THE SPIRAL NEBULAE.
I
Om ef tit Terrifying and Mystrtua
Foreee at Spao.
Tb most atnpendoaa manifestations
of fore of which w bar any knowl
edge ar presented by to apiral nebu
lae, whose mysterious and t err trying
forma were first clearly revealed by
the Lick observatory photographs
tnad In 13&3-19U0 by the late Pro
fessor James K. Keeler. The heaTens
are full of them they exist by thou
sands nd as astronomical pbotogra
fhj la brought to greater perfection
their amazing ahapea tend more and
more to upset all former Ideas con
cerning the processes of creation and
destruction going on In the Interstellar
spaces. They affect In an equal de
rree all tlMoriea about the origin and
ultimate fate of our own solar sys
tem. J
Who? would Imagine on looking np
at the Marry heavens some quiet
night that the earth Is Uke a person
lost m tbe midst of the whirring
wheels and spinning shafts of some
enormous mill or machine room, where
running bolts, whirling spindles,
champing pistons, grinding cogs, gy
rating governors, dixxylng flywheels
and leaping rods confuse tbe eye and
the mind and paralyse the limbs with
tbe terror of Impending annihilation?
Te are not aware of this startling
situation because, while we see the
stars, we do not see what Is aruiiK
the stars. The spinning turn-hit--'? ot
the universe Is revealed ouiv 1 pho
tographs, and as far aa our senses un
concerned It performs Its turn-turns
with a silence which to tbe Imagiua
tloai becomes a part of tbe borror ot
space.
These cosmic wheels spin with In
calculable velocity, but tbe span of
human life Is but a second of time In
comparison with their periods. If we
could magnify time so that a second
would become as a century, then an
boar would be equivalent to 3(50,000
years, and the true aspect of the
spiral nebulae would burst upon our
astonished senses. Garrett P. SerrUs
In New York American.
UNION PRINTERS HOME.
What It Casts to Maintain Thiv Splen
did Institution.
Tbe board of trustees of the Union
Printers home In Its annual report of
tbe working of the Institution t Col
orado Springs shows lo.-U the receipts
for the year were $0ck3dOi7 and the
expenditures reached a total of JS7.-t8I-7.
which included the cost of ex-,
tensive Improvements made to build
ing and grounds and equipments
therein.
During the fiscal year there was an
average of 12? members at the home.
Deducting from the total expenditures
$$7.331.67i the following building ex
pense items building repairs and im
provements, cottage addi
tion. $-HV.3; beating plant addition,
$13.1X1.1$; library addition. Sl.323.
total the net cost of
maintenance Is found to hare been
JTSST.ll. or $529.S! per member per
year, or $44.13 per member per month,
based upon the average ot 12T mem
bers at the home during the year.
Amalgamated Carpenters.
The fifty -first annual report ot the
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters
and Joiners shows the following bene
fits distributed to Its members during
tbe year 1910: Unemployed benefits.
3U.tX3; sick benefits. S133.523: tool
Insurance, $14,495; trade privileges.
S&.340; accident benefits. $13,175; su
perannuation benefits. $-3S.0eO; death
benefits. J31.S80; benevolent grants,
$3340; total amount paid in benefits
sine lriSX $lS.i;&4aa. Thomas At
ktsrsoa has Just been returned for the
fifteenth term as secretary to tbe Unit
ad States executive bMrd
A Protection.
"Any man looks stupid when be
wears a monocle," said the critical girt.
"That's why so many of us fellows
wear 'em." replied the candid youth.
"It we happen to look stupid we blame
be mooocre. Washington Star.
Ne Wadding Day Bargain.
Th Hasband tduring tbe quarrel)
You're always making bargains. Was
there ever a time when you didn't?
Th Wife Yea. sir; on my wedding
day. Variety Life
TH Cyni.
"Married yet, old masl"
"No, hut Im engaged, and that's aa
rood as married."
"It better. If you only knew tt."
Baffarmg at part f th drrtn Ida
In.
"Isn't say ow dram becoming t
ar asked th deUjrbted wife.
"Tea." replied tb bead ot tb eatab
Toshmnt. "and I suppose th bill foe
tt will soon b coming to m."
Ufa Is a quarry out of which wa
are to moid and rhlaal and comnleta a
aauctar.
Eager t G.
"My good man. bow did yon happen
t be thrown out of work?
