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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-04-29, Page 6THE WINGHAM TIMES April 015 WEATHER PRANKS et Mites of Atmosphere, Clouds, Fogs and Lightning, 'THIRSTY WINDS OF THE ALPS, They Debit( Up All Moisture So Quick- ly That Everything Becomes as Dry. as Tinder—Andes Lightning and the Fire Ship of the Bay of Chalour. Cloud caps form on mountain tops when a current of moist air ascends the slope of the mountain, for the air cools as it rises and the moisture in it condenses. On -the fiat top of Table mountain, near Cape Town, a strong southeast wind produces a horizontal sheet of cloud known as the "tablecloth." This cloud often appears to pour over the eteep leeward side of the mountain like a mighty cataract. The "spread- ing of the tablecloth" is asign of bad weather. At a little distance from the mountain a. second cloud often forms, A similar pair ot clouds often seen near Cross fell, in England, are known as the "helm and bar." The helm, or helmet, forms over the mountain when a violent wind known as the "helm wind" is blowing. The bar iitppears a mile or two to leeward. At Callao, on the coast of Peru, sail- ors often encounter a foul smelling fog that deposits a brown slimy coat- ing on white paint and metal and hence is called the "painter." Another remarkable fog on the Peru- vian coast is known as the "garua." It occurs in a region where rain is unknown and supplies sufficient moss• tore to support vegetation. Red fogs frequently occur off the northwest coast of Africa, between the Canaries and the Cape Verde is- lands. They are sometimes so dense as to make navigation difficult, The color Is owing to dust that the trade wind brings from the Sahara desert. Certain valleys in the Alps are of- ten visited by a. very warm and dry wind known as the "Point." The effects of this wind are particularly striking In winter. The snow melts and evap- orates as if by magic; woodwork be- comes as dry as tinder, and great pre- cautions are necessary to prevent the occurrence of the disastrous fires .itnowu as "fohn fires" that often de- stroy whole towns and villages. No cooking is permitted while the fohn is blowing. and not even a pipe or a cigarette may be lighted. Many per- sons suffer with "fohn sickness" when- ever this wind prevails. The chinook of the western United States is similar in character and origin to the fohn. Over the waters of the bay of Cha- leur, in Canada, a mysterious phenom- enon known as the "fire ship" is some- times seen by night. It is a roughly hemispherical mass of luminosity, with its flat side to the water, but some- times it rises in slender moving col- umns that resemble the flaming rig- ging of a ship. It is supposed to fore- tell a storm. No satisfactory explana- tion of this phenomenon has ever been given. "Andes lightning" is the name given to a very striking luminous discharge of electricity seen over the crest of the Andes. in Chile, in a region where or- dinary thunderstorms are almost un- known. The mountains appear to act as gigantic lightning rods, between which and the clouds silent discharges take place on a vast scale. A contln• uous glow is seen about the summits, with occasional outbursts like the beams of a great searchlight. These displays have been seen by vessels 300 miles from the coast. Among the snow clad Alps a curi- ous and beautiful phenomenon is some- times observed at the close of the day. The rosy illumination of the mountain summits passes away, from below up- ward, as the sun sinks below the op- posite horizon, and for a few minutes the peaks, with their rocks and snows. have a livid appearance; then gradual- ly they are lighted up with a second rosy glow, and this may last for as much as an hour after sunset. This is called the "recoloration of the Alps," or. in the ease of the giant of the group, the "resurrection of Mott Blanc." The whole series of phenome- na is called the "alpenglow."—Youth's Companion. Honorable, Marjorie, aged four, Was in the li- brary with her father while her moth- er was superintending the preparation of dinner. The attention of the head of the house was attracted by a scratch- intg sound, and he looked up to find his daughter at work with a pair of ileissor, on the top of a polished table. "Marjorie," he said sternly, "go tell your mother What you've been doing!" "I 'Won't do it, papal" she said. "Do you think I'm a tattletale?"