He believes it
will be impossible for the Government to enforce the law in its present
form. Comparatively few of the sealskins can be identified after they
have passed through the hands of the wholesale and the retail dealers.
So it looks as if the Government would have to find some other way to
protect the seals from threatened extinction.
* * * * *
The observations of the eclipse of the sun on the 22d of January, taken
at Talni, India, are said to have been completely successful.
The astronomers who had gone to Talni from Great Britain to represent
the British Astronomical Association, and from the Lick Observatory at
San Francisco, succeeded in taking some excellent photographs.
While the eclipse was complete, the light is said to have equalled that
of the full moon.
Wherever observations were made, the results are reported to have been
satisfactory.
During the eclipse, Venus, Mars, and Mercury were clearly seen.
* * * * *
The report that Mr. Gladstone is in very feeble health has been
confirmed.
It looks now as if one of the greatest careers in the whole history of
England would soon be ended.
Mr. Gladstone, however, has always had such remarkable vitality that his
admirers all over the world hope that he will be spared a few years
longer.
Still, there can be no doubt that his work is over.
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