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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-15
Especial washington letter.

Hn ing Missour's way just now.
The battleship Missouri turns
out TO he the fastest of all our
fighting leviathans, which will forev-
er be matter of ineffable pride to all
who bear the proud title Of Missourian.
Wherever her flags fly the magnificent
commonwealth for which she Is called,
as well rs the puissant republic which
she serves, will be known and honored
throughout the earth. H
A new honor for the state Is that she
is about TO erect the handsomest and
most commodious supreme court build
ing in the world. This Is in keeping
with the eternal fitness Of things, for
Edward Everett, who had travelled
much and was a Judge Of things, de-
clared that the site of the Missouri
state capitol Is the finest on the whole
face Oh the earth.
Both these are matters for congrat-
ulation.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-15
The Woes of the Taxpayer
the exasperated officers.
By Governor E. c. STOKES of New Jersey

OAT the taxpayer is suffering from high and is
E threatened with INCREASED valuations Our tax rate
~ in many per cent sixtytwo districts
22 in fifteen and in few per Do
you believe that capital and property pay per
AND GIVE AN HONEST ACCOUNT OF ITSELF? Are not
euch practical eonaon Are leaving
large cities and seeking the districts of residence
order escape these INTOLEABLE burdens2 that
something done FOR TIE TAXPAYER in this humanitarian
Gge2 from 81 80
that ppope sand The protects property vaua
tons The Jaw fixes limitation bonded indebtedness SHOULD
NOT THE LAW LIMIT THE TAX RATE?
New Jersey leads all the in the Union good roads
justice prover Her record IN peace and in
LET HEB EXAMPLE THE eETTLEMENT OF THE
PROBLEM TAXATION THAT sr3vEs 5oTl TAXPAYERS
iErEREers AID THE DICTATES or cclaMoN
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-15
In the Realm OF Politics. rNt

There's SO much bad in the best. OF. u
There's SO much good i1l the worst Q
It's hardly right that any Of us,
Should talk about the rest Of
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-15

Ex-Governor James Fl. Peabody for
rome unaccountable reason has Issued
a congratulatory address to the people
of Colorado on their prosperity. Just
why he snpposes that anybody wants
to hear from him is mystery. What
he needs to do is to court obscurity.
Last November the voters OF the Cen
tennlai State showed their opinion Of
himvby showing him under. That he
helped steal the governorship for an.
other doesn't help his status.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-15

HE foundation of American prosperity and progress
cheap land fresh mines flowing oil wells or virgin
forests THE REAL FOUNDATION is the efficiency
of the American work BY different social philosophers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

