Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 23, 1916, Page 4

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CORRESPO DENCE. fcations relating to news and editorial e G hea - Teorial Depariment. e ¢ JULY CIRCULATION. | . 57,569 Daily—Sunday 52,382 Dwight Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the [ ayerage circalation, tor, the month of July. 1916, unda | $188 dally NGHT WILLIAMS, Cireulation anager in my ence and sworn to bef Subscribed me this 3d day of Augus !ll"\" HUNTER, Notary Pub'ie. ubsc ving the city temporarily - should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. Auto speeding has this merit, that it often #5 gxacts its own penalty. oy » Sfm——— 3 In the matter of auto accidents an ounce of s prevention is worth several tons of cure. [ b | bix ™ Jon e Those southern senators certainly take very hard the embargo against working children in their factories! 2 Spiep—— i | But why should only’ one public works con- | fis tractor take advantage Of the plan of sub-letting odé city prisoner labor?, - ob - 1, e ——— A . King Cotton' is taking an the chesty feeling, | &b having added $2 to his baled front, The kingdoms | :of wheat and corn are-already puffed up. ‘Jr B Democratic harmony in the United States sen- | d8g0e in one fespect resembles e democratic " brand in Nebraska. The knives are about even W fength. ; B6¢. To say that the democratic' congress spends } dufioncy “like a drunken saflor” reflects unjustly £ 30 on. the' latter. The tanked sailor spends his own LY money. ¢ sible to gather from their exchange ents that Sam Gompers and Senator %a Sherman will not play the role of Damon and bu Pythias on.the fall circuit. - CE————— “Shadow Lawn,” the president's summer home &t Long Branch, is to be utilized as a sounding “board for campaign speeches, The name is ap- propriate and peculiarly suggestive. Southern senatdrs want to put up the bars on immigrants “until we Americanize what wethaye.” south has worked on that job for fifty years i :xmnt- scoring & conspicuous success. King Ferdinand's troopers are reported squat- ting on some of King Constantine's prize aores and beaches. This indicates that Bulgars and cis are bound to come.to grips and when they The Steel trust is located once more on easy street, spreading over the curb with “enormous earnings.” An advance of $15 a ton in its product in twelve months naturally gives the big fellow a chesty feeling about the belt. —— Catholic organization embled in New York .~ join in the national chorus condemning the ad- ' ministration's Mexican policy. The rate the chorus | grows in volume threatens to impair the effi- ciency of Presbyterian commendation. % L ~ Things have come to such a pass that “Gum- [ shoe Bill" Stone and Champ Clark are about the only democratic vocalists to put heart into a song of praise of the administration. Minor warblers loj“t on In silence or clutter the pie counter, i S—— i ‘A gain of six and a quarter millions in the assets of Nebraska savings and loan associations in ‘twelve months emphasizes the growing stréngth and importance of these co-operative so- qiéi!i, in'the materidl progress of the state. : —— ¥kl But. what 'has become of Mr. Bryan's tele- ~m:hig invitation to settle the threatened rails 1 strike*by resorting to the plan incorporated | i his thirty. peace treaties? The president who _ signed those treaties evidently does not believe in them for settling domestic disputes, however ~ he may be willing to try them in international controversies. E———— | Shafts Aimed at Omaha - Hastings Republican: Omaha is getting ready ' to entertain the editors of Nebraska at the Den ~ the fore part of next month. If there is one place where the newspaper men of this great com- - monwealth are royally entertained that place is ~ in Nebraska’s metropolis. i Kearney Times: An Omaha drug company ~ announces that soda fountain prices will not be y the in milk. Perlfaps they have { ulu_.nilk in the “composition work.” It ould be interesting and instructive to know of ‘what the substitute consist - Kearney Hub: There ought not to be any mfim ut Omaha getting one of the new : loan banke, with a United States senator - and a con, ressman right from the old town. But - come to think of it, even that prestige did not " ml“when the reserve banks were passed v -‘gmhlxmyn: Mr. Bryan comes back es with a “tu puoque,” says Harvey New of the Omaha World-Herald, in com- on the retort of the former secretary of to. _abuse of patronage charges made i nt ldmnfim’-nion by Charles E. 4 ue.” to think that Har- raised in Gage county. shan Enterprise: ' “No Men for ‘Paving 3 is Work,” is the headline in th! e of last Saturday, If laborers cannot i lation and travel center like ‘what excuse is there for able-bodied for hand-outs and being fed by the here are only two reasons which we k o e is the “gall” cf the tramps, ¢ other is the “gullibility” of the public. Mr. Hughes' tour of the west has gone far be- yond experimental stages, and has developed the definite qualities his opponents hoped it