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HAREOR FRONT, MONTREAL, QUEBE^^ ^ - about^the'year^642 SeC°nd city in Lower Canada; 't was built by the French A SKELETON MYSTERY. BONES OF INDIAN CHIEF UN EARTHED IN TEXAS. Is Clothed in Uniform of a Brigadier General of United States Army Remains in Almost Perfect State of Preservation. Brownwood. Tex.—The skeleton of what was probably once a famous In dian chief has been taken from a lone ly and unmarked grave at the top of one of the Twin mountains, ten miles east of the spot where once stood the historic old fort of Camp Colorado. “Jim” Byrd, a farmer, who discov ered the skeleton, has lived near the Twin mountains for nearly 50 years, and has no recollection of any human body ever having been buried there. His 12-year-old son was on a hunting expedition recently and strolled to the top of the West Twin mountain when he suddenly (nine upon two big brass rings lying half embedded in the yel low clay of the hillside. The rings had a most antiquated appearance and at once excited the curiosity of the youth ful Nimrod and he took them to his father, who decided to make a further Investigation. With pick and shovel the father and son began digging at the spot where the rings had been found, and had hardly scratched the surface of the earth when they uncovered the bones of a human being. By careful work the clay was removed from all sides of the bones and the sight that greeted the eyes of the explorers was most strange and fascinating. Tattered remnants of what was once a United States army uniform clung in moulded dampness to the frame of a ^stalwart Indian chief. The bones of the savage GEORGIA GETS HONOR FIRST TO NAME CITY AFTER FATHER OF COUNTRY, Town of Washington Christened in 1779—History Proving Contention of Resident Brought to Light and Fixed by Records. Washington. Ga.—After much and long protracted discussion it has been settled when, where and how this town was named in honor of George Washington. These are the facts as they have been ascertained: The name Washington was chosen by the people of Wilkes county for their new town in the year 1779, and confirmed by the general assembly in January, 1780. Historians have been prone to doubt ■ and question these dates, claiming that in 1780 was the “dark year” in Georgia and that no session of the general assembly was held in that year. Augusta had fallen. Savannah had fallen and the whole state was in the hands of the enemy. This is very nearly true, but not quite so. The “ceded lands,” which seven years previous had been bought from the Indians and called Wilkes, for John Wilkes, our friend in the Brit ish parliament, was one spot in the state not under British rule. This was due to our victory at the battle of Kettle Creek. Stephen Heard, president of the as sembly, was acting governor, because George "Walton, the governor, was in Philadelphia attending the council there. And Wilkes county being the only spot free from British rule, Stephen Heard moved the state papers and records to the courthouse at Heard’s Port Heard’s Fort, there fore, became the capital of Georgia for the time being. And it was here that the only session of the state leg islature or assembly was held in the year 1780. It was at this session that the act was passed confirming the name Washington chosen for the little town to be laid out around the site of Heard’s Fort. In Watkin’s Digest, the oldest com pilation of the legislative acts of Georgia, will be found the proofs of this statement, as follows: “Section 19. And whereas it is es sentially necessary for the conven ience of suitors and ministers of pub lic justice that the building of a small town in the county of Wilkes should be encouraged, be it therefore enact ed by the authority aforesaid, that five commissioners be appointed by this house, and said commissioners so to be appointed, or any three of them, be empowered to lay out 100 acres of land circumjacent to the said place into a town and common, and the same be sold and granted in the man HUNTING FOR MOOSE A camp on the Montreal river in the Canadian forest where the gam* abounds. ner pointed out in this act—and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that William * Downs, Barn ard Heard, John Gorham, Daniel Cole man and John Dooley, Esquires, be a board of commissioners for acting un der this act., representing the town at the courthouse, in Wilkes county, which shall be called Washington.” There you have the proof that the general assembly confirmed the name in the year 1780, for “Watkin’s Di gest," printed in 1880, is indisputable authority. Now for the proof that the people of Wilkes had selected the name for their town in the year 1779. John Dooley, one of the commissioners mentioned in the act, was killed soon after the battle of Kettle Creek, in 1779; therefore the act appointing him commissioner and naming the town must of necessity been determin ed upon before his death, February, 1779. The original plot of the 100 acres as laid out by the commissioners is still in existence, and is among the treas ures of the Mary Willis library, in Washington. Capital in Meat is Immense. Washington.