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"which, you will r member, you entered
cuscninoncil and undegirod."
The untlovlaling gentleness of the
tone made the rebuke cut deeper, as
her first rebuke had
sterner etUsnre or njtrc pftrejftptorm
-dismissal could l ave Bone.
stood irresolute. ashamed. tfrk witifi
rage. torn by ontrißpigjßnpgLienjlr
wounded, swayed by jealous rage and
try t!; aiuvr i:. fuilses slat strove to_
sttdet -f - r r r *r *11; rf /
‘l’k'f | f|r|:js‘ j hid* v^oVn
rfcugfrl IfMitr**! d*> 4lie'
carpet r;rewn over the hard earth.
JSbe Steeped and bjei Ml. Tho at -til m
• Oozed after Dm xwLftly fiyinQ figure.
'Msoffloed to turn tbs tkft wfih' hot' tm
ptt?ssioruiltH ardent, capricious na
tuc. Jfae wcruld not djpgrace that—
> wilf gJ| -ste tn uttered jn Hi>r
tbrojtft, \ Aim! yJu-p O GdtL i\o
I Wf' Jtotrwi&ri #vefc 1 4Wn
*T)ot bate you!”
Venetia Qoronn gazed aftfjrAho swift
'ly flying ifcufV Jts Jt ,pused over the
starlit g#oknC !gst .An araa ,In
; pity and in regrtT.
“A little tigress,” she thought, “and
~yCt with infinite nobility, with wonder
ful germs of good In her. How she
loves him! is so brave she
MilHj*t show . f
► Wlftb the etkie the' re-n
ludrds at to
his own passioS for herself, andTHie ’
grew palw ns-it did so. “Ood- forbid
he shot! 1 ’ have that pain, too!” she
.■VuiruW.ed. "What could it be mye
for us ■" \ t
V:. she ‘ faulty
front -rtf- v.K! iVwntetlipflJiousVlibncWi
lance as son had done every otner of
, th-i many pa> i ■ 'ts she had excited and
* disdained. K ked a great sadness and
n great-terror for her. :£h<j Traded It
unspeakably for hlrnj also, perhaps
• 'ltf’sHghtly
Ter jh ts.hr'.h s|e Wished po\ftlias site
had not sent fffr lmu. ' “ * ‘
tfliAi*TE %.M. 0.., *j
@MII> the tfte nois*.
Ui*‘ wpich reigned
‘.hraugholit tin/
Jseh S-wrremieKad thomsfclwt's
to the enjoyment of the. largesses of
food and of- wine allotted to .them by
‘ their marshhTs Vorfimaud ineennnvmo
ratlen Af JSarrii'st efle .nloiii remained
ansXi, silent and powerless to rouse
even, to 'the forced semblance,
the forced endurance, of their mischief
their pleasure. He sat motionless,
suflk in thought, with his head drooped
upon his breast. - The voice of Ciga
rette broke on musing.
‘‘Good sir, yoti are wanted yoader.”
He rose on. the qld instinct of obedi
ence. r , ~. , .
“For what?”
“By gyour silver > 4 f beasant yondt*.
moV *•, an*. L- .
’1 “Who?_ I do not”— - >
“Can ?t)U ?* Mllfcrti
-want* to see you. I tgld her I would
send you to her. You know the great
tent where she is throned In'honor.
Morbleu, as tf the oldest and -ugliest
hag that w ashes out my soldiers’ linen
were not of more use and more de
served such lodgment than Mine, la
Prtnoesse, who has never done aught
In her Tile. udt crrn brushed out her
dfc-a hair of vgoidl Sif waits for you.
Where are you? palace manners? Go
to her, I toll your, She |s r of your own
people. We are not!”I;*-.,.
The vehement, -drapertoaii phrases
qdhrsed tn djrsofder one after another,
And hafTst and with a [
hundred repressed emotions. He paus- !
ed one moment, doubting wheUMstr she
did not gfayGsfW' thick
then. wiijfhur% 1 <t l*r arfAavent
t rapidly tl fcoufei llm evadh# sb* fcws. J
“And I have sem hihrto her when
.*■ I should .fir<yCr£ my pistol Into her
breast!” she tneftigTSt as she sat by the
dyfllg embcrsjf",Aud she remembered
N of the Marseilles
_ understood that
r •, 4ernbfc *>~ti&** e under the hot south
ern sun beside the ruthless, southern
aeas.
