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Every man has show in life, but
few of them find it circus.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03
THE DOG DISTEMPER MICROBE.

From The London Chronicle
All lovers of dogs will rejoice with me that
at last the germ, microbe. Of diStempcr has
been discovered. DIR. cOpeman has succeeded in
isOating "A "cOccus' rounded form of mi
CrObe from the SecretiOnS of the lungs and nose
Of dogs suffering from the disease in question.
and with the Identification of the particular
bacillus to which the disease is due may hope
for the coming of the knowledge which will
enable us to prevent the ailment and save much
pain and suffering To canine friends. IL
appears that the search for the mcrObe of
distemper was carried by the late Everett
Millais some years ago. | have faint recOllec-
tiOn of reading an account of his Investigations,
but. believe they led To no definite conclusion;
such. at least. as Dr. Copeman has stated. The
coccuS of diStemper is easily cultivated by la
bOratOry methods. and a pure and strong culture
produces fatal effects in the dog But when the
strong culture is heated To tD degrees cent?
grade ana carbolc acid is added To ii a vaccine
is prepared The vaccine can be used Ia inocu-
late dogs, and SO to prevent them taking the
disease. EXI eriment has shown that puppies
thus vaccinata ID escaped infection whtn exposed
thereto. and dog breeders at home and abroad
assisting in the work Of the further elucida-
tion of the powers possessed by the vaccine
to confer immunity. and of the length of time
such protection may last.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03

the Star of bethlehem and what is known as
Tycho's Star. because II was first observed by
the astronomer Tycho Brahe In l512 The latter
appeared in the constellation CassiOpeia. and is
said to have been fully bright the planet
Venus is at it's best. The belief was enter
taned that these two stars the same, and
that the object variable with a period of
3ll years. Hence a reappearance of the Star
Of Bethlehem was predicted in 1886 Young
and other astronomers. however. discreited that
theory. With ,he possible exception of one seen
in l6oi by KepIer the temporary star which
appeared about ten days ago in Perseus is the
brightest in three centuries.
Only fifteen we'll attested outbreaks of this
character have been announced since Tycho's
day: and at least seven of these included in
the last thirty five years 1t would not he safe
Ia argue from these facts that the occurrence is
growing more frequent The true explanation
doubtless is that. with better apparatus for OBJ
servations. temporary stars are much more likely
To he discovered now than formerly. This sup
position will appear more credible when it is
remembered that practically all of the fifteen.
except the very latest. were much fainter than
Tychos star. and some of them We're invisible
To the naked eye. Some people can detect sixth
magnitude stars without optical aid but with
the majority the fifth magnitude is the limit of
visibility.
In May. 1876 star i'm the Northern Crown
flashed up to the second magnitude -Four days
later il had sunk To the third. and in nine days
il was out of sight unless one used "a telescope.
Ten years later another temporary star was dis
covered in the Swan. This never reached the
third magnitude and though it faded more
gradually than the just mentioned, il had
dwinded to the seventh magnitude within six
weeks The Andromeda nova" never got above
the seventh magnitude. and was not seen without
a telescope. while the new star in Norma was
not observed even with one. 1t was discovered
by the camera
Moreover. the photograph BY means of which
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03

jects moving in different. If not opposite.
directions. Thirdly. the double spectrum gen
orally becomes single one after time. and il
appears that it is the nebulous type of spectrum
that lasts the longest. Moreover telescopic OBJ
servation of Nova Aurge by Barnard. after its
resuscitation, seemed to prove that the star had
assumed the form of tiny, round nebdla. Of
the class called planetary" by astronomers.
number of theories have heen advanced te
explain the sudden appearance of starlike OBJ
jects in the heavens. which soon fade into moth
ingnesS. one of the most recent. and perhaps
the most perfectly fitting the observed facts.
is that of Secliger. proposed after Nova Aurisss
mad. its appearance. IntersteIlar space is Oc-
cupied here and there by shapeIess aggresae
tions of exceedingly diffuse and rarefied matter
Somt. of these nebup can be seen. and some
cannot. There invisible nebulse. just as
there are invisible stars The impOssibility of
seeing the latter may be due in some instances
To distance and smalIness, but In others il is at
tributahle their temperature When a star
grows cold it ceases To shine. but it exists Just
the same Moreover. the old notion about these
celestial objects remaining stationary. implied
in the term fixed stars is regarded az
erroneous Ii is believed the stars all have q
motion of their own. III. then of these dark
suns should encounter nebula in its path the
resulting friction might produce light well as
warmth Tn" solid body might not be heated
To any great depth, but. like meteorite in con-
tact with tn terrestrial atmosphere. it might
grow incardcscent the surface After few
days il would cool down again and lose its
luminosity. The temperature of the nehula
would be raised also. or. at least, that portion
which came in contact with the colossal projec-
tile that pierced it, This. too. would shine for
time whose length would depend upon circum-
than the solid sun-it would recover from the
effects of the collision. so far as mortal eye or
optical Instruments could tell This hypothesis
Is perhaps the most satisfactory yet advanced
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03

