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IN A PYTHON'S COIL
An Adventure That Nearly Coit a Zoo
Official His Life.
The attendants in zoological garden*
are exposed to dangers of various
sorts. The superintendent of tbe Clu
clnnati animal park once bad an ad
venture with a python which came
near costing him his life.
It became necessary to make some
changes In tbe snake house, and tbe
superintendent. Mr. Stephens, was In
tbe cage of pytbons. anticipating no
danger, when to bis dismay he saw
the largest snake coming toward him.
hissing and darting Its tongue angrily.
Instantly he realized bis danger.
The superintendent quickly grasj>ed
the huge reptile Just back of (he neck
with his right hond and with tbe left
clutched the creature two feet lower
down, where the greatest muscular
power of (he py'hon Is located.
He tried to thrust the writhing mass
Into a waiting bos. but tbe python
colled Its twelve feet of length round
the man's leg and begnn to constrict,
carrying Its tightening colls higher and
higher.
Struggle as he might. Mr. Stephens
seemed helpless In tbe serpent's grasp.
His hands were so moist that tbe
scaly body twisted In them. Perspira
tion streamed down his face. The
python had worked Its bead free and
was darting Its horrid tongue almost
In Its victim's eyes.
The man threw up his hand instinc
tively to shield his face, and at the
same moment tbe snake seized and
begnn swallowing If.
By this time the attendants had
rushed Into the cage, and they began
: beating the python. Not liking this
treatment, the big snake relaxed its
colls. Mr. Stephens jerked his hand
free and broke off one of the python's
fangs in his thumb in so doing.
"If I had not held on to Its heaviest
muscle." said the superintendent. "I j
have no doubt It might have strangled !
me. As long as 1 kept my grip there I
felt confident. but I was pretty weak
after tbe adventure."
AGREED WITH THE ASP.
The Frenchman Got Around the Law
Against Hissing.
A gentleman wlio had been uncere
moniously bustled out of a Paris play
1 house bemuse lie hlsse<l when the cur
: tain fell on the second act brought an
1 action for damages against the mana
ger of the said house.
The court decided In favor of the
hissing gentleman, adding that If a
spectator Is allowed to show his de
light by indulging In applause his t
neighbor has also the right to show
disapprobation In nn audible fashion.
But the law In France was not always
so tolerant. In the middle of the sev
enteenth century It was strictly for
bidden to hiss In a playhouse, and In
every theater there were a number of
"gardes Francaises" with strict orders
to arrest any person Infringing the
law.
But the French are not easily put
down by silly regulations, and when
ever they see an opportunity they at
tack the authorities with that fearful
weapon ridicule. In this case such an
opportunity came at the Comedle
Francalse during the performance of
"Cleopatra." a play by Marmontel.
It was a badly written, dull work,
and the people were waiting for a
chance to give vent to their opinion.
At last the chance came. The manage
ment had ordered a mechanical asp
for the great scene In the final act.
when Cleopatra puts nn end to her
life.
The actress raised the asp, which
started hissing, whereupon a spectator
rose to his feet and cried: "The asp Is
quite right. We all share his opinion!"
Itoars of laughter greeted this joke,
aud as it was foreseen that a similar
scene would take place every night the
piece was withdrawn from the reper
tory.
Aristhiou.
' Id n small village In Switzerland is
a comfortable old Inn inucb frequented
, by English, and tbe menu generally In
cludes one dlsb supposed to be special
ly Britisb. Though the orthography Is
peculiar, tbe meaning Is generally ob
vious?as, for example, "rost bif roti,"
"rumesteck." but "aristhlous de mou
ton a I' Anglais" was puzzling. The
first word has a distinctly classical ap
pearance, which suggested a Greek
origin. But when the dlsb appeared
the meaning flashed Into the guests'
minds. "Aristhiou" was the Swiss
chefs attempt to render phonetically
the words "Irish stew."? Manchester
Guardian.
A Short Lived Club.
