The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1897, Page 30

30 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1897 Wonders Seen Through a Giant Eye of Science close of the present century bids | air to substantiate the claims which have been put forward by many sts that it wonld mark a great era n the field of science. § enthu of discoveries rapid are announcements now made of ew processes and applications of natural re- courses, of better understanding of nat- ursl laws and discoveries of nature’s se- crets, that astonishment is almost sup- planted by bewiiderment. All of the dis. coveries and inventions which have bene fited mankind are latter-day productions, more than one-half of the total have been made known to the world during the past twenty-five year- The marvelous operations of the telephone are no longer mysterious, and yet its discovery unly attains its Jegal majority of twenty- one s this present year. The tran energ on of visnal images by electric established fact, now being put into simpler practical shape for gen- eral use, and the application of the electric force to purposes of illumination is of about the same age. A curious feature connected with the discoveries of the past quarter of a century is the fact that in nearly all of them electricity plays some important part; it is generally one of the dominant factors in the discovery, hout which new affair could not xist. Next to electricity light forms one of the ominent constituents of the new dis- coveries. Whether in its application to imination photography greater ides toward the perfect knowledge has been made with light and its manifesta- | tions than with any other save electricity. | And yet, with possession of all that | or tum bas been attained. Plans are now graphic attachment, which it is claimed will accomplish the desired result. To understand tne newly devised telescope some little knowledge must be bad of ignt. In our common acquaintanceship of light we are apt to conceive that light is simply illumination and then dismiss | the subject from all further consideration. n fact light 1s a very complex phenome- non. It is, so to speak, a bundle of rays, some of which are bright and luminou: and of course visible; others ure non- Juminous and therefore invisible, but are just as much a portion of the whole visible light as are any, and in fact without them there would be mo light. hese invisible rays, while inoperative on the human eye, are extremely powerful in their action plate. To illustrate: The interior of & periectly dark room may be photographed in every detail withoul the presence of a particle of visible light, provided that the exposure of the photographic plate ba con- tinued long enough. The construction of the new telescope is based upon the de- ductions arrived at from this knowledge. Telescopes are of two kinds, the “reflect- ing,” flector from which 1s reflected the ob- served object to a small lense in the eye- | piece, and “refracting’’ telescopes, which | use a large glass lense called the ““object glass.” The first kind give more light than the iatter. The latter give better definition. The new telescope will consist of a huge | refractor of metal, carefully ground toa proper curve, and highly polished, and the retina of | upon the photographic | which employ a large concave re- | | clockwork which rotates a long ribbon of | extremely sensitive film, and while in ope- ration opens and closes a shutter in frontjot the film with a rapid motion. The sur- face of the film is adjustea at the exact focal point of the huse mirror with such delicacy as to produce upou the film an | image no largar than the head of a pin. | The pictures thus taken may be, after | they are “fixed,” enlarged by any of the usual means to any desired size, 5o that it is possible and practicable to depict upon ascreen from one of these film-pictures | an exact image of an object on the surface | of Mars twenty feet square. By a novel arrangement the rays re- | completed for a telescope with Dphoto- | flected from the great mirror are deprived of their heat before they enter the camera | by passing through a metal cyiinder of | peculiar construction, whereby all heat is at once transformed into electrical energy, | thus leaving the pure actinicrays alone to | in.pinge upon the photographic film. The revelations to be made by the use | of this giant instrument are beyond con- ception. Questions that have for all time puzzled the brains of the most