The Wingham Times, 1893-01-06, Page 3pleasing the Tyrol (]mile views.
.A. most interesting festival occurred
Aug. 15, says a letter to the Boston
Transcript from the Tyrol --tile Maria.
hirninelfahrt (ascension of the virgin)—
When the sacred rite of blessing the
grain fields takes place and the entire
village turns out, men, women and
children marching in procession from
the church through the town, winding
up through the wheat fields and back to
the church, chanting and enuriuuring
prayers as they go, and at certain inter.
vols en the road or in the fields the
whole procession dropping reverently
upon their knees. The pfarrer, or priest,
carries the host under a golden -hued
canopy, preceded and followed by a long
train of little girls dressed in pure white
frocks—seemingly preserved for their
annual occasion or perhaps worn first at
their confirmation—docked with colored
sashes and white wreaths. The boys,
like the men, wore something green in
their hats and looked their best and
neatest; The women, with their quaint,
flat, round hats, wore long and ample
silk aprons, all apparently new, each of
a different shade of color, and so varied
as to surprise one that there existed so
many distinct dyes. Those aprons alone
make ine hungry for my palette, that I
might try to vie with then in their
general brilliant effect.
The principal scenic features of this
procession were the huge church ban-
ners, each with an oil painting of some
religious subject in the center, more or
less crudely executed, and the many
highly colored and gilded statues, bor-
rowed. from the church and chapels
about the town; statues of the holy
virgin in all periods of her life—in all
her joys and sorrows from childhood,
through her maternity to that greatest
sorrow of all, and finally her ascension
into heaven. Then a statue of St. Noth-
burga, with a sickle and a sheaf of
wheat, who, according to the legend, by
her extreme piety and virtue attracted
the particular interest of the virgin,
who, meeting her one day at her work
in the field, took her with her up to
heaven. Since her disappearance she is
adored as the patron saint of the har-
vest. Groups of St. George and the
dragon, of the angel Michael contesting
with Satan, of St. Joseph decked with
the white lilies, bearing in his arms the
infant Jesus — all these statues and
groups, adorned with fruits and flow-
ers, were borne upon the shoulders of
the men. Arriving in the fields they
pause and kneel to offer prayers of
thanksgiving for the abundant harvest,
and to supplicate the virgin and her
protege, St. Nothburga, for future bless-
ings on their labors.
HAS LEARNED TO FLY.
A Hermit Scientist Said to Have Discover-
ed the Secret of tho Iiirda.
For years Bernard Cressier has lived
alone away up toward the source of the
beautiful Cheat River, in West Vir-
ginia.. He is known as a scientist and
astronomer of no mean note in that lo-
cality, and of late uncanny reports have
crept down the mountains of the strange
doings in the vicinity of his little cabin.
Of all the hobbies that this man rides
one is paramount. and has been the
cause of his leaving civilization that he
might study and experiment alone with
nature. That hobby is a flying machine.
Cressler's contrivance is not a ma-
chine, nor is it built to antagonize, but
rather to utilize, the forces of nature.
He says the schoolboy's kite comes
nearer to the ideal flying machine than
any intricate and labored effort of a
million fond experiments. Being a
taxidermist, with a wonderful eye for
nature, he has scores of hawks in his
cabin poised in all the positions assum-
ed for flying. Some of these attitudes
to a layman's eye appear extremely awk-
ward, but the scientist's explana-
tions are plausible and his proofs con- •
viricing. His Machine is made to be
worn like an ordinary suit, but when
donned it unfolds inarvellous possibil-
ities. It fits like a glove and is manipu-
lated instinctively as a part of the body,
each muscle of arni and leg and body
exercising itself at the proper time.
The wearer rises perpendionlarly in the
air and then throwing out the bat -shap-
ed wings, floats or rather soars at ease,
not descending, as • one would naturally
suppose; but if a wind is blowing he
rather rises with it, making no effort to
combat the air current, but adapting
his flight to its strength and tilting its
wings, which are enormous bat light as
possible, to guide his flight. In fact,
Cressler does not fly, he rather soars.
To this one end he has bent all his ener-
gies of mind and body for years.—Pitts-
burg Commercial -Gazette.
THE WINGHAM TIMES, JANUARY 6, 1893.
• newspaper ieometh%ng to convince dile
that there is good mingled with evil as
the me:+ry world spins round. Story
there may bo none. Faithful men
recognize their responsibilities, and in
an emergency do their full duty in a
methodical way as a matter of business.
They make no system of heroics of it.
.~boy aro surprised that what they do
t;nouit'i cause any stir, or that anybody
should want, to talk about it. The en-
gines when they break down must be
repaired, and the ship bo carried into
port in the best way possible, They say:
That is all," But there is something
wore, and it is what makes life worth
living;
HEROES OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
Travelling SI 0110S of Nevada.
