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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-03

'The term Zodiac has al.
WAYS been enigTnatic to me. l
am cognizant of the fact that
the Zodiac Is an imaginary belt
in the heavens. containing the
twelve consultations or signs
OF the Zodiac, which the sun
trayerses annually, but / am at
on absolute standstill when |
attempt to locate it in the
heavens. When it is said that
the sun enters a sign does it
mean that the sun passes
through 1t while in it's apparent
Journey north and south, name
ly it's declination? The Zodiac
is termed the apparent path of
the sun, I think. If this is so.
where in the sky is the Eclip-
tic?. Do the Ecliptic and the
Zodiac coincide? II. L. X,
New York"
T HAVE made for you a little
l. chart of the Zodiac, which
may aid in clearing up your
mystery. A few definitions are
necessary to begin with. The
Ecliptic is the middle line Of the
Zodiac. and this represents the
true apparent path described by
the sun every year
7 The Zodiac Is a belt 16 degrees
in width. extending degrees on
each side THAT is, north and
SOUTH OF the Ecliptic. The Zodiac
NAV be called the path OF the
planets, as the Ecliptic is the path
of the sun.
The orbits of the planets being
inclined more or less to the plane
of the Ecliptic. they do not all
follow the same line in their
courses around the sky. but in
some parts of their orbits they
appear a few degrees north, and
in other parts a few degrees
south Of the Ecliptic. But their
orbits with the exception of
those of many of the asteroids)
are all included within the belt
of the Zodiac. The path Of the
moon also lies within the belt.
Now the Ecliptic land with it
the Zodiac Is inclined 23h de-
Rrees to the plane of the celestial
equator (which is situated direct.
ly over the equator of the earth)
owing to this inclination, one
half of the circle of the Zodiac
lies above, or north of, the
equator, and the other half south
of it. The points OF intersection
correspond with what are known
as the equinoxes. At the Vernal
Equinox, where the sun crosses
the equator coming north about
March 20, the Ecliptic, and with
it the Zodiac, begins to lie north
of the equator.
The part of the Zodiac that
lies north of the equator Is
shown in the upper figure of our
chart, in which IN. p" repre-
sents the North Pole OF the
heavens, and "E. p" the pole of
the Ecliptic. The observer is
supposed to be facing south. and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-03
KITE FLYING
FESTIVALN
CHINA

WE have curious traditional
w ways of celebrating some
of our holidays. We cling to
them devotedly and would be in
dignant with. anybody who sug-
gested that they were q bit
bizarre. There may be no really
good reason for the fact that we
celebrate the Fourth Of July by
lighting firecrackers, but. we do
and probably shall continue to do.
so for many and many a year.
Therefore, we should not be
surprised to hear Of customs that
seem curious to us. 1t Is always
well to remember that our own
customs may seem equally
strange to others.
Now, in China. that most an.
Client of countries, there Is a
whole day set aside for flying Of
kites. We are accustomed to
thinking of this sort as q child's
vame. Only small boys indulge
in 1t. But in China. on this day,
men of all ages, and well as boys,
join in the fun.
The custom had q strange
origin, according to the legneds
that have grown UP about 1t.
Centuries and centuries ago q
man was warned that on q GER
tain day, the ninth day of the
ninth month in the Chinese cal
endar, grave misfortune would
overtake his household. Being a
wise man he gathered together
his family on that day and re-
paired to the hills. There, on a
great hill, he amused himself
through the long day by flying
kites.
When he returned to his home
that evening he found that his
house had fallen in ruins and his
domestic animals. had all been
killed in the ruins.
That Is why on that day thou
sands and thousands Of Chinese
kites. 1t Is generally supposed
that the kites, flying aloft into
the pure air, carry with them the
evils that may be in store for
their owners households. When
the strings of the kites are cut,
the kites, with the evils in their
wings, fly off into eternity.
That may be the reason behind
the festivities, but undoubtedly
it is a. day OF great sport for the
participants. For there is some
thing of the boy in every man
and that boy in him responds
with joy to the tugging of the
strings in his hands as the kite
catches the breeze. And for the
women of the family it Is a
glorious day in the open.
copyright 1928. by NewspaRAP
Feature Service, lnc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-03

