Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-05

green. blue. indigo and violet, all nlNeu
together. The mixture Of all colors ~
white light, the absence OF all colorS
Is utter darkness. .,.-,...,,
Now. pass n ray OF sunlight through
a drop OF water, and the cOlOfeu rays
are split up and thrown IN different III
rections. The sunlight shining through
many drops Of falling rain aiter
shower Is all split up into colors' ans anu
the result Is the gorgeous ralnbo" Inc
scattered spray OF sea wave or q
waterfall, or a fountain, makes llttie
ralnbows caused I'm the same way
Each kind OF light has lte own special
uses. The red rays OF light make the
leaves OF the trees 20 grow, apd hasleh
ALI rottiug and decay. Moreover, II you
en-, on he red rays. plants will grow
with golden brown leaves instead or
green. The sea Is blue because the
water reflects the blue rays OF light, put
shallow seas are green, because the
blue light is mixed with the yellow re-
nections from sand and stones az inc
bottom. Green Is a mixture OF blue ana
yellow. In this green Hight Of shallow
water an seaweeds grow, ana, Tor Waht
Of the red rays. they have golden ana
taYny leaves Green and red eeaWeeds
are the exception. and blue seaweeds
are as rare as blue leaves At this rate
land plants grown under green glass;
ought TO turn golden brown, IKE sea
weed They do Experiment mas SHOWN
that under green glass plants sto"
nearly as we'll as under clear suhHsnt'
Under red glass nearly all plants
grow four times as quickly az uhder
white light grow four times their usual
height and throw out a fine display
OF green leaves. This IL clear proof
that the red rays Of sunlight cause the
green leaves TO grow.-St Louis star
HERMlTS OF SPRUCE ISLAND.
On Little Spruce island, of the coast
OF Maine. live three aged hermits
named ingalls,, who are among the
most interesting OF all the refuses or
down east. The island Is owned by
Mrs. Jack" Gardner, Boston society
woman and she has made proteges OF
the three queer old men Of the sea, FOR
merly all three Of the old men lived IN
harmony together I'm small hut late
~ they had disagreement concerning
rellgion--the date OF the worlds ending
etc-and one Of them, who declares
that the end is very near seeded ana
went on by himself This dissenter Is
now busily engaged in building a rude
craft which he calls the second ARK
FOR he has received warning as he says
OF another food and proposes TO be
prepared for it. go,
Trlstram Brown, OF Elllottsyille
plantations. Is known all over northern
Maine as the hermit OF Boardstone
mountain He dwells there he says
surrounded by 10000 spirits with
| whom he is In constant communication,
and from his hut on the mountain side
he issues at regular intervals bulletins
or announcements OF what he claims
| 10 have received by way Of Information
and warnings from the spirit world. lie
| claims TO be the mediator between the
powers beyond and the sinful people
| OF this world, and he IS busily engaged
| In writing what he calls the new scrip
| lures" which he Is TO give TO the world
after he has completed twenty
| years Of study and penance In the VII
| derness He has already written about
| 10000 words OF his scriptures, and de-
| clares that Il will create a sensation
throughout the world when published.
At Little MoXie Pond lives In retire
ment and misery Simon Dosith His
| hut is on a small island, and his only
| companions besides the squirrels are
| hundreds OF cats-50O, IL Is estimated.
| To the welfare OF TINS nofde OF cats
| many Of them fierce as wolves, Doslth
devotes all his energies. He hunts In
| the woods 10 get food for them, and
sleeps surrounding by bowling mobs Of
| the animals. To Doslth the cats are
gentle. but to an others they are fierce.
| A hunter landed on the island once with
his dog. and the poor dog was almost
| instantly torn into pieces by the saw
| ago cats Now Ynrk journal