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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE
THE LATE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

At the last meeting of the san Francisco
Academy of Sciences Professor Davidson, VI
the United States Coast Survey, gave NcI
bal account of his observations OF the rce:nt
solar ecirge on the Pacific Coast, from wIlrn
it will be seen that no intra- Mercufial plpun ne
was visible. Among other things the 49,
fessOr is reported saying D1th ms
were real and not spurious. as thc inU"n
drew nigh we saw It's contact WIN inc .Iitv
spots in three different groups. As tu,Ia.ly
advanced several peculiar phenomena eXhlDll ent
themselves On account of the slight appal'n'
diameter of the moon the cusps Decah'e av
markably sharp AS the moon advahceu' upo"
its edge became visible the lunar lloun .' ,.a
The darkness above the disc OF the moon WE i
less than the darkness of the moon on thc
sum- AS the two became concentric the csSs
cent was moderately prolonged, because .iu
diameter of the moon was apparently o iy
19ooth greater than that of the sun. Inc pile-
nOmenOn OF Baileys Beads was not Nlsioi9e
owing to the clear atmosphere, but the me ~. w
light was broken into dots aud dashes, hhe
the Morse alphabet. And when one poihC u
light disappeared it did not reappeaf' a. III
Bailey's Beads but was gone for g0Od. men
the shadow came over the ocean we saw
shade of so light brown that 1t was ul'
APPOINTMENT to me, knowing that an In'."
Mercurial planet would probably be Invisible. 20
d" 1t is Impossible TO describe the maenln'
cence of the sight that the eclipse presenter.
Huge masses of red flames burst out ABOVE tho
upper surface eff the sun One-tWellth OF one
fifteenth of it's entire diameter Ill size, ron
10000 TO $4,000 miles III height. ne io N
limb of the sun produced broken ghggeu IinI
of rose olored intense flame, extending around
a third OF the SUMS circumference, above tue
apparent disc of the moon, and covering lniiilohs
of miles in area. The flames were visiDie loi
one or two seconds after the disappearance OF
the sun rather unusual phenomenon. AlicI
the reonnearance of the sun n curious thing
occurred showing the effect OF atmospheric
causes. The atmosphere became disturbed,
and in watching the end of the eclipse tle
limbs of the sun were remarkably dlstuIoeu.
AS the moon went out OF the suns dlsc TWO
curved, wavy lines appeared in black and red.
The photosphere or disc of the sun during
totally wascovered with the phenomena known
as rice grains The mottlings were re-
markably well portrayed. Among these were
larger and crOOkeder lines OF bright hght OF
irregular shades and forms. These were the
apexes of the masses of flame. LII the corona
ms seen by the spectr0scOpe the green line
called 1474,' for which We have no element
on earth, and the heum line preliminary 50
called, were exhibited, the latter III the photo
sDhere,V
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
OUR DFiD,

Nothing il our own we hold our pleasures
just little while, they are He'd;
One by one life robs us of our treasures;
Nothing Is our own except our dead.
They are ours and hold in faithful keeping,
Safe forever all they took away,
Cruel life can never stir that sleeping,
Cruel time can never seize THAT prey.
Justice palos truth fades stars fall from heaven
Human are the great whom revere;
No true crown Of honor can be given
Till the wreath lies on u funeral bier.
How the children leave us; and no traces
linger of that smiling angel band
Gone. forever gone: and in their places
Weary men and anxious women stand.
Yet we have some little Ones still oursi
They have kept the baby smile, we know,
Which we kissed one day. and hid with flowers,
On their dead white faces long ago.
Whom our joy is lost-and life will take it
Then memory of the past remains,
Save with some strange, cruel stings that make II
Bitterness beyond all present pains.
Death, more tender-hearted. leaves to sorrow
still the radiant shadow-fOnd regret;
We shall find. IN some far, bright tomorrow,
Joy that he has taken. living yet.
Is love ours, and do We dream we know it,
Bound with all our heart-strings. all our own
Any cold and cruel dawn may show 1t
Shattered desecrated. OyertbTOwn
Only the dead hearts forsake us never;
Love, that to deaths lOyal care has fed,
Is thus cOnsecrated ours forever,
And no change can rob us Of our dead.
So, when fate comes to besege our city.
Dim our gold, or make our flowers fall,
Death the angel, comes in love and pity,
And, to save our treasures, claims them all.
ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTOR.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
KNITTING AND CROCHET.
From The weekly Tribune.
CROCHETED SLIPPERS.

