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HI JO BRE: OMAHA, "WlflDNESDAY, FEBHUATiY, 23, 1914. 11 Taking Bearings From Polaris f ' . - Mid-Winter Day's Dream i' Could Wc Ever Have Done It? And Will Wc Ever Do It Again? & By Nell Brinkley By EDGAR LUCIEN ARKIN OpjrlM, 1JH, lnterntlonl Niwi eerrlee. r I ; Q. When a surveyor takes his hroirlnrs rom Polaris does tho star move, and if O Can this be nlnlnlv nr-An thmmrh t!m elencopo on tho ordinary transit? A. Tho earth turns on its axis once in seconds Tlio length of a mean solar day ia S6.409 seconds. Tho abso.luto or sidereal day is therefore 230.4. seconds, or 3 minutes W.4 scconds'ahorter than the solar. This m6tfon-iof. rotation, ,1s" from. west over to the cast, from, right, over to the left, or .from figures '1 over through II to 11 on the face of a watch if held back toward tho -equator, Or to tho south "by liny observer, in any north latitude. Then nil stars appear to 'move in the opposite? direction . Our present north star Polaris Is no exception, Tho only exceptions would b.e two stars at the mathematically exact celestial north and south poles; Unfor tunately for surveyors and naylgato'rs, there Is none. And this fact has made a. vast amount of mathematics necessary in all historic! ages. Our present north star is constantly drawing, so it Bcems, nearer .'to tho pro ciso celestial pole, and will so appear, to move until A. D. 2120, when the jiear rst posslblo approach will be 30 minutes, or one-half degreo of arc. Then It will recede, reach its maximum distance in 12,939 years and begin its return sweep in cosmic space, and be distant 30 min utes again in the grand period of IS,87S years, tho actual length ot one cosmlo or processional, .period, one earth gyrutton. file ablest observers and mlcro-meas-Urdrs in tho world havo measured and watched -Pojaris since tho discovery ot the'" telescope, "in 1610, and with from ten I to, 100 times greater accuracy since' the tficrfectlon of '.the present refined microm eter within tho last fifty years. Tho rato of approach of tho .axis of tho earth to the direction of tho star or tho north is tetween 19.6 and 19.7 seconds of arc per year. And this degree of accuracy ir ex tremely ml nil to measurement has elicited the admiration of all students of the Magnificent laws of nature. - Tho motion is that of the entlro globe the earth which makes Its exls appear to (SWepp around. ;lrNa colossal. circle' 47 Ucgrpcjr in. dlarhetef.ih'ithO'Anns'jiittttr- ho, axis' of the earth prolonged 'to very- Infinity; would have'-passed 'Polaris-ata dlstflricb.. Qt-t .decree . JBJmlnutes - 1.3 -seo ondb. Thus in one'' sidereal,' or star day; the north star appears to traverso -an exact circle or twice this In diameter, br 2 . degrees , 17 minutes 42.6 seconds. Tborcforo tbttf.fctar imust. actually pass' ones -abovo ,a"rld,,'onci'rb'olbw.s the axis in; .tho true i star, dpy- But when exactly faboyo otfbelow, Polaris Is in a very valu able. place, tho celestial and terrestrial meridian.' I 1have never been able to seo Polaris! In; tho day tlmo in the telescope of any surveyor's transit, but up hero lri trio Rrpit., telescope tho. polar star. Is ah easy object', eyen at neon In tho- most bril llqMif upshlne. Peoplo living away from thevffTar of the electric light of cities canfalwoya toll ot thi? approach, ot Polaris to;t'hti mrldlau at night hy, watching the Btar'Xlloth, tho first- ofto frorrf the, bWl of tho. great dipper, or "third' from' i'rle end 'Of tho handle. j From a stick nailed to the corner of a lioruse, say fifteen or twenty feet high, let fajl, a. plumb-lino with bob In a bucket of water; to prevent tho wind causing- .it to oscillate. Stand south of the plumb line, look toward the north, watch Alioth; then Ywhen. this star and Polaris arc on the onvo Bianea in a line 10 mo auum nnd you will have a yery rough location of tho meridian. Mjice to the Lovelorn' By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. He n Little Indifferent. J "Dear Miss Fairfax: Ijtom 19 and.work-j In- a store with a number of other girls. A young base ball player stops in ot mornings to talk with tho girls. I am