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The possessor of a small star atlas will find the whole region from Scorpic to Cygnus filled with objects of interest The summer branch of the Milky Way has now risen so far above the ground that it may be very convenienetly ex- plored, not only for star clusters and star clouds, but for double stars also Even one who has no atlas will find pleasure in tracing the outlines of the strange little group, Delphinus, or Job S Coffin, and those of Sagttta, the Arrow shot by Hercules toward Nthe Swan and the Eagle.
 The little group of stars at A Figure D belong to the constellation Hercules but above Sagitta and Delphinus and extending eastward to Pegasus is the ittle-known group of Vulpecula, or the Little Fox. It is at the point B of this constellation, just north of the interest ing double-star system at c, that there is situated the celebrated Dumbell Neb- ula which is, however a rather disap- pointing object in any telescope but one of the largest size. Even with small lens the star at c is easily seen to be made up of two suns, the larger being Of golden color and the smaller, which is now almost due west of the larger star, being of a bluish green. The tive suns are very slowly revolving about one another.
 From almost the center of the faint Vulpecula there dart outward in all di- rections little shower of shooting stars known as the Vulpeeulids. This shower lasts some three weeks, but it is most conspicuous about June 30, when an average of perhaps six shooting stars an hour may be seen.
 At D and F are the two principal stars of the Balance, a rather incon- spicuous constellation of the zodiac which was formerly part of Scorpio, it's two brightest stars marking the Claws The start at E is wide double star, visible in a very small telescope,
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WALKER COUNTY
 LEGION POST IS
 FULLY ORGANIZED
Post Named In Honor of Pri- vate Woods, First Walker County Man to Make
 Supreme Sacrifice

