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a spectrograph, the young scientist de-
vised the details in accordance with the
require ments of the great Work he has
undertaken. The delicate poise of condi-
tons necessary to insure ideal scientific
results has been carefully considered, and
it is safe to assert that all previous work
in this line is distanced by the accuracy OF
adjustment, as well as by the llgft-gath-
ering power OF the great lens. The illus
tration from a photograph taken for The
CALL shows the main parts of the ppIi-
ance, on the perfection of which rests to
some extent the fame of Mount Ha milton
spectrography. All the light of star
falling on the great lens comes to focus.
and at distances of So feet is condensed to
1875 of its first arsa, or to ~ inches IN
diameter. But what is thus lost in size is
gained in intensity.
The upper part of the spectrograph takes
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skilled observer whose mathematical at
tainments are of high order.
Professor W. w. Campbell, now con-
nected with the observatory for several
years. is singula1ly fitted for this, his
chosen work, to which his time during
The coming five years will be devoted, to
the exclusion of nearly all other branches
of research. Probably the most precise
work done in this line previous to 1894
was that OF DR.. Keller, formerly of the
Lick Observatory, with the visual spec
troscope of that institution. By substi-
tuting small camera for the eyepiece,
Professor Campbell used it for some time
for spectra- photography, but its weight
and construction were unsuited to long
continued exposures, in which stability is
OF the highest in portance.
D. o. Mills of New York having gener-
ously provided FUNDS for the purchase of
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the place of the eyepiece, and the Slit
which is variable in dimensions, can be
reduced to .0l of an inch in length and
.001 in breadth. smallness being impera-
lively required to hinder the overlapping
of images in the spectrum. The collin
ator conveys the light to the three prisms.
com posed of dense flint glass, to insure
sufficient dispersion, as the travelling
CLEAN passes successfully through them.
fraction which is reflected falls on a
guiding prism and when viewed through
the small tube above serves as signal
that the ethereal herald has flown its des-
tined route.
By means of driving clock the giant
telescope keeps pace with the diurnal mo-
ton of the heavens to the west, but to in
sure easy and i'm mediate correction of any
slight disparity that might arise plain
wooden pole attached tenn porarily to the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-23

la Russo, which spared the fastidiou!
diner-out the horrid spectacle of CORY
gravy pouring out of rare Joint.
In nothing else are we so far in advance
OF toe past as in the art of dining out, and
In this respect we are proceeding from
glory to glory, as we import foreign dishes
and foreign manners and customs. Tho
relation between tobacco and food, for in
stance, is one that has not as yet received
adequate treatment. The matter has been
limited at by contem porary Moham me d an
poet, Achmet Fazi-ood- deem, of Algunj
In poem of which translation ap-
peared in THE CALL two Sundays ego.
Some one has pithily said that he could
tell whether a man were a gentleman or
not from the linen he wore; but it is easier
to establish this point from the way in
which man orders his dinner. The fol-
lowing personal experience bears on this
point and illustrates Oliver Wendell
Holmes assertion that it takes several
generations to make a gentleman: Ten
or twelve years ago l had the felicity to
travel on the same steamer from Hobart
Town to Melbourne with two young Aus
tralians who were returning to Murrum-
bidsee after doing Europe for FIVE years.
They had made pretence of studying at
Heidelberg; they had been admitted 10
one of the 'corps" there, and had fought
duels with honorable distinction; they
had lived in Berlin and Paris and Iunched
at all the notable restaurants in those
great centers OF cooking, and were alto
gether delightful in dozen ways, so that
when they asked me to dine with them at
Menzies' Hotel in Melbourne l accepted
gratefully, anticipating feast OF reason
and, Herewith, savory meats.
