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lasting ffty-four minutes. These times
differ greatly, however, for observers in
different parts of the country. The OBJ
server should examine the positions of
the planet and moon at least half an
hour earlier than the first Of the above
times. and estimate how soon the occul-
tation will occur as seen by him. remem-
bering that the moon moves eastward a
distance equal to it's own diameter in
about one hour.
Saturn remains in Cetus. and is in ex-
cellent position for observation through
out the month.
Mercury attains it's farthest distance
east of the sun December -, and sets
on this date one hour twenty minutes
after sunset At this time it may be
detected shining out in the twilight glow
very low down in the southwest. De-
cember 26 at pm. Mercury passes
Uranus. and the latter planet may be
found thirty-six minutes exactly south of
the former. But both planets are very
much too far below the equator for sat-
isfactory observation.
Venus entered the evening sky NOvem-
Der 26. but is still too near the sun to
be seen.
The other bright planets are morning
stars: the most conspicuous of these is
the magnificent Jupiter, which may be
seen high up in the east for two or three
hours before sunrise
December % the sun reaches its lowest
position in the heavens, and this Is there
fore the shortest day.
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IT is significant that q great new res
taurant here which soon Is to open
It's doors has asked tho newspapers to
give It out with emphasis and reiteration
that there is to be no exaction that
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the whole wonderful outburst occurred
long centuries before the evidence of it
reached our far distant little earth.
The observer should not fail to notice
how the three very brilliant stars. Fom-
alhaut. Affair and Vega, now lie almost
upon the ground in the west, and how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

paths being fully 80 miles second.
The whole wonderful system is rushing
away from us with a speed of more than
IL miles second. The star at is at
tended by a dark sun. which at irregular
intervals. eclipses it and cuts off three
fourths Of its light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
Peek Through Telescope at the Heavens in December

THE Occultation of Saturn
j December 12-Mercury
Attains Its Farthest Distance
East of the Sun December
24-Jupiter May Be Seen
Before Sunrise-December 22
the Shortest Day.
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one of the most loathsomc
M beasts Of the jungle, try to
w commit suicide when he be-
comes advanced In age? Why
does the black leopard, with his great
lusterless green eyes. become enraged be-
yond all reason when certain keeper
stands before his cage? Why does the
little human-faced monkey from the
lofty Himalayas become Economically in
censed when its attendant is jostled in a
make-believe manner before its cage?
Some naturalists say it is because
beasts of the field both wild and domes-
tic, have the same loves and hates as the
human animal. and they are intelligent
enough to carry their feelings to an ex-
tent noticeable by man.
Out at the Washington Zoo the other
week Jerry, a twentyyear-old hyena. one
of the famous freaks of the institution,
was put to death because in a fit of
nervous depression he insisted in gnawing
hunks out of his hind leg, practice
that would in any event have led to an
unnatural demise.
Is 1t possible that Jerry had become
Respondent, wearied with life behind
bars, and that a ceaseless routine of
lcculIlS anu Slecplli6 WOT6 OIf Ills HcTS cS
and put the bug of self-destruction in
his brain? Or had this world become I'M
bearable, when in his despair he found
that never again could he roam the fields
with his brethren and pull down prey in
the silver light of the desert moon? These
questions are unanswerable, for they be-
long, and can only be solved. in the I'M
fathOmable brain of the forest creatures.
Scores of naturalists down through the
centuries have advanced the theory that
AZ trtt,
giles and plains in a series of evolutions,
have retained one paramount instinct
that of self-destructiOn, which is so well
defined even among the highest types OF
civilized beings. In contradiction of these
claims DR.. Frank Baker. superintendent
of the National Geological Park. a noted
zoologist. who has developed the local
institution along the most modern lines.
says fatty that there Is not one iota OF
reason to justify the theory that animals
knowingly destroy themselves. and there
is no such thing. he says, as deliberate
suicide among forest creatures
when a man becomes advanced In
years." DIR. Baker said. he frequently be-
comes nervous or down-hearted, and
shows 1t plainly in his demea9Or toward
the state of his feelings
But the animal shows his disquietude
in physical ways. In an excess of fury
he can only vent his rage upon himself
in case he is imprisoned. and being with
out balance Of mind proceeds to do SO.
He gnaws his leg until the blood spurts,
or he beats his head against the bars of
his cage.
But of suicide he knows nothing. This
fact has been exemplified In the case Of
the hyena, Jerry, whom We were forced
to shoot last week because of injuries
he was inflicting upon himself. He was
old and sick His nerves gave away and
he followed his natural instincts.
At the local Zoo many examples of the
love and hate of animals for man can be
seen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK, November i:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

