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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01
BY GARRETT p. sERv1ss.


SLVV 1HAT causes draft up chin
Nv ney2 If atmospheric pres
sure is equal (about IS lbs.
10 the square inch) at top and bottom
OF chimney, how can draft occur2 How
Is that atmospheric pressure obtained
If we live on the outside Of the earth
H F. B.. Chicago"
It is the pressure that causes the
draft The air being heated at the
bottom Of the chimney expands, and
thus becomes lighter, bulk for bulk.
than the air around and above it The
heated air resembles a cork held IN
der water which is forced to rise by
the pressure of the surrounding liquid
which is heavier, bulk for bulk, than
the cork
II you should put into a bowl a guam
tity OF round beans, and on top Of the
beans a quantity Of large lead shot Of
equal size, and then shake the bowl,
you would find, after a time, that the
shot were at the bottom and the beans
on top. The explanation is that the
pressure Of the heavier shot tending
toward the bottom, forces the lighter
beans upward
HEATED WATER ACTS LIKE
THE AIR IN A CHIMNEY
In like manner the particles of va
Ter, being heavier than those of cork,
force the latter upward, but more rap
idly and uninterruptedly, because the
water particles are incomparably more
free in their movements than the shot.
In fact, the freedom Of movement is
so great among the particles of water
that heated water acts almost exactly
like the air in a chimney when a fire
is started below
The heated water expands and be-
comes lighter. while the cooler and
heavier water presses upon it from all
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01
venus south / degree

conjunction. Venus south degree 7
min
Jan. Z, AIS a. m. Uranus and moon
in coniunctiOn. Uranus south 1 de-
Jan. Z. sis a. m. Venus and moon
in conjunction Venus south de-
Jan. 10. S:ss a. m. Jupiter and moon
in conjunction Jupiter south de-
grees 81 min
Jan. II, D m, Mercury and Uranus
in conjunction Mercury south Is min
Jan. IS. 1889 D. m, Saturn and moon
in conjunction. Saturn south de-
grees 20 min.
Jan. 10. partial eclipse of moon; Wis
Jan. 1s, Io:4S D. m. Neptune and
moon in conjunction. Neptune south
IS min.
Jan. 20. D m, Mercury greatest
elOngation east IS degrees 20 min
Jan. p, p. m, Mercury IN ascend
ing node.
Jan. %, p m. Neptune in OppOsi-
Jan. p. 5:2s p. m. Mars and moon
IN conjunction Mars north degrees
So min.
lion-nearest point TO sun.
Jan. %, s p. m, Mercury stationary.
January Moon Phases.
Jan. !. 1855 p. m, new moon.
Jan II, S:47 p m. first quarter
Jan 20, 1888 a. m. fun moon
Perigee-Jan. 5. 7:13 a m ApoEee-
Jan. IS. I'LL a. m.
The Planets for January
Mercury viii be visible in the west
ern evening sky for a few days before
and after jan 20. on which date II viii
reach Its greatest elongatiOn east OF
the sun 1t will be found few degrees
north Of the point at which the sun
sets, and goes below the horizon about
one-half hour after sunset.
Venus will be a striking object IN
the western evening sky throughout
the month.
Mars viii rise about o'clock the
middle. of January. 1t is still ap-
preaching the earth.
Jupiter will be on the meridian at
sunset and is finely placed for obser-
walton.
Saturn rises in the east about sun
set and viii be found a conspicuous
object in Gemini.
Uranus is too near the sun to be
well seen this month.
Neptune is in the constellation Can
Ger and viii be in view all night thsi
month.
The earth is at its nearest point to
the sun-Perihelion, on Jan. >
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01
BY GARRETT P. sERvIss.

"HERE are three planets-Saturn.
Jupiter and Venus-visible in
the early evening sky this
month. Saturn in the east and Jupiter
and Venus in the west affording an
excellent opportunity for the beginner
in celestial observation to note a pc
culiarity WhiSh enables one with lit
tie practice to distinguish at a glance
between planets and fixed stars. The
The light Of the former issuing from
what is virtually a mathematical
point without measurable dimensions,
on account Of their enormous dis
lance from US, is affected by the in
visible ripples of the atmosphere, and
accordingly appears especially when
they are near the horizon, to flash
and tremble- The light of the planets.
from disks Of measurable breadth, and
in itself less intense and less con-
cenfrated into a narrow beam, is COM
paratively free from atmospheric dis
more steadily and serenely-
Visible TO Naked Eye.
Among objects Of special interest.
which may be seen with the naked
eye and may be viewed with consid-
cradle satisfaction with the aid of an
opera or field glass, are the Beehive
- SiusteI ~ S@a1csI, the Great Neoula
IN the Sword of orion, and in the very
wonderful nehula in the constellation
Andromeda- The first of these OBJ
5ects looks 10 the naked eye like a
bit of star-spangled cobWeb floating
in the sky An opera glass shows
readily its component stars. The first
sight Of these stars by Calico titled
him with delight and Amusement It
was one Of the first conquests of his
telescope The great Orion nebula is
faint 70 the naked eye, but a good
opera glass shows what it is, and a
telescope makes it a wonder indeed.
M = z inv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01

