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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-20

ana most Gf the members OIL the par being
present.
Samuel II. Reynolds arose and said ::
While We feel quite sure that your
honors would of your own motion take
official notice of the sad news that has
thrown this nation, nay the whole civilized
world, into mourning, it has been
deemed fitting that ], member
of this bar, make formal al.
nouncement in open court Of the
death of His Excellency James a. Gar
field, President Of the United States. which
took place at Long Branch at 1876 last
night, September -. And now, in order
that the conrt and bar may be afforded an
opportunity in the quiet Of Their respective
homes to give expression to their grief,
in the name of the bar, l move that this
court do now adjourn until to morrow
morning at 0 o'clock.
Mr.. N. Ellmaker said it was eminently
proper that he as the oldest member of the
bar present should second the motion Just
made. A great national calamity has
befallen our country. A whole nation
mourns the death Of our beloved president.
We have no geographical, no sectional and
no partisan boundaries, and all the civilized
nations of the earth are in sympathy with
us. One Of the worlds heroes has been
called from his earthly to his heavenly
home.
Judge Livingston said In a moment
like the present, when the whole nation is
draped in mourning by reason of its ter
rible bereavement, in the deatl, of its be-
loved head, James A. Garfield, the presi-
dent of the United States of America, it
seems fitting and proper that VIC should
join in the general expression Of sorrow
and grief. These courts will therefore ROW
adjourn until 0 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing"
A Public Meeting.
The mayor, it will bo seen, has very
operly called public meeting of our
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-20

IT is idle to speculate that Guiteau caa-
not be hanged because his victim died in
New Jersey. On the other hand, he has
two chances of suffering death, since New
Jersey now has statute under which
Guiteau could be convicted in that state,
and that statute was pronounced consti-
tutional in Hunter VS.. State, II Vroom,
29S.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-12

SACRAMENTO, January H. 1881.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment at 10
A.. M, President Mansfield in the chair Roll called
quorum present Minutes Of last meeting read and
approved.
On motion OF Mr.. ERUaANN, the election of United
States senator was made the special order at 10 NJ
to the exclusion OF all other business
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-12
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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-12

oIttes Setaoi was n!aue TIE speclal uIueT al IL NJ,
to the exclusion OF all other business.
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED
The appointments made by the Governor during
the recess OF the Legislature were unanimously CON
frmed
The appointment Of Donald Mcclellan as Director
of the Insane Asylum wGs unanimously confirmed
On motion of Mr.. CHENEY, consideration Of John
E. Stanleys appointment as Trustee of the Deal
Dumb ard Blind Asylum made the special or
der for to morrow morning, immediate after the
reading OF the journal.
The appointments Of Joseph A. Coolie and George
d. Dorning confirmed.
The appointment of N Greene Curtis was not
confirmed, by vote of 20 to Is.
The appointments OF Chester Rowell and T j.
Phelps were confirmed
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-12

IcoyTINUED on LAST PAeE,l
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-12

SACRAMENTO, January II, 1881
The Assembly met pursuant to adjournment.
Speaker PARKS in the chair Roll called Prayer bv
the Chaplain.
The Chair then declared that, under the law the
next order OF business was the election of United
States Senator, to serve for term Of six years from
the 4th of next March.
Mr.. JACKSON, of San Francisco said he desired to
offer a resolution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30
AERIAL NAVIGATION.

