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UARY HEAVENS THROUGH A TELESCOPE

and the planet Saturn have all nearly
reached the meridian. A small glass will
show the Great Nebula. at +. AMI in this
reg'on there are several other most in
teresting fields. Below Orion are the
fainter groups of the Hare and the
Dove. In the former constellation, at the
point K, making a nearly equal-sided
triangle with the stars IL and +, there
will be found a star which varies in
brightness from the sixth to the eight
ani-one-half magnitudes and which liz
perhaps the reddest star in the entire
heavens. East of Lepus are the two most
brilliant Dog Stars: above these there
shines out Gemini, while nearer the hori-
ION We see that Leo. the last of the win
ter consultations to appear, has nov en-
tered the evening SKY. A small telescope
will make evi lent the very bIue eolors
of the Dog Stars, and it viii a so resolve
the interesting cluster of stars a. l..
Mercury enters the even ng sky JAM
uary %. but throughout the month is far
too close to the sun s rays to be satisfac-
tori Y observed.
too near the sun TO ne observed. this
planet VIII pass to the east of the sun
anu become an evening star February IL.
Mars is a most beautiful and cons icu-
ouz object as ii shines out in the con
stella lion Genin! to the right VI thu Two
Twin Stars. AS will be zen from Fig
ure 1. IL is now moving rap dly wet. ard,
but throughout the month 4 Viii remain
able poSiI. on 10. obs ervation Of the past
ana the present year.
Jupiter Is too near the sun to be seen
1t " III pass to the vest of the sun and
become a morning star January -
Saturn is moving slowly westward in
Taurus, nearly midway between the Hy-
AIDES and the tips of the Bulls horns.
This planet, like Mars. is now in almost
the best possible position for observation,
the earth and the sun are both far below
the plane of the rings, and in the telescope
these are consequently seen very greaa}
SiQened out
January at ) pm. the earth will reaca
its least distance from the sun. II wil
ne farthest from the sun at pm. neN:
July q
For the next few months the moon, l
the course of its eastward journey amoilg
the stars, Will pass c-osr To the pi,i4.-
Mars that the edge OF its disc Will oe seeil
TO almost touch the planet An especial.
close approach may DE observed lusa
after Ma mas risen on the eNrnsns ~
January II, but by most OF the Observers
III the United States the moon vii. not b.
Seen actually PASS over the panel at
this time.
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INETEEN THIR :
TEEN has been a
lucky year. IF
you don't believe
ii ask the British
W o T X m a n who
picked up from &
London gutter a
string of pearls
worth more than
half a million dol
lars.
Or inquire of the
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He PICKED UP The
LITTLE PAcEAGE.

city post Office May 16 last, and inquired
for mail To his surprise he was handed
letter which Informed him that his IA
ther was dead and that he was heir to an
estate worth more than $4,000. 1t was
the first word the man had received from
his home since he had run away as a
boy, thirteen years before
Ten years ago a New York dentist was
travelling through Arizona. A desert
rat proSpector who had never made n
strike" in his life met the New Yorker
and poured into his ears all the tales of
hidden gold which the great American
desert has produced. So that before the
two parted the dentist had "grub-staked''
the old prospector on an agreement that
he was to share any strike that the old
fellow made. Then the doctor returned to
his Long Island home and almost forgot
his transaction.
4
But January /. 1913. there came a let
ter out Of the reaches Of the west-a let
ter which carried the news that the old
desert rat" had at last found his edo
rado-and a few days later came a sam
pie of ore which assayed 500 to the ton
The mine turned out to be worth seven
millo
If you were to find a wallet lying on
the floor would you pick 1t up? And II
Sou oio az eilo Aounu tuCISA 9fos Wudl
would you do? This Is just what hap
pened to Billy Walker. a colored janitor
at the Capitol And. what's more, the
wallet belonged to no less a parsonage
than the Vice President of the United
States
And what did Billy do? Why, he re-
turned it And later the same day the
Vice President was smiling because he
had $35 in his pocket which might not
have been there. and Bill was smiling
equally broadly because there was a
violent burning in his overalls pocket,
caused by the presence of a five-dolar
bill.
And that isn't the only case in 1919
where honesty proved to be the best poi
cy. In the Avenue de Messlne. Paris.
one day a messenger was stro' ling. His
tory SAYS naueht about his gait, but
being messenger. II is safe to say he
was "strolling" But. going along his
way. his attention was attracted by the
spartIe of something in front of him.
