HER DESTINATION IN DOUBT ,
Llttla Girl's Remark Not Complimen
tary to Grandma ,
E thel Is of tlio mature ngo of five.
Recently her grandmother concluded
that it devolved on her to instruct the
child In religious mult em.
"You must ho a Rood girl , Ethel , "
nho said. "Then yon will go to heaven
when yon die. "
' Elhol seemed Bcnrcoly pleased with
this reward for exceptional conduct.
"Don't yon want o gp to honvon ? "
nskcd grandinn , with n look of re
proach.
"Oil , I dent know , " temporized
Ethel. "I guess not. "
"Why not ? " demanded grandma ,
sovcroly.
"necnuao mnybo I couldn't get out , "
answered Ethel.
"Yon wouldn't want to got out , " ro-
.illed grandma.
"Oh , yen , I should , " returned Ethel ,
with conviction ,
"No , " argued grandma , "you would
not. Why should you want to get out
of ho.iYen ? "
"Why , " answered Ethel , "I guess I'd
want to BO and BOO you pnco In a
while , wouldn't I ? " Woman's Homo
, Companion.
INVALID'S 8AD PLIGHT.
After Inflammatory Rheumatism , Hair
Came Out , Okln Peeled , and Bed
Sores Developed Only Cull-
cura Proved Successful.
"About four years ago I had a very
severe attack of Inflammatory rheuma
tism. My akin peeled , and the high
fever played havoc with my hair ,
which came out in bunches. I also
had three largo bed Korea oil my hack.
I did not gain very rapidly , and my
appetite was very poor. I tried many
'sure curcfl' but they were of llttlo
help , and until I tried Cuticura lie-
solvent I had had no real relief. Then
my complexion cleared and eoon I felt
better. The bed sores went very BOOH
after a few applications of Cuticura
Ointment , and when I used Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment for my hair
It began to regain its former glossy ap
pearance. Mrs. Lavlna J. Henderson ,
138 Broad St. , Sta'mford , Conn. , March
fl and 12 , 1907. "
'she Didn't Know Them.
Marlon was tolling bravely upstairs ,
paper and pencil In hand , ; ready to
ask questions of the first person she
chanced upon. Being just nix , she wan
'of the "Inquiring" age , and thereupon
endeavored to make every ono'a llfo
a burden to them.
The first person she mot was
Bridget , Cho upstairs girl. "Bwldgot , "
she lisped , "pwcaso clvo mo the let
ters in the nfabot. " Bridget repeated
them slowly and Impressively. "And
now , Bwldget , " the child wont on , "I
wnnt thQ letters that are not in the
nfabot" Bridget was thoughtful for a
moment : "Dlesa mo soul , darlin'
child , " she answered , "I don't 'know
thcnl. "
New Chart Corrects Errors.
The great practical Utility of the
magnetic survey made in the Pacific
ocean by the yacht Galileo Blnco 1005
IB shown by a now magnetic chart ,
from which it appears that the charts
previously used by navigators in Uio
pacific ocean were erroneous along
Bomo mnch-travorsod routes to the ex
tent of from three to five degrees ,
nnd the errors at times were syste
matic. Errors of this magnitude are
of Importance In practical navigation
' where the indications of the compass
ohould bo ns accurate as possible.
The Missing umK.
What was said to bo the "missing
link between man and npo" was found
t.by Dr. Dubols In 1895 on the banks
of the Ilongawan river , In central
Java. Those fossil remains consisted
of a skull , a thigh bone and two molar
tootli , from which the scientists "con-
structed" nn animal , not human , yet
nearer to man than the npo. The
"link" was named "Pithecanthropus
Erectus. " Now York Amoikau.
"TWO TOPERS. "
A Teacher'o Experience.
"My friends call mo 'The Postum
Preacher , ' " writes a Minn , school teach
er , "because I preach the gospel of
Postuin everywhere- go , and have
been the means of liberating many
'coffee-pot slaves.1
"I don't care what they call mo so
long as I can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee , and
can show them the way to steady
nerves , clear brain nnd general good
health by using Postum.
"Whllo n school girl I drank coffee
and had fits of trembling and wont
through a slcgo of nervous prostration ,
which took mo throe years to rally
from.
"Mother coaxed mo 'to use Postum ,
but I thought coffee would glvo mo
strength. So things went , nnd when
I married I found my husband and I
were both coffee topers , and I can
sympathize with a drunkard who trios
to leave off his cups.
