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ENOCH W I3NTVVORTH
By 1SABEL GORDON CURTIS,
Author of " The Woman from Wolvertons "
CHAPTER XII.—(Cont'd).
The singer sank in a chair exhaust-
ed,then she rose and pushed her way
down from the balcony. Dorcas
watched her with a pitiful gaze. Per-
spiration was washing white streaks
throkigh the patches of rouge on her
cheeks.
"Who is the woman?" she asked.
"Twenty-five years ago her name
+was famous from one end of Italy to
the other. When she went to Genoa
to fill an engagement the whole town
turned out bo meet her, the shops
closed, and it was a public holiday
The people pelted her with flowers
and screamed themselves hoarse in a
welcome. She was the star of the
Bellini in Naples. She sang in Paris
and London. She came here, grew
sick and could nob fill her engage-
ments. A manager went back on her,
ehe lost what money she had, friends
deserted her, she came down to—
this."
"Oh, the poor soul!" Dorcas' voice
was a whisper.
"Her's was an unusual case," said
Mercy, "She is only fifty-three now;
so I've heard. It makes you realize
into what a short bit of our lives fame
is crowded—if fame conies to us. The
has-beens in our profession are an
army a pitiful army. Unless one has
a home and some one in it to cherish
and love, the lonely days of old age
are—" Andrew laughed cheerlessly.
"Well, I never think of them."
He stretched out his hand to in-
tercept a boy who wandered between
the tables with a tray full of crimson
roses. He laid a bunch of them be-
fore Dorcas. She buried her face in
the cool petals.
"Shall we go?" asked Merry.
As they pushed their way through
the maze of crowded tables they pass-
ed a woman who sag dining alone. She
wore an orange velvet gown, and a
shabby lace scarf covered her naked
shoulders. Dorcas paused for a
moment, laid her hand upon the wo-
man's arm, and spoke a few words in
Italian. The singer looked up and
put a grimy, ring -bedizened hand up-
on the girl's fingers. Merry stood
watching them. The woman looked
very old and faded under th ewhibe
glare of the electricity, but her face
grew eager and tremulous while she
poured out her soul in her own lan-
guage. Dorcas took one rose from
the cluster in her arms and laid the
rest of the fragrant blossoms beside
the singer's plate.
"You'll forgive me for parting with.
your flowers?" she whispered as she
rejoined Merry. •
"I'm glad you did it. Once upon a
time stage bouquets were a worn-out
sensation for that woman; to -day I
roses
iss
guess she howered with
about once in a blue moon."
Dorcas paused near the door to nod
good -by to the singer, who sat gaz-
Ing after them with her chin burial
In the red roses. Suddenly Dorcas
turned to Merry. Her face had
grown white, and she put her arm
within his. He clasped it with a
strong grip, but neither of them
sYh a
oke. At the same momentthe had
P
caught sight of Enoch Wentworth
He was seated in an alcove at a small '
table hedged about with palms. Zilla
Paget sat facing him, Enoch's
hands clasped one of hers which lay
upon the table. They were engross- i
ed in each other.
Dorcas stopped abruptly when they
reached the foot of the steps. "Oh!" '
she whispered appealingly. "Andrew
save Enoch from that woman!"
over I want to make a dicker with
you."
Wentworth stared at him blankly
"A dicker?" he repeated, "Is it
money?"
"Money!" Andrew's face grew harsh
with scorn.
"What is it then?"
"I was dining last night at Coigax-
zi's. I—"
Wenbworth's face grew sueldenly
scarlet, then it whitened.
"I saw you there." Merry's voice
was relentless. "I don't know a
blessed thing about the Pageb woman,
for or against her. I do know this,
though: every man who has. lived
among good women knows she is not
fit company for—your sister for in-
stance,"
"Who said she was?" snarled Went-
worth. "I had not thought of throw-
ing her into my sister's society.
Dorcas would not have to bolerate
even a passing acquaintance with her
behind the scenes if I had my way."
"She is not fit to be seen with a de-
cent man."
"You give me bhe credit then of be-
ing—a decent man?" sneerer Enoch.
"To a certain limit—I do."
"Well, what do you want?" Went-
wqrth turned an apprehensive glance
upon him.
