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CLlTHEROli JliMES, FRIDAY FEBRUARY_Jh 1898 SCIENCE NOTES.


To .''t h e IN H A B I T A N T S ' O F ; C L I T H E R O E OSWALD ROWE, Coal Merchant & F u r n i t u r e s B e m o Y e r . ^ & d i s t r ic t


Ask your Groeer & Wine Merchant for the


W O R L D R E N O V yN E D— ^ floUB


and nudibilityrPt .*-OfP“ . jjjgtorpodo boat Cushing, made-.off :No;vport.U.d..,bxt^W^


'at niglit'*lia™ been teen re-


bf the American Nayy. . l^^^ .to. be .loast con- P ? i 5 ^ ^ ^ ; ' t ^ \ l^ S p e r S e n t t h e C „ ^ ^


^iciipus.; In,the «p t^ ^ | n ^ 'g a ,p ow eH S ls e a r o h - out; from, shore at light from the land, 3irool?h“ P . j j , t of those on o f 1000 yards she


shore, and,this althoiiRh ■ 0. h.a . ! . ,« .


ESTIMATES!-FREE. .


5 2 r ' E & H T O N


“ “S S S i j T S a ’" " ”n o t e the ,. address : C L i T H E R p E .


t e r r a c e , P r o p r ie to r s—


S IM S O N & M c P H E R S p .N , L d ., NBWCASTLEliEDINBURGH, & -LONDON Gold - Medal, -Health- Exliibition, -Newcastle,-1895-


T h e ^People’s Dining Rooms Commercial Hotel,


li, CASTLE- STREET, CLITHEROE and m - u . T hM l iou . “ ihogothcr Six loid Medals received.


.Splendid A c p o m m o d a t i o n « C y C i s t s ’ . P i ^ n i ^ ^ - d P r i v a t e P a r t i e s P U N E R A L s “ t N S r R T A K E N . - T H B O U G H P U T


i. Piano. All, Itefreshmenta guaranteed to be of the Best Uuality. R. , Vi^OOLER, Proprietor, The Peoples’ Caterer Best Stock G IN TOWN iS-T THE t im e s -THgOnflBLD ...io


GISBDRN..... Bimiuglon.... Ohatbum..... OLITHEUOE


Hellifield, Chatburn, Clitlieroe, 9 4o


•WEEKDAYS,


Newsholmo ...dep;s 4m 4v |


Lnngho ...... Wilpshlre..... Daisy Field..


C 4017 82 . „ » 67 8 0 Wlialley........ . „ 17 22 8-10


. P ® P ’’ . 7 14 8 12


,. l7 SO 8 28 „ 7 30 8 32 , 7 44 8 37


BUACKBCIIN a„p g 10 a*47 art 7 4618 4^ . Saturdays 8-16 toEoitou, aura


Manchester, Bolton, Blackburn, WEEKDAYS.


.MANOHESTKH, V. Bolton.;........Ldop^ 48 "OverDarwon


- . f t i | y


Blackburn, Daisy Field .. ■Wilpahlro .... Langbo ........


8 40 1


arrlc 20 dep 6 30 ,, 6 34


. .. 6 40 .


Wballoy .... .. OLITHEUOE


Cbatbum ..... lUinington.....


niBburn......... Nowsholmo .- llELLlFlELParr


•C 61 6 69 7 6 7 11


6 46 a Leaves Gisburn 11-2. 9 41)1


9 27 9 40 9^8 9 62 9 68 10 4 10 9 1017 1023 1029 1036


9 58 ’0 8 lOlS 1039 1029 1033


...,


i"... 1116 1040UQ4U30 11S6 1142


1050 1056 1059 U 6 1111


1147 116i


i Plohs np pass.


11 0 1132


12 3 1217 1220 1224 1230 1230 1241 1249 1250


2 33 2 88


OverDarwon... „ 18 22 8 SO Bolton......... .. S -lO XltKOnPSTEU. V. |0 18|


8 28 8 .62 8 28 8 05 8 41 8 4S S 63 8 68 9 0 9 13 9 40 10 0


... 8 8.5. ,...8 40, ....8 4C


...8 27 .


9*56 9 60 10 2 It) T 1016


1022 10.34


if>99in.3oill.37ll250|l 7| ,11 6 1118 12201248


1021 1028 1033 1040 1047 1055


UlO Ills 112.3 U29 1135 1140 1|47


113.6 1216 1248 ,1147 1226 1 0


12 0 12 6 1210


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123411 3212 13 1240 I 38 2 19 1247 L 45 2 20 12-62 1 50 2 31 12.67k 55 2 37 I 32 83m0 I 1.6 2 20 3 12 lt»0 2 69 3 33


