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to draw ever westward toward the sun.
is due in reality to the fact that as seen
from our moving earth the sun appears
to pass steadily across the sky, complet-
Ing the circuit in exactly one year. Dur.
ing the coming months the center Of the
sun will move along the path E X Of
figure I. reaching its greatest distance
above the celestial equator while in the
constellation Gemini. June 81. and cross
ing to below the equator at the point f
September %. The sun In it's eastward
motion has now nearly reached the point
Of the heavens which is exactly oppo-
site to Z. This is the point occupied by
the center OF the sun as 1t crosses the
equator in passing from the southern to
the northern hemisphere. The sun will
reach this point at eighteen minutes past
midnight March 81 eastern standard
time). This night and the following day
will hence be of equal lengths. and at
this instant winter will end and spring
will begin. 1870
Six hours after the sun has passed the
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this whole wonderful system is still eX-
cellently situated for observation.
Jupiter and Mars are still in the morn
ing sky. the former rising about three
hours and the latter about two hours be-
fore sunrise. 1t will be many months
before these objects will be seen in our
evening heavens.
The remarkable variable star Mira.
which lies in the constellation of the
whale will reach its greatest brightness
this year April L.. At this time it is eN-
pected that this usually very faint star
will shine out with somewhat greater
brightness than that of Polaris. Infor-
tunatey. during April the sun will be so
near this part of the sky that the varia-
BILE can hardly be observed. During
March, however. it may be seen i'm the
southwest for more than two hours after
sunset. and the observer who is familiar
with it's usual appearance cannot fail
to be struck by its sudden and wonder
full increase in brightness.
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MI ISIS GE N VIEW E
Av4 CHAMP CLARK. the

Eighteen ear-Old Daughter
of the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Has Deter
mined That She Will Be a
Newspaper Woman-It Is
Work for Which Her Mother
Always Yearned, and Her
Father Has Given His APP
proval-This Is the Very
First Thing That She Has
Written. a Sunday Feature
for This Paper Inspired by a
Trip She Recently Took to
Panama.
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Those who are on the Pacific coast will
be able to watch the entire phenomenon
from its beginning to the end of total
ity.
The planet Mercury will reach its
greatest distance east of the sun the
afternoon of March II. For a few even
ings before and after this date it may
be seen, shining low in the twilight glow.
almost exactly above the west point of
the horizon, for somewhat more than one
hour after sunset.
The beautiful planet Venue still shines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
BY GENEv1EvE CHAMP CLARK.

HAD the pleas
ure of accom-
panyinS a con-
Sressional party
of inspection that
recently visited
the zone. There
were thirty-eight
of us, all told.
We took the long
route to Panama
from New York.
This route has its
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with great brlliance in the western heav-
ems, an dalthOugh it is now drawing con-
tinually nearer the sun it is still by far
the most conspicuous object in the sky
During the month it will move eastward
among the stars. almost entirely across
the constellation of Aries. April 3 it's east
ward motion will cease and it will then
begin to move rapidly westward again
with the Hyades and Pleiades shining in
the sky to the left of it, will mike
beautiful and atriking figure in the west
ern heavens.
Venus will attain its greatest bright
ness March 10. at which time it will
shine with twenty-One times the bright
ness of a first magnitude star The OBJ
server should not fail to examine this
beautiful object from time to time with
a small telescope during the present
month and for the first two weeks in
April. He will see how, as it draws
nearer the earth, it seems to grow stead
lily larger. and how. as its sunlit side
becomes turned more and more away
from us its apparent shape becomes that
of an ever-narrowIng brilliant crescent
Throughout the early part of April 1t is
the night side of the planet which is
turned almost directly toward u.s. This
dark portion has been seen at times to
be very family Illuminated from some
source originating in the atmosphere of
the planet itself and which is very prob
ably an electrical display more or less
closely resembling our own aurora boz
reals. Venus will pass to the westward
of the sun and become a morning star
the morning of April "a.
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know that it is great and grand and won
derful and am content.

