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Of kings, which he thought good enough to
call on "a no one was raising. Each OF the
other two chaps had made queens. the frst
high. which he houcd to nll with a Jack. not
knowing that all the lacks we're held up by
the schoolt"acher and the engineer. The
other being the last man IN, WAS coaxed by
the size of the pot aud had drawn 10 n king
aud queen OF Clubs. So YOU sec that although
There were five mea calling me- and all OF them
could beat Openers. no1c Of them could beat
ace aid lulled about s2s out Of that pot
on a hand which You would have laid down.
MT because Won know % much about proba-
bililie..
heard of
"Mhv. Won aid awhile nVo that the best
hand 90 the gn-t should le IN" bcs' on the
shoN-'ow ' and nv experience. proves voi
are dead right aud now Won LAY the thing thai
l. a'"prdi1 q - ~" Law Of probabilities is the
mo I Improbable thing vo, ever heard Of
Al ! can say row is that the drinks are on
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unless il he the altered shapes Of the images
formed by the small holes or apertures. Ike
the spaces between the leaves Of a tree. for
example. Under ordinary circumstances, the
image OF the sun made bv the solar rays that
pass through a small hole-in n card, fer ex-
anple-are circular in shape. like the shape
Oi the sun itself. When the sun il crescent.
the images or the sun formed by such holes
are also crescent. and II the observer is under
n large tree the appearance is quite striking
The experiment is worth trying at any rate;
and it serves to pass the time till the approach
OF totally.
As the light Of the sun is diminished in guam
tity q change Of its color Is also remarked.
This grows more and more pronounced and
gives n the adjacent landscape that strange
aud weird effect which lends so much 10 the
impreSSivrneSS Of n total eclipse. The rays
oi the crescent sun which now light the land
scape come from points near the suns edge,
aid therefore pass through a greater thick
ne,s Of the solar atmosphere than usual. The
sun's atmosphere, like our own, absorbs pro-
pp-tionally more of the blue rays. And there
fore the light becomes progressively more and
more red, Just al sunsets.
The shad w of the moon is projected down.
wnrd upon the earth's surface and IL move. with
proaigious swiftneS, at the rate Of some thirty
miles a minute. n SNe observer Is on an emf
hence he can see II approaching his station.
and in a moment II reaches him. Just at this
instant the darkness suddenly Increases, The
brighter stars and planets begin to shine out
In the sky and suddenly the moon. an intensely
black ball, appears to hang isolated in the
heavens.
rHE CORONA.
An instant more and the corona IS seen sur
rounding the black orb Of the moon. shining
with n pcariy soft eNulCrnce. quite different
from any light known "a US. Near the moons
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phenomena Of eclipses. The times OF their
occurrence We're noted. but that was sn AZ
the eclipse of 1885 Francis Bailv noted 'hatthe
thin solar crescent broke up into little spots
OF light in a peculiar way, forming, for an in
slant. what are called "Baily's beads" Az
the time there was no explanation forthcoming
and astronomers began 10 realize that they
knew little or nothing about the sun ltseIt,
not 10 speak of the corona Red 'naines
were seen close 10 the moons edge they are
part Of the suns atmosphere Of incandescent
hydrogenl and II was disputed for a long time
whether they belonged TO the sun or the moon.
II was not until Noung's observation OF the
%coronal spectrum in 1850 that the serious study
OF tho solar surroundings began.
About thirty years, therefore, is the age
Of modern views of the sun and OF the corona
Everything known has been learned by men
now living. and II is n fact worth remarking'
II ought TO teach us a little humility which Is
useful in science IA IL Is in other walks OF lie
The eclipses OF 1851 and 1860 proved that the
hydrogen flames belonged to the sun, and not
to the moon. At the eclipse OF 1868 a method
was di discovered Of observing with a spectre
scope, these bright hydrogen "prominence'"
on any and every day. They are 50 much
brighter than their background that the OBJ
seryation is not very difficult, and they are now
regularly mapped al several observations.
In 1890 the green hue o, coronium the coronal
gas, was discovered. SO far. this gas has not
been discovered on the earth.
THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE or MAY rs. 1900.