Jasper, June 8.-(speciaD.- Jasper soldiers met today in the courthouse to organize the county into a post of the American Legion. There were present near 200 of the soldiers ana a very in- teresting meeting was held.
 The post was named in honor of the first Walker county soldier to fall Tn battle in France, this being Private Woods of Coal Valley.
 Sergeant A. l.. Adkins of Jasper was elected post commander; Private George Ashby, Corona, vice post commander; Sergt. John Lee Waugh Sunlight, post fl nance officer; Professor Norton, Dora, historian; Sergt. w M. Mathon, Jasper, post adjutant. and Private A. E. Phillips, Marylee, chaplain.
 The meeting was addressed by Judge J. J. Curtis who explained the purpose of the campaign to raise money for the soldiers memorial building, and Judge Acuff, who spoke in the interest of the American Red Cross work The dele gates to the convention to be held in Bir- mingham on July 15 and Is were appoint ed and also committees to complete the organization. Another regular meeting will be held in Jasper July 12 and after that the post will meet every quarter.
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from the sum- In consequence, it is both longer and colder than ours. Thus, on the whole, the southern hemisphere is little colder than the northern one.
 Some astro1omers and geologists be- lieve that this is sufficient to account for the greater accumulation of ice around the South Pole of the earth and, further that the gravitational pull of this excess on the waters of the sea has. to certain extent, drained these waters from high northern attitudes The south ern hemisphere is thus slightly larger than the northern one, so that the true form Of the earth is that of an ovaloid; 1t is slightly egg-shaped. In 13,OO0 years the precesson of the equinoxes will com pletely change this seasonal relation in the two hemispheres. While the total amount of heat received by each hemis- phere during the summer will be then
 as now, almost the same, our winter will then be seven days longer and also cold CT than the southern winter. The North Polar ice cap will then gradually in- crease in size, and as it grows it will draw the waters of the sea toward it. self; the far northern lands will be sub merged and the northern hemisphere of
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OVER ONE-FIFTH OF TOTAL MEMORIAL
 FUND SUBSCRIBED
 FIRST DAY OF DRIVE
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c Garber, E. H. Andrews, D. W. c Yarbrough.
 Company No. 2-J. c. O'DelI, colonel Eugene Munger F. B. Fowlkes, H. w Matthews, Hal G. Marsh, Ernest Redd W. c. Phillips, F. w. Barnett. Company No. 3-R. J. Williams, colonel F. c. Shepard, Jr.. Co1man Blach, R. c Thompson. Bertram Jacobs H. K. Mil ner. w. c. Johns. k. w. Barrett.
 Company No. ~. H. Phillips, R. T Brooke. L. Sevier, H. B. Wheelock. Rob. ert Jemison, A. H. Witt, w. l.. Brown.
 Company No. 5-Frank Stevens colonel; E. E. Linthicum, M. w. Canister, w. D. Stead, H. w. Taylor. B. M Eastburn, C. J. Porter. w. S. Mudd. S. D. Crawford.
 Company No. 6--W. G. Bickell, colonel William Oberhelman. c. A. Moffett, B. H. Hartsfield, R. D. Burnett, Jack Bid dle, Donald Conner. J. w. Donnelly
 Company No. 7--Ira Armstrong, colonel; E. M. Kilby, R. H. Woodrow, Sam Blach, R. H Baugh. John Henley, U. J. w. Peters. J. H. Edmonson.
 OTHER TEAMS
 Company No. S-J. G. Smith, colonel George McCleer>. E. L. Brown. J. N Rose, c. P. Lichty, B. D. Sibley, J. R Raymond Jones.
 Company No. 9-V. s. Gage, colonel Val J. Nesbit,. H. M Beck. J. H. Eddy M. w. Bush, Ferd Caheen. :. c. Nc. Lester. A. M. Shook
 Company No 10-H M Dozier, col onel; R. c. Foster, H E. Butcher, J. c Hopping. A. D. Terreson. E. w. Fruit. ticher. P. H. Woodall, H T. Batterton
 Company No. 11-T. F. Randolph, col onel; w. M Cosby. w. F. Tyler. G. w Corners, w. H. Stockham. Oscar Wells George Gordon Crawford, Frank P Glass, LeGrand Wilson.
 Company No. 12-George Blinn col. opel; Dan B. Dimick. R. I. Ingalls,, Fred Shireman. P. c. Shook, P. M Smith, J. c. Hodges, C. c. Wiley.
 Company No. 1s-C. J. Perry. col onel; George Stafford. H. H. Horrer, o. w. Fraser. M. L. Semon, w. J. Rush. ton. E. P. Hogan A. NJ. Taylor
 Company No. 14-H M Edmonds, colonel; F. A. Ribble w. c. Adams. T. B. Perry. W. s. Stallings. T. w. Mar tin. w. I. Grubb, Crawford Johnson, John Sparrow.
 Company No. 15-D. A. Piatt, col onel; A. L. Smith. S. P. Towlkes, Has, kins Williams, R. A. Mullins. M G. Heins, J. s. Pevear. Harry Jones. J. F. Rushton-
 Company No. 1s-J. W. sibley. col onel: J. D. Moore, Solon Jacobs. rcn Williams. R. T. Anderson, L. L. Doty, Sol Caheen. NJ. P. Northington, E. J. Rowe ~
 Company No. 17-C. R. Matthews colonel; Walter Puckett. R. S. W Browne, F. P. Cummings, w. R. J. Dunn, M J. Lide, Gregory Johnston. T. H. Rennie. J. D. Rosenberger, w. l.. Caldwell.
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REACHED OBJECTIVE

T He spoke in glowing terms of Captain
 Lacey Edmundson and Lieut.. Ernest Bell of his company, and declared there were
 no better officers in the entire army and
 any of the men would have gone any
 where with these men. T am indeed proud to have been in a company com
 manded by such men," he said, 'and Lieutenant Bell did wonderful work a.
 he Croix Rouge farm.
 After a large percentage of the mem in the 167th infantry had been either
 killed or wounded Lieutenant Bell of Company D, and Lieutenant Espey Of Company B, reorganized their platoons
 and led them forward in wild charge.
 The former had 5S men and the latter oZ
 They were successful and reached their objective. but only SS men were left of
 lieutenant Bells platoon while about ~ were left in Lieutenant Espeys. That was a terrible slaughter but the Huns were pushed back.
 "The reception given the boys in Bir-
 mingham was the best any soldiers ever received and we certainly did appreciate what the people at home did for us. With |-out them we could never have accom- plished what we did and much credit should be given to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army for their splendid service to the men while in the trenches and in the hospitals A few days after reaching New York Sergeant Burgin was married to Miss Helen Wilde of Mt. Vernon. New York, which was the continuation of pretty romance begun before he went overseas Mrs Burgin preceded her husband 10 Bessemer and was here to greet him when he arrived.
 Sergeant Burgn is the son of Mrs. c. Burgin of Bessemer and is one of the best known as we'll as most popular boys in the city. He=and Mrs. Burgin are al home with his mother
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National Thrift Sunday
l the Thrift Magazine.