ro,o small wool slipper use double Berlin wool,
.nd make chain of IS stitches. Work throughout in
s,nce crochet and increase stitch In the middle
80 avery row for the first twelve rows This piece
sorms the 'front.' Now crochet the first IL stitches
hoctvord and forward for thirty rows and then
,o;n n the other side of the front. Pick
=, the stitches around the top, crochet one row, and
on tbe second row work three singles loosely into
sach sntch. This makes little frill around the
eInnsr. Turn the slipper inside out, line with silk
md sew on cork sole. Reverse the slipper pass
r;Lbon of the same cOl0red silk around underneath
tha frill and finish with bow in front. To make
ttaraer shipper work more rows in front and along
me sides 1t is convenience In any case to work
!" Another simple plan is to make chain of ~ or
* stitches and work the slipper III crochet tricO.6e
u;ng and end of every row till The front is large
enongh The increase is made at the beginning by
making a chain and taking up the vertical
stitch on the very edge Of the work. and
90 the end by taking up the horizontal
stitch be ore the last vertical one.) When the
tront Is done, work tho first 10 or IL stitches
tnrward and backward till the piece IL long enough
only during the last two OF three rows. and cast OIL
Now take.np the corresponding 10 or IL STITCHES on
tbe left Of the front, and Work piece TO match the
one INST finished beariugin mind that the lncreas-
mos at the eud are made on the right hand
sde of the strip. The strips are joined
Of the back of the heel. Any desired pattern may
ha worked on the fronts the Afghan stltch forming
an excellent ground for cTewellng. Line WITH SIX
and have the slippers made up at a boot-makeTs.
SILK slippers can be worked on the same principle,
bnt they will require more stitches az starting ana
more rows of work afterward
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
A KNITTED RUG.

THE TRIBUNE is indebted to Miss L. c. for the
following clear directions:
There is nothing more pleasing to my womanly
pride than to have accomplished the making OF
beautiful and seryiceable article from castaway
and apparently useless material. always feel un-
der debt of gratitude to the friend who instructed
in the art OF knitting rugs, ana WISH 10 impart
the information to those of my sisters whose neil
nations may run in the same channels rs my own:
Gather from the old clothes closets all the worsted
garments that can longer be utilized as wearing
apDarel cut the seams off and remove grease spots.
Cut in strips varying in width according to thick
ness OF the materials heavy cloth from pantai0ons
shOuld never be over quarter of an inch, while
cashmeres and goods of that kind may be full
inch or oven somewhat over. II thin. Scarlet,
bright clear blue aud grays are necessary 1Or Gu
lyening while black dark blue and all otner dafk
colOrs form the basis Of the work Cross the strips
about an inch sew with strong black linen thread.
and have the ends securely fastened sew ABOUT
three wards of the darkest cOlOrs, then strip OF
the brighter shade, the scarlet should NOT occur
more than once III about nine yards, ana hust De
short. say from four to ten inches IN Length, i4
In balls as for rag carpet. The needles used are OF
hard wood one-half inch in diameter and eighteen
i'm ieqgth After making several rugs ind the
following directions produce the mos1 pieasihg
Set forty-four stitches knit five rows Of very dark
color only. then two rows OF mOroon, eleven OF
fresh clear scarlet, two rows OF moIoon. one %
black after that the m iscellaneous assortment.
taking care that no scarlet occurs very near ti'e
solid border, Be particular in putting III the second
border that 1t starts upon the same sue W." t ba oo
The work easy upon the needles; finish OH with
the dark color, as, at the beginning sew
SS1Ts material ri old Them take carlo" eon that
nantaloons is better than other. cnt in
half-luch STRIPS ten inches III length. G0uDle ana
knot through every stitch at the ends fer fringe.
TTo TO be placed before bed needs TO be two yards
in length These rugs are really haEcsome upon
mating inlaid or painted hoor. Inc knlttin i
becomes heavy work as the rug progresses IN
length but can be done AT odd moments and VIII
fully repay the effort expended
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
NEWSPAPERS IN CHINA.



