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The herald., 1896-03-21

writer "HuXley was not fully apprecia-
ted until his latter days. He yearned in
vain for university post, and in 800
east his eyes toward America, but in
those early days classical prestige, even
in the enlightened new world, was dead
to the science which it was HuXley's $
great service in support of Darwin TO
place beside physics, in the lead OF all
others, in England"
Prof. OsbOrn's reference to HuXley's
thoughts of America at the time of his
trials, for what he considered proper
recognition at home in his early life.
is a truely significant disclosure. Ac-
cording to the comments of the noted
Columbia University biologist. who
knew him well enough ITO have that
much of his confidence, one would be
inclined to assume that had Huxley been
given the slightest encouragement to
come to this country and accept post
in one of cur universities his fame would
have been American.
1t is expected that there will be a large
surplus over the amount required for the
modelling of the statue, as was the case
in the Darwin subscription movement,
which is to be used for the founding OF
scholarships. A considerable amount
has already been pledged. several thou
sand pounds in England and several
thousand dollars in America. Andrew
Carnegie has contributed f10O. which,
being in London, he deposited with the
English committee.
JAMES s. HAMMOND.
The herald., 1896-03-21

Palaeontology, and especially in the lat
ter his tracing of relationships and philo-
sophical reasoning regarding these con-
nections which led to his finding the an
cestOrs of many creatures now living on
this earth in rocks, are contributions to
the great and newly developed Science
of Evolution that must ever stand monu-
mental reminders of what Huxley has
mastered for Science. But as Lord Kel-
vim has remarked he was not a man sat
isfied with being only specialist, con-
tent to investigate his special subjects.
He had mind that must broaden into
philosophic thought The moral lessons
of his biological work extended even in
to the field of politics. He was worker
who gave his life and sacrificed his
health for the advancement of the wei
fare of mankind, which he himself con-
sidered of even greater Importance than
his promotion of the more purely intel
lcctual sciences. who then deserves a
memorial or monument better than Hulk
Iey?' join Lord Kelvin in asking that
question"
At a recent meeting of the New York
Academy of Science a local committee
was constituted to assume control of the
New York end of the work. Those ac-
ccpting the honorable appointments
were Prof. William Stratford, of the
College of the City of New York who
was afterwards elected chairman. Prof.
George S. Huntington of the College
of Physicians and Surgeons, Prof. T.. b.
Wilson of Columbia University and Mr..
Charles +. Cox, Pres. of the n. Y. Sci.
entific Alliance. Grand Central Depot.
y. Y, who has since been elected treas
urer. The plan is to organize such bod
les in all the principal localities through
out the states, and some Of the other
large cities have already formed such
committees.
Like all genius, in advance Of its
'mc," Prof. Osborn remarked to the
The herald., 1896-03-21

1916 was to the pneumatic safety blcy.
Gle of 1896 The Lilienthal machine
seems likely to lead to important things
yet there are men who say Of the inveur
| tor: "He cannot fly up, he can only hy
down, he is a parachutist, flying squirA
rel. he has not solved the great prob.
lem True. he has not solved it, but
he has given partial solution. 1t Is noe
unlikely that men of 1916 regarded the
wheel of that day as some now regard
the Lilionthal soarer. They probably
considered the "bike" a good thing fos
coasting down hill, but not practical for
travelling as one could not climb hillG
with the things. Lilienthal flies not only
down. but also up. His course as q
whole is downward. The only reasoD
that his course is not as a whole upward,
is that he has not yet completed his aps
paratus for giving constant energy.
Although quite number of steam fys
ing machines have been constructed, and
many of them have been furnished with
beth light and powerful engines, they
have nearly all failed from one or more
of three causes; imperfect control OF the
angle at which the surfaces were pre-
sented in flight. improper balancing, or
unstable equilibrium.
A. NJ. Herring says that he construct
ed in 1891 Il model provided with set
Of compound steam engines, supplied
with an aluminium tubing condenser,
exposing about nine square feet Of sur
face. The engines, with their pumps,
circulator. shafting. boiler, boiler cover
ing furnace and tanks complete. but not
including the condenser. weighed less
than one pound. and developed a little
over two and one-tenth horse power. Tb~
The herald., 1896-03-21
Copyright 1896, by Bacheller. johnson l. Dacheer.

