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IN THE CHURCHES
UNION THAKKSCmXG SERVICE IV
INDEPENDENT CHURCH.
REV. ROBB WHITE AT HOME.
Wttl CONDUCT THE SERVICES US
CHRIST CHURCH TO-DAY.
Jfarx. Conaty to Be Coneecrated
BUhop of Samoa In Baltimore To
day—Methodist Ministers Prepar
ing for Conference—Rea’. Dr. John
H. Harrison of Macon to Preach at
First Baptist Church— Hey. P. H.
Duncan of Ludlow, Ky., to Con
duct Services In Christian Church.
Eminent priests and prelates of the
/toman Catholic Church are arriving
in Baltimore from all parts of the
country to attend the consecration of
the Right Rev. Monsignor Conaty as
titular Bishop of Samoa, which Is to
take place in Baltimore to-day. The
event will be accompanied by all the
pomp and seremony of the church and
will take place in the historic Cathe
dral, which has been the scene of so
many notable functions in the past.
As rector of the Catholic University,
Mgr. Conaty has won wide popularity
throughout the country and his con
secration will be attended by well
known laymen from New York, Wash
ington, Boston, Cincinnati and other
ctties. The clerical visitors will be by
far more numerous than at any pre
vious ceremony of the kind held In this
country, owing to the fact that all
of the rrchbisbops, bishops and priests
who have been in attendance on the
archbishops’ meeting in Washington
this week will come to Baltimore In a
body.
Cardinal Gibbons will be the conse
crator. The two assistant bishops will
be the Right Rev. Camlllus P. Maes,
D. D„ Bishop of Covington, Ky., and
Right Rev. Thomas D. Bevan. D. D.,
of Springfield, Mass. The sermon will
be preached by the Rev. Thomas J.
Shahan, D. D., professor of ecclesias
tical history at the Catholic University.
The Methodist minister of Savannah
are now busily engaged in preparing
the reports of their year’s work. These
w-ill be submitted to the annual meet
ing of the South Georgia conference,
which will be held in Macon. Dec. 4.
The changes in the present assign
ments of the Savannah ministers have
already been noticed in the Morning
News.
Rev. Robb White, rector of Christ
Church, after a long absence from Sa
vannah, has returned home and will
conduct the services in Christ Church
to-day. The new assistant rector of
Christ Church, Rev. M. Campbell
Stryker of Waycross will begin his
duties in Savannah, Dec. 1.
The union Thanksgiving: service wiR
he held Thursday at 11 o’clock In the
Independent Presbyterian Church. The
sermon will be delivered by Rev. Dr.
J. D. Jordan, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church. The churches are urged
to unite in this service.
Methodist.
The service* of Grace Methodist
Church will be conducted at 11 o’clock
a. m. and 8 p. m. by the pastor, Rev.
Osgood F. Cook, who will preach both
morning and evening. The members
of the church are urged to attend as
a short church conference will be held
after the morning service. The Sun
day-school will meet at 4 p. m.; the
stewards will meet at the parsonage
Monday at 8 p. m.: the Epworth
League will meet Tuesday at 8:15 p.
m. and the love feast will be held
Wednesday at 8 p. m. The last and
most Important quarterly conference
ill be held at the parsonage Thursday,
at 8:15 p. m.
There will be preaching at Trinity
Methodist Church at 11 o’clock a. m.
and at 8 p. m. by the pastor, Rev. Bas
rom Anthony. Members will be receiv
ed in the church at the morning ser
vice. At night a song service will pre
cede the sermon. The Sunday-school
will meet at 4 p. m. Special classes
for visitors. The Epworth League will
meet Tuesday at 8:30 p. m.; love feast,
Thursday at 8 p. m.
At Wesley Monumental Church ser
vices will be held at 11 o’clock a. m.
and at 8 p. m. Preaching by the pas
tor, Rev. Ed F. Cook. The Sunday
school will meet at 4 p. m. The Wo
man’s Missionary Society will observe
a week of praper, with services at 4
o’clock each afternoon this week. The
Epworth League devotional meeting
win take place Tuesday at 8:15 p. m.;
the prayer meeting, Wednesday, at
same hour: the Junior Epworth League,
Friday, at 4 p. m., and class meeting,
Sunday at 10 a. m.