The Hing Pao, or news OF the Capital, which is tho
Official gazette of the Empire dates back certainly
As far as the Tang dynasty. which reigued from the
seventh 10 the tenth centuries Of our era. lhis Jour
nal or rather gazette, Tor il is hardly more than
record of fcial acts, Is bound up III pamphlet form.
aud is about inches in length 10y some . inches
broad and has In each number - sheets, projected
by a covering OF yellow paper Besides tins Govern
meut publication there arc two other sOineWhat
similar periodicals the Sch Pm. IN manuscript, ana
the 1cidrg Pen aud quarterly called the Ia Isihg
hiu Shin. or animal OF the Empire These, how
ever, are all gIXettcs rather than newspapers, ana
the institution of ANYTHING more nearly resembling
the latter form of publication = due 10 the Eugnsh
editors of The Daily Press at Hong Kong ana Inc
North China Herald at Shanghai, which some CON
siderable time back sent ont from their offices some
vertabc newspapers printed III Chinese characters;
The Nbm PdO which was long the most successlul
Of tho Chinese journals was also the work OF an
Englishman and the first chinese neWspam y
properly SO called, were the We IN0 ana lhr Iao,
having similar shape and form 20 thc Ahun fGo' anu
thus resembling an English paper, hut adrochtng
IA their columns, instead OF progress ana nDcralIy
10 strangers "A very opposite policy. They weiebOl
outdOie IN their hostility 10 foreigners ny the ON
Poo, n daily paper, which NAV De calied INC organ
of the native unciOnarlCs, aud which, Nv us sue
cc.siul rivalry, soon put m end 10 thelrrNsienO'
They had, however previously shown very oTiginaI
proofs of their loyalty TO the Court ny me ueVIces
they adopted at the time OF change OF EnpetoIs III
1875. Upon the death of TOung-chl III that year
the SHIN PGO rs sign of mourning, printer the
whole number in blue ink, and on INC accession oi
Konang-sou the same journal was entirely printed
In black ink OH scarlet paper while the NE Pd0 con,
tented itself with using bright red INK on the usual
-http pround
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
THE PESSI.NIST PRO.

From The HhithdU Rcvtt0
Since to manhood I've grown
Many pigs have known
Prigs Youthful prigs senllc. priRs little ana Dig;
But the prIgs detest
Far beyond all the rest
Il the lanqnid, dissatisfied Pessimist Prg
If tic glories Of night
His attention invite,
For the stars III their courses he DON'T care Hg'
Looking up at the sky
With his glass at his eye
THEY'RE too many by halt, says the PessDist Prlg
II YOU mention the spoil
You may get from tine Poll, . -,
He replies "But to get il, you know you must dis
If Won show HIM the sea,
Blue, bounding, and Free
"Ah! 1t makes SICK " says the Pessimlst fflg
II he happens TO sit,
At farce in the pit,
With each neighbOr as merry as sand boy" or
With his sheer, and his frown,
He soon pulls them all down;
Tbey are frivolous FOOLS" says the Pcsslmlst rig
If Won point ont the charms
OF a wOmau's white arms.
He strokes his false whiskers and settles his Wig;
She's not my ideal;
She's vastly TOO real
Give me SOUL Give me soul " SAYS the Pessmst
Prig.
Life and death are the same"
He will often exclaim 80
"And life's not worth having, and man is pig|
Then why don't YOU die T.
Is my frequent reply. -,
Why Because they're the same" says the
Pessimst Prig
Then | Shrek, and tear
What rema Us Of my baiT
And send for n cnrncle, buggy, OF gig.
And cry, " Let Inc ny
TO the wIlds, ere ole go
nc this Ianguld dissatisfied Pessimst PrigV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
A WnIsrlING RTOY

A new buoy has been invented by NJ. Per-
rim, of Hayre, which includes the novel Tea
ture Of announcing its position by means oil
wishing and hence i known az the auto
matte whlsting buoy. In shape the body Is
similar to the ordinary c0nlcal buoy, except
that about three feet from the extreme top II
is made fat. On this are fastened two small
interior. and between these n tremendous
whistle is fixed. Around the whole Is
a hand-ral, and two steps are placed.
so that the summit may be reached from a
boat for painting repairing and other pur-
poses. Besides, there Is IA manhOic. From the
bottom OF the cone IA large iron tube, about
80 feet long and between feet and Z feet
i'm circumference, is attached. When III usc,
more especially III a heavy sea, the wind, on
going down the small tubes in the top Is
immediately forced ont through the whistle
NV the perpetual bObbing up and down OF
the BUOY The noise, il Is expected, Will be
so great that it will be heard for miles OF
from the place where it is moOred, thus Civ
ing ample notice OF the dangers that sur
round It,
Another device for making buoys conspicu-
Gus at night liz by painting them with lumln-
Gus paint This paint is prepared by mixing
with the Ofdndry materials sulphatc 0l
lime or other phOsphOrcscent material. On
exposing the painted surface TO daylight, tie
hight Of burning magnesium or oil the electric
are, the light waves seem 10 set the molecules
of tie salt into a vibration which lasts Tor
several hours. The result II that on taking
the painted surface into a dark place a pale
violet hight Is emitted. Ii Is claimed That
buoys painted in this way would he visible at
night, hut the idea hardly seems practicable.
Lighting such buOys by compressed gas has,
however, been tired with considerable success
Oh the English coast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
CAVE MAN IN ENGLAND.

