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Evening journal., 1910-09-24
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Q EALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
- ceived by the Trustees of the Poor Of
New Castle county, until 10 a. m, on We'd
nesday September 2S 1910. for supplying
the New Castle County Hospital from Sep
tember %, 1910, to the last Wednesday in
December 1910. with beef, bread, groceries,
tobacco, carpet slippers, drygoods and med.
cine Bidders on shoes, carpet slippers and
drygoods will be required to furnish sam
pies. Bids for beef will be by the quarter
in proportion Of one hind quarter 10 three
fore-quarters, ont Of cattle we'll fatted and
dressing not less than 500 pAnds. Bids for
groceries and drugs will be the various
kinds named in the schedule, and must be Of
the best quality. Bids will also be received
for supplying the hospital with creamery but
ter delivered in such quantities as the sup
erintendent may direct All bids 20 be d.
rected TO the Trustees Of the Poor. No bids
will be received unless in accordance with
the above. The trustees reserve the right
to reject any or aH-bids.
JAMES W. FOSTER.
superintendent New Castle County Hospital
s24-3t
Evening journal., 1910-09-24

High School Alumnae Meeting.
The Alumnae Association Of the
Wilmington High School will hold its
regular meeting on Monday, Septem-
Der 26, 1910. at the High School.
large attendance is desired to vel
come the graduates of 1910.
Evening journal., 1910-09-24
Rnrrare MAN transferred

Carton Smith, baggage master at
Rehoboth. has been promoted to the
yard masters Office in Delmar and
leaves for his new position October /.
Evening journal., 1910-09-24
Sedguick .Sbarn

On September %. Alexis L. Sedg-
wick and Miss Nettie " Sharp. both
Of this city, We're married by the Rev.
J. Richard Bicking, pastor of Eastlake
N. Z. Church. i.
Evening journal., 1910-09-24
Nap on Platform Proves Fatal.

While waiting for a p, B. and W.
train at Perryman's, near Elkton.
George Cooper. colored. fell asleep on
the station platform, when he was
struck by the express and instantly
killed.
Evening journal., 1910-09-24
To Sneak al New CastIa

The Rev. DR.. H. w. Pope, of Phil
adelphia, will be a speaker at the
anti-license meeting in New Castle
tonight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
TESTING NAVY TRIAL COURSES
The Reid and the Flusser Speeded Over
Route Off Rockland, Me.

RockIand. Me. May 1.-THE tests 70 oe-
termine the relative value as courses TOT
the official acceptance trials of vessels con-
structed for the United States navy of the
Rockland, Provincetown and Delaware
Breakwater mile courses were begun To-
day in the presence Of the government >
trial boards.
Three ships will be standardized on each
course for the purpose of determining what
effect different pressure of water has on
speed. The ships selected for the tests are
the battIeship Michigan, one of the largest
vessels in the American navy, and the tor
pedo boat destroyers Reid and Flusser, con-
structed at Bath.
The Reid made twenty runs over the mile
stretch completing the test at noon, and
the F'Iusser then was put through her
PAGES. No attempt was made 20 secure
the best speed of the flyer, which on her
official acceptance trials made the fastest
mile in her Standardization test at the rate
A maximum speed of 1884 knots was
attained by the F1usseT during twelve
runs. The best average for fve-mile runs
was 30 S3S knots Three of the runs were
at IT'S knot speed three were at ~ knots,
three were timed at 24.4 knots and the last
three showed 500 knots. These figures are
unofficial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
THE TALE OF THE COMET
Had Interesting History Even
Before HALEY Saw It.

Haliey's comet probably has the most in
teresting history OF any that has ever APP
peared in the heavens. 1t was first identi-
fed In 1852 by Edmund HALEY, an English
astronomer and a contemporary of Sir
Isaac Newton. Newton devoted much time
to the study of this comet, and agreed with
HALEY at first that 1t was moving In an
elongated ellipse, the possibility being that
the complete journey would take 575 years.
Haley, however, went further in his re-
searches and examined the circumstances
attending all former comets.
His investigation showed that the orbits
OF the comets of 1881 and 1907 were similar,
and that they were in fact the same as
that followed by the comet seen by him.
He, therefore, decided that this particular
comet had appeared before and would APP
pear again In cycles of about seventy-tive
years. HALEY also found that In the inter
val between 1907 and 1852 the comet had
passed so near Jupiter as TO make it likely
that it's velocity had been considerably in
creased. He, therefore, predicted its return
about the end of I75S or the beginning of
175s
HALEY did not live TO see the fulf1lment
of his prophecy nor was IT astronomer
who first noticed the truth OF his predic-
ton. That honor went 10 @ farmer named
Palitzsch. living near Dresden, who saw the
comet on the night of Christmas Day. 175S
HALEY surmised that the comet which ap-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
IT'S SERIOUS, Mr.. GAYN0R!
Hearken the Advice of Cook, a
Philadelphia "Cometeer."

