THE STARRY HEAVENS IN AUGUST 



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become visible to the naked eye, 

 though this is as yet not certain. 



This comet passed to the east of the 

 sun in July and will this month follow 

 along the path CD, Figure i ; through- 

 out the fall it will be in Ursa Major, 

 and so will remain above the horizon 

 throughout the entire night. 



The Solar Eclipse of August 21. 



The shadow during this eclipse will 

 follow the path AHMB, Figure 2; ob- 

 servers on this path will see the disc of 

 the sun entirely hidden by the black 

 disc of the moon. Those south of the 

 path, but within the area DCRSKN, 

 will see the moon's disc but partially 

 covering the sun. To those south of 

 the line CL the upper edge of the sun 

 will be hidden, while those north of 

 this line will see the moon pass over 

 the lower part of the sun. Figure 3 

 shows the regions of the United States 

 from which a small part of the eclipse 

 may be seen. Observers north of the 

 boundary LMN will see a very small 

 portion of the sun's upper edge dark- 

 ened as the sun rises on the morning 

 of August 21. From all other parts 

 of our country the eclipse will be 

 wholly invisible. 



Domestic Animals Like Concealment. 



1 I art ford, Connecticut. 

 To the Editor: 



Please accept my thanks for the 

 March copy as a sample. I have 

 greatly enjoyed it. The- problem as 

 to the ability of a cat to recognize 

 colors, reminds me of two instances in 

 my own experience. We once had a 

 Gordon setter, whose body was cov- 

 ered with jet black, silky hair, while 

 his legs were brown and he had the 

 two brown spots so often seen over the 

 eyes. He looked very pretty when he 

 was lying on a white fur rug, and he 

 would sleep there at my special re- 

 quest ! But he chose, when his own de- 

 sire could be gratified, a black rug, on 

 which he was almost invisible. Again 

 a white fox terrier, with black ears and 

 three black spots on back and side, was 

 perfectly happy if she could curl and 

 cuddle into something soft and white. 

 1 believe that a desire for concealment 

 is natural to domesticated animals, 

 such as the dog or the cat, when they 

 are asleep and helpless, just as it is 

 with others in the wild state. 

 Very truly yours, 



Mrs. E. A. Shuttleworth. 



The Country Boy's Creed 



BELIEVE that the country, which God made, is more 

 beautiful than the city, which man made ; that life out- 

 of-doors and in touch with the earth is the natural life 

 y^ |4 of man. 



Idal*. ^ Relieve that work is work wherever we find it, but 



that with Nature is more inspiring than work with the 

 most intricate machinery 



I believe that dignity of labor depends, not on what you do, but 

 how you do it ; that opportunity comes to a boy on the farm as often 

 as to the boy in the city ; that life is larger and freer and happier on 

 the farm than in town ; that my success depends not upon my 

 location, but upon myself; not upon my dreams, but upon what I 

 actually do ; not upon luck, but upon pluck. 



I believe in working when you work, and playing when you 

 play, and in giving and demanding a square deal in every act of 

 life. — Suburban Life. 



