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while those south of 1t will see the moon
pass over the north part of the sun. To
observers just north of the line l. r V the
moon viii appear to just Craze the edge OF
the sun.
To OBSERVERS within the loop MRVS. the
sun Will set before the eclipse is fully over,
while, on the contrary, the escnpse Will
have begun before the sun rises to obserV-
ers within the loop MNLH, that these
Observers win only see the latter part OF IT.
Al Washington the sun will rise partly
eclipsed, while at Philadelphia the eclipse
will not begin until ten minutes after sun
rise. Observers in the extreme western
part of the United States and all others
outside of the area HMRVR will see moth
ing OF the eclipse at all.
The Planets.
The most conspicuous object in the SOUTH
ern sky is the red planet Mars. which Is
now moving rapidly eastward across the
constellation Scorpio. 1t is In excellent po-
sition for observation.
The planet Saturn. which since we last
saw It, many months ago. has been moving
slowly eastward across Aquarius, has again
come into view and will be with Us until
late in the winter. 1t Is in the position
marked In Figure /. The rings are well
opened out and 1t now presents alnooe ex-
actly the aspect shown In F7Gure =
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will produce 175,oo0 bags, and there are
Several other American estates which will
yield from $1,000 to $50, 600 bags each In
the eastern end of the island there are other
American plantations, and along the north
ern coasts are the Boston Central estate,
belonging to the United Fruit Company,
which will have an output of 10000 bags.
and the Chaparra estate, which will turn
out go, 600 bags.
In the central province of Puerto Prin-
cIpe there are only four sugar plantations
now opened, but one of these belongs to an
American, and IT will produce all told
about 100000 pounds of sugar this year.
There are altogether more than SO, 100000
of American money invested in sugar mills
and working cane lands in Cuba, and this
is today probably yielding bigger profit
than any American money abroad.
Cuba's New Lands.
The sugar which we now get from Cuba
comes from old plantations, and the greater
part of it is from Santa Clara. Matanzas
and Havana. The increase in the crop OF
the future will come from the eastern part
OF the island, which has been opened up
by the Cuba railroad, built from Santa
Clara to Santiago by Sir William Van
Horne, and running along Cubas back
bone. This country is now covered with
forest One rides for miles through moth
ing but woods, woods woods, but the woods
cover land as rich il not richer than any
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A r T N 0 T E S

There has probably been no larger factor
in the development of American: art than
our international expositious. The Centen-
NAL or 1876 opened the eyes Of the Amer
lean people TO estheuc beauty and caused
a complete revolution in matters Of taste.
Reform in architecture Is dated from the
Chicago worlds fair, and the Pan-Ameri-
can at Buffalo is said 20 have strongly in
fiuencCd American sculpture 1t IS almost
too soon to declare with certainty in what
special direction the Louisiana purchase e&
positions benefcence has been felt, but
lhat in general way it has accomplished
as large results as any Of its predecessors
many are firmly convinced. on account of
this logical sequence of cause and effect all
eyes are turned at present critically to-
ward Portland and many inquiries be-
ing made concerning the character ami
probable result Of the Lewis and Clark
art exhibition.
Mr. Frank Y Du Mond, artist and teach
er, was appointed some months ago TO take
entire charge Of this section of the great
exposition. and, studying the peculiar re-
Quiremtnts Of the age and place, he deter
mined 20 get his collection together by spe-
ciaI selection rather than open invitation
This did away with all juries and all
awards and made Ii possible for him 10 set
forth small but comprehensive show; to
procure representative WOrks OF ieadIHS
artists of all times regardless of schools,
and to exhibit them in such a manner that
the general public might grasp the collec-
ton as a whole and be moderately enlisht-
ened- This laid the whole burden of re-
spOnsibilty upon the directors shoulders
but IL also gave him free rein. Going
from gallery TO gallery and from collector
TO collector, he chose one work here and
another there until the number and the
representation were complete. Judging
from current report the choice was in al
most every instance made with rare dis
elimination. and the total result made
more than fairly commendable. The OH
ject was to cover a large territory by
means OF a relatively small representation
preserving IN heterogeneous collection
|. more than a measure of unity, and this he
has achieved There are In the Fine Arts
building at Portland seven well-hghted gal
leries ir which are set forth over six hun
dred Oil paintings; about four hundred wa
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THE EARTH.