TUE Little Gray
il Man sat on
the edge Of his
chair and fused
with his hat. He
wanted to tell me
about his wife,
vet didn't want
me to think that
he was complain
ing about her.
The Wife, 1t
seems, was quite
a wonderful girl,
The most wonder
full girl in the
world. So sensi-
tive. So refined.
One OF those Big
Thinkers. A n d
natur ally you
couldn't expect a
person like that
to stand all those
little n a 6 & | n g
nrrfaa thai
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800 DRors
By ELSIE ROBINSON

would also flOurlSh were II ~
for the excellent institution OF
the Swift Kick. Billy generaily
gets the sulks pounded out OF
him before he's been playing
twenty-four hours on his IlrsI
baseball nine. But Bessie en-
counters no such dlsclpllne.
There's very little direct action
in her feminine world. She starts
smiling with excellent results,
when she first toddles. 1t IS q
most satisfactory go-getter pro
cess. 1t combines the maximum
of trouble-raising with the min
imum of personal discomfort.
Unless acuteIy discouraged. she's
ant to keep it up until it's time
to send around the lilies.
/ think the reason we tolerate
Sulkers so long is that We seldom
size up their conduct in the right
light. They put up such a con-
vincing pose OF being super-sensi-
tive souls that they fool US. AS
matter Of fact, they're not any
more sensitive than any other
human mammal. They're merely
more selfish and stubborn. more
bent on having their own way.
~SULKING IS SIMPLY AN
OTHER FORM OF DONNA
TION.
THE sULKER is A SILENT
BULLY.
It's a pity that we can't treat
adult Sulkers as we treat juvenile
ones. We spank children for
sulking. This is hardly fair.
The odds aren't even. The sUlk.
ing child should be disciplined,
but in some fairer way. BUT IF.
THERE'S EVER A VOTE CAST
FOR SPANKING ADULT SULK-
ERS, COUNT ME- IN!
No punishment could Tit the
crime more perfectly and I'll be
willing to stand an extra three
cents taxation if they'll install
MUNICIPAL SPANKING MA.
CHIMES FOR SULKING.
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other people didn't mind.
Why things he'd never notice
rut The Wife right to the heart
He himself, was guilty of many
~ those Offenses. Before No
Knew it he'd do some fool thing
never gave it thought. And
then he'd realize that The Wife
was all upset again. No, he
didn't blame her. 1t was all MS
fault. But didn't I know or some
wav he could make her under
stand that he didn't really mean
to hurt her?
How did she act? Well, that
was the worst part OF it. She
didn't act up at all like some
women did, crying and taking
on. She just shut UP and dldn I
sneak for hours, sometimes Tor
days. He supposed that was was
hecause she was sensitive. but
often he almost wished shed take
Il out In tantrums. 1t would Do
easier to bear. ,
Yes. tantrums are much easier
"a hear than the Silent Simmerlng
~ the Sulker. For that's what
the Little Gray Mans wife was
= Sulker. Neither sensitiveness
nor intelligence lay Denlnd nel
puckered mouth and stoney. eye
A plain case of cussedness-tnat
what ailed that LADY.
You've met EN-, Pal Our
homes and offices are full OF
them-those soreheads who carry
their fostering hearts around 1or
DAYS in plain sight. refusing 70
saw what's biting them but man
l1psfu
aging to look like Cnrlstian
Martyrs. And somehow m ~ .kats.
Won seem responsible for all their
sufferings. .,o
In ali probability the trouble
arisea over some perfectly trivial
matter. You may have dropped
YOUR ashes on the best rug AGAIN.
Or asked them to stay ten min
utes over time to finish a letter.
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CHESS GAME
ORIGINATED
IN INDIA { J.
Copyright. 1928, bg New York
Evening" Journal, Inc.
Registered d. 3. Patent OfficR.

A FEW years ago all America
IA was startled by the arrival
OF another prodigy on its shores.
This was the, little nine-year-old
chess marvel, Samuel Rzescewsk1.
who hailed from the land OF vod-
ka and red shirts, and who
claimed the worlds chess cham
pionship title.
Sammy met twenty chess WIZ
ards at several tournaments and
: defeated each and every one or
them simultaneously.
Naturally enough, such q re-
markable phenomenon aroused
widespread interest in this intel
lectual pastime. Men who played
chess in the privacy OF their own
homes, because the game was
not considered socially elect"
now boasted Of their prowess
openly.
The popularity of chess has led
to many conjectureS as to Its
origin. From the mass OF hypo-
theses and semi-facts which have
been presented this much has
been gIeanedl The game was
known in Persia and Arabia by
the middle of the sixth century.
1t was originated in India, where
1t was known as chaturanga, a
complete army" The Persian
catranR and Arabic shatrasj are
merely phonetic variations Of the
Sansl1rit chaturanga.
The history of chess divides
itself into three distinct periods.
The first Is that Of the ancient
Hindoo game called chaturanga,
in which the moves and powers
OF all the pieces employed with
the exception of the queen) were
the same as they are at this day.
The board consisted then. as it
does now. OF sixty-four squares.
The game was played by four
persons, each having a king,
rock, a knight and, lastly, a
bishop together with four pawns.
The two opposite players were
allied against the other two and
the moves were decided by the
turn OF an oblong having four
faces marked with the numbers
two. three, four and five.
The second or medieval period
in the history of chess occupies
one thousand years-that is, from
the sixth to the sixteenth century
of our era. AT the commence
ment of this period the improve
ment made in the game was very
decided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-03

