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Word of this outrage found its
n•ay to )lector before the ofiornooa
axes far spent. Isis fury was as noth-
ing beside tee while larger that flamed
1n Bravo, who, really geutlo soul
that ho was, cried for reprisal : but
while rage kept l'iector dumb, hiad-
tlnlen7 had tact doubt of her action,
even though Ateneta added to T3rn-
vo's impatisionod demands the loud
clamor of her hate,
"Madame," she blazed, "this is
the mercy of TTispaniola. It was the
genie in Aruba, I7osv did Marco
meetit 7 With oro and sword and
the rope. No gllat'tel•-no quarter 1
Let then) perish,"
Tho Queen, moved by the fate of
the brave handful that altcady bad
taken death for her, was untouched
by Asunta's seicain of vengeance.
Indeed, if it wore possible, her ten-
der eves shone more tenderly, and
the firm linos of iter mouth quivered
ie a tremor of pity, as she raised
hee hand for silence,
Hush l" sire said. ",lush t Ilona
Asunta• I know you hate 11spanit- heart
to.: you must know how I hate her. beer heart 7 A -ah 1" This with
But these who have fallen into our a saber of such malevolent slgeifi-
hanes, they are wounded, they oro came that .elector was driven to
help]o.s• if I wore to order vett- Joel, away, for he was jealous as a
geooeo to be taken on them who can- child met a,y, and least of all As -
not defend theniseives,.how could I entre, should sarnt'i:0 his hidden
el er look for mercy who showed treasure, and he feared that in his
none 7 If Stain finds pleasure in face she might rear) his story. His
trusbing the weals, am 1 to debase silen•c orly aggravated her.
Kindness of heart," she repeated.
"To you ?"
"I spoke in a general souse, Not
to etc more than to another."
"I do not call it kindness to treat
an old servant, an old friend., as she
now to eated Don Augustin." Hector
1 ept si "ie. "You agree with me ?"
0 A
,nectar, bcling a man of seine can-
egination, had feared the meeting
with Asunta; not so much by reason
of doubt of himself, for be lied sure -
:lent restraint to netted making any
reference to that lurid scene at Fri-
ganetn; but he had mensurcd Astlltta
to his own eatifactioe, and be felt
aerian that she would recur to the
ImfaotsibJe subject, The first few
formal phrases that passed made hint
think that his forecast was unjust :
but Asunta was cleverer then her
play with .all her cards an the table
had led hint to conclude.
"Don Augusthl," said she, "Is
fiery of temper,"
"That is' to say lie Is a true Pal-
metto," Hector replied.
"Yet surely his life of self-sacrldec
511011111 pin hint. some consitleretien."
"Her Majesty will not forget what
in duo to Vim."
"You know her ]1faJesty'n mind
well ?"
"I have the honor to be somewhat
In het' confidence, and 'f. think T.
know something of her kindness of
myself to his level ? Nay: rather
Jet our prisoners be treated well :
ter) better, longed better, if possible,
than my own soldiers."
13ravo, the urenspeac11able courtier,
Iola self-possession for a mordent,
end began to strut in contemptuous
wrath. The Queen's eye noted the
unwitting insult, and ready to for- .11e urged.
give hhn ter the sake of how ninny "You forget that 7, too, 010 a sec -
years' devotion, averted her head, vent of the Queen. To agree with
Tre began to splutter anti clutch co,- y'att would bo to pass an opinion on
pty air witli gripping (higets.
"But, your OTajestq, you must re-
taliate—" he began.
Maddalena turned on him with a
flash Ike the leaping of a sword
from its quiet sheath. The old man
stood oten-mouthed while ]Hector was
lost between admiration of this 110W
aulnifestation of tho Queen's nttture,
and sorrow for the abashed chamber -
'West I" she cried. "Must 1 112y
p'arclou, Don Augustin. Illy pardon,
dr 1"
"Madame," he stammered, "0 1
0101(0lee, forgivo—" And to burst
In 10 tears.