man that / know of living the life OF
wealthy gentleman Of leisure at Jackson Mi0"''
who made his fortune out OF one oi ti'
panoramas OF New-YOrk- IL was a series oi
views of all the principal th"roushlafeS an"
buildings of the city, and the Snowman OF 'iie
lec,urer-used make up talks to acc"i'lpa"S
the exhibition. His name is Pratt II you "'ih'
10 know it, But that was "A long uihe as'' ''''
of IN. interesting facts was about the spire of
Old Trinity the tallest spire on TINS continent
an those DAYS New-York had powerful fasci-
nation for those who lived outside IT,
..what has killed the old fashioned panorama
g., oil this kinetoscope business-the biograph
nu,oscope yitascope and all of them Specta-
TORS have acquired a taste for Photographic
pictures They like to think they are looking AT
actual shadows of the scenes that interest theh
-Philippines war. South African war, streets Oh
New-York. whatever it may be
Major Pond of course WIS speaking of Ameri-
can spectators in general; ne expressed an
opinion about the panoramic shows which
formed an attractive and. in many points,
highly artistic feature of last years Paris Ex-
position. 1t is his business. as we'll as the
strong natural bent of his mind. TO be ever alive
20 the newest fashion of the hour in popular
amusement and what happened on this particu-
lar day to have attracted his attention most
strongly was the prevailing passion for euchre
among women. and its results. actual and pos
sble.
What / really want To talk about just now.
he said lis the continuous performance euchre.
This rage for euchre among the women is some
thing wonderful. IL has started up whole in
oustry all by itself. To supply euchre parties.
Look at all these department stores selling fancy
articles-thats all to supply euchre prizes. Then
there is all the trade in those little tables for
playing on: one department store manager told
me the other day that he had just got in twelve
hundred dozen Of those tables in a carload. Do
you know that the old style patterns Of playing
cardS are being superseded by cards with pretty
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03

the existence of Nova Norma was learned by
Mrs Fleming at the Harvard Observatory
showed not star disks. but star spectra.
prism in front OF the object glass broke up each
little point of light in the field covered by the
plate into tiny rainbOws cross barred with lines
that betrayed it's composition. And as the photo
graph was only one of an immense series. taken
in South America, it was not critically examined
until several months had elapsed. Another
nova that in Sagittarius. discovered in pre-
cisely the same manner and by the same pers N.
seems to have got little above the fifth mag
nitude- When detected in photographs of star
spectra nearly year later it possible TO
obtain glimpse Of ii at Cambridge with a tele-
scope. Its magnitude was then %. and a few
days later only ia The star discovered
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03

states on Monday. has rented the house former
ly occupied by Belamy Storer. at present United
States Minister to Spain II is on the south
east corner OF Seventeenth-st and Rhode ISL
and-ave in fashionable section Of the city.
The gift OF the people 10 Admiral Dewey can be
seen from Colonel ROosevelt's window. b,.ing
just the street in the next block The
home of Secretary Of War Root is in the same
square. and many Senators. Representatives and
other officials of the Government live in the i'm
mediate neighborhOOd
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03
SUNDAY. MARCH 3. 1901.

angels and Sunday school pictures on the backs :?
All to suit the taste of the good women.
II want TO see some one start Continuous
Performance Euchre Palace. Then any woman
who happened to have a spare hour at any time
of the day needn't be at loss for something to
do to put in her time. She could just drop in
at the nearest continuous euchre-and perhaps
she might win prize"
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03
PANORAMAS.
rEEY ARE RELOCATED TO THE LIMO OF
THE OUT OF DATE. SAYS MAJOR POND
his CONTINUOUS EUCHRE" IDEA.