Never has the undertaking of an in
ternational memorial offering been en-
tertained with such rare enthusiasm in
America as the recently organized move
ment for the establishment of monu-
ment to the memory of the late Thomas
Henry Huxley, =. G. The unprecedent-
ed activity shown by the leading Ameri-
can scientific bodies at the time of the
eternal retirement Of the great Cham
pion of Evolution and embodied into nu-
merous devOut resolutions of brotherly
regret and declarations Of the most ear
nest assistance in whatever action the
home societies Of Huxley's nationality
should decide upon to give material ex-
preston Of gratitude, commended spe-
cial recognition in the work of this ac
complishment. by virtue of the joint
feelings so plainly shown. The great
scientist was always an ardent admirer
of the new, English speaking nation.
The herald., 1896-03-21
ESTABLISHING COMMUNICA.
mons WITH BESIEGED
FORT
FORT.

condenser, with its joints and connecs
tons complete, weighed only q little
more than three-fourths Of pound. The
total weight of the apparatus was i've
pounds, and the surface was IA EQuarU
feet The machine succeeded several
times In raising itself from the ground,
with its fuel and supplies, and without
any outside aid whatever, even ih start
ing, and Mr.. Herring succeeded In get
ting it to fly little over 24O feet 1t sus-
tained a trifle more than 30 pounds PEI
horse power, and had it not been destroy
dby the explosion Of it's regulator would
have enabled the model to carry at tho
rate of so to 60 pounds per horse power.
Mr.. Herring believes that the air VIII
be navigated by steam long before man
will be able to soar like the birds In aerA
oplanes.
Mr.. Hiram S. Maxim. the inventor Of
the famous gun which bears his mama.
and who has devoted MUCH time and
thought to the question Of flying ma
chimes. He says:
''The first experiments, which con-
Quoted were with an apparatus which,
travelled around circle 200 feet in cir
conference, and by mounting some de-
licate thermometers directly under the
path of the apparatus ascertained that
after it had been travelling at high
velocity for few seconds. there was q
well defined air current blowing down.
ward around the whole circle, SO that
The herald., 1896-03-21

IRl ION COlLlLEtrEI.
American scientists did not, however,
expect such marked preference as is
shown them in the list of names select
ed from the foreign members of the
general committee formed in London for
the purpose of establishing such an i'll
teresting memorial, and which recent
ly arrived in New York. A movement
to organize an independent national COM
mittee has been abandoned, as all the
influential scientists in the United
States are honored in the home organi-
Zation. which includes:
Prof. A. Agassiz, +. NJ. r. s., Cam
bridge. Mass; Prof. Harrison Allen.
Philadelphia; Il. P. Allis, Jun. Milwau-
University, Providence. II. l.: w. w.
Appleton, New York; DR.. G. T.. Beech
er, New Haven: DR.. ]. s. Billings, Wash
ington; Prof. w. X. Brooks, Baltimore;
Prof Il. U. Claypole. Akron, Ohio; Prof.
]. H. Comstock. Ithaca. N. Y.;Prof. Il.
d. Cope, Philadelphia; DR.. Elliott Cones,
Washington; DR.. Il. S. Dana, New Ha-
ven; Charles w. Eliot (Pres. Harvard
University. Cambridge, Mass: Prof. w.
G. Farlow, Cambridge; Samuel German.
Cambridge; Prof. Theodore Gill. Wash
ington: d. c. Gilman pres. Johns Hop
kins University. Baltimore; Dr. G.
Brown Goode. Washington; A. Benja-
min Gould. +. NJ. II. S., Cambridge; G.
Stanley Hall (Pres. Clark University.
Worcester. Mass: DR.. J. Hall. Albany,
\. Y; Samuel HensbOw. Boston: Prof
w. Fl. Howell, Baltimore; Prof. Alpheus
HYATT. Cambridge: w. James. Cam
bridge; DIR. d. s. Jordon Pres. Leland
Stanford University. Palo Alto, Cal;
DR.. 5. L. Langley, Washington; Prof.
The herald., 1896-03-21
PROF. HENRY +. OSBORN.

). re Coute, BerKley, CAL; Prof. J. p.
McMurrich, Ann Arbor, Mich; DR.. G.
e. Manigault, Charleston, S. c.; Prof.
Il. l.. Mark. Cambridge; Prof. o. C.
MARCH,, New Haven; DR.. G. Hart Mar
ram, Washington; Prof. G. $. Minot,
Cambridge; Prof. Il. s. Morse. Salem,
Mass; Prof. s. Newcomb, f. Nj. r. S..
Washington; Prof. H. A. Newton, f. NJ.
II s., New Haven; DR.. Il. ]. Nolan,
Philadelphia; Prof. G. e. Norton, Cam
bridge; Prof. Henry f. Osborn. New,
York; Prof. w. Osler, Baltimore; Prof.
]. X. Reas. New York; Prof. w. e. Rit-
ter, Berkeley, CAL; Prof. J. G. Schur-
man (Pres. Cornell University, Ithaca,
N. Y; Prof. w. b. Scott. Princeton, n.
j.; Samuel Scudder. Cambridge; DR.. X.
w. Shufeldt, Washington; J. B. Steere,
Ann Arbor, Mich; Prof. Il. H. Thurston,
Ithaca, N. Y; G. +. Thwing pres Wes-
tern Reserve University, Cleveland.
Ohio; Prof. A. Fl. Verrill, New Haven !;
Prof. G. Walcott, Washington; Prof. H.
B. Ward, Lincoln, Neb.; Dr. Charles A.
The herald., 1896-03-21

