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its diameter. II Is q line one mlliilne'Ee
long, seen at. a distance OF 206 metres, or
the thickness of q human hair al als'
lance of twenty metres. second -.
therefore. ordinarily too small to be seen
by the naked eye, but light, form s ana mo-
ton play I'm important part In Our m
presslons through the eye. It Is, tor IN
stance, far easier 10 perce.Ve y Wll1le
poinl against a pack baGnsrpunu tllaA. 70
discover Il black point OF the same $40
on a white background. II rs much suslsr
to see u line llun u point y y lnpos-
sble to SOC llHe IN motion Whiln w.,
mans Invisible IN lepose, tDllhg my r.
cen, experiments with he pendulum. ~ the
Pantheon think sueceeiea ~ ,tlu y +
The limitations OF human VISION, Wh%h N
motion the cord OH wHlcn my Pehas! W
was suspended, piano Wire or seven
tenths Of millmetre IN diameter, 81.
on bright day could be seen agsiIsss
the painting OF The dome alta diS,ance OF
ffty or even ffty-liye metres. ms W.re.
Seen al fitty-tive metres. representel
value of three seconds, we are, lhsi-
fore. able to perceive a luminous or brg u
line OF three seconds when II Is IN mo,lo!!,
Some OF tho stars are less man one stef
ontl N SIZE. and Still they atfect ana pro-
tdl.ce an image upon our relina, q,
.irstrsiments Of to-day we have heen, ap Q
10 discover a twelfth movemest OF tIe
an vi a. measured by tenthS or q second,
nroducina oscillations represe iled ~ 90
by IL millimetre seen al q u'R3iilce ~ tYu
kilometres.
claim. what arc then the other eleven
movements of the eaSthf.
shall sxplain them N q fsw EN- wer rdi =.
Ths a1St Sasa AaaaSstt iaapiS taaa " tlls oaAiss
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two in 1900 and 1901. three IN 1909 and Tour
In 1903. F-555, 4 e q, Il !,
Now. what does one-tenth OF second
of the circumference of the earth mean
4 In the Polar region?
One degree OF the meridian circle repre-
sen,s length of lll,lo7 metres, one
minute of the same circle Therefore rep
10! ests 1856. mettes, ard ono SECOND u
me res. Consequently one-teAlh 81 q sec
ord is equal 10 BIO metres, ana Tue os-
& Gil alton, therefore. amounts 70 between
Is and IS metres. }s5t Al s4
III S +, ii. course, a Very smi,l, move We,
3ment, but It exists, nevertheless, emu
s,..rs III, ma, U, ca. u our P,u.:s. slas :.
weight OF .,9g7 slxtl.llons q * lips, o.. III
asuScs sci o 400. o. ,0vJ, zoo, 900 k.lo-
grams It is nothing put Q playLall loI l!le
n TO get an eX ct idea of the size o. one
clrcuiar degree enc m.gnt tnke a rouNa
table WITH q circumference OF 4 nstl c5
ana 6J conlimeles. O.e degree W9n;a
lien be exact one &c Sen y ne loHs s's''
diameter, OF ! metre, Il cenlmetres. and !
degrees IS acco. d,ngly ] centime re seen
at a distance of 81 centlmetres. or metre
at a distance Of 81 metres or man q q q
Sme eros or or a tree Of 10 metres at q dis.
lance of SIS metres or the Eiffel Tower
seen at n distance Of II kilometres.
+ no form an idea Of the value Or !, one !,
minute one must multiply the precedIns
figures by sixty, q minute being on p
Then be the apparent size OF q man OF
u me mere 10 centlmeftes, seen az 9. distance
K q 5,Sl4 metres, CT the Elnel Tower az
llG2D Kilometres Iha q ppSlfent SIZE or ole
minute is not issipls 70 ths nssSea eys.
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scrambled off with yells Of terror They
went in for another dip when the name
aud size of the fish We're made clear &c to
them. 9g
Every day they searched the hedges and
trees for nests; the child who lirst as
covered s,anest adopted it. and visited It
several times a day to see how the eggs
we're getting on. One child had a nest OF
starltnss, and great was her joy when
the wings of her family began to grow.
We met her one day walking about the
garden with three tiny bids in herr haGas.
The children had been forbidden 10 touch
the nests; they might look but not touch.
The child explained that she was teach
Ing them to fly: three times day she
took them out Of their nests, she said, to
teach them.
When we told hcr that the b'rds'&o g
mother could teach them much better
than she could, she justified herself. On
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Head Of Uncle Sans New p |ee:
partn,cnt Talks With MI. Car /
pcntcrior,rlie 1'ilnns-Dispatcl1.
