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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-11
NEW WONDER IN SKY
MetCaIfe's Comet Is a Fine
Celestial Object.
CAN BE SEEN WITH GLASS
Now Much Brighter Than Halley's
at First Appearance.
AT PERIHELION IN OCTOBER
New Visitor Has Bright Nucleus, Is
Elongated and Shows Faint
and Short Tail.
BY EDWIN FAIRFAX NAuLTY.

Metcalfe's comet, a new and lusty
celestial visitor. found by Rev. Joel II.
Metcalfe of Taunton. Mass, Wednesday
matte conditions last night at the naval
observatory by Prof. Asaph Hall, Mr..
Burton and the writer.
Using the data telegra phed from Har-
ward University, the astronomical clear
ing house for celestial information, the
great twenty-siX-in eQua torial tele-
scope was turned on a region of the sky
in the constellation Hercules. In the
field Of the glass, flanked by a double
star and surrounded by a number OF
bright stars. was the new comet.
It's first appearance was striking A
Pickering maze OF hay light, with a
sharply defined nucleus. the coma elon-
gated. greenish- white in color, with a
nucleus about the eighth magnitude in
brightness. 1t far surpassed in splendor
the first telescope views OF HALEY S
comet
Promises to Be Spectacular.
From the vision last night Metcalfe' S
western heavens as soon as it becomes
visible 10 the ndkeQ eye. IL can now
be seen with good two-inch glass.
One observation of comet is not
enough to determine all its elements with
precision. 1t requires at least three oh
servations to estimate its speed. size and
orbit, but rough calculation indicates that
the new comet is now between the orbits
of Jupiter and Mars and nearer Jupiter.
Metcalfe's comet is moving rapidly in
declination. with a strong movement in
right ascension. That is. it is moving
toward the sun and perhelion
The sun Is now in the constellation of
Cancer. and today is in hours and p
minutes right ascension, and i'm - de-
erees and % minutes north declination
The comet just before midnight was in
rs hours and II minutes right ascension
and II degrees and % minutes north decli-
nation, both bodies being north of the ce-
lestial equator.
Six hours difference in right ascension
means ninety degrees. SO when the sun
is setting the comet is near the meridian,
or a line drawn from north to south AS
the comet is racing toward the sun, it will
be seen in the western sky in the even
ing until it passes perihelion. about Oc-
tober. when 1t will change to the morning
SkN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-11
Delivers Estimate of Her.

Mrs. Foster was a lifelong friend Of
Senator Dolliver of Iowa, and heard him
make his first public address
Senator Dolliver once said of Mrs. Fos-
ter:
She will find an enthusiastic audience
wherever she goes. When she returned
from her trip around the world / advised
her to go on the platform again and
share the lessons she had learned with
the people
Mrs Foster is not in the slightest
| anish. She is herself in love with the
subject she presents. Her hearers are
carried away with her eloquence and for,
get whether she is man or woman"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-11
Proposals Aggregate So, 900, 900.

The commission for the enlargement OF
the Capitol grounds, which consists OF
Vice President Sherman, Speaker Cannon
and Mr.. Woods, with James c. Courts,
clerk of the House appropriations COM
mittee, as secretary, is authorized to ex-
pend the 100000 now at it's disposal in
the purchase of such property as shall he
offered at what is considered a reasona
BILE price. The commission will take no
action until all the bids have been CLASH
fed and reviewed and will not buy any
of the parcels offered unless IL is salts
fled that the price is better than could be
obtained on condemnation proceedings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-11
Has q Faint Tail.