—A capital of $10,625, 000,000 is directly concerned in the raising of . meat animals and their slaughtering and packing, according to a report on meat supply issued by the department of agriculture. This amount is five-sixths as large as all capital Invested in manufacturing in 1904. Seven-eighths of the meat and meat products was consumed within this country. The stock of meat ani mals has increased since 1840, but has not kept pace with the increase in the population. The report asserts that the welfare of the raisers of meat ani mals and of the slaughterers and pack ers is dependent upon finding foreign markets for the surplus of the produc tion of meat above the home consump tion. There was a total of 93,502,000 meat animals slaughtered and exported in 1900, of which the exported live ani mals numbered 276.000. The dressed weight of the 93,502,000 meat animals constituting the meat supply of 1900 was 16,549,921,000 pounds, of which 14,116,886,000 pounds entered into domestic consumption, lard being included with the dressed weight of pork. The report adds: “That meat con sumption per capita has declined in this country since 1840 is plainly indi cated. There is some ground for be lieving that at -that time meat consti tuted about one-half of the national dietary in terms of total nutritive units consumed, whereas now it con stitutes about one-third.” How important meat is in the diet of different countries is shown in the following meat consumption per capi ta in 1904 in dressed weight: United States, 185 pounds; United Kingdom, 121; Australia, 263; New Zealand, 212; Cuba, 124; France, 79; Belgium, 70; | Denmark, 76; Sweden, 62; Italy, 46. Park Road’s Champion Cat. The hound kept his hold of the cat’s neck and shook her viciously until, feeling that it was time to brag a lit tle, he released his grip long enough to emit a boastful bark. This was the cat’s opportunity, and she sprang up on the houi;i(f s side. After a brief but bitter combat the hound managed to scramble to his feet and started pain fully down the street. The cat watched the bulldog for a minute, and then, casting a g aace of contemptuous pity at the hound, smoothed her fur and started off at a dignified pace for home. Equalization. Prof. Bnmder Matthews, who la at least as good a wit as he la a reformer, was over hi aid once talking with Mr. Carnegie. “I notice, Mr. Caridglc/* he said, “that you don't limn.** “had why should 1 risked the phii anthitfnist. “Well.” slowly answered the pto feeaor. “mayhe they pall them elte» aateiy.-—Wuetae*****, • ******k - • tr i’V •' 1 ■ \ Bachelors’ Marry-AII Pact. South Bethlehem, Pa.—Members of the Emmett Social club have organ ized the queerest bachelor’s club. Every two months the bachelors will be lined up, lots will be cast, and the one who draws the fateful nuinber will be expected to marry within the year. If at the end of the twelvemonth he has not succeeded in coaxing a “yes” from a blushing sweetheart he will be banished from the clubrooms. Holds Salary Is Immune. Washington.—The war department has taken the position that the sal ary of a retired army officer is not subject to income tax, but that his other property is not exempt. The question arose la Massachusetts, where the state sought to levy the in come tax upon a retired officer. . Byren’a Last Friend Dead. The last friend of Byron, the poet, hae just died at DarHnghurat, New South Wales. She wee Mrs. Catherine Cruder, the widow eg y Waterloo ■* -'■»** > >.* -j. —-■*4 X x . j; . f *• • 4, ■' Wins Neighborhood Medal by Whip ping Two Belligerent Dogs. Washington.—Somewhere up on Park road there lives a mangy, undis tinguished looking black cat which could win championship honors against any of the creatures of the nature fakers. That cat may not look like a winner, but a dozen reputable citisens can vouch for the fact that, single pawed and alone, she did up two of the neighborhood dogs so badly that they have both been obliged to taka treatment in a canine sanitarium. la the wea sms' hours the other morulas the eat, having been out late at some function la feline society, was pseaefwl'y homeward when two dagt a large white bulldog and a •lack aad yellow bound, sighted ber. ■Acktag leyeasly, they started for the eat. AN (l. asse the bulldog broke pmr • yelp of Altar sea and Ba wetakifi the rest of the fight trem ■V..'