80 have
you Come In and be n OF US"
Moral: Don't bray till you have some
thing 10 bray about.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-13
ARnY RrnnnAnIzArIoN

A dis steh from Washington states
that II has about been settled by the
officials OF the var department that
when congress meets they will recon-
mend the establishment Of the regular
army upon a basis OF 10000 men. II is
said that the soldiers at Manila will be
included In the new organization, az
we'll as those now located at Honolulu,
and those who will be stationed In Porto
Rico and In Cuba.
When the WAT broke out the regular
army consisted Of about 5000 men aud
1000 officers. Most OF the companies
however. were mere skeletons, some Of
them having only afty men apiece, sc
that In many commands there wa
scarcely a eOrpOral's guard for the Officers
set 10 drill them. II this new plan Of
reorganization Is attempted II ought Il
be undertaken In a way 10 produce re-
su Is An army OF 70, 900 men without
a general staff and a system which will
allow IL 10 be- expanded TO a strength Of
100000 or 100000 will simply DO the old
system on a larger scale.
The company unit which prevails In
Europe OF $50 men should be adopted 81
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-13
SAVE YOUR SAMPLES.
The Chief makes a Special Exlbil OF our
Resources at Albuquerque Pair.


The sacramento Chief. 30 advertise the
rich aud varied resources OF this section
Of New Mexico, will make a special eX
hibtt OF the products Of tle country at
the territorial fair at Albuquerque, be
ginning september %, and TO this end
we ask the assistancs OF n reaters in
gathering the samples.
Secure such samples Of the products OF
your locality and placing a tag with
your name on them: bring them to this
office or leave them NJ mi OF the places
named below where they will be called
Tor about September ~. Samples for ex-
hibition may be- left NJ either VI the fol
lowing places OF at this office:
+. II. Fleming's store, Weed; J. ID.
Buuting's store, Weed; b. Cleye's store,
Err; Goes store, Upper PenascO; Pine
Springs postOtioe; h n. WOoten's, FIRES.
nal; r. X. Stuaft's livery stable, La Luz;
Sweet ClaytOn's store, ~fularOsai X. W.
Browns store, TularOsa; Frank l. Otis,
M~escaleTo; Dr.. j. n. Blazer, M~escaierO; j.
". Prude'B store, RindOsa; z. q. Peters
store, Angus; 5. T. Gray's store, Gray
(SalRdol.
We want samples OF everything that
will represent u products, such ~ grain,
iluihs 'VkNAooA,of haJ' ,'v"if miuus"i7
etc. the collection after being eXhibite >
vt Albuquerque will be- shipped elsewhere
for exhibition. zach section will be
classified and the name OF the donor and
postOtice will be placed or each article.
Don't forget 10 have your samples AT
one OF the places named by september IL,
and will provide a way TO receive them
Bring a. many specimens OF the products
Of the country ~ possible, (Only y small
sample OF each will dol and we will show
10 the world what a rich and productive
country we haye.-SacramentO Chief.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-13


Jerome. Arizona, which was wtped out
by Gre on Sunday was a typical mining
camp and one OF the most c%uriOusly stu.
ated Of any town In the world.
II was literally built on a huge ledge,
thousands Of feet above the valley OF the
Verde river, yet more than q thousand
feet below the summit OF the mountain
10 the side Of which the little village
seemed TO cling desperately. One side Of
many OF the homes rested on stills.
There were several substantial business
houses built OF brick, two and three
stories high.
Jerome was reached by a branch line
from Jerome Junction. on the Santa Fe,
Phoenix 81 Prescott railway.
The railway station at Jerome is ad.
jacent TO the Jerome Mining company's
extensive works. These are three quar-
ters Of a mile above the town itself, the
town being reached by a tOrtuous and
narrow railway after one leaves the sta
ton.
The separation Of the works and smelt-
ers, with their accompanying large mum.
Der OF boarding houses and small shacks,
from the town. saved these from being
destroyed. II was a lively town, wat
Jerome. The greater portion Of the
buildings were owned by the Jerome
Copper Mining company.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-13
A VoIOE FROM ROsWELL

Hon. @. A. Richardson, a well-known
and popular attorney OF Roswell, passed
through nj Paso the other day, en- route
70 attend the United States and district
courts at Las Cruces. He was interviewed
a. follows by a reporter n the III PasO
Times.
Roswell and the surrounding country
was never In u more prosperous cODdi-
ton than II IL experiencing to-day. The
PecOs Valley 4 Northeastern road Ia
building n line from Roswell 10 Amarillo,
q distance OF 2l0 miles. TO connect with
the Union Pacific and Santa fe. The
farming, cattle and fruit interests ART
the backbone OF our section. Ours II
the champion apple producing section o.
the west. We have n apple orchard
alone, OF 500 acres and the crop this
year IL a heavy one. Artesian water II
being found Ia abundance eyerywher'
around Roswell, aud that stimulates the
tide OF immigration and encourages ouI
farmers 10 keep constantly increasing
the acreage OF their land under cultiya.
ton. The other day I'D. Hagerman sOlC
a 600 acre farm 10 j. p. White for $50,
900 All OF the land IL under cultiya'
tiOn and II IL a very handsome farm.
worth every dollar Mr.. White gave for
IL. The newest pee with Roswell Is our
new territorial military school with IL
handsome new buildings and superb
,Orps OF teachers. Ths school opened its
drst term the other day with eighty fyt
pupils In attendance; more. really, than
the buildings can conveniently accom-.
mOdate. Zach OF the eighteen counties
In the territory 10 allowed 10 send one
cadet 10 the school free"
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-13