A rough estimate of the comets orbit
shows it inclined to the orbit Of the earth
at an angle of about forty degrees. II
shows now faint tail.
There are no first magniture stars near
the comet, but If a line il drawn from
Antares. in Scodpius, to Polaris, the
north star. and another line is drawn
from Arcturus, in the constellation of
Bootes. at right angles with the first,
the intersection of the two lines-the
angle which they form-will indicate the
place Of the comet.
More precisely, the comet is within the
irregular triangle formed by the stars
Beta and Omega. Herculis and Gamma
Serpentis.
BY Sunday night the moon, then two
days past first quarter, will have moved
over into the sixteenth hour of right as
censicn and will be almost due south of
and about forty-eight degrees away from
the new comet
1t is pity that the moon is waxing.
It's increasing light, as it nears full
moon, will interfere with a good view of
the comet.
Seen After Electric Storm.
The person who thinks that astronomy
is rather dull should have been at the
Naval Observatory last night while we
comet. When it had been located and the
wires placed on it and nearby star, to
determine the movement Of the comet, a
fierce electrical storm, that had been
muttering all around the horizon, and
which had been bursting into angry
flashes of vivid lightning, suddenly closed
in over the clear space in the zenith. For
half an hour the lightning acted as if it
would tear the heayens apart The aper-
ture in the dome was quickly closed and
we sat in the darkness patiently wait
ing fer the storm to pass.
The movable floor of the telescope
house had been moved up until it was
almost level with the huge steel dome
The tops of the windows of the stone
part of the house were about level with
the raised floor.
Through these we could see the ire
mendous flashes of lightning coming an
parently from below. Above all was alb
der was intensified by the steel dome I'M
til it was deafening.
The weird effect of the lightning. an
parently coming from under foot the
darkness. between the flashes; the seem
ing rage of the elements at those puny
mortals who dared to try to set metes
and bounds to the wonders of space: the
tension on the nerves; the fear that all
our work would be spoiled by the heavy
clouds not lifting in time-all this made a
dramatic setting to the first observation
with big telescope Of the new comet.
Patience is the fourth dimension of
astronomy. At last the fury of the storm
exhausted its energy and it cleared beau
tifully.
There in the glass cleaned the comet.
All doubt about it's identity was removed
by the fact that the wires showed that it
had moved with relation to the fixed star
with which it was gagged
AS If to put fitting finish to the night,
after we came out of the dome, a bril-
liant meteor. probably from the stream
following Halley's comet, shot out of Pc
gasus and blazed away to the south, a
glorious celestial pyrotechnic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-11
Proposals Aggregate SO, ZOO, 900.

The proposals received include a
large number of small lots in squares
722, 123, 121, 632, $50. 6SI. 6sa, 6S3 and
6S4, the prices ranging from So to So
a square foot. and the entire holdings
of the Baltimore and Ohio and Wash
ngton Terminal companies, comprising
the big tract Immediately in front OF
the station. The proposals for the sale
of this tract aggregate more than
$3,O00.000.
Congress desires to get all the prop
erty for $3,500.00o, and with this idea
in view appropriated 100000 at the
session of Congress just ended and an
nounced its intention of appropriatinS
half million each succeeding year UNI
til the limit of cost Is reached
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-11
VENDING GIVES KICK
NEWSPAPER MAN HURT WHEN
PRISONER RESISTS.

OLNEY, ILL.,, August 11.-Joseph A
Vending. charged with the murder OF
Alma kellner, in Louisville, became a
refractory prisoner here today, and OBJ
jected to Chief of Detectives Carney OF
Louisville taking him frcm the Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern train
In a struggle Vending kicked a re-
portor for Louisville paper who is
following the alleged slayer. The prisoner
was handcuffed to earned at the time.
Refused to Leave Train.
He refused to leave the train after his
attorney, j. r. Clements, had spoken with
him. Vending was put in an automobile,
which went southeast along the Illinois
Central tracks.
Carney told the station agent he pro-
badly would take an Illinois Central train
into Kentucky. He wanted the time CT his
arrival in Louisville kept secret.
Clements. who caught the train in st.
Louis after Carney had put his prisoner
aboard today, rode in the same car with
vending. AS soon as Carney told Wend-
ling to leave the car Clements advised
MS client in an undertOne.
Vending Pushed OF.
A struggle ensued. Carney, Colonel
John H. Whalen and two newspaper men
pushed Vending through the doorway OF
the car and to the station platform.
The automobile was engaged by Carney
by telegraph. Clements did not leave the
train here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-11
TOTAL OVER 100000
PRICES FOR LAND NORTH OF
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.
Comparison With Assessed and Esti-
mated Values Cannot Be Made
for Several Days.

II will be q day or two before tho 1o1
proposals for the sale OF separate parcels
OF land in the tract between the Senate
office building and the Union station,
which Congress has announced its inten-
ton of acquiring, piece at a time dur
ing the next decade, will he sufficiently
listed and classified to permit OF com
parison with the assessed and estimated
value of the property. Elliott Woods.
superintendent of the Capitol. the only
member of the commission for tho en-
largement of the Capitol grounds who is
now in the city. declined today to ex-
press an opinion as to whether he con-
sidered any or all of the proposals TO be
reasonable
Indeed. he has not gone over the AZ
ureS sufficiently. he said, 70 get an
idea of just what the total will run.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31
BEAR. WORSE THAN GRIZZLY
Brown Animal In Alaska Grows as
Tall ss Horse and Is Feared
by Indian Hunters.

