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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1906-08-16

THE TRANSIT CIRCLE IN If1E Ob-
SERVATORY.
Crwo OF the Chhlneys Are Right in the
Line Of Yision)
say that Newton's discovery of the law
of gravity was chiefly the outcome of
scrupulous and repeated measurement
Thus the long-cOntinued, exact obser-
vation of the moons movements, of
the Irregularities of its transits across
the spider line of the transit instru-
ment at Greenwich derive value from
their continuity. They accumulate
value as the years go on, because be-
ing made always with the same instru-
ment, with the same equation of error,
under exactly the same conditions,
they are related always to the same
standard. Any break in the con-
tinuity of the observations, any trans
ference Of the instrument or the obser-
vatiOns to another spot, forces science
to begin again with a new standard,
and deprives astronomy of the increas-
ing value Of the observations contin-
ually made. The transit instrument on
the meridian of Greenwich is not the
only one employed i'm observing the
moon During the earner part of the
lunar month the moon is on the
meridian i'm the daytime; and it then
becomes necessary TO time and OBJ
serve its movements at times when it
is not on the meridian. For this pur-
pose the altazimuth is used BY a de
plorable coincidence, the new chin
neys which are now being built adj
joining the main building of the coun-
ty council power-house, lie in the slit
of the dome of the altazimuth, in just
the same way that those already built
lie on the meridian, and will obscure
observations in a precisely similar
way.
Nor is this all. For many OBJ
servations it is necessary to have re-
hecting surface of quicksilver. Vibra-
tions of the kind set up by a power
station, though they are imperceptible
to the ordinary sensibility, are sufi-
cient to disturb quicksilver surfaces
and cover them with minute ripples.
These ripples, according TO Prof. Turn
er's evidence. are a grave disturbance
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1906-08-16
Menace TO MERIDIAN.
FAMOUS GREENWICH IMPER-
LIED BY CHIMNEYs.
Royal Observatory Established in
1875 May Be Put Out of Business
by Modern Power Plants
Smoke Stacks.

Every school child far enough along
in its studies to have geography les
sons is familiar with the term Green
wich, from which point the reckoning
OF the degrees of longitude are made
and the fact that the famous observa-
tory founded at this point by Charles
II. in 1875 is now threatened by a
group of obtrusive chimneys belonging
to a power plant being erected not far
distant, will be read with more than
ordinary interest
The London Graphic in an article
throbbing with resentment, demands
that the offending power house and its
chimneys be removed, declaring that
the building is not only truly hideous,
destroying the beauty of observatory
hill, but that it seriously menaces the
work of the observatory.
Of the four chimneys two are $50
feet high; the remaining two are to
be Of the same height; and all four
consequently tower above the tele-
scope domes of the Royal Observatory,
despite the $50 feet elevation of
Greenwich Hill. Two of the chimneys,
the two which are completed, are di-
rectly on the line of the meridian
which passes through Greenwich OBJ
servatory round the world. Conse-
quently, an observer in the dome
which shelters the transit telescope,
when he looks through the slit through
which the telescope points, finds the
two chimneys right in his line of
vision. Even when no smoke conRes
from the chimneys, there is always the
tremulous quiver arising from the
heated gases; and, therefore, it need
scarcely be pointed out that observa-
tions made by the transit telescope are
very seriously hampered and preju-
diced The transit telescope has for
60 years been employed in making OBJ
seryations Of the moon as it crosses
the meridian; and on the microscop-
ically exact nature of the determina-
tions thus made, depend the exactness
of charts which affect the interests and
safety of navigation of the worlds
navies and shipping
In science, as Lord Kelvin remarked
few days ago at the opening of the
National Physical Laboratories at
Bushey, discovery and progress alike
rest not on any isolated inspiration or
happy stroke of fortune, but on exact
ness of measurement and precision of
determination, so that we may even
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1906-08-16
Shabby
Houses

