Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-02


sCo,in ba,,c,,i,. ,r,,a ,,.I,,ic wave or ,,e,y
noor NearIv a,,oTy fa,niiv made is
own clothes. The men and boys
sawed lumber and cut wood. and the
women and girls sheared the sheep
and wovc the wool into homespun
cloth. There were but few books and
until / was twenty-one I had never
seen college professor"
you can hardly imagine how sim
pie the people are there" broke in
Mrs. Newcomb with Il laugh. I'VE
have visited Nova Scotia and found
that the reputation of PORT. Newcomb
has gone about among the people with
whom he used to live. I remember
hearing one woman say. 4 hear Mir,
Newcomb spends all his time loukin'
at the stars, and that he really gets
paid money for It, too"
How ala you happen to come to the
United States, profcssor2' said l.
Il came to seek my fortune was
the reply. 81 began as country
Maryland. The people there were
more advanced than those among
whom l had lived In Canada, but not
much. l taught reading, writing and
through the kindness Of Joseph Henry
was appointed one OF the eoinpuitIs
OF the Nautlcai Almanac ana thus
'Nt,''i' 'A'N ANt'' wa ~ va ny ''AN'
HOW a POOR SCHOOL TEACHER
GOT FAMOUS FRIENDS.
"TIn,v did Won bcro,ne ncnuainted
win porf Uer,rv9r I asked
III was through mntbenatical cal
culatinn. II was | think. some nlge-
brnic problem. II was new, and [
thoiIrht IL might be worth p,Ibiico
tirn I sent n 10 him n,,d naited hin,
TO tell me If he thought il worth pub
fishing 10 submitted il to one of his
friends who was q mathematician. and
this man said that while IL was orig
irnl. II was hardly OF value Tor publi-
cntjon. Prof. Henry wrote me a kind
letter regarding IT. When 1 next went
to Washington | called upon him, and
later on he secured me the appoint
ment Tho Nautical Almanac was
then unfinished AZ Cambridge. and
while ut worl, there l was able to at
tend the Lawrence Scientific school.
nud for the first time had access to the
1T hooks uDon scientific subjects.
Lnter on / was appolnted professor in
the navy, the ofIlce OF the almanac was
Inuycd here and 1 was Unsigned TO
duty In the naval observatory at
washington"
METHODS OF WORK.
r,,,r,,rr +ho I'll, ,s,,,d ,,rof N-e,,.
oo,,,h tn ,oII mo sn,nethin, NJ bis babits
! Of Won,
| rio rorliod. ct dor,t l,povy that I
| 49,, -, ,,oa,,,i,t, ,,1',tt,i, 90 ,,Saigtt,r
- pio,.ai NJ 80, Sg az, o.
Nod esriv spI stev thsro ne 1onp as I
cnn anotbe, Is re- eot vle1 and to sal,a
plenty Of time to IT, and a third rule i
/ 10 ,,si In az much fine fnr n,nuser,ent
os '.on whot ba,o iaft aft', ,,is
,,so fnr mn, r',rlt ;,
Tbis gtstHp,eot ~ Prof Nou,co,,,h nc
r. n,n,,sa,n"1t born,,r,. spo,,id iia
| taken with n grain of salt for what
! n,%,. he or,,,snn,Hnt ta htr, u,n,,iI ha
/ MA ,,,,,,it ~. ,,,a,,,. [,t,,,. 80, r.
| Instance. NOT long 4po he r"ferrad "a
n.trnno,,y os Ne S,ros,,,i,,, oI,d ,1i,,i
cal economy as his relaxation. He
| has written some very important works
on political economy. In 1865 he pub
llshed book entitled "a Critical Eek
| animation OF our Financial Policy
, IN 1871 MS "A, Is, G OF Finance had d
, large sale and his book on "Politica
Economy, published in 1856. is used IN
some of the schools. He has writer
other school books of various kinds
ana year does not pass that he doe.
not give one or more scientific adj
| dresses. Mr. Newcomb says that al
times In his life he has worked very
hard. said she: when he was com
putting the changes of the moon h,
would often keep on until he was tireC
out. when he would say, I must have
nap before l can do anything more
Wake me in fifteen mlnutes!" II,
ould then lay his head on the tabl,
and go to sleep. Sometimes he hat
slept that way with his head on m,
shoulder, going back to his calcula
tons after a few moments rest"
As a rule, however, Prof Newcoml
IL very careful OF his habits He goei
to bod regularly, and when his hour TO
retiring comes he excuses himself n,
matter who may be calling upon him
For years his nights Were spent at tn
observatory. and he has had to adop
the most rigid rules to prcserve hi
health.
IN PARIS IN Tim DAve ~, rt,,
CoNtN,TrnigS OH III
Wheh fTol' NeWcomp was yer
young man ne discovered that the cal
culatlohs OF the astronomers as TO IN
were paseu upon wrong premises an
any soou WORK 70 pc cone the re
sseaIcnes ana WORK OF years wnul
nay nay 70 pe gone over ana MADE rlgh'
rms worh was 80 enormous that any
one eise woulu not nave dared 70 at
ttnpt ~ Itoi. Newconp not only at
teihpteu, put carried IL out lie wa
IN europe ehBageu IN examining IN
tecotus Oh tne great obserVatorles a
the ttle OF the franco russian wal
anu ut lts close Went 10 farls TO max
nis cuicuiat'Vus mere. ne entered IN
elty Just at me enc OF the serge; MN
NeMCoiilu peit6 IN, 5he hrst Enshsh W.