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The San Francisco call., 1910-04-27
Comet OBEYS Law
KNOWN TO SCIENCE
Rev. George M. Searle Describes
Movements of Halley's
Heavenly Wanderer
Idea of Danger to Earth Dwell=
ers Harr0ws Noted AS
tronomer's Feelings

Halley's comet was the theme of a
lecture given by Rev. George M. Searle
of Newman hall, the celebrated astron-
omer of the congregation of ST Paul,
before the members of the Caedmon
club at their regular monthly meeting
at the residence of Mrs. J. NJ Driscoll
In Broadway yesterday afternoon.
Speculation as to the movements of
the HALEY comet are at an end" Father
Searle said in opening his address. 1--WE
know exactly where it is going and
what it is going to do. We know that
it has its fixed orbit around the sun
and that it appears to us at fixed inter-
walls of about 70 years. We can even
calculate the time of it's temperance.
''If our calculations are out two days
we must remember that the comet has
travelled distance of 5000, 600, 900, 900
miles and is back on time. as a train
from New York might arrive one-half
minute early or late of the schedule
time.
NO DANGER FROM WANDERER
Whether the comet is going to hit
us is a question agitating many per-
sons The idea harrows an astrono-
mer's feelings. makes him froth a the
mouth so to speak. Those who believe
that must believe the comet is big
proiectiIe. whereas the nucleus or
bright. solid part, is no larger than a
good sized hotel
"The head or coma is about 1000
miles in diameter and is 5000 times as
large as, our whole globe. Consequent
ly it could not hit us, although it could
swallow us UP, and passing through it
would be like passing through hail
storm or a meteoric shower, as 1T is
composed of small particles of matter,
something like an ash heap.
There is absolutely no possibility or
danger of its hitting us, or of our go
ing through it.
EARTH PASSES THROUGH TAIL
But we are going through the tail
We went through the tail of a comet
once before and nothing sinister hap
pened. IT was in the year 1861, the
first year of the civil war.
"In the northwest we saw what we
thought was small fire balloon. AS 1t
moved we saw its tail, which reached
right across the zenith. We were pass
ing through it unawares and nothing
happened. So it will be with this
comet.
THE tail is more attenuated than any
vacuum we can produce in q labOra-
tory. 1t consists of small particles OF
matter or gas separated from the
nucleus by light pressure, and as il
points directly away. from the sun or
the evening of May Is we will be in it
"A week from now the comet will be
near Venus and will be brighter. Venus
will be pin point and the comet will
be big, and May Is the nucleus and
head of the comet Will be between us
and the sun, probably spot on the
SUMS surface and nothing more, and
as the tail itself is probably hollow
there will be nothing wonderful or re-
markahle or out of the ordinarY.n
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SIZES FOR pAMAcED wH1st

SUES FOR DAMAGED wHIsKY-A suit 10,
damage done to whisky was instituted by Pau
r. Ruben Of the Crown distlleries against
the Kosmos line for $366.05 yesterday in the
United States district court. The whisky
was shipped from Hamburg, Germany, in the
steamship Uarda, and it is claimed that owing
TO poor stowage some OF the barrels were
broken
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rnnrnr RARrIErr- P1oNEER. DE