Professor Boyd DawkIns, a Prominent Eng
fish geOiogist, gave recently lecture IN Lon
don on 1.-The Man of the Caverns,' III the
course of which he drew a vivid picture OF
Southern England III prehistoric times. While
the Iiver-diift men and the cave men were
living in Britain. the hills and valleys IN the
Sorth of England, he said, presented the same
outlines as they did now. Could we take our
stand in those times on shooters HI or on
the Essex Heights, and look over the Thames
Valley IN the direction OF London, we should see
:. dense forest of oak. ash ana scotch lir, ana
the course of the Thames marked by INES OIL
willows and alders. 4 few thin columns Oi
smoke rising over the tops OK the trees would
mark the campingplaces OF prmcval man. In
the forests wild bears, mammoths, anu rhl-
noceroses wild horses, stays, ana IRISH elks
would meet our eyes, and III the Summer ilme
countless herds of bsOns, like those low
ranging over the PLAINS oil Northwestern
America. In the Winter were vast numbers
of reindeer, and few musk sheep, the most
Arctic of the mammalia in Its habits. In the
rivers were offers and beavers, and the eNp0r-
er would be startled by the snort ot the MP
pOpotamus ~ the reaches OF the Thames near
brentiord. Beasts of prey also abounded,
lions, leopards, hyenas, grizzly bears, wolves
and foxes. II we penetrated To one OF tie
camp-lrcs we should have seen the TlYeT-drIit
hunter chipping or using some 0I those Iuuc
flint impl, mcnts which ne buried IN the Lon
don graycs along with the remains OF the
animals which he hunted.
The Iiver-drift man. in the long course Of
aces. was succeeded by the man Of the caycrns
like him hunter, living on the same animals,
and more highly equipped for tie battle OF
lie. In the course of time the cave man DIS
appeared, the climate and geography of Eng
land became almost what it was now, the
hunter stage of civilization was Superseded by
that of the hcrdsman and the tlilcr OF the
grouud and the manufactures Of the neolthic
nge. From the neolitlic age down to the pres
cnt time the progress of man had been I'M
broken in Britain and in Europe, aud the
present condition Of the European peoples was
A. he looked upon as the result of Il gradual
series of changes by which civilization sue
ceeded civilization, and race succeeded race,
"the old order yielding place unto the new,
because the new order was high. and nobler.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
THE SCRAP BAG.

