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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05
LIMESTONE IN NEW-YORK.

Professor james d. Dana has an interesting
article cone of series III The american journal
Of Science on the theological relations of the
Limestone Belts Of Wcstchcstcr County, New
York. The present article treats Of the lime
stone areas in the southern part of Westchestrr
County and the northern half of Manhattan
Island. and is accompanied by map showing
the position aud extent of the limestone DIS
posts. These deposits, says Professor Dana,
enable biologists TO explain such questions rs
the following: Why Harlem River has Us
present position and depth, and its north ana
south course. Why there is M Eighth-ave.
valley. Why the Inweod parade grounds are thn
Kings Bridge Road. Why, south of the In
wood Presbyterian Church, there was Kings
Bridge Road valley, TO fix the position OF that
old highway. Why Sherman's Creek bends
around the Fort George heights. Why Crom-
wells Greek exists, and the valley or Glove" TO
the north. Why Fleetwood Park is low ana
nearly fat except its western side. Why
Third-ave. in Harlem and tho region east OF Il
Is low. Why wide flats with small e1cepuonsl
extend from East River more than twO-thlrds
of tho way across the island just north Of Cen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05
STORING Up ELECTRICITY.


The Faurc battery continues To attract a',rn-
ton in France and England. y sl"ndt nj
of The L0ndOH Times tell, how lc carried "a
box of the storcd-up electricity from Iari~ L."
Glasgow He says: 4 iaurc battery, or PH
srcOnDrirc. was charged with the electro ilnih
direct from the ordinary Grove battery AMI III
nv presence. The receptacle consisted al four
Faurc batteries, each about FIVE inches III
amctcr and ten inches high, forming GYM
drica lcadcn vessel. and containing alternate
sheets Of metallic lead and minimum wrapped III
felt and rolled into spiral wcttcd With acIdn-
lated water, and the whole placed III square
wooden box, measuring about one cubic in"t
and weighing some seventy five pounds. inns
was protected ly loose wooden cover through
which the electrodes lin lead protrudcd' ana
were faitcncd down for convenience of trans
port This box of ~elcctric energy WAS
handed To me 10y VI. Faure, at my request, VIII
the object Of submitting 1t for examination ana
measurement TO the eminent clcctnclah' III
William Thomson NJ the University OF OIaS-
gov.
In about seventy two hours from tho time OF
charging in Paris ! had the satisfaction oi
presenting 10 Sir William Thomson NJ. faurr
box of electricity intact and potent. holding
10y measurement within that small space oil one
cubic foot power equivalent To nearly on"
million of foot pounds This wonderful box u
now deposited in the laboratory of the Glasgow
University, and being submitted "a a series "l
tests and measurements, the RESULTS OF some "l
which made Sir William CXcam. Why, IT.
little witch The writer enthusiastically adds
that the advantages Ia science and humanity mt
large which this discovery Cor rather pcrirc-
tOn Of NJ. g.. Plante's discovery is destined To
afford are of such transccndcut importance that
we cannot for the present form any correct csu-
mate of their magnitude.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05

MENTAL RERLExEs.-Undcr this general tltle'
~ I,on Lancet publishes article by Dr. Mortimer
granville on that frequent OF failure y the faculty
Of attention. namely thinking OF pso than one thing
at time Dr. Granville sssecs that ~ impossible Tor
the mind to be engaged 9th two topics at once the e1-
pertness which selns accomplish ths feat being IN
fact highly developed power OF gancng from one SUD
ject 70 another with great rapdty-a sort OF mehtN
trapezenyng, wherein the performer OFTEN ge' al WY
"a "a - ~ nernanently disabled; or, II he escapes
this calamity says Dr. Granville, there VII probably
come a fine when he will discover that lie mas so l-
1919 Tho MOVER a application that he ran scarcely
follow long sentence carry out sustained process
of reasOniuR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05
TIE SIMS DISTANCE.

Mr.. d. p. Todd assistant in the office of the
American Ephcmeris and Nautical Almana c.
discusses in The american Journal Of Science
derived from the American photographs of the
tansit of Venus in 1874. The result reached
is paralax of $3.50 +O". O34. This CORE
spends to nm actual mean distance between the
centres of the sun and earth Of 92,O2s,OOO
miles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05
CURRENT RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION.

