THESfXUSIff A A NOVEMBER. (Copyright, irf>o. l y C tfc Pnint-Ciermnln ) This month, the "tine Ncith" h; just a little to the left of the Pole Star. Having thus secured your Parings, you begin comparing (he h wens with the stare marked c.i the fl.st map for November labelled, P joking north ward, When you h iva I icated cv ery Constellation on the map, you "turn about face” ami compare the state of the firmament with the sec ond map labeled. Pc iking southward. Our second statement refers to As to the time rf night to be chosen for our study; in November darkness sets In quite culy. During the- first wo alluded to above. If you draw an imaginary line between the star "u" of Paraetts (railed Algenlb) and the star marked **d” In Cassiopeia, and If you look intently for a few moments, you will notice a splendid cluster of mall stars forming what is called a "nebula;" It Is really worth the troubi •. The Htar in Perseus, marked “b," has the curious property of changing from u star of the second magnitude to one of the fourth mag nitude; the transformation takes place In three and a half hours; then the star, in the same space of time, re turns t i its pristine splendor. Just like W. E. LOOKING NOHTH v/eek in the month, the stars will he visible lu their respective positions between the hours of 8:30 end 0 p. m. During the second week, tuey will occupy the same position, between 8 and 8:30 p. m. During the third week, between 7:30 end 8 p. in. During the last week between 7 and 7:30 p. m. To be still more exact, we will ex plain that, owing lo tha annual mo tion of the earth, each star comes to any chosen point In the heavens near ly "tour minutes earlier" every day, making a difference of nearly half an hour In a week, and t wo hours In a month. Aud now this Informal half-hour of lesson begins. Immediately above our head, at the Zenith point, shines the Constellation “Cassiopeia” (the Settled Lady) in the shape of a large M composed of five remarkably fine stars of the third magnitude. It displays Its splendor to the right of the “Pole fctar,” at the same distance from It as the great Dipper; only the litter constellation Is situated to the lift o' the Pole Star. One of the Cassiopeia stars la really double Rin! exhibits, to the naked eye, on very clear nights, the beautiful combination of a large white star and a smaller one of a rich, ruddy purple In 1572, the famous Danish astron omer, Tycho-Druhe, discovered anoth er star In Ci slopi ’a, that almost equaled the planet Venus In bright ness. Two years later It vanished, and has never been observed elm e. This month, the constellation “Cepheus” Is foun 1 directly under “Cu.-siopela"; Alderantin of the third magnitude is the most remarkable of Its stars; I told, In my preceding arti cle, the poetic legend of King Cepheus, King of Ethiopia, aud of his Queen Cassiopeia’s beauty—the cause of a terrible family disaster. Now, ga/.ing down toward the horizon our eyes meet successively ’The Llltle Dipper," Including Ihe Pole St or, Just about 1 degree and 15 minutes to toe right of the true North; still lower clown, the chariot and horses ol the “(treat Dip per” stretch almost along the line of the horizon' the dazzling radiant! oi their seven stars Looking upward again, in an easternly direction, this time, we admire ‘ Perseus” the deliv erer of poor Andromeda in tlie fable a light-house lamp, Hashing out every few seconds a dazzling ray of lumin ous beauty. Allowing our eyes to travel down- i ward, always along the Eastern dlree- j ttou, we recognize the Constellation "Auriga” (the Waggoner or Char ioteer) with the superb "Capelin" (the Hhe-(foat) shining down on us, ."Men knliuan," another beauty. Is a worthy mate of Capelin. Three smaller stars In this constellation are known as "the Kids," From Auriga to the Pole Star, the small onatellatlon "Camelopard ' (the OlratTe)—not marked on this map— stretches Its line of five stars of the fourth magnitude. The foot of Auriga Is placed upon the extremity of the upper horn of the Zodiacal constellation •'Taurus" (the lnttons Imperfectly visible In October. LOOKING SOUTH * n'lin. i ne duster or seven stars called "the Pleiades,” in the neck of Taurus—so conspicuous throughout. I lie winter nights, facilitate greatly the discovery ot this constellation. It. contains likewise another beau tiful cluster—not marked on the map as we were afraid of crowding it— called "The Hyades." The superb Al debaran (first