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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-07-23, Page 7ELECTRIC STORM SWEEPS . DNT• LEVEL . 5 f, G ire AIM, `F EES AND BUILDINGS 10 f CROSS -WOR WO PUZZLE A despatch from Hamilton Bays:- Between 7 :arid 8 o'clock Thursday ;'morning Ilamilton and district re- dehed the full fury of a violent elee tr'ical storm, accompanied by a high. wind and torrential rain, Cansiderabls damage was'" done to trees. Many were uprooted, and one at the Beach ah fail over an unoccupied (house end demolished it. Overhead wires said poles suffered much, while nsldergi'ound oonduit systems were sc+ ditmaged, by reason of sewers beang flooded. Officials• of the Bell Telephone Co. reported that at ono time during the tstornr 2,000 telephones were paxalyz- ed, and service on mostly all long- distance lines was interrupted. Power lines of the Hydro -Electric nd the Dominion Power and Trans - lesion Co.. were also affected, but Trans - et to a serious degree. iSeveral barns :and silos were report - 1d to have been badly damaged at near -by rural points. Service on radial lines and the street railway was _interrupted by fellan wires and trees which fell tsti'oss the track. One large, tree was struck by light- ning near the Nurses' Home at the General Hospital. It fell within a few deet of the building. A despatch from Cornwall says:- Oharles Crites, aged about 88 years, i farmer, Aultsville, was instantly killed when he ran into an automo- bile as he was crossing from his barn to his home with a hat full of eggs. ,,,, heavy electrical storm was prevail - at the time and the man had hise x cove d with A7 a coat or bag to pt p the downpour of rain away, A despatch from London says: - Lightning, during a heavy thunder., �term which swept the district Thurs- y morning, struck the barns of Dun - of 1 of lin Campbell the Sixth Concession of Lobo, Causing a loss of about $10,- 000. Twenty pigs, thirty tone of hay, and a cram separator ware deseroyed in the barns, A despatch from Belleville says:- A large Section of Prince Edward County was swept by a terrific wind- storm Thursday morning for the space of half an hour; and when it had passed it was found to have left a very beavy lose to property in its wake. The storm area was from Cherry Valley to three or four miles north of Picton. Scores of barns wore demolished;. crops -were flattened, and fruit trees uprooted in variousparts, many orch- ards being badly damaged by the wind. A silo at the A. C. Millen plant at Picton was demolished and plate glass windows were blown' in stores. Yerexvillo was the centre of the cy- clone. This place is about two miles north of Picton. Thomas Alexander's bean was simply blown to pieces. His loss to this and other buildings will be more than $5,000. A barn belong- ing to Mr. Ralston was wrecked, fly- ing scantling being driven through the house and striking a stove, set fire to the house. The blaze was put out. The. Village of Bath, on the Bay of Qliinte, suffered severely . from the storm, and trees all through the vil- lage and surrounding country which had stood for many years under all conditions have fallen to the ground. in the midst of the atom wires were ripped like so much thread, and two splendid silos, one belonging to Albert Mohan and one to Fred Franklin, were destroyed. d. A despatch h from Montreal says: - Several stores on St. Catherine Street, the chief business street of the city, were flooded as a result of 'torrential rains which fell around noon. The rainfall was accompanied by a terrific thunderstorm, but no serious damage was done outside of that to stocks in the several stores on low-lying streets. SWIM FOR LiFE IN ICY ARCTIC CURRENT Conquest of Mount Logan Fol. lowed by Adventure for Three of Party. A despatch from McCarthy, Alaska, evict Cordova), says: -A wild ride down the turbulent Chitina River ou a flimsy raft, which carsized in the rapids, a swim for life in -the icy water and a 70 -mile ttanip to safety, gave three members of the victorious Mount Logan party an adventurous termination to their expedition. ' News of the conquest of Mount. Lo- gan, manly 20,000 feet high, has thrill- ed mountaineering alleles all over the world. Ool, Foster's vivid description of the final dash, after weeks of ar- duous preparation, portrayed the dan- gers and the difficulties faced in icy elopes of Canada's loftiest mountain. Now comes news