"1 got out." replied Weary Wombat,
with dignity. "1 didn't hatter be
thrown out" Washington Herald.
Hep Deferred.
Singleton I understand your moth-r-tn-tsw
te very rich. Does she enjoy
good health? Henpeckke Enjoy it?
She positively gloats over It. Ex
change. Conscience Is harder than our ene
mies, knows more, accuses with mora
nJcety. Jorg ElloC
Forecasting the Weather.
weather bureau was started with tb
least amount of knowledge of its par
' Ocular subject. Independent observ
i en hnd gathered a small amount of
' disassiiciated facts and based i-onclu-;
sion as It suited them uim the facts.
I'.nt ttieteiroloK.v was a very iudetinite
j t!i.Ur. strongly nbervd wilb I km I cuess
1 s. myths, traditions and theories. It
was like the erinan grammar of
which Mark Twain complaint d. For
t every mge of rules there were forty
' page of exceptions. When the weatb
i er bureau was started it was with lit-
tie worth while, it had to map out a
' caniatgn of study, and there was no
; way of telling how long It might be
before tbe study would permit of the
j laying down of rules. Every one
knows that the bureau is far more effl
J cient thau It was. It is getting the
j ttang of the weather, learning Its mul
titudinous tricks. Its coyness and
treachery. It Is In the nature of the
case a slow affair. Toledo Blade.
Not to Be Oec.ved.
"John. she asked after she bad fln
isbed packing her trunk, "will yon re
member to water the dowers In the
porch boxes every day T"
"Yes. dear. I'll see that they are
properly moistened regularly.
"And tbe rubber plant in tbe dining
room. You know it will have to be
sprayed about three times a week.
"I'll remember It."
"I'm afraid you'll forget tbe canary
i and let the poor little thing starve."
"Uunt worry about the bird. dear.
; I'll take good rare of him."
"But 1 feel sure you'll forget about
; keeping the curtaius drawn so that
l things won't all be faded out when 1
get back."
"Don't give yourself a moment's un
; easiness about the curtains. I'll keep
the Itouse as dark as a tunnel."
"John. I'm not going. You have
some reason for being anxious to get
1 rid of me. Chicago Record-Herald.
Th Druids.
! The Druids were evidently of very
great antiquity, for there cannot be
i much doubt that It was one of their
J customs that Virgil had In mind when
he wrote In the "Aeneld." vi. 142. that
the "only means of access for a living
mortal to tbe world of spirits was the
carrying of a golden twig which grew
In a dark and thick grove. The re
semblance of the story to the Druidlcat
rite Is perfect. Tbe Druids practiced
their rites In dark groves. If a mis
tletoe was discovered growing upon
an oak a priest severed it with a knife.
i and a festival was held under the tree
I at which two milk white bulls were
! offered aa a sacrifice. This was a sac
i rifice to the sun god. and the mistletoe,
j from Its pale greenish yellow tint, waa
regarded as a kind of vegetable gold
! and was accordingly looked upon as
being a fit offering to the sun. Kew
York American.
Catching Spaed.
Two wild eyed horses, wearing dilap
I Ida ted harness and drawing a battered
; delivery wagon, stopped at the stable
I door.
"Just had a runaway!" panted the
driver.
"Then, for heaven's sake, don't put
those horses In with the other morses
that will soon go out on a trip. said
the bead hostler. "If you do they'll
run away too. They always do. Be
fore I learned as much about horses as
1 know now I brought on a dozen
runaways by doing that foot trick.
Tbe horses that have Just been on a
spree are still worked up to fever
pitch, tbe rest of the horses catch the
spirit of th devil from them, and aa
soon aa they get out they tak a
' header." New York Times.
"Magic Cletha.
Many housewives gladly pay 25 cents
, tor so called "magic" cloths, aa they
are very useful for silver and other
( metals. Being dry, they do not soil
the hands or clothing and do their
work until th cloth Itself wears out.
; To make such a cloth take one quart
of gasoline, one-half pound ot whiting
and one-eighth ounce of oleic acid,
mixing all together and shaking welL
Soak pieces of woolen cloth In th
mixture and hang tbem In tbe open
air In a shady place to dry. When
th cloths are dry the "magic" quali
ties have been given to them, and these
they will never lose. The material
most be wool. New York Globe.
A Dear Piae.
