VOL. LXV.
PLANET OF MARS
THE MYSTERIES OF THE PLANET
MARS
Deseription of the Planet Which is Attract.
ing Publle Attention. What Prof
Swift Says,
Lewis Swift, the great comet dis-
coverer, at the Rochester observatory,
says: Mars through the telescope is
not an object of popular interest, com-
paring in this unfavorably
with the moon, Jupiter and his satel-
lites and with Saturn and his rings,
but to the astronomer who appreciates
his mysteries this planet every fifteen
to seventeen years presents great attrac-
tion. Unfortunately for northern |
observers his great southern declina- |
respect
tion at these oppositions is unfavorable
for the delicate observation
for the settlement of the several disput-
ed questions.
Thursday
astronomical event or
three times in an average human life,
The opposition of a which |
must be one whose
necessary
witnessed an
two
evening
occurring
planet,
orbit is outside that
of the earth, is when its rising is coin-
cident with the sun's
which time the earth will of course be
setting, at
between two bodies. If the orbits of
! : |
both the earth and Mars were circular |
his opposition distance would forever |
be the same, but both
elliptical it follows that a favorable |
opposition can only take place when |
on, furthest from |
as orbits are
the earth is in apheli
the sun, and Mars in perihelion near-|
he with
brillancy rivalling that of both Venus |
and Jupitur and arrests public atten- |
tion rising early in the evening and |
making many think it a reappearance |
of the star of Bethlehem. i
est the sun, when shines al
Mars comes in opposition once in a
little over two years, and not once in
It
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fifteen years as has been stated,
is
only the favorable oppositions that |
recur somewhat irregularly at inter-|
The last
Sept. 5,
one i
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MOONS
the planet
Professor Asa P.
It was a discovery that caused
The
have more than the two satellities, and
during this
every great telescope in the world will
vals about fifteen years,
of this sort occurred on
ii,
at which time two minute re-
volving rapidly around
were discovered by
Hall.
intense excitement,
pianet may
favorable opportunity |
be brought to bear on for further
discovery, and for the if
possible of the problem of “the canals
of Mars,
Happily we can
a
settlement
now bring photo-
graphy to our aid and impress upon
the plates imperishable details of those
by
Schiaparelli
f
for c
the Italian
phenomena termed
astronomer, . canals,
at
One
oceans, bays, ete.
Epa ISON
future favorable oppositions.
astronomer, going beyond Schiapareilli
outheroding Herod, declared that
had observed the shade trees along the
banks of the canals. But pleasantry
aside, there is much that is mysterious
in the topography of this planet
viewed from the earth. of its
markings are changeable and appear |
as clouds, while others seem stable and
he
as
Some
are indicative of solidity. As however,
Mars rotates on his axis so «lowly, no
belts like those environing Jupiter and |
Saturn are visible.
The distance of Mars from the earth |
on Aug. 5, will be about thirty-five |
million seven hundred thousand miles |
and but at the very favorable opposi- |
tion of 1830, it was less by twenty
million miles, while in conjunction
and on the other sides of the sun his |
distance was 245,000,000 miles and the |
brightness of the planet was reduced |
to that of a faint star.
The two satelites of Mars are named |
Delmos and Phobos or Death and Ter!
ror the former being the nearer and |
larger of the two. They are respective-
ly about twelve and eight miles in!
diameter, At the discovery of the!
outer one its distance from the earth |
was equal to 7,000,000 times its diam
eter. That was equivalent to seeing a |
ball two inches in diameter at the dis- |
stance of New York from Boston,
So much more rapid is the revolu- |
tion of Phobos than the rotation of}
Mars that jit rises in the west and sets |
in the east, while the outer satelites,
the sun and the stars rise in the east
ns they do on our earth. This is the
single exception, Phobos leing the
only known body in the solar system
rising in the west,
The distance of the inner satellite
from the surface of Mars is less than
4,000 miles and a magnifying power of
4,000 would bring it within a mile, so
that from the satellite it would be
easy to see on the planet people if they
are as large as the earth’s inhabitants,
To astronomical writers the question
of the planets being inhabited, especi-
ally Mars, has long been a most fas
cinating therue, That they were creat-
ed to that end is doubtless true, but it
does not follow that all are inhabited
or inhabitable at the same time. It
would require a wide stretch of fancy
to imagine people existing on the
i
planet Mercury so near the sun that |
lead and sometimes zinee would be in |
a molton condition, that most |
distant planet Neptune, whose tem- |
perature is 600 degrees Zero |
Though not denied that the Creator |
could adapt life, animal and vegetable,
to even such places, yet that either of |
* i
inj
i
or on
below
these planets is now inhabited is
the highest degree improbabe,
On the evening of July 31, both |
satellites were seen at this observatory |
by the writerand by Professor Todd,
director of
tory, who observed them at the time of
their discovery at the Naval observa-|
tory in 1877 and then declared that he |
saw them as clearly as with the 26-
inch telescope with which they were
discovered.
