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l. is slowly changing Its position on the sphere. When the sun reaches the equa- tor at A. on the 23d of next September, the days and nights will balance and the autumn will begin The sun is then said to be in the sign Libra. But the point A is no longer in the constellation Libra. It is moving toward the west and will complete the circuit of the sphere In 26, GOO years. This slow westward motion of the equator is the so-called Procession of the Equinoxes in which some astron- omers have asserted that the true cause of the glacial epoch lies, and also even the cause of the distribution of the land and water on t ehearth
 June % Is the longest day of the year. The sun will then rise far in the north
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TyoR the first time for more than a
 year no planets are shown on our 4 little map of the sky. The mag .nfhcent Jupiter. which appeared in the northeast last November and shone out almost overhead in the bright winter skies of February has now reached the north- west and sets soon after the sun. It may still be seen in the early evening hours throughout thls month, but on July 15, it will pass behind the sun and become 2 morning star.
 But we will not have to wait long; the most interesting planet of all Is just beyond the borders of our map and will enter our sky next month to remain all though the summer and autumn. If the observer will look toward the southeast, he will see the striking group of stars, known as the Scorpion. The whole body and claws are well up from the ground;
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As Slow Our Shlp.

By Thomas Moore.
 As slow our ship her foamy track
 Against the wind was cleaving, Her trembling pennant still looked back To that dear isle twas leaving. So loath we part from all we love,
 From all the links that bind us; So turn our hearts, as on we rove,
 To those we've left behind usl When round the bowl of vanished yeara
 We talk with Joyous seeming With smiles that might as well be tears,
 So faint, so sad their beaming; While memory brings us back again
 Each early tie that twined us, o sweet the cup that circles then
 To those we've left behind usl And when. In other clmes we meet
 Some isle or vale enchanting, Where all looks flowery. wild and sweeh And naught but love Is wanting, We think how great had been our bliss If Heaven had but assigned us To live and die in scenes like this,
 With some we've left behind usl As travellers oft look back at eve
 When eastward darkly going, To gaze upon that light they leave
 Still faint behind them glowing So when the close of pleasures day
 To gloom hath near consigned us We turn to catch one fading ray
 Of joy that's left behind us.
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Fig. B. Some of the faint markings which have been suspected on the
 planet Mercury.

east and set in the northwest; for a few hours in the morning and evening 1t will shine on the north side of houses and walls which run east and west. On a dark night the sunset glow can be fol- lowed all night long until 1t becomes the sunrise glow in the morning. Even at midnight the sun will be so short a distance below the ground that it's radi- ance may be clearly seen lighting the sky in the north and extending upward to- ward the Pole star. In Scotland the sum mer twilight is very high all night long, while in a slightly higher latitude the sun will, of course, not quite sink below the ground in the north, but will remain showing in the sky throughout the en- tire twenty-four hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-26
Tuesday, June 4, "The NorthIand Linn
 ited

will begin semi-weekly trips (Tuesdays and Fridays during June) with through sleeping cars leaving Cincinnati D. m., Louisville $50 D. m. over Pennsylvania Lines via Richmond and G. R. & l. to Petoskey and Machinaw City. Also sleep ing car Cincinnati to Traverse City and Northport. Dining for breakfast. Re- turning through sleeping cars will leave North Michigan resorts Wednesdays and Saturdays for Cincinnati and Louisville until June 30; daily through service In both directions after that date. Write Lacey, s. P Agent, 13 Arcade. Nashville. Tenn
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Fellow Travellers.

From the Boston Post
 A Greenwich man tells of a connecticut farmer who, after having driven lot of hogs to Greenwich, sold them for pre- cisely what had been offered him before ne left home.
 ''You don't seem to have made much by bringing your hogs down here" re- marked the man who tells the story.
 "Well mo-" replied the agriculturalist, dejeotedy. "I ain't made no money, but then. you know" he added, his face brightening, 'I had the company of the hogs on the way down."
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spout sa Had cunning eyes to see; the barking cur Made her cheek flame; her palfreys foot
 fall shot Like horrors through her pulses; the blind
 walls Were full of chinks and holes; and over-
 head Fantastic gables. crowding, stored; but
 she Not less thro' all bore up. till last, she
 saw The white-howered elder-thlcket from the
 field Clean thro' the Gothic archways in the
 wall Then she rode back, clothed on with
 chastity.
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heavens, and go."