"At last In sheer desperation I
, bought a package of Postum , followed
directions' about boiling It , served It
with good cream , and asked my hus
band how bo liked the coffee.
"Wo each drank three cups apiece ,
and what a satisfied feeling it left. Our
conversion has lasted several yearo
and will continue ns long an wo live ,
for" it has made us now nerves nro
steady , appetites good , sloop sound
j and refreshing. "
p * "There's a Reason. " Naino given by
& Postum Co. , Bnltlo Creek , Mich. Head
"Tho Road to Wollvllle , " In pkgs.
(
< Ever read the above letter ? A new
ono appears from time to time. They
' are genuine , true , and full of human
Interest ,
RECENT DISCOVER ? Of EIGHTH
SATELLITE FOCU 3E $ ATTEKTIO/tt
PLANET rrr -
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ww
Eyes of astronomers , as well as of
star gazers among the ranks of the
laymen , have been directed with spe
cial Interest towards Jupiter of Into
owing to the reported discovery of the
eighth satellite of the great planet
whoso history In nn astronomical
rather than a mythological sense-Ms
n marvel of scientific romance. There
la probably no object In the heavens
around which such rich association ! !
cluster. It was the Jovian orb that
presided over the llrst Intimations of
the speed of light in the days when
Roomer watched the eclipses of Its
moons. To Jupiter was directed the
llrst tcloncopo over trained oif the
skies by an earthly nstionomcr. It
fell to the lot of Jupiter to Intervene
In the great struggle between rival
theories of the world order and con
nect Itself forever with a most thril
ling period in the history of science.
Measured nnd weighed since ( lion with
all attainable exactness , It la known
for observers to-day as the planet of
colosssal dimensions nnd terrific
speed , of numerous progeny nnd
troubled countenance , yet It never
shines without casting Its luster away
back toward the middle ages upon the
serene , Indomitable ifnd undying figure
of Galileo.
The surprising fact about Jupiter ,
so far as Us moons are concerned , Is
that the planet was lost to astro
nomical Investigation for nearly 300
years. In that time the telescope
underwent enormous improvement.
Ilcrschol mapped the heavens with his
Srcat tube , and Lord ROSSO'H rolloctor
nt Pnrsonstown showed such light- '
gathering capacity that the star Slrlus
shone In It "like a coach lamp. " Later
Btlll , with the introduction of archro-
mntlc object lenses and advance in the
art of glass making , the comparatively
tremendous range and defining power
of the modern refracting telescope
wcro placed at the disposal of the ob
server. The Lick instrument , with Itn
clear width of three foot turned toward
the night sky , seemed well nigh the
limit of the Investigating power which
astronomers could hope to command.
Yet after all this advance and almost
at the beginning of the twentieth century
tury Jupiter showed no more of her
moons to the modern scientists than
she had revealed nearly throe cen
turies before to the unpraoticcd eye
and rude Instrument of Galileo , The
planet was known In 1010 to have four
satellites ; In 1892 no sane astronomer
expected to see any more. It was
comfortable provision , and the count
seemed closed. Yet all this time there
were seven , possibly eight , moons ,
though the fact was hidden from the
world , Just as magnetism hnd been
hidden until Gilbert brought it Into
notice , and nn radium was hidden until
the Curies raised It from the dust.
Jupiter was reserving hlR nceiot for
Bomo daring observer who should
brldgo the gap of nearly 100 ! years
with a now discovery. The first chapter -
tor of the revelation came In 1892 , and
the revealer was Prof. Edward Emer
son Barnard of the Lick observatory.
A southern man , who had already
done excellent work In celestial pho
tography , besides discovering a num
ber of comets , ho was ono of the first ,
In the clear air of Mt. Hamilton , Cal. ,
to turn the now itC-tnch telescope to
the planotB. Ho was doubtless eager
to know what of now detail and phys
ical construction the big glass would
hi Ing forth. Happening ono Septem
ber midnight to bo examining the disc
of Jupiter ho glimpsed a tiny speck
of light near the edge of the planet.