creatly Infatuated with him. but ho rbaesn't seem to pay any more attention ta me than to the others, mow can l win life affection In such a way so ho will be unaware of it? NINETEEN. jvnen. me oiner gins nang arouna mm llke'becs around a sweet morsel, you walk nwgy and appear oblivious to his exist ence, lie will at least realize that you nr'e'not interested n him, and that will awaken his interest in you. Thnt Depends. Dear Miss Fairfax: I havo been keep ing' company with a young mun (two years" my senior) for ono year, and as a rule- woaro very happy when together; but every timo ho meets a certain per son. In my family whom ho dislikes he Ih -very cool with me. When I speak to him-about this he answers that ho al-na-a; has tho same good feeling toward me,: i X. It the person ho dislikes is very near to:you, and one he would often meet after yotrc-marrlage, r hope you will not marry tlrl.'ihan. H's Intolerance now will be como active dislike then, and he will make, you very unhappy. Cpmb Sage Tea in Hair to Darken It Grandma kept her locks dark, glossy, thick with a mixture . of Sage Tea and Sulphur. The old-time mixture ot Sage Tea and Sulphur ffr darkening gray, streaked and faded hair is grandmother's treat ment and folks are again, using It to keep their hair a good, even color, whloh is quite sensible, as we are living' In an age when a youthful apparanca U ot th greatest "advantago. i Nowadays, though, we don't have the troublesome task ot gathering the eag V and the muy mixing at home. All Njrug store sell the ready-to-use product called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" for about SO cents a bottle. It Is very popular because nobody can discover .it has boon applied, Amply moisten your comb or a soft brush with It and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair disappears, but what de-J lights th jaoiea with wyeth's sage and Sulphur is that, besides beautifully oarxening me nair aiier a jtvr applica tions. It also produces that soft lustre and appearance of abundance which is o attractive; besides, prevents dandruff. Itching seal j) an4 fall joy hajr- Advertisement ' While tho Bnbwjjljea wJitteiantl'huBhlng over'tho rdlilng hills anil down tho Btroota of tuo 'shiall tdwn.Tiffitges; whllo tho bunny cottontail and tho red fox leavo their neat, prliited trails behind them In tho deep woods and round tho farmers'' CoVices; tho baro, tiny twigs of tho trees rattlo together with an Icy clatter like bones rolling down tho street, whllo tho winter wind goes singing and the faerlos aro hugging their fires under the roots of trees; while sleek apples in tho barrel aro look ing glossier and redder than they over did just becauBo it's whlto out side; whllo cold Jblue vendors on tho street corner aro knocking their foot' together and Bmillng anyway; all this whllo in "My country" It's Bummer, thero aro yellowish plhls roses, and a soft blue, sea, and vast green hillsides slashed with Carnations nnd vlolot fields! Oh, to bo thore! That's what I think, of course. That's because I'm human. Jtlst as a lovely gray-haired woman who had nover beert, out of that You Can Begin This Great Story To-day by Reading This First Philip Anson Is a boy ot 15 years, ot fine education and good breeding, but an orphan and mlnerably poor. The story opens with tho death Of his mother. Rich relatives have deserted the family in tnelr hour of need, and when his mother's death comes Philip Is in de spair. He looks over his mother's letters and finds .that he Is related ta Sir Philip Morland. A few days later a terrific thunderstorm brews over London. At the height ot the storm a flash Ot lighte ning scares a team attached to a coach standing in front of a West End man sion. 1'hlUP, .who has become a news boy, rescues a girl from the carriage Just before It turns over. A man with the girl trips over Philip In his excite ment, ilo cuffs tho boy and calls a po liceman. Tho girl pleads for Philip and he Is allowed to go after learning that tho man was Cord Vanstonc, .Philip then determines to commit suicide. Just as ho ia about to hang himself a meteor flashed by tho window and crashed into the