1t does not pay to let
good property decrease in
value for the want of a
little paint. And painting
need not be the costly item
it so often is.
1t is a question of good
paint skillfully applied.
Get a good painter and
have him use
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1906-08-16

CIVIL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1906-08-16

CHAs. S. JACKSON, Sec'y.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1906-08-16

Hon. Jno. X. Hendrick has an
nounced himself a candidate for at
torney general and will be a hard
man to beat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1906-08-16
NOticel

Notice is hereby given that Adj
well & McShane have been appointed
superintendent of the Hopkinsyille
Sewerage Co., with authority to
make all connections and collections.
Apply to them for any information
as to rates, connections, etc.
CHAs. S. JACKSON, Sec'y.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1906-08-16
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itchining. Blind, Bleeding. Pro-
Itruding Piles. Druggists are au-
lthorized to refund money if PAZ0
lOINlpAfEfhlfn fails a, ollre In & Ia L.
, 1906-02-01
FILING ON COAL LANDS
D Y & P Securing Valuable Coal and
Iron Properties in this Valley Along
its Right Of Way.

According to filings made in the
state land Office il appears that
the parties at the head of the
Denver, Yellowstone Il Pacific
railroad are securing control Of
the greater part of the coal lands
near Elk Mountain and in the
RattIesnake pass.
Several thousand acres have al
ready been filed upon and there
are men on the ground prospect
ing for more good coal land.
One of the leading men in tins
movement is the president of the
new road and the bulk of the land
lies near the line of the railroad
survey from Walcott to Emcamp-
ment. 1t is stated that recent
prospecting has shown these coal
fields to be far greater in extent
and better quality Of coal than
has ever been supposed by local
people and the present indications
are that there will soon. be vast
coal mining operations in prog
ress in this valley.
The same parties that are Sc
curing this coal land are acquir-
ing title to the big iron proper
ties north of WaIcott.
As neither of these propositions
would be of any value without the
construction of the railroad, the
fact that the new railroad people
themselves are making these ex-
tensive investments is very salts
factory evidence of their inten-
ton to carry out their promises to
build the road.-Encampment
Herald.
, 1906-02-01
DISMISSED FOR CAUSE

a young man not a thousand
miles from here went with his sis
ter to the dry goods store. says
the Bosworth Sentinel. He pur-
chased a pair of gloves for his
sweetheart. The sister bought a
pair of hose for herself. OF course
the clerk got them mixed.
The explosion came when the
sweetheart opened the package
and found therein, a pair of long,
black stockings. She blushed.
Then she opened the note and
read the following tender lines:
Il am sending you a little pre-
sent. Oh, how l wish that no
other hand than mine would ever
be permitted to touch them after
you put them on. But, alas, "a
score OF fellows may touch them
when | am not by your side and
other eyes may e them when
you are on the street or at parties.
| bought the longest pair | could
get, and if they are too long you
may let them wrinkle down. A
great many girls | know wear
them slipped down a little. AL
ways wear them at parties. |
want to see how they fit when |
call Tuesday night. You can
clean them easily, dear, with ben.
zine, if you leave them on till
dry hope they are not too
small. Blow in them before you
put them on"
The young mar did call Tues.
day night ''to see how they lit
ted" but it is understood that he
failed to win a home.
, 1906-02-01
FUN IN coAsTING

Coasting is the order of the
day. The hill southwest of town
is covered with snow and, being
very steep, furnishes an excellent
coasting place. Children of all
sizes and ages, grown-ups and all,
assemble there and have "A lot of
fun, humping down the hill, iudg-
ing by the blood-curdling and I'M
earthly shrieks that come from
that quarter until late at night.
The weather is superb, with a
bright moon, and the air is rent
with shouts of laughter from I
o'clock until near midnight every
night in that quarter of the town.
, 1906-02-01

