The Athena press., September 25, 1908, Image 2

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The moon, coursing in its orbit about
the earth, cuts oil the ray 3 of sunlight
from a part of the earth's surface,
making a long, narrow, conelike, deep
hadow (see Illustration between U and
U), which the earth Intercepts la Her
orbital course about the sun. This dark
hadow Is called the "umbra," and' it
marks the "total" or in this case "un
nular" pathway' of the eclipse. The
part In the diagram marked U and U
(of lighter shading) is called "the
penumbra," or "utmost shade," where
not all the rays of light from the sun
are cut off.
The name "annular" Is given to the
variety of eclipse where the sun's disk
is nearly but not entirely covered or
hidden from us ; there remains a nar
row "ring" of bright sunlight all
around the dark body of the moon as
it covers over the disk of the sun. All
eclipses of the sun are caused by the
moon's coming between the earth and
the ffun, and this results In either a
partial eclipse, , an annular eclipse, or
a total eclipse of this body.
An imaginary line drawn through the
THE OLD PLAYHOUSE.
I know a place where the sunlight falls,
Whether in frost or whether In shine,
Day and night on the pictured walls, '
That ne'er have changed at the touch
of time.
Tho' you might search for the. spot In
vain
(Tho key of the castle belongs to me)
Some happy days I can find again
My playhouse under the applo tree.
The mansion old, in its cloak of gray,
Crept out of sight to make way for
trado ;
Gone are Its walls and tho garden gay,
Where vi'lets grew with tho lurk spur
staid.
They say Uiat the orchard, too, is gone,
And naught remains that I used to
sec
But I visit still, 'tween the eve and dawn,
My playhouse under tho apple tree.
They say the friends that my childhood
knew
Are men, grave-browed, nnd are women,
sad ;
But I meet them there as I used to do,
Each merry girl and each sturdy lad.
Little we know of each other's lack,
Whom Fanio hath honored and whom
left free.
The years are forgotten as we troop back
Into the playhouse beneath tflie tree.
Grace Duilie Boylan.
Tho man in the library turned In his
chair and looked at the picture of a
woman over the mantel. The woman
was young nnd beautiful, and the "artist
had appreciated bis subject. The man
looked at the plcturo long and earnest
ly, and softly sighed. Then. no touched
a button on the wall.
"Send my daughter here," he said to
tli servant.
Stephen Elliott turned hack to his pa
pers. But somehow the written words
seemed to run together. The man's
mind had turned buck to tho subject of
tho portrait over tho mantel. They had
been so happy for Bitch a little while.
Then sho had gone, leaving him with
an Infant daughter.
How well he remembered her last
words.
"Bo very good to our child, Stephen.
Watch over her, care for her be moth
er and father to her.'J
Ho had promised with little thought
of what he was saying, his great grief
blotting out all minor details. Now the
words came back to him. Had ho cur
ried out that promise? Was he giving
his child, their child, the care that her
mother would have given her? Was It
tho right kind of care?
"Did you want me, papa?"
Ho looked up quickly. A slender girl
of 15 was standing by his desk. Sho
was a dark-eyed child, pale and list
less. "Yes, Frances. Sit here. I want to
have a little talk with you." lie paused
as she took tho chair he Indicated.
"Frances," lie said, "are you quite hi
py here?"
She looked at him n little startled.
"Why, yes, papa."
"There is something else I want to
say to you, Frances. I am going away."
"Yes, papa."
"I am going far away to Japan and
then across Asia to Europe. I may be
gone for a year or even more. It de
pends on my business success."
"You couldn't take nie with you,
could you, papa?" sho asked.
"No; that is quite impossible. Some
day, no doubt, you cnu go with mo
after you flutsh school."
The child turned and softly left the
room. The father watched the slender
figure disappear. Poor, motherless girl.
A sudden wave of pity surged through
his lieart. Had ho done the best he
could for tho child? How very tame
sho seemed, how lacking In emotion. He
sighed as he turned back to his papers.
He thought of the lonely figure he
was letMrtgsJehlnd as he sped across
the continent. l'he child had clung to
him at their partmsr-uml cried bitterly,
but his sister Edith had drawn her
away and comforted her and ho had
hurried into tho waiting car. Edith
was still holding her close as the traiu
ped away.
, It wat more thou two years before
I His Dougnier Frances j
ON OBSCURES Hi SUN,
earth's center to the center of the sun
must be crossed by the moon's center
during her revolution about the earth
in order to produce a total or an "an
nular" eclipse. If the moon's center Is
cither side of such a line, then the
eclipse is a partial one, as only a part
of the moon's surface thus becomes
placed between the earth's and sun's
centers.
