The Wingham Times, 1888-11-09, Page 61) (c' n ani
FRIDAY, NOV. 3, 1.886.
TUE N TU1U OP 11ZETelORS.
A recent bel utifel meteoric appear..
am seen is Winghanl, aroused con.
• aiderablo (luestioning as to the nature
of this phenomenon. Based on the.
authority of Appleton's Cyelopaedia,
we subjoin a few explanatory faota
which may prove of interest. Any
atmospheric phenomenon, of short
duration, is rightfully termed a meteoi'i
There are four varieties of meteors i'i
all. 1. The aqueous, such as rain'+
snow, hail, fog and dew, 2. The
tenial, consisting of the movements of
the winds. 3. The luminous, or that
phenomenon witnessed in consequence
of the diffusion of aqueous particles
through the atmosphere upon rays of
light, such as rainbows, mirages, halos,;
fata mirgava, and the northern lights.,.
d, The igneous, or lightning, shooting
stars and mralites. In general the
term meteor is applied to brilliant
bodies, such as shooting stars, that. are
seen darting through the heavens, in,
undetermined paths and at uncalcul-
ated distances. They frequently ex-
plode and project upon the earth
fragments of stone, called meteoric
iron. They are proved to be solid
bodies, in a state of intense heat and
called eerolites. In ancient times they
were looked upon as the most wonder-
ful of all the observed natural phe-
nomenon. As to the origin of terolite,
• or mineral masses, it is now generally
believed that Clio, the smallest known
body—only 16 miles in diameter—is
not the smallest body that moves
round the sun, but that bodies of the
diameter of fractions of an inch, even
• small dust, revolve round it.
But a few words as to meteoric
displays in the shape of fire balls, or
bodies. Fiery bodies frequently -ap-
pear in the heavens at regular inter-
vals and move across the skies with
great rapidity and dazzling brilliancy.
Humboldt records one in 1783 that
overcame the sun's brilliancy. The
light has been known to remain for an
hour after the body bas disappeared.
They seed forth vivid scintillations,
present a variety of colors, and appear
" • differently from different points of
observation. These are brought down
to the earth by gravitation,as statistics
show six or seven hundred meteoric
showers every year, bringing at least
• 6,000 ai:rolites. They are not of
volcanic origin, as was oace believed,
but isolated, flying masses. hundreds
of these are preserved and vary in
size from huge masses—the heaviest
discovered weighing 25 tons—to small
stones and dust. Being of combustible
i material, they frequently ignite and
• explode as they approach our earth.
Sometimes they divide and move along;
together, and sometimes explode with
r a report as of thunder. One in
London in 1719 caused the stars tO
disappear and the moon to be scarcely'
visible. It moved like a falling star
at the rate of over 300 miles a minute,;
and exploded on the French coast),
In 1860 a gorgeous one was seen pass•
ing over New York State, first as a
single body, then as two balls, emitting
flames. From a vessel near Sandy
Hook it appeared to fall into the sea.
About 1820 quantities of duct were
abeerved on the water in England and
parts of Germany succeeding these
phone/Ilene. In 1833 the most splen•
did display on record occurred in
America. Then large balls, darting
forth at intervals, were accompanied
with shall shootine stars, falling like
snow flakes and producing phosphor-
amid
hosphorecce &t lilies along their paths, which
Sights frequently remained soverai
Si iutos and sometimes half an 'lour.
Some of these irre;ltlarly formed
bodies remained stationary and emitted
streams of light. The lines of all
e the meteors were shown to eohlviirc,e
in the heaven:real tih+ MVPs ryaii
t,e von f .1'i :'3 rotation:
r;'ri'tMte'riox to our atm :x .i;rc' kiting'
o
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'm,otcora' in eharaoter, although they
fall to{'the earth with great veloeity,
none ever reach it in a salla state, all
being ''dissipated. The period of the
incurrence o£ the most noted displays
has been pretty accurately noted by
aetronon ers, Periodic falls' meet
frequently occur in Nearanber and
4.ugust. Mere than 100 meteor sys-
tems are now recognized by the
existence of distinct radiant points.
