HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1886-09-17, Page 7•Tire Buomy of the Oyster,
fouunnd the6 btgrfeh faintlyvery beds dsett ctive
fA their interests, Thatheeitby and hungry
family devour the corning oyster by the
ltaludred; thousand. -T'he.little ,treatere fe a
XtcOnclerfut manifestation of •toe. power of
nature to produce bcahtif til geometric/forme
in eniteaketinetti ase sit consists of a ten*
tr*I'flita }Ed' eve r d1hting arms. °It# Dp•
ppeerir surface is Lard and covered with email
ps, One of these lumps is Always
....neer than the rest, and is found a little to
side of the center. - - 9 is seen in the il-
lustration; We 1s called the madreporio
tubercle. The•oirculating fluid of tete eters
adz passes out through the madreporio
tubercle, If you balk at the
tach thropgh .a naignifyiitg"gldS$ yz
svlll bee upon bis back a number• of •small.
4440s:thatlook. something like pitchforks..
'T4ey consist each of a pair of pincers: anp•
ported upon a flexible stalk. The stall:k'
sways. about and #ho pincers open and
ebur They are of use to the animal.
TOP 'O,! OAS : MSS:
$ht•tlle
VW: starfish enQTes Is :ttwet
r1o41s•0 all. Upon bile vundetslacr :follow
ins the outline of his ray-HI/ear/mare rows,
of tiny membranous tubes. The anin>nl
propels himself by letting hie circulating,
Raid ,nand on . o tf hese' tubese_Th are,•„,
in brief, tube -feet. Each one bears a sucker:
y the means of these suckers it is that the
flak crawls over,a surface. By their means,
too, be can bold himself fast to the side•of a
taint or rack by merely attaching the tip of
one of his rays, • With his little sucker, feet
he r'catohes ort;',so to speak.
The starfish can turn himself over, when
thrown upon' his back, It is amusing to
watch him do this, He twists the tip of one
Tay over'iwdcatches hold of the ground. be-.
neath with his little fingers. Then he folds
the .ray under, tiatnore of • the tiny fingers
get' a firm grasp. The next ray is manipu-
lated in the same manner, and the next.
Then the starfish lifts himself„ by one grand
eLfortti'and "°who sa'-hirwhele-bydy-over.' .
There are .many different 'species of the
tribe. In sortie 'the bcdy fills out solid to
the points of : the star: Then the' fish .be-
. •comes a regular, pentagon. Again` the ray-
like . arms curl up and close all' together at
the points into a bard, round shell. This
form of starfish" is called the sea:archin.
The Little, rough spines upon the outside
lengthen and stand. .out upon, him like per.
.supine qu11ls _-• • . _•
In yet another.memlier,of the' family the.
.-.arms run ont long and thin into waving,
flexible tendril's, This species is ;called the
''brittle starfish. •
,see, insteatt .of the toureturesmee areas
and' broad sails that turn power` to tial
old style Holland mi;btstid those that itbraot
':rI the eye all over the old sxorld; the dmericen.
1 mill has a wheel that looks like a *cedar
window shutter, the narrow wooden /danced
which radiate from neer the center. The
shaft of the wheel :nos across bearings on
top of the tower, and beyond that is the big
fanwhich keeps the wheet"fat'•e-d"toward the._
wind. There is one wheel made of iron,
oort of • wind turbine, that is popular ales:
About•the C1.11140181 use ever made of •Lho ol4.
style gt'air! grindtli'g mill is to he seen near
Seeuthampton, . on Long "Island. A hummer
iVAidenthhebe* aQtie?+n.Alba addition to
one,''imd ulies the combination ab a summer
residence. Windmills are no longer of any
use for anything but pumping, but for that
they are about perfection. Ohio and Illinois
have the largest factories for turning cue
windmills. In' addition to"the home market l
there is a good eels in ��4, outh. Aptarea and
elsewhere. abroad.
t .T XI -!5�74 LT a -..1A,
' RVI KSHA .
