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There arc but fow ConstollatlonB to
gnxc upon in the Decotnber skies
that wo have not lind occa
sion (o atlmlro during the month
of November. lint tholr positions have
shifted. "Perseus" hus moved to tho
very rcnlth, half of It behind our
heads, bo to Hpcnk. "Queen Cassiopeia"
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nbovo her "King Cophous" has gllduil
to tho wed, while "Amiga" with Its
beautiful "Cnpolln" (The 8ho-Go.it)
and he: "Kids." has followed Perseus
up to the Zenith. Thu Cross of
"Cygnus" (The Swan) is never inoro
beautiful than during this month as It
Hh among tho million stars that form
the "Milky Way" "St. Jacob's Road."
n tho French peasants call It. Its
laigest star Deneh (Arabic for "Tall")
Is of the second nuignltude; tho star at
the opposlto extienilty of the samo
aim of the cross In Alblreo of tho
third magnitude; It Is said to mark
the beak of the Swan. It h a double
star; Its larger component, a pale
red. Its smaller one. n beautiful blue.
To the right of Cygnus, the curiously
complicated shape of "Draco" (The
Dragon) with It six folds, forms (lrst
n small, lower Mjuare, then a triangle
between Cygnus and tho Llttlo Dip
per; finally Its neck and head end
with tho handsome Thuban of tho
third magnitude, Just between tho
two Dippers. As I stated boforo Thu
ban was J.G40 years ago the pole star;
tho change Is due to a small nnnuil
alteration In tho position of the earth's
uxIh, of which I may have to speak
ngiiln.
This month tho drcat Dlppor. this
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A Hojral Engagement.
I'll nee Loiila Napoleon and the
Grand Duchess Helena of Russia are
olllclally announced ntllanced huslinnd
nnd wife from St. Petersburg. Iiuls
has been an olllcer in tho Russlnn
rmy for the piist flfteon years, anil Is
now a general of cavalry. Ills com
nmiid Is the regiment of tho Czarina's
1incers one of the favorite organl
xallons of tho Muscovite army. His bo
trothed Is tho daughter Is the Grand
Duke Vladimir, uncle of the czar. She
lb one of tho most eligible prlncessos
uf all Europe. This alllanco Is bound
to strengthen tho causo of the Bonn
partlst faction In Franco. Prince Loula
JLotJc's Hard "Roto tn Connecticut
They have some queer, old-fashioned
.notions down in Connecticut. Tho
other day a man nnmed Lowls E. Dll
'Joy, aged thlrty-olght, announeod to
the citizens of Hartland. a small town
In the interior of tho stato, that he
wni nbout to marry Mrs. Gower, a
widow slxty-stx years of age. by
whom 'he has reivntly been employed
Jus a faun tiand. He had even secured
a license, nnd Hhe had mado various
preparations for the. thrilling event
Then ttio neighbors began to get In
tel estod. Thoy hold ma&s meetings
and made hpeechos, and came to thu
genual .oneliuion that Wiley was an
Ingloiious wrotch a basa deceiver
who wanted the Widow dower's mon
ey, for it wns known that besides her
farm slio had ? 1,000 In the bank. No
man, thny argutd, would want to mar
ry a widow sixty-six years of ago ex
cept for the gratlllcatton of merconnry
motives. Having thus decided, they
Brtllled forth to cover Mr. Dllley with
tar nnd feathers. This they were itn
Wiln to do on necount of Dllley's pow
eih n a sprinter, but ouo angry old
mail succeeded In tearing tho mar
riage license out of t ho lover's hand as
lie whizzed past, and tho document
vim quickly rendered unfit for further
faorlte among Constellations, Is
somewhat higher abovo the horizon;
It used to be known nlso as "David's
Chariot," or simply the "(Jrcat Char
lot." Tho Egyptians railed It tho
"Thigh of tho Northern Sky" or the
"Thigh of tho Ox," and, to this day,
tho Arabs speak of It aB "The Log."