Glocteri cls.
Messrs. Tahnbling Jr Jones, of Lon-
don, have been awarded the contract
for the new post office, the figures
being $13,000.—Eev. Donald MMGil-
livray passed a remarkable final B. D.,
soaring 9l- per cent.
HensaU.
'Rev, R. Y. Thompson, formerly of
Henson, late of Vancouver,'B.U., who
has decided to return to Winnipeg
and become a lecturer in Manitoba
College, was presented wi'tle a hearty
farewell serial and address previous to
his departure.
Teeswater.
There were plenty of cattle but no
bA yers at the last cattle l' fair.--iSuo-
cessful revival, meetings have "been
held in the Methodist church. dtevs.
'Messrs. 'Cosford, of London, and
Green, off' Luoknow, have been assist-
ing.
Morris•
Wm. Rands, of Dakota, formerly
of this township, had his residence:
burglarised recently and a lot of
cldthing, etc.,"etolen, while the family
wore absent. Mrs. Rands is a daugh-
ter of Mr. Samuel Walker, van old
resident of the township.
`Seaforth.
1"ph.e Caledonian society tendered a
fareveell sobial to Mr. Duff on the eve
of his departure from the town to live
int Uncle Sam's dominions. A supper',
songs and speeches filled up the pro;.
gramme. ---Sze! : Constable Lee leg
yesterday for 'Oakville to brine no
'unknown man from that town to Sea
forth, who confessed to burning Reeve
Wilson's barn here last fall.
Kincardine.
'At a recent meeting the following
'were elected elders in the Presby-
terian church s Alexander Campbell,:
'P. S. L, Malcolm Thompson, John
loather, "John Watson, Alexa'nd'er
.Riess and Arthur l3 Suiith.—High
School Inspector Seatli demanded on
his recent visit that the sanitary regu-
lations concerning high school build-
ings be enforced.
Iiowick•
At tie last meeting of the board of
directors of the Howiok Insurance
Co., thirty-two applicatiens for ihsur-
ance passed covering insurance td the
amount of $46,150. -The losses' for
the last yetar were light sand the insur-
ance low.
• Palmerston.
Mr. W.' -`H, White, who has conduct-
ed a banking house very -successfully
here for more than nine years, has re-
moved with his family to 'Toronto,
having secltled a "very lucrative ap-
pointment in. that city as manager of
an i-:suranoe company, a position for
whitish his long experience has well
qualified him. We wish him success
in his new vocation.—Telegraph.
liarriston.
Messrs, Collison &Lavin have
in their stables here four imported
Clydesdale stallions, as nice animals
as it has been our privilege to
see. Two of them they have had
four seasons and the others two years.
---The C.' P. R, has just completed a
grain stbre house on their line here.
It is calculated for two buyers and is
to be rented at a mere nominal rate
to those wishing to occupy it.
Brussels.
Beattie and Hunter were tried be..
fore Judge Toms on Tuesday last.
Mr, Garrow appeared for Beattie, Mr.
Holt for Hunter, the county attorney
far the Crown, and Mr. E. 11;. Wade,
of Brussels, watched the ease for Mr.
Good, After a couple of witnesses
for the proseeution had been heard,
His honor decided that no ease had
been made out against :Beattie. The
charge against Bunter was tlhen„with-
drawn.
l:ev.AATr, Hughes, of Lion's Heart, re-
eently travellel between and preached at
three etttious on Sunday and leaving'
Lion's Resit 11 p. m., walked to Wiartan,
missing the ti o'-eiock a,. m. train by 101
minutes, That's something like an old i
time record.
