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cial system was only "a question of time.
DIR. Spalding of Alabama said that it was
useless to keep the church in this country
in swaddling clothes, and for the web
footed conservative element in the confer
ence to keep pace with the swift-footed,
light-winged progressive young American
element. DR.. McKim of Maryland op-
posed the section, and the debate Was then
adjourned.
A message from the House of Bishops
announced the appointment of these Bish-
ops as members of the joint committee on
ecclesiastical relations: The Bishops of
Western New York, Long Island, Central
New York, Iowa, Springfield, Delaware,
Fond Du Lac. Michigan and the coadiutor
Bishop of Springfield. The House ap-
proved the appointments and named as its
own representatives Den Hoffman of New
York, Rev. Drs. Laidon, Nevin, Hibbard.
Hodges, Doherty: Saterlee, Jewell and De-
roset. Messrs. John A. King, William Key
ser of Baltimore, Hon. Melville e. Fuller,
H. Chauncey, w. Bayard Cutting, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Eldridge T. Gerry,
Thomas P. Nash and George L. Copeland.
The house then adjourned.
Dr. Dix announced the appointment as
fraternal delegates to the Canadian confer
ence as follows; D. R. Green of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa; Rev. Charles Sweet of
Maine, James w. Woolworth of Nebraska
and Peter White of Northern Michigan.
The House of Bishops this afternoon
took action looking to revision of the
Italian prayer-book, in order that it might
conform to the English version, and then
entered upon revision of the revised
canons.
The condition of Ex-Governor Bullock of
Georgia was unchanged to-day. He was
not regarded as in any danger.
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One Setback for Pugtlssts.

LINCOLN, NEBR., Oct. 15.-Prize-ighting
in Nebraska was given set back to-day,
when the Supreme Court affirmed the deci-
sion of the lower court sentencing James
Lindsey to two years in the penitentiary.
Lindsey and Lester Robbins of Platts-
mouth engaged in fight several months
ago. Lindsey repeatedly fouled his antag-
onist, and the referee upheld him. Rob-
bins died from injuries received, and Lind
sey was indicted for manslaughter, tried
and convicted. He appealed to theSupreme
Court without success. The trial of the
referee is still pending.
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Pacific Coast Patents.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 15.-Patents
have been issued as follows: Henry T.
Atkinson, assignor of one-haf to ]. E.
Morris. Oakland. streetcar brake; Lafayette
L. Bettys, Berkeley, sash-fastener; John
T. Bibbs, Tacoma, and A. I. Timewell,
Spokane, Wash, assignors to A. Dicken-
son, Chicago, ILL.,, automatic sack filling
and sewing machine; Erwin w. Harris,
Palisade, New, furnace door; Charles A.
Lord, assignor of one half to T. A. Kirk
patrick, San Francisco, trolley rope and
pole controller; Louis E.. Miller, Los
Angeles, current pumping machine.
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out u. the Third Round.

CLEVELAND, ONO, Oct. 15.-The fight
between Frank Gerard of Chicago light
weight champion of Illinois, and Eddie
Connolly of New Brunswick, originally
scheduled to occur before the Farragut
to be transferred to this city, was pulled off
tonight at the Cleveland Athletic Club.
The men both weighed less than 130
pounds, Gerard having four inches the best
of it in height. Connolly knocked Gerard
out in the third round.
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RUSSIA,S PROBABLE ACTION.
May attempt tn Take Korean Afdfrs Out
of japanese Hands,

OF OUpUHeSe 1IuWUSs
NEW YORK, n. Y. Oct. 16.-A special
cable dispatch to the Herald from ST..
Petersburg says:
1t is said that Prince Lobanoff will re-
turn here at once in consequence of recent
events in Korea. The opinion is explained
in Government circles that unwelcome re-
forms imposed by Japan upon the Korean
Government are the source of all the
trouble.
1t is thought that the powers already
allied for Intervention between China and
Japan should take over Korean affairs
from the Japanese. Prince Lobanoff's abb
sence, however, leaves much in doubt,
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Acceptance OF the Challenge.

RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT, Oct. 15.-The
Royal Victoria Yacht Club received tele-
gram from the secretary of the New York
Yacht Club accepting the challenge for
the Americas cup, issued by Charles D.
Rose through the Royal Victoria Yacht
Club, and giving notice that committee
had been appointed to arrange the condi-
tions of the race.
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Shot a .Naaro to Death.

NASHVILLE, TENN, Oct. 15.-Eugene
Valoy, negro living near Manchester in
Coffee County, was called out from his
cabin last night by a crowd of white men
and shot to death. They charged him
with keeping young white girl named
Daisy Copeland at his house.
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Struck a Reef.

AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, Oct. 15.-Ad-
vices from Bata via, Java. state that Portu-
guese warship which had been sent to
Tenor to suppress native instruction
has struck the Rapohasang reef Dutch
steamer has gone to her assistance.
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S,iit against a S,.is,t,, Estate.

sUISUN, CAL, Oct. 15.-W. S. Chap
man of San Francisco will commence an
action in the Superior Court of Solano
County against G. w. Wilson, admins
traitor of the estate of E. j. Wilson, de-
ceased, for $13, 1856, which Chapman claims
IS due to him on land transaction with
Wilson.
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The Fight Fashioned.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 15.-The
fight which was to have taken place be-
tween George Godfrey ard Billy Woods,
heavy-weights, at the Eureka Club to-
night, did not come off owing to the re-
fusal of the pugilists to contest for the
amount offered. The match was for the
gate receipts, but the attendance was too
small to pay expenses.
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Bankers Set at Libertn.

PLEASANTON. KANs., October 49,
Three of the Kincaid brothers, Zalmon,
cashier of the defunct Hood & Kincaid
Bank of this place; Robert, president of
the defunct Citizens Bank of Mound City,
and Joseph, stockholder, were to-day set
at liberty, the statute under which they
were indicted being declared unconstitu-
tionai.
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"But, " said he, "the railroad strikers cases
from Los Angeles will come up and it is
twin sister of the Debs case. will give it
my personal attention in court instead of
leaving it to my assistant Attorney Gen
eral ~
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Buralaru at Stefiacon..

STEILACOM, WASH, Oct, 15.-Burglars
entered the store of E. R. Rogers last night
and made away with $500 worth of gro-
ceries and clothing. They escaped in
roY-boat.
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All the Following Cases Are CurabIe !:

Catarrh of the head, stomach or bladder; all
bronchial diseases; all functional nervous dis
eases; 1t. Nitus' dance; hysteria: shaking palsy:
EPILEPSY; ali venereal Diseases all kinds Of blood
troubles; ulcers: wastes OF vital forces: rheuma-
tsm; gout: eczema; all skin diseases. from what
ever cause aris ng; psoriasis: all blood pois sonng:
Varicocele; poison oak: lost or impaired manhood;
spinal trouble; nervous exhaustion and proqtra-
ton; incipienL Paress; all kidney diseases: lum-
bago; sciatica; all bladder troubles: dyspepsia;
indigestion: constipation: all visceral disorders,
which are treated by the depuratng department.
Special instruments for bladder troubles.
These are few of the special diseases I'm which
exceptionally remarkable cures have been made
by the specialists and IL may frankly stated that
helping hand is extended TO every patient.
E@- Circulars and Testimonials of the
Great Hudyan Sent Free.
HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE.
Stockton, Market and Ellis SITS.
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Made Iu bu a Teleara,,..

.EASTON PA. Oct. 15.-Rev. Mr.. Moldenk,
president of the Lutheran conference in
session here was called to New York yes
terday on account of his wife's illness.
Mrs. Moldenk's illness was due to mis-
understanding of telegram. She, imag-
ined that it was message announcing her
husbands illness, and a hemorrhage re-
suited
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!Cholera in Dnmiettn.

CAIRO, EGYPT, Oct. 15.-Eleven cases OF
cholera and three deaths were reported in
Damietta up to October II. Since that
date no cases have been reported.
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rugs and wines. The prices were some
what larger than would have been received
at an auction room. They were not ex-
cesslve, as has been frequently the case at
similar affairs in the past.
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4 Stennshi,, BoiIer Busts.

GENOA, ITALY, Oct. 15.-A boiler of a
steamship lying in the harbor of Spezzia
exploded this morning, killing four stokers
and badly iniuring one of the engineers.
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Con.rnander Ia. Eaupt.