profound thinkers and exhausted the inventive genins of former inventors to devise the mechanical means of solution may now | be solved. We may confidently hove to definitely know whether or not our earth | isthe only habited globe. The physical | constitution of our sun and of the planets and stars will be betier understood when we shall use this last devised instrument of cyclopean vision. It is proposed to | erect the inatrument upon some elevated tableland bordering the Pacitic Coast, for the reason that a clearer atmosphere may there be found — probably within easy reach of the Golden Gate. ?. M. Crosg, D. Sc. PIDWELL WILL NOT SUE. | | Withdraws His Case to Kecover Butler’s Effects and Peace Is Kestored. The threatened legal embroglio in the Federal courts over the effects of Murderer Butler is off. Just at the time when it | seemed as if the joint power of the United ates, as represented by Henry 8. Foote, and her Majesty's Government, in the person of Consut J. M. Warburton, would be necessary to keep Marshal Baldwin in THE GIA} T REFLECTOR—A NEW EYE OF SCI been learned, we do not know the | al difference between the two; no un- biased scientist would hazard any other tement save that are different a the same thing. ications of light, that of photo has added to astronomical science th st vowerful ally it possesses. | Itis the unseen but all-seeing eye of that | wonderful science. The photographic | camera sees znd imperishably fixes for the | leliberate gaze of man’s inferior vision to which the human eye, even though it be aided by the most powerful lenses, is totally blind. Stars so minute that the giant telescope crowning Mount Hamilton fails to reveal their presence to the human gazing iniently at the end of the colossal tube are scen with ease by the pho- tozraphic eye and their spectral images elibly fixed upon the sensitive plate. | As between the first ruds and weak | magnifying glassand the present telescops there is 8 great distance which has been | bridged over by very many improve- | ments, each adding some valuable teature | 10 the make-up of the magnificent instru- | ment with which the searchers of the sky now seel: to unravel some of the countless mysteries of the Sidereal heavens. But with all the improvements, the modern | telescope is far from being a satisfactory instrument. Two tuings are necessary in a telescope—an ability to magnify and an ability to grasp light. The instrument may have great magnifying powers and yet be so deficient in light power as to render the object it is pointed at invisible for want of sufficient illumination. Itis the bappy combining of these two quali- ties by a proper shaping of the lenses which make famous a good glass. There isa limit, beyond which is only failure. The light-gathering power of a telescope may be pushed to great development, but it is at the expense of the defining power; while a lense ground to produce the great- | est definition loses light power. Thus, unfortunately, telescopic aid is limited. Man is unable to see all that he desires of the distant spheres which grace the mid- night sky. Recently photography has come to hisaid and has proved to be a veritable “‘eye of science.” A photographic plate exposed to the sky reveals the presence of countless stars | which are wholly invisible with the best | telescope. Man has ever been and ever will be desirous of knowing all that can be | possibly known about the heavenly bodies. The spectroscope in conjunction with the telescope makes certain declarations con- cerning the physical constitution of the | stars, but frequently there has arisen grave doubts as to the accuracy of spec- | troscopic evidence as appiied to as- | tronomy. The spectroscope declares that there is neither water nor moistrre nor atmosphere upon the moon or Mars, while competent and cautious observers who have fur long periods carefully studied these bodies emphatically declare that Mars, especially, has abundant water, | moisture and an atmosphere. The great problem as to the habitability of the stars, the profound query, Are they inhabited? must find its answer through other me- diumship than that of the spectroscope. Evidently, if it were possible to distinguish an object on the surface of Mars say twenty feet square, the solution of the absorbing problem would be approxi- mately arrived at. Now the obstacle in the way of seeing an object twenty feet square upon the surface of the ruddy planet is the hitherto impossibility of constructing