where the moon will pass through It. The
line NJ n is the path pursued by the center
OF the moon as seen from the earth while
the three circles whose centers are at A Is
and { show three successive positions Of
the moon as Il moves along this path
AT exactly ~ minutes past am. 18TH
MERRIAM time. the moon will be in tho
position a; it will then just touch tie
shadow and the eclipse will begin At
Al minutes 36 seconds after TO- the center
OF the moon viii be at b, the lower three
tenths of II being within the shadow ana
therefore, invisible to u.s. The full moon
VIII! then look exactly like the middle OF
one OF the three circles, as If a piece had
Eeen bitten out of the lower edge AT AZ
irGtes u seconds past IL the moon will
reach the position G and entirely emerge
nom the shadow. The whole eclipse Will
thus last hours minutes and Il seconds.
Inc observer who desires TO watch this
interesting phenomenon must not forget
that the times above given are standard
10Th meridian or eastern times. If he is in
the Mississippi valley he must subtract ex-
actly one hour from these times, since his
watch is keeping central time. Further
west he must subtract two hours, since he
Is using mountain time, and II he is on the
Pacific coast he must subtract three hours
TO get the Pacific time.
Eclipse of the Sun.
On the morning of August 80 the moon
will pass between the earth and the sun
and cut off some or all OF the suns light
TO all observers who are inside the black
strip marked a b Gig. a. the sun will be
completely covered by the moon. This strip
represents the path of the shadow OF the
moon as II sweeps over the earth; any
where inside of this strip, therefore. the
eclipse will be total.
All observers within the irregular area
MNLRVSM, but outside of the narrow strip
ALB, will see the sun only partly covered up
b. the moon. Those north of the strip will
see the south part of the sun covered.
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THE SKY IN AUGUST
Heavens Now Covered With
Giant Stars.
TWO GREAT ECLTPSES
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
AUGUST 80.
Moon Will Be Partially Obscured the
14th--SatuIn Has Again
Appeared.

Written for The Star by Prof Eric Doollttle.
The giant autumn consultations now
cover the whole of the sky. If the OBJ
server Will go out into the country so far
from city lights that the background of the
sky looks black and not gray, he will see
the whole vault of the htdvens covered
with giant stars, which appear packed so
closely together that they seem almost to
touch one another. Almost exactly over
head, but a little to the north, will be
found the large group Hercules, to the west
of which there is the beautiful northern
crown, while to the east lies the constella-
ton Lyra, or the Harp, from which shines
out the magnificent blue star Vega. These
three beautiful groups of stars are almost
directly overhead in the early evening and
therefore appear far more brilliant than
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surrounded by rings and masses OF nebulous
matter which have not yet condensed Into
worlds. the whole forming a picture to US
of what our own solar system was before
our earth was horn This enormous nebula
is clearly visible even to the naked eye,
but the observer should not fail to examine
ii with a small telescope. 1t vii be found
at the point marked n on the map. and
can very easily be located by the two stars
which are marked G.
In the constellation Hercules in a straight
line between the stars marked J. and NJ
and oue-thrd of the distance from l., is tho
magnificent star Cluster of Hercules. Even
with small telescope this Is seen TO be
made UP of thousands of stars packed
closely together. There is no better time
of year for examining tits object than now.
Partial Eclipse Of the Moon.
We will be favored with two ecl!pses dur
ing this month The first of these is par
tial eclipse of the moon, which will be
visible on the night of August Ia through
out the whole of the United States, and
the second is the far more unusual and
more important phenomenon, total eclipse
of the sun.