At the Epworth Methodist Church.
Rev. J. A. Smith, pastor, a memorial
service will be held at 11 o’clock a. m..
in commemoration of five of the mem
bers that have died during the year.
There will be preaching at 8 p. m.
The Sunday-school will meet at 4
o’clock: the Junior League to-morrow
afternoon at 4 o’clock, and Senior
League Tuesday, at 8 p. m. A special
Thanksgiving service w-ill be held
Thursday night at 8 o’clock.
Episcopal.
At Christ Church, Rev. Robb White,
rector. Rev. M. Campbell Stryker, as
sistant rector, there will be a service
and sermon at 11 o'clock a. ro.l even
ing service at 5, and Sunday-school at
4 p. m.
At Bt. John’s Church, Rev. Charles
H. Strong, rector—Rev. D. Watson
Winn In charge—services will be held
as follows: Holy eomibunion at 8
o’clock a. m.; morning prayer. Litany
and sermon at 11 o'clock: Sunday
school at 4 p. m.; evening prater and
sermon at 8.
On Thanksgiving Day services will
be held at 11.
At St. Paul’s Church. Rev. J. L.
Scully, rector, the services will be as
follows: Early celebration at 7:80 a.
m.; morning prayer at 11; Sunday
school, at 4 p. m., and evening prayer
at 8.
At St. Mlchael'e Chapel, Rev. F. A.
Juny, rector, the services will be bel*
at 11 o'clock a- m.. and at 818 p. m.
The Sunday-school will meet at 4 p.
m. The Bible class will be held
Thursday at 8:18 p. m • Holy commu
nion Is administered the third Sunday
of each month at the U o'clock ser
v|e*.
Via pi let.
At the First Baptist Church, Rev,
Dr. John 4. Harrison of Ms-oil will
preach both morning end evening. Dr.
Harrison Is s young and able preacher
and bs will be heard by large cotigie
gallons
At the Duffy Street Rapt let Church.
Rev Robert Vst,L> t*, will
•JJfMib rnornir e 1,4 evening Hie sub
|avd *> U v view* so, .U be ’
ence,” and at 8 p. m. “Mother's Influ
ence!” The evening service will be
preceded by the usual preparatory
prayer meeting, at 7:40 o’clock.
The Baptist Young People’s Union
devotional meeting will be held at 10
am.; the Junior Union will meet at
3 p. m. and the Bible school at 4 p. ra.
The regular mid-week prayer meeting
will be held on Wednesday at 8 o’clock
p. m.; the teachers’ meeting on Thurs
day at the same hour, and the Sacred
Literature Class on Friday, also at 8
o'clock.
At the Southslde Baptist Church. J
Rev. D. S. Edenfleld. pastor, regular !
services will be held to-day at 11 I
o’clock a. m. and 8:30 p. m. The Sun- j
day-school will meet at 4 o’clock. The !
Baptist Young People’s Union meeting !
and prayer service will be held Wed- i
nesday at 8 p. m. A business meeting
of the Union League will be held Wed
nesday night.
Presbyterian.
The usual services will be conducted
at the Independent Presbyterian
Church at 11 and 8 o’clock to-day by
the pastor. Rev. J. Y. Fair. On
Thursday at 11 o’clock the union
Thanksgiving services will be held at
this church, and will be conducted by
the pastor appointed by the Ministerial
Association meantime.
At the First Presbyterian Church the
services will be conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. Dr. W. P. McCorkle, at 11
o’clock a. m., and at 8. The Sunday
school will meet at the usual hour.
Mrs. Bishop-Searles will sing the offer
tory at both services, her selection for
the morning being, “God of My Life, ’
(Bradsky), and at night, "O, Had 1
Jubal’s Lyre” (Handel). After the ser
mon she will sing “My Redeemer and
My Lord,” Buck’s Golden Legend.
The services of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church will be held at 11
o’clock a. m., and at 8 p. m. in the Law
ton Memorial. They will be conducted
by Rev. W. A. Nlsbet, pastor. The
Sabbath-school will meet at 4 p. m. at
the Sunday-school room. At the same
place will be held a meeting of the
Christian Endeavor to-morrow a.t 8:13
p. m., and the weekly prayer meeting
on Wednesday at 8 p. m.