.MeansrhQe .Jie, who so little knew or
bflNied bow ,he j pecupjed* bar
P4wsti through the" move
ments of th * mlntary cWwdS, Froeeed
<’thert>rsjuftfa tbit parted Jthe encamp
• merit frpA the marqbees of the gener
.'Sls Vni? tftefr guests, the counter
> sign and approached, unarreeied aud sg
‘i *y-v rnrr i-. mm ...
- >. #***■■ •HWVMSlftftftHHMMftv ft
far unseen save by th: sentinels, the
tents of the Corona suit.
preserving that distant ceremonial due
froiro-the rank—he ostensibly held to
hef \ i \ / \
hMadaw.jKhls ■ fpry
knw notuiiyr to tmi qk yoaW
Ae mios*l t.jPhlm to piko ■ sea If
•<ar4o-wer, wiiiJe theNhu.^n
knew nothing of the EnglishVtongue,
retinal to the farther end of the tent, r
f Ai!| \jf\- *odT!'’^h(Tai#\y%rl
“So soon?”
i-,Sb!!Wv the fersn l^-tbybsopz.
n\
dusky pallor there. It wounded her as
I shn a J|uJJ<'red herself. For the first
ufue she jdjSt the tjAile one
/ud *!*-<!> loV
i ••[ m -.fVor.yo Jr she 1 :
r ifely. iinrrany ' V u aw 1 de
l|lM|t() so# fo!yot# 1 must you
maHaariiaato teiyhtlkfctiimu t know.
IfW •el\ ) lw Intel)*. Iy (.[>
pi uMPRf%’ fmcomea any
secret frara him. I never concealed so
| <pj9oh**-i thought.from jiiy brother, irv.
iJl'Wty Me, WxV evwt a lAnte
qwewOia frwrri We bra w, frank- ej!es
fHW a traitress totilin.” * ~
~*Ayttdß|e: oip*\” he njuttered. v “A*k!
ni ItlijrtlirT '"Edi* ftndS saCe.do
aot let him dream thur l live!”
why? You sMI apenlqia upt' in
Jt Sffore
.wo U? '• ° at f
tvs what ha thinks von- a soldTer of
Fwmoa lie is Interested by all he
Tumuu oryouf caJeer.v. He was tiist in
*MssMcd- hy -%Wrt I tohl hUii et joU .
wtieu ha saw the iv >ry carvings at my
vttta. ,J askttirtlijii lite tp
tell yoh tttlh, bbt, "on aecUnrl thoughfs,
It seemed beat to see you myself once j
more, its I lugi promised. [That Erench
chfl,d ’fo#ed Siicff enft-ffnAe a
£rHUge*fa.sUton. r Me wished (p. see,
fue, and to try my effhrage
too. She is a little brigand, but lias a
tyieTand nature, asid ,she
loves you very Jojuitly.? f \ *L
* '“f'fgiirt'H<*?’*- he asked wearily. 4, 0 C,
no! I trust not! 1 have done nothing
to win her love, and she is a fierce lit
rUe ciwaiure nuo disdains all such
weakness. She forced her way In
Jm-#l Tlmt was but
she selma lo bear fi. singular iljslikt [to
F [ p*
‘ , Siug>*lnr,' k 4fHteed! Kpcver saw jier
until today.”
He KJSwereu nctning. The cohva
tlon stole on him that Cigarette hated
''her beenusa he loved her, r
“And yeu she yirom'hf voir my , mes
.sage?” pufeued,.*,;.
her nhtun? -tHnlMiFpaKMons.yet x •
thorough loyalty. But time is pre- i
cUrns. I must urge ou you what I |
bade you come to hear. It Is to im
plore you to* put youf trust, -J-our .coio
fidpnee, in Let,him learn that
you lf\ *h h# hifiTdjj-T’' whether iprthot
this ffi yoiifeelf jj*\ neeffli A j
His honor is sis thator”
.#ny man earth. friendshu) ’
you irtouht. V.*hy:- i
from hMi?k - WC > w
His eyes turned on her with that
drfhilTjSony dvdiid iftn-fe /Wfore Fhudf
<mll}te ller J L j
“Do you tiiimT, if I conlu"spTfik in ’
honor, I should not tell you all?”