II il no more necessary for the President of tis
United States to furnish wine 10 guests from me-
drinking countries than it would bc 10 furnish
whale-bubhcr and tallow candles for drlrgaii"n
Of EspuimauX. or Jrrhrd buffalo meat for company
Of Indian cheis.-i Philadelphia Christian states
mau.
II seems 10 us that each side IS partly rght anu
partly wrong. IOltssOT smith Is rlglit III seeking
exact truth IN hi, studies Whatever the result may
he So far as We an informed of his op'nlons-and
we have read with care volume Of his 10, lures
We believe some oi them To br mistaken. but often
they are lust bis spirit certainly Is rcSrent and
earnest although h is wrong IN having Jumped 1T
some CONCLUSIONS. lie WRONG alND. IN retaih-
ing his professorship, which. under existing orcum-
stances he should resign. tOr ne certainly hO'us
some views which the Free Church does hot admit.
ON the other hand the Free Church, while iighs III
standing iirmly by the truths ot the uo-pti 70 ls
understands them, aud In Insisting that Hs PIo-'
sors shall teach nothing which IL deems HN.Iur' >
wrong in not permitting larger freedom VI INV '''
gatiou.-lI The COngpgationalist
This multitude which buys The keviSeu IN -;
no LONGER supposes that the book was c"H y,
tho sky by the Almighty; the hand OF niah V s.es
and cnnfcssod words and sentences anu cnyP,,iJ
and narhans hooks are in the lible when so,h
not 80 there and il may be some IDEAS art iJE ~
| "a hich reason mnst now reject nu, Iio W -. ~
49, Generally educated above that lituei.oso my
| Joes not Distinguish between an opectl1n a"" -
uo;, and has come 10 that mental power when ashi
Co. tho adequate substance OF facts anu LAWS ""a
| rites aud doctrines.-l Professor s"nx' :
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
LINES IN TIE SOLAR SPECTRUM.

Dir. Norman LOckyer, Editor of Nature, the
leading English scientific journal, recently read
O valuable paper on certain lines in the solar
spectrum before the Royal Astronomical Sc
ciety The first point. he said which strikes
one IN examining n chart of the solar spectrum,
is the enormous number of the iron lines. They
remind one OF X eat piano, only few notes
of which are played over and over again In the
sun spot spectra, but always producing differ
cnt tune. If you examine the lines indivldu-
ally, you will find that every line has been seen
with every other line. One Ia struck by the
marvellous individuality. so to speak, Of each.
The lines do not go in battalions, or companies,
or cOrpOrals files, but III single units. The
great Importance Of obtaining these Observa-
tons is not so much for the observations them
selves as To- the comparison they enable us TO
make with the observations of the lines IN
prOnlinences, because the prominences are
dOwn-curTents where the solar atmosphere Is
brought down from cooler regions. They are
opposed to promincnccs, which are elections or
heaIcd matter from the interior of the sun.
Here, continued Mr.. Lockyer (pointing to
diagram) we have arranged the observations OF
prOminences by TacchiDi since 1872. What is
the result First of ALL you will note very
great simplification the brightest part of the
sun has given the fewcst lines. Next, there is
not a single line common TO the two series. In
passing from the iron lines in the spots to the
iron lines i'll the flames pass from one spec
trum To another, AMI the two spcctra are ms
distinct from one another a. the spectrum Oh
magnesium is distinct from the spectrum OF
chlorine, or any other substance you please.
These phenomena arc the last we should eX-
pcct We can understand that difference IN
the quantity of iron vapor present, might make
a certain difference III the spectrum hut we
are driven tn something quite Independent ot
any change corresponding to quantity. We see
that as the temperature Ii increased the sim
plcity of the spectrum Is increased just ~
chemist finds with regard Ia the substances
which he has under his control, the function ot
temperature is to simplify. Why, then, If this
is the result of working with increased tempcra-
t1irc here. should not the simpllcaton be due
to the breaking up OF the iron into simpler CON
stitucnts
Mr. Lockycr went ON To state that the pl oha-
hility that the elements arr so broken mp 10y
the intense heat Of the lower regions Of the
solar atmosphere is increased 10y finding that
many of the lines seen in the lower regions are
common to more than one element. lie did
not believe that the bright lines seen at the
beginning and end of tutality which are fire.
quently spoken of a. belonging to the reversing
layer correspond to the dark lines of the
Fraucnhofcr spectrum. In Witnessing another
total eclipse hC should concentrate his attcn-
ton on two of the basic iron lines. and note
their behavior at the instant q! tOtallty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05
IMPROVED GELATINE PROCESS.