The stubbornness of the managers of
this enterprise in resolutely sticking to the
evening clothes rule, even after it was
seen that 1t never was going to work, is
only expiainable on the presumption that
all OF the managers were too induratedly
foreign to be in the slightest degree ia
miliar with the customs of New York.
warn the cafe people from the first that
the rule would never do. But the regula-
ton was strictly enforced. I saw some
or the most famous diners-out this town
knows turned away from the cafe because
they didn't happen to have their spike
tails on. The men thus treated. thus
publicly Inundated, naturally were filled
with the keenest sort OF resentment, and
they were men capable OF making their
resentment felt, too.
AS matter of fact, it will be many
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''Mr. Doo1ey on Home Life -
BY Finley Peter Dunne.

cent brick mansions We Sc tn autymo-
bill dash up, We see tn jock step out
an run up tn stairs, We see tn head
hired man in knee breeches open TIL dure
an We think to ye'ersilf: I bet We thin
people ARE unhappy Ivrything must
be cold an cherries within, there's 50
much room. Ye think iv tn gr-reat cap
Nv industhree settin' in marble hall
surrounded be GRAND piannies, plush
chairs. onyx cuspydors an al tn ivi-
dence iv wealth an refinement that
money an art can supply. He's so far
away firm tn rest Nv tn family that
whin he wants to talk with thin he has
to whistle f'r tn butler to take tn mes
sage.
= y
'Ivrybody is polite an uncomfortable.
If a man has jock f'r son-in-law We
don't think he can liver cut loose an be
himsilf. There can't be amy freedom
in such surroundings. TIL week passes
without a youbedam'd. Ivrything is like
1t is in novel. It's: look, have another
Nv tea Will ye'er grace jine
me in a tub iv champagne?' Can I
ye'er grace to pass tn ketchup?'
Ye wondher why tn MILLIONAIRE isn't
down at tn corner saloon ivry night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

This vinrabie depindant. angered at
tn assault on his beloved masther charged
into tn room, felled his grace with u
bottle an was stampin on his head whin
tn polls come in. 1t is said tn throub!c
'iy. TIL jock has accepted a position on
TIL voodyville stage where he will do II
monologue on tn family secrets, an his
father-in-law announces that he will be
prisint on tn openin' night an carry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

OF the keepers, there is one whom the
coal-black leopard has singled out as the
object of his most violent hatred. When
this man comes before the cage the
animal becomes frantic and tries to
spring through the bars of his prison in
an effort to destroy him. But the keeper
has never shown the animal ill will. and
the other attendants have no trouble in
making it bend to their Wills. Perhaps
the most marvellous thing is the fact that
this keeper has nothing whatever to do
with the animal and rarely passes through
the building. There seems to be some
thing in his personality that has caused
the animal to hate the man. and no kind
ness that tbis keeper has shown the
black beast has changed it's feelings in the
least.
To the hundreds of visitors that pass
his cage daily the leopard pays no heed.
but lies in sullen gloom and gaZes in
abstraction. But upon the entrance Of
the blue-coated keeper his f1endish nature
Is aroused to the fullest.
Similar to this is the hatred of the tawny
for the young ''pickaninnies"
who stand in silent awe before the sinewy
beast. The animals ceaseless tread stops;
Its body becomes tense with excitement.
Its nostrils dilate and in every movement
1t shows hatred for the little harmless
into the cage. Somewhere the animal has
conceived the most violent antipathy for
the diminutive sons of Ham. Adult ne
groes do not arouse this feeling.
Equally strange are the actions of the
monkey tribe. particularly of "Zuk," an
aged black Himalayan monkey. This
animal, said to be the oldest in captivity
and prize specimen at the National Zoo.
will leave its two-month offspring to
play with a favorite keeper. Not only
will 1t leave its young at thu beck Of the
guard, but when the latter enters the
monkey house the little simian exhibits
he most frantic signs of delight. Hop
ping from her perch she bounces to the
loor and fairly laughs through the bars.
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along a hatful Nv bricks

