rBIDAT...DKi K.MHKK 8, UBI.

Tho Tim© When.It te usual to draw Indictments in the

language of the statute which lt it char/' 'I

has been violated. If the Indictment can¬

not employ the language of the statute andatill charge an offence against that law it i-

not only a defective Indictment hut indl-

asjBBl that the law has not BBSR violated.Tlie tew of thc 1'iiited States which we

quoted yesterday provides that if "at mutebction" for representative in CongresseertAin tkings br tl otu- tim doing of themsliall constitute an offence against theCulled States.' To charge flint an offencewas eommltfetl .. at aa election aaasaj toU hehl " l» I" BBB I phra-e thc tirst half of

which rut* the throat af tim other half. .'An offence cannot Lc committed af an

888*6*81 about to he held. It is either ||commit* d nt tin- ih.ti'.n that i-, whiletlie election ls luung In ld. or t ls, lt i- 888*-inilfed nt SS*Ra*4tS88 time, ur BR* is BOtcommitted nt all. If an 0888888 eau becoiiiiiiitt'(l.n the 1-'"f November "'// an

ili'tion" which is jct-tx days bj the lu¬lim', it aaa ac oaaaBsltteal ea lb* 1st da] ofOctober "ol :m »!«, ti->n " to be In hi :i

month afterwards. Kay*Baot*: If Heank* eoininitt, .1 three dav - 11 fort hand if I BB

aa eomsiittid thru BKMBtbsorslx monthiLcBnrchalld.

I.ook at M di. in 0811 af the United StatesStatute a* L'tr-ji -tin rt rv tn xt |¦¦dion toUn- om- um!, r conslderaUoa. lt snapkiyatil. titi.'ally the bum brassing* as sectionlilli . KR Bl th it t'u Word ..rei.'i-:rati"ii "

i« ti-.tl instead of the word ..election." I jW. <|IIOtc : l

..if at anj registration of rolers for saelection for representative or delegate in ltthe Oongn aa "f Um Untb d Stab . bm i" r-

son knoaingly personates and registers,li? -.*.'. or d". - any unlawful adto m. rup registration for htmseJl ot in]aths r ptnon, ste., fte.Kow, cnn iiny person i" Indicted under

tala section for anything desas al any othertune than thc day of |v*ftetrstlon I Bl ni¬tration la-;- in some Mate- foi BCVCI

days. Ta eonsiitnte sn offence the erinnlnn-t Le committed on one of thc dav-ofr : i-tration.not before; imta month bt>fore, nor a week before, nor a day before.Would yon charge s BBkfl with bavlnfjeaasaalMed an uti. nee M«fM a \li Blina ''n'/'ut tc ls /m,'./" :- Why, lurt lyif if wa- "a r^gi-tration " at all* U Waa a

registration avafRg le ld at the time timoffence was committed, nut at some olin i

time before ur after, li. re i- a question oftanti Wu- tin- oaTcacc eonMRlUed ..

regi-t ration " I If so, lt was not commithbefore registrsUon omn* not d. lt was notcommitted at ail. if it waa committi il a bi n

B n ui-tration waa oooufto be heh!.' Toconstitute bb ih ni e, th. unlanlui acl muslhav 1. t ii d< ni al a I- :-:r itioii.So ii- to Hu ea-e tn f. r. ii-. Thi offence

mu-t be ct.'iii...d iii thi i. uagiatatuta.namely, thal ll wai done ..

el. i Mon " I Ri i !.

no! " at sn election a bi " llWotiid to o-.r mind -¦

th:.i ¦ it Ur* aid i. ¦..¦ u committedon Um i-: "f N"-.' mot r "at" i eh ''ti"!ih. ¦' .¦., :. Bb of N ¦'>. r.alkara* a mun with having commlUisault and upoi person who didnot e. n, e within -tnkin - distance ol bimuntil two naya after the time when thebsTcroc ws*<Ul.