NhhiV DpSStil.
Rec. "'Twas You" Alma Aims
worth.
Rec. "Caleb's Courtship" Paul
Doggett.
Solo. Rag Time joe Har-
riett Lee.
Rec. "A Day at School" Flor
ence Nixon.
Rec. 1.-THE Freckled Faced
Girl" Nora Doggett.
Rec. "Washington's Aunt Pol.
ly." Nellie Wiusor.
Rec. Hannah Beesley.'' Mr..
Tomblyn.
Singing. ''Good Night La
dies"
Inc program was an exception
ally fine n and every piece was
well rendered.
The sum of S30,15 was cleared
above all expenses, which finishes
the part to be raised by the G. E.
society toward paying for the
basement.
, 1906-02-01
HoMEsTEADERs' CHANCE

II you want a home in the great
Green river country, N of the finest
cattle countries left in the west, write
me. | have a chance for you on the
head waters under one of the finest
canal systems in the west. This is
where you kill, Elk, and Antelope
from your door, plenty of fish, and
the prettiest place in Wyoming.
Better think this over and take up
land under this canal. Water is al.
ready running over the ground.
d. S. Crawford.
, 1906-02-01
HARD TIMES SOCIAL

The Hard Times social given
by the members of the G. L. soci.
ETY. at the Presbyterian church
last Friday night was a s%trikingly
successful affair, both socially and
financially. The church was
crowded with poverty stricken
dresses and old clothes of every
description and the number of an
te deluvian bonnets that blossom
ed on that occasion was n caution.
Everybody felt free to enjoy
themselves and there was no lack
of fun.
A luuch was served III the base.
ment and cake, lemonade, sand.
wiches, pickles, etc, were handed
out at so much per.
Aftea the luncheon a very en-,
tertaining program, which lasted
for an hour, was rendered, as fol.
lows:
Singing: ''The Bear.
Recitation: "The Cookie Jar
Charles Ainsworth.
Rec. Little Miss Mischief
, 1906-02-01
PRIZE SET cuT GLASS

The cut glass set, consisting of
a sugar bowl and creamer, which
are to be given as a prize to the
best woman walter at the Eagles
ball OH the night of the 18th, is
now on exhibition in the window
of Mrs. Dyer's millinery store.
1t is a very handsome set and well
worth competing for.
, 1906-02-01
USE SH0TCUNS
S and B & M Fight
ing for Right Of
Way.
B & M TO EXTEND NORTH
Thru Wyoming and G & S Will Doubtless
Build Into Cheyenne as a
Result.

Exciting times are being eXper-
fenced at Fort Collins, the little
town forty miles south of Chey-
enne, as the result Of the clash be-
tween the Burlington and Colora-
do d Southern railroads, during
which one party appeared and Or
dered the other party off the
ground III dispute.
The G d S won the first round
in the fight by securing a new OPP
ton on the land over which both
roads desire to build. The b d NJ
desires the ground for its new ex-
tension from Lyons northward
thru Wyoming to the Shoshone
reservation, and the result of the
fight it is expected will be that
the Colorado & Southern will
take immediate steps to extend its
Fort Collins branch on north to
Cheyenne. A dispatch from Fort
Collins yesterday, in speaking of
the fight over the land says:
Engineer Cowan of the Colora-
do d Southern was here yesterday
and today and stated that his COM
pany as beginning to realize that
a great mistake had been made in
not extending the Wyoming
branch from Fort Collins to Doug
las, and in building a line to CON
meet with the Burlington fifty
miles east of here.-Wyoming
Tribune.
, 1906-02-01