know that it is great and grand and Won
derful and am content.
\
While we are on the subject mish'
say that the most interesting tnihe III
Panama is the American engineer. ne 10
always young: or he should be' ne iooh'
very attractive in his light summer
clothes and one admires him Immensely
as he directs the big achievements there'
But he has his lighter side and can dance
beautifully is fine conveTsationallst anu
fingers in the memory some time AFTER
the shores of Panama fade behind the
tropical sunset.
| might also say in passing that the
American girl of today admires the man
who achieves The masculine butterfly has
absolutely no attraction for her. a man
must do something worth while before
she turns her attention to him. snuu-
der to think what would happen 10 soiie
of the perfectly proper young men In the
cities should their girl friends soJourn at
Panama and get acquainted with THESE
men 1t seems to me that the steamship
companies should advertise these enSl-
neers as a tourist attraction. particularly
in feminine circles.
Life on shipboard proved a cross De
tween a siesta and star-gazing. Natural
w. having so many politicians on poaIu:
ali the problems of the day were settied
satisfactorily many times before we
finally landed in Cristobal Before we
reached our Journeys end there was some
rivalry among the ladies. and even the
gentlemen at times, about appearing ii
the table Frequently | was almost alone
i'm feminine glory at the meals. was
driven to the conclusion that | was vui-
CARLY healthy when. during a rather
rough sea, I appeared at the table anu
Cant. Corning eyed me from head to
..Weii' do not think we could kill you
with a brick
Nv only mishap was when ensrossed In
volume of Cicero, my constant COM
panion on the voyage, l noticed had
absent mindedly rubbed my fare with
tooth paste instead of cold cream.
When the good ship Panama arrived
at Colon the scene was typical south
ern one. One might easily fancy that he
was landing at Norfolk. Charleston Or
New Orleans. The likeness quickly dis
appears, however. when you go into the
cities They are typicaly Spanish. which
means that they are not at all like our
own, and you feel as If you had been
dropped into another planet The streets
are narrow and alive with tiny shops.
presided over by Indian. Chinese and
German pirates. who use every vile of
trumpery to coax the good American dol
lar from the guileless tourist
Whether We were especially favored, |
cannot say. but the customs officer, the
bugbear of our American ports, was con-
spicuOus by his absence If there were
any smugglers among us they must have
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Mss CLARK1STO
DECOME ANEWSRAPEP
WONAN
HE. HOUSES HAVE. BALCONIES C0NyF11ENT
foR, THE KyrES OFLovE.RS

felt nightly relieved by our airy. care
free entry into Panama. l had no fear
myself, as l possessed no dutiable goods
unless YOU could consider that kodak
films copy OF Cicero. Shelley's poems
aEi similar articles of perfectly proper
instruction and amusement came under
that category.
Speaking of pirates. what thrilled me
most in Panama. outside Of the canal
itself. were the glowing tales told Of the
pirates who long ago haunted these beau
tiful, tropical shores. The only pirates
l had ever met were in books or on the
stage. but 1 felt a fellow-feeling with
the heroic. if lawless adventures of Nor
San's buccaneers
My mother. who did not suffer with good
health as much as l did told me that
she often sat in her steamer chair and
comforted herself with the thought that
IL the pirates could have been hungry
enough to eat leather bags scientifically
prepared she entertained the hope that
some day she would be able to eat some
thing.
| couldn't help feeling a little cross at
the pirates when, after a drive over the
beautiful road between the city of Pan
anna and the ruins of old Panama l be-
nelo what Morgan had left of that once
partly by Capt Morgan and partly by
my own observation-disclosures in taking with
me roll OF films that had already been
exposed What is left of the old cathe-
dral there is considered to this day an
architectural wonder. There is little
enough left now save the vine-covered
tower which overlooks the Pacific Stand
ing there. surrounded by almost absolute
quiet, one can imagine the voices of the
ancient inhabitants at their devotions
Inc only inhabitants | saw, however
We're umbrella ants. They quite fasci-
mated me by the way they carried large
pieces OF leaves on their backs in the
lasnlon or an umbrella, quite obscurinp
themselves 1t was from here that /
very carefully took piece of the sensi-
tive plant. regarding 1t as a curiosity.
but on reaching the hotel I was some
what chagrined when my mother OBJ
serving 1t, told me that might gather il
IN large quantities in any Missouri corn
field.
a feature of Panama that struck and
interested me was the style of the houses.
These were of old Spanish architecture
with vine clusters. overhanging balconies
most convenient for serenades and other
rites of lovers 1t is not hard to picture
dusky twilights with beautiful Spanish
maidens looking love into the eyes of
young Spanish cavaliers, who twanged
their mandOlins and sang sweet nothingS
to their fair ladies. 1t is a picture of a
world of romance that these quaint
houses summon up. and while the Amer
lean man is the very best chap in the
world it has been said with evident truth
that he lacks the gentle arts of court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