a telescope which would magnify enough and at the same time give sufliciently clear definition coupled with abundant light. Lt 1s believed that this great desidera- | at the acute anelas. | i | zenith at one time or the other. from its great size will be constructed and mounted in sections. When the parts are assembled in place to form the complete mirror it will measure 200 feet in diame- ter. To mount so gigantic an affair would require frame work of enormous dimensions, and besides, any improve- ment of the whole would be extremely difficult; ce nly no delicacy of move- ment could be attained. The huge con- cave mirror is therefore held in place by a framework of steel and brass, so arranged | as to compensate for expansion and con- traction, and thus preserve ths symmetry | of the mirror under changes of tempera- ture. Tnis framework rests upon a tank, or float which is supported ina pond or basin of water. By this means stability of equipoise is secured, the vibration of the earth is reduced to 8 minimum, and by a well-plannea system of movable weights, the mirror may be made to in- cline at a desired angle, or turn from one point of the heavens to another. The image reflected from this giant speculum mirror is received at the preper focus by the lenses of the eyepiece, which | is situated 3000 feet distant from the sur- ce of the mirror. This lengthy focal distance is necessary for the purposeof keeping the reflected rays as nearly par- allel as possible, 20 that distortion at the ocal point my be diminished to a mini- mum and a finer definition obtained than would be possible should the rays converge Notwithstanding that our moon is called a “‘dead” star and is supposed to have no heat of its own, yet it reflects to us the heat as well as the light of the sun, and every stellar body sends some heat to the earth. The concentrated rays of the huge mirror used in the new telescope would convey sufficient heat from the moon’s surface to destroy the eyesight of any ob- server who had the temerity to look into the unprotected eyepiece. To remedy this a translucent prism of rock salt is placed in front of the eyepiece between it and the big mirror, which absorbs the heat rays. | It. however, very materially dims the im- age of the object unler observation, and when the telescope is used for photo- | graphic purposes the salt prism is re- moved. To satisfactorily observe a celestial ob- ject, as a star, the telescope must be made to “follow the star,” that is, made to move in contrary direction to that of the earth. In ordinary astronom- cal telescopes this is accomplished by a | clock, whose works connect with the tele- scope and keep it constantly pointed at | the object observed. But the giant re- | flector is t0o large for this, and its gaze 13 therefore confined to.objects in the zenith orclose to it. Fortunately, the rotation of the earth upon her axis brings most of the desirable heavenly objects to the The huge telescope here described is movable only | to a very slight degree, and used as an ob- servation instrument for the human eye would prove unsatisfactory. Butthe pho- tographic eye is the one intended for its zaze. Photographic science has narrowed down the length of time of exposure nec- essary to produce a perfect negative to the one-ten-thousandth part .of a second; While the perfection attained in the pro- duciion of piotographic films makes it a comparatively simple task to obtain awpic- ture so infinitesimally small as torequire the highest power microscope to make visible to the human eye the photo- gravhed view, which is, however, com- plete and clear in every detail. Used es intended, the giant reflector will bave no eyepiece, but in its place will be a specially constructed photo- graphic camera, fitted with a system of it must be | | possession of tbe property the unexpected | happened. Attorney Pidwell withdrew | his replevin suit in the Justice's court, and | the row and its canse had both disap- | penred. i i Pidwell appeared in the office of the United States District Attorney and_de- murely presented Assistant Attorney Bert | Scnlessinger with a notice that he had de- cided not to press the action to recover Butler’s property further. Accompany- |ing this was an official notice of with- drawal of the replevin smit. The word was burriedly passed to Marsnal Bald- win’s office and thence to the British | Consul. There were congratulations all |around that & serious international wrangle had been avoided. There