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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10

FIG IVA TYPICAL sUN-sPoTS (PRoy. LANGLEY.l
Here we see what Is, l suppose, the most beautiful
representation OF sun spot ever made. III any or you
telescopes you must not expect 70 see anything Ike
that. This was made by Langley, observing with
telescope OF thirteen inches diameter. and Is called
typca! snsp T. parts OF 1t taken different times from
different Spots. Usually thu pictures Of Trcuveo repre-
sent the appelran as seen VITA three or Tour nch
telescope. nahs you have first the hlament5 OF che
philosophers ali around the spot suppose that here
there Is upward current rushing from the centre OF
the sun outward. We have shown also the central cav
iy and its thaIch, stgaws leaning It, There Is also
represented what appears like rOs CRYSTALS, composed
OF little fan-shaped iamenls pointed at the end which
is very IL would require very long eel scope
and very good SEEING 10 get snch ne solar surface
Langley have not seen. At irs felt little suspicious
of little personal equation about that pear-shaped ap
pearance, but inere Il not nave seeD u myself anu
Langley tells that ne has seen IL several evenings
since then. This think we may call most beautiful
Tue sun spots follow period; in some years they are
plenty and in other years few That had been noticed
noticed anhl 1851, wneD schwa5e, OF Dossau,
showed that there was regular rlse ana falL
Tue perodicy Is not regular Ike that OF the planets IN
their orbits. Some OF the periods are as long as IL
years. while others are nos more than or " the aver
age being III lS according 10 W0l since the ODscrVa-
tons began.
side or tue Oiher There Is regular change every DAY
OF u small amount, md besides hat there are Irregular
disturbances Tho aurora boreais axes the needle
with It, Some years are magnetieaiy
stormy ana ,o. %ees @ s
OF the sun spots and thc magnetic variations or tue
cRfths surface. Iherc is large aclOO. WLO DeeNc t
the spots iuiu the Seather. do not think the
evidence satisfactory one way or the other. Nobody
can tell whether the colder when nu-
merous spots appear upon Its surface. The part which
Is spotted OF course, colder but the Other portions
may stirred up may glye more heat. Tie
prevailing impression Is that the sun gives moro heat
when the spots hrc more numerous. That Il the In
preston, bat there Is sort 0f doubt as To magnetic
disturbances II there any Telegraph operators here
they VIII remember the magnetic Disturbance OF last
November when in Chicago the switchboard Was set
on lire by the current from the aurora.
do not suppose that "a connected with the great
sunspot which broke out few days before. II was
enormous IN which showed Itself IN America ElrOpe
and ASIA and every whore the netc lines depending
upon the earths magnetism perfec .ly cray with
excitement say suppose that Il connected with
the sun spot bat was the connection Is dare not tel
= dOn's know Il. wound tell you II 1 did
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The Star Route trial
was resumed this morning Postmaster Gooch. OF
Rosta Colorado. testified 10 the operations OF tho
Star Service between Pueblo and Rosta.
Ex-Postmaster Walters OF Greenwood'a station the
same route said there usually three four letters
q day received at his office.
On cross-examinat'on the witness required to
locate Greenwood He confessed that he could not do
it, He lived in tent when he first went there, and
Greenwood appeared to move around all over tho
country. The post-oflce often moved. and wher-
ever 1t happened to be- there Greenwood IL fol-
lowed the post Office" said Mr.. Ingersol, and the
post-ofnce followed the mail carrier"
Some time CONSUMED at this stage OF the proceed
ings In wrange between counsel over the production
of certain petitions The Judge finally lost patience and
insisted that the subject must be dropped When the
proper time the full power OF lte Court said ne,
would be exercised TO compel the production OF the pa
pcrs but the time of the public ana the Court must Do
economical, This thrilling with the Court must cease
Another ruling OF the Court defining the duties OF the
jury seemed be particularly repngnant TO he deence
and Il was excepted EOOth on account OF It's snect
matter and the language In which IL was couchcd AZ
length ANNOYED By frequent Interruptions, the Court
Turning 10 the fury exclaimed: Gentlemen OF the jury
this rs All wind-a wind IL Is intended TO nave an H.
fuence unon Won when IL should pot
Finally the taking OF testimony was resumed Assllt-
amt Postmaster Marks, OF Pueblo being called 10 tne
stand After some routine testimony the Court ad-
iOurned until tomorrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
AFRAID or TYPHUS FETER.