Mr. W arncrkc recently described before the
PHOTOGRAPHIC Society of Great Britain m i'm
provrmcnt in the ordinary gcatlnc process,
based upon the fact that "A gciatinr plate sub
mittcd To pyrogallIc acid became in~1lGhIc IN
those parts acted upon 10y light, exactly III me
same way n gclatlnc Mar acted upon 10y
chronic salts, the Instability being III proper
ton to the amount of li.ht aud the thirhilcSS
of the Z, latino The draw back III the ordinary
proccssFa, that unless the exposure were dc'd-
ratcN timed there was considerable DANCE ol
ONrr-CXpU~lIc, and, ~ lI'tru~lhrauoh Wiz ull'-
cult pictures 10y the cclailnr process were
often inferior to those 10y cul"dlon. By the
new process he Was, however, able not "nlN l"
intensity but also Ia overcome ~" diaWha'hs
arising from ONcI-cNpu>trc. HE latter j.,
effected Low using the emulsion on paper. He had
found that no matter bow much the irpcr Wac
ovcr-cNpo>cd Tho picturc-ir"H the dr''I-
opcr was restrained sullicicntly-WdS not M
inred, while in the ease of The cnul,l" "n glass
there was not only halatlUn Ol thc IMAGE "u' II
reversal also.
The transfer " the image from paper ON f."
the glass was an easy matter. The paper W'l'
immersed in water and placed ~ coniar, WIFI %
glass plate. The supcriu"us moisture Wa fr,
moved by S,luccs'c, and IL" paper c"uIu
then hr stripped oil. leaving The u-~tir on tlr
,l,.. Ilnt water va, then applied. Whrh dis
solved all the eclainc not acted ou 'N liSit' To-
ccthcr with the iicc hruudc OF -"luhl" sails.
and the image vas lcit upon the cli-~ 100 &c.
lief InicnSiicatIou be- effected hS ruN1ur with
the emulsion = c"lu'ins non aciin.c matter.
which Wa not affected ht -HNrr. HHIih"
color, hr had found answered tire purp'-,. "it
in that way special emulsion f"r SPECIAL pure
pns,.- could hc prepared. That method OF it'j-
arafinn he thoii.hl would hc especially ,I'
able for magic Lantern ,lulr-. he claimed for
hi, discover, that hp it r,l, could h'. obtained
far more easily dian Joy tir ordinary h'n"n4A-
tied .clatinc, and thciol':r 10 Wd- t-i'' tfl.t
suitable for the Wnodburl typc pr"t"~-. l'f
mixing emery powder with toe emulsion % Wis
rendered iii for engraving I,Ip",',, and h'
combination with yiliiij,d color, the inil-'
could hc burnt in and WIS adap'"i '"r
ing cuanol- from caubouilcd -catinc The latter.
from the difficulty of huuiug 1t without thr
formation of bubbles, Wa Il .l'al ~"ui," "i
trouble. By using a suitable cmul- jon. h%"
ever - little gclaiinc mirhi be employed that
this dIawrark was overcome. The pi"r'Ss
could also hc adapted for coll"t!pc printing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05
HRRRNG-BONE EDGNG.

Use Sa1ony yarn, a-threaded. and very coarse
sesel needles.
oest sa % stitcbes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05

There are forty-two Baptist churches in tho
District of Columbian. OF these ten arc Willie,
and thiTty-two colOIed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05

Bishop Shanahan. of Harrisburg, q few Sun
days ago in Philadelphia, confirmed .62O per-
SONS mostly children, who attend five of the
Catholic churches in that city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05

THE CONGREGATIONAL ILCB MEEIING.-
There were some lively. things said ut the
twelfth. annual festival q the ConSregatlohal
C,rb. which was held in Boston on the evening
Of May rs. The Rev. DR.. G.. +. PentecoSt, who
was one Of the principal speakers told capital
story of Ncwl Haven divine who, after Iiio
of good works, was upon his death.be when
he received IA call from brother minister. he
latter found his sick friend in rather low spirits
and did what he could to cheer him. Finally,
however, the dying man said that he was not
depressed because he feared to die, or because
he doubted the truth of the Gospel he had
preached. lie believed that Heaven was before
him. and he had no doubt that everything was
TO he found in Heaven, but really he could no
get rid of the thought that in going 10 Heaye
lac would miss u great many New-H Haven priv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05

Resolutions of sympathy for the relatives I'd
friends of those who lost their lives IN ID.
steamboat disaster ut London. ont. were passed
n n recent meeting of the Montreal Conference
of the Methodist Church of Canada.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05

OF the s2J6. lGN - received in the last year
by The American College and educational %,
cicty, $Z29,> 81 WAS given for the USE of
colleges and to help needy young men in pre-
pairing for the ministry. of this latter Nnni
SIZES $50 was given 10y Mrs. Nal"ria q. St"nf.
of Maiden. Mass. In the last year $40 young
men have been assisted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05

The Rev c. II. Sturgeon. accompanied by
two of the dcacuns of lis church. intends, II il
said. to take journey Ia the Nile. The Rev.
Joseph Cook. it is also reported, has accepted
an invitation from Mr. Spurgeon to deliver
some lectures in the Metropolitan Tabernacle.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-21
AROUND TOWN.