A push passed over her face, the first
that the' gaze of an.f man had ever
'brought tIM-re. She Amdtrstood ffinv. L
■fißut,!’ she said gently and hurried
ly, “may it not becthat you overrate the
obligations of .honor? I * know that
many a -noble heort-M man has irrix-
orably condemned hiuisvlf to a saverl
ty of rule that a dispassionate judge
of his life might deem Very exaggerat
ed, rery unnecessary.”
Her voice failed slightly user the
last words. She could not think with
calmness of the destiny that he ac
cepted. g lnvoluntimlly some presence
tlmt mover pursue jder -
own life unless his were rescued lent
kn* lhtense earhesthess, Writost en
treaty, to her _
He started from her side as he heard
and paced to and fro the narrow limits
of the tent like a caged animal. For
the first time It grew a belief to him
In his thoughts that were he free, were
he owner of his heritage, be could
rouse her heart from its long repose
and make her loyc him
“Hear me,” she said softly, “I do
not bid yeu decide. I only bkl you con
fide In Philip. You are guiltless of this
charge-under which you left England.
You endure it rather than do what you
, deem dishonorable to Clear yourself.
! That is noble; that is great But it la
possible, as that you may exag-
I gerate'tbe abhegfition re mired of you.
Whoever was the criminal should suf
fer. Yours is magnificent magnanimi
ty, but It may surely be also false
. Justice alike to yourself and the
. world.” .
He turned on her almost fiercely In
the angering- bo dealt hint
"It Is! It was a madness, a quixot
ism. flhe 'Wild, junqbnßidered act of:a
fool! What you will! But it Is done.
It was done long ago—
when your young eyes looked on me In
the pity of your innocent childhood. I
cannot redeem Its folly now by adding
to Its baseness; I cannot. change the
choice of a madman by repenting of it
I with a coward’s caprice. Ah, God!
j You do not know what you do—how
you tempt! Answer me! £hoose for
She gave a gesture almost of fear.
“Hush, hush! The woman does not
j live who should be that to any man.”
“You shall be it to me. Choose for
! me!”
” 1 t'Mutotl - -You m , uuioti .in.
1 darknes end untold” —
i.iadn<-ss! 1:yon
.figb t|^oy i‘ Jjjt; W^S^^StfA
an, i was but 'an 1 Airlcan trrsfsr :n
four sight, but In my own I was your
l *qual. No famine, no humiliation, no
obloquy, no loss I have known, ever
,
hafpuiss 4p of dishonor
ii>\jjis one dcb-e<rto stand in iny rigln
ffidfplace #efnte men and be free to
what they have not
“You give int great pain, great sur-
Irtrise." she rtrjrnilJpsl. can t*upy
i 11 tliitt youfe-lovd Ih offfbdMij'
“You mean that under no clrcum
■jitracf** not evo**rW*Ha.> I to possess my
JnIUM-itouuA give me any
hojx* that I might wake your tender
m-sH
at .lijih fullJb the eyes
with •
of n^isafits',all such emSwPtfelribtch
had niudefeieiMfb Indlffi-eyt'-many
said so tfitUßM to alLjf #4 dil
however, fcer ©Trn cluitmodlstyj lkjftv
wl, grow an#th**sndri
from mWISm BP
“I do not say tliat. I cannot tell*'—
C Tk*
tpOtrulfßnnto <Weeai what
half lAayrmvJ ijp hcrse4f,'tW> possibility
"Hiat, "hiore utl and urwler
artTfflenft she p!ght feel
her ncact To go tT> wanner
and a softer Impulse than that of
friendßilp. TliMhorolsin of hisytife
bp jTIT
■ up oo V s
’ “O GchlT It Is possible V iwLsrr®!
am bllntl—mad. Make my choice for
nad TikiipW pot what I do.”
T'tJte'’tenW-fhftt had gathered in her
eyes fell slowly down over her color
less £liW)fcs., 'She looked at him with a
“puy Tlmf mftdd her heart ache with a
sorrow only less than his own. The
grief was for I him chiefly, s#ne
“fhftg
r fil
tered at last once more. w .