as love a dream?" asks IA Philadel
phia poetess. It usually is, and in
many instances matrimony dispels
it.
In taking Farr Toogood for her
husband. a Deadwood girl had per-
haps failed in finding one that was
just good enough.
A man appeared in a Denver pc.
lice court with a badly bruised face
told the judge it was the result of
falling off the water wagon, which
was perhaps true.
y Western congressman has paid
500 down for subscription to his
county paper for the next 100 years
If a paper should follow such a man
after death it would not be at all
necessary to print it on asbestos pa
per.
a Philadelphia woman aged l35
who had smoked for more than a EN-
fury swore off late last year and died
"a lexis later. Put that in your
al sobacco pipe and try a few whiffs
of it.
When they made Colonel Bryan a
datto
He simply said, a la ~staccato:
81 am proud, | confess,
But | shawn't wear your dress"
And his bushes would shame "A to
mato.
Topeka gave "A hen party this
week at which the hens didn't do
any gossiping," says the L.eaven-
worth Post. How about cacklingi
Enquirer; The biggest cannon in
the United States is said to be in the
Brooklyn navy yard. The next big
gest is mouuted in the speakers chair
in the national house of representa-
tives at Washington.
1t is evident from his recent speech
in the house that Representative
Longworth has no love to waste on
the Filipinos. 1t is all engaged else.
where.
The porter of IA New York insur-
ance company who stole some silver
spoons from the company is TO be
vigorously prosecuted. The officials
will c%ountenance no stealing outside
their W circle.
, 1906-02-01
IN THESE DAYS OF OPERATIONS


A husband came home one ev-
ening to find a note left for him
by his wife. Carelessly he open
ed it, but as he read his face
blanched. "My God" he ex-
claimed, show could this have
happened SO suddenly?' And,
snatching his hat and coat, he
rushed to a hospital which was
neal his home.
81 want to e my wife, Mrs
Brown, at once" he said to the
head nurse, before she goes I'M
der the ether. Please take my
message to her at once"
Mrs. Brown" echoed the
nurse. ''There is no Mrs. Brown
here"
Then to which hospital has
she gomez" asked the distracted
husband. II found this note from
her when | came home" and he
handed the note to the nurse, who
read:
Dear Husband:
Il have gone to have my kimo-
no cut out.
s.Ralla
, 1906-02-01

LATER-Since the above was
put in type the Sun learns that
the company has paid all of its in
debtedness in this part of the
country, except a portion of the
amounts due tie contractors, up to
the LIST of January, AS soon as
the January accounts are in they.
too, will be settled.
The company has been very
much handicapped for lack of
funds, and this lack of means with
which to pay its way has operated
, 1906-02-01
A MORTGAGE
For S8,75O,OOO is Filed
on the D. Y. &. P.
Railroad.
ONE MILLION AVAILABLE
At Once ard as Soon as the Mortgage is
Filed Work Will Begin at Several
Points.

Inc Denver, nelIoWStone ~ Pa
cltic Railway company. backed by
Boston people and which projects
building a line from Denver to
Boise, Idaho, has filed a mortgage
in this county of SS,75O,0OO in
favor of the international Trust
company of Boston.
f. II. Power of Boston signs
himself as president of the com
pany and +. 5. Chenoweth is the
secretary.
1t is not known who is behind
the railroad proposition. The Vel.
lo~stone company is the successor
of the Colorado, Wyoming Il Ida
no Railway company, which pro-
iected a line similar to the one
proposed by the Yellowstone com
pany. AS yet there appears to be
a lack OF funds to carry the pro-
posed line to completion, but if it
is built it will open a new terri
tory in Larimer county which will
be tributary to Denver.
1t is rumored that the Burlinp-
Ton railroad is behind the scheme,
but as it already has a line to the
Northwest from Denver. it is not
probable that it intends building
a new one.
The route of the Denver, Vel.
lowstone 4 Pacific as given in the
mortgage, is from Denver in a
northwesterly direction thru the
counties of Denver, jefferson,
Adams, Weld and Larimer to the
boundary line between Colorado
and Wyoming, and thence north
westerly to the town of Walcott,
in Wyoming, and thence to Boise
and Dubois, Idaho. 1t will be
$50 miles long if completed.
The road as mapped out will
open up North park, where great
quantities Of coal has been dis
covered. While it is said that
the North park country is not as
rich as Routt county, yet it will
probably pay a railroad to build
through it.-Denver Post.
The mortgage mentioned above
has already been filed in Carbon
county, and the work of filing is
being FASTENED in every other
county, both in Colorado and wv,
oming, thru which the road is to
be built.
Word has also been received
here from the officers of the com.
pany that President Chatterton.
who made a visit to the Union
Pacific officers at Omaha. was sue
cesstul in securing the right of
way for the road across the rail
road sections between Walcott
and this place.
Gideon Il Michael, grade con
tractors, are getting everything in
readiness to begin work on the
road bed as soon as notified by
the company to start. Horses are
being fed up. harness made ready
aud large tents have been ordered
made i'll Denver ready for use
when the work starts in.
, 1906-02-01
WASH X U