Tbs* District Attomej bo doubt seea thidifficult] we li iv. -ii L-l -ti il. li

ejawgesj wa* committed st ail bj anybodj(we specify no names] il waa done "af"an eh edon for con] n >smi n held on thc 7thof N'ovt ml er !.i-i ; ::iul to th trge i! in thosew.rd- wc.,,ld bc sufficient. Winn thet bs - Mini' np for tri .i. ul ll Distrh '

Attorney offcrt d lo prove that the o

rm committed live daya before Ute dajof i BBAlon, til. 'i .lui. Iii uni;.

have la dV cid' whether I ......

eli -th.n.

TB* Kew Yoi utrjthe inov.nu ul :; th tax

poorcn. d. But the I ncof the

; :[fh nds in to-t year,

two-thirds of .!.' mon . <..>v-11 inn. ut. If be spei icb on anjether article, two-thirds or nine-tenths olit goes fur thc arti !. tbs ll andit to the <¦"¦.. nun'nt. Th t.ov.nun. rn,therefore, iaw lu io the |. mr tuan mon bjrelieving bis tobacco fx,,.i i ixstlon than in

any other way.To ihe r'nh, tobaeco i- ;i luxury. To

tim poor, li is ;i solace, w e nee beard an

badnatrious workaaan sa] thal pour s* bewas ac wouldn't 'iud tim practice ol chew¬ing toliaccn fal a hundred dollars, lt wa¬

the greatest lightener "f bia labors, andpha.siinil.ly excited hi- in rv,-. Be withmost luird-woikin:; in- n who nae it.Wt do not BBC tobacco in BB] "f it- inaiiv

fotins. ayespi ik only for others whea wcdemand tin- sltoUtton «f the tax BpOB it.

K-pccially do RB pr<>t,-t a-ain-t the at¬

tempt to array the poor nun against in¬stead of in favor of free tobai bo,

?

Jual Bo.The Cincinnati Cnmittrrial say- that

what the tobacco trade want, and have Bright to tiemand, is a Ixed policy aa thcpart of BC (iovt rnuietit.Just «o; and there can inv.r bc ;i lived

policy until the entire tax. on tobacco iswiped ,,ut. ga l"ii'-: BS then- ls BOmucha- live cents a pound lav upon to-Lacee, th, re will alway- he BgitaUoa infiivor of itboli-hing it. I'.ut once get lt.I OfUsa tax, 88*8 yon wlBBeverhearof si agalainuit another sj ir cm,- un; ami Bardi]then.

Let tl- have | "theed policy." DoWflwith the In aw lax upon th, poor man'stobacco. " 1 rec tol,;ie,u " would not bcan unpopular war-en.

We pabBsk to-day an article n.t accurateas tothentinil.tr of voter* in Virginia. Thc88RBBR shows tint then- ure 884,006 rotenin this StaU.'jisi.iNHi BjhjBiBa ami 186,000nivrtMv ..A,"|s»l>iMitli«,,i Virginian,and no doubt correctly repp a* BBB th, BBCof argument followed In tint section, da¬ring the resent campaign, hy the Mah,,.,, -

¦SR,Organization is demanded by every cud-Mderatlun. Ta* Hcnocmtie pa,tv cannotfMiemdh.it- pn-Miu rBlUBBj..|| |'l"'ha,K(.j01(S.SM|1(|witli|iivj

.nunkuri,,.,,, ,., H,,,lrv UI, m^w,ltxto votei f.r BBMB7 jhtsoiis ut an electiontor liepr.s*.Mlaiive In ( ongrcs p, il0t lo'.barge BBB in th, language of bsrbrsj 8811effawatafajtosjat Tlm offence forbidden I1'" **. BkstBtc ls doing »«#*» aa decUoa !any ualaw/nl od in order tr. BBBBja an ey, ,

KirtunitV to vote. The offence charged.hi Tefl ire. COOMB N thc .hiing on un-

auful act In -.cure an opportunity lo OOft.-' ,1,1 iliCn,-,,, Tin¦ offence (h'nou.i'.d bftn- low i" il'ilmr an nnl-infiil act <if M tlfOiOM. Hm -ame .ifVenec tnti-t in- chargedn the Imlieltncnt.not Hie doing of an mi¬

an ful int to Miine om opportunity lo voloif OB flfclinu. The indi-tint nt. therefore,tillich dora not charge thal the nilen..- WMlone .. at an election " i- fatally detective.