If there is one man anywhere who ought tc
know more than any other what has become Of
once popular shows now apparently dead and
gone that man is Major James b. Pond the
impresaro of the lecture platform. IL was by
reason of his reputation in this field Of expert
ence that a Tribune reporter went tn Major
Pond the other day for enlightenment on the sub
ject OF the good, old fashioned panorama-good.
that is, in the eyes Of the publics of former gen
erations. Has the panorama as il was i'm the
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03
CELESTIAL FLASHLIGHTS.
STARS THAT BLAZE UP SUDDENLY AND
THEN DIE OUT.

THE ONE IN PERSEUS.
The abrupt appearance of a star where none
seen before and its disappearance shortly
afterward have always been the cause of pro-
found amazement both to the learned and the
unlearned. especially when, was the in
Palestine nineteen centuries ago. the phenOm-
enOn has occurred simultaneously with some
event Of great terrestrial interest. Two of the
most famous OutburStS of this character were
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03
AN ALTERNATIVE CONCLUsION.
'rO.n The BostOn Courier.

From The Boston Courier.
A Jersey farmer visiting NewYOrk stood look
ing at a sign in a bookstore window: Dickens
Works All This Week For Two Dollars" Wal"
he remarked my 'pinion is that that Dickens
feller is either a mighty poor workman or else
he's confounded hard up for q job.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03

in Auriga late in Jan
uary. 1892. by the
same DIR. Anderson. Of
Edinburgh, who re-
ported Nova Persei a
few days ago. has
been particularly in
teresting to- aStIOn-
OmerS for two reasons.
Having fallen from
the fifth to the six
teenth magnitude in
about six months. il
suddenly re gived. and
rose to the tenth mag
nitude, where it lin
gereC fOI at least a
year. This was an un-
precedented perform
ance. and il compli-
Gated the already pro-
found mystery that
surrounds these stars.
In the next place, no
nova" has ever been
scrutinized so closely
and pers.stently with
Z he spec I rO5 ,Ope.
Hence il has yielded
more information than
any other TO the in
v, stigator.
One of the most
significant revelations
made by the instru-
ment Just referred 10
is that at least two
bodies are concerned
in these displays. be-
cause there are two
moe or less distinct
spectra One strongly
suggests an incan-
descent but solid OBJ
jeCt. and the other a
nabulOIs mass. In the
next place. in at least
one instance, the dis
placement of lines in
these two Spectra in
dicated that the OBJ
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03

seventies. W { h i I 5
elaborate oil painted
canvases Of dissolving
views and accessories
of church bells. can
non and stage thIn-
der. rolled away from
the eyes Of the public
forever. or does il.
perhaps. still flourish
and attract crowds in
regions more remote
from the incessant
rush and turmoil of
material progress?
"The old time pano-
rama c ert in Y is
dead" said the Major.
There is not h ing
more to be made out
OF that business. i
don't know W h ere
there is one working
anywhere. AS to what
has become Of them. /
cad't give you much
Information a b u I
that. There vas one
panorama that Arte-
mus Ward had over In
Europe and made q
good thing out Of.
we'll, / bro lght II back
over here. and. by the
latest information i
have Of il. IL Is in
the possession OF Wal
ter Pelham. here in
NeW-York- The o. q
Gettysburg panorama
which once drew such
big crowds. used 10 be
up here on Fourth
ave, near Nineteenth
St; 1 don't k now
where il is now.
"There was plenty
of money made in that
line of show business
In former days Right
now there Is one rich
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03
LAMY STORER.

Washington. March Colonel Roosevelt. who
will he sworn in Vice-Presdent of the United
New-York tribune., 1901-03-03
THE VICE-PRESIDENT"S NOME.

COLONEL ROOSEVELT TAKES THE WASHINGTON
HOUSE FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY BEL
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-24
A Boer Prisoner Mt St. Helena.