was those who said the clearine away of the difficulty visibly affected the entire Fed- eral colony. JOBN DALY 1N DMNGER, iHe Will Have to Go to Jail if! He Fails to Pay a Doc- tor’s Bill. Juige Coff y Is Tired of Havingz His O:d:rs in a Guardianship M.t ter Disobeyed. Judge Coffey has issued a writ for the arrest of John Daly, guardian of his son James, because said guardian fails to pay a bill of $170 due from the estate of tue minor to Dr. Frederick Bass for profes- sional services. Young Daly was injured by a railroad car and was given a verdict for $1500 dam- ages against the company. His fatber | collected the money, acting as his son’s guardian under the order of the Probate Court. Dr. Bass attended the boy during his iliness, and thought his services in saving the lad’s life would be worth at least $170. When Daly appeared in court to ex- plain bis failure to pay the doctor’s claim he admitted that all the money was gone, though the account showed tnat there ought to be several hundred doilars on hand. Thereupon he was directed to pay the bill. Attorney Cobb, revresenting Dr. Bass, complained that Daly had ignored the order of the court, so the Sheriff isdi- rected to “attach the person of said John Daly and commit him to prison until he shail have complied with the said order, or be otherwise discharged according to the order of the court.” Several years ago a similar case was taken to the Supreme Court on a writ of habeas | corpus, the plea being that an attempt was being made to put a man in jail for debt. On behalf of the Probate Conrt it ‘was responded that this was not an sction in debt; that a guardian of an esiate isan officer of the court in every sense of the word, and as such is subject to the court's control in the disbursement of moneys re- ceived as guardiar; that the court had a | right to direct the payment of the moneys according to the rights of the parties in- terested, and that in enforcing this order it was the right of the trial Judge to commit delinquents for contempt of court. —————— Descendants of the Ravolution. On Washington’s birthday, at 3 P. M., there will be a meeting at Beethoven Hall of the members of Puerte ae Oro Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and there they wul entertain the members of the other local chapters. On the evening of that day the Sonsof the American Revolution will give s banquet in the Occidental Hotel. ———— FixE half-tone printing by skilled men and | | you glowed inwardly and outwardly when HALE BROS. 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Price SLOUR—21{u ch—redue- i 10 Sinen PRICE Skirts 3 1010 toch (Y SICILIAN CLOTH, 45-inch, hard, To-morrow 4 1010 inch heavy, durab! - 5 tolUinch BOTTLE relieve thesteel like finish, very 6 1010 inch. 937-945 Ma SAN FRANC. | S T T O O A A R R A AN SN S 3 S S A N S S S chases «nd adds | FOR GENTS, cestablishyour|| BROWN OR TAN. embroidery rep- SEAML utation. You've the best values in the country." = is a special one and Pair | every item is new. fresh stock. | lives came in Saturday atterncon. , riced according to qual- brics. Hundreds of lines not men- 10¢ (INCORPORATED) FRISECO’S EUSIEST STORE. ~ sfrefreirercraeaeaeatoniasiasfrstalelastanianiasiasiastratententeiasiastastrstrsiastratactrstantratontesoniania ds £ MUSLIN TOWELING. || PERCALES. | DRESS SATEENS.| BUTTONS. | DARNERS. ||SHIRT WAISTS < PILLOWS. Tt “ AN ODD LOT. | 30-INCH. || BUFFALO-HORN BONE. || DARNE! LAST SEASON'S STYLE. CASES, WELIN G. 1 ALSO CALICOS, | WORTH 12)4e. ||AS BIG AS A QUAKTER. || K NE FOR £ ouk’loGhabe ||ouR TINCH Fo) LOT.“ R WA o | R S ap iR AY ; wiXEp CoLoks. || THE e Lo ANY N TR Ko, g SPECIAL SPECIAL Il SPECIAL | SPECIAL ?i SPECIAL ‘ SPECIAL SPECIAL 1c | c | 10 | c e g 8" YARD. ‘,} 5 YARD. ‘1 7 Y_v\l.{l), | 2 EACH. 23 EACH. i ® & GLOVES. WE BUY FoR PLUSH CAPES, REAL KID, PIQUE SEVEN EVERYTHING WINDOW. % B';‘E"{T\"“"‘:l:[‘)\}: LL | STORES, WE SOLD 54 SOLD EVE RYWHERE D A‘Lll‘;sn‘ GUARANTEED AND FRONT. st FOR $1.50. THJS WEEK ONLY. WE BUY FOR AS PRICE SPEC CASH. ¥ .00 95* casn counTs THREE GREAT STOCKS. sl Bg oo PAIR. MANUFAC- EMBROIDERIES—CORSETS—BLACK GOODS IF NOT RIGHT ||l——— = = | = Ty ot s s mosey sack- || GURTAINS. GLOVES nouncement. We ask no favors, but solicit g . 4 unprejudiced comparison. | FHITE OF Boat ELEBRATED BALSAM 1 Our fancy goods buyer is about | to return from N.Y. Hewrites of great pur- THIS W AL .5 4| UNDERWEAR, above, I Most of the STOCKINGS. BLACK COTTON. |AN ABSOLUTE REDUC- TION FROM 50c. THE LOT can't afford to rgs, Swisses and PINK, BLACK, HEAVY. PRICE C © sn GARMENT GRAY. rket St., 1SCO. W FROM GREATE \Budget of Interesting News and Gossip| About the Galifornia Golony in the Eastern Metropolis N.EW YORK, Y., Feb. 8.