The surge OF the comet was noticeable
at the City Hall yesterday. In the morn
ing man who said he was William Cook,
of Philadelphia, tried to get Mayor Gay
nor on the telephone. He told Robert
Adamson. the Mayors secretary, that he
wanted TO find out If the Mayor was going
to issue proclamation about the comet.
What sort of q proclamation asked
the secretary.
why. a proclamation telling the people
to prepare for the worst" replied the
voice at the other end of the wire. This
is a serious matter"
Mr.. Adamson assured the caller that he
had no doubt that the Mayor would do all
that the occasion required.
In the afternoon Patrolman Conway APP
preached a well dressed woman who had
stood motionless on the steps of the City
Hall for two hours
II want to see the 'Judge-Mayor, she
replied in answer to a question
What about?' asked Conway.
About the comet replied the woman.
Conway had the woman taken to the
Elizabeth street station and later TO Belle
vue Hospital. The woman refused TO give
her name and address In her purse, in
addition to S165 in bills, the woman had a
bill made out by H. B. Pye, of No. 2269
Third avenue, to Anna Grige, of No. 15I
East 55th street The police said the WON
an was not known at the latter address.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
The Decline of Personality.

The press everywhere, in England and IN
America even in Germany and in France,
where the personal equation. still sets the
pace has deterorated in weight, while
Ella boratfng its methods and augmenting its
enterprise: has, as would say IN Ken
lucky. lost In bottom what it may have
gained in heels. We hear IL said that 1t
gives the public what it wants. Taking
that public as It's own creation. 1t has either
overeducated it or undercut itself But II
seems to me that this is an incident OF
period of transition. The old order of per
lal accountability, often mere egotism and
vanity has passed away. The new order
of irnpersonal journalism, with its ideas OF
commercial honor and of public oblgatlon.
has not quite adjusted itself to It's enlarged
habitation and richer Apparel. II is, TO take
another illustration from my beloved blue
grass country. as thoroughbred yearliDg
that feels his oats and kicks and bites his
trainer, yet has the sure making of Derby
winner.
We hear a deal about yellow journal
ism" 1t is much like the pot calling the
kettle black. Offences against decency are
more or less relative and qualified More
and more will newspaper owners and max
ers discover that integrity and cleanliness
nav the best dividends. The scaudalmonger
will in time be reIegateG to the category
of the unprosperous well as the diSrep-
UtabIe and the detective be driven out Of
the newspaper service, where he should
have no place, TO the company of the police,
where he alone belongs. We can as little
expect that each newspaper worker shall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18

Battery of Cameras for Psyche
logical Moment.
by Telegraph 10 The Tribune.l

,-h;cspo Nav I7.-Fear of the unscAeo-
uled appearance OF advance streaners or
-be comets tail caused activity tonight OF
the entire staff of Terzes Observatory
:, l7ich boasts the largest telescope i'm the
,,orid. The statement by Professor David
Todd. OF Amherst University, that the earth
might enter tie comets tail at any moment
was the principal occasion Of the vigil Ad-
spstroent of the apparatus OF the outdoor
,botor,etric laboratory and the alignment
of +be batterv of sixteen cameras was the
task of the observers a continuous series
~ Photographic plates Of the skies was
taken. with a view OF securing records OF
possible meteorites-
J. A Parkhurst, photometric expert OF
the observatory, and s. B. Barrett, spec
s1roscopist. were IL charge Of the open AIR
observatory. Oliver J. Lee, official COM
puter, was in charge of the Snow observa-
rory. in which q special series of cameras
has been arranged 20 take a set Of plates
simultaneously Of wide arc of the sky
Tomorrow afternoon and evening and all
night the observatory viii present the APP
y,earance of the upper deck OF a battleship
discharging its guns at an aerial fleet
More than fifty lenses viii be directed at
the sky. Photographic plates are stacked
up like ammunition for naval engage
r-ent- Cots end blankets are placed by the
larger Instruments for the observers to
snatch Z few moments sleep when pos
sible
A summary Of various views on the effect
of the comet printed here to-day is that
the celestial gadabout is a harmless phe-
nomenon. which may destroy the earth. y
and that its tail is an ''innocuous streamer
Of deadly cyanogen gas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18

