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llioto by MolTrtt Studio, Clilcazo. NATIONAL CONVENT ON OP Temporary Organization Perfected in Republican Gathering at Chi cagoSenator Burrows Sounds Party Keynote. Chlcngo. With every atato and ter ritorial delegation in Its appointed place,' with enthusiasm nt whlto heat, with big brass bands stationed at either end of the Coliseum, with tho great building a mass or tlags and banners, tho Republican national con vention was called to order by Chair man Now on Tuesday morning. Itov. William 0. Wators of Chicago mado tho opening prayer, as follows: O, Lord," our heavenly Father, tho high and mighty ruler of the universe, Senator Burrows. who dost from thy throne behold all tho dwellers upon earth, most heartily wo beseech thoo with thy favor to behold and bless thy servant, the president of the United States, and nil others In authority; and so replenish them with tho graco of thy Holy Spirit that they may always incline to thy HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT TWA AWN will and walk In thy wny. Endue them plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant them In honlth and prosperity long to llvo, and finally after this life to obtnln overlnstlng Joy anil felicity. And, O, most gracious God, wo humbly beseech thee, ns for tho peoplo of theso United States in general, so especially for this national Republican convention hero assembled, that thou wouldst bo pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations to tho advancement of thy glory, tho safety, honor and welfare of thy peoplo. Tnko always all hatred and prejudice and whatsoever elso may hinder them from perfect union and concord, that nil things may bo so ordered and set tled by tholr ondoavors upon the host and surest foundations, that peace and linpplness, truth and Justlco, ro llglon and piety, may, bo established among us for nil generations. Theso and all other necessaries for tho mem bers of this convention nnd for tho nation tit lnrco wo humbly beg in the nnmo and mediation of Jesus Christ, our mo3t blessed Lord and Saviour, who lias taught us when wo pray to say : "Our Father, who art In heaven, hnllowed bo thy namo. Thy kingdom come. Thy will bo dono on earth as It Is In hoaven. Cllvo us this dny our dally broad. And forgive us our tres passes as wo forgive flioso who tres pass against ub. And lead us not Into temptation. Hut dollver us from ovll. For thlno is tho kingdom, nnd the power, nnd tho glory, forovcr and evor. Anion." Tho temporary olllcors of tho con vention woro nnnouncod as followsj. all of which, with the exception of Senator Burrows, woro mado perman ent: Tomporary Chalrmnn Senator J. C. Burrows, Michigan. Genornl Secretary John It. Malloy, Columbus, O. Chief Assistant Secretary Lafay otto H. QleaHon, Now York. tSKA1MiBaA.IBl BKBUBBBHH Sorgoant-nt-Arms William F. Stono, Baltimore. Chief Assistant Sorgeant-nt-Arms Edward P. Thayor, Greenfield, Inch Pnrllanicutnrlan Ashor C. Hinds, Washington, D. C. Ofllclnl Reporter M. W. Blumon berg, Washington, D. C. Clilof of Doorkeepers Stophon R. Mason, Baltimore. Chaplains Bishop P. J. Muldoon, Chlcngo; Rov. William O. Wators, Chi cago; Rov. Tobias Schanfarbor, Chi cago; Rev. John Wosloy Hill, Now York; Rov. Lorenzo D. Caso, Chicago. Assistant Secretaries Charles Brooks Smith, Parkorsburg, W. Va.; Ernest Wnlkor Smith, Hnrtford, Conn.; Philip M. Heofolo, St. Louis; H. J. Tobln, Vinton, In.; Charles H. Hargor, Abilene, Kan.; Allen Hollls, Con cord, N. II. Reading Clorks ThomaB W. Wil liamson, Edwardsvlllo, 111.; Albert Senator Lodge. Ilorg, Beaudette, Minn.; Gcorgo A. Wilson, Dcs Moines, la.; W. J. Soltz West Liberty, Ky. Tally ClorkB Roy M. Watklns, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Clyde W. Miller, Osago City, Kan.; Frank R. llontloy, Bnraboo, Wis.; W. A. Stcole, Van Buren, Ark. Messenger ,to tho Chairman Emp slrdell Stono, Indlannpolls. Messenger to tho Sccretnry John H. Jackson, Cincinnati. Senator Burrows Introduced as tomporary chairman was met by wild applause. Tho dellvory of his pre pared speech occupied nearly one hour. Ho snld In part: Ho rovlowed tho history of tho party nnd tho country, showing tho woiulorful progress and dovolop tnent during tho Republican adminis tration of public affairs. Tho work of tho nlno oxocutlvo de partments, tho pension bureau and Uio nrmy was touched upon in turn and tho successful and ofllclcnt manage ment polntod