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THE HEAVENS IN June THROUGH A TELESCOPE

portion Of whose stars are variable.
And 1t is most remarkable that the va
riable6 Of given cluster are similar to
each other. Thus each variable may
flash out with four or five times its or
binary light at regular intervals of
few hours, although they do not all
brighten at the same time, nor are their
periods exactly equal But the very
great similarity in their variation makes
It nearly certain that the separate suns
Of each wonderfully great aggregation
are very similar to each other.
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Grateful.

From Harpers Weekly.
How does sSlithers feel about tha
chauffeur who ran or with his car and
his daughter?" asked Wilkes.
'sHe's mighty grateful" laid Bildad
HE says the poor idiot rel wed him 9
~ Of his most expensive possessionAs
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REAR ADMIRAL
CD. S1GSBEECU:SN

fore the outbreak Of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. THE Monongahela. cruising
along the Texas coast. had rammed and
sunk a Confederate ironclad down near
the head of the passes in the Mississippi
river and then steamed on to New Or
leans for repairs. On board was q broth
er officer. Lieut. Roderick Prentice, to
whom I was particularly attached. He
of impending disaster that he simply
could not shake of. In fact, 1t marred
his joyous anticipations OF meeting his
young wife. hardly more than pride. at
New Orleans. whittier she had fastened
from the north when she learned his yes
sci was to touch that point. Their de-
votion was fdealistic.
''They saw each other but once there
before the call OF duty dragged them
apart. I had been transferred to the
Brooklyn at Mobile. After a successful
passage of the forts my first inquiry was
for the welfare OF my old shipmates on
Prentice. HIS premonition had come true.
He had been standing in the gangway,
which had been raised somewhat above
the level Of the deck. 1t seems. when q
to him and the flying fragments imbedded
themselves in his leg. almost tearing 1t
from his body. He died in q few hours.
**
"At New Orleans we picked up little
boy named Isaac Aiken. a tiny fellow. OF
whom Prentice was especially fond. The
lad was simply heart-broken as he sat
by the berth of his dying friend. Prem
tice urged him not to cry and to brace up
and be cheerful. insisting that he would
soon be all right. though he we'll knew
all the while that his end had come. But
to that Of the girl-wife. She tainted dead
away when told the ghastly news and
never afterward fully recovered"
Another incident that remember
bee. happened at the assault on Fort
Fisher. The man just ahead Of me was
killed and another on my left A big.
red-haired man. groaning horribly. sud-
Look he exclaimed. Lieut.. Bache
is wounded!
"'Why are you sroaninsr I asked.
out even q trace Of concern for himself.
4 think I'm dying-but look at poor
Bacher
"And he fell to earth. still calling for
aid for ,s hs sfa s wa. tie told died
nag" said Corp" James Tanner. known
to Grand Army men from coast to coast:
''Instinctively. in the rush and roar OF
again toward the point where the nag
should be to see II 1t Is still waving. II
the color bearer is shot down his COM
rades spring to grasp the standard and
elevate 1t again. I remember in one bat
tie of the civil war our color bearer was
struck by a piece Of shell that tore on
both his hands. The shock sent him to
his knees, but he clasped his arms around
the staff and. swaying like reed in the
wind. managed to hold 1t upright. His
colonel rushed up and seized the stand
ard.
1T never touched the ground, colonel!
It never touched the ground! was the
triumphant cry from the lips Of the hor-
ribly mutilated man.
II have listened to many eloquent
apostrophes to our national emblem, but
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OF astronomers for many centuries to
come.
During the. whole of June the magnif-
cent evening star. Venus. runs rapidly
ems and growing ever brighter each
night. So rapid is it's eastward motion
that It will paA9 entirely across Cancer
and well into the Sickle. almost reach
Evening star., 1911-05-28