Picking it up. he found it was necklace
of seven rows of fine pearls and num-
Der of bri'liants
Hurting to the co-nmissarv OF notice.
the messenger handed over lis find. 1t
later developed that the necklace was
the property OF an American woman.
who upon recovering her treasured piece
OF jewelry, gave the messenger 500.
= Z
Cases Of reward are numerous. Totally
different from any of these. and yet
falling under the same general heading.
comes the case of the John Masterson
Burke estate. Mr.. Burke died several
years ago. but testimony in connection
with the appraisal OF his estate last July
brought to light several interesting facts.
Chief among these was the item of
$50, 243 left In his will to his housekeeper,
Vincenta NJ Fensley. Such sum as this
would be a welcome addition to any one,
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man in Chicago who. with but 10 cents In
his pocket, received news that he had
fallen heir to $4,000.
And If neither of these Instances satisfies
sou. turn back through the files of the
daily papers and read how pearls Of
price have been discovered in the en-
brace of lowIy oysters: how duh. ugly
pebbles 'ong forgotten. have suddenly
been imbued with rare beauty through
the discovery tat they were uncut dia-
nonds: how doctor who "grubstaked"
luckless prospector became part owner
Of valuable mine; how employees. as an
appreciation OF faithful service. have
been rewarded by large sums of money,
and how lonely men have died to leave
vast fortunes to distant relatives who
did not even know of the existence of
their benefactors
With the coming of each New Year
day most folks are prone TO regard it as
the falling of the curtain on Whatever of
iii fortune they may have had. and TO
look forward to tie new twelvemonth
with a hope for better luck and fairer
fortune
But when January l. 1915, dawned there
were those who watched it's coming with
foreboding. They were the ones who
held in superstitious dread the ominous
thirteen" And. Of course, nineteen-thir-
teen has not been lucky for everybody
The tTeasure-hunting party which set
out from London headed by Miss Gene
We've Davis 10 discover the ever-elusive
horde OF buried gold On Cocos Island, and
who, after trials and fluctuations in
plenty, turned up empty handed in Pam
:lna last February. might be forgiven for
eaping maledictions on the figure thir-
len.
And the English lawyers who wasted
most of the year in a fruitless search
.or the heirs of the vast estate left by
John Smart when he Went o mis- death
with the Inflated Titanic might be JUS
tilted in looking askance at the dreaded
numerals
But, taken ali in all. the more intrepid
souls who watched the dawning OF last
New Year day with no uneasiness based
on the appearance of thirteen" who de-
clared that no concealed link threat
ened them by reason of the first and
third numerals written together, have
been more than justified.
Perhaps the most stupendous piece OF
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By Prof. Eric Doolittle of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania.
=: :: :: e: 6:
among the stars are fixed and
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beautiful Northern Cross will be seen
to have sunk nearly half its length be-
low the horizon. The four bright stars
which form the Great Square of Pegasus
are but a little way up from the ground.
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Englis h Workman
Picked Up String Of
Pearls-West Virginia
Woman Learns That a
Pebble She Has Is an
Uncut Diamond-Den-
fist Who "Grubstaked"
Prospector Reaps a
Fortune = Railroad
Man Dreamed of New
Bolt and Made a Kill
ing" Other Instances
of Good Fortune With
IN the Departing Year.
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when he died last summer he left
property worth more than SloO,0Ou to
my son. Re auses CAIN 10 have no
know leuge oil the son either. although
"A man VINO INTRODUCED himself as such
attenueo Ine luilei al. a brUIner. nephew
anu tn!ee nleces also survive lIe vet
eran. who. il was SAID, VIII contest the
George Todd is a stableman, or rather
was IN Maryland Not SO very long ago
ne was summoned to Wilmington. del.
ms grandfather had Just died and eft
MN ssoo.oUe. Then. being curious.
some BODY promptly asked Mr.: Todd
moa ne 70 was M,,s going to do With MS
those who have befriended me"
Even when her To great es ate.
misfortune may follow one closely.
such was the case of a young marine
VINO died last summer in Philadelphia
hospital. Comrades claim he was bene-
tfciary under an uncle's will for sie5.-
term OF en- istment. which would havs
expired last September. less than two
months after his death.