The difference In the cause leading
up to an annular eclipse or a total
eclipse Is In the moon's relative dis
tance from the earth at these times;
that is, whether In "apogee" (the far
thest away point from the earth) or
in "perigee" (the nearest point to the
earth) ; for, of course, the farther the
moon Is away from us (she travels In
Stephen Elliott turned his face home
ward. He was not well. The fever
had left him weak and Irritable, but
ho suddenly felt a strong determination
to go back to America. The details of
his business, were In competent hands.
He had become a very rich man. There
was nothing to take up his attention
now save the recovery of his health.
His family physician was at the
dock to meet him. This old friend
looked at him anxiously as he pressed
his hand.
lie saw Stephen settled In tho big
easy chair that faced the wide window
through which he could see the long
wooded sio))e nnd the sparkling Hud
son. Then tho old doctor pressed trie
wasted hand nnd growled a word or
two of cheer nnd hastened away.
As ho sat there he heard a voice.
Somebody was singing in an inner
apartment. It was a pleasant voice,
low and mellow. It must be the maid.
There was something soothing about
the voice. The shadows were creeping
up the hills. The mists were rising
from the river. He closed his eyes.
He was aroused by a voice from the
inner doorway.
"It Is half past 5. I must bring In
j-our supper."
"Very well," he said.
A lamp was brought Into the room.
Another lamp was lighted. A table
was moved about. He heard the clnt
ter of cups and spoons. A Arm hand
grasped his chair and turned it on Its
well oiled casters. A little table,
daintily spread and garnished, stood
before htm. A vase of flowers was In
tho center of the snowy cover. The
Are in the grate threw shadows on the
celling. The lamps were shaded. A
rosy glow filled the room. Stephen
Elliott felt strangely comfortable.
He looked at the table.'
"You knew what tho doctor or
dered?" "Yes."
"It looks very nice. And you knew
that lights might hurt my eyes?"
"Yes."
"The doctor has made all the ar
rangements with you?"
"Yes."
lie did not look around. He knew
she was standing near him In the shad
ows. "Your voice is the voice of a young
person."
"Yes."
"And where did you learn to do these
useful things "
"At school. At a school where the
girls are taught to be self-dependent."
"But you must be quite young."
"I am well and strong. I have had
excellent physical training."
"A Hue school, truly. Tell me nbout
It. You liked your companions?"
"Oh, yes."
. "And they liked yon?"
"I am sure they did. They made me
their class president."
Site said this simply, and yet there
was a touch of pride in her tone.
Stephen Elliott had been eating as he
talked. Something had given him an
unusual appetite. And the simple food
before him was beyond criticism.
"It doesn't seem quite right for the
doctor to coop up a fine girl like you
In this out-of-the-way place. For you
must be a flue girl. I would like to
look at you."
She came slowly aud stood beside
him;
The light from the mautel lamp fell
on her face.
UK WAS AWUTSK1) PY A VOICE.
r i) xs . Hi Em
an elliptical orbit about the earth) the
smaller Is the apparent size of her di
ameter to us, and hence the lessened
amount of the sun's surface she will
cover.
The same conditions prevail as re
gards the earth's position In her orbit
about the sun, for In her elliptical
course about him she also has a near
point (perihelion) and a distance point
(aphelion) ; and the nearer the earth
is to the sun the larger will his disk ap
pear to us; so that If the earth Is lh
perihelion and the moon Is in apogee,
no total eclipse Is possible; but an an
nular one may prevail If the centers of
each of the three bodies, earth, moon
and sun, are on one and the same
straight line connecting them.
He stared up at her, his Hp quiver
ing, his hands trembling.
There was a moment's silence.
"Is It you, Frances?" he whispered.
"Yes, father."
Sho stooped quickly, her round arm
was about his neck her blooming cheek
was pressed against his pale one.
"My dear dear child," he brokenly
murmured. Then he held her off a lit
tle. "And you have come to take care
of me?"
"I've come to make you well, father."
"And you are the companion?"
"We will bo quite alone here, father
Just you nnd me."
He looked nt her tenderly. Then his
eyes sparkled.
"You are a frne girl, Frances a
splendid girl. I I am very proud of
you."
The girl raised the lamp.
"Look above the mantel, father. 1
had my mother's picture bung there."
Stephen Elliott looked at the portrait.