out. Tho management of our outlying possessions was a bo dwelt upon by tho chalrmnn. On tho BUbJoct of tariff rovlnlon, Sonntor Burrows said: "Tho Repub lican party stands for n revision and readjustment of our customs laws ns changed Industrial conditions nt homo and abroad may havo mndo neces sary, keeping steadily In view tho cardinal principles of protection to American Industries and American labor. As ovldenco of Its good fnlth In this regard, tho nntlonnl house of ropresontntlvos, clothed under tho con stitution with oxcluslvo Jurisdiction to 'originate nil bills for raising rovonuo,' on tho 20th of April Just past, by formal resolution, authorized and di rected Its commlttco on ways nnd tneniiB, tho organ of tho house having Jurisdiction of tho question, 'to sit during tho rocoss of congress nnd to gather bucIi Information, through gov ernmental agents nnd otherwise, ns It may see lit, looking toward tho prep aration of n bill for tho rovlslon of tho tariff.' "Supplomontlng this action on tho pnrt of tho house of representatives, and cooperating with It, tho senate, In tho exercise of Its constitutional prorogntlvo to 'proposo or concur with amendments as on other hills,' on tho 16th of Mny passed tho following reso lution: "'Resolved, that tho commlttoo on Ilnnnco are authorized, In connection with Investigations horotoforo ordored by tho sonnto, with tho vlow of promptly securing tho information necessary for an Intelligent rovlslon of tho customs laws of tho United Stntcs, to call to their nsslBtnnco exportB In tho executive departments of tho gov ernment and to employ bucIi other as sistants ns thoy shall roqulro; and thoy are especially directed to report what further legislation Is nocossnry to securo equitable treatment for tho agricultural and othor products of tho United States in foreign countries, nnd thoy shall also, In tho consideration of chnnges of rates, Bccuro proof of tho rolatlvo cost of production In this and In principal competing foreign countries of tho various articles affect ed by tho tariff upon which changos In rntes of duty nro desirable "Those public declarations by con gress, upon tho ovo of tho election, give tho most Bolomn nssuranco pos sible thnt tho work will bo spoodlly undertaken and pressed to nn enrly consummation. "In this connection It can bo safely promised that whatever revision or readjustment takes placo under tho control of tho Republican party, It will glvo Just and adequato protection to American Industries and Amorlcan labor and dofond tho American markot ngalnst tho unjust and unequal aggres sions from whntovor quarter thoy mny como." Speaking of tho lato financial panic, Chairman Burrows snld: "Tho recent panic called tho attention of congress to tho necessity of further legislation, and a measure hits boon passod pro viding for an emergency currency of $500,000,000 to bo Issued utidor cortnln conditions and limitations, an au thorization, It Is bollevcd, which will prevent tho recurrenco of any such disaster as befell tho country last fall. Tho secretary of tho treasury haB nl-. ready takon tho necessnry stops to glvo effect to tho legislation, and banking associations aro alroady forming to avail themselves of tho bonoflts of this act. It Is doubtful if the provisions of this net will evor bo Invoked ns tho ability to supply $500, 000,000 nddltionnl currency whonovor needed will of Itself havo a tondoncy to mako Its Issuanco unnecessary." Tho appointment of tho monotary commission, which It was hoped would formulato a Bystom that will moot every legltlmato business, wns also mentlonod. In conclusion, 8enntor Burrows said: "Tho platform will volco tho dominant thoug'ht of tho people, and tho candi dates nominated must stand upon it firm and erect. Thoy must have tho patriotism and sagacity of a Lincoln, tho tenacity of n Orant, tho wisdom and moderation of McKlnloy and tho courage or a Roosovolt. With huch a platform and such candidates tho h buo enn not bo In doubt. Tho Repub lican parti' conlldcntly submits Its record to tho approving Judgment of the Amerlcnn ponplo nnd, upon its re newed declaration of faith, Invokes contlnunnco of public favor." Following tho delivery of Senator Burrows' address tho temporary or ganization was takon up and tho numerous contests were turned over to the credentials committee. Most Common Physical Defect. Of tho mnny physical defects to which human flesh Is heir, tho most common nnd tho most