Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1869 — Page 4

NISSY

MR NASBY DAHHI JgW^Onil.lTUH DECLINATION Ato*l. ROBECRANS OPENS A FIELD FOR Sk?St* r 1 TO ENTER— A CANDIDATfI|iaiKtoS>K EAT WAT. *O< frterfitawMßwme?. t ■ >«»»«*«. 4 aIRR 1 «. *'’*• , ’«« There wui * Prorkteuoe tot WMS compelled to leave apt-abol and crownin Plovatotoin m> WBUB to Ohio. I Bhai latver dottel Ptovidcnqa agin. 1 tbcxtoM 1* tend totbe xxMßpelled to leave my dnnflfortobte qaatten at the Cornere, and I toUrnftfiM when forced to, trust myself th ttW cold charUtam' wv Rn unfoelin world at my advanst age, but it Post Master, the porishen uv Governor of the third State uv is more exalteder.

The decline uv tvuznot onexpccted. I mta iA JqyijßerßKtor Tim r man started for CKmEltatfat day. after to indoose himtftfiM'lne ■frfotowM he wood succeed. Ibu4j hez a nin way with him KaKMhndyguni Joi«-. covered two years J Rosvcrans wuznt mAlbMMpitarr fota, to lead the Dimocrisl\nwg)Mc*LviMf?l No matter how souimr hjpnpy | the questions now fbeWfr:. the there is an odor attamtofdl MB Mine W»ctd is a stench into our JLmAKUJuiuI 'tiEr*eM run our St nt nfuMMfQMMfIMM have knowcd it. telleck is limited—it don’t take'Td? titoJ many ideas to wunst, nor does ighßUl with facility. «Dorsla three years .uv the late onpleasantoXU iwe wits kept bfrzy trainin the Dimncriay to hate this natnty with sich kt Burnside, el cetery. We succeeded. Lft boat, the time uv the fightin uv the battles uv Stone River, Inky, Chicamauga, and pertikerly about Uq: date uv the arrest and exil uv our. tbehimarterfd saint, Vallandygum, the ye/y mention 'of Roaycrans’ name wood egtany Dituoerat in Ohio to frothin at the inouih like, a mad dog. The Dimocratic-jMitipaUiy to, tire name ain't changed, we nnte tell em that this same Royyqtana wun our -candidate, but w<x>d, jn tuonmats uv forgetfulness, hpegc-, strtfces at any man who wood '• three cheers for Rosycrans.” Tjiey"d«p>lygize immcjitlywhen they remembered themselves, but kin an apoliujy repqy for a broken head ? Half uv our nmtiirs fe-ood hev bin killed before the flfrtipagn witz half over. There aint no vooge if? tryln toget tip enthdosiasm under jfichctrctitu o tnt]ces.

Now thatUAfsycrans i§ put uv the way, the qtiestiohp Rich UV our chieftains shall take his For it wood be soolcidle to nominate YfthumlyKum. He rant get a Republilygvoje, and tlier arc hosts uv fogon'l, nke to have it sed they votAlfoj huu out nv regard for their posterity. ( Jt y efit’t <H.ty. nominate Cary, for he’«’too4»oeiU>y<xmvert, and besides, he used iouccasionally lector on temperance. Raijuuy won't becoz Ranney alluz wears clean shirts; takes a bath twiet a week, and goes amnpwbere to church. With his famly Ma" doubtless git son* hiubtoa W he’d lose more 11 SMLtoorvtoeltoMoCwi cy to balance the account. Henry Clay Dean wood soot exactly but he lives in lowa. Jessee D.Brite would anser. but he is a JSmwjJ Cox hez alluz lived cleanly, Tno he is sumsiently versitecUMaliange all Alwt in time, but unfortunatJ.KJ iufSlWUif aids Jisijes, he’s a citizen uv Noo York. .at.* any affectashen uv modesty —ME. lam justmqw, rim chief: aufopg ien thousand, ilww H 4 aMogetncr Idvily. I am the Moses wich is to lead the Dcm'ocrasy uv Oiiqnui MF'tleirJaßi uv bondage into thWstM*jdwm 4ft h iftHk and honey. _ I never dedine nothin. , nominatid. What wood. .Valla ndy gum give es he wuzn’t known? We never succeed with a knoAuf dUl*a|gj jWe kin say in counties whefe ifey pifar men whose hand?Jfoz drrnchedtiigqpFthat J killed my if M<nt|:s frtitfe they went for peece, by kilim Provo Marshals and sich—tliat 1 wood hev died in my door yrfrd,,ef .Hd bed o>e, sooner than hfev gone My other pints are ez follows:

the State. * Jtwua. oriaumUy * Demoeijqy I voted fot'.focksO'fl anH( for everf’ Democratic noitouca/irfm tjud date.pj to the present. AM li<PJ»r<*Kfest bofeM, ilck wish inscrfMd onto my tombstone wiwn I heve gonallenae-M»i never scratdied atikkit. Mx tfar recmxk is pfeer. At the’ breakin otw t» the ItAivl Vffooseil' everything the Goyermnent did, I did not stun, the MassaflaJtaMsr’Soljerfi ih’ifailtiniortf, beeoz I wuz npt there, but I slung up my hat whenTitenf wept bittar teers becojl wuz not there. I did hot ▼olunteer./jOn the '(fmitnn& i-htn drafted, I made tCe best uv my way to Canydy to join **d orfly failed to make my escape Jhro the, treachery uv a f ft|mself »ito jny confidence py hewn a fiopy of the Noo Dimocrat but IJbupd to nu- sorrow, tfcito wolves onM-put 6nl trotliingVTsb hosts, with whomrl served til a little wuz imminent XJtoJi n£ wky ptorfii I

to iai bars at wluch,LWunst had credir ixdbosed .myself to abcttsin aVyraanici^ goreiniiient tT MtW ft Mwk&Witf w ar. i neaaffithe Holmeswunty patriots u?t , e Golleri CtrlSe in whip and Injany, SsSggfes twenty yuMi WM® Xklttd by me, wl «hmMtthe jtantwtartM CT t out at the proper time, m Basteels, "Jw^eyJM&ishi fn m<i*ta. My can’Awlfe theSbburrfftirendm if/ XTaJMHftratfasssa-fe. up his hauuk dnrinr the .imrwabmrnl struggle, Union Senators which ypttdtfpr arrniittaF I assisted also in thoMaißlWWa<rrtiX' in Memphis and Npo Orlons S&V 9

I am, uv out Bimwrisy, ez consonancA ith'<fcfc. vUn inflHMfrtoß posed to thepaysjant uv theinmhrZldeM I am oppo^g^fl<S®fetttli am<fiMU€J and my datfiera, if J Led mn y “WOQMJthe®© OtrtioJ&o m ¥ l , la .'“ n T rl V 18 more sounder than am I The thitfor services renqgttdE *Y niev oin dragged throo horatfonh for Wrirrahfl fW tWadygum. I Kev bin pulled out uv my bed b £ *’>« *nd compelled to take ooms uv allegiance, and I languished 1 PW* >n a bustile for piy Medfastness iq

vftutoisy. These tdwfaKuto, but if no one else will, I must made other sacrifices. When Vgatt Worn my nccceful home to flte our Misted calmly along. She took in BrMMi and I talked politics at a neigh bort** grocery, invesUn the proceeds uv her labor in the sustenance aflordod at the bar. ‘When I returifed4'at met me? Thr kiltin uv men outrite wuz not the. most han rendln incidents uv that fratrisidle stTugglr It wuz the sevrin uv domestic tito*-the tearin down uv domestic altars, add the sfcparatin uv.fiimiliea. When 1 rc. turned I wuz coldly met. Looizer Jane wuz wasbin as yoosiial, only harder than fvfer, and I notist the childnen hed new flrocks ami shews. Tite fust afternoon 1 wuz at home I askt her in my old fatnilyer >way fora dollar and a halt, ez 1 wantid to the street. "That’s played!" she remnrkt. “ Hevn’t you got it?" I askt. “I hev,” she replied, “and I propose to ieep it. I hev diskivered suthin since Jbove bin gone. I heve found, that it’s *easv enuff to support myself and the children, washin atot dollar a dozen, but .add to that n hulkin tmni,-with a Rose like yoors, and it’s harder then I kecr. This house is mine—yoo can vacate.” Mud she calmly rung out a shirt e? tbo wat she sed wuz a common-place remark failed uv a practlkel diverse. Haft her. A feendisb Ablishnist hed I put this idea into her head ami she hed I actid onto it. Since tliat time 1 hev wendled sly way alone, subsistin by clutnv■■ EJMsiinism owe® me the home I hed. Al> Tislinism owes me the likker I ought to hev hed, out uv wat that woman hez. 'earned sence that crooel day. O wat a Tearflil debt to pay.