one millionth Of the weight of the CO.
tire earth, or say $500 trilliOn tons To
ascertain this il is only necessary to
multiply the number of square inches
in the earth's surface by Is.
1t thus forms a kind Of gasef US ocean
enveloping the globe. and if it were
compressed to the density of water this
atmospheric ocean would have depth
Of about 81 feet But, unlike the ocean
of water, the atmosphere has no alb
soluteIy definite and sharply defined
surface. This arises from the differ
ence in the constitution OF liquids and
gases.
The ultimate height Of the atmos-
but at height of 200 mile there is
still enough air to 1nflame meteors
rushing into It Yet at that height 1t
is incomparably rarer than the gaseous
remnant left in the most perfect
vacuum that we can produce
ETHER As MYSTERIOUS IN
ITS NATURE AS GRAVITATION.
Outside the atmosphere We suppose
that no medium exists except the So
called luminiferous ether, which con-
veys the waves Of light and other
forms of radiant energy. But we can
no more understand the real nature
of ether than we can that Of gravita-
ton
The supposition Of the existence Of
an ether is essential to the explana-
tons and speculations OF science, but,
IN itself. It is a mystery to US. Appar-
emily the ether offers no resistance to
anything moving through il, or at least
no resistance which we can detect and
measure, for if il did the atmosphere
could not quietly revolve, as II does
with the earth and continually and un-
disturbedly accompany the earth in its
revolution around the sun and in its
flight with the sun through interstel-
lar space
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01

as Eridanus and Cetus are broad scat
tered consultations with no very bril-
liant stars. The star Mira, in Cetus. is
very famous. however. for the won
derful changes in brightness which il
undergoes in a regular period OF about
nine months.
At the beginning Of January the
earth is in perihelion, or at its point
Of nearest approach to the sun We
are now 5000, 900 miles nearer the sun
than we were in July. and yet il is
winter for US, simply because the
northern hemisphere now leans away
from the sun, so that its rays fall
slopingly upon US here, and are conse-
quently spread over so much greater
an area that their heating power
is less. In the southern hemisphere
the case is exactly reversed, for there
the suns rays now fall more perpen-
dicularly. and proportionately great
er NUMBER OF them are spread over
gwen area OF the earth's surface. Per-
petual night now reigns at the North
pole and perpetual day at the South
pole.
Partial Eclipse of the Moon.
On January 20 there will be a partial
eclipse of the moon. visible at Wash
ington at a. m, civil time, the be-
ginning visible generally in extreme
ocean. North and South America. and
the Pacific ocean: the ending visible
generally in North America, the north
Atlantic ocean, northwestern South
cific ocean.
Planetary CONFORMATION.
January l, p m, Venus greatest
heliocentric Lat. south.
Jan 1. y p m, Mars stationary.
Jan 2. IL a. m, Earth in periheliOn
near est point TO the sun.
Jan 2. p. m. Mercury greatest he
liocentric Lat. south.
Jan 4, p. m, Saturn in opposition
to sun
Jan. 5, HAS p. m. Mercury in con-
junction with moon. Mercury south
degree 1 min
Jan 6, p. m, Venus and Uranus in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01
SOUTH

Andromeda nebula is just visible to
the naked eye, but quite plain with
an opera glass The photographs now
taken Of this object are indescri 5a BILE.
They show it composed OF vast whirls
Of light with apparently imbedded
masses Of denser matter. A great
creation seems to be going on there
Two very puzzling facts are known
about this nebula- In the first place
its distance is so enormous that no
measures have been made Of it
Outside Visible Area.
It seems to lie outside the boundary
of the visible system of stars so that
some have supposed that il may be an
other universe than ours. lust visible
as luminous speck in the abyss of
space. The other singular fact, which
has an important bearing on what has
Just been said, is that. unlike the
Orion nebula, the Andromeda nebula
Is apparently not gaseous in its cOnsti-
tuition As far as its spectrum indi-
Gates, IL is composed of solid cOnstit-
uentS, or OF something in a semi-Solid
state, like liquid or gas under high
compression This would indicate that
II consists of stars, which are so re-
mote that no telescope can reveal
them individually. It's vast Whirls
would then seem to be aggregations
OF stars like those that compose the
Milky Way. If this be, then, another
universe external TO ours it would
seem TO be constructed on a similar
plan. Andromeda sets in the north
west rather early ct this season, and
the observer should look for it as soon
after shutdown as the darkness becomes
great enough The position of the neb-
ula may readily be found by remem-
bering that il is northeast OF the
bright star in the center of the row
Of three stars beginning with the
northwestern corner of the square of
Pegasus. Two little stars above the
one mentioned. which is Beta or Mi
rach, point the way to the nebula.
The Southern Sky.
The southern quarter of the sky is
not especially brilliant at this season,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01
Deer Meat From Alaska.