In other countries It Is called "Tho
SOUTH
Jackal," tho lender of tho "Celestial
Dogs." Further west, tho last stars
of tho (Sreat Dipper, popularly known
as tho Pointers look straight toward
the superb Castor and Pollux (necond
magnitude) of the Zodiacal Constel
lation "Gemini" (Tho Twins). Just
below Pollux, shines feebly the In
significant stars constituting the Zo
diacal Constellation "Caneer"( The
Crab). A pretty aggregation of
minor rtnrs, n "nebula" called "Pro
esope" has Its home within the domnln
of Cancer. With Vega, tho first mag
nitude star of "Lyra" (The Lyre) to
ward tho west anil close to the Milky
Way. this aspect of tho sky Is com
pleted. Now let us turn about, and
begin looking southward.
Abovo our heads shines the other
hnlf of "Porseus;" under It, In succes
sion, the two Zodiaenl Constellations
"Ailes" (The Ram) and "Pisces"
(Tho Fishes), the splendid cluster of
the "Pleiades" to tho left of Pisces.
Just underneath, behold the utar "a"
of "Cetus" (The Whale), In tho Jnw
of the beast; It Is called Mcnknr and
Is only of tho third magnitude; "Mlra
Coell" (The Marvel of the Heaven)
belongs to the snmo Cetus; I told you
last month, nil about Its strange va
garles; I will add that It takes this star
U tho much beloved of the rcactlonar
li'H. Ho Is respected far more than
either his brother. Prince Victor, who
was disinherited by his father, Jeromo
iNapoieon, or Prince Louis of Orleans,
the royalist pretender. Louis Napo
leon is a soldier, a strong man, watch
ful of his opportunities, purposeful
nnd nmbltlous. Ho Is a stranger to
irancc, unllko his brother Victor, the
mili'ml heir to the Imperial throne, he
has been "preparing himself for war"
with Franco always In view. Little
has been heard of hint since ho enter
ed tho Russian military service almost
as a lau.
use. DlHny, safe In an ndjolnlng coun
i. is now tureatenlng eKi proceed
ings, nnd the widow is sighing nlone
and waiting. The case teaches a les
son that Is very plain. Dllloy should
have had the foresight to pose as an
Impecunious dudo or n hare-brained
count, nnd tho old woman Bhould have
dlsgulRu herself as tho daughter of
Borne railroad king. If thoy had done
that no man In Connecticut or nny
whcio else would hnve dared to cut
the who or pull out tho plug or other
wise break the circuit, Tho peoplo of
Connecticut should bo severely con
Bured. If our beautiful, goldon-halred
young girls, scarcely past twenty-one
and heiresses to millions, may make
fools of themselves and by so dolnir
reach lofty Bc:clal stations, why shall
our fiO-yenr-old widows bo rudely
ynnked out of Love's young dream?
Somewhere In this buslnesss n balanco
must bo struck, and tho earlier It Is
done tho better will lt.be for all con
corned. Tho Prlnco of Wales has taken to
writing verso. It Is snld In London
that a sinnll volume containing n col
Iretlun of his works Is (o bo hnnd
sonioly printed, but only for private.
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331 dojs to change from tho second to
tho ninth magnitude and vice versa.
(i Rotumlng to the Zenith, we find
"Andromeda" closo to her rescuer
"Perseus;" she has not yet found tlmo
to bo ungrateful through these cen
turies of model love-mnklng. Un
derneath, tho faithful stood "Pegafliis"
displays Its splendid square com
pleted by star "a" of Andromeda,
Alpheratz of the third magnitude
"Knif," Its very Inst star toward the
east, supposed to Bhlne from the nostril
of tho Winged Horae, Is Just abovo the
Zodiacal Constollatlon "Anunrlim"
(Tho Water Hearer), n sort of double
triangle, with Its largest star, Sadul
mellk, of the third magnitude.
