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cal circles. All geodetic surveying 10
based on astronomical measurements and
men with practical knowledge OF astron-
omy are required in boundary surveys
John Fillmore Hayford, inspector or
geodetic work and chief of the computing
division Of the survey, was assistant as
tronomer TO the International boundary
commission of the United States and
author OF a textbook on geodetic survey
ing James Bowen Baylor OF New
Market Va. has been a field officer of the
coast and geodetic survey since 1874 ana
is well known by reason Of his survey
OF the oyster grounds Of Virginia, which
is called the Baylor survey He il
boundary engineer for Virginia in the dis
pute with Maryland and in the boundary
dispute between Virginia and Tennessee
he was commissioner of the Supreme
Court OF the United States.
Another assistant in the coast and geo
detic survey is Edwin Smith. who in
1859 esta blished the International geo
detic latitude observatory at Gathers
burg. Mr.. Smith was the astronomer in
charge OF a party which observed the
transit; OF Venus in Chatham Islands in
the South Pacific in 1874. and was also
In charge of an observation party at
Auckland in 1882. The coast and geo.
detic survey might be called nursery for
eminent astronomers and scientists OF
kindred attachments tpdegraf and
Able are among its former aids and
Louis Agricola Bauer. a noted magnet
clan. who has been director OF the depart
ment of terrestrial magnetism OF the Car
negie Institution since 1905. was previous
to that time chief Of the terrestrial mag
netism division of the survey.
Miss Charlotte Cynthia Barnum. a
computer in the survey, if not entitled To
be called an astronomer. has had much
familiarity with astronomical work She
was computer at the Yale observatory
from 1883 to 1850 and at tho naval Oh
servatory in 1901. She lad done similar
work for life insurance companies. Miss
Barnum was refused the privilege of at
tending lectures at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity in 1852. after graduating from
Nassar. She was finally admitted TO IN.
johns Hopkins lectures as "a regular
hearer' in 1890. and studied there two
years. In 1875 she received a degree of
Ph.D. from Yale University.
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acres. which bring in about $4,000 a year.
One of his greatest possessions when he
succeeds to the dukedom will be Haddon
Hall. famous the world round as the
scene of Dorothy Nernon's love affair
with Sir John Manners, the second son
of the first Earl of Rutland. Another
property will be Belvoir Castle. one of the
finest country seats in England. which
dates back 10 the restoration Today it
contains very fine art collection, with
ever so many examples OF Reynolds.
Gainsborough, Romney, Lily and Law
renee. Personally the marquis is a quiet.
unassuming young man. clever and culti-
waited. He inherits from his mother an
aptitude for drawing. He is handsome.
with fine delicate, clear-cut features. and
is very popular among his classmates at
college
Earl Percy heir Of the Duke of North
cumberland, although thirtyseven years of
age. is still considered one of the most
desirable "eligibles'' in English society.
In worldly expectations he would be fat
catch even for the daughter OF an
American multi The Duke of North
cumberland whom he will succeed. is the
largest landowner in England. His pos
sessions in the county, from which he
takes his name, extend from sea 10 sea.
and 1t is said that he can ride hundred
miles in a straight line without crossing
the borders Of his estate. However that
may be, he has upward of 100000 acres.
The family is one of the Oldest and
proudest in England. Earl Percy's moth
Ell, the present duchess. shares with the
Duchess OF Buccleuch the reputation of
being the most exclusive society hostess
in the land. Invitations to her enter
tainments at her house in Grosvenor
place London, are highly priced, and are
said to have been sighed for in vain,
upon occasions. by royalty itself.
The general idea Of a dukes son Is
rare young rake who goes the pace win
the swiftest This would hardly serve as
a description of the earl: AS a matter
Of fact he is very sober-minded and
exemplary bachelor. He has a brilliant
career at Oxford to look back upon.
There he won several prizes for English
verse; and since his graduation he has
butted into the realm of literature as an
author of mean merit Earl Percy
has political as we'll as literary asplra-
tions. And what is more important, he
has political promise. lie Is one or the
the house of commons, for. although he
bears the title of a peer, II is courtesy
title only, given to him only in his ca
pacity as the son of duke. Dukes
have so many Super1GOus honors mat
they are permitted to bestow some of
them on their sons So Earl Percy sits in
the house of commons instead OF IN the
higher house until he succeeds his father.