disc with the aid of telescope. Like Jupiter and Saturn, Neptune is exceed ingly light, a cubic foot Of Neptune weigh the earth, from which 1t is supposed that the planet is still intensely hot and in gaseous or vaporized state. It will be re- membered that Neptune was discovered by it's pull on the planet Uranus, and that it's size and position in the sky were known with perfect accuracy before it had even been discovered with the tele- scope. There is some evidence that the motion of Neptune is being similarly dis turbed by still more distant planet but Neptune moves very slowly, it's year being 164 of our years long, that this question cannot be thoroughly investigat- ed for some time to come. If another body is there, there Is not the slightest doubt that 1t will some day be discovered mathematically, just as Neptune has been unless, indeed, 1t is accidentally picked up with the telescope. For this far dis tant world, whose journey around the sun may occupy centuries. the appropriate name Chronos or the Timekeeper has been suggested.
 The stars marked D, in Fig. ?, are beautiful double stars one marked T is a triple and also varies in brightness about one whole magnitude every ten days.
 The planet Jupiter is ~till in Taurus westward motion among the stars will
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cease the 24th of the month and it will
 begin to move slowly eastward again
 This planet is now the most interesting object in the sky to the owner of a small
 telescope. The rose tinted bands lying nearly parallel to the equator and the
 great variety of irregular markings are plainly visible and will be seen rapidly shifting their positions as the planet turns on it's axis. Near the planet there will be detected four little points of light
 which are the four brightest moons of Jupiter, and these too, will be seen con- stantly altering their positions as the hours go by. The swiftly turning planet with its retinue of satellites is one of the most beautiful and interesting of all the objects in the heavens.
 The moons of Jupiter frequently pass behind the planet and disappear from view. Since Jupiter shines merely by reflected sunlight, just our moon does. it is attended by an enormous, conical shadow stretching out into space directly , away from the sun. The motion of the moons frequently carries them into this shadow and they are then eclipsed Fig
 shows on the proper scale this shadow with the orbits of the moons of the
 planet. On nearly every night of this month one or more moons may be seen
 to De eClDStu DJ pdSSlilB l1itO tIlS SlieiuoW.
 1t was from these eclpses that the
 velocity of light was discovered by the
 Danish Astronomer Roemer in 1875. Since
 the earth moves about the sun in an
 orbit 1s5 millions of miles in diameter it follows that our distance from Jupiter
 varies by just this amount. Now 1t Is
 noticed that when we are nearest the
 planet the eclipse of his moons occur
 Sm 19s early, and when we are farthest
 away just Sm 19s late. As we draw near
 the planet the eclipse occur earlier and
 earlier and as we recede they fall more
 and more behind time. Evidently this
 will be fully accounted for by assuming
 that the light by which we view the
 satellites requires an appreciable time to
 make the journey to us It is found that when we increase our distance from
 Jupited 1855 million miles, the eclipses oc-
 cur just 16m 3ss late, from which the velocity of light is found to be 186, BOG miles per second.
 Fig shows the moons as they will appear at 10 o'clock p. m., eastern time on six different dates during the month It will be noticed that on the 18th, 25th and 30th the outer moon is at a great , distance from the planet. In small telescope or even in a good pair of opera glasses. it will then be clearly visible. The New Comet.
 On November F a bright new comet was discovered by Dr. Schaer of Geneva Switzerland It was then within four de- grees of the North Pole of the heavens
 and in extraordinary rapid notion so
 that by December 4, 1t had passed entirely
 across the sky to a point below the
 equator. The path of this body between
 November IT and December 4, is shown
 in Fig. | It was small, round, woody
 object without any tall, which had passed
 around the sun on October IS, and is now
 rapidly recedng from us. Unfortunately at the time this paper Is written Decem-
 Der 4.) it's motion during January cannot
 be predicted. ERIC DOOLITTLE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
 THE HEAVENS IN JANUARY

 BY PROF. ERIC DooLITTLE.

the University PennsvaniThe New Comet Discovered Cross,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
ELECTRICITY ON WARsHIPs.
Wonderful Appliances in Use in Re-
 cent Military Operations.

From the New York Tribune.
 No better example of the increasing importance of electrical appliances in modern warfare is afforded than the ex- tensive use made of the wireless telegraph and telephone in the operations of the armies and navies of Russia and Japan. Not only were the various units of the opposing armies kept in constant com munication with headquarters by means of field telegraphs and telephones but the ships of each fleet were in communf- cation by means of the wireless telegraph.
 The modern man-of-war represents a thorough and up-to-date equipment coy- ering the entire field of electrical ingenn- itv. An abundant power plant supplies current for lighting the entire ship, for the searchlights. for an elaborate system of night signals, and for the wireless tel egraph; the battleship has It's engine room telegraph from bridge and pilot house. where the simple movement or a lever gives minute directions for the handling of the ship. There is likewise a com plete telephone system to all parts of the vessel.
 The telautograph, or writing telegraph. is a newer factor in communicating the messages and orders. By means Of an electrically operated pen at one end or the line 1t transmits the exact fac simlle of handwriting. or even sketches, made at the other end. It's use is now well es- ta plished in railroad and other offices, as well as in banks, department stores, and other places. Electric power is also widely used on the modern battleship in connection with the steering gears ammu- nition hoists, ventilating machinery, and turning the turrets. To limited but steadily growing extent electricity is suppanting other sources of heating for cooking and heating on shipboard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

a very irregular manner from the $ magnitude to the 8Ha magnitude. the com plete period being about 43S days.
 Besides these the observer should not fail to examine the cluster at F. nor the sextuple star at N, enveloped by the mag nificent Nebula of Orion.
 The Planets.
 The very rapid eastward motion or Mars still continues so that it will re- main well visible throughout the entire month It is too low down in the vest however and too far away from us for the markings on the disc to be made out, or for the two moons to be seen. In the telescope the planet now appears very far from round, resembling the moon when about four days from full.
 Saturn is an excellent object for oo- servation in the early evening; it does not set until half past s, and as the stars are clearly visible in midwinter by 5 O clock it may be well examined for two or three hours after sun set. The rings are now slowly closing up because we are moving toward position from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