The menu, as usual, was overburdened
with dishes in every course. This is one
of the inevitable evils that one has to con.
tend with in every great caravansary and
my heart has often bled for the artists
who are compelled by the exigenc;es of
the public NAV to write these CATALOGUES
OF eatabtcs, and TO bring homogeneous
dishes into juxtaposition, but the wav
these young fellows discussed the menu
and the wines convinced me that could
safely leave my stomach in their hands
so to speak. Between them they planned
the following dinner for our party:
Huitres de California sur CoouiIle.
POTAGE
Creme de Volatile, a la Greer Harrison.
HoRs D'GUvREs
Bombay Duck"
POISSON
Pompano, la Joe Reddinr.
ENTREES
TER apin en- Classes. la Maryland.
supreme de Volatile, a la Chauncey Depew.
The matter of punch at this iuncture
was thrown ont of court incontinentlv and
1t was carried mem. con. that the in
noVation OF bringing sweet SAVIOR into
the middle OF dinner was frightfully ex-
asperating.
The rest of the menu was con structed as
follows:
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shrine is now devoting a share ofits eff
cheney to an i'm portant branch of research
never before undertaken on such a large
scale nor with such powerful and elabo-
rate equipments. This is determination
of the motion of the stars either toward
the earth or away from it and the mum Der
OF miles per second each observed star
travels in these directions. Stellar spec
troscopy and the photography of stellar
spectra were included in the schedule of
WORK suggested by Professor Holden in
1874 to the trustees OF the Lick Observa-
tory, and both have been efficiently car
ried on from time to time by members of
the staff, but the aim, scope and methods
OF the work undertaken over shadow all
previous efforts
Spectroscopy and photography in their
most accurate form of development are
required for its fulfillmept, and also a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-23
LEGUMES.
Jerusalem Artichokt s." la Mike de Young
Petits pois, a la Bon Ami
ROTIS
Selle de "Welsh Lamb" Saute Menthe.
Perdreaux.
ENTREMETS.
Vaniile soutfie.

FPrureauX.
ENTREMETs.
Vaniile soutfie.
Fromages varies. Demi Iasse. Cafe noiE
Alas, it was on the cafe noir that we
dissolved community of interest. Every
gourmet will bear me out when l affirm
that a choice Havana is the crown of
such dinner as we had been eating, and
that its favor is enhanced by a thimble-
full of cognac and "small black" I'm
agine my disgust when these, my familiar
friends, with whom l had taken sweet
counsel during the past two hours, "went
back on their liberal education at the last
minute and ordered ''dish' of tea as
they 1t their cigars. 1t was the most dis
gushing exhibition ever saw. ! required
no further proof that their grandfathers
had been transported convicts. $50 many
of the "hrst families" IN Australia are
thus descended.)
l possess little book written by the
famous surgeon, Sir Henry Thompson,
entitled Food and Feeding" which l es-
TEEN nearly as highly as the Rubaiyat.
both for its matter and its manner. 1t
first appeared in the Nineteenth Century
Review in 1879, and is one more proof of
the versatility of its authors genius. In
addition to being the greatest lithotomist
In the world Sir Henry has had his paint
lngs hung on the line" at the Royal
Academy. He used TO play first violin in
the Albert Hall orchestra, and, though he
had larger practice than any other sur
geon in London, yet he found time for lit
erature and cookery, which he com bined
so happily that, when his fame as great
operator has become dusty, he will still be
esteemed by gourmets.
Soyer achieved distinction as a chef, but
his famous cookery book has no literary
merit. Thackeray was never known to
hive cooked anything, though he ex-
eeied as gourmet. but here is a man
who is cook. gourmet and litterateur.
In conclusion, j would seriously beg
abounding poets to turn to the Cnex-
plored field of the table for fresh topics.
There are such possibilities here.
If the following sonnet, addressed TO
bread sauce, attract others in the same
direction, the object of this paper will
have been fully attained:
To BREAD SAUCE.
Hail. best of sauces. dearest to my heart!