AN honorable death Is better
n than an inglorious me-
Socrates.
Noble spirits war not with the
dead.-Byron'
Buy what thou hast no need OF
and ere long thou shalt sell tiny
essaries.-Franklin
The deliberations of calamity
are rarely wise.--Seneca. l.
Such as are careless OF them
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SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

selves can hardly be mindful of
others.-Thales.
Vain man runs headlong to
caprice resigned,
Impelled by passion and with
folly blind.-JuVenal.
Want of care does US more
harm than want of knowledge.
Franklin.
"A greater injury cannot be Of
fered TO innocent chastity thar
unjust OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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ern end Of each sign In success.
sion.
When it enters Aries the as
Economical spring opens; when
it enters Cancer. the astrono-
mical Summer; when it enters
Libra, the astronomical Autumn,
and when it enters Capricornus,
the astronomical Winter. The
changes in the north and south
declination of the sun do not af-
feet it's position on the central
line of the Zodiac, for, as the
chart shows, the Ecliptic must
swing north and south together
with the sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-03
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
HIGHWAY OF THE SUN
Signs of the Zodiac Fully Explained BY
Detailed Chart

the chart represents the position
of the Zodiac In the sky as 1t
appears at midnight at the Win.
ter Solstice, December %. II IL
in the same position at p. IN,
March 20; at 8 p. m, about tho
middle of February and 10 p. m.
at the middle of January. The
position of the equator in the
sky may then be recognized by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-03
LISTEN, WORLD!

They'd ma Ike
t h e m selves APP
pear ridiculous IL
they busted right
out in a temper
over such a trifle.
But by keeping
their mouths shut
and looking UNI
utterables. t h e y
magnify the Of
tense into I'm.
portant CIR i'm 2.
And YOU'RE the
goat.
T h Ell Sc Silent
Sufferers are us
ally feminine.
This Is not be-
cause there Is
more cussednegs
inherent in fem
mime than in
m a1es. @ uit .
otherwise. L n .
Ma scI1IinA GrieYer
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23
seaI Of conan Ad0Dted Hera. Is6s.
Marked by Madison County FEEDER
ated Women's Clubs.


Then Chief Justice CallaWay-him-
self one Of the pioneer children Of
Alder guIch, whose father was Mon
tana's secretary and acting governor
in territorial days-with his hand on
the huge boulder gave "reminiscences
of what the big rock had seen Of
MOntana's progress. It was brought
from near the scene Of F~airweather's
discovery, Significantly found and
suggested as a marker by Ed Hart,
perhaps the oldest miner now living
in Alder gulch. It had seen the
seethfng masses Of humanity mad
with the prospect Of treasure, swarm
ing like ants In the gulch, and the
subsequent So years had seen a
steady accomplishment Of order and
law resulting In the security Mon
tana's children enjoy today. lt was
the first Of the markers to be placed
by the club women of Madison county
In their project Of historical marking.
The assemblage then returned to
the city hall, where Judge Galloway
continued his "reminiscences Ia an
able address.
For two hours the audience drank
IN those elusive facts and stories 0l
pioneer history which al crave Co
know and few can give. Some Of the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23
Republi Sans Lead
With 81 Partisan
Papers I'm Montana