The curious travelling stones of Aus-
tralia are paralleled in Nevada. These
lithic rovers are described as being per-
fectly round, about as largo as a walnut
and of an ivory nature. When dis-
tributed on a smooth surface within two
or three feet of each other they immedi-
ately, with a total disregard of the
homely proverb whish inculcates the
acquirement of moss, commence rolling
toward a common center, where they lie
in a bunch like eggs in a nest. It is
perhaps su'perfluous to say that the
, stones " are largely composed of mag-
netic iron ore.
Calcutta Petroleum.
The first steamer to carry petroleum
to Calcutta was recently chartered to
carry 100,000 cases of oil at 10 cents a
case. There have been large exports of
this oil from this country to India, but
heretofore the business has been done
with sailing vessels. •
DARWIN'S MISSING LINK.
—.—
Recent Research Said to Have Discovered
It—The Evidence Plentiful.
One of the chief objections to the
theory of evolution which was especially
• laid stress upon some thirty years ago
was the impossibility of producing at
that time a series of •°intermediate
links" to connect the now -existing ani-
mals and plants with their presumed
ancestors from former geological epochs.
To meet the objection Darwin had to
devote a special chapter in his great•
work to the imperfection of the geologi-
cal record and to insist both upon its
fragmentary character and our imper-
fect knowledge of what it contains.
The recent progress of both geology and
paleontology renders such explanations
almost superfluous, according to the
Popular Science Monthly. Geology,
aided by the deep-sea explorations, has
come to a better comprehension of the
mechanism of sediments, and it knows
what it may expect to find in the rocky
archives of the earth and what it may
not; and on the other side, the discovery
of the missing links between past and
present has been going on of late with
such a rapidity as has outstripped the
most sanguine .expectations. Our mu-
seums already contain whole series of
fossil organisms which almost step by
step illustrate the slow evolution of
large divisions of both animals and
plants; our present maminals already
have been connected by intermediary
forms with many of their tertiary an-
cestors, and the paleontologist can al-
ready trace the pedigree of bids and
even mammals, as far back as the liz-
ards of the secondary period hot mere-
ly deducting it from embryological data,
but showing the real beings which once
breathed and moved about upon earth.
Origin of a Polite Custom.
The custom of lifting the hat had its
origin during the age of chivalry, when
it was customary for knights never to
appear in public except in full armor.
It became a custom, however, for a
knight upon entering an assembly of
friends to remove his helmet, signifying
"I am safe in the presence of friends."
The age of chivalry passed away with
the fifteenth century, but among many
acts of courtesy which can be traced
back to its influence none is more diiect
in its origin than that of lifting the hat
to acknowledge the presence of a friend.
—Detroit Free Press.
Moslem Abhorrence of Dells.
The whole Moslem race despises and
abhors the sound of bells, which they
say causes the evil spirits to assemble '
together. They do not use them on their
mosques or churches, but have instead
men called muezzins stationed in the
',minarets, who call out five times each
day for the people to assemble for pray-
• er. The cry is: "There is no god but
God, and Mohammed is his prophet."—
' St. Louis Republic.
Duty Ie a Sacred Trust With Many People
About Whom We Hear Little.
The salve newspapers which bear re-
cord of the crimes of evil -doers, the ma- '
sign passions of larva -breakers and the
ignoble and demoralizing deeds done in
the name of politics are illuminated 1
with acts of heroism and self-sacrifice. j
Scarcely a day passes without gleams of
what is best in human nature shining ,
out among the shadows of what is 1
Worst. Sometimes it is the captain at a
sinking ship steadying the rope by '
Which his comrades aro transferred in
• safety to the lifeboat and then leaping
✓ into the sea without a hand to guide or i
succor him; or it is the railway engi-4
neer, with death and destruction con-
fronting him, who refuses to leave his
1,1
llost when the lives of others are dep-
/ dent enupon his constancy and despairing
courage; or it is the sturdy policeman
dying in a grapple with a, desperado, but
without relaxing while his heart con-
tinues to beat his hold upon the mor•
der'ersthroat. The conditions are always
changing, but the New York Tribune
holds that the loyal habit of living as
though. .
n dutywere a sacred trust re-
n
in
sills.
I.
IT must he a gloomy pessimist, in.
;ti; deed, who cannot. find ,in his,rnoriiing
Eel Eggs by the Million.
The number of eggs in a medium-
sized eel at the beginning of the breed-
ing season is stated by eminent authori-
ties on fishes and their allied creatures
to bo fully 9,000,000, a sum so great as
to alinost paralyze the intellect that
tries to grapple with it. To the naked
eye a single one of these life germs is
almost invisible. A strong microscope,
however, shows them firmly packed to-
gether standing on their tiny ends look-
ing not unlike the covered cells of honey-
comb.
oneycomb.