ring smaller than itself which IL nigh: APP
proach or meet in collision; in which event
a violent connection would probably result
and n rotary motion ensrie-a cyclone in
the meteoric matter composing the ring
and probably occupying the edge Of the
ring nearest TO the sun
Such an aggregation of meteoric material
would reasonably appear 70 the earth as
the nucleus of so-called comet, acceler-
ated in speed beyond the rest of the ma
terial in the ring and becoming intensely
heated and brilliant: revolving about its
own axis, crumpling up the mass In its
front absorbing some parts OF it and fore
ing other parts away; and all the rest of
the ring pursuing its usual revolution
around the sun.
Should these circumstances ever possibly
occur-and why not?-a comet would be
nothing very remarkable. excepting that
a world might be in the process of forma-
ton directly before our eyes and be OF no
more danger TO our globe than any one of
the planets already formed and in its usual
revolution. Changes have been observed In
the rings of Saturn, and why should not
one of them be gathered in mass by at
traction and yield to that planet another
moon?
Now, the rays of the sun glancing along
or across a white hot surface or surfaces.
as over or through a large, loose eolleo-
ton OF meteoric matter approaching the
sun or departing from it, would light UP
most brilliantly and possibly heat any other
meteoric matter further away, but within
the range of such rays; the reflection or
light being seen from the earth only when
the objects were at the proper angle; the
collection thus serving as a lens, or rather
as vast reflector.
Any large solid or Opaque body within
such a eollection-or nucleus, If that term
be permitted here-would intercept the rays
of the sun in the general illumination and
cause a dark band, dividing the light into
two streams-"like comet with two tails
Light at its normal rate of travel could
not reach the particles in the ring IN the
vast distance of the outer edge as quickly
as those nearer, or would reach the i'm
menseIy broad stretch of them in varied
time, and hence the tails might appear to
be curved-this. however, may be an
erroneous idea-since the tail of a comet
is herein considered not as a substance
travelling ate speed almost uncomfortable
for minute solids, but as a mere light fash
ing from particle to particle in the outer re-
sions of ring. The nucleus at first being
composed of loosely aggregated PARTICLES
but eventually attracting and gathering the
substance of the ring into or upon itself,
should result In asteroid or planet-and
there may be material enough in Halley's
comet and ia the ring through which it is
now furiously rushing to form q globe as
large as any one of the minor planets-the
flying dust of the SUMS roadway would
build enormous drifts.
This idea of a ring around the sun may
not be at all new, though the writer has
not seen any reference to it in print; it
seems to present some points of reason, and
we will let 1t go for what it may be worth.
SHALMANESER.
Boston, May TO- 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
FURNISH UP THE ELEPHANTS
Central Park Favorites Receive An
nual Oil Bath After a Shampoo.

Hattie and Jewel. the two East Indian
elephants in the Central Park menagerie.
received their annual oil bath yesterday
afternoon. Headkeeper William Snyder
and his assistant, Keeper Hurtin did the
Job with all the fiourishes of expert bar
beers, using twenty gallons of neatsfoot oil,
not perfumed. A preliminary shampoo
washed off few barrels of dirt The
crowd that watched the operation enjoyed
it, though the big pachyderms took the
treatment stolidlY.
The oil was absorbed without massage.
1t has been the, custom in former years TO
give the elephants a swim in the hippo
potauus tank, an annual treat, but
conditions this year were not favorable.
Keeper Snyder said that ideal conditions
could be created for the elephants that
would give considerable delight TO the
many visitors to the park If a big tank
were constructed near the elephants house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
| ONE MOLECULE TO YARD
Not Much Danger Says LICK
Observatory Statement.