Corrtpolsitslou and Music,
Mr. Dearness, inspector of schools
in East Itliddlesex, lectured on "Com-
position," opposing the common theory
that a child eau tell a thing as well as
he knows it. Expreseion must be
oultivated by regular systematic prac-
tiee. `Ibis training should begin on
the first day at school, when the
teacher leads the little ones to 'taut
about common objects. Little ones
may be led to descrilth relations of
things, then acts performed by them-
selves or the teacher, then positions.
In"' these simple short exercises he
would encourage exactness and full.
nese of description. `Simple letter
writing may t'be begun .quite early.
He had taught arrangement, para-
geephing, etc,; by givingetlhe matter 'Of
a letter, without capitals or punctua-
tion marks, and requiring pupils to
put it in proper form. In all grades
there should be a careful oral and
written expression of all the pupil's
study. The imagination, must not
be neglected. Pupils may be led VI)
describe a supposed scene or give an
account of a supposed conversation.
Oral and written debates form good
exercises. It is better to give a num-
doer of short exercises than a few long
a) nes even he advanced clasii'es. Mr.
'i0earness oleo pleaded for the "Study.
of music in the public sohoiils." He
showed very clearly the iri'fiuenoe of
good music and good songs upon the
human soul, its power in developing
the nobler and more aesthetic qualities
of our nature, Experience has shown
that fully 95 per cent. of children
taken at from 5 to 6 years of age may
be learnt to 'sing well. He thought
any teacher who can read well can
learn to sing well enough to teach it in
"sshool. The tonic sol-fahad seemed til
give best results, but he advised that
the teachers teach the system they
know best.
Making Ready for opportunity.
(From the Chicago !nzerior.)
The effects of intelligent fathers in
preparing- their sons for their work in.
life is to put them in a •state of pre-
paredness for opportunities when they
come. The mythical Dame Fortune,
the name given by unbelievers to
Providence, crosses-theipath of every,
one, and opens the way to higher
places in life's warke--places of profit
and influence, afid usefulness wand
fame, - It is the- old parable of the
weddiaag garmc t' in secular applica-
tion. `Those who are ready go into
the open way. !`The unready •are left
out to abuse their "bad luck" whets
thee1rlatne is whblly with themselves!.
In the parable the expectants did not
l;rto'e when tlhe'"bridegroom'eves com-
ing, but they all knew that he was
somewhere on his way -J2 nd se
Providence is coming to every one
with opportunities for better things.
The ready have fitted themselves with
qualifications and they ah"e equally
fitted with faith. The faith is nick-
named, just as -Providence is' when it
is called fortune Or ]tick. People call
it pluck and grit, and getup and
nerve. The reel thing thus described
is faith. The young•mau rtsho ie ready
dogs not hesitate when ]`Providence
opens the way. He goes in to `win.
He takes the offer promptly, andetlhen
devotes every energy of sbul andebody
—moral, spiritual and 'physicat—to
the one object,'sucoesb, ' ,
Thedliiist Advertising. '
The Toronto Telegrams has been col-
lecting the opinions of leading business
men of that city as to "which is the
best method of advertising. Mr.'Mc-
Kendy, of the Waterloo House, dry
goods, says : "I need hardly say I be.
Neve in 'advertising. 'A merchant
who wants to compass more than a
merely local trade must advertise or
bust, that is, of course, always pro-
vided he bas something worth ad-
vertising. 'Some merchants adver-
tisebut don't stick np to the letter of
their promises, consequently the pub-
lic ignore their future ads, then they
blame the newspapers and say adver-
tising is overdone, no good, ete., ete.
Bat -let a, lean keep faith with the peo-
ple, and his newspaper ads are not
only read, but his goods are sold there-
by. I take no stock in hotel regis•
tors, directory ads,, or any of the
multitude of devices daily coining
before us, I believe in circulars to a
certain extent, but always above every
othertmethod of plaeing your wares
before the public, there is nothing to
compare, to my mind, with a bright,
newsy newspaper. Or. the principles
1 hive before mentioned, our business
hoe almost trebled. in five years."