Mr.. +. W. Brcarcy, of the London Acronauti-
cal Society, recently read paper on aerial nayl-
CATION. and explained with the aid OF models
the principles upon which attempts had hitherto
been made and shOuld i'm the future bc made To
effect artificial flight. The conclusion at which
the AcrOnautica society had arrived was that
flight was merely mechanical action capable
of imitation, thar il was unaSsistCd 10y air cells
or other cOntrivanCcs for cilcctng lcvity, that
the balloon was incapable of being rendered
useful to man rs a means OF loCOmotlon except
in the way of Waitagc. The tenants ol the am
great as was the variety m their sue ana form,
TeScmbled one another IN possessing three I'M
portant capacities, the association and proper
adjustment of which constituted the property
and power OF flight, VIZ, weight, surface anu
force
The weight of body was due TO the action OF
gravity, and the problem was how 80 10 rctard
or regulate the action of gravity as 70 cause is
influence to he ininitc>imally distributed.
Having explained what he wished 10 show 10y
projecting some peculiarly folded pieces oi
paper across the theatre, he then let iaii nom
a height a bat shaped model which soon TAX
ing "A curve, shot out in q nearly horizontal Ill
rcction for n time. Had force, the third great
principle of flight been employed, II would
have ncutralizcd the action Ot gravity 50 long
as it continued and the flights ot the models
would have been prolonged. In Cudcayurlng
To estimate the proportion of plane surface To
weight, so that the one might carry the other
by the application of lmpul. Iyc force, We were
not without significant data. 30 varied were
the forms OF flight and 80 widely different the
conditiOns-In some cases a heavy weight being
supported by small planes or wings and IN
others little weights 10y extensive surfaces
that if ever the subject should be mastered.
flight would probably Ice effected IN more ways
than one. Great weight and small surface, as
the observations of VI. dc Lucy showed. must
be accompanied 10y great velocity, ms IN the
flight OF the common sparrow, while with small
weight and great surface, rs III the butterfly
tribe. a reduced velocity only was requisite. Il,
therefore, man could construct the necessary
surface of strength sufficient to insure safety.
lee could certainly add, by the and of engine
power, sufficient velocity To obtain supper,
from the atmosphere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30
ruE NOVEMBER METEORS.

Professor Daniel Kirkwood, Of Bloomington,
Ind, an excellent authority on mctcurs, thus
explains the origin and nature OF the mctcOuc
showers of August and November. The No
vcmbcr stream crosse, the carths path, and
hence at times encounter, the earth. The
mcteOric matter striking our atm' y here with "A
velocity of more than twenty mile, per second
is rendered luminOu, 10y the collision, and Is
generally dissipatcd long before reaching the
carth's surface. 4 remarkable difference be
tween the streams OF August and November
has been noticed 10y all who have studied the
phenomena. The matter of the former Is
spread entirely around the orbit, SO that mctcOrs
are seen in considerable number, every year
about the ninth or tenth OF the month. That
of the latter il chiefly collected III a single
cluster, whose period Of revolution is about
thirty-threc years. The great showers occur,
therefore, but three times IN q century. Many
persons still living well remember the wonder
ful rain of fire on the 18Th of November. o33
The writer, who was then teaching country
school IN York County, Pennsylvania, met
persons on the following day who expressed
great curiosity tO see how the heavens would
appear the next night, a. all the stars were be-
licyed to have fallen.
The shower Of 1-GG in Europe and that Of
1867 in America were quite remarkable, bur
far inferior to that of 1888. when the earth
probably passed through the most dense part al
the cluster Another very brilliant shower
need not he expected ill 1899 or 1900. The
fact, however OF the existence of two minor
groups moving in the same orbit has been
clearly indicated. One Of these crossed the
eartl's path in 1872 or 1893, and hence u
slight display may again be looked for about
1856. The third group furnished consider
able number of meteOTs in 1879 and 1850.
But although many mctcOrs are not expected
for some years to come, 1t ~ important thal
watch should be kept and observations re-
corded in order that the relative dcnsitics Of
different portions Of the stream may be deter
mined. The point from which they radiatc IL
in Leo, and the time for observations is from
midnight to daylight on the morning Of No.
ycmber /.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30

formed into n microscopic object glass, the
'front.' IS turned toward the sun. The glass then
retracts beautifully small star-disk, which,
owing to the large angular aperture of the com:
nlnatlon, remains steadily in view for several
hours; The optical characters of this disk vary
considerably with the quality of the lenses !;
practically very fine one-quarter produces
disks OF remarkable beauty and precision. In
some cases plane-mrror is conveniently at
tached to reflect the oblque solar rays. The
instrument thus provides stationary solar
siar,dlsk, for continuous observation. No
cioc R or machinery is required. The size
OF tho, disk is onc-fourth of the sine of the
solar diameter, or nearly 45-10,000ths of an
A more brilliant form OF surprising efful
gence Is occasionally employed by three-inch
lens placed before rght-an lied prism. An
aerial image of the sun thus produced Outshines
the electric light. These disks are viewed ut a
distance of ten feet. Mr. RoystOn-Pigott pro-
cceds to describe ut considerable length the
interesting and fascinating phenomena of these
star-dlSks and their use both i'll microscopic
research and for telescope vision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30
THE JABL0CuK0FF CANnLE.

