Show e poy astronomer 1 A X T alis epst observation OF tue THE TRANSIT TVA OF VENUS i the helnn helni first transit of venus venua ever see bee seen seeh h by a human ahiman I 1 eye wa pr edlet ed by ab a boy ay and was vas observed by ih that at boy J justas mst mit as I 1 lie lle e reached the aa age of manhood his hii naulie nanie was vms 4 J jere jero r nilah miah Horrox we have a somewhat somei wonderful story to tell MI you I 1 about this boy bo Y the tho 1 v he lived in aha ail obscure village villa gei gel near ilear liverpool england ED gand he wal a laver of books wo h of scle scie leo lee ice anabe ana nna before hei he I reached the age of he had mastered tho the if t he day dak ho Hei stud studied led the problems of kepler kepier and he made the discovery that tile the tables of kepier indicated the noir no ir aliz approach of the transit of venus a erps the suns tsuna centra this was the year 1635 often on midsummer nights the boy horrox might Inight have been seen seed in tile tiie fields watching the planet venus menus tile tho desire sprang up bp with inyim t tx see the transit ot of the beautiful planet across thel the disc diso d csc of theann the yun ann tor for it was a sight that na gye ede had ever seen and one that would tend to boive solve some somo of the ther greb greh greatest test problems ever presented to the mind of hn an astronomer so the boy began to examine the astronomical trono mical tables of kepler ropier and by their aid endeavored ored to demonstrate at what hat time the next transit would occur he found an enor inthe tables and then therl he being the of all astronomers to mahe marb the calculation discovered the exact date when aben the n next ex t transit would take takee place f he told his secret to an arr i intimate friend a boy bos who like loved science lence te the young astronomer then awaited the event which he had predicted for a num berof years never seeing the loved planet in the shaded evening sky without dreaming of the day when the transit should fulfill the ie beautiful vision he fie carried in his mind u I the memorable year gear iame tame at last 1639 the predicted day d ay of the transit at the end ot the year it was sunday it found horrox the boy astronomer astrino mer naw just pat past twenty years of age intently watching a sheet beet of paper in room on which lay the suu buu suns buns g rejected image oyer oyen this lna ilo ti on of the suns disc on the JA paper per he h e expected moment nio niu by moment to t 0 see the planet pass like a moving spot tor oja oia a shadow suddenly the church bells rang he wa wab a very religious wal was accustomed to heed the church belleas bells bell sas as fl a call tra frani in beaven beaten ue aven the paper erstill uil ull lid shadow no sun luminous circle c still the church bells belis s ran rang should hago he go ra A clond might b hide tho the sun before his return and arld the expected disclosure be lost for a but harrox said sald to himself 1 I must not neglect to worship the creator to seethe wonderful twiggs the Creator has haa made i 1 i Soh so eleft the reflected image imabel dif olf the sun on ont the paper and went vent to the sanctuary when he returned from t the tho he ervice ht he 1 hurl hurried led to the idom room alic the tho 1 all sun un was atily till s li l irling 1 there likel ilke a shadow on the bri thill khill circle on tho the paper iwas the imi im i fre fri gelof the planet venus it ero ere crept t sid bid slowly wiy adow the thet bright dight cc center IN like e the finger fiDger ZT or the the tho jin visible then th the boy astronomer knew that the great problems of bf astronomy were wire correct and ind tho the thou thought fauel ninel his puro horrox e heart with religious lou iou s joy horrox died at the age of if twenty nearly pearly ISO years afterward ve abi us was waa seen crossing the sun the tho whole astronomical world was then interested sulho event went and ekpo expo expeditions of observation were fitted f out by european gov it iwas ob this thia country by david davia fainted when he ilg saw tile tiie great vision nichalas i DRINK there has ai been be en s in the last six month months a renewal of the disca discussion of the tho presidents fond liess iless for drink and for the manifest deplorable effi eeds beds of yielding to the cravings clavings cravi of his appetite it is bold charged ly that he has been fre ir e quent lyof late ou on the ragged ed edge edie f 0 ie of odthe the jim jams whether meteer those making m the charbe charbo amm ame odon edon W odor or not is not known but it is certain that hlo hio lu excellent excel leno feno ys appearance bearance pe arance lends color to th the e aser tion llon he as clipped greany grea t I 1 Y within til tub last et foucart fou Eyears rara cars ab aban u i dant gray hairs have come especially johi whitakers ers erg but nut buthena Buth 8 eha has acquired within eighteen months a puny and aud flabby look and the dimmed eyes that are not usually produced by a rigidly temperate life every once in a while a joya joyal ad gal gai rener or of hib lits excellency comes fro tro from m a whito white house interview witha with a shocked manne rand Cand protruding eoye roye eye balls balis to take one ollo asido aside and in a horror krickett whisper confide 6 dreadful suspicion that aften after wll wil these ao ribs lie ile re set down dowil to partisan malace in alfee have it a foundation in fact i washington mashi aglon correspondence cincinnati hnatt commercial merci at |