Seattle. ash.--Joseph King, United
States game warden for Alaska. who
has just returned from the north. says
that the law for the protection of Wild
animals is obeyed with the exception
that the provision which provides a
closed season for the great brown bear
Is utterly ignored and for good rea-
sons. &
This savage beast. the largest bear
in the world and the only one which
does not fee from man, attains the
height OF horse. In the summer
months men are afraid to turn out
their horses and never venture from
their cabins without rifles,
In every native village IN the Alas
kan peninsula the aborigines show
scars" says DIR. King, which have
resulted from conflicts with the brown
bears, and, although the Indians are
equipped with high,power repeating
rifles, many have sacrificed their lives
In battles with these animals"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31
NARROWING TICKLEs STONE.
unrecognized, Missouri Senator Hears
Self Called Old Fool by Missis-
sippi Statesman.

Washington. They are telling with
great gusto this one on Senator
Stone about the senate cloakrooms
and corridors, In fact the Missouri
senator, who knows a good thing when
he hears it, is telling it himself
Senator fernando de Soto Money
OF Mississippi was weary with the
prolonged tariff rebate the other day
and betook himself into the cloakroom
to rest. Fle lay down on couch and
was in that position when some one
came into the cloakroom and sat down
near him, Senator Money, unfortu'
nately, has trouble with his eyes and
did not discern who his neighbor was
Who's talking" asked the Missis-
sippi senator. Isn't that old fool,
Bill Stone, through vet? What's the
sense in his talking. anyhow? No
body wants to listen to him. Some.
body ought to go and tell him to quit"
To all this the listener assented.
Presently Senator Money asked;
Who's this sitting here"
It's that old fool. Bill Stone" was
the reply.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31

Many Diseases Of tho Eye Result from
IT, use--Enciish Miners Prefer
Naked Light.

Washington. English miners de-
mand and receive increased pay for
using safety lamps when at work In
the coal mines Of England. Consul
Frank W. Mahin. reporting on the
loss OF life in British coal mines, re
ports to the state department that
naked lights are one of the causes
OF the fatalities, as well as OF many
injuries, In coal mines. which might
we'll be avoided by the use of safety
lamps. But the safety lamp is not In
general use In English mines, be-
cause the miners object to them
They prefer the naked lights. and In
many mines In England the mime
owners actually pay their miners from
two to four cents per ton extra II
they will consent TO use the safety
lamp, The miners claim that the
safety lamp gives poor light, Is very
injurious to the eyesight and In
creases nystagmus, disease Of the
eyes common to miners. II Is con
coded by the niineowners and the
government authorities that this dis
ease has shown q rapid Increase wher
ever the safety lamp has been intro
duced. Indeed, in the Nottingham
shire mines many OF the miners are
nearly blind. although quite young
and their affiiction is charged to the
use, OF the safety lamp. For. this rea
son the miner prefers the naked light,
even though It greatly increases the
danger Of his work. Moreover. the
miners claim that II is entirely safe
to usa the naked light IL only the
mineowners will ventilate their mines
properly. Experiments are now be
Ing conducted With an electric safety
lamp. which 1t is believed will obviAte
the objections OF the lamp now In use
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31
Many New Suits In House.

Washington. -Fifty-fve new suits
made their appearance In the house of
representatives the other day. Most
of them were light gray or cream col.
ored, and they were worn with an
air OF intense complacency by the
more fortunate representatives, and
eyed with some degree of envy by
those who were sweltering In winter
raiment
The youth from Danville,' Speaker
Cannon, was the gayest of the par
ty, with fawn-colored raiment of the
most approved cut, In harmony with
his new pearl gray hat and light neck.
tic.
How do these store clothes strike
your" he asked group after the
house had adjourned
They are all right" Mr.. Vreeland
answered, 4but why did you pick out
suit exactly similar to Representa-
tive Maloon's?"
The speaker looked to where Mr..
Macon, was sitting and then rushed
off to consl a.nlate one of the first
Democrats he ever saw with such ex.
cellcnt taste and discrimination.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31
BIG TRIP OF FAMOUS COOK
late George w. Harvey Made 5000
Mile Journey to Supervise Prepare.
ton Of Single Course of Dinner.