There are 185 periodical publica-
tions of all types in Montana, accord
ing to a list just issued by the publi-
city division Of the state department
Of agriculture. Each county is rep
resented with at least one and Cas-
cade, with II, leads the field.
BY far the majority are Weeklies.
There are II dailies, three Of which
publish weekly editions. There are
1916 other weeklies, IL monthly publi-
cations, one bi-monthly and one semi
monthly.
In political leaning, 81 support Re
publican policies and there are listed
eight as Observation-Disclosures
There are 81 Independents and 81
following the Democratic party with
eight more who represent themselves
as ACCOMPLISHMENTS Three
Farmer-LabOr papers are listed and
one SOcialist-LabOr. There are two
whose political affiliations are not
charted. The remainder are trade.
fraternaI, agriculture, religious, II
nancial and school publications.
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tributed to Vigilante expenses. After
1O2 men had been killed by the
rObber gang in the first six months,
and nearly 40 road agents had met
death at the hands of the V|igilantes,
Judge HOsmer came to take charge
of judicial matters, and it was naive
ly proposed to him that he handle
civil matters but allow criminal JUS
tice to repOse in the hands Of the
V|igilantes.
1.-THE Senate saloon was proclaimed
the most -aristOcratic and best equip
ped gambling house in the North
west. Only the best Of whisky was
sold, and at so cents a drink. Ivory
chips were used and only gentlemen
played.
what a story is Slade'sl What an
executive genius was Plummer! What
a pity Ives missed his connections
with the Discovery party If ever a
man was sent by providence it was
Wilbur F. Sanders at the trial Of
/ Ives. AS he dominated the big crowd
on that December evening as the fires
were kindled by the lumber wagons
in which sat lawyers, judge and
miners jury, his was a masterpiece
to arnk with DemOsthenes or Cicero.
The tense, dramatic occurrences Of
the Ives trial make it the best Of all
pioneer stories.
eff you can, put into your county
library. Cecil Auger's book, "Jim
Bridger," in which he quotes from
100 different authors. Jim Bridger
pilOted an emigrant train into Vir-
'ginia City in 1865, coming over Wind
River route to avoid the dangerous
lSioux on the BOzeman trail. Bridger
was the greatest trapper, the best
scout, the best Indian authority west
of the Mississippi. He could, with a
piece Of chalk, delineate with alb
sOlute fidelity any part Of the country
from Mexico to Canada, from the
Mississippi to the Pacific.
Madison county has a right to
the real banner in bringing civiliza-
ton to our state. With no civil OF
military authority within thousands
= Of miles, her early citizens perfected
? the foundations of the Treasure state
in those mad, seething times when
? even before the appointed governor
4 came with all the state papers In his
? pocket, buses al night and day be.
tween the placer mines Of the gulct
and the amusement places Of The
town, where men were mad to spend
thsir money, where the vicious char
T acters of the west gathered to pre-
upon the miners and where out o.
/ this chaos was OOn wrought respec
2 for the laws Of mankind.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23

At a recent meeting Of Madison
County Federated WOmen's Clubs,
which convened at Virginia City, the
old capital of Montana, the first eff
fort was made on the part Of the pa
triotic women Of the county to per-
petuate to posterity the deeds Of the
pioneers who first gave to the state
Of Montana ideals Of integrity, JUS
tice and honor.
The department Of local history is
a new one recently listed in the Mon
tana Federation Of WOmen's Clubs
and still more recently added to the
Madison county clubs activities
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23

The hostess club of Virginia City Sc
lected local history as the nucleus Of
their program and secured as speak
ers of the day the two men Of all
Montana probably best fitted to talk
on the subject Of Montana history
Chief Justice of MOntana's Supreme
Court Lew L. Galloway and Prof. F.
H. Carver of the Montana State Nor
NAL college. Unfortunately, Professor
Carver was stricken desperately i'll a
few days before the meeting and was
unable to deliver his address. which
was TO have been on ''The Importance
of Preservation and Marking Of His
torical Sites"
Delegations and visitors from all
parts Of Madison county went torVir-
ginia City early in the day, and as
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23

oSAgASA at TIC IAtJ AAAA5 MAELG int
first session was held,
Davis to Bear Expense
The committee on marking report
ed that the deed to the point Of dis
cOvery had been secured and that
A. J.. Davis Of Butte had communi-
Gated that he would be glad to bear
the expense Of a monument or mark
er to be erected on the site Of the
first gold PANIED in Alder gulch
May &c, 1853.
A most delectable luncheon was
served to all corners in the spacious
Elks lodge rooms. After the social
hour the convention assembled on the
lawn Of the county library building,
where the unwilling ceremonies took
place.
The perfect calm Of the late Au-
gust day was itself a benediction as a
few Of the pioneers, more Of their
sons and daughters and many inter
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23