1


2 191 44 2 24 2 49


Satf only


e Midland train to neUlflold at 10*23. • Stop “ | S S H H


15/36 I 43 1 48 I 64 2 0 2 6


. 45/0 ,.4 8


.. 4 13 1.4 19


3 13


3 31 3 41 3 49


..4 .. 4, 30 ..4 88 ..4 44 ..4 61 . ,,i4 60


4 16 5 17 4 23 5 29


....5 3 il 4 30 4 11 ....4 48 C ’ t


Clitheroe, 3 40


4 li 4 46 6 14


0 I7l7 23 6 2.6


(1 39 7 3il 7 33... C JU 7 618 47{......19 301102:


(; 48^ 4i (i 53 7 60 7 2 7 :>8 7 9 8 4 7 10 8 11 7 21 8 16 7 26 8 22 7 33 e / 7 4.6l 8 1


COLEMAN’S WINCARNIS .OR . Liebig’S Extract:, of qleat and ; Malt l in e


Is a delicious beverase : f r om P o r t W in e , L ie b ig s E x t ra c t o f


Meat, and .Extract of. MalL_______ _


W I N C A R N I S ' ^praVent fraudulent Imitalions. F 1 V & ^ 'T H O T J S A N D


'. nnBolicltea.Tc8timonial8.hJvo.beon received from Medical Meu.


OVER


* Ap'plocross Bossbiro, N.B., July 2nd, 189i. **


-------------“ Wincar?


Sample Bottle may be had free of.charge on ,' receipt of ifull postal addreefl.


on the Coshing horsolf to rea


The circ AMERICAN HUMOUR. MoNBi is easlor in the.East. Sandwiches were


sold at a dollar apiece to snow-bound trayollers, and in that way considerablo money got into circulation. A wniTEK in a scientific ]oumal tells “ how to euchre wasps.” He will find it can’t bo done with a


* Recent announcement in the society column^ - iu im » r e V p “ = ■


■;a”


S^utenongU for those ^por the second ex­


AA r iHi 1 S 1^ ' “^ 1 engines,and swash of water ‘ ™ slioniy a


The search-light was^ U seconds before the bo t


distance of 800 f f T / , monts observes.: Mg


Lig-


torpedo range, and « progress


__


periment, which "'o®' g jeotod by the noise of her which the boat could be detcotea


the- distance at pgUors, the


1 night was very favouraum, excep^^^^^ fbnnel, and The


S o t t M ia ........


„gcd, but it was several bojng tlien at a


g ^


j j^ a yards is the maximum jj. wnnld make great


c g could bo trained fil qucsi°onable wcitlior t o


X t o l ig h tT s miioh of a sVguard against an attao from torpedo boats.


______ lessur


In t o report of tlio rcsearclies carried out by Pro- fessor Frankliind on ‘ tile i-iilation between bacteri-


S S i C ' t ' i M o j» ~ 1


ini60oncopi..u.. water is liahio


I’ III viui»i<.‘ ,7 —


iimo» and not wbot- particularinoment. x,nn,n.... v^


” it is pointed out that great f ,,.i,icU ig to sliow whether dangerous at a


have maliLpossiblo to detec itt the special


typhoid"and ‘ cholera when present ,J,”ter. ' I n winding


great impprtanoo on gneii water.


liecc :ut methods sp


can Z tlmir vitality rliilo till et


n methods, however. nowo.ver,


tlm necessity of properly filtoring _______


I n a naner read before tho Royal Society of Edin-


Enrirl, ^ilr C A. Stovcnson sliows that telegraphic t“ ^ : s v s . a — ^


between norm u,»v - 6 ..... - We R toWrnnh wir


H U t - 3 t lm message sent throiiglr one 'vill ho heard by telephone on i-lio other. A Iiundro J


two coils, or proportional M - ^ r r L ^ L ^ d criis“ ara lar’ ihe battery he requires. Ho-says the


S i n g distance is directly ns the diameter o f ,anco 18 a uuuj *-*•**'••*-......-


will ho Irod ( savs 1 r of 1


, the


fails when tho coils are too close together. Paorr.ssoii Neesen. of Berlin, has ®.''®“ «aea


nhotoirranliing the oscillation of pro.)ectiles. He YO”™ FLETOHEE, L-RO.P.


W IN C A R N I S Vendor*. Anif for Colcman‘8 “ wincarhlB,” or Liebig’s Ex-


2a. OA and 4a. 6d. ovorywhero. ________ ___ Solo Proprietors and Manufaclurora of tho above,


COLEMAN & Co., Limited, NORWICH & LONDON.


C L IT H E R O E T IM E T A B L E . - E E R R U A R Y Blackburn, Bolton, and


1.S98. Manchester. SUNDAYS


......110‘J6 2 6817 12 ' ..... 7 20 .....7 27 .....7 36 7 46


9 21 1030 - - io:w


9 18 10 6


9 28 9 3.3 9 O’* 1010 1022 in i 11331...;-.,


1010 1016 1023


1043 1049 1051 11 2


1068 Il 6 1114


..... 7 61 .....7 69


11.63 4 '27ll0 2 ......13 20|7 8116 Train at 8-27 Durweu Wods. & al8.


U3.,.4 lO'o 30.....