\ man known TO the police as tie
'perfumed burglar" and who was serN-
ing twenty-year term In prison, SUD
denly found himself the possessor o.
$4,000 when his father died But $50
WV III lias meant nOtnlng-an0 So
he escaped. But II wasn't long before
the prison authorities found IL out. ana
then sixty men with horses and auto
mobiles We're out looking for him. The
end of the story is still untold.
Manys the time fair woman has said
My face Is my fortune" And. while
II WASN'T just exactly a fortune, Miss
Germaine Breenat queen OF Paris mid
lenten carnival. found that her beauty
brought her a diamond bracelet This
was the prize offered by Nine. Poincare
wife or the president. to the most beau
dful girl In the carnival Mile Bregnat
is Typewriter in a Partisan Office
What would you do IL you had b.ii
which was fifty-eight years old-that Is,
OF course. meaning the bill was owing To
YOU? In 1885 Mrs William II. FELTON,.
wife OF former Representative FELTON, OF
Georgia befriended a prospector by the
name OF Slocum- Because the story OF
this man and that OF j. II Slocum. father
of Mrs. Russell Sage. agree Mrs. Sage
sent Mrs. Fe ton a check for board. with
interest which amounted TO s.. 800 Mrs.
FELTON, has announced that she will APP
ply the money to fund for the establish
ment OF school for mountain girls. which
she plans to found near Gainesville, Ga.
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coming. The police were still uncertain
as to what to do with the boys, when
Martin Behrman. mayor of New Orleans,
and party Of friends passed through the
city en- route for home. Hearing of the
case the mayor promptly solved the prob
lem by Offering to take the boys back
with him. And SO that night five happy
boys started for New Orleans in Pull
man sleepers.
Many instances a, to be found In
which kind fortune has been an active
figure. When Lucky Baldwin world
wide known turfman of California, died
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among the stars are fixed and
which, consequently, appear in our even
ing sky year after year at the same sea-
sons and these will, of course, be with
us as always, but throughout the whole
of the present year, with the exception
only of the very first and last weeks,
there will be seen shining in the heav-
ems no less than three bright planets.
The everchanging positions of these
worlds, as they move from one constel-
lation into another and change from
evening to morning stars. will furnish
most interesting objects for observation
and study.
Every watcher of the skies has noticed
how the very brilliant planets Saturn
and Mars are now shining out in the
east, the former among the bright stars
of Taurus and the latter in the constel-
lation of the Twins. The sun. in its slow
eastward motion over the heavens will
continually draw nearer to Saturn, so
that as the months go by we viii see this
planet steadily app. oaching the western
horizon of the early evening, until Anauy.
on une 10, the sun VIII pass to the east
of it and t will become morning star
But the planet Mars Is running rapid
ly eastN ara tnat before the sun can over
take 1t, it will have made half the cir
cult VI tIC tulfe heavens, IfatSrSlnS
thus one-half OF al the conStel dtions of
the Loolac. passing the autunnai equinox
August 10, and not nnally disappearing
In the sun rays until L has reached d
position In SaSlttariuS, almost at the
point ~he4e Jupiter Is now. Mars will
not thus become a morning star untii
december 81.
But the most striking of all the plan
cts will be the beautiful Venus when
the late summer and autumn
VIII shine most brilliantly in the west.
This planet will enter the evening sky
February IL and long before Saturn dis
appears it Will have Withdrawn so far
from the suns rays as to pe conspicuous
In the western heavens. 1t VIII this year
al tain It's greatest distance from the sun
September Is, and its greatest briiiiancy
October ., remain ng an evening star
until November p. And before Mars
and Venus disappear the changing heav-
ems wiz nave again brought saturn AMI
Jupiter into excellent position for OBJ
servat.on.