Greater Dog star Sirius, star which appears to us to be the most brilliant of all the stars of the sky, although actually it is not remarkably bright. Its great brilliance is caused partly by it's compar- atve nearness to us, only two or three others having, so far as is yet known, a smaller distance The star is about three times as large as our sun and it Is forty times brighter, it is approaching us at the rate of nearly ten miles a second.
 A little above Sirius and to the east another very brilliant bluish star will at once be noticed. This is the Lesser Dog star. Procyon, which is also a great sun even larger than Sirius. though not act ually so bright. It is but slightly far ther away from LIS than the Greater Dog star, and is. like that body. rapidly ap- proaching us, it's velocity being nearly six miles a second.
 The Milky Way will be seen appearing above the ground between the two Dog stars in the southeast, and enveloping
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

Keep the liver and kidneys in order Hoods Sarsaparila Is the remedy to regulate these organs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

 we will not view them exactly edgewise this year. During January their apparent width will decrease from 1-6th to 1-11th of their length
 The planet Neptune is in the constella- tion Gemini, directly below the bright star E, Fig. l, and east of the pair of stars at R. To enable the possessor of a small telescope to find this little body, the portion of the sky below E, is shown enlarged in Fig. 9 The planet will be seen as faint greenish, Sth magnitude star a little to the west of the yellowish star K. Neptune is a great world, 36OOO miles in diameter, moving slowly, and majestically about the sun at the in- conceivably great distance of 2s00 millions of miles. Viewed from this enormous distance Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars would be so close to our sun as to remain forever invisible, while the sun itself would look like a point of light and could only be discovered to have a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

 the beautiful Capella directly overhead. The point in which 1t meets the ground in the northwest is marked by the beau- tiful Northern Cross, which is now just beginning to disappear. to be seen no more until next May.
 Just below Orion may be traced out the two delicate little known, constella- tfons of Lepus or the Hare, and Colum- bfa or the Dove. The first of these is supposed to be fleeing from the hunter directly above, while the second is the dove set free by Noah, the ark being the small group of stars in the Milky Way to the east of Canis Major. The two highest stars of Lepus at A and B are both beautiful doubles, while that at c is triple. At the point D, almost in a straight line with A and c, there will be found a celebrated crimson star. This is described as looking like drop of blood on black field; it's brightness varies in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
WHAT ARE PROSPECTS OF
 HOME RULE FOR IRELAND
BY F. |. MONKS.

express themselves as being opposed to home rule does not at all imply that they would not pass home rule bill if the occasion required, in fact it is the his- tory of the house of commons that re- forms are preached by the liberals and granted by the conservatives who have time and again 'dshed the whigs' by adopting their platform.
 At the convention of the Irish National league held in Dublin on the 9th and 7th of this month John Redmond said that the cause of home rule was never more hopeful.
 ''The prospect opening before Ireland to- day. said he, lis one full of hope and full of possibilities, but to realize these hopes and possibilities you must depend upon yourselves" At this convention was read a cable message from Cardinal Moran of Sydney, Australia. expressing fullest confidence in the Irish party and it's leader, and the resolution unanimous ly adopted by the convention declared that the present system of government in Ireland is in opposition to the will of the people. Is deterimental to the country and productive of discontent and unrest.
 Under this present system of govern ment the population of Ireland has fallen from S000,000 in 1S46 to 1, ,250. GOO in 1905. Un- der lhlS system the taxation or Ireland has grown from $30,0o0000 in 1886, when the population was 50C0. .000 to s51, ,OOO, GOO in 1905, when the population Is 75OO00 less
 Home rule has become an absolute ne- cessty if the people of Ireland are to exist, and that necessity must be met. Campbell-Bannerman may ignore the question: Balfour may oppose it. Cham berlain may defy 1t and the political ostrichs declare 1t is dead but neither in- difference opposition, defiance nor nor tuary announcements can kill a spirit that has survived the atrocities of com merce and the persecution of centuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
~HE whole sky is now filled with the