Amherst college observa- |
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ANOTHER CLEVELAND CONVERT.
He Is District-Attorney
County
fireen, of Fulton
A notable acquisition to the Demo- |
cratic ranks is District Attorney Green,
of Fulton county, New York. He
just completing his second term, to |
is
which he was re-elected by the Repub- |
leader in
To a representa-~ |
tixe of THE WORLD he said to-day:
“I shall vote for Mr. Cleveland if I
until I have long
been opposed to the tariff’ impositions |
licans and was a recognized
the party until now,
live November,
placed upon the people by the McKin-
tepublican par-
ty, aided by the influence of Harrison, |
has sought to thrust the Force bill up-
on the country it is more than I can
Mr. Green was a Union soldier, and
his example will have great weight
with Grand Army men, among whom
he has been prominent.
——
Strike at BufTale.
There is a serious t Buffalo,
ey switch-
strike a
"all
men. Property belonging to the rail-
road company has been destroyed by
incendiary fires, men engaged in the
peaceful performance of their duties in
the companies’ service have been as. |
saulted and sent to the hospitals, the
trains been seri-
movements of have
innocent persons who were in no way |
connected with the strike and had not
endanger
ed by the derailment of a passenger
train on one of the roads. Such is the
of
indictment up to the hour writing.
cars filled
and
two
Eighteen or twenty freight
with wool, cotton, hay various
other merchandise,
passenger
two watchmen's houses
The
the
coaches and
were burned. fires occurred at
places where firetnen could not
successfully stay the flames on account
of an absence of water, besides the dif-
fic ulty of access to Lhe fires,
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A Caution to Farmers,
A Delaware county miller remarked |
the other day to a newspaper man that
those farmers having wheat stored In
their bins had their
grain, as much is liable to be spoiled |
better examine
heating at this time of the year, |
While speaking on the subject he also |
added that in his opinion it would be
better for farmer to sell his
wheat this season in the field for seven- |
every
ty-five cents a bushel than to store it, |
giving as a reason that he believed |
this cereal would not reach a high
figure this year as there are millions of
bushels old wheat stored to find a
grain would amount to considerable—
enough to make 75¢. now equal at $1
when sold after a year's storage,
tp —
A Gypsy Trick.
A Harrisburg paper tells of a gypsy
who entered a house in that city and
persuaded a young lady to have her
fortune told. When the young lady
consented, the fortune teller began by
telling her she had a dress that would
always bring her trouble and upon see-
ing her wardrobe picked out the best
dress, of course, The young lady toid
the gypsy she could have it. About
the house begging old clothes and the
Young lady without thinking gave her
the dress that had the “ban’’ put upon
it.
Cp
Raising Money for the Church,
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
of Bellefonte recently held a ralnbow
tea to raise money for the organ fund,
which is now over $1,200. When the
Indies have raised $1,500 some of the
rich men of the church have promised
to raise the balance,
en A MS
110 Pairs of Shoes.
The Clearfield Rafteman’s Journal
says: “A Philipsburg dude has a
special room in which he has stored
110 pairs of shoes all of which have
been worn but one time,"’
Rt A
With a Singer for district attorney
we should have lots of musie in the
court house,
CAPITOL NEWS,
INSIDE INFORMATION FROM
NATIONAL CAPITOL.
THE
A Move to Bring Piatt to Time, An
order to Consuls In Foreign Coun-
tries,
Hon. Adlai Stevenson, will take a
much more prominent part in the
campaign than it has been customary
for the Vice Presidential nominee to
do. Beginning on the 1st of Septem-
ber, he has written friends in this city,
he will take the field and remain on
the stump until the end of the fight.
He will do his first work in Indiana,
of that sterling old democrat of
A. Hendricks,
is celebrated at Indianapolis on Hep
erats, the late Thomas
at
democrats
ft
afterward.
of
Springs, just
gathering
two weeks of Neptember
h
the
BH hes in
UX~
New York
making
States, he will devote to
“the grandest
column
to stay.