Tho Board of Health is investigating the death
of Sabna Merriam age seventeen who died on
Monday in the large tenement house ut No. 1863
Hester.st The two physicians who attended the
young woman, Drs. j. r. Parker, of No. 373
Bro0me-st., and John Burke. of No. al Hester-st.,
gave, in the death certificate, typhoid fever as the
disease from which she died. But the neghbors
affirm that it was typhus not typhoid This is the
fifth death In this tenement within short time Of
this desease aud oIder sister of Miss Merriam Is
sick in bed III the next room TO the body with what
the doctors also diagnose as typhoid fever.
Dr. Parker said last nighG 10 d TRIBUNE reporter
that it was difficult to draw a line between the
symptoms OF the two diseases, but he Oellevel the
case 10 he one of typhoid fever. The young woman
manifested cerebral symptoms which were alike 10
both Diseases but she also had Other symptoms
which were to be found exclusively IN typhoia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
An ALLEGED BLACKmAILER HELD

William Harrison. who is alleged to have at
tempted to bnckmai Mrs. Elizabeth Rich, was
taken before Justice Blxby i'll the Jefferson Market
Police Court yesterday. for examination. Mrs.
Rich's SON n-law George W. Galnger. produced q
letter. which. he said she had received Yesterday
morning 1t was dated. January ), New Haven,
Conn. and ia signed S. Grotta The writor stated
that u man. William Hewitt. was proprietor OF the
Selden House. in New Haven, in 1881. He en-
closed "A receipt for 1885, written on the back OF one
of the business cards of the hotel by. Hewitt OF
whom he speaks very unfay orably. He says that
from tho description of Harrison be thinks that he
and Hewitt are the same person. lie sent the re-
re,ot 40 that the handwritings could be compared.
Hewitt. he says, formerly kept hotel IN Asbury
park n j. aud his mother lives in Gle veland. OHIO.
Harrison thon made o statement similar to that
published yesterday. He signed 1t and the writing
was almost a fac simlle of the writing on the re-
ceipt seat by Grotta, and it resemhIed the writing
of many of the letters received by Mrs. Rich. De-
fectiye.Sergeants Haley and Rutland made thor
ough search on Monday for no lawyer named Bur-
rough's mentioned by Harrison but failed to find
any trace of him They visited among other places
the Continental Hotel, whore Harrison says that
he held an interview with Burroughs. Justice
Bixby read Harrison's statement, looked over his
spectacles, smiled and then said to him: Your bail
will be e / 900"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10

Actin sps q Bolomster r. Admirable rssa1ss
a. Sensitive tialvnnometer b. Battery.
q. Constant resistance.
FIG. 1.-THE BoLoMETER.
This ia six inches long. II consists essentially OF
little grating a. a MADE OF iron or platinum slps sue
by side, 101 900 to 1510OO OF an ineh thcK-hs1 as
thin as they be made-snd connected IN TINS way
There are two sets OF them, one here ana the other
divided into two halves o. b). II the sunlight that we
wish TO measure ia allowed TO fall upon these
strips 1t will Immediately produce a change
i'm their electrical resistance and for the sake of any
electrician that may he present wi indicate the con-
nection battery OF cells Is used anu current Is ieu
from hse wTed ana ana To s eonneract each
otter this gavanometer will stand perfectly sun.
IIS c s9T 0F Int ns ths is heated ever so little
"a hundred thousandth OF degreeit VIII diner III IL
is warmed even little hit the gavanometer Will grow
orazy t is an instrument for measuring however not
merely showing the presence Of heat It's rse NUMBER
OF degrees will show how much the heat measures Now
the way this thing ia used is to experiment upon the
amount OF heat just with the pyrhe0netor when tne
sun is low down aud then it is high II that is
done when there il white ght-al the rays OF Lgh to-
geGher-then get result but If we separate and
Try first with the violet, then with the red and yellow
light. then from those indications we get the
means of finding how much tae ga sar'hS .n a.
OF light The trouble Il that it does affect them dlier
emily II heats up the violet light so THAI NJ the top OF
d,es not take much OF the green gnt or so much
OF the yellow. and it docS take omt g great
deal OF the red, and from experiments
year ago upon Mount Whitney Professor Langley
whom 1 am glad to see with you to,nignt-
has come to the . conclusion that the
sun would be very blue indeed II we could
get rid OF own atmosphere AID that We
nave n vastly varied amount ~ radiation; that
the air outs OF much than Il generniy
thought. and that II could experiment aFDVe
the atmosphere ohoud get greater variations than
we do.
Among the means We have OF c0mmunicat-
Ing to otaers the appearance OF tho sun
one OF the most ADVANTAGEOUS Is phO.
Biography The photograph does not snow yon all hat
might 5e seen by delicate eye but II shows you some
thin could not Otherwise De Observed People 40
not often mean to tell lies. bnt they often do,
and in the srvaOns and drawings that may be made
OF spots and planets good deal OF
Imagination sometimes hoips 20 form the PIC
gfaph fairly represented you know ii speaks the
cesshIlly prosecu. ed IN New-YOrk than any
where else. Mr. Rutherford made a picture
whigh shows these remarkable black spots that change
with very great rapidlty Magnify these pictures and
ind that the suns not Uniform al ALL but
has n considerably mOttled surface.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10