Thru an article published in the
Sun, in its issue for the 18th of
January, which was reprinted in
other state papers, Wash Nixon
was found at Shoshoni and word
sent to his brother at Oak Hill,
Ill.
, 1906-02-01
BORING FOR ARTEsIAN WATER

A. n. McManus, who is on Pass
creek boring on the ranch of An
gus Campbell for artesian water,
was in the city the first of the
week. He has a Powers Combin-
ed boring and drilling machine
with which he intends to sink
wells in the valley this coming
season He is now down 60 feet
on Mr.. Campbell's we'll, but has
had to wait for casing with which
to case out the sand. Mr.. Nc
Manus' machine is a very power
ful and serviceable one. 1t has a
capacity of a 900 pound blow and
a well can be sunk a depth of
1850 feet.
, 1906-02-01
PRIVATE TELEPHONE LINES

Thru the work of Cecil Ryan
Saratoga is being connected by
telephone with all the outlying
ranches by having telephones put
into their houses, connecting them
with the store of Baker, Bremen
and McAnally, at this place.
Barbed wire fences are used in
many cases, but where that con-
venient means of communication
Is lacking, poles have been set and
wires strung. The phones used
are of a very superior quality, all
communication being of the most
distinct character. So far the
ranches of B. Il. Ryan, l.. G. Ster-
rett, l.. ID. Peck and P. F. Cover
are connected. In the spring it is
proposed to extend the system,
taking in the ranches on Brush
creek, Cow creek and both North
and South Spring creeks. This
system of phones will be most
beneficial, not only to the outly-
ing settlers, bat to the business
interests of the town as well.
, 1906-02-01

Mark Twain wants to see the wore
Chauffeur abolished and the vacan.
cy filled by ''mahout." The .public
is not so much interested in this as it
would be i'll a movement to have all
gasoline machines fitted with stink
consumers.
, 1906-02-01
.> SARATOGA CHIPS .,
1s"aaaHaaaaeaesae
like spring. don't it,