The track OF total eclipse extends across
northern Mexico, traverses the United States
from New Orleans 10 Norfolk, touches western
pa.,u,oI and Algiers and ends at sunset near
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respect to the lines ~ the United states land
surveys: or the bearing and distance OF " prom
inent mountain peak, or me OeHrHsn =" ,n,ee
or more such mountain peaks or, W VIZ 49,
a city, the street and number togtlneI WIN
the names Of IN. nearest cross streets on each
side
Fourth A description 81 the ,lhleple.r
and II statement Of The aperture, i,ocal leh9'h,
and magnifying power or the telescope EN-
ployed.
Fifth The times indicated by the watch
M the reception Of III" Warrington h""" NS'"'
on May 20, ~ and 20
sixth The time of each Of the contacts,
Just ~ read from the face u the, watch with
out the APPLICATION If any Correction
seventh IN estimate ni IN" Uh'e''"'H'N
10 which these times are liai 10
Eighth Any remarks which may be thought
Ninth The signatures of the two observers
mus. \ u, observer WIN ''I"-'"I" ' Vs.
time observer.
III h, particularly requested that ne original
pencil memoranda Of NJ" Tunes OF ,%conia!f
br sent TO the Naval Observatory. imlos"d IN
the HbOve-desCritsd report
IF several PARTIES observe Tive eclltse ~ ~"
same neighbOrnuud, II /, quite likely maj Their
recorded times may diner little Such differ
onces occhr even In the work ot ~" most, pra',,
Used hstrCnomcrs, and they mllNi %" HlnW'u
Va" record, \ mere Suspicion ma, Sllch a
thing ha. been done will insure me entire re-
l"ction of the observation
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ton, and Prof. Hardness Of Washington, in
1890. by means Of the spcctroscope The spec
trum of corunium j. characterized by n bright
line in the green. OF course, the gaseous cor
ona cannot be seen with tho naked eye or with
the telescope. \ spcctroscope il required
10 prove the presence uf the gaseous envelope
of the sun. IN" visible corona is produced
by the reelection Of sunlight from billions
OF small particles, which occupy the spaces
on either side ot the sun, and revolve around
II. rs night-tiles cluster round nm electric street
lamp. At Il total eclip the direct light Of
the lamp lthe sun is shut of but the swarm
OF particles is still illuminated. and it is visible,
We do not see the corona every and any day
nj noon for the reason that 1t is a little less
bright than the general illumination of our
own atmosphere. 1t Is usually projected
on a background of about the same brilllancy
a. itself. and then. of course. is not separately
visible.
But when The moon shuts of the direct light
Of the sun the corona stands out against a
dsrkened background and then, and then only,
can be seen with the naked eye.
PHENOMENA or ECLIPsEs.
The beginning Of a total eclipse is marked
by q small black notch in the bright circle OF
the sun caused by the advancing moon. The
moon is black because its dark side ia turned
toward liz tt IL new moonl Al a total eclipse
the moon gradually cove q more and more
OF tho suns disk until only a thin crescent
Ike the sickle ol the Young moon remains
To the general spectator there is little to notice
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THE SUNS COMING ECLIPSE
PROF. HOLDEN IELJS or THF ASTRO.
NOMICAL EVENT or NAY 2s.

A Rar. and Impressive Celestial Phenomenon
1t uul Re Total In Part Of the south ana
Visible Al over the United states Scirn'
tiAc interest Aroused what u known
OF Ec,ipses - Preparations 10 observe |"
some suggestions Ia Amateur Observers
II il proposed 10 bring together. in tho Iol-
lowing paragraphs. some account OF the io'nl
solar eel pSe %, Ma ~ next and 10 give part'-
ulars that viii h" NJ Interest 10 those persons
who intend 10 see II, either u, ds'rnhomi'hl
observer, ar rs mere spectators. In The hrst
place /, should 10 laid that every person VIII"
can spare the time and the money ought not
% miss tho opportunity Of witnessing So glorl-
Gus ard impressive a spectacle. TIL" last total
eclipse visible in III" [ nitcd Stnt's was IN 1873
there vii. not be- another until 1918.