Fir <r<. •
10t Vette in Sunitroka
Tf icq' er cold water were to be put over
the back of the- neck and the beciput, it
wn pld•be oiw of the most fatal things that
could be done; as it would drive the blood
still mere to the'ssrebrum, which is already
too Much sufxut,ed with blood. Ice, or cold
tartter°would be iiseful-on the front or upper
head or over the ;temples. But there is a'
far'more patent influence for healing, sun
Stroke and preventing bad alter, effects, and
that is the pouring of water as bot as can be
borne over the occiput and cerviz. Use
whole l:ucketful if necessary, as hot as 115
to 120 deg. Fahrenheit. The neck and shoal.
dens should be bared and drains forward
over another bucket, and the water poured
over the whole. neck and a abort distance
over the back head. It is surprising hon
some of the 'Horst Gases are cured 'almost
immediately in this way. reiterant of this'
simple method multitude.:, become insane or
die: trout over heat. It bel qi y s every one.
eittring •thI' hot season toavoid :stimulating
fooda.and drinks, and use acid fruits, .lenion ,
ads, Cereals, etc.'
Diving Depths.
The
ere is no record of the d'
ratann.
shore at which divers. have gone doivninthe'
Atlantic ocean. They con . go down to car
taerdepths--'a't`a'ny -partof-tba ocean: ^••As
long ago as 1850, E. P. Harrington, at West.
field, N. Y., went dawn 170_feet and.. re-
covered the iron safe of the steamer Atlan
tic, sunk in Lake Erie the year* before. ` .He,
wee dressed in :a common • diver's suit; and
`reniainod down eleven minutes.. A recent
French invention enables hien to •descend
Over 800 feet. '
• Facts. of ,Interest.
Grape seed oil is used in Italy for purposes
of illumination •
. Tin,on a housetop should he. well'' painted
once•in four years.
The predictions of the Frenclr weather bu-
reau were veriliirlii" hear m ninety ca5e3
out of every hundred.
The strongest wood in the 'United States,
is the nutmeg hickory of Arkansan. The
most elastin is the`tanlarack'. •
• • The Japanese governnient are•introducing
the use of Roman characters -into •their
printed language, instead of the native. •It
:will facilitate popular , learning. .
The mosquito crop Iwirlorida is said: to be
smaller: than• usual this year, twang to;.the
discovery of a Ste botellteejrer,,=who
tried the experiment Or illititylisgOir into'
bonds and stagnant bite of water.. Ee iounc1
that it prevented the insect's "from hatching;
and his plan is coming into general use In
the state. ' .
Faitli•.cures are recognized by The Loudon
Lrin'cel;, which Says there is no.questionthat
"they are wrought: -There: is no .mai cele in
faith healing,but it would b3 a miracle if
faith healing• did n of occur ;under: favorable
conditions: The mistake that, Lias been
made is in proclaiming faith cures as a -re•
ligious inaction. • ,
NIA
''.I' ovolty. Collar and Cuff.
EEITTLE S 'Axrrxsn.
This fellow .is Snuoh more spry than hie
,_eoushrin the first picture: , That one,:doing,`
''his best, can only •travel f wo inches a min- -
ute.• put thelong arms of .the brittle star--
fish enable hint to clutch the ground with
firm hold and leap forward at the rate of six
feet aminute: AIong-logged man can wail,:
faster than a short ono. •
The starfishes Make one :of the Most in•:
'Wresting features ofa seabektch. Children.,
;delight 'to wade 'in thewater and watch,
their cuiiouy swimming and craw/lag move
meats. ' But their beauty is lost on the oy-
ster fsherinan. Ile destroys on sight every
• one he encotiuters. At least lie thinks he
• destroys it. But the fact is he does not al-
ways do so. Thor starfish • faintly have the
property, Y reproducing themselves from a
:single part. They grow from the Flip, as it
• 'Thus if
'were. you tak
eane
'aridmill , u him to
pieces, each separate arm will crawl off in a
•different direction as fast as tine original
star ..fish did, when •he *as "all. to
• . ; gether; There* life in. every, li ub. Each'•
part begins •to put :out. now organs around
itself,: till flintily every. one ofthe arms that
has been pulled off becomes anew and per-
• feet Iterish. If the -animal loses one its.