—The Toronto Ministerial Association
have been severely criticizing the specious
1t1i-i sophioal teaching of .iioleti Elamere, a
novel recently issued from the press. Ob.
jection was taken to.itssocialistic_teachin s
and tendeneie%
.Ii•llV".
a$xirittiatigrii A Fin 7•
Spiritualism, has 'received & soy
blow in the oonfesston of the Fox s`
ters, the inventors. .of the famous
"Rochester knockings," from which.
the whole scheme of modern spirtual-
i>sua was evolved. Mrs. Kane, the
meet celebrated of the sisters, stoned
at a public meeting in the New York
acedeniy of anusio't'hat she 'had been
guilty of imposing on the people, and
that the spirit rappings'of herself and
sister had' been pure humbug, and bad
been produced by the joint's of the toes
on a sounding board. She alsoex-
posed slate writing, portrait painting
and other spiritual manifestations,
giving a practical illustration of eaoh,
Strange to say a number of spiritual.,
fists ii the audience expressed their
disapproval of the exposure by groans
and hisses. The presumption must
be that they were professionalists who
have everything to lose by the prick•
ing of the spiritual bubble.
' A New'ylrrin3de.
At a church sociable in Evanston
each person was provided with a card
on which was printed a dozen member-
ed lines. These lines were iilledtwith
corresponding names, and each person
was•expeeted to talk for five minutes
with each one whose name was written
on his card. At the expiration* of
five aninutes each Bone sought out his
next partner whom name was written
on itis card. This plan worked ad-
mirably; wall fiowars were oliminitted,
every person, however bashful,received
every attentioit,tlhe timid were brought
out, •cliques were broken up, and lll"
went home happy and good natured,
voting that church sociables are •11ot
necessarily dull. • Tllis plan would
apply to any social gathering.
ADVICR 'O SteTHRR=,—Are you disturbed at night
'srd broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and
'brying with pain of Ontting Teeth? Ifpse send at
moo and get a" bottle of "lies. Winslo's Soothing
Syrup" for Children Teething. Its value is incalsur.
able. It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Depend upon it, mothers"; there is no
mistake about it, It cures Dysentery and Diarrin®a,
regulates the Stomach and Bowels, cuter Wind Colic,
softens the Gums, reduces Infiannnatibnl and gives
tone and energy to the whole system. " Mrs. Win-
slow's Soothing Syrup" for children teething is
pleasant to the taste and is tho prescription of ono of
the oldest and best female physicians had nurses in
the United States, and is for sale by"`all druggists
throughout the world. Price twenty -live cents a
bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mas. ' WINSLow's
Booi'alao SIRUP," and take no other kind.
Gentlemen, said. the little"Man as
.the club, as he looked at his watob,
'rose to his feet, and took his -hat, it is
now 9.30, and 1 promised my wife I
would bo home at ten. In matters of
'this kind I am rigid and , inflexible.
When my wife asks lee to. Game borne
at a certain hour, and I promise to do
so, I am firm -as adamant iui'fulflling
that promise. Decision of oharactei,
gentlemen, hntt'continned, is 'indispen-
sable to any man who expecte to hold
his position unquestioned as the head
of the family.' Gentlemen, good
evening.
CATARRH,
Catarrhal• Deafness, Hay ''Fever.
A NItW no= TREATMENT.
'Sufferers arcShot generally'aware thatyt'tese dia•
oases are contaltious, or that they are due to the
presence of living parasites inthe lining membrane
oSthe nose and vinstrachian tubes, Microscopic re-
sei"roh, however, has proved this to be a•faot, and
the result is that a sirnple remedy has been forma.
Wed whereby catarrh, catarrhal deetness and hay
1o'(er are permanently onred in from one to three
slihple applications made at home by the, patent
once in two weelcs. N. B.—For catarrhal discharges
randier to females (whites) this remedy is a specific.
Ai amphlet explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt of ten s by A. II. DIXON & SoN, 303 West
King St., Tor to, Canada.—Sofentifio American.