flugstoncs in the yard. The boy takes this ,as a sign from heaven not to kill himself. He then goerf to the yard to look ut the meteor. Philip picks up. several .curious .looking bits ot the meteor and takes them to a diamond merchant named Isacsteein, who causes his arrest. At the police station he gives hiB name a Philip Morland. Isaacsteln tells the Judge that tho. dlamonCn ure worth ifiO.COO 250,000). Milllp refuses to answer questions and Is remanded for a week, ljtdy Morland, dining in a res taurant, reads about "Philip Morland-' and Is puzzled. In the police court he succeeds In con vincing the magistrate, Air, Abingdon, that ha-como Into possession ot the Jew els honestly, and In wlnnlulg the friend ship of tho magistrate, who sends him back to make an arrangement with Isaac stela The broker .agrees to dispose ot diamonds to the amount of pounds a year for a term of .years, for a com mlxslon of 10 per cent, and to place at once 5,000 pounds to tho boy's credit in a bank. Klfty pounds is paid in cash. With this money Philip provides himself with a beter suit of clothes, and with bags to take care of the Jewels, -and re turns to Johnsons mews, on the way he nieets with- -an adventure, which brings him. in oontaot with a "popr vrooian. At the old homo he gathers up the diamonds. -' .tit '3W ?40) ' " " ' . J I' ii J Jt-'- " 1 1 'w' ;i - ' n N ' - - and has Just succeeded in placing tho last or tnem in a portmanteau, which ho dis covers that ho Is being watched by a man outside. Ho succeeds in netting rid ot the fellow ,only to discover another pair or eyes poring at h m. This time It is a policeman. Philip assists tho police- mun in overpowering "JocKoy ' Mason, a desperate criminal, and saves the notice- man's life. The man curses Philip and the policeman starts wun mm to the station house, whllo tho policeman is absent delivering his prisoner, Philip succeeds In transferring IiIm bags filled with dia monds to the Junk atoro of IiIh good friend. O'Brien, where all Is safe. He has barely made his last trip when the policeman returns to tho house with tho inspector, rump is questioned closely, and returns frank answers to all the in spector's queries. Ho shows letters from his father to his mother, pawn tickets, and other evidences- ot tho occupancy of the house, and tells tho Inspector he has found friends since the death ot his mother, Tho Inspector leaves Philip satis fied that Jocky Mason has been dreaming about the diamonds. Ho promises to look up tho boy in tho morning. When morn ing came Philip had left Johnson's Mews, had loaded his bags filled with diamonds on a cab, and wuh away on his now life. Isaacsteln accompanies Philip to the bank, whero he opens an account, and then the broker prepares to go to Amster dam to sell the diamonds, while Philip seeks apartments at a hotel. Tiio clerk Is somewhat astonished that a mere boy Hhould engage rooms at a cost of J25 a day, but the manager Is quieted when ho finds tho cheek tendered by the boy Is good at the bank. Philip addresses tho valet In French in dlslmlsslng him. Kstabllshed ut tho hotel, Philip arranges for the safekeeping Qt his treasure, and goes out ta look up those who had be frlendod him whllo in prison, Now Read On . ? ? ? ? ? Copyright, 1M, by Edward J. qiode. There was somo excuse for this, but tho boy's abounding good nature would admit of none. Ilo hastened to Farrlng ton to ud with the utmost speed and found hl fat friend putting up the shut ters of his shop. The rootaurunt next door was open Philip approached quietly. "Qool evenlngt Mr. Judd.' ho sold, holding out his hand. , "Good evening, sir.' said the green grocer, his eyca rcvrallng not the re dream country at a timo to boo snow until this winter, wishod, with her eyes dancing with delight, that it would, "snow, snow, enow!" That's '1st human natur'! When tho dog days como wo dream of to bogganing! When wo aro on tho snow-blinded Atlantic, gray and wlnter-drivon, wo sigh to bo in tho tropics wliero tho palms rustlo and spring is nlroady on tho way. When it's whistling winter wo yearn over the summer that was, and long fiorcoly for tho' ono that will bq! Grown-ups, and