would fall short of. Refusing to concede to him the prestige established in former campaigns, and pre- tending to regard him as an unknown factor, the democrats sought to convince themselves his service on the bench has dulled his zeal as cham- pion of great issues before the people. His utter- ances have driven them from their pose of as- sumed indifference, and they are realizing that Mr, Hughes possesses the courage that marked him as legislator and executive, the fire and enthusiasm of a constructive statesman, and that rare faculty of simple expressiun that assures the people their confidence was not misplaced. Each day he makes his views clearer as he is given further opportunity to state his beliefs and give emphasis to his purposes. He is not a man of one speech, but, without abandoning any point of doctrine or principle already laid down, he is steadily expanding a policy for the good of the nation. His declaration at Los Angeles against spoliation of the public for private gain is sup- plemental to his previously expressed views on great public questions, the political and economic | importance of which is paramount, and to the cor- rect solution of which all efforts must inevitably turn if progress is to be continued. This is the | Hughes “flag,” which he says he unfurled at Al- bany, when governor of New York, and has never hauled down. * Mr. Hughes' record as governor of New York is an éarnest of what may be expected of him in the future, and is a strong contrast to the vacilla- tion of the president in his dealings with the ques- tions that have confronted him. Mr. Hughes is progressive in his ideas as well as definite in his statements. His integrity is established, and the people know he means what he says. That is the basis of his strength. Man and the Horse, From antiquity so distant that dependable records are lost in its mists, and back into the darkness from whence come legends that magnify facts beyond reasonable proportion, comes knowl- edge of the close association of man and the horse. It might appease curiosity to know when this intimacy commenced, but it would serve no very good purpose. The condition is one of many easily accepted because they exist. Professor N. S. Shaler, some years ago, said the domestication of the horse is due to his stupidity; that had he possessed intelligence in ratio to his strength, he had never been subjugated by man. That he has been in service of man for ages is ¢stablished by the myth of the centaurs, persisting long after the horse was well known to the Greeks.. In the Book of Job, that marvelous record of human experience, the age of which is not definitely fixed, is an apostrophe to the horse not equalled by modern poet. Since man has kept records he has mingled accounts of his own doings with those of hig horse, until their stories flow together. This intimacy, legendary, historic and existing, stands unshaken, and although man is casting about for means whereby he can achieve greater things in shorter time, the horse is not to be jostled from his place in human experience by the vibrations of a gas-driven engine. 1f you think so, take note of the fact that the country has mgre horses than ever, that they are new being bought at higher prices than ever, and read the sport page of any newspaper where rec- ords of the track are displayed. From Job's war horse, snorting in his pride and lust for battle down to this day, the line shows no break. The automobile is useful, but it must serve many gen- erations before it can command the affection now lavished on the horse, 3 — The Unpalatable Truth. Some of the men interested in the securing of a land bank for Nebraska are beginning to think that if Lincoln and Omala cannot find a means of compromising their differences and one does not withdraw in favor of the other, Towa will get the plum. The Bryan influence at Washlpfilon is being utilized to help Lincoln, and with a umpaign on this is not an incon- siderable factor. Senator Hitchcock, on the other hand, is taking no part in the contest, being a candidate for re-election and hunting no new sources of enmity. In recent years a feel- ing of amity between the commercial interests of the ‘two cities has been carefully cultivated, and there are those who think that now would be a good. time to test the sincerity and strength of it. It hag been lng.emd that repre- sentatives of both cities ou‘ t to get together, lay down their hands and then get back of the one with the better chance. This would be dif- ficult to lccomrhsh. but it is not impossible.