George W. Harvey, the inventor of
steamed oysters, and a famous res
tanrant Keeper, who died in Wash
ington the other day, was once the
hero OF a stunt that In some respects
made the exploits of Lucullus and
other noted gourmets of ancient Rome
look cheap and commonplace. lie
made a 5000 mile journey to cook or
supervise the cooking of a single
course of dinner.
A wealthy Englishman, noted for his
love OF good living, while on visit
10 Washington, was given a dinner
at Harvey's, at which terrapin formed
The piece de resistance 1t was the
Arst time the Englishman had en-.
1onntered the famous Maryland deli.
cacy, and it made an instantaneous
and profound hit with him. He de-
cided he would have TO introduce the
dish to his London friends. and at
once entered into negotiation with
Harvey to come to London and do
the cooking.
Harvey named his price, and 1t was
accepted without. mAlrmur although
It was a stiff one, as he was p0rtly
man and did not like to tfayel b AT
the APPOINTED time he engaged Z his
passage for England, took sufficient
ngWb@a Of dive terrapin along with
him and sailed for the British metrop-
oils. He supervised the preparation
of the turtles in the kitchen of the
Cecil hotel, saw that they were
cooked and served properly, collected
his 1000 hohorarium and his exs
penses and took the next steamer
back to New York. nsF
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31
NApoLEoN's HAIR ON SALE
Unique Collection OF Personal ps-
lcnginss Of Historic Persons
Left by phiiadelphisn.

Philadelphia. Much to the surprise
OF PhiladelDhians VINO believed that
the greater portion OF the late Dr.
Thomas w Evans great collection OF
curios was In Paris, 1t has been
learned that It is In local safe de-
post vault. and, further that the
bulk with be sold in the near future
at public auction to provide the bal
ance OF the funds coming to the city
of Philadelphia TO build the Evans
Museum and Dental institute at For.
tieth and Spruce streets.
After ten years of litigation the ID.
nous will case was settled In New
York, and there has been much spec,
ulation as to how the real estate and
collection OF. curios would be dis
posed Of
Early next month the trustees Of
the estate, all of whom are Philadel.
phians. will meet and decide exactly
how the terms OF DR.. Evans will shall
be carried out. There are many prob
lens to face, and II is thought THAT
1t will be some time before work can
actually be started ON the museum.
+ A hasty Inventory Of the personal
effects which has, been made covers
40 typewriter sheets and contains
lists OF valuables. relics and letters.
gifts from kings. queens. emnerors.
generals and other notable figures OF
the world in his time. #
OF all the curios In the collection,
perhaps the most interesting 10 4 gold
box, containing lock OF hair
clipped from the head of Napoleon Il.
and presented to the dentist by M.
poleon III The boz aiso cqHtains
other mementoes OF tba'first Napoleon.
such as buttons from his uniforms.
rings worn at various times by him.
buckles from his shoes and cockades
worn In his hats. {
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31
HOME OF FUNCTIONS
RAUCHER'S, LIKE FEW OTHER
PLACES IN THE COUNTRY.
Social and Official Life In the Capital
Centers There When the Home Is
Too Small for Big Parties
The Mirrored Room.

Washington.-From the cosnopoli-
ferred to as the "Sherrys of the cap
ital"
That's Rauchers
How is it pronounced? Never mind,
Some people call it "Row.sher's the
row having the sound of row" a
tumult. Others refer to ii as Roc
shers," and others still as Roe
shay's.' The second pronunciation is
preferred by the owner, who was born
tn Alsace something more than half
century ago.
But however you pronounce il you
cant read the society news of the
Washington newspapers for season
without being convinced that it is an
institution-just like the bachelors co.
til!on, or Labor day.
Almost any day in the winter, when
you PICK up a Washington newspaper
you will read notice something like
this: "i'at
Senator and Mrs. Jimson entertained
assnart party al Rancher's last night.
There were 1870 guests, including the Ger
man ambassador and Countess Won Bern
storff, the Belgian minister and Baroness
Moncheur, tlls Swedish minister and Mrs.
de Lagercrantz, and 50 on Dancing fol-
lowed the dinner.
In other words, if you're ambitious
socially in Washington and want 10
do the proper thing and your own
home doesn't happen to be large
enough, or if you are living in d hotel,
you lay your troubles before NJ,
Charles Raucher, and he will soc that
your social Obligations are nue.. in a
way to which the most fastidous can
find no objection.
The cost? Well, If you are to cut q
swath in Washington you aren't sup
posed to think about cost. But it is
violating no confidence that you can
do pretty we'll at Raucher's for as rea-
sonable a consideration as S. a plate
Eut, Of course, if you want something
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31
How He Found the Polo.