Ilttlo kids, and girls, and follows everybody all thu same! Trudging through tho snow-smothered woods, tho girl, in wooly sweator and toquo, with hor fur against her rosy, robin-breast cheek, sees hanging in tho baro rattling trees tho dream ot what sho did last summer, And in vnst amazo and a cuddling of hor body sho wondors if Bho really eVor did that skipped right out into tho surf, la-la-la, motest idea of tho identity, of the smart young gentleman who addressed him so familiarly. "Don'j you know me, Mr. Judd?" "Well, sir, I can't exactly bring to mln' "- "I suppose tho good faro you provided for me at Holloway has so altered my ap. pearancj that you fall to recognize mo again." "Wot! To don't mean to s'y 'Ero, Eliza, this young gent Is tho lad I was ntellln' you of. Ilcmanded till Saturday, you was. I saw In the piper last night. Well, there, I'm donel" Dy this tlmo Philip was Inside tho shop, and tho stout greengrocer and his equally stout spouse wore gazing open-mouthed at this well-dressed youth who had up planted the thin tatterdemalion so muqh discussed by them and their neighbors. Judd and the restaurant keeper wern tho only men In the locality who could claim acquaintance, with the boy 'whose strange proceedings as reported In th nowspupers mado Ixindon gape. ludeod, both men had been interviewed by police and reporters many times. They were living links with the marvellous, a ped estal ot common atone for an aerial phantasy. And now. here ho was, back again, dressed like a young gentleman, and hailing Judd as u valued friend. No wonder tho green grocer lost his breath and his power ot speech. Hut Philip was smiling at him and talking. "You were the ono man out of many, Mr. Judd, who believed In me, and even stuck up for mo when you saw me led through tho street by a policeman to bo imprisoned on a false charge. I did not know until an hour ago that I was In debted to you for an abundance of ex cellent food wliile r was remanded in prison. I will not offer to refund you the money you spent My gratitude will ,take another form, which you will learn In a fow days. But I do want to pay you the nlnepence I borrowed. Would you mind asking the proprietor of the restau rant to step In here for a moment? Don't say I am present, I wish to avoid u crowd, you know," Judd had time to collect his scattered ideas during this long speech. "Blow the nlnepence!" he cried. "Wot's nlncpenco for the treat l'vo hud? People I nevor set oyes on In my llfo afore Item ere an' bought cabblges, or tuterp, or mobbo a fow plums, an' thon they'd slawt: 'Mr. Judd, wasn't It you as stood a dinner to tho Boy King ot Diamonds?' That'R wot they christened ycr, sir. Or It's: 'Mr. Judd, call n't ycr toll us w'ere that youog Morland lives? Huro-ly yor know summat abaht lm or yer wouldn't hev paid 'Is bill. Oh, It 'as bin a beano. Hasn't it Eliza?" "But wo never let on a word," put In Mrs. Judd. "Wo was clono us wux. We told none of 'cm ub how Mr. Judd went to 'Olloway that night, did we Wlllyum?" "Not us. Yo see, I took a funcy to ye. If nhr ilttlo Johnnlo 'ad lived 'o'd ha' bin Just your Igo. Fifteen, aren't yo?" At last Philip ogt him persuaded to summon his neighbor. Judd did so with an air of mystery that canned the buhl headed resliturnntciir to bellevo that a burglar was bottled up In the green grocer's cellar. Once insldo Mm shop, however, Mr. Juild's mnnner changed! "Wot did Itcll yer, Toinklns?" ho cried, elatedly. "Wot prlco mo ns a Judgo ot karak-terl 'Ere's Mr. Morland come back to p'y mo that ! pence. En, Tomklns!" Philip solemnly counted out the money, which ho handed to his delighted backer. "There was a bet, too," he said. "Ua-thcr!" roared Judd. "Two bob, w"lch l'vo pldo. Out wi' four bob, Tom klns, Ixird lumme, I'll stand treat ut the George for tills!" "Thoro'H something funny In the cubc," growled Tomklns, as ho unwillingly pro duced n couple of florins. "I was sure you would eo the Joke nt once," said Philip. "(Joodby, Mr. Judd, Goodby, ma'am. You will hoar from mo without fall within a fortnight. He was gone beforo they roullzed his In tention. They saw him skip rapidly up the steps leading Into