"I want you to promise, before I
turn over this manuscript, that you
will have nothing to do with Zilla
Paget except in a business way."
"Why, are you interested in her
yourself ?"
"My God, Enoch!" Andrew stuffed
the roll of paper in his pocket and
jumped bo his feet.
"Here, sitdown. I want this affair
straightened out—now."
Merry did not answer. He walked
across the office and stood beside a
table where a litter of photographs'
lay. He picked one up carelessly and
glanced at it. It was an exquisite
portrait of Dorcas. Her eyes gazed
into his with a straightforward look
which was characteristic of the girl.
"Will you tell me," there was stern
• demand in Wentworth's voice, "will
you explain why you are so concerned
about my morals?"
"I don't cane a damn about your
morals." answered Merry contemptu- 1
ously. "I was thinking about your
sister. I am still fool enough to be-
lieve that you have some decency left.
I will hand over this act, rewritten as
you want it, when you promise to
have nothing to do with Zilla Paget."
When Merry stopped speaking he
took a that opposite Enoch and waited ,
for a reply.
I A visiting card lay on the table.
Wentworth picked it up and tore it
into halves. He sat tearing and re-'
I
silence. When it
tearing it in Perfe b e
was reduced to fragments, he gather-
ed them into the hollow of his hand
and dropped them in the waste basket;
then he looked across at Merry. I
I "That was Miss Paget's card," he
said harshly. "Im through with her."
Merry took the manuscript from his
pocket, laid it on the table before
Enoch, and walked out.
A few minutes later Enoch opened'
the door which led into the boxo ffiee.
A young man sat beside the window.
'Dingley," he said, "I have locked
the outside door. Don't let a soul in
on me, I can't see Mr. Oswald, even
Tell him I am busy, writing."
Wentworth locked the door of the
office, sat down in his big chair, and
picked up the manuscript. He read
it rapidly, slipped a blank sheet of
paper into a typewriter, and began to
copy it with slow deliberation. When
it was fifinished he read each typed
page carefully, He tacked them to-
gether and rose to his feet. He be-
gan to search the office rapidly with
his eyes, then he turned to awash- I
bowl in the corner, He crushed into
a loose bunch each of the sheets which
held Merry's writing and benched the
paper with a match. It leaped into
a red blaze. He watched it care-
fully, poking the sheets over with a
paper knife until each one fell away
into a shivering back ash. When
every spark had died he turned on a
faucet, and the light ashes were swept
down the waste pipe. He rubbed a
speck of grime from his hands and
opened the box office door. Oswald
sat on a high stool beside the window.
"Here is the second act," said Went-
worth brusquely, "I imagine it will
suit you. The changes are exactly
what you suggested.'
"Oh, splenl;id!" Oswald's voice was
cordial. "I'm ever so glad you felt
like it. You will say yourself it is
an improvement"
"I hope so." Enoch spoke listlessly,
"And, Dingley, while I think of it send
a message back to Miss Paget. Ask
if I can see her now, in her dressing
room for a few minutes." He turn-
ed to Oswald. "I must explain to
her the change we're malting. Bet-
ter have the part copied at once; it
must be put into quick rehearsal,"
CHAPTER XIII.
Wentworth sat in a small room at I
the theatre, which he had appropriat-
ed as his own. It led directly off the `•
box office. He was glancing over a
heap of press clippings when the door 1
opened and Merry walked in.
"Good morning," Therewas a sur-
prised glance on Enoch's face while II
he spoke.
Andrew nodded a response, then he
drew a package of manuscript from
his pocket. Wentworth's eyes turn-
ed on him curiously while he flattened
it out on the table before him. No
unnecessary courtesies passed be-
tween them.
"I rewrote the scene as you sug-
gested," said Andrew carelessly.
"That was good of you." In his sur-
prise Wentworth showed an impulsive
friendlinese. He stretched out his
hand for the manuscript.
There was no cordiality in Merry's
face. He glanced quietly through the
written sheets.
"You count, this change in the play
e necessity7" he asked brusquely,
"I guess that's what it might be
defied." Wentworth's voice was impa-
tient, and afrown chaseli across his
face. "Oswald's been asking for ib
this morning. When a quiet fellow
like; hint makes up his mind to have a
thing, he's apt to be confoundedly in-
sistent."