She rose with what was almost a
flg£3t\pe of despak- an* thoust the gold
hair pir hfT^ethlies. Jit
"“Heacen'MiHp-rrve, 4 -caimot, I dare
not! And—l am no longer capable of
being Just!"
There was an accent almost of pas
sion In her voice. She felt that so
gmvtly djilbjfthe desire, bis deliverance,
hlsgusHmuitioht hisretuSjp
whg Ms own. even his presence
anjong'Tlfepnr }ar‘uier own world, that she
could no longer give him calm and un
biased Judgin'Ait. He heard; and the
burning tide of a new' Joy rushed on
- • -
“PoHowi; the counsels of your own
she “You have
‘•biM'r? tru#4oTlv?m -hitlK'rto. Itds not
for through me that yoinshall
ever be turned askle from them.”
. A bitter sigh* broke-from him mu he
heard. . ..
TTbey are noble words, and yet ft ds
; |:oeasv,to ntied.
*lf v 'U ri;;d
toi mS,' i yoti could udlrSTu'fl^WueQ^
A flush passed over her face.
P “IJ me without feeling,
dßit lkuifensrnobt.hy. ppy”—
“If you loved me,” he pursued pas
slogfltely—GdL TJJ*e very word
fjoffi pie ttr'ydtY sijundsj And
"yet there isTt'oTtme the irUitie that
sounds Insult—lf you loved'me, could?
.you staud there and bid me drag on
'- . • ' ■•* ih IP,!
| p|
“Choose for me, Vcnetia!”
this life forever, nameless, friendless,
hopeless, having all the bitterness but
noße of the torpor of death, wearing
out the doom of a galley slave, though
guiltless of all crimeV”
“Why speak so? You are unreason
ing. A moment ago you Implored me
not to tempt you to the violation of
what you hold your honor. Because 1
bid you be faithful to It you deem me
cruel.”
“Heaven help mel I scarce know
what I say. I ask you If you were a
who toyed me could yuu decide
'Uusr J 3
“These are wild question*,” she mur
mured. “What can they serve? 1 be
lieve: that I-should—l am sure that I
should.: As It is—as your friend**— j
Ah, bush! Friendship is crueler than
hate.”
“Cruel?” “
“Yes, the worst cruelty when we seek
love—a stone proffered Us When we ask
for bread In famine!” ,
“Lord Royallieu,” she said slowly, as
|f the familiar name were some tie bfe.
* •? 1; • i * - • —■ J . . ..
-• -' t i.;, ...
i uiidin hi Mini iijiii uiii’iiM I'm 1 iimi wi
i heard without disdain and rejection—'
j “Lord Royallieu. it is unworthy of
| you to take this advantage of an inter
view which I sought and sought for
! your own sake. You paiii me; you
■UaMfidMbaJ nn <* Innv to an
swer tot. You speak strangely and
Without warrant.” > ",
! . lie stood piuteguid bvfore
lifr. his head sunk on Jiis cljest., tje
k;iew that shp rebuked him justly.”