FIT Tor gourmet! Light must be the hand
That stirs. encouraging, thy savors bland.
ne iares thiouen llcknsh seas, without chart
ozone worse Charybds from fell sey.la part)
Who steers through Jumps thy bark. and shave.
the strand
Where pouhice inhabit-horril bandit
Thy safety Is lit task for highest ar.
On, let not onion and his wicked crew.
Or any condimen with bury tang
UT snap. thy virginia. sweet breath imbue
lump &c the partridge-free from sausage-meat.
1 1 OF conceals foul gariics poisonous fang
when, with due Hook, thy fair tureen should
J. LAIRD
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II. S. Monck, who says, in writing on such
observation in general: at will proba bly,
be long time before we can depend on
the accuracy of very small motions in the
line of sight, and larger motions are
liable to be disturbed by the vicinity of
dark satellites or companions. 1t may be
also that the spectral lines are liable to be
displaced by other causes than motions in
the line of sight,
The spectrum OF the Nova in Auriga is
rather startling, il such velocity is the
only admissible explanation of it. Mas
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Agnes M. Clerke. in alIusion to the increas.
ing facilities of this line of research, as
serts: cit may be confidently expected to
play leading part in the unravelment of
the vast and complex relations which we
can dimly detect as prevailing among
the 1nnumerabe orbs of the sidereaI
world"
1t is safe to predict that the investiga-
lions recently common ced at the Califor-
MIA Institution of Astronomical Research
will not be surpassed for many years, and
the skill and earnestness of Professor
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Burns ode to haggis is good enough in
its way; but what should plowman
have known about dining, though he
wrote some of the finest lyrics IN the
world?
Scott excelled IN his descriptions OF
Scotch breakfasts and scratch" suppers
have often ameliorated the homeliness
OF my domestic cold mutton and chutney
by meditating on the genial venison pasty
that served Friar John and King Richard
in "Ivanhoe."
Next came Charles Lamb with his i'm
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Gifts TO Employees.

The firm of Frederick Krupp of Essen
in Germany last year presented the sum
of f1O 600 to their workmen's pension
fund and shortly afterward gave ELS, 900
to the fund for the widows and orphans
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Are Now Being Made Determine the Motion Of the Universe

Campbell in his sublime labor will insure
for the results. whatever they may be,
promnen and permanent place in the
scientific annals of the future.
ROSE o. HALLoRAN.
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mortal Dissertation on Roast Pig" It is
matter for regret that he did not choose
some nobler dish for the panegyrics-al-
though the sucking pig is toothsome
beast. never eat asparagus without be-
ing reminded OF his saying, "that it in
spires gentle thoughts. -
Between Char.es Lamb and Thackeray
only few years intcrvened. but in those
few years men lad stepped from the
brutal orgies of George Nv to the refined
and rational dinners of the Victorian era,
influenced, as time went on, by the luxu-
rious requirements OF the second em pire
and by the browning glory of the dinner
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-23
LICK OBSERVATORY SPECTROGRAPH.

Eye of the 36-nch telescope.
2,2-Colmator about feet length and inches in
ture, bring the light to parallel rays.
telescope magnify the light that has been
refracted by prisms into colored band.
Case containing nrsms.
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of those in their employ. In 1892 Fred
erick Krupp, on the occasion of the un-
yelling of statue OF his father FOUNDER
of the Essen works. devoted ELS. 600 to
the erection of sufficient num- Der of cot
tages, with gardens, for the lnfirm and
invalided of his men and the widows of
the men who had died in his EN- ploy. On
the conclusion of the unveiling ceremony
there was march past of 1900 OF the
men employed at Essen and also deputa-
tons from the other establishments of the
frm.-Ti:-Bits.
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matter for wonder tina shakespeare had
material for the picture of the justice
bearing fair, round belly, with good
capon lined" The fairy banquet spread
in "The Tempest" would not satisfy a
butterfly, and the funeral baked beans"
mentioned in "Hamlet" are not at all sat-
isfactory.