The shipping OF vension has already
begun and the time is not distant when
fresh deer-meat from Alaska will b
sold in all OF our cities Just as fresh
Alaskan salmon and halibut are sold
today
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01

Alfred A. West. of Hornell. y. Y. who
is 90 years Of age. and has voted every
year since 1887. has IS times cast his
vote for the successful presidential
candidate by sticking fast to the Re
publican ticket Both he and his wife
have smoked all their lives.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01

J. G. Balsillie, wireless expert az
Australia, believes he can command
rain by novel invention which viii
have much the same effect on tha
clouds as a series OF mountain peal-S
He proposes to create at a high alfi-
tude discharge center OF electricity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01

In China old men play at ball and
ny kites while children fold their arms
and look on.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01

The southern quarter of the sky is
not especially brilliant at this season,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01

FACE SOUTH AID ~
hold TIE NAP OVER
YOUR Headline Top
NORTH AND YOU WILL SEE
The STARSAND PLANETS
JUST As THEY APPEAR
MITE HEAVENS
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urgent business of its escape to the wide
water of Great Yellow Bay, the foe rubbed
the Candlestick rocks in passing and
crashed around the corner of Dead Mans
Point. Near Amen Island, where the
wind fell with less force, there was
perilous line of separation. In the lee OF
the Amen hills, a lane of water was OPEN
ing between the inert shore ice and the
wind-blown main foe.
When Doctor Rolfe and Skipper James
came to this widening breach, they were
delayed; and when they had drawn near
the coast of Amen they were halted
altogether.
"We're stopped, SIR Skipper James
declared. "We'd best turn back, sir,
while there's time"
zone moment"
mo chance, sir"
@I'm an agile man, Skipper James. One
moment. +"
"A man can't cross that slush, sir. :"
Past Deep Water Head the last of the
foe was driving. There is wide little
cove there-it is called Deep Water Cove;
and there is deep water-a drop of ten
fathoms, they say under Deep Water
Cliff. There was open water in both di-
rections beyond the points of the cove.
Heavy arctic ice-fragments of glacial
bergs-had caught the lesser, more brittle
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Terry Lutte ,could not hare his finger of.
'IH not hare it Off! can't spare IT,"
drift-pans of the foe against the broken
base and submerged face of Deep Water
Cliff, and ground them slowly to slush in
the swells. There were six feet of this
slush, perhaps-a depth of six feet and a
width of thirty. Should mans leg go
deep enough he would not be able to
withdraw it; and once fairly caught
both feet gripped-he would inevitably
drop through. 1t would be slow and hor-
rible, like sinking in quicksand
1T was near dark. The falling snow fast
narrowed the circle of vision
a might get across, said Doctor Rolfe
you'll not try, sir Skipper James de-
clared positively.
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There was something in Skipper James's
tone to make Doctor Rolfe lift his brows.
whats that?" said he, smiling grimly.
al says you'll not try"
Doctor Role laughed uneasily.
"No?"
mo, sir"
Skipper James was big man. Doctor
Role measured his length and breadth
and power with new interest. Decidedly,
Skipper James was big fellow! And
his intentions were plain.
"But, Skipper James, you see, my dear
fellow"
mo, SIR" Skipper James moved
within reach.
"Im quite sure"
NO."
Doctor Rolfe stared at the breach of
slush. He faced away. Then, abruptly,
"Wel-ll," he admitted, with a shrug, mo
doubt you're right, Skipper James. I-n
IN Tom Lute's cottage beyond Come
Along Point of Amen Island they were
ready for the operation. There was
thick round billet of birch appended in the
middle of the kitchen floor, to serve as a
block for the amputation; and the ak
was sharp at last,-at hand, too, but
concealed, for the moment, behind the
pantry door,-and pot of tar was warm
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little subject whose temper he knew, but
sturdy and resolved, his resolution sub
stantiated by sort OF religious austerity.
And Black Walt Anderson-a gigantic,
phlegmatic fellow who would have SUBJ
divided into half dozen little Terry Lutes