Lutheran.
At the Lutheran Church of the As
cension there will be preaching by Rev.
Dr. W. C. Schaeffer at 11 o’clock a.
m. and at 8 p. m.
At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Rev.
M. J. Epting. pastor, there will be a
morning service and sermon at 11
o’clock; Sunday-school at 4 p. m., even
ing service and sermon at 8 o’clock.
Christian.
Rev. P. H. Duncan of Ludlow, Ky.,
will conduct services at the Christian
Church at 11 o’clock a. m. and 8:15 p.
m. Mr. Duncan comes to Savannah
highly recommended as pastor and.
Sunday-school worker. He organised
the church at Ludlow nine years ago
and resigned to go Into new fields of
labor. He will remain in Savannah
two Sundays the guest of the congre
gation of the Christian Church.
It Is the desire of the officers of the
church that all members be present
and they Invite their friends. The Sun
day-school will meet at 9:45 a. m. and
the Christian Endeavor at 7:15 p. m.
Roman Catholic.
The services at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist will be as follows:
Early mass at 7 o’clock, second mass
at 9, at which time also there will
be a mass celebrated In the basement
of the church and be followed by Sun
day-school: high mass and sermon at
10:30 and vespers, sermon and benedic
tion at 8 o’clock p. m.
During the week masses are celebrat
ed In the Cathedra] at 6 o’clock, 7 and
7:30. Confessions are heard each Sat
urday from 4:16 p. m. until 9.
At St. Patrick’s Church the services
will be: First mass at 7 a, m., second
mass at 8:30 a. m. and high mass at
10:30 a. m. Vespers and benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament will be given
at 8 p. m.
At the Sacred Heart Church the ser
vices to-day will be: First mass 7
o’clock high mass and sermon at 10
o'clock, evening service, vespers, ser
mon and benediction, the choir boys
assisting, at 8. The text of the night's
sermon will be Matthew, vi:9, “You,
however, shall pray In this manner:
Our Father, which art in heaven.”
Miss Laura Hite of Pittsburg will
sing the offertory at both services; in
the morning, “Ave Maria” (Cherubini),
and at night, “O Salutaris’’ (Verdi).
Swedenborginn.
Morning services at the Park New
Church will be conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. Alexander Henry, at 11
o’clock. The Sunday-school will meet
at 10 a. m.
Christian Science.
At the First Church of Christ, Scien
tist, the sermon at 11 o'clock will be on
“Ancient and Modern Necromancy: or
Mesmerism and Hypnotism.” The Sun
day-school will meet at noon. The
reading room, conducted in connection
with the church is open each day from
4 to 6 o'clock p. m. All meetings are
held at Metropolitan Hall.
Y. M. C. A.
The usual service for men will be
held at the Y. M. C. A. this afternoon
BOYS and GIRLS!
This is Yotrr
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And we are ready for you with the
Biggest Lot of the
NICEST,
NEWEST
JUVENILE BICYCLES
Ever shown in this city. We have them
in 20, 24 and 26-inch frames. And they
are so easy to run. so beautifully fin
ished and so graceful and strong, that
every good boy and girl in this nice old
town will want one.
Don’t put off. but Just begin now to
remind your good parents that
Xmas is Coming,
And you want a wheel from Bryson’s,
and nowhsre else. You know how much
care we take with the little folks’
trade: how you all like to come here,
because It's <hs Columbia home; and
you know where that wheel makes Ita
headquarters the emaller-tUed riders
will com* in for a big show Tall your
parents that bicycle riding means
health and happiness, promptness at
school hd no tar fares to pay Talk
to them real sweet, and beg them to
ujiit* here. We’li do th* reel and ra*
tinUu your friend for life.
T. A. BRYSON,
g Ml LL •IMKKY.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 24.190 L
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DANIEL HOGAN,
Corner Broughton and Barnard Streets.
at 6 o’clock, and will be conducted by
Rev. Ed. F. Cook, pastor of Wesley
Monumental Church. The singing will
be In charge of Mr. Fred Wehe, the
former conductor of a choir In Mem
phis.
Colored.
At St. Philip’s A. M. E. Church,
there will be preaching at 11 o’clock a.
m.. by Rev. C. C. Carglle, pastor.