"Dena Asunta, Sopor Craft. I
Dray you ]cavo 118 "
A meeting with Asunta was not to
Hector's liking, yet ho was glad to
be gone out of the room. Aftt'rwards
ll7•avo recounted to him with glow-
ing pride what had passed,
You were gono. I knelt before
her, 'don Augustin,' said icer ]1fa-
testy, '1111 the years I was your pupil
roll taught aft 'ht u:
g e to rntnenlber, every
moment of ley life, what I am. You
begged me, it I should see in a
leak, or bear in a word of yours, a
shadow of disreerect for rue, for the
t,tuecn-you begged me to reprove
eau. You have taught inc well, sir;
you have tau ht me well who needed
S1� g n sled
no-teautting on that point. Am I
not a lithelra 7
1 ask you for advice, got guidance,
pwliops for help : those I take, and
for thcso 7 thank you. But, by the
$.1.
I Holy \ login, sir, I do not telco or-
(lels. To make the c(ionee heavier,
yon_ cry must before Setter Grant, a
-a _t anger, -she stammered over
the wood, my friend : it was hut her
wa of tnalan me smart y
lore. Dona Asunta,, one of my 01511 but the Hate was behind it all
i pme my own I have been insulted !'
0 1 she was divine 1 She ie tree
queen, unit true woman too, With-
out ea sloe whet is a woman, what
is a queen ? Smooth monotony a
wenn tires of in a day, a kingdom
Inertiato-scorn in a week. A spice
of the devil is welcome 00513 in a
suint," -
"But the peace is made ?" salt(
}rector.
"T}:e peace Was never broken, my
friend; 1t was only proved. It is
strengthened mow.'
"I am gland."
Illy Royal mistress. A servant must
not criticize the ono he serves,"
"Um 1 I did not know that you
were n. coward, Senor Grant."
"At least I am bravo enough to
differ from you."
"And a servile one, at that,"
"Remember teat 1 come of a race
whose creed is that the )sing or the
queen can do no wrong."
"So do 7'; but times -and Icings-. '
have changed." o
"leer tl•o bettor, .T believe."
Therci was oppressive 111101150 for a ,
few moments, but )lector aid not
cam to break it : better the most 1 1
uncomfortable ,Bence than more un -1 a
colnf,.,rtn:ele speech., :Asunta laughed i
a little to bets
17e answered by a look in whi••b
there wee es amuck pity for her fool -
Winces .as there suns contempt for
iter insolent Iloreistenete
"You walked with the Queen in
the garden last night," she went
on.
1 cannot deny le, since, no
doubt, friendly eyes followed us."
"Slee spoke to you---"
"Her Majesty was b000riug 010
with her e mann ids,"
"And her cyn.t 81,01111 ns well as her
lips. `J'he' did not speak of State
affairs)"
'Dora Asunta 1"
"Is it usnal for a Queen, when
giving C0nlinahtds to her servants, to
lean upon his arm ?"
"'Her Neje, ty was fatigued; the
c':I'Ianation ie not duo to you, but
give IL"
"To lean 0p00 his arms with both
heeds 2"
"You are too young to piny duei-
na, madame."
"The arm of en adventurer, too-
who conies no one knows 'whence -
who is no mla knows who,"
"That her Mttletty trusts ma—"
"Is not sufficient for those Pal'
mottos who see the game you are
playing, sopor."
The game 1"
"Cod gave mo wits, senor, and I
have not lot them rust, 1 have Ewen
what I have seen, and I do not
trust ,you."
TWO: night at Fciganeta sprang to
his remembrance, and It durst have
lunged from his eyes, for like, lightn-
ing she harried.
I -did trust ,you. I was misled by
your show of cUndour, your elatilu -
i110m, Don Balclo: we -again that
name -"and I olie•cd you niy love,
T know you now -your schemes, the
webs you are weaving wound the
Oueen-everything. S hate her, but,
Santa Maria 1 how 1 hate you1"
"Are you load 7"
"No, The Queen is -you are. But
Palmetto shall be saved without the
help of either of you,"
"What do you mean 7"
"(do on, senor, go on. Plot and
plan and scheme --you will find a
woman's tufts sheerer in the end.
