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New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
TWO NEW BAROMETERS.

In the January number of the ArChires des
Sciences Professors Duiour and AmsteIn de-
scribe simple registering barometer, now IN
use In the Meteorological Observatory OF Lau-
same. IL depends on displacement or the
centre OF gravity OF a glass tube containing
mercury. The form of the tube may be de-
scrlbed rs that of an l. leading down to "a by
n vertical portion. The lower end Is open.
Ihe tube swings IN the plane of Its angles on q
horizontal axis placed above the centre OF
gravity with increased barOmetrc pressure it
incllnes TO the right, with decreased pressure
to the left 4; and these movements are recorded
10y means of a style attached to the / part ana
applied To n moving strip OF paper By SIM
pie cOntTivaDce the pendulum of a clock Is
made to impart slight shock every second
swing to the tube, so AZ to destroy any adher-
ence OF mercury. The instrument is easily made,
and proves very sensitive and trustworthy.
A description of barometer for distant
points or great attitudes which could be read
10y means of the electric current was given at
late meeting of the Royal Scottish Society OF
Arts The electric barometer consists OF
twenty-five tubes placed side by side on
board or round pillar. Into each OF the upper
ends is fused fine platinum wire, dipping
down by tenths of an inch, so as to get . range
of twenty-five tenthS, or two and halt inches,
with the whole instrument. \ wire Is taken
from each OF the twenty-five wires, carefully
insulated from each other, together with re-
turn wire from the csteln ends. In all,
twenty-slx wires are made into a cable ana
continued to any convenient place for the OBJ
server. In the observing apartment the wires
are separated and attached to a dial, which is
connected with an electric bell and battery.
If the barometer were placed on a hill, and
cable taken therefrom to the observer, the
height of the mercury would be ascertained by
finding the shortest wire, when III circuit,
which would ring the bell. To arguments
which might be urged that readings of tepths
were not fine enough, it might be said that
such readings were better than no observa-
tiOns at all.
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
ANCIENT ENGLLSHMEN.

The earliest race of men who peOpled Eng
land, says Grant Allen in hHOriedDe, were the
black fellows OF the palROllthic or Older stone
age. They were lOwbrowed, herce-Jawed,
CrOuching creatures, inferior even 10 the exist
ING Australians. and were all swept away in tue
last glacial epoch. Long after the glaciers OF
the ice age had cleared of the face OF the coun-
/ uy, second race occupied Britain, some oi
whose descendants almost undoubtedly exist
there at the present day. These were the
neOlithc, or later stone age men, who have
been identified, with great probability, as a
branch of the same isolated Basque on Eustfa-
ran race which now lives among the valleys
of the Western Pyrenees aud the Asturlas
Mountains. Our knowledge of them Is mainly
derived from their tOmbs or barrOwS-great
heaps of earth which they piled up above the
bodies of their dead chiettains. From these
have been taken their skeletons, their weapons,
their domestic utensils and their ornaments
In stature the neOlitnc men were short anu
thick-set, not often exceeding five feet four
inches. In complexion, they were probably
white, but swarthy like the darkest Italians
and SpaDlards, or even the Moors. thelr Skulls
were very long ana narrow and they form the
best distinguishing mark of the race, as well as
the best test of its survival at the present day.
The nCOllthS were unacqualnted with the Use
of metal. but they employed weapons ana I'M
plemeHts of stone, not rudely Clipped, like
those of the older stone age. but carefully
ground ana polished. They made pottery, too,
and wove cloth they dOmestiCated pigs and
cattle; and they cultivated coarse cereals IN
the little plots which they cleared out OF the
forest with their stone hatchets or tomahawks.
In general culture, they were about at the
same level as the more advanced POlyheslan
tribes, when they first came into contact with
European civilization. Tie barrows which
they raised over their dead chieftains were long
and rather narrow, not round, like those Ot the
later Celtic conQucrOrs. They appear to haze
lived for the most part in little stockaded
villages, each occupying "A small clearing IN the
river valleys, and ruled over by single chief;
and the barrOws usually cap the summit OF the
boundary hills which overlook the little daes.
Inside them are lOng-chambercd galleries of
large. rough-hewn stones; and when these
primitive erectiOns are laid bare by the decay
or removal of the barrow, they form the so
called "Druidical monuments of Old-fasb-
ioned antiauaries, a few of which are Celtic,
but the greater part EuStrarian.
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
TIE LICK OBSERVATORY.