As 10 what tho sun ia made Of hero IA drawing Of
ordinary spectroscopc AT tins point lmarked IN the
an inch wide, admits the light. At the other end
OF this conalor IA lens, from when
from that into another telescope the eye which
spectrum band OF colored light red ut end and
SOMETIMES instead of prism different arrangement
l. called grating Now-York has had
until reS S these s%S@. viea @ 3
ruling engine upon spectrum metal. the one when
Is about two inches wide covered win lines ruled az
distance OF about 600 to the tnc these lines beng
liz inches long. The grating set In this manner mas the
property OF producing to certain me eAiS Ssu 1
light and In many respects 10 more eohVisnieh h
sorvatons. The COLI niaor Is about foot long The
Telescope has prism placed before IL IN 'hs wa! lOI
"a rs for the gazing covers a series OF spectres over
tapping each other In the higher ORDERS anu pJ Tue use
of The Drism they are separated and appear ono
above another where otherwise they would overlap
. Take "A portion of the spectrum In n blue color a
point Of color marked with lines upon ltEsome BLACK
sight having sort Of meaning or purpose 10 them,
The way in which those are formed Is Lgnl coming
through q YapOr viii give no dark INES corresponding
precisely to those bright lines Take vapOr or gas and
look at It through the speeroscope and II would give
@ metal and we fnd that each in the form of vapor
gives its own peculiar lines The dark lines on
be accounted for by the different Kinds OF
yapur In the Where are they Are they above tie
surface OF the II they at the time OF eclipse
we ought to see lhe lines bright An attempt made
TO see them IN 1868 and 1869 but for some reason
IL did not succeed; but In 1870 the thing did
come but beautifully at the eclipse in southern spain.
Just before the eclipse became full the lines looked like
those nave described except that the spectrum OF the
corona had grown bright, and few OF the other lines
had begun grow bright But the time the eclipse
became total things changed, AMI all the lines became
bright What was left then, the moon covered
up the sun, OF the suns atmosphere projecting
out beyond the edge Of the moon, and II was n very
beautiful sight. Tue whole length OF the spectrum %as
filed red upon end. In the middle and blue
upon other. 1t passed out and then Lost In
moment.
Professor Young described the methods of obtaining
photographs OF tw0 specra simultaneously for the pur
poses OF comparison By the Instruments OF Professor
LOckyer.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
SONGS BY A THOUSAND CHILDREN

The annual festival of the Italian school at No
100 Leonard-st. took place last evening. The GYM
nasium had been fitted up with seats and hand.
somely decorated with the Italian and American
colOrs. The portraits of Washington Victor I'm
manuel King Humbert and his Queen also decor
ated the walls. A number of visitors were present,
among whom were Egisto z. Fabbr of the firm Of
Drexel, Morgan e. Co., and his brother, Ernesto G.
bed, chattering laughing. irrepressibe In their de-
light. They sang, under the direction of Mr. Con-
terno, several songs, among which Were the Flag
of the Freen and a war song. "Al Campo COM
pagni." Prof. V. Botta and Count DE Revel. the
Italian yIce-Consul, made addresses. the latter
speaking in Italian. AZ the children dispersed they
each received bag Of fruit, earnest OF SUP
stantial presents to be given them next week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
REPORTED TO HAVE TAKEN Arsenic