LONDON, ENG, Oct. Is. - Major-Gen-
eral 9. B. Knowles is gazetted as COM
mander OF the British troops in Egypt.
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Weak Men and Women

SHoULD USE DAMIANA BITTERs. THE
- great Mexican Remedy: eives HasftI5 -
Strength TO the Sexual OrEana ~A~
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ance of Bunker and Dunlop this military
OF the colony, commenced observations
and compiled valuable star catalogue,
afterward published by order of the Lords
of the Admiralty of England. In few
years the observatory became Government
institute under the direction successfully
of Rumker and Dunlop, and on the death
OF the latter was permitted to decline, its
work being discontinued altogether In 1855
Three years after the instruments were
transferred to Sydney, where a new obser-
vatory had been founded to meet the
urgent needs of the seafaring portion of
the population.
A finch equatorial and other instru-
ments having been added to the original
outfit, Mr.. Scott, the director resumed the
search for double stars so ably commenced
by Sir John Herschel and Dunlop in that
latitude.
AS some difficulty had been experienced
in recruiting the staff from among the
colonists, efforts were made to awaken an
interest in this useful and ennobling study,
and in a few years astronomical skill and
talent were no longer among the required
imports.
When the scope of the institution be-
came more varied, and the important duty
of geodetic surveys was assigned to it,
something more than ordinary skill in
star-gazing was needed in the manage
ment. and in 1870 III. G. Russell, the pres
ent efficient director, was appointed. Two
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still better instruments, but until 1859 his
astronomical duties extended no further.
In 1863 the equipment was transferred TO
new building, four miles south of Mel
bourne, and not long after observations of
the sun, moon and planets were commenced
with the aid of three assistants, and
the results published every year. Obserya-
tons of stars down to the tenth magnitude
were also undertaken and valuable cata-
logues published from time to time; and
the transit of Venus in 1874 was accorded
all the Importance that is due to that
singular phenomenon.
commission appointed by the r. A.
s., and composed of such eminent men as
Sir John Herschel, Lord Rose, Lassell
and others, ordered the construction of a
rejecting telescope four feet in aperture,
and, though it arrived in 1870, it was some
years before it was entirely completed so
as to give the best results. These were
chiefly obtained through the final read
justments which Mr.. Ellery found to be
necessary by means of careful expert
ments.
Surpassed in size only by that of Lord
Rose and Mr.. Common, its definition
of the objects viewed is reported to be
excellent since the repolishing of the mir
rors some months ago.
AS the great centers of engineering skill
and optical science are to be found in
northern countries, they have had a
monopoly of the colossal telescopes with
the exception of this great reflector; but
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10-inch equatorials of colonial manufac-
ture were added to the equipment and ex-
tenSlve preparations made to observe the
transit of Venus in 1874.
In these new lands magnetic and meteor
illogical observations are of special I'M
portanee, and any unique atmospheric
phenomena cannot be too soon discovered,
as life and health often pay heavy tribute
to the possibilities of untried surround
ings.
In these important branches Sydney be-
came the oracle in the colony of New South
Wales, and assumed the post filled by the
physical observatory of Kew in England.
The utilitarian side, however, does not
engross the entire attention OF the staff,
and cometary and planetary observations
are carried on with much success.
The 'great red spot" on the planet Jupi-
ter was detected in it's first beginnings and
drawing made of it by II. G, Russell two
years before it attracted the attention OF
the astronomical world at large.
The charting of the heavens IS now In
progress, and these practical believers in
home industry did not go beyond the linn
its of their own city for the entire con-
struction of star camera, with the excep-
ton of the lenses and one important
wheel which baff1ed the skill of the colony.
AS shown in the photograph, the instru-
ment consists OF two telescopes OF different
size, but SO mounted and weighted as to
balance each other, the name twin-tele
scope being often given to such a combina-
ton.
The larger. 1879 inches In aperture, is
foT Photographic work, and the other,
about half that aperture, is used as
pointer. The long extension constructed
crosswise is the polar axis which such an
elaborate continuance requires. In the
interests of home industry in general, it is
satisfactory to hear that excellent results
have been obtained.
Though the observatory is situated
rather centrally, it escapes many of the
Objectionable results of city surroundings,
as it is built on an eminence in a small
park and moreover, has beneath it solid
sandstone lodges of thickness that defies
the tremors caused by street traffic.
The scope of the work has continued to
widen steadily, and the publications that
appear from time to time are of great value
to the sailor and to the scientist.
The present site of the populous city of
Adelaide was a verdant bur unculivated
tract on the banks OF the River Torrens far
into the present century; but, like the
other cities of the watery world that
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MAPyELSoF NeDEPN Astronomy
~. Dose OHdoron n7n

