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Have the table in the center of the room. The lamp will represent the sun. The walls of the room will rep- resent the sky. Spots on the walls can be used to represent the stars. "We will now get eight dark balls to represent the . planets---dark having no light of tneir own. Place these balls in a rOw-On the table as shown in Fig. 32. Each ball will represent a planet. The earth is the third planet from the sun. Now if you could cause these balls to move about the lamp you will have an idea as to how the bodies of our solar system move. To make your model 'complete you should have some small balls to represent the moons or satel- lites: These moons keep _ circling around their planets, while the planets are rushing around the sun. Mercury and Venus have no moons, the earth has one, Mars has two, Jupiter has five, Saturn has 'eight, Uranus -- has four, and Neptune has one. The earth's moon is the only satellite that can be seen with the naked eye. bodies Fic. 02. The planets that we see at night and that resemble stars are Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Mercury is too close to the sun to be seen with the naked eye and Neptune and Uranus are too far away. By looking at your model you will see that the third planet from the sun "TAHE MARINE REVIEW is our earth. It whirls on its axis once every 24 hours and also rushes around the sun, making the complete revolution in 365 days. This yearly movement is the reason for us not being able to see the same stars all the year around. Roll the ball around the lamp and follow it around. You can see that the side that is turned away from the lamp is the dark side. If you were standing on the dark side of the earth it would be night there and you could see the stars with the naked eye. When you were turned toward the sun daylight would come and the stars would not be visible. So the dark side of the. bali will face a certain side of the room and 'then. gradually work around until it faces the other side of the room. It leaves "pia, 34: behind the stars on one side and comes back to them again after it makes the complete revolution around the sun. <A star -rises. four. minutes earlier each night until its rising time is after daylight and it can't be seen on account of the great light of the sun, The movements of the planets and the length of time each takes to get around the sun is shown in Fig. 33. Of course they don't all stay in line as shown in this cut. Fig. 34 shows how they appeared about Dec. 15, 1908. Liverpool shipping circles have been in- terested in a rumor to the effect that if the White Star line enters the Canad- ian trade under its own flag the Allan line will retire from the North Atlantic conference, an exceedingly ominous out- look, as it is only the conference's cast iron rules and regulations that safe- guard against hostilities among its mem- bers. A rupture in its ranks would clearly involve a very serious situation being almost certain to bring about an- other rate war with all its attendant results. 'ple. ot IMPROVING SABINE-NECHES CANAL... - Beaumont, Texas, March 15,--Ad- vocates of waterway improvement and shippers throughout the country . are manifesting an interest in the projected improvement of the Sabine-Neches ca- ral and the Sabine and Neches rivers so as to enable ocean-going vessels to ply direct to Orange and Beaumont, which offers substantial evidence of the pluck, and progressiveness of the peo- For several years the possibilities of making Orange and Beaumont im- portant inland ports have been con- sidered by some of the foremost and. far-sighted citizens. As result of an effort in this direction an appropria- tion was secured to dig a canal along the west side of Sabine Lake and con- necting the mouths of the Sabine and Neches rivers with the Gulf. This ca- nal is less than 100 ft. wide and 'about 10 ft. deep, permitting only light draught vessels to pass through, but it has proved sufficient to suggest great pos- sibilities for the opening of another artery of commerce and the develop- ment of the many and varied resources of this section. Fresh water ports are always attractive to the ship owners and there is every reason to believe ' that with the deepening of the canal and the further improvements of the rivers, these ports will*do a vast ship- ping business. ee ce The matter was presented to congress and further aid was sought, but 'on 'ac- count of the general tendency to re- trench, it was found that sufficient funds could not be secured by ap- propriation to do the work necessary. When this condition became known and realizirg that delay until such time as government appropriation could be had would be the loss of so much valuable time for development, it was suggested that the people provide the funds for the improvements immediately -- neces- sary ard plans to this end were quick- ly formulated. A' bill conveying the constitutional right to levy special tax- es and issue bonds for such improve- ment was presented to the Texas legis- lature and was soon passed and has now received the signature of the gov- ernor. Simultaneously a bill was pre- sented in the national congress and the necessary government permit to make such improvement has been granted. The proposition will soon be submit- ted to a vote of the people of Jeffer- son county and it is expected that the issuance of bonds will-.be promptly © authorized. It is estimated that $400,- 000. will be sufficient to deepen the ca- ral to 25 ft. and to improve the riv- ers materially.