gems. is something Of coincidence.
Many astronomers have long believed
the coronal Streamcrs to he electric, and
have compared them TO those of the
aurora: but while the aurora is more
like the glow Of Il partially exhausted
tube. the corona is like the cathode rays
of highly exhausted Crookes tube.
Prof. Bigclow of the weather bureau
of Washington. has often pointed out
the likeness between the curves of the
coronal rays ana those of electric or
magnetic lines of force. such as those
in which view filings arrange them
selves when sprinliled over a magnet.
lie thinks that they ultimately reach
the earth. where they profoundly affect
the weather. originating cyclonc storms.
cold and warm waves. etc. The discov-
cry of Mr.. Packer may thus put at our
disposal the machinery for studying the
causes that lie at the root of all our
changes of weather. We can already
predict pretty well the progress of Il
storm when it has once started; we may
now be able. by studying Il series of
corona photographs, to tell when and
where it will start.
These experiments are strikingly IL
lustrated by some performed recently
by DR.. Pupin. of Columbia, who obtain
ed an artificial electrical discharge,
strongly resembling the corona. from
an electrified brass sphere enclosed in
an exhausted glass globe.
The herald., 1896-03-21

English peer, Huxley mas by MS life
long perseverance in working for the in
crease of natural knowledge, left to the
world monument more enduring than
any bronze or marble. OF his original
ity he gave early proof. Whilst still a
student in Charing Cross Hospital. he
made an exceedingly skillful and acute
microscopic investigation Of the struc-
ture of hair; he discovered a special
structure, and described it so in a COM
munication to the Medical Times and
Gazette with so much effect that. to this
day it is known as "HuXley's Layer
His indomitable resolution to go on with
work; his attraction to original investi-
gation-an irresistible passion of his
thorough life-was manifested from be-
geinning to end
'But Huxley's investigations were not
confined to microscopic examinations
and the dissection of plants and animals,
which is comparative anatomy, in
Guiding the vegetable world. He soon
took up the subjects Of Geology AM
The herald., 1896-03-21

my planes in passing forward must have
been influenced and their lifting ehect
reduced somewhat by this downward
current. My late experiments arc the
first which have ever been made with
an apparatus on large scale moving In
a straight line A flying machine to be
of any value must of necessity be large
enough to carry at least one man. ana
the larger the machine the smaller the
factor of the mans weight. Moreover,
it is possible to make engines of say
from POO to 400 horse power, lighter
per unit of power than very small en-.
gines from one to two horse power.
Professor Graham Bell, the inventor
of the telephone, is very much interested
in the question of artificial flight, and
has been for some time engaged in max
ing experiments at his summer residence
in Bedeque, Prince Edwards Island.
What success the Professor has mee
with. is not known. but he still keeps
up his experiments. in the hope that he
may solve the probleiAs that has vexe4
minds for more than four rnundred yeau.
WILLIAM E. BRYANT.
The herald., 1896-03-21
THE HUXLEY MEMORIAL.
Unusual Enthusiasm Over the Movement
in the United States.
AMERICAN SCIENTISTS IN IT.

A Statue to be Placed With Those of
Darwin and Owen in the Kensing-
ton Museum-Prof. Henry +. Os-
born, of Columbia College, One Of
the Only Two Americans Who
Studied With Huxley, Makes the
Startling Disclosure That the
World.Renowned Scientist Had a
Desire to Come to This Country in
the Beginning of His Career and
That Had He Been Given the
Slightest Encouragement His Pres
ent Great Fame Might Have Been
American.
The herald., 1896-03-21