Hous
just
of
gone
Postmaster Dalton, of the
Representatives who has
he caanpaign,
generally manages to keep pretty well
Indiana fos
posted on
i
negl
polit without
ecting other localities, and he does
not believe there is the slightest found-
ation for the story that Judge Gresham
decided to
4
“idl
i
i
take the
np
hough ns a goo
it
Lilt
femocrnt
he sincerely wishes report
all
I
true, as it would remo
©
about the electoral votes of
Mr. Dalton’s opinion about
weight
carries considerable
cause of the prestige he
time ago, when
garded the nomination «
every body
{f CGireshu
the Omaha convention
stoutly maintaining 1
would not accept,
Secretary Charles Foster
in "ap
that there
he ix not familiar. Mr. Harrison |
in Ohio politics, which
are few tricks with
failed in all kh
Boss Tom Intt, call
Foster {i ip,
a scheme to bring Boss Plat
He knew
point of the
efforts
wr hie and he gui
that
Lhiat
Now
the
pocket, and it
that the
refusing to pay t
Neerera
hi
SD (KEY chiar
FIR TEN
FRSINEM
i
fron
id
itl
$20. 000 0060 in go
iv
York, and, |
i
ii 1
natter,
of the Treasury department,
Py A goodly percent.
gone to
Mr. Platt's
would |
Liave
Missouri River to New
express company which
from
if )
nit
brought {hi
r.
gold
York,
it
Platt's express
company received 83.500 for carrying
ia
|
{
is fa
great while since Mr.
0
New York, but it will be quite a while
before it is given a similar job, unless
perch.”
retary Foster cannot break the con
tract which Mr. Platt's company has
with the Treasury department for the
transportation of cash, but
and will, if it becomes necessary to
bend Mr. Platt, send all large amounts
at Government risk which would make
the contract a comparatively worth-
less one. It is predicted that Mr.
Platt will do as Davy Crockett's coon
did.
Every U. 8. Consul abroad was
months ago instructed as to the part
they are to play in the Presidential
campaign: they are to include in their
official reports, all of which are to
reach the State department in time to
be used as eampaign documents, state
ments charging that business depres
sion exists in the country where they
are stationed and that it was caused
by the McKinley tariff’ law. The re
ports are already beginning to come
in, and to be circulated, although it is
not plain how it is expected to in
fluence any votes with such palpably
made-to-order reports. The average
American has a thinking apparatus
of his own, which he has not forgotten
how to use,
Representative Mitchell, of Wisecon-
sin, chairman of the democratic Con
gressional campaign committee, will
not be able to come to Washington
until about the Ist of September, but
when he comes he will stick to his
desk until the close of the campaign,
In his absence Mr. Lawrence Gardner,
Secretary of the committee, and also
Becretary of the National association
of democratic clubs, Is in charge of
the headrjuarters, which is a very busy
place. Many thousands documents
are beliug dally sent out by the com-
mitiee, which is about keeping up
with the orders it Is getting from all
sections. Senator Carlisle's recent tariff
Mis
he can,
I
| speech has already reached a circula-
{ tion of 260,000, and orders for it are
| still coming in; Henry George's “‘Pro-
{tection or Free Trade” is having a
{ phenomenal run, lepresentative
{| White's (of Towa) tariff speech has been
| widely circulated in English, and now
{a half million copies of it are being
| printed in German, There is a great
| demand from the South for the speech
| delivered by Hender-
| son, republican, of Towa, showing up
{the public record of Weaver. The
| campaign text book will be ready in
!
lepresentative
| about two w ocks,
{
| Mr.
asked
he
re-
Gardner, what
{thought of the out-look, he
| plied: the whole good. There
“On
j are some puzzles that may worry us a
Wis
and
little before we get through, but there
is no question as to which party will
the House, I have no
| figures to give out, now, but it is our
control next
{ House just the same."
WASHINGTON, Aug 15, 1892
i Woy
Gold From San Francisco.
nl
It is admitted De
partment, there is now en route from
the Bub-Treasury at
£20,000 000 of
the Treasury
to
§ San Francisco
| New York a shipment of
gold.
FLAMESBADWORK |
A 850.000 BLAZE AT THE HUNT
INGDON REFORMATORY.