Injurious In Its iohiiUb Is tho displacement downward of the uppor pnrt of tho body. Such displacement prolapBus, wo call It in medicine Is shown by the llattenod chest, tho depressed and protruding abdomen, the prominent outstanding collar bones, mid the flaring shouldor blades. As an Indication of tho remarkable prevalence of this deformity, I may mention that, as the result of an ex tensive sorles of examinations cover ing several thousand subjects, I found less than one per cent, of bodies that wero not collapsed and depressed. In other words more than 99 out of every hundred people hnvo crooked spines, lowered chestH and displaced struc tures. Dr. W. R. C. Latson, In Outing Magazine. & 0 r RECENT D6COVEPY OF EIGHTH SATELLITE FOCUdEd ATTEKTJOM OA PLANET. Eyes of astronomers, ns well ns of Btnr gazers nmong tho ranks of tho lnymen, havo boon directed with spe cial Interest towards Jupiter of lato owing to the roportcd discovery of tho eighth sntolllto of the great planet whoso history In nn nstronomlcnl rather than u mythological boiibo Is 11 marvel of sclontlllc romance. There Is probably no object In tho heavens nround which such rich nssoctatiotiB cluster. It wus tho Jovian orb that proslded over tho 11 rut Intimations of tho speed of light In the dnys when Roomer wntchod the eclipses of Its moors. To Jupiter was directed tho first telescope ovor trained on tho skies by an enrthly astronomor. It fell to tho lot of Jupiter to Interveno In tho great struggle between rival theories of tho world order nnd con nect ItBolf forever with a most thril ling porlod In tho history of science. Measured and weighed slnco then with all attainable exactness, It In known for observers to-day as tho planet of colosssal dimensions nnd torrlflc speed, of numorous progeny and troubled countenance, yot It novor Bhlnes without casting Its lustor away bnck toward tho middle ngos upon the sorono, Indomltnblo and undying flguro of Galileo. 1 Tho BurprlBlng fact about Jupltor, so far ns Its moons uro concomod, Is that tho planot wns lost to astro nomical Investigation for nearly 300 years. In thnt time the toloscopo underwent onormous Improvement. Horschol mapped the heavons with his great tube, and Lord Rosso's reflector nt Parsonstown showed bucIi light gnthorlng capacity that tho star Slrlim shono In It "llko n coach lamp." Lator still, with tho Introduction of nrchro mntlc object lenses nnd advance In tho nrt of glnss making, tho comparatively tremendous rnngo nnd defining power of tho modern rofrnctlng toloscopo woro placed at tho disposal of tho ob server. Tho Lick Instrument, with Its clonr width of throo feet turnod townrd tho night sky, scomod well nigh tho limit of tho Investigating power which nstronomors could hopo to command. Yot nfter nil this ndvanco nnd nlmost nt Uio beginning of tho twentieth cen tury Jupiter showed no moro of her moons to tho modern scientists than sho had rovenlod noarly throo cen turies boforo to tho unprnctlcod oyo nnd rudo Instrument of Galileo. The planet was known In 1G10 to havo four satellites; In 1892 no snno astronomer expected to boo nny moro. It was n comfortablo provision, and tho count uocmed closed. Yot all this tlmo thoro woro sovon, possibly eight, moons, though tho fact was hidden from tho world, Just ns mngnetlBin had boon hidden until Gilbert brought It Into notlco, nnd us radium was hidden until tho Curios raised It from tho dust, Jupltor was reserving his secret for Bomo daring observer who should bridge tho gap of nearly 300 years with a now discovery. Tho first chap tor of tho rovelatlon enmo In 1892, nnd tho rovoalor was Prof. Edward Emer son Barnard of tho Lick observatory. A southern man, who had already dono oxcollent work In colostlal pho tography, besides discovering n mini bor of comets, ho was one of tho first, In tho clear nlr of Mt. Hamilton, Cal., to turn tho now 3G-lneh telescope to the planers. Ho was doubtless eager to know whnt of now detail and phys ical construction the big gluss would bring forth. Hnpponltig one Septem ber midnight to bo examining the disc of Jupiter ho glimpsed a tiny speck of light near tho edge of the planot. It soon became lost In the glare of the larger body, but tho quoBt was re sumed on succeeding nights, nnd then tho nows was flashed to every Amorl can and foreign observatory that .Jupi ter had five moons, This unexpected and momontous dlscovory thrilled the astronomical world, but there were 'other surprises