One of the most short lived clubs
ever formed was the Club des Laide
urs? club for ugly women? organized
by the Princess I'auline Metternicb,
who was an elegant woman, but so
ugly that she used to call herself "a
white monkey." Perhaps she felt lone
some. Anyhow, she tried to gather
some of tbe other women she knew
who were not blessed with good looks
Into a club. But the club proved un
popular and died a natural death. The
princess got back at her women ac
quaintances by remarking that If there
were any candor In them bor club
would be overcrowded.
A Money Making Scheme.
"Yes. I'm working on a money mak
ing scheme to remove weeds."
"Aha! Gardening?"
"No. I'm hoping to marry a rich
wldow."-New York Telegram.
Think Is Cheap.
"1 think I shall go to Europe."
"How the deuce can you afford to go
to Europe?"
"I can't, but I can afford to think."?
Brooklyn Life.
AGREATCENTRALSUN
Madler's Theory Is That It Is the
Star Alcyone.
THE CENTER OF GRAVITY.
According to the Astronomer, the
Principal Star of tho Pleiades la the
Body Around Which All Created
Matter Within Our Ken Revolve*.
It has been the dream of all tbe ro
mantic astronomers since tbo time of
Copernicus to prove tbe existence of a
central sun, says Lawrenco Hodges,
writing In tbo New York Tribune. By
this Is meant a heavenly body as much
larger than tbe sun as tbe sun Itself
Is larger than tho earth, round which
tbe sun, with all Its planets, must re
volve. It has been proved that tho
sun and all Its satellites are rushing
forward through space with enormous
velocity, but whether tbe motion was
In a straight line or a circular path
was not proved for some time.
But eveu If It was proved a curved
path and that thero probably existed
a central sun that transcended the
earth's lord In size, why couldn't wo
see It? The only answers aro that It
would have to be nonlumlnous or elso
so far away that tho light hadn't reach
ed us yet. But If all tbe stars. Includ
ing our sun, were children of this big
sun. Just as the earth Is the child of
the sun aud the moon of the earth,
they would have bad to have been
(lung off from the big son with a
greater velocity than that of light In
order for the big sun not to be visible
and still be luminous; also the big sun
would have to be luminous If any of
Its children were, for that Is the In
variable law of the heavens. So the
problem simmered down to finding a
star or group of stars that would take
the place of the central sun.
The motion of tbe solar system hav
ing been settled as to fact, quantity ;
and direction, astronomers set about
to find the center of gravity of the ;
whole astral system, for there, if any
where, the central sun was to be
found. An astronomer named Mad
ler thought ho had found the star to
satisfy the necessary conditions in the !
constellation known as Taurus, or the
Bull. A closer search proved the spe
cial star under examination to be lack
ing In some of the conditions, so this
one was left and the search begun
anew. This same astronomer persist
ed In his search with a wonderful
faith in his theory and at last found
a star fulfilling In tbe most wonderful
and complete manner the necessary
conditions. Every ono is familiar with
i tbo beautiful little cluster known as
the Pleiades, or seven stars. The teles
cope, however, shows fourteen stars
clustered about tbe beautiful and bril
liant star Alcyone, which is tho op
tical ceuter of this group.
The proper motions of all these have
been. determined with great exactness.
They are all In the same direction and |
aro all nearly equal to each other, and, ;
what Is still more Important, the mean
of their proper motions differs from
that of the central star, Alcyone, by
only one-thousandth of a second of
arc in right ascension and by only
two-tbousandths of a second In decll- 1
nation. Here. then, is found a mag
nificent group of suns either actually
allied together and sweeping together
through space or elso composing a
cluster so situated as to bo affected
by the same apparent motion produced
by the sun's progression through the
celestial regions.
But an extension of the limits of re
search round Alcyone exhibits also the
wonderful trutb that out of 110 stars
being within IB degrees of this center
there are sixty moving south-that Is,
in the sa me direction? In full accord
ance with the hypothesis that Alcyone
Is the center, forty-nine showing prac
tically no motion, while only one sin
gle Individual that moves at all con
trary to the computed motion. Thus
was Madler's profound speculation
justified. Furthermore, assuming Al
cyone as tbe grand center of the mil
lions of stars composing our astral sys
tem and the direction of the sun's mo
tion to be as before meutloned, Mad
ler investigated tho consequent move
ments of all the stars In every quarter
of the heavens.
