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pBAMOT OF
THE STARS IS DUE
Great IVIeieoric Showers This
We:k.
MAY HAVE GOT TEN LOST.
*j*be Leonids, Accordin;"; to Calcula^
t-Ionso!' AsiroiiDHicru, WiU Take a
TuuiiiL* "Cueodaj r\i^lit?I'roptt
r??lons f"r tbe Eveat.
. CAIdiHHXDCE. MASS-, Nov. 3ft.?The
zaosi Interc-t-ng ?stronom.cal question
<-q?: now is wne-iter ihe g.-r?at mclooric
ibower which waa dtic tn November of
last year. t>ut w.iich did not then np
ptsir, much Ht tlio disa ppo.ntment of as
?j-onomt?rs al! over the world, is to bc
given up j;s lost, or whethcr :t has merely
been daJayoa a year tseyond the caiou
lated time, and w.U take place ir. its full
liiory next w..ek. Tne attitudc of tne
? Harvard C-nOcge Obser\atory In th.s. mat?
ter i? pretnoiy typlcal of tim taken at
most a-stronamiOi. Huit.on?. Wbile ad
mitung that ihe chUnces of tbe show<-r
appearing are Iess liiar. a year ;igo, Pro?
fessor P.t3tciins and ii.s ass-stauts iiave
not by any means given *.:.' hope, and
Uiou?h ihe pr^-paratio;:;. which lu-ve been
made for recordmg it are Iess extensye
than thev wore i-ast November, tliey are
fctlil sutilcicnt to take full advantage of tne
Eltuat/an in c.tse tho shower occurs.
The Novemb=r shooting stars are. ot
course. a rec.igniz1- <! InsJtutlon, anu are
due on the 33ui and Mta of the month
i-*ica >car. They are known as tbe Leo?
nids, "from the position of their central
point in tbe constcllation of the Lun. and
tbe. numtxir strn ;n ord.nary years would
rangt from 50 or 100 to SfX' or LO."'. Tne Har?
vard Observatory notcd some 800. lor
example, .ast Novemo^r. Bat what was
cxpectr-d last year, uml ls hoped for next
Tuesdliv n ght. is a re.-.ur.-ence of tbe
magnliioent displays wliich were seen in
1793. iSSS. and L**ti. when not hundreds but
tbousauds and tons of thousands shot
into tht earah's aun&Ephere. In 1SS3 a
competent oviscrver in Boston calcu'.oted
that the number tiad amour-ted to 310,090,
seeming to the eye to fall as thlckiy as
flie fla'kee rn a snow storm. lt may c-us.iy
be seen how such a d-spiay wouid rauk
with a -DotaJ eJi.'ce of the sun us the
most s-pactacular of the celestia! pheno
THE 1NTSF.VAL.
The Intcrval between these great me
teorlc showers, as may be aoted from
tbe dfltes just given^ is ibLrty-throe years.
But iLe m-ture of the sao-jt.ng stars is
such that rhey are p?cu!:arly liabie to p&r
tii.rbaL.ons. so caj ?d. ciUf-^d by the at
tra-cUon of tht p'.anets. Within the last
1.SO0 years, Indeed. thfiy have be.-n swiing
out of ona orblt dnl Intti another by the
inauenc* of th? pljnet Uran-us. During
the last period of thlrty-thrfO years, it
seems, they fcuve oeen especiaily liaJb.e to
perturhat.on, and some astronomors, who
look for the grpat showtr to take place
n-=xt week, cscribe trac delay to this
cause.
lt is neeessary to understand the Leo
nlds as a stream of small particlc^, no
larger than grains of sand.?the dcbris,
perhaps, of a eoraot.?nowing continu
ously in a mlghty erbit. wheh annually,
in the middlc of No-vrmber. Interseets tiie
orblt of the earth. Through most of the
length or lhis belt the particles are only
sparceiy Ecattered, but in one place they
are congregated in a vast swarm, with re
latlon to which the others may be re
Earaed only as straggk-rs. The Leon ds
complete their orblt in ?S years tim-1. and
once in 33 years, therefore, when v.*e enter
Uie part of the grv-at swarm, tvo may
look for such a dtsplny as that of 1S33 or
3866. In oUier years we sos mcrciy the
"stragglers." In tinit-k. of course. the par?
ticles witl be i-catter.ad more eyenly through
thclr orblt, since tha oirtc-r oncs t.ikc more
time to complete tne clrcuit than the
lnner ones. and tend censtantly to fall
behind in the race. But tii.s ls a matter
of miliions of years. like so many other
operations in astronomy.
In passing through Use orblt of the I^eo
nlds we see only the particles wliich are
ignlted by cntcrng ihn earlii'.-* a =niosphert?.
Eome 100 or 300 miles dlstanu No Leo
nld was ever known to rtutca the earth.
the terrific heat to whlcii they are sub
jected burning them out before they hnve
approached nearer than Z<d or CO miles.
