New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20

sister. also aged. IN small hut IN the neiElDOr-
hood. and who had earned for herself an un-
enviable notoriety as a witch was seriously III.
The crOfteTs suspicious were amply confirmed
when II was discovered that the sister rigidly
excluded all neighbors from the house until the
patient had recovered.-D. Macleod in Cham
bers's Journal.
FOUNDING THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was
founded by Charles II in 1875. expressly in or
der 10 make astronomical observations which
would help sailors TO determine their position al
sea a sailor wishes TO know two Jhings-his
latitude and his longitude. To determine the
former is simple matter: II any one Were 70
start from the equator and travel due north' ne
might gee the pole star rise from the horizon up
ward and the height at which 1t was seen
would be exact indication OF the distance ne
had travelled northward-that is Of his latitude
A sailor can therefore, find his latitude by
noting the height OF the pole star above the
horizon though II is more convenient 10 him to
observe the height of the sun al noon which. by
a slight calculation, gives the same result
Those who have been at sea are familiar with
the noon observation, made with the seXtant
from the ships deck Another rather more
complex observation is made earlier in the
morning, with q chronometer 10 supplement the
sextant And this observation now determines
the longitude: but in the seventeenth century
chronome ters had not been invented, and this
observation was impossible. The determination
OF longitude a great unsolved problem OF
navigation, and the common eXpedient was 10
reach 10y any route the right latitude, and then
to lay a course due east Tor wesD until the de-
sired port was sighted. On at least one occa-
sion the mistake was made OF sailing exactly in
the wrong direction-say east instead Of west
the port being really behind the ship instead OF
in front as supposed. which VIII sufh-
cientIy illustrate the great VaguenesS In naViga-
ton caused by the difficulty in determining lon
gitude There were, OF course, various sug-
gestions offered for solving important
problem. and one such suggestion, made by
French adVenturer lie Sieur de St. Pierre, came
10 the ears of Charles II. The King made In
quiries as 10 its value. and learned that
young clergyman the Rev. John Flamsteed.
T4ac nh ~ nj q
Of St Pierre's suggestion but the possibility of
q sound solution of the problem, If only obserya-
tons of the moon and fixed stars could be made
at a fixed observatory for some years The OBJ
servatory was accordingly built at Greenwich
H. H. Turner, in The Cornhill Magazine.
THE EMIGRANT IN CANADA.
Canada undoubtedly holds out welcoming
hands 10 the young the strong and the willing
She offers many prizes but they are TO be gained
onIv by those who are ready 70 work hard.
An Young healthy Fnglishman who feels him
self suffering from the conditions Of his trade
or who. perhaps, has no trade at all, who is
fairly intelligent and is willing TO work hard
and not be too exacting, would. in my opinion.
do well to emigrate TO Canada. But he must
take careful note OF these qualifications. II he
Sc without them he had much better stay at
bo,,e T'here is always one class OF Individual
,s-ho seems predestined to live near the border
Iine az starvation. and Canada does not want
mar class / would not say that work is harder
I'm Canada, at any rate not in the regular trades
the American hustle" Is rather laughed at
and n IS certainly better paid than II is al home
Tsy,up of course Is rather dearer IN some dis
.tets b,f q man could on the whole, twice
ov three times as much as ne could in England.
A voIng man. however, who knows no trade
has 10 obtain footing. Whether ne obtains
axe qDee5ilv slowly, or not at all, depends on
the oiialties OF the young man himself. some
.rbo never obtain Il, who are unfortunate or
bomeslck "a serious and rather common COM
ss,S.n -.afTrqa with dolefnl stories. Neverthe-
icss would advise the young man VINO mas no
special knowledge pu' WHO is aiiipiN1'' ii0iu