This year is also to be a much more in
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Recently Virginian-who possessed
&c weakness OF all the "Old Dominion
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q. Such election shall be held and conduct
ed in the same manner that general elections
in such counties are by law required to be
held and conducted, and the votes cast at such
election shall be counted. canvassed and re-
turned in the same manner as the votes at
such general elections. and the canvassers
shall make, certify, sign and deposit With the
county auditor statement Of the result of
such election and and, such certified statement
OF votes cast for against such proposition,
and also Of the fact that such election was
regularly held and conducted according to
law.
g. If in any Of such counties any election
shall fail to be held on the day appointed
any such election shall be against the rail-
road proposition, such county auditor shall,
at the written request Of the president Of
after when directed by the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, call another election or
e IN or dPsnt prop %
such railroad company; and such other cleo
ton or elections shall be conducted in like
in this act for the first election. provided,
that not more than one election authorized by
4. If a majority Of the legal voters in any
such county. who shall vote upon the cues
act shall as indicated BY the official returns
Of any such election, vote In favor Of issu-
ing bonds then, such mutual agreement for
the issue Of bonds OF such county as provided
In this act, shall be deemed and considered
to have been arrived at and perfected ana
thereupon such bonds shall be issued and de-
livered by the proper officials in conformity
with the true intent of such proposition and
with the provisions of this act
Sec 6. No bonds shall be delivered to such
railroad company under such proposition until
the road, branch extension thereof for the
construction Of which the aid has been grant
ed shall have been completed and ready for
the passage Of cars from the county seat Of
such county to the point of termination named
Sec = Ali bonds issued under this act b7
any such county, shall be officially signed by
the chairman Of the Board Of County Com
missiocers and by the County Auditor and
sealed with its corporate seal.
Sec s. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after Its passage.
Approved April 8, 1913.
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K21o4 and directed to mako the necessary decd
Of conveyance, -. -. -. '~rsst5 sgsG,' !.
. Apoeovsd April q 1913. - 9>I-ft.
,HAprrR ao7+s. F. No. 74s.

Sk1Ax A0kS AV1-ps e. NO. no. ~
~ ACT entitled Ta An act to regulate .,t the
provemetas and titles derived tnerefrom. IN
ton Of over atty thousand inhsbitants.'
Be It enacted ~ tho Legislature Of tho State
Section !. All assessments for local i'm
2roye eIn made or ievied by the proper au.
ietion Of over nfty thousand nhabitant, pG and
bid In by any such municipality on Or sub
which may hereafter be made or levied and
bid in by any such municipality, shall be Of
equal rank with the lien Of The State for
after be levied upon said property under the
general laws Of the State, SO long as said
for general taxes continue to be held and
owned by the State or any such municipality
respectively. and all titles derived from or
the same status between themselves long
as they remain the property OF tho State or
seo Amy person xse ps1sh.e.
imposed for general taxes under the general
laws of the State shall take, acquire and hold
q subsequent to tho nrst DAY Of January
and held or owned by any such municipality
and in like manner any person who pur-
sveG epc
the State shall acquire and hold the same
subject to the tax liens now held and owned
by the State of Minnesota or which are hero
after made or levied so long As such liens
are held by tho State.
Sec. g. Nothing in this act contained shall
in any manner impair or affect the rights of
private persons existing when this act takes
effect.
Bee. 4. After said liens for local improve
ments ana said liens for general taxes have
both been assigned by the State and any such
municipality respectively, the general rules
Of law regulating the priority Of tax and as
sessment liens shall prevail between them
Sec. B. This act shall also apply to cities
having home-rule charters adopted pursuant
to Section 80, Article Of the Constitution
after having a population of over fifty thou
sand Inhabitants.
Sec. g. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage
Approved April 8. 1913.
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CHAPTER 203-S. b. No. 1877.


AN ACT to Amend Chapter se1 Of the General
Provde for ' the Salaries Of the shers ae Of
than 200 900. nor more than s75' Goo inha s6S
itants, to fix and provide for the number
Such gs au. o
be performed by them, their appointment
p aa ana By the him ~ q the
Be 1t enacted by tho Legislature OF the State
81 Of Minnesota:
General LAWS Of Minnesota for the year 1909,
rs hereby amended go as to read as follows:
.employ tho following deputies. assistants and
paid a salary Of two thousand dollars per
9ons thousand, Ave hundred dollars per an
mum; ono assistant book-keeper who shall be be
l3of nine hundred dollars- per annum; one ste
nographer, who shall be paid salary Of nine
ms who shalt be known as outside aspu-
ties, each Of whom shall be required to pay
ty; two Of said deputies shall b. paid, each,
a salary of one thousand, Ave hundred dol
liars per annum; one Of said deputies shall
dred dollar. per annum. and 1t shall be- the
duty Of such deputy in addition to such 9TH
care Tor all insane persons IN the custody Of
the sheriff, and to attend upon the sessions
Of rt the d n s sna f psd eae
a salary Of one thousand, two hundred dol
lars
Sec. e. Section g. Chapter se1 Of the Cen
eral Laws Of Minnesota for the year 1909 is
hereby amended, as to read as follows:
''seo 8. He shall also appoint at least
as many additional deputies. to be known as
court room deputies as there may be Judges sles
county, whose duties it shall be. In addition
to such other duties as may be required Of
them such deputies to attend to the ses-
sions Of the said District Court, also one
additional deputy to be known as a Municipal
Court Deputy. whose duty 1t shall be IN adj
quircd 81 him as such deputy, to attend to
the sessions Of the said Municipal Court, and
also ono other deputy, who shall, in addi-
tion to such other duties may be re-
uured Of him such deputy, have charge
Of the juries at criminal trials conducted in
Of tho aforesaid deputies Is hereby dxed at
one thousand dollars per annum."
