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AT THE YEAR’S END.
By Clinton Scollard.
At the year's end one saw before him “Am that fair faith you cherished, precious
rise wise.”
Phantasmal presences. The first outcried
“1 am the love that once you deified!” lie met their glances, levelly, aware
t( ‘And I,” the second said, vviu. mocking That each had uttered naught save truth,
“Am sighs, that ambition which, and felt yet smarting of remorse’s stings.
guise, in splendid Tis He thus with no those brave souls who, stair
Both day and night was ever by your by stair,
side.” Ascend the years, above all vai regret,
“And I.” a third exclaimed, repr.'.aebful- To the trumpnant heights of better
eyed, things.
ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS FOR 1908
Being until July 4th, the 132d year of the independence of the United
States of America, and corresponding nearly to
The year 1326 of the Mohammedan ora, beginning Feb. 4th.
The year A. M. S017'of the Greek Church, beginning Jan. 14 (O. S.).
The year 4605 of the Chinese era, beginning Feb. 2.
The year 5668-9 of the Jewish era, Sept. 26 or at sunset Sept. 25.
The year 25 68 of the Japanese era, beginning Feb. 2.
The year 5908 A. L. (Masonic).
The year 2661 A. U. C. (of Rome).
The year 5912 of the World (Usher).
The year 7416 of the World (Septuagint).
1908 IS A BISSEXTILE OR LEAP YEAR.
Moon is the Reigning Planet This Year.
CARDINAL POINTS.
Vernal Equinox, entrance of the Sun into Aries, March 20th, at 7 o’clock
in the evening.
Summer Solstice, entrance of the Sun into Cancer, June 21st, at 3 o’clock
In the evening.
Autumnal Equinox, entrance of the Sun into Libra, September 23d, at 6
o'clock in the morning.
Winter Solstice, entrance of the Sun into Capricorn, December 22d, at 1
o’clock in the morning.
•■i THE SEASONS.
Washington Mean Time.
D. H. M. D. H. M.
December . . . .22— 6—36 p. m. Winter begins and lasts..89— 0—35
March . . . . . 20— 7—11 p. m. Spring begins and lasts. .92—19—62
June .. . .... 21— 3— 3 p. m. Summer begins and lasts. 93—14—
September .. ..23— 5—42 a.m. Autumn begins and lasts. 89—18—35
December.....22— 0—17 a.m. Winter beg. Trop. Year.365— 5—41
ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR 1908.
•' There will be three eclipses of the Sun this year and one Luna Apulse.
I. The first will be a total ecl.pse of the Sun on the 3d of January,
Invisible in America, visible on the Pacific Ocean.
if. The second will be an annular or ringform eclipse of the Sun on
the 28th of June, visible, in part, in the United States. The eclipse will
be annular in Tampa, Florida, and on the Bermuda Islands. The begin¬
ning will be at 9 o'clock 27 minutes In the forenoon; the end at 12 o’clock
41 minutes at noon. (Washington time.)
III. The third is an eclipse of the Sun on the 22d and 23d of Decem¬
ber, Invisible in North America, visible on the Atlantic Ocean and in the
eastern part of South America.
MORNING AND EVENING STARS.
Morning Stars.
Venus after July.
Mars after August 22.
Jupiter until January 29, after Au¬
gust 17.
Saturn after February 29, until Sep¬
tember 30.
Mercury until January 14; February
28 until May 7; July 4 until Au¬
gust 20; October 28 until Decem¬
ber 11.
PLANETS’ GREATEST BRILLIANCY.
Mercury—February 13, Juno 7, October 4, sets in the evening after
the Sun and rises in the morning before the Sun, March 27, July 25, No
vember 13. Juplter—January 29. Venus—May 29, August 7.
Saturn—September 30.
MOVABLE FEASTS AND CHURCH DAYS.
Septuagesima Sunday, February 16.
Sexagesima Sunday, February 23.
Quinquagesima Sunday, March 1.
Shrove Tuesday, March 3.
Ash Wednesday, or first day of Lent,
March 4.
Quadragesima Sunday, March 8.
Mid Lent, March 25.