along a hatful Nv bricks
That's what 1 call family life. There's
what that there beautiful writer. Laura
Jeen. wud call note Nv sweet domis.
ITCHY about 1t. Ye needn't throuble ye'er
head about tn rich. Don't think ~
isn't up to We to organize a comfy an
thry an teach family fights to tn mill
yonaires on Michigan avnoo. II We broke
into tn stateliest stone home We might
find thin shootin' tn dishes at each other.
We don't often hear Nv their raie home
life because tn neighbors don't complain.
Most w tn time all we know about how
they live is an inventhry iv tn furni-
ture. But now an thin We get a glimpse
is still interrupted be great wealth an
that tn noblest in our land will lick their
son -in-laws If they thry to borrow money
firm Thin
We'll, said Mr.. Hennessy, ITS 4
shame these rich American girls shud
marry these foreign noblemen."
Its tn ony chanst they've got" said
Mr. Dooley "a young American bust
ness man isn't gcin to sell his heart fr
goold an thin prob-bly on'y get II in
small installments in pay envelope on
Saturdah night. He sizes tn matther UP
in his simple way an says he to him.
silf: 81 wud hate to have to wurruk FIR
me wife tn rest Nv me life. l want this
old gintleman's money. but tn ony way
FIR me to get ii is in tn marts iv thrade.
Anyhow, I'd have a betther chanst at
1t outside tn family thin in, he says.
An there we ARE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

Copyright, 1910, by F. p. Dunne.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
BY PROF. ERIC DOOLITTLE

( the University Of Pennsylvania.
T this time of the year no one
who looks at the evening sky
can fail to be struck by the
. great beauty and brilliance of
the stars with which 1t Is filled.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30

The model of the battleship North
Dakota, which was secured from the
navy department by Congressman L. B.
Hanna to be exhibited at the state fair
at Fargo on July $3.50 inclusive, has
been shipped from the Washington navy
yards and is expected to arrive in Fargo
IN a week or SO. This model is over
twelve feet in length and shows in detail
every feature of the greatest fighting
ship commissioned. When Congressman
Hanna secured this model he landed an
attraction that will be Of interest to
every citizens of this commonwealth as
all are greatly interested in the great
man-of-war that was named for this
state. 1t is the first time chat the navy
department has allowed any of its
material or equipment to be exhibited
at fairs In which the government was not
directly interested. The fair associ-
alton feels much gratitied that 1t has
been able to cur this model and Con-
gresham Hanna is to be congratulated
on securing it for the exposition.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30
The Census Man Is Coming.

Congress has put about the last
touch to the census taking machine,
and little more is to be expected in the
way of publicity until the man and
woman, with sharpened pencil, ring
the doorbell. Every individual, every
family, is ready for the call. There is
a satisfaction in standing up for count
by the representative Of the United
States government. To be overlooked
is to be sighted, and for ten years
there'll not be a chance to rectify the
error.
But there's another side to this mat
ter of being out when the census taker
calls. Your town Or county wants to
show up we'll in the results. A rival
town or county may have fewer in
habitants and yet score ahead of yours
in results because there were fewer
absentees on the fateful day. Doubt
less the government figures when pub
lished will fall below the local esti-
mate, but it will be a satisfaction to
recall that you were on hand and saw
the agent put down Everybody and
the hired girl"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30
Homes of Workinemen.