Tho Salvation Army.
General Booth, of the Salvation Army
has 11,000 officers under his command,
with eighty - six training garrisons,
twenty-five homes of rest, and 205 so-
cial agencies at work. They' occupy
thirty-eight countries and colonies, and
preach salvation in twenty-four langu-
ages, The annual circulation of their
newspapers and Inntrnzince is 47,000,000
collies, or nearly a million a week.
A Quick and Big Corn Crop.
A man in the Nishnabotna valley,.
Iowa, has made a record of a corn crop,
grown and ripened in eighty-eight days
from the tune the seed was put into the
ground, Tho yield of corn will be 7.i to
The ground on
100 bushelsper aero. o
g
which tho corn now stands was covered
with water until June 10. From a part
of it the water did not recede until
June 15.
Springing a Trap.
Prom tha Ohicago 1'riGte,e,
Peddler (opening his pack)•—I levy
here, madame, an improved rai trap,
wbleb—
\Vosman of the house—We are never
troubled with rats,
Which can also be used for cracking
nuts—•
a never use nuts of any kind.
Or as a coffee roaster. Adjusted In
tilts niahtler 11—
We always buy our coffee roasted
Just so, Reversing th e vrires' that
forgo the upper portion, and bringing
.town the side Naps thus, we have a
device for holding senna when cook-
ing --
We never est cogs.
And by bolding these wire hoops as
you see the doing How, it makes a
handy ar:anpemt:nt for holding a small
iuirrur.
Haven't the slightest use for ally
such a thing.
While by adjusting nether swell
mirror in this position and another at
this angle, as you will notice, and
!,lacing it in a kitchen window, for ex-
ample, it has 'the ouriuus effect of en-
abling the observer, seated at one
side of the window and entirely ou; of
,iyht, to see distinctly through any
window that may be opposite stud to
note what is going ou inside, and all I
ar.l1 for this most useful and eolapre-
Itensit a invention is 75 cents, which is
only about une half --
• i'll .take it,
Outrivals all Others..
In glaring coughs, colds, hoarseeass,
bronchitis, sore throat, and all diseases of
the throat and lungs, there is °lie remedy
which is unequalled by any other. We
refer to Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup
hiah has effected many remarkable cures
this season.
Arrestect in Grand Rapids.
Alex. Oul&•r, who ran the sawmill
for John McMillan in Huron cet. is
tibout two miles from 1311th, Spigot
a year ago. was arrested im Grine
Rapids, Mich., on Saturdav on a
charge of embezzletneut. '1.'he sum
placed in the warrent is $200, but .lir
McMillan claims that Mr. Calder
ran away in November, 1891, with
$600 beton; ing to the complainant
The mill used to be owned by du
Kinnon cot McMillan, but the first
named went ont of the business about
two years ago. Mr. Calder was
settled in Grand Rapids with his ,i ife
and family, consisting of one grown. -
up son and two or three married
daugt teris and sons-in-law. He claims
he has done nothing wrong, and
mush against the wiahes of Ws family
consented to come over without the
formality of extradition. .tie was tak-
en to Clinton to stand his examination
before the magistrate.
Altogether Disappeared.
DLAIC SIH,: ,—About three months ago
I was m arly wild with headaches.
I started tak;ng B. B. 13. and took twc
bottles and my headaches have disappear,
ed altogether now. I think it a grand
Medicine. Lz'rrieu: iioDEs, Lousiesboro.
Legal Emluments.
The report of the Inspector of Legal
Offices for 1891 has just been :ssuod.
The following are the figures for this
county by way, of official salaries and
foes : The sheriff of Huron nerved 183
processes during the year, the total
amount of fees earned hy his office
were $3,473 74. The fees earned by
the Local Master in Chancery were
$351.30. The total salary paid the
deputy clerk of the Crown and deputy
registrar was $1469 60' Tho fess
earned by the clerk of the court, not
including salary. was $738.95. The
total amount of feed collected by the
surrogate registrar, part of which goes
to the judge, was $3,210.40. Time net
salary reerimed ply the various officers,
being leas their expenses, is Sheriff
Gibbons, $1,723.89 ; S. Maleolinson,
loess1 master and deputy registrar,
$1,250, Ira Lewis, crown attorney,
$473 94; clerk of the peace, $675.15;
D. McDonald, depuly clerk of the
Crown $585.30; clerk of the county
court, $502 45; surtn;,+ate registrar,
$1,228 00.
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Anecdotes of Lorenzo Dow.
A farmer came to Lorenzo Dow one
morning as he was preparing to preach
beforo a huge country audience, acid
aid :
Mr. Dow, 1 aim told you know n
sinner by bis tooits,and can tell a thief
by his countenance. Now, sir, 1 have
has en excellent axe stolen from ore,
and shall be forever uratefnl if yen
will point out to His the rascal who it
state as in all rrol,ability he will be at
yetlr meeting to -day, ,fudging front the
crowd that is coming.