~ Lincoln Journal. Unfortunately, this contains- for Omaha, so far as based on our federal reserve bank exper- ience, too much unpalatable truth, The competi- tive claim and back fire from Lincoln, while not wholly controlling, unquestionably helped to send the reserve bank to Kansas City, although, as everyone knows, the final decision ‘'was made in response to the political pull of Kansas City's senator. In this case, no more than in that, can anyone censure the Bryans for championing their home town for any prize honestly deemed within reach and the fact that the Omaha senator refuses now to fight for his home town and hides behind the pretense that he does not want to antagonize Lincoln, cannot redound to his credit. Under ‘these circumstances, if Omaha lands the land bank, it will do so despite the senator's inactivity, while, if we lose it, he must take the blame, and all the more if it should go to Lin- coln, while the thanks of Lincoln would belong to the Bryans, Mastering the Machinery of War. The story of how the naval recruits are being taught to handle the big guns at sea emphasizes the need of training men for service in the de- fense of the country, Modern weajons are eom- plicated, even in their simplicity, and in both army and navy efficiency is largely a matter of technical skill. Men must be well versed, not only in the principles of mechanics, but in their broad- est application, and must know how to operate and care for delicate and intricate mechanism. A warship of today, no matter of what 18 but an assemblage of co-ordinated machinery, and only by actual experience can the ability to han- dle and control these machines be acquirad. Only in degree does service in the army differ from service in the navy in this pezazd, Need of this training has long been understood, and the eager- ness of the young men who have volunteered to take up the work is a splendid tribute to the sin- cerity of their devotion. Americans are finally fully awake to the necessity of getting ready for self-defense, and at last understand that it is not a question of willingness but of knowing how. We are at last realizing something from our ex- perience L} { | | i | finality, “just you take.the pencil and Thought Nugget for the Day. Beauty enchants and grace captivates for a | season; but a well-informed mind and a cultured heart will make a home beautiful when the bloom of beauty has faded and gone.—T. W. Handford. One Year Ago Today in the War. Zeebrugge bombarded by the allied fleet. Germans planned to invade Serbia by way of Bulgaria. Berlin denied Russian official claim that the battle cruiser Moltke and ten other German war vessels had been destroyed in the Baltic and Gulf of Riga. This Day in Omaha Thirty Years Ago. George Griffin, steward for C. S. Higgins, has just returned from a month’s visit to the east. Paxton & Gallagher's base ball nine were de- feated by a combination from the houses of D. M. Steele & Co. and McCord-Brady company by a score of 26 to 14. In accordance with plans perfected some days | ago, Ed Rothery has started for New York and Boston via the Wabash. across the river by a large delegation of the il sporting fraternity. At the transfer Captain O'Malley presented him with a unique diamond | pin and wished him a safe journey and a speedy return, C. C. Hulett, one of the old and popular clerks | of the Millard, who has probably gripped as ! many transient hands as any hotel man this side of Chicago, has been on a visit to his father and | mother, Justice and Mrs. Hulett, Adrian, Mich. Among the visitors to the Fremont tourna- ment this i'elr will be Jerome C. Pentzel, Jack Roach, Will Coots, Charles Hunt, Dennis Lane and Thomas Herold, all old firemen. A new paper entitled “The Pythian Spur,” devoted to the interests of the Knights of Pyth- will make its first appearance next month. ill be published by Harry Merriam, Mrs. F. E. Bailey, sr,, and son, Ross, accom- panied by Mrs, N. W, Charles, has gone west over the B. & M. While absent they will visit Manitou and Colorado Springs, Pike's Peak and all the sources of interest in Colorado and Wyoming. This Day in History. 1745—The Provincial government of Maine de- clared war against all the eastern tribes of In- dians, and offered bounties for Indian captives and scalps. lgBS—-Ollver Hazard Perry, hero of the battle of Lake Erie, born in Rhode Island. Died at the Island of Trinidad, August 23, 1819, 1816—A detachment of American soldiers and gunboats advanced upon Fort Negro, a British I;ronxhold in Florida used as a refuge for runaway slaves, 1864—Fort Morgan, at the entrance to Mobile bay, surrendered to the Federals, 1866—Signing of the Peace of Prague, ending the war between Prussia and Austria. 1870—Metz was completely isloated by the Germans, 1892—Gloucester, Mass., began a celebration of its 250th anniverszrg. 1897—President Faure of France arrived at St. Petersburg and was received with enthusiasm. 1898—International joint high commission met at Quebec to consider the Alaska boundary ques- tion, This Is the Day We Celebrate. John R. Brotherton, manager of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance company is 58 years old today. He was born at Waterford, Pa., and gradu- ated from the Western Reserve college in Ohio. He practiced law at Ogallala, Neb., and Erie, Pa. eorge W. Allen, a member of Omaha's police department, is celebrating his 44tn birthday today. He was born in Iowa and was appointed to the police force in 1908, . Harry L. Swan, correspondent for The Asso- ciated Press in Omaha, was born August 23, 1859, at Lincklaen, N. Y, He has been in news- paper work since 1880 and in his present position in Omaha since 1906. G. A. Seabury, who runs the Midwest Electric company, is 42 gears old today. He started as a live wire at Albany, but soon flashed westward until he landed in Omaha. George C. Perkins, late United States senator and former governor of California, born at Ken- nebunkport, Me., seventy-seven years ago today. Edgar Lee Masters, “the Spoon River poet,” born at Garnett, Kan,, forty-eight years ago today. Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy, author of “The Quick or the Dead,” and other popular novels, :orn at Richmond, Va,, fifty-three years ago to- ay, Charles Langelier, for many years a prominent figure in public life on Quebec, born sixty-four years ago toda{. James Rolph, who is serving his second term as mayor of San Francisco, born in San Francisco, !ortg.-uven v‘uu ago today. ] uhoT arren A. Candler of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, born in Carroll county, Georgia, fifty years lgo today. Prof. Barrett Wendell, for many years a promi- nent instructor at Harvard university, born in Boston, sixty-one years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. The Iowa state fair opens today at Des Moines. The Negro National Educational congress is to meet in Washlnllton today for a four-day session. Charles E. Hughes, republican nomince for resident, is scheduled to speak tonight at Reno, ev. The twenty-sixth annual reunion of the Locke Ftagl!y association of America, is to be held today at Rye, Secretary of War Baker is to go to Maine to- dn{ for a speech-making tour of several days in behalf of the democratic state ticket. A bowlder monument to mark the burial place of John Brown of Osawotomie is to be unveiled | today at North Elba, near Lake Placid, N. Y. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and other promi- nent party leaders are announced to speak at the big midsummer outing of the republicans of west- ern Massachusetts to be held today at Springfield. | Republicans of New Mexico are to meet in state convention today at Santa Fe to select can- | didates for presidential electors, United States senator, representative in congress and a complete state ticket. Storyette of the Day. It isn't all honey being the eldest girl of a family, as Marjorie often finds. Particularly does sheb(te't aggravated when told to put Baby Dora to bed. Dora has the common infantile complaint of wanting everything she can think of before she will condescend to 70 to sleep, “I want a drink of milk!” nge announced loudly one evening when Marjorie had already made sev- eral trips upstairs, “I lit the gas for you, didn't 7" demanded Il:(;uone. standing accusingly by the bed of the abe. Nt Foery Tedd “And I've brought you your Teddy bear-and the black doll?" i G W Still Dora vouchsafed no replg'. . “And I gave you a piece of white paper and a nice pencil?” This time Dora pouted assent, “Well,” decreed the big sister, withan air of per and draw a cow; then vou ¢an milk it!"—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. He was accompanied | | ince and Polen, Hungary, Austria and TheDees d@%o?ee An uiier 10 Deilver the Milk. Omaha, Aug. 22.—To the Editor of The Bee: I wish you would print this letter I have sent to President Wilson. “Dr. Edmund von Mach, executive chairman of the citizens' committee for food shipments, gives under date of July 26 in the ‘Fatherland’ an ac- count of Dr. Taylor's report published by the State department and clearly points out the defects of Dr. Taylor's report. “l also beg to call your attention, Mr. President, to another letter of Mr. von Mach printed in ‘Fatherland’ June 28, In which he ‘states that the State department at Washington is withholding insurance on a ship do- nated to carry a cargo of milk to Ger- many, because the State department does not believe the milk is needed.’ Whatever the international aspect of the scheme the milk should not be withheld for this reason: “Now, in the name of, humanity, what's the matter with our Wilson ad- ministration? “According to the press reports from Washington February 18, 1916, the French ambassador, Jusserand, objected sending milk to Germany and for that reason the milk needed 80 badly is still stored up today at our ports, and our secretary of the navy would not overrule Jusserand. 8o on the 20th of February 1 wrote a very nice letter to Josephus Daniels and ‘told him I will tackle the bull by the horns if he is afrald of the Frenchman, and told him to get ready with his two best battleships of the navy, store into their holds the milk and I will deliver it and when loaded phone me. “‘But before we start we go with the ‘Padernoster’ in Spanish. If the Frenchman meets-us on the high sea we'll sing the ‘Marsellaise’ and when we land in Germany the ‘Wacht Am Rhein’ will rise to heaven, and re- minded him not to forget the band, ot course, “On the 26th of February the Hon. Josephus Daniels honored me with his letter and thanked me for writing to him. That was all, but the milk is spoiling at the ports and the bables in Galicia, Russian Poland, Posen prov- Germany are hungry and thirsty for our milk. “Open up your big heart, beloved president; don't preach us alone hu- manity, but take action so ‘the com- mon herd’ may believe you and may God bless you for finding a way out to deliver the milk to the starving ba- bies in central Europe. And my serv- fce again offered; just phone when ready—and 1 will take charge” AUGUST MILLER. At Least One Gratefully Appreciated. Omaha, Aug. 22.