3 3218 2J 3 42 8 43 8 55


.....Is 14 19


a“Jo’pping~trVin i’o ManchcB.er at 3-UO. Gisbum and Hellifield. SUNDAYS. 0


9 40 1010 1023 1046 10)9 1055


11 1 11 6 1114 1120


lOlC 1037


U C 1115


9 20 9 2.S 9 31 9 37 9 42


1220 1224


123«' 1236 1241 1249 12.6i


I 28 I 40


2 0]6 45 2 42 7 25 8 14 8 1 3 30 8 15 3 43 3 47 8 34 3 53 8 40 4 0 6 46 4 - 5 8 51 4 IS 8 59 i 21 9 6


4 40 4 47|


h Train at 12-46 to B bum and Ueillflold aaiiy. Stop Saturdays only to set down passengers.


Blackburn to Padiham and Burnley— N.L. Loop Line WEEK-DAYS.


Leave Blackburn § I,oaTe Gt. Harwood Loave Podlham........ Arrive Bose Grove .. Arrive Burnley B.T...


9 28 9 50 9 66


lu 6 1010 .1020 1029


..'1086 10 0 1022 1042


11 8 1118


■ simonstoneemln.late“r. c Train at 1-20 and 10-20


I2c25 12 36


1127 II3> 1140


12 44 12 61 I2a56


31‘2 53.3 2714 25


2 13 3 3 2 22 8 12 29


2 3‘6|


3 37 4 35 3 46 4 44 63 4 51


4 0l4 .67 6 1.6 7 87


8 0 8 12 8 21 8 28 8a31


1035 104.6 1054 11 1 Il 7


SUNDAYS.


£<i(/i9 20 onlii\0 27 Id 83


112019 0 1128 9 10


3 4U|9 40 3 -JO 0 50 4 0 10 0 4 710 4 IsjlOlS


Snta.onIy to Padlham, and 10-5 Tuesdays. MauchealorBil. I, Stops on Mens.


9 25 9 69 1012


I 6'4 56'8 26 9 4-6


.. 4 44 8 13 9 83 .. 4 60 8 19 9 39


;4 iv*\s 01.- 4 38 8 6\,


I230l2 5;6 45 9 45 1030 1242 2 17 .6 .67 9 67 1041 9 50 0 03 1034 -


I 10 6 1 8 31 9 50 I 1816 9 8 40 9 68 I 24 5 16 8 47 10 4 I 31.6 22 8 65 lOll I 36 .6'27 9 0 1016 1-4215 3.6 9 9 1023


ARkror Oomrnan^^^^.^^ and seo that Ilia wort


ilio nlate from tho position of which, fahCn in con inction witti Hint of the siin the


nvia nnd noint cmild lie calculated,


Fliigga, and Burranoi-dlrghthouso station, a di t o of f l o miles. His plan is to form two largo coils of


sbe weeks old. “ I SEE that a Pittsburgh


framatic critic. ‘ Y®®’ I you propose to p


gun in one Pi®“ ’” -go?” .-“ It’S solid 8tcal.‘ -__ BO ?” - “ It’s solid steal.


r n,'anager to a m^ °f


_ . - i. tackUng.a xroelTeTperimto solved this


“ What do you publish a I know f” '®"=“ ,‘ ‘“ ”rpor


paper for. I’d like to - an irate politician,


_______


, in advance,” responded t o eaicor, i four years.”


„ Xor, “ and you owe for ■'


two dollars a year, -' Pimcord School .philosopher,


Arsenio was freely adminwtered to another ijj . I symptoms .were-ioted, and as soon as iUt!


‘ rm C h warc'ompared with that of the dead„ J with-that' of the other dead dog. i f there was, J


larity or an identity of physical phenomena, i l concluded that t o man had died from arsenis, | process may. bei called the analysis of conjij analogy. Lovers of animal creation may conjnsl themselves on the fact that the poor passire ceased to have such a share in medical and tiiJ


i „ . cast a solid steel . iarisprudence. . Chemical analysis la now n 1 has cast,a


be' easily and quickly detected. — He


Con. ” “ How ^ ^„ctic yonthi


■ ^^Sfanisu Dances.—Spanish dances have a 1 . resemblsnoB to, the dances of the East. In ‘ one’s idea of a dance is something in which J movement ia due to the legs. In Japan and in ij


g^oUsman. sn rt ‘ ‘ .We are boggeu." d


t* 1 .13 . . - j «U/viova when nresent m n dunking -eVoH. Rt^nnins in front,of a h x a . t , t h e professor lays


P.. T,„g jg .a q«P®r-'0“bing. .asked,, stepping


'‘ Yes; - in r in g


beahtiful streets we m W ashingto When horses runs en kicks hit s sign o. -


v i nee „ When geeses finds derc wings, en i , hit’s warnin’ er.cple weaH^r-


I comm-so rnin’ soon. _ _ '....e-Tniaht ’s cornin’ on


-iVapK ],ogs air rootin’ on makin bcos snap or hard night’s comm on. . Lo en beholst, when yer see