—“Roses| red and violets blue, gar is | sweet, and so are you!” Didn’t we just revel in those old-fashioned lines years and years ago, when we were tots and the wonderful St. Valentine's Day was a day of expectancy! Don’t you | recall how you used to watch for the post- | man, or hurry down to the little postoffice and wait for “your turn,” when the dear old St. Valentine's Day came alonz? Don’t you remember how shaky your youthful fingers seemed as you broke the seal, or tore the envelope open—the big white envelope—all pressed around the edges with tiny forget-me-nots, roses ana pansies; and oh, how your heart thumped and drubbed against your ribs, and how | | you read those old, old lines: “Roses red and violets blue, sugar is sweet and so are vou; or perhapsit only said: “Be my Valentine.” And you would kiss the stiff cardboard rapturously, and in your excite- ment fancy it was kissing you in return, and then you would lovingly gaze at the little artificial pink roses and green leaves which nestled down in a lot of paper-lace, and the two clasped hands, double hearts | and cooin : doves adorning the open-work card seemed to you to be symbolical of joy and everlasting happiness. On, weren’'t those perfect days? Wouldn’t you just love to have that same old sweet trustful and peaceful sensation creep up throuzh your being now and | steal your weary senses for a day? it's a | pity that Valentine's day is losing its popularity and romance, It is because | we bave a grester tendency to the practi- cal side of life, thereby excluding all sentiment, and in our desire to progress we are simply parting with all the poetry and idealism our souls are capable of. It isn’t quite fair, is it? When the Majestic steamed into port last Thursday it brought back to our shores a uumber of Californians, who have been abroad for many months. Among them were W. B. Bourn ana Miss Maude C. Bourn who have been ‘‘doing the Continent” and Brit- ish Isles. They will remain in New York a month at least before continuing their journey homeward. During their stay they will make the Hotel Netherland their home. Mrs. L. Jesurum of Los Angeles arrived on the Majestic Thur-day and is registerea at tie Hotel Netherlund. There area number of prominent Cali- fornians permaunently located at the big handsore hotels which face the Fiity- ninth street and Fifth avenue entrance to Central Park. Mre. A Schwabacher of San Francisco is visiting friends and enjoying the experi- ence of an Eastern winter. Mrs. James Cunningham and children, who have been stopping at the Bucking- ham during the past few months, left last Thursday for San Francisco. They will stop at Detroit, Mich., en route and re- main a week visiting relatives. modern machinery. Mysell-Roilins, 22 Clay.* J. W. Raphael will have a score of ex- | that “he was going upcountry on bu | the Netherlands. | azo she returned R NEW YORK planations to make to a bunch of friends | bhere if he does not come back to town | within the week and make it all clear to | them. On Saturday afternoon, late, he floated into the Manhattan Hotel, depos- ited his baggage on the marble desk and registered his arrival in a big, bold hand. None of his downtown friends knew of his arrival that night, and on Monday when | they went up to his hotei to find him, be hold, he had fled! Tne word he left was | ness and would return in a fewdays.” Up to last accounts the bunch of friends were | patiently waiting for his return to town <0 they might give him a royal good wel- come and a happy time. Mrs. Lucy MacDougall and R. L. Mac- Dougall arrived from England on Thurs- day and have taken apartments for the remainder of the winter at the Hotel Netherland. Mrs. W. J. Broderick of Los Angeles has but recently returned from a trip abroad. J. S, Webster is a guest at the Man- battan. Mrs. Edward H. Clark, a niece of Mrs. Pheebe Hearst, is a permanent guest at Mrs. Hearst makes the Hotel Netherland her bome also when- ever she is in New York. About ten days | to her residence in ‘Washington, D. C., where she entertains so delightfully. Mrs. Hearst is a lady of such rare ability and generous soul that it is not strange she has hostof ad- mirers and 1s beloved by scores of true and loyal friends. W. P. Gardiner of Los Angeles reached