ROBERT BAhTLEII, FlOkEEh, DLAD-
: Rerkeler April 2s-Robert Bartlett. who
came to this coast 30 years ago from Tennes-
see. and who for more than quarter Of a
century was rancher near Ikiah. died this
morning at the ago OF so years at 3220 Ade-
line street, where he has made his honas for
the last Eve years.
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During nearly the entire year it will re-
main a morning star only returning TO
the evening heavens on November 26.
After this date we will see it slowly
moving out from behind the sun, but for
many months afterward it will be very
much less brilliant than it is at pres
emit.
This planet will reach its greatest
brightness on January 7. On and after
this time the possessor of small tele-
scope should not fail to examine It, Even
a good field glass will show 1t as a
beautiful silvery crescent, which dur
ing the next few weeks will grow narrow
er and narrower until 1t is the thinnest
maginable little bow of light. The OBJ
server may notice that the horns of
the crescent extend more than half way
around the planet q fact which proves
clearly that our sister world has con-
siderable atmosphere.
The planet Mars, which was SO near
the earth and SO brilliant last August.
will continue to grow fainter until next
September, when it will be only slight
" brighter than a second magnitude star
At this time the earth and Mars will
be on opposite sides of the sun, more
than go, Co., 900 miles apart, so that in the
telescope the planet will appear only
about one-seventh as large as it now
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course, includes drug stores and whole
sale houses. Later on July Is. Sheriff
Higdon Of Jefferson county issued, I'M
der state law, list of retail liquor
dealers of Jefferson county" showing AL
licenses issued by the federal govern
ment.
A person in Birmingham who is well
informed, being close to the underground
railways In the delivery of package
goods, told the writer, on May I, last,
that he knew of 63 cases of whisky being
delivered by one concern to customers on
that one day. A certain bank president.
standing high in the community, wishing
to purchase, or get somehow. two cases
of beer for a little entertainment he was
giving some friends that evening, tele-
phoned the old stand-by-never mind the
namel While he was attempting to get
on the telephone the aforesaid standby,
his telephone lines became crossed with
the residence telephone lines of a certain
vice-president of a large coal and iron
company at Birmingham. the owner of
which, hearing the request for two cases
of beer to be sent out immediately,
joined In the three-cornered conversation
to this wise: - has sent me by mis-
take, the wrong day. two cases Of beer.
I'll just send you over what am asking
him to call for now" Another friend OF
the writer called up the same old stand
by from the formers residence, ordering
case of beer for some friends that
evening. He gave the order at 2 p. m.
Being anxious that the beer should ar
rive all correct at p. m. he telephoned
Oct us call him) Mr.. X, How about lit"
The beer had been delivered at his. the
purchasers, residence at 2:20 p. m.
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does. Even at present the two bodies
are so far apart that only the larger
markings can be seen, even in a large
telescope. The disc of the planet is now
far from round, its shape being nearly
like that of the moon when about nine
days old.
The beautiful planet Jupiter, which is
now seen rising maJestically in the east
soon after midnight next April will be
high in the heavens by 9 o'clock in the
evening, and will remain our brightest
and most interesting evening star until
October Is. On this date the sun, in
regular eastward motion along its path,
A. V. B., Figure l. will pass the planet,
which accordingly will then become a
morning star. Similarly Saturn will be
overtaken by the sun and enter the morn
ing sky on April IT, Saturn and Mars
are now near together in the sky, but
the latter planet has so very rapid an
eastern motion of it's own that the sun
cannot overtake and pass it until Septem-
Der q.
Thus of the three bright planets now in
the west Venus will remain with US only
one month longer and Saturn only two
months. But Jupiter will enter the even
ing sky as Saturn leaves it, and this
planet, with Mars. will remain with us
until autumn. After Jupiter disappears
there will be no bright planet whatever to
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woman of Paris, she imnNiately asks
me: Have you seen suchlnd such a
play? Have you been to ssh and such
an art exhibftion7 What doou think of
this novel or Of that philosoiical or his
torical book recently publistdr
And am forced to admithat 1 haye
not seen the latest play, TT for more
than ten years have not t my foot
inside the annual salons, at I read
slowly and carefully, and Al therefore
forced to read but few BOOB. And I
know my American neighhor seh great
disdain for my fnculture. ttill.
have infinite sympathy for her chrminr
and universal intellectual cnrioAtS only
long experience has taught me tfntnan's
head cannot contain too many Sds at
once.
There Is consequently an. abys be-
tween the way most American worn I
have met conceive intellectual cure
and my own way. Far from me tore
tend that 1 am right! And 1 give th,lxs
to heaven, which sends us, in the Alr-
lean women of Paris. the most wondeal
public for books or theatres or lectua
But II had the honor of being profesr
of French to young American girlaI
would begin with the following truthl
anecdote:
"a compatriot of theirs, speaking
the poet Francois Coppee, asked:
DO you speak English, Monsieur
'And Coppse answered. modestly;
Non, Madame I am still learnfn
French
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drawing away from u.s. it grew rapidly
fainter, and can row only be seen with
the largest instruments.
1t Is hoped that by the end of the month
1t will be bright enough to be seen in a
small telescope or good field glass. To
enable the observer to find it easily a
larger map, Figure 3. is added.
The comet is now moving rapidly to-
ward the west among the stars and draw
ing nearer the sun. On March % it will
pass to the west of that body and enter
the morning sky, but for some weeks be-
fore this date it should have become
bright enough to be seen with the naked
eye. On May IS 1t will pass between the
earth and sum- re-entering the evening
sky and moving very rapidly across the
heavens from the west to the east. For
several days after this date 1t will prob
ably be a conspicuous and striking OBJ
ject.
A committee of astronomers of various
countries has been formed for keeping the
comet under constant observation during
it's present appearance. From its close
approach to Venus on May and to the
earth on May IS 1t is hoped that exact
values of the masses of these planets may
be obtained. At the passage of the earth
through the tail on the latter date careful
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02