^___ files, en clatters. , . ,


it is quite odd and quito^^^^^^ XUIIU *•'' "quite old,’ ’ slie’ v « or what jj


on Laflyctto gg^arfs, the deficate undulations of the body, i j .. .


it ?’* ho tj J „].«!


an’nces a nnd in the danse du ventre the legs art]


nearly motionless. They are only used to assiiij ■ diicing the: extraordinary movements of the its


■ nnd the hips in which so much of the dance ts I t is li dance in which the body sets itself toh rhvlhm. Spanish dancing, which no doubti its’Eastern colour from the Moors, is almost eqi


en flies, en clatters, dance of the whole body, and its particnlar dm ist io -tl ie action of t o h ip s - is due to a pb


g, peculiarity to the Spaniards, whoso spmub ' Lcrial and unique curve of their own. Tb;


dem5DlYes,ien;slick demselve3W.d dore bills


. , tgg po sUiUanaS, with all its differences, bass vend, resemblaBce to Arab dances. It begins wiihti


..............h , .a iW e .e n e e . S ^ , gj


in time to the regularcUct


raingwinefall. ______ .<gl,e„ de cat’s er washin !of ca'stanoto. Now the women face one aaoilml You kin count on er ram wlion. le eas a


" i S i ' f o w s how t^ h o o k s en .fro to cndocs


oncommonprancin; ’to’ Ef smoke goes nglit up de


; Ef smoke clings to do ground itvyon t fair ou due *®'L - g put


:’‘ tN T ? c o r o ’-swarmin’ en,des himinates do house when heavy rains air nigliin. ■ nonsE-miEs know when rams air comm


• crowds ter slielter. i l io resiiira ‘ f,®


G a in e d 'sLw e d that, both f - ' ! ' ments during flight very ditferont from those ussally


believed to take place. _____^ T he " telephotos ” is certainly a nscfiil adaptation


of t o ordiniry clectrio lamp for ®>sn»l>'"g A row o f incandescent lamps ®°"'® Sed, are controlled by a. keyboard


To signal a certain word or letinr. tlio ®


fpi-rper keys‘’S e " ‘pr"esscd. and the electric current the?eiiponfiglits oertain o f llie lamps, and makes the mill,' Tho^ Morse tol?grnphic code is «®®.d. ^nt


odiously a special code might bo employed if need wore.


PitOFr,ssoB Newcomu, inn paper read of the New York Aslronomicnl Society, tried ( " f e n t s


the Echo) to convoy a faint idea of the heat of I'® ®'"’ - He pointod‘ out tliat if tlio chromosphere be called an ocean of fire, it. must be, roincmbored that it is an ocean hotter tlinn tho fiercest fiirnnco, and a® <i®®P “® tiio Atlantic is broad. I f its movements be cal ed hurricanes, then compared with our hurricanes, which onlv blow about 100 miles an liour, those of the chromosphere would blow ns far m a single moment, carrying with them the whole surface of Auioricn in d mns3% o t simply of ruin, but of glowing vapour, which would bo mixed in a single mdistingyisliablo cloud, while the solar eruptions, throivn as they are SO 000 miles liigli, would engulf tho earth nnd dissolve every organised being on its SHi faco in a moment.


SnxuGiiT can bo produced on Iho earth at will according to Nicola Tesla, the eminent eleetricmn.


He says timt the light of t;l»> ®un 's the result of olootricnl vibrations in the 04,000,000 miles of ether


4 27 9 n 4 35 9 17


which separates us from tliat great liiiniiMiry, and does not proceed from a great central^ fire, ns the scientists tave nit along held. I f these vibrations can bo reproduced tlio light will follow. The rapidity of tho vibrations is a second nscessnry to produce the desired result is, ho sa.ys, expressed by the figure o with 14 ciphers annexed; and lie is now trying to build a machine whioli will produce these vibrations


T he sun when it sols appears tniich larger t o p


when at a considerable elevation in the sky. l liis phenomenon is generally nsoribed to the grentor facility of comparison between tlic dimensions of tlio solar disc and thoso of terrestrial objects on t o


horizon. This theory is now disp>'*®d


s 'p Thompson, wlio’ suggests tliat the effect is in some considerable part due to the grentor redness of


tlie sun, viewed Ihrmiglt an iitmosphcric screen of muoh-increiisod tliickiiess. lied is an advancing colour, while the more refrangible rays retire.


A rno-iECT for a "hanging” olcctric_railway has been laid before the city autlioritics in . Berlin, l l io


[railway consists of it light iron network, with iron raiis supported by coliiiniis at equal distances. At the


- Burhloy -(lk 1 . .■.,


§ Blackburn 6 A Train at 2-28 on Sats 5 Slmonslono 7 min. osrlior. t Buraloy Barracks 3 min. latori o ManeheslorEoafl.


Boso Grovo. Padiham ...I. Groat Harwood........