The west Is lighted up by Borne tid
mlrablo examples of first and second
magnitude Btars.To the left of tho Plei
ades, and partly within tho domain of
tho Zodiacal Constellation "Tnurua,"
shines the superb Aldebaian; under It
tho splendid square of "Orion" with
"lletelgeuse" (The Shoulder) to the
west, and "Rlgel" (The Foot) to the
east. The other corners of the square
arc marked, upwards by "Ilellatrlx"
(Tho Femnlo Warrior), downward by
"Mlntaka" both of tho second magni
tude; there nro threo stars of the
same dimension In a row within the
enclosure; they nro called "Tho Three
Kings"; truly Orion Is on of tho most
glorious sights In the heavens. Close
to the horizon, nnother orb of the
first magnitude adds to tho splondor
of this celestial region; It Is Proeyon,
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of tho Constellation "Canls Minor"
(Tho Little Dog). Toward tho mid
dle of the horizon "Erldnuus" (The
River Erlrtnn) displays Rb ?gzai
shape, not unlike tho course of Its
prototype, tho Italian River Po.
Until the 20th. "Mercury" lights the
cast. Just before sunrise; after that
date It becomes Invisible. Uefort day
break "Venus." now tho morning 6tar,
shines splendidly In tho eaBtern dl-
A Great Mo-dintf Army JV ceded
Can any one offer any valid objec
tion to this proposition?
lncreabo tho army of the United
States from Its present alzo to 1,000,000
mun. Divide It into departments lim
ited to states and put each depart
ment under a good general who under
stands how to superintend the con
struction of good roads. Then put
every mother's son of tho great army
at work. Each state would bear Its
own part In the expense. In ten years
time we would havo a system of good
Automobile
Electricity has gained another vic
tory over hoi so nnd steam power. The
Arc department of Paris Is now abol
ishing horses from all the fire engine
houses of the city nnd la selling Its old
fashioned steam fire engines to coun
try towns. It Is a strange sight when
the fro alarm sounds to see tho pon
derous doors of tho engine houses My
open and from It emerge the modorn
electric llro engines manned by only
two eappours. There lc none of tho
old stamping and dashing of fiery
steeds, Impatient to rush down the
crowded avenues to tho scenes
of conflagration. Here again,
of course, la the spectacle of tho loss of
occupation to a lot of bravo follows.
Tho stablekeoporB and the grooms
hnvo been driven out. Instead there Is
a slnglo engineer for each vohlclo,
whose Bole occupation Is to keep IiIb
auio-eniMticB In trim during tho long
leisuro hours between fires and to
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rectlon. During the later part oC tho
night "Mats" sends forth Its ruddy
glow. "Jupiter," owing to Its near
ness to tho sun, Is not visible. "Sat
urn" feebly lights tho flrot hour of
night-time, then vnnlshes from sight.
This terminates our study of the
firmament during the last month of
tho year 1000.
C. do SAINT-GERMAIN.
Stops a Water Monopoly.
An Irrigation comnauv In Nebrnska
was Rued by n farmer who proved that
a canal dug by the compnny had de
creased tho flow of water at his place.
The canal furnished water for lrriga
tlon purposes. Tho trial court held
that he should be granted an Injunc
tion forbidding the further appropria
tion of water, and on appeal the su
preme court BUBtalmd this vlow. Tho
court held, according to nn old law,
that the proprietor of a river bank is
entitled to havo the stream flow
through his land, undiminished In
quantity and unlmpalnred In quality.
Economy in Good "Roads.
The common road Is tho connecting
link between the farm, tho home, tho
country school house and the church.
Tho utility of good roads requires no
exposition. Leaving tho railroads out
of tho category of public roads for
which government Is responsible to
tho people, one expert estimate states
that 99 per cent of every load hauled
oy railroads must bo carried In a wn
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gon or truck over n highway. No
moro convincing proof Is needed that
building and maintaining highway Is
a question of a wise public policy.
A letter from Theodore Parker, the
famous Unitarian preacher and re
former, to James Freeman Clarke,
with marginal comments by the latter,
was sold In Boston tho other day for
575.
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roans that would last for the centuries.
What Is an army good for If It can't
build good roads In time of peace.
Those who offer great objections to a
vast standing nrmy could not lind
fault with a vast moving one of such
a character. Ex.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts al
ways prepares his speeches most care
fully, and although ho often appears :o
have no note3. yet what he says has
generally been determined upon even
to the slightest word at least a day In
ndvancc.