Did you ever hear of any one craving
a nickel? Well that is what little boy
said to his mother one day. He wished
to buy toy which he had seen display
ed in show-window, and had been
teasing for nickel. Finally. when he
saw that 1t was doubtful about his re-
ceiving the money. he sail: Oh. MAN.
ma, just crave nickel."'
The herald., 1896-03-21


past few months than lave all tie
other astronomers OF the world since
the dawn OF time.
Packers first photographs were taken
with Il camera, of 4-inch apcftuS'
through screens OF tin and lead foil ana
sheet copper. Later he substituted II
pin-hole for the camera lelis. with great
advantage. lie made tArcc or lour pie
lures at time. some with the lens, and
some with the pn-hole. ana the close
agreement of detail showed that the
pictures were real, not ihe result OF
some reflection or roflaction in his in
strument. This was IN important point
TO prove, since his brother astronomers
would be sure TO suggest that such
remarkable results were probably un-
reliable.
The photographs thus taken show
that the streamers of the corona are
very closely connected with sun-spots.
Every sun-spot has its own ray: whci-
ever a prominent ray shoots out in the
corona, Il big sun-spot is sure to be
found at the bottom of il. The corona
changes. too. with the number of sun
spots. This accounts for the conflict
Dry accounts of observers ut cclpseS.
no two of whom ever saw the c0rcna
of the same shape and size. The reason
is now seen to be that its shape and size
depend on the sun-spot from which
its rays spring. Many of the most
prominent rays are twisted or spiral
n surprising fact, never before noted
ana at present ineXplicable.
But the most interesting part of The
new discovery is the announcement tha.
it definitely proves the corona 10 he
electrical in its nature. If this is So
every snn-spot must be vast centre of
electrical disturbance. sending out visi-
BILE rays into space. The similarity Of
these to the much talked of cathode
rays will ut once attract attention. and
the announcement of the discovery, com
ing as it does, close upon Prof. Rent
The herald., 1896-03-21

The suns corona, as is well known,
can be seen only during total solar eclp=
ses, when it shines out in soft, silvery
beams all around the dark body of the
moon as she crosses the suns disk. 1t
The herald., 1896-03-21

Mr.. Parker has seen moro of it in fEc |
past few months than lave all tGe
other astronomers OF the world since |
the dawn OF time.
The herald., 1896-03-21

test them thoroughly: and it is not until
now. when he is convinced that his dis
covery is real one. that he makes an
nouncement of it to his brother astrono-
merS.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-08
FLEXIBLE GLASS.
In Ancient Times 1t Was Made as Pliable
as Rubber.

In Ancient Times 1t Was Made as Pliable
as Rubber.
Scarcely a month passes without our
being informed of some new application
of glass in art or commerce, but there Is
one form of glass which is unknown to
most people, namely, soft glass, or glass
paste. Yet it is hundreds of years old.
The old Roman glaSsmakers carried to
the grave their secret method of prepar-
ing a glass paste, which they modelled
cold. just as we model clay This mall
Ieable glass, upon which you could get
the impression of your finger exactly as
with dough, gave off a most pleasant
perfume.
Another variety made by the Romans
had qualities similar to rubber; if it
were thrown down forcibly it rebounded;
IL struck with hammer it yielded and
Immediately resumed its original shape.
1t is related that the Emperor Tiberius
ordered workman's head cut off so that
he should not reveal the secret, the rea-
son given for this act being that If the
method of preparation became known
people would think no more of gold than
of dirt.
The secret of the manufacture of glass
paste died with the Roman artisans and
has never been discovered. Now we hear
that an eminent sculptor, who has we'll
equipped chemical laboratory, has sue
ceeded in producing a glass paste similar
to that described in ancient writings.
You can drive nails into it as you can
iptO lead
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-08
Music at East Lake for
dances five nights a week by
Montano's string band.
HE PAID HER BILLS.

Mrs. Tunnel Fled to Shield an Accused
Pastor-Brown in the Soup.
San Francisco, Aug. Mrs. M. f.
MOWER or Mrs. Tunnel, as she is better
known, yesterday finally consented to
tell what she knows of the great Brown
case. She settles once for all contro-
versy in reference to the Overman let
ters by declaring that Matte Overman
wrote them and that she received them.
They were consigned to friend, who
so far forgot his trust as to allow them
to be published. Mrs. Tunnel says she
fled from the city to shield the accused
pastor, for as she could not speak in his
favor she says she decided not to speak
at ALL The expenses during her flight
were paid by Dr. Brown.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-08
NEW PHYSICAL DlREC .OR.
Mr.. Charles Durham Was rendered Recep-
ton Last Night by the Y. M. C. A.