magnitude) of a red dish hue, is often called "The Bull's Bye.” This month, several of the Constel shine In their best and moat perfect shape. "Pegustis" (The Winged Horae) stretches its triangle close to "Andromeda" (The Chained Lady). Its three stars of the third magnitude Markab, Scheat, and Algenib, almost embracing Alpheratz, the chief lum inary of Andromeda. Juat as the fabled horse of the gallant Perseus flew to the rescue of ihe forlorn maiden. This quartet of stars serve to help iih lo cate many other constellations. Un derneath the stars "a" and "b" of Pegasus, shines the Zodiacal Constel lation "Aquarius" (The Water Hearer), with a number of fourth magnitude stars. To Its right, a little above, we find the Constellation "Delphlnus” (The Dolphin) four stars in u square and one a little off to the east. He low It, shines tlte magnificent Altalr (first magnitude) of the Constella tion "Aquila" (The Eagle); the "Milky Way" again lends Its richness as a hack ground for this grand luminary. Directly under Aquarius, "Cetus" ('I he Whrle) displays the very original design of Its nine stars; Mira (The Marvel), one of them, perhaps the handsomest, has quite u history. Dis covered In 159f>, If has been found to disappear at times for periods varying from a fortnight to four whole years; Its brightness changes from the sec ond to (he fourth magnitude and vice versa. The •Zodiacal Constellation "Pisces" (The Fishes) Is visible Just above Cetus; If contains but two stars, both of (he fourth magnitude. To ward the west, above Pisces, shines another Zodiacal Constellation, "Arles" (The Itain) with three bright stars In Its horns, one, Hamul, of the second magnitude. Finally, near the south western horizon, we gaze upon the upper portion of "Erldanua" (The Riv er Erldan); this is Ihe classical name of (be famous Italian river Po. By pointing out "Fomalhaut'’ the splen did luminary of "Plscls Australis" (The Southern Fish) toward the south eastern horizon, I complete the study of the skies In November. Let me add that during the nights of the 19th and 14th of November a number of shooting stars—they are called "Leo nides" will diaper the firmament with fantastic streaks of light as their predecessors did, on the same nights, in 1899. Unfortunately the full moon may Interfere with the display. "Mercury"—often difficult to see with the miked eye, on account to Is comparative proximity to the Sun— will appear early In the night toward the west; after the 5th it will be so near the Sun as to become Invisible, i Beautiful “Venus” will illumine the , skies toward the east during the last of the night-hoars. The ruddy light op "Mars” will lie visible during the second half of the night. “Jupiter” will shine In the west, until the 15th shortly after sunset. Finally "Saturn” will light'up the west during the early | dark hours. Man mho Stole S700,000. r:wt ; ,0Alvopo « a 4 V\u HiUlHHN t'nrneiiM* *«»*«, **. » ••■■■■ ln•«• <** %m i ‘ IMtttui III* ttlil M 'b-t tt'lm'Aituu ut b*iiw i*(| lou.| •I f -»* iMIbu b| ui Irvin • ; ‘ tl'MW* 4umm**i| «h .b *4*4 u«4 fei < •shirt front, to* wore no jewelry. He has blue eyes, bright skin, ami gray mustac he am! hair, llis favorite pas times were faro, roulette, betting on horse races, nud speculation In slocks. He pretended to be u most devout church member, a curious fact in connection with Vlvord is that his fa ther Whose name he lie.ns m full, stole $ loci.non from the Suit Springs bank of Syracuse forty-one years ago He lust tile money, it |M said, ill the slave trade, nud was never prosecuted Vice President Mine of tin- First Na tional hank explains some Incidents leading up to the discovery of VI vurd's crime In the first place Mr. Mine said Alvc-rd had worked stead ily and without suspicion until the afternoon of tht |x |i> the merest accident r clerk suw him make cer tain erasure* m the tdeailug Mouse sheet, snd white he thought this tin u-ual said nothing shout It to any tardy until shortly after t uYh» k fly that time Aivord had gone but it was expe« ted that he would return, as ha had some work to nttlah VV Ken Vlvord tailed to return the rleik Who hart seen him make the eraser! .a made casual me tit ion of the matter to Vssistaat I ashler itokna The tatter without oispe* ting that anythtua • ■> wrong burked um vi vurd i tor Urnr and scene tosxti sev eral dlcctepan-lee He was on Ike point of Iwavikg mailers fur Vlvord t adjustment whew he de- tde-i to make a furtker esswiaatlun aal soon aa« Ikat many items kad Iwen •feilkerwtejy faUiksd LOOTID AND BlRNfD. Shelby Nearly Wiped OiT the Map »• a Itcmilt of Thieve*' Visit. SHELBY. Neb., Nov. 3.