And the house of commons Is genuinely
glad of il. If he does not go far 1t will
not be through a lack of ability. OF which
he has an overlooking abundance, but
rather through a lack OF personal mag
netism in which he is sadly wanting He
has already held office for, under the Bal
four ministry, he was, first under secre-
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so describing him in the heat of debate
Earl Winterton is absolutely irrepressiDe
and il. when he is married. he talks as
much at home as he does in the house.
his wife will have to have an unusually
long tongue to get a word in edgewlse
Remarkable Is the day in the house when
this young Irish peer does not speak
half a dozen times.
1t is fortunate for Earl Winterton that
the peerage to which he has just sue
ceeded is an Irish one That enables him
to retain his seat in the bouse of COM
mons, where man has much greater OPP
portunities to attain political distinction
than in the somnolent atmosphere of the
hereditary chamber Only twenty Irish
peers sit, in the house Of lords, and they
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riageable daughters on their hands. are
already angling for him. He has hut 3d.
coo acres to his name, mere deer park
when compared with some of the larger
English estates, but this lucky young
man, when he reaches the age of twenty
five. will have an income Of no less than
$3.50, 600 year to do with as he will.
Rank and riches came to him In dra-
matte and unexpected way. for. although
he was the heir of his cousin, the late
marquis, the latter died unexpectedly. The
present holder of the title went to bed
one evening In 1865 plain Charles Henry
Alexander Paget. a comparatively poor
boy The following morning he woke up
the sixth Marquis of Anglesay. wealthy
beyond the dreams OF most men.
The girl who gets Earl WintertOn
will secure a husband who Is expected to
go a long way in politics Although he is
only twenty-five years of age and at the
time of his election TO the house of COM
mons four years ago was the youngest
member of that body, he has already
forced himself into the public limelight
more than once. Since a certain nemora-
Bile occasion not many months ago he
has been known as the 'mpudent puppy"
of the house, an eXcitable Irish member
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Prejudiced.

NN the st. Louis. en- route for his Paris
- fiat. II. Sellers Mckee. the we'll known
Pittsburg millionaire, talked brilliantly of
the prejudices of the foreigner.
"The average foreigner" he said,
comes to America SO blinded with preiu-
dice that he is quite unable to see beauty
or merit in any part of our glorious coun-
try. Even Niagara-'
Mr.. Mckee laughed.
Il once visited Niagara with a French
man." he said. 1.-The Frenchman, stand
ing before the laundering and colossal
waterfall, sneered. Niagara was not near
ly SO beautiful. he remarked, as some
waterfall other in the Pyrenees
But that Pyrenean fall | said indig-
nantly lis little bit of a thing. Niagara
would MAKE IL hundred Of it,
THE Frenchman merely sneered again.
oh. WELL said he, If it's only size
you want. couldn't you look at my fall
with magnifying glass?'"
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Druce the Australian, aspired in the now
famous suit
The future wife of Lord Howard de
Walden-should there be one-will be-
come mistress of Seaford House in Bel
grave Square. which contests with Stat
ford House. the town residence of the
Duke OF Sutherland. the distinction of be-
ing the finest private residence in Lon
don. Likewise the lucky young lady will
in time come into possession OF the
magnificent collection of jewels owned by
Lord Howard de Walden'S mother, Lady
Ludlow. With the exception of the unique
collection of the Duchess OF Portland. this
is said to be the finest array of precious
stones in England.
1t is suspected that Lord Howard de
Walden is too busy with his sports to
Think of the ladies. He owns more motor
ears than any other man in England; he
is the owner and the operator CT a small
fleet of motor boats he has his own stud
of race horses, and he is Il modern
d'Artagnan--the finest swordsman in Eng
land. Last but not least, Lord Howard
de Walden wears Il monocle with dis
tinction.
Lord Dalmeny, heir of Lord Rosebery,
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ing upward of 700 houses. His income
from these alone is in the neighborhood
of $4,000 a year.
The Miss Moneybags who decides upon
Lord I-econfield as her future husband
will have to bangle a well filled purse be-
fore his eyes to tempt him. For this
enthusiastic follower Of the hounds, who
recently broke his collar bone in nasty
fall, is one of the richest men in England.