—To the Editor of The Bee: Within the last few days | the commissioners have been handed a petition requesting that the swimming pool in Spring Lake park be equipped with a four-inch feed pipe in order that it might be drained twice each week and stating that under the pres- ent conditions this pool was unsani- tary and was the source of a consid- erable sickness among its younger pa- trons. I believe that if the signers of the petition had been fully informed rela- tive to the management of the pool, density of the sun is only 1.3 water ae unity. That is, the sun is but little denser than water. very congenial environment for intel- ligent life. doesn’t harmonize with such a density. | that the majority of the stars (if he believes they are suns) have a den- sity less than water—that the material of which they are composed is of less tenuity than even our own atmo- sphere? ‘‘young” stars of the “Sirian” spec- tral type, bluish white in color and evidently very hot, in whose spectrum the hydrogen lines, and they only, are prominent; ange stars and down the gamut of colors until we reach the red type typified by Antares, evidently of com- | paratively low temperature and whose spectrum the metallic lines are prominent. This cycle can only be explained by decrease of heat with Age and greater material complexity. How can he explain it otherwise? porized only by intense heat. How can he explain the fact that the spectro- scope shows abundant evidence of iron in the vaporous state in the sun? mere reasons to uphold my side. of the argument, but it is unfair to take up so much space in The Bee for something in which the majority of its readers are perhaps not interested. So I would solicit correspondence by letter with Mr, Loomis for a continu- ance of this (to me) interesting dis- cussion. you have too much Imagination. agine you men were a lot better than you are, none of us would ever marry you.— Boston Transcript. comes to school with a smile on his face.— Brooklyn Citizen. kins, “what is the theory of evolution?" Darwin had to writ der to explain it." flings you see In the women's styles of dress. thing that brings up the subject.—Chicago Post. lost that g the chap who just now slid to second.” the top of my volce, telling him what to do?"—Washington Star. taking SHOW APPRECIATION. Of course, we all appreclate Mol & Our friends; but do W‘;‘ .-llmw tion that would indicate A cool, dark interior | IR0 LU MRl Know? The happiness we gain by this Increases all our joy. It is Investnont In @ bliss That's pure, without alloy. Also how can he explain the fact 1t we are looking for the good In others, they will find A fragrance In ou- very mood And the stellar life cycle, the To Keep them sweet and kind. These verses I have written out Contain suggestions falr, And if you follow them, no doubt, You'll find the love they bear. Omaha. HARRY L. COOMBS. O GIVE ME THE FARM. O give me the farm, the countryside, Where God seems near, where skies are wide. Where Mother-nature reij The smell of growing thin| Where peace and unfelgned the yellow stars, the or- in And lastly, Iron, the element, 18 Va- [0 give me the farm, the sunlit fields, Where each day's toll contentment ylelds, It's acres broad deep woods serene, The way-s'de flower of Heaven's sheen, All splendid things each day reveals. It Mr. Loomis wishes, 1 can cite| give me the farm where all conspire, To draw my soul, my sni it higher, Where Faith inhabi's £ 'ds and hills, Where the silence of the wvening thrills, The glow on eastern skies inspire. O give me the farm. fthere lot me stay, And revel In the wild bird's lay, Let me till God's soll with reverent hands, WILLIAM SMITH. While my muscles harden, my chest ex- Bellevue College. . SUNNY GEMS. He—The trouble with you women is that pands, And a perfect freedom is mine alway. —MARY A. BLACK. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. Bhe—I don't know. If we didn't im- DeMeritte Military School Jackson Springs, N. C. An open air school for young boys, 10 to 14. Prepares for College, the Scientific Schools, West Point, Anape olis_and_Busin, EDWIN DE MERITTE, Principal, 815 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. $1. Mary’s School KNOXVILLE, ILLINOIS. DEAR. MR. KABIBBLE, WHO SHOULD BE THE Boss oF THE HOUSE — THE HUSBAND R WIFE ~THoRA SORENSON qeum?mm LEY You BarH ovr't For Girls aud Young Women. 49th ’m T Three years beyond High School. Prae- tical two years' course in Home Econome ‘E“ and A;xli.o‘d Houuknh,.nfl. An:.eh..