Clitheroe to Accrington,i Burnley & Colne,. & to. Preston, Blackpool, Southpwt.^Liverpool. 110


WEEK-DAY^.


CUllieroo upi....... ' BIflckbum „ .....


:■ iBlackpooLCeatral • „ I Talbot B Seuthport CU. St. Liverpool Exeban.


.Blockbdrh dep. Preston an*......


. ’.Accrington arr. ..


’ r.Burnley, B.T dop.. Colne...............


B 28 9 28


8 28-8 67 9 40 9 67 1030 1047


9 12 9 80 9 64 1012


7:66 8 60,9 16


9 22 9 35 1023 1030


10 3 1018


1017 J/on only


9t47 1010 1113


10 7 104.6 11 2


lf33 114.6 1217 1265


KM5 1118


11 C 1030 1085


11 7 ,1140 1 26


I 16 1230


1225 1140


,3 40 60


1222 12.65


I 67


ID25 1 .68


3a2 2o68 2 63


2 4 2 27 3 19 3 23 3 19 3 20


■


4 lyi 4 19 4 S 4 40


2 46 3 18


4 16 4 32


3f22 3 64 13


O 4 65


3S20 3 56 4 12 4 81 4 49


4 30 5,17 5 18


5 36 6 7 G 26


5 18 5 35 6 22 6 80 0


6 49 1 3-31 BTh^oug^’rrata\VBlaeki.ooli-6Sats.,^ll-t5Tu^,Y/eds.^T^^^^^^^^


>, X/ivorpool.......dop. Sou*hport...... ... Blackpool Talb’tB


‘ iBlackbum...... srr : Clltheroo.....»..arr


• Preston.........


■ ; Burnley. B, T..... ■ Accrington ...dop,


' Bsmley Mari. Bd i Colne........ ........


" /.'V


mM .V'i-.y


' Blackburn...... arr ■ Olltberoe


Central ’!25


5 69 6^'69


G 20 7 62 Train at H ^ r S W - o f


..;. 6 45 ....7 1 67 36


6 6 7 12 7 62 8 89


86 45


-69 6 39 lOK


9 16 9 29 44


8 68 9 31


1017 9 30


9 22 45


|9 35 8 40 8 45 8 25 9 35 10 3 1949


10 5


WEEK-DAYS. 1M7


8 31 10 0 1039 1124


1121 9 20


9 W 104i


9 8C 1025 1042 1124


1110 1126


12 2 1217 1249


10 3 9 65 10 6 11 6 1130 1249


1130 V


111.6


1220 1258 1 34


1 80 1 46 2 28 2 44 3 36


8T2 8 45 9 68 9 37 9 43 9 22


8 13 9 3 9 26 9 62 1012


8 4.6 9 18 1040 102.6 11 2 1120


G


9 60 in.o 1013 1030


9 60


1011 1124


10 6 1023


1038 1066


1016 1035


101‘ lu65 1112 1147


12 o


8 40 9 12


loin 1030


104<


2 8 4 80 4 60


60


2 2 2 3C 3


7 35 8 10 47


9 35


7 30 7 48 8 16 8 31


S V


9146 1012


tor Southport* Liverpool, arr. 4-30 * 4-20. A Sata, oxcejloa. - 9; to Southport 1-12 Sals., 2-10 daily, y 7 47 Express to S port,arr.8-d0


Liverpool,Southport, Blackpool, Preston, & Colne, Burnley, Accrington, to^Clitheroe. ... 1235


lj>49,2 20 I;>30 2 20


3 66 4 3C


6 35 5 17 7 in . 6f4!\ 7 2(i S 35


5 15G 45 8 67


7 20 7 20 8 44 9 47 1114 ...... ...... ...... 9 12 1249 ...... 4 13 ...... 8 69 ...... 9 66 1 10 ......3 66 .. ... 1252.. . 3 38G 62 .........


5 17 6 16 7 08 23 9 45 C 40 8 G9 1 1026 '


G 10 7 6 8cl5


3 20 3 26 ......l4 27


s’-M U iZckh Sra’imd S


6 4(’ 7 29 8 10 9 2 1037 7 20 8 44 8 44 9 47 1114


6 40 6 35 7’40 8 62 9 6R 6 45 6 25 6 5(17 66 9 16 6 16 41 7 G8 16 9 34 7 12 7 64 8*47 1020


i 25 7 20 1014 9 60 3 35 6 65 7 28 ... 7 0 9 35 .. 2 6.6G 20G .48 7.10 ... ...


..... 7 32 .. io46 1 42 ...... 8 37 ...... 11 0 1 68


0 12 ...... 1249 3 14 4 IS......4 30 7 33


7 15 ..A.. 8 20


1235 ......3.22 C.8S 4 16 7 18


8 59 ..... ’ '-f’lO^Tlxibot Ro’id, 10 CoatralEats. excepted, V -R The Proorietora of the ClMeroe Times take every care to CDSure the correctness of- this Time Table,.but they do.