You love ti:e Queen --you love the
Queen. Dare you say no 7"
71e had conceived the possibility of
his eeeret being discovered, but such
cruel blurting out of it., such drag-
ging of It into the garnish light, he
had not looked for; nor Ilett to be-
lieved that pian or woman could
so envenomed as 'do it. The fir
stun, the shock, teas' over : now t
hot blood ran to his hetet, a
every fibre of him prickled wit
'sinful fire, Mad 7 Yes, tide worn
an with her caleulated torture wa
driving him mad, 13ut like a co
hand on the fevered brow came th
•emenbraneo of those few moment
n the garden and Hector was to
utwa'd seeming ice again.
"The question you have asked me
Dona Asante," he said, "is you tvfl
orgive mo for not answering. Sur
y, 'your generous watchfulness mak
reply unnecessary, The whole
his interview has been, T think
emo0eseaa•v• :f, beg you will no
etwtt ale to retire.'
"You go, I suppose, .to tell th
ueen---"
No, madame.''
"No 1" with some surprise.
T. have no desire, nadame, to b
old, to her Majesty's face, that
.57th ANNUAL REPORT.
The Year's Business. The new business o£ the year was the largest ever submitted to the
Company, and the figures in tabular form, together with those
for 1902, are as follows 1—
number of applirabions received „
Amount of Assurances applied for
(701fcl.as Issued
Policies paid for
Total business in force
1003. 1002. Increase.
0,803 6,022 1,841
$13,ii81,900 810,637,672 $3,194,298
12,635,031 9,734,002 2,901,0:30
10,122,139 8,308,360 1,723,753
95,531,110 69,170,575 0.330,535
Of the applications received, 200 for Assurances of $093,716 were declined, as not conforming to
the Company's standard,
,The Income. The gross premium and Annuity income was $12,847,559,74, and the inc0m0
from interest, including $30,757.20 profit on sale of securities, reached the
handsome sum of $1,170,374,33. Together these make the total gross income (exclusive of pay-
ments on account of Capital Stools), $4,023,934.07,
The Payments. The death claims paid during the year amounted to $1,227,414.42, The
matured endowments and death claims (including bonus additions), and
annuities paid in 1903, amounted to $1,528,420.40, while $145,273.40 was paid as cash dividends and
surrender values to policyholders, making total payments to policyholders $1,673,09ap'0.
The Assets, The total assets at the 31st December, 1903, as shown by the balance sheet,
amount to $27,150,007.21, being an increase of 61,215,074.71 over 1002—a
'growth that your Directors think is very satisfactory. The usual conservative practice of the
'Company has been followed in tho valuation of its assets.
The growth of the Company's assets in the past twenty years is shown by the
following table
TOTAL ASSETS,
In 1883 655,004,000 I lin 18;13 '14,313,001/
An 1888 8,:154,000 In 1398 ;20,0.,6,009
oaVl 1803, 27, 302000
'The Liabilities. In the valuation of the policy liabilities, the Company's own standard has
again been employed, viz.: the Institute of Actuaries' Table, with interest at
s7•,et 31% for all business prior to January lst, .1000, and the same table with 3% interest for policies
:e issued since that date. The total not Reserve by this valuation standard amounts to $25,093,374.
an ,374.
h In addition to this the Company holds Reserves of $32,315 for lapsed policies subject to revival,
- and 655,0`• 8 for instalment claims fund. After providing for these Reserves and for all liabilities,
of except Capital Stock, there remains a surplus on policyholders' account of $1,801,:107,32. A Iargo
e section of our business was valued on the now table known as the Om Table, and the Reserves
�8 brought out amounted to 90.7% of the Reserves required by the table now in use by the Com-
pany. So that it would appear that no material change in Reserves would result by the adoption
, of the More recent tables of mortality. So far as is known this is the first occasion upon which
a. those new tables have been used in a valuation in Canada or the United States b anyCompany
es having an established business. y p y
of
elf.
The Queen, then, is above e'iti- '
,ism. "
"As she is above suspicion."
