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each evening this group is a little higher
up in the sky than the evening before,
but not until May will it be wholly
above the ground, and not until July will
it have passed THE meridian in the early
evening. BY that time, all of the winter
groups except Leo will have disappeared
behind the sun in the west four weeks
later Leo will have also gone, and the
complete change of the winter into the
summer sky will be finished.
Several of the faint. little known
groups are now in excellent position for
tracing out. Many of these are very
interesting, for example Comelopardalis,
or the Giraffe, which is long and stray
Cling like its namesake has a remark
able cluster of no less than five double
stars which the observer can find Just
west of Perseus at A, Fig. l. Just above
Cancer is the Lynx a group so faint
that the astronomer who first gave it
its name observed that those who ex-
anime 1t ought to be lynx-eyed to see it.
The little group hardly contains sim
gle nebula or cluster, but is remarkable
for its large number of double stars, one
of these is at b. Fig. l, and to the left
of this there is faint nebula
just east of the Lynx is the Lesser
Lion, while beyond this, filling the space
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between the Greater Bear and Arcturus,
is the delicate Coma Berenices, or Bere-
nces Hair a beautiful group as of gos-
samers spangled with dewdrops Among
the Arabians it was the Pond into which
their Gazelle was springing to escape
the Lion, the Gazelle being the group
known to us as the Lesser Lion. The
whole western and southern part of the
constellation Is filled with nebulas,
though most of them are faint. One Just
southeast of c, Fig l, is the Pinwheel
Nebula, one of the pyrotechnics of the
sky Just to the west of the star E is a
faint double star D. which is remarkable
because it lies almost exactly at the pole
of the Milky Way
All of the faint stars that lie between
the two dogs extending from the head
of the Winter Snake to Orion, make up
the constellation Monoceros, or the Uni
corn. This group was known to the early
Persians and to the Chinese; it is chiefly
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The New Comets.

remarkable for the large number OF
double stars and star clusters when II
contains.
The New Comets.
The brightest comet of the year, which
was discovered in the early morning or
December g. has now passed around the
sun into the evening sky. During jan
uary and February it moved very rapidly
eastward, reaching the constellation
Cetus about the middle OF FEBRUARY
During March 1t will move entirely
across this constellation along the path
f. e.. Fig l. In January the comet
passed very near to the earth, so that on
January it was nearly sixty times as
bright as at the time of its discovery.
Now, however. it Is very rapidly leaving
us again, and is only visible in the larger
telescopes,
The second comet that has recently
been visible was discovered at Genoa on
November is. The most remarkable
thing about this body was its extraor-
binary rapid motion. When first seen
II was very near the North Pole AT II.
Fig. /; three days later IL had reached
the point X in Cepheus. and in the course
of a week it passed entirely across Cas-
siopiaa and Andromeda TO l. tFlg. -. 10
those who had the pleasure OF viewing
the comet through q telescope, Its rapid
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Still One.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Hello, Bill. old man! Well, well! I
haven't seen you since the old days, when
we used to run around together"
mo, Jack. All, those old days What
a fool 1 used to be then!
II tell you, I'm glad to Sc you. You
haven't changed a bit old man.
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The Planets.