"I think she Is smiling," he softly
said. W. It. Rose, in the Cleveland
rinin Dealer.
its a poor excuse that a wonia
won't accept when she wants to becnuue
nobody else will.
The way a woman judges how sick
her husband Isn't Is by how much fuss
he makes about It.
When a girl wants you to squeeze
her hand It's a sign she will make more
fuss about it than If she didn't care.
There's always a lot more enjoyment
In smoking when your wife worries for
fear you will spill the ashes on the
floor.
To maintain her social position a
woman needs to have things In her
wardrobe whether she can wear them
or not.
There's something about the clothe
women wear in summer that makes you
think how different they woufd be If
they were dressed.
Something a woman can never learn
Is that when a man who works hard
all year gets a little holiday he'd rath
er spend It enjoying himself than vis
iting her relatives or have them visit
him.
Every woman would like her son to
go Into the ministry except that she Is
nfrald It would stand in the way of his
being President. New York Tress.
The Screech Owl's Troubles.
Screech owl dar in de bass wood tree,
Jcs' as mo'nful as it kin be,
Ilollerin' so dat we hoi's our bref
Screech owl got us skyaht half to de'f!
Dar's nuflin' at all dat's troublin' him.
He picks a com'fahle leafy limb
An' keeps a-mo'nin' de whole night
through
Like his kin disowned him an' de- rent
was due !
Dar's a heap o' folks, 'twix me an' you,
Dat acts pretty much like de screech owl
do
A-sighiu an' a-cryin' like deir hearts
would break
Ou' wifout no trouble, 'cepin' what dey
make.
Washington Star.
Ink on Leather,
For Ink spots on leather chairs wash
the spots with milk, renewing the milk
till It is no longer stained and the spot
on the leather has disappeared Then
wash the leather with warm water, and
when dry polish it with a very little
linseed oil and viuegar mixed in equal
parts. Tho Ink stain should be re
moved as quickly as possible, for if
allowed to dry and harden It is doubt
ful whether you will ever be able to
eutirely remove It
Three Feet and a Yard.
The trouble with buying residence
property by the front foot is that it
requires considerably more than three
feet to make a presentable "yard."
Kansas City Star.
The man who is right-headed la apt
to he good-hearted.
Wire Fence Tightener.
Every farmer knows how hard it is
to keep wire fences In good condition
more than a year or two at a time.
Cattle are bound to rub up against
them, people will sag the wires In get
ting over the fence, and even the
weight of snow has been known to
break them. A wire fence looks all
right as long as the wires are taut,
but as soon as the strands begin to
WIBE-FENCE TIGHTENER,
sag and loop It Is no longer attractive,
nor Is It a sure means of keeping
stock within bounds. Many . devices
have been suggested and even patented
for stretching wire, but here Is a
simple little contrivance that anyone
can make In a few minutes that will
do the work quickly and well. For
short spans it can be made o'f wood,
although for heavy wires or for long
stretches It would be better to make it
out of Iron. This little contrivance Is
about two feet long, with two pins
about three Inches apart at one end.
Place the wire between these pins and
turn the stretcher around until the
wire Is drawn tight. By engaging the
pin at the other end of the stretcher
the tension can be maintained while
the wire Is being nailed fast With
an arrangement of this sort one man
can do rapid work alone and fix up a
-agglng fence in short order.
To Make a Good Ciitern.
An absolutely water-tight cistern
may be made as follows:
In digging, the sides should be made
smooth and true perpendicularly. For
the bottom use five parts of clean,
coarse, sharp sand (plasterers call it
fine gravel) to one part of cement It
nly requires to be' damp enough to
work well. It should be thoroughly
mixed, all at one time, and be lowered
Into the cistern quickly and spread
more rapidly with a shovel or hoe, and
should be beat down hard and smooth.
Upon this bottom foundation the
cistern should be walled up with brick
or stone In cement to at least 6 inches
above the top of the ground, which will
keep all surface water out. For finish
ing the bottom use one part cement to
one part sand ; this is thoroughly mix
ed while dry, and then water should be
added until It is like plastering mortar.
Dump it on the bottom about 3 Inches
thick and smooth with a trowel. It
will soon be hard as stone. For the
sides of the cistern, which should be
done before finishing the bottom, use
equal parts of sand and cement and
apply quickly as you would plaster a
wall. It is not safe to use anything
but the best Portland cement, which
costs about $3 a bnrrel.
Uncle Sam'a Slim Land Reserve.
The time when a man might move
westward and take up virgin soli at his
pleasure has passed, and, in general,
It may be said that the son of the
farmer of to-day must look for his sole
heritage in the land his father holds.