—Judge. Siamese Royal Etiquette, By a remarkable law of royal ed• quette which has existed for a number of years at the court of Slam no per - non is permitted to sleep in an apart- ment situated above that occupied by the king. A. deliberate breach of this Mule bag on More than one ocea,ion been punished by death: Holttetnade Paste. An inexpensive paste is made of one small potato grated flue. Add boiling water enough to make It clear and boil i five Minutes. This Is much better than ;dour or cornstarch paste for all kinds , It pasting.,-Voraan's Moine Compan I Wart. In aught, In >>iw til ... in at fit t silo • +-, i,: SOBIr,R LI OCTOI S. To the Editor:— Sir Victor Hcrseiey says "All doctors should he teetotallers for alcohol in any dose, however small, is a narcotic poison and the nation would greatly benefit by increased efficiency of medi- cal service if all medical men were total abstainers just as the public would enjoy a notable freedom from accidents if taxi-drivers and motorists of all sorts and conditions were tee- totallers. As regards the custom which still lingers, oddly enough, of using alcohol as a drug there is no question that no doctor should use the products of the liquor business or speak of thorn a, though they were tonics for they are nit. Innumerable victims have not un- justly attributed their fatal misfortune to advice given by a doctor. If alcohol is to be used as a drug it ought to be employed like other narcotic drugs, :lamely in measured quantities and for a limited period only. But no doctor can or should be restricted in any way in his choice of a remedy No one, who has closely investigated the action of alcohol in recent years, prescribes alcohol. It is rapidly dis- appearing from both hospital and private practise. This great advance in medical work is the outcome of our better re,eognition, not only of its in- variably adverse effects but also of the unreasonableness of using a very bad drug when there are so many infinitely better ones at hand. When to this scientific position we add the immense losses caused to the nation by this drug, every one will feel relief when it is abolished by civilization." H. Arnott, M.B.,M.C.P.S. The rew fruit from Palm Beach called pomerange fruit (pomelo) and orange and is a delicious combination of their flavors. Pearls now sell at half normal prices in India. Children Cry FOR FLEuuHER'S CAS—TOR IA The largest and most costly steamer en any Woad Water et the world. Sleeping' accommoda• Com for 2i00 passengers. "CITY OF EIDE" -- 3 Mannificont Steamers ---••• "crry OF BUFFALO" BETWEEN BUFFALO—Daily, Maar 1st to Dec. 1st•CLEVELAND Leave Buffalo• • • ate P. Lease Cio.e1: ad ate P.M, Arrive Cleveland • • ,.SOA,D1. Arrive :Adele - • • 71.0A.1.1. (Eastern standard Time) Connect/onset Cleveland for Cedar Point, Put-"n•tiay, Toledo, Detroit and nil points West and Southwest. Railroad tickets reading between Buffalo amd Cleveland are good :or transportation on our steamers. Ask your ticket anent for tickets Nate. d: I1. Line. IBeautifaly colored sectional pozslo chart shoeing both exterior and interior of The Great Ship ""SESANDBEE', seat on receipt of five cents to cover postage and mallets, . Also ask for Our 24.page pictorial and descriptive booklet:rec.. r •• ^-. THE CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT CO..,Cleveland. Ohio MERE SUGGESTIONS. If lemons are warmed before you squeeze them, nearly double the quan- tity of juice can be extracted. Powdered rock ammonia, applied with a soft brush will clean tarnished gold lace and embroidery. To turn a cake out of its pan easily, stand the tin, directly you take it from the oven, on a, cloth which has been wrung out of hot water. Leave it there for about five minutes sits then turn out, The cake will come out- of.the pan without any trouble. To remove stains from the tops of zinc kitchen tables use a cloth dipped vinegar. Tinware may be cleaned with very little trouble by using dry flour applied with a piece of newspaper. To prevent pictures from slipping and hanging uneven, hang them first with their faces to the wall, and then twist around so that the wires cross. This will.prevent them from slipping. W, H. Holden has attended Second Baptist church, Chicago, 50 consecutive years. A MOTHR'S VISION (Christian Herald ) Sitting alone in the firelight, with aged bead beat low. Over some little gar nests that were worn in the los; ego. A woman, old and fa led, was dreaming of other years; 'And the fares of absent loved ones she . saw through a mist of tears. All was silent; no echo of footfalls swift and gay. The d lncing feet of her children had wandered far away. Busy and happy and thoughtless, they were scattered far and wide; Allgrown to be men and women—save the little toy who died. It was strange, that of all the children, he should feel tonight so near. His little grave had been covered by the snows of many a year; Yet she fancied she saw him enter; that she saw him standing there, His bine eyes clear and smiling, the light on his curling hair. ,..„,11029 And a voice spoke from the silence, saying; "This for you I kept; But my meaning you could not fathom when for me you wept. The living have left your hearth -stone, but with you shall he abide In the beauty of deathless childhood, your little boy who died." i Build Up The Home Town * I F YOU want to live in the kind of a Town, Like the kind of a Town you. like, You needn't slip your clothes in a grip And go on a long, long hike. You'll only find what you left behind, For there's nothing/that's really new. It's a knock at yourself when you knock your town. It isn't your Town—it's YOU. REAL Towns are not made by men afraid, Lest somebody else gets ahead. When everyone works and nobody shirks, You can raise a Town from the dead. And if, while you make your personal stake, Your neighbor can make one, too, Your Town will be what you want to see. It isn't your Town—it's YOU BE LOYAL TO YOUR OWN COMMUN I TY newainirearnelortitaimmentanaslaesanersimalaamen ellaitarlaratenelitalaseawataseitirMatisnieenellinialisennt -FIRE EATERS.