...... • ....


I Train at 6-22, arr Blackburn 6-40, Mens exceptwl •


......... ... 7 45 8 20 1 25 .S.... .6 40 1 1.64 576 60


. .


7 40 ......,1 22 7 25


i 1i>


B 22 8 67


8 31 9 33 9 53


13 9 60


9 60 1028 1046


ton. on the roils, within the network, nin small waggons each willi two axles. To encli couple o f these waggons hangs a passenger carnage. The lino is to rim from the Berlin Zoological Gardens to the Pots­ dam Plntz. The carriages are all of one class, and a train is composed of only three carriages, each holding


40 persons. I n a paper coiiiiiiiinicntcd to the Astronomical


Society, Sir. IV. 'F. Deiiiiiiig deals with the motion of fire-balls nnd sliooting stars relatively to the earth. Ho finds that- liie ma.ioi-ily of fire-balls move slowly nnd are travelling in llie same direction as tho earth, their points o f radiation being placed in the western p a rto ttho firiimment. The results derived from


WHF.S liglitenin: en thunder conies de.se thunder bolts,.wliat falls whenlightnin’ strikes, dM -


draw de thunder ct you bring ’em m Y®®'! ®®“ ” ’ IVben de peacock yells, be yells fer wet day . At most ev’ry buryin’ dar comes cr t o -


When er tree falls, hit CuiaxENs when dee waltz, dee waltz fer ram.


Tim firogs singin’ sign er bad weather. RAK-CR4W holler fer rain.


. , yrnEN locusts bizzes dere wings togedder m do trees


^*^T?ai°riioRv in er house when do night’s bad »r ^ t w f r a g ^ ^


doehoilers“ Mo’


™ ViffiN boTcornders of tbo moon air up sbo’s holditl’ up the water in her lap.


Ef one


rain down. Y-oD may look tor a


• cornderbe down she’s gwino to let water rain when de sun goes ter


-K-ater


"^'when theVre spits snow hit’s gwine to bo a fall er ' “ "m t o o w ^ M ^ l ig ld s ’roundmanyandfastd^


" “E ^ ^ ^ ^ [ u T :n r h t o j . im u p ; dat’ii sto, bring “^ ’■D'l's^Snin’ ’to’ day break I seen in


®"’ lo, en beholst! I seen er *twaVfc nobodv I ever knowed—hit ^ ‘Y'" » rorose


laid cole, en dcs ez daywuz .bout hit rattle all hit’s bones, hit did. Diir . den . dar wuz gTyine ter be er spoil er weather I PnoFEsson Q„ in a recent lecture, sai


‘


the old gentleman mustliavo! Magistrate (to prisoner): ‘


_ ,,,


had a ring six thousand miles broad J ""®®'™ ,. exclaimed a A'aiikee. who w.as present, wliat a linger


that you took t o ham because you are out oE worx an^voiir family are starving ? And vet I und r^tand


you have tour dogs about the house. ’ U"®'® “ Yes, sir, but I wouldn’t .arsk my family to cat ilo„3,


’ ’VNKORoboy whilewalkingatong t o his bat and struck at a wasp 1'’®’^J^.®‘* ®'


tall shrub banging over a fence. The b®> P®^ liat, turned to a man and said: ‘ I


. . . ® i,:‘. .


ar old wass.” “ Didn’t you g e t '® 7 ? , u=“ ’ , " ' ' j but I------- ’-ho snatched oil his hat, clapped b>® 1“ ®“ on the top of his licad, squatted, howled, and said. “ Blaine ft didn’ git datolo wass.”


A YENKiiAui.E old tramp entered an Austin business


liouso and said to tlie proprietor: “ I am ‘ ''® fortunate man in tho world. Please do somethin^ foi


mo." “ I don’t know who you are,” replied the iiicr- chant; “ You may be an impostor.”


® certificate from Parson Jordan of Galveston,that 1 am


a liard-working, honest >"®"- nale.” “ A certificato from Parson Jordan o£ U.aivcs- ton ?" asked tho merchant. “ Yes, s ir ; here it is,


replied the mendicant, handing tlie ,®


Ttio mcroliant looked at tho paper and said: 1 arson Jordan, of Galveston, is my brother. I know ins signature very well, and his signature _on tliat " t '''® - cato is tolled.” “ Just as I c-vpected, whin^ t o mendicant. “ I told vou I was tlio most untortunato man in tlie world, .lust tliink of mo coming to t lO hrotlior of Parson .Tordan, of all the people m tlio town, and sliowing him that forged certificate, wlion there is not anotlier man in Austin who knows Ins


siematuro ” T ub faphionablo young woman of tho day , ,


prescribes for her acquairtanccs as if she were to tho medical profcs.sion born. She has used a drug by medical advico and. insists . that it will also cure lioi* dear friond, who mnsttry i t ! Antipyrin, for; instance, is tnken daily without inodicnl ndvico asked or received. Ono thing in reference


observations of .3® I of tlie largest fire-balls which ■ hftvo appeared during tlio past 30 years show that while 40-8 per cent, of , them met tho earth, only M'a overtook it. SInny of the slbiv-nioving nnd brilliant flro-balls appear to ho solitary; whether this pro­ ceeds from tho smallness of tlioir associated streams or from absolute isolation has yet to bo ascertained.