"Then you want it?"
ttCerbainly."
"I sat up until daylight to write this
It's an improvement on the other ad:
can the that myself. Oswald will
tell you, I think, that ib carries out
his idelts exeetiy, Th ore I hand it
throbbed from head to foot, and she
felt as if the emotions of a lifetime
had been crewded into that single
hour. There was a babel of noiee be-
hind, bhe scenes; in front the applause
sounded like a tempest. At intervals
the handclaps died away as from
weariness, only to begin again with
tremendous vigor.
"Come," said Merry; "we must go
slit again."
"Again?" whispered the girl.
"Yes " Merry smiled; "this time the
two of us alone."
"The two of us?"
"The two of us—alone." There was
a low, tender thrill in Merry's voice,
He took her hand and led her out
upon the empty stage, The curtain
was lifting slowly, From where she
stood she saw Enoch standing in the
wings. Elis face was flushed with ex-
citement. The audience looked to the
girl like a blur of color and human
forms. The people swayed forward
eagerly, and the applause became up-
roarious. A voice cried. "Speech!
Speech!" Ib began to come insistent-
ly from the back of the house. The
cry was taken up by men and women
everywhere in the audience. Dorcas
turned to Merry, Oswald was beckon-
ing to him from the wings, but the
actor shook his head.
"I weld not make a speech to night
if my life depended on it," he whis-
pered, and the curtain descended slow-
ly
A new cry came from the clanmor-
!ous house. Some one was shouting
author. Dorcas laid her hand upon
Merry's arm.
"They want you," she cried.
He smiled and shook his head.
She heard Oswald urge Enoch to
go in front of the curtain. The noise
in front grew louder. The girl flew
acvross the stage and put her hank
upon her brother's shoulder.
"Enoch," she pleaded in a whisper,
"take Merry with you and explain,"
Wentworth left her without a word.
Oswald and the stage manager beck-
oned to him from the wings. She
took a few flying steps as if to hold
him back, then stopped. Merry had
called her. She paused, staring into
his eyes with terror.
(To be conbinued).
JERUSALEM IN WAR TIMES.
Dumping Ground for Young Germans
of High Family.
To Western minds the idea of the
Holy City serving as a base for mod-
ern military operations must be full
of incongruities. And, as a matter of
fact, it was an amazing thing to see
the streets packed with khaki clad
soldiers and hear the brooding silence
of ancient walls . shattered by the
crash of steel shod army boots. Here,
for the first time, I saw the German
officers—quantities of them, says
Alexander Aaronsohn in the Atlantic
Monthly. with
out of place they
looked; with their pink and whiteness
that no amount of hot sunshine could
quite burn off. They wore the regu-
lar German officer's r eiform, except
that the pickelhaube \t'.5 replaced
by a khaki sun helmet. I ';as struck
by the youthfulness of them; many
were nothing but boys, and there
were weak, dissolute facesces in plenty
—a fact that was later explained
when I heard that Palestine had been
made the dumping ground for young
men of high family whose parents
were anxious to have then as far re-
moved as possible from the danger
zone. Fast's Hotel was the great
meeting place in Jerusalem for these
young bloods.
Every evening thirty or forty
would foregather there to drink and
talk women and strategy. I well re-
member the evening when one of them
a slender young Prussian with no
back to his head, braceletted and
monocled—rose and announced in the
decisive tones that go with a certain
stage of intoxication:
"What we ought to do is to hand
over the organization of this cam-
paign to Thomas Cook & Sons."
The running track at the Canadian
National Exhibition is one of the few
on the continent giving a 220 yards
course straight-away. Many records
lave been equalled or broken on
Athletic Day in past years.
CHAPTER XIV
Dorcas stood motionless in the
wings, with Merry beside her, leaning
against a table. The curtain had
fallen on the third act of "The House
of Esberbrook," The girl's body
SOME FORGOTTEN TREASURES.
Studying Life of Ancient Egypt
Frain Cast Away Papyrus.
It is a strange story that reads
more like a romance than cold fact,
how the moat intimate thoughts and
emotions of two thousand and more
years ago lay buried in the rubbish of
ancient cities to come to light in our
day. Papyrus was the writing ma-
terial of ancient Egypt, used in of-
ficial and private correspondence, in
business transactions, in legal ac-
tions. 'When it had served its pur-
pose it was thrown away, •
Much of it also was used to wind
the embalmed bodies of the dead.