j ‘“Forgave me, fffl* pity’s sake! After
! tqpigjit J '‘shall -never look upda roar
face -
“I do fortffvX,” she Raid gently, while
lsir voice very sweet, “Yen to*
dure tqo much already for <sno met]less
pang to i>e added by All r wish;!#
j that you had never met me. so that this
tyst, worst, thing shad uoj, opine upjo
you! 3 Yott -wrong me if tirn!;-that
i I “could“l)ie .so callous, ho litdlfferiklt, as
to- leave yt/u hi nt* witipuit dwk-d ns to::
ytoir fair.. ’3>eH(ive.lH yeflar i,mioocfriceC
j You kuow.tbat*r<lv as flrndy as thpugh
1 y.gp -Btfbst.'uuiflteiJ, a Jlmcnnual
! jifoofs. ...Ur-veveuce -Jour (k-yqUyu /to
yuiu- hono- :. You ary cei’l jin t!:;lf‘T ,
I must or all Better things' were dea/f Th,
mo. I,’ou reject iny ri-ieiftlsifi^i' ; ■ v 'Y'mr J
terni vlt!ieruiD. .48ft tut .K-ast :!t AvjiTbe
faithful faifjiiirt: fqr. to
ot, yf Africa ntni uevpr give you
one, thought sjrayu. 1, beyeve, iu you,
Ho yr/Uj hot ljuow tliat tintf i,s fhe.iilgif
ejit trust; to 'fny tfiipfffng, that dtih liti-j
inhn Jrfe can in unofher’s-? You
deckle tl&t it is'yoVir 'iiity not To fr.-e
--ybnree- fi'om this ibofidage, ;nOt to ex
pose t.IM actual criminal, not to take- up
your rights of birth. 1 olhtv.not seek to
alter that rieckion. but 1 cannot leave
yon to such tt future without- Infinity
pain, ud there niust— there shulf lie—
mwttw thongii wllf let 'roe
hear o t you, thvnf gh wditclg at least, I
eon kivvw tlust you jwv living:** 1 -
She stret*'tie* 1 Ikv hands toward him
tliat same gesture with which
she bad flrrrt dericml bur faith In* his
gniltlesaneoM, The teaitu trend'llr<l in
her vok* ami swam L her eye*. He
seized her. hands in Ids and held them
ekiso against his breast due ‘lnstant,
agalivtit tho loud, hard p;ntlntf,’of Ills
aching henrt.
“God rewanl you! God keep you!
If P stay, I shall tell you.all. W me
go and forgpt that >ve evn- npk! I
am (Jpad. . Ivtst nie be dead to you,*”
WiUi another Instant he had left the
tent apd pastanl out’lnto the re<l glow
of the torchlit evening. And Venetla
Gorond dropped her proud head down
upon fire silken cushions where- Ills
own had rested and wept as women
weep over their deud. In such it pas
sion ,s had never come to in all
the course of her radiant, victorious
and Imperious life.
It seemed to her as if she had seen
him sla'Ln in cold blood and had never
lifted her hand or her voice against
bis murder. <1 ;
* • * 1J * *?'*:#
Outside her tent the challenge rang
on the air; - .
“Who goes there?”
Cecil never heard it. Even the old,
long accustomed habits of a soldier’s
obedience were killed in him.
“Who ..goes there?” tlie challenge
rang again.
Still he neVer beard, but went °n
blindly, tf’rom where the tents stood
there was a stronger, breadth of light,
through which he had passed and was
passimj; "Still—a light strong enough for
it to seen whence be came, but not
strong though to show his features.
“Halt," or I tire!” The sentinel !
hi ■ought the weSpon to his shoulder f
aWfbtohk a calm, close, sure aim; He
did ilot speak., 'llie password-he had
forgot {oh-as though he had never heard
dr pever giveiT-.it. - - ,
Aootber figure than that of the sol
dier ou giiard came: out of the shadow
and si oral between him and the senti-
Rcl. . H was tliat-of ChateAuroy. He
' trorse and |
military A Aft to ]
roifcid of iii><ea.v.alrj>taajpi,
[|< jjt of jpy : saii the ctief ,
jjb
ItolHil w#b blro.”V |
sajuted anand
kpi. g clc n c *■’ o \i
r-IVhfi did on li'fneejthg tforjl, *rfr?**;
+ “I did not bear.’,’ ! _ *
"■ riVlif 1 'are absent tufca- your
squadron?” >
There was no reply.
“Have you no tohgue, sir? Why are
you here?”
There was again no answer.
Chateauroy’s teeth ground oat a fu
rious oath. Yet a flash of brutal de
light glittered in his eyes. At last he
bad bounded down this man, so long
out of bis reach, into disobedience and
contumacy. q ! nd fc f
* '*VV£y here, and whe*e"bave
you been?” be demanded once more.
“1 will Bot say.”
The dark and evil countenance above
blm grevr livid with fitly. ? -
*- “I can have you tUcashed lik* a dog
for that answer, and I will. But first
listen! 1 know as well as though you
had confessed to me. Your silence
cannot .shelter your great mistress*
sham. Ah, ha, la Fa>ustlne! So ma
dams your princess Is so cold to her
equals only to choose her kiiers out of
my blackguards and take benuldnight
Intrigues like & camp courtesan!”