The members of the Young Mems
masse last night to extend royal well
come to the new physical director Mr..
Charles Durham. The large crowd pres
ent were delighted with the programme,
which was opened by Weber the clario-
net king, in the Washington Post"
march. Professor Weber's band played
the following selections:
"BlaclS Boys Frolic" Q3rass).
princess Bonnie" (waltz).
Gallant knights" (march).
Daughter of Love" (waltz).
merry Cleaners march.
Just Tell Them That You Saw Me"
(waltz).
"Rastus on Parade march).
After this musical treat Mr.. Durham
WAS introduced to the members of the
Young Mems Christian association, and
then followed a general Misunderstanding.
Every one seemed to be glad to welcome
one who is calculated to do so much to-
ward developing the physical manhood
OF this city.
Messrs. w. p Roden. Jack Montgom-
cry, Percy Rocket, James Levy and
Luther Ward, members of the reception
committee, then served delightful re-
freshmentS.
Mr.. Durham will have plenty of time
to devote to the instruction of the boys
and will leave nothing undone which will
lead to their physical development
Secretary Vinson has bright hopes for
the night school, which will open in Sep
TENDER.
There will be meeting tomorrow of
the Young Mems Christian association
at o'clock for young men. They will be
addressed by Mr.. Harry Wheeler and a
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-08
MAN WHO sPURNs MONEY.

Joe Steele Says That the Gifts of Mature
Are Enough for His Needs.
Joe Steele is aliving exemplification of
the theory that man can live without
money and not be tramp. There is no
disputing it, for he has done so. 1t hard
ly seems credible, and yet Joe says posi-
lively that he has not handled single
dollar in the last fifteen years, and at the
same time he has had all he wanted to
eat and a good comfortable place to
sleep, as well as all necessary clothes,
says the San Francisco Call
How has he done it? why? and where?
are questions one would naturally ask.
And it might be answered that Joe did
1t simply by taking advantage of the
gifts OF nature. The reason he did it was
because he was too old to work. The
place, or rather places, was along the
banks of the San Joaquin river.
OF course Joe hasn't had the advan-
tages of civilization, but at the same
time he has been free from the worries
incidental to living in civilized communi-
ties. He has lived as free as the air,
slept peacefully every night, and now, at
so years of age, feels like a boy.
According to his own story, there was
time when Joe Steele was a well known
man in California. He took his place in
the mad race for gold and at times was
in the lead. He dressed in the finest
clothes and frequented the most expen-
sive hotels saloons and restaurants. But
his time came, as we'll as many Others
and when he was only a little over so
years of age he was q penniless old man
walking up and down Montgomery street
in the hope that some friend would ask
him to dine.
Just exactly how the change came Is
something Joe has almost forgotten, but
he does know that some friend gave him
job to take care of a small hunting ark
On the friends death nobody came to
claim the ark, and Joe has simply re-
tanned possession of it ever since. Joe
Travelled up and down the river for sew
eral years, hunting and fishing, until
the ark became leaky and he had to tie
it up. In time the house on 1t fell down
and he replaced it with one of tule. His
present anchorage is a few miles above
Antioch, and he is one of the happiest
men in California. Joe says if he had
to live his life over again he would live
it as he is living now, but in locality
where nature is more bountiful than in
the San Joaquin marsh. AS it is he never
wants. There are plenty of fish and
frogs in the river, and tons of vegetables
float down its surface that have only to.
be picked up. Some of these he trades
for meal and flour, some he trades fer
old clothes. 800
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-08
Go to East Lake tonight.
See the pavilion studded with
1000 incandescent lights.
THEIR BONES GO HOME.

Lively Trade in Shipment of Dead Cinnamon
From San Francisco to Hong Kong.
The bones of every Chinaman who dies
in this country are sent back to the ce-
lestial empire for interment. They are
shipped in large boxes from San Fran
cisco under the designation of "fishbone"
at the rate of 500 ton. This fishbone
fiction is in order to evade the rule Of the
steamship companies, which charge full
passenger rates for the transportation of
dead bodies, says the New York World.
Nearly every Chinaman who comes
here is under the care of the six COM
panies. They sign contract guarantee
ing to return the bones of the dead for
burial with those of their ancestors. On
every steamer leaving San Francisco
there are invalid Chinese steerage pas
sengers who hope to live until they reach
their native country.
An agreement exists between the six
companies and the steamship managers
which forbids the burial of these China
men should they die at sea, and the six
con )anies furnish collins of the peculiar
Chinese pattern for use in such emer-
gencies.
When a Chinaman dies at sea the body
Is embalmed, placed IN a sealed coffin
and lowered into the hold. The expense
is paid by the other Chinese passengers
and the stewards of the ship. all of whom
belong to that race. t..,--
When the ship reaches Hongkong the
collins are delivered to the Tung Wah
hospital which gives them to their sur
viving friends in China Every China
man among us is supposed to be regis
tered at the Tung Wah hospital and with
the six companies at San Francisco.