also awaited the signal to pounce upon
the Little Fiddler of Amen Island, imprison
his arms, confine his legs, subdue all his
little struggles, in short, bear him to the
block and fatten his hand and spread his
fingers for the severing blow. 1t was to be
simple operation-a swift descent of the
ax.and a quick application of hot tar and
bandages to stifle the wound.
And that was to be the end of the finger
and the trouble.
There had been good deal of trouble.
Terry Lute's sore finger was a source of
brutal agony. There had been many days
of this pain-a throbbing torture in the
finger and hand and arm. And Terry had
practised deception to heroic degree.
No pain (said he); but-ah, well,
twinge now an again-but nothin' at all
t. make a man complain. An sure (said
he), twas better all the while-improvin
every blessed minute, sir. A day more
would see the boil yield t. mothers poul-
tice, an a fortnight would see un healed
up an the finger able for labor again.
1t was in the night that Terry could
conceal the agony no longer-deep in
the night, when his mother sat beside
the cot; and then he would crawl out Of
bed, stow his slender little body away in
his mothers arms, put his head down, and
cry and moan without shame until he had
exhausted himself and fallen into fitful
sleep. No, it was no trifling agony for
Terry Lutte to withstand. And he knew
all the while, moreover, that the cut Of an
ax-no more, it might be, than flash
would eventually relieve him. Terry
Lutte was not afraid of the pain of
the thing they wanted to do: that was
not the inspiration of his Infatuated re-
bellion.
This affair of Terry Lute's finger was Of
gravest moment; had the finger gam
grened, it must come off in haste-and the
sooner the better; and an AK and pot Of
tar were the serviceable instruments, ac-
cording to the teaching of all experience.
Doubtless doctors were better provided
and more able; but, as there was no
doctor to be had, and as Terry Lutte was
loved and greatly desired in the flesh, and
as he was apparently in peril of sudden
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an edge on an ak. / asks you why you're
putin an edge on your AK, an you won't
tell. If didn't know you for a mild man,
Tom, I'd fancy you was tired O. your wife,"
aTired o. my wife, Tom exploded in
dignantly. Il isn't goin' t. kill my wife!"
who is you goin' t. kill?'
Il isn't goin' t kill nobody
well, ,ohat you goin' t kill?'
Al isn't goin' t kill nothin'."
well, then,' Bob burst out, "what in
thunder is you putin an edge on your
ak for at this time O. night"
4Who? Me?"
"Ay-you!'
II got some doctorin' t. do"
Bob lifted his brows. AHum!" he
coughed. 4You usually do your doctorin'
with an ax?' he inquired.
no." said Tom uneasily; mot with
an AK"
what you usually use, Toni"
what l usually uses, Bob" Tom re-
piled, lis a decoction an spoon
Somebody recommend an AK for this
complaint
4'Tisn't that, Bob. IT'S this way. When
HAYES job t do, Bob, always uses what
serves best an lies handy. That's jus plain
common sense an cleverness. Well, then,
JUS now an ak suits me to t. An so I'm
putin good edge on the only AK got
IAN ak, Bob observed, will do quick
work"
"That's JUS what thought cried
Tom, delighted. "Quick an painless.
@Theres JUS one trouble about an AK"
Bob went on dryly, "when used in the
practice O. medicine. What's done with
an AK" he concluded, "is hard t. repair"
THE doctor, having finished his pro-
fessional round of the Candlestick
cottages in good time, harnessed his dogs,
soon after noon next day. Evidently the
folk of Amen Island were well. They had
been frivolous, no doubt-but had not
been caught at it. Amen Island was to be
omitted. Doctor Rolfe was ready for the
trail to Poor Luck Harbor on the way
south. He shouted last good-by to the
folk of Candlestick Cove, who had gath
cred to wish him God-speed, and laughed
in delighted satisfaction with their af-
lection, and waved his hand, and called
to his dogs and cracked his whip; and
he would have been gone south from
Candlestick Cove on the way to Poor
Luck Harbor and Afternoon Arm in an
other instant had he not caught sight of
Bob Likely coming up the harbor ice.
As old Bob was doubtless from Amen
Island, and as he carried the gossip of the
coast on the tip of his tongue, Doctor
Role halted his team and waited for him.
From Amen, Bob?"
II is, sir. I'm JUS come across the foe.
Are they all well?"
well, no, sir; they isn't. The Little