*; i V* - *-» *• were in a state of almost perfect pres ervation, "and the long black hair still clang to the scalp in sinuous plaits. . But the strangest and most peculiar feature of the'find is the fact that the coat of the uniform bore epaulets which have been pronounced by army men who have examined them to des ignate the rank of a brigadier general of the United States army. In the grave were also found steely bridle bits, saddle buckles and the old fashioned small steel spur which was once in vogue in the United States cavairy. A small dirk and a big butchef knife were also among the many articles which filled the grave. Ola army men here are highly inter ested in the find and declare that the savage had at seme time killed a brig adier general and took his uniform, which, in -true Indian style, was buried with the aborigine when he started on his journey for the happy hunting grounds. The Twin mountains, where the skeleton was exhumed, stand ten miles east to north of the old Camp Colora do* which once formed the only protec tion for the pioneers of this section, and where wa3 once stationed the afterward famous southern general, Robert E. Lee, then a young lieutenj> ant. The fort was abandoned more than 30 years ago, and the oldest set tlers have no memory of anyone hav ing been buried on this mountain. The grave was nearly at the top of the mountain and on the east side, facing the sun. The good state of preservation in which the bones and the uniform were, found is accounted for by the fact that the impervious qualities of the clay in which they were buried excluded all moisture from the grave. New Island In Discovered. Washington. —^Anti - expansionists will grieve to hear that the domain of the United States has been increased by a new island )Kipping up out of Alaskan waters in the Bogaston group of islands of the Alaskan peninsula. The new island is 400 feet high and over 1,700 feet in diameter at the base. A year ago it was not in existence. It was discovered by the crew of the revenue cutter McCullough and has been named in honor of the McCul lough. —^_ LEPER COLONY iiK HAWAII * - --- THE LEPER'S OF HAWAII .* THE BALDWIN HONE FOP Hen and boycs in the village of kalawao The United States Is not slack con cerning the fulfillment of its obliga tions, and wherever the Stars and Stripes have gone, there has gone with it a beneficent hand which bhs encouraged commercial and industrial advancement, has smoothed the rough road for the weak, and has lifted up and cared for the sick and afflicted. Since the Hawaiian group of islands came under the control of this coun try there has been new interest in and effort for the leper colony estab lished on ''the Island of Molokai, 60 miles from Honolulu, until now it is safe to say that it is the most wonder ful leper settlement of the world. Mol okai ranks fifth in size of the Hawaiian group. Its northern coast consists chiefly of high precipices, where it is extremely difficult to effect landings. There are several valleys lined with dense vegetation and rare flowering plants, Tourists may visit any part of the island except that set apart for the leper, for which special permission must be obtained from the board of health. Leprosy was first brought to Hawaii .from China in the year 1853, and was called by the natives “Chinese sick ness.” From that time to 1864 its in crease was so rapid that it became im portant to isolate the victims, and laws were passed setting aside a tract of land (6,000 acres) for that purpose. From the time that the lepers became the wards of the Hawaiian nation, most generously haVe they been cared for. In her treatment of the leper Hawaii has set an example to the world. The settlement consists of two vil lages—Kalaupapa and Kalawao—sit uated on a grassy plain, on a penin sula, ten miles in length and two in breadth, bounded by the ocean on three sides, and by high precipices on the o:her. The cliffs rise from 2,500 to 4,000 feet. The air is balmy and the soil fertile, with pasture land for cattle and horses. One steamer a week gives communication with Molo kai. The government physicians in every district are very vigilant, and as soon as any evidence of the dis ease is discovered the person is termed a “suspect.” and is conveyed to the Kalihi receiving station in Hon olulu. The greatest kindness is shown to the afflicted ones, and none is con demned without the most careful ex amination. The examining .physicians (five in number) are appointed by the board of health, and two are bacteri ologists. The opinion of four of the exam iners must agrdfe to declare a per son a leper. If the suspect desires medical counsel outside of the board it is allowed and furnished free of charge. Every comfort is supplied at the receiving station for those held for examination, and all rights of the patient are guarded carefully. At last report there were confined at Molokai 840 lepers, nearly all of Hawaiian birth, or partly so; of orientals and Portuguese only seven, and there were but nine Americans. The Hawaiians, because of their man ner of living, are especially suscepti ble to the disease. Few foreigners contract leprosy. At the settlement everything possible is done to make the lepers contented in homes of their own. The disease is usually slow in its progress, and many' are physically vigorous and able to labor. Employ ment at fair wages is furnished, but ndne is forced to accept it. Many cul tivate trees, flowers and vegetables for themselves. Fresh and salt beef, fresh