Rarrhmaa-Wbo wa It said "Horn
la tbe dearest ptar on earth?" Priam
lee Some married man who bad Juat
received his coal and grweiy bills, no
-doubt. Boston Trawwript.
Diffarenc of Opinion.
It were not best that w should all
think alike: It Is difference of opinio
that makes horse racas posslb).
Mark Twain.
Fiannagana Way.
Cassidy Flannagan's thinking of go
In Into the baulin business. He
bought a fblne new cart today. Casey
But shure he has no horse. Flann.v
gan No. but he's goin' to buy wan
Casey Well, that's kike Flannagan
He always did git the rart befoor the
horse. Philadelphia Ledger.
It Is a very great thing for us to do
the very best we can do just where
and as we are. Babcock.
Worldly Wisdom.
"Now that my engagement to Edgar
la broken off 1 wonder If be will ask
me to return th Jewels that he gave
sn."
"It he doesnt ask for them I'd send
them back at once, for In that case
they're not genuine f Fttegend Blatter.
Oh. the Difference!
"You look pretty this evening, the
bachelor said to his fair companion.
She gazed at him philosophically. "I
am sure you mean that well." she re
plied, "but you have no idea how such
a speech wrings the heart of one like
me or would if I had not become hard
ened to the inevitable. Nobody ever
says to me. "You are pretty. It is al
ways "You look pretty.' There is a dif
ference as wide "as the wideness of
the sea.' The girt who really is pretty
never lias to give tbe subject thought.
Xot-'iing she can do or leave undone
atx-ts the vital fact that she is pretty.
The girl whom nature has not thus
dowered must be forever trying to
make herself 'look pretty. Of course
In a way she deserves far more credit
for making herself acceptable to the
public than the pretty girl does also
it is a compliment to her taste, in
genuity, skill and various other mental
qualities to assure her she has attained
success but it always reminds her of
the battle she must continually wage."
Exchange.
The Summer! ess Year.
The year 1S1C was called the "year
without a summer." Spring came that
year, but in its faintest form. Snow,
cold rains and winds were incessant.
It was the 1st of June before the first
left the ground. The farmers planted
their crops, but the seed would hardly
sprout, and when they came to the sur
face there was not heat enough to
make the frail plants grow. It Is re
corded that during tbe month of June
birds froze to death In the woods and
fields. Small fruits, such as there
were, rotted on the stem, there being
no birds to eat them. But IK tie com
matured. Only In sheltered spots were
good sized roasting ears to be found.
Frosts prevailed every month in the
j year and almost dally. The people
after repeated hopes of a change for
the better settled down almost in de
spair. The like of it was never known
I in tbe country before and. fortunately.
has never been repeated- New York
American.
Tolstoy and the Bear.
When Count Tolstoy was a young
man he took part in a bear bunt that
nearly euded fatally. When the beast
charged him Tolstoy fired and missed.
He fired a second shot, which hit the
bear's jaw and lodged between bis
teeth. Tolstoy was knocked down, fall-
J ing with his face in the snow. "There."
he thought; "all is over with me." He
drew his bead as far as possible be
tween his shoulders, exposing chieSy
his thick fur cap to tbe beast's mouth
till she was able to tear with her upper
teeth only the cheek under the left eye
and with the lower teeth the skin of
the left part of the forehead. At this
moment the famous bear hunt leader.
Ostashkof. ran up with a small switch
In his hands and cried out his usual
"Where are you getting to? Where are
you getting to?" This, says Tolstoy,
sent the bear scuttling off at her ut
most speed.
The Real Old Article.
Tbe stranger iu Boston was inter
ested in tbe old family names of that
city. He bore a strong letter of In
troduction to a prominent townsman.
"I can give you from memory the
names of ail tbe old families of our
city." the prominent townsman said,
and he rattled off two or three dozens
at an amazing rate.
The stranger looked up from his
copy pad expectantly.
"Is that ail?" he asked.
"I have given you a complete list of
Boston's leading families." the promi
nent townsman replied. "Not one of
! them dates back less than six genera-
Oons."
The stranger stared.
"But surely you have other old fam
ilies of note In Boston?"
"Merely transients." Icily replied the
Boston man. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Good and Bad.
A remarkably brief, effective sum
ming up was once quoted by Lord
James In an after dinner speech. It
was delivered by an Irish judge trying
a man for pig stealing. The evidence
of his guilt was conclusive, but tbe
prisoner insisted on calling a number
of witnesses, who testified most em
phatically to his general good character.