— The Triok of !Breathing Flames and Sparks From the Mouth. { The first known lire breather was a Syrian slave named Euuue, a leader in the Servile war in Sicily, 130 B. +4:. He pretended to have immediate comma, nication with the gods, When desirous of inspiring illsfollowers With courage he breathed flames and sparks from his mouth, 10 order to accomplish thin feat plus nus pierced a nutshell at both ends, . and, having filled it with some hurt- ing substance, he put it in his mouth and breathed through it, The same trick is performed today In a more ap- proved manner. The performer rolls borne flax or hemp into a ball about the size of a walnut, which he lets burn until It is nearly consumed. Then he rolls around it more flax while it is still burning. By this means the fire is retained in the ball for a long time. He slips this ball into his mouth unper- ceived and breattes throygh it. Ills breath revives the tire, and he sus- tains no injury so long as he inhales only through his nostrils. Various theories have been advanced to account for other feats of this sort performed by' the ancients. An old ordeal was the holding of a redhot iron by the accused, who was not burned if be were innoceut, Probably some protective paste was used on the hands. The peculiar property of mineral salts, auch as alum, in protecting articles of dress from fire has long been known. An old Milanese devised a costume consisting df a cloth covering for the body which had been steeped in alum. A metallic dress of wire gauze was added to this, and thus protected a man might walk on hot iron. Victor Hugo's Modesty. It la related that upon one occasion Victor Hugo, the great Wrench writer, received a letter bearing an address of a single line, "To Our Supreme Poet." Elugo took the letter to Lamartine. "Here, my dear friend," he said, "Is a letter which certainly is intended for you." After a long and extremely courteous discussion, which resolved itself into a combat of flattery, It occurred to them to break the seal, which they did, and read, "My dear Alfred." '1'he let- ter was for Alfred de Musset and came from Alexander Dumas. Lamartine smiled. but lingo. who did not relish the turn of affairs, made no comment. Some time later Clovis Rogues asked the author of "Element" "Sir, who, to your opinion, is the premier poet of our time?" and received the following reply: "The second is M. Lamartine, and the third Is M. de Musset." How it's Done. When Abraham Lincoln sat book in hand day after day ander the tree, moving round it as the shadow cross- ed, absorbed in mastering his tasks; when James Garfield rang the bell at Hiram institute on the very stroke of the hour and swept the schoolroom as faithfully as be mastered his Greek lesson; when Ulysses Grant, sent With his team to meet some men who came to load his cart with logs and. finding no men, loaded the cart with Ws own boy's strength, they showed in the conscientious performance of duty the qualities which were to raise them to become kings of men.—Canon Parries Speeches. What "Penny" of Halla Mean. The terms tenpenny, etc., as applied to nails came from the number in a pound" pronounced pun. Nails of such 11 size that 'It took 1,000 or them to weigh four, six, eight or ten pounds were popularly known as tour pun nails, six pun nails, eight pun nails and ten pun nails, respectively, and to the course of time four pun nails, sin pun nails, etc., were gradually cor• rupted to the meaningless fonrpenny nails, sixpenny hails, etts—lndianape. as News. Mourning In Arabia, When Arabian women go into mourn• lug they stain their bands and feet with indigo for eight days, and dur- ing that time they will drink no milk. on the ground that its white hue doe, not harmonize with the mental glean. —London Standard. The Way of Life. One ot the foibles that poison name die Is the unwillingness to yield in an• Important trifles. The desire always to bare one's min way Is very tae from the way of life. The Old Fashioned Purging and Griping Action of Pills is IIowr Done Away With. Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills gently' unlock the secretions, clear away an waste and effete matter from the system, and give tone and vitality to the whole intestinal tract. They do this by acting directly on the liver, and making the bile }pass through the bowels instead of allowing it to get into the blood, and thus causing consti- patios, ,)eiundlce, catarrh of the stomach and shinier troubles, Nivel,. M. Ratchford, Peterboro, Ont., writes: "Having been troubled' for ears *with constipation, and trying many i ant remedies which 'did me no good Illehatever, I was asked to try Milburn's 0 -Liver fills. I have found ilseVi fia4at beneficial, for they are indeed liplendtd pills, and I can gladly recom- Mend theni to all people who suffer front eoiiatipation." Mitburn's Laxa-Liver pills are 2Se a vial, 5 vials for $1.00, at all druggists or dealers or mailed direct on receipt of rice by The T. Milburn Co., Limited,, %Went°. 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