Fiddler is in mortal trouble. fears, sir,
he's bound aloft."
Hut the Doctor scoffed. whats
the matter with the Little Fiddler"
"He've sore finger, sir"
The Doctor pondered this. He frowned,
perplexed. "What sort of sore finger?"
"They thinks tbs modification, sir"
"Gangrene! What do you think, Bob?"
1t looks like it, sir. seed case, sir,
when were off sealin' on the"
"Was the finger bruised?"
mo, sir; 'twasn't bruised
WAS it frost-bitten?"
mo, sir; 'twasn't the frost that done
it. l made sure O that. 1t come from
A.
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well, SIR said Bob cautiously, II
wouldn't say as t that. I'd say JUS twas
some mortal queer sort O. color"
WAS there definite line between the
discoloration and the sound flesh?"
Bob Likely scratched his head.
II don't quite mind, said he, whether
there was or not"
clared, relieved. @You would not have
failed to note that line. IT'S not gangrene.
The lads all right. That's good. Every
body else well on Amen Island?"
Bob was troubled.
They're t. cut that finger off, said he,
"jus' as soon as little Terry will yield.
Las night, sir, we wasn't able t. overcome
his objection. IT'S what he calls one of
his fiddle fingers, sir, an he's holdin'
out"
"Cut it off? Absurd! They'll not do
that
SAY; but they will, sir. IT'S t be done
the night, sir, with the help O. Sandy
Lands an Black Walt Anderson. They're
t. cotch I'm AN hold un, sir. They'll wait
no longer. They're afeared O. losin' little
Terry altogether
But surely"
4If 'twere modification, sir, wouldn't
you cut that finger Off"
"At once
with an ax?"
"If l had nothing better"
"An' if the lad was Obstinate"
"If an immediate operation seemed to
be advisable, would have the lad held"
"Well, sir, said Bob, "they thinks tits
modification, sir; an, not KNOWN no
better"
"Thank you,' said the Doctor. He
turned to Mild Jim Gull. Skipper
James," said he, shave Jimmie take care
of the dogs. I'll cross Ships Run and
lance that finger"
DUSK fell on Amen Island. No doctor
had crossed the Run. No saving help
no help of any sort, except the help of
Sandy Lands and Black Walt Anderson
to hold the rebellious subject-had come.
Doctor Rolfe had been DELAYED at Candle
stick Cove.
The great news of his fortunate pass
ing had spread inland overnight to the
tits of Battle River. Before the Doctor
could get under way for Amen Island,
an old dame of Serpent Bend, who had
come helter-skelter through the timber,
whipping her team, frantic to be in
time to command relief before the Doc
tors departure, drove up alone, with four
frowsy dogs, and desired the extraction
of tooth; and this delayed the Doctor
an hour or more. Then woman of Silver
Fox was driven ina matter that occu-
pied Doctor Rolfe until the day was near
spent and the crossing Of Ships Run was
hazard.
you'll put it off, sir?' Skipper James
advised.
The Doctor surveyed the ice and the
sky beyond Amen Island.
al wish l might" said he frankly.
Il would, sir
I'll can t. very WELL
"The foes started down the Run, SIR"
"Yes-s,' the Doctor admitted uneasily;
"but you see, Skipper James, IL
TT was falling dusk and blowing up when
Doctor Role and Skipper James, gaffs
in hand,-a gaff is 1.-THE, iron-shod pole,
eight or ten feet long,-left the heads of
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ing on tne Kitchen
stove. Sandy Lands
had reported for
duty, whom nothing
but a sense of duty
had drawn to a
hand in the surgical
assistance-a bit
perturbed as he con-
templated the task
Of restraining the
struggles of a violent
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TT was falling dusk and blowing up when
Doctor Rolfe and Skipper James, gaffs
in hand,-a gaff is 1.-THE, iron-shod pole,
eight or ten feet long,-left the heads of
Candlestick Cove for the ice of Ships
Run; and spit of frosty snow-driving
in straight lines-was in the gale Amen
Island, lying nearly in the winds eye, was
hardly distinguishable, through the misty
interval, from the blue-black sky beyond.
Somewhere to leeward of Candlestick
Cove the jam had yielded to the rising
pressure of the wind The foe was out
ward bound from the Run. 1t was al
ready moving in the channel, and the ice
was thinning out with accelerating speed
as the compression was relieved. All the
while, thus, as Doctor Rolfe and Skipper
James made across, the path was dimin-
ishing and vanishing.
In the slant of the wind the ice in the
channel of Ships Run was blown lightly
against the Candlestick coast. About the