Fragments of it passed westward in
the early part of the last century
without attracting much attention,
says the Christian Herald. The schol-
ars of those days were interested in
classical lore and literary remaine,
and could not foresee the infinite pos-
sibilities for studying the life of a
past age from its private correspond-
ence,
Within the last decades, however,
interest changed completely. Ex-
ploration parties were sent out to go
over every inch of ground and ga-
ther the remains. A host of scholars
set themselves the task of decipher-
ing and interpreting the documents.
But still an immense amount of ma-
terial is stored away in Oxford, the
British Museum, Berlin, Paris and
other places.
In a group recently examined there
are three letters from recruits,
young men who had passed the mili-
tary examination and were taken
from simple home surroundings to
the cosmopolitan Roman army. The
first is a letter from a youth in Alex-
andria to his mother. He writes:
"Send me two hundred drachmas. I
have nothing any more. When bro-
ther Gemellus came I still had four
hundred drachma;. They are all gone.
I bought a team of mules. Send me
monthly allowance soon. When I was
with you you promised to send my
brother before Icame to the garrison.
But you sent nothing. You left me
to go as I stood, nothing in the poc-
ket. Also my father on his visit gave
me not a penny. All laugh at me and
say: 'Your father is a soldier himself
and still he sends you nothing.' My
father tells me when he gets home he
will send me everything. But you
sent nothing. Why? There is the
mother of Valerius; she sent him a
pair of abdominal bandages and a
cruse of oil, a basket of meats, and
two hundred drachma;. Send quickly.
I already went and borrowed from a
comrade. Also brother Gemellus sent
me a pair of trousers."
TITLES OFTEN DUPLICATED.
Various Lords Greys, Two Lords 11Ior-
ley, Two Earls of Mar, Etc.
Sir Edward Grey will probably be
known by the title of Earl Grey of
Falloden. The peerage is already
well -stocked with peers of this name.
There is, of course, Earl Grey, for-
merly Governor-General of Canada,
who is himself Baron Grey of Howick.
Neither of these must be confused
with Lord Grey of Ruthyn, nor with
Lord Grey of Wilton, the eldest son of
the Earl of Wilton, nor with Lord
Grey of Groby, elest son of the
Earl of Stamford. And all these, are
quite distinct from Earl de Grey, who
succeeded to his father's Marques -
sate of Ripton in 1909.
There is really no copyright in,
titles. There are two Lords Morley,
an Earl and Viscount. There are two
Barons Monteagle, voting as such in
the Lords, though one is known as
the Marquess of Sligo and now Earl
of Clanricarde in the Irish Peerage.
Scottish Representatives Peers in-
clude the Earl of Mar and the Earl
of Mar and Kellie. There are Baron'
Clifford and Baron de Clifford (a
minor); while two other titles which
are often confounded because of the
spelling are Viscount Midleton and
Baron Middleton and the Earls of
Desert and Dysart. Lord Midleton
sits as Baron Broderick in the Peer-
age of the United Kingdom.
Giving up smoking brings one great
compensation with it—the joy of be-
ginning again. This is not to be de-
spised.
COMPILING THE OASUALTY LISTS.
An official British photograph taken "somewhere" along the region of
the English drive showing a British company lined up for roll -call In one
of the advanced trenches after the, gruelling battle of July 14th,
Important to Whest Growers .
This is important to you because it
means 'dollars to you. In a short
Nine you will be preparing for the
seeding cif your fall wheat, and it is
necessary to keep in mind the danger
of loss from Smut. Especially last
year, Srhut'was very general in On-
tario. Grain dealers advise me that
that it has meant a differepce of as
much as 10c. -per bushel for the grain
delivered at elevators, aside altogeth-
er from making some of the wheat
unmarketable. This means a loss of
$3 bo $5 per acre, while the cost of
treating to prevent smut and prevent
this loss is only a few cents per acre.
Bo sure this year avid breat your seed
for smut.
