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Show SS$S$S$SSS!$ffiSSSSS;Sg p TO BRING MOON WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF EARTH 1 SS$$QS$$$SSSSSSSSS$SS$ffi A telescope, which Is to bring the moon within eight miles of the earth Instead of forty miles, and have the view even more distinct! This is the work which, after nine years of study and experiment, a Chicago man hopes to accomplish. Besides this the scheme is to be the pet project of a man, who, though not a millionaire nor a man largely known as a philanthropist, is to accomplish this work for the promotion of the study of astronomy and for the benefit of the public. Thomas Preston Brooke is better knowm as a leader of bands and orchestras than as an astronomer, yet he has always spent his leisure moments in the study of the stars and for the last nine years has been bringing to fruition the plans for a telescope which he contends will obviate many of the defects in the largest and most modern instruments and work wonders in bringing the heavenly bodies within the range of mortal vision. Whit He I Id mi to ArrninpliNh. Mr. Brooke is at present in the east, getting from Philadelphia and New York firms estimates on the cost and time required for the construction of his huge telescope. While- the work was merely in the tentative Btage, he was extremely reticent in regard to his scheme, but his eastern trip has in Brooke and on which he has obtained the largest lens ever fitted to a telescope, being fifty-foinches in diameter. The cost of this lens alone will be about 110,000. Mr. Brooke has interested others in his desireB, and it is probable that the tubing of the telescope will be contributed by an eastern manufacturer and that others will contribute toward for building a suitable observatory the instrument on Gray's Peak in Colorado. The study of astronomy undertaken by the promoter of this enterprise has been accomplished in the leisure moments of a busy career. He and his Chicago Marine band are a Chicago Institution which has of late gained a national reputation, having appeared in every city of importance from ocean to ocean and from Halifax to New Orleans. But in the midst of an ardent passion for music has grown up in Mr. Brooke a passion for the science of astronomy almost equally strong. It Is Mr. Brookes Intention not to give the telescope to any Institution of learning, but to make it a public observatory, so that students and laymen alike may reap the benefits from it. The Inventor writes of his discovery as follows: estimates calls for ur r Anecdotes Selected for the Amusement of our Junior Readers an odd MTTi.K KiNu. blankets and stretched out on the the Sixth of Scotland, after-- 1 James our after admunishiug frosty granite,, James the Firit of England, was guide to awaken them in time to see the first rays from old Sol. For my not the first youngster to wear the .coltish crown, bJt ho certainly was part, having been an earnest student of astronomy all my life, the dome of the queerest. Ho was limn in June. the universe had never appeared so liii.fi. prince royal of rcotlaiid and link1 beautiful. I had with ne a strong of lle.ih:-aThe Qmeii of England field glass, which Is a very insignifiwas to bo his godmother, and the King of France his godfather, and ;;s news cant Instrum0" for viewing the heavenly planets, Diit even with its puny traveled wry slowly in liume days, it aid I spent one of the most interesting was lhieinlicr before the foreign ens hours of my life. The various groups voys reached the court to rtuti-of stars with which even school childi't baptism. Queen Elizabeth ren are familiar, such as the Square rent the royal baby an immense silver of Pegasus, the Goat, the Great Bear fonr. and the King if France suit a and Little Bear, blazed forth with un- Jewel and n bag of gold. Ti.lj biby usual brilliancy In the light atmosking was dipped bodily in the big font phere, while witE the naked eye I and ik V"t- - tq ualed. For some tone he could easily discern the crater of lived at sterling caztie for safety. His Mount Tycho on' the moon, and by unfort mute mother was taken prisoner using the field glass several of the ami f; reed to ahdb ;it the throne in lesser craters on Its surface became his favor. His beau Ifni lriptis:.r:l font was n: it 'd down for fun. is with wliiih quite distinguishable. to fiiM eg.iinst his poor mot her. and A Telescope on Grey' Irnk. Ever since that memorable night the a t of gold went In the sa:.ie way. While ii slipt and playei in happy, my greatest ambition has been to construct a telescope' that would eclipse infancy battles were fought and skuiL all others and place it on the tppmost were crnckeii in bis name, and lie knew extremity of Grays Peak. I have nothing about it. When tbirleni made astronomical examinations with months old lie was crowned King James the tfixtli in Sterling castle. nearly every telescope of any consehave in America; carefully This little royal oddity was six years quence old before he could "wobble on his ain noted every weak point in their