never to one that touched me more than
that which came from a hospital bed. In
September, 1863. 1 was lying in Fairfax
Seminary Hospital in the suburbs Of AL
exandria, Va. / was part of the wreck
age Of the second battle Of Bull Run. In
the ward in which lay and to the right
of me was a comrade seriously wounded.
He, too, was q son of Ireland. He was
joked and laughed. confident Of his re-
covery, clear up until the end.
Zone day the surgeon notified the visit
ing priest that he had better inform Pat
that his time was short. | was lying SO
that 1 had good view Of his face when
the priest broke the dread news to him.
He choked in his throat in an effort to
master himself. and then asked the good
father to wheel his bed around SO he
could look out Of the window. 1t seemed
a strange request. but without hesitation
the priest obeyed. And then, as Pat
turned his gaze upon the world without
his window, we became aware of the rea-
son Of his request-he wished to see once
the head Of the staff outside!
"-Darlint.' he breathed. fervently,
there We are nd at tn top! Place God.
We shtill wave onchallenged from Maine
to Mexico!
"Then followed in a rush Of words the
things he had dreamed Of 1t before he
had ever seen it on its native soil. He had
prayed that he and his loved ones might
come under it's benefcent folds to enjoy
the perfect liberty 1t promised. Now 1t
was in peril and he was dying for 1t, un-
able even to raise his weakened hand ana
salute it. He bade the glorious old ban
ner goodbye and, turning to the priest,
said:
" Father. yell write to her nd break ut
gintly as ye kin? Sore will be her hear-rut
whin she knows thut Pat will come back
no more to her, md tn bhoys. Till her
/ charge her wit "me dying breat" to rear
tn bhoys SO that whin manhood comes
to thin, and the flag should ivir made
thin, they will give thir loives aven unto
death. as thir fayther gives his loife this
day! IN now, fayther. to me souls sal
vation.'
"In the gray dawn Of the following
morning a commotion near my bed awoke
me. Opening my eyes 1 saw them lift his
lifeless form and carry it out OF the
ward"
did you ever hear Of Tim Regan's
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Memorial dc

8 Memorial day
rolls around each
year the thoughts
OF the veterans OF
the nations might
est conflict revert
to their comrades
tn-armS in I h g
ranks Of both the
Grand Army or
the living and OF
the dead-and to
the stirring Incl
dents they them
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to lay a pontoon bridge across the river
but the Confederate sharpshooters picked
them off with such deadly aim that the
bridge was never laid. In his company
five men were killed.
X
For two months we lay before Fred
ericksburg." said Gen. Greedy. before
we could cross the river. In those dull
days of waiting the boys in blue met the
boys in gray on the outposts and traued
with them. though it was strictly against
orders. We were short of tobacco and
the 'Johnnys' were sadly in need OF
coffee. Frequently we would cross the
lines and swap these staples. along with
stories and camp yarns. But the minute
hostilities seemed imminent we notineo
each other that our visits must cease: !:
we were fighting for a cause. and not
because of race animosity.
II can remember once when one OF my
comrades making a friendly call on tho
other side of the line was caught by O.
Confederate officer. who straightway
placed him under arrest. But the boys In
gray who had received him objected to
the arrest, holding that the Union soldier
had come virtually under q truce. The
officer was obdurate. But so were the
men. They threatened to desert to the
IL
officer finally capitulated and the 'Yank
was allowed to return to his own lines.
Incidents Of this sort are pleasant to re-
call-especially on a Memorial day when
the strife is over"
"Forty-six years ago today" said Rep
resentative N. B. Thistlewood Of Illinois.
81 was roaming about the streets of
Macon, Ga. shortly after the crushing
defeat Of Hoods army by Gen. Thomas.
trying to make up my mind to enlist.
Finally I Joined the command Of ]. II.
Wilson. the youngest cavalry leader Of
the army. to penetrate to the heart of
the Confederacy. Our first objective point
was Selma. after a weary march through
the sparseiy settled country lying south
of the Tennessee river. On the afternoon
of the ID Of April we attacked Selma.
And it was here / beheld an exhibition
OF bravery shall never forget. Our cav
mounted and formed In line behind a
ridge or rise In the ground. Not more
than 200 yards across from us we're For
est's gray-coats strongly intrenched.
xk
''They were pouring a deadly fire into
our lines when our commander. Gen. Will
son, with that daredevil bravery for
which he later became famous. set spurs
to his horse and came thunderinP down
the line shouting encouragement to us
as he passed. That he escaped death or
even injury from the leaden hail has
always seemed miraculous to me. Just
then the batteries from Fort Selma forti-
fications opened fire. Spurred on by Gen.
Wilson's splendid example, 1.6OO of us
charged. We did not fire until within
short musket-range Of the enemy's line.
Then we cut loose with such a hurricane
of shot that no human being could have
withstood it. The Confederates gave way
and We swept into Selma
recOll6ct extremely DathettC IN
cident that occurred on board the U. 8. s.
Monongahela,' said Admiral c. D. Sigs-
bee, L. S. N, the hero of the battleship
Maine, sunk in Havana harbor just be-
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Wartime recollections crowd so thick
and fast on Gen. Isaac R Sherwood.
representative from the ninth district OF
Ohio, that to single out one Of them Is but
to omit others OF equal import. He par
ticipated in forty-five battles, and there Is
not a soldier now living who was under
fire a greater number OF days than he.
Six times he was complimented In general
orders for gallantry on the field OF bat
tie. Today he Is the only Union veteran
on the democratic side OF the House.
But, more remarkable than all else. he Is
the only man who entered the Union
army as a private and emerged from the
war brigadier general.
II suppose" said Gen. Sherwood, 'the
fight at Franklin, Tenn. November 80.
1864. is as vividly impressed on my mind
as any; maybe because, considering the
size Of the forces engaged, 1t was one OF
the most desperate engagements OF the
entire war. The Confederate loss was 40
per cent in a f1ve-hour battle. and a
larger number of their generals were kill
ed or wounded than at Chicamauga or
Gettysburg, where their forces were twice
as strong. My regiment, the 111th Ohio.
Of which I was colonel, lost more men in
that battle than any other regiment on
the Union side.
MY horse was shot from under me
three times in the engagement. My third
horse fell In most UNUSUAL manner. The
bullet that killed him passed first through
my leg and then through the saddle before
reaching him. / could not get another
mount, SO I fought the rest OF the battle
Evening star., 1911-05-28