The Jablochko1 Electric Lighting Co., whose
lights III their original form have been in use in
the Counting Room of The TRIBUNE for the
past four or five months, has Just replaced their
fixtures by others of a novel design. Instead
OF being suspended in chandeliers or from
brackets. the new lamps are placed upon the
top of taste III candclabra. This pleasant way
OF hitting Offices, counters and desks with cleo
trio lights is not done with the ordinary regu-
lator lights in general use, on accO INT of the
cumbersome arrangements required to hold
JablOchkol1 candle, with its parallel carbons,
being placed in Il socket as an ordinary candle,
allows the globes which surround it to sur
mount the shaft upon which it rests. In its new
fixture, the wires are brought up through the
floor and through the shaft of the Candida
brum, in which they are concealed as in any
ordinary post using gas. None of the usual
paraphcrnaia of electric lights being exposed
they appear TO the observer at first sight as Il
large brilliant white light not necessarily pro-
duccd by electricity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
wooDPECKERs, JAYS AND ACORNs.

WOODPECKERS, JAYS AND ACORNS.
At a late meeting of the California Academy
of Sciences, paper was read by MT H. r. y.
Stearns on the acOrn-storing habits OF the Call
fOrnia woOdpecker In Napa County he had
examined q fallen yellow pine, the bank OF
which was full of acorn holes. Its length was
175 feet, and the diameter of its butt was i've
feet ten inches, and at ninety feet three leeC
eight inches. Above the ninety-fOot line the
woodpeckcr holes were comparatively few
neither were there any in the first ten feet OF
the trunk from the ground. piece OF the
bark twelve by twelve inches showed sixty
holes. Taking an average OF thirty-slA NOES NOES 70
the souale foot, it gave 41,04O acorn holes IN
the bark of this one tree. The holeS were
drilled TO receive aCOrnS of different sizes, lot
the birds are exact worltmcn, and each acorn IS
nicely fitted into its special cavity. wool
Deckers reject the cups and store the acorliS
without them In Knights Valley he observed
woodpecker holes in large spruce tree, ana nc
was informed that they also bore into the Dark
of certain oaks 10 limited extent. Ihc @cO.uS
were generally considered rs laid mp for WIN
ter supply of food but while in this climate no
such provision was necessary 1t was also very
improbable that wOOdpcckers would feed on
hard nuts or seeds of any kind. The more
rational explanation is that they are preserved
for the sake of the grubs they so frequently
contain, which, being very small when me
acorn falls, grow until they eat put the whole
Interior when they become welcome delicacy
for the bird.
Mr.. LightncI, member oil the Academy liad
observed wOOdpcckcrS engaged in drilling holes
in the bark, when bluejay was seen To ny
close up TO one and inspccU the size OF the hoic.
Some active chippcring then ensucd, when the
bluejay flew away, but soon returned with
green acorn without the cup in his bcak TINS
he offered to the woodpcckcr, wlo took if with
his bcak, and set 1t into the hole, and drove 1t
home with few taps, where IT remained.
This process was continually repeated. MIR.
Lightner desired to know what were the special
benefits derived by this mutual service con-
Quoted between a secd-cating and an insect
eating bird. Mr.. Stcarns said that great num-
beers of untouched acOms remain in the spllng,
which have developed no worms suitable *
food for the woodpeckcr, but which supply
nutrimcnt to bluciays and squirrels. Thus
community of interest was manifest explaining
their Joint labOIs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30
SOLAR HEAT.

Professor s. p. Langley, of the Allegheny
Observatory, who went to California in july
last to measure from the summit of Mt Whit
ncy the amount of solar heat radatcd To the
earth, has returned, and the results of his cX-
perments will soon be given to the Government
III the form of "a report. The general conclu-
sion, however, seems to be that the solar CON
slant" or absolute amount OF heat the earth re-
ceivcs from the sun, Is very much larger than
that determined by llerschcl and other preyiOus
observers. Further, that the distribution of
this heat to the earth and its etiectin producing
all the changes of climate, and its Importance
as affecting all the interests of agriculture de-
pend on forces which arc only now, for the first
time becoming fully known. Among incdcn-
tai attainments of scientific interest may be
mentioned that conclusions have been reached
which will probably be accepted as finally set
Ting the long dispute among physicists concern
ing the trustwOrthiness of Tyndalfs observa-
tons as TO the effect of water vapor, and will
also bring nearer TO us the probable utilization
of the suns heat n source of power. 1t Is
not stated whether Professor Langleys expert
ments confirmed his previous sgrmises that the
true color of the sun is blue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30
ANOTHER SOCK