-HE whole sky is now filled with the
 magnificent winter cancellations.
 Orion, or the Hunter the most striking group of all, is exactly south and will be easily recognized by the three very bright stars which form the hunters belt. Above Orion is the beautiful group Tau rus, or the Bull, and still farther up in the sky, almost exactly overhead, there shines out the golden Capella, a wonderfully bril- liant distant sun which emits 250 times as much light as our own sun does.
 To the east of Taurus is the beautiful mid-winter group, Germini or the Twins still further east the bright group Leo or the Sickle may be seen now entering the early evening sky for the first time this winter, while between Gemni and Leo there lies the strange, faint, little constellation Cancer, the faintest of all the groups of the Zodiac, through which the Chaldeans supposed that the souls of men descended from heaven into human bodies. Southeast of Orion's is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
EVENING DRESS PUZZLE.
When and When Not to Wear It Pux-
 zIes Average Man.

From the New York Press.
 New York may be the arbiter of fash ion and the arbiter of lot of other things to the provinces remarked the man who has some social recognition of a some what Bohemian character but 1t should do little arbterng on itself, l think, in the matter of how men should dress in the evening. Now, for example. l was invited to take a lady to dinner at one of those little eating places where only the invited are permitted to contribute their 60 centses to the table dhote. As it happened, l did not get back from an afternoon out-of- town trip until too late to dress, and hurried from the station to keep the en- gagement. very much perturbed in spirit as to my garb. The lady assured me my business clothes were good enough. thought it kind of her, but had my doubts. At the dinner not man was in evening clothes not even Tuxedo showed up. though the women were gowned quite elaborately.
 "The following evening I attended B club reception to some prominent middle western men, went In full evening dress. Nine-tenths of the men present wore plain clothes. l was sorry l was in evening clothes.
 I've should know what to do at even- ing functions in this town to secure some sort of uniformity in dress, so to speak. l have noticed that some thoughtful peo- pie, fin issuing their invitation to affairs. not utterly swagger. make q note in a corner of the card. evening dress" Now, why shouldn't this custom become so well observed that if the words were not on the cards mon should understand that they could dress as they pleased2 It once was that R. s. V. r. was not con- sidered form on q card, because II was thought everybody knew enough to form ally accept an invitation, but they didn't it seems and in these days 1t appears on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
Fixing the Limit.

From the Chicago News.
 Why" asked the fussy passenger, ''is this slow train called the limited ?''
 '"Cause, sah." explained the porter, "yer all ain't s'posed t gib de portah moh dan CT dollah tip at a time, sah."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

which we view them edgewise. This narrowing will continue until June 9,
 when their width will appear to be but one twentieth of their length, after which they will begin to open out again, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

Chairs and tables in cur store for sale at a sacrifice. Must move Jan. lst. Ven- able's, 2O6 N. 18th St.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-08
PRESS IS D;SPLEASED
Some st. Petersburg Journals Sore
at "Mr. ROOsevt It,"
ALSO AT John BULL.
American Principle Relative to Not
Allowing Enqnist's Vessels Make
Repairs at Manila Declared
~ BE Wrong.