The Sunday-school will meet at 3 p.
m. The Christian Endeavor will, meet
at 4 p. m. Memorial exercises in honor
of the late Dorothy Edwards by the
Eastern Star, an auxiliary of the Ma
sons, will be held at 8 P. m. An in
teresting programme will be present
ed. Rev. Dr. Alex. Harris, Rev. Dr.
J. W. Carr, Col. Sol. C. Johnson and
others will participate In the services.
Sidney Woodward, the tenor singer,
will be present; he will sing to-mor
row night at St. Philip’s Church.
Rev. Martin Post, formerly of Chi
cago, recently of Atlanta, will supply
the pulpit of the First Congregational
Church for the next month. A ser
vice will be held to-day at 11 o’clock
a. m. Rev. Post will conduct also
a service Thanksgiving Day.
The cornerstone of St. John Baptist
Church. Hartridge street, will be laid
at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Friends
and members of other churches are
cordially invited.
EARRINGS ARE “IN” AGAIN.
Ilence an English Jonrnal Recites
Thetr History From the Earliest
Times Till Now.
From the London Globe.
The threatened revival among young
girls of the custom of wearing earrings
has called forth a diatribe
against what is denounced as
a senseless and barbaric prac
tice. But earrings have never, died
out; they are still commonly worn by
ladles of the preceding generation; it
is only that fashion has decreed what
was certain to be temporary abstinence
In the case of their daughters. Is it the
unnatural though harmless operation
of ear-boring involved that has arous
ed the ire of the “advanced” opponents
of the custom; or can it be the mis
fortune of their possessing ugly ears
and the dread of not following the
fashion? For it is a fact that whereas
the appendages enhance the beauty of
well-shaped ears they accentuate the
defects of badly formed ones. Earrings
are just as much relies of barbarism
as are rings, necklaces, and braclets;
but the feminine nature will have to
undergo a very great change before the
use of all or any is discarded. Accord
ing to a Mohammedan legend, Sarah,
being jealous of Hagar. declared she
would not rest until her hands had
been imbued In her bondmaid’s blood.
Then Abraham pierced Hagar's ears
quickly, and drew a ring through it,
so that Sarah was able to dip her
hand in the blood of Hagar without
bringing the latter tnto danger. From
that time It became s custom among
women to wear earrings
Curiously enough, the Book of Gene
sis enab'es the custom to be traced
back to the same people and to the
same period. Among the presents w-hlch
Abraham’s servant carried with him
when he went forth to take a wife unto
Isaac, and which he gave to Rebecca
at the well, was a "golden earring of
half a shekel weight.” The practice of
wearing earing* must have been a
common one with the Israelites while
j wandering through the desert, for the
image of the Golden Calf was fashion
ed by Aaron out of gold earrings be
longing to both sexes. For a very long
period earring* were more or less pe
| cullar to F.astern nations. At first the
Greeks and Romans expressed the
j greatest contempt at the men of the
Oriental nation* with whom they came
Into contact wearing earrings. Eventu
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I Romans adopted the custom. With the
former, however, It was the result of
i a misunderstanding.
The oracle of Apollo having declared
that If they wished to have good citi
zens they were to put what they held
most precious Into the ears of their
‘■hildren, misunderstanding the god’s
meaning, they pierced the children's
ears and adorned them with gold
With the Homans the fashion owed
Its origin to feminine vanity: and in
t(usurious days of the empire fabu
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irt.vmeuts. so (hat it was said of Ho
man ms uors that they often bad
whole patrimonies suspendsd IS their
•srs One young sristuxat. try pain*
Garths, eiote shd pledgad one of hi*
Hunker's earrings arm with <b* pro
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Fasinators. all styles and colors, 35
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Down Pillows, from 50c to $2.00
Ladies’ Outing Wrappers, for Mon
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White Fleece Blankets 69c
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Ruffled Muslin Curtains 3(4 Yards
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through Europe. Of course, the most
costly and celebrated earring on record
la that of Cleopatra, which contained
a pearl valued at 10,000 sesterces, or
nearly £IOO,OOO. This was the gem
which she dissolved in vinegar and
swallowed at the banquet given to
Antony, in order to win the wager that
It was possible for a meal to cost such
an enormous sum. Both the Greek and
Romen men of that period affected ear
rings, but with the Romans the prac
tice was confined to the nobles.