They are to be distinguished entirely from
the sporadic meteor.tes whicti from time
lo time appaar a_s tirebalis in the sky,
and somet.mes fall to tlae earth before
they are hurnt out in masses weigxiing
thousands of pounds. A shower of such as
these would be disastrcus, while the Leo
nlds are quite harmless.
ln the lt2S shosvtr one o"nsen*er likened
the appearance of the sk*s* to a vast um
brella. This was due to tlie fact that all
the Leonids. seem ng at flrst lo be dart- i
5ng in every direction in the heaven1*, ra- I
ciui'-'d from a certain lixed centre. the ]
so-ca!K-d raduiiit, aliuded to before as being ?
ln ine consteiiatlon Leo. As a matter of ;
fact, tbe conrse of the Lc-onids In the sky |
ls parallei. and :!ic- appearance of radiation j
ls due to perspectlve. as In the parallei j
lines of a railway trark, wh'.ch seem like I
the Leonids to orisrinate in a singie point. j
The radiant, however. :.- only approxi- j
m?tely lixrd; an-j i: ?:-- an impnttan: point. i
therefore, to rKiablisli it mor? exactly, I
since. from the position of the radiant, i
astronomers are able to calcuiitc the direc- ?
tlon ln wheh tlie Leonids are movincr. j
Photography. :t . '?, :...;, v.-51 do a great i
deal to settle :i;- point. Photographs j
taken w'rli th . IJar-va'rd instruments, lwth !
hnre In Cflmbridg^ :.nd at A-equipa. I'eru, '
have -very satls-factorily rtcxirdetl tasuai 1
metrcrs crossi-:^ ?.;,..- n>!-i of v sion. On I
one 1n partlcular. where- tnr?-; shooting ;
etnrs of a sicg:? system bad been re- i
cordofl. lt ivai; r.bserved horw exactly the i
pnint of radiai'on ccuid be rteflr.ed by tbs j
?-?T?-(-rgence of the thj-ee paihs. esr^oial- ?
ly In comparfyon with a vlsnal ohs^rva- j
t on of the three m-tcors which was fortu- j
r^-t^r -ma**''*' at th* r-a?e t:me. If next i
Tue?flay the great swarm reappears. j
therefore. ar.d lf th? weather cor.dltior-s !
are favorab'.e. the Harvara Gbservatory :
h?r<p* io *v~ntr? c~i *??> -*n-*n~"-~-h'c p1ate? 1
enmplwe dats ifor d'termln'r!'-: ths radiant i
and eonsequently the direction of th6
Leonid ?i\"srni.
TO P~-T(~:Tr><""T"*APT'' TTrEM.
Some of the photoirra--h'.c apl'ances to
t> ? u?ed?a->nys i"uppo*lng - the sw.nrm
j^app-a.-s-'vv! -bf-i *^r>ecla3y devi*"-di
fo- the ocaaidon. Tiu- most reraarkaVe. j
perhaxis s a e*a*lh-r*ln?: cim ra. for se-ur
irig f'atiorjirj- imagen of Jhe Leon'ds. '
It Is Iko ibe swlnif of a psndulum?;ln a i
*t?te of babume ai eitlier end; moving \
iawter, comcarar.yely. t!-.a:i th shoot'ng '
rtar at tbe m'.ir'.-, "..-.rr at --u-no point i
be'wc-en. on Uiv n>- or th- fall. exactly I
Bprr-?pohf*lng to t!*<- v loiitv of the ,
object w" ic-h 1r is a'l ih!s limo photo- j
pra^hnsr. p.<->-'d-- p~-fr.c th*- lm<iw at ,
Tt-st ln <iii-^ veky. it will he <:!Silv posslbl-*
to c',cir>o-r. th sr>f?>d of tiio mpteor by j
a**certa!n'n? tbe jv-.s'tior; of the cftrner?- i
ln hs s-inp- when that l-rmc- vr.f- ?-ec??r?^l ?
Aiotb'-r in:ere,**1n-- ins'ru?n<'-rH |s fi'ted
wiih rrisn^ to pbotoeraxih the snectra o
-thr Tx'-'n'.l?. f-otri wh'ch H wUl b= po?:'s,
b> io lpni-i the'r c*>n.'>->?it'on. Th" cclv
e-'ftctmm of a shooting star ev*?r secured
bv p'-o-o^ra nhy was obtalnfd at th?
ITirva-'l yat'on ai Ar on'na four years.
a?c*?. afd fbows hv "t? I'nna t'->? nreserico \
of |iwB*"Ar*Vt St'll nn-*?'h.-r nliotoerap'M'c i
aperinro. r"vol\-li!'?tMriv t'm?*'S a s-co'-d. '
In tb-- ?-'s--, 'jb a hVo. wh'^h. na-e'nsr over j
n-e awr'ure. rpco~ts the <r>a^h ?f th* j
nv<?' or I" n v.-r*?.^ a* '*lsis. Anv i-'fA-oi"-. ^
Ir !he ("M-pp* h'lw?-n ?>"> do* * -???"' 1 :
f vi- an 1"<"'i-at'nn of n ^i-'r.-f.-^;-jr. lj5 ihe j
jt.'? nt T"m-?m rn of th? tvs?teor,
Tb'"- pr*pnrot'o-5<= at thP H-nrvard OVrr.
v$.?ory >>"* year w?-r**- on .-? v(*rt exten-^vo
t&xlt, a-xfl pcv;rv2 a atuubw ti etfttfei-is
tbrcc ln the vicinlty of providence, R. _-,
and two, mciud-ng the ob_ervatory .tse_i,
near B-.__.-i. The plan for tho won. ln
Cambr.dge was an admirable -xamplo
ol ihe way astroncnncrs are able to sys
tf-matlzc diflioult and compl.catcd obs-cr
vations, and will bc fol.owcd. lf opoor
UinUy otters, next w.ck. Aside from
t_.os_ in'charge of the p_oto-gr__>.i;ng. tho
staff will bo d_v.ded into counter., time
kccpcrs. record rs, cioud-observers (to
no_o interruption in the ob-_rvat.on_.. and
draugb.sraen.