Sec. 8. Section 4, Chapter 861 Of the Gen
eral I.awss Of Minnesota for the year 1902 Is
hereby amended to read follows:
SEQ f. In any such County in which
JAIL no ehall also appoint matron thereof.
whose salary IS hereby fixed at seven mus
dred ana twenty dollars per annum:. an as
slstant matron whose salary is hereby fixed
at six hundred dollars per annum; q chief
jai,er, whoee salary Is hereby fixed at one
thousand, two hundred dollars per annurn, and
six assistant taiers, the salary Of each Of
per annum, and the said chief TALLER and
each Of his said assistants shall also be dep
utes.''
SEQ. L. THIS act shall take effect and be
in force from and after Its passage.
Approved April 8, 1913.
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CHAPTER 204-S. F. No. 1917.

six l2oej; SECTION ens IL: q the the &c Gsnsrsl
ono thousand nine hundred and Ave l1eo5);
amended by Chapter two hundred and
neses for 2a Ss ys Of NINE
hundred and seven ueo0, entitled AN act
to regulate tho hiring and employment Of
Of county auditors in all counties in the
State of Minnesota having or which may
less than two hundred and twenty thousand
(22O,O00) nor more than two hundred and
seventy Ave (27o, 900 thousand inhabitants
the county auditors and certain Of their
deputies, clerks and assistants in such coun-
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State
Section i That Section One c1) of Chapter
Laws Of the State Of minnesota for the year
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Five u9o5'.
Nnety enSs' (2eS Laws Of the State Of Mime.
sofa for the year Of One Thousand Nine Hun
Srd and SO s T. be dna tS
State that now have or-may hereinafter have
than Two and
tSsa pS0
salary Of the County Auditor shah be and is
hereby xed as at the rste ,6 Of o -Four Thousand
and in all such counties the Auditor shall ap-
point and employ one Chief Deputy who shall
Dr. a6 1T s'
uty. and Commissioners Clerk who shall be
gS Dollars ns Fa s. 9gs Psn Eight
uty and Bookkeeper who shall be paid at the
rate q S On THOUSAND Eight Hu1 Gs
rate Of one Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
s. psid at tie rate Of One Thoussna FIVE
Hundred Dollars ($1.50O.O0 pei: annun; one
sand nd and and One Hundred Dollars 81. 100 COY per
annuna: Five General Clerks who shall be paid
81 ae per annum: ono steneerapher Who
shall Be paid ia at the rate OF Nine Hundred Dol;
Der eanap: | Cnt Of tSs Go1n
as hereinafter provided.
shall have authority to command and employ.
without additional compensation to that Of
seh a1s G when e ana
and to such extent said County
Auditor may deem proper: the services of any
tors office for any work of said office, whether
or not such work be the usual work of such
rS Se Ssnsl or Function Of
other Deputy or employe
Ar provided. further. that any. such County
Audit. may during any year. at his discretion
and as often and for as LONG as he sees fit.
reduce the number of said five General Clerks,
saved, together with whatever has been saved,
during such year through necessary vacancies
among the other Deputies. Clerks and Assist
any extent needful in said County Auditor
Judgment be used in same year by him in hir-
E~z ssara clerks at the same rate Of pay re-
sIectively as each of said General Clerks. for
any Of the regular work of his Office when the
same Is greater or more hurried than is COM
mon throughout the year"
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved April 8, 1913.