The year 1910 will be distinguished by
several most interesting astronomical
events. First of all in Importance is
doubtless the return of Halley's comet,
that wonderful celestial object which to-
ward the end of spring will shire out
so brightly in the evening sky that 1t
will attract the attention OF every one.
Then here will be two interesting total
eelipses of the moon, both visible
throughout the United States and in tins
last month of the year an occulation OF
the planet Saturn. beautiful and un-
usual sight, which will repay observation
with small telescope.
At all times of the year. except for
about six weeks, there will be at least
one bright planet in the evening sky,
and the observer will find it of much
interest to watch the varying motions
and appearances of these bodies as the
months go by The planet Venus, which
now shines out so very brilliantly in the
southwest just after sunset, has already
begun to draw west of that body and
enter the morning sky on February Z.
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How Eskimo Women Die.

From Harper's Bazaar.
On her first entrance to her new hut
of snow an Eskimo woman is buoyed by
hope of welcoming a son. What of her
last incoming to those narrow confines
She knows that the medicine man has
decided that her sickness is mortal when
she is laid upon her bed of snow. She
Eazes upon the feebly burning lamp'beside
her: upon food and drink set close at
her hand. She sees her loved ones pass
out of the doorway that needs no tunnel
entrance to keep chill airs away, for pres
emily the door is sealed with snow. The
chill of death pierces through her en-
veloping furs. Her tomb insures that
no long tarrying will be hers. The soul,
companloning with her, may refresh itself
with food, but starving and freezing her
feeble body will witness even that soul 8
departure and know that its hour has
come to perish alone
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be seen in the heavens until Venus be-
gins to draw out from behind the sun in
November.
There are three comets now visible in
the sky. The first OF these is a very
faint little object which returns to the
sun every six years, and which now lies
so low down in the southwest just after
sunset that it cannot be well seen from
northern observatories
The second is new bright little comet
discovered on December Z. AT its discov-
cry 1t was at the point c, Figure l, a
little above a straight line joining the
stars ID and e. At the time this is writ
ten its path among the sters and its fu-
ture appearance cannot be predicted.
Finally. there is Halley's comet, which
during the month will move westward out
of the constellation, Aries along the path
+. H., Figure /.
1t was visible in a telescope of moder-
ate size. but as it had passed nearest the
sun the day before and was then far out
side the orbit of the earth and rapidly
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Jerusalem Forging Ahead.

From London Public Opinion.
Jerusalem has just obtained new
town clock and a fire engine. But fires
are of rare occurrence, owing to the solid
construction of the houses and the alb
sence of timber.
A Chamber of Commerce has also been
established.
A concession for railway from near
Jaffa to GAIA and thence to the Egyp-
tan frontier has been applied for by an
Italian capitalist Other lines said to be
under contemplation are one from Haiffa
to Jaffa along the coast. and another
from Jerusalem to Els Salt and the He
JAZZ line; this would be of great import
ance in affording access to the sea to dis
tricts as yet almost devoid Of means of
communication, but the engineering diff
fculties would be considerable.
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REMARKABLE JOURNEY.
From the Niger to the Nile by Or. Karl
kumm.


