'onclusions of the Peace Confer ow Modifications in Minor 2 oo 'Material From Prebable Line of Allied Advance. Ke A despatch from Paris says:-- 'The reply of the Allies to the Ger- man counter-proposals will be incor- porated in the treaty itself, No time has been fixed for Ger- - many's entrance into the League of Nations, but if she conforms to the conditions, it is expected that she will be represented at the first meet- ing of the assembly. ' These condi- tions are: Ist, the establishment of a stable Government; 2nd, the sign- ~ ing of the Treaty of Peace; 8rd, the loyal execution of the Peace Treaty. A proposed fourth condition, relative to Germany's abolishing compulsory ' military service, was finally omitted, as it was considered that the treaty sufficiently provided for Germany's dirarmament. a - The serious differences in the Council of Four over modification of the German treaty have yielded. to spirit of compromise. The treaty be unmodified except in minor letails, but the German plenipotenti- aries in the final communication from € powers will get certain assur- ances designed to remove their ob- jections to what they termed impos- ble conditions, S 'The amount of reparation is not fixed, but the-Germans will be told| allied Reparations Commis- _ Consider representations German Commission as to RTAIN ence in Final Answer to Germany Details--Huns Withdraw War the amount Germany is able 40 pay, and will fix that -amount within three or four months instead of two years from the time of signing, The Germans will be informed also that the Army of Occupation will be reduced to something more than 100,- 000, with a comparatively moderate annual amount payable by Germany for its maintenance, A despatch from' Coblenz says:-- The movement of war mateérial by the Germans from territory beyond the occupied territories continues, cording to German newspapers. 'Tha beginning of this withdrawal was made several weeks) ago when there was a hitch in peace negotiations. The withdrawal of troops from vari- ous sectors opposite the allies' bridge- heads is also reported. ey Several days ago the removal of material from the Frankfort area began, The most of this material is going in the direction of Cassel, but there are no indications that it is being unloaded there, that city being on a line over which the allies uld* advance should they be ord- ered to move further into Germany. Beyond | the Coblénz bridgehead much war, material has been with- drawn for a distance of more than 60 miles. In the Ruhr district the military retirement is virtually com- plete. x > - wed Breadstuffs. \ : Toronto, June 17.--Man. Wheat-- No. 1 'Northern, $2.24%; No, 2 Northern, $2.21%; No. 8 Northern, 17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.11%, in ore Fort William. -_ Manitoba Oats--No. 2 CW, 785%c; No. 8 CW, 765¢c; extra No. 1 feed, 76%c; No. 1 feed, 74%4c; No. 2 feed, 954c, in store Fort William. Manitoba barley--No. 8 CW, $1.30; No. 4 CW, $1.25; rejected, $1.15; feed, $1.15, in store Fort William. American corn--Nominal. Ontario oats--No. 8 white, 77 to 9c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat----No. 1 winter, per car lot, $2.14 te $2.20; No. 2 do, $2.11 to $2.19; No. 8. do, $2.07 to $2:15, f.o.b., shipping points, according to freights.-- eg rae Ontario wheat--No., 1 spring, $2.09 to $2.17; "No. 2 do, $2.06 to $2.14; No. 8 do, $2.02 to $2.10, f.o.b. shipping ints, according to freights. Peas--No. 2, nominal. - Barley--Malting, $1.28 to $1.82, nominal. ' Buckwheat--No. 2, nominal. Rye--No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour--Government stan- dard, $11, Toronto. - Ontario flour--Government -- stan- dard, $10.75 to $11, in jute bags, To- ronto sid Montreal, prompt -- ship- ment, ' Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freights, bags included. Bran, $42 per ton; shorts, $44 per ton; good feed flour, $2.80 to $2.90 per bag. * Hay--No. 1, $82 to $35 per ton; mixed, $20 to $24 per ton, track, To- ronto. : Straw--Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton, track, Toronto. Country Produce--Wholesale. Butter--Dairy, tubs and rolls, 38 to 40c; prints, 40 to 42c. Creamery, fresh made, solids, 50% to 51c; prints, eek 51 to 5lteec. _..- Eggs--New laid, 40c. : Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, ~ 60c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 32' to 35c; ducklings, 82c; turkeys, 85 to 40c; squabs, doz., $6. _ . Live poultry--Spring chickens, 50c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 32 to 36c; duckl- 'ings, Wb., 85c; turkeys, 30c. . _. Wholesalers are selling to the re- "tail trade at the following prices: ~ Cheese--New Jarge, 28 to 3343; twins, 33% to 34c; triplets, 32% to 88c; Stilton, 34 to 35c. Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 47 to 48c; creamery prints, 54 to 56c. - Margarine--85 to 38c. . - Eggs--New laid, 49 to 50c; new ~ aid, in cartons, 51 to 58c. - Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, 60 to 70c; roosters, 28 to 30c fowl, 87 to 88c; turkeys, 40 to 45c¢; duckl- ings, lb.. 85 to 88¢; squabs, doz., $7;, geese, 28 to 30c. oe : .0.b., . Potatoes--Ontario, track oronto, car lots, $2; on track out-) side, $1.90. : Say Menace hhand-pick, bus., $4.25 to $4.50; primes, $3 to $3.25; Imported hand-picked, Burma _ or - Indian, $3; Limas, 12c. : Honey--Extracted clover: 5 Ib. tin, ~ 25 to 26c Ib; 10 Ib. tins, 2444 to 25c; 60 Ib. tins, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, 60, Tb. tins, 19 to 20c.; comb, 16 0z., $4.50 to $5, doz.; 10 oz., $3.50 to $4 dozen. Maple products--Syrup, per imper- jal gallon, $2.45 to $2.50; per 5 im- D rallons, $2.85 to $2.40; sugar, -___ Provisions--Wholesale. Smoked meats--Hams, med., 46 to 47c; do, heavy, 89 to 40c; cooked, 60 62c; rolls, 85 86c; breakfast pete ee backs, plain, 50 to 1c; boneless, 55 to 57c; clear bellies, to 85c : "" Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 82 to 38c; clear bellies, 31 to 32c. prints, 87% to 388c. Compound tierces, 80% to 31c; tubs, 31 to 31%4c; pails, 81% to 81%c; prints, 32 to 32%4ee. Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 17.--Oats, extra No. 1 feed, 89%e. Flour, new stand- ard grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats, bags 90 lbs., $4.10 to $4.25. Bran, $41 to $41.50. Shorts, $44 to $44.50. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $40 to $41. Cheese, finest easterns, 28% to 29e. Butter, choicest cramery, 55 to 56c. Eggs, selected, 54 to 55c; No. 1 stock, 51 to 52c; No. 2 stock, 46 to 47e. otatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.90 to $2. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $30 to $30.50, Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 37c. Live Stock Markets. | Toronto, June 17.--Heavy steers, $183 to $18.25; choice butchers' steers, | $12.50 to $12.75; butchers' cattle, choice, $12.25 to $12.75; do, good, $11.25 to $11.75; do, medium, $10.50 to $10.75; do, common, $8.75 to $9.25; bulls, choice, $10.50 to $11; do, med., $9.50 to $9.75; do, rough, $7.50 to $7.75; butchef's' cows, choice, $10.50 to $11.25; do. good, $9.75 to $10.25; do, med., $8.50 to $9; do, com., $7.25 to $7.50; stockers, $8.75 to $11.75; feeders, $12.50 to $13; canners and cutters, $4.25 to $5.75; milkers, good , to choice, $90 to $150; do, com. and ,med., $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $160; light ewes, $10 to $12; yearl- ings, $12 to $18; choice lambs, $18 to ; $19; spring lambs, $11 to $14; calves, | good to choice, $15 to $17; hogs, fed and watered, $22.50; do, weighed off cars, $22.75; do, f.o.b., $21.50. Montreal, June 17.--Choice steers, $11.50 eto $14; commoner quality, | $9.50; butchers' eattle, $7.50 to $12; 'ealves, $6 to $12; choice select hogs, $21 to $21.25. --__ > The "Big Four" Hereafter j To Be Styled "The Big Five" | A despatch from. Paris says:-- Baron Makino, Japanese delegate, to- day joined Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando, and Presi- dent Wilson and the Council, known as the "Big Four," will hereafter be styled the "Big Five." The decision -adding Baron Makino to the Council is explained by the fact that his Gov- , ernment must be given an opportun- 'ity for full concurrence, if full ad- herence is expected. a A Novel Name. Miss Blank, who wished to become , a candidate for the position of teacher the public schools, went up for examination recently. Among other things she was called upon to read a passage from "Macbeth" which closes , with the words which Macbeth speaks ! to Lady Macbeth, '"'Prithee, come with me." Pa "And what," asked the examiner, "do you understand 'prithee' to mean?" "I understand it to bea corruption of 'pray thee,'" replied the would-be teacher, surprised at so trivial a ques- tion. "T am glad," said the examiner. "The lady who came just before you assured me that it was the Christian name of Macbeth's wife." --- ----<----- "There is a hard road ahead of us, a hard, steep road, and in it we must as a nation travel, although our feet are heavy and our eyes are dim. Trade opportunities _ offered the a * overseas Dominions are varied and alluring, and the Canadian 'Trade Commission insists again and again that a' far larger share of the Do- borne by manufacturers