The great telescope for the Lick Observatory
will, it is expected, be ready before the stipu-
lated time. The contract calls for the q lass TO
be finished and delivered by November, l,
1883, and it is thought that the lens will be
constructed within that time. The price, as
agreed upon. is $4,000, $4,000 of which
was paid in advance on signing the contract.
Two Of the buildings at the summit of Mount
Hamilton, the site of the Lick Observatory,
have been complcted-the first dome and the
transit house. Within the first or small dome
Stands tbe twcIve-irch telescope of Clark'7 and
a four-inch comet-seeker, while the transit
house which stands few feet east OF the small
dome, is furnished with time instruments, all
in complete working order. The slX-lneh
meridian circle is TO stand short distance east
Of the transit house. The purity OF the air on
NonYt Hamilton will, it is believed enable the
new observatory TO surpa>s i'll results the Work
expected from the observatory just completed
ou Mouut Etua.
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
SOLAR PARALLAX.

The ROYAL Astronomical Society of England
has presented its gold medal to David Gill, now
astronomer at the Cape Of Good Hope, Tor his
Leliometer observations on the planet hars III
the autumn of 1877 made with the Ne" oil
determininr the solar parallaX. The Academy
of SCIENCES nj Paris have also awarded Mr.. Gil
the til = Vaiz prize for the same achievement. Mr.
Gi1 has twice applied what is known As the
diurnal method (hrst employed by Cassni two
centuries since) 10 observations ct Mars with
tbe beIiompter. The Ascension expedition has
been nronounced "A great success, twenty-five
series of observations of Mars having been OBJ
tanned, each of which affords value OF the par
aIiax, The discussion of the observations
proves that they were made with high degree
of precision. The value of the solar Paralil;aN
which Mr.. Gin obtained gives the mean dis
tance of the earth from the sun as 93,OsOOUO
m
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
Tile MICROSCOPE At HOME.

In a lecture on the Use of the microscope at
home, bv Henry PocklInGtOn, the following
directions are given for using the instrument
to detect adultcratcd dry goods: Most people
ike to be sure that they get what they pay for.
The microscope III many cases. places the pos
Sibity Of certainty on this point within the
reach of its owner. Suppose, for example. that
the lady Of the house wishes to know whether
the riece of silk she has set her heart upon TOR
a dress is all silk, or mixture with cotton, Jnte
or China grass, and, if all silk, whether II has
been loaded with dye and dressing: The
microscope will st her mind at rest. lake Il
pattern Of the silk, UnIaycl the warp and welt,
and examine it under the quarter inch ooJec-
tive, and you viii, at any rate, see whether all
the little thrcs, of which the weft and warp
are comprised look alike That OF course, VIII
not tell yOu whether the material Is SILK but II
You procure a piece of known silk, good raw
silk, aud study its appearance, and compare II
with the suspected specimen, you Will come TO
q sound conclusion very soon. 1hcn take a
little cotton and examine II 10 find that 1t con-
sists OF tattened tunes. CurlOusly twisted, quite
unlike the long cylindrical tubes of silk, and
different again from the long consistent tubes
of flax with their attenuated ends and marked
walls. Take wool and hairs of different kinds,
and examine them carefully, noting their
peculiaritics and yOu will soon be able to tell
whether your coat Is all wool, or, a. i much
more probable, not whether your wlteS able
muff or seal Jacket Is what it processes to be,
and Will not impTobably learn lesson IN the
department of trade morality.
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
HIGH TIDES AND THE MOON.

Professor Ball, of Dublin. has been recently
trying to prove that the moon Is the result OF
tidal evolution, that in the very remote past
when the moon was only 600 miles distant,
the earth must have been swept by tides Of
enormous height, and that these tides must have
been powerful agents in producing changes on
the earth's surface which geolOgiSts are now
unable 10 account for. In a recent number of
Nature, Professor Ncwberry, of Columbia Col
lege, goes carefully over the geological record,
and shows cOncusvcy that these hypothetical
high tides have left no trace Of their existence
and that since the beginning Of the geological
record the order of nature has been essentially
what it is to-day. The testimony Of the rocks
on this subject, says Professor NewDerry, Is so
fun and conclusive that it really leaves no
room for discussion; and hence the astrono-
mers have been in error in regard to the
genesis of the moon, and she never formed a
portion of the earth- mass, or the separation
took place at period so remote that she bad
receded 10 nearly her present distance before
the dawn OF lite on the earth.
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH STATIONS.