From the Thrift Magazine.
 The American Society for Thrift is ad- vocating the plan of establishing a na- tional Thrift Sunday" and suggests that the Sunday preceding Labor Day be so designated. A statement issued by the society says: American thrift was one of the great lessons of the war and hence every effort should be made to perpetuate it. Economic conditions make f necessary that we continue to live up to those ideals. It is not consistent with the teachings of thrift to set aside an
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1 the earth will become larger than the southern one
 It is at present impossible to say
 whether the observed ovaloid form O.
 the earth is principally due to this cause, because we cannot at all quanti-
 tatively determine how many tons, or
 cubic miles of ice might be expected tc
 accumulate in excess about the south ern pole. Nor can we compute with
 any exaetness the effect of the gravita
 tional pull of this excess. But the cause must certainly ever be acting and the
 theory is regarded by most astronomers as, not. only a very attractive, but also a very probable one
 THE PLANETS IN JULY Mercury will reach it's greatest dis tance east of the sun on July 1S wher it may be seen shining in the twilight , glow a little north of the west point oi
 that horizon. or about one and one-hali hours after sunset. It will pass to the west of the sun arti enter the morning sky on August 15.
 Venus. throughout the entire month , remains the most conspicuous object ir the heavens. On July 1 it is shining with 100 times the brilliance of a first ma gnitude star, and this increases to 124 times by the end of the month. Or July at a. m. it attains it's greatest
 
 it will look exactly half full in the telescope. It will then narrow very rapidly to a crescent, apparently grow ing always larger and brighter as il hears the earth, but it will not attain it's greatest brillancy until August [ This beautiful object will well repay oc-
 casional examination in the telescope Mars is near the sun in the morning sky and moving so rapidly eastward among the stars that 1t will pass com pletely through the consultations Ge- mini and Cancer during the month. Or 1 July 1 it rises hour and 10 minutes before sunrise. but on account of tn, rapid eastward motion this time Is in. | creased to but l hour and 40 minute. i by July 31. The planet is now too dis. l tant from the earth and too nearly los | in the suns rays to be viewed to ad vantage in the telescope
 Jupiter, which has been so conspicu | ous and interesting an object during the winter months, is still visible in tn, | evening sky on July l. but it is very | near the sun. On July 20 at 10 D. m. i l will pass to the west of the sun and sS enter the morning sky. It is far toe near the sun throughout July to be sat l isfactorily observed
 l Saturn may still be observed durins l the entire month, but it is drawing con tinually nearer the sun and will entel l the morning sky on August 15. The ob-
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sky, the bright Venus lying to the north
 of the larger, but fainter, planet. At
 this time the two objects may be seen
 together in the telescope.
 Even the slow-moving Saturn, which Occupies % years in making it's circuit of the heavens, can during this month
 have it's motion very easily detected. By glancing at the planet at the interval of a few evenings the observer cannot fail to notice how it is moving both
 eastward and southward. While during the first weeks of the month it will be we'll to the west of the bright star, it will continually draw nearer to it, and will. indeed, pass to the east of Regu- Jus on July 90. At this time Saturn will be seen a little less than one degree north of the star.
 Venus will continue its rapid eastward motion until August 20, when it will be- gin to move westward among the stars But it will not again pass Saturn during it's retrograde motion, because the sun
 moves so far eastward among the stars
 that the planets cannot again come into conjunction.
 THE EARTH IN APHELION On July 3 at a. m. the earth reaches it's greatest distance from the sun, be- ing then 94 450,000 miles away. This is a distance 3100,000 miles greater than
 that which separated the two bodies
 when they were nearest together on the
 3rd of last January.
 Our summer is, therefore, little cool
 CT than it would be if the earth's orbit
 were perfect circle, and the southern
 summer (which occurs when we are hav- ing winter) is somewhat hotter. But here
 another affect comes in, due to the flat
 tening of the earth's orbit, for the earth
 moves about the sun most rapidly when
 it is nearest the sun. Consequently the
 southern summer is seven days shorter
 than ours so that the total amount of
 heat received during the summer is practically the same in each hemisphere
 The southern winter is, however seven days longer than ours and it is occurring now, when the earth is most remote
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THE STARRY SKIES IN JULY