Forming a spherical triangle with the
tapering extremities of Africa and South
America, and nearly equidlstant from
them. the shores of Southeastern Australia
rise above the watery wastes OF the South
ern hemisphere.
1t seems. indeed, as if an adequate num-
Der of relay stations were thus designedly
provided for successive vigils as the Won
ders of the.night sweep by overhead.
If the astronomer of Chile discovers
some. great comet through the southwest
ern haze be knows that its career is in con-
ven;ent view of the Jealous watchers under
Australian skies, and that few hours
later on 1t meets the investigating gaze OF
Cape Town before it rises to his view again
in the southeast. If it were otherwise
many intermediate phases would be lost
to the scientific world. This effect OF rota-
ton is either boon or bane to the first
observer, according as science or self pre-
dominates within him. The general men,
bers of the astronomical profession, though
cumulative, are singularly cooperative and
fair minded, and the first discoverer of an
object is very apt to retire from his post
satisfied that the views lost to him will be
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LAMP-It was shown recently that among
the coming changes whereby better results
would be attained in general lighting was
the use of the inverted arc lamp. The in
version of the arc has been adopted under
many conditions, and to the mass of testi-
mony in it's favor is now added the ex
perience of Rhode Island manufacturer.
He tried the plan for twelve months and
found it much more economical than either
gas or incandeseent lamps. His factory
has already forty-two inverted arcs and
before next winter the whole of the works
will be equipped with them. The price of
arc lamps is now so low that tho cost of
installation is about the same, for equiva-
lent illumination, as ineandescents, and
the expense of maintenance, including
interest, is about the same as renewals on
an incaldescent plant. One of the advan-
tages of the arc is that it is always up to
full candlepower, while incandescents be-
gin to deteriorate the moment they are put
into service. Another objection to incan-
descents, noticed particularly in worsted
mills, is the oily scum which settles
on the outside of the glass bulbs. This
deposit readily collects lint and particles
of dust floating in the air, and
the result is material decrease in
the quantity of light until the lamps are
removed from the sockets and washed.
For long time the arc light, with its in
tense glare and deep shadow, lost much of
its illuminating value In posted rooms, or
rooms having much shafting and betting.
Now that the light is thrown upward by
the inversion of the lamp and refracted
downward by the white ceiling, the rays
are equally diffused through the apart
ment and the ideal system for mill light
ing has been reached. The important
question for the manufacturer to consider
is whether this method of lighting is sufi-
GENTLY economical for his purpose. A
mill-owner, who is satisfied on this point,
has supplied some illustrative figures. In
a braiding-room 1876 feet long. &c feet wide,
and II feet high, in which were two rows
of posts, main shaft and three short
counter-shafts, and 400 braiding machines
distributed in IA rows of 30 machines each,
he replaced 81 gasjets by eight inverted arc
lamps. The lamps were placed in two rows,
each row being II feet from the side walls.
The "a gasjets consumed in one evening
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sprung up on some desolate shore, its
stately buildings now number hundreds,
and its halls and academies devoted to
scientific pursuits show that the widest
surroundings cannot permanently numb
the intellectual yearnings of the Caucasian
races, though such yearnings may be
wisely subordinated to physical needs for
many years.
Though not one of the most imposing of
these structures, perhaps that which best
indicates its cultural advances is the OBJ
servatory, first established when the city
was twenty-four years in existence, in
1860, with Director Todd (now Sir
Charles Todd in charge as Govern
ment astronomer. AS in many of
these official institutes, the instruments
at first were small and inferior,
but some years later an appropriation was
voted to the use of the observatory, and
medium-sized equatorial, a large transit
instrument and suitable outfit for meteor
illogical observations were procured.
Observations of the positions of the
southern telescope stars, of the planets
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standpoint. Though oceans roll between
