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v, 1^ fA& WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31, IT :i WHAT .STARS LOOK idlKE III FEBRUARY juplter wlTf be Evening Star of This rj short Month, With Venua and a'' Mercury as Morning 5f •. jpapv .-. planets. V] ^HV'v WHAT IS MILKT WAY? Many Theories Concerning This Band of Stars, Which Is Another •••%••$ of Month's Sky •\V4?'-£ Features. Writing of the stars in February, C. S. Brainin, of the Columbia uni versity staff says: Jupiter is the 0f evening star this month, and he glows with undimin ished brightness, but he is noticeably nearer the horizon at 9 clock than he was a month ago. By 11 clock he sinks well down into the mists along the horizon and out of sight for most us Saturn is climbing on toward the meridian Justabout this Bame time end the view spread out before us is not to be surpassed. Castor, Pollux and Saturn ate nearly in a straight line in the order named, from the north. Saturn, Proclon and Sirius make another straight line, and Just to the west is the grandest of the con Bteilations, Orion. To see this army rise in the east or to see it spread across the southern sky, as we can this month, is to see the best the star rv heavens can command. The morning sky is also of interest this month for both Venus and Mer cury are visible as morning stars. The latter has his greatest westerly elon gation, or angular distance irom the sun, on the 11th, and on that date, as well as on several nights preceding and following, can be observed just before sunrise. These two planets will be found quite close to each oth er.. New Constellations. This month's map shows all of the costellatibn of the Lion, Leo. In addi tion to possessing the first magnitude Btar Regulus, the star Denebola and the stars which form the Sickle. Leo has a peculiar prominence in the order systems of astronomy, because the Sun was in this constellation at the time of the summer solstice, or mid summer several thousand years ago, at about the time of tha first scien tific and systematic study of the sky. At the present time the solstical point Is in the constellation of the Twins, near the mid-point of a straight line drawn from Pollux to Aidebaran In. Taurus. Denebola, next to Regulus, the brightest star in Leo. is in the eastern end of the group and marks the lion's tail. From the way the older astron omers speak of this star, it appears that Denebola must have been marked ly brighter than at present. Just to the north of Regulus is a bright star which is Gamma Leonis, a famous double, which can be easily resolved by a small telescope Into two compo nents of different colors. The Milky Way. The Milky Way now stretches through the zenith in a direction al most north and south, and along its path are found many of the most im portant constellations and stars. Those who live away from the dust and glare of the large city can trace Its path and recognize Cepheus and Cassiopeia to the northward next, Perseus with the remarkable variable Btar Algol almost in the senith is the constellation of Auriga, the Charioteer, with the white star Capella to mark it then, Gemini, the Heavenly Twins and Taurus, Orion, the two Dog groups, and away Into the southern horizon is Argo Navis, the Ship. But it is not alone for the impor. tant constellations found along its path that the Milky Way, or Galaxy, MOTHER SAID THY IT E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound Cured Mrs. Copner after Doctor's Failed. Cincinnati, Ohio.— "I want you to taow the good Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has done for me. I was in such bad health from fe male troubles that I could hardly get off my bed. I bad been doctoring for along time ana my mother said, 'I want you to try Lydia EL Pinkham table Compound. So I did, and ithascer- A Uinly made me a well woman. I am •Die to do my house work and am so **ppy as I never expected to go around we way I do again, and I want others to know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound has for me." 7»«. JOSIE COPNER,done 1668 Harrison Ave., Fairmount, Cincinnati, Ohio. No woman suffering from any form of •v"1? troubles should lose hope until •.