Palm Sunday, April 12.
Maundy Thursday, April 16.
Good Friday, April 17.
Easter Sunday, April 19.
Low Sunday, April 26.
Rogation Sunday, May 21.
Ascension Day, May 28.
Whit Sunday, June 7.
Some of the New Records Made During the Year
Automobile record for mile on circular track, by Walter Christie, 52
seconds.
Swimming record for 100 yards, by Charles Daniels, 55 2-5 seconds.
Horse running record, one mile and an eighth, by Charles Edward, at
Brighton Beach, 1.50 3-5.
Shooting record, by Captain Hardy, who broke 13,066 flying targets.
Homing pigeon makes average speed of 1612 yards per minute for
600 miles.
Thompson's Colts bowling team (five men) rolled a 2853 score for
three games.
Ralph Rose, John Flanagan, Martin Sheridan, George Bouhag and
Melvin Sheppard all broke athletic records.
Fastest time on snow shoes, 47m. 20s.
Longest ski jump, 114 feet.
75 Lives Lost in the Alps I
and 350 Other Mishaps in 1007.
London.—Official statistics just is
sued supply the death rate in 190; . , ,
due to misadventure in the Italian, j
Swiss and Austrian Alps. The num-1
ber of lives lost was seventy-five, the
majority being Swiss and Germans. I
Next came the British and 350 after serious them j
the Italians. There were ;
accidents.
The chief cause of the fatality was
fool-hardiness, which is becoming
more prevalent every year, guide. In at- |
tempting ascents without a
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Tar on Roads.
As a direct result of successful ex¬
periments with oil for roads in Cali¬
fornia—and in Oran, Africa, and sev¬
eral towns of Algiers where aloe and
inassot oil were used—road builders
took up the question of employing
tar, either alone or in connection with
oil for road surfacing. In France a
mixture of tar and oil was tried m
1900, and by 1901 such good effects
were obtained with various tar mix¬
tures, that many miles of roads were
surfaced with them. The French
engineers pursued the subject with
intelligent perserverance, and they
secured some ideal roads for travel¬
ing. The tar is applied hot at about
210 degrees, and only in dry w-eather.
After the tar is applied, a sprinkling
of sand is made over the surface to
harden the mixture and to prevent
slipping of horses and vehicles. By
the addition of heavy oils, the tar is
hardened more quickly, and the road
thrown open to general traffic. All
dust and mud are eliminated by the
tarring process, and the roadbed it¬
self is kept from injury by heavy
traffic. The waterproof character of
the tar surface keeps the water from
entering the roadbed, and thus elim¬
inates one of the most destructive
agencies of highways.
In England tar is also used quite
extensively for the maintenance of
the surface of the roads, and in this
country it is also a well-recognized
practice. One of the first applica¬
tions of tar to the surface was made
at Jackson, Tenn. The surface lasted
about seven or eight months. In
Montclair, N. J., a mixture of tar
and screenings was tried in 1904 on
a steep grade, and for a year prac¬
tically no wear or tear was notice¬
able on the road. Since then a num¬
ber of other roads in that town have
been similarly treated at a cost of
about seventeen cents per square foot
including the cracked stone and
screenings. The tarring itself cost
only about five to six cents per square
foot. In several other New Jersey
towns and on Long Island, roads are
now being treated with tarred sur
face for eliminating dust and mud
and for the protection of the road
itself.
The difference between the method
of tarring the surface of roads in
France and this country is in the use
of sand or screenings. In France they
merely sprinkle sand on the tar after
it has cooled a day or two, but in this
country cracked stones or screen¬
ings are either mixed with the tar
or sprinkled upon the surface, with
the purpose of incorporating them
as much as possible with the tar. The
French roads are excellent and form
a dry, dustless surface, but they do
not last as long as the American
roads of equal excellence. The tar
and screenings, when properly mixed
together, form a sort of cushion,
which greatly reduces abrasion.