The J ctsit Democrat may ask wat I I want uv a noininashen when defeat is certin. It’s suthin to be a candidate. I aliood make, u tigrqus auupano. They nfasses in the rtmflnbdcesiriks doft'C atleir see a candidate for so high an ofiiis, alp! I shood beam onto cm all. Uv (Xturse 1 sh<s>d from this date to the seeofid Toosday in October hev free likker, Tlie rank and file wimhl esteem it an honor to drink with me, and 1 shood consider it a Convenience to drink with them. For two months 1 shood hev all I wanted, wich wood lie the happiest two months in my life. I shood probably dio Uv delirium, tremens, but I'Ctibd afford it Oh wat-a-gorgus prospeck! Oh wat an elysium! Kin the Dempcrisy uv Ohio be so itoocl ez to deprive me uv it? I kin at least hold the votes uv the hard-handid Dimocrlcy wich wuz knowed ez Coppcrhcds' doorin the war, and 1 ain’t see that we hev ever got any other kind, no matter •who we nominated. Es that element aint strong unuff to elect me, I spose 1 shood go to jine the unnumbered throng uv Dimocratic candidates who hev encountered defeat in the dreary years gone by, and whose ghosts still hover on the confines uv politlkle life. I submit this to the Diinoi raSy uy Ohio, feelin that I am askin only wat is my doo.

PETROLEUM V. NASBY,

, (Wicly wuz Post Master.) ** '1 -iZ., if,'

Rebel Malignity.

•', A correspondent of the Boston Trareller recently visited Andersonville, and after describing the horrible character of the water which the prisoners were compelled to <dritik, and otherwise confirming the acWihhtS of their cruel treatment heretofore published, says; gn open spot, a short distance to the northwest of the prison pen, the last remamsof the murdered ones lie sleeping their >sl sleep. Side by side the twelve thousand five hundred now rest, while over them vyave the stars and stripes of that nation far which they died. Simple graves! A little sandy mound, a white headboard bwiug the name—and the story of their resting place is told. When we neared the gate through which the visitor must pasa Die high board fence which sufronnds the cemetery, we were surprised to see.quite a large party of ladies and .genUffoen down in the northwest corner of the cenialefy , uadgr tjie shade, qf the trees, throvimg flowers' -upibn the graves. While we were standing by the fiagstafl’ arid contemplating their movements,’another party entered the gateway, and passfogßear us, walked on toward the othercom,pan|r, and as they passed us, a lady dressed in the richest attire, and possessing really handsome features, stepped a little way from her companions, and with gestures indicating the deepest disgust, scornfully spat upon the grave of a Michigan 'irfldier. ‘There,’ said she, ‘I said I would 4o it, and 1 have? Her companions laughed anprijpngly, “and the party passed on, leaving us ’in a state of humiliation and rage M Ruch as we never experienced before: What we might have done Jn- our anger we know not, had iwa at? that time been aware as to who the scoffers were. For when we found that th« leaves they came to decorate were those of the rebels, we could not control ourwlf, and walked out of the cemetery and down into the forest to regain our SeJfptissessiori. Down in the forest we found a large variety of wild flowers. From thejq ’we selected the varieties which pleased us most, and with an armful returned to the cemetery and laid them one by ope upon the graves. The little mound whiqtp had,’ been; spit upon we covered With wreaths and bouquets of our own Ranging long sprigs of roses and ttnrps over the headboard. Then taking opa«pat upon the grassy mound at the foot 1 of the flagstaff, we waited for the r return - After a while they came, and joking, unmindful of our preface; undone of them proposed to kkw over a Yankee headboard. We felt as if ,we should like to see him do it, just <»ice,‘ but when they came up, the lady St upon the grave uttered an exn of surprise, and pointed at the ecked head-board. ‘ Who did that?’ i-iclkifoed one, just as the company caught sight of us. As if tey one accord the whole parts? followed the of the lady, and stared at us as though we were somefhirtg supernatural. We said not a word ; but, slowly rising to our, feet, foiled our arms jfid stared at them hard in return. We were tinju, for Uw fiqo. time in-our lifef * Spoiling for a tight ? but They turned away at once, and, hanging their heads, out of the cemetery in silence.”