£1 given Lvdia E. Pinkhams Vege- Sr. Compound a fair trial. ""a famous remedy, the medidna. •®8r«fcenta of which are derived from ~®'ce wots and herbs, has for forty proved to be a most valuable tonio I mvigorator of the female organism. Is important, for the Milky Way it self has been the subject of much study and scientific Investigation. In general, we may say that the Milky Way is composed of millions of otars, of the fainter magnitudes apparently, but not necessarily of little intrinsic or absolute magnitude, for tliefr distance Is very great. The number of them has never been esti mated. In some parts there are veritable star clouds, composed of separate stars, yet so densely packed as to give the appearance of a nebula almost. There are a few spots right in the region of the Galaxy wnich are almost entirely devoid of stars, while around them the stars are as thick as anywhere. These have been popularlyt termed "coal sacks,' and lately a new theory has been ad vanced to explain the curious la-.'i of stars in those spots. Certain photo graphs of these places showed a re markable likeness to the photographs of Bome nebulas, and the thought was advanced that between us ani the Milky Way were situated "di k" nebulas, which cast no light of their own and cut off the light which the ctars of the Milky Way would have sent us. This is still but a conjec ture and needs to be demonstrate further, but it is welcome as an at tempt to explain what was inexplic able before. Theory of Star Band. Still another theoretical concept'on is connected with the Milky V/u and this bears upon the construction of the universe. The Milky Way stretches in a great circle comple-clv around the heavens, though, natural ly. from one place we Bee only part of the entire ring. Suppose, now, all tho stars which form our unive.-vj v.-fie gathered into a flattened jp'ce shaped like a book, a millstone or any other three dimensional solid which has one dimension, or side, very much smaller than the other two. Let us assume, further, that the stars are pretty evenly scattered throughout the flattened piece of space,'and that we ourselves are on Mother Earth not far from the cen ter of all this great profusion of stars. If we look in any direction into the sky we shall see all tho stars that are in that direction from us the more stars there are the denser they will appear to be placod. When we look in the direction of tbo larger measurements or dimensions of our book-like space we shall look at many stars, and they will appear to be very thickly placod when, however, we look in the direction of the- smallest dimension we ar |.*k iiig into a space which is populated with stars only for a short distance, and they will appear much fewer. That may be exactly the case with "the Milky Way its great circle pos sibly determined a plane in specs near which most of the stars live. HAMILTON MAN PASSES AWAY C- E- Dorms 11 of Hamilton, Died at Quincy—Son Is Living Here. C. E Dormall, a former resident of Hamilton, 111., died at 11 o'clock- Mon day evening at the home of Mrs. Maria Haynes of 212 Spring street, with whom he boarded, says the Quincy Herald. Death resulted from the in firmities of old age after he had fail ed steadily for the past month. Mr. Dormall was born In Kentucky and was eighty-nine years- of age at his death. He was a plasterer by trade and came here from Hamilton three years ago. The remains will be taken to Hamilton for burial. He is survived by two sons, Louis Dormall of Keokuk, and Walter Dor mall of Arizona, and one daughter, Mrs. James Morrison, of Hamilton, 111. He also leaves several grand children. PFANSCHMIDT NOT IN ARMY Army and Navy Journal Denies That Quincy Man Has Enlisted to Escape Prosecution. Referring to a report that Ray Pfan schmidt, the defendant in the notor ious Quincy murder trial, had enlisted tn the United States army, the Army and Navy Journal of January 27 has the following: In the Army and Navy Journal for January 6, page 604, we told the story of a man named Ray Pfanschmidt who on the promise that ha would "join the army," was released by the court officials of Wichita, Kans., from a jail sentence on the charge of steal ing automobiles. Considerable pub licity was given to this tale through out the west and south-west, In the pa pers of which section of the country it was stated that Pfanschmidt had en listed In the army. We take great pleasure In announcing that Pfan schmidt is not serving in the army, and that a man answering his de scription applied for enlistment at the local recruiting station in Wichita and was refused as a recruit. Capt. Robert John West, U. S. A., who is in charge of the recruiting station at Wichita, made an investigation of the •r-:W' CHILDREN HATE rS PILLS, CALOMEL AND MR OIL IF CROSS, FEVERISH, CONSTI PATED, GIVE "CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS." Look back at your childhood days. Remember the "dose" mother insist ed on—castor oil, calomel, cathartic i. How you hated them, how you fought against taking them. With our ch'idr-m it'« different. Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don't realize what they do. The children's revolt is well founded. Their tender little "insides" are injured by them. If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only aell cious "California Syrup of Figs." Its action is positive, but gentle. Mil lions or mothers keep this harmless "fruit laxaUve" bandy they know children love to take it that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach, and that a teaspoonful given today saveB a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown ups plainly in each bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. See that it is made by "California Fig Syrup Company.*' Refuse any other kind with contempt. case and not-only discovered these facts, but also has notified the adjut ant general as to the Pfanschmidt in cident. Captain West also was en deavoring to obtain Pfanschmidt's pic ture, and Bertillion measurements from the police for distribution among recruiting stations. Tn an editorial comment on the action of the prose cuting authorities in this case the Wichita Beacon says: "It can be no less than disheartening fdr those who have spent so many years trying to enlighten the public to the elevated standard of military requirements to know their campaign has fallen so short—to learn that even public of ficials are as yet unaware that no ac cused person can veer his country's uniform." LECTURE AT SHARON CHURCH Prof. Macy Campbell of Cedar Falls Will Speak Friday on Con aolldated Schools. Prof. Macy Campbell of Cedar Fu'ls will speak Friday, February 2, at the Shaion consolidated school. At 10 a. m., he will give a stereoptl con lecture entitled, "We Have Seen, Therefore We Believe." (THE DAITjT OATT? GATE Many new slides nave been prepared for the lecture and will prove Interest ing to all. At the noon hour the ladies of the church will serve luncheon. At 1:30 o'clock a round table dis cussion will be held and those In charge are hoping that' this meeting w'll prove very beneficial after a free exchange of viewpoints. Everyone interested is urged to at tend the meeting. NOT TO HURRY LAW MAKING March 10 Is Date Set for Introducing Measures Into State Legislature. Efforts to speed up the work of the senate of the Iowa legislature fai'ed. The rules committee recommenda tion that no appropriation bill 3 bo Introduced except, by the appropria tions committee after February 15, instead of March 1 as was the rule two years ago, was defeated and the date therefor prevailing was upheld. All appropration bills for state edu cational or board of control institu tions must be introduced not lator than March 1 as was the case two ytars ago. The committee further sought to amend the rule of two years ago {which provided that no bills snould be introduced after March 15 exceot committee bills by changing the date In March 1. The senate after debate fixed this date as March 10. "This matter of making laws is serious business and it requires a reasonable amount of time," de clared Senator Balkema in opposing proposed changes. Senator Le Compte of Lucas county as chairman of the commit tee on rules, said the changes were suggested wholly with a view to speeding up the work of the senate and, if possible, confining its sessions to seventy days. Alfonso of Spain owns a largd auto mobile factory near Madird. pcane From "Th« Unborn" atjthe Grand Tonljtf#. The funeral services of Mrs. Kai herine Hartman, who died a.t the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Behrens, Hi miles south of Carthage, on Fri day, January 26, was held at the Ger man Lutheran church, south of the city, at 12 o'clock m., Monday, Rev. B. Geisler officiating. Burial at the German cemetery. Mrs. (Hartman was born in Germany on July 3, 1845, being at the time of her death seventy-one yeers, six months otf age. She lived in Ger many until after her second marriage, to Jacob Hartman, be having come to America two years before the wita and lour children came to this coun try. They lived on a farm about five miles south ot -Carthage for many years, but later went to Iowa, where they had resided for the past twenty two years. .Mrs. Hartman's health fail ed, and they Bold the farm in Iowa, coming back to this vicinity Decern ber 1st, and going to make their home with' Mrs. Behrens for the winter, after which time they expected to lo cate near here. Mrs. Hartman had been confined to the house since her return, being up a port of the time, but her health had been wrecked, she being a sufferer of organic heart trouble. She was the