Milton says very little that is memoir
able or quotable about food-but then, as
CromwelPs Latin secretary. he was, per-
force, Puritan and in direct antagonism
to ''the lust of the flesh and the pride of
life"
Nothing worthy was said of food till
Fielding wrote of the notable wayside
hostelries, wherein men Toasted on noble
joints and spent the best part of their
lives.
With Scott began the serious regard for
food as matter for literary treatm mt
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5Rods attaching the spectrograph to the large tube
6-Geissler's tube convene mt for
Position CT the points OF the electric
S-Telescope view small guiding prism at its base.
&c ectric coils.
1O-Holder Of Photographic plate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

r,,c,,o March (speciaD.-Ths ultlmatum Of the
Power, 20 Greece the only consideration with the
h.,, traders today belief that the prospect would
n. settled ono way or the other by Monday morning
caused geenral drawing in OF old lines and an absolute
cessation In tho making OF new. The result was an
evening up Of the market. with slightly downnhi Ten
dsncv Holders did not want risk the prospect Of
lower prices on the disappearance OF the war scare
Short, did no, hazard the risk OF higher prices
IN cas-. Of war May opened 1910. sold between 0'c
and 7ec and closed at 1870 sellers. Liverpool was up
"a 10 Id so small advance as TO be taken ms an
Indication Of less anxiety hs Cetan matter Con-
soils opened without change and closed with only trinns
decline Cearances light-l3s.Ooo bushels for the
day ana bushels for the week from both coasts
Northwestern receipts beral32I cars against 4o
last year and 277 in 1898 The ohio March report
from January The CONDITION Las, year was =. MIMI
gcniine Shipments lightl92 90, bushels against
1852 900 bushels last year Tho weather was unprop
tous raining in the Ohio VALLEY and very cold In the
The incident in the covering OF large line
by Bartlett possibly $4,000 bushels The selling
g pSss sosn"s S were I'd higher samples w.r. r
for the week A5getn,S shipments were isht-4oooo
corn Bartlett-Frazer and other buyers leading In IT,
May sold between 7s cents and rs cents and closed a.;
Monday. Samples were steady seatoard cearances
were o. coo bushels Shippers said the demand was fair
nS n a pork Ike an. same ribs sce
still credited 10 Armour, with Baldwln-Farn1m
doing The most % y; Hog receipts were *, ssI 900 No.
week Prices 10 10 cents higher. The cash de
mrnd pronounced excellent Foreign market: weTs
strong. war. OF course ~ouid ehect PROVISIONS tuy
on the curb put. on May wheat closed 7oH cents:
calls 777s cents. Puts on May corn Pan cents calls %
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
IMPORTS TODAY.
THE GENERAL MARKET REfONi'

N.w-Yo-S, March ., 1871.
r>,7rOSThe cotton rasrSe. opened very SOW, go
.,.atr =, tone a. points decline 14e ,,,,y
1r.s i.ss t.-r eoyAac ioT oriy
49, az Tsv-yo oil with sales OF spo, Oh III.
n.o Asi.s az l-5cd advance. - iarS OF
fIv..-,5 Aake, the sharp r.y Etfe % !~,t-, we're
,r the trade DEALINGS durlhs t.e ,.-
80 Irt IA rrices moved nafroS:. Win 100 nj
isrysy professional IN character ne b.ng inljcstei
s1rrewhat mo-r Favorable, ss-es o-s -
- %, oo -ieces for TIE week. This Aaa - hs
49, senr while or the other hand snf.ees III -
60 Nrre somewhat cont:adc;ory ne ma ~ Of
~. - s,neslv rom opening % the
- ,c-yes figures the morning TIC -,
..rt Tor he last week states that tS.i na -
&C. ~ere-.i al the South ing the Wceh ~ Cd
49, IT, tsuperature has been l-iLe .o"..,. ~,
made In farming operations IN eAs ~ sor,s
&c.. s,d ureparaiions sOr Cotton uHNc Na! ,Nc
IONS Of the State rains wou1 oe .ts the sales
Rans-s-,ent OF Agriculture OF Alabama repo's w
- s-.5ii,er ,ar. very heavy. The American
oissrr.s. There increased dendiiu ' -,
Co., shlprerfs unusually cary hd g. xvho
crr1 a. cotton object lesson 10 t1e rIS. He
49, -rt,h1nr using IT, The Chroncc IetN..ss.