Brick Pomeroy South.

( . HftiCK Pomeroy recently sent an advertisement of his paper to a Democratic slftet, |he Water Valley (Miss.) Eagk, for insertion. The editor gives it to him : since the close of the war, Pome- I joy has been more Southern than' the Jsotrtittjrn people themsiilves. His language and bearing hats seemed constantly to flails that he understood our rights and '“wrongj better than we did ourselves. Ce 1 - tainly.die has been a bigger blackguard in hfrJWsti iffian maintenance of our cause | thw »py Southern man we know of Th : s iiis-tHagusted every intelligent Southern j than who eVer rehd his paper; and - now,! we are happy, tp §*y. that Brick Pomeroy ! jKno longer ah apostle bf even our most vflMnte * mudsills.’ ~ Of all the coarse, half-educated charla-' Musi, Who have regarded the newspaper as a chow (g.‘ lame; ’ who have IdwfeHd the standards of Journalism, humhu/tged opr people out of their hard earned mofaey, by pandering to the very lowest tartes. passion s and prejudice of poor huAM& nature, this'unblushing ■ 4 Pompey Smash ’ of the press. Brick Pomeroy, as >e appropriateff calls himself is the coarsest and mor* Krazen-facsd, most abandoned." ’ - V

THE TOTAL ECLIPSE.

The Sun—A Sight of lilt Glory during » the Ecliptic—The Cqrona and Protei- ■ berfnors; Their. Size and Character —Theory of the Solar Conatitution. P. Colbert, author of “ Astronomy without a Telescope” and Commercial Editor of the Chicago Tribune, was a mem Imt of the scientific party at D«s Moines, lowa, on the occasion of the recent solar eclipse, and the following descriptive article, taken from the columns of the Tribune «f the 12th insf.,isfrom his pen : The el lipse ot the sun on Saturday last wad visible over all the United States and Territories; but a view of the magnificent corona Which surrounded .the sun was visible only to those who were located on the narrow licit of 156.4 miles in breadth which was swept liy the moon’s shallow. The light of the ’ sun is so powerful and so overshadowing as to shut out the coronal display to those situated only a few yards outside the limits of totality, though they could discern but the merest thread of sunlight at the moment of greatest obscura■tiqn: For the information of those who wi re not privileged to witness the phenomenon by reason of location, as wellasof those who onlv saw it with the naked eve within the band of totality, We herewith present a

view of thecoroiia, as seen at Des Moines, lowa, by the writer, through a telescope, sketclied by him immediately after the total obscuration had passed, and then submitted to several of the scientific observers present, all of whom recognized it as an accurate portraiture. The cut also shows the rose-colored protuberances, the largest of winch were seen by him, but for the smaller ones, and the exact description of all, he is partially indebted to others, who made them the special subjects of observation, while he directed his attention to the corona, during the 17)4 seconds which intervened between the apparent contacts of the eastern and western edges of the luminaries. The circular figure on the accompanying diagram represents the moon, her dark side being turned toward the observer. Though her actual diameter is 394 times less than that of„the sun, yet she is so ’muclTnearer to us that, at the time of the eclipse, her apparent diameter was to that of the sun as 21 to 20, so that the sun was totally obscured durlnglhe 2 minutes seconds required for her to ]>ass over a space equal to one-twentieth part of the sun's diameter. The' apparent motion of her centre was along the line C to D, while the apparent path of the sun’s centre may be represented liy the line B to A, and the direction of the north and south poles of the heavens by the points marked N and S. The letter Z represents the direction of the ; the letters R and L, the direc4ion of right and left. It is evident from the diagram that R was nearly in the direction of northwest; C, nearly northeast, and L, nearly southeast.