5 26 .. . ... THE b e s t a n d s a f e s t PO'WDBB BEFORE THE PUBLIC.


OH T iT E E F IB LD ’ a iCELBBEATBD L> - TEETHINQ POWDEB8


Are, excellent when children are_ oroae, ..feveriji^ or restless. They at once cool toe systom, r e f ­ late the bowels, snhdda all ^ d a^ o f - fevensh symptoms. ■ They , also .cure constipataon In •very


form, whether in.ohildron or.adnlto. PACKAGES, Is. 2d., and to. 9L eaoh. Prepared only by


W. BTJTTBBFIBLD,


CHEMIST, 'tNOVIA- 'i SCOTIA. BIiAOKBUBH.


' to this particular dnig is quite certain—^nml its habitual “ eaters ” Avill bo tho first to acknowledge the fact—and that is that frequent indulgence, as with inost^driigB, leads to habituation, nnd that in­ creasingly larger and therefore more harmful doses have to,bo taken in order to produce the desiicd effect; nnd, while the desired effect may bo obtained with the larger and more frequent dose, tho side effects, 80 to speak, are also produced more nnd more strongly,, nnd tho patient is in danger of sufforing complete physical shipwreck, or at least of producing in himself such a condition of bodily wcnkncFS ns must render him more liable- to succumb to what would be, under other and more faveiimblo circumstances, but a slight illness or a temporary disorder. Wo do not wisn to


undorvaliio this or any other dnig of a similar class. Useful an-S helpful, iindoubtodjy they are, but it should never bo forgotten, tho Lancet tolls us, that


they nro only administered in order, ns it wore, to mask the painful effects which accompany some de­ parture from physiological health, ana that they do not o f tliomsolrcs restore normal funotion.


When is a horse like a herring ?—When he ii hard Kde (roed).


uugtus of'work


thnnder- “ j


cn moves round.- Dee is , dangerous thinp, cozo ueo


tiie'v glide to nnd fro, changing places, asniJ ment o f the lancers, tflie swaying movenKfiil liips becomes more pronounced; the body morJ sort o f cirole upon itself. And then thejmi recross, accentuating the rhythm with a t o p heels Their arms wave and dip.cumagw]


curves o f the body. • The dance grows mores: with a sort o f ; lascivious siiggcstivcness, a E perverse charm, ns the women wntho to aodlr.


■ [angnishingly, now furiously, together and ends with a frantic tremoiissoinent of the h]


. stamp o f the heels, and a last clang of the ca^o: tho arms grow rigid in tho sudden unmohihlj, .b o d y . - r / ie Fortniffhtti/Ecmcw.


■


' T ub R avages of tub W iittb Ant. Ihe never venture in sight except in extreme exv one is ignorant of the terrible destruetiontha(i.«


ocoasioii to the works of man. Invisible to thosijji


' tliev throaton, they push on their galloriM total walls of their houses. They perfora e ths


beams, the wood-work, the always the surface o f the objects attacked in ti


manner that it is impossible to be avrare ^ hidden. ravages. They even take care to proJ


buildings they eat away troin mortar the parts they have hollowed out Bt!| precautions aro only employed if the ^ _


able, and it they intend to prolong their sojomi in the other case they, destroy the wood witaf ceivable rapidity. They have been kno^,J single night, to pierce ‘ he whole of a tabjeld top to bottom, and then the table itself, n./J st ill continuing to pierce their way, todescandM the opposito log, after having devoured the M of a trunk placed upon the table. CasstlfiJ


• Looks.—-People who depreoiato or preten. wholly indifferent to their looks, either stli


IVorlfi, . , . ]


else fail to recognise tho main structure in tho human mind is built. \Vhat, m fact, ii


for ’ I t faces were like blades of gras^rls trees, where would bo our identity ? Whci ? Where would bo our c;


ho our passions. The whole world would become a giganuc


nmoliinerv. worked by the mind of man, mli; without vitality, without result. I t is the bnaf divine which gives lifeblood to our pas?sg(b this world. Emiilntion, self-respect impxl nnd admiration nro all qualities which fpnjB the consciousness that outward appearance i!,w intended to bo, a matter of importance. It ud a law of nature ns self-preservation. No ma hnndssino or how ugly a man may


distinction between man and woman here-W arm inarm with a friend towards nmirrorjl


image does ho first glance at? Not t-hefn® limy bo siiro. Observe a lady walking nlongi How many times will she glance at heroms in the shop windows?. As often as ftep chance. Tho sight never loses its nonlt!-i question, “ What am I looking like? netliq fascination. Let her go into a room fiillol ^ Slie will look into ono on the right, then lo turn and repent the process on the fc| is quite right. Tho two sides are ferent. Again, lot her see a f"®®®^ anew dress of fashion. What is that occurs to her? -*Now, I wonder ^