The Danes are generally credited
with the introduction of earlngs into
this country. On several occasions,
when the sinews of war were at low
ebb, the Danish women came to the
assistance of their men folk by yield
ing up these ornaments to the melt
ing pot, while King Sweno was ran
somed from this source. That the
Saxons, who. doubtless, imitated the
Danes, were extremely fond of earrings
is proved by the fact that a Saxon
law expressly enjoined that earrings
and necklaces should, at a mother’s
death, fall to the lot of the daughter.
After the tenth century, however, the
fashion seems to have declined through
out Europe, and earrings are neither
found In graves nor seen in paintings
or sculptures. The wearing of them
was reintroduced into England in the
sixteenth century, and Stubbs, writing
in the time of Queen Elizabeth, says:
“The women are not ashamed to make
holes in their ears, whereat they hang
rings and other jewels of gold and pre
cious stones.” But what would Stubbs
have said if he had lived to see men
thus adorning themselves, which be
came the vogue shortly afterward
For example, in the famous Chandos
portrait, Shakesphere is depicted with
earrings: while If one closely scruti
nizes the pictures of the great nobles
of the day. It will be found that many
of them are wearing a left earring only,
usually a pearl. In the seventeenth
century earrings were no longer worn
by Englishmen of birth and position,
the fashion becoming transferred to
sailors, who have retained the use of
them, commonly in the form of gold
hoops, down to our own time. It has
long been a common belief among sea
faring men of all nations that the wear
ing of earrings strengthens the eye
sight, and is a certain cure for sore
and bleary eyes.
Asa matter of fact, the strengthen
ing of the eyesight theory is generally
accepted by the educated classes as
well, for one hears of ladies who
firmly believe that they have benefited
accordingly. Let it be said at once,
however, that this popular theory has
never obtained medical favor. It is,
indeed, nothing more than a supersti
tion; probably a corruption of that
which taught that anything represent
ing the solar system would, if worn
either on the finger, or on the arm
or in the ear, act as a talisman, fn
the case of inflammation of the eyes,
however, It is just possible that ear
piercing might once have been adopted
as a modification of the old drastic
counter-irritant that took the form of
Inserting a seton.
From Elizabethan days the use of
earrings by women has continued to
the present time. The shape of the
ornament, however, changes complete
ly with the fashions; long heavy pen
dants being succeeded by smaller ones,
and these by single stones In almost
invisible chatons. set close to the lobe
of the ear. In the days before the dis
covery of anaesthetics, by whose
agency the nerves in the lobe of the
ear are now numbed preparatory to
piercing, the latter operation used to
be quite an important event in a
young girl’s life. There was the sensa
tion of van’ty aroused by the acquire
ment of the coveted ornaments, which
carried with them the distinction of
being considered grown up, mingled
with the exaggerated dread of the pain
which piercing Involved A coarse but
humorous engraving entitled “Ladles
Ears Bored Gratis.” and supposed to
be dealgned by Rowlandson, was pub
lished In 1794. Needless to say, it la a
ahaft aimed at the proverbial vanity
of the sex. Ear piercing alao formed
the subject of a celebrated painting by
Sir David Wilkie, R. A. It ia known a*
th* "Flrat Earring,” and wa* txecuted
for Ih# flrat Duke of Bedford In 1816,
the figure* being portraits of members
of the Kuesell family. In thia picture
the calm and persuasive eye of the
mother; the look hovering between
vanity and fear of the little girl, when
the private operator approaches to fit
the vparkllng appendarigea to her rare,
together with the rich and natural
coloring cannot rwi be forgotten by
any spectator.
lmperfect . —Autamnbiiist—"May, I
siant thia mask changed. It doesn't
cover my fain enough. Clerk-—"But
it’s tli* regular thing.” “Can't help
that 1 find that the people I run </• *
•Id *l*l to (songpie* use,Life-
A SIGHT IN THE HEAVENS.
JUPITER, SATURN AND VENUS IN
CONJUNCTION.