The use of tar in territories where
there are ample rainfalls is far : upe
rior to oil, for the latter then forms
an emulsion with the water, which
does great damage to vehicles and
clothes. It makes the surface mushy,
and resprinkling is necessary at in¬
tervals. But in dry, hot, arid regions
the oil is superior to tar, and accom
plishes the object of laying the dust
and forming a smooth compact sur
face better. It is consequently a
question of climate and topographical
conditions which must determine the
use of materials and methods in any
part of the country.—Scientific
American.
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France’s Roads Rest in World.
Among the reasons which make
the highways of France the best in
the world is the requirement that all
preliminary road-making operations
shall be thoroughly performed, says
Leslie's Weekly. When embank
ments are made, the earthwork is
built up only a few inches at a time
and, in the neighborhood of masonry,
rammed. Every ditch is carefully
cut at a proper angle, rammed, r.nd,
if necessary, paved with stones,
Dangerous turns are protected by
stone parapets; at each cross road
there are sign posts, always in order,,
and the Touring Club of France has
established indicators to remind the
tourist of dangerous curves, rapid
descents, etc. Every railroad cross¬
ing is protected by a gate, which
has a watchman in charge day and
night.
Protection of Roads.
The subject before the Massachu¬
setts Highway Association at its last
quarterly meeting was the prot :ll i
of macadam roads from the excessive
wear of automobile travel and the sup¬
pression of dust. Experts of large
experience gave their views, the con¬
sensus of opinion being that Seme
very bad smelling preparation in
which coal oil is a main ingredient
is the best found so far. It is lament¬
able that the bad smell should be an
essential element of surface-preserv¬
ing material for use on our roads.
The park commissioners preserved
our parkways and loulevards in this
section last summer at the cost of
all enjoyment for those who :ode
over them.—Boston Post.
Progress in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania has now under con¬
struction 268 miles of highways,
under rules prescribed by State High¬
ways Commissioner Hunter. Fif¬
teen counties of that State are doing
no road making under State-aid laws
—Good Roads Magazine.
Seven hundred British subjects art
born at sea every year.
Evening Stars.
Venus until July 5.
Mars until August 22.
Jupiter after January 29, until Au¬
gust 17.
Saturn until February 29, after Sep¬
tember 30..
Mercury, January 14 until February
28; May 7 until July 4; August 20
until October 28; after December
11 .
Trinity Sunday, June 14.
Corpus Christi, June 18.
Thanksgiving Day, on fourth or last
Thursday In November, as Presi¬
dent may appoint.
First Sunday in Advent, November
29.
Sundays after Trinity are 23 this
year.
Quatember or Ember Days.
1st. On 11, 13 and 14 of March.
2 d. Ou 10, 12 and 13 of June.
3d. On 16, 18 and 19 of September.
1 4th. On 16, IS and 16 of December.
Seventy-one Hunters Killed
During Season of 1007.
Chicago. — Seventy-one persons
were killed—most of them by care
lessness—during the bunting season
of 1 907. This is slightly below the
record for 1906.
The number of injured in 1907
however, is in excess or that of the
season before, eighty-one hunters
having been hurt in 1!*07, compared
with only seventy during 1906.
In Wisconsin, Michigan and Min
nesota fifty persons lost their lives in
1907.
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—Sketch.
Police Alarm.
No one need now be in fear of
thieves and burglars, as a Boston
man has devised a contrivance where¬
! by the police can be instantly noti
fled that intruders are in the house
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and help is wanted at once. This is
to be accomplished with the aid of
the alarm tag shown in the illustra
tion. The purpose of the device will
be apparent at once. The tag, in¬
scribed as shown, is placed where it
can be conveniently reached when
wanted. The occupant of the house
on hearing suspicious noises in the
house quietly pitches the missile out
of the window. The presumption is
that a policeman—or other passerby
—will notice the tag, and help will be
immediately forthcoming.—Washing
ton Star.
Little Tribute to a Tree.
Many years ago a tiny cottonwood
seed settled itself between the wood¬
work and the brick wall of the build
opposite this office, and as it liap
Pened to land in proximity to a leaky
s P° ul > it grew and expanded and
spread out until it had grown to be
quite a brush, writes Bent Murdock.