The method usually adopted is as
follows:—Mix one pint of formalin
with 40 gallons of water, or two table-
spoonfuls bo one pail of water. Place
the grain to be treated in a heap on
clean canvas or floor, Sprinkle the
formalin solution over the groin, then
shovel. Repeat this until every
grain is moistened by the solution;
then cover the pile with sacking and
leave for three or four hours. At the
end of this time spread the grain out
thinly to dry; shovelling it over three
or four times will hasten the drying.
Forty gallons of the formalin solution
is sufficient to sprinkle thirty or for-
ty bushels of grain; -smaller amounts
in proportion. Bags, machinery, or
anything with which grain conies in
contact before being put in the ground
should be thoroughly treated.
Immersing the grain in a bag is
sometimes practised and is equally ef-
fective,
Of course smut is not as prevalent
some years as others, being influenced
to some extent by weather conditions,
Treatment, however, is a form of in-
surance. You do not expect to have
your barn burned down every year be-
cause you pay the insurance every
year, and it is equally important to
keep up your insurance on your wheat
crop. This is important at the pres-
ent time, nob only on your own ac-
count, but on account of the Empire,
which requires the maximum supply
of high quality foodstuffs. The ship-
ping of smutty wheat not only gives
this Province a bad name but reduces
the price you receive for your wheat.
Further information on the subject
may be secured for the asking, either
from the local office of this Depart-
ment in your County or from th eun-
dersigned.—Hon. Jas. S. Duff, Minis-
ter of Agriculture, Toronto.
Cost of Raising Dairy Heifers.
One of the important things for the
farmer to know is bhe cost of the
thing he produces, wheher it be a crop
or an animal. ' Profits are 'g erned
as much by the cost of production as
the price for which the product sells.
One of the questions often discussed is
the cost of raisingYounce stock. Sev-
eral of the United
States Experiment
Stations have taken up the question
of finding out what it costs to raise a
heifer calf. The question is an im-
portant one and should interest Can-
adian dairymen. We would also be
glad to have the experience of any of
oar readers as to the cost of raising
heifer calves for the dairy herd.
hTo Ohio station has just conclud-
ed such an investigabion. The fig-
ures given are the averages of the re-
cords kept on 51 heifers -29 Jerseys
and 22 Holsteins. This involves
large enough numbers to merit con-
sideration.
The items other than feed are as
follows: Value at birth $6, labor
$11.60, bedcling $4.60, service fee $1„50
tools, etc., $1.50, shelter $4, interest
and taxes $4.68, or a total of $32.86.
Nine dollars is credited for manure,
leaving the net cost $23.08. To this
must be added the feed cost. The
total cost of raising the Tersey heifers
to two years of age was $78.10, and
the Holsteins $81.80, the difference
being due to the larger animals eat-
ing more feed. They were charged
30 cents a month for pasture the first
year, and 90 cents the second. The
pasture had to be supplemented with
grain in order to keep the heifers
growing properly.
The heifers were bred bo calves at
twenty-six and one-half month of age,
and at calving time the cost averaged
$91.39,
The high cost of heifers as brought
out by these different studies, clearly
shows the folly of raising inferior in-
dividuals. It costs just as much to
feed 41 heifer sired by an inferior
bull as one sired by a high class.bnll.
The figures also show why dairymen
are justified in asking good prices for
well-bred dairy stock. As a dairy
farmer recently stabed, they cannot
afford to sell really good heifers for
$60 or $70. The dairymen who insist
on buying only eheap stock will get
only culls, and would be better off
without them, They must expect to
pay good prices for well-bred heifers
that have been properly grown and
devel.
Tho
Veenendaal thing for the dairy-
man who is just getting a start, is to
give the moat careful attention to the
feeding of his heifer calves, saving
only those having the right kind of
parents. Even bliough the cosi; of
bringing a heifer up to calving time
does seem high, it is the safest and
most reliable way of adding to the
herd and is cheaper in the long run
than to depend on buying. Ili.osr
who are just making a start must of
course buy their foundation stock,
anti it is important bhet these be sel-
ected with care. A bunch of culls is
not every good start in the building
up of a dairy herd.
This Ohio report also allows that
fall calves can be raised more cheap-
ly than can spring calves, This
should fit in well with dairying on the
general farm, for there is always
more time to devote to bhe cows and
calves during the fall and winter
months than during the busy season
when the crops are demanding a
great deal of labor.