That the light-colored rays and the dark rose-colored protuberances (the latter represented by black spots on the diagram) Jiidongedto-thc -sunr-imd-not-te the wni ; is evident from the fact that when the edges of the sun and moon coincided at D, at the first instant of total obscuration, the moon’s edge lapping some distance over the sun at C, the protuberances on the upper left side were visible, and the corona on that side was larger, while, when the moon had advanced so that the edges nearly connected at C, and the moon lapped over at D, the protuberances on the D side were* visible 1 , while those on theC side came into yiew A and the corona on tlie latter side was largest. Accepting this view we obtain a gauge of dimension which enables us to approximately measure the dimensions of the several parts of the corona and the protuberances. Thus.-the sun is known to subtend an actual diameter of 351,736 miles, while his apparent angular diameter at the time of eclipse, was 31 minutes, 37.6 seconds of? space, corresponding to. 442.76 miles to; each second, or very nearly 74,000 tnfiles ' (70,979.76) to each digit, or twelfth part of, the sun’s diameter. But in order to find ; the total amount of projection, it is evident I that we must take into account not only I the amount of protrusion beyond the edge . of the moon, but also the amount due to ' the overlapping of the moon’s edge at the I>oint and instant of observation.

■ - THE CORONA. The corona was Tl-markably different from all preconceived notions on the subject, and from all previous descriptions, both 'in size and shape. Il has always been represented as nearly annular (ring formed), of about equal breadth all the way round the edge of the moon, and not more thap qne-tenth of her apparent diameter. The corona of Saturday last was exceedingly irregular in its outline, and in some places projected to a distance fully ha f that of the apparent,diameter of the moon, or nearly 500,000 miles. Our diagram shows the relative lengths of the several portions, except that on the sides the length is slightly constricted. The greatest length was almost identical with the direction of the moon’s path across the face of the san, which very -nearly coincided with the plane of the ecliptie. From the east side (direction from D) a mass of light shot out to the distance of five or six digits; it was about thirtvdegrees wide at the- base,and aliapeij , nearly like’ the remote half of a SHver poplar leaf. Near the moon it shone with an almost uniform white light, but within a short space it broke up into brilliant I rays, almost parallel with each other, and all pointing nearly towards the centre of the diagram. Still farther pnt these rays assumed more of a streaky character, seeming to lie against a darker backgnind, and towards the summit they ed away into a more diffused and milder ..Jit, though• still distinct and bright.L Near the extremity it appealed nmry like a cumulus cloud, but the central direction of the rays was plainly visible It melted away into the aZure* background almost imperceptibly, but the outline was perfect, except at the “very extremity m the leafsliaped mass. -On the other side of. the disc (direct mp from A, C) was a cojfcs-

ponding tongue, but less regular, and ex tending only-about twju thirds as tar into ths void. This portion was more brilliant Bear the base t han its eounterpart, and was sharply defined at the verv extremity, the rays blending fKithlckly that|t' required a steady gaze to iffmiuta tHn4' The vxtent of this portion wm about mikn. Professor laine saw the light reflected from the moon’s edge nt the distance of 54,000 mites from the sun’s laxly,■'wiille the light was reflected from the Ollier edge at a distance of, 74,000 miles. We compute the total width of the corona in the direction through A D, including the sun’s body, at ■ 1,<100,f)00 miles. Tlie broadest ijMifi qf coronal light was i visible on t|>B left (in Ute wuth east qimr ter). This sprung from an tare oftidxmt Bo degieeson the moorVa circumlcrouce to a height of three digits, -or CB+.OtX) miles. This mass was more diffused than either of 'tffl s othefs, and separated near the extremity Into narrow leaflets of light, something like the (lame from a thinly spread lasl of coals, only there was no red, the light being pure white, with a Cdnt corruscation. < ipposite to this, on the right, wasanother leaf-spread mass of four digits in height, on a base of 20 to 25 degrees, and like a parabola in the general outline, which was, howl-ver, broken up on the outer side into |ets. Another broad sheet sprung up on the/mrth cast (toward the zenith) nearly 1 rectangular iu shtwettmtr ttuee to four