The slow turning of the great sphere finally brings the sun near the eastern heavens with the first appearance of the sunrise glow the fainter stars begin to fade away, and soon only the bright stars Vago, Altair Aldebaran, Fomalhaut and Venus remain visible The overpowering brilliance of the sun soon blots these out one after the other, the last to go, being the beautiful morning star Venus, which shines out in the bright daylight sky un- til the sun has entirely risen
 An observer who will spend an entire summer night in watching the heavens will be well repaid for his resolution. There are thousands of wonderful ob- jects, to examine which he requires only a small telescope and a cheap handbook of the stars, and with these in his pos session he can turn from clusters to ne- bulas and to double stars, and to planets as the rising and setting of the constel- lations ever brings new wonders to his view. clear moonless night should al- ways be selected for this work. The first two weeks of June will be very suitable ones; toward the end of the month the
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 do It has but little atmosphere and prob ably turns always the same face toward the sun, so that one-half of the planet has perpetual day and the other half has perpetual night. To one on the day light side of the planet, the disc of the sun appears seven times as large as it does to us; we can readily imagine that with this immense ball forever pouring down its heat upon Mercury, the temper ature must become very high. Some ob scure markings have apparently been seen on the planet at various times, but these are quite uncertain. Fig. Is the map drawn at the Lowell observatory. It is the opinion of the observances there that the planet Is as dead as our moon is, without air or water, and that the shad- ings shown are natural markings, best explained as the results of cooling. But the observations are very difficult and the reality of the markings is by no means certain.
 The Longest Day.
 On June 22 at a m., the sun enters the sign Cancer and summer begins. It will not, however, enter the constellation Cancer until month later. This is be- cause the equator of the sky, C. D.. Fig.
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Little Boy Blue.

 By Eugene Field. The little toy dog is covered with dust But steady and staunch he stands, And the little toy soldier Is red with rust And his musket molds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was
 new,
 And the soldier was passing fair; That was the time when little Boy Blue kissed them and put them there. ,ss'
 Now don't you go til come" he said, And don't you make any noise." So, toddling off to his trundle bed, He dreamed of the pretty toys; And as he was dreaming an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue Oh, the years are many, the years are
 long,
 But the little toy friends are true. Aye, faithful to Little Boy Blue they
 stand.
 Each in the same old place. Awaiting the touch of little hand, The smile of n little face. And they wonder-as waiting the long
 years through, In the dust of that litle chair What has become of our Little Boy Blue. Since he kissed them and put them
 there. By Father Ryan, My feet are wearied and my hands are
 tired,
 My soul oppressed And desire. what have long desired
 Rest-only rest. Iris hard to toil-when toll is almost vain,
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length is 2s times their width; they will look like fine, bright line In the tele- scope.
 Fig. k2 shows the appearance of the heavens with tho position of Mars and Saturn at'3 a. m. on June l. The Scor- pion is now just setting in the west, the Milky Way passes over head, and Venus, the beautiful morning star, is just rising. This Is now narrow silvery crescent in the telescope; on July 25 it will pass be-
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CataIoqued.

From the Philadelphia Ledger. "You say he Is active in politicsr' 'Yes."
 "Conspirator, liar. or poltroon"
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On June 27 the little planet Mercury will be at it's greatest distance from the sun and may be found almost due west, soon after sunset. If the observer de- tects here a bright star almost lost In the sunset glow he may be quite con- fident that he has detected this little known, rapidly moving body. In mod erately large telescope 1t now looks like a bright half moon. The little world, only one-eighteenth as large as the earth, Is so near the sun that 1t receives seven times as intense a light and heat as we
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0odiva's Ordeal.