Jupiter is still in excellent position for
observation and will remain the bright
est and most conspicuous evening star
during the month. Venus will also be
easily visible after sunset, having
changed from a morning to an evening
star on February 10. 1t is rapidly NOV
ing eastward across the constellation
Pisces; by the end of the month it will
be about one degree west of the bright
star NJ, Fig. 1, setting about s p. M In
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a small telescope it will then be seen
as a most beautiful narrow, silvery, cres-
cent looking like the moon when about
three days old.
The position of Neptune is also shown
on the map. The other planets are not
visible the early spring.
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known. 1t may be electrical or it may
be due to the so-called light impact The
explanation both of this and of the cause
of the faint light which the tails emit
is vet to be found
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motion was very striking. 1t could be
seen drifting past the stars in it's path,
but four or five minutes being required
for Ii to move entirely across the field
of view. This comet passed near to
the earth that it was hoped its distance
might sbe accurately measured in miles,
and from this the distance from the sun
to the earth in miles could be found.
This is the great fundamental distance
in astronomy; the measure in terms of
which all other distances are expressed.
The Nature of Comets.
Both Of these comets were very unlike
the popular idea of a comet, being mere
~ faint, round, woodworking objects,
without any trace of tall as shown in
Fig. . Nearly all of the comets which
are discovered have this appearance
though some of them are condensed and
brighter at the center as In Fig. 3. 1t
is only rarely that a comet develops
definite head and tail though the very
bright comets usually do so.
The size of even the smallest comets
is enormous, their dimensions being eX
pressed in millions of miles. This is
well shown by Pig. A. which shows the
head of the comet of 1858 compared in
size with the earth. The little round dot
to the right is the earth. drawn in its
true size, and it will be noticed that it
quite sinks into insignificance in conf
parison even with the small part OF the
comet which is shown.
But though the comets are almost in
conceivably large. their weight is but
small. On the average 1t is certain that
a cubic foot of cometary matter weighs
less than a cubic foot of the best So
called vacuum, which can be obtained in
the air pump. 1t may seem strange that
these enormously extended, inconceiv-
ably bright bodies can swing around the
sun so rapidly that in outer space there
is no air or other thing to oppose their
motion and break them up. 1t is be-
lieved that though their average density
Is SO small yet they are made up of
countless separate particles which prob
ably vary in size from grains of dust up
to meteorites weighing several tons. The
showers of shooting stars which come
at fixed dates each year are almost GER
tainly caused by the collision of our
earth with such particles which once
formed parts of comets. The heat caused
by their friction with the upper air
burns them up before they can reach the
ground.
1t is a very remarkable fact that as the
brighter comets pass around the sun
their tails always point nearly away
from the sun, as shown in Fig g. The
smallest particles of the comet are push
ed away by the sum- but what the ma
ture of the force which repels them is not
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THE HEAVENS IN MARCH
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BY PROF. DooQTTLE

University PnnsyrvanaFirs the Faint Summer
Comets Planets
Chicago eagle., 1906-09-08
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One OF the most attractive resorts
around Chicago Is Beimont's Park at
the corner Of Twelfth street and 48th
avenue. Mr.. L. A. Belmont the genial
proprietor, does everything In his pow
er to make his patrons happy and the
result Il that his garden 10 one Of the
most popular resorts around Chicago.
Take the Metropolitan L to 4Sth ave.
nue. and walk three blocks south to
Twelfth street. Or take any West
Side car and transfer at 48th avenue
to Twelfth street. All Twelfth street
cars pass the door. The car rides TO
Belmonts ere ell Interesting: and Bel.
mout's place itsslf y we'll worth the
tgip.
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FOOD PRESERVATIVES.

OLSON squad the given the band of young
Dr. Wiley of the United States Agricultural Department
the purpose investigating the effects
preservatives put Try the dog
odate proofs sought
Chemistry The evil of food adulterants
by experiments dogs who no in
young who have passed civil service examinations volunteer
be victims for few weeks and to note the progress of slow
poisons their systems
the effects of small quantities
made systematically Healthy the chemicals in
their food the minute quantities commercially
poyed For instance test ~ grains OF borax day. The
III show these strong young
twenty days the symptoms showed the borax
wholesome The experienced loss of appetite
headaches and general depression and debility
One explanation OF the Ill that the
of normal work When
the the chemical addition of these
functional activity which be huu In
that each days injury slight to be hardly pecep
bic subtle danger People thereby be made
to vitality without noticing wa
ing something going wrong In bigger doses the poison
the adueant would attention. investigation
and remedy The injury by inches noted promptly enough
inteligently and effect
Even the less harmful
well put by Wiley when he says he does believe healthy
organism be permanently injured by eating with
benzoc in em but they would be wholesome without
DIR Wiley explains the great difference between
ness elaborated by natures and what
cav the thing but ahcialy inserted in the food is
good work-ths systematic test, and the public will approve it.
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NOT ON EXHIBITION.