Sufferer frorn catarrhal troubles should read the
above ca fully,
• A Rare Chance,
Over a principal entrance to a
Nevada shanty clangs a shingle with
this legend
come in An git
a squar niele sigh
as 'Your mother Used
to Kul(
for a Quarter.
Stop that Cough.
Many people neglect what they call a simple cold,
which if not checked in time, May lead to Lung
trouble. Scott's Emulsion of Puro Cod Liver '011
with Itypophosphites,will not only stopthe cough but
heal the Lungs., Endorsed by thousands ot'phy.
sicians. Palatable as milk. Try..it. Sold bywall
druggists at Geo' and 81.00
A sexton et Itirkintillocll, being
intoxicated, fell asleep in a grave.
When wakened by the bugle of a pass-
ing coach, he took it np for the • last
trump, arose, and looking around said,
"Ecli, a pure shore for IIirkintilloeh 1"
His local patriotism had expected a
more populous assembly on this ,oeea- '
$ion.
Caottp; wnooi,n a coven and x3ronchitib
immediately relieved by Bhiloh's Cure.
x'or sale by C. L. Willianhs, /
A Seotch millionaire, seeing tho
pyramids, cried, "'What BIL fine sank
his money in you ?" Yon is charm
ing,
'iV1r,r, ren stxvna with Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint? Shiloh's 'Vitalizer Ii
guaranteed to eu fs yon. • roe•dale
Wiiliafrifi.
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. -Oleebi Nitingljallt CM
}y�� y tr 7', -,r^"-ryirl.,'Siyi .n et,��ir•1'yere-*�� /y
".M�'1'. x I4.F laid k.4 eadt 111.0,
'-'4r Tm:---
TI Mi $ ape a li.44lSg fa !'INE S't It t er,
'tt1INGEA1V,[ .ANTARM.
SubsiMpuonprioe,elp't+r$rttt ''l u'vhnCe•
ADVERt NG RATES" •
Space. i 1 yr. 1 rule. 1 3 Ino, 1 1`mo. e,. .
One cerium)8r10 0�l 335 00 ( $20 00-738 00
notI
3u 00 20 00 12 00 6.00
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Quarter " 20 00 ' hd 00 7 00 4.00
One Glob 5 00 3 00 2 00 1 00
Loral mat et ler carne adrettisrwents, Rc, per line
for first fdtertioti, and 3o, per lisle for each subsequent
aenn.
Locrtial notices, in nonpareil type, 10o. for first M.
sertiotint, nud Se, prr line
for each subsequent tutertion,
No local notice will be charged less than 25o.
Advertisements of Lost, Found, Strayed, Sitilatfons,
and Business Chances Wanted, not exceeding s tints
nonpareti, 31 per month,
Houses and farms for Sale, not exceeding 8 lines,
SI for list month 509, per subsequent month.
These terms will be strictly adhered to,
loSpecinger alperioratesdsfor 1btn,,er adrertiaements, or far
,
Advertisements wittivnt specific dtrretlons, will be
inserted till forbid and charged accordingly, Tran.
aitory advertisements must be paid in advance, '
Chmr#xes far contract advertisements must be in
the office by Wednesday noon, In order to appear
that week.
1'Il, ELLIOTT,
PRonunrr',a ANIS TII)11A13IIRa.
DR.
JOS15PFIINB'STREET,
Winaulal, - •
OrTA'Aw0.
TR. J. A. JIELDRL'3i,
Li Honor Graduate pf Toronto University.
Office and Resideneb-Tao old stand formerly ocep-
pled by Or. Bethune, at the corner of Centro and
Patrick streets,
Wiesen, - - - - Osr,
1�/T EY1 R LI TMOJUNSCI�,
/�JL BARRISTERS, Via.
Solieite+l's for the Bank of Hamilton.' OommissionNrs
for taking affidavits for Manitoba, Private futOlO
to lentil!, straight loans at lewest'ratee. Oiticcii•—
Kont'e Block, Winghr nu, Luoknow and Gorric.