Three Worlds at a Slagle View In
the Southwestern Iky - Ruddy
Mars Close by—Jupiter and Sntnrn
the Nearest Together November
28th Venus Will Change Its
Course Dec. 4th—Satnrn the Faint
est of the Group and Venus the
Brightest.
Observers of the evening skies may
have noticed for the last two weeks a
beautiful conjunction of three bright
stars in the southwest soon after dark,
and that the moon on the 15th Inst,
took her position among the shining
group, thus presenting a celestial spec
tacle of rare combination and beauty.
The brightest of this splendid group
is the planet Venus, the next brightest
is Jupiter and the faintest one is the
planet Saturn. About fifteen degrees
to the west is Mars, whose ruddy light
from his great distance struggles
through our dense atmosphere in un
equal competition with his more fav
ored rivals. This near approach of four
large planets Is & rare occurrence
which this generation will not witness
again. On the morning of *the 28th
Inst. Jupiter and Saturn will be near
est together, being only twenty-seven
minutes or less than the diameter of
the moon apart. These majestic senti
nels of the night will pass each other
in silence through the trackless ocean
of space not to meet again for many
long years.
The only popular significance
of this beautiful conjunction
is the train of contemplative thought
awakened by the occurrence itself, and
the pleasure to be derived from the
study of the Creator’s grandest works.
Here we have tn on* view three worlds
belonging to our solar system, in many
respects the most interesting of all the
heavenly bodies. Venus, the brightest
of the three stars, is very nearly the
size of our earth, but much nearer to
the sun than we are. It revolve*
around the sun in 225 days, and it prob
ably keeps the same side of its body al
ways towards the sun. Its dazzling
splendor is due to the high reflective
power of the dense white clouds with
which the planet Is surrounded. The
body of the planet itself is so enveloped
in clouds that it is doubtful If any por
tion of it has ever been seen. A few
years ago the writer observed it undet
the most favorable circumstances
through the Great Lick telescope in
California, and It appeared completely
shrouded in dense clouds.
Venus is now rapidly approaching
its Inferior conjunction and its motion
is nearly directly towards the earth.
On Dec. 4 it will reach Its greatest
eastern elongation, and it will then ap
pear to move westward again. Its ap
pearance in the telescope now is that
of a half moon, but soon it will
assume the crescent form for this
planet undergoes all the phases of the
moon—Venus will increase in brilliancy
for several weeks yet, and adorn the
western sky with its beauty and splen-
dor.
Jupiter, the second In appatent size.
Is really the largest of the group, being
thirteen hundred times as large as the
ear'h, and being surrounded by five
moons. It revolves around the sun in
about twelve years, and rotates on '.ts
axis In about ten hours. Its equatorial
diameter Is 88,200 miles, and its polar
diameter Is 83,000. The centrifugal
force, due to Its rapid rotation, ac
counts for the difference. Viewed
through the telescope, Jupiter presents
a beautiful appearance. A good field
glass will show two or more of its
moons, while a glass of moderate power
will reveal the belts of cloud-like form
encircling the equatorial region of the
Xilanet. Jupiter is probably still quite
hot and now unfit for any form of an
imal or vegetable life, but who can
say that it may not in time become
the grandest theater of life and living
energy in the whole solar system •
Saturn, the faintest of the group, is a
world more than seven hundred times
as large as our own, and surrounded
by eight moons and a strange thin
ring of matter, which may some day
be formed into other moons.
This planet requires nearly thirty
years to go round the sun, and it Is
nearly twice as far from us as Jupiter,
being 886,000,000 miles from the sun. It
would take a cannon ball over 800 years
-to travel this distance, and yet the
planet. Uranus is twice this distance,
and Neptune more than three times as
far away. The sun’s light at Saturn is
only 1-900th of that which we receive,
but its eight moons and its magnifi
cent broad ring, spanning the heavens
at all times, in a measure compensate
for this disadvantage.
In looking at these bright stars it is
difficult to realize the real facts con
cerning their sizes, distances and mo
tions. The planet Venus moves In its
orbit twenty-two miles a second, or
about seventy-five times as fast as a
cannon ball, and just now this motion
Is almost directly towards the earth.