It soon became lost In the glare of the
larger body , but the quest was re
sumed on succeeding nights , and Hum
the news was Unshed to every Amefl-
can nnd foreign observatory that Jupi
ter hod live moons. This unexpected
and momentous discovery thrilled the
nstrononlcal world , but there wore
other surprises yet to como. Early
In January , 1901 , Prof , Charles Dillon
Porrlno of the same observatory also
n comet Under and export In the study
of eclipses announced a sixth satel
lite , the existence of which ho had
suspected In December of the previous
year ; nnd the observation was con
firmed by exports at the United States
naval observatory. In January , 1905 ,
Prof. Porrlno followed up his success
by discovering a seventh sntalUtn , nnd
now what may turn out to bo the
eighth of Jupiter's moons has Just
"swum within the ken" of the astrono
mers at Greenwich observatory In
England.
The giant among the planets Is just
now excellently situated for observa
tion , shining for some tlmo In the
western sky after Rundown. Any small
hand telescope will show Jupiter much
as it looked to Galileo a plain , softly
luminous disc , accompanied by one or
mnrp of the four moons , all of them
sometimes visible at once , which were
first seen nt Padua in the opening
decade of the seventeenth century.
As the size of the telescope is In-
proasod , Interesting detail makes Its
appearance. The most easily glimpsed
features are the belts lines of cloudlike -
like ( substance crossing the planet's
face north nnd south. The disc of
Jupiter Is also diversified by an oval-
shaped object which has never ceased
to bo nn object of mystery , as well as
wonder , to astronomers. Its extraor
dinary size and hue have given It the
title of "tho great red spot. " Situated
near the edge of the south belt , it is
sometimes .10,000 miles long by 7,000
miles broad , extending over nn area
of about 200,000,000 miles. A blanket
closely fitted everywhere to the sur
face of the earth would not bo largo
enough to cover this strange object
on the face of Jupiter. Meanwhile the
planet 1ms other mysteries. Its sur
face Is fluent , and shifts to and fro in
such a way that It has never been
possible to determine the exact period
of the planet's diurnal rotation. The
depth of Jupiter's turbid and fluctyiat-
ing exterior has been estimated by ono
observer at from 790 to 800 miles.
Some have suspected that , llko Sat
urn's rings , the belts are whirling
lines of meteors. There Is much rea
son to bcllovo that part of the light
that comes to us from Jupiter is the
planet's own.
What , finally , of the satellites
themselves ? The early astronomers
know the first four , the Galilean
moons , as lo , Europa , Ganymede and
Callisto , and It Is the magnitude nnd
motions of these which are best
known. With an average diameter of
about 2,500 miles , their distances from
Jupiter range from 112,500 miles to
7iG5,000 : miles , and their periods of
revolution around the planet from
nearly 11 hours to about 1C days , the
fifth moving at about 10 % miles n sec
ond. The satellites are now numbered
in the order of their discovery , but
their distances from Jupiter do not
coincide with this order. The most
recent estimates at Harvard college
observatory glvo the arrangement as
follows :
biitclllto 5 112.nX ) miles
Satellite 1 2S1.WO miles
S ° to ; U5.000 miles
Sato to 3 ,584.000 , miles
k te Ho 4 UC7.000 miles
SntPl Ito C 7.05G.OOO miles
SnUlllto 7 7,3iu.OOO miles
The object recently observed nt
Greenwich , and supposed to bo nn
eighth moon of Jupiter , is still under
observation.
For all but
expert observers
, pro
vided with the largest telescopes now
In use , the newly discovered moons
are utterly beyond the reach of hn-
mnn vision , and the astronomers who
ha\o KOCH them may bo counted on
the lingers of ono hand. Hut the orig
inal four which Galileo saw are easily
within the reach of the ordinary field
glass or small telescope. The phe
nomena they present are most Inter
esting. Circling their primary at dif
ferent speeds , they may sometimes bo
scon equally , as well as unequally ,
distributed with respect to Jupiter ;
occasionally the planet cuts them In
two , or has nil four on ono side.
Now and then the satellites pass
behind him Inlholr
motions and are
"occulted ; " they also move across his
fare , the moon In transit casting Its
' black shadow on the planet's disc. The
'fact that Jupiter shows a fftco 10 times
larger to the nearest of bis compan
ions than the moon does to the earth
suggests something of the spectacle
which the night sky would present tea
a dweller In the Jovian system. But
that la another story.
Few Perfect Models.
There are In Europe 10,000 women
and girls who earn a living as artists'
models. It Is strange to say that
there are not ten among them who
a perfect face and figure.