By Ternyson. Then she rode forth, clothed on with
 chastity: Tho deep air listened round her as she
 rode. And all the low wind hardly breathed for
 fear The little wide-mouthed heads upon the
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Remember

The great dispersal sale of horses and Jersey cattle at Cleburne Farm, Spring Fill, Tenn, next Tuesday, May s.
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 THE HEAVENS IN JUNE
 BY PROF. DOOLlTTLE

tween the earth and sun, and few days afterward will shine out in the early evening.
 Strange as 1t may seem, there are many people who have never noticed that the face of the heavens slowly changes as the hours of the night slowly go by. Yet, this slow, onward march of the constella- tions, which continued with absolute reg ularity, neither hastening nor slaekening it's speed since long before there were any beings on our world to witness it, is most impressive.
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Soma.

By Thomas Hood. The stars are with the voyager
 Wherever he may sail; The moon is constant to her time;
 The sun will never fall; But follow, follow round the world, The green earth and the sea; So love is with the lovers heart,
 Wherever he may be. Wherever he may be, the stars
 Must daily lose their light; The moon will veil her in the shade The sun will set at night. Tho sun may set. but constant love Will shine when he's away So that dull night is never night, And day is brighter day.
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Eloauent Answers.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 "What do you think O this here peace congress?"
 shut up. Bnlyi YouS well know I've been married ten years"
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"The sad and solemn night Has yet her multitude of cheerful fires; The glorious host of light Walk the dark hemisphere till she re-
 tires; All through her silent watches. gliding
 slow, Her consultations come, and climb the
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Let Something Good Be Said.

By James Whitcomb Riley. When over the fame of friend or foe The shadow of the grave shall fall; in-
 stead Of words of blame, or proof of thus and
 so,
 Let something good be said. | orget not that no fellow-beng yet May fall so low but love may lit hls
 head, Even the cheek of shame with tears is
 wet
 If something good be said. And SD I chage ye, by the thorny crown And by the cross on which the Saviour
 bled, And by your own souls hope of fair re'
 nOWn, A.l 4 Let something good be said.
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moon will be much too bright to per init of the observation of faint objects
 The Planet Mercury,
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POEMS WORTH READING
In barren ways:

In barren ways; Iris hard to sow-and never garner grain,
 In harvest days. The burden of my days is hard to bear,
 But God knows best; And have prayed-but vain has been my prayer
 For rest-sweet rest. Iris hard to plant in spring and never reap
 The Autumn yield: Iris hard to till and when titled to weep
 Ger fruitless field. And so 1 cry weak and human cry,
 So heart oppressed; And I sigh weak and human sigh,
 For rest-for rest My way was wound across the desert years,
 And care infest My path, and through the flowing of hot tears
 l pne-for rest. Twas always so; when but a child laid
 On mothers breast My wearied little head; cen then l prayed
 As now--for rest And am restless still; twill soon be OCT;
 For down the west, Life's sun is setting, and 1 see the shore
 Where l shall rest
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
STORM SLOWS TRAINS.
Chicago Elevated Road Cars Delayed
by Snow and Ice.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE storm
which has been central in the South
west for a number of days, struck
Chicago last night, beginning with
sleet and turning later to snow and
rain. Telegraph service west and
south of Chicago was interrupted part
of the night The sleet caused delays
on the elevated roads, but the surface
lines experienced little trouble, be-
cause the "ice cutters" on the trolley
wires cut through the coating of ice
on wires and made contact possible.
The heavens were lighted by bril-
liant flashes of electricity as trains on
the elevated roads struggled against
the sleet. A thin coating of ice
formed over the third rail and the
flashes resulted. Only slow progress
could be made on all the roads.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