II bhV WY IhOuUiN.
Mrs. DIR. Witter has been i'll with
grippe the past week.
Ralph Campbell spent several DAYS
IN town the past week.
John McFarlane was up this week
from his ranch down the river.
Mrs. Ainsworth entertained Mrs.
Taylor Pennock at dinner Sunday.
l.. f. Tichenor and j. B. Hassett
are down from the Charter Oak mine.
NJ. b. Mckillip made a visit to En-
campment this week, returning Tues
day.
Miss Kelley and Miss Sensintafar
spent Sunday at the Stanley ranch
on Jack creek.
W.J.Crane president of the Copper
Bar Mining Co. arrived from Arlington
Nebr. yesterday.
DIR. Price, who is in attendance ON
j. E. Cornell, reports his patient as
improving rapidly,
Mrs. S. +. McAnulty has been
quite sick the past week but is much
improved at this time.
Little Rutha Scribner is quite ill
with tonsilitis. She is under the care
of DR., Witter and is improving.
Work on the Doane- Rambler has
closed down for the present, but is to
open soon with an increased force.
Tennis has again blossomed out
this fine weather, there being some
one on the court nearly all the time.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Williams, who
have both been very ill the past two
weeks, are now on the road to recov-
cry.
F. f. Sterrett left Sunday for Den.
yer to visit his family and to attend
the Stockgrower's convention at that
place.
MIR. and Mrs. j. +. Crawford en-.
tertained Mrs. Mark Crawford and
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. S. Crawford at din
ner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Harden went
down Sunday to Pass creek on a visit
to the family of W. Fl. Mead, return
ing Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Mace enter
tanned Miss Julia Campbell, Miss
Carrie Human and Joe Num- at din
ner Friday evening.
Mr.. McManus has moved his wife
out to the ranch of Angus Campbell
on Pass creek, where he is engaged
in well drilling just at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Kuykendall re-
turned from Rawlins Tuesday, where
they had been for the past week, Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Miller.
Mrs. Taylor Pennock. who has
been in the city visiting friends, left
for the ranch on Cow creek Monday,
accompanied by Mrs. n. NJ. Doggett.
j.. w. Moore passed his 18th mile
stone last Friday. the 18th of Janu-
airy. He is in the enjoyment of good
health and feels your ger than he did
20 years ago
Forest ranger, George Mullisou. is
in town this week. He just, returned
from IN inspection of the saw mill of
b. L. Ryan, where the saving of ties
and bridge timbers for the S & f
road is in progress.
Chris Farrar, an old time resident
of these parts, who has been absent
Tor several years, returned Saturday
with a bad attack of rheumatism and
is laid up at the Gels Hotel bathing
IN the hot waters Of the springs.
Mrs. Mark Crawford left for Riy.
erside on Mondays stage, where she
will join her husband, who is now
shipping the old Riverside Record
plant to Walden, Colo, preparatory
to establishing a new paper at that
place.
The two teams Of basket ball school
girls are training, preparatory to Civ
ing an exhibition game in Jensen hall
a week frcm tomorrow night, the 9th
inst. The girls are very proficient
and the game will be very interesting
, 1906-02-01

very much to its disadvantage.
Confidence has now been restored
and it will find easy sailing from
this time on.
, 1906-02-01

The Rockefeller Bible class is go.
ing to give pink teas. This MAJ
arouse the fears of the righteous that
1t may yet drift into the smoker
class, with four round p%reliminaries
and a main event.
Russia has 100000 people of noble
birth, a large percentage of whom
are acting in a very ignobIe
He struggles through a lifetime
grasping wealth,
The fires of moneymania heat his
brain:
He slowly wears away the base of
health
Until it crumbles meath the fear
full strain.
His mad ambition leads him on and
Toward colossal fortune, till at
last
He sees the fast declining of the sun
He cannot stay with all his wealth
sc vast.
He'd give two-fold the ransom of a
king
For one year of life; cen
his all,
But gold can never turn aside deaths
sting,
And soon he lies beneath the
funeral pail,
A silent form of pulseless clay, cut
loose.
From winnings of "a lifetime. What's
the use?
, 1906-02-01

If Secretary Taft continues to So
rapidly reduce his weight there ma,
o be nothing left of him but a
bundle of presidential aspirations
and a suit of misfit clothes.
, 1906-02-01

Many "A man while undergoing a
domestic cross-eXamination thinks his
wife would make "A crackajack prose-
cutting attorney.
, 1906-02-01

In taking Farr Toogood for her
husband. a Deadwood girl had per
haps failed in finding one that was
just good enough.
, 1906-02-01

A man appeared in a Denver po-
lice court with IA badly bruised face
told the judge it was the result of
falling off the water wagon, which
was perhaps true.
, 1906-02-01
JINGLES and JESTS

as love a dream?" asks IA Philadel
phia poetess. It usually is, and in
many instances matrimony dispels
it.
, 1906-02-01

The porter of IA New York insur-
ance company who stole some silver
spoons from the company is to be
vigorously prosecuted. The officials
will countenance no stealing outside
their W circle.
, 1906-02-01

Topeka gave a hen party this
week at which the hens didn't do
any gossiping," says the Leaven.
worth Post. How about cacklingi