BETTER FOFJ THE POULTRY AND
EASIER FOR THE POULTRY'KEEPER
( LOTH ERONT
OULTRY HOVSE
OPEN FRONT MOUSE
I
New England has been responsible
to a largo degree for the plan of us
ing cold poultry houses , which Is be
ing generally adopted all over the
country.
Until a few years ago poultrymen
everywhere believed that the warmer
a henhouse could bo kept the better
the results would be. So the build
ings were made as snug as possible ,
with close-fitting windows , tight doors ,
sometimes even * with a steve to add
moro heat than that furnished by the
bodies of the fowls.
Now this practice has been so far
departed from by many Now England
poultrymen that muslin curtains have
taken the place of glass windows , the
doors are left open much of the time
and no ono is greatly concerned If a
bushel or two of snow blows In.
Prof. Q. M. Gowell of the Maine
agricultural experiment station at
Orono was the pioneer in the matter
of exploiting the use of muslin cur-
tnlns In place of glass , and the results
of his experiments along this line
have led hundreds of people to adopt
his plan.
Prof. Gowell uses houses which have
both glass windows and muslin cur
tains , the idea being to ndmlt a gen
erous amount both of light and of nir.
He also uses , curtains in front of the
roosts , so that the birds sleep In what
Is practically a roosting closet. This
curtain Is so arranged that It can bo
raised and fastened up out of the way ,
and It Is lowered only on cold nights.
It is a well-known fact that a
square house affords a great deal
moro floor space than ono which Is
long and narrow , and the Gowell
houses are built with that thought in
mind , so that the roosts are a con- -
slderablo distance from the windows.
The birds confined In these houses
have done remarkably well.
The cold house Is just as well adapt
ed to the needs of the amateur , the
man with a small Hock , as to those of
the commercial poultrymnn.
F. W. Colby of Auburn , Mo. , has anew
now house for his Hock of line white
and silver wyandottes which Is on en
tlrely up-to-date lines. It Is 40 feet
long , with double walls on the west
and north sides. There Is a pltchcc"
roof , covered with tarred paper. The
sides arc also covered with tarred pa
per. The front of the house is covered
ored with common factory cotton at
ton cents n yard , with a small glass
window In each pen. Each pen has a
roosting room with a curtain arrance
ment , to bo closed at night when the
weather is cold. Mr. Colby built this
house himself , and says that the mate
rial and labor did not exceed $70.
It has remained , however , for
Prof. Charles K. Graham of the Con
necticut agricultural college at Starrs
to attempt the boldest experiment
which has over been made along the
lines of fresh air quarters for laying
hens.
Early last winter Prof. Graham se
cured a common tent of the A type
and fastened It securely to the ground ,
so thnt the strong winds which blow
over the hill nt Storrs would not bo
able to yank it up , and in the tent
10 installed n small flock of white log-
lorn fowls , headed by a proud and
mmlsomo cock bird.
As all pcoplo familiar with poultry
; now , the leghorns have very long
: ombs. The cock especially has a par
ticularly largo and showy appendage
of this character , as well as heavy
wattles. This fact led Prof. Graham
to select birds of the leghorn breed
for his experiment.
The winter passed nnd the little
Hock of leghorns were still living in
the tent nnd not a single comb had
been frosted , although there were sev
eral exceedingly cold nights.
Any ono who may consider this ap
parent exposure of the flock to the
cold as bolng cruel will bo interested
to know that on several occasions the
thermometer showed that the tempera
ture was lower in some of the cloied
houses than In the tent. Moreover ,
the combs of the fowls in one of the
regulation houses were touched by
frost during a cold snap in February ,
but the happy little flock in the tent
escaped without any misfortune of
this character.
The ground in the tent Is cove/red
with straw for the birds to scratch
In. There Is a box for a nest and
a low roost for the birds to use at
night. During the daytime the flock
Is allowed to run outside. .
This experiment has excited no little
tlo interest among people interested in
poultry.
The plan of using muslin curtains
Instead of glass In poultry houses Is
finding so much favor that It Is being
experimented with all over New Eng
land. Dealers In poultry supplies now
sell oiled muslin , to be used for this
purpose , by the yard. It Is by no
means necessary to use oiled muslin ,
however , for that which has not been
coated with oil serves just as well ,
although It Is not quite so durable.