WOlUC OP OBSERVERSp.
The matter of t.me is, of course, most
import__t, A -gong wil) strike autpmati
cally every ten minutes, so as to afford
a constant check on. the ot_ervaUons. At
tho L-"K-nn!r_g of observatlon the counters
will b_iv_ statlbned themselves to wauai
thr- portion of the sky containing lhe con
<-te_al_cn of Uio Lion, and eount mo
mcioors a. tliey a-ppear, while the tlmc
keepei. not,.- the t.mo ot each a-s exacUy
.-.s p6_-lblc?-a difllcult undertaking when
.t-_s.r___eo-be.-d that the mete-prs mas
r*->. <-:'?-'.y Call at the rate of over "flfty a
minute, The record wlil serve to identify
1*11, or :.-. l?__t a great many, of the
me'teors by a terial number and lhe time
rocorded. .
The general cbscrvers will loo_ -or
spee-al fcatur.s. like the m-tgnltude, coldr,
whether tho stars explodo or not, and
whether a trail appear.. A general ob
serv'.r. for <.xamplc, may note that the
112th meieor maiked by tho counter was
yellow und left a. trail lastlng ten sec
onds, and ihat Its path was from near
some standard star to another standard.
His notes can .e conv. ared later with the
ohs'.Ti iition j-heots of Uio other observers.
With ca-h general observcr wlil be a/re
coratr, to note according to a code tho
?phenomena whfch he announces.
The .raughtsmeii will be saippll-d with
maps of tho region around the consfella
? tlon Lee. _____ -hey will draw the path as
j well as possible of each notahie meteqr.
! The dlroction anu line of the ll-fh me-teor,
'. ior Ir.stance, its brlghtness and the char
acter of its ti-iit, are useful facts. Tho
, matter of brishtness neceasitates ihe
i QUickest ?bservai-on, which offers. hv<\
j ever, no special difliculty when ono has
' noUilng elso to attend to. The scale
' udopted (if one may go into technical
? deta'Js for a moment) is to asslgn a mag
? nltuie of *__?_*?__ 2 to a meteor a little
! brlghter than Sirlus or Juplter: 0. if equal
I ro CapeKa; 2. if enual to Gamma Leun.s,
I the bright star in the bladc of the S>.kie,
I which stand. out eiearcst in tho constel-'
j iatkm Leo: 4, if equal to Mu L.onls, tbe
j second next star to Gamma in the Slekle;
j 5, to faint meteors generaily.
A year ago tho H_rvard Observatory
asked for the co-operatlon of observers
j ail over the worl_t?not only astronom.rs.
| but intehlgent laymen cverywhere?and a
I full circular of rules to govern such ob
servers was sent out by the University.
' The most important -part of tho circular
j isas follows:
"The most important time for obser?
vatlon is from midnight until dawn, as
j comparatively few meteors are exnected
j earli.r. Observations are partleularly
needed at hours when they cannot be
made at the observatorles of Earope and
America. In general. Uie tim. required
for ten or m>?re meteors to appear ln the
rpglon oovered by lhe aecompanylng map
I should be recordtd. Tliis observatlon should
be repeated every hour or half hour. If
the meteors are too numerous to count
j all those appear ng upon Uie map, the
I tibserver should conflne his attentlon ex
i cluslvelv to some small region, such as
I that ir.cluded between the stars Mu Ursae
? Mnloris, 40 Lyncis. and Delta and Alpha
i Leohis. If the meteors occur but seldom,
1 one everv ilve roiiiut.., for instancel the
: time and* class of each meteor should be
' recorded. Also".note the time during which
I the sky was watched and no meteors seen.
| and the t me during which that poriion of
j the sky was obscured by clouds. Eassing
I clouds or haze, during the time of obser
j vation. should also be recorded. The date
should be the astror.omical day, begln
j nlhg at noon: that. is, the date of early
? morning observations should be that of
Uie precedlng evening. Specify what time
ls used. as Greeuwivh. Standard or Local
time. When a meteor bursts. make a soc
i ond observatlon of its light and color, and,
j when it leaves *a trail, record the motion
I of the latter by charting the neigliborlng
stars. and sketching its posit on among
them at short ir.terval.*.. until lt appear...
rntimr the time of each o'.-ervation. If
Uie path of the meteor is surely curved,
record i: carefully upon lhe map."
CR.EATEST' CARE.
"Photographs may be taken, first. by
leaving the camera at rest, when the
linages of the stars w'H trail over the plate
and appehr as lines; or. secondly, attach
lng the camera to au equatorial tele
scopr> movi-d by elockwork. when a chart
of tho sky wili b<* formci, in which the
stars will anpear as points. A rapid-recii
llneflr jens is ;o be prc-ferred In tho first
~->=e. a w de-ansle li*-"*- ln the second.