London, January Especial. Further
particulars OF the remarkable journey
from the Niger to the Nile. on which DR..
Karl Kumm, general secretary of the Su-
dan United Mission, has been engaged
since October of last year, have reached
london.
In letter dated from Wan, in the
Bahr- Ghazel on October IA Dr. Kumm
gives particulars of the great difficulties
he encountered in traversing that little
known region. The hardships endured
were terrible, his oxen succumbed, and
some of the caravan were reduced to liy-
ing on leaves and roots, and even boiled
leather.
~ am glad to say" he writes, that the
difficulties we had apprehended from the
Senussi vanished, for the Senussi him
self, with a thousand of his soldiers, came
out to meet me, and was friendliness
itself
He is afraid of the French and tried
to win my good opinion, so that l could
recommend him at KharWumleft Ndele,
and for Is days traversed unexplored ter
ritory, without roads or villages. We
spent five most terrible days in bridging
the Kolto river Ny people had no food
and some of the Mecca pilgrims who were
following me were starving. One old
man died, and to save the lives of the
others 1 distributed all my personal food
among them.
At last we were all living on leaves and
roots, and some on boiled leather Day
after day 1 trainped through the bush
after game, but in 20 days got only two
small antelope. Now all that Is passed,
and am writing this in a beautiful room
in the government headquarters.
The expedition has resulted in a. the
opening of a new highroad across the Su-
dan; CD obtaining valuable information
about the frontier line between Islam
ana Paganism; 80 the opening of new
French and British government posts to
intercept and cut off the last great high
road for the slave traffic"
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chain of Morgan banks include the
First National bank, the National Bank
of Commerce, the Chase National, the
Liberty National, the Bankers. Trust
company. the Astor Trust company. the
Morton Trust company, the Guaranty
Trust company, the United States Mort
gage and Trust company, the Equitable
Trust company, the Mercantile Trust
company. the Manhattan Trust COM
pany and the New Amsterdam Trust
company. Some of these institutions
are largely owned by other interests.
which might resent the classification
here given. But Wall street has put
them In the Morgan group and unless
the ownership should be again shifted.
the classification will probably sur
vive.
1.-The other important group contains
what are called the National Han
over National banks. The institutions
which in Wall streets classification are
thus allied include the National City,
Hanover National, Colonial with
branches), Irving Exchange, New York
County, Butchers and Drovers, Citi-
zens-C Central, Fidelity Columbia, Sec
ond National. the Bank of the Metropo-
lis, Lincoln National. Greenwich with
branches). Also the Farmers Loan and
Trust and the United States Trust. Tue
OnlOu lEuSLs ID aASO RAdOCo ~ AA1"AS
people in this list. Besides the banks
already mentioned. both groups are
heavily interested in other banks and
trust companies.
Power to Make Great Loans.
These are the two great banking
groups of New York city. and both are
adding new links to their chain when
ever q favorable opportunity offers. In
kr VII 10
In control OF the two groups are in
terested in numerous out-of-town in
situations, and work in sympathy with
them.
1.-The result is that both these combine
lions are in position to make extraordi-
nary loans, It being the boast of some of
the bankers involved that the total re-
sources represented by the institutions
thus allied are SO great as to give them
a virtual monopoly of the big things
in Wall street. This means that the cor
poration or individual that il forced to
borrow 100000 or 900 in q hurry
has to do business with one or tho other
of these banking groups
Zone Of the most prominent bankers
in the National City-Han0ver National
group, in commenting the other day on
the Morgan purchase of the Ryan hold
ings of Equitable Life stock. said that his
associates were fully in sympathy with
the move. What he meant was that they
had been fully advised Of it. The fact
10 that the two groups work In thorough
harmony in reference to all big under
talkings.
whether their activities will be ex-
tended ultimately to take in much Of the
business now done by the international
banking houses remains to be seen. The
fact that thA nrofninant bauka ~ Wall
street are fast gaining control Of the for
eign exchange business, which a decade
ago was almost wholly in the hands Of
private banking firms, and that they are
also doing very large share Of the bond
business with men on the road to drum
up trade, shows how effective some
phases Of this combination already are"
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Prohibition In Alabama.