From the Nineteenth Century.
"How could you face war;" 1 said to
a trembling old man of 65, who had vol
unteered to fight. II prayed to the Lord, ;"
he said; II gave myself and my family
to His care. And 1t was wonderful to see
how He strengthened us. There was not
a tear. One daughter carried my rife
the other my bandolier, and my wife (she
is 63), carried my bag. They were all
quiet; you would never have thought
was going away. I did soldiers duty;
I did what l had to do. 1t is strange
in the heat of a fight you do not care
what happens. You shoot, and you DO
not care. How 1t should come that
thing like that can happen l do not know,
but 1t does happen to a man. But, Oh
1t is bitter thing to think OF afterward!
When / think of what l saw all round me
I SILVER with horror. Believe me, ] can
scarcely keep the tears out of my eyes
at night when l think of the sufferings
l have seen. I grieve as much for tho
widows in England as for those OF our
own people. know am prisoner, and
must be obedient," he added. 81 have
my parole. and can go a little way out or
the camp and sit down quietly to read.
l am thankful they give me that liberty.
said a word of sympathy. 1T is well.
he answered gently, that we have the
Bible left"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-24

New York, Feb. 22.-No woman who
has been guest at any one of the great
country houses clarifying the face of our
noble land will fail to appreciate the
charms and usefulness of the coffee
Jacket. 1t has no relation 20 the historic
and debatable tea gown, because 1t is
worn at a wholly different function
from that at which the tea robe proper
~ makes its appearance
In the morning at country houses it is
the commendable custom to send to the
rooms of the guests silver trays set
with small, individual silver coffee equi-
pages. A slice or two OF toast, a dry
biscuit and an orange accompanies, as
a rule, each tray. and as che maid brings
In the little spread the guest arrays her
self in very fetching and fanciful SAX
petticoat, a pair Of quilted satin loung-
Ing shoes add a coffee Jacket OF gay
material and gracious pattern. IL IL
the soeiable custom, moreover, In eoun-
try houses for the smsrtly jacketed cot.
fee drinkers 10 gather, with their trays
and gossip, In some cosy boudolr, and
because ~ this custom che Jackets OF
the coffee lovers have grown In style
and splendor
These garments are ordinarily well
open In the throat but lonS-slsSved ana
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-24

easy to fit. Upon these general lines
the taste OF the individual jacket wearer
plays infinite variations. Three instruc-
tive examples are given. The first is a
pretty belted Jacket of pale yellow satin
surfaced foulard, adorned with a shoulder
band and cincture of golden brown panne
ribbon, which In turn is held in place
by big buttons of paste topaz. Mechlin
lace and yellow chiffon are the other
materials used. A worthy companion to
this is the flowing Jacket Of pastel pink
Liberty satin, garnished with yoke and
sleeves and broad revers OF imitation
tea tinted Irish lace. A broad satin
ribbon OF tint that exactly matches
the lace passes under the rsvers and
knots In front.
or very plant silk warp French IAN
mel hchen grey IN color. the third gar
ment Is constructed. Inside lining Of
baby blue Florentine silk is used and
undersleeves and jabot OF coarse grey
Malta lace form tie simple and effective
decoration. For next summer the orig.
inators Of delicate confess ons are making
sort cream batiste coffee jackets, frii.
led deliberately with vaisnciennes sdR.
ing and cooler stin will be the negii-
gees OF glace china silk. buttonholed In
seallops along tho edges and completed
with unasrsissyss OF tucked white silk
muslin.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-24
sHAKBsPEARE's BONES IN PAWN.
People of England Asked to Contrib
ute to Their Release.
From the Chicago journal

From the Chicago Journal
The entire theatrical world of England
has been stirred to indignation by the
knowledge Of a fact just discl. sed that
Shapespeare's church at Stratford-on-
Avon, where his remains lie under the
famous malediction, Is In debt for $500.
The London Morning Post has opened a
subscription for a fund to pay off this
debt, and many and generous have al
ready been the contributions to it. The
following vigorous letter from Wilson
Barrett, accompanying a check for $50,
Is typical of most of the commu icAti0ns.
He writes from Monte Carlo TO the editoe
of the Post:
In consequence of my absence from
England, your appeal for the money to
free Shakespeare's church from debt has
only now been read by me- and W tn it
MISS Marie Corelns admirable letter on
the same subject. AS one of many who
have found Shakespeare's works a source
OF great profit. I beg you to place the
inciosed $50 to the Mo n ng Post fund l.
in common with my Professional breth-
rem, have paid no au'hcr's fees for the
performance Of Shake peare's sublime
works. and my contribut on may be ac-
cepted as CONSCIENCE money ard payment
of debt to the poets memory. Miss
Marie Corelli apty | s it "a nat o lal
debt I agree with her entirely. The
old conven.ent evasi-n of appeal for a
monument to Shakespeare, viz. that he
lives forever in his works, and needs no
monument will not hold good in this case.
Shakespeare's church-and with it his
grave-is in debt, otherwise IN pledge, for
beggarly f700 This nat onal debt is a
national disgrace. In no other country in
the civilized world could such a thing
be possible. The church, Shakespeare's
house and Ann Hathaway's cottage
should be the property and care of the
nation. If the ma ion refused to do its
duty and acquire these prec Gus m0ments
OF her greatest son, at least one may be
permitted to hope that the public will
subscribe enough to get his bones out Of
pawn. Yours, ETC. Wilson Barrett"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-24