! san jose. Cal, May 11.-Director Camp
bell OF Lick Observatory, IN statement
concerning Halley's comet. said in part;
''Harleys comet was 90 degrees long at
/ 6aybreak yesterday, both as photographed
/ and as observed by the naked eye rms
corresponds TO a length OF twenty-fouT mlli-
| ion miles. This morning the nearest point
j OF the comet was seven million miles from
/ the earth On Wednesday morning II VIII
! be little over two million miles. ana on
Wednesday evening the earth will he pass
ing through it's tail. The present diameter
of the tail at the point through winch the
earth will pass Is a little over one miiioh
miles. The two bodies will have relative
velocity of about forty-three miles sec
ond. and the time required for the passage.
| IL the present dimensions remain unchangei.
will be six or seven hours
1T is true, comets are the most mysteri-
Gus bodies In the sky, and many important
! questions concerning their origin and con-
stitution remain unanswered. We oe know.
however, the tails are SO attenuated that
the most perfect laboratory vacuum is ex-
tremely dense in comparison. 1t is proba-
bic that both minute solid particles and
! isolated gas molecules are present in the
tails. the proportion of solid particles to gas
molecules varying in different comets
eli seems 10 be a conservative estimate
! that there is not more than one particle ~
molecule, microscopic in size, on the aver
age 10 q cubic yard. The earth's atmos-
phere will form g perfect protecting blan-
ket against all possible constituents of the
tail There is absolutely cause or eX-
cuse for anxiety as TO Injurious effects upon
terrestrial life, animal or vegetable
1T Is very unfortunate that the moon,
nearly full, viii interfere with optical OBJ
ser-vations OF the phenomena attending our
passing through the tail. If the moon were
absent there is little doubt we should be
able TO see the night sky family Illuminated
by that part OF the tall which projects be-
yond the earth. Because of the possible
and probable tagging of the tail. there is
chance We may still be in the tail the latter
part of Wednesday night, and some evil
dence OF its presence may be seen in the
short interval between moonset and dawn.
Astronomers of Lick Observatory have
been credited in newspapers with the opln-
ion that telegraphic service win not be af-
fected. We have never expressed such an
opinion. 1t would not be surprising If tele-
graph transmission were interfered with, as
is the case when strong auroras are pres
ent in the sky. There might even be an
aurora OF considerable intensity"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18

peared in lass was the same one be had
seen.
IN 1901 great comet was mentioned by
the historians. which was visible so far
north as Iceland In 1923. according to an
ancient chronicle, wonderful sign APP
peared in the heavens shortly before the
death of Philip Augustus of France. III
seems probable that this, too. was Haley
comet. In las historians again mentioned
the presence of a comet.
The greatest excitement. however, that
any visitation of this comet ever aroused
was in 1866, WHEN all Europe was aston
ished In England il was considered the
forerunner of the victory of William the
Conqueror and was regarded with almost
universal dread. Previous to this the comet
appeared in sSs, s12, s37 76o 6S4, eOs 49,
451 3Ts, 90, 21s, 1H and eS A. u. and IL
B. G. Some astronomers even carried us
history further back and stated that 1t
appeared at the time of Methusaleh's death.
The visits made by comets in the past
have inspired fear in many persons. Hal
ley's comet in particular has led the super
stitious 10 portend terrible catastrophes.
Historians have recorded the influence Oh
this heavenly visitor. They say that when
ii appeared in SS7 Louis j, Emperor OF Ger
many and France, was moved to build sew
eral churches and rlouasterieF It's appear
ance in 1856 led Pope Calixtus to order
prayers for protection against 1t. as he
thought the safety of Europe was threat
ened.
Important events which occurred at the
time of the visit of Halleys comet were:
A. d. se-The war ending in the destruc-
ton of Jerusalem.
A. d. 573-Invasion of Italy by the Huns.
A. d. 451-Inyasion of Atila.
A. d. 53e-Founding of the Saxon king
dom in England.
A. D. 137s-start of the forty years
sehisin in the Catholic Church.
A. d. 1551-Throwing off of the papal
yoke by England
A. D. Establishment of jamestown
Colony In Virginia.
A. ID. 17la-FRll of Llnehec.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
GREETs COMET SECOND TIME
Mrs. Elizabeth Wonderly Celebrates
Her 10th Birthday.

Philadelphia, May T7.-With mind still
keen and with an undated interest in life
elizabeth Wonderly celebrated her 10th
birthday at the Methodist Episcopal Home
for the Aged here to-day. Mrs. Wonderly's
ewes are bit dim and walking is more
wearying than it used to be. but she says
she feels Joy in living.
Mrs Wonderly was born in Smyrna,
Del. Her father. who was a soldier in the
Revolution. lived to be ninety-nine, and her
grandfather was 100 when he died.
When the matron of the home asked the
aged woman to-day If she saw Halley's
comet on its last visit, seventy-six years
ago, she said:
u think did, through a spyglass.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
PROF. HALLS PREDICTIONS
May Be Some Meteoric Showers
Tonight.