Tawsa are liri.ooo Beeya vwta* la lae Matt orilia-lnli *r:iln-t 100,000 white*, makin? B t"UIr *7l.onu. it the recent rleelion ai.t yoo.niMiole*werepntled. If 00.000 of the 7.Vnun whoDd aol tote were colored there wert- alli 00.000,.|. red min win. dot inle. nf Iii. -e BBOrC Mian,.i.non voled for .l.tlin M. Ill e. while OMI than,. oini id*. k» Mini wiiitm i.ted for a aeaio ctalaa-na to bc * Kepuhllcan, hui known Ey Hie BeOToe*.taweJl ii by ld- ii"nh. rn friend-, mni aapporter*,o i.i- a w.iir in iheep'i.-loHiin*-1 ld- n -ult H credited hy th* lt".ir!...ii ll ashing.

,ii ..ri.' ni to ihe " |K.w.-r .d' a C. |nii,lit-.ni Admin--!r..lt...i." The fin.Oiul ae|TOe* wini .lld nd v.den in. TU. nunn.i win ii..t lave to pa] a doil.r f,.rhat privilegx hereafter.and btraljrbiontlMn rsui-tot bot* to du better arnon* them Uian ll didimona their fellovri on Noveaaber 7th. lim,.,rild..illy in.-iW.-A--.-t.ini Boorbonl/itn 1", ii"

io,nu In Virginia, which eoald nol irlie the HUte,, th.- it.viniH.n-. it fall vote la 1884 would ftandilMiut ,ff r.ill'.fi-:Addle and li.urk Ke.i-Hii-ler-. lOOfOOOiVhlte »nd Mack Boarhona and a.i-t-;,,,(.. 110,000LU ral iinijority. ¦'¦<.

\\ ohm nt Mn. r,,uies i-v adding to ihe lol,-o ...ililn.n i a. ol lbj nar tft.OOO "I Hi"-'Nvrroe* who did nol vote beean <¦ of the riplta-lon-tai condition, now al llnhed. VI t idd lo HieM.,. ii. ni'...ti i dev cast tl 11 year Ute 5,oonrho did not vote, UM 0,000 white and Macktr.th.-i.to.il- win. voled for Daw nn,and 5,000 ollie meroe- Who <U'I Ind VOt«l lie. .m-e OfUM C Iplta-,. u-t .f..

If the above article Iron Ute Nationalan ol 1>" cm'.. Sd WMvrrKlen b)( . t.oiliam, thc editor, it Bhoai

ion little bc know* ibonl tbe politics oll/irginia. II it waa written by Generaltfahone, it- purpose must have been to ex-use hi* failure in tbe late i lection In Vir¬ginia, and thereby deceive the President,o u hom Im had made thc promise that ii*I,- would rive him the patronage in thestate, Md allow him to draw lt Will ODht rruption lund ol Jay Hui,hell, and0 asses* all \ Irginbuia In theemplo) ol theitu, rnmeiit for campaign purpose In \ ir-rlota, he would .any thc .State by 25,000ii jority, eleci tevt n certain, ind probably

ii eougreosmeo, .ind Insure thc Ntate forbe Malwart- ia 1884.Bul ion., din:; lin flgUTOB ol the Kfpub-

(can to be true. Its statemeut la sufficienti. ai oi-.- thc indignation ol <.%¦. ry whiteMn, woman, and child In Virginbi.The Republican stab Iliad 50,< 0 negroes

rott d i'"i Wi- ; iha! Uh re are 115,000 ne-rro von - in Vin Inla; lint 65,0 »0 voter*di told Btayed iway Irom the poll- or votedforlhiwaon; that in 1884, the capitation-a\ i|ualificatlon I* in_r removed, tbe entireii jro rote ol 115,000 u ill I.- c solid torhe Republican candidate, Koa Wise rc-

(vi il 101,000 votes in ti:.- la-t li ii' ii.