.. Mays BAH IN LeSue'e weekly.
A certain criminal court official, deal
ing with the records Of Jefferson county,
Alabama told the writer that he knew
OF something like 900 cases brought In
his court flor Violation. alleged, of the
prohibition law-"and no convictions to
amount to anything" Said information
was given the writa- en- April 2S 1909 A
wet" in Birmingham told the writer
that there were in Birmingham and JEFF
ferson county 262 known places where
liquor or beer could be openly purchased.
DR.. Lawrence insistcd that that could
not be true, that there were only III fed
eral tax receipt holders in Jefferson coun-
ty. Inquiry at the United States revenue
office, Birmingham. and investigation Of
the books proved DR.. Lawrsnce to be
mistaken, for there were. MAJ l, LIS IL
cense holders in the city and III IN the
county--a total of 246 revenue licenses Is
sued by the collector for the United
States In the county Of Jefferson The
number given ~ The city proper. Of
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The "Soul Kiss" in Carthage.

From the Kansas City Star
The Soul Kiss was billed FOR Car
thage last week and a minister of that
town objected to some of the posters adj
vertising the show. The manager of the
opera house needed the minister's de-
nunciations and covered the objectionable
pictures with paper advertising the next
weeks bill. Some people asked II the
Soul Kiss engagement was cancelled.
NO" the manager said. but we covered
UP the posters because we were getting
better advertising through the ministry"
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meteorological observations will be made
to discover what df any effects. electri-
cal or otherwise, are produced in our at
mosphere Above all, 1t is hoped that a
continuous series of photographs of the
visitor will be obtained, 1t being caught
at one observatory after it has set at OBJ
servatories further east. AS telescopes
are few on the part of the earth opposite
the meridian of Greenwich, an expedition
will be sent to the Hawaiian Islands for
this purpose ERIC DOOLITTLE.
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American WON en-.

1.-THE American woman's intellectual
characteristic is curiosity" says Marcel
Provost, in Harpers Bazaar. zone feels
she would like to have ten pairs of eyes
so as to see everything, ten pairs Of ears
so as to hear everything When
I sit down at table beside an American
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HEAVENS IN JANUARY

BY PROFESSOR ERIC DooLTTLE
The New Wonderful
Reaches Its Brightness
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
Y MARGARET WATTS DE PEYsTER.

nished with a rose or violet instead of
the proverbial cherry or olive.
Just Separated
One wonders what has become Of
Mrs. Smith lIollins Mckim, who was
last season called the most beautiful
woman In society and often spoken of
as the logical leader of the so.calIed
Four Hundred Mrs McKim was
feted and toasted in New York. New
port and Palm Beach, hut since summer
have not heard her name mentioned.
The Mckim home was formerly the
center of social activity. both here and
in Newport and Mrs. McKim was plan.
ming n London invasion when dcsuc-
tude set in. IL all arose through her
separation from her husband, DR.. Nc
Kim. rich young physician, who is so
wealthy that he merely wears his legitI-
mate title of medicine. although he
not divorced, but merely "A separation
for tcmperamental reasons. Mrs. Nc
Kim s father came from Baltimore and
took her abroad. but since then | have
heard nothing of her movements.
Gould -Drexel Wedding,
And now we have the Gould Drexel
wedding 10 look forward TO, The daz-
zling of its splendor will eclipse any
other of the season. The definite date
when Marjorie Gould. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. George j. Gould. and Anthony
~. DreXel, Jr., VIII be united by nuptial
bonds is Tuesday. April 10. ST. Bar
tholomcw s Protestant Episcopal church
viii be the scene of the event Mr..
and Mrs. Anthony j, DreXel, the parents
of the groom elect. have come from
Philadelphia TO help prepare tho gor
geous details Among the attendants
Will be Miss Margaretta DreXel and
her fiancc, Viscoupt Maidstone A mum
Der Of ante -nuptial dinners have been
planned for the young couple and /
should hazard thc guess that the we'd
ding presents viii total half thousand.
Miss Could viii enter the church with
her father, George j. Gould. al 4 o clock
in the afternoon. One of the bridal
attendants VIII be Miss Vivian Gould,
sister Of Miss Marjorie.
Dance Faddists' Last Fad.
Thanks TO Mrs Henderson OF Wash
lngton, the dance faddistB have some,
thing new. The idea was evolved in
Washington, but has spread to New
York. unique dancing class was
formed by Mrs. Henderson in the capt
tai In which the formulator promul.
gated the view that TO be a graceful