Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-06-13
CHIPS.

A Quakeress. Betsey Ross. IL said
to have made the first dag Of stars and
stripes used In the United States Army.
still standing on Arch Street, Philadel-
phiA. and DOW there IL talk OF buying IL.
and moving IL. ~ well AZ William PENIS
house, 10 Chicago for the Worlds Fair.
.when Emerson'. library was burn
ing in Concord relates Miss Alcott,
II went to him, AZ he stood with the
freight on his strong. sweet face. and
endeavored 10 express my sympathy for
the los. Of his most valued possessions:
but he answered cheerily: Never mind,
Louisa: see what q beautiful blaze they
make. We will enjoy that now The
lesson MAS never forgotten: and, in the
varied losses that have come TO me.
have learned to look for something beau
tiful and bright"
Prof. Z. Z. Barnard of the Lick OBJ
servatory, now famous as the discoyerer
Of Jupiter's ffth satellite, IL only about
forty years old. Only few years ago,
according 10 the Pitlsburg Chronicle
Telegraph. he Was learning q scAnty liv-
ing AZ clerk In q photograph gallery
10 Nashville, Tenn. He possessed .
ever. and devoted his spare moments 10
study. His means were 40 limited that
IL Was long before he could succeed 10
saving enough money TO purchase even
a very small telescope. Finally. he
attracted the attention OF Albert Roberts.
recently consul AZ Hamilton, Can, and
At that time editor OF the Nashville
American. Through Mr.. Roberts infiu-
ence he MAS admitted TO Vanderbilt
University as an assistant Instructor In
astronomy: and there the budding
genius OF the young man began 70
develop. To keep the pot boiling. young
Barnard gave up his nights TO . search
Of the heavens for comets, and has
probably discovered more than any liy-
ing astronomer. While at Vanderbilt,
he received five prizes Of 800 each from
the Rochester Warner Observatory.
When the Lick Observatory va. opened.
he Was offered the place OF assistant OBJ
server. and accepted"
Chicago University IL fortunate. In
deed. in the prospect OF having the larg-
eat and most powerful refracting tele-
scope in the world. That Of the Lick
Observatory has an aperture Of 30 inches;
thi. Il 10 be ~, or eleven inches greater
than that Of Lick. IL IL the gift Of Chas.
T. Yerke., the street railway msgnate.
who has given the trustees odr. pdnoA,
20 contract for the finest glass In the
world and equip Il with everything
needed TO make IL the best. Mr.. Clark
Ia. been engaged to grind the wonderful
lens, which will probably be cast abroad.
The cost will be st least half q million
dollars, and II IL hoped that IL will De all
mounted In ls?5. This biz OF American
enterprise recalls that the French are
planning for q Worlds Fair 10 1900, and
that q French astronomer-M. Del
nocle-expects TO have constructed In
season for II the largest rejecting tele-
scope ever attempted. Its glass disc
will he . feet 10 inches In diameter. -
inches Thick, and will weigh about nine
tons. IL IL expected to co.t about the
same As the proposed Yerkes refractor.
and TO render visible on the surface OF
the moon .'objects not more than five
feet square, The world will be i'm
patient for the discoveries sure TO result
from instruments 30 largely surprising
any In present use.