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lizard, for two hours or more, in the sun's light and 

 heat. Do I store up any energy ? I know not, but it 

 is pleasant to be able, on a March day, to stretch 

 myself upon this sloping grassy spot and feel the 

 warm rays beat upon my cheek. 



I bow my head in reverence before thee, O Sun, 

 my master ! Thou art King and Lord of all ! From 

 thy face beams a radiant light which quickens into 

 new life all forms of organic beings. The sap in bud, 

 in herb, in tree, obedient to thy will, becomes more 

 liquid, mounts faster, reaches the farthermost cells, 

 and shortly builds new ones to receive thy precious 

 rays. The blood in animals becomes possessed with 

 new energy, and bounds impulsively through the 

 veins. Thou strengthenest the weak, thou curbest 

 the strong. Thou art the source of all energy, the 

 fountain of all life. Why, then, should not I, this 

 afternoon, receive new powers from thy effulgent 

 rays? 



March 22, 1899. The morning dawns clear and 

 warm. By ten o'clock the temperature is 82, and 

 the blue of the sky intense and dazzling. 



An old man cleaned the yard for Mrs. B. this morn- 

 ing, who came to Florida a few years ago with $2, 200, 

 his life savings. He invested $1,000 of it in three 

 acres of land near Orinoiid, one of which was already 

 set out to orange trees. In clearing and planting the 

 other two acres he spent $500 more. The second 

 year after, the frost killed all his trees. He is thus 