Cecil’s face changed terribly as the
vile words were spoken. With the
light and rapid spring of a leopard he
reached the side of his compander,
oue hand ou the horse’s mane, the oth
er on the wrist of bis chief, that 'it,,
gripped like an lroh vise.
“You lie, and you know that you lie!
Breathe her name once more, and, by
heaven, as we are both living men,. I
will have your life for your outrageT’.
And as he-spoke-with-bis-loft band
be smote the Ups that bad blasphemed
against her.
Cbateauroy wrenched bis wrist out
of the bold that crushed tt and drew
bis pistoL Cecil knew that the laws of
'•* TANARUS n eeimmual j
LLLJ IL-1 UJUi
PLANT FOOD
Letter From the State Chemist
la- lie gat i to
ANALYSIS OF A RICH SO’L
l - u . a > * r JT’
u '..:
Every Farmer Ha It In His Tower to
Improve Hit Soil by Proper '
im r j Tillage and Ker*
tilizing. ....
. 2 LETTER NO. 3.
.Whilst few farmers ever Had anch a
perfect soli as I described to you in the
last part of nay Iqst letter, yet, every
farmer has it in his power to improve
the soil he starts with however poof it
may be. or whatever its mu tire may be,
toiy jnjiiciou- tillage, fertui-mg, artun
isgf ditenmg, Uhfing, sanding, olaying.
and terracing, according as the con
ditions ofhls sofl may indicate. ’He
should- esiieciairy cousider his sdij and
decide to what drops it secins to be beSt
suited, and then aevoie his energies §a
raising those evopa rather than others
which thrive
If now we •pres—4 m analyze
a soil as we 4M • pMM a shore
while Ainee. we #wari> e**wa* to
And Id it' s*wd oft |j*s 4wimb ve'
fond in tbs pkang ue sqpwiefty in
the Mb of rite pkAM. het, es the
analysts of qMe a *w4i mAI; here is
about what w* should 'tw ( Mm*; eoe
hundred pounds of the.. dry mdi, We
eould, by mean of a careful, and
chesuaai analysts, separate it into the
following parts:
FOUNDS PER HUNDRED:
.-. ry ■ j These are slerognts
V ,! •- wtdeh t’ne plant W' ob-
Carbon.....'. ' llged to havc.bat is
Hydrogen 12.1 K depeodrnt on the
Oxygen ..... soil for them as it gets
• • mow all. It needs from
) the air and the.roln.
BlUea ~’,...fl.&ilTbe elements in this
Alunrioa ... 804 part of the soil are
ion. SA? either not absolutely
4pgneela . l.tri essential to the plant
ftWs . d4l life, or the plant cotjld
Sulpb’e acid d*4 get along with' very
—— small' amounts of
. .r, 85.5 H twin - ■-j
The plant absolutely
Nlhvegea <XI3 thust have all n( these
Phooph’c acidQ to grow and thrive.
P0t0Ab...... M > l and though they exist
Lia0*..,..... Li; in-.-the soil In small
* ' quantity, the. plant
3.111] needs them In large
3 -- qtmatity. .
Now lot ns analyze one hundred |
pooad* of wheat.planu.,
1 FOUNDB*PEB HUNDRED : T.
\L ; -j- • ' . ... 3 •>*
-Cashes*..;.. 1
Hytoefjen.. &.M ! All of this comes from
Oxygen — lfr .. •W'.32> the atmosphere and
- ‘th-mim -
TT >.
Soda (MW l I
Magaetjlk . fIWU) .