digits high, the upper third part being divided irregularly into tongues of light, formed by assemblages of rays. Between these larger masses the circumference of the lunar orb was filled up by radiate lines of brilliant light, extending on an average a digit and a half in height, of 125,000 miles from the sun’s surface. It was noticeable that this continuous band was the most narrow on the lower left hand side (southwest by south) averaging about two-thirds of the width elsewhere, and was badly broken on its entire outline, as if the regularity were interfered with by the action of the string of bead-like protuberances jutting up through the interior portion of its volume. The full amount of this irregularity was not perceptible with the naked eye, but the general distribution of long and short rays was the same. To the unaided vision the narrower portions of the corona were visible and bright; but the tongue-like extensions faded out into nothingness, whereas the telescope gave a definite out line all around, except at the'summit of the first named protrusion. We do not claim that the relative lengths of the different portions were exactly as laid down here ; they were estimated at the instant, and transferred to paper directly; but the time allowed for observation (less titan three minutes) was so short that it can scarcely, be considered possible to repnxluce every part of the outline with unfailing accuruex. , As stated in the letter from Des Moines, the images of the corona taken in the camera by Dr. Curtis, of the United States Navy, do not show so great a breadth of outline as is here represented, probably for the reason that the light of the outer ixirtions was too faint, by comparison, to fix an image on-t be plate, while the morrbritHan t portions were burning their impress on the apparatus. The photographs show the corona to be least broad in the region of the protuberances, and have preserved the impress of as much of its breadth as corresponds to a distance of 105,000 miles from the-suifs-body, whence we may conclude t lißt the photosphere extends to at least that distance, while the observations of Prof Lane show that at three-fourths of that distance it possesses enough of illuminating power to light up the moon’s surface to an extent-sufficient to cause a reflection of its rays through a distance of 238,000 miles.

A legitimate conclusion from this, and through spectroscopic observations detailed in our reports, is that the solid body of tho sun is surrounded by a self-lumi-nous atmosphere of at least one hundred t thousand tuHes ip thickness, or bne-fourth ■ iiart of his radius, this giving the image ! D.ied in the cambra, and that outside of , the light (photo) sphere is a non-luminous envelope or atmosphere, shining to us by ! means of the light received from the interior shell, which it reflects to our eyes. This non-luminous envelope or atmosphere must be at least 600,000 miles in thickness, and perhaps twice that amount, as its density must decrease with the distance till it joses its reflective power. It is not impossible that the prolongation in the direction CAB, gives rise to the phenomenon known as the Zodiacal light, and rises sufficiently near the orbit of Mercury to cause the disturbances in his movements which have been ascribed to a mythical belt of planetoids.

THE FBOTUBBRANCBA These ate repressnted on the diagram in black ; their ap ph'rent color was a pink red. The instant that the last film of light, with its middle at D, had vanished, leaving the sun in fitter darkness, and simdltaneously with the outflash of the corona, the line of protuberances extending from Pto B also burst updnthe view. The one al the lowest point was the largest. All saw the upper portion, which occupied about 16 degrees on the moon’s disc’, and projected 56,000 miles from the sun’s edge', or fully one-half the average height of the photosphere. Dr. Hilgard saw and described the lower, or pendant portion, 'tfiiifir’was estimated to be 100.000 miles long, by 20,000 miles wide, making a total protrusion of 156,000 miles. The protuberance at L, and the one immediately below it, were also visible to the naked eye; they were rectangular, and were estimated at 20,000 miles high, with bases of five and eight degrees on the circumference. The photograph showed the three more fanci-fully-shaped ones near the eastern quarter, which were also more faint in outline, seeming as if one part lay far behind the other, which crosses it in the diagram. Hence the cross-shaped figure at B was probably made tip of two independent protuberances, the horizontal portion lying several hundred miles farther .from the eye-of the spectator lhan the part which seemed to stand, nearly upright. In tire lower left quarter h* string of bead-like protuberances were also visible with the