''Never so long as I live shall for
get that dreadful day when I lay wound
ed on the battlefield, from sunrise until
the shades of night had closed down on
the dead and the dying" said Senator
Knute Nelson of Minnesota "It was in
the siege Of Port Hudson, La. when, on
Evening star., 1911-05-28

1t used to be said that each star is NOV
ing quite Independently of every other
star. but we now know that this II not
strictly true. In certain regions OF the
ceivable extent, but which yet are as
nothing when compared with the entire
visible universe itself. great clouds of
material must once have been drifting
Evening star., 1911-05-28

the most interesting sight OF an oc-
cultation Of Jupiter by the moon.
Though. we are too far north to wit
ness this, yet the figure formed by the
two bright bodies so near together in
the sky will be most beautiful and
striking. In similar manner our
moon passes the brilliant Venus June
20, but as the nearest approach then
occurs at seven minutes past noon, it
cannot well be seen by observers in
this hemisphere.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

same position. he will see the planet
shining out at the roof corner or other
place where the sun was before.
June / the planet follows the sun by
three hours and four minutes, and it
is two degrees north of the sun, so
that 1t must be looked for at a dis
tance above the first position OF the
sun equal to four times the distance
across the suns disk. June IL Venus
follows the sun three hours and ten
minutes, and IL is then two degrees
south of the sun. From these figures
the reader can readily find the planet
at any time during the first two weeks
of the month When observing it the
direct light OF the sun must be
screened from the eyes, especially IL
the sun is high in the sky at the time.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Figure 3.-Drawings made of Venus y
fngs and white areas may be the planet
clouds. but it is more probable that the,
along as whole. and the stars into
which this material at last developed
are now drifting together. The study OF
the true structure and motions OF our
universe will doubtless occupy the minds
Evening star., 1911-05-28
ShNAroP@ E..WARREN
OEsWYoNING,

when I look back on the civil war. as
I frequently do. and especially on Me-
mortal day." he said as he. sat in his
rooms in the Senate office building. "one
fact stands out with increasing clarity
as the years roll by, and that is that the
great struggle was waged principally by
boys. The rank and file OF the Union
army was made up of mere lads, and
in the Confederate forces they Were even
younger. They were tried as perhaps no
other generation of American youth has
ever been tried. The horrors. the strug-
giles, the hardships they faced made men
OF them. Nearly all OF our Presidents
since then and a great portion OF our
public men throughout the nation, in
cluding the Congress OF the United States.
have been those who served as officers or
enlisted men In those two armies OF
striplings."
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GEN. ISAAC r. SHERzpoD
OF.aOHIO