Just where the swiftest motions
should be found in accordance with
this assumption there they actually ex
ist. this either demonstrating the truth
of the theory or else showing a well
nigh Impossible series of coincidences.
Therefore the concluson given out by
Madler Is that Alycoue. the principal
star of the Pleiades, now occupies the
center of gravity and Is at present tho
great central sun about which the unl
' verse of stars and all created matter
within our ken Is revolving, each en
tity in Its own special path.
Cordwood Counsel Fee.
A Barton county farmer sought ad
vice from a Golden City attorney
about suing hlti wife for dlvorco on
the ground that she did not agree with
him on a horse trade he had made.
The attorney advised him, and tho
farmer agreed to pay him for It In
cordwood. A few days later the wife
and one of the little children went to
town with the first Installment of the
wood and unloaded It in the lawyer's
shed.? Kansas City Star.
The Color Scheme.
"Why do some lawyers carry green
bags?'
"In some instances they expect to
bag that kind of game."? New Tork
Press.
Self Inspection Is the best cure for
self esteem.- Wordswortk.
ACKNOWLEDGE IT
Alaskan Has to Bow ta the Inevi
table ? Scores of Endorse
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After reading the public statement
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you must come to thla conclusion:
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health since, can be relied upon to
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perience with Doans Kidney Pills som
years ago and I am now pleased to
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and finally I became so bad off that
I was obliged to give up my work.
I had dull, heavy pains through my
kidneys and on one occasion I was
confined to my bed for almost a
month. The unnatural condition of
the kidney secretions also plainly de
noted that my kidneys needed atten
tion. When I learned of Doan's Kid
ney Pills, I procured a box and be
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In the United States District Court
for the District of Alaska, Dlv.
No. 1.
Summons for Publication, No. 756A.
James H. Sullivan, Plaintiff, vs Jo
zlna E. Sullivan, Defendant.
To Jozlna E. Sullivan, Defendant,
GREETING: ? In the name of the
United States of America. You are
hereby commanded to be aud appear
in the above entitled Court, h olden at
Juneau In saJd Division of said Dist
rict, and answer the complaint filed
against you In the above entitled ac
tion within thirty days from the date
of the servico of this summons and
a copy of the said complaint upon
you, and If you fall so to appear and
answer, for want thereof the plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the re
lief demanded In said complaint, a
copy of which Is served herewith.
The relief demanded is that the bond
of matrimony between you and the
above named plaintiff, James H. Sul
livan, bo dissolved on the ground of
desertion for rnoro than two years
preceding the commencement of this
action.
An you, the United S'ates Marshal
of Division No. 1, of the District of
Alaska, or any deputy are hereby
required to make service of this sum
mons upon the said defendant and
each of them as by law required and
you will make due return hereof to
the Clerk of the Court within forty
days from the date of delivery to you
with an endorsement hereon of your
doings In the premises.
Date of order for this service by
publication Is November 17, 1909.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
17th day of November, A. D. 1909.
(Seal) Henry Shattuck, Clerk
Dato of first publication, Nov. 17, 190
Date of last publlfcation. Doc. 29, 1909.
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In the Court of the Commissioner for
the District of Alaska, Division No.
1, sitting in Probate at Skagway
Precinct, before H. B. Le Fevre,
Commissioner and ex officio Pro- j
bate Judge.
In the Matter of the Estato of Patrick
W. Renwlck, Deceased. Notice of
Time and Place set for Hearing
Final Account.
The administratrix having filed her
final account In the above entitled
Court and matter, notice Is hereby
given that Saturday, March 19, 1910,
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the
U. S. Court House, In said precinct,
1 ath been by order set as the time
and place of hearing the said ac
count. All parties at Interest are
hereby notified to bo then and there
present and show cause why said ac
count be not confirmed.
Josie Olive Renwick,
Administratrix.
First publication Doc. 15, 1909.
Final publication Jan. 5, 1910.
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