With white and blue Saxony or fine German
knitting yarn, and medium hooks make a
cham of 20 stitches in white for the ankle
Raise the first 10 stitches and these work rows
of Afghan stitch, making picOt in the middle of
the third and sixth rows. Join on the blue and
work in DC round the three sides of the white
square and the remaining loops of the foundation
chain.
Next, starting in the middle of the toe part, work
IN white two rows of trebles Turn the foot on the
wrong side, and crochet the two sides together in
&c. worked through the two inner edges of the
adjacent loops.
For the leg work a round of trebles ON the foun-
dation chain, 26 stitches in all. Work another
round OF trebles and then, with the blue, work for
the third round two trcbles in the space between
the first and second trebes Of the last round miss
2 trebles work two more trebles in the space be-
tween the third and fourth repeat all round.
In the fourth round take the white wool and
make DC. between two Of these proups of
trehies; 3 ch., / DC. between the next two
groups; repeat all round. In the next two rows
make DC. under the 8 CHI, then ch.. DC.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30
.ESTHEIICOPOLIS.
I.-TUE PICTURE.

1.-THE PICTURE.
On say! l. there truth in the rumOri
Or l. 1t the offspring alone
OF Yankee satirica. humOr,
Or sncer of the Phistiuc dronc
Can there be, IA the newspapers tell, on
This earth, one sweet spot, set apart
Where the eye Of the Hsthcte may dwell on
The Utterly Utter III Art
Then haste we at once TO abandon
This coarse, irrcclaimable waste,
This s0rdid and cynical London
That needs not the teaching of taste.
10 seek that cOmmuniOE exclusive,
Where Art is imperial alone.
With never q SCrptIC intrusive
To scoii nj the worship of tone.
There Our home shall be purely aesthetic.
lrlusccudcut ih structure ana plan,
Combining the new thcOrctic
With orthodox taste of Queen Anne.
Each Intel wen tint with the shade o.
Pale sage. that dies family to blue;
And deck each dun wall with dado,
Consummaicly, utterly too!
The sunfowcr precious and lily
Alone IN the garden shall bloom,
Nor daisy, nor HaiiydownUily
To vUlgarilc Nature presume.
One priceless Iucti Bile Cup, too,
Wen place lu perpetual view,
And ceaSrlc-sly strive to live up TO
It's luscious cTru.ean hue.
So Art shall idcalizc too-ly
The infinite ycarnug7 OF sense,
And culture appreciate duly
Existence luleu civ Intense!
On. failing IN perfect devotion.
To the emblem. If ages ago,
Wen mug,c our melting emotion
In wonderful oneness OF woe.
H.-THE REALIZATION.
ISI MDuMS LuicFJ
Al! Now we're suprc ely aesthetic,
Artistic, COu~rWWaie and limp!
O . -l~icuau.c strictly aScctic,
our drapcrics sLlprlc-s and skmp
But-in confidence putting IL plainly
Between you and me, don't Won know
Don't Won Think. without sDrakng prOiancly
Ifs-wcil-u,t little hlt-siori
It's all very wen to be Utter
10 languish on lilies and love,
While mosquitoes. In clouds, dart and il.ttcr
I'm ambient ether above,
But there's nothing aesthetic in sporting
s ROSY proiuhorant nose,
And hlutchcs each feature dIstOrting,
A fruits oil artistic repoSc.
Then Study IN Sage" or a Dado,
is all very well lu US way
When you've critics 20 Halter your sk1y 10,
And patrons 10 buy I,-aId pay.
But alas! cen the tdwn; -lucd Sachcm
40 longer is rich rs of OIL,
And the Phllstln' iridCsHDn won't take en-
Ina lieu OF good silver and gold.
IN fact to one still in his senses
II hope may claim 10 he thatJ
Existence so rcTy intense Is
..OnotOnous not 90 say Hat
So, iorcswclTng limp robes and emotion,
sun flowers. sage green and Queen Anne,
Lei us drop the Intense IN the Ocean
And HE back TO London aud Man.
'ommouly written chcfdnuyrc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30
FANCY MITTENS.