aid of the tclescopo. Their comparative size is uect'sxarily exaggerated on our diagram ; they were, perhapa, not more than 5,000 miles high, and dropped out of sight in rapid succession In a few seconds, as tile moon advanced rapidly in the direction Oto I). And now the three larger oiuM at I), B grew smaller, fading from the view about the middle of totality, which fact showed them to have an altitude of about 25,000 miles. At this time the western edge of the moon laid advanced sufficiently in its coirt’se to uncover the protuberances on that side, and the three shown from A to li Hashed on the vision, only the exterior portions being visible at first, but soon growing out farther and farther till the three exhibited an altitude of at least 20, 000 miles, by an aggregate breadth of fully 20 degrees on the base. Meanwhile the protuberance at P grew larger, unsteadily, as the nitsin's edge at that point neared the edge of the sun, but it then seemed to decrease shortly before the total phase ended, showing an actual change in volume, though the character of the outlines did not perceptibly vary. These four were distinctly visible till the last instant, when they vanished with the corona, as a star disappears from view when a flash of lightning illumines the firmament. The spectroscope had already told us that these protuberances are masses of incan descent matter, and some of its constituent elements have been determined to be identical with substances familiar to us, as Iron, sodium, magnesium and hydrogen. But it was reserved to Professor Harkness todiscover that there is a constant decrease in the number of elements in proportion to the height above the sun’s surface. Thus the summit contains no element but hydrogen, and sodium appears a little lower, while iron is, possibly, the element to rise with the greatestdifllculty, and to fallback soonest into the bosom of the sun. We have also reason to believe that these protuberances are identical with the dark masses known as “spots.” when seen on that part of the sun's atmosphere which is between us and his laxly. CONSTITUTION OF THE SUN. So much, then, we know of the constitution of the sun that he is surrounded by a double atmosphere, and that the interior one is self-luminous and the scene of violent changes connected with the formation ami movement of immense bulks of incandescent matter. We know, further, that many of the substances which are found in large quantities on the earth exist also, in the sun, and we may reason from analogy that other yet undiscovered terrene elements join these to make up the grand total of solar matter. But beyond this lies a vast void belonging to the regions of the unknown; probably much that will forever remain “ unknowable ” by mortal. But where knowledge ends speculation begins.

It has been thought that the luminous and non-luminous atmospheres of the sun are like two air strata in our atmosphere; not absolutely separable, nor divided by a line the position of which can be indicated. This is, we believe, the general theory with those who entertain one, that it is but agenerahlistinction, like the discrimination between upper and lower portions of our atmosphere, the one merging into the other by imperceptible gradation, and the self-luminosity ceasing only when the density becomes too small to admit of that intensity of vibration which is supposed necessary to originate the sensation of light. This may- be so, but it seems quite as probable that the sun’s condition is similar, in respect to form, with that of the earth before the continents were upheaved by volcanic force. Then the ocean covered the land, and was itself surrounded by an outer atmosphere of air, the two oceans, then as now, not only balancing each other, but being mutually necessary to the integrity" of character pertaining to each. Of course it is not necessary' that the photosphere should be composed of anything like what we call water,, and indeed we have no particular reason to believe that oxygen, the chief constituent of water, is present at all. But it is necessarily a somewhat dense fluid, and is probably' in a state of more intense motion than any intermovement of particles of which we have any knowledge. There is no doubt thatthisfiuid is also intensely hot, but that is probably not a result of combustion,and is more a consequence of its rapid motion than a necessary condition of heat in the solar rays. So far as we know, light and heat are phenomenal only—mere conditions, not material entities—and these sensations are communicated only by the intermediate vibrations of material particles. It is always cold on the tops of high mountains, though-there be level enough to admit of a large amount of earth radiation, and we must conclude that the difference is principally due toa lessened density of the atmosphere, which presents fewer particles to be vibrated in the passage of the solar rays; hence less of motion; hence less of the sensation of heat. The sun’s rays are warm and light to us only’ because they vibrate through certain media. Take away those media, and the sensation is absent. We have every reason to believe thatthe earth and moon have existed under somewhat similar conditions to those now witnessed in the silt, with this probable difference that the eartji has a conqiarative excess of oxygen, and the sun of hydrogen, while the moon is deficient of both of those elements. To this difference we may perhaps look for consolation against the fear tHiat the sun will be burned out ultimately, and leave our posterity a thousand generations hence to die out of cold. The above view is perfectly consistent, too, with the idea that the sun may be a fit residence for animated beings, organized in adaptation to the situation, and enables us to drop the difficulty which meets us in the attempt to conceive of an eternally self-sustaining conflagration.