St. Petersburg, June S.-The Rus
sian press. notably the EoVoe Eremy;t
and Russ. IT," latter Frequently reflect
mig the view of the foreign office dis
against the United States for enforce
ing the tWenty-fnur hour rule in tn
case of three Russian cruisers at
Manila. The Russ quotes American
neutrality regulations and contends
that President Roosevelt in applying
the principle that only injuries re-
ceived during storm and not in bat
tie can be repaired at American ports
not onl. nurroWs American regulA-
tons, but infringes on the recognized
principles of international law. The
paper declares that it ha.; official war;
rant for the statement that represent
tations have been made to Washington
on the subject
The Novot Vremya is exceedingly
sarcastic. After the slap at Great
>IlttIII lbI tll1 dIitSe'l nlttlticl III
which her vessels logged the Russian
fleet from the time 1T left trOnstAht
and for trying to force all powers TO
accept her Interpretation of rules of
neutrality, the Novoe Eremya declares
that President Roosevelt, whom 1t re-
fers to as "Mr Roosevelt" contains
mated by England's example. arbitrt-
rily interprets his own rules In a sense
faVOrab to Japan, adding: mir.
Roosevelt takes full advantage Of the
fact that Russia is helpless and pow
erless to do more than protest. The
Japanese minister Is reported to have
fastened to express his gratitude to
America for this act Of impartinlity,
which is partial to Japan. We trust
Mr.. Roosevelt Is satisfied with his sue
cess"
The admiralty. it can be stated. Is
recOnciled to internment Of the three
Russian cruisers at Manila. but OPP
poses the principle rule that W;;rships
injured in battle cannot repair their
machinery and boilers at neutral ports.
officials add that the friction over this
minor question would be exceedingly
unfortunate just at this time when
President Roosevelt is assuming the
delicate role Of trying to bring tn"
belligerents together.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-08
TRIBAL TAN
Creek Nation Citizens Confer a. St
Louis Over the Matter.

st. Louis. June S.-A committee of
citizens of the Creek nation arrive;
here to confer with President WAL
bridge of the BUSINESS Mems league
ard endeaVOr to persuade ST IInnls
merchants to assist in obtaining a stay
Of the secretary Of the inter inr's or
ner compelling the payment or tn'
tribal tax that is demanded Of the
Indian Territory merchants The com
mittee is on its way to Washington tc
have personal interview with Pre>i-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Hit, h
cock with regard to the tribal cont:u~
versy
w. Fl Hutchings Of Muskogee. alto, =
ney for the committee. discussed the
situation as follows: Ihe point o.
contention in the Creek Indian tribn
tax is that Stree the Indians through
out the United States government con-
scented to the setting apart Of tnVr
sites and Issuance Of patents to sucl
lands. and since under the Federal law
cities have been incorporated thoro is
no reason in justice or equity why :;
tribal tax should be p1I1 by tho white
citizens doing business on patentfd
lots in cOrp0lato1 cities or rOWns.''
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-08
SHIPPING TO JAPAN.
New Yorker Is Said to Be Sending
Muniticrs of War There.

Muniticrs Of War There.
San Francisco, June 81. r. Egan
of New York. now registered at loca!
hotel, has been in the city several
months off and on directing ship
ments of munitions of war to Japan.
It has been learned that he had charge
Of the secret shipment to Japan of the
fleet OF submarine boats that per-
formed such invaluable service in the
great naval battle in the Sea of Japan,
Egan Is the represent ltive Of a Japan
csc firm in New York which has been
the medium through which Japan has
been purchasing her material for war
fare.
The firm has not only operated at
this port, but has shipped tons Of war
material from Seattle and Victoria.
and it's only failure was the refusal Of
the local cusoms authorities to clear
the liner Adato with her contraband
cargo of shells. The firm said to have
handled millions of dollars for Toxic
government and disbursed the greater
part this money in this country.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-08
HORNSBY CASE UP.
Travis County Judge Is Charged With
Contempt Of Court.

Austin, June S.-The case % Jno
w. Hornsby. county judge. charged
with contempt of court regarding the
selection of the jury in the Kirby It
al. cases. came up "Wednesday morning
before Judge Brooks In the Twenty
sixth district court. DEFENDANTS de :
murrers to plaintias petition Were,
ovtrruled by the court and HornsbV
waived a jury. Deputy Sheriff White
testified for the state that Judge
Hornsby had asked him to summon
representative men on the jury to try
Kirby. Other witnesses testified along
the same line and then the stat" rest
ed. The defense only placed one wit
ness on the stand and that was Judge
Hornsby, who testified that he did nut
ask Deputy Sheriff White to summon
any Individual. but merely told him TO
get good representative business men:
that they would not be prejudired
against Kirby"