It Is now a barren boast that "Uncle
Sam has a farm for every one of us."
In 1900 we had less than 90,000,000
acres of unoccupied habitable land.
What a slluj reserve that is may be
realized from the fact that one-fourth
of It was disposed of in the following
year. Wo cannot add to our agri
cultural areas except by irrigation and
drainage, but we may, by Intelligent
selection of crops, by scientific cultiva
tion and by careful treatment of land,
make it produce three or four times
as much as It does at present And
this Is the direction in which our de
velopment should proceed, for we must
find room within the next 30 years for
a doubled population according to our
undiscernlng Ideas. The American
farmer of the future must be a man of
hroad mind and technical knowledge. .
Fnt Hnmna la the Soil.
If your soil needs humus, plow under
all the coarse manure you can get this
fall. Every farmer realizes the neces
sity of having more manure, and one
way to secure It is by providing an
abundant supply of absorbing material.
Even If there appears to be a large pro
portion of this material in the manure.
making it strawy and coarse, it can be
plowed under and will answer an ex
cellent purpose. Every effort should be
made to secure all the manure that is
made on the farm, so that nothing
shall be lost This manure, properly ap
plied on the meadows, should be worth
$1 per two-horse load In the extra
amount of hay that will thus be secur
td from Ua nta.
Clover and Timothy.
The Missouri station has conducted
very careful experiments in steer feed
ing, using different kinds of roughage.
These experiments show that, as an
average result, a bushel of corn with
timothy hay produced 4.93 pounds of
grain, while the same amount of corn
with clover hay produced 6.58 pounds.
Rating the gain at the low price of five
cents per pound, the feeder gets some-
thing more than eight cents per bushel
for his corn when he feeds it With
clover than when he feeds it with
timothy. Put the hay away having In
mind to feed the clover to the steers
and to all growing and all milch ani
mals, and to sell the timothy. Good
real good clover hay Is as good for
work horses as timothy. If you don't
believe it, try It out But the clover
must be cut early enough when the
heads have just Decome real red and
handled without much rain or dew,
and not be overcured that means the
use of the best haying, machinery. In
cidentally, the use of the best haying
machinery moans hay at less cost for
the making. 'Weekly Witness.
To Advance Agriculture.
With the $15,000,000 the United
States Department of Agruculture has
available for this year's use consider
able progress should be made in agri
cultural advancement While all lines
of work are to be carried out as usual,
most attention will be given the for
estry service. Forestry is one of the
more important problems now before
the Amerlcnn people and It is but
proper that It should receive first at
tention. The Department of Agri
culture Is doing a good work. There
are those who belittle Its efforts and
claim the money given anually for Its
support Is wasted, but much of the
standing agriculture enjoys, to-day is
due to this division of the government.
Let the good work go on. Exchange.
Dear Meats In England.
The Loudon Meat Trades Journal 1l
an editorial says the retail prices of
meats have made a substantial advance
In that country. It is pointed out that
tho supply of native-bred stock has for
some time past been short in numbers
and deficient In weight and quality,
and in the United States and Canada
the supplies of live cattle, sheep nnd
refrigerated beef were on a steady
diminishing scale. Under such circum
stances, says this authority, It is but
natural to expect that prices all around
should advance materially, but more
particularly for the choicer grades.
From these reports It seems that the
United States is not alone In tho mat
ter of high-priced meats.
Argentina Animal Statistics.
Consul General Aiban G. Snyder
sends from Buenos Ayres a tabulated
list from, a report Just Issued by the
minister of agriculture showing the
numbers of live stock in Argentina.
They total 114,842,440, divided as fol
lows: Cattle, 25,844,800; sheep, 77,
581,100; horses, 5,402,170 ;. : mules and
donkeys, 545,870 ; goats, 2,5G0,S00 ; pigs,
2,841,700. )
The province of' Buenos Ayres con
tains one-half of the live stock of the
republic, having 7,000,000 cattle and
4S,000,000 sheep. Entre Rios province
has 9,000,300 animals, Corrientes 7,911,.
000, and Cordoba and Santa Fe each
nearly 7,000,000.
Lines For Three Horses.
In using three horses try this way of
arranging the lines: Take a pair of
old single harness lines and make two
cross lines a little longer than the reg-
ular ones. Fasten them to the Inside
bit rings of the outside horses. Let
this run over the back of the middle
horse and buckle into the regular
buckle. It works fine and gives one
full control of his team.
How to Cool Milk.