Herr Ludwig Barnay, the distinguished (yerma,
tragedian, who has been advertised to aupear dmr.
ing the week at the Thaia Theatre in the charac.
tiers of Uiiliam Tell and Corolanus hasnot appeared
since Thursday night. Last night the manager in.
formed the audience who were assembled to see him
play William Tell, that he would not
appear until Friday evening. The reason
given was that the actor has been suifer
ing with severe sore throat. A rumor
was in circulation last night at Police Headquar-
ters founded upon an assertion of an employee OF
the theatre, that the real trouble with Herr Barnay
was that he had taken an overdose of arsenic. For
what reason or in what quantity he took the poison
could not be learned, the manager of the theatre
No. 227 East Eleventh-st. where Herr Barnay Il
staying, inquiries were made, but no information
was OH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10

lie has written full particulars. and srnar, o..
letter to- morrow shalt at once get ont fnl, ~
OF new properties and send them on to the com nanv
at Kansas City, where they play for week, Irs,n.
ning January Y. Last night they played at Cedar
Rapids. without any scenery. presume the com.
pany VIII have 70 Ito idle until they get their uew
outft. shall hasten its preparation.
Mi butler teisaraphed that the collision was dus
to discrepancy Of four minutes IN the watch OF the
CONDUCTOR ''"'' '-' "~'S~ Va 'ne
A., Inc members Of the company are: Miss Leila
s si Miss Joan Goodrich Mrs. J. w. BanKson.
prs prs =; D. Rouse. Miss Birdie banksun. Louis At,
kins. VIZ. DaboIl, G. B. Rider T. II. Cheney
tn1enry n1twood =. b. Rouse, Edwin Nalid n. i.
Moye, and Mr. Dunbar property man.
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Imagine these he parallel red lines and then In the
middle Of It darkish brown band some parts OF the
lines OF the spectrum you see forms on the edge
Of the sun Here what ia called the chromosplere, as
II appears to VA In the spectrum.
Professor Young then explained concluding set OF
pictures which showed many different varieties of prom
neuccs on the edge Of the There was the utmost
variety In the Storm and size Of the prominence no two
OF them beng exactly alike Some looked ike raGiated
epes Others like shapoless clouds blotches. while
sim others resemblcd lofty jets. yOutes, rheafs, ana
spfn- The spirul-sh1ptd promfnences the Lecturer
sa were whs and eddcs IN the upper air N the sun
In one interesting picture there appeared prominence
that resenbled violent dame bursting from narrow
orcc and another picture showed thin twisted stem
connecting the SUMS edge With irregular cloud masses.
some sets the pictures OF observation showing that
each prominence rapidly changed its form and size the
mass sometimes moving with most extraordinary veloc-
inv IL was these many formed pFOminences. the lee
ttrer explained which produced the Irregular rim OF
coorcd light about the rim OF the moon IN total
eclpse OF the sun and called the corona. These pro-
tubernces Themselves masses OF matter
thrown of heayed up from the chrOmosphere of the
sun The last two pictures exhibited were from rose
coored plates and showed several promnences nearly
rs they would appear through telescope to the eye OF
uohaa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10

We see before figure showing the constitution OF the
SUM- il only small portion, what Is meant TO rep
resent the sbelthe photosphere, light sphere,
of the sun don't suppose IL is perfectly smooth sheli
indeed know II is not. because can the elevations
oInewhat. The earth the scale that
this ia represented wOud DO just about
the size OF the point there indicating iii, and the
moons orb on that scale would be represented by
this dotted line here ponting 10 it, Asto the thickness
NJ the photospbere don't know anything. have ndi-
Gated il here as being $1,000 10000 miles; but
don't suppose 1t is very thick. probably not more
than 100000 miles and probably not less
than 10000; but we know nothing about that Above
IL this brsy appearance "a meant 10 represent Whh -
produced gases that shooting up through IT,,
known as the philosophers and rs tue Germans would
say these represent the radiation seen outside the sum
which until short time ago had not Deen observer.
Professor Huggns OF England, did, however, per
form the feat OF actually getting photograph OF tnls
external 10 broad sunlight. Here IS the phOt0,
sphere above IL the chromOsphere aud OUTSIDE Oi all
nov, for an instrument that is used in measur-
ing the heat OF the sun. In rohgn
"a picture of Pouiilets pyrheometer measurer OF
solar fire. thrown ON the IL showed round.
fastened standard in such way taat its direction
conid be changed 10 direct the disc toward the
sum- AT the lower end OF the stem attached ar
rangement for revolving the instrument rapdly Inc
dIscke vessel was OF silyered copper, biackened
the upper surface Into II IL poured determined guam
THY OF water and thermometer being Immersed the
BY turning this you keep the water well mixed up
which il Important The weak point is that the stirring
IA lot enough Now you can put an umbrella over II
and let IL stand five minutes then note now much the
thermometer chan gessay half degree. Then take the
thermometer away and let the sun shine lve minutes
Sl snsh Saa ang .p pessd tBsp Il cbs5Ses
Quarter Of N degree you would now DO Warranted IN
saying that external causes produce change OF about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
GREETING THE vlcE-REGAL PARTY