A Frenchman. VI. Menuiser, has Just prof
fered a novel and bold plan for enabling yes
selS crossing the Atlantic to communicate with
the mainland. Lay, he says, a telegraph cable
between Saint Nazaire, Bordeaux and New
York, with branch in mid-Ocean to Panama
Every sixty leagues, the average daily distance
covered by a ship, connect to the principal
cable a vertical cable, ending IN buoy at the
surface. To the right and left OF the principal
cable lay two branch cables, ten to twenty
leagues each, ending in vertical cable with
buovs These branches would form two crosses
with the main cable. The chances OF ships
sighting buoys would thus be frequent. Each
buoy has a number, and its position IN mid
ocean is known from special tables. W hen a
ship passing near a buoy wishes To telegraph II
connects its apparatus wire, one with the wire
of the buoy, the other with the 5uoy itself,
which serves as an carthwlre. Thus the ship
might communicate with "A central post which
should De established on an island or rock, or
ship moOrcd according to VI. Mennlslers sys-
tenn 4 vessel in distress near one buoy might,
through the central station, get help from a ship
passing near the next buoy. The difficult
matter wouid be the buoy. How would II re-
slst storms that have broken cables VI, Men
uisier has not yet described 1t IN detail, but
SAYS it is pronounced quite successful by com
petent navigators. 1t is luminous by night,
sonorous in fog. and easily accessible III any
weather.
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
AN AGATE FOREST.

According 10 The AOHhrestern LnmD"r"'dn
Railroad. while within from twenty to thirty,
five miles of Denver, Col, between Cherry ana
Running creeks, encountered somewhat re-
markahe obstruction ~ their further progress,
consisting of buried forest. The ueeS are al
petrified aud agatized, OF va1ons SIZES ana
are hurled at deptbs of from ten to twenty feet,
"a deep ~ the men found il necessary 10 go.
These trees were met in half a dozen localities
are perfect, and If proper machinery was used
could be unearthed nearly or quite Whoie'
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12

This glove with mitten is intended for child of
eighteen months. 1t is knitted with single zephyr
or Andalusian wool and needles Nos. Is and 10.
Cast on so stitches on No. Is needles.
LIST row: Knit together from the back OF the
loop twist stitch over, knit !. make or over,
knit two together from the back Of the loop twice,
make repeat from to the end of the row.
I'd Purl.
Sd TOW like the 1st
Repeat these rows more times, then knit u
rows Of ribbing Of l knit pur
2Sd row Kni; together, make l, knit : TO-
gether; repeat from"
24th row. Knit l. purl l. repeat then knit 80
rows Of the ribbing,
74th row Knit 2 together make l, knit :
together: REPEAT from TO the end of the row.
18th and next - rows ribbing Is before.
You now commence the hand.
LIST row: Work in Lrioche stitch, make l, slip l.,
knit I; repeat from >.
2d row Make l. slip l. knit together; repeat
from Knit "a rows like the last.
You now commence the thumb. On the first 10
ribs knit 80 rows then draw up all the stitches on
thread and sew tightly together On tie remainder
OF the stitches KNIT II rows.
49th row: Knit l, knit 2 together; repeat from
rows like the 5Oth
55th row: Knit two together throughout the
row; take up all the stitches on a thread, and sew
securely
You next work little frill hike the first - rows
then of knit l. purl l. and after this knit the
!ril to the last Of holes above the wrist
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
KNITTED WRISTLFT.

For zephyr. to make lady's size, cast on 50
stitches. 30 OF two needles and 90 on one For silk
LADY, slzo. cast On 80 stitches on two needles and
SO on one Knit J. thread over, knit 9, slip L. mar
row . toget ther. pass slipped stitch over, knit g.
thread over Repeat to end of needle by throwing
the thread over Repeat until the piece is the de-
sired length and then bind Cn.
This pretty pattern Is con rbuted by Z. j. c.
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
A VALUABLE TREE.

According to The Colonies and lnd'd the
Quillaja saponaria, native tree oil Chili, pos
sesses some valuable properties. It's bark Is
aid TO he used largely by wool and silk manu-
facturers as a powerful cleansing agent-a de-
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12

of the border color all around the edge of the sacque
aud hen finish with the shells OF tn ee treble,.
Run cord with tasses or a ribbon through the
holes at the neck, and you viii have neat sacque
very rapidly and easily made.
Materials reQuired-about three ounces OF SaXony
yaru-two of one color, one OF the other.
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12

coction of the bark rapidly removing grease
spots. IL is also used for a hair wash, and for
giving an artificial head 20 malt liquors.
New-York tribune., 1882-03-12