Miss Julia Marlowe is SO unusuahs
gracious in yielding to the many oe-
mands that are made upon her time ana
patience, in the way of autographs pno-
tographs, interviews and the like. that
there is small wonder she is not more
frequently imposed upon than she IS. &c
casionally, however, there come remark
able requests at which even her good
nature draws the line.
Not long ago. while she was playing IN
Chicago, she received a note containing
a plea so startling as to be almost IN
credible, and which was so amusing as
to send her into gales of laughter. 1t was
from feminine vocal teacher OF the
Windy City who stated that she lad
great stress on her work. upon the for-
nation of the throat in both the speaking
and the singing voice, holding that GER
tain positions of the vocal chords are re-
quiste for producing full. mellow tones.
She went on to say that she had long
been an ardent admirer of MISS Mar
loves voice, and requested that. as a spe-
cial privilege, she be allowed to bring her
class of young lady pupils to visit the
actress. and let them look down her
throat.-Success Magazine.
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EDITOR IS SORE.

A man may use the mole on the back
of his neck for collar button; he may
ride freight to save three cents mile;
he may light the lamp with splinter to
save matches; he may stop his watch 1T
night to save wear; use a period for a
semicolen to save ink and pasture his
grandmother's grave to save hay; but a
man Of this kind is a scholar and gen.
tleman compared to man who will take
a newspaper and when asked to pay for
it put it back in the postofiice marked
Refused. '-okmulgee, ]. T., Democrat.
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Use OF THE KING.

traveller found In an ancient tomb.
The bones Of a king that were sans their
clay
Time was when his nod brought joy or DOOM
But he slept mid the stones. and was less
than they.
..Memento mori," the traveller cried.
And he took the skull-for it naught COM
planned
And bore 1t over an ocean wide
To a land unknown when the great king
reigned.
Twas a paper-weight first, this gaping skull.
And 1t held the screed that a fool might
write,
Nor knew If the words were bright or dull,
Or II they ranked or gave delight.
Then the children played with the grinning
thing,
Passing the hours Of the merry day.
And they laughed as they cried, Toss me the
king!'
And then. at the last, 1t was thrown away.
If you see the skull Of that king today.
The skull Of the king who was proud and
great.
You must look in heap OF ash and clay.
Where 1t molders stin to it's last estate;
And perhaps when the ashman comes around.
Merrily singing song Of mirth,
A use for the king may at last be found
In adding fertility unto the earth
LENvOI.
Prince, who Joy in the pride OF place.
Deenins your clay is somewhat rares
Princess maid OF the charming face
The pink pink cheeks and the golden hair.
Strange how the scenes OF the drama shift
Under the clay is the grinning skull
Strange while the actors mistward drift,
Tinsel of pride from such stuff We Gull!
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COARSE WORK.

They were having hearing on the me-
trio system before the House committee
on coinage, weights and measures, says
the Washington correspondent OF the
New York World.
Tell me-" said Representative Sush-
man Of Washington to a witness from
the burean of standards. could one OF
you men take the little end of nothing ani
whittle it down to such fine point that
he could then take the hair Of a mouse,
push out the pith and use the cavity for
a tube?"
.Sure!" said the witness, enthusiastic
cally. that would be coarse work for
us"
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OCCIDENTAL
ACCIDENTALS
By A. ]. Waterhouse.