TOTAL SOLAR FCLiPsES
An eclipse ~ the sun is caused by the moon
1.-THE new moon moving In her orbit between
tho earth and the sun, The suns light is thus
occilted eclipsad-and The earth's ainos-
sploro becomes dark So far. this * a phe-
nonianon that happens every evening AZ sun
SOL But the glory oi u total solar eclipse is
the corona winch j. visihl" ~ that time and At
no other Tho corona rs u KIND oi an envelope
surrounding The sun, md extending for millions
o. miles AWAY from H. Part Of II Ia made
up Of The invisible gas, Coroninm, so-callcd.
which extends all around the sun. The pres
ence Of this gas was first discovered by two
American astronomers, Prof. Young of Prince
MOON STE
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Fra Contact. Fourth Contact
Position an lyle. :56' So 20 50
The position angle is measured from the
north point OF the suns image toward the
east.
the central line Of totality Of eclipse and Ia a
good station for spectators 10 choose. The
town is situated on the main inc Of the South
bia. the capital of the State. j. has telegraph
communication through the Western Union
Telegraph Company, and also has ll,ong, dis
lance telephone connection with Washing
ton. New York. New Orleans and other large
cities Of the United States. The hotel ac-
comodations are good aud can, be easily OBJ
tanned for any number desired The health
Of the town is excellent aud the water good
what is Cf most importance is III" atnos-
pheric conditions II the local weather record
Of past wears can be taken as a criterion for
ance Of bright. clear. cloudless weather for
observations on the 2sth of MAY ncxt, The
town Is situated about six hundred and fifty
one Of the highest points in South Carolina
along the line Of totally.
OBSERVING PARTIES.
The United States Naval Observatory at
Washington will equip two. parties, one in
North Carolina, the other in Georgia. by means
Of an appropriation of sjUO, and the Smith
sonian Institution will carry ont a similar pro-
gramme for which an Appropriation or $3.50
Of the country will be well represented, EN-
petitions will probably he despatched by Harry
ard Yale. Columbia. Princeton, the | University
Of Pennsylvania, the I niversliy OF Virginia,
the University Of Chicago. NC.
THF LICk OBsrnvhToRy ECLIPSE EXPEDITION.
By the generosity Of Mr.. William II Crocker.
OF San Francisco the Lick Observatory will
be able 10 send n party 10 Georgia, to observe
the total solar eclipse Of MAY ~. Only two
observers viii be sent from the Observatory
hut several European astronomers have eN-
pressed a desire 10 ION the party, and similar
requests have been received from astrono-
mprs connected with american colleges which
do not intend to send expeditions Of their owl
The instrumental ECU pment or thS nNna-
d,tion will b. Quitn complete. The PRINCIPAL
instrument for photographinG tho corona
will be- the five-incl t%elescoI" of forty feet
focal length previously used by the Lick Or
serva'ory parties in South America usp1l
and India UsoSl For pkotographing The
corona on a smaller scale there will he several
cameras Of from five TO six inches aperture,
and others Of smaller size. ono slit spectre
graph, and two objective Spectrogrephs. ar
ran god 10 give n continuous record Of the
changing spectrum nj the beginning and end
Of %totality. are also included in the equipment.
Observations Of contacts will 10 made,
Any observer, having experience IN as'rono-
mical or physical work, who wish 10 join the
party at their own expense. like the Rertl"-
men referred 10 above. ar" invited 10 Conmuni-
cate with Prof W. " campbell. Lick Onscrva-
tory ECLIPSE Expedition. Atlanta. Tia.
OBSERVATIONS 10 RE MADE
Astronomers have prepared their pro-
grammes OF observation LONG ago and have
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Mice Bring Money 20 Him.

From me- Cincinnati ErQriror.
Port HrituN, Micl., Arril IS. otto Kresln,
M employee o! Frank Beckton, a saloon keerer,
attends 10 4 horse. which is kept in n barn In
the rear ut the Palace Rink. A month ago
Canadian hill on the floor and patched il together
II vas sent To Ottawa and redeemed. on
NedneSda" kre>in found "A ton-dolRr bill
ana w." hVs-d"uar h.h.i We DIS are u good
The only "NJ laration j. ihut mice bring the
money FROM some lace in the np.ghborhCud,
vh,r" 7 ma" have been hidden tar wears.
hundred Of PEOPLE have VISITED tho barn,
but krc,ltp will not allow any one 10 90 IN,
fearing that they will scare away his bonanza
mice Pieces Of other bills have also been
found
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When an advertiser has something OF real
value to dispose Of. he frat goes D. Tn. SUN's
advertising columns with IL. Rarely In he
compelled TO try further. -Adr.
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""And they wouldn't let the old man in till
he'd paid a quarter.