SAN FRANCISCO, JAM "a dispatch rom
Tucson, Ariz says; The vice-regai party, WITH
Colonel Tourtellotte and guard passed through this
place this morning. remaining nearly quarter OF en-
hour Though a few citizens. including the Mayor were
at the depot TO extond greetings, the Marquis ana
Princess did appear In an interview with Coonsi
tween the Princess Louise and Lady Macdonald ne
stated that there no foundation for the allegations.
and that the report undoubtedly originated by sir
John Macdonalds iriends political capital 20 ASSIST
the Canadian Premier 70 the ueneraiship !"
the end OF the Marquis VI Lorne's Term this year,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
PERFORMING WITHOUT ANY SCENERY

Regarding the mishaps to the Lights o. London"
company and the destruction of its property in tho
collision between the ST. Louis express tram and the
Minneapolis fast express train Oh the Burlng ton
Cedar Rapids aud Northern Railroad near Cedar
Rapids early Monday morning j. W. Collier. the
manager of the company. said Yesterday; l have
received three kilograms from b. H. Butler, the
treasurer oil the company. who represents mo. one
stating that the accldenthad occurred the property
had been DESTROYED, all asking for instructions.
The second told of the death of William Scott, the
property man. and the last stated that the body
had been sent to his late home The regular property
man left tho company in Indiana. and Scott was
picked up ut Fort Wayne believe have tele-
gIaphed TO MI. Butler to act on his own Judgment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
SUCCEEDING PARTLY IN THEIR EFFORT

The efforts of certain officers of the Revenue
Marine Service TO have q special meeting of the
Chamber OF Commerce called In teeir interest to
protest against the transfer of thnt service 10 tie
Navy Department., AS mentioned in yesterdays
TRIBUNE. have been successful in qualified sense.
special meeting has been called at $50 D..
tomorrow to consider House Bill No. 7,l5S, pro-
posing to establish Bureau Of Mercantile .aiine.'
This bill includes the transfer Of the officers and
vessels of the Revenue Marine to the Naval Serv lce
large number OF the officers favor the transfer,
while others are opposed. Some of the members OF
the Chamber ure opposed To the discussion OF what
they consider individual gries ances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
THE SUN.
PROFESSOR YouNG's SECOND LECTURE.

PROFESSOR YOUNG'S SECOND LECTURE.
A MASS OF INFORMATION CROWDED INTO TALK OF
AN HOUR AND A HALF.
At the Church of the Strangers, in Mercer-st.,
near Clinton-piace, last night Professor c. A.
Young of Princeton College. delivered the second
of a course of popular lectures on astronomy. HIS
subject was " The Sum-" and he talked In q rapid
but ofi-hand manner, crowding great mass OF IN
formation into the hour and half that the lee
turc lasted. He listened to with very great at
tention by audience that was excellent IN char
acter and fairly large though the church was not
crowded Professor Langley of the Allegheny
Observatory was among the listeners. Next Tues
day evening Professor Young will talk about the
moon and its cclipses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY JANUARY TO- 1888

generally held ia that they are clouds Of condensed ma
terals looking like one Of summer thunder ciouos
q tall column with its base floating 1000 or 2OOO ieee
above the earths surfsce REACHING up ana IN,
bottom. imagine that most Of those are columns nke
that seen endways; and yet nobody would suppose
from their appearance that we saw them endways. 1
see that Mr. Hastings rather demurs to that ana tnnks
they are roughly gl0bular. Ny impression ~ thas on
the whole they stand up the suns surface towaru U.s.
and that In the spots we SEQ them drawn out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10

The distribution OF the solar spots "a not found 70 cover
its whole surface. In this diagram T. SHOWN the disrt
bnnn OF 400 spots, observed by CarTin gOn between
1888 1901. You there very few IN the suns
equator aud at an near the suns poles On the
other side have drawn a diagram Ieprrs ntlng the dis
ihutCn 0i The pr0tgbsrances aud p.OninrDccs In the
sun which follows very nearly the same law. with
the exception OF the region near tho poles
Were there are good many IFomi-
nenccs where The spos are most numerous
the prom meme not numerous. and the prOmi-
fo0W he pcrodciy of the spots. for when the
sp0ts ara most nancrOuS, the prominonees are most
mn