and salt fish, poi, rice, bread, milk, tea, oil and soap, and all bed ding and clothing required are pro vided.. The cottages are comfortable, and many outside modern improve ments have been supplied lately, among them a steam poi factory, a steam laundry and an ice plant. The settlement has a gymnasium dom become lepers. The nurses re ceive $20 a month and sustenance. The Bay View Home, close to the sea, cares for the helpless. Only 28 are registered in 1907. About 70 em ployes, including helpers, clergymen, officials and physicians, live at the settlement. All receive fair remuner ation for service rendered. All lepers outside of the homes have dwellings of their own. The Kapiolani Girls’ Home, in Hon olulu, takes care of all female children of leprous parents. In its experience of 21 years, out of 105 received only six had to be returned to the settle ment. There is now under construc tion a nursery for the special care of the infants until such time as they are old enough to be removed 1c the outside homes. A home for the boys is in contemplation, on Hawaii, where training in agricultural pursuits will be given, as well as a common school education. The expense of the leper settlement with all its various branches, for the year 1906, exceeded the sum of $165,000. With the annexation of Hawaii to the United States our government was brought face to face with the problem of the leper, and, as a result, there will soon be established at Molokai a United States leprosy Investigation station, with a skilled staff of physi cians who, with the aid of other dis tinguished men of science, will make every effort to solve the mystery of the dread disease. Plans for the new hospital have been under considera tion, and the enterprise is in charge of an able young German physician sent from Washington to superintend the work. To Double the Life of Umbrellas. The usual way of coming in out of rain is to place the umbrella in the rack or corner with the handle up ward. This allows the water to run down and remain a long time in the metal that holds the ribs together, which will rust the joints and rot the fabric. If the handle is placed down ward instead of upward the water will run away from this point first, and the whole top will dry quicker.—Popular Mechanics. THE MAN ON THE FARM. Fine Tribute to Agriculturists Made by Gov. Hughes. Gov. Hughes, of New York, makes this appeal for the country: “When you get out where a man has a little elbow room and a chance to develop, he bas thoughts of his own. His thinking is not supplied to him every. night and every morning, and he Is less of a machine and more of a man, so that I do not think that the farmers need to be looked upon or want to be looked upon as depend ents of the state. They do not come to the state government asking alms. They are self-reliant, they are intelli gent. What we want in connection with agriculture la what we want in connection with every other field of noble' effort “We want training, we want intelli gence, we want scientific method, we warn: direction, we want tee way shovm, and then the man can walk ta it mere Is ne re-o. w* tee sum. voted to agriculture as to Industry and the technical trades. “The men who are running away from the farms too frequently make a mistake, and some day in New York —and the day is rapidly approaching —our young men in larger numbers will wake up to the fact that they have a pretty good chance on the farm, and that they may be to a great i er degree independent {and happy in life if they stay where their happy lots were cast in connection with their father's farm or another which they may be able to procure."—Les lie's Weekly. Eagles in Switzerland. Eagle* have in recent years In creased in numbers at such a rate In Switzerland that the peasants are be ginning to complain of the they do to the game, and also, Ut many cases, to the goats and lsmfcfjta the farmyards. One of the ]on(p| on the other hand, prints a anMnunlca tion front a lover of nature who d* elares that the beautiful sight of an ta **• ■** *** - ■* ' ' and a library and reading-room for which magazines and books are free ly given. There are musical instru ments of all kinds. The Hawallans are a music loving race, and Molokai has two fine bands and several glee clubs. Chess Is a favorite game. Some years ago a blind lep^r was re puted to be one of the most remark able chess players in the world. Out door sports are popular. There are baseball, races and shooting matches. An enthusiastic athletic club has been formed. The lepers have the franchise and . many take interest in politics. Po litical speakers address meetings from the visitors’ enclosure. Rela tives from outside may visit their friends, but all communication is be tween glass doors, so great is the cau tion to prevent contagion. The relig ious life of the leper is not neglected. There are six churches—Catholic, Protestant and Mormon. The pastor of the Mormon church is a leper. The larger number of the lepers are Cath olics. A