ested visitors gathered about the big
boulder draped with the nations flag.
II was a moment tense and fraught
with deepest emotions barking back
to the stirring days when Montana's
dramatic inception was played over
the golden sands of Alder gulch,
when Mrs. Martha Vickers, on Of the
few remaining pioneer women step
ped to the bouIder's side and, re-
moving the American flag, revealed
the copper plate inset:
1863-Virginia City-1925
F~airweather and Party Discovered
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23

cd Of history, when there is so much
searching for the beginnings of his
tory. Our big universities the world
over are busily engaged in looking
for the sources of truth, which can
never elude the real scholar.
Communism No Specter
MARK these places where great
deeds have been done. They inspire
US. Do not fear but that America is
here 10 endure; do not fear COM
munism or any other "ism" when you
watch the thrill, the response that
comes when visitors pass by such
places as Bunker Hill monument, Old
South church, Washington monument
and the corridors of congress. Just
so have many Of the great deeds in
the history of the northwest taken
place in this county. Mark on these
sites the legend Of that history.
Some of these places which
should be marked are:mThe real
Beaverhead rock, which lewis and
Clark have in their journals located
in degrees and miles-that pOle-star
Of early Indian tribes which gave
SacajaWea her bearings-the fire
hole or Madison river, discovered by
John Golfer, whose escape from the
Crows was the most remarkable in
all western history-the point of dis
covery by Fairweather's party in Al
der gulch-the spot where George
Ives unique trial, the most remark
able trial in all history, was held at
Nevada City, where the Vigilantes
organized and met-the sites Of the
first public school and the first news
paper-Dempsey's Crossing on the
Ruby near Sheridan-histOric trails
into the territory such as the Sail
1 Lake road, the BOzeman trail, Ben.
ton rOad-Elephant corral, where
Slade vas hanged-Bummer Dams
bar, the richest placer in the North.
west, the scene of the flour riot
where the boys were willing to pay
500 for a sack Of flour, but couldn''
60 $15O-Content corner, where
mass meetings were held-the Oldes
bank building in Montana-the OLD
Sisters hospital on Jackson street
: the old arsenal-the Francis Meage.
residence=the place of execution o
five road agents in Virginia City
+ the oldest school building in Mon
tana at AdObetoWn-the first storl
) and the first farm in Madison vale,
Red Bluff, Silver Star and Irol
{ Rod=and the trail Of Lewis AM
Clark. Use two kinds of markers
4 permanent and temporary ones
mark them soon with the legend o
: the site. Hundreds Of people vii
8 beat the old trails who now T be
waiting the need Of a guide. 1t vii
: pay from a material standpoint
E bringing in hundreds OF tourists VIII
are now travelling other trails.
Pioneers We're Dauntless
'The roll OF the pioneers III. Aide
guIch Is largely the roll Of honor 8
Montana; they made our laws, Gale
out constitutional convention an
kent Montana ia the right path. ia
2 boys and girls Of the old pioneer
have kept up the standard. Let thOe
OF Us left convey to pOsterity thel
dauntless integrity. IA this we ca
do no better than 20 preserve hiator.
z St win prove q beacon star ahead 9
Q oNr youth.
g "Mark the Robbers Roost ag
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23

significant points inl Judge Gala
ways talk were:
IT regret that Professor Carver
could not have spoken to you on the
significance of historical marking. 1t
is a duty which many of our best
citizens are n~eglecting. We profit by
our mistakes, and succeeding genera
tions would be no more advanced
than past ones did they not be
guided BY the lamp of experience and
judge the future by the past The
sum total Of preceding generations
finds us at this most marvellous peri
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23

well-knOwn rOadhOuse of early days,
where over the bar some OF the most
terrible old fOrty-rOd was dispensed.
But this place Is not entitled to the
nOtoriety it has received; it does not
merit its bad eminence. 1t was not
the center of road agent activities as
was the Cottonwood ranch at Demp-
sey's Crossing.
cit was at the Pfouts house in Vir-
ginia City where the Vigilantes took
their oath. In a week $500 men had.
enrolled. The treasurer's book, which
was once one of my possessions,
shows how literally the miners con-
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23

Worlds Richest Placer Ground,
May 26, 1868.
Most Important Center of Notorious
Road Agent Activities, 1863-1864
Center of Most Important Vigilante
Organization, 1863-1864.
Home of MOntana's First Newspaper,
1854.
Montana's First POstOffice Establish
ed Here, 1864.
Second Territorial Capital Of Mon
tana, 1865-1875.
Montana's First Supreme Court SEES
sion Held Here, 1855.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-23

Always think twice before pur-
chasing anything offered 81 q eacri-
flee.