In the summer of 1908, accompanied
only by my motherinlaw, started
out In search Of the pole. thoughtfit
best at this time not TO make any
premature announcement OF my.inten
lions, as my mother-inrlaw was not
feeling well and was afraid that the
notoriety might unneTve her: 7 M
-. We passed the winter In Greenland,
where my mother-inlaw knitted me
some worsted neckties and a pair OF
sealskin suspenders. In the dead OF
winter we started north. A.
We both felt very confident OF win
ming, as we had been praeticing every
winter for years by going sleighing in
an ld-fashioned New England sleigh.
Having survived that, the pole had no
terrors for us.
On the 3lst we reached the pole,
The journey UP was rather tiresome,
as my mother.tn-law insisted on wax
ing me up at four o'clock every morn
ing and reading family prayers.
She Is there Life.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31
HARD TO GET RID OF GUEST
Broad Hint by No Means Sufficient to
Gust Visitor from Comfortable
Quarters.

Jerry McCartie was often the guest
of friends, who on account of his pleas.
ant ways extended to him that sort of
old Irish hospitality which enabled a
visitor in my own family who came
for a fortnight to stay for six years,
says London TitBits.
In McCartie's case the visit
stretched to nearly double that time
After eight or nine years, however, his
kinsman got a little tired of his guest
and let him know of his old mansions
proposed renovation, saying that he
had signed contract for having it
painted from garnet to cellar.
by George!" said Jerry, its for
tunate that don't object to the smell
of paint. and it will be well to have
someone to keep an eye on the paint.
ers now that the wall-fruit is ripen.
ing"
Some months passed Then his host
informed him that he was going to
be married, adding, Il thought I'd
tell you in good time, SO that you
could make leisurely preparations TIC
go, as the lady and you may not hit
ii off as we'll as you and | do"
With fearful eyes Jerry grasped h,
cousins hand, saying
"Oh, Dan. dear you have my hearty
thanks for your consideration; but
dear, dear boy, surely if you can pu!
up with her can"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31

Richard A. Ballinger secretary OF
the interior, tells OF his first law case
which he had at Kankakee. Ill Il had
hung out my shingle good while be,
fore any client arrived" he said
Finally, one came. He was weak,
meek being whom three determined
women had welded In rapid success.
sion, and he was being tried for big
amy. AS all OF the wives appeared
against him we lost the case. and he
got term OF two years, but this did
not seem to worry him, In fact, tie
seemed anxious for more. He was
taken TO the penitentiary. and Just
before his term ended | got letter
from him. Do you think, the bigamist
asked. anxiously. that 1t will be safe
for me to come OUT"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-31
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Special Warrant No. IS.

Notice: Public notice is hereby
given that the county court of Alex
ander county, Illinois, has rendered a
judgment for a special tax upon prop
erty benefited by the following i'm
provement: For the filling with earth
of the untitled portions of Twenty
First and West Twenty First streets
from the west line of Commercial
avenue to the east line of the Missis-
sippi levee in the City of Cairo, Hi
nois. from lot line to lot line, and for
the construction Upon the said Tween
ty-First and West Twenty-First
streets, from the soid west line OF
Commercial avenue to the said east
inc of the Mississippi levee, in said
City of Cairo, of vitrified brick
pavement, with combination
concrete curb and gutter on both
sides of said brick pavement, at the
outside edges of said brick pavement,
and for the construction upon the
said Twentv-First and West Twenty,
first streets of brick catch-basins and
supplying cast.iron traps and cast
iron covers therefor. and for the con
struction in the the snid West Twen-
ty.First street. from the brick man
hoe in the present Twenty First
street sewer. said manhole being. To-
ated thirty 500 feet west of the east
line of Holbrook avenue. to a point
thin teen hundred 1310) feet west of
the east line of Holbrook avenue, of a
vitlified tile pipe sewer, and for the
construction in said West Twenty
First street. in the line of the said
sewer. Of five 60 brick manholes and
supplying cast-iron rings and cast
iron covers therefor, under Ordinance
No. 200 of said city of Cairo, adopted
July 10Th. 1909, and approved July
goth, 1909, as will more fully appear
from the certified copy of the iudg.
ment on file in my office: that the
warrant for the collection of such
special tax is in the hands Of the un.
dersigned.
Said special tax is levied to be paid