conto time devoted legs. ns he expressed it. When five much, struction and years old, and still unable to walk, lie was rallied into Par'd ament, a little bunch of a king, to sit on the throne bundled in robes of siat and mak? his He hud first speech to bis subjects. learned it by heart and eliattereil it on perfectly, but his sun'll eyes gaeng nbo'U bad noticed a slntp off the roof, and 1kh lie finished the speech tlut bad been taught him be added a sentence of bis own: "There is one lmle 111 tills Though ibis child parliament! was king of Scotland, lie bad a very unhappy childhood, llis tutor, George Buchanan, bated all children, but especially ho hated the little king for his poor mother's sake. It was an odd sight to see hint driven joyously through the streets for an hour or so each week, holding lady Mar by ono hand to hand and kissing his people, a grim guard of honor at his back and a toy sword at lit side, a really learned little' lad for his Inches, able to parse Latin correctly. His people laughed at him and with him, and watched for him as the day came for bis walk and took to him And who may you be, my kindly. bonnie gentleman?' a citizen asked him one day. Whn. replied the little king promptly, but your :iln high and mighty prince and the. lord of this and. Indianapolis News. I i -- y. rpon-sov- I the-oilie- Minos ami account of what lie hopes to accomplish. Obviating a Mur occasioned by an inillotiiiet focus by means of ronccii-trale- il rctleetimis of llie telescopic imis the feature of Mr. Brookes age plans which distinguishes liis 'scope The reason that the from others. Image of a planet seen in the small end of a telescope is blurred and indistinct is that the telescope Is slghtcd, Jut as are some people, and d people front a study of he has hit upon ills scheme of reflections to counteract this evil. The instrument planned, by Mr. near-sighte- lliilldnjr t liiiT. Don't you tnink a holiday Is more cheerful when there Is a large family I gathered about the tvdive board? do. answered Hie sardonic person. A large family is a glad assurance that there is not going to lie enough turkey left over to supply tlie menu for the next three days. Washington Star. tlie wonderful panorama which gradually developed as the light extended to tlie Mount of the Holy Truss and other ranges to tin westward. From tlie first appearance of dawn until after tin sun had risen well above Iny of Uernmn Army Officer. the eastern horizon the The Inpay of tlm ollicers of the Ger scene of prodm-eia light effects man army is very small, and no ono describable grandeur. To me, however, the most magnlll-ien- t can obtain a eiiniuiissiun unless he has spectacle was the starry realm as a sufficient private fortune to yield it appeared long before sunrise, viewed him tin income of at least 1125 a year. from the top of that mighty old mounNothing would surprise some people tain. We reached the summit nearly two hours before sunrise anil several more than to have their prayers anof the tourists wrapped themselves in swered. Ilam's Horn. ever-changi- l IKON MAN TAHItS A . trw-toa- WLli. er stoiy-writ- ul.-ou- stone tliiwgh liis not tills. Late one. iii:M mme or tlic campers at the park lighted the tire ill Hereiilcs aft T the sort w.is closed anl the owner of the figure lind gone away. Tin valve uid been lift open when the lire was put out, and when steam was gcucr-- d aga.u the man b'gan to walk nlmiit tlic park. For a little while be surpassed Frankenstein's mousier. No one knew low to stop him, ami lie walked all over Hie park, through the shallow lake, over the tints of the tents. cinp'TH aud flic Simpers in bis path h'td to b awak-r.c- d to get tl cm out of the way. for it was i in jins. i do to control the steam inn's mnW'i'ji'Tits. Inequalities in the giound. lives and oilier obstructions urned him aside, but dill not stop him. He terrorized the park for an hour, hut, like many a human being, came to" grief at the liar. He inarched up to it ami knocked it over. Hercules fell with the bar anil alighted on his head on the other side. He stood there on his bead, kicking bis feet in tlie air, until his steam went down. Youth's Companion. a small black r.id, says Maty lingers .Miller in Country Lite In America. "Great mini bers of these are found together, surrounded by a quantity of the Jelly. As the sun warms tlie water tlie eggs feel its quickening force aud development begins, lu tlie course of a week or two the tiny tadpoles squirm free and swim away into the pond. If taken from the water they would die as quickly as one of ns would if forced to exchange places with them. Lungs are fast replacing the for gills which did duty in the tadpole stage. The young frog frequently pokes his nose out of the water as his to try them lungs grow more lung-lik- e The mouth, too, must widen and the eyes grow larger and more bulging Win n all is complete the tail will no longer stand in the way. The little tadpole, or polllwog, lias no family ties. He wots nothing of brothers and sisters. He gis-- to no echini save y that of daily