application Of this city for improved
freight rates today. Interstate Com.
mrrcc Commissioner prouty ruled that
further testimony he taken nt port
land April l6. ana IN 10 ruling aald
the cnE0 wnH Of 80 much importance
that itH scope extended far beyond
Spokane, He said every community
In the Intcrmountnln district from
Spokane to the Mexican border fnceI
practically the same problem. During
the examination OF General Freight
Agent Miller Of the o. X. e. ~, the
admission was brought forth that low
or rates on certain commodities had
not been established until the Spo.
kane manufactured product had be.
gun 10 be important Miller also ad-
mllted that the ralrond had made II
reasonable profit under the tower rate.
The EFFORT Of Counsel Adams for Spo-
kane to have stricken from the com
plant the section referring 10 water
competition on the ground that Spo-
kane did not care whether It's aliogn-
tlou that the railroads could success.
fully compete with sea going trnfic IL
true. was denied by the commission.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
ReveaIment of Pledges Puts
New Presidenl in Bad
Light.
WILL He FOLLOW AGREEMENT?
CHARGES Are Made That He Pledged
Committeeships and Promised to
Support Governors Veto
Democrats Pleased.

SALEM, Ore, Jan. 17.-Dissensions
are rife in the Senate as result OF
the expose made of the deal between
the Democratic Senators and the
Haines faction.
According to one authority Hodson
offered the Democrats anything they
wanted. He told them to take what
they desired, as he had made no
pledges and he could, therefore, come
through with whatever was asked. He
also offered them, besides representa-
ton on the various committees, share
in the patronage of the Senate desk
clerks.
Pressing him still further, Hodson
was asked if he would agree to sus-
tain the governors vetos. At this
the Multnomah senator baked. He
hesitated a moment, stepped back and
finally said yes. Further, he prom
ised to put the agreement in writing
and have it signed.
There is but one veto measure in
which the Democrats are particular in
terested. This is the one vetoing the
measure creating Board of Control,
a measure stripping all patronage from
the governor. This veto has not yet
been sent In. but it Is said to be in
preparation.
The announcement Of the commit
tees by President Haines will demon
strate to the Democrats, the Repub-
licans and the public, how much the
Democrats have gained by their break
ing into the Republican pasture.
With many if not most of the real
facts of the transaction known to the
public the question of what Haines
under the circumstances will do is one
of lively interest. Will he throw down
the Democrats to save his own face?
This would be the first thought. But
on second thought, suppose he should
throw down his Democratic allies,
where does he find himself after the
organization? He would have the or
ganization all right, but where would
be his power and how could he turn
a legislative wheel? In order to sus-
tain himself he would be obliged to
either rely uopn the Democrats or
the Hodson followers, and perhaps
make new deal all around with much
of his patronage already disposed of
beyond his power to recall.
Altogether there are likely to be
things doing in the near future in the
neighborhood of the Senate chamber
at Salem.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
END NOT YET.
Controversy Over Discharge OF Black
Troops Receives Fresh impetus.

WASHINGTON. Jan. i7.--The legal
phase ot the Presidents discharge Of
! the colorcd troops was again Injected
| Into the controversy In the Senate 10.
day by n notice OF amendment to the
Foraker compromise resolution, which
Senator Blackburn said he should
press Foraker. who had concluded
his argument. at once declared his op-
position to the amendment. which In
substance inJccts into the resolution
IA disavownl Of any suggestion that the
Presidents authority TO discharge the
troops II questioned. Foraker dis-
cused the power OF the executive. hold
Ing that the ARRAY at Brownsville
ought 10 be Investigated simply AZ TO
facts and the question OF power should
BE- determined later II II should arise
as IA result OF the inquiry. He re-
viewed his previous utterances, main
tanning the same position In every re-
spcct. He replied 10 the arguments
which had been made since his first
speeches, especially those OF Senators
Spnoner and Knox. He defended the
Twenty-ffth infantry. reviewing the
"escapndcs' II ia charged with, ex-
pressing astonIshment that the record
furnished by the War Department In
this particular was not complete, and
stating that In response to his request.
It had been supplemented by informa-
ton decidedly favorable to the regi-
ment. Consideration of the resolu-
ton was deferred until Monday. at
the conclusion of Forakers address.
Republican leaders accept the Black
burn amendment as n political move,
Ion that II Is the result OF Demo
cratic conference, This Blackburn de-
MES, but says with apparent conn-
dence that It will have the support OF
Democratic senator's. Blackburn says
he will press the vote. The Republi-
cans are trying ito get n unanimous
agreement to lay the amendment on
the table, but some senator's shows a
disinclination to pursue that course,
as they fear 1t would be construed
as reelection on the President. Sew
eral senators favor IA suggestion made
by Aldrich which in the language of
n Western senator, would "denaturize"
the Blackburn provision. For the
present, however, it Is the intention Of
the Republicans to hold back debate
ana await developments. They ex-
press confidence in being able to
shape the matter so II will embarrass
the Democrats more than the Republi-
cans. Tillman does not stand with
the supporters of the Blackburn
amendment
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
ORANGE oUTGo.
California Shortage in Shipments is
Shown to be Considerable.