In contemplating the wonderful cre
ation of the countless worlds around
us, it is pleasant enough to speculate
upon the possibilities of intelligent life
upon them and in fancy to people them
with superior beings, but although
science has revealed much concerning
these shining neighbors the question
of their habitability is one that
lies almost wholly In the domain of
speculation. If we except some doubt
ful suggestions of Intelligent life upon
the planet Mars made from observa
tions upon the strange markings of its
surface, not the slightest indication
either of vegetable or animal life has
ever been observed upon any of the
heavenly bodies.
This does not mean, however, that
life may not exist, even In a higher
form, upon some of them, for the dis
tance is so great that the best tele
scopes fall to reveal any objects except
these of many miles In extent.
Many of the physical conditions of
the planets have been quit* well deter,
mined, and from the data thus ascer
tained, It Is very doubtful if life as we
know it, exists in any high form upon
any of these three planets now in con
junction. But the future Is rich In years
and the plans of the Ores tor slowly de
velop through the centuries. It is well
for us occasionally In our busy lives
to turn our eyes and our thoughts to
the beauty and sublimity of the stars,
for they are indeed “the poetry of heav
en," and they serve to elevate, expand
and refine the soul with pure and noble
thoughts and to teach us to stand with
uncovered heads in the presence of that
Fewer who guides this Infinite host in
concord through all eternity.
Otis Ashmore.
—Th* Strongest Kind of Test.—“ Are
you sure he love* hr?” “Surer Why
map alive, he lets her beat him at
golf'.”—Judge.
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Recreation of American Presidents.
From Leslie’s Weekly.
While Mr. Roosevelt Is doubtless the
most of an all-round athlete who has
ever occupied the President’s chair,
he by no means stands alone as a lov
er of out-door life. If our first Pres
ident, the Immortal Washington, had
any “weakness." It was In the direction
of fine horse flesh, a propensity com
mon, it might be said, among Virginia
gentlemen In his day. Asa boy he
liked nothing better than the breaking
of an unruly colt. It is sala that ho
once rode ten different horses into
Alexandria in a single week. During
his latter years, his stables at Mt.
Vernon were the best in the country
He visited his horses the first thing
upon rising in the morning, and al
ways saw that they had thilr break
fast before he had his own. He al
ways had a fine pack of . ounds, too.
and was quite as fond of hunting a
hu present successor at me capital.
I exes and stags were the ordinary
ga>ia in Virginia In tboae days, and
in pursuit of these Washington found
liia chief recreation.
Thomas Jefferson was another true
Virginian In reaped to hi* love for fin*
horses, of which he owned many. When
he was President Ire made a practice j
of horseback riding almost every aft- !
ernoou, no matter what the weather I
might be, and he kept up hi* custom j
until within a few dan's of his death j
John Quincy Adams* Puritan ancestry j
and training did not prevent him from
entertaining a great fondness for hors*
recing. snd H t* i4 that be used to
walk out tu the Huime.laod race ionise
ino miles from Washington, arid bardr ,
•gain, whenever s gored program!!)* 1
was announced. Franklin Pierce was
a good horseman and always welt
mounted. Harrison and Tyler were de
voted to open-air exercise, and both
of them for years almost lived la the
saddle. The same might be said, with
some modification, of Tyler and Polk.
As for John Quincy Adams, his
diary shows that he paid great at
tention to physical exercise. Much
space is occupied with his observa
tions on this subject. Entries about
his riding horses and the benefits de
rived from riding and swimming, *“
sandwiched between entries respecting
experiments in gardening and horticul
ture in a manner which indicates that
he fully realized the benefits and en
joyments. as well as the necessity, of
out-door exercise.
Andrew Jackson was not only one
of the best horsemen of his day. but
he was an ardent lover of out-door
sport*. He wa* a daring rider to
hounds, and was equally daring In his
wagers on horses In whose speed he
had confidence. Of Mr. Roosevelt*
three immediate predecessors. Harri
son. Cleveland and McKinley. It can
not be said that any one of them w“
much given to any out-door recr#*" o'’ 0 '’
except walking and occasional driving
and Mr. Cleveland least of all.
-Canon Isaac Taylor of York th
died the other day, wa* an antiquary,
historian and philologist, and the ht
of hie book* la a toug one- Mom*
ago he became Involvsd in eowirove’'
through the courageous defense m
Mahometan religion end ••• clsim s*'
oa the sympathy of Christians