1
a5 not t el
'Lorenzo tit a 1l roan to de
the possession of any wonderful faculty
that the people eit.so to ateribiti to hist
to he told the fanner he woald get hid
axe. Lorenzo mounted the pulpit.
took out of bis pocket it algae as big
hia'tis , laid it beside the I3;blo, and
commended the exprciees or the day.
.Elis sermon was on the subject of
all thermic mentioned 01 thedeoalogu.,
and he wept on to give prude from
hilts~y of the retributive justiee of
Providence in punishing lransgresaora
in this life.
Murder will out, said he, C;uilt
cannot conceal itself; :11)11 I ani about
to glue you, this tuoreing, ray dear
hearers, an example of a terrible veu-
geanceo to follow the breaking of the
eighth cominandntemmt. Two nights
ago a fellow stole John Smith's axe,
and 1 have been commissioned by amu
authority which no one will gnestiee,
to knock dowu, drag out, sacrifice,
destroy tumd utterly annihilr.re the
miserable wretch, and send .hi;im, body,
soul and breeches, to the pitchy realuls
of an awful eternity ! Poor sinner, you
turn pale before the tock bas cruyhed
you, continued Lorenz:, grasping t ie
stone and raising it aa if to threw
Don't dodge, rosea you can't eseapn
HIP. He paused a moment, and puiut-
iog I,is long, crooked fingtr at a pour
fellow in the audience who app eared
to be iu an ague lit, with his hair
standing on end . like the quills of a
fretful porcupine, cried : Jnhm Sln.th,
there's the Ulan who stole your axe!
The eyes of the whole sou; r•t•gatiun
here fixed 0n the conscience-sutit t. 11
fellow, who looked as if he dished the
mountains wuuld Wolin() estop him.
• You will return Mr. Suutb his
and Steal no wore if 1 forgive you,
won't yon '1 asked Lorenzo.
If 1 don't, darn me ! exclaimed flu,
culprit, with a luull and time that
showed the sincerity of lite 'l' claratluu,
John S111itli got Isis m.•A ••.
A Cure For Dyspepsia,
Iu investigating the cause of this preys.
ileut complaint it is found to rent prinei•
pally iu wrong action of the stomach and
impurity of the blood. These excitu,a
causes are easily removed hy the regulat-
ing, purifying tonic and dtgesr,vo effects of
13urdur:k Blood Bitters, hence the success
of B. 13 13. in curing dyspepsia in any form
ne matter 01 how long standing or how
severe it may be. -'
Health Hints.
.A gurgle of riot water often atibrds
much relief ill cases of acute sore
throat, ,
Pour diluted carbolic acid at once
Upon every part of a ; 18nlleue wound,
afterw•ui'•I gm,- Internal etlai11ilamts
All early •ipplientinlJ of Inntur•nl ,If
Ilitrlite of 1)1••It,tll'y is ,. CunitnelUeli au
an efl'ectit.1 weans 11• absorbing pens.
Wales erase euetal's tench sulpnur
and is One of the nest reniedi.s ler
scurvy known. Ir. should be 8et«•a4
raw with sal'.
HCmemt,.-,• it in more i110110tts to
little o "'ter thiol Lim much. •l'en
quarts i.. enough It helps to
carry o11 effete luntler thruu_•h Inc
skin, ltidneys ,imd l,,,n&u.
Theta ie, 1treat lnerlit•ival virtu-
onions;
irtu • in
onions; eaten rte uG Ilse very b,+feiu,
ning of nn attack of euld,or of malaria,
they havN tL dvoided tendency to
Check it, and not advnnts•gt-gully in
Itidney and al Otita311 1l'Mitiles.
A fitting tribute—.t he check fur the
tailor.
A balky horse is not worth i'a wait
in anything.
Booffl! Boom ! Booffl!
Cheap Holiday Literature for all
the year round.
Co-operation is the order of the day. It pays to
group your newspapers and subsrihe for them in
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cations and select what you Would like to read .
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in premium awards, a newsy paper tor, the hone ;
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Thcee remedies have stood the test of fifty ye,ire experience, end aro ;amounted the beet
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REDUCTION IN RATES.
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PROPRIETORS.
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we have purchased the Steam Pump
Works lately owned by Mr. H. Clark, we
are prepared to supply all kinds of
Wooden, Lift, Force & Iron Pumps
And attend to the wants of the public
in anything in the Pump line.
As we have a long experience in the
business we guarantee all our work, and
if not satisfactory will refund the money.
Wo also deal in
ALL KINDS OF WIND MILLS.
,'r -Soft water cisterns made on short
notice.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
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Wingham.
FOR SALE,
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