, arms: the missing,* memberis speedily repro-
educed by growtb. "thus, when an, ignorant
fisherman thinks • be is killing a starfish by
tearing it to pies s he is really ineret sibg
the tribe. Every scpaavate piece becomes a
now indiVidunl enemy, to the. oyster. The
only sure plan is to cremate, scald or smother
- .:;nim; So must bo killed all over. : •
lankee Windmills:.
ti"eW 1 ork Sun, J
't;C'indmills rtte sold:at prices regfrlatod by
the diameter of the 17ig wheels, and •tbeIo
wheels'aro usually'inad•eof fix`e.lsizes„ • Thus;
the smallest sfzo;u yially has a wheel 8Y, fest
in diameter. It will raise in the course• of a
day 3,000 gallons of ,tater into 'a taut:: 25
feet above the level of the .water soured.
:Such a windmill will cost $150,.irrciuding a
•plain tower or derrick to support it, 'That,
is about -the .right think for the ordinary
farm. Whore there le plenty of stook to
wetter, and the fernier evente to keep a big
tank filled in the top•of his. house for the
,benefit of the women .folks, ho may put in a
10 -foot mill, or evenenni that has a 12 -foot
wheel. The 10-Cot1 .mill will . pump 0,000
',gallons of water 25 feet high in a day, and
will cost 3180, while the`12•foot wheel will,
raise 10,000 gallons of water, and will cost
bite :210. lt"arrners generally, even daisy,
farmers, do not tae's for :truth larger wheels,
but r taitttfoet were turn out :hills with
wheels 14; lel, ib" ail aid 25 loot in dlemieter.
The Wodery r•ailt,;at13 liuya great.maityr
of these large mills. • In the oast steam en-
gines fill the Crater tanks !min winch the
Iot;oniotivee receive their•' supplieet,' but, cin;
.tuettrafrios, where' the Wirialecvek:+eeitsga td"
bl:.rw1 the raliroad men can -rely on the wind,
mill, which eosf less to run,!althouglr the
big ogres are expensive to buy. . The lfirge;t
surf cents $1,200, hub it Will :also 100,000
gallons of water e :lay. Although scores et
1mt+,ret:, have been isno.1 on windmills, there
is no great Alfforenee lretiveen the various
euteeeeeeeeeneseenerrilnary observer e:u•.0
Ihave now on hand 'oneof the Largest, Best and most (•omplete 'Stooks of
B
OOT$• and SHOES';' ever displayed in Clinton,. and will sell 'them at the very
Lowest possible Prices.. Lf you want good value in Boots andShoes call on
and you will not be disappointed. I am still making the, us
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OLOTHING
'FOR THE FALL d TRADE.
Last spring we bought s line of Fifty suits, as an experinient;
and have found that they_ gave very general satisfaction and.
-that the demand for this class of :goods is increasing. They'
are cut by first-class,.cutters, well trimmed and carefully made,
and compare very favorably with suits made to order ; while
the prices' are. very low.
is
,y,aPad -Ifand Sewed Boots
Which are worso'frtvol'ably,l;flown to require no cowwent.. All >a;inrj$ of custom.
,,..,.; k promptly attended to, and at reasonable' rices,
5 PEli Ons OFF FOR '(CASu,
gaG"3. �,
AItE\ IN .EiAC$APitsE FO C,tOOijri,.
Cate (111 C. CPIIIiCk1fral k, tete 'Boot Ia or
A.BBERT STREET, BRICK BLOCK, CI;IliT044 •
A Very Fine Union Tweed'' Suit : for SO. •
A Serviceable Tweed Suit, AB. Wool, $8.
AFine Bl�c
.a k_or Colored Worsted, suit,
Mound & Finished in a 1 style at *13' to '*14
A Full lt; n e of BOYSCLOT%IING
Don't buy•your Fall Clothing:Until : you seen dies • goods.:
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NE
DRr
The undersigned has just opened a New Drug . Store in, •
J:aokson'aaNew:,131oek. I3uron. S:
tre�et;
Two doors West of the City Book.Store, where will be. found,' u complete lete dssort-
ment of Fine DRUGS and•CHEMICALS, also .PATENT MEDICINES and
DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES, All that the. public may'ask for'in these lines.
P.S,—Oblate, olsaneed from residence to Dreg Store, • ; .
.A.... WORT,. L GTON,. Clinton.,
JOB DEPARTMENT
ls Tot surpasrcd ::for comp(elcis in the co1110,
Perices consistent .i'
�lltlt .. fine tivorl►%
NO • SULLJvM,. �.