on foot. As 1t afterward turned ont, this
was fortunate for me, for every mounted
officer on both sides was either killed on
wounded. When the battle closed there
was not a mounted officer on either line
Il have In my home one reminder Of
the civil war that, should all else fail.
would compel recollection OF that mighty
struggle. 1t is a Confederate flag cap
tured in the two-day fight at Nashville In
December. 1864. During the first days
fighting We made q charge and captured
six twenty-pound guns, and on the sec
ond 5000 Confederate soldiers and three
stands of colorS. Immediately after the
battle secured one of the flags and sent
1t home by express. I believe I am the
only private citizen in the country today
who has in his possession q captured
Confederate banner"
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Mercury reaches its greatest distance
west OF the sun June 1, and may be
seen for few days before and after
this time shining out near the ground
in the southeast for short time before
sunrise. Neptune is in the constella-
tion Gemini. but is not favorably sit
uated for observation. The other plan
cts are now morning stars.
June %. at s am, the sun will reach
its highest point in the heavens and
summer will begin. This is the long
est day OF the year: at noon the shad-
ows cast by trees and other objects
will. therefore, be the shortest Of the
year. 1t will be remembered that by
carefully measuring the shadows OF
their obeliSks In this way the Egyp-
tians and other early peoples determined
the beginning and end of their seasons.
and adjusted their yearly calendars.
Our evening star is now SO very
the naked eye in full daylight. or even
exactly at noon, and this observation
will be still more easily possible all
through the summer until the planet
attains its greatest brightness August
10. 1t is necessary, however, to know
exactly in what part OF the bright sky
the planet will be found, and for this
purpose itS true direction from the OBJ
server must be found by the sun or by
q star.
X
June. the planet is exactly as high
in the sky as the sun. and 1t follows 1t
by three hours and eight minutes-that
is, IL we look at the sun at any hour
during this day and then wait for
three hours and eight minutes the
planet at the expiration OF this time
will be seen at exactly the same place
in the sky that the sun occupied at
first. II, therefore. at any time during
the day the reader Will go out of doors
and place himself in such a position
ner Of some distant roof. or at the ex-
treme top OF a telegraph pole. or other
object (for which observation he will
require a smoked or dark ahass). and il
three hours and eight minutes later he
will again place himself in exactly the
Evening star., 1911-05-28
T1ENUS Now Seen With
v the Naked Eye at Noon
in Full Daylight-June 7 the
Moon Passes Quite Near
Jupiter.
By Prof. Eric Doolittle of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.

HE very last OF the winter con-
steliations has now nearly left
the evening sky. This is the
group called the Twins. whose
two bright stars Castor and
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Another class OF veterans now rightfuily
claim Memorial day as their own. and
decorate the graves OF their comrades
who fell in battle. These are the veterans
OF the Spanish-American war. Ex-Sena.
tor Charles Dick OF Ohio recalls q rather
unusual incident In this our most recent
conflict.
My regiment arrived at Santiago. Cuba,
Just one week before it's surrender. being
sent there to reinforce Gen. Shafter,S
said he. I'VE, as regiment. were eager
to be sent on to Porto Rico. but the
ten-day quarantine for yellow fever
They encamped us on top OF high hill 50
that we were completely isolated. At the
expiration of the time set, the doctors dis
covered 21O cases Of the dread diseas,
among U.s. This. OF course. shattered all
hopes of our ever going anywhere except
home, when the sick ones recovered.
Later, however, / was ordered to Wash
fngton by Gen. Shafter to present to the
President and the Secretary OF War the
conditions which actually obtained IL
Cuba I was detained in quarantine foI
five days about 100 miles below New Or.
leans The control of the quarantine
service then was In the hands of state
authorities. Despite the fact that bort
important dispatches for Washington
and the government offered to bring me
through from the quarantine station te
Washington in a special car that should
stop only for fuel and water the health
department Of the state declined TO let me
pass. / was kept in quarantine the full
five days while the business OF the na,
tional government was held up"
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Evening star., 1911-05-28
DECORATION DAY SENTIMENT:

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-21
CITY NEEDS BAND.