that the racnintalna ears were nearly lost in the Chitina while returning to McCarthy. Capt. A. H. MacCarthy' of British Columbia, leader of the expedition; Col. W. W Foster of Vancouver and Allen Carpe of New York constructed. the raft to make the descent of the Chitina from Hubriok to i2oCarthy, Los, planks and boxes were utilized, and the sun-tanned climbers embarlced in the belief that the hardest part of their trip was over. The Chitina was running strongly,, and great care was necessary to keep the oraft clear of rocks and snags, Ap- proaching the junction of the Short River the current began to take con- trol, and despite the frantic efforts of the three it swept the craft into the main channel, where it was overturned in the rapids. MacCarthy and Carpe clung to the upturned raft, while Col Foster swam. The three managed to reaoh a sand bank in midstream, where they rested. Then they shoved off on the remains of the raft and reached ,bore. From this point they bad to marsh into McCarthy, a distance of 70 mires, reaching there on Wednesday, just as a search party was leaving to invest - tate their non-appearance. Col. Foster's despatch, announcing the succeed• of the climb, was taken to McCarthy on a raft manned by Nor- man Read, of Boston, II, P. Lambert, of Ottawa, and Andy Taylor, formerly of Ottawa, They made a record run down the Chitina and got through with. out mishap. Ontario Children for Ontario Homes. Children's Aid Societies are eon- atantly `receiving applications from residents of the United States wish- ing to adopt children, and in answer to enquiries Mr. Kelso has replied that homes for Ontario children must be found in Ontario, Canada from Coast to Coast Charlottetown, P.E.r.-The latest report of the fur farming industry of Prince Edward Island shows that there are nearly 500 farms in opera- tion. The value et the preclude of the industry last year was $$,000,000. Approximately 4,000 live foxes were exported, of which 2,640 of a value of $1,500,000 went to the United States. Over 10,000 pelts, valued at $1,500,000, were. sold. Kentville, N.S.--During the months of April and May, 190,000 salmon trout fry and 200,000 -Atlantic salmon try were distributed from the Middle- own fish hatchery in lake and streams in Yarmouth County. This replenish- es the various lakes and streams. in that territory and will prove a means of making spring fishing in this dis- triet all the more attractive to visi- tors. Fredericton, N,B.-Genera•1 agricul- tpre1 conditions in the Maritime Pro - "tuck are satisfactry, according to rop reports. Hay in` -blest parts prom- fees romfees an excellent crop,' Potatoes are }raking good progress. Prospects are excellent for a large crop of apples. Prince Edward Island reports par- ticularly fine prospects for bumper Montreal, Que.-The annual sum- Iger sale of the Canadian Fur Auction tales Co., held bete at the end of one, was characterized by good de- iand and high prices. Altogether ;come million and a half dollars' worth of 'furs were disposed of to buyers Atom New York, St. Louis, London, Paris and other large fur centres. Toronto, Ont. -A total of 187b {Hiles of roads will be built in Ontario this year, according to an announce - ant of the Minister of Highways. cost of this work will be about 500,000, including bridges and other Work besides the actual road construc- tion. Contracts for the whole amount havo been Iet and a great part of the work is nottein progress. Winnipeg, 'Man. -Re-establishment of its reindeer industry in Baffin Land is being undertaken by the Hud- son's Bay Co., which has engaged the services of W. T. Lopp, until recently of the Alaskan division of the United States Bureau of Education, to spend a year in the north putting this in- dustry on a firm basis, At the pres- ent time there are approximately 700 reindeer in the herd, which were sent to Baffin Land four years ago by the Hudson's Bay officials at the sugges- tion of Stefansson, the explorer. Saskatoon, Sark, -There is appar- ently a marked increase in the acre- age sown to sweet clover this year in Saakatchewan, says the Provincial Dept. of Agriculture crop report. Little change, however, is indicated In the corn acreage as compared with last year. Macleod, Alta. -For the first time in the history of Canada three -thou- sand Indians from the four. Western ,Provinces and Montana have journey- ed into Macleod to hold an all -Indian celebration and to form a league of plains Indians. Numerous celebra- tions were held by the Indians and it is estimated that over 5,000 visitors, witnessed the event. Invermere, B.C.