N. w.10. n1:YRE. . li: L. DICKINSON.
•
J. A. MORTON,
BARRISTER, &c.,
,
wingham . Ontario.
cGi'LL & VANSTONS;,
BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, NOTARIES PUBLIC,
CONVEYANCES, ETC.
OFFICES—Beaver Bieck, WINONAat, ONT.,
Gomm and BLFTn, Orr.
Private and Company funds to loan at low rates laf
interest. Mortgages, town and farm property
bought and sold. Mercantile collections a specialty.
R. VANSTONE. 6. 0. sCG1LL.
DE1+,TISTRY.— 3. S, JE110ML, threneu.
I am making beautiful setts of
Artificial Gum "Teeth" for 38.00 per
VU • sett, and Plain Tooth, per sett, 34.0to
Prices in all other branches of deatit-
try:dn proportion,
Vegetable Vapor administrated for 'the painless
extraction of teeth, the only s to anesthetic known
OFFICE . Iu the 'Roarer Block, opposite the
Brt eswick H001.
ENTISTRY.--w.tili. MACD3/NALD, 1VINOIIAsf�
bMakertogg' i'ulcanita;"Celluloid, Alloy
�, tl Silver, ld, etc. etc. Plates, ranging -
111 Xaa . in pried from $500:t;pwardsper set,
��'•�'crownng aid bridtfl?'erk. Toothex-
tr9cted without the ick§t pain by ;Area use of Vital.
ir.Gcl Air. Head Office, Winghanin, gibe entranet 0t!-
na-te the Queens hotel, open dafly(5nnuiays except-
' ' from 0 a in td 0 pole. Will be at Blyth evert•
Saturday—Office at'Milne's hotel; !Gerrie: 1st ami
Ski Mondays of each:Month—Office at Albion hotel ••
kucknow c 2nC and"$th Monday anti Tuesdays hi
hath month—Office at Whiteley's hotel. Extracting,
35 cents
11-OHN RITCHIE,
GENERAL' INSURANCE AGENT,
+WrNOIIAM,
ONTARIO
,('`7 EORGE MoMAY, wingham, Licensee/Auctioneerf7f for the Counties of Huron and Bruce.
At moderate rates, sales w•i11 be concluded in spy
portion of the Counties.
' Orders can be lett at the TIMES Office.
JOHN CURRIE, Wismar,
LICENSED AiJCTIONEER.
Orders left at Times' office promptly attended to
TERMS REASONABLE.
p. DEAN, JR., Wsceuat,
LICENSED AUCTIONEER FOR TILE COUNTY
OF IItIRON..
Sales attended in any part of tho Co. C1lnrges
Moderate.
JAMES HENDERSO1v,
LICENSED AtrorlOs2gn POE COUNT/ES HVnoN Ate
I3nucN.
All sales attended to promptly and on the Shortdst
Notice.
Charges Moderate and Sati3tc ctionGuaranteed,
Ali necessary arrangements can bo made at the
Times' office.
'S izionSIt, • ONT.
N10n6y to Loan On Notes.
Notes Discounted
AT REASONABLE ` RATES.
Money advanced on Mortgages ate per cent. with.
privilege of paying at the end of a}ty year. Notes
and accounts collected.
ROUT'. fteetenoO.
071411, -»Mealier Block. wingham,' Ont.
REAL ESTATE AND FIRE rNSUtl-
ANCE AGENCY.
OFFICIE : KENT'S t1LOCK, WINGHAM.
A number' of building Lon and Residonee Proper»
ties for Sale.
Those desiring to mtticeo hermit) Wi ghani sienna
communicate with, or apply in p,:ratn at n.y Od.ce,
whore all necessary information can be obtained,
CALELIO aN HALL.
This commodious hall cats he secured' for enter.
tainnnents of every kind at a very law figure, I'Ir
terms &c., apply to
JAMES 1',ntiTiT, '
. ai. Cline lc li(i s.etoro.