Deduct thc 50,000 negro votes, and therei- i. ii 111,OOO white rotea cast for IVlst.The Republican Hn n say*:.. A full vote iii 1881 Will -tami a- fob

..ii-

White ai.did i k Bi idjn-'' r*..t '¦>: I 0nd bi ick H.-.i u *c.1 10,00

I'hii L to say, thc Republican part) will.ai ri the M id in I --I li) a ni |17,000. Th,- Kepuhllcan party will thenIm? cinp. '-id ol 156,000 V'Oti ' -. 1" dllt(1,000 white vt '¦¦ and Ibej104,000 negro vob that ls, the li.an party in VTr ini.i 18*34

¦, negroVi bite KeMdJusI

lo ) on Lilli k of111 ii .-

Cut wi facts? Iii 1

ch un . lti;.-pul lie ms carri'

nd the ltdrbis was a pifull a m gro vote was vollie ni part) in Virginia t to tin

ls. Of the 84,000 vot.o were a hite.

lection, I-' in an 'tl year, Ihenf, and I

their enttutsi ,

ministration was brought to be ir.-iii;, used

lin ir leaders, and tl"- usuibrought to thc pol Ls. Tin in e ap]wt re ti-' m og thi Rt Md] -. Ma-

thal wen DeiIh it the ch Mp -I- was to lea I Uk m in Repuhlparty was lat*. ; thal the only issue i:i tl.:cania-- waa n Kd]u*tm< id ; ti t. iswann of revt

mot), v. hu '.

noni thc beginning to the nd ol

ont ol -."-.' i for his ci

¦.tates tor tilJohn "ViUzi d, and 21, , or I!

ad]illili rs v. bo foll; thHt I

..,*'d upon

ailinn- nu tlI.

eyt - oi the Den Uts In Vir¬ginia, ind ll th \ >te ".,' \ neml r 7,:,were iken to-d ly ii. I', mocrat

-. hy;'i ht Democrats bad no pt

the ia-i eanvaaa In Virginbi. \i least.yi.ii.m of their numbera were at home onday of election. They had nol a singh-p. il.' r to nd Massey in Hu SI dc c nvass,Th.) did nol -i»nd t dollar In the elon th.- other band, Mahmie had a perfect"Cani/ ii.oii of tbe negroes and the n Ititi -,who ipected Republican sueeess thisyeaiand in 1884. H. had lilltiliell's mon. \ by

o'.',- i- -aid to nave sent monmoney to the Ninth dbtrict thanam district in thc United StabI*.-.I. i.,l office iva- promist .1 to rerj mi. i

by Mahon.- oi hi- canvassers; he I. ftl allthe State officers In thc field, and Billi, ifttthis; thc greatest effort ol his hie, amigreater than bewillevei make again, b<earned only 101,000 votes oul ol fl rotingpopulation 'oi -jt;,.noil. Could then be imore crushing failure;' Nearly ever) roteiin VJrgtnii thal could be Induced biou thc Republican ticket hythe ute olmoney, wblakev, Um promise ol auccewami offieea; by Un frantic penonil ippt ali"1* Mahouc and hi- follower* to ".-a\i-,Cassius, or I -nd."; by tho whole poweiinf thc Kelcrai Administration ¦ livelyexerted, wa* brought to thc polk tn thihui election; ami ii the whole 275,001»"'' s ti id been cast Mahon, could nol liavtr.e. ii, d more than L000 more th ufor hi- candidates. Lei the Democrats or¬ganize, uni they can carry the Bl ll hi50,000 In 1884. Ai