The doors of the Register of Deeds
vault were placed in position Thursday.
We are of opinion that two or three
Herdics could make money in this city.
The project of establishing a Presby-
terrain institution OF learning at Empo-
ria is again being agitated.
Harry Norton purchased the lots upon
which the Gilchrist livery stables are To-
Gated, last week, of E. D. Fritz, for
$1,000.
The Amateur Band favored our Cit.
zens with fine public serenade Mon
day night. Repeat as oflen as you
please, boys.
E. T. Upton purchased the interest of
his late partner, w. A. Smith, in the
grocery business, at No. 1SS CONNER
cial street, Wednesday.
JEFF White and Trawl Whittlesey
have purchased the Peak stable, on
Sixth avenue, and have converted it IN
to veterinary hospital and feed stable.
Harry Leibfried lost dog which he
valued at $500, Thursday. He had APP
piled carbolIc acid to his hide for the
purpose of exterminating the fieas and
chiggets with which the animal was an.
noyed, and the treatment proved too
much for him.
We understand that the new ordinance
for the regulation Of tipping shops
adopted at the last meeting Of the city
council Is likely to make N fiutter among
the chaps who are running gin shops
under the attenuated guise of billiard
halls. We are glad to learn that the
fellows who have been aching so long
FOR an iron clad regulation are shout to
be accommodated
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-21
Resolutions of Condolenoe.


The following resolutions of respect
and coincidence We're recently adopted
by the NJ. E. Sunday School, relative 10
the death of Johnnie Nunson:
WHEREAS, BY a most sad casualty,
little Johnnie Munson, a member of the
M. L. Sunday School, of Emporia, and
of Mrs. Moffet's class, was, on The morn,
ing of July 4, 1881, deprived of his life,
his bereaved parents of his society and
we of his companionship; Therefore
Resotged, That we, as a Sunday School,
deeply sympathize with. his parents in
this their most sad bereavement in the
loss of their only child and dearly loved
Johnnie. That we kecnly feel our own
loss in this the ruthless taking off, of
one of our number in the innocence of
his budding youth, but that our un-
shaken trust and confidence, Is in Him
"who doeih all things wcll'' and who
carries the lambs in his arms, y for we
know that he hath assured US that soi
such is the kingdom of heaven, With
this assurance we confidently say to our
selves and to the sorrowing parents that
I'VE shall meet beyond the river
Where tie SufgeS cease to roll,
Where in all the bright forever
Sorrow mere can touch the sonl.~
Mrs A. s. MoFFET,
A. BUCKNER,
EUGENE HoGUE,.
Committee.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-21
Agnes Citx Aeorne

The weather has been very warm for
the last few days, the thermometer rang.
ing as high as 96 in the shade. :. Mr..
and Mrs 4. Howard start east on the
18th for an extended trip of
about three months; will take in
Wisconsin, Illinois. New York
and Vermont. ;. Road working is the
order of the day in Agnes City. !. The
towering form OF Harry Hibben put in
an appearance on the 2d of July, relocat-
ing one mile of road on Bluff Creek.
Now is the time for the county commls-
sioners TO dispose of portion of the
Rugglcs bridge by erecting q bridge on
Alma and Americas road. ;. Messrs.
Barclay and Fyfe have been spending
the week at Emporia, attending the scs-
sions of the Board of County Commits
sioners in the interest of road crossing
Bluff creek one mile east of the Morris
county line. Kansas excels in good nat.
ural roads, and yet at the crossings of
some Of our small streams there are some
that are no credit to the neighbor-
hoods. The attempted assassination
of the President is the all-absorbing
topic of the day, and the true
and sympathetic nature of the Amer
lean people has been fully demon
strated. 1t is truly gratifying to know
that Nihilists, Communists and assas-
sins have but few sympathizers in the
hearts of the true American. Farmers
are in the best of spirits. w. d. Ed
wards is having new roof on his dwell
ing house. Miss Jennie Noff was sun
struck last Sabbath. Miss Martha
Mcmillan has purchased the An
derson farm; considerations, twen-
ty--five hundred dollars ......
Last Sabbath was the warmest day of
the season-10O degrees. Agnes City
has blacksmith, ]. P. s. johnson. He
is not the johnson that is the happy
possessor of fourteen dogs, but is at all
times ready to wait on the public at the
following occupations: Blacksmithing,
carpenter and Joiner, pastering. attorney
at law, physician and surgeon, farmer
and stock-raiser. G. w. Halbord has
gone back to Illinois on business
CONDUIT
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-21
wRDSEsDAr, july %.