He has a rent roll of $4,000 a year
derived from his 10000 acres. one of the
finest residences in London. and in Pet
worth Park. near Chichester, he possesses
what some people consider the most beau
tiful estate in England His deer park
alone is fifteen miles around. But al
though this man. who. by the way, is
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municates itself to the field, and with
the inspiration of the knowledge that the
whole college is calling on them fer sup
port the men in the battle perform feats
that would be impossible otherwise.
The University of Pennsylvania meg
known all over the country. He did not
make his fame on the foot ball field. Ii
was at a republican national convention
that he came into prominence, and he
there gave d demon stration of what col
leee enthusiasm could do as applied to
politics.
1t was when Roosevelt was nominated
for the second term. in 1901, that Mr
Smythe showed what he could do.
In pursuance of praconceived plan
he worked his way to the edge OF the
Platform at the moment when the nomi-
nation of the President had turned the
convention wild with joy.
Megaphone in hand, he began a rhyth-
mic yell:
Roosevelt, Roosevelt. Roosevelt and
in a minute he had the thousands with
him. shouting the yell in swelling volume.
1t took some twenty minutes before the
hysteria could be Gained.
When asked about the incident after
ward Mr.. Smythe disclaimed credit, and
said that he used no other methods than
those which figure at every college in
preparation for a foot ball game Of i'm
portance.
Many colleges and universities have
reached the point of musical cultivation
where they have their band. This helps
a great deal in the development Of
demonstration for the love of the bar
ing music Of the brass is innate in nearly
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Marquis Of Auglesey.

are elected by their fellow-members of the
Irish peerage.
Earl Winterton stands six feet three
inches in his stocking feet and takes him
self and his political work very, very
seriously. In addition he dabbles in lit
erature. He has the distinction of having
more relatives of exalted rank than any
other man. The woman who becomes his
wife will by marriage. be related to three
dukes. two marquiSes. two earls, several
barons and a corresponding number OF
duchesses, marchionesses and countesses.
He is the grandson OF that very remarka-
BILE woman the late Dowager Duchess
of Abercorn, nephew of both the Duke
of Buccleuch and the Marquis of Lans-
downe and cousin of the new Duchess
of Devonshire.
He owns about 5000 acres in Sussex.
surrounding Shillinglee Park. one OF the
most picturesque places in the south of
England. In addition he owns gOodly
slice of ST. Georges in the east, includ-
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ses s. % Of ss 9 .1s
in the government service in the District
- Of Columbia. These government en-
ployes include experts and specialists OF
so many different varieties that 1t would be dim
cult even to enumeraIe them The census Office
has never attempted to give tables showing how
many OF one and how many of another are to be
found. 1t would he impossible to compile such
tables from Official data, for the designation OF
the official position very often does not give the
slightest hint of the technical qualifications OF
positions listed Assistants and inspectors.
Again, there are government employees with
expert knowledge Of several different sciences
all Of which may be useful in the work they
do. but none Of which marks the limitations OF
their work. There are men whose particular
lion In the of terms "apiculturst or
''pomOlogist." but again there are men whose
expert knowledge is 80 comprehensive that the
broad term physicist must be used in speaking
of them.
The government employs many civil engineers
doctors. editors and bewildering variety Of
professional men, scientists. mechanics and
laborers. II has army OF accountants. az
well army OF soldiers; 1t has Its hfst0-
rians. well as its hearse drivers: it has its
professors. its printers and Its proofreaders.in
brief. every occupation presented in the die
tionary. from laid camp TO ''zOoloeist, Is
represented In the service OF the United States.
and is we'll represented at that.
Some of the specialists to he found among the
niZed emineDce. many are men OF high attain
ments who have never been conspicuous before
the public The work that they are doing and
have done is not only important, hut exceed
ngly interesting and concerning 1t The Sunday
star will contain articles from time to time.
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WHO5 Who r4@G10vERrp1ENrS:9}EK

rays with the purpose OF ascertaining how
the heat is stored up, which affects eli
matte conditions, have been published.