Sulph’c acid O.xl As you see these are
Chlorine 0.04 u4cd in small quantity
1r0n......... (1 ini by the plant nrtd are
Silicas 2. ■ . sup-’dlcd r h profusion
I by the soiL
0.46 |, - •
A .. .’l.*Bl Theses the difißt infest
Phosph r e acido C) f“have orwlie.® .\fbst
Potash u.tr’i ! soil* are deficient in
Lime U.Jy the farmer
, must add them t 5
3.0 J j gtK>d crops.
,-Thns ryou t-oe, by g, .spndv. of these
anulyseg, that you find in km'soil the
- saws el£ments*wnieia, we fa&u<} irt jcljfc
plant we analysed iu. our §£jt
also in tfljs 'wiriac plinth" Ylael carhop,'
hydrogen and oxygen*whicff We ffetPirF
the soil are of little or nc use as plant'
food because the plant gets its store oi
those foods out of the atm sphere. It
derives- its carbon from ihe carbonic
uoid in the air. You will remember
that I wrote ycxj ia one of my • letters
last year about the importance of water
and carbonic acid, and as it is apt here
I will repeat the paragraph: *. “
••Tbs water from whioh the hydrogen
and oxygen come is given ik free in the
form of rain, and me car ben also in the
form of carbonic acid whioh is breathed
out continually into the *ismoS{>here by
every Bring ‘animal on the surface of
the earth; by every ohtmney and hearth
stone which warms a happy family; by
every factory smokestack and locomo
tive which minister to our wants and
necessities: Oarbonio acid forms the
principal part of alt this smoke although
it is not the black part which wo see,
bus She invisible part which is clear and
colorless like the air. Vast streams oi
it aye pouring out constantly into the
air; why does It not stifle and suffooats
ns as it would if ponbed into the rooms
whey® we live? It is because all plani
life lives on it, the great forests absorb
it The crops of Wheat, corn and oottou
consume it; the lilies and the roses e&t
it and drink it They take this deadly
gas into their wonderful, little 1 bodies,
and work it*over and over,together with
the water which they suck out- of the
soil, until thay have separated the car
bon from the oxygen with whioh it is
combined in carbonic acid,liberating the
oxygen and appropriating the . carbon
in building the cells and tissues and
organs oi whieh the plant Is com poses'.
This pfodessrof the plant In taking m
carbon out cf the air Is a most wonder
ful one, and gees dir only under the in
. fluenoe of light or tn the day tube, and
the leaf of the riant ie the only active
organ coaeskunu t taking the carbonic
-acrid out of thi feir. The leaf of the
plant is formed ttf very .numerous little
cells placed ride by ridei oa the under
side of the leaf there are airspaces be
tween rim erilh end over the whole leaf
there ie a MUu ihte. In this skin there
j are numesoue small holes through which
1 the ait pgt When it pwMMjgkptht
:Tl & G! “•Lry.n * dnt *!* ‘
little cells of the leaf, unuei
dmous break up the carbonic acid of T
air. retaining the cari'oa audsettimj
oxygen free, which posses out again inti
the air. Whoa night comes the curbT
thus ttbtoUtfiUl ua ;
inay.be neeTßdj Wn ‘
So we see riaaJ. :
purify the Nr by-con^i^,^^
aad gas. which
life, and by.givsug ofu w ...
ia-its place; which'*?' bertettomi , f „ .
m&Hifd. ~ ABrinafY*dt piaut. life
stand in mutual and
to each other. are inhales oar
bonic acid ftiwf animai
hie inb|ls oxygen ami extql^rbonic
Th (sjS ßl m
touene wuh o%'^. a tc
formWtooNc acid; whilst the Kru h,
r - • • Vißes thwWMPO,, JftLrbon
ic acidfHSHparf&eTiiim ijff^ gen>
Analyjfi/i shows of car
bonic the air Th
a hundred ghllone posed */
Oxygen. V... gail^ni'
CCprbcg./a=i^A.^.4 aUDB .
You say this is a vSry ga, al j
axnona* of coMtOuio acid. Y*%, i,
seems so, bat wau you , ;om e
consider .ties <* • balk Hf ir
it actnoMy is ya*p' ft
innsh of it that (n. v dame of air walk
rests on oae aaee ef' y vur iitrd, vahfclkt
•se fvr Of height at ask /
fttr w<h*4 iihftiiu HO gas^ g
•f carbonihicid gun hdAr this amount
never. pursPissa. when the wopj
afe feodiqg ou it, Mswuse'it is
constantly renesrefi fs-apj other voaroes.
wref<*,riiriM ( Ut. -yu- ‘qaeji pe.v pM
any laok of the esseuHai. ehupent,..
boh, it <S Well for you to
where it 4ximes frdm ad -bow ina>ort.
aut it is. 1 have siub 4hieoxygen and
hydrogen found hi the plant same s. v
from the air; really tiey do hot on.
from the air itael/.. biu ve.v come Worn
the water whtoh m she air in the
form of elands. #1 larvyslercend as rain .
tapon the soli' anti urtr.driwn up 6hrq*gn
'the roots of the plant, and the oxygen
and hydrogen, of whieh water is pan
.posed, are appropriated by -the plaßt.