~ cotton al 81 bs:es Stree seIetnDei
s, z75 sales against 4643i1 haes ast 80 year
yyoe Ic2 42i bales against 80 s03 oses
IL -,AT,bar bales against 90 % =.
Variation deliveries were a. 100 Nes'
iasl va. ,s week and 571 bales last year Inc me-
&c. I'd movement for the week was nsf ovar-
$3.50 1,vasteaon Of The Chronicle On tHe az" -
80 movement shows the gross LOT epi 49,
aes sns ire net 15 bales The ot.. ho,rs
ceutemher estimated Al 1917. .a,a1 ~
80 KS oS6 bales last year. and te iots hr
asanst go Senternbe- l. 7aG2 3i bales the e.,uon
80 ia 10 In February shows an in Inv.
St-srsiSr 40 prices show tnpr'F 49, - cnt
Savs soraiy had advantage me 10. s4S ba les
ne, On .binboara last night no. cleared vas i''''' ~
az the ports against t'tVt' a,3 closing bids the
q" 0-s.inr RANGE and cloer TO day, ana eiesi"e ~ "
,F-H. f4Ge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
ch,caro March 6-The leading futures ranged as 70

Cash quotations we're as follows Flour G1ie %o
spring 3g74 By sample no red s'gs ~. A
go. corn ~ 5srsy SO SIC nominal GnT ' 81 sssesa
prime timothy seed 81 70 nomna ness pork .sd Psr RIBS IT
Il sa ssaSs 99ss 1 s sos d SSs
iSg % S, nST f aeshes sds so per- gallon
loaf So a. sganuIa t Si sa fse Proiac
Exchange today the butter market was easy Extra
creamery nrsis 1e0i7c; seconds i+8iSc' Eggs hr"er
,dss quiet; t." rg's s. P :sss %
gu p Wsa. % af 40 f 40
f t. s'9 oa; qui s!" No s@i mses iss
s :soadet ts and P. so i rs sides. s:
bellies AZ Bacon steady ,bo o1'e esnG as os
5 ss as #ss. ss resi- 0s's ana
spF 9e s ss sS.s ys
spring n trek NJ ' asciey R s,s steady No
Sa4 ISL NJ as4assc Flour steady on the basis
OF 81 lOast 20 for patents in wood
hold n. session, Tns s fa iSs: May
: IA 4 "a Ss:;;:@:
sssS ' At e''s WAY May
Quest y miller: at ne Gv, rom Se i q uns.F Ss
a9ss5 SS hard "a .s ga
ss TO- 7a proaueiSn tscee bs. shipments.
sturfsrPrlces are Csc higher bran Bran IN bulk
quoted AT SO 5OQs7 shorts s69S6 70 mddns *'a>' -
Philadelphia March e-Flour auie; prices unclaimed
Wheat opened firm. but eased off hc; export demand
indifferent Contract wheat closed; March, ss9s9Ac;
Anr Nav and June nominal: CARROTS In export elevator.
10 Pennsylvania red o2c BID: No Delaware red s2c
hid. No red Soc bid No Northern spring. s9c Corn
Nsrke, continues ARM No 2 mixed closed. March 2Gl.
q2Gi,c April. ooaa26',c May. 27H921i1ci June nom
carot. in export No mixed 26t. Q26ac:
steamer Isl, g2Siac No 2sHa24o oa,s.carIots In
ac,Ive hut steady supplies LIBERAL No white closed
March 22i G22sc April May and June. 23T23lsc Other
articles unchanged
St. Louis March e.-Flour unclaimed Bran nrm
May higher; July lower; May $3.50 July aSNa.SSNc
Corr higher: March 20%c, nominal; May. 22t4T22sc
Juiy 23s.c bid Oats higher March. Tho. nominal;
Nav isi1c Other articles unchanged
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS.