The invention of the bOlometer was one of
Langleys greatest achievements. worthy
even to rank with his discovery of the
basic law of aerial navigation. namely.
that the faster flying machine travels
the less energy is required to keep 1t
af1oat. The bolometer Is an instrument
which measures heat so exactly that 1t
notes the change of a miliOnth part Of a
degree. Attempts have been made with 1t
to measure the heat of the stars. and it
is sensitive that the radiation of heat
from persons face affects the DETECTION
Of its needle. 1t was by means of ex-
periments with the bolometer that Prof.
Langley announced many years ago that
the brightness of the sun was $500 times
that of mass of white-hot iron.
To Find Out About Climate.
Prof. Charles Greedy Abbot, who has
practically grown up in the astrophysical
observatory. and is yet a young man,
made some equally interesting expert
ments during the total eclipse which oc-
Cured January of this year. He took
to Flint Island. in the South Pacific
ocean, in order to make study of the CO.
rona-a phenomenon which scientists have
tions led to the opinion that the bright
ness of the corona is mainly due to the
reflection of ordinary sun rays. but modi-
fled by incandescence and, perhaps, also
luminescence.'
BY penetrating the secrets of solar radi-
alton and Of the corona scientists hope to
penetrate the secrets of variation of eli
mate and advance the science of weather
fhar
present So while there are few who can
understand the mysterious experiments
which Prof Abbot is making, there are
few who are not interested in their ulti-
mate object. Solar radiation is practically
the life-study of Mr.. Abbot, and he has
made many improvements in the apparat-
us required in the gigantic investigation
he has undertaken. One is a machine for
churning the air. devised by Langley in
fulfillment of one of the paradoXeS OF
science. that still air gives troubled
image" By agitating the air a compare
lively still image is obtained. There are
several other instruments in the use Of
which Prof. Abbot and his assistant. Mr..
Fowle, are experts, but this is an article
about men and not machines
shire, May 81, 1872 He was mar!o In
Washington in 1897. He became an as
sistant to Prof. Langley in 1873. and has
been director of the astrophysical observ-
atory since March. 1907. His work. in
conjunction with that of Prof. Langley,
the mapping of the infra-red solar spec
trum, is described I'm the first volume or
the annals of the observatory. Prof. Alb
bot conducted expeditions to observe total
eclipses May %. 1900; May 10. 1901. and
January s, 1908. The last eclipse lasted
one hundred seconds and the sun became
clear of clouds only fifteen seconds before
totality. But when Prof. Abbot took the
delicate apparatus connected with the OBJ
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servatory to Sweden, several years ago.
the sun remained hidden behind clouds
all the time, and all the careful prepare
tionS went for naught. While solar radi-
alton study is the great work Of Mr.. Abb
bot. he has conducted other Investigations.
one of them concerning infra-mercurial
planets.
Naval Observatory Astronomers.
The naval observatory has . corps Of
astronomers who are worthy successors
of Simon Newcopb. Asaph Hall and other
men famous in it's history. The present
director of the Nautical Almanac Office.
the post formerly occupied by Newcomb.
is Prof. Milton Updegraff. recently Of the
faculty of the Naval Academy at Annapo-
lis. Prof Updegraf was formerly con-
nected with the coast and geodetic survey
and he spent several years at the Cordoba
observatory in Argentina. The personnel
of the naval observatory includes the fol-
lowing:
Superintendent, Capt William ]. Bar
nette.
Commanders, B. W. Hodges and E. E.
Hayden.
Professors of mathematics, Aaron N.
Skinner W. S. Eichelberger and Frank
B. Littell
Superintendent Of compasses Command
er Thomas Snowden.
Assistant astronomers, George A. Hill.
John c. Hammond and Herbert r. Nor
gan.
Assistant nautical instrument depart
ment. E. A BOeger.
Assistants, Nautical Almanac Office. II.
b. Hedrick, William Auhagen and James
Robertson.
Librarian, W. D. Horigan.
Aaron n SINNERS most notable
achievement has been, probably. the map
ping of s 900 stars as contribution to the
great Star Catalogue Of the Astrono-
mische Gesellschaft of Germany. He has
been the discoverer of four variable stars.
He was the chief of the naval observatory
expedition to Sumatra to observe the to-
tai solar eclipse of May II, 1901. and has
been professor of mathematics since 1898
William Snyder Eichelberger. native OF
Baltimore and graduate of Johns Hop
the observatory since 1889 and has been
head of the division of meridian instru-
ments since. 1902. He was In charge Of
eclipse stations in Sumatra in 1901 and in
Spain, 1905 and was a member of the
eclipse expedition to North Carolina in
1900. 1t was at Fort de Koch. Sumatra,
that notable photographs confirming Per-
rines results as to the formation of hoods
and eminences above some Of the promi-
nences Of the corona were taken by Mr..