An eclipse of the moon Is produced by the
moon in her monthly journey around the
earth passing through tho earth's shadow.
This great shadow of the earth stretches
out into space for distance Of $4,000
miles directly opposite TO the sun. Figure
shows a side view of the sun earth and
shadow. The half of the earth X s.
turned toward the is. OF course, COW
cred with sunlight. on the other half
there is night. and stretching away from
this half there is the shadow of the earth.
+ T, which is in the shape OF a great
cone whose base is on the earth at r
and whose apex is at Z. Inc distance
through this shadow cone at the point
where the moon may cross 1t is more than
three times the diameter of the moon. 1t
is therefore evident that the moon may be
entirely immersed in the shadow; when
this happens we have a total eclipse of the
moon.
The positions OF the moon and the shadow
as they will appear on August Il are shown
in figure 3. Here the shaded circle shows
the section of the shadow at the place
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motives largely and some Of them buy their
steel rails of Krupp.
So far the sugar estates have but few

motives largely ana SCm0 OF tQSIu puy tucIF
steel rails of Krupp.
So far the sugar estates have but few
electric railroads, and Cuba has no electric
railroad system such as is fast gridironing
the United States. This would seem to me
one Of the possibilities Of the future Each
big plantation. with its population Of sew
eral thousand, will eventually have Its rail-
way connection with its neighbors, and the
roads will carry sugar cane to the mills
as we'll as other freight and passengers
Many of the sugar planters are studying
cheap railroad transportation. They are
considering the use of automobile engines
made after the present gasoline pattern
operated with alcohol as fuel. Alcohol here
Is much cheaper than gasoline. Indeed II
is by-product of the sugar mills being
made at little cost that 1t Is sold in
hundred-gallon casks at Il cents per gal
lon. 1t has, it is said. about 9S per cent
of the heat generating power of CONNER
cial gasoline. and 1t can be used with lit
tie gasoline to start it. / understand that
German engineers have been making ex-
periments with alcohol fuel and that
they are using alcohol engines for
small electric light plants in some Havana
stores. At the agricultural experiment sta
ton at Santiago de Vigos the pumping and
lighting is done by means of alcohol, and
there is an establishment in Havana which
has one hundred and sixty electric lights
run by alcohol motors.
How Sugar is Grown.
It will surprise many of our American
farmers to know that much of the sugar
cane here Is raised without blowing. In
the new plantations. which are set out in
the woods, no plows can be used on &C.
count of the logs and stumps. None
is necessary, however. After the wood has
been burned the land Is perfectly clean.
The men then dig holes at intervals along
the rows and put in sections of sugar cane
a few inches long and cover them up. In
few days the cane begins to sprout at
the knots. and a day or so later the blades
which are much like those of corn or grass,
come through the ground A young cane
field looks much like corn field. The crop
grows rapidly, and all that Is necessary is
to keep down the weeds. It sprouts up in
punches of several stalks to bunch
The cane is ready for cutting in eighteen
months, after which it can be cut every
year. It is cut close 70 the ground the
tops trimmed and the r1ves stripped off.
II IS then loaded on the great OK carts,
! which carry it to the railroad. On the best
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when they are seen near the ground, when
their light must pass through hundreds Of
miles OF wei and dusty air before II reaches
US.
Just east of Lyra will be seen the milky
way. which now spans the entire heavens
passing almost overhead from the south to
the north and lying along this is the beau
tful group Cygnus or the Swan, which is
better known as the northern cross.
Pegasus Appearing.
Between the milky way and the ground
there is appearing for the first time this
year the very large group known Pega-
sus or the winged horse. This constellation
extends from Aquarus in the southeast all
the way up to Andromeda in the north.