John ,!itchell, the labor leader, said
recently in an interview that his ideal
for the workingman includes "a cot
tage in til" country" That is probably
the ideal rf the average workingman
in America today. The town of Pull
man was projected to meet this COM
mon want &C the factory and foundry
toiier. Gary is working along the
same lines. It is safe to bank upon the
readiness of the workingman to sacri-
fee many pet desires in order to estab-
lish his family in the country.
AS commerce and industry are de-
veloping at present it becomes more
and more difficult for a large army Of
workingmen to realize the Mitchell
ideal. Large plants are located with
reference to raw. material and ship
ping facilities. The tendency is on
~centration, and that means congestion
of working population. The workman
has too far to go to get a home within
his a When the factory and
foundry leaves the city for the coun-
try the toiler will gladly leave bis mar
row tenement for q cottage with u
garden.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30
Washington the Teacher.

1t is noteworthy that public men OF
action are referring to Washington as
a living principle in our national life
today. Father Of His Country he was
in more ways than one. His sword
created a country for liberty to grow
in, but it did not later become a lash
to goad the freedmen into other bonds,
rs often happens with the victorious
soldier. Just as Washington stood off
the British and gave the weak colonies
a chance to "get together" and organ
ize, so Washington. the statesman,
stood off political dangers until a state
was created out Of chaos.
The result of Washington's achieve
ment as q state builder is our common
heritage, but we do not stop with pay
ing homage to his name for that. He
wrought rather than ruled. although
the times seemed to demand the big
stick" We of this generation get the
true view of Washington's greatness
by looking at his way of doing things.
The problems which he faced were not
unique. He was unique in focusing all
his energies upon them instead of upon
his own personal career.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30
ssNisht Lettero,, by Wire.

In many instances the might letter.
service recently established by the
new management Of the Western
Union Telegraph company will work
profitably for all concerned. Up to the
midnight hour a message of fifty
words may be sent for morning deliv-
cry at the cost of a ten word message
In the daytime. The company can
handle this business with little added
expense. and to the public the cheap
night service may be as valuable as
the day service.
In France, where the government
manages the telegraph as we'll as the
mail service, ''letters" may be sent by
wire under certain conditions. Often
a business letter can be condensed to
fifty words. The chance of reaching a
correspondent overnight with no pos
sibility Of delay, as by post, is a con-
v%enience which the enterprising bust
ness man will not overlook. Perhaps
the cheap night "letter" will work for
the cheapening of all telegraph service.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30
1t is possible now to telegraph a let
ter provided you have the price.
Personally Interested Legislators

Personally Interested Legislators.
The public has grown accustomed to
the idea Of the corporation attorney in
legislative bodies. OF late we have
been given the spectacle Of the legis-
lator as the attorney for himself the
while be posed as the representative
of the people who elected him. In
England they do this thing differently
that is. so openly that nobody is de-
ceiyed. Some commercial interest or
combination of interests will stake q
man to u for a seat in parliament
and pay him a salary while he is
there simply to look after his employ
er's affairs.
Parliamentary districts open for ex-
ploitation are we'll known in England.
Nothing better is looked for. But in
this country representation Of the
electorate is the theory in every cleo
ton. For a man so elected to set his
personal interests above the general
good is a betrayal of his constituents,
but it is more than that. A magis-
trate must know no party; a legislator
should not, but especially should know
no self.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30

Under the terms of the postal savings
bank bill, which passed the house June
8, and was approved by the senate June
%, a board of trustees is created con-
sisting of the postmaster general, the
secretary of the treasury and the at
torney general, who shall declare what
postofices shall become postal savings
banks. Deposits in these banks made
by any n person shall not be more
than 500 a month or exceed a total of
$500. An account may be opened with
81, but stamps of 10 cents each will be
issued for those desiring to accumulate
money to be deposited. Any depositor
may change his deposits for government
bonds to be issued in denominations of
$40, $40, $50, $50. 800 or $500, to bear
interest at ~ per cent per anuum. The
money accumulated in the postal savings
banks is to be deposited in both national
and state banks in the vicinity of the
postoffices to pay "a per cen interest.
Five per cent of the total deposits is to
be retained by the secretary and
treasury as a cash reserve. Not more
than 30 per cent of those deposits may
be Withdrawn by the government at any
time for Investment of bonds in the
United States, the remaining Is per cent
to remain on deposit in the banks. The
banks are required to give as security
for the deposits they receive "public
bonds or securities supported by the
taxing power" which restricts such
securities to some form of national,
state, municipal or other such bonds
approved by the board of trustees in
charge of the postal savings banks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30
Virus and Venom.