experience. fish may leach him how to dodge, or liis own grandfather give him a lesson in deep diving, but in hotli cases it is to escape making a meal for liis teach ers that ho dodges or (lives. The main business of the day is eating nr being ratal. If ho (scapes t!io latter for six weeks or two numllis the common frog finds himself possessed of two bin legs la or of two front legs. Then his tadpole days are over, and he cn Of ters into the state of froghuo-1frogs tlu re nre many kinds, including tlie giant limrsr veieod bullfrog, whic is r,TuI to attain a length of twenty two Inclur; the leopard frog, the grrt frog ami the wood frog. All tlieso ar found in llie ponds in spring, wliitln they go, if not there already, to deWith the posit their eggs or "(pawn. ds efficient help of true toads and ornocturnal tlie make up they chestra of the ponds and marshes: Whether the nights nrc thus made hideous or melodious depends entirely upon the audience. Tlie orchestra is in tuna with nature. What If a few strong volceR sometimes drown out tlie fainter ones? One must nerds sit down I rd who catered to the hoyti of lift ci n or twenty yeavs ago liuip up many thrilling tales about a m "cliatiical contrivaine ill the form of a mail. Such a machine 'Tlcmiles, the Iron M.ia w;,s act u'.i.v on exhibition Iasi i umnier at a Cleveland park, and i lit Leader tells of one of Hie walks lie took. Hercules is eight feet high, ii ud when the oil (ire inside liim is liilu.d ami si; am is pi nernt' d. be t wall.. , pusMng a sort of iron-ii'ilr- il cart. He wr.irs a tall luit ami hideous grin, ami puffs exhaust A ta nroi.Fs. To-da- exhaustive and expensive experiments with tlie view of overcoming them. per-wa- r ' A frog8 egg looks like I stood upon thp summit of Gray's the last two weeks shown him that he can accomplish liis purpose, and for Peak one night nine years ago and the first time he has consented to enjoyed one of the grandest views of give the public an advance account of the jdanets ever wltii'wed by ntan. Our party had Journeyed up the his plans. trail from Silver Plume to the Peak In a description of his project writfor the purpose of seeing the sun rise ten exclusively for the Chicago American, Mr. llrui ike gives herewith a clear over the Eastern plain, and to waleh on a log and become a part of the land- scape. Then will (he music begin, haps with a bos solo. A few trial notes, then, gathering volume, it will soon wake the echoes. Zoom, zoom. zoo. u. zoom! ltesomiut, booming,-manfu- l it is woith going miles to l:t ar. side-sho- w I TIIK AMK OF I'OSTMAX. Postman' is a very lively game, quick movement aud a scramble for places being the life of it. Boys and girls of every age find it immensely It may bo played by an entertaining. unlimited number, the more the merrier. The only thing to prepare for it is a list of cities and towns equal to the number of players. One of the players is .selected as the postmaster and another as the postman. Having removed as much furniture from the room as possible, arrange chairs around the walla anil have the players occupy them. There must lie no empty chair; this is essential. The postmaster gives to each player tlie name of a city or a town, and then blindfolds the postman ami places liim in the renter of the mom. Tlie postmaster himself siands where lie ean overlook the players. Kwrything being ready, the postmaster begins tlie game by saying, for example; "I have sent a letter front New York to Boston. The moment he lias spoken, the players representing New York and Boston, respectively, get up and move quickly to change places. It is the object of the blindfolded postman to catch one of them as they run, or to take possession of one of their elmirs. If lie succeeds In doing either, the player lie has caught, or whose chair he has taken, lias to become postman. The pest master is not changed unless he becomes tired. If you get a good one. kef p him, for much ih pemls on the readiness with which lie ealis the mails between the cities. This ts the jolliest kind of a game ami there is just enough romping in it to do boys and girls a lot of good. Jans Angilcs Times. M. How Ijiuliel Went to Krlinnl. I .ou bet tells of himself that he resisted being sent to school when, at 8 years of age, his father decided that Entile must enter the college at Crest. He ran away and hid in the woods and when found had to be tied hand and foot anil put in a wagon. In this way linWas delivered, like ail ordinary parcel. to the director of the school at Crest. Once tbirc. lioweier. be became popular with both teacher and pupils, for lie was a manly little chap ami did his work and joined ifie guuns with tngngii'.g In ait i ness. T!iee rli.caeter-l.-tic- s life, bare nsl lie lias i" ngiii.-l- i' d him :BI liis to con-cithe peasant origin of himself and v r ait'-mpic- al his wife. Onr faces resemble tlie face of soma animal. The human family takes in the whole animal kingdom. A few of our statesmen look like a mule, even Including the liray. When the pulpit is a pedestal for pride it cannot be a power for God. |