II you will I'll never say Nor to any wo-
man who comes to me all my life long?
MY error 10 trying to barter with my
Maker must have been forgiven, for my
prayer was answered witn4n week
while there are many women scattered
through the land who know that l have
faithfully k pit my part of that bargain,
and no woman who has sought my aid
has ever been answered with d Nor
One day Blanche greeted me with the
news that extra ballet girls were want
ed, and told me that 1 must go at once
and get engaged.
But" l said. maybe they won't take
me-"
We'll" answered she. "I've coaxed
your mother. and my mother says she'll
look out for you-so, at any rate, go and
see. I'll take you tomorrow!
And, so dimly, vaguely, l seemed TO
see a way opening out before me. and
again behind the locked door I knelt and
said: Dear Godl Dear God!' and got no
further, because grief has many words
and Joy has so few
The school term had closed on Friday,
and on Saturday morning. with my heart
beating a most to suffccaion, | aited
out to walk to the theater W tn Blanche,
who had promised to ask Mr.. FL sler (the
manager) to take me on in the ballet.
When we reached the Sidewalk we saw
the sky threatened rain. and Blanche
sent me back for an umbrella. ! had
none of my own so / borrowed one from
Mrs. Miller (our landlady), and at sight
of 1t my comparion broke into laughter.
1t was a dreadful affair. with knobby.
unkind handle, a slovenly and corpulent
body, and a circumference, when open,
that suggested the idea that 1t had been
built TO shelter not only the landlady,
but those wise ones Of the boarders. who
had paid up before the winds
rose and the rain fell. Then we
proceeded to the old Academy of Music
on Bank street. and entering, went up
stairs, and just as we reached the top
step a small dark man hurried across the
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-24
PART I.
Copyright 1901 by The S. s. Mcclure Co


If this simple tale is to be told at all
It may as we'll begin at the beginning
and in the good old-fashioned and best
Of all ways, thus: Once upon time. in
the Canadian city Of Toronto. on the nth
of March, the sun rose bright and clear.
which was a most surprising thing for
the sun to do on ST. Patr.ck's Day; but
while the people were yet wondering
over It the sunlight disappeared. clouds
of dull gray spread themselves evenly
over the sky, and then the snow fell-feu
fast and furious. quickly whitening
streets and housetops, softly lining every
hollow. and was piling little cushions on
top OF all the hitching posts, when the
flakes grew larger. wetter, farther apart.
and after little hesitation turned to rain
"a sort of walk trot -gallop rain. which
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-24

After careful and patient investiga-
lion the Historical Committee OF the So
that Jan. "a, is4s. was tina exact date OF
lanes w. Marshall. The gold was nrst
found In the rock bed OF the taiirace Of
The Suffer sswnill st co.oma on the
south fork OF the American river. Mar
shall himself made three or four differ
Ing statements OF the data The commit
tee was unanimous 10 ttn deciGlon.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-24
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
CLARA MORRIS.
HER YOUTH ONE OF DESPERATE
AND TRYING POVERTY.

with Dramatic PathOH and HumOr
Miss Morris Describes Her First
Appearance Behind the FOOtlights.
She Tells of the simple Modest
Ballet Dresses Worn Years Agoj
of Her Funny Initiation Into
FIeshlnEs; of Her One Lesson In
Facial "Make-Up" and How She
showed the Star, MIR. McDOnOugh.
What "Saucy Eyes" Could Really
Do.