p.pv,a OMIT IN KNIrIING.-The following
directions are very simple for QUIT Tor cradle
knitted in squares Of blue and white wool. Use
No o needles and single or double Berlin; pale blue
and white are required. Cast on one stitch IN
blue.-1st row. Wool forward, knit ]; repeat this
row five more times, when you would haYe7 stitches
ON the needle-7th row. Wool forward, knit ., join
the white, knit g. join on another length of blue.
knit 2-sth row. With blue, wool forward,
knit Q. purl 8 in white knit in blue.-9h and 10th
rows Knit entirely with blue, making stitch III
commencing each rOw-llt WOOL iCrN ard Knit
2 in blue, white. blnc.-l2th row. Wool Tor
ward knit 2 blue. purl vote, knit . blue,-l3th
and l4th rows Make l., knit plain, both with blue
wool.-l5th row. Woo forward, knit blue, knit
bIus. puTI ii white knit bue.-17th and 18th
rows Wool forward, knit plain Win blue there
should now be 10 stitches on tR yon needle %n.,
begin the decreasing.-19h row. with blue.
Sin /. knit 2 together knit /, knit II with While
Knit 4 with blue.--20th row. slip. l, KNIT To-
eES nit with f blac2ist and cd rows Slip l. knit
, together. rest plain, all with blue,23d row. slip
ka tqsetRistIS btt2 Ttl o Gufs kay kn Gl'
together knit with blue. purl7 WITH WINE, XII XII
8 With biue.-25th and 26th rows: slip l, Knit z
together knit rest with oigeIIa'h row 'iP +
White. knit with blue.-2sth row. Sip !. knit :
together knit with blue. purl with white, knit
with bluei now finish TIE square VIZ Pug &C. -
Tie needle. You join the squares together with blue
or white wool, and il has good effect TO arrange
the four squares as stars. a knitted border or
fringe of blue and white should be added.
TAN O'SHANTER CAP.-This pretty boys cap IS to
re made of yarn or double zephyr; 10 VIII take
ounces. Commence with chain OF crochet, JON
FOUND, and work 20 treble stitches into NJ make
waich ID being worked. 81 row. treble i4.to each
stitch OF previous row. Sd row-2 treble into each
stitch, except the third stitch, ch has only one,
ard 50 repeat end Of row. Work ID rows, or until
tie CAP Is about the size required taking care to
keep tho work perfectly fat, increasing where
necessary, then-work row OF treble without any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
SPEEDY INVESTIGATION NEEDED.

From The Aeig- i0TH Chrishdh al WORK r. 'dHgl
Charges are brought against COmmssioner hayt.
We DO not know as to their truth.JlIcss. We only
know that he has removed some OF TN very best
men who were ever appointed; and no2e instance,
especially, We know lie refused to cNh'Dit charges
right Christian gentleman without hearing. Com
missioner IIayt may be good COMMISSIONED If he
is he takes a very singular method Cl showing 1t.
Ent whether he is such or not, h; s uI.cr suspicion
of being no improvement uDCh L.i predecessor.
What we want is thorough invest lsa L!on OK the
Indian Bureau, not by any partsaus q. The Commits
sioncr but by committee OF Congress. IIc public
is m no mood to put up with whiteWasnIng inyes-
iigation it demands il has right 10, that tho
wn0le auth tOlchIng tho Indian Bureau aud Com
missioner Hayt's management shall be laid before
the county And they dOn't want to wait for tue
Information too long. Let Us have Il 1T once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01

slow and painful destruction the large num-
Der of horses which work hOrse-railrOads and
stage lines At intervals IF few miles on
every town and country road there might be
action OF the sun and moon, irom which by
the simple turning of TAP the cylinder of
every private carriage may be replcniShed,
and the use of horses for traction be entirely
dispensed with. In fact, il is to be hoped that
such tap may be ere long established III
astronomy be vastly increased by the new in
terest i'll the sun aud moon which viii thus
be generated throughout the length and
breadth of the land. These, at least, are. the
who has embodied them in recent lecture in
England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
THE POOR CLERKS or LONDON.


The reason given by another clerk for the poverty
of the class TO which he belonged was curious. lie
said that the enormous influx Of Germans INTO tho
country had lcSsened the price of clerks labor
They actually offer 10 come" said he " for SIX
months without any salary mt all, if it Is agreed
that at the end of that time they shall have ESQ or
$40 a year for their work. They live mostly III
the North of London, and walk 10 their work. what
they eat at home | don't know but In the City
here they go to alamOde-bcef shops where they can
get plate of thick stew or small piece OF corned
beef for SIX pence, and that, with some bread and
glass oi water sufficient for them. They can even
get sancrkrout tor two pence, and some OF them eat
that only and bread. Many of them club together
i'm twos and even thrccs fer one bedroom IN lsling-
ton and there live at the rate of about shillings
week apiece.
"You see they possess great advantage over Eng
lish clerks. They know German naturally LngllSn
they have learned. and some of them speak French.
English clerks. rs a rule, only know their own Ian
guagc. The employers find that Germans can Keep
accounts Ju,t as well as Eugishmcn that they VIII
not object 10 work late or rs early rs may he re-
nuestcd and that they want next To nothing ~ the
shape of salary. These are great considerations cs
pecially in hard tines and those who have large OIL
iices cannot overlook them. Then, again, with the
exception OF the head clerks, the work which ship
pcrS' merchants and brokers clerks have to do Is
very easy and really not worth large pay; 1t might
almost always be- done by mere lads"