Receiving to Give Again 



Here is the actual result : 



A.D. Bad Days Good Days. 



1886 . . 89 ... 276 



1887 . -59 306 



1888 . . 85 ... 280 



1889 . . 107 ... 258 



1890 . .85 ... 280 



1891 . . 91 ... 274 



1892 . -77 ... 288 



1893 .71 294 



1894 - IO 9 2 4 2 



1895 . . 88 ... 277 



1896 . . 86 ... 282 



If the second column be added up, the sum- 

 total amounts to three thousand and fifty-seven 

 days. If the first column be also added up, the 

 sum-total amounts to nine hundred and forty- 

 seven days. A very simple calculation, which 

 anybody may work out, will show that the pro- 

 portion of "Good" days towards "Bad" days 

 is that of about Three to One. 



Who would have thought it? Not certainly 

 the majority of friends to whom I have appealed 

 for an opinion. Not even an able scientific man, 

 who frankly confessed his astonishment. 



Over three-quarters of fairly Good Weather, 

 as opposed to under one-quarter of fairly Bad 

 Weather and this the average of eleven years ! 



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