Fire Engine.
manipulate thorn when tho llro alarm
Bounds. ,
Tho engine and the hook nnd ladder
hurry to the fires in much quicker
tlmo than tho fustest horses could
havo gone. All tho old dash of wind,
nlmost uncontrollable horses, driven
by a man who seems on tho point of
being dragged from his Beat; the con
fusing Bounding of gongs nnd bells
and shouting of the sappcurs, cursing
of drivers and street passengers, taken
unnwares all this Is a thing of the
past. Instead the trim electric flro en
gine wends Its way with comparative
ly llttlo noise nnd consplculty through
the crowded thoroughfares. All that
warns of Its approach Is tho constant
ringing of a loud electric bell, which
does not vary even when tho passage
Is obstructed. Tho police, however,
aro Instructed to arrest the driver of
any vehicle that does not at onco re
spond to tho electric warning.
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Tic-doted 1o Her Father.
Although the ro-electlon of Charles
A. Boutclle of Maine to a scat In con
gress will probably never reach him,
It Is a source of great satisfaction to
his daughter, Miss Grace, who Is de
voting her life to his comfort. As
la well known, Mr. Uoutello has been
for muny months an Inmate of a pri
vate asylum at Wavcrly, Mass. Ills
mind is a complete wreck nnd even
tho most snngulno of his friends havo
given up hope of his restoration to
reason.
During his entire Illness Mr. Roil
tello's daughter has been a ministering
angel. She Is a beautiful young worn
nn nnd wtis long a favorite In Wash
ington society. She would be gladly
welcomed back to tho scenes of her
social triumphs, but has chosen In
stead to remnln closo to her father.
She has sacrificed overythlng to be as
near the one she loves ns possible. Not
a day passtB but she drives from her
GRACE UOUTELLE.
lodgings to tho insane asylum to
M'-end ns many hours with the patient
as the doctors will allow. Hy her ten
dor and loving carcs&os she seems to
Boothe the uneasy patient, nnd If Con
gressman Boutelle recovers the doc
tors declare the credit will bo due to
his affectionate daughter.
Good "Roads "Recommendations.
Besides providing for u permanent
highway Improvement organization,
with headquarters In Chicago, the na
tional good roads convention recently
held In that city adopted certain gen
eral recommendations mado by a com
mittee for the promotion of tho end
In view.
The first recommendation Is rathor
obscurely worded, but It seems to
mean that the Btato should repeal the
provisions of their road lawB requiring
peoplo to work so many days cich year
on the roads and substitute therofor
a provision requiring cosh payment of
load taxed. Thla Is rcxsonnblo as far
as It goea, because the labor under this
system Is largely Ineffectlvo nnd mis-
applied; tho work Is pretty much all
done at one time, which Is Irrational,
and It Is rarely well directed. It was
stated by one of the speakers at tho
convention that fully 7fi per cent of
the work done under this system was
thrown away. With tho taxes paid In
cash and the money used to buy suit
able matorials and appliances and to
employ capable workmen and direct
them wisely far more nnd better re
sults would be secured at no great ex
pense. The second recommendntlon
was that state legislatures make provi
sion for tho employment of convict la
bor in preparation of material for the
construction of roads. Tho third rec
ommendation la the passage of suitable
Htnto laws In aid of the work of Im
provement and thu appointment of
"non-partisan" highway commission
ers. Marquis of Anglesey.
Tho Marquis of Anglesey, who has
Just been sued by his wlfo for divorce,
1h Henry Cyril Paget, and head of the
famous Paget family, whose members
are Intermarried with prominent Am
erican houses. The marquis Is only
25 years old and succeeded his fathor
two years ago. His wife Is the daugh
ter of Sir George Chetwynd, the fa
mous turfman. She Is a beautiful wom
an of 20, with violet eyes and Tl-
MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY,
tlnn hair. Tho pair havo never got on
well together slnco the marriage Sho
loft her husband In the middle of tholr
honoymoon becnuso of tho marked
symptoms of Insanity exhibited by
him. Ho tries to dress like a woman,
carries pug dogs In his promenndea,
wears rings on evory finger, and ap
pears on the public stage as a skirt
dancer. Tho marquis Inherits his ec
centricities. His mother was erratlo
and committed suicide becnuae sho
was not happy with her luuband. Tho
marriage of Anglesey n.id his wlfo was
mnde to secure Inheritance on both
sides, and It was not tholr Intention to
live together,
Is Called the Corn King.