if they would CONDITIONS| minion's financial burden could be! Lard--Pure tierces, 85 to 35%c; group themselves to secure this trade. ---------------- YOuR SYSTEM" See 1S ALL RUN DOWN, BUT THiS HOME- TRADE TONIC WILL PUT YOU ON YOUR FRET A COMMUNITY fs no better than th SUFFERS. But it is useless to look far a who are able to KILL or CURR. The WRON But the TONIC that cures is the PRACTICE practice and preach "TRADE AT HO ME." IN NO TIME.' > sz ¢ THE WRONG MEDICINE, € men and women who live in it. way for the remedy. The REAL REM G MEDICINE kills--the medicine that bears the out-of-town label. of "trade-at-home." Let us all--each one of us--from this day on If YOU and I do ILL our Community EDY is near at hand. It is We ~ Mt The Blinded Soldier. "Who goes there?" cried the sentry, The sentry who stood at the door, "A wounded Canadian soldier-- Wounded and something more." Back came the yodice of the sentry, Clear as a silver bell, "Pass, wounded Canadian soldier, Pass, all will be well," "What do you mean?" soldier, "How can it all be well With me who have lost my eyesight, Who suffer the torments of Hell?" He carried the German bullet That had robbed him of his sight, Hopeless. defiant, helpless, Afraid of eternal night. groaned the Scarcely a twelve-month later There came to the self-same door, That soldier who had been wounded-- Wounded and something more. Confident, resolute, cheery, Sure-footed, alert and bright, Just a normal human being Doing without his sight» "Who goes there?" cried the sentry, The sentry making his rounds; "A happy Canadian soldier, Confident, homeward bound." Quick came the voice of the sentry, Clear as a silver bell-- "Pass, confident, happy Canadian, Pass, all ig well." --Sir Arthur Pearson. ------_-- In Memoriam. A monument for the soldiers! And what will ye build it of? Can ye build it of mayble or brass or bronze, Outlasting the soldiers' love? Can ye glorify it with legends As grand as their blood have writ From the inmost shrine of this land of thine To the outermost verge of it? And the answer We would build it Out of our hopes made sure, And out of our purest prayers tears, And out of your faith secure. We woulld build it out of the great white truths Their death hath sanctified, And the sculptured form of the men in arms, And their faces ere they died. came: and A monument for the soldiers! Built of a people's love, And blazoned and decked and pano- plied With the hearts ye build it of, And see that ye build it stately, In pillar and niche and gate, And high in pose as the souls of those It would commemorate. Put just a 'pinch of soda in the water in which you soak haricot or butter beans. If you have books that are too pre- cious to throw away but are too shab- by for the bookease, place them in pasteboard boxes before putting them away on the closet shelves or in the storeroom. This will .save much handling and dusting. CANADA AND SHIPPING. ---- Tansportation Is:the Vital Question of the Moment For British Empire. The "Daily Express," of London, England, recently, under thé heading of "Inter-Imperial Shipping: Plea for Building Under State Aid and Con- trol," contained a statement from a "prominent Canadian business man who just arrived in London." He stated that in his opinion the vital question of the moment was tonnage, and that Canada was unable to send to Europe all the urgent materials she can supply for purposes of reconstruc- tion if shipping is not available. He added :-- "As a nationalization of shipping would mean England's doom as a mer- chant marine power, we must look to some other method of control such as subsidy or reduced taxation for ships trading inter-imperially, but in order to give effect to our imperial pro- gramme something more solid than high-sounding phrases and copy-book platitudes such as 'Trade follows the flag' must be used as the real connect- ing link. Practice must follow, and, indeed, ought to precede phrases. The Em- pire's resources are boundless, and we ought to harness them by action rather than eloquence, "Britain's financial burden has been the greatest in the war, and in order that she shall quickly recuperate the trade of the Empire must be develop- ed. ' "In developing our land areas in Canada we have had to link up place jto place with railroads. That was 'vital to the development of dominions overseas. These railroads nave had to be built with Government aid and guidance and control. Just as inter- '/nal transport was needed and must increase, so external transports is now of vital and urgent moment. How this is to be attained must and should be the work of legislation