-There has just been publicly announced that Mr, R. Randolph Bruce, generally known as the pioneer of the Columbia Valley, has presented to the Great War Vet- erans' Association of this part the plans of a memorial hall and a mem- orial cairn, which he will at once have built and presented to them -as:.a re- membrance for those from this district who fell in France. The hall will be a log structure of rural design, while the cairn will be of local boulders with a Scotch granite slab inserted on its face on which will be let in in lead the names of those who were killed. THE INTERNATIONAL eYNC CATs SUGGESTIONS: FOR SOLVING CROSS ,WORD PUZZLES ; i Start out by filling in the words of which .you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossingthem and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each whit'e space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both. HORIZONTAL 1 -Territory of an earl 7 -Enclosure for chickens 13-A coronet 14 Embellish 116-Ood of the midday Sun 17-A garden famed in Bible times 8 -Akin to love 9 -Myself 0 -Near the stern 2 --Make suitable 4-DIsa9reeable, spiteful woman 6 -Correlative of "neither" 6 -Elderly women .27 -Corroded )I8 -Distrust 81-Chattengee 23 -Barren • 84 --Those who glide over Ice 85 -indefinite article 86 -Island near Now York (abbr.) 37--A tool 88 -Substance similar to varnish 42 --Entrance or passage (pi.) 46-01dtime means of oonvayance 47 -Thus (Latin) 48--Factlone 61-1/1000 of an lnoh e2 -Part of tho foot 53 -Make a law 54-gdditicn to a house 65 --Printer's unit 56 -Slim 88 -An amphibian 61-Abbr. for "each" 82 -An eastern State of U. 8. 63 -To follow . 65 -Commenced 6.6 Set rete FRENCH ROYAL ARMS PRESENTED TO CANADA Lord Wil!ingdon Recalls His- • toric Days of VVolfe and Murray. A despatch from London says: -In brilliant sunshine and amid elaborate decorations, thousands gathered on Thursday at the entrance to Hastings pier to witness the ceremony of hand- ingover the royal arms of France to P. C. Larkin, Canadian High Commis- sioner, who will take them back to Quebec. The mayor presided and members of the Corporation Council and distinguished Canadians and Frenchmen were present, including Mr. Justice Duff and H. F. Biggar, The Marseillaise was played on the arrival of the French ambassador and then the Maple Leaf. Lord Willing' - don, who is freeman of the borough, in presenting the escutcheon, said that in the days of -Wolfe and Murray Eng, land and France had battled for su- premacy in North America, but Can- ada won the day. Canada, he said, was fortunate to possess besides true British character- istics French blood, traditions and in- stitutions. After a reference to the Battle of Hastings, Lord Willingdon said that it was peculiarly appropriate that Hastings should return to Can- ada the escutcheon, recalling that - British and Canadian troops fought alongside` the French for civilization. The citizens of Hastings, he contin- ued, made the gift with feelings of friendship and affection and with an earnest and intense desire to promote VERTICAL 1 -Trips with meseagee 2-RIght (abbr.) 3-Flb 4 --Father (familiar) 5 -Wood nymph 6-A command nd 7 -Occurs cu s 8 -Prepares for publication 9 -in no manner 10 -Sob 11 -Upon 12 --Female who writes verse 16 -On the move 19 -Mother 81 -Faithful 23 -Expressing present existence 24-Guardlanahlp 29 -Modified leaf to a flower .cluster 30 -Part of a fork (p1,) 81 -Little valleys 82 --At an angle 87-8tiokers ea-Peouller spirit of a language 39 -Delicate 40 --Whirled 41 -Ghost 42 -Crippled 43 -Spry 44 -Part of house (pt,) 48-A fish net 49 -Baby's name for father 50 -Rook 56 -Sailor 57 -Struck 69 -Poisonous Serpent 60 -Owing 62-A parent (abbr.) ee:Half. an.em0.. maiTinarl unity and brotherhood throughout the British Empire, and as a symbol of the lasting friendship between Eng- land and France whereof Quebec would always be the most binding link. Accidental Drowning Jury's Verdict in Lake Tragedy A despatch from. St, Thomas, Ont., says: -After being out two hours and forty-five minutes the jury empanelled by Coroner Dr, D, L. Ewen to enquire into the swan boat tragedy on Lake Pinafore, on the evening of Monday; July 6, when seven children and a wo- man were drowned, returned a verdict of accidental drowning, exonerating William Stoner, owner of the boat and park concessionaire, of any charge of negligence. In their verdict the jury said there was no evidence submitted to show that the weight of the load carried on the fatal trip was in excess of that oa previous occasions. Answer to last week's puzzle. ®12111 N.'1 11W •®©©IWI2 r.:. lC1©,IiOh�y azU ;doav 4•CW 0'n laei laglw©E1 in DO®x0©®©Q12 [[��m UMIS®Q 'ODt21© - ©l ta© s.