We are indebted to S. E. S. for this pattern:
For medu1n-sized hand. cast on 76 stitches.
LIST row: (Purl 2, knit 81, purl 2, knit s. Re-
peat to end of third needle. Second and third
rows the same as first.
4th row: (Purl 2, knit 8 together, thread over,
knit l. thread over. knit l, thread over. knit i,
thread over, slip 1 Off knit together, throw
slipped stitch over purl 2, knit plain Repeat
from to end of third needle.
Repeat from beginning. Every third of the
open work make Scotch twist of the stitches.
To make the Scotch twist take the first four stitches
on the needle, knit around, then knit the stitches
taken of after knitting the other four. Have
twelve rows of open work on the wrist Garry the
Scotch twist with row of the shell work on each
side up the back of the hand, making the purl on
each side
To form the gore of the thumb widen about every
fourth row until you have "a stitches, making a
purled stitch each side of the gore and leaving
between the last puzzled stitch at side of shell
and purl stitch at side of thumb, 8
stitches Take off the 81 stitches for the
thumb, cast on s for the hand. OF the make
little gore narrowing TO 4. Narrow every other time
around. Knit on to the end little finger, narrow
the rows puzzled to one stitch purl narrow on the
outer sides of the shells, at the sides of the
plain, narrow al the centre of the plain rows, 3
stitches between about every fourth row around.
To make the thumb, take up the 81 stitches,
pick up the loops under the stitches cast
two stitches at each every other around.
Having - stitches a needle, knit the required
length and narrow off
To vary the size, cast on II stitches less or IL
stitches more.
This pattern is handsome in silk or Columbia
yarn
There can be fewer stitches used between the
thumb and the shell work but think the pref
test because 1t follows the purled row up from the
wrist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30
HELIOSTATIC sTAR-DISKs.

a heliOstat of the highest class says Mr. g.
w. ROystOn- Pig0tt, in Nature of September 20,
is doubtless beyond the means of ordinary OBJ
servers, but such an instrument as the one now
described is readily obtainable. Three sets of
achromatic lenses forming focal power of
one-fortieth, are in general sufficient If
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30

under the next CHI, repeat Alittle edgng at the
top is now worked with blue l Dc. under Gu,
g CHI. DC. under same CHI, Do. under next
8 CHI; repeat from Run blue cham III tne rouhu
of blue trebles, and add tassels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30

When little Minnie was two years old she
asted tor some water one night When IL was brought
she said Papa can't you get me some Iresh Maea
this little withered Her little sister Belle mo
great Distress crying: Ne can't Sec Aunt Bessie my
eyes are all bowed out"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30

Two weeks ago to-day there was printed in
This column an extract from an editorial taken
from The WatchmaR in regard TO General Car
fields religion. A correspondent who signs
himself Disciple Z writes TO The TRIBUNE,
claiming that the statements in the editorial
quoted put the Disciples OF Christ IN false
conversion with The Disciples" says our CORE
snondent, are, first an unequivOcal faith In
the Lord Jesus Christ in His divinity and as
the only Saviour; second, true repentance OF
all past sins, such repentance as Will repair all
wrong as far as lies in the power of the person
and third, an immersion in the name OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30

The Rev. DR.. J. NJ. Buckley, Editor of I he
Christian Adrocate, in the course OF an open
letter addressed to the Rev. Mr.. Beecher, in
regard to the latter's reference to Methodsm in
i recent sermon, tells this story OF the Ply
mouth pastor: You may remember that in the
summer of 1862 YOU addressed the students Of
a seminary located at Sanbornton Bridge
New Hampshire. On that occasion you were
tbc guest of the Hon. and Rev. James Pike,
formerly Member of Congress from that State
The undersigned had the honor 10 be enter
tanned there at the same time. On the wall of
the parlor of the house hung Il large engraving
representing a maStiil doing, while " small
dog was stealthiy stealing, piece OF meat
from the sleeper. After the morning repast,
YOU drew near to the picture, and with the in
imitable humor of which you are the unchal-
lengcd master, pointing to the sleeping mastltf,
Won said, That is Orthodoxy and to the little
thief so widc-awake, That is HeterodLoxTy.,"
Dr Buckley regrets that now when orthodoxy
wakes TO It's danger and begins to contend
earnestly for the faith once delivered to the
saints it finds Mr. Beecher among its foes.
The latters remarks were based upon the result
of the trial of Dr. Thomas