without delay." we ep Rounding Up the Aliens In the Manitoba Capital --_---- Special police officers arrested Carl Boisse, a Russian Pole, who is be- lieved to have been one of the alien ing which took place on Main Street last week. Two well-known aliens were also arrested at the Swift Can- adian plant. They are charged with attempted intimidation. SARL NE ae SE "e" BRITISH HOLD OESEL ISLAND A despatch from-Paris says:--The Council of Four has sanctioned the occupation, of Oesel Island, which commands the entrance to the Gulf of Riga, by British troops. The Esthonian Government agreed on the occupation as a guarantee for the payment of financial aid to the Hsthonians. . ee Milk, cheese and eggs are among the most wholesome forms of pro- tein. A despatch from Winnipeg says:--, ringleaders responsible for the riot-. | : ; conference h r a under a certain amount of Government | eld between representa _ presence of the negroes. HOW THE PENSIONS DIFFER. 2 Those Paid by Britain Not Any Too Generous. Compared with the annual pensions granted by the Overseas Dominions and other countries to their totally disabled married soldiers, those paid by Great Britain cannot be said to err on the side of generosity, says an Eng- lish paper. x From the following table, which gives the respective pensions at a glance, it will be seen that the United Kingdom comes fifth on the list. New Zealand pays each totally dis- abled married soldier $780, and $130 for each child under sixteen, Canada--$725, and $100 for each child under seventeen. Australia--$585, and $130 for the first child and $65 for others under sixteen. United States--$562.50, and $125 for each child up to three under eighteen. United Kingdom--$357.50 (plus 20 per cent. bonus for period from Novy- ember, 1918, to June, 1919), and $87.50 for the first child to $52.50 for others under sixteen. Germany--$80 to $325, which, from January, 1919, has been increased from 50 to 100 per cent., owing to the higher cost of living. Italy --$310, and $27.50 for each child under twelve. France--$240, child. creased. and $20 for This, however, each is being in- ----__ - Qe Negro Laborers to be Interned Until Repatriated A dspatch from Liverpool says :-- It is announced that as a resuit of a tives-of the Ministry of Labor and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and the chief of police of the city, it has been decided to intern the negroes from Africa and other countries, brought to Europe to serve as labor battalions. in the war, pending their repatriation. Recently there have been race riots in England and Wales due to the ne PARLIAMENT TO FINISH BY THE 1ST OF JULY _ A despatch from Ottawa says:--It. is expected that Parliament will p+o-| rogue by July 1. Morning sittings commence on Monday next and the! House will sit this Saturday. ------__-- 4 ---_____--. Hooked! The widow was fair, though faded, and the mother of a charming daugh- ter. "Do you know," she told the young man, "my dear girl is greatly impress- ed with you?" e "Really!" exclaimed the ardent, middle-aged swain, who loved the daughter much. "Then you think there is a chance for ms?" "Oh, yes," murmured the widow coyly. "Only the other day she said to me: 'Now, that is just the sort of man I'd like for a stepfather.' She'll be so pleased, dear. Kiss me, George, and then we'll go and tell her!" CALGARY STRIKE -- ENDS IN FAILURE Postal Situation Practically the Only Unsettled Element. A despatch from Calgary says:-- With the postal situation practically the only unsettled element of the sympathetic strike in Calgary, the 'strike here is regarded ag a failure. Express business in Calgary is now going forward as usual, the Domin- |ion Express workers being all on the job with the exception of half a dozen. The Canadian Northern Ex- press workers voted -to return to work, were on the job as_ usual on Thursday morning. Press telegraphers have returned, freight is being handled with dispatch under norma] conditions, and the pos- tal employes, who were served with notice of dismissal by the Govern- ment for going on a sympathetic strike, are now making a strong ef- fort to get their positions back. The postal strikers have set forth the terms on which they were will- ing to return to work, and it is said they represent a big backdown from their first position. FINANCES OF MUSICIANS. Many 'Great: Composers Have Fallen Into Poverty Through Carelessness. These thrift campaigns of recent months urging all citizens to save money, to exercise care in all pur- chases and to-invest in only such un- doubted securities as government bonds, have been productive