The Brush
Consumed By Fire
Incendiaries,
Factory and Carpenter
Work of
shop
Two months ago an unsuccessful at-
tempt was made by an inmate of the
Huntingdon reformatory to destroy |
the new three story building used as a
brush factory. Bunday night a more
successful attempt was made and now
building used as a carpenter shop are
in ruins. ii
At 6 o'clock flames were dis-
on the third floor.
flames spread that
Bo quickly did the
the alarm
could be given the entire structure was
The brush
highly inflammable
before
enveloped in flames, fae-
tory contained
material,
The steamers were placed on the riv-
er-bank, and after a long delay in
ing the hose through the main
ings, several streams of water began to
pour on the already ruined industrial
buildings. The western and sou the
walls
mm
and the
Some two weeks ago Secretary
¥ )
SOK (XM) the desire
Treasury officials that nothing
It was
until
and
the transfer
Id arrived in New York,
exhibited
sald about
iter great
utterance to vigorous
the
him
when
to
nothing
impolite expressions
i i
as shown
il | “ay On
i 3
ing ought 10 He about it
his time
an Fran.
it is
there |
14
Hsury
de.
the
WE
Car- |
most confidential man!
Everybody connected with the
pledged to profound
To avoid
riation the shipment was made by |
1
werd wt om
steered
transaction was
MOCTECY. accident trans.
in
. !
mail, in a train of cars heav- |
w armed officers of the
EATS AED i
ure train left
which lef San |
. > i
wy on Fi ay evening for Wash- |
01 | gold than has ever |
The |
ge
i* now speeding across the SEC
MITION Nore
‘
been shipped in one lot before,
$
I
rush
plains of Nevada, It was heard |
from late Saturday
mucea. It is ranning on a regular |
of |
aver the
then
to Omaha, and
wmssenger time, but has the right
Ihe
$
train will go
to Ogden, over
Union Pacific
then
+
Sseekis i
Burlington to be
Chicago.
1 i Chicago the route is kept secret,
The treasure train consists of five cars, |
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BERKMANS LIFE IN JAIL,
He Reads Mach and Stays Away From the
Religious Services,
Alexander Berkman, the Anarchist
assailant of H. C. Frick, is passing his
time very quietly in jail. He did not
attend the religious services in the jail
last Sunday and put in a great many
hours reading the
{ he has been in jail about 300 persons
{ have ealled to try to see him. Most of
| them webe merely idle curiosity seek-
lers, Nobody claimed to know him
and none saw him. He has received
three letters, all of which were given
him without being examined.
newspapers. Sinoe
1 ss —
Canada Thisties,
| The law requires that Canada thistles
| be cut in time to prevent them from
going to seed, and thereby spreading
to a greater extent. It is the duty of
| the constable of the township or
| borough to see that the thistles are cut
| and must give notice by printed eireul-
| ars posted in prominent places. The
| constable upon cutting down any
thistles is allowed $ per day and a
fine is also imposed upon the property
for neglect.
sisi e——
The Colby Marder,
Six years ago on Saturday last, 6th
inst., the murder of Isaiah and Nora
Colby was committed at Cherry Run,
The incidents connected with the
erime are still fresh in the minds of
the people of Clinton county, but the
home of the murdered people has dis-
appeared. The great flood of 1886,
when it swept down the ravine where
they lived; completely changed the
appearance of the place.
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Helped the Corn,
The recent rains have assured a good
corn crop. The greater part of the oats
was taken in in good condition—last
year's crop was bleached by rains,
A
Need Looking After,
The thistles along the walks at the
lower end of town need looking after,
and need to be cut down before going
were badly damaged
of the
hospital and school building attached
tion. Once the cornice and roof
to the main buildings, were in flames,
The
lighted
isiant,
vinnie
seething fur-
iy
hie
Every moment
ful to contemplate,
nace of flames up whole
town, a mile d
threatened t communicate
A)
the fire 0
in which
,
| formatory was for a time at the
with the main building
inmates were locked in cells, 1 ro.
mercy
ft
LB
The main reservoir was
of
the only hope of succor lay in t
of the flames,
¥
walter
hie
sistance of the Huntingdon fire depart-
Before the firemen
the three-story building ad-
ment, arrived,
However,
Joining the brush factory, which was
used as the carpenter shop, took fire
and with its valuable contents was to- |
tally destroyed.
Ti
During the fire a pertect pandemon-
ium prevailed among the 450 inmates,
The to
suppress the frantic cries and yells of a
of the
while others of less personal fear shout-
inside guards could do little
frightened prisoners,
ed and whistled in demoniacal glee,
The brush
the Consolidated manufacturing
#
Vv
factory was operated
OO -
Philadelphia and employed
They had recently
pany
120 of the inmates,
the works. This
stock and machinery will reach $20,000
company's loss Oh
on which there is an insurance of $700,
The in-
1 the
company’s loss is total, even
books, The loss o1
They were in-
sured for $10,000
After the firemen arrived Deputy
Patton assumed com-
him is due the
of the
control and to
state's
’
of
much
There is not
that the fire was the
i work of one of the inmates,
lieved that a lighted mateh was thrown |
among the
the second floor.