The full aperture should be us'ed, and as
lar__.p a plate as can be eovered. The
most rapi^l plates are best for this work:
they should be changed once an hour, and
the .-xact times of starting and stopping
record-_. Care should be taken to stlffen
the camera by braee.-*. so that the focus
will not be chon-ted when the Insrrument
ls polnted to cifferent portioas of the sky.
espeelally lf the lens is heavy. If the
first rnethod is employed the position of
the camera should "_e changed after each
plate, so as to incluue as much as possible
of the re<;ion of the map on each photo
grapa. lf polnted a little soutfi-east of
Epsilon Leonis, the radiant will reach the j
centro of the field about the m'ddle of tho j
exposure. A watch of the region should
also be kept. and the exact tiaie of appear
anee and paih of each meteor as bright
as the Pole Siar should be recorded. The
plates . hould be numbered on the film
r.'de whh a-pencil. and should be sent to
this Observatory witl*. accomuanying notes j
n-i.i otlier o'o?er\-at!ons. After measure- j
ment here they will be returned lf deslred. I
The value of the results will be much j
?t.^-^.-.-o.,* ;f sim'lnr nhot'>'?'**ri--"i'* cn he j
obtained by a second.camera from ten to t
forty miles dlstanti and preferably nordi j
or south of the other."
Amat.eur observers intc-re-ited iii watch- i
ing the meteors may find the constellation
of the Lion readiiy by taking the Great i
Dlptvr as a start ing point. It will be re
memb. red that the two outs'de stars of |
.?n_ >.-.?.. -,- ?>,?. _.__..-.-? ?__,?,?-! fo- -o'*.<- J
ers to the Pole Star. Take the other two I
ftari of the bow as po nt?rs, in thp o*v i
ri-?"_e dire^tion. Ull a large first ma*rni- {
-nd-- star ls reaqhed. about ten times ihe j
fl'sar.ee between the two no nters. Th'c
?-Tar will be fru-nd to be at the enci of th- J
harpil'. of a r'tth'-ir c'os. renre****ntat!on of i
a s*'ck1e. wh'rti is f**e ir-Ast obr-ious plcto
?*'_! character nf t_"*.. Th". radiant of th"
-"etpo-s ls a ''ttle n<-rth of the centre of I
?h-> Flckle. The paths of th- meteor'
W.H a-in-ar _hor."r as one aporoai-he*- the
??d -nt. thof-ft cio*- to th. no'-it b^in
"ttle more tli.n flashf-s of li-rht Th.v
*"?*?--. nro-ress-iwiv lcn^iipn. ti'l meteor"
hslf the a-*c of ihe v'. b!e sky awav will
aimost ppp-'-i*"??-? th- heivens. . i!
ThaiiU Tl.em All.
Thfi Lady Board of Managers of the
H0rh'B0p-_h'c FSroe Dlspensary w:sh to
thank their many friends wSio so gener
-.>ui>!y beSped lo mako tho rece'ht "Kum
mage Salo" lhe success lt was.
Or..-fourlh of the laboring population \
i-f Colorado is said to belong to labor i
.rganizations. The State Federat-on of .
Labor ciaims that Colorado ls the best -I
orgai__e_ St-'tati-p in the Union.
There is no way to make
?windows and m.rrors look so
clear as they will after Having
been deaued with Bon Ami.
No ffluss, -dnst, or scratcliing.
[RAPID TRANSIT
FOR LOINDON TOWN
Her Historic Old Fublic Conveyances
are to be Repbced by Up-io
Date American "L" Roads.
At laat London has a rapld transit with
all of the advantagcs of tlie famous New
S'ork, Chicago. Brooklyn aud Bbstbh .elc
vated railways; and what ::- best of all,
a means of quicli trahsnortatloh which
is to be under the control of American
unahclcrs. Until the present year, Lon
donors have shown no desire wnatever,
to sectire tho boon of rapid transporta
tion which' is c-njoyed by thousands of
American towns, and have looked upon
all prorjosition-3 for such an lnnovatipn
with as much suspieion as John China
man regards tho doctrines of Christiyity.
Four miles an hour by 'bus or seVw or
clght by the mlserable underground rail?
road have been the height oi the London
business maa's speed, and to this condi?
tion are. attributed many other evils be
sides that of slow transpbrtation. chie-f
of which is the sluru iife of the great
city.
But now the ch3ngo hat; come. In
two short months this -'Tuppenhy Tube"
has broken down the prejudices of gen
erations. Tho Central London Railway,
to give it its proper designation, has been
I'-a popular and financial success from tiie
start- Tt has carried an average of
about 100,000 passengers daliy since it was
i opened two months ago. lt is only six
i miles long, running east and west from
j the Bank of Enjriand to Sheplierd's Bush,
Just boyond the eonfines or' Kerisingtbn.
j It does little or nothing toward the solu
j tion of the overcrowding probiem, for li
i opens no new residential territory -avail
| able for artisans and others of small
j means. It has simply absorbed most of
j the travel from one of the main arterles
I of London which formerly used the slow
j and lumberlng 'bu?.
SEVEnAL INNOYATIONS.
j Tho '"Tuppenny Tube" has, however.
j introduced successfully several important
j Innovaticns, which point directly to the
j successful soluiion of the rapid transit
I probl?m in the near future. It has abol
i ished compartments and classes, intro
! duced a unifonu fare of two pence (four
j cents) for any dlstance, and accelerated
I speed1 to a point within reasonable scopo
| of the term rapid transit.
lt w-*s considercd a rash and doubtful
! experiment to providc only one class of
! aceommodation for aris'tocratic and cos
; tcrm'onglng London. The directc-rs have
| found no reason thus far for making any
i change. All London, they say, rides ln {
; omibuses when it cannot afford cabs; I
? why not do tho same bi a railway car- I
; riage, where each passenger has more !
; rocm than in a 'bus?
{ Tha trains are pract oally identical with !