Practical experiments seem to prove
that many, If not all, of the benefits of
aerating milk were due more to cooling'
than to any other cause. Cooling to the
same degree will accomplish substan
tially the same results, but without an
aerator it may be dlfllcult to reduce the
temperature as rapidly, hence the aera
tor may be considered an advantage un
less a patent cooler is used.
Pracakeal Poultry Work. C "
To stop hens from eating eggs put a
little vinegar or something sour In their
a piece of alum in the drinking
water every two or three weeks; It
will prevent throat and lung disease.
For al) cuts, wounds and ulcers use
llsterlne. Nothing is better for a comb
Injured In fighting or for any raw Bur
face. If you have not already done ao, cull
out all surplus stock. Do not waste
feed on birds that are of no value ta
T II BEE-HORSE USES.
J174 William the Lion defeated at Am-
WICK.
1350 The elector of Brandenburg wat
appointed hereditary arch-dhamber-
l e . l n . . i i
iaiu vi lue -vjruruKtu empire uj uiv-
golden bull of Charles" IV.,' and in ,
that capacity lie bore the scepter be- -,
fore the Emperor.
1708 'English and' allies under Duke of
Marlborough and Prince Eugene de
feated the French besiegers at Our
, denarde, Belgium.
1770 The statue of Kins Georee . ir
Bowling Green, New York, destroye'
1779 Stony Point taken from the Brit ;
ish by the Americans.
1780 The United States and Morocco
concluded a treaty of peace.
1799 Aboukir in Egypt attacked and
carried by assault by the Turks un
der Said Mustapha Pasha.
1804 Famous duel between Hamilton
.and Burr. ; , . -
1S12 Sweden concluded an alliance with
England.
1829 The directors of tho Bank of the
United States declared a dividend of
3 per cent.
1839 Chartist riot in Birmingham, Eng
land. 1840 Treaty of London between th
Sultan and Meheaiet Ali.
i849 Vice President Millard Fillmore as
sumed the presidency of the United
States.
1802 Gen. Hal leek appointed commander
of all the land forces of the United
States.
1803 United States ship. Wyoming sank
three Japanese ships in battle at
Shomonoseki. , ' '
1873 Communist rising in Spain."
1883 Chilians defeated the Peruvians
with great loss at Huamachuca.
1884 Democratic national convention
nominated Cleveland and Hendricks.
1885 International park at Niagara
Foils opened.
1880 Charles D. Graham went through
the Niagara whirlpool rapids in a
barrel.
1800 The President signed the Wyoming
admission bill. .. .Wyoming territory
became a State.
IS94 Earthquake at Constantinople, with
loss of 200 lives. ;;
1895 Gen. Nicola -Pierola , elected Presi
dent of Peru. . . .Henry M.-Stanley"
elected to the British Parliament.
1898 Admiral Ceryera and other officers
of the Spanish fleet reached Annap
olis, as prisoners of war.
1902 Mine ' disaster at ' Johnstown, Pa.,
resulted in loss of 114 lives. .'. .The
Porte demanded the suppression of
Cretan money with, Prince George's
. effigy. . '.; ) " '';..;
1903 Cubnn Senate ratified the' treaty
giving the United States coaling and
naval stations 6n"the Island.
1900 Dreyfus finally acquitted by the
court of cassation . . . .The seventy
fifth anniversary of ..Belgian inde-
pendence celebrated in Brussels.
1907 Ten persons killed by an explosion
in a turret of the battleship Georgia
.... Seven persons killed by the col
lapse of a building in London, On
tario. .
THE HOT WEATHER FACE.
HOT-WEATHER HINTS.
Avoid black clothing. It draws - the
heat. .
Above all, avoid anger. Keep 'your
temper.
While eating less don't forget to take
plenty of, exercise.
Avoid alcohol. Total abstinence la
best, sparing use of liquor imperative.
Easy shoes help to preserve th temper
and keep down the temperature.
r,..,v ... t:.i . HM
. , ....... u a jnimum
Vegetables and cereals are the best
An Inveterate foe to comfort in -warm
weather is the ice water so universally
used. , .
Persons often complain of suffering
from he&t when an overloaded stomach ia
the only trouble. . ; -
Thin, loose, unlined garments of light
color go far toward Insuring comfort and
health in summer. -:.
If a child has any intestinal trouble
milk often acts as an actual poison. Ce
reals should be used Instead.
The white stiffened linen or csnrsa
ventilated hat is the proper headgear.
Stanley, -the esplorer, said that the derby
was an abomination and the straw bat
not much better, i