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Biondi has striven to obtain redress from
the Metropolitan Museum for having re-
fused to exhibit his now famous group, the
"Saturnala." Calling to his aid the officers
of the law, he sued the museum for 500 600
da images, but lost, by Justice Leventritt's
decision, and was obliged to pay costs,
which, 1t is said, amounted to ten years
savings. He declares that the action of the
museum has ruined his reputation as a
sculptor, and that he will carry the matter
to higher court but in the meanwhile he
has fallen III. and the Artists Union of
Rome has taken up the matter. That the
"Saturnalia" Is wanting in art qualities or
technical excellence even its most severe
critics do not assert, but that it is not
eevating in subject suggestion many
maintain, and it was on these grounds alone
that the museum refused 1t exhibition.
The public's estimate of the worth of a
show building" as the Library of Congress
has sometimes rather scoffingly been called
and the value of the exhibitions arranged
by the print division are similarly demon
strated by the fact that during these hot
months an average of $500 persons have
each day passed through the library's doors
and halls. AS but a small percentage of
these persons are readers, this should dis
count the theory that Americans do not
care for art, and it should al the same time
emphasize the need, or at least the appreci-
much-talked-of national gallery.
A charming little marine by Mr.. Edwin
Lamasure is now on exhibition at Copen-
haver's on 14th street. 1t is a picture of
the Jersey coast, and is somewhat in the
spirit of Richards more famous work. 1t
was done, however down by the sea, and
while cleverly handled is spirited and sin
cere. 1t is fresh in color, good in tone and
withal atmospheric; picturesque but gen.
timely realistic.
Everett Warner, who has been abroad for
couple of years, is occupying his old
studio at East Gloucester this summer.
Ziem, the painter Of Venice and Constan-
tinople. has presented to the city of Paris
thirty-hve Of his Oil paintings and forty-one
water colors, which have been gratefully
accepted and hung in the Petit Palais.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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ter Colors miniatures. pastels, drawings
and original illustrate and seventy-fve
or eighty bronzes and sculptures. The first
gallery displays what is believed to be the
most complete collection If impresSionistic
painting ever shown in this country, the
second turns abruptly 10 the works of the
Barbizon painters, while the third sets
forth, among other notable canvases, por-
traits by some of the great early English
celebrities. There is in the collection a
Holy Family" by Rubens. landscape by
Turner, Millet's famous Man with the
Hoe" and a head by Whistler The Ameri-
can school is well represented by lnness,
Wyant Blakelock Minor, George Fuller,
John w. Alexander, Gedney Bunce, WINS
low Homer, Francis Murphy and others,
and, following out somewhat the scheme
of last years Comparative Exhibition"
these canvaseS have been so place% that
they can lie viewed with the works of the
foremost foreign painters. As whole the
exhibition is large enough to be represent
ative, and yet small enough to be easily
seen. II is without doubt the most com
prehensive exhibition of art which has ever
been held in the far west: and there is rea-
son 10 believe that ii will carry new stand
ards and fresh impetus to the people and
the painters of the Pacific slope.
The death. on Sunday last. of Jean
Jacques Henner, removed from the inter-
national art world one of its most con-
SplcuouS nEuIeS. BOTH Ut DtlH"lliei III
1870, his life was a series of pleasing sue
cesses. Not perhaps triumphs, but constant
Acknowledgements from the world of his
ability and progress, which in the end are
more substantial and soul-satisfying. In
1858 he won the much coveted prix de
Rome. and in '63. 60 and SO he received
medals for works exhibited in the Paris
Salon In 10 he was admitted to the Le-
gion of Honor. becoming officer FIVE
years later, and in 1889 he was made a
member of the institute. Strangely enough
his work was admired by all schools, and
while it created no Juror of applause It
never on the other hand met with vigorous
criticism. 1t was always gentle, refined and
good in feeling. He was particularly fond
of rendering light and color, thrown into
sharp relief by dark surroundings. and the
majority of his figures are thus portrayed.