; thoso on the American elevated roads, I
i excepe that they are drawn by electric {
I motors. v.li'ch are mur-h heavier fforty j
! tons each). than riecesFary. and there- J
I fore more expehsive than need be. Ha,f j
! of the cars are "stnokers." Thit is a j
! concessloh which no Englishmah will be .
i deprlved of .-vcn during a five-mlnute j
J r de.
There is lhis to be said, howevor, on be- *
i half of the E-nglUlinian and his pipe or j
| cigar?he is a cieari smoker. An English :
J smoking carriage ls as clean as any other I
j after a journey, except perhaps for some f
| dry cigar or cigarette ashes on the iloor. ;
j In other words, tho Engi shman doesu't .
I snit
The most important reform which tne I
Tuppenny Tube is introduclng is that It i
Is teachlhg the Londoner io "step live- '
ly." Not that he is inv t-'d to bestir him- |
solf ln the curt language of an Anierl- l
can gatoman. It is. "Ail out, please," J
or "Please move up."
But London is learnlng its needful les- j
son much moro willingly and graclously '
A FF ATITRE OF LOXDOX TRAXSPORTATIOX THAT LOOKS VERY FA
" MILLVR TO AMERICAXS WHO VISIT THE GREAT CITY.
than it was expected would be tha case.
There is still much to be ga ned. The train
now stops at sta-Ons fu.ly twice as long
as in America., but oven this ls more th_.n
a 50 per cont. improvem'ent over the oid
underground.
A GOOD WOI-K
Th-S missionary work waich the Tup
pennv Tub_ is do.ng in London w il spe_?i
.ly bear frui_. Already: lt has lhtensified
?he poou'.ar disgust toward Uie old un?
derground to tho point of intoleranc..
The management of the old conc_rn is
____oi_nUy arouse. from Its lethargy to
"exper ment" soiemnly with electr.c trac?
tion on a half mile of its line. When It
got a train actually to run a few weeks
ago. it invited th"-- r*?b Ic to come and see
and test the wenderful novelty at a sbil
ling a r.dd The managers were pr.uao.y
very much grieved and aston.shed Uiat
no'oodv came.
The feature of the Tupoennv Tube wfreh
makes the average B-it'sher a little
uneasv and apprehehslvc is that it ls a.l
American. except the tube ltself and the
mqn.v which built and equipped .t- Injured
pride'is the basis of this feeling. but Eng?
land ls fast reconcilihg herself to tho fact
that most things eleciric must come from
America.
On lhe other .hand; there has been some
surpr se but no resentment at the an
? aouncement made that Mr. Charles T.
Yerltes. the grc-atost of American masters
of rapid transit problems, had bought the
eharter of another pros nective. electric
und rground line. which will pierce
London north and sout ? in a mor. corr
prehenslve manner than ihe present
Tuppennv Tubes does east and wtst.
The new indeed has cay-ed great
public satlsfaction, for Londoners see
in lt proof -ihat 11 ie rn*>d ."??*--? t aroM-tn
of the metropolis ls ___-vable upon sound
commercal lines. Xobqdy belleves ihat _
-hrewd ...... rt judge nf th_> ?*!tuatIon wouid
invest __^_0f.-0_ or $_.,000.00(J In a new un
dertaklng of this nature, onloss he had
good reason to believe tbe investment
would prove a sound one.
UNDER' AMIJRIGAX COXTROL.
In' buying this franchise for an un
dergrouna electric road. Mr. Yerkes is
develophig what he regaFds as only the
second best plan for the d.velopment of
London by means of rap=d transit. The
i true _olutioii of tiie problem, he. belleves.
m
m
T.te? t?e Fail of ?&e Fear
is full upon us, and calcu-'-ttcd to brace up the physical man, it is in order to besttr one's self and hust
rofittible enjoyment. Iu this comiectiou noihing would bring to a household more genuine dclight th.
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around for exercise and profitabicr ei.joj --- ~ - - ~s ? * ? y~ ? - s-?me aciig
twp-fold ??f|igi*S5lSn^ THE CABLE COMPANY WAREROOMS, 213 East Broad Street, where you cannot fetl to see
F
?3 - and hear everviuiug
? the
"7'"!" " { hnstle arouud to THh, UAbL-r, uu^
leafeveT^S i# the music line de irable, viz,
The Cotiover, Kingsbmry, Cable, Schuberi,
Wellin^toa Pianos and Chicago Cottage Qrgans,
&
r- d-inbility, workmanship, and general excellence. Wc have on file testinioiiials frcm the best
ated the wpriu ., ??/^ ?md sclloois cf high grade.
^"'Kly!lseein- h beiieviug, The experieace of onr many enstomers
celebrated the wor
music
SECOXDIA7
is the universal verdict that
gives iu everv instauce the very
best for your money. Terms to suit the most fastidious, the richest, the poorest.
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1'es in the Introduction of surface electric
lin s throughout the metropohs, ac
cording to the general plan wnich he mado
euch an enormous success of in Cn:cago.
But Mr. Yerkes knows that any attempt
to secure public consent to the lntrcduc
tion of such a radicai lnnovation in Lon?
don is:hopc'ess at the present day, and
he bows to the inevltable.
The charter which Mr. Yerkes has pur
chased requtres the completion ot the lmc
with'n the next two years. If the con
structibn was in the hands of American
merchanics this could easily b_ aecom
pllshed, but as the Br t:sh workman is
1 main factor in the matter it may prove
necessary to secure a sllght ex:er_sion
of time.