Spoken to all in11Oc0000 and honesty,
si(owed Asunta the opening she
It was an Unfortunate reply
knew WAS ill Itis armor.
"To suspect her would botreason
then 'l"
'1'o utter suspicion of her would.'
"So loyal a servant as you are g
would no doubt consider it hi
�t A full report of the meeting, will appeal. in the Company's
paper, Life Echoes,
She paled with anger. The sheet 1",‘.;. SID
a liar."
a
, had gone home. It was ues5 1!t -- hazarded
6® Wt Y 3 V-
b it was a tree one : teat
s was preeieely the course Asunta had
duty to report the traitor who a
should utter treason." tt
"Of a -surety."
":Chen, senor spy., go to ,your
treos"-in her intonation theca was
subtlest ceteity-"axil tell Per that I
hate her, because sho is not worthy
to velem over Palmetto, because she
boll's herself too light---" s
The sentence was never finished.
She had assumed au air of bravado
that 0x5 a1mo5t• Billingsgate in its 7i
evera•ted vulgarity; her face, really
beautiful,, fell into •a jaundiced de-
basement C
. of snee311 nod anlous th
pranged in the event of a confront:t-
on.
''Adios, Dona Asunta,"
"A -dins, senor." ••
'po ho ContIatteli )
THE CANADA. LIFE'S IlwPOIlT,
plendicl Showing Made at 57th
Annual Ilteoting.
A striking statement was' made by
on. Geo. A. Oox, President 'of the
anada Life Assurance Company, at
at institution's annual mcetlug. Re
luted out that since the company's
,option it has paid out to policy -
Were and their ]heirs over $27,000,-
0. Such a fact glues some idea of
e vast benefits that result from life
streanc0. Over 895,500,000 of
surances are now carried by the
r111)any.
During 1908 the nolo bueinoss paid
r amounted to well over $10,000,-
0, a gratifying advance even upon
02, itself a record ,year in tho 0a1n-
ny's history. The assets of tho
company inet•ottsed notably during the
year, aid now stand at well over
527,000,000, In making up Its po-
licy reserves tho company again em-
ployed the most stringent valuation
basisof1. 1
any o c[ ester i
blsl
y led life com-
pany on the American =Itinerat, Ov-
er and above+v
oven these strong r0 -
serves the surplus on policyholders'
account is more than $1,800,000.
Y g incl ho f
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leo ie Before
f the sit anger and t1d bo
ere
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shrank before tho look that stormed in
into Rector's eyes. ho
"You make me almost forget, ma- 00
dame," he cried, "the courtesy a th
gentlemap 01('011 to y010 sax." 1n
"Pray forget it., sir," She re- as
cove• ec1 lterrelt co
"7 wish yea were a mean, Dona
Ashlnto. " fo
"Oblige me, by thinking that T 00
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ITo:tor laughed and waved a hand, pa
The scene epl:oaied now :to hie sense
of the ridiculous, but 11e was flet al-
lowed to )seep ft on that (1101111.
"Shall 1, ee;'cat what 1 seta 7"
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TEII1l.tIlLl/'77(1)(117 IN MOSCOW,
Moscow seems to be a city where
nobody knows with any degree of
certainty what; time lb Is, No two
clocks 111 .:no••cow ever agree. Riven
in the hest hotels a Block win Sol -
Manly' strike three a quarter of an
hour before its neighbor strikes
500on, The tonfrle/0e is inereasod by
the (ashicn of sticking up dummy -
clocks in the streets as ailt•0rtise-
nmetts, The znaddCning moment
costes when you have to- catch. a
train at Moscow. The 0tiilt5ay time-
tables SVC W01'110.11 on 8t. Petersburg
time, which ;Driers by ball an 110110
front 1fose0ly time, When yea. aro
told tlia.t the St. Petersburg expeess
leaves at nils o'clock you are in
doubt as to whether it, leaves at
eighty-abirdty, nine, or nine -thirty by
Tem. ear0t111y-adjusted watch,
ose
CHIIRCAI It0Ii33111.W.