He was past master of the art of lost out
lines. and many of his canvases are treated
in oils after the manner of the Dutch water
colors. There was u certain brilliancy In
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line OF the Cuba railroad the forests are
being cleared and cane set out. About
Nipe bay. the new harbOr at the north
eastern end OF the island. q syndicate of
Boston capitalists has purchased more than
a hundred thousand acres of land and is
about to build what l am told will be the
biggest sugar plantation ever constructed.
Il will cost in the neighborhOod of two
million dollars and it Will have capacity
of about 5000 bags of sugar per day. y
bag of sugar weighs little more than 800
pounds. 1t will just about fill a barrel so
that 5000 barrels Will give you some idea of
this mills capacity. There are at present
number of mills here that are turning out
a thousand bags per day, and there are
many plantations worth million dollars
and upward. Indeed. a big sugar estate,
including its mill, lands and houses, is
twC-miiHou-d dollar PROPOSE ion, and the
modern sugar min alone as it is in Cuba
cuSts from $4,000 to 81 0OU,OOo. The ma
chinery Of a mill that will make a thou
sand bags "A day Will cost half a million
dollars. and the buildings. yards and other
things two or three hundred thousand dol
lars more.
Where the Sugar Cane Grows.
Sugar is now being grown in nearly every
province Of Cuba About half the land
cultivated is devoted to that crop. and there
are vast areas which Will yield cane, yet
10 be set out. I have before me list OF
the working plantations BeglhH!hS AT the
west is the province OF Pinar del Rio.
which is noted as having the best. tobacco
l;sntl4 uF--E earth and which produces the
famed Havana cigars. 1t has only seven
sugar piTriatia@~ and il will make about
IG21sr ta---.-r sugar this year. One Of its
- plantations belongs to Americans. four are
. Cuban one French and one Spanish. In
Havana there are twenty plantations,
ct-ggy owned by Cubans and Spaniards,
and In MatauZas, from where this letter
Is dated. just east Of Havana, there are
fifty-twu plantations, Of which six belong
10 Americans one of the American COM
paues annually produces Go.OOo bags, an
oil,ar 1850 and another $4,000 bags. Ma
'tanzas has somu-nf the best sugar territory
h.t its lands have been worked for gener-
atl1us and may be surpassed by the new
estates now being cut out of the woods
The total output Of these provinces will
be I'm The. nei EhborhoCd Of 100000 bags. or,
in round numbers. something like 100000 oo1
pounds OF sugar.
Santa Clara province which les east Of
Matanzas has seventy plantations, of which
seventeen are American, three British e'gh-
teen Spanish and thirty-two Cuban. Most
Of these plantations are very large. and
some of the largest belong To- Americans.
The Emilio Terry plantation, which is Gu
bau-American. Will produce 10000 bags
this year. The Colonial Sugar Company
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SUGAR PLANTATIONS
Those in Cuba Worth Millions
of Dollars.
WORLDS SUGAR CROP
SOMETHING ABOUT UNCLE SANS
SWEET TOOTH.
Biggest Sugar Mill in the World Be-
ing Built by Boston
Syndicate.
tcoryrleet. 1903. by Frank q carpenter.)

Copyright. 1902 by Frank G Carpenter)
MATANZAS.
Come with nc and take peep into
Uncle Sans sugar bowl About half OF
all our sugar comes from this island. We
paid cuba forty-two million dollars for
short swoatouus last year, and we shall
pay more in 1903. as the prices are higher.
Cuba produces about half Of all the cane
sugar made upon earth, and she has some
Of the biggest sugar plantations. For the
past two weeks I have been travelling
through the interior and have had a chance
to get an idea of this great Industry.
Cuba's Sugar Plantations.
Cuba has several hundred million dollars
invested in sugar plantations She has in
the neighborhood of two hundred which
are now In active operation, and along the
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Logical Deduction.

From the Chicago News.
$50 you think l play the fool more than
I did six months ago, eh?'' said the hus-
band. How do you figure 1t out?"
Il think it must be due to the fact that
the days are longer now" answered the
better half Of the combine