W liut Tohucco-.'UM ii IV nm.Sr. Lot ie. Hr.-int. i- i;. \ meeting of

tbe wholesale tobacco manufacturers benthis morning was uttended by about fortyrepr, -, dtutli et ol Dirge concerti* in thi¬el-., ami by i-omc country traders, r .-

liiiimiH were adopted asking Cougr staaiioli-h the tax mi ci,a.-.-,. a- quickly i*pos»lbli ami to allow a rebate on all un¬broken packagei la Um tanda ol doak rs atthe time ..I BUchobolltlOB. .Manufacturerscl.,iin that the uticert linty ns to the actionof Congreta i- paralyzing Um trade, amithat if Ihif -tate of altair- continue- theywill bc 0bl|g0d to shut down.

I im ibbai i, DeoMtber 6..Tobooco frnolttl Hid nianufacturcrs lure 0k| thal uhatI-nani.al is prmniit action lu Congreaswhether it be t. ibolUh, to reduce, or tolet the tai rMMdn it- it i.,. Leading mensay the trade began to bo affected -i\iidays ago by lobbera and retailers becoming..irani to make their .Mial orders, les! thctax M removed nnd loss follow.

Uooarooo'i Acm PiuisI'iiatk-MkntaiiNuHmuEV BZMAOOnOM, Ure.-Dr. (. Kai-"i, Indianapolis, Ind., -als : .. J M«c .,,',..".niKit it for di-pepsi:,," Impotency, and¦"ulai md bodily txbtuiiloa; and m tilMOM it ha- given gt BtMj slbfacllon."

THi: TRANfvIT Of VlAi*.

Nummary of thc Oliiervntlona nt Hie

I'rhtclpiil Minnon- I" *'»c *l«,n. rvntlafuelory.

Wc brit liv IIHBBBsTlBa UM repoftl Bl tim

observR brm < I Um Iran** of, Venn* made

at Um principal point-* al "b-ervini",'.

Thc r.-uit al Um olsjen dion- el 1874 wa*

a gnat di- ippnintnx nt, a- Hie alculati"ii-of the vari'.u- abai rving parin * producedun irreconcilable daffi '"" ''. in fad th' PB

wa-a aanraiB of several million* of Balk*ju the -cientilic e-timal'- "f UM 'li-t:iimeof the caril, from the -un. lt i- Impedthat tim ol.soivatiotis of W.dim-day will

I correct thi- discrepancy, though HmI chances arc saaJaat it- However,!! mayhe sonic veals before tim final n-ni! i-k now n.

Trofe-sor Baaspson,*! tim Naval Obser-Viilorv in Washington, taj Wesuecsjed-ed in taking two contacts, am), consider¬ing the cloudy condition "f tim sky, weWere quite sucoesaful. Professor Jnrlsbjobserved all four contacts, as did alsoProfessor Darkac**, but tim latter record-ed only two. I Observed nil four. :imlEnsign Brown olisenred three. I thinkthere were onlj Blxtj photographs takenlure.Thc weather wai tm' it all nvoiabte for

photography. The image in these photo¬graphs i- about four in--in - iii diameter,:,mi, ;t- far bsUx y go, Ik j an all right.bulw ii il w:.- wanted waa good photographs,¦it-hort intervals, during the whole timeoccupied in the transit, Professor Bamp-.,,t;"- otiservstlons were made with a nine-Inch 'pi itori ii. The mean time v.

follow-:piral cont '. S ':"'.i i S3 minutes and

:i gA-lOO ¦¦ conds; - ol 0, 0 bow - 10minutes and I- 0 -I se< >n ¦- tblrtl, '.»hours 30 minifti - and M ll-l 0 sec, ml-:fourth. !i hour- li' minot. - and 39 11-100aeconds. Profit nor Sampson stated timi thc

for the last contact wi probnl j ii"nitwenty to thirty seconds too carl] onicount of .a cloud th il ob* ure,! ii," pl ind.fore it passed "il thc sun.\t Wes! Point, N. V., the ol rn rvatlon*

of thc first anil w cond c intact* were v, ¦.