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A Snns"( at Les l.boiil?*inr'nts_
Broad shadows .fall. On the mountain
side
The scythe-swept Selds are sllent. Slow.y
home
By th. long beach the high-piled bay-carts
come,
Splashlng the paie salt shallows. Ovc-r
wide
Fawn-colored wastes of raud, the slipping
tlde.
Round the dun rocks and wattied fisherles,
Creeps mtirmuring in. And now by twos
and tiirec-s,
O'er the slow spr?*ad_ng poois with clamor
ous chide.
Belated crowB fiom strlp to strip take
Hight.
Soon will the flr.it star shlne; yet ere the
nl_ht
Reach onward to the pa'e-green distances.
The sun's last sbaft beyond tha gray sea
fioor
Still dreams upon the Kamouraska shore,
And the long line of golden villag*:s.
?Arehl'oald Lapham.
Tho Adirih'uP-i Illness.
If lt Is true. as Lieutenant Hobron intl
matcd the other. day in a speech at Sel
ma, Ala., that Uie recent illness of Ad?
miral Sampson Is due to his sense of hi.
couhtfymen's neglect, it is a very sai
fact, and all the more so because then
ls so faint a prospect of putting hlai ln
! any better case. What the Administration
j __uld do for him in the way of commen
I d-ition has been done. What ihe navy
j could do has been done. What Congr__s
! v.'-ouldn't do can't be done until Congress
i coes it, and wher that w'.H be no repu
table fcrecaster would venture to pred ct.
~z would serro to *h_ casua". observer more
reasonab e that Adm!ra! Sarapson's splrits
should be low because h_ is out of health
! than that he should be out of hea'.th ba
| cause he has bsen neglected. His profes
* sional "orethren rate him as first among
living rr.en 0f their ca'.ling. It has ba-n
imposs'ble to secure for him all the offl
c al recognttion to wh'ch his services were
entitled. That is vasUy to be regretted.
but it seems as if the msns slbi conscla
recti. and the sympathy bf aimost all of
his follows who" are competent to judge.
cught lo affnrd him a sufficicnt support
for .very d'.-\-i-*.p-.nt-nent-?E. S. Maryn,
n Harper's Weekly.
The Kii.d I-._th.-r !".<*'*_ tn lW._k?=_
Said a. young and tactless husband
To his intxperlenced wife:
"If you should give up leadlng
Such a fashionab'.e li'e,
'l And devote more time to cooking?
How to rnix and wheri to bake?
Then perhaps you might make pastry
Such as mother ured to make."
And ihe wife. resenimg. answ^red
? For the worm wil! turn you know): j
"If you would give up horses
And a sccre of clubs or so.
To devote more tini. '? busines**
Wh n to buv and what to srake?.
Th?n perhaps you might make money
Such as father used to m~ke.
?Boston JournaL
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lf- iv:l--l '?'" Al''?"?'?
Xeille-Grncv.us! How do you manage
to kn:t so much ln so short a time. ,
Xnett ?Every fme I do ron rows I
g've my..e'f n choco.ate cream.?From thc
Chicago Tribur*.
Iirpait'i'l.
Street Corner Pollileian-3ut say. my
friend. haven-t you any political convlc
Uon? . ?
, Businessilko Young Xah^*.**- lm
sellln' squawke-s.?Chicaso Trioan-.
NEW CITIZENS ]
FORPCLESAM!
j
?
Someth'ng About NevvYork's Famous
Ellis Island and the Immigrarils
Who Land There
By Constance Merrifield
I had always thoutght tiiat lt was the j
easieit th.ng* in che worid for a foie'cgner j
to come over here and get a fingor in our
p;e, but I found ouit. the other day after j
a visit-to tha famous imm.grant ia.nd.ng |
in New Vork haroor that it wasn't. Of j
course, I lu-d a geiirral idea t'a'at peopie
com.ng from tlie other side had to go
throurgh some sort of form or another ia j
order to be adlowed to .and?xmmrgrants, 1 j
mean?but as t3 just what it was l. iike a j
good many other peopie, was woeful.y in j
the (larlc. j
lt iva.-n't idle curioalty oa my part that
inspirud the invesi.j-aUon, either, l can |
asoure you, for 1 wen-r, to the ptaee at the i
s-pecul command of my tuanaging edltor, j
who teieg-j at-hed me to wr.te up this ,
un.que fcajture of Gotham especia-iy for j
the readers of this newspaper. Noiicng }
| my sjt-raaga appearance ar.d the look of j
nquiry upofi my counteniance one of tlie J
men at the Barge Office stopped me to |
ask my missioni and iin:i:ng it out, sug- j
gested that I get passage for the boat
which riins between the Barge Office ar.d
Ellis Island.
A DIFFICUL.T TASK. i
As thero wasnTt . anybody around the j
Barge Ollice whom 1 knew. I cidn't know j
exactly how I was -joing to get across i
to the island until I happened to th nk j
that l'd make a try at ihe gateman who
takes up tlie tickets and passes at tho
entrarice of the Ellis Island Soat-dock. I
So i just put cn my mosr. business-like j
expression, but feeling just about na you j
would if you were t'rylng to tS? b>" tne
d'oorkeeper of a theatre without a ticket,
and marciied boldly down the doek, look
ing neither to the r ght nor left.
-Tickets, please," came charply from
the man in uniform as I hurried by the
iittle signal box in which he sat.