Young Men's Christian asso ciation does good work in both educa tional and moral lines. The Baldwin Home for Men and Boys has at present 188 inmates. It Is In charge of the Catholic Brothers of the Sacred Heart. The Bishop Home for Women and Girls, of which the Sis ters of St. Francis have control, shel ters 79. The devotion of the mother superior and the sisters is marvelous. All the nurses In the settlement are Catholics, and in no other denomina tion could be found the consecration needed for such a mission. They sel BLESSED BLINDNESS { By JUDITH SPENCER T (Copyright.) "The condition of our streets is pos itively disgraceful,” thought Miss Ag new, as she gathered up her gown and proceeded to pick her way over unsta ble boards and loose paving stones, where the crossing once had beon. It was then that she saw him first. He was a tall and well-made man, walking somewhat slowly ahead of her. Suddenly he stumbled and al most fell. In recovering himself he turned and paused irresolute, as if uncertain which way to go. He was now facing her and she saw his ex pression of helpless bewilderment, and saw, too, that he was blind. With a sudden pity for bis misfor tune and predicament she advanced toward him. “Our streets are in such a chaotic condition.” she said. “Will you allow me to pilot you to the op posite side?” “I should be most grateful to you,” he replied, lifting his hat. “I have not been in New York for some time and confess that I find myself decidedly at sea.” It seemed the Btrangest thing in the world to Mary Agnew to be walking thus familiarly by the side of an un known man. And she felt that luck had favored her when she had run the gauntlet of that half mile without meeting any of her friends. But the man was a gentleman, and something in his helplessness had appealed most strangely to her. This unconventional episode haunted Mary Agnew all that day. She caught herself wondering again and again who her stranger was and why he had ventured out alone. Sometimes it seemed as if she had done something inexcusably bold and unwomanly; yet at the same time she felt that she would never have forgiven herself had she acted otherwise. His tall, straight figure and fine face were still present with her when, late that evening, she entered a crowded ballroom on her father’s arm. Half an hour perhaps had passed when she saw her old friend Jack Beverton approaching with—could it be possible?—her stranger of the morning! “Miss Agnew, allow me to Introduce my cousin, Anthony Gordon, once of New York, lately of the far west and now of New York again.” Jack's words seemed buzzing in her ears. “I am glad to meet Mr. Gordon,” she said quietly, though her heart was fluttering strangely, as it had not done since she was a young, young girl. She saw him start and turn eagerly toward her. Jack had now passed on, and among the crowd these two seemed quite alone. “It is you! I was hoping I might meet you again,” Gordon said gladly. “The world is a small place, after all!” “Yes,” she assented; “yet I confess this is a great surprise—” ‘'You probably think that a blind man is even more out of place in a ballroom than in the city’s crowded streets, and I agree with you; but Jack overpersuaded me and now I am glad I came! He promised to keep me in tow and to introduce me to a few of his friends with whom I could sit out an occasional dance.” She regarded him curiously. It was a novelty to meet a man who was ap parently no more sensitive about such a terrible affliction than if it had been but a broken bone and he was about with his arm in a sling. “I hope you did not think me—for ward this morning,” she said im pulsively. “I thought you did a most gracious and beautiful action and I blessed you for it!” “You have not been—in this condi tion—long?” she asked. “Eight months—an age! And I am a ‘remarkable casft’ for I have baffled every specialist in the west and now have come to New York to baffle these fellows here. I intend going to each one of them separately, at first. Then I shall have them meet and hold a con sultation; then I suppose they'll want to examine me again; and after that —the verdict” She saw Gordon again just as she was leaving. “I hope you will come to—call on me,” she said. She had been going to say “to see me,” but quickly changed the word, adding: “I shall be interested to hear what all the oculists say.” “I wanted to ask you if I might,” he said eagerly. “If I had not seen you again to-night” (and she noticed that the old habit of speech clung to him), “I should have sent Jack to you to ask if I might come.” Within a few days Anthony Gordon called, and his calls were repeated with increasing frequency. The first time he came with Jack, but after wards with his man Brown, who wait ed for him below. His conversation was always full or interest, ms ten years experi-1 ences in the west; his struggles, his successes, his defeats—he told her all —with an eager and almost boyish confidence. He made no secret of his admiration for her, and the deference