- HIS is the last month of the
year in which the brilliant win
ter consultations may all be
seen i'm the early evening sky.
Already these bright groups
Rave. with one exception. all reached
the western part of the heavens, and as
April approaches the great Taurus. the
leader of the winter train of constela-
tons will have drawn so. near the sun
that IL will be seen beginning to sink be-
low the ground in the early evening.
The wonderful winter branch of the
Milky Way. which for So many months
has passed through the highest point of
the evening heavens. now begins its
slow declension toward the west. and in
one month more will lie so closely along
the western horizon that il can only be
observed with difficulty.
Meanwhile the extreme western end
of the very large. faint constellation of
the Nirgin-the leader of the summer
groups of s,ars-has pushed its way
well into the evening sky in the east
while above this may be seen the very
beautiful golden-yellow star Arcturus
which as the months go by will remain
Iner stars. reaching its highest position
in the southern heavens early in June.
= x
This wonderful star is one of the most
remarkable objects in the great cloud
of stars around us. Its great briIliance
does not arise from it's nearness to us; In
fact. IL is so very far away that its dis
lance cannot be directly measured by
any Instrument which we at present pos
sess and il is therefore evident that it's
intrinsic light and heat must be many
Thousands of times great as those of
our own sun. jnd yet. in spite of it's
inconceiyaby great distance away from
us. this great sun is rushing along
remarkable speed that in only a very few
years its change of position upon the
celestial sphere can easily be observed.
even i'm very small telescope. This drift
OF ArcturuDRmong the stars is so great
that In 90 500 years its position is
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There where a mighty mountain once
rose now appears enormous cash in
the face of the earth. There we saw the
great steam shovel gnawing out the
cliffs. and l was reminded of the whale
that Jonah encountered. for the steam
shovel seemed like the jaws of an incon-
ceiva BILE monster, and appeared strangely
alive.
Ny only regret in leaving Panama was
that | had not seen how the engineer
operated a steam shovel and had not
learned to balance my burdens on my
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Observers in the eastern states will
thus the eclipse begin in the early
morning, when the full moon has sunk
low toward the western horizon. Our
satellite will unfortunately have set to
them before the moon is wholly hidden,
and therefore the greater part of the
eclipse will be invisible to them. But
while the moon is setting to eastern Oh
servers it will still be high in the early
morning sky to those in the western
parts of our country, and so the farther
west the observer is situated the more
of the eclipse will be visible to him.
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THE HEAVENS I'M MARCH THROUGH A TELESCOPE

vernal equinox the moon will enter the
earth's shadow and total eclipse of our
satellite will begin. AS may be seen from
figure - the moon will pass through al
most the center of the earth's great
shadow cone. The eclipse will therefore
not only be ii total one. bat it will last
an unusually long time. The moon will
reach the point A and the eclipse begin
March ~ at ; hours IL minutes am; it
will reach the point and the eclipse
will become total at g hours il Minutes
am: it will reach the position c and
begin to emerge from the shadow at
hours II minutes am. and it will finally
wholly emerge from the shadow and the
eclipse will end at hours ~ minutes
am. eastern standard time). The eclipse
will therefore last no less than three
and one-half hours, the moon remaining
wholly within the shadow for one hour
and thirty-three minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

The planet Saturn is now moving slow
Iy eastward in Taurus. nearly midway
between the Hyades and Pleiades. - The
rings are very widely opened out Ind
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B0qqs' Narrow Escape.