After hearing their evidence and tbe
counsel's speeches the tndxe remarked.
"Gentlemen ot tbe jury. I think that
the only conclusion you can arrive at Is
that the pig was stolen bv the prisoner
and that he Is the most amiable man
In the rouny. London Chronicle.
Not Her Fault.
The mistress comes bom without
warning. Sbe finds tbe maid tn gala
attire.
- "Why. what do yon mean." she cries,
"by wearing my bet black skirt?"
-It is not my fault." replies th maid.
"Madam locked up all her colored
ones." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Volcanic Ash.
The destructive Philippine volcanoes
have value fo" one thing at least,
says a writer in the racl8c Monthly.
They are directly responsible for the
finest nemo producing area In the
world. Hemp thrives in a oii heavily
Impregnated with volcanic ash.
His Share.
"How do yon propose to support my
daughter, young man?"
"But. sir. 1 was only proposing to
marrv her." Exchange.
Opinion.
Stella What do you think of marry
ing a nobleman?
Bella It is like buying a fish instead
f catching it- New York Times.
How blessings brighten as they take
their flight! Young.
ROBERTSON
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BENWAY'S
iwo views
Railway.
The political view. It is an enemy that should
be driven to the wall. Every attempt upon its
part to increase its revenue is a conspiracy.
The payment of any dividends conclusive proof
of greed.
The industrial view. The street railway gives
large employment to labor. 'Without it the
public is compelled to huddle together in tene
ment houses in the business center. Without it,
no additions to the city, no suburban homes are
possible. To allow it adequate revenue serves
the common interest, because it must have new
capital to do ' its work, and capital avoids all
unprofitable enterprises.
The Lincoln
Two Wealthy Cftlea.
Frankfort probably shares with Am
sterdam eminence as being the wealth
iest city In th world per capita. There
is an Immense InTestment fund in this
city garnered through centuries. Frank
tort has long been one of the great
money markets of Europe and hawking
ing In Germany centered here until re
cent years, th great Frankfort pri
vate banking houses leading and belag
In their operations by such
houses aa Mendelssohn and Bleleh
roeders In Berlin and th Oppenhelm
in HaaoTer.
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Th Danger-Line.
"Once. said Brother Dickey, "dar
ui a man who prayed dat he might
sit out of de wilderness, as' his prar
wus answered, an time be got out. a
ortermobtle ran over him. an then
"bout de time he riz up an breshed
ie dust from off him a a'rshlp felled
an him. an' w'en he com tr hissf
gin a policeman told him ter move
on; an' so he lifted np all de Toic
what he had left an prayed fer a har
ricane ter blow him back ter whar a
-m from." Atlanta Constitution.
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REPUBLICAN
NOMINEES.
Election, Tuesday, Nor. 7, 1911.
Polls Open 8 A. M. to 6 P. L
STATE TICKET.
Judges of the Supreme Court Charles
K. Letton, William B. Rose. Francs
G. Hamer.
Railway Commissioner Thomas H.
HalL
Regents of State University Frank
L. Haller, Victor G. Lyford.
COUNTY TICKET.
Judges of the District Court WB
laTd E Stewart, Albert J. Cornish, P.
James Cosgrxve.
Clerk of the District Court J. S.
Baer.
County Judge Georg H. Kisser.
County Treasurer Philip A. Som-
merl ad
County Clerk Harry EL Wells.
Sheriff Gus A. Hyers.
County Commissioner Clinton J.
Mitchell.
County Superintendent W. H
Gardner.
County Surveyor W. S. Scott,
Coroner V. A- Matthews.
CTTT TICKET.
Sanitary Trustee Kent D. Cunning
ham. ' Police Judge Bruce FuCertoo.
Justices of the Peace W. T. Stev
ens, John E. Lowe.
Constables A 3C. Bat-tram, Ira
Miller.
Saturday, October 28tv oarj
day ktt for refistraiioa.
If you have not registered this fall
j cannot vote at the November Election
or the Primaries next anrsnir
We solicit your earnest support far
one of the strongest and best tickets
ever presented to the voters of Lan
caster county.
NEILS P. HANSEN.
Chairman County Republican Central
Committee.
J. REID GREEN, Secretary.
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