But the restaurant man turned out all right.
he deducted the cost Of feeding the giant and
then divided those extra receipts with the old
man, which was fair enough. and ever after
that, In every town we struck where the giant
ate at a restaurant. we used TO make contracts
on that basis"
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rom ~ THE ON CIRCJS NAN.
Rcstaurant Man wins In a Brush with the
show boss. Hand> Down.

YOU know I've told you, said the old cir
Gus man, about how the old man was forever
playing Jokes on people In the towns W. came
10 over the great giant making contracts IN
adyHur" for one thing and Nno,her for him,
binding lcople To supply The things and called
ior Mt certain prices, turning UP then with III"
giant. For instance, he would get some local
shoemaker to agree to make q pair OF mems
shoes for 80 much. the man 10 he measured
when he came TO town or course the shoe
maker never dreamed Of a man the size Of the
giant. and when the giant appeared the shoe
maker would be duly dismayed, and the whole
business would be turned into an advertise
ment for the giant and the show; but it's only
fair 10 say that the old man always did what
was right before he got through and never let
anybody lose anything by him, On the other
hand. he sometimes met people that got
the better Of him and from one OF these, right
after we got the giant, he learned a lesson 40
very simple that he wondered he hadn't thought
of II himself before.
Going ahead of the show in a city where
We were 10 stay n wees the old man made
with the proprietor Of the biggest restaurant
there a contract for the board of one member
Of his company who was very particular about
his food and NJ the same time u large eater,
this contract requiring that the boarder should
be supplied with whatever he wanted that was
In season, cooked To his fancy, and IN any yuan
,itv that la might call for, Well, now, You
know, the giant was a graceful enough eater
but my gracious the quantity required to feed
him Wa something prodigious; and, seriously,
the mere cost of his board made a substantial
item In the shows expenses. But his coming
TO the mans restaurant didn't appear "a. dis
tCrb the restaurant keeper a bit; you'd have
thought 10 erc him that he'd been keeping
n glnui-' boarding house all his life,
lie waited on the giant himself AT the first
meal lac had there, which was dinner, served
In the middle of the day. The old man was
along ~ see that his giant got enough to eat,
which he did, a great plenty. At suppertinIe
the old man was busy and he sent me with the
giant, coming himself later. When he got to
the restaurant he found a crowd in the street
in from, and This sign hanging up over the res
taurHnt door.
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Non pareil Restaurant
The Greatest Of All Giants Boards Here.
Taking His Breakfast at 7 O'clock.
Ills Dinner at J.
and His Supper AT Z O'Clock.
Come In and See Him
Eat.
All Our Regular Patrons No Charge for Ad.
mission.
To All Others. IS Cents
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BOOM FOR BUCKsfoRT.

Buoksport, February l0-Negotintion
were closed here today by the shipbuiid-
Inc firm OF Mckay and Dix OF New York
for the lease Of the Reasley shipysrd for
Q term Of years. The firm will at once
commence the building Of three large ves-
sells. one a heavy thres-msstsr for the
Greenland trade and two four-mnstsrs.
No vessels have been built here sfnos 1891
although the facilities are excsllent for
the Industry. Mckay & Dix will employ
15O men, bringing q large number from
their works In Parrsboro, N. 8.
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Molineux Not Affected
by Verdict.
His Only Caller Yesterday Was
Venerable Father.

New York, February IL Roland b.
Molineux was said today by Warden
Hagan, to have slept as calmly on Sat
urday night as he does on any other
night since his Incarceration In the
Tombs beginning nearly year ago. The
verdict OF the jury pronounced late Sat
urdsy night. the warden said, did not
seem to nave in the least affected Moli-
neux so TAR as his outward appearance
was concerned. The warden said that
Molineux's de eneanor is In striking con
trast with that Of other prisoners who
had been in his charge and who had
within the last three years been convict
ed of murder Ia the frs. degree.
The condemned man had but one Wis :
itoi today, and the caller was his grief
stricken and venerable father, who has
not yet given up hope and expects that
the higher courts which will be appealed
TO. will free his son.
Gen. Molineux remained with the pris-
oner fol- about half an nour; 1t was sad
scene to ses father and son consoling with
each other. During the day young Aoii-
neux remained In his cell In murderer 8
row.