Bas the rtile ,has very few exceptions, that every one wile buys
a:.tStlit,-.a Pair, of 'itntsa Vest or Overcoat or an " �r o ,-
Overcoat . �Y coverin,,, �#or::_...�.
' • the body at ,the
OAK HALL - CLOTHING HOUSE
Are so well satisfied with the Fit, Make and the
•' Trimmings, when they `vaut anotheruit theyalways comeback to u§,'
and send or bring theit friends with
them. This is wh : oar
business. has Increased so rapidly. idl Y
TLlvtrs el
H. PRICES RIGHT FOR Tat, irnlea&'
lrs, ;; Fischer 'ago iii:' ,
PRE$H ARRIVALS THIS WEEK
HELLEBORE, CAsn MLnE BOQvRT. PJ RF CJ
CARRIAGE' 'SPONGES . 'Fine Brie of HANo MEanoi;s, •cheap.
• PURE.INSEC7''POWDEEt BorrnAivns' BULK PERFUME
'ATLANTA SEA. SALT . CASIIuERE BoQUBT SOAP
EARS (ENRLISII) SOAP
FRESH LIME JUIC � LPEAIts VIOLET Pow nuns
.........PURE PARIS GREEN PBAlis: BL0031 or Niko:,.•.
o pay.speeial attentioln to TRITSSES", an
Vd have the laroestStock in the county.'
} Best 5. sent CIGAR in tr)nn. ;;••
0._,„- ..T.A,m.y:s - .xl...,-. co0wir
.HEtu S V AND 'DRUGGIST:- • C1UNTO
I
• =MD'S' cotes t A Qb MVP.
Hero -s a nolo and'pre£tydesiggn to go with
a little dress.: The collar is of. loose oneslied
canvas fabric; white or colored,: 'I1 is trier -
mal with :flu edge of alternate canvas and
Open work s, u��a •es, outside. of that is a trim-
ming Yembroidery.,
qq
m o embtrotd'r .
a 0 y , It Opens upon' the ....:.
,shoulders'
where Ab keidetiened with a boxy ,J®', '�1 .r» i r x �R `7�,•
-of ribbon. • Cuff to'mati:h. This #s a •stp113I • d _ • , ". .•
oSt Oilice
lore
'streotsot:tor cli3ld 4 to 8 years old.
{Pirate Summer toilets.
White apparently was .never • so much
worn as it is this summer it-ietnoeunite
vorsally beveling bl
ing also then black, at the
great ball at: Long Branch recently' two-
thirde of the costumes of. ladies, young and
old, were white, or of the very light shades.
Forthe claiming dresses, -cream, white. with
'Ives, was the favorite. • :Some -of' the --very
hand ;meat toilets were cream white, Sarah
or satin comnpletely covered with lace.
Others were•very pale pitik or bluo covered
with lace. There were not many really
i,)right. colored dresses, They were appa-
rently left for the winter.. evening party
arose. . Others were .soft mull trimmed
with lace and emibroidery, and there were
some • costumes of very find nun's • veiling.
ts';onte of the married ladies dfsplaye:I 'rich
cream satin dresses. iviith_ flowered fronts.
Dresses were cart low and square in the lteea
in front, or V';sliaiied: before and behind.
Lace sleeves were'very poptileu • . Black
dresses, even upon the older ladies, Witte so
rare that when haw and then ono appeared
it looked out of place. It was hard an;l
heavy irr the midst of , the coal; -soft
toilers..
Fashionable -ladies have now from two to
balI•a•dozen white and cream -white dresses
among their summer and seaside outfits,
1 boy etre 'made of Victoria Tawn; nun's veils
Ing surah and China silk,satin, null, etc,,
and a' w•r nicer l
, uu ors she weighs- 200, rarely
Iooks to well in any other color as in cream
rvhlto.
Demi lonlete
eolore are beet/mink to ladies' with white
Ladies will •not lick their fingers after
gnawing a spring, chicken Win, It is fret:
Iiia fooulbn Ia 'i:oliie "soc%ty to licit, your`
iingors.at all'.
l'ale coffee brown L3 ono of the fashion..
able colors for smuttier walking suits, audit
newer and more generally becoming dice
:;ray, which is still approvo,lhighly, but
only in the softest pasts, very much lies
trybig than the grays of a year'ago.