KIT RECKON Boggs is runninSyet said
western man in the LOBBY of
Pennsylvania avenue hotel. Boggs?
He was a sort of aborigine over in Gar
field county, Colorado. who early in life
had become addicted to the DEMONSTRATING
habit Last fall he was arrested and
brought before Judge Tom Rucker. who
presides over most of the courts in the
western part of the statewide the Judge
was holding court at Meeker. He was an
old offender, and, as lynching had mostly
sunk into desuetude. the judge sentenced
him to the Canon City penitentiary for
the limit AS he left the courtroom Boggs
shook his first and swore that his first
pleasure on regaining his liberty would
be to get the court-meaning Judge
Tom
Now the Judge was much given to
reading in bed at night: also. being from
Kentucky, he chewed tobacco by inheri-
lance. Late the night after the convic-
ton and sentence of Boggs, ne lay III
bed engrossed in book. Having
hankering for chew, he sat up IN peo
and. reaching over for his trousers.
hacked off a generous slice OF plug with
a large pocketknife. when. nnding the
air close he rose and opened the window.
Returning, he flung himself down on the
bed.
Some time later in the night COWBOY
passins along in front of the room i'm
which the judge slept. which was on the
ground floor Of the hotel. and seeing the
light still burning. peered through the
window. He saw the judge lying In bed.
bloody, unconscious. with. knife stuck
deem between his shoulders. =. -.
..Rousing the landlord. he hurried to
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TOTAL Eclipse of the
= M n-Jupiter and
Mars Still in the Morn
ing Sky-Mira Reaches its
Greatest Brightness April IL.
BY Prof. Eric Doolittle of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.

HIS is the last month of the
year in which the brilliant win
ter considerations may all be
seen in the early evening sky.
Already these bright groups
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used for governmental purposes and part
ly as an opera house The windows We're
open when We went in and looking out
over the heads of these lawmakers | saw
some little brown boys swimming in the
ocean. And my attention was some
what divided between the question OF
bounda ries, which was the issue that day,
and shark bait, in the form of a boy who
was trying vanly to float on box.
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There is only one branch of this assem-
bly,, consisting of twenty-eight members,
not counting the speaker and the cabinet
members who, after the British custom
have the privilege of the floor. They
have one custom in Panama of which
cherish the hope they will not adopt IN
this country-namcly, the custom of elect
ing a speaker every month. and | was
told that a different man is chosen every
month.
One thing | noted especially was that in
Mace of our roll call they have what
might be called a bag system. Nhen
vote is taken an usher passes two satin
bags. white one and red one Every
member has on his desk a supply of
white balls and black balls. with which
you could play very good game OF
American alleys. If he wants to vote
aye. he is supposed to put a white bail
in the white bag, and If he desires to
vote nay. he is supposed to put black
ball in the red bag. I was somewhat
amused to see that some of the members.
endeavoring to keep their colleagues from
discovering their vote, pretended to put
balls into both bags. and l also noted
that some of them put white balls i'm the
red bags and black balls in the white
bags. evidently with the same idea.
We went over all the works in car
arranged much like our American sight
seeing automobile. One of Col. Cocktails
able assistants. an American engineer.
was detailed to explain the workings of
this great enterprise to us. The first day
we went over Culebra cut and the Pa
cific divisiOn-it gave me the feeling of
being in the clutches of great mountain
range. I was impressed with the fact of
how we mortals desire to undo what the
Almighty has already done.
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YOUNG men FACE
CHARGE OF ARSON
F. A. AND ED GORE ALLEGED TO
HAVE BURNED HOUSE AT
FUNSTON.