Terribly Afflicted.

Newspapers have preserved the tradition of an afflicted mortal who had the jaundice, the measles, the break-bone fever and the toothache, all at one time, and felt sick besides. The Democracy are in very much such a bad way. The are sweating and grunting and toiling along the dusty highway of politics under a weary load of incongruity, hunting in vain for the lost jewel—consistency. They protest one thing in Pennsylvania, another in Ohio, another in lowa, and still another in Cali-

fornia. In the rough language of Davy Crocket, “things is mixed.” The New York World instructs that the public debt must be paid in gold; the Cincinnati Enquirer insists that it must be liquidated in paper. Northwestern Democrats make free trade a test Of party fealty; Pennsylvania Democrats raise the counter cry that a high protective tariff is the only true creed. California Democrats demand the exclusion of John Chinaman from the Union ; Southern Democrats require that he shall be admitted to our shores' in unrestricted number, as the only means of saving the country. The faithful in Virginia are making ready to swallow the Fifteenth Amendment with cheerful alacrity ; the faithful in Ohio denounce the same proposition as monstrous in inception and consequences. The party in the North is shouting itself hoarse in opposition to negro suffrage; in the South, the same franchise is regarded as the only true, trustworthy and correct policy. Every State, has its own platform, and no two agree. Any Democrat can be every . thing by turns, an<t nothing long, yet remain al! the tinie in full accord with a large section .of the Democracy. All this makes easy work for Republicans. Look, ing on complacently, we are reminded of the

story of the Indian who, being naked lyltat he regarded as the easiest work, answered, “ The easiest work I khoW M) Is to «oe a white man mow.” No wodc in easier fpr Republicans than seeing. Democrats cut-' ting their wide swath flwrat atway, woW looking at ye.— Chieago

Our Turn Must Come.

Generation after generation, says A fine writer, have felt ha We - now ffteV >n»<l their lives were active as our ojjpi. passed like vapor, while Nature wore the same aspect of beauty as when her Creator commanded her to be. Tluu heavens shall be as bright over our graves as they now are around our path. Yet a little while, and all will have iiapponed. The throbbing heart will be stillpd and shall be at rest. Our funeral will find its way, and prayers will lie said, and then we shall bfl left alone in silence and darkness for the worms. And it may be a-short time we shall be sjioken of, but the things of life will creep in, and our names will soon be forgotten. Days will continue to move on, ana song and laughter will be heard in the room in which we died; and the eye which mourned forms will be dried and glisten again with joy, and even rar children will cease to think of us, and will not remember to lisp our names.

Rouse the System.

It Is a sad thing to pan through life ority half alive. Yet there are thousands whose habitual condition la one of languor and debility. They complain of no specific disease; they suffer no positive pain ; but they have no relish for anything which affords mental or seusuoM pleasure to their marc robust and energetic fellow-beings. In nine cases out of ten this state of lassitude and torpor arises from a morbid stomach. Indigestion destroys the energy of both mind and body. When the waste of nature Is not eapplied by a due and regular assimilation of the food, every organ is starved, every function interrupted. Now, what does common sense suggest nnder these circumstances of depression? The syetem needs roueing and etrenathenina: not merely for an hour or two, to sink afterward Into a more pitiable condition than ever, (as it assuredly would do if an ordinary alcoholic stimulant were resorted to), but radically and permanently. Uow is this desirable object to be accomplished? The answer to this question, founded on the unvarying experiences of a quarter of a century, is easily given. Infuse new vigor into the digestive organs by a course of HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS. Do not waste tint* hi administering temporary remedies, but wake the H/Oem up by recuperating the fountain-head of physical strength and energy, the great organ upon which all tike other organs depend for their nurture and support. By the time that a dozen doses of the great Vegotable topic and Invigorant have been’ taken, the feeble fame of the dyspeptic will begin to feel tts benign influence. Appetite will be created, aiid with appetite the capacity to digest what it cravas. Persevere until the enre is complete—until healthful blood, fit to be the material of flesh and muscle, bone and nerve, and brain, flows through the channels of circulation, instead of the watery pabulnm with which they have heretofore been imperfectly nourished.

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