A new star has risen on the Chicago
Board of Trade. This latest star on
Vhango belongs to tho constellation
tnums, for ho has given corn such a
boost as It has not had for many a day.
Tho big Institution Is moro or less ac
customed to nil kinds of financial sen
sations, but George II. Phlllins im
given tho board a nervous shock of
me kind probably
from any received
Phillips Is the
youngest man who
even engineered a
comer In grain In
Chicago, and tho
youngest who ovor
attcmptoJ such a
stupendous opera
a little different
heretofore. Mr.
tion. Tho young
man Is not yet .12
yenrs of ago, and
ho has only been a
dealer upon tho Geo. H. Phillips.
Board of Trade for
a period of eight years. Tho extremely
boyish nppcaranco of the big bull has
occasioned no end of remark slnco ho
Jumped Into such prominence. Mr.
Phillips Is slender and short of stature,
is light, almost pale, complexloned,
with light eyes ami hair and a man or
most unpretentious appearance and
address. He Is so extremely modest
nnd unnssumlng that tho notoriety he
has attained and the nttentlon which
ho has nttracted havo been almost
painful to him.
One on Senator CtarK..
A new bit of Washington gossip
tells how ono day last winter Senator
Chandler of New Hampshire, bolus
about to enter tho senate chamber
from the public corridor, was accost
ed by ono of two llttlo girls, who hnd
wandered In there. "Mister, what does
It cost to go In there?" mid the child.
At that moment Chandler saw Clark,
tho Montana millionaire. coming
around tho corner. "Ask that man,"
said the New Hampshire man. "Ho
knows all about It."
Wife of Governor Btrct Hcrrcid
Governor Elect Herreld of South Da
kota Is very proud of his talented wife.
Sho Ib prominently Identified with all
movements in the state. She is a typi
cal western woman, and was born In
.Mlndora, La Crosse county, Wis., Feb.
C, 1859. Her father, Henry Harrison.
Slye, was a pioneer of Wisconsin, and
was formerly from New York state.
Airs. Herreld attended the public
schools and later went to Galesvlllo
university. After leaving college she
tnught In the public schools until her
mnrrlcge In 1S81. Two yeais later sho
MRS. CHARLES H. HF.RRBID.
icmovci! to South Dakota with hor
husband and hns bIiicc be en a resident
of that Mate.
Cheater '"Dlabbcrs."
Under tho head-line. "Bunco tho
Blabbers," a Cedar Rapids paper
makes vigorous protest against tho
chatterers who disturb theater and lec
ture audiences. It offew a reward of
15 for tho first usher who will "go
after bucIi idiots In the propor man
ner," aud refers to ono of them as
having a mouth that "would bo a
profitable enterprise If turned into n
windmill."
Has "Run the JVa-dal Gamut.
Rear Admiral Andrew Kennedy
Blckford, C. M. G has been nppoluted
commandcr-ln-chlef on the English
Pacific station, In succession to Rear
Admiral Beaumont, who goes to tho
Australian station.
Tho son of Mr. W.
Blckford of New
port Houso. South
Devon, he was
born In India, but
was educated at
the South Devon
Collegiate school.
Ho entoreil tho
navy In 1358, and
flaf n
service In China. Admiral Blckford.
Ho was senior and gunnery Iteutounnt
of tho Araothyst at the tlmo of Its en
counters with tho Peruvian rebel Iron
clad Huascar. Service In Alexandria
and elsewhere brought him on to tho
captaincy ho exorcised ob senior ofllcor
of combined French and English and
German and English, squadrons' at
various operations In the South Paclflo
during me courso of which he put a
stop to civil war at Somoa. Ho com
manded the Resolution In tho Channol
squadron; becamo captain of first re
serve nt Portsmouth; cnptaln-supcrlti-tendent
of Sheorness dock yard In
189C; rear admiral In 1899, ni.d A. D
C. to tho Queen. His C. M. G. wna
Balnea foi BerlceR ns captain of tho
iilUed squadron nt various operations
In tho South Pacific.
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