virus ana venom.
The difference between venom and a
virus is very marked. Both are poi
sons and both Of organic origin, but a
venom is produced in secreting or
gans, commonly called poison glands,
and is introduced into the system by
means especially adapted for the pur-
pose, such as stings or fangs. On the
other hand. a virus is the result Of
disease or putrefaction and generally
possesses the property Of exciting in
the system into which it is introduced
the disease which produced the virus.
A virus commonly produces little If
any local disturbance. A venom gen.
orally causes great pain. often severe
Inflammation and swelling. Venom
has marked local effect. Virus causes
a general disturbance Of the system.
The Worst Drink.
"But chi-chi, the chi-chi Of Patago-
mia! That is the worst drink in the
world,' said a naval man. "The Pat
agonians gather wild apples. They dig
pits and line them with %horsehides,
and in those pits they leave the apples
to rot and ferment. When the pits are
full of foamy, kissing juices the Pat
agonian warriors gather for their an
nual jag, and the women and children
go off and hide in the woods. No won
der, for chi-chi is a terrible drink. 1t
is a thick gray foam that Kisses. 1t
seems to be alive. It is like drinking
snakes."-New York Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30
Wall Street Gamblina.

Il may be that the race track men
are having things pretty much theil
WI way in spite Of Governor Hughes
memorable reform. Otherwise they
might follow the lead Of the New York
World and insist that gambling Gust
as bad"-for instance, in Wall street
should also have the lid put on. The
Hooking pool, which is but a sample
of what goes on every day in Wall
street, ended in three failures, with
liabilities of owe 100000.
The Wall Street Journal is authority
for the statement that the Stock Elk
change committee was aware all along
of the inside facts about the Hooking
gamble, but nothing was done. The
case of Wall street was put up to Gov
ernor Hughes, and about a year ago he
recognized the evil to the extent of ap
pointing a commission. The recon-
mendations Of this commission seem
to have been 1outed, for Wall street,
and especially the Stock Exchange end
of it, has not checked stock gambling.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30
ROOSEVELT AND HUMILITY

Tt will be a surprise % many Roosevelt
admirers to hear that he has any
deficiency at all, but he has one, and a
worry important lie. just one thing Is
needed to round out his character and
make him truly great. That one thing
is humility. And never in his career did
he iced the savings grace of humility 80
much as he will need it now 1t is not
surprising that he lacks it. The unre-
strained lionizing to which he has beer
subjected by the world, and particularly
by his own people, is enough oasquonch
the last spark of humility in any ordinary
mortal. 1t will be amazing indeed, if 1t
docs not exaggerate his admirable self-
esteem to gigantic proportions. Thus
far he has shown no sign of that
humility which is one of the first
essentials Of real greatness. There can
be, indeed, no real greatness without it
Combined with manly self respect and
wholesome self confidence, the quality
of humility made Lincoln great, made
John A. johnson great, has made many
world heroes great. Roosevelt entered
upon mans estate lacking many things.
He lacked health, and he acquired it in
Astounding b%uoyancy. He lacked
strength, and he acquired it in amazing
measure. He lacked strenuosity, and
with health and strength 1T came in
prodigious volume. He still lacks
humility, and his best friends and we'll
wishers will pray that he may gain the
balance his many other strong virtues.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-30

The demand that the Maine be
raised is prompted by no morbid curl
osity. A motive Of unqualified patriot
ism cause the cutlery heard annually
from all parts Of the country for the
decent interment Of the Maine victims.
This country owes it to the govern
ment of Cuba to remove from the har-
Dor Of Havana the wreck that is not
only an obstruction to navigation, but
an unWholesome memorial to a trag-
edy which requires no such shocking
reminder.