One of the best institutions for
good civic advertising is a good band
A noticeable vacancy in the recep
ton of our visiting county boosters
during the exposition was made prom
inent in the lack of a good local
band to meet the various county
delegations and prominent visitors,
heading the procession in the several
parades, and available always for any
civic, lodge, private or public meet
ing, convention or public occasion of
which there are many during the
year.
Its decidedly worth while. 1t is
worth all it's costs-and more. For
it would cost nothing in Bismarck
to have an excellent band of. say
twenty pieces, that would be credit
able to Bismarck. while the favorable
impression of hundreds of people
would be of incalculable value. Bis.
marck needs such a musical organiza-
tion and without it, finds herself en-
PERTAINING in just about the position
Of an auto without oil-it can get
along. but it takes pretty hard push
is.
As to expense, with the opportunity
now open to music lovers, there
would be no expense. Mr. Peck, who
so delightfully."- entertained the expo.
sition visitors with his orchestra. is
an old time bandman unusually we'll
fitted to teach and develop a good
band, with talent already here and
willing to get together if a suitable
room could be procured. Mr. Pecks'
services are donated absolutely free
even more, he has agreed to per-
sonally furnish all the music needed,
having a library worth hundreds of
dollars. Most of the boys have uni.
forms and own their Instruments
the few who do not will be supplied
by Mr.. Peck. So the cost is, elimin.
ated if a room could be secured for
practice, say twice each week. Thus
far, the boys snatched an occasional
evenings practice in half dozen
different places and the outlook is
discouraging to those trying to build
up some interest and make a band
possible. With the urgent need to
Bismarck, the service of one of the
best bandmasters in the state, plenty
of good talent, abundant music, all
free it would appear this exceptional
opportunity should not need be lost
through lack of some common ordi
nary practice room or hall in a city
the size of Bismarck.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-21

doubtless point to window panes and
floors with pride and declare them
selves to be above criticism. Yet
single neglected trash barrel or
some "catch-all' cupboard or recess
would offset their external and WIS.,
ible spruceness.
The disease germ never tires. 1t
works all the time and is ready for
every opening. The dirty cellar, the
neglected store room, the unbeaten
carpet, the perhaps orderly but really
unsanitary kitchen, these are its ia
vorite places of propagation and at
tack. One place in particular IS
beloved of the Zoe OF health, the
neglected hot-air furnace duct. That
is way shortly after the first fire is
started the average household fall
to sneezing and complaining of the
autumn cold. As a matter of fact
it is leftover from the dustry sum
mer Look to the furnace pipes
thoroughly before the fire are lighted
and there will be less work for tho
doctors.
On the who'll. Bismarck is a clean
city
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-21

legislature and not the attorney gen.
eral is to blame for the emasculation
of the law governing the sale of snuff
in North Dakota. New York repre-
sentatives of the tobacco trust APP
peared here when the bill was before
the legislature and they succeeded in
making it ineffective before it be-
came a law. Attorney General Miller
simply construed the law for Pure
Food Commissioner Ladd as he found
it, which was all he could do. There
fore the claim is made that the legis'
lature and not the attorney general is
responsible for the provisions of the
measure. The publication Of Commits
sioner Ladd's findings has excited a
good deal of comment.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-21
The Capitol Run

Secretary Tom Hall is back from
his Oliver county farm and he is
greatly elated over the prospects of a
new church which will be built at
Sanger. Sanger has never had a
church edifice and the prospects of
one is received with much satisfac-
ton.
Curator Fish of the State Historical
society, is in jamestown attending a
meeting of the state library associ-
alton
The state board of control will
start Monday on another tour of in
spection of the public institutions of
the state. They will include in their
visit jamestown, Grafton, Bathgate,
and Devils Lake. The board will be
absent about week.
The Penn Mutual Live insurance
Co., of Philadelphia, has made appli-
cation for reinstatement. The COM
pany withdrew from the stateAin 1895
and the petition shows that the COM
pany has over $50 policy holders in
North Dakota. 1t is one of the OLD
and large companies of the United
States. Commissioner Taylor will
welcome the company back to the
state.
William Laist, always mindful of
the comfort of others has force of
workmen putting the storm windows
on the state capital building, The
slight snow fall of last night was a
reminder that winter is on the way
and due to arrive sbout November 20.
Word has been received from State
Auditor Brightbill that he is in Town
er county looking after the threshing
of his crops. Mr.. Brightbill is one of
the big farmers of the state.
An investigation discloses that the