and reverence he showed her seemed something strangely beautiful. Her father liked him, too. “Gordon’s a fine fellow,” he said. "And so hope ful. It will be a hard blow to him If he shouldn’t recover his sight.” Finally there came a pause. Ten lays, two weeks passed by, daring which time Gordon had. not been to see her and had made no sign. She could not bring herself to write to him, to have even a letter of mere friendly lnqnlfy read aloud to him by that man Brown. She was too proud to write for news of him to Jack. And it so chanced that during all that time she saw-no one of whom she could inquire. At last one night, when she was sitting quite alone, he came. -.She looked up, hushing at his approach, M# Ms changed face startled her. “Too hdvo been iar she cried. " “1CM ram body,” bo answered rendered their verdict—perpetual darkness—and I’m off again to the west. I tried to go without seeing you—but I am a coward! I have come now to say good-by.” There was a conflict of wild emo tions in Mary Agnew’s breast. For a moment she could not speak. He had come to say good-bv! “I said I couldn’t go without seeing you,” he repeated, "and I've come to ask a blind man’s last favor—before I go, may I pass my hand over your face?” “What if I say no?” There was something strained and unnatural in her tone. “Don’t refuse me! You don’t know what that would mean!” he cried. "Can you realize that all this time you have been but a beautiful unseen spirit to me—a heavenly voice? I thought I should see you some day with my eyes and I forced myself to wait—but that is not to be—and you won’t refuse to let me carry away your true image into the night of my exile?” “I am not beautiful,” she said. have told you that before. And if in spite of that you have deceived your seli—why need you undeceive your Belf now? And why need you go into » ,i 1 " 1 .. —:—.—i “I Have Come Now to Say Goodbye.”' ‘exile?’ You led us to believe that you. would stay among us—why are youi going back to the west?” “Because—I am a coward,” he re peated miserably. “I don’t understand,” she said. "However, since you seem to wish to dispel your illusion about me—perhaps it is better so.” She took his hand and placed it upon her face, but at its touch the self-control for which she had been struggling gave way; hot tears welled up against her will and fell in burning drups upon his hand. “Mary—Miss Agnew! Tears—they are not for—me?” “No,” she cried passionately, “they are for myself, for I thought you prized this—friendship—just a little: and it was a—a shock to find that you could say good-by so lightly when— after such a verdict—even so slight u thing as a woman's friendship might have been something to you.” Oh, you do not understand,” he said quickly. “It is harder than death to part from you like this! Since the first night I met you my only thought and hope have been to recover my sight, that I might see you and win your love and ask you to be my wife. That was my vision of heaven, and you—its angel; and I never doubted, I thought that light would surely come. And when they said ‘Darkness forever,’ I was stunned. I tried to go away without this last interview, but I could not. I had to come once more. I never meant to tell yon thin, but when, you think I do not prize your friendship I cannot bear it! It is more to me than all the world; It was my hope that one day I might be able to win your love.” “But if—it is already—won?” she murmured tremulously. He started. “I—I do not under stand—” "Nor I," said she. “But I have loved you—from that first day, I think! Now, Anthony Gordon, have you the cour age—will you dare go away?” He caught her hands. “My God, what shall I do!”.he said, helplessly. “Let me try to make the awful darkness less dark,” she said quickly. “But I cannot lev you sacrifice your self so. Oh, my love, I never dreamed of this!” He caught her in his arms, and while her head rested on his breast he passed his hand tenderly across her upturned face and bent,to kiss away her tears. “My angel—you are more beautiful than I had ever dreamed!’’ he said. “And now I bless the darkness, which has crowned me with such love!” HAS ANCIENT PAINT SECRET. Indian Mound Explorer Discovers Pig ment Said to Be Indestructible. Bakersfield, Cal.—The long-sought secret of the composition of inde structible paint, used by the Egyp tians and North American Indians, :is believed to have been discovered liy the finding of a heretofore unknown mineral substance in the Kern river oil field by F. H. Austin, who has been' pursuing scientific investigation for two years. Austin found this substance, which he named "Diatine,” while digging in ancient Indian mounds. He sent sam ples tp the United Statens government geologists tor examination and has re ceived their report, which nolselthw with his own. A string of beads of this ssetertuft and one of asphaltnm worn fond around the neck of an Indian ske>« toa. Theoe beads stood the test «t Cktoretorm and the heat ef a end fed eteve withes* tnjsry. . , ,.^f