It Is a surprising fact , but ono
which has been repeatedly tested , that
the temperature- a building the windows
dews of which are covered with
muslin Is only two to four degrees
colder than ono in which glass is'used ,
and thnt the temperature really seems
warmer , because the air contains less
moisture. "
In houses which are kept tightly
closed moisture \often forms on the
Inside walls and renders the house
damp , the result being that the fowls
develop colds and are attacked with
roup.
As a rule , there Is much less sick
ness in a flock of poultry housed In
quarters which are ventilated by
means of cloth windows. Of course ,
loss light Is admitted through cloth
than through glass , and it is well to
have ono glass window , although it is
the usual practice to raise the muslin
curtain during the day , allowing the
air to enter freely. Tbo , opening
should bo high enough so that the
wind will not blow directly on the
birds.
A number of dairymen are now ex
perimenting with muslin windows in
their barns , and satisfactory reports
on this experiment nro being made.
A Prosperous Family
MIGHT YET BE PERSUADED.
Qweet Girl Brought to Aok Tlmo for
Reconsideration ,
"Since you can bo no moro than a
sister to ino , " said the heartbroken
young man , "will you not glvo mo ono
kiss of farewell ? "
She assented , albeit coldly.
And Manncrlng drew the girl to his
heart , ho pressed bin lips to hers with
a passionate fervor born of his de
spair.
Afterward her head sank gently up
on his shoulder.
"Mr. Mannerlng , " she breathed ,
"this Is all so all BO now to me so
Btrangcly different from my expecta
tions perhaps , if you would give mo
time tlmo to reconsider "
But , dear reader , let us draw a veil
over the sacred Bceno. Exchange.
FROM A NOVEL.
She stood gazing into empty Bpaco.
An All-Round Book.
The book agent had spent a dis
couraging morning , and when ho had
nn opportunity to scan the face of Eli
Hobbs at close range , he felt that
there was small chaaco of making a
BJtlo. However , ho had more than one
method of suggestion.
"Sitting out hero on the piazza after
noons with your wlfo , this would bo
the very book to read aloud , " ho said ,
ingratiatingly , to Mr. Hobbs , taking
the other rocking chair and opening
the large red-covered volume.
"I don't read and I haven't nnx
wlfo , " replied Mr. Hobbs , dryly.
"Dear me ! " said the book agent.
"Well , if your wife is dead , perhaps
there are children. Now , children find
this book "
'There are no children , " interrupted
Mr. Hobbs. "There's nobody but my
self and my cat. "
"Well , " sold the book agent , "don't
you ever want a good heavy book to
throw at her , Just to ease your feelIngs -
Ings ? " Youth's Companion.
What a Dear Little Wife Did.
The leap-year widow had cornered
the wily widower.
"Ah , you Bhould marry again , Mr.
Primrose , " she whispered In her most
persuasive tones. "Widowers are llko
bachelors they como homo at night
nnd toss their clothes all in a heap.
You should have a dear llttlo wife to
go through your clothes. "
"Thanks , " replied the wily widower ,
tersely , "but my last wife went
through them so completely that I
didn't have carfare in the morning. "
The back is the mainspring of
woman's organism. It quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. It
tells , with other Bymptoms , such as
nervousness , headache , pains in the
loins , weight in the lower part of
the b9tly , that a woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause ,
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy , normal condition is
LYDIA E.P1NKHANFS
Mrs. Will Young , of 0 Columbia
Avo. , Rockland , Me. , says :
" I was troubled for a long time with
dreadful backaches and n paiii in my
Bide , and was mibcrablo in every way.
I doctored until I was discouraged and
thought I would never get well. I rend
what Lydia E. Pinldmm's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided to try It ; nfter taking throe
bottles I can truly say that I never felt
so well in my life. "
Mrs. Augustus Lyonof East Earl ,
Pa. , writes to Mrs. Pinkham :
"I had very severe backaches , nnd
pressing-down pains. I could not Bleep ,
nnd had no appetite. Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound cured mo
and made mo feel like n new woman. "
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound , made
from roots and herbs , has been the
standard remedy for female ills ,
and has positively cu rod thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements , inflammation , ulceration -
tion , fibroid tumors , irregularities ,
periodic pains , backache , that bear-
ing-uown feeling , flatulency , indigea-
1 tioudizzhiessor nervous prostration.