good. The -'uh real time ..j the Drsi con-loci waa 14 hours D minni. - 18 0-10 - -

cuni-, and "f the second 11 hours 29 min¬utes 62 9-10 seconds, The Images "f Ve-un- and the sun wi rv vcrj -'. adj and dis¬tinct. N" indication ol ii Venn." atipin re, nor variation in the cirol hi p 'ii c. was nolie, tl. Prof, --nr Mand hi- :i--i-! ml- Bl tisfied w ilhth, ir ol. rv ttions.A p irty ""' observ, rs on Ibc pr linda ol

thc Johns-Hopkins Hospital, Ballimore,under the din ctl n ol Prof, ssor Host-ings. oliserved auecessfullj the second,third, and fourth coi tir-t beingb,-t fir,.ii.ii cl ni Pour minute* ls forethe -. od >ntacl ?: tmosjdnwas seen .ill around \ nus, notwitliing a rather.hszj skv. This phenomenonwas ni-" v bilbie (Ituoft, ih" i!.ii,I .it ht, bul siter thcno lr c wu .¦ cn.

le transit-, t the <

Professor Lc<¦' I.

.¦

Marshal ;'

ll

'i

\

.:;¦with ti

ninth-I ol hool

n

main, astron

Ve tills. /

'.

th Min was unst, adj and i' w:. later il

.08.40. Tile land li id bc n on n ,t i ml ml-.\\ li, ii tin disc was full] un it (lid ii

while on i'. Al the third con-I, ai -j:"i_'.i'.",. was d iris

tho centre. The -. cond cont37. The fourth and 1 >-t ti

3:11.42, and was nol g tod, the condition"i' the -kv being unfavorable.

At Phil: delphi*, alt hon li t h -kv waafoltli'timi -. purtii uteri] tbe thin! and Iwere highly favored. Tin* planet a s seenI r< je, lcd "ii lironinsphen*, both t-i foremi contacl and after fourth, Thlinorn, ni wa w, ll d Hm d both aland ul ie--. The irt ol th

(tbe sun via, found ii round, d bj| mospb, re. lu th, early sigresa this was evidenced bj Bashes ol t

and the plaint, lah r bj rh lil hon,'¦ Iron thc - in, irth an lind th,

pl rn, I, ml Just before -i condth, '¦ impl, ti ui of th, rh:

i lib, tesl w striking!] dand tbe atmospb, r<- of tb, lan, lol is, nsl-ble reodUi. I ti ic thm! in¬tact was ol 'iv, I.

Al I', mc ton, it ifcssor Young, alal :¦ .;; - o| MMinl IHtS, tell, ¦! timII '.iii-it ol \' DUI lilli !;,

All four contacts v,. r, mi c,..,..i Tn firsl u - h n r ',", mil

and 84 aeconds; th, d iii o hour-, iominni. -. and ls .nu-; ll,, ";:,,| :,| -jhours, 89 minutes,sud 28 - c mds; and the

ii iii 3 hour*, no minut, -, andomi---oil Washington tmie. One bueud eigbty-eigbl pbol raphs wi r,iii"-t ol which are exe1!. 11. -

blum ,1. how vi r. by cl iuds. \iireiniiii of the ui mi, b r ol tbe plan,

wa- in id by thc micron tors. A carefulspectroscopic examination "f th" planet'satmosphere showed linea of water \ iiconspicuous In thc ipeetrmn. Borne otherunknown lino were di- wven d by Pro¬fessor >b-Neal.