Leo. XIII. has addressed a letter to the
Italian bishops, in which, after describing the
situation rs fraught with dangers, he draw
their attention to the labOrs OF the enemies or
the Church for the destruction of all religion.
He deuOunces those who insist that the PaUacy
is an enemy TO civilization and the welfare OF
the people, and declares, on the contrary, that
il has always exercised its best influence IN
their interests. He cOnjurcs the bishops to
open their eyes 10 the dangers surrounding
them, and net to keep silence; to increase the
action and encourage the WOrk OF the CATHOLIC
Law societies throughout Italy; to protest
boldly in favor OF the temporal independence OF
the Head OF the Church 10 organize and de
velop the Catholic press at every sacrifice, and
to inspire their clergy with full conception OF
the difficulties 70 be met.
Archbishop Croke has declined the invitation of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals 10 join with the other bishops and
clergy in denOuncing the crueitles committed
on animals iii various parts OF Ireland. lie be-
Lieves that those committed nave been grossly
and Wiltully exaggerated with the object Ot IN
iuring the Land League. He says he is OF
oDiniOn that while il is right and becoming OF
the Queen 10 express in the way she has done
her adherence OF such crueltles, she might
with equal proprety have condemned the
cruelties praCtised upon Irish tenants by being
habitually bruised and beaten a;.d mercllessly
flung out sheterless on the roadside because OF
their inability TO meet the requirements OF
ruthless and exacting taSkmSsters.'
The Buddhist digntaries of Japan have taken
alarm at the spread of Christianity, and the
consequent decline of Buddhism among all
CLASSES of their cOuntrymen. They have ac-
cordingiy dispatched Nirtabake, dignitary of
high rank 20 India TO inquire into the present
condition Of Buddhism in that country. He
will then visit Germany and England 10 study
what influence the religions of these countries
Luve upon their own Governments and people.
He is accompanied by two interpreters. and
travels under the protection of the Japanese
Foreign Office. He starts with preconceived
idea that upon his return he will DC enabled to
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CONDENSED KILOGRAMS.