Pure Milk For Butter -Making.
It is most essential to use only pure
uncontaminated milk for the produc-
tion of butter when the finished pro-
duct is to be of prime quality. In a
great many cases where butter has an
objectionable flavor it is due to bhe
milk employed being badly contam-
inated with undesirable bacteria.
Cream is ripened by bacteria, and
it is only when the righb species of
germs predominate in the cream that
it will ripen properly. The germs
which produce lactic acid, and thus
ripen cream, have the power of over-
coming other species of bacteria un-
less the cream. is very badly contam-
inated, in which case the cream.
ripening organisms could not perform
their functions.
Why Milk Sours.
Bacteria cause the souring of milk.
Bacteria usually gee into milk in dirt
and the bacteria develop fast when
the milk is warm. To keep the bac-
teria out, keep dirt out of the mills.
This means care in milking and care
to have the milk utensils clean. Keep-
ing the milk cool will retard the de-
velopment of the bacteria, that do
get into the milk. Cans or vessels
that have had milk in them should be
rinsed in cool water first, as hot wat-
er hardens the albumen of the milk
and makes it hard to remove,—W. C.
P., North Dakota Experiment Station.
Grain for the Skim -Milk Calf.
Calves are usually fed whole milk
for two to three weeks, then gradually
changed to skim -milk. About the
time of changing, begin to feed a lit-
tle grain, but do nob think that it is
necessary to use oil -meal or any oth-
er high-priced feed high in protein or
fat, or both. Experience at the Mis-
souri Agricultural Experimenb Station
shows that a mixture of two parts
corn and one part oats, by weight,
gives as good results as oil -meal and
ready -mixed calf -meals often purchas-
ed at much higher prices. Bran is
not especially good for the young calf
because it is too laxative. The grain
mixture should be fed immediately
after the milk, and neither should be
fed i
too liberally, or scours mayresult.
Y,
STORMS HIS MOTHER'S HOME.
Son Knew Germans Had Driven His
Parent From It.
The Chateau La Maisonette, France,
so often named in recent bulletins on
the Somme fighting, is the property
of Mme. Fernet who has lived there
for many years. The propertyis close
to Biaches and Perone. The owner
was there in August, 1914, when Von
Kluck's forces passed through during
their rush upon Paris. She remained
in her house and for months after-
ward no news was heard of her. One
of her sons, Victor Fernet, son-in-law
of Gen. Boisdeffre, although free from
military obligations, volunteered at
the beginning of the war, and the
hazards of war sent him recently to
the Somme front, where he has shar-
ed in all the attacks made.
A letter from Germany had inform-
ed him that his mother, who had re-
mained until a short time ago at La
Maisonpette, had been sent away with
almost all her aged servants, so that
he was able to take part in an attack
which meant the destruction of his
home without the fear that his mo-
ther was still there.
The Germans made six . desperate
efforts to retake La Maisonnette be-
tween 11 p.m, Sunday (July 16) and
Monday afternoon, Each was made
by at least a battalion, but each was
defeated.
3000 SHIPS UNDER JELLICOE.
Tightness of the Blockade Sur-
passes Expectations.
In an article in the current number
a "Cassell's Magazine of Fiction” on
British effort on land and sea; Mr,
Frederick' Palmer, the well-known
American journalist and war corres-
pondent, tells that "including the re-
gular naval and the auxiliary vessels,
some 3000 ships are under Sir John
Jellicoe's command. Success in keep-
ing tight the blockade between Ice-
land and the North Sea surpasses ex-
pectations. It was feared that a
number of raiders might get by, and,
considering that the fog in the North
Sea is often so thick that a man can
hardly see his own hand held out be-
fore him, it is amazing that only one
raider has got through at tho time of
writing. Tho fuss made over that
single one is proof of the pudding to
naval experts, who realise the cliffueil-
ties if the layman does not. It was
as unusual as in The ease of the man
bitin8 the dog " ' ' '
CANADA'S GREAT
TELESCOPE
SAID TO BE THE LARGEST IN
THE WORLD.
Instrument Is for Use of the Do-
minion
o.minion Observatory at
Victoria, B.C.