"Newspaper.. repor.ter.'.' I said briskly
over my shoulder, ar.d while the man
Dtood staring .after me w th a sort of how
did-I-know-that expression on his face. j
3 rushed .on down the doek and walked
aboard the little steamer wheh was just
about to start on its 1 o'ciock tri;>.
I Taking a beat on the bench outstde the ]
I cabin labelled "I-"or Ladies," I began to
j take an ihventpry of my fellow-passen- i
| gers, who seemedi to mo :o belong to |
! about every national.ty under tire sun.
i Most of them were fairly well dressed, j
and where there was more than two in a j
party they sat in little groups around the I
decks and'ehatted volubly in tha lauguages {
oi their various countries.
THE EXAAIIN'ATION.
From a deckhand I learned tliat they |
v.Tere the friends of l'oreigr.ers who were j
undargolng examinatlon on Ell s Island, j
and that they were going over to join J
them and come back with them when they j
had been duly released from the super- j
vlsion of the Federal autuorities. j
Sitting near me on the bench I noticed j
a buxom young woman, with a well- {
tanncd face and a clear, brght complex
ion, who seemed to oc in trouble about
something.
After one or two glances at me, as
though she would like to speak to me,
all of v.hich I answered in the most en
couraging way I could, she slld herself
aiong by my side, and holding out a
printed slip for my tnspectlon, asked me
to please tell her if thore was anythins
on the paper calling for the payment of
charges. She spoke in a pleasant, well
modulated voice, and with an acceni
which was so full of br-r-rs that I took
:t for erranted that the higliiands o:
Seotland were her native hills.
The siip turned out to be a receipt from
a transfer company for two pieces of
baggxge. but tha only reference to money
that I could find wa^ that which declared
that tho company wouldi not be responsl
?ble for more th .n $tO damages to any one
piece un!t-ss tho value had been orevionsi>
declared by the owner. When I had en
1 shtererl h=r ti tfils effeet the girl weti
<*>n to tell me that the two piece*- of bag
gago referred to were a bundle and ?
valis-r. fcoth of which she was perfect!.1
ahU to carry without a.hybody's aid, and
shs lookec it.
A ZEALOTJS AGSNT.
"Now they want me to pay thirty-five
cer.ts apiece for th?m." said the" eirl.
plaintlve'y, "ar.d Heaven kr.ows I .haven';
the money to spare. Why didn't they tell
me on the vesse! that there were charges"
"A man took them from me. and gave
me this little piece of brass, saying no: to
lose ll. and then I was put aboard the
boat and taken to the island, without ever
seeing them again."
The transfer company's agent at the
steamer had evidently been over-zealous
ln his employers* Interests iu not explain
Ing -o the girl that If her thlngs were
checked they would be charged for.
She had passed her fe.tarr.inaiion prompt
!y ;.z Eiiis Island, she s-iid, and had that
morning come over to the bagg-ige-room
a: the Barg.? Orllce and clalrned her bag?
gage, as she had heen instructed to do,
but rather than pay the?to 'mr?large
, sum of seventy cents without a protest.
she was on her way back to the island.
with the rather vague idea of presenting
the case to ?\me one in au-.horlty.
Now. if there \% anything I am fond.
-ar. of than another it is to right the
wronrrs oi t>?ap r c,-h(> ;i-t-- noo** au i vv ! -
out Influonce.so I ln-tantly arrayed rny
Self oii the sid of th-- in-fWi-rant girl.
F5AR NOTHING/.
By this t'm-? w* w^re at th** ipla^d,
and as we dlsambarked I told' the girl, (
?who was prcfuse In her thanks, to "fol- !
low me and f ar nothlig." i
Down a long piatform divided by a. !
high p'eket fence we walked. undl we
Tached the.main building. wh'ch occu
P'es, I should say, at Ieast an acre of
Sround,. Surroundlng it w-re a number
T Grand Opening
AT
The GRAIG ART GO.
THIS WE?K_
Sr-tClAL DISPIAY Of . . . .
Imported Gold Frames, Water Colors and
Art Novelties.
* Fr?______ BXHIBITION
in the Gem'Room, which is a marvel of beauty and surpa_-ing anything ever
__en here.
ISN'T IT TI1*
for you to consider incre.i n the amount
of your life insuranee? li__t_ $1,000 or
$2,000, or even $?}>
000 that you have
carried does not now
afford your family
sufficient protection.
Ferhaps it should be
! doubled. Suppose
you consultThe Pru
dential reo-ardinorthe
j matter.
\ "Write for Particulars.
R .
] Kome Office. T|
\ f.ewark. N.J. 11
1 nUULiiliAL
Insuranee Co.
of America.
JOHN F. DRVDEN.Presidtnt.
_S____ilC15:_FO-RI_> <?5 WX_J_-JVI_e_R.
General Agents.
PELHAM BLACKFORD. =* ARTHUR P, WTLMER.
:03 E.Main Street, ftichmond. Va.
Agents Wanted rhrouqhout Virginia.
of smalter buildings and office--*:, all built
pretxi.y, anu o_uii;>|prd __ re_taurani_
offices nnd homcs for tho officlals and
employes.
I tr-ed my best to settle my fair pro
tego's entanglt-ment with the exnr ? sman
but he was ubdurat. ancl demanded lhe
?money.
F.a.nly there was nothing- more to be
cione. and while I was exce.dingly sor
ry tor the girl, I was obl ge.i to advise
her to so back to the baggage offic. nn..l
pay the.-n what they demand ed.