In these short, warm evenings of mid- summer the observer sees the whole southern heavens filled with the delicate beauty of the fainter, greatly extended cancellations, whose presence is always associated in the mind with pleasant summer nights. The Serpent and the Serpent-holder almost cover the south eastern sky, but here, too, will be seen the yellowish Altair and the fiery-red Antares, while west of the meridian there shine out the golden Arctrus and
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additional holiday but the best thought of the nation can with appropriateness and profit be concentrated on thrift. during one Sunday each year."
 All religious organizations of the na- tion are asked to cooperate in this movement Special requests will be made to the governors of the states to issue Thrift Sunday proclamations.
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Saturn, at an even less distance away, is the very bright Venus, no less than q times as bright as the more distant planet
 Venus is moving so very rapidly east ward that during the month it will pass entirely across Leo and be found just entering the western borders of the con stellation Virgo. On July at 5 D. m., it will overtake and pass the planet Saturn, and at this time the two worlds will appear but 10 minutes apart in the
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server should not fail to notice its close conjunction with Venus on July ?, nor it's conjunction with Regulus on July 30 Though the rings are apparently growing narrower as we approach their plane, and so view them more obliquely, the planet with it's satellites and the ring system IS still beautiful object in the telescope. This will, however, be the last month during which it can be satisfactorily viewed during the present year. ERIC 8DOOLITTLE.
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Sergeant Burgin Captures
 27 Germans Single Handed
(Continuea from Page Tive,

ragged everything they played. When they started on "The Star Spangled Ban- ner'' we hardly recognized it.
 The happiest day of my life was that on which we arrived in New York. Oh boy. it was a grand and glorious feeling to know you were safe back in Gods country once more and for my part ex- pect to stay here. It was real funny when we sailed from France. Some Of the sailors asked us if we were not going
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to stand on deck and tell France good bye. One of the boys expressed the feel ings of the entire crowd when he re- piled, Hell no" We were too glad to get away to shed any tears over leaving 1 can tell you"
 Sergeant Burgin talked Interestingly of a visit to one of the Kaiser's palaces just across the river from Coblenz and of tn , beautiful grounds and the large force of guards stationed there. He declared this was one of the most magnificent places he had ever seen and the ex-kaiser had about 100 such. He vividly described sew eral trips up the Rhine river, which were given daily for the soldiers and of the beauty along it's course.
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and even to the naked eye under condi- tions of good seeing, while that at D Is one of the very few naked-eye stars which are of a decidedly green color Either this star or the bright Antares (at F) is an example of star whose luminosity is slowly changing, for two thousand years ago the star at D was, described as brighter than that at F, while three and one half centuries later they were described as of equal bril- liance. Now Antares is fully four times as bright as it's greenish neighbor.
 THE CLOSE APPROACH OF VE-
 NUS, SATURN AND REGULUS
 But perhaps most striking of all is the little star figure made by these three bright objects in the west. There we now see the great group Leo, rapidly ap- preaching the ground, with, in the lead, the familiar group of six stars which form a perfect outline of sickle The southernmost of these is the beautiful bluish Regulus, which, as we have learned in earlier articles, is a remark able triple system of suns. When July begins, we see the planet Saturn shin- , ing with more than twice the bright. ness of Regulus, short distance to the west and north of the star. Beyond
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Nearly one thousand charwomen en1- ployed in the Dominion government of fees at Ottawa hav5 formed a union with a view of obtaining an increase in wages.
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Figure 3. A drawing of the planet Jupiter, showing two white spots which appeared on the borders of the region of the great red spot. Each spot,is swiftly moving vaporous cloud, 5000 miles in diameter.
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THE LILLY STARS

the bright. bluish stars spica and Regu-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-12-18

the Hinrich home for good time.
No one dreamed that they would see
Minnie and Marguerite. When most
Of the crowd had gathered, the girls
walked into the room and all were
surprised to see them. Games were
played until a late hour when re-
freshments Of fruit salad and cake
were served. All had fine time.
Some relatives of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
M. Hayne, from Hugoton, spent Sun
day with them.
The days have been very cold the
past few weeks and the children at
school stay pretty close to the stove
all day. @
The Pleasant View school children
are planning on Christmas program
this year. They are working on it at
the noon hour nearly every day.
Miss Leta Nickle spent Sunday
evening with Miss Minnie Hinrich.
Miss Vena Warner visited school
several days last week. She will help
with the Christmas program.
Charles Wallace and family moved
to Liberal last week.
mas vacation.
Mrs. ]. W. Wilson has been real
sick the past week.
Oscar Brown visited at the Pelton
home Sunday. He had an enjoyable
time helping the boys break colts to
ride.
Ardith and Edith Pelton spent Sat-
urday with their sister, Mrs. John
Apsley.
o. D. Nickle, George Tuman and
M. M. Hague killed some hogs last
week.
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SUNSHINE ITEMS
(Too late for last week.