—Burglars blew the postofflee safe and net Are to the opera house block, which v.an built in 1893, costing $13,000. It is a mass of ruins. When discovered the postofflee. in the front part of Knerr's store, was in a blaze. The tire company soon ar rived anil did good work and kept the (Ire from spreading to the frame build ings to the north, the first being a few feet distant. The brick wall fell on W. E. Kinney's Implement building and crushed It. Losses: Frank Brigham, $11,000, on general store and double rooms; Insurance. $7,000. Ida M. Yerty, drug stock. $1,000, no Insurance. E. K. Knerr, hardware and jewelry, $2,800; insurance, $1,200. , 000, had no Insurance. The opera house was the pride of Shelby and was praised by every troupe playing here. The Nebraska Telephone office wus lrt the drug store. No money was secured by the robbers in the postofflee, for the postmaster saved it. Three stores were broken open and tills tapped, also $200 In stamps were stolen or burned. Mail sacks and all mail and postofflee equip ments were burned. Stolen letters anil registered packages had been opened and found a block away. Hilda (iiilil In KcHrni-y. KEARNEY. Neb,. Nov. 3--J. D. Bing ham of Mlnden, Insists that there la an abundance of gold aliout Sand creek, a abort distance south of this city. He was in Kearney recently and brought with him a sack of specimens. Me hiul been a resident of Kearney county for twenty-one years’ and has a farm on Hand creek. He was an old prospector and miner. His Investiga tions have been pursued for twenty years, Mr. Bingham says the sand bills will yield a dollar and a half to fifteen dollars a ton and can be worked with great profit with the Edison ma chine, The machine costs a small for tune, but wlt*h such a prospect ss Mr. Bingham puints, (here should lie no trouble In obtaining the money, It Is probable the prospector’s story will have sufficient weight, to Interest some of Kearney's capitalists. InrrviiNfi In KfCflpU SOI Til OMAHA, Nov. ;i Sheep re ceipts for the month of October num bered 211,955 head, the largest In the history of the yards. All shippers of sheep to South Omaha now assert that tills Is the best sheep market on the river. In October of 1S99 135.H41 sheep were received and sold here and com pared with the corresponding month of ibis year an increase of 76,114 head Is shown In receipts. The Increase In sheep receipts for ten months of the present year as compared with last year aim unta to about 160,000 head. Price* for sheep still hold good and a (i nflunation of heavy receipts Is look ed for by commission men aild the management of the Stock Yards com pany. I’ronoiiiic-a It HiiiwU|»>i. TEKAMAJI, Neb,, Nov. 3. A disease 1 ailed Cuban Itch has been prevalent for some months on the Omaha and Winnebago reservation and at Decatur, In tills county: nisi In some of the fanning communities of the county. It has spread so rapidly that the authori ties of this city became alarmed and the attention < f the state board of health was called to the matter. Dr. Town.- of Omaha, a specialist, was sent here and after examining more than a dozen cases, pronounced It smallpox, similar to that which raged In Nebras ka City two years ago, and In Omaha last year. Action Is being taken to quarantine an ! *uppr>rn Only a t*w .ears *go th< *e tarme a healed here with o*» meaita t<» speak of They how own g.'od welt iinpi.tted farm* aad I are tutting n. nev rubje-it to JiatK.n, VO(J CAN EXAMINE 11 atvonr onuisi •ml Ir fouuii •atNfnri.irv M gr‘ . tmi gain, ami Ryl AL IS VVf i u TO THE 160 00 AND i7r,„“ 8T AH OARJJMA K V.s, ,,„y,, ‘ prrw agent. fZi uft, ’.J , ' dollar will wMioril, r, •harsra. Einrraecli,,,, ,,0,™ about II 00 for 60(1 inn,, "**• Fitted with Hie Intern,"1 llomtl 1000,otw y,„ S •mi. anetimallr. alnu “ *M' ' mm tccd. pneumatic, hIh«:> tuT,,. which ordinarily retail* for |N Of, 2J, 2t cr 2H Inch frame, 14 inch diamond steel tubti 1 1 r ,? bearing, ball retaining pr-dsl*. heavy leather tool bag. nickel plated wrench. oiler, pump and repair ku " i " flncat poatlhlc flulth, enameled BLACK. KOVAL BLOK. MAltOUN Olt BKEWSTEIt O ItKKN (beaiirc i 1 Color you wlali) All bright parts heavily nickeled an copper. Tim llnll•l■o■n•st Wheel Mini. 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