weakhe.s On domestic beam. Few ,sleI1s
:fss Of tt. sus' ssa.
5i Sc. M sS are .as %ap %h sd kidney fsss at
nominal ned kd1 s asG.: s g o4 40s 9
Ping Ts tlss
,ss. 5n Scotch Gns eaa
Do fair S good oocSsi o. DO medium choice
fay good DO Pea hoe Sc r:a Do d fair to cb sGe
s s. oss IS !, d 9os saff fa Suf as fSn s
e 54@a % bags soa624c Scotch bOls Ii'sSsoc
had .saay tone ssot !ss "a.
fSHs S Grade. eSss are
n 1snty ~ sfs also isr steady but
qualities the msrke, I. rather dull with some accumuls ia.
hope Of doing some business with England but the re-
not sySrabs as ys No snanfs n m @
grades Imitation ereasiy Is qssi shd @
factory to any extent shippers are without nc
ord ss'T Weak s"s and i'1 'f nominal
ercamey wes,srn .Sra s per ~ G a. 40 dns s
% third. TO frsis i3gi7e state dairy haiagk,n 'nss
tny s 1sss 90 ..Ts s S DC
factory map DO fr.'. l9aio,ic 90 h os
Butterreamcry Western sumIne. make mh.s' log
iaai5c State diaries. finest entire. l4glt1G -. state
ds nrn, 1s tc saif h sary s ioe q
few mail orders have been received and holders Of desr-
able generally talking 4Ily ms as
fore and doubtful II such cheese could be obtained any
less than late quoted The underpeea cheese
are little unsettled and hear Of occasional ehcep
ti0na lots having been shaded fraction below late ASKING
prices skins scarce and would bring iuli
rriccs ~ here Winter part skins and full SKINS
rhow ire gar quality and selling slowly Liverpool caee
Is ca Tor coored and white We quote; state fun
cream large September. colored white. fancy l2l4c;
do late made prime ia.d lie. do good ltdlllsc: do
common 10 fair 9Gllc; small. September colored or
whi,e fancy l24ql2i.c do late good 10 choice.
ls.Ql2c do TO fair. 3Nllc; light skins choice,
lOic; part skins good 10 prime. Sq?c. DO common 10
fair 5p6isc; full skins. Set+c.
EGGs-Recepts today continue quite liberal. but not
excessive The demand is queier Most of the trade 10
looking for heavy receipts and lower prices early next
stock as possible in quarters On Change so cases Of
baltimore nrss l3.c. but later the best Western
were freely l3c 40 cases were taken at that
mice but The offerings exceeded the demand Later
foods were shaded 10 2Ac and possibly greater conces
sion was accepted instances The market closes
wAsk Duck eggs steady. We quote Jersey and nearby
fancy l3lrdl4c: Pennsylvania fresh gathered
choice i3al3i,c nsts 12Aql3c Kentucky choice
l2isG2ac: Eastern Tennessee and virginia choice l2sa
PIE Southern good TO prime, i2g l21ci western
dirty per 3D-dozen case So duck eggs Maryland per
dozen. 2ec: do Western 2Ga2Ic: do southern. 2oc.
FRrITs-FREsH-An export order for a. few cars of
sone Prices show no material change and We
hear OF no further important foreign demand. Local
trade is also unmproved. few fancy Cape Cod
variety, dark color and per:ec, cond
ton peddling &6Gf6 20 bbi Jersey stock
r. ored al very low rates SyawbeYrtes plenty
and very dull tho stock Is little underpe and
tho small demand confined pretty closely 70 better quail