VIM SUABE, @ gardener living near
CINCINNATI, fatally shot his son on the 18th
and then cut his own.throat. -' '""'u'L 30.
REV. VIM THOMPSON, of Shawano,
Wis !,ssvith his wife, son, and daughter,
haye been declared. insance and placed in
Jail. '''' "' 2" Al'H
THOMAS HAsiMoND was shot dead by
John Grogsniinla New York grog- shop on
the 10th. Grogan had caused the arrest of
Hammond few days before, for assault
and battery, and Hammond had unwisely
threatened to kill him. t-r ygi,7o.-J az
A NOTED female desperate and horse
thief, named Bella Star, has been captured
by United States officers in Indian Terri
tory.su nuiloHgJJa lrH JouE .lauIuj 4H
WgSCoTD SMITH, of Washington, D.
O., has filedia bin In the Circuit Court ask
ing the appomtment Of agreceiver for the
Chicago Herald, and an injunction to ro-
strain the holders OF two mort gAges aggre-
eating $4,000 from foreclosing the same.
on the ground that they were frauduently
given in aid OF an alleged conspiracy 10
"freeze out" complainants and other stock
holders.nhd 9-0d3 ipods JOSH ~
Col. THOMAS REYNOLDS, State PEN
sion Agent'ioi MliWaukee, WIS.,. mas -Desn
arrested oy Government detective on y
cn"r!e o'-haNlng iergea names soo ot a,'eseu
pensioners to tAsiHpount Of 5000 by bogus
reeelptSio suoi All ~, ,g,l sp.BA =,
new ihdlctme Its are promised in the star
route cases. Grady. ID dorsey Il Col, AFRO said
TO be thoroughly scaredg and it iSalleged tho
Administration will furnish them neilherlaid
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crust Of bread in the mousse. and fiji said
that the children's lives might have been
saved had they been given proper food in
time. w,
The Egyptian Minister of finance has
a list oflanded estates Valued at E2O)O, 900
belosgi ing 20 leaders Of the rebellion. and
extensive confscations are foreshadowed.
The federal council OF switzerland has pro-
hibied recruiting for the Egyptian gem
darmerie
The body Of Mrs. Woods, of 'Cincin-
natl, one OF the victims OF the Asia disaster
on Georgian Bay, was found. stripped Of
jewelry and valuables, concealed on an island.
The light house Keeper discovered the
corpse a'week before the search party, but
said nothing. ''8'
The Pennsylvania road the other
evening ran a car from New York to New
ark, n. j., lighted by electric lamps fed by
Fsure accumulators, the experiment prov
ing thorough success. raJ se
A REPORT that the. channel tunnel is
dangerous 10 England has been made by
General Sir Archibald Alison, and General
WoIseley and the Duke Of Cambridge have
also entered objections.
THE bimetalic conference at Cologne
passed resolutions in favor OF suspension
Of sales OF silver by Germany and for the
calling in Of gold and paper below the value
Of ten marks.
A BILL of exchange for Sl5 issued by
bank at st. Joseph, NO., was recently paid
with $500 Mt the American Exchange Ma
tional Bank in New York, 1t having been
raised in the most skillful manner. no rH
MAYOR DE BEvoIsR, OF Hunters
Point, Long Island, has been held to bail in
$1,000 to answer indictments for embezzle-
ment and maIfeasance in office. .I
THE tug-boats Angus and Major, to-
gother with the narrow-g gauge railroad
freight depot and contents, Pier s, South
Wharves, Philadelphia, Pa, burned on the
10th. Three Of the crew of the Major were
badly burned, and number Of others seri-
ously injured by falling spars. Loss,
500, 900. Iin. .f .l.t .l ... ..t. .t....+
The arrest of drunken man caused
a serious riot in Limerick, Ireland the 9TH
er day. A mob stoned the police, one OF
whom had his skull fractured. The police
charged, and arrested the leaders. A sentry
stationed outside the barracks in Brabazon
Park was fired at and dangerously wounded.
Two pugilists bruised each other for
$3.50 side, near Kansas City, Mo-, on the
10Th. Three rounds were fought in ten
minutes and fourteen seconds. Mr. Hanley
OF Colorado was the favorite in the betting,
but Mr.. Sweeney Of Missouri got the money
on a foul. ."''i
| THE work of raising the, steamship
Gresham from the bottom of the river at
New Orleans has been abandoned in conse-
quence Of an accident on the 18th, when
some forty chains which had been placed
under the hull gave way under the strain.
DIR. j. d. WHEELER is held for &C
ton OF the grand-jury at Decatur, ILL.,. in
connection with the death of Miss Ella
Risley- .'i.eia. o..J ,a ...,t.
/ AN Italian professor has appeared at
Pensacola, Fla, claiming TO be able to cure
yellow fever inia few hours, without re-
stricting the patient in diet.
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dered man knocked Cooper down, and
would have killed him but for the interpo-
sition OF bystanders.
j. w. Bliss, an aged farmer livingi in
Germantown, Tenn, was assassinated while
standing at his bedroom window early the
other morning. No clew. a. - ~
AT the dedication of soldiers monu-
ment at Beverly Mass, the other day, a
platform fell with large number OF spec
tators, five Of whom were seriously in
jured. 80 OCDI =
DR. j. G. SALE, of Paint Creek, w.
Va, went to sleep on the track the other
night and was killed by freight train. He
was graduate Of Redwood College, and
stood high in his profession.
d I CONSTABLE KNAPP, of New Albany,
Ind, arrested Samuel Rankin, OF Louisville,
KY, the other night, for insulting ladies on
the street. On the way TO Jail Rankin
freed himself and fired bullet into the
officers abdomen, in1icting serious
wound.
. d. II. PORTER, a brakeman, fell from
his train at East Palestine, Ohio, on the 10th,
and was killed. NJ. O'Neill, Western
Union Telegraph lineman, was fatally in
jured by train near Davenport, Iowa, on
the same day. fl u ..f3.
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g. Fl CHIPS was attacked by two
men while driving on Coolidge avenue, Cam,
bridge, Mass, aptibiic ~thoroughfare at
half-pastten tps other morning. They shot
him in the eye and robbed him Of 5000. No
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LJAams wsGkEREY andrhYs sister EN-
ina were drowned while boating near HarT,
lem, NsYl ,0et!ll4.i) sdi "a oliiod Isq sias3 q
ALBEIT WILBqR, aged %, Yas beat
enit0 death by roughs in Indianapolis, Ind,
on the 10Th. sl1id au1d gil1 90
A DESPATCH from Constantipople says
Obeidaihh, & Kurdish CHIEF With ter thou-
sand followers, has demanded the surrender
ofiiVan 4 yI,hIrty ffl0nsand fPeTsians NAnd
Tirls are marching against him. iSic w
GEORGE COOPER found his wife prom
enading the.fAir 6 Rounds az Germantown,
KY, the other day, with George Insco, a
rival before marriage, and expressed dis
pleasure. Finding them together again in
the evening, the husband shot Insco three
times, killing him. A brother OF the MUIR