the city on Thursday and registered at the Waldorf. Josiah W. Stanford of San Francisco is at the Holland, and expects to remain in the city for some time. E. M. Bray of San Francisco is a new arrival. Hon. W. F. Goad, accompanied by his two lovely daughters, Miss Genevieve and Miss Aileen, registered at the Hotel Wal- dorf on Friday morning. Their journey through from the sunny slopes of Cali. fornia to the ice-bound rivers and valleys of these Eastern States was pleasant and uneventful. Mr. ‘Goad declares that he and his daughters are on a pleasure trip, in every sense of the word, and that they came to New York during the winter months just 10 get a taste of zero weather and experi- ence winter sports. Mr. Goad’s son, W. F. Goad Jr., 1s in his senior yearat St. Paul’s School, Concord, N. H., and after a visit to nim and a few weeksin New York enjoying the opera and theaters, Mr. Goad and the Misses Goad will travel down to New Orleans in time to witness the grand Mardi Gras festival. It is quite settled that W. F. Goad Jr. will enter Har- vard next vear. His ambitions and in- clinations are to follow in the footsteps of his successful and worthy father. Mrs. John M. Cunningham, widow of the late John M. Cunningham, is per- manently located at the Savoy. Her three children are in excellent health, and she | through town on Monday may not return to California until late in the spring. William G. Henshaw of Oakland hurried B. Hart and John A. Britton are guests at the Imperial. Not many people know that Joseph R. Grismer, the successful marager and actor, is a poet. He has written a num- ber of very pretty things, and here is a verse that serves as a tribute to California; it was written by him in a young lady’s album, but I hardly think be will care if Iappropriate them here: Here's to the sun-kissed plain Where the missions sleep, And the tangled hills Where the wild vines creep The snow-capped peaks Where the storm-clouds lowes An1 the recessed dales Where the redwoods tower. The word-picture is complete, and the | verse would adorn a valentine. They say that spring is near, perhaps 1t | s, but violets are a dollar a bunch just the sameand the bunches are small, too, about the size you buy on Market and Kearny streets for 10 cents a bunch. 1 was looking over a letter the other day, written by a young Bostonese who was vis- iting California. She was expatiating on the climate, etc., and ended up this wise: | “And, ob, Edith dear, you ought to see my room this moment; itis & perfect bower of lovely flowers. Eatre nous, dear, if flowers were as cheap at home we would feel insulted unless a man sent us a whole cartload.” Mercenary Bostonese ! TreLLA Forrz ToLaxp, 34 Park Row. — CONGRESS T0' AID INDIA, W. W, Clark Receives a We'- come Telegram From Senator P rkins. A1 Charifable Sccisties Will Ask:d to Tak: Part in the Work of R:li-f, The following telegram regarding the work of relief for the starving and plague- stricken districts of India was received Be from Senator Perkins yesterday by W. W. | Clark of the Chamber of Commerce: . W. Clark, Chamber of Commerce, cisco: A Tesolution has unanimously passed the Senate authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to tranpor: supplies donated for the re- lief of the sufering people of Iudis. The dele- gation will urge the passage of the resolution by the House of Representative GEoR PERKINS. ‘Lhis is most welcome news to those who have labored o assiduously in the work n Fran- KEW T0-DAY. HIRSCH & KAISER, Successors to HIRSCH & KAHY, 333 Kearny street, Optical Goods = Photo Supplies, WILL REMOVE MARCH Ist To No. 7 Kearny Street, Opposite Chronicle Building. UNEQUALED FACILITIES FOR THE PROPER FITTING OF GLASSES. Best Equipped Optical Store on the Pacific Coast. of charity ever since the mass-meeting was held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. Tney will now work with greater en: rgy than ever before. The Christian Endeavorers will be peti- tioned to take this movement up and carry it along actively. All social, chari- table and benevolent organizations, ir fact will be asked to join in the work of | relief. The Berkeley committee has decided to give a $500 piano to the society secur- ing the most snbscrintions. It is now on | exhibition by F. K. Shattuck, the presi- dent of the Commercial Bank of Berkeley. e | The averagesized spool for sewing | thread is 2 inches high and 13§ inches in diameter at the enas. 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