of good results. But they came a few genera- tions too late to help some of the great musicians. Poor judgment in business matters and lack of manage- ment in personal finances seems to have been the undoing of many of the composers and musicians. True, Han- del accumulated and conserved a con- siderable fortune. Others have lived and died in comfortable circumstances. Yet many have spent years in poverty. Several died poor or dependent upon their friends. : Mozart had what In his day was considered a good income. But he knew little or nothing of economical management and latterly fell deeper and deeper into debt. His wife and two sons, at his death, were left to struggle in want. Beethoven began life in humble circumstances. The un- certainty of his income blocked his marriage on more than one occasion. Later he was given an annuity by some nobleman. Owing to the strug- gle between France and Austria this annuity shrank very materially, which together with subsequent prolonged lawsuits played havoc with his finances. Schubert's meagre effects at his death have been estimated worth fif- teen dollars. He usually lived in mis- erable quarters. While his continued poverty was partially due to lack of definite employment, it was more on account of a want of business tact and imprudence. Paganini was an inveter- ate gambler. After making consider- able money he suffered a big loss in a disastrous speculation in Paris; ~ USE CANADIAN FISH. | Proved to Have a Higher Food Value Than Imported Fish. A Governmental analysis of the food values of certain Canadian fish has just been completed. at Ottawa, and the Canadian Trade Commission be- lieves that if the results were widely known there would be a much greater demand for the products of our waters rather than for the foreign brands of fish, which have merely a wider advertisement to recommend them, For instance, in four classes of the much "boosted" Norwegian sprats and bristlings packed as sardines, the calories given are 1,314, 1,640, 1,663 and 1,174. Canadian little herrings, our equivalent fish, also packed as sar- dines, contained 1,832, 1,720, 1,459 and 1,795 calories, respectively. The same revelation is made in the case of herring--the Canadian variety stands out for its better food value. The best known British brand, packed in tomato' sauce, contains only 775 calories, as compared with four lead- ing Canadian varieties of 890, 1,061, 1,081 and 1,024 calories. The "calorie," it may be mentioned, is the recognized measure of nutri- ment in foods, just as the pound is for wheat and the yard for length. The higher the calorie for the same price, the better the value of the food. The Trade Commission is omitting no occasion to point out the advantage of consuming Canadian produced food within the Dominion, both, for its ex- cellence and for its 'undoubted cheap- ness compared with imported classes, oe eae cence Prince of Wales' Visit May Be Put Off a Year A despatch from Ottawa says:-- According to a report current in the ¢apital the visit of H.R.H. Prince of Wales to Canada may be postponed until next year. No reason is given for the postponement, but it is be- lieved that it has been found that his presence in England is required this year. ; 8, 36% to 87c; pails, 836% to 87%e;! ay = a é 4 BE RIN GIA G UP FATHER ~a: wo * PSE § x -- SIR SIMRIGHT 19 CAL TO'GET OUT FOR A MINUTE - ON U9 TONIGHT SO DON'T THINK YOU ARE GOING - LING -- i KNOW Cc HE'S COMIN' AS HAT SONEL ~2 | XQU'VE TOLD ME FOR A ¢ Rete) '3 HELLO -NES - OH! 19 THIS SIR. SIMRIGHT'S VALET -WHAT? @ HE'S ILL: 1M $0 : HE'S NOT COMING: I'M SO DISAPROINTED- " av; LONG ASD IM ALL DRESSED UR-TLLU Go 1O-CHE CEOBs WELL: 1 SEE 1T WORKED -<EE: | el SHELL BE/MAD WHEN SHOW UR ~* -- - = i HE DOFS e SHE THOUGHT IT wuZ .THE VALET'S VOICE ALL RIGHT:" h CLANCY = HISTORY OF ECUPSES RUNS INTO CHALDEAN TIMES AND IS TOLD IN TABLETS. __ - é Interesting Legends and Tales a eee _"Eclipses--Objects of Curiosity 3 For Thousands of Years. _ From the time of the early astrono- mers on the lonely 'plains of Chaldea -- to Professor Dayid Peck Todd in his seaplane 14,000 feet above the waters of the South Atlantic runs the story is a long, long tale, supplying the thread, knotted and pierced in many places, upon which is strung the frag- mental history of civilization. The first eclipse of a heavenly body of which there is any written record is an eclipse of the moon, mentioned on tablets dug up in Chaldea and as- sembled for the British Museum by the late George Smith. These tablets give the story of a rebellion of the Seven Hvil Spirits against the Moon god, which the Chaldeans