.You, of course, appreciate the import-
B ii. X- A/ wC r -
.once of^ these two * lenient* of planYlife
.because .you know oiilyH'ao well' how
jprops soiTgr in a Try ieasoh. We ‘will
consider the other eiemeilffc in bur next
letter.
John M. McCandless,
’State XTnemliir
SmSHestiftailfray
WoTld Fair,
Tffe smallest in tai world,
perfect in abgolu ely wry dsmi aud
jcapablf of carry m j i pfT| passengers at
a trip, will be one oi tne lnulcitudiuotu
fesufrti-'-ns at th-* Y-üßrin
lAtlanfe, (fioc.ober JKt- jjfcrfc
way lias lofsg b“if ,1 amSiniWuin *
Central Park, Krw York, and nothing
like it -hasoaveiL
~The locomotive, scare -lv two feet
high, has knexphtmou-i; p>-,r r. annoagh
when the engin -or sir? cow 11 at his
throttle he nek . sTß'ir: Wi ltv? iWoa
1 car seat fof. p!i|-,cugcs. ifetSiie
trarical justwue hfe. <•
is one . the queerest at the
faV-X-as in(S:ua- -ifiTSftt fcatare it is uu-
j 'w.F jl'" .
rr mt-twwrowi- mmmmmmmammmmmm 11. * iiMßgsjy—pr
.cjt Atlanta Tair.
An tne Jf ileeofvtftw |m
been carried <STTt a. r n trASnd: itt ivt ftrtr-
State
The Fair will onei/on October Dtn and
! already the*wor , is near
ing completion. rhis“will be in side aud
outside the ba| i ".‘ihge and wiy morse the
Fair grounds more stfisuig 'ju appear- 1
ance man ever 'before. 1 Every day via
be a gala day a; tire- Fait- and wun mis
idea the maua -iient J is‘ doing‘every
th tug possible 10 linose the place at
tractive. .£: i!j.
Pure Pood at Atlanta.
In connection with tho exhibit? this
year in the Msi-.i jmg of ih:- Smtn
erb Inter-State Fair, be;.-uiiuiii: in At
lanta Oct. 9th and continuing until Oct
26th, there will be a Pare Food Show of
elaborate proportions. Practically all t ,De
greatest manufacturers Pure Foods in 1
the country-will be represented in this
■how.
Scientific lectures and exhibitions win
be a part of this Food Show, which win
be of absorbing interest to housewives
and those directly interested lfl oahnary
economy. 3p,-<as ailprttffi -to trig g res *
Food Show is beiag-takea sorapmly * uftt
the original Why liF-vo to be
made larger. Free sampivs of the fooh
will be iLe i co vifHor^
• ■ • \ -
j s*_a. - J 4-- %*.
= xa.FV7 Mid'Jf .odT" a 'F
'cr.viiß ansjud 3d} i'.tr.-
■ - Cheap Hates."to the West. 1
'lllO Western S Ailahlic Railroad and
the Nashville. * hirttauacga and -St. L<' •
is Railway w 2 I sell ’round trip hpnic
seekers tickets to all points in
ma and Indian Territory oil the folio
and 19th., Deooniber .'id v ntl . L n i
sts’'gbod sigS srlrfeii date j
sale St'KJbovclpri Vine's will*
ed fifteen da's going, at any P*l ,n . ian
Arkansas. Texas, (>k lahoma and im 8 “
Territory, f iir rwtes aud ftiH Intorn
tion call on or write <0 ■ jt-..
_ JOHN L E.DMON.I>SO>.
S! N. P. A., Atfairta, b.
■1 r..: oi u-. ...;: bu
1 . "“X .* -- -v,
* e. M. Phelps, Forestdale, Vt.
says his child was completely cu
ed of a bad case of eczema- bv 1 e
‘use of DeWilt’s Witch Haze?
Beware of all counter I ’eits. It th*
stajitly relieves piles.