Al Wilmington, Dei, thc bra waa nmlouded from 9 uni il IO \. M., and the lir-t

and -corni contact* were -ncc.---fully ob¬served. Professor John <;. Jackson, fll,., k..in, wins Washington time, madedim contact-: First, 8 hours, 86 minutes,I and 29 second* j -.cond, :, hours, 16 min-Btes, and -j.1 seconds,Prof..or st,,,,,- telegraphed from thc

University ol Virginia: Observations olthe transit of Venus mode to-daj bj Pro-I, asor Miiilh ;d th' rotund.,, and by iuv -, Ifat the observatory, were lucceasful, withthc , \ccptioii of those of the iir-t sternalcontact, wh. n th.- -kv waa covered wlUidense cloud*. A ilx-ln, h icr;,' tor tv

[eaoployrdb] professor Nnith. Hyobscr-

vatlons weir fa*** «""'' » loilT-lneh £frsctor. The sky wm either hazyi©r cloud]all the morning, but **»««"> c|ear "' "1,ratternoon. Kw atsreryatloiia were ob¬

tained of the irsl Internal conbul andgoWobservatl ma of the kat two.a Ulegram from Ht. Augustine, 1 la.,

lt bs* been a ref] 'har day here.The French scientists hiv observed thefour ."iitad- of Vdi'l- with th* IUB I

limb. Tbs fir*! outer contact mu ai per¬fect a- possible. Thc tw. Inner contactsn.r" taken perfectly.and the outer finalcontact very perfectly. They used twot. lescopee, of etgbt- sud -ix-in. h reap, etive

ai"rtur.-. Also, BrtifictsI contacti were

obtained by Blerrflrlnxen's prism* of Ara-go, vei'v perfect and al (treal value. \

gnat nlanv mieroiiietrintl iiua-ui. tn-nt-iiave ben t iki n rlnrillg UM transit. TWOhundred photographa repn aenttng tbe rc-

apecUve postttonsof tim -un and tin plsnelhave been obtained, .'Hld .ip|»:U' t" bc v.rysatisfactory. Tim BbjMk*ervice predb>ti ui or cloudy weather wa* Bot realiseduntil ia If BB hour after !,*¦ transit,A dispatch from Professor Hall aaya tts

rvations af Ban Antonio wen- notwholly successful, Inc Brat two contactshaving be. ii los! on accounl ol int, rvening.loud-. Tw. hundred photographs weretaki n, th, clouds hating Hfted ii' lOoVlocksufficiently for thc commencement of thcphotographing work. Thc phot igrapbawere satisfactory.Prof,.. 1.:,-tm,m. Bl I 'il'.' K. ya, t. Ic-

grapbed: .. Partly cloudy thia m truing.l.o-t nr-t contact by clouds. <>tln r con¬tacts x.'ihnt. No ii::, k iii"!'. Have 180

pholo -ii i iii.150 drv plates."Al liiirv rd Prof, »sorPick, ring, tb, din c-

t .r. used the irge iii'' u-incfa rostrum, at.Ol tho tir-t contact tbn good ";-' n itiomv,. i. obtained,of tb, -> cond ml u fonrob-

ns, :ii:'i of tbe Hurd and fourth -ixiib. In Hie int' i v.'il lietween

ml and third cont t- an e

il over 8001 Dis "i the di-ol Ventu w:i obi tin, d. Tb, sp, c-

i] im, 'i ii obs, rvations oliii. afternoon y [eld, -I Important n milts.

i. rvations of tsui rounding \ nus showed do rsai.-u uti ni ty its atmosphere, and tin pho¬tometer how, thc light from thi di-" "i

Venus t,, be li as than thc ii ld surround¬ing the sun, which Indicates thal thc solaratmosphere ls appreciable. Thc nvi rageresults ri ached arc ss folio* -: Io ( nu¬

nn on lime from « hi, b, ( r Wash-mean lime, -J'! minutes 11

mu-: ' ¦ .it tel, ii 20. ll-. e. ml . ontnet, !'. 10.11 : 'hud

Ih contact, 3.23.2 I. The com¬puted time, iii" result "f olwen dion* mode

-¦ conl u .. t'.i--.''s;second, 9.40.13; third, 8.02.20; fourth,

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