Yesterday was hot one and don't Won
forget it, The farmers report that The
chinch bugs are dying By the handfulis,
and that their molesiations are over for
this year. Emporia folks come up TO
Americas visiting on Sunday and find
their friends still locked in the arms of
Morpheus. viii ShacEer and one or
two other Dunlap boys had lively run
away about a half mile northwest OF
town. They were driving team of Tex
as horses belonging 10 Mr.. Sawyer, Of
Emporias when the horses became fright
ened. throwing the boys out of the wag-
on onto barbed wire feuce. The horses
then slit OUT at lively rate, kicking
the buggy to pieces generally. :. Rev.
Joel A. Barker has gone to Hart
ford to attend a church trial.
Butter is in demand and strong, while
cheese is "active.". Fifth avenue has
been partially graded; IT win help the
drainage in that vicinity amazingly.
George 10y. of Dunlap, is in town for a
few days. Peddlers are thicker in
town than fiddlers in Hades. We
counted seven moving machines
on a quarter section of ground
just "gobbling' up the grass.
J. c. Anderson, of this place has at last
concluded to be a candidate for the
office Of Register of Deeds at the fall
election Dir. Anderson is man Of
stannch integrity, possessed of excellent
business qualities, genial and social and
liked by all who know him. He has
made good citizen and would un-
doubtedly make 3 good officer. Il was
not until after the earnest solicitations
of his many frinds that Mr..
Anderson concluded to allow
his name TO be used as a candidate. He
is the popular candidate in this vicinity
and we would be glad 10 see him elect
ed. Wadsworth Wright is expected
to return to Americas IN couple Of
weeks having completed his term of
studies in Emporia.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-21
KIiled hv a EnlIinc Derrick

William Davis, employed by L. w.
Lewis, in the stone quarry at Cotton
wood, was almost instantly killed Mon
day afternoon by falling derrick,
which struck him on the head and in
flicted injuries from which he died in a
few minutes. The deceased, who was
twenty-one years of age, came from
Wales about eight months ago and made
his home with Robert Roberts, in this
city. His remains were brought TO En-
poria on freight train last night, and
were buried in Maplewood cemetery this
afternoon. His only near relative in
this city is a brother, who makes his
home with Col. H. C.. Whitley.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-21
Council Proceedincs.
CoUNou. CHAMBER, July is

COUNCIL CHAMBER, July Is, 81.
Regular meeting of the city council.
Present, Mayor Eastman and Messrs.
Fox, Bay, Ireland, Whittlesey, Halleck,
Watson, Theis.
Minutes Of meeting held July 18th
read and approved.
Petition ofseveral citizens, asking that
the application of j. 1. A1ayse for bll-
lard license be granted was read and on
motion, the petition was not granted.
Matter of special tax for sidewalk on
ot1iS Commercial street was referred
to committee on streets and alleys, to re.
port at next meeting.
Council went into executive session
and when the executive session was dis
solved, on motion of Mr. Watson the
following was adopted:
ResOLUed, That the street commissioner
is. hereby Instructed TO proceed to lay
the stone crossings with the street labor
as fast as he possibly can without inter
fering with other necessary work.
An ordinance fixing the salary of the
city attorney at ten (S10) dollars year,
was introduced, considered by section
under suspension of the rules, and
adopted by a unanimous vote.
An ordinance providing for the pay
ment of the following claims was adopt
o6 ix- a ~, 1Di,oo,1s VOTE ..-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-21
DEATHS

An infant child of d. Brewer, residing
west of town, died Thursday at an
early hour, and was buried that evening.
Died.
InEmpoTia, Friday. July IA, 1881. Of
cholera infantCm. Jessie, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Brew
er, aged 2 years, months and 10 days.
May the parents, who, for the third time,
have been called upon TO lay their little
ones beneath the cold elods of the valley
find solace. in the words of one of old
who hath said- sHe gave and He taketh
away: Blessed be the name
of the Lord" Perhaps no child was ever
more endeared to those. who knew her
than was little Jessie. Winning and at
tractive in all her ways, she was the
idol OF those who knew her The
cherished hope of fond mother. JOY
and comfort TO an invalid father, the
happy playmate of brothers and sister.
But alas the fond tics of affection have
been severed. and the bereayed ones
have only to hope for a union in that
land sover there where separations
never comes and no farewell tears are
ever shed. Mas. s. III. FISH.