CAUSE OF UNIVERSAL PRIDE
f(r NOTICE" said the man from Bog
Crick. that John d. Rockefeller
is intendin' to come out 10 Cah-
forny to pass his reclinin' years. an grad
ooally git used to the felic'ties OF that
heaven which, es is well understood. ne
alters ben a prayerfully striyin for'
''welI, wat Of ft?" the man from Var
mint Gulch inquired. 1.-The States nailed
down. amt 1t, an"
'I know: 1 know all bout that. an 50
1 amt objectin' any. He's goin to nave
a home in Pasadeny. an
wat Of it? Pasadeny's nailed down.
too, amt it?
"Who said 'twan't? Don't tell you
amt pertestin? His home II cost bout
$450, 600, an it'll be a great comfort 10
folks Jest to go an look at it frum the
outside. They won't be a thing TO nenoer
even the humblest an lowliest rrum
gazin' all they want to. They'll view
with eyes beamin' with the pride OF par
shul ownership an with breasts neavlh
with gratitude that they wus able to chip
in an they'll whisper low to themselves:
.Ain't it grand. An to think that
helped to build 1t! Course can't zen
Jest zackly wat part c'nstructed. put Il
don't matter-no. it don't matter, Ter
c'nstructed some of 1t. 1 spose We
bought 'nough oil. anyway. to make tnat
cornish An amt it magnificent! ooh
reckon I ever c'nstructed a more nan
somer cornish than that. It's my cheI
doover. an wen 1 look at it an renee
that L built it eastern some men cou'a
make a dollhouse, an without It's strain
in me hardly any tall, my speerit IS
filed with pride for myself an can
RELY express my gratitood fer my mazil
gifts. Alas, my bee-oo-tiful cornish, me
own loved cornishI Must I leave thee
now, all mixed up like this with the
contributions of other fellers that may
never see the charmin palace they
'rected? But it shan't be Tor long. lea
it shan't be fer long. Ev'ry little "niie
III stroll round here an gaze upon tnee'
me own loved cornish.
aTbat,s the way even the humblest an
lowIiest IL talk to themselves. an them
the sentiments of pride an gratitood with
which they'll view that stately manshun-
Probly one feller II claim CORNISH an
another a winder-frame, an another
dCOrknOD, an SO on, Oul thO SoAAe---A--~ -
thankfulness II be the same IN every
case, fer even the poorest wilder an the
raggedest orfiing can claim anyways
nail or two. Amt it noble thought!
What you think?''
al think the man from Narmlnl
Gulch SLOWLY and deliberately remarked
that you've been drinkin' agin.
'"They say that Dowie consoles himself
in the treatment he is now receiving, oy
reading the Scriptures
what does he find in the Scriptures
to console him?"
Matthew, v12-'so prosecuted they the
prophets which were before you.
but it doesn't say anything about cap
turing the profits.
81 know That is why Dowie contends
that the present proceeding is unjustitia-
ble."
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- ~ TWO WISHES. - ~

7 CAUGHT glance from Jesses eyes,
| CLINT of mischief meeting mine;
She held wshbone in her hand,
And l obeyed the daring sign
also held a turquoise ring
Within my mind and hoped to say
The words that burned within my heart
To cause change of day.
She held the trophy out to me-
l seized the gage she could wink
And broke it short; the while | felt
The trembe of her hand, think
She looked perplexed somewhat chagrned
Then smiling archly made this cast
"Since you have tell your wish,
Or foreing, you get yours last
81 wished that love most dear
Were surely mine and loved me true;
And that my love today
About as to you.
"And that lives could hold
Than lasting joy of welded bliss;
And that today promise would
Be made and kept, sealed with kiss.
"Now since my wish is truly told
To bring fuhlment my head
Pray tell me yours" Her eyes dropped: "Weli
wished your wish mne," she said
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
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SunAower
Philosophy

There's a lot Of foolishness to keep
out of.
Every dull day we long to be store
keeper.
Women have a terrible time keeping a
good preacher.
When you are mad all the way through,
leave your pistol at home.
Great things can't be very difficult or
an ordinary man couldn't accomplish
them.
Some way, there is general smile in a
restaurant when q man orders a cup Of
tea.
If you think you have great strength Of
character try to stop talking too much.
Women say they dislike the dry
smoke some men affect more than any
other kind.
It's good thing we don't carry a club.
like a policeman; we couldn't resist the
temptation to use 1t occasionally.
Get a man interested in garden. and
you do more for him than you can hope
to do by building him modern tene-
ment.
When father gets his slippers on, how 1t
does irritate him when the door bell
warns the family that company's coming!
There are ten. in an Atchison family.
and, If they were kittens, all Of them ex-
cept the mother and one boy would be
drowned.
As soon as woman discovers that her
husbands love for her has grown cold
she begins to go through his pockets at
night to find the reason.
An AIchison woman married an out-cf-
town man who calls himself bacteriolo-
gist, but her kin in telling what he is are
a little mixed and say he is a bacchana-
liam.
You can always tell the mood of the
whistIing fellows. If they are feeling good
they whistle lively tune, but IL they
are feeling tough they whistle a slow,
sober tune.-Atchison, Kan. Globe.
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HABIT OF YEARS.