once This allows an immense margin
for loss. sickness OF ine6%nciency. For
regular service the companies need not
be maintained IT above 100 men. but i'm
mediately upon hostilities commencing
eRch organization can be brought up to
the legal g andard. and In such csses the
raw recruits would be given the import
ant benefits OF the steadiness and expert.
ence Of the regulars.
An army OF 1900 men organized In
this way with an efficient stsff and some
method Of keeping politics out Of It,
could within a month be raised 10 an
efficient force Of 250.OOj without dlm.
Guilty. Something Of this kind will have
10 be done or the 1rst serious val we ct
into will result in disaster to our arms.
Our experiences In Cuba have demon
strated the fact that the American army
organization Is entirely az fault, and II
will not do 10 continue II any longer.
Il Is time that practical military men
took bold Of the subject, and II the OH
cisls OF the war department are wise
they will convene a board consisting Of
the leading commanders in the late con
6ict and adopt their views The subject
Is one that politicians cannot handle,
and President Mckinley sh 9uld not let
them handle IL.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-13

1T Is learned from a gentleman, In a
letter TO a friend here, that the situation
at Whipple Barracks, as 10 the miserable
condition Of the guard house and grub
has been greatly exaggerated by news
paper correspondents, and instead every
thing is as rosy nj the barracks as anyone
enllsting as a soldier ought TO expect
The gentleman writing the letter visited
the barracks to see for himself, and he
states emphatically that all the com
plants ~ 10 the bad condition Of affairs
and the poor treatment OF the priyates by
officers m from those who pay no at
tentiOn TO discipline and generally kick
up a row" to hear the officers sQueal.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-13
Laid 10 Rest.


w.. G. M%OntfOTt, secretary OF Harmony
lodge, No. II, l. o. o. H., received this
morning q copy OF the Daily Herald,
published at Key West, Florida, with the
following article marked:
To be- 5000 miles from home. sick In a
hospital, 10 see most OF your comrades
leave you OF a Transport, 10 be left be.
hind with those too sick 10 be removed"
10 be q stranger In 3 strange land, and yet
keep quiet and uncOmplalningly submit
10 the inevitable, Is a trait OF character 10
be envied by all. Yes, 10 die with perhaps
not a relative In 1000 miles OF you, is not
even pleasant 10 think about. ALI these
thoughts, and more, ran through our
minds as we followed the last Rough
Rider OF our city 10 a quiet grave In the
growing rock In the beautiful 0dd Eel
lows lot In u cemetery. Under these
circumstances every word spoken, song
sung and prayer offered TO the God who
Ia not far from any. took on a new mean
ing. The choir sang beautifully "Sleep
Thy Last Sleep" and abide With Me-"
One soldier remarked that he had never
witnessed 80 impressive "A funeral Of a sol
der. We felt glad that Rough Rider
Frank Il. Booth, OF Albuquerque, n, NJ,
wa an Odd Fellow; we we're glad we
we're Odd FellOws. too. IL seemed 10
atone somewhat Tor the absent relatives
and friends far, far away. Perhaps our
quarantine, seemingly unbearable, our
soldiers gone a v ten, our morning aud
evening bugle silent. our wounded gone
save a few, Our sailors gone, our noble
ships OF war %gOne-all contributed 90
make us see this procession OF band, Is.
land City Guards, soldiers and hospital
corps, Odd Fellows and Congregational
choir. with a few women who felt the
sadness Of the Occasion-I say, taken all
together, II left September l, 1898, a day
never to be forgotten 80 long a. life shall
last.
Tothee, our brother, from thy western home,
Spain,
Cuba's isle is free; thou art free-thou'st come
To thy rest. till the Master comes again.
A BROTHER.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-13
PRAISE Ray. A. ". Atkinson.
Paper ia Lisbon, ohio. Give Him COmpli-
mentary Notice.

The following complimentary notice
about Rev. a. W Atkinson, formerly pas
tor Of the Methodist church in this city,
appeared In the Lisbon. Ohio, Journal,
where he Is stationed at present:
Yesterday morning a goOd-sized con
%gregatiCn at the local "a. n. church
heard a most powerful sermon by the
pa.tOr, Rev a. W. Atkinson. The sub
i,ct was The Divine 5uniciency," and
was handled In aa original anu effective
manner. In the evening a much larger
congregation was present ~ uraf nlm de-
liver the sixth anu nual sermon VI "A ser
les on "Bunyau's Pilgrim" Rev Adkin.
sou Will acCuYy the pupit Ia
thiB city but one more sunday be.
( re conference aud that viii be
on September nth. During his
pa-tOrate here he has gtA n uniyetsal sAt-
isiActiOn IA . pastor and "A preacher His
success Tor reaching the hearts Of the
people In 80 short a time has been Dhe
nOmenal and the effects OF the revival
meetings held under his direction last
winter are still noticeable. The mem
bsrship and pastor airs OF one mind and
WORK together. Th4t he be- returned an
other year Is the earnest desire OF all who
have come TO know him The church is
10 day in a prosperous condition ami all
that IL needed Is a man Of his ability to
lead them.