Peters, the naval observatory photograph
err Prof. Little has also been a member
of several eclipse expeditions. He has
been in charge of vertical circle observa-
tions of standard stars since 1903. Rober-
deau Buchanan mathematician in the
Nautical Almanac Office, who began max
ing calculations for the Nautical Almanac
in 1870, is the author of book called
1.-The Mathematical Theory Of Eclipses"
and several books Of a genealogical char
acter. Thomas 8. j. See, former pro-
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everybody, but most of all in the college
student.
In such cases the band must do its
rehearsing with the song leaders and
the cheer leaders. SO that on the day
of the big game the harmony may be
perfect. The Carlisle Indian team car
ries its band along on trips that are
not too long. and the Army and Navy
teams bring from Annapolis and West
Point their splendid military bands. with
the result that the volume If enthusiasm
is impressive. The Indian girls from the
Carlisle Indian School also help along
the enthusiasm for their team by their
singing and cheering.
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THERE Is Nothing Spon-

THERE Is Nothing Spon-
( taneous About the Mighty
College Yells and Songs That
Swell Across the Gridiron on
the Days of the Big Foot Ball
Games-It Is All the Result
of Most Painstaking Prepare
ton, the Boys Being Rehearsed
as Carefully as a Grand Opera
Chorus Coaches, Knowing
the Inspiring Value of This
Vocal Support, Encourage 1t
All They Can
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fessor of mathematics, is now at Mare
Island.
Prof. Newcomb's Career.
Prof. Simon Newcomb. who retired as
director of the Nautical Almanac in 1897
was undoubtedly the most famous astron.
omer ever connected with the naval OBJ
servatory, and is celebrated as an author
of astronomical books. He resides ir
Washington. During his administration
Congress allowed him to accept severa
foreign decorations. and he was elected
one Of the eight foreign associates of the
Institute Of France, being the first Amer
lean since Franklin to receive such al
honor.
It was Prof. Newcomb who negotiated
for and installed the great 26-inch refract-
ing telescope, at that time-lSlS-the
largest refractor in the world. Yerkes
observatory now has the largest refractor.
Prof. Newcomb was director of the Maui
tical Almanac office for twenty years. and
conducted the transit Of Venus observa-
ton in 1874 and 1882.
Among the notable achievements by
astronomers connected with the ObServa-
tory have been s. c. Walkers investiga-
ton Of the latitude of the observatory
and his Identification in 1S4I of the planet
Neptune with a star observed by Lalande
at Paris in the eighteenth century. the
VI SHuioSioPhS W So'i'i
Locke in 1S49. the discovery OF three
minor planets by Ferguson. the origina-
ton Of the plan of transmitting time sig
mails by telegraph daily by Prof. William
Hardness in August. 1885: the installation
OF automatic devices in connection with
this system by Prof J. X. Eastman in
1870, the determination of the time OF ro-
tation of Saturn on it's axis by Prof.
Asaph Hall in 1877. and the discovery OF
the satellites OF Mars by the same profess
sor in the same year. Edgar Frisby, an
astronomer at the observatory. who re-
tired in 1899. observed for the government
several eclipses and made a noteworthy
computation of the orbit of the comet OF
1873. 4
It was Stimson J. Brown. later of the
faculty Of the Naval Academy then d.
rector of the Nautical Almanac office.
who conducted the naval observatory ex-
petition to North Carolina to observe the
total solar eclipse Of May %, 19OO at a
time when Langley and Abbot of the
Smithsonian Institution, Hale of Yerkes.
Campbell of Lick, Pickering Of Harvard
and several others constituted one of the
most table assemblies Of the kind ever
recorded. This eclipse was remarkable
by reason of its big track through civil
lied territory. Prof. Brown observed the
catalogue of stars at Annapolis from 1885
to 1887 for the Berliner Jahrbuch. and at
the University OF Wisconsin during the
succeeding three years. He Is now pro-
lessor of mathematics at the Naval
Academy.