Its roots crept into the interstices of
llie brick wall and in the good old
summer time its branches, which had
grown big and strong, put out the
green leaves, under which the birds
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Fisherman—“Ah! That s a good beginning, a frying-pan! I have
only got to catch a fish now and I shall be all right.”—From Bon Vivant.
found shade and rest and peace. But
Wednesday afternoon some bold bad
men went to repair the cornice of the
building, and the cottonwood tree
was ruthlessly torn from the wall,
thrown to the ground, and assigned
to the ditch, where it was afterwards
rescued and given a place in this office.
It is gnarled and crooked, as it had
not been given a fair chance to
show what it could do, but then, it
did the best it could and is entitled
to much consideration. Its birth was
noticed in these columns, and from
year to year it got better attention
than was given to more important
things, but it is no more in life, and
this in memoriam brings a lump into
our throat that chokes us. Requies
cat in pace, you blessed little cotton¬
wood.—Kansas City Journal.
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Surmounting the Monument to J.
Fenimore Cooper at Cooperstown.
An effort is being made in England
to compel the use on automobiles of
automatic speed controllers to pro¬
vent a machine from running above a
maximum speed on public roads.
The
General “Demand
of the Well-Informed of the World haj
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because ita com
ponent parts are known to them to ba
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its cx.
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark¬
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup cj Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine—manufactured by the Cali¬
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Prico fifty cents
per bottle.
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Saw, Lath and Shinsfie Miljs. Injectors,
Pumps and Fittings, Woodflaws, Splitters,
Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines.
LARGE A* STOCK LOMBARD,
Foundjy, Blachiu and Sails: Works and Supply Store,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Dropsy CUS1ED Gives Quick Relief.
Removes all swelling in 8 to 20
days ; effects a permanent cure
ft in 3oto 60 days. Nothingcan Trialtreatmeut be fairer
given free.
Write Dr. H. Box H. Green’s Sons,
Specialists, b Atlanta. Gr
CAPUDINE
CURES It remoras tha cauna. ami
soothaa the nerves
relieves the aches and
GOLDS AND GRIPPE Feverish
net a. It
cures all
headaches and Neuralgia also. No bad
effects. 10c, 25c and 50c bottles. (Lnit'ix )
HOW IT WORKS.
Knlcker—Opportunity knocks ones
Bt every door.
Booker—And the fellow who was
out knocks ever after.—New York
Sun.
FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors Could
Not Cure.
Levi P. Brockway, S. Second Ave,
Anoka, Minn., says: “After lying
for five months in a
hospital 1 was dis
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ble, and given only
8pj|53|t^lgi yf six My heart months to affect* live.
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% \\V'' couldn’t use iny
wj arms, my eyesight
was impaired and
the kidney secretions were badly dis¬
ordered. 1 was completely worn out
and discouraged when I began using
Doan’s Kidney Pills, but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work well, 1 have been
feeling well ever since.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PROHIBITION.
Physician—You must not eat be¬
tween, meals. only
Boarder—But that is the
chance I get.—New York Sun.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething,softens tion, thegums,reducesinflammar bottl»
allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a
BAD TASTE.
“Does Barker’s wife dress appro¬
priately?” forty
“No, Indeed. She wears
horse-power togs in a runabout.—L f 0 -
Pile* Cured In 6 to 14 Days.
Paso Ointment . is is guaranteed to cure nny
case oi it Itcbi Itcmng, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles in 0 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c.
GOOD SIGN.
Blobbs—Snobbs has sworn o”
smoking, 1 guess.
Dobbs—How do you know?
Blobbs—I saw him kicking the dog
this morning.— Cleveland Leader.
Itch cured in 30 minutes by Wool ford*
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At drugg^ 1
As to Powers of Vision.
The best eyesight is possessed W
those people whose lands are va9t
and barren, and where obstacles tend
ing to shorten the sight are few. Eski
mos will detect white fox In !
a
enow at a great distance. The A.ra
of the deserts of Africa have sucP
extreme powers of vision that ° n
vast plains of the desert they wi I x
out objects invisible to the or ^ ia j
at of from one ‘° j g
eye ranges
miles. Among civilised peoples
Norwegians have the best eye® 1 ®