daughter of Eilt and Gurke (Klattenberg) Hiscb en, and leaves surviving beside her husband, seven children, as follows: Mrs. Lizzie Vance, of near Bentley Mrs. Bertha Owen, of this city Mrs. Geo. Behrens, of south of the city, and Mrs. Minnie Van The funeral will be held some time Thursday, 'but the final arrangements have not as yet been made. In re the estate of James Burling, dooeas sd, Ajppralsement bill filed by W. N. MeConnick, C. M. Beuner and W. CAiRTHAGE, ILL., JAN 31 Winkle, of Can ton, 111., and Mrs. Edith Sheetz and Eld and Conrad Hartman, all of Iowa. •Harrison T. Taylor died about 10:30 a. m. Tuesday morning, while he was going south through the public park. Mr. Taylor had come down town shortly after breakfast and was go ing toward his son's hardware store on the south side of the square whea -he fell. Mr. Taylor was born September 27, 1839, in Kentucky, being at the time of his death seventy-seven years, three months of age he came to this country when quite young, and had since made his home here, having liv ed in Hancock county for many years, on a farm near Carthage. About a year at^o he moved into the city, and had (been making his home with hl3 son, Harry. He leaves surviving three sons, Samuel and Harry, of this city, and Charles of Quincy, and two brothers, C. W. Taylor, of Carthage, and EJ. Taylor, of Downey, Calif. Or. Crosby, appraisers, showing •apprais ers' estimate of value of property al lowed to Rebecca Burling, the widoar, fixed at $1,500. Total value of prop erty as aippraised, $1,698. The .petition of Dr. T. A. Wayland, was filed, asking the court to inquire into the sanity of George W. Barr, and showing that said defendant was possessed of property, and therefore asking the appointment of a conserv ator. The cause was tried by Oouniy Judge E. W. Dunham, on Thursday afternoon, before a jury, and a verdict was returned finding said Barr sane. In the estate of George -W. EBlis, de ceased, the petition of John and Walt er Bills was filed, for letters of ad ministration, which shows that do ceased died October 25, 1916, leaving no will and died seized and possess ed of personal property, consisting of money in the bank, and a mortgage on real estate, all estimated at $5,180, and left surviving the above peti tioners, and Lizzie Porter, his heirs. Letters were granted to said John Ellis, who files bond, with John Ellis and Scott Belknap, as surety, in the sum of $10,380, which is approved. In the estate of George M. Loring, deceased, the petition of Flora E. Loring was filed, for letters to issue, which shows that deceased died at K:''TT'-r haae* Hamilton, 111., October 7, 1916, leav ing no will, and left real and person al estate consisting chiefly of loO acres of land in Oklahoma, all of said personality estimated at $1,000, and left surviving said Flora E., his widow, and Emmet and Merntt Loring, and Bessie Dufry, all of Keo kuk, Iowa, and Claude Loring, of Hamilton. Letters were Issued to Thomas Wyles, as administrator, who files bond with James P. Guthrie and O. C. McCartney as surety, in the sum of $2,500, which is approved. In the estate of J'ose Ramirez, de ceased, who departed this life De cember 1, 191*, in Lee county, Iowa, a certified copy of letters of admin istration were filed In Hancock coun ty, showing the appointment ot George C. Haessig, as administrator. Inventory of the estate of Jack MoCune filed by Ma«gie MoCune, executrix, showing the follownig real estate: E% of e% of sec. 16 w% of w^4 of sec. 15, ex. 42 ac. nw. sec. 22 10 SJC. off e. si. of ne. of ne. 21-3-7. Cash on hand $16.64 notes aad ac counts $6,000. Inventory of the estate of TYed W. Pitt, deceased, filed by Anna M. Pitt, the administratrix, show? the following real estate: sw. 10, valued at ^16,000 SW. of sw. 10, valued at 8,000 Sw. of nw. 10, valued at 8,000 Se. of nw. 10, valued at 8,000 All in 6-7. Cash on hand. $1,055.8S, notes and accounts aggregating $1,050. An appraisement bill of said es tate was filed by C. J. 'Livingston, N. L. Hoctaman and iEJd C. Hancock, showing appraisers' estimate of value of property allowed to the widow, Anna M., fixed at $1,100. Total val ue of property as appraised, $4,86iG.50. In the estate of James M. Garwood, deceased. Petition of Mabel M. Garwood and Jennie Talbot, for letters to issue, which shows that deceased departed this life in Augusta, December 6, 1915, leaving no will, seized and possessed of real and personal prop erty situated in Hancock county and elsewhere, consisting chiefly of his 'homestead in Augusta, town lots in Eldrado, Ofcla., and an undivided in terest in business and residence prop erties in Plymouth, and an undivided third interest in the mercantile find garage.business of the firm of Talbot & Garwood, Plymouth, 'bank stock, moneys, etc., all of o^id personalty estimated at $27,000. Order finding the heirs to be Mary F. Garwood, widow, Mabel M. Gar wood and Jennie Talbot, his sole heirs, said Mary F. having departed this life in AAigusta, August 6, 1916. Letters were Issued to Samuel M Talbot, Jr., as administrator, who fiie3 bond In the sum of $54,000, with Ma bel M. Garwood, Jennie Talbot, Rob ert W. Miller and H. G. Metzger, as surety, which is approved. Rents are Rising. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO. Jan. 31.—Rents are fol lowing clothing, shoes, butter. e«gs and coal into the azure. Flat own ers controlling fifty thousand apart n-.ents, held a meeting and decided to raise rents ten to fifteen percent on May 1, Chicago's annual moving day. General Julian S. Carr of North Carolina, now in his seventy-second year, is engaged in writing a book of civil war reminiscences. Sfce Fooled Broadway. [United Preeg Leased Wire Service.] NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—SRe kept her promise to address the highbrow university forum ajiyhow, did Louise Sa-chen, who was dethroned as "queen of Alaska" -when "dad spilled the beans" on his way to his night watch man's Job in Kansas City last week. And did the university forum fall for it? It did. Hard. "I can't compete with these here "Kondon's" Lightens Her Housekeeping* Women who do housework must avoid the in effects of dust Many a woman has happily discovered that a tube of genuine Konaon's Catarrhal Jelly will clear ber head in a jiffy. In fact, since 1889, 20 million intelligent American housewives have used Kondon's for cold-in-head or nasal catarrh. Some druggists offer you complimentary trial cans. All druggists offer 25 cent tubes with the understanding that if the first tube does not do you a dollar's worth of good, you can get your quarter back from Kondon's Catarrhal Jelly, Minneapolis, Minn. ?v-v^.. ..r,v '. -V ''It1•••-'"*' I l\ epeech makers," said Louise, waving a large hand at the staid professors who preceded her on the program, "but I can square myself with you anyhow. "Everybody's been wtying I bun.: ed Broadway. I didn't. I Just told 'em what they liked to hear. 1 couldn't of got very far in New York as an Austrian girl, whose father •ssims This chart Illu strates the vel um* of long dis tance telephone calls at different times during the 24 hours of tha day and night. EASY TO BORROW EASY TO PAY Any amount from $6.00 to $150.00 On Household Goods, Pianos, Horses, eto. Our agent Is In Keokuk every Wednesday, and he will call. Write BURLINGTON LOAN COMPANY 84 Parsons Blk. Burlington, Iowa We loan according to the State Law 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Busy and Quiet Hours on Our Long Distance Lines The majority of our long distance lines are used but a few hours each day. During the bal ance of the time most of the lines are practically idle. Less than half as many long distance calls are made between 8 and 9 o'clock in the morn ing as between 10 and 11 o'clock. Only a third as many calls are made between 5 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon as between the hours of 2 and 3. Before 8 o'clock in the morning and after 9 o'clock at night very few calls are made. The value of long distance service depends upon getting an answer quickly. If hours or days could be spent in waiting to make a call, long distance telephone lines would be of little value to the public. We must have enough wires ready to give reasonably quick long distance service during the busiest hour of the day. Calls Cannot Be Delayed If telephone patrons would be willing to wait on long distance calls, we would be able to greatly reduce our toll line investment by hav ing fewer circuits between towns. The expense of furnishing long distance ser vice would be minimised if a telephone com pany could pile up and hold requests for calls to be "put through" during slack hours. Rapid long distance service is demanded by the public, and in order to provide it we must be prepared with a large investment in wires and equipment, although it is used but a few hours each day. I0VA TELEPHONE PAGE SEVEN- a night watchman in Kaiisas City. And I wanted to get an edm cation and be a lady. I do yet and I'm going to start as a telephone operator if I can't do .juiy. .hfitter» but l'U win." Louise was the center of dress*, suited attraction at the danoe whlclt-J followed the program. be sure to £et Next Snndays Chicago Sunday Tribune