AGREE ENTs ARE /: ron PEACE t {:
Wages u Members Of Of. the the Great Great
Labor Army Rising, But Costs
More to Live Than Formerly.

WASHINGTON, y. c.. March 5.--"Wlat
Gun your department go 10 settle the cx-
\ listing troubles between labor and capt.
tai Y,
/ asked this question OF Secretary Cor.
4 telyo, as we sat together IN his office
III tho Department OF Commerce and
Labor yesterday afternoon. The secre-y
tary was looking over reports from his
vnriouH burehus, nt1d check ny off sta
tstigul Items running high into the mil
lions. lie has, you know, about fifteen
OF the most Important bureaus IN tho
United Suites government, employing
more than ten thousand mem and or thll-
Ing an annual expenditure Of more thn1
ten million dollars All the government
investigations and Ilnforma ton about big
corporations hnd combinations OF cap-
tall as well sns questions connected with.
labor come before him, 10 that to q cbr-!
TIA n extent he represents Uncle sam IN
all his relations TO tho Two.
Tho secretary replied: "rhe Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor has no ex-
ecutivc functions In settling the troubles
Of capital and labor. 1t cannot interfere
With either party III any controversy that.
y may arise. u All that 1t aims to do is to
furnish 1.-THE fullest Information possible,
rs to existing conditions, In order that
each party may understand more fully
just what those conditions are, and be
guided thereby in arranglhg u settle
ncnt. - Hb6a n N 5ssa si9 Xxi Ia
What kirds OF information. Mr.. Sec
retnry2" ] ask ed. Z: III AZ ss5
5i''All kinds was the, reply, Every
thing that bears on the relation OF labor
To capital. The elements of cost III va
RIOTS products the articles controlled by
trusts and other combinations OF capital,
and the effects that such trusts iiave on
prices. We are collecting Information
ns to wages ard hours or work. the com
q ;larntlve cost OF living and the kind of
living In different parts OF the United
States .the material. social. intellectual.
and moral condition OF the workmen,
as well us to all matters relating to con-
troversies and disputes between employ
crs and employees. This Information is
FOR capitalists and wage-carners alike.
They are on perfect equality here.
The department. acts only as an infornla-
2 ton bureau or an educa tional Office, to
2 enable each party8to Il better ur dcrstnnd-
Ing OF what tile actual conditions are.
Uncle Sam as an Arbitrator.
But Mr.. Secretnry. the department
gives information to- both parties. and 1T
rs perfectly impartial. Why can It not
be an arbitrator between themy'
The Department Of Commerce and Ia.
Dor has no legal authority to act az an
arbitrator between ca pital and labor re-
piled Secretary Cortelyon. Il see no rea-
soli.; however, why3any oftIts officials
may not act as arbitlntnrs OF labor con
Y troversles il requested To do SO by the
Representatives. of both parties Congress,
you know. has recognized the principle
OF industrial arbitration by the act OF
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T. Il 4 / Nc
Of North America eighty. per cent; and an
in South America we sold last year thirty
FIVE per cent. more goods than we did tho
year be fore. To Asia and Oceania our
exports have trebled in the last ten years.
and to Africa they have become i, !,
creasing. although %notsso rapidly. Last
wear we imported more goods 4 han III any
preceding year. Indeed. In 1893 the I'M
ports amounted to nearly abillion dol
1 lars 81 ). & y 5{sssi.s M 7
.'But increased imports means money
going out Of the country, Mr. Corte yo'u,'
saids Il. ."That IS, money thrown ava W., !.
M don't think so.'' was the reply, {
shows that the country is pros porous, a an =
the total imports consists OF manufiactt,u,r-
ers' materials. and large part o. tns
balance Is composed Of food SUITS ana =
articles which we do not produce AZ
home. Most OF the manufa cturers ma ma
terials 20 abroad again in another shape.
and these materials last year a1nounled 70
$3.50 OCO 900, which is an Increase of nimost
nifty per cent. over similar Imports In
1893. That indicates the enormous m
crease in oui, nufa Ct uring gus
within tho past ten years. 5 81.
We Lead the w orld.
,'How does the growth, Of our ira de con- y =:
pare with that of other nations All.