blaze that
ever sustained,
a shadow
malicious
tis be
material
inflammable on
This is the most ser- |
the reformatory
jous has
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Quick Work in Bridge Bullding. i
The new iron bridge No. 33 which is |
120 feet long, and crosses Bald Eagle |
creek at Milesburg, was placed in posi-
tion, on Saturday, says the Gaseffe,
The work was accomplished in the
short space of eight minutes. Within
one hour it was ready for use, This is
one of the greatest feats on record in
the history of bridge building and is
creditable to the industry and push of
the Pennsylvania railroad.
mites ain
Another Inspection Ordered
According to a recent order of the
postmaster general, the postmasters of
the county seat throughout the United
States are again required to inspect the
poet offices in their respective counties,
between the 1st of Augustiand the 15th
of December of this year. The ques.
tions required to be answered are
nearly one hundred.
————
Plenle Season,
The picnic season is at its height now
and we hear of them in all quarters,
They are enjoyable affairs and build
up sociability.
Ballding an Addition,
John Krumbine, of this town, is
building an addition to his residence,
that will show well in that end of
town,
———— A YS
Tax Rate Reduced.
The taxes in Bellefonte borough for
this year has been reduced 18 mills
over that of last year.
If the Republicans could have posts
poned the Homestead picnic until after
the election they would have given
to seed.
TO VOTERS,
Reform Act.
The following points on the ew
irinted for
€ ut
Baker ballot reform act are §
of ¥
preserve
the information oters them
out and them for future re-
erence:
Nov, §
Tuesday, Sept. 13,
Tuesday, 1892. ¥lection day.
day for
of nomination with
the
iif
fast
filing certificates
thie secretary of
Thursday, Oct. 13, 1892,
filing objections
nomination filed w
’
of commonwealth.
uesday, Sept.
for filing nomination
the secretary of the
Thursday, Oct, 20
filing
papers filed
15402,
OL
commonwealth.
Sept. 26, 18
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Niling certificates of nominat|
county commissioners
Monday, Oct. 17,
filing objection
nomination filed
missioners,
Tuesday, Oct,
county commissioners,
Monday, Oct. 24
saturday
filing certificates of
township or borou
Tuesday Nov,
Boing
borough a
filing nomination
Tuesday,
ship or borough
Friday, Nov.
or
Ng
Be pt
THE LAND OF SUNSHING
the
most Never Clouded while the
A Unigue Country where Skies are al.
air is
al
Cogl and Bracing, like FPerpelu
Spring.
As an anomalous sout
reason of the fact
stimmer heat no ie
New Mex ex
UsCape
old,
Fass a-devel
above sea-level,
dry air whi
phere, is incapa
1 mperaia
remains at a
iy
becomes invarial
T1
the most
we sunshine j
“
violent
may be undertaken witl
tressful consequences. Sunstroke
prostration are absolutely unknown
for a sums-
bed
there. It isan ideal land
mer outing. ts climate is ri
presc
pulmonary complaints, and the medi-
Las Vegas are
The
the
noted for their curative
most sumpuous hotel in the
virtues,
west,
Montezuma, is located at 1
J
ese springs,
723 Monad-
725
“The Land
Byrne,
this region, the most picturesque and
romantic in the United States, i
a
After an Hidden Treasure,
A Lock Haven dispatch says that
two men came there from Altoona
Tuesday and began to search for §
000, alleged to have been hidden on
the mountain above that town. A
gambler named Lufold, serving a fifs
teen year sentence in the Western
penitentiary, claims that he buried the
money there, fearing arrest. He sent
the men to find it.
a
i
$y.
Reading in Poscssion of Spow Shoe,
The Reading railroad, through the
Lehigh Vally Coal company, has for
some time been quietly buying all the
good coal land in the Snow Rhoe dis
trict. The work has been thoroughly
done and all the tracts except a few
small operations have been purchased.
The output will be shipped over the
Beech Creek mailraod,
—— on I SAA:
Bags Killing Fish,
The Juniata river is full of dead and
dying suckers, and on examination for
the cause it was discovered that on the
top of their heads there was a bug, sim
ilar to a bed bug, that eats into the
flesh and down through the bone,
which causes them to sicken and die,
AA A AI AOI
The Government bought 100,000
ounces of silver this week at 82.93 cents
an once, the lowest price ever paid.
At that rate the bullion requisite to
make a silver dollar is worth a fraction
over 64 cents,
es —————— :
«Take the REvoRTER for the
‘millions. It knocked a big hole into
their calculations,