The MoLneux jury spent quiet sun
day. All the memters OF the jury re-
fused to an swer definite questions as to
what had transpired In the jury room,
but one of them desirous Of imparting
some information regarding the final
proceedings of the celebrated case, made
the following statement:
"If l were going to write as reporter
about Ii would probably commence py
saying that the jury was q unit upon the
guilt of tine defendant, that one. two
or perhaps three of them, however.
thought 1t well to so through the case,
discuss the various phases Of It and see II
the evidence beyond q most reasonable
doubt would warrant such verdict.
would probably explain-undsrstand
this 10 all under the supposition that
am acting as q reporter and writing
about sometnins I am trying to guess
aLout-I would probably explain the
length Of time the jury was out, by this;
"That by the time the two or three par
tlcular)y interested men In revie wing the
case had gone over 1t with great care,
assisted by careful notes, and ths re-
mainder of the jurors made few com
p,ents, the hours were consumed.
zone thing ! understand there was
much conjecture as to why the jury did
not 90 to lunch after the charge was ex
pectsd, and a. . reporter l should attempt
to explain that by saying 1t was disoov-
cred almost Immediately after they
reached the room, while discussing
whether to go to lunch or not, that all
were Of one mind and each thought the
whole matter could be finished In prob
ably an hour at the most and In order to
get to their homes quickly they decided
to forsgo the lunch and get along on
the sandyichesn
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TERRITORY OF HAWAII.
fill Framed by Rep. Knox TO be
Submitted.

Washington, February lI..-Reprssentn-
tivs W. ). Knox OF Massachusetts, chair
man OF the HOUSE committee on terrific
riss has completed his work on bill
for the creation OF a terrttoriai form Of
government In Hawaii, and IL will be
sui mitted TO the r one ton orow. Tie
rey ora is a vry vo'umiro1s co,unen: Of
l0s Iayes, going exhsustiye'y into all
the quss tions involved and thoroughly
covering every phass OF the till which
the commltte, has agreed upon after
many hearings ard much investigation.
Tns form OF government proposed by
the bill for the Hawaiian islands Is ter
ritorial In form; similar to that Of tie
lAtir territories Of the Omitted Ststss-a
governor, u secrstary. both appointed by
tie Prssident; q treasurer, attorney gen.
ersl; commits ores of public lands, cam
missioner Of agriculture and forestry.
superinte Of pablo works, superin-
tendent OF public Instruction, auditor
and deputy auditor, surveyor and high
sheriff. appointed by the governor.
The legislature Is provided, consisting e
Of q 6enSts and House OF Representa-
tivss. elected by the people. The terri
tory is to be IspIe ented BY delegate In
Congress. The territory Ia made ju-
diclal district OF the United States, with
. district court vita judicial Iowsr of
the territory vested In supreme court
and In superior courts to be established
by the legislature.
The Constitution and laws OF the Unit
ed ststss locally applicable are extended
over the new territory, and the laws OF
Hawaii not inconsistent with tie Con.
ttitution or ths laws of the United States
are continued In force 1he territory
is made a customs and revenue district.
and becomes subject to the tariff laws OF
the United States.
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ROOSEVELT TALKS.
And Says Nothing as TO His Inten-
tions.

New York, February l0.-Goyernor
tel bstween one aud two O'Clock today
and took lunch thsre wish Senator Platt
and b. b. Odell, chairman of the Rspub-
l.cin state committee. It was NOS until
after four O'Clock that the Govsrnor came
down stairs again. He dropped Into the
Republican state headquarters, where q
delegation Of Newspaper men awaited
him. He delivered himself with his ac-
oustomsd promptnsss. II have nothi ing
whatever to say" declared he. He
showed soma interest In newspaper arti-
cles in which predictions were made
about the luncheon, at which 1t was said,
the question would be settled as to
whether Mr.. Roosevelt would run for
Vice President or reelection as governor.
He glanced through two such articles, In
one Of which 10 was said he would accept
the Vice Presidential nomination, willis
the other denied ID. "You have the
whole thing there" said the Governor.
What more coald sayS You can take
your choice" Col. Roosevelt said that he
expected to bs In New York until Mon
day and he was quite sure that he would
not have any thing to say to the report
srs about politics In that time.
The Press tomorrowlwill say; Roose-
vels is not q candidate for the Republic
can nomination for President.
Woodruff is. Roosevelt told Senator Piats
and Chairman Odsil off the state COM
mittes yesterday Saturday that he
would not take the nomination.