The great 72 -inch reflecting tele.,
scope designed and constructed foil
the Dominion Astronomical Observa•
tory at Victoria, B.C., ranks in size
as the largest yet completed in the
world. In design tho teleseene is a
reflector 6 feet in diameter with an
equatorial type of mounting, having
the main or polar axis pointing to-
wards the north star and swinging
the body of the telescope in a plane
parallel to the earth's equator and
the apparent paths of the stars; and
e declination axis at right angles to
and passing through the centre of
the polar axis, to allow movement
north and south. The instrument
weighs 55 tons, and will rest upon
massive piers of reinforced concrete.
The polar axis is .23 feet long and
weighs 10 tons. The declination
axis weighs 5 tons, is 141 feet long,
161/2 inches in diameter, carrying a
flange 41 inches in diameter and 4
inches thick, to which the body of
the telescope is attached. The tube
is 31. feet long in three sections, and
weighs 12 tons. The central cylin-
drical casting is 121/2 feet long, and
weighs 7 tons. The mirror cell,
weighing with counterpoises and
mirror 6 tons, forms the lower end,
while to the upper end is firmly at-
tached the rigid skeleton tube, made
of structural steel in tension. The
skeleton portion of the tube is 23
feet long, 71/2 feet in diameter and
weighs with attachments about two
tons.
Driven by Clock.
A driving clock similar in design
to that which has been so successful
in the Lick and Yerkes telescopes,
moves the telescope east or west
with great precision, through an ac-
curately cut worm wheel 9 feet in
diameter mounted on the polar axis.
The telescope is moved from one
position to another, and is set and
guided wholly by electric motors.
Seven motors with solenoids and
magnetic clutches are' provided for
these motors. With the focal length
of 108 feet the guiding speed neces-
sary for a star image is 1,300 inch
per second.
The observer, at either the upper
or lower ends of the tube can clamp
or unclamp the telescope, make the
fine settings and guide the tele-
scope by means of, push buttons on
a portable key board kept at a con-
venient place.
Weighs 43 Tons.
The engineering and mechanical
problems involved in designing and
constructing a telescope of such
great proportions and accuracy will
be apparent when considering the
extreme 'rigidity necessary for
carry-
ing
arr -ing the optical parts invariably in
their correct relative positions with-
out strain, and at the sante time so
well poised and adjusted as to en-
able the telescope to bo easily
pointed towards and accurately, set
on any desired object, and to enable
the whole massive mechanism weigh-
ing 43 tons, to unvaryingly follow the
motions of the stars. The sun, the
moon, the planets and the comets all
have different rates of motion to
that of the stars, and all this must
be provided for in the controlling
mechanism.
The revolving dome is 06 feet in
diameter, and is provided with a
double shutter having an opening
15 feet wide. Its weight is 120 tons.
All of the movements of the dome,
telescope, wind shields, shutters, etc.,
are by means of electrical motors.
The principal mirror is 73 inches
in diameter, 12 inches thick, and
pierced with a hole in the centre.
The mirror weighs 2/ tons; yet it
is so accurately poised that no flea
tions can distort its surface, which
must nowhere deviate from the theo-
retical curve more than the two
hundredth -thousandth part of an inch.
The instrument is made to allow
its use in three forms, the New-
tonian, Direct or Caasegrain forms.
The secondary mirrors are 9 inches
in diameter.
This great engine of science, the
largest completed telescope in the
world, is now being erected at Vic-
toria, B.C., by order of the Dominion
Government for the Dominion Astro-
nomical Observatory in charge of
Dr. Plaskett, Chief Astronomer, un-
der the late Dr. King at Ottawa.
Doing The Work Of The Army.
By a piece of good luck the new re-
cruit had been appointed orderly to his
captain and the latter was now giv-
ing him his instructions.
"You are to rise at 6 o'clock," he
said; "shave yourself and clean your,
boots and equipment. Then you clean
my boots, buttons, belt, etc., shave me,
see to my horse—which you must
groom thoroughly and clean the
equipment. After bhat you go to
your hut, help to serve out breakfast,
and after breakfast lend a hand wash-
ing up, At 8 o'clock you go on par-
ado and drill! till 12"--
The recruit, whose face had been
growing longer and longer, then inter-
rupbod.
'rev pardon, sir, but is there any
one else 10 the army beside% rhe„"
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