Los ANGELES, Jan. 1.-THE Times
has collected statistics showing that
the shipments of oranges from here tc
date number 2,025 carloads. Elimin-
ating lemons, the shortage in ship
ments this year compared with last is
1894 carloads. However, there are not
fewer cars of oranges to ship to mar
ket than there were on the corre-
spending day year ago. The Times
says $4,000 carloads are going out and
$4,000, 900 will come to the growers.
Frost has done practically no harm
and the quality Of the fruit Is fine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

with an unfalterng pressure for its
speedy application. Following is the
text OF the sections which hold the
explicit remedy and its reading will
instantly demonstrate to the most OBJ
tuse the extraordinary element of re-
lief lying ready at hand;
Sec. 10. That any person, firm, cor
I poration or association. or any mer
camille, agricultural, or manufactur-
ing society, or any body polite or mu-
nicipal organization complaining Of
anything done or omitted to be doae
by any common carrier subject to the
provisions Of this Act in contravention
OF the provisions thereof, may apply
to said Commission by petition, which
shall briefly state the facts; whereup-
on a statement of the charges thus
made shall be forwarded by the Conf
mission to such common carrier, who
shall be called upon to satisfy the com-
plaint or to answer the same in writ
ing within a reasonable time, to be
specified by the Commission. If such
common carrier, within the time speci-
fed, shall make reparation for the IN
jury alleged to have been done, said
carrier shall be relieved Of liability to
the complainant only for the particI-
lar violation of law thus complaine
Of II such carrier shall not satisfy
the complainant within the time speci-
fled, or there shall appear to be any
reasonable ground for Investigating
said complaint, it shall be the duty of
the Commission to Investigate the mat
ters complained of in such manner ara
by such means as it shall deem propa'.
Sec. Is. CAS- amended June 30, 1906
That the Commission Is authorized
and empowered, and it shall be is
duty whenever after full hearing upon
complaint made as provided in Sec
ton thirteen of this Act, or upon corr
plaint of any common carrier, it shal
be of the opinion that any of the rates
or charges whatsoever, demanded,
charged, or collected by any common
carrier or carriers, subject to the pro-
visions of this Act, for the transpo'-
tation Of persons or property as defined
in the first section of this Act, or tina:
any regulations or practices whatso-
ever of such carrier or carriers affect.
ing such rates, are unjust or unreason-
able, or unjustly discriminatory, y"
unduly preferential or prejudicial, or
otherwise in violation of any of tie
provisions of this Act, to determine
and prescribe what will be the just
and reasonable rate or rates, charge
or charges, to be thereafter observed
in such case as the maximum to be
charged; and what regulation or prac
tice in respect to such transportation is
just, fair, and reasonable to be there
after followed; and to make an order
that the carrier shall cease and desist
from such violation, to the extent to
which the Commission find the same
to exist and shall not thereafter pub
lish, demand, or collect any rate or