yet to como. Early in January, 1901, Prof. Charles Dillon Porrlno of the same obsorvatory nlso u comet finder nnd export In the study of eclipses announced a sixth satel lite, the oxlstonco of which ho had suspected In December of the previous your; und tho observation was con firmed by exports at tlio United States naval obsorvutory. In January, 1905, Prof. Porrlno followed up his success by discovering a seventh satellite, and now what may turn out to be tho intorflTITIi THl TiVO. PlAjTXTV. eighth of Jupiter's moons has JtiBt "swum within tho ken" of tho astrono mora nt Greenwich' obsorvatory In England. Tho glnnt nmong tho planets is Just now excellently sltuatod for observa tion, shining for somo tlmo in tho. westorn sky aftor Bimdown. Any small hnnd toloscopo will show Jupltor much ns It looked to Gnllleo n plain, Bottly luminous disc, accompanied by one or moro of the four moons, all of thorn sometimes visible nt onco, which wore first seen nt Padua in tho opening decado of tho seventeenth century. Ah tho bIzo of tho toloscopo Is In creased, Interesting detnll mnkoa its appearance Tho most easily glimpsed fentures aro tho bolts lines of cloud like Hiibstnnco crossing tho planet's face north nnd south. Tho dlso of Jupiter Is nlso diversified by on oval shaped object which has novor censod to bo nn object of mystery, ns well ns wondor, to nstronomors. Ita extraor dinary slzo nnd huo havo given It tho title of "tho great rod Bpot." Situated near tho edge of tho south bolt, it Is sometimes 30,000 miles long by 7,000 miles brond, extending ovor nn area of about 200,000,000 inllos. A blanket closely fitted ovorywhoro to tho sur face of tho earth would not bo lurgo enough to covor this strango objoct on tho fnco of Jupltor. Meanwhllo tho planot has other mystorlcs. Ub sur faco Is lluont, and shirts to nnd fro In bucIi a way thnt It hus novor been' possible to detormlno tho oxact porlod or tho plnnot'a diurnal rotation. Tho depth of Jupltor's turbid and fluctuat ing exterior hns boon estimated by ono observer nt from 700 to 800 miles. Somo have suspected thnt, llko Sat urn's rings, tho bolts nro whirling lines of inotoor8. Thoro is much roa Bon to boliovo that part of tho light thnt comes to us from Jupltor 1b tho planet's own. Whnt, Anally, of tho satellites thomselves? Tho oarly nstronomors know tho first four, tho Galilean moons, as Io, Europn, Ganymede and Calllsto, nnd It is tho mngnitudo nnd motions of theso which afo best known. With nn avorngo diameter of about 2.G00 miles, their distances from Jupltor rnngo from 112.G00 inllos to 7,305,000 miles, nnd thoir porlods of rovolution nround tho , planot from nonrly 11 hourB to nbout 10 days, tho fifth moving nt nbout 10 mlloo a hoc ond. Tho satellites are now numborod in tho ordor of their dlscovory, but tholr dlstnnces from Jupltor do not colncldo with this order. Tho most, recont ostlmntcs at Harvard collogo obsorvatory glvo tho arrangomont ns follows: gn0!!'5 U2.C00mlle i 201.000 mile g'10 ; 418.000 mllen " " COf.OOOmllM 2" u 0 ,..1.167.000 mllea 2"! 2 7.0M.000 miles 8"tilllto7 7,:06,000 nlles Tho objoct rocontly observod nt tlroonwlch, and supposed to bo an elHhth moon of Jupltor, Is still under obaorvntlon. For all but export observers, pro vided with tho largest toloacopcfl now In uso, tho nowly dlBcovored moonB nro uttorly hoyond tho reach of ha muli vision, and tho astronomers who hnvo soon them may bo counted on tlio fingers of 0110 hand. But tho orig inal four which aallleo saw uro oaslly within tho rench of" tho ordinary flold glass or smull toloscopo. Tho phe nomena thoy present nro most Inter esting. Circling tholr prlmury nt dif ferent speeds, thoy mny sometlmoB be scon equally, as well as unequally, distributed with respect to Jupiter; occasionally tho planot cuts them in two, or has all four on ono side. ' Now and then tho satellites pass behind him In their motions and are "occulted;" thoy also movo ncross his faco, tho moon In transit casting Its black shadow on tho planot's disc. Tho fact that Jupltor shows a faco 0 tlmeB larger to tho nearest of his compan ions than the moon (Ioob to tho oarth suggests something of tho spectaclo which the night sky would present to a dweller In tho Jovian Bystom. But that Is another story. Few Perfect Modeli. There are In Europo 10,000 women and girls who earn a living as artists' models. It Is strange to say that thoro nro not ton nmong them who possesses 11 perfect face nnd flguro,