‘L Teacher—Johnny, can you tell me what M‘a‘;‘c“.nd. ,.""' a"m. "“ :m. ‘hypocrite is? ‘Tennis, Basketball. Sargent method of Johnny—Yes, Ph{-ml Culture. Gymnasium, Bowling, Swimming Pool, Dancing, Fencing, etc. Students from twenty states and coun- tries. Miss EMMA PEASE HOWARD, Principal ORETTOCOLLEG AND ALAVENYX WEBSTER GROVES, 8T. LOLIS, MO, A Bosrding snd Oy dchosl for girle ::m lflul'll iadies, Under direction of o It's a boy w! ma'am. “Charley, dear,” sald young Mrs. 'l‘ab‘ “Oh, it would take me an hour to ex- are! I uanderstand several books In or- || ashington Star. I clever you ‘Wife—I suppose you enjoy these flippant newspapers about 1 don't enjoy an: Hub—No, 1 don't. to- ball f it hadn't been for me we'd have o sure.” the man who won this game Is “Why, “Yes. But didn't you hear me yelling at - the list would have heen much shorter. I am a lover of the water and, as my home is only five blocks from the pool, I go in every opportunity I can make. Upon investigation I have learned (1) that the present two-inch inlet is flowing twenty-four hours of each day; (2) that at 10 o’clock each night the outlet valve is opened and the surface of the water lowered about. two feet. This flushes the bottom to an extent and gives room for the night's inflow. (3) That on Sunday night the pool is drained, and (4) that Monday morning the sides and bot- tom are scrubbed, flushed with the hose and disinfected with a solution of coaltar creosote. It is true it takes forty-four hours to fill it, but this gives a longer time | for the sun to shine on the bottom and sides and the sun is one of the best sterilizing agents we_ haye. From my own observation I believe that considerable of the “sickness” is due to the sick child having spent too much time in the water. I know that | three, four and five hours in the wa- | ter per day is more than enough, but that amount of time is considerably less than some of the boys spend in the pool. . 1 feel certain that the pool is clean for two further reasons: 1. The bottorn never feels slimy. 2. You can see a diver lying on the bottom at the outlet valve. At how many of our beaches can one see a diver seven feet below the surface? I thank the city authorities for the pleasure this pool has afforded me and must say that I have been sec- onded by some of the frequenters of beaches conducted for profit in and near Omaha, ETHAN ADAMS. 1817 Ontario Street. The Heat of the Sun. Bellevue, Neb.,, Aug. 22.—To the Fditor of The Bee: 1 beg leave for space in your paper to answer the sec- ond letter of Elliot Loomis, in which he takes exception to my answer to his first reason, “Taking the world over, there is no rise in temperature as we approach the sun.” There is no need to take exception, as I stated very plainly that I agreed with him and, speaking more specifically of the northern hemisphere, 1 said there was an actual lowering of ltmpg'uture as we approached the. sunm. t course, he understands that the same latitude in the southern hemisphere becomes warmer, and the seasons counter-bal- ance. It can be shown (See Moul- ton's “Introduction to Celestial Me- chanics,” page 148, problem 8) that the amount of light and heat received per area by any planet is proportional to the reciprocal of the product of the major and minor axes of its orbit. Hence when the eccentricity of the earth’s orbit decreases, the amount of heat the world over becomes less, and as it increases, more. The eccentric- ity of the earth’s orbit is only .01677 or 3,000,000 miles in a total of 93,- 000,000 and this comparatively small distance is not enough to produce any increase of temperature the world over—or a decrease. Again he misinterprets my second answer. I did not say the four outer planets were 273 degrees below zero, but specifically stated that they are still probably feeble suns, which would imply a good deal of heat indeed. What I did say was that that hemi- sphere of Mercury and (probably) of Venus turned always from the sun were at the temperature of interstel- lar space. He says: “Particles of matter in a state of fusion can produce mno fric- tion by rubbing together to produce more heat.” I muke no mention of “particles of matter.,” The sun is gaseous, and matter there is in its mo- lecular state, and molecular friction is quite enough to produce heat. It is a well-known truth that the temperature at the focus of a burn- ing glass is invariably less than that prevailing at the source of heat itself, Burning glasses a yard in diameter have been produced, which have va- porized steel, and even melted plati- num—something our. greatest fur- naces can do only with difficulty, Mr. Loomis believes in & cool, dark {nterior body for the sun, implying a like constitution to that of the earth. It so, how does he explain that the SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT MARYVILLE, MISSOURI. The standard State Teachers’ College of Northwest Missouri. Usual courses for training of teachers, with customary diplomas and degrees. 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