Si iliu(de•s--"So they charged ,yo
ttvellty-five coats for yor siumer aC
the church fair 7" -
y -'r
Joh 1Nh261 res.
t X�a
n s Cha
soaked it to 1110, b'goslt 1 3V11y, all
I et )vas 80m0 scalloped osyst.ers, nn'
stetted veal, an' deviled heal, (11t'
chicken -Salad, am perk ata' bonne, n
en' a'leetle piece, o' 10111011 pie, art' 1
tome wiles on' 1louglanuts an, pecan- p
REEF CATTLE.
Even in this day of advanced live-
stock knowledge, we are frequently
Isnot with the question as to the pox-
, sibility of producing yqung stock
for beef front cows of the distinctive-
ly dairy breeds. In the dairy sec-
tions of the country, Where the pres-
ent scarcity of labor is most, acutely
felt, and people ,aro tul•Iling about for
some lino of production involving less
labor than dairying, some attempt is
being made to raise young stock for
beef production, eithor the orisprtng
of dairy cows and dairy scrub bulls,
or of dairy cows and beef bulls,
which are brought in for the purpose
of producing young stock fat for beef.
Feigners' Instituto lecturers ire many
parts of the country aro'asked the
question. . "What breed would, you
I'e00IIIInend tee to eau, to cross with
my hard of dairy COWS -Holstein,
Ayrshire or Jorsoy-in order to pro-
duce a calf that can be profitably
turned into beat?" That it is im-
possible to combine a distinctively
dairy business, based on the 1150 of
dairy breeds, with the production of
beef, seams to be, a thing that has
not yot dawned• on a considerable
position
of our people. o Asaaos
n I conse-
quence, tit
5 a numbers of 111 -fed fqd a1 i1-
d ill-
bred calves are raised, to bo sold
as stockers at two or three y'caro
old, wh1111 are a source. of loss to
everyone that has anything to do
with them.
The distinctive dairy type and the
die -Mutative beef typo aro too far
11(art to be successfully combined,
The wedge-shaped, slduny dairy cow,
belonging to breeds that have -been
bred Tor many years with the sole
purpose of producing mill:, cannot in
the tinttll•e of things, be the mother
of the compact, senor°, fleshy ani-
mal which zdono is profitable as a
moaner of beef, No Uel ter what
sort 0( 0. buil may be used, the oft-
spring of such cows will show the
narrow bac11, light fi1.1a1'tor and High
dank which are ebaraeteristfc of the
•dn.iry breeds, but aro fatal when
they appear - in a beef x(1120110,1. No
matter hew well such 5nlvas were
fed, they Would never be really good
beef animate, Noi:1d never, in fact,
be Moro than unprofitable cubs, In
t110 dairy districts, however, where
011eesemaking in followed in the sum-
mer, it is impoesiblo to feed( the
calves won, and ;alta moult is scan
In the ]miserable, 111•shepein, under-
sizedyoung Il stuck , )
0 fila found t i f 11 1 n
y t .I1 many
1 y
dairy distric,tr 1 11 -bred, .
y t Il b eft, ill.fed and
tulprolt(ahto from start to finish,
It, is not the intention here to
lake any Oompni'is0ll betwebn
fig and beef-m.101g 13otdt helve their
Ino in otic ogricultm'0, and It Is
nutsz' impdnalbig to goy which' is the mora
profitable. Each of these industries
has found some particular breeds
which are best suited to in purposes
and the characteristics at,actcristics of the animal
suited to the one industry Lire al-
most rho direct opposite of these
salted to the other. Under these ddr-
cutustances, tiro folly of attempting
to raise beef cattle from dairy cows
at once becomes apparent. As a
matter of fact, very few, if any, of
the men who buy stockers care to
touch any that show even a trace of
the blood of the Llietinctively dairy
breeds, and such animals are always
disposed of at..a disadvantage. We
do not think it wire for those who
are engaged in a dairy busliiess, and
who hasty herds of Ay•shires, Hol-
steins or -Jerseys, to make any at-
tempt to raise young stock for beef.
or to purchase n a bulls of the beef
breeds with the object of producing
young stock that can be used for
000f iroduct.ion.