Moultrie, Nov. 5.-F. A. and Ed Gore
two well known young men Of Moul-
trie, were placed under arrest yester-
day morning on warrant charging
arson. They were later released, aft
er giving $500 bond.
The charge against the brothers is
the result of house which they own
ed being burned at Funston last night
The house was said to be insured for
twice its value and was unoccupied,
the tenants vacating only few days
ago. Under the policy which covered
the building insurance could not have
been collected after the residence
stood vacant for ten days Immediat-
building, which burned to the ground
in a short time, giving indication that
oil had been liberaily used, several
well-known citizens of Funston found
that a horse had been tied just a
few minutes before the building was
discovered to be burning. This arous-
ed their suspicious and the horses
tracks as well as the tracks of the
buggy were followed to Moultrie and
to the home of the Cores. The horse
was sweating literally and showed
other signs of being hard driven. The
Funston citizens then. swore out the
warrant charging the young men with
having set fire to the residence.
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ACTION PLEASING TO U. s.

Washington, Nov. State depart
ment officials take the position that
the action of thte French foreign of
nee refraining from indicating wheth-
er 1t was disposed to mediate between
Mexico and the United States Is am
other evidence Of the intention OF
rance to defer to the policy Of the
United States in the Mexican situa-
tion.
Secretary Bryan said OF the Paris
dispatch, "ln the absence OF Official ad.
vices from the French foreign office. /.
am unwilling to make any comment"
France was among the first of the
European governments to accede to
the request OF the United States to de
fer action In the Mexican situation I'M
til the Washington government Lad
formulated and announced its policy.
The scout cruiser Chester at the
Philadelphia snavy yard was ordered
today to prepare to sail for Vera Cruz
Immediately The cruiser is not
heavy fighting ship, but swift and
valuable for dispatch aiiE scout duty.
OF lighter draft than the big warships
now at Vera Cruz she will be able to
Join the smaller craft in shore.
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Who's Owner of
The Old Academy
THIS INTERESTING QUESTION
CAME UP YESTERDAY, BUT
LADIES ARE TO GET 1T.

Who owns the old academy build
ing at the corner of Egmont and
Mansfield street, the city of Brunswick
or the board of education?
This question bobbed up yesterday
at meeting of the board of educa-
tion when the matter of giving the
old building to the Daughters of the
American Revolution and other organ
izations for club. headquarters came
up, and, as yet, it has not been de-
cided.
The city evidently thought the prop
erty was owned by the mayor and
council, as a resolution was some time
ago introduced giving the building to
the ladies for a number of years, but
yesterday the board of education
claimed that the building was the
property of the board.
The little dispute, however, will not
Keep the ladies out of the building, as
The educational board decided at its
meetings to give the structure to the
ladies under the terms of the contract
prepared by the city, and the various
organizations interested In the matter
VIII now go to work in an effort to
convert the building into near club
headquarters.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-11-06
Session of City
Court Yesterday
NUMBER OF CASES WE'RE HEARD
WITH JUDGE o. w. kRAuSs
PRESIDING.

A large number OF cases were
heard in city court yesterday with
Judge ID. w, Krauss presiding,
State vs.. VIII Fay, keeping liquor
in place of business, rule nisi; State
VS.. The Eureka club, failure to regi j.
ter, first demand; East Georgia Grand
Lodge st. Josephs Aid Society VS.. T.
M Sellers and Chris Short, attach
ment. jury trial, verdict for plaintiff; /;
State VS.. r. M. Wilson, keeping gam
ing house, nolle pressed; State vs. Lee
Ford. selling liquor, rule absolute;
State VS.. Raiford Smith, keeping
liquor on hand in place of business,
rule nisi; State VS.. M. r. Marks, sell
ing intoxicating liquor, nole pressed;
State VS.. Ed Cooper selling liqucr,
nolle pressed; State VS.. Matthew Arm
strong, selling liquor, nolle pressed;
State VS.. Joe Carpenter, selling liquor,
nolle pressed; State VS.. Louis Bennett
ami Harry Bennett, failure to regis
ter. rule absolute; II. Bryant VS.. Eliza
beth Graves, suit on note, jury trial,
verdict of $3.50 for plaintiff; State VS..
G. G.. Fleming, misdemeanor, nolle
pressed; State vs. Lydia Dallas, sim
pie larceny, plea of guilty, sentence,
three months or $25 to include costs;
State VS.. Il. r. Belcher, keeping
liquor in place OF business, ON trial
before jury.
Court will be called at o'clock this
morning.