would suit me ?" She immediately mind how and when tho idea is t o b e ^ while the friend is all the while flattencsj she is an object of admiration. let bo^ woman condemn themselves for this ww is common to all alike. Neither let Ibf I


value good looks, nor despair of


price would net bo paid for that L—J1___f/w r11 iirae! UriVO nUUlU UOK.UW pta.v* .«• *“ " ' l , ^


lack beauty avoid its snares. Thofo J


Tho gift of beauty is often allied wuti»| tion of manner which plain faces for in vain. I f it could be bought for e


smile which i» imprinted for all time. | acknowledge its jwwer nnd envy ils posse^j ia much to bo said on the opposite side. *1


J


by pause to ask tbemsolves how they may to its best account. They have no chance ^ of show. They will not even h'Ti mention. They had best not


1. — 'To dd


held this ye.! 2. — If del


officers. All Mem!


scribers, are! ...d are open to them, wider and more satisiymsi


[gift that f&des.’-CAambfrs's Jeuntiu. W hy ought an old man to bo fond of P


—Because be likes his little comfit*. W hy is the treadmill like a true


its turning is the result of the man s co


b r u n 'k e n n | ■ Or the Liquor Hab^


Curc.l in cllborBex-wltbonllbers®c'®'®^”( | S remeily (a Ilqiii.I) con bo given , w-iiu l« N|.irlls, Hn. 0 11.0 system is


J


Uon tho nppctlto for in'ori’’” " '® ' iS ,™ w It®! fr“


' Ballillngs, London, W.C. Powders are


mnrvclIooB dlsrovcry of Bfimmod ’envelope.—j ir ’s. D-


FnlDAY, FEURDAIIY 4lb,


Printed end Published for Ibo Propti!"! 6 sitrW"


PARKINSON A BLACOVY, H -.Olilbor*®’


tcBtlmoniols, » e > ' 4, f e uBolc^^ j


icr


cures have*’been, oini. ore he'bB* ®, L^'oiid dtiijl troRtment. Pcricotly hormlcss. snil


In connecti


Old Scl WEDI


At which it i Dal


McmheTel , J By requ


next, Feb will be h (kindly 1 Roberts, sjderationl wise of


Owners’ All Properl


ed to attend ”


Agricull The Ail


adjournec January 1 tion, will Hotel, F ebruar'^ o’clock in


■ the leg* have very little to dp with the dance, _ __....Alton t\f hftnna.


uvtho su ittalie gesture o ands,


exquisite rhythms of Japanese dancers are pro' A..


i t.hn TnnrttnnUti e manipul&til it ] presence and the character of anv poiKil


T h e C l it i I C om !


.Chairman: Jas.I ' MaiiaginiT


On MondaJ


for Sale 90 Fa On Tuesda


already enterel present ca lv e rf and geld cattlJ On T u e sd a i


ly calved c o f spring calvinJ Newly calved] heifers from


£ 1 1 to £ 16 i j £ 6 to £ 14 eaj ■ ’ On Mondajf making Iromj Scotch heifers j to 6Jd., cows j g o od clearanJ Prizes will


To the seller I To the owner j To the owner! The largest j


purchaser of t f and the highesiB Two compete!


the prizes to bel The Sales anl


bona-fide and ti prize money. I Clitheroe is I


trict, and the M and store cattf the hearty co-o| sales may be ml and Bcllcrs.


I Ail Cattle wil


Instructions, fr| (Ecgisioreil


Sale on Moni with S! mencii calved


Early enlr;


On SundaI THE PLATfJ


MR. T. POST Afteunoo ^1


u S ^ o ^ 'm U h e r , my son.” ------------------------


-plaining ‘ ,.tions.]


[Father is,busy„e^ . romparJ-’^ '^ * - '^ 'aeon 081


- ---------- SJ’ IRITU; g e n e r a l n e w s .


S r ^ “S s i r eV t o p o i »n in g h e r h n 8 b a n d ,W Gloucester


thsdeoease _ ®Yidencea


SiNaciAR,.^^ n Mrs. Mary Reed-.was ^ tnjj Berkeley. I t was coDieet,


Reed, gentlem , ^ poison was adminisU,, b S f soup ■ *^^It would appear ^


remarkable trial Uai . ^ j,-Q^^^j^g adopted to aac?!


h l o U of thq.Lutheran Church on Satux-.r whether t o what is-a temale.orank ?” Father 1


' “ u^^bVlhl piotim was’ destroyed by poison was bj . „ ETonrS OP " DETEOTWa ” PoiBOJ.,


•‘The'Cliti is equal to three papers I trict, and double that i


PRIM PEN|


H A B n l CLil


SOCI


W;'»S;fe S M | |


r w L p i l ;.a2£*5;*' m f«v» L t'STtoAi -\h', V


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