C. H. Wade was called to Fisher,
ILL.,, by the death of his brothers
wife, Mrs. L. C. Wade. He also Wis
tied relatives at Gibson, Ill.
Richard Bradborn and Francis
Burch visited Sunshine school Mon
day forenoon. We enjoyed having
the boys with us as they were our
formal students and hope they will
come again.
]. W. Bennett, who has been visit
ing at w. o. Matthews, returned to
Copeland, Kansas, last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Barnes and Mr..
and Mrs. John Lubber returned from
their visit at !. W. Simmonds Of Two
Buttes, Colorado. They report hav-
ing had a good time. They upset
their car going out but no one was
seriously hurt-just few scratches
and a broken windshield
The surprise party at Heinrich's
last Saturday night was quite sur
prise to the guests as Miss Minnie
had returned home. But it don't pay
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-12-18

"The average motorist," said Mr..
Hale, manager of the local "Exide"
Service Station, the other morning,
"is queer combination of sound
American common sense and I'M
sound American easy goingness.
And what parts of his car he never
sees or hears complaint from he is
most prone to neglect And that, OF
course, is mainly why the starting
battery suffers-it never complains.
at does its work, right up to the
point where it has nothing more to
give, under the most negligent and
cruel treatment. But, of course, by
the time it has reached such a point
it is in mighty bad shape, and build
ing it up again is going to cost Mr..
Careless Motorist a penny that he
might very well have saved himself.
"And all this in spite of the fact
that we are continually writing our
customers-talking to them, sending
them folders and circulars-on the
subject of getting better perform
ance and longer life from the battery
and keeping down big repair bills by
giving it the right kind Of service at
the right time. Right now we are
sending out a little folder showing
the Importance of giving the battery
proper storage when the car is laid
up for the winter. It has been the
bad habit of many automobile own
ers at the approach Of cold weather
to simply run the old bus, fully
equipped, into the garage and then
lock the door upon it till next spring
Certainly so far as the battery is
concerned, this is a mighty poor pro-
ceeding. Inside Of the battery, ow-
ing to its chemical nature, certain
sort Of action and reaction is contin-
ually taking place, even when it is
idle. For this reason it demands
certain attention at regular periods
This attention can best be given il
when it is stored under such condi'
lions and superintendent as only the
battery expert can give it. Because
of this, we advise our customers Il
remove their batteries from theil
cars, sending them to US to be stored
9 and cared for in our storage depart
ment. The cost Of winter storage i
small and there is assurance tina
nothing detrimental can happen t
& the battery during Jack Frost
reign"
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PLEASANT VIEW ITEMS
District No, 70
(Too late for last week.

(Too late Tor last week.
Mrs. Cooks mother and sister re-
turned to their home Sunday on the
afternoon train.
Esther Nickle spent Sunday with
Miss Bertha Hinrich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robb and family
have moved to Mr.. Snyder's farm.
Last Thursday evening Miss Ber-
tina Hinrich went to town after
school to get Minnie Hinrich and
Marguerite Simmons, who arrived
from Hutchinson on the noon train.
No one knew the girls were COM
ing at that time. The next night
81 Of the young folks gathered at
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-12-18
A NARROW ESCAPE
(From The Meade News)

(frOm Inc Meaue NeWS)
Miss Deema Russell, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Russell of this city,
met with what might have been a
fatal accident Monday afternoon.
She had often practiced shooting
with her brothers and on this par
ticular afternoon had taken the 38
revolver, with the, intention of shoot
ing into the flock Of sparrows that
were in the habit Of eating the feed
left for her younger sisters pet chick
ems. AS she was placing the cart
ridges in the cylinder, in some man
ner one caught, and in her effort to
release it, she accidentally discharged
the revolver, the bullet entering her
left side just below the heart,
glanced downward, coming out sever
al inches below the left shoulder,
missing the vital organs. At present
Miss Russell is resting easy and chanc-
es for her recovery are excellent.