Mr.. Reddevle-Here, James. Why didn't
you stop the auto when you saw me on
the corner waving my hand to you? You
looked directly at me and simply put on
more speed. What do you mean by II.
sir?
Chauffeur-Beg your pardon, sir. II
was force OF habit. used to be a mo-
torman on trolley car. sir.-Cleveland
Leader.
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~ o the busy mother who is al
ready planning her school
girls frocks for wear during
their happy vacation days. any I'd
eve--- suggestion Is gratefully and
gladly received. The shirt waist
suit of the picture is simple and
attractive, made up in one of the
many inviting materials already on
fun display in every shop. The
skirt is composed OF alternate
broad cores and box pleats. the
cores cut out at knee depth to ad-
nit Of the pleated founce effect
set in under tne deep point. above
which is applied the lace or en-
broidery Insertion The box pleats
are stitched TO below the knee line
and allowed 10 fail loosely TO the
hem. The waist. which buttons in
the back. has three deep tucks in
tile shoulder seam. stitched to yoke
depth. and diamonds OF insertion
are set IN the front. the material
cut away beneath. and bands OF
same are inset in the narrow cuff
Of the full bishop sleeve and the
collar OF medium height. supported
with fine rods of featherbone. The
belt may. be of the dress material
or a ribbon or velvet affair, as the
wearer chooses
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OVERPOWERINC.

Teacher-Here's little sum in addition
for you. If your father gave you 10 cents
and your mother gave you 5. what would
you then have?
Jimmy-Fd have ft.-chicago News.
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I DON'T KNOW

But the best horse won the heat, but
what made him lose the next two?
But Mrs Peachby Is as mild as she
looks, but what makes her husband ap-
pear so subdued?
But a title by marriage may be worth
what some Americans pay for 1t, but I
don't believe you could prove it by the
Gould family.
But pugilist may be gentleman. but
those whom 1 have known have lacked
some of the symptoms.
But people who attend grand opera al
ways are musical. but 1 sometimes have
observed that they seem less likely to
be so If their new gowns are not com
pleted.
But there may be as many ways to
heaven as have had pointed out to me.
but, in that event, it does seem as II
nobody ought to miss it.
But the longest pole may get the per-
simmon. but the persimmon is middling
poor fruit, even If it is secured.
"She certainly is a rare conversation
ist, but the man who sat next to me said
that her talk bored him frequently
"Oh, well, don't you know who he is?"
mo, 1 never met him before Who is
he -
Her husband"
The man who talks OF art and skill.
OF science and of pluck.
Is always he. II you'll observe.
Who plays his game in luck:
While he who OF misfortune prates,
And tries to pass the buck
Is always he. observe again.
Who's playing out OF luck
"Chawley said something awful to
Name"
what was it?''
81 don't know. j didn't hear it,"
.How do you know it was awful. thenY'
'sWhy, she actually blushed.''
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Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men bv the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 80 Cali
fornia street. Telephone Main 1042.
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Townsend's California glace fruits
and choicest candies In artistic flre-
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Enster Candy Boxes.

Beautiful and strange are the Easter
candy boxes. in many wonderful shapes
at Haas Candy Stores. Phelan buildin9
and James Flood building.
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

DIvORCE-C. g., Healdsburg. Cal. The
grounds for divorce in California are:
Cruelty, desertion one year. neglect one
year, habitual drunkenness one year,
felony.
SQUARE MILE-MILE SQUARE-A
Subscriber, Pleasanton, Cal. There is no
difference between a mile square and a
square mile, each contains 640 acres.
There is, however, difference between
two miles square and two square miles.
POPULATION-M. & NJ, City. On jan
uary 1, 1906, the population of Brooklyn
was estimated to be 1,3sS,89l. That OF
Greater New York as follows. Manhat-
tan. 2,112.6s7: Bronx. 271 62s; Brooklyn. l.
1858. .ss1: Queens. 1sS. 214; Richmond. 72.s4s.
Total. 4,o14.So4.
JAPAN-G., City. The latest statistics
show that there are in Japan $500 who
profess the Catholic religion. 25.6sS who
belong to the Greek church. and 1928
Protestants. History says that at the
close of the fifteenth century 10000 Chris
tians were massacred in Japan and that
in three centuries prior to the advent OF
Commodore Perry more than 1000 000
Christians were put to death on japanese
territory.