Holborn, and Ten don had swallowed him forever so far as they wero concerned. THE CLOSE OF ONE EPOCH. Before retiring to rest, Philip ascer tained Mr. Abingdon's Indon address, and wroto asking for an appointment the following evening. Ho also interviewed the manager. "I want tho help of a thoroughly relia ble solicitor," ho said. "I wish to pur chase some property not valuablo prop erty, but of Importance to me. Can you give mn (he address of somo ono known to you?" M, Koret named a reputable firm In the locality "They may refer to you," added Philip, "Of rourse, I do not ask you to say more slapping it up about hor In a million diamond drops that sumo old surf that Is boating against tho black rocks now In icy green and a boll of foam with snow on Us crests and doath in Us pry? " And tho bundlod-up old Kid In his nrdtlca and "comfort," with his rod mlttonod hands beating together and his noso nnd cheeks tho color of a ripo wlncsnp, with hln homo-mado snow, shovel taking a rest ngalnst the fonco, catches a half terrified, half glorified dream of him self last summer strlppod to tho skin ot his lean Ilttlo racor-body bowed over tho odgo of tho grassy, daisy-snowed bank, grimy Ilttlo hands pressed tight, n rooster of hair dripping water behind, taking a hendor right into tho olo swimmln' hole! "Goahoo, how could have did It?" chatters tho ungrammatlcal uhlvoror! And tho owlmmln jiolo Is froro over tight now! Mid-winter's day dreams! NELL BRINKLEY, ' than I nni staying here, but the point Is, I do not wish you to mention my age." "Will you not bco them then?'' "No, I will endeavor to conduct tho wholo business by post." Tho manager laughed, "You certainly are tho coolest young gentleman I ever mot. However, Mr. Anson, It may please you to know that your bank gvo you tho best of recom mendations. I will say so to anybody," So Philip first drafted and then copied tho following letter: "Dear Blrs-M. Foret of this hotel, has given mo your names us a firm likely to transact negotiations for me. I want to purchaso a small property In tho Mlla End Itoad, known as Johnson's Mews; also a shop near tho rntranco to the mows, tenanted by u nmrlno store dealer named O'Brien. The mews Is owned by tho Cardiff and llavro Coal company, I do not know who owns tho shop, I wish to acqulro those properties for a philanthropic, purpose, but I am moat drslrouH that my name should not figure 0 tho transaction. 1 propose, therefore, when you havo ascertained the price, which should bo at tho earliest possible mninent. to pay to your credit the re quisite amount. You can have the prop erties transferred to any nominee you choose, and again transferred to mo. Kindly add your costs, etc., to the pur chaso price. My movements are some what uncertain, so please send all com munications by letter. It will bo an ob ligation, nnd fend to future business, if you attend to this matter tomorrow morning. Yours, faithfully, "PHILIP ANSON" Ho did not compose this letter without considerable trouble The "phllanthroplo purpose" he had already decided upon, but ho thought it was rather clever to refer to tho possibilities ot "future busi ness." As for the double transfer, he distinctly remembered copying letters dealing with several such transactions at the time ot tho coal company's conversion into a limited liability concern, Ho was curly to bed, and his rest was not disturbed by dreams. He rose loner beforo the ordinary residents. Deferring his breakfast, ho walked to 1-1 eet street and purchased copies of morning and evening papers for tho wholo of tho week. Ho could thus enjoy tho rare luxury of soelng himself as others saw him. He read the perforvld descriptions of tho scene in court and found himself vari ously described uh "port," "masterful, "Imperious,' highly Intelligent," endowed with a thin veneer of education" anci "affertcd." Philip could afford to laugh at tho un favorable epithets. Un to tlio he had been trained In a flratrate lycee, and his work was supervised fcy his mother, a woman of very great culture. Ho apoko French as well an TCno-ii.i. and spoke both admirably. 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