some of them, jointly they grid the austral
armament in unbroken vigil. Undoubt-
eddy well-selected equatorial station has
unique advantages, but science gains more
by southerly distribution of observers.
1t is to be regretted that Helsingfors,
Russia, in north latitude so deg. 8 min.,
cannot have a cooperative antipodal
station for magnetic and astronomical
observation.
New Zealand, at the central point of the
watery hemisphere, may, in the near
future, take prominent place in scientific
research.
The period of the famous prospective
trip to London Bridge will be too late, as
northern cooperation could not then be
relied upon. Cape Horn is scarcely less
inaccessible and uninhabitable than some
East Indian stations, and all Antarctic oasis
might be found as endurable as the sum-
nit of Mont Blanc.
There is still scope for new establish
ments in the southern seas.
Even those who are not star-gazers will
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rectors of Melbourne, Sydney and AIDE
laide met IN conference in the former city
to consider the interests of Australian sci
ence, and especially of the meteorological
department No doubt the needs OF the
country will be efficiently dealt with, as
long experience is an invaluable factor IN
practical science.
The private observatory OF John Teb-
butt, Windsor, N. s. W., owes its existence
to the scientific predictions OF the owner,
fostered TO some extent by the official en-
enlargement given to the study OF astron-
omy previous to 1861. 1t is now more than
forty years since he commenced TO observe
and measure with 115-inch telescope the
celestial orbs that at that period gllm-
mered down unnoticed by the gold-hunt-
ing colonists, who sought only the CLEANS
hidden in the murky earth.
The residence of this scientist occupies a
hill on the eastern side of the town OF
Windsor, near the confluence of the South
Creek with the Hawkesburg River. g
He built small observatory close by for
a 315-lnch refractor, and later on,when he
became owner of a 415-inch, substantial
brick building was prepared Tor 1t.
This moderate-sized instrument, now
ever, soon gave place to fine S-lnch equa-
tor1al, with which his later work has been
chiefly carried on. Early in bis as
tIOHOHiiCdl career II TeCelNcu 1HC pliSOicSo
impetus of an independent discovery.
The great comet of 1861, which, according
to the calculations of M. Liais CT Rio de
Janeiro, harmlessly swept the surface of the
earth, was first seen, by Mr. Tebbutt. on
May Ii of that year.
Cometary science, to which he has been
specially devoted, is much indebted to his
vigils, extended over half century, and
again in 1881 he was the first to announce
the great comet of that year. Few OF these
celestial wanderers have roamed the
austral skies unseen and unmeasured by
the vigilant watcher on the hills of Wind
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dian, inclines as it passes toward the west,
is top downward near the south point OF
the horizon and inclines again as 1t passes
eastward.
Below the cross is the prosphorescent
Magellanic clouds, two strange groups
composed of stars, nebule and clusters
that convey the impression that they had
rolled from the larger mass and left voids
behind. And the mysterious pole, the i'm
movable southern spot unmarked by
star or nebula, that lies in the slightly
sprinkled space above the "clouds."
Dwellers in these southern lands see the
principal northern stars and, in addition.
their own bright skies. They see the sun,
moon and planets at about the same alti-
tude as we do. but inverted. and north
erly aspect there is one of heat and sun
shine.
Our circumpolar stars they can see, and
perhaps, with the perversity of human ma
ture, repine for the standpoint of the star
gazers OF ancient times.
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days, now forty years gone by, when he
fulfilled the duties of his post on the
heights of Williamstown with the simple
adjustments of sextant.
Sir Thomas Brisbane was one of those
gifted men whose talents take markedly
twofold character, and though an efficient
soldier, his well-set mind rose above the
coarsening influence of military camp life,
and he became as expert with the use of
the sextant as with the saber or rife.
At Parramatta fourteen miles from the
city Of Sydney, n. s. W., he built an OBJ
servatory in 1921 at his own expense, ana
provided instruments of sufficient size for
the needs of research IN a field that had
been little needed since the return OF La
caille nearly seventy years before from the
Cape of Good Hope. With the able assist