called Sin, Sin, with Shamash (the sun) and Ishtar (Venus), had been commanded by Marduk (Jupiter) to stick around and look after the lesser gods. They stood by each other nobly, making ad- mirable allies in time of peace, but when Sin was attacked by the Seven Evil Spirits, former rulers of the un- derworld of waters, both Shamash and Ishtar discovered that they had conscientious objections, to war. Ac- cordingly Shamash, with the hasty explanation that his light must fall on all alike, decamped to a safe place in the heavens which he still occupies while Ishtar, eon the pretext that she must look after all lovers, removed herself to a less perilous position, and Sin was left to fight the Seven De- mons alone. It was then the all see- ing Marduk despatched Nebo (Mer- cury) to Ae, god of the sea, who at once sent his son to Sin's aid with these words:--"Go, my sin, Mirra- Dugga! The light of the sky, my son, even the Moon god, is grievously darkened in heaven, and in eclipse from heaven is Vanishing." The Longest on Record. Perhaps the longest eclipse on re- cord is told of in the Book of Exodus when the Lord told Moses to stretch out his hand toward heaven "that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They saw not one another * * * for three days." This strange, prolonged darkness is referred to several times in the Bible. It took place in 1401 B.C. Herodotus tells of an eclipse which happened twenty-four hundred years ago and badly frightened the Persian army, which, having finished its win- ter at Sardis, was about to leave for Abydos. Just after the command to march had been given "'the sun," says Herodotus, 'which before gave his full light in the bright, unclouded at- mosphere, withdrew his beams and the darkest night succeeded. This hap- pened at nine minutes past six on the morning of April 19, B.C. 481. Through all those cycles of ancient times and on down to the present men have been studying the sun through its eclipses, for the sun is the only ob- ject in the cosmos that can be looked at only when it is out of sight. It is during an eclipse that the corona of the sun, with its fiery streamers 60,- 000 miles long, may be seen. To study these eclipses from the best possible vantage points men in every age have fndured untold hardships, risking their lives many times over. Profes- sor Todd -in his airship above the clouds epitomizes the progress man has made in his knowledge.of the sun, Photographing Eclipses. Photographing an eclipse is an ac- complishment of the last quarter of the last century. Before that time seientists and other observers could only sketch what they saw. "Be pre- pared with pencil and paper to make a sketch. Have a circle drawn on the paper to represent the sun," wrote Brigadier General Albert J. Myer, in his instructions to the late Professor Cleveland Abbe, who was to head the Signal Service expedition to Pike's Peak to observe the eclipse of July 29, 1878. Clouds, however, have. heretofore proved the greatest hindrance ob- servers of eclipses. Expeditions have gone half way around the earth to ob- serve an eclipse only to find it hidden by clouds when it is due to appear. To get around this difficulty, or rather above it, Professor Todd last March suggested building an observatory on the summit of Mount Chimborazo. Lacking a permanent observatory, he conceived the idea of having a tem- porary one in an airship which could surmount the clouds. of Ready as astronomers and their as- sistants are to observe an eclipse as dehumanized scientists, when it comes it is an awesome sight. "Darkness was sudden," says Pro- fessor Pickering, writing of the Gren- ada event of August 29, 1886. "Cocks crew in the neighboring village, erick- ets chirped and a dog howled. The air was full of vapor. Walls seeme to recede and fade away. The coro- na appeared seven seconds before totality, a pale but brilliant yellow. The moon was ashen gray, covered with dark spots in a spatterwork pat- tern, The gray changed to black, but the spots were still visible. The light on the hills was a blue-yellow, like moonlight in a picture, and seemed to throw objects back into the distance," Chickens have been known to go to roost during an eclipse, flying down in | a shamefaced manner a few moments later when the sun comes out, the old hens looking reproachfully at the rooster who did the midnight crowing after broad daylight. Young woman (to libramtan)--I'm sorry to trouble you, but I've forgot- ten the name of the book I want. It chy just mention what books you e Vil step you when you come -- to it. bie ees x of man's observation of eclipses. It