There is, however, such a thing as
dual-purpose caw, but she Is found
in only one hreod--the Shorthorn.
Tbis breed has been developed along
the two lines of beef and milk pro-
duction, and tho two strains have
been largely intermixed. Ilene, it is
possible to got COWS of this breed
that will give fair returns in milk,
and, at the same time, produce a
good beef calf, - and, as a matter of
fact the great majority of the best
stockers 4511 the on/spring of such
wive, !These COWS, however, do not,
as a rule, give as large returns in
Milk s h
a the distinctively dairy brLlods
and the n
mat who W011111 tl r.
n cl alae
r t '
Cl t)L
for beef must be content with a
smaller 1.0(0123 in mfilc,
In conclusion, fro would strongly
advise those who are engaged in the
dairy business, and use the dairy
breads, to make no attempt to raise
you tttlo for beat, If, however,
some 5110111d decide. that it IS necee-
010,7 for them to raise beef -cattle, ow-
ing, perhaps, toexceptionalcircum- -
staaccs, they must discard ,altogether
their dairy breeds, purchase a herd
or grade Shorthorns, and be content,
with a somewhat smaller return in
aline.
smmr.xamo,aem 1%=2.4crxvmec -•
leARRf7NO• AND BUSINESS I'RIi7-
Taken as a, whole, the industry of
farming is followed by two classes of
people: First, those who faun as dt
moans of subsistence; second, those
who practice it as a business. Cir-
cumstances over widths they had lit-
tle control forced the first cilias into
the occupation of tilling the soil
-
who earn their- tinily broad by the
sweat of their brows, without (30unt-
ing tho cost. The second class make
fanning their business, They, too
sdn'e511 the 111an111'e, Mena, harrow,
saw, Cultivate and reap -end they
count 1
t the cost. at.
They know Which
branch was profitable aiitl width eon-
trillutod toward a loss, Fnrthe•,
they kilo' why the laps °referred, end
knowing which, how to prevent the
lass from recurring, '7007' 'keep just ,
85 10ntplete tial) on their profit ante
loss pa3es of Chair lodgers f1.h does
•
the manufacturer or the railroad com-
pitny.
The ideal farmer is one who knows
his farm from A to 'l„ who can place
his finger on every valve of his busi-
ness and know the real o1• probable
ant of his doing so. Ile must be
well read. That is, ho must be well
read in the best books relating to
his calling. Therein ,are gathered the
experiences of men who have ghee
years of the. closest study and obser-
vation to their subjects, and nitwit
may he gained by judicious reading
and study.
Given, then, a healthy body, a per-
s0vcring mind, and a certain amount
of ability, what .makes farming a bus-
iness, and not, as many suppose, 00
exact seience, is bookkeeping and ad-
vertising.
T30GFlK1 lt(IIi G.
It is hard to understand what.
makes bookkeeping ee irksome to
farmers. Probably it is su3Tertng the 1
fate of every other advanced idea. 1
in farm operations, unholy, that the i
fanner is not accustomed to keep
books, The operation of keeping 1
books need not be an elaborate at. t
fair, Divide the fctl•a11 into a certain 0
number of sections, say three or four, 1
ebeeieo up each section with the value 1
of manure (limited to Saone and the It
cost of p10wieg anrt preparing the
seed berg cost of sen:) and seeding, 0
C.wd sallsegiaent cultivation, harvest- n
ing and 00:1 of storing and 3nar1Lot- o
ing the product. Then keep a nnt-
011111
chimney aril tool account; an account et
for each ch ic'
d aeio 1'
n of your ave. y w st��l,--
th horses, 01 Sea cattle, is Ahem),
._.. 1
t tc swine, 1
la tt
cl ar it
p, e c,
>, I; 1g ahem up weekly with toed 11
and caro. Keep at household account, i)
Taxes 101d reneire should be charged t
to each ca division in n•o l0rtinn d
they are affected with this expense. A
7laatnrc should not hear a po1'Lion of
the burden attending the repair of
tate corn planter. And 1.2 -acre pas-
ture sll0ul1 not be charged t1p with o
a larger proportion of the taxes than t
the $-acre f111(d of corn. 13y giving a
eac11 animal credit for so marl) work I'
each day; by buying from each ani- Lr
ma.d its manure; by braying the milk n
from each cow; by flaying the 811(1071
for their fleece and pleat; and by i7
paving the sow for its Otter at the m
time it is sold, after deducting tyle
expens0 of feuding and caring (or
Cheat -ono is in a (air Way to carry-
ing 0n farming as a. business, and
knows where r (lets the parasite
which Is cleating tate losses.