�onto
1 YEARS . ESTA S,LT ;IiE.D.
e only;maniifactulesof .FIRE PROOF SAFES,
'With•
on -Conducting Steel
Al oul'� :.r,nswJstyles of Fireproof Safes aro fitted with an AIR CHAMBER to
preventdatnpress to papers. 41 lace assortment' of•SECOND HAND .SA:OES
fox; sale at low prices and on easy, terms of payibent. ` Catale nes on e i lication:
Inithankiugiris numerous customers for their.libet4d patronage in the•past,: begs to announce
that. he 4as•just aw rived a splendid assortment of;
, STI V • SP..` .[..V C�- GOODS
•
In' Front Street; East, . Toronto,
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. "..."•- .:""tr 7gfritt$12•4, TUE LA'ft ST NOVEL`ft$$
. SUgCESSORS' .TO..
TWEEDS, -DRESS GOODS, PRINTSr MUSLINS GTNGHA1S,, LACES,
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:: S"rENEr4S84.- SoN CLIN ON.r1tiLDE ntuT�ios COTTONAOES, DITCIIS'& DENIMS.
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T WEEDS a s'eciait and a first•c .Mc'1" uufaCtiire
Ij Y+ lase. Tailor who guarantees a fit, A full supply of hand rS of SA,siti, DOORS BLINDS FLOORING
inado'%lOGTcl surd SHOES jctit arrived for the spring trade. A fresh assortment of WALL CEILING
•- PAPER R, newest pattgrns, ep..
MOULDINGS, . Pzcz�Ts, d c., arlcall kinds of
Interior and Exte �.ior, Finishin 's...L.ATH and.-'
'fi! Stock of � � '. ." -,
• " � ... SHINGLES kept .
yGROCEPIL"S is Now and 171,011E- Tr. Our 50 cent noun Hylton TA, . st en hand: i i • .
1y y , be �Zlll ori.ti' Wellington St., o vette. Woollen Mill..
value ever offered .to the,publlo. FiilltDtYAItL, CItOCrCI;lti .artd"GLA' 'LYslll i p.
� WARE, fall
enpply. LARD1NR and CItOWVN CIL far
machiner), always
on hand, d
everything tient•in a if t.class country store. 07ATOIL:cents per galen: Highest meke
price paid in trade for BUTTER, EGGS,. .OATS; dao. Como one and all and looped :my
stock. No trouble to show goods•.
N. 71. —I. I,avq also purchased a large quantity of the BLUE 'i'IN TAG BINDING TWINE.
.: P,'est in the marke
t, which I offer at the lowest possible rate.
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ATOSErg 2Y OP.ROW
VARNt1;,1Vlarch 51h, 13861.
PLANS 'Ara . SPECIFXCATIONS PRE?A BE'D.
. S. S. Cooper, .. 0vvaiitield.'
nE
ange of BuifnOs
1ITIIt IllIlttit :reran !It tt!tett!!!
The undereigeed begs to notify the, people of Clinton and vicinity'that he has botgbt the
SR ' IT gTli,R LESS BUSINESSb formerly prrieti of by W..L. Nowtos
Aud that 1)e is prepared to furnish .
• cpo ad out 3n EtXraWr 23Zi002t,,
ry . lisrnissf Collars,: Whips, Trunks,Valises, Buffalo Robes, Blankets.
.NEXT Dodti 'O THE CITY i3bOTi STORE', CLINTON.
dtrt..ovrr• in _. ._
• i , ytlnng. �sunlly kept to n� drat•cla&s Harness'SIio at rho to e
_ ._... R w st fleas. $ vela
° attention is directed to my `Htock.of oft 1lAn.rESS, ti hfeh. I Will lecke u�
BEDROOM -SEW PARL01 -SETS, ; LOUNGES. f3peetaitb+:
;61tPA.IR,II ' PROMPTLY A.T ``.Et1T]DEID
riot attention to business. and c roful
r a Give
the tvanfs of nry. oitstot>!rerg, I ire r
merit a fair share of etron e, Give to t
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Eli:MEMBER TIIE b'T.t$ I'D-•-opposITE THE ltlARI c olseivirtsro.
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