Washington. May 17.-Although the earth's
Inhabitants VIII i.ot know that they are
passing through the tail Of a comet, neither
seeing il nor suffering any injurious re-
salts from il. beginning tomorrow night
about j o'clock and for four or five hours
thereafter they VIII be in the midst OF the
tail OF EIalley's comet This estimate was
gwen tonight by Professor AsaPh Hail, OF
the Naval Observatory here. 1t is possible,
he said, that there will he some meteoric
showers although he doubted if any dis
play would De caused by the minute par
ticles floating about in fhe gaseous sub
stance OF which the comets tail Is COM
posed
Its nearest approach TO the earth having
been made tomorrow. the celestial wan
serer. which comes this way only once in
every three-quarters OF a century. or so,
viii begin to 7acede. On THURSDAY it is
doubtful according 10 Professor Hall, if
anybody VIII be able 10 see the comet: but
on Friday night. il the weather is favora-
BILE 1t should make good showing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
THE COMET A REVIVALIST
Virginia Colored Folk Literally Pour
Into the Fold.

Alexandria. Va, May 17.-Halley's comet
is doing more in Alexandria and the sur
rounding country in Virginia for the
Church than all the reviYals and camp
meetings have done in years The super
stitious ones see nothing but dark forebod-
ing in the comets approach. and are pass
ing the word from one to another that DIS
we're Halleys comets gwine hit de erf an
man: ives al gwine 10 die
Never before in the annals of the colored
churches in this part of Virginia have SO
many new members got the religious fever
at any one time. The news of the comet S
approach has caused terror among the col
ored folks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18

earth through the comets tail A COM
petent force will be at the observatory
Among The scientists who VIII make the
observations are Professor Pickering,
Professor @. G wendell and Professor
:. :. Bailey. with photographers and as
sistants 10 aid in recording the obserVa-
tons. Every precaution viii be taken TO
obtain the best results.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
SET A TRAP FOR COMET DUST
Geological Survey Will Try to Find
What Tail Is Made Of

Pasadena, Cal. May Ito determine the
character OF the dust Halley's comet is
said by some 10 he carrying in Its tail
members iof the United States Geological
Survey VIII attempt to trap some OF the
particles al the Carnegie Observatory. on
Mount Wilson, tomorrow as the earth
passes through the tail A high tower sur
mounted by q plate coated with glycerine
has been erected.
DR. George Hale. director OF the observa-
tory, has little hope of the success OF his
scheme
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
COMET MAY AFFECT WIRELESS
Government Prepares to Gather Data
on Great Lakes

Detroit May 17.-The United States Hy-
geographic Office has warned wireless tele-
graph operators and vessel masters along
the lakes that wireless instruments and
coTnnasses may be affected by atmospheric
conditions caused by Halley's comet.
poth operators and captains are requested
to keep careful logs between the 18th and
aeth. recording static effects and magnetic
variations. The sighting OF meteorftes. 1t
is said, should be promptly reported in de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
A COMET NOT A COMET?
One Field Of Speculation a Venture
Into Which Is Safe.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: If ring surrounds the sun after
the manner of the planet Saturn and re-
wolves about II. and the ring is composed
Of particles or bodies Of different sizes, a
moving collection of meteoric material. one
edge of the ring near the sun and the
other edge of il many millions OF Tpiles
away, some one of the larger particles or
bodies within the ring might attract TO
itself many or all of the particles in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
HUSBAND GETS COMET ORDERS

One woman in Brooklyn IS apprehen-
sive a. 10 what viii happen when the earth
passes through the comets tail to-day that
she has insisted Jha; her husband stay
home from the office
= am not going 10 let you get out of
my sight" she declared IF anything
happens TO as. we are going to die to-
cether''
SO the Brooklyn man il expecting 10 call
up his Office to-day ard give some excuse
for being detained at home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
DENVER VOTES "WET."

Denver. MAY 17-PartiaI returns from
fortv-four scattered precincts indicated that
Denver went wet and that the extension
OF the franchise OF the Denver Union
Water Company for twenty years was de-
feated in to-day's election Returns tnd1-
cate the success of the Democratic candi-
dates for election commissioners, super
visors and aldermen.