�7 5' 1qg
TIM tMLU,111 ��' B+' S
SII3 ISA.°*.4 le , 001,ha TIIINVTn7i
IS ddlteeNe,
Lord Rayleigh Confirms I'koP
John Tyudall'e ^bAoz'y of
time Blue ,Sir'.
What mal.,h the sky blue TI
cluestioit ban been dealt with byi
scientists slam steams; began. Stn
!scum Newton couclurled in 10701101±1
small part/lees of water In the tie
reflected the blue nortfou .11 the stap1
le:ea, 3,ntcr writers Clave pi•ovoil
that his theory is wrong its many,
important respects. The $nlentille
American says :
"ln 186(11 Prof. John 'Pendell, the
famous ]hdtieli p!aysieeet, found flint)
ho could produce 'sky blue' by : OXs
periments in the laboratory,
"For this purpose he lined a glass
tube about a yard long and three
Inches in diameter with air of one.
tenth the ordinary density, mixed
with nitrate of huteeee vapor, whlcbi
is extremely volatile. Then on passe
Ing through the mixture a powerful
beam of electric hent in a room
otherwise dark the mixture precipi-
tated a beautiful 01110 cloud, which)
in color rivaled the finest Italian
sky. Further experiments proved to -
Tyndall that he had at last ,lis,•
roveretf the s<.errt of the biue color
of the sky, which lied puzzled the -
greate.t pellurophern of all Ages, -
1tleCEN i' TN` IeSTIGA710NS, '
"Lord Rayleigh; the famous pro-,
feseor of 11'01.30,:mental 112.2805 at1
Cambrir'ge, England, and one of
King IIclwards original twelve mem-
hers of the ease Order of lticrit, has
investigated Tyndall's theory of the
color of the sky by profound metlie-
matical rc-searches extending over
many years. Iia co111irms '1'7 dall's
theory that the blue axises from the
refile"tion of the sea's light kora
small particles in the air less than
one hundred tilotlsaxtdtli of an inch in
diameter, Billions and ta:illioes al -
these atonic particles fill the atmos-
phere, and by reflecting the blue
Part of the sun's light give the
dome of the 1101)10120 a. bluish tint.
"Some of the particles are water,
but most of them are 10101101011 of
the oxygen end nitrogen tvhlch we
breathe.
"Prof, T. .7, .7. See of the Malted
States navy is one of the scientists
who have studied the subject In an-
other esi�eet. Tie has observed the
00101' of tl'e sky in various altitudes
in Dinh mountains and in dry and
moi t countrie , such ns Egypt and
Greene and Al•h'ona and the hlissis•
010(1 valley. Its conclusion is that
the
BEAUTIFUL RED COLORS.
of sunsets and atomises no mncli
s1o1 me of by G: eelc and Roman
writers and so often illustrated in
landscape painting, arise from water -
mrsphere, absorbing the 01110 and
transmitting the rod light. Accord-
ing to Dr. See the g•erplysfi colors
taper in the lower layers of our at -
come Rein that part of our air with
in live ores of the earth's eurrface,
while tee deep blue of the sky arises
from tele -Volts of minute particles
in the higher parts of our atmos•
rife: e. Tire water vapor does not ex-
tend very 1 clouds e high, C10 7 is
never Y e rising
g o
nigher than ten miles above the
ea t0. The blue streaks cast by
cloacas at sunset show tint the red
nrt-es near the earth, while the blue;
has its seat very 1 iglt up. Above'
7• e
n 1 a.tmo0r h re the sky has all the
blatecness of the darkest nig1,t.