©0©© Lmi 0190®a ©Alar•.x.C© climaxt b®LL Q.. _ },-i 00' VICINI®rx0 a • WI D � DQ , •� .r, • .H sa dn�i .. w r:Y THE E'S MARKETS TORONTO. Man, wheat --No. 1 North., $L71%; No, 2 North,, $1,09; No. 8 North., $L62; No. 4 wheat, not quoted. Man. oats No. 3 OWeat quoted; No. 1. feed, 561%' e. 2 eed, 58%0. All the above c.i.f. bay ports. Ani corn track, Toronto -No. 2 yellow, $1,2d. Millfeed-Dol;, Montreal freights, bags inoludedi Bran, leer ton, $28) shorts per ton, ,•0t•: middlings, $361 good feed flour, per lag, $2.80. Ont. oats -48 to 50a, f.o.b. shipping points. Ont. wheat -$1.2.0 to $1.28, to.b. shipping points, according to freights. Barley -Malting, 74 to 77c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 78c. Rye -No. 2, nominal. Man. flour, first pat., $8.80, To- ronto; do, second pat. $8.80, Toronto. Pastry flour, bags, $6.10. Ont. flour -Toronto, 90 . per cent. pats., per barrel, in Carlota Toronto, 55.75; seaboard, in bulk, 55,60. Straw-Carlots, per ton, 58 to $8.50. Sereenings-Standard recleaned, 2, o.b, bay ports, per ton, $21. Hay -No. 2, per ton, $18 to 514; No. 8, per tan, 511 to $12 • mixed, per ton $9 to 511; lower grades $6 to 59. Cheese -New, large, 221%4 to 28c; twins, 28 to 284c; triplets 2334 to 24c; Stiltons, 26 to 26e. Ofd, lar 27 to 28e; twins, 28 to 29o; triplets, 28 to 800. Butter -finest creamery prints, 89c; No, 1 creamery, 88c; No. 2, 86 to 87e. Dairy prints, 26 to 28c. Eggs-1i'resh extras in cartons, 41 to 42e; loose, 89 to 40c; fresh firsts, 36 to 37c; seconds 82 to 88e, Live poultry -Chickens, spring, Ib., 85c;, hens over 4 to 5 lbs., 20c• do, 8 to 4 lbs., 18c; roosters, 15e;,ducldings, 61s lbs. and up, 22c, Dressedpoultry-Chickens, ri s n lb., 45c; hens over 4 to 5 lbs.22e; do, 8 to 4 lbs, 22c. spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over, XV., 35c; do, corn fed, 92e; roosters, 20; ducklings, 5 lbs, and up, 270. Beans -Can., handpicked, ib„ 61/4c; prunes, 8e. Maple produce -Syrup, per imp, gal., 52.40; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.80 per gaL; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c. Honey--60-lb. tins, 131/4c per %b.; 10-1b. tins, 181/4c; 5-1b. tins, 14c; 234. 11. tins, 15% to 16c. Smoked meats -Hams, tired., 82 to 88e; cooked hairs, 47 to 50e; smolred tolls, 22c; cottage, '.23 to 252; brea11- fest bacokt, 80 to 134e; epeelal brand breakfast bacenec87o; badge boneless, 86 to 420. • Cur`ed'meate-Lang clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $22 /9 to 00 lbs. 520.50; 20 lbs. and up, .1.9.5()) lightweight rolls, ih barrels, 529.50; heavyweight roils, 524.50 per . barrel. Lard -Pure tierces 18 to 181/c; tube, 18 to 10c; pails 19 to 10%o) prints, 20 to 24,e; ehorteuing, tierces, 141/4e; tube,14%it; palls, 15c; blocks, 100. Amery steers choice $8 to $8.25; do, good, $7.25 to 17.76; butcher �st�ers choice 57 to 57.40; do good, $6.50 8o 7; d0,,med 56 to $6.26; do, come, 55.50 to 0; Matcher heifers,' choice, 56.75 to $7,50' do,.med., 56 to 56.^x5; do, dom. 5.5d to$6; butcher cows, choice, $bt to 55.75; do fair to rrod 4.25 to 55; canners and cutters 2.25 t e8; butcher bulls, good, $4.5d o 55.50; do, fair, 58.75 to $4; bologna, $8 to $8.50; feeding steers, good,6.26 to $6.75 • do, fait,. 54.60 to $5.2 calves, choice, 59 to 510; do med., 1'f to $8; do, coin., 54 to 55.50; milch eowe ehaice, , 70 to $80; do fair, 540 to 56033 eprin�qrs, choice 5775 to 500; od light, 7i e ggoo g $ e p, $5.5b to $6.69' heavies and bucks, $8.60 to $4.50 • good y lambs, $16 to 516.60; do, med., $15 to $15.50; .do bucks 514 to 514.50; do, coils, 512 to e18; dogs, thick smooths, fed and watered, $18.10; do, f.o.b., '$12.50; do, country points, 512,25; do, off ears, $18.60; select ,premiums, 62.50. MONTREAL. Oats -Can. West., No. 2, 711%; Can. West„ No. 8, 66c; extra No. 1 feed, 651o. Flour -Man. gluing wheat rte. firsts; fiat 8 80 P seconds > $ . 58.80; strong: bakers, $8:10• Bran -28.26 to $29.26. Shorts -580.25 to 531.25. Middlings -586,25 to $87.25. Hay - No. 2, per ton, car