Just beyond the iron door there wer.*?
two big wooden doors "*tand_ng sllghtly
ajar, and so. by peeklns* through tbe
crack, I could see that there was no one
on guard. I pushed them open sl'ghtly
and quietly stepped Into a large room
which led Into anot'ner room. which ln
turn led into a hall. After stopp ng a
moment tr> look around I was approachod
by a guarj who questlone. mo coaceru
ing my mission there. Finding tha: it
was no more or less than an eff .rt to nnd
my way back to tho boat. Ije escorted me
to the ri?h- path. ar.d I stroJe boldly
down to the ?*tea*re_ without anyone's
.uspecting my Idemity.
Pculs z >?? if thf C i?f dei-;i-*y.
Or.-> o*" rhe rno**+ fl-tfi-^uf*-.-*-! v'.-'ro
ro the r^nrilon in 'Lou'sville recent'y was
Geo. Julian Zo'nay, tha famous "Scuip
KII'RW.'O- '-i . Y TKIIS
Klrkwood's lunches have grown _arn
ous all over V rsin a for their exceilence.
and now the Kirkwcod places will becoma
famous for the noveliy they Introduca
ln furnishing the real thing in the way
of Bhie Point Oysters at one cont each
on the half shell. These oysters are sbipped
direct from Long Island, and are served
nt one cent each at Klrkwood's. **a_i over
town."
AS ,\ ?-l--Il TONIC
and builder-up or tbe system. Gladstona
??t.riUz.d Kxtract Malt can't be surpass
_d. Try a dozen at only JI.50. We a-s-:.
-rivite vou to call on or send _<*? ua
when in want of anything ln the drujr.
or medicine iine. Han-.ir.g as we do
larg_ quaatiUea of medicine-, our stoc*.
?_. alwavs fresh and stood.
OWENS & MINOR DKUG CO..
Opposito i'ostoihce
5.AP11ST fi__N--K ?ii ASsOClATIOX,
Rrisio!, Xov. 15th. Gr-.t'T I-o-lnc-d
IJaitcs 011 N?*r*_ k ainl Wcsti-rii lt __
Tickets will be sold November 13th, 1??_
ahd 13th. with -inal lini t Xovember^Zist.
l-'or full ihforflatteW *?M%"n?*l
Wagner, City Passenser and ?ej??J*W
<a_ East Main Street. or to C. H. Bo.lej,
District Passenger Agent,
Al-T.
Grand opening this week at tha Craig
Art Company. Fre. e-Thibi:ion to the
Gem Room.
| tor of tho Confederacy." He was the guesl
j of th>i R.o I-;. Gravea Cam ?. of Owen -
: mander. Mr. Zolnay caa just - - -
Owen?boro insneeung ch<
i C'Ufederate monum-. C ? b
i for that place.
Mr. Zolnay has pnl Into en-luring mar
j ble many of the heroes ii th i Conii lieracy,
j as well .-ls the h- -??? . ?'- '?"? '?'"
ii ir . r ... :..
! at Richmond. and he also made the fam
i ons Wnnle Davis memorial here.
The work whicti brought him Into na
; tional promlnence aras his superb bnst
! of Sam Davis. one of the i '??-- ?- the
i Cohfedfracy. He also made the bust ot
Hon. Charles D. Jaeob. wl ? '- "
! Cave H5IL Tho Davis : ??- 'wr, ?'
i Uie Xashv'lle Expo**1! ion.
Mr. Zolnay Ia deltghted to -?? ?? * tl
1 survivors ot the army <?-'-.-? - es he
ha** rer.rodu^ed *o wf-il. Ii-. :.- stUJ ' '? -
and ha-s a great future.
-,.-.-,-?1 .-.-' Pjv> tr,-.''.*, != ;>. tjja |Tn --.-..-"-v oC
Vtnr'nfa. He ls :n the front rank ot
llving scuipiors. and he- ?ays that be w'l
I Q.^r.??/Tp-o~v T-> h? f"""-" fh-? *"??r'->r-"ir
of the Confederacy is to him a raro and:
hlzh ccmpL'mcnt
P- fi' b f o I ps-*if'n.
! Ed'tor ot The Tmes:
Sir.-Tc-.--r editorial tftis mor-rtlns '.- both
Instructlve and ro rhe ?:??*. '. e.. *> the
very heart. ???' T h->rie i~.~: l~asi I 1,1: eur
our thrdats, rm: give u.-s the best m?n v,
tbe rs-'nt k'r.d of pr'n :':>'es ar.d :hc U
wiH siid; the other, was*.
OLD DESIOCRAJJ
Two Vptr-rnns.
"Yes. It's true." boas&rd Coionel Br.ig-r,
"I'vo b^en in ir.num.Ta'.>:-; er.;a-,-?-.::--.?
and yet I r.-:vcr io.-: rr-y h^od."
*'And f've been ln hundreds of thenr."
replied th>- surnm r girl, "and never lo t
my h-'-art."?Philadelphi 1 Pj .-.-.
Progre^nlTe WHetie-ry.
Wiich No. 1?It serves her right
vVitch No. 3?Serves who right?
Witc-h No. 1?Th-- WItcb or" En.Ior. She
dlsearded her broom for an auiomobl'e
last night, and wai stranded ten miU:^
from homt-.-Baltimore American.
Drcr-rnf-Yf, Ilut Cnbu*fM*f*?lUte?
?That young woman wattts & pla? in
this office."
"What can she do?"
"She says she can make Iovely chocolate
creams and Batteaberg lace."?^ndlanapo
lis Journal.