"T'rOfcs,m' See has watched the
dlira'icn of tee blue si.y after dark
110:1 Mend it to contiuluc for about
an flour and fifteen minutes, and
from tide bo I1IOWS (,lint 0112' atmos-
r,here eetehds to a height of fully.
130 miles."
A PLEASANTDEATH.
k ATLi(.
Death comes in many forms in the
anthracite 11212208 of Pennsylvania, but
only one farm is painless and plane -
ant, and to- only ono the victims go
1nr0nsefously. It is the death of the
meting cube bank. Many tinges dor-;
rig the yenr is suc0 a death recorded(
vh011 011e of these great Cuba banks.: ..
s burnine. Tho fire is not aeon in
ho daytime', and at night it shines
my with a feint glow through the
dyers or ashes which separate the -
ive coals from the outer air. To
hose (11 rning banks tramps and
other lmtOrtnnatcs, forced to spend
night in the open sir, go when the
fights grow chilly'. Tho Wenn breath
f the cubit lures them On with a
premise of n warm bed for tbo night,
rid they lie down to sleep in the
011ti'ortebleatmosphere
1
of the bane
tel flet" g
111 open eta the it e •s ri
1 c n . n. Tho
1
exious 511555 emanating from the'
lnlc waft over then) 50 softly that
hey arts some asleep, and oul!ocetod
u13n 1
g the night,
1
STA.TIi LOTTERIES.
S.
`)tate Lotteries add to the intorno
f foreign (lovcrnntents. 111 7tnly.
try being the Government ill a 111103
f nearly' 512. ;00,1200 n yeer. cls -
russia the profits of the public lot-
ry A1110111111 to nn less th031 802-
(50,000. The Iiuteh t:o•rrnment.
gets the Mee Mein sum of S2ti0,00(a,
PI
ant of its lottery. Pertugot
;Ikon Omit, $3511,000 in this. %rev:
IL'mmarh rakes in a profit
000, Ancl in Brazii, where the Gov-,
1)12(0ent. Eines tint Reel! run the lot,
tare,. but conceits a tax 011 the re"
ceir,ts of private lotteries, thee
nutount realized is $850,Otltm,
IIe (emphatically) j "All great men
Have smoked: my deer." She( with
animation): 'Oh, if you will only
giv0 ep smoking until you nee great,
I 11)011 be quite content."
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TOhYrO
ipte
n
(
latah5mr
i
la
(as rind altoInto cure for emelt
i3
and herr form .trewi sten to
tioew, aandpteedit. piles.
the raSiinrra5tn0110 hew, 318 A l 50113'0111'11010!
'0.00644.g,.
ttemnlntn in tho dliify prase E.. r('t10k err
t (malas:
Bora oar No they bw1ro� I( o Yanu can use dt and
Rot Soieroorp,11a0not'15580slipM1ornx,nt
all dJelata or IGDatAA`ttlN,1rA'rCe lr CO,, Toro)) tor
Dt"5 Chase's O6ratmc.at
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':1'tarT7,�7+,F'i 7, 'BANANA. ,
Immense fortunes tinct'
O'been made
out of the banana busineee, Bove/mos
do not acerae' alone front the sale
of the fruit, for the leaven art: usadlr,
roe packing, the wax, found on then
under side of iho teav1s f$ a valuable.
article of commerce,
.-
llfaznlla hemp m ,
1a
made f>•01,• the Mens, and of shift i
)heal) 0vas x12(21)11. mmnts, -plaited work,
and loth hnlldtahl•0hicd5 of 1110 flnesti
{
tnxtnrr. Moreover, the ltnhlarri its
around into banana Pone', ilia
5
,met of
t,
1t J x
annnica coed the l.c.lr i7trlttts :.
re' t"' it7• yield great cr,t ag of 'this-
us0ltd frm(t„ -