Cortel vo,,?" Ia sked. \, W.
h"our expor5s of domestic pre- dues . mr.,
greater to-day than those of any other
Country. and our. exports are gro y a.
rapid y than t sinped = abroad Dim In
seven seven million dollars worth Of goods.
and lin 1903 the sum had grown to one
million dollars. In 1875 the United King
DIV, 'e,.,,-.,.rd r.. q thousand and eighty
seven million dollars worth Of goods. While
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articles required in South Africa--ev9Sry
kind OF brass and iron work, 81 liver and and
5elcctrn-plate. saddlery, locks, jewelry, ana 10
a. large variety OF other goods. all OF
which would be demanded IN enormous
quantities by a hourishing South Afr.c Afr, "a.
8Then there Is the question OF emtloy-s
ment out There. know no place in the
world where the chances are SO good for
a young man accustomed to machinery, or
who IS fortunate enough to obtain one
of the many posts reserved for white men
at the ,mines. Few mel, get less th nan
$50 a month, ard for G6 a month ne
gets a bedroom to himself and his board
at the mine. In ten or q dozen years i
he Is careful he. can return home WI
a small fortune. but with q great devcl-
opment Of mining there would be so many
opportunities In South Africa shat ne
would probably remain IT. there sn tlll IL re-
e But all depends absolutely on plenu'
full supply OF labor at a reasona bic rats ,a;
Gold mining, though n very complicated
and scientific process TIL you have Sc,
cured your. gold. is the simplest OF all
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out of green branches, and there they
played all day long. The wood looked.
Ike a camp of savnges; in reality 1t
was d highly respectable street called
..Inshy Alley" and six families lived
there in peace and quio:ness.
Zach family had award of art muslin
fol window curtains, doll for a ba by.
and a pair old trousers for the father.
The inhabitants came to The Nest
for dinner. but tea had to be carried out
TO them We dared not hurt the feelings
OF the mothers of "Bushy Alley by
taking tea readymade; but their happy
faculty for playing tprelend@ made It
possible to call milk cob" from door
to door, and sell hot cocoa in musfuls
TO each family.
[ In the same way slice of bread and
r.armalade became n loaf family OF
three taking in twelve leaves for one
meal. a
After "Bushy Alley" playing at Water
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The civiizing influence OF a bath and
clean clothes toned down the Wildness
Of their manners. 81 #}$
The songs and languages suitable to Il
child inga blue plush dress and hat
with feathers did not come SO readily to
tho lips of the same child dressed in red
cotton and sun bonnet.
They admired each other and COM
rpenled on their new style OF dress.
mo stiys," said one: "but VIC alnt gort
no tisseis in these. dresses.
They grumbled Ut the loss OF their
''funs' '--hair combed straight back. nm
curlcd and uncrimpcd. was not to, their
fancy.
Sitting on the doorstep. they discussed
the cottage and every one in ii. soon
they got to high words over trifliIg
difference OF op.n on,
Sarah Smith tall girl with brown
hair and firm jaw. led the dispute.
Who are yer a-calIlng barny, Mary
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Babies, came next In favor. To play
this it was necessary to get permission,
to go to the river from The owner OF
the fields through which u flows vs., .
Permission being given, the children :, !,
raced down the fields, and eacl, child
folded her clothes in bundle and
Jumped into the water. The little ones
were content to run up and down on tie
grass. now and then bravely dipping one
toe into a small pool.
But the other children plunged and
Owed SWAN with one foot on The bottom,
and gathered handfuls of the forget
rne.not that lines the banks with blue
Mary Jane dipped until she was b eath-
less, and then, with the water. drippir
from her hair and running down her face,
climbed UP the bank looking like tie
great god Pan with her brown skin
and shining black eyes.
& In the middle of their joy someone
sighted whale. and the Water Babies
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Jinc wilkins r" NC 4 Fl? u ~ bar11' y
ser
",Old ,cr in. gals sweetly replied
Mary Jane; she's gettin' Wild.
"Yar go on, NNilks; III Wild yer.
shouted Sarah y"1'll pull
Here they were interrupted, and mild
~ told that fighting was out Of Rlac e
iii the country They listened and then
retired to the woods. wkese they made
Up their quarrel, but decided that they
.Dm Yer ear err" they shouted.
'.siyed wot we waln't to hight we Il
20 ono; we didn't come down ere to
be jawed att
They changed their, minds before tea.
and determined to giveEus another days
trial But before another day was over
there was so much fun and happiness.
and so many games to play. that they
lad forgotten all about home,
They built row of huts In the wood
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~
.latinE 10 particular corporations. the act
creating tho department expressly pto-
yidcs tina Ut is ga: hered for the purpose
Of enabling the President to make recon- .
gmendu,ions to Congress for needed lesis-
intion Such information will be nec2s-
sartly c,nfidentlal, as far as the Depart.
ment Of Commerce and Labor is con-
icerned. It will EbeEgathered In the pub
lie interest, but none Of 1t can pc pun
lished except at the express s direction =
Of the President /.
y "But, Mir. Cortoyou. many people look
upon your department as the watch dog
iofkthe investor4and stakeholder. said -.
"congress did mt specify any class as
In whose interest the bn aLe rs Is ere re
dniies are plainly defined. and will be
nerformed with lmpartality. without re-
gard 10 81 special 85intereTts. and for the
benefit of the whole public.
yill II not n AK s. our af flnanc'al con
Eyes. ~ replied Secretary Cortelyou..3.,,l
think there is no doubt but that the work
OF the Bureau of Corpora tons VII have !,
n steadying Influence on, financial conui-
tons. It will disseminate nctnai k1'p ,T,i,,
will largely eliminate he fear. and I'M
certainty which are so often *dist urbD
factnra in the financial and Industrial
world"
h Our Commercial Invasion.
The conversation here turned to com
mercia, matters. and II asked secretary
cortelyou to tell me s sanItah aooue our
Il @'tOur foreign trade Is III q very salts
factory condition. We exported more
goods last year than during any prccs.u !,
Ing year In our history our export 20
Europe were hundred mlaiiohs +, s Yves,
OF those Of a decade ago we nave ~, IN
creased our. exports to different countries
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4 NEW MOVEMENT or THE EARTH By CAMILLE F

rotation of our globe around IT'S u%ls.
VIII Oh. produces day and wight. :
the earth around the SUI, caus y she
change OF seasons,
Tie third is ! he movement OF the AXIS
dttc I'M, The eaulnoctlal proc ession' WILDCATS
compile cd in 25,iG3 years,
The fourth Is the month move Ilen o. O.
the earth arouad the common centre OF
gray ~ of the earth and the moon.
The hfth is the nutatlon otg e on
years and half caused by tha atlraol,oh
THE skill is the variation ~ the obl!-
5ntfti~ pfaihn eclp lea WHICH ,nersase or
decreases from century 70 century.
ite seventh Is the ocular ar AZ on q
tho eccentricty of he terre trsnl orhls.
rhe eighth Is tie displacement OF lie Or
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good, to have a new sealskin ca pc, ana ana
Co be kind to the poor. # AZ 5 u
In the cool OF the evening they c ,'
on the grass playing the OLD ldE ENGLISH 1t
games they had learnt at the Settlement
In their part Of London II IN
]. But when they had played their games nm Sg
In London, they had to pretend that 81 the
floor was grass; here the grass was re eaLs
soft, cool and green. and there was no
need to pretend that their feet were not
tired.
When the days pleasure was over. 'he '2,
was still the del ght OF bath left, ana
the luxury OF clean beds. where EACH
child might sleep all night long, with no 70
| fear Of street rows beneath the wind ll MS vs.
10 terror of father or mother coming OF l1
home drunk, no sound but tho coon g ~. q;
tho wood pigeons, till they fell asleep ana alSs
the psne.trees took up the lula BY.
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BIT. which IL accomplished In lei 900 years,
The ninth Is caused by the perturn15t.uilss.
according 10 their distance + y !.
The tenth Is the change In me centre ,sh
gravity Of our whole solar system, g CD Z !
tre2 which Is determined by the cIAtlg u
post ons or the planets. y, !, Y,
The eleventh % the general transla i y
OF the whole solar system whlG.. carries
VI It Is 'won del to think how manif9ld
are tie powerful cosmic forces which In
nuence our little globe and carfy. :. 70 h nlt
: Wonderful is 1t also 70 q 5ge
progress science, has, made simce g illleo
double movement ofithe earll nee Ing on
the floor OF tie Oh rclt o MI eI Ut
Rome. "Eipur 81 mlcoye,'
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II n 4 i n IA
4&."our foreign consuls all renort to yo,i.s
Mr.. Cortelyon. Flow do they compare
with tho commercial agent Is VI other ma K
tions?' Z, M 83s 81 I. \, e Vi y. s&
state ri De pail vas the reply. .lh s
comments by tho newspapers and bust
ness men Of other nations indicn,e lhsi =
our consular service compares, s, we'll Will y
thatGof other countries, but that Is nos /
enough from an American point OF view
While the work Of many Of the consul!s
is Of very high grade. there Gun be n Y clA
pas a,d
4 his officials who have Immediate super-S5S8
vision Of the work Of the consuls. l ne 4
suggestions made by the business pu ~ q q
practical problems which confront them
in their attempts to increase their ex rorts
trade Will undoubtedly prove helpful \ ~ \
this direction The eonsuls y, ore essen
play d more vital part In the exlensl lon ;oGS
our foreign trade. Their relations to the
new department; arc ono Of It's pressing
and Labor viii do its share IN the effort
provement is shown to be needed. "a '''. 1.
3SA4S q plg 1lnmi grafton Question
N ''Roturning to the labor question. Mr.
Secretary, tell me something q bout our \
INN grants. underI;s and we had almost most
/ a m1llion last year. sfsSi5 rs
Who landed In 1903 Is S57, 900. That Is the
most we have ever had In q sing les. year
We came nearest to 1t in 1882 whe = 7s9 Goo
were admitted iEg y. tS&sS III gss Mo-
n THAT Is an enormous mum per OF pep
4 BILE. "isad /. els Uncle Sam big noughStoE
t digest an annual meal like that and re e III
his true Americanism?" ". ~ ~
5'.,That ques ton Is a grave on g, lee
Eecretary Cortelyo ,a.'espe clally con slder-s5
linz the class Of Immigrants we are now
< getting Until within The past ftft cen Nstl
years practically all OF our I'm m1 u
came from northern and western Europsesa
md they were largely Of Teutonic stock,
They b were Intelligent and s{ indus lrsous,s
and they hav We AIKEN a large par IN sbG
Ing up the country, in aroul ding our in 2
tutons and contributing to y, ~
standard OF American eli liens hip.
within the past 4 fteenS years mu iII
Of our mmIgr tlonBhas been from SOU
ern and eastern Europe, composed OF ele-s
ments by no mems SO desir aDle-ciassess
which do not easily assim .e VI n u U.s.
which congregute In cities AM. commuMi-s
ties by themselves. and which. maSslt =
some degree. constitute an unWholesotn ~
element OF our pop ula ton. Il During s th 81
mast wear 100000 of this class Of immls9
\ grants were landed. constituting almost.
severty pcra cent Of the years lmms RAJ a.
ton. "a large percontag go OF these peoplss,
do not read or write In any la aqua gel arc q, %
II viii be long before they can be maze ae
into good Anne rcan eli lien p, :, z,
"" FRANK %C. OARPEt :!a fS.}
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With the aid OF the splendid astronom-
ical Instruments OF to-day a French
astronomer has Just discovered a twelfth
movement Of the earth,
This newly discovered movement con-
sists IN an oscillation Of the terrestrlc
pole around an average position, an osol!-
lallon which at The same time Is per.o,ul-
zeal and Irregular. which takes for us
months, and which constantly chang IS The
latitude o every place On the suliace of
the earth. The extreme end OF the axis
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Of the earth, the pole, describes a curve
around certain central position. II has
long heen thought that all oscillation Of
this kind. existed, but It has now been
accurately measured by a number OF spe-
cia observatories In the same latitude
(thirty-nine degrees north. provided VIII
special Instruments for this purpoc,se,l.lt
has been proved hat the osc!llatio, y,
1880 (ve-tenths in 1899 four tenths. ~
1893, threc-tentlls In 1891. and 1895, four
In 1896 and 1897. five In 1895, four In le99'
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By II. M. Me ysey Thomp son,

Of House Of Commons.

south Africa will provide more work. and
better paid work. for the white man ny
! Il Was in California in 1873 when China e
men had just completed the tlrst,L
way. and no one could speak too hlghly.o :.
the.,i. II China and Cinnamon had Nc nor
existed tho rapid development Ga sdgs,
mis- axes were made In tho manner OF
admitting Chinese Ga}lf1rn5a A thfisa
and would DO carefully avoided Il In the
ordinance admitting them. DIX u. !,
II. II we forbid the Transyaa al to use tina
only means by which its prosperity can be,
assul ed we shall f9ol Esa Lh BIZ bg
placed IN tile balance against our va st
sxpendlture Of money and llyes dSsng
eliscontent among the residents Of tha
T Tis both Dutch and Eng ish, ana IND
the }people5who will be most plea seq WI W
be tho enemies CT the English connecttiocln
in South Africa and those who. for politt-
Gal purposes. wish ITO prevent large
English population LIVING and prosperl1naS
In the lranSVaal. M I'll 4 li$.s },f
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except when It is represented by lum-
lroys object or an object which moves
The minute is now again divided into
sixty parts. called seconds. and one sec.
ond represents the apparent size Of an
object seen at a distance or 2C6.22oo times
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United States can with profit follow their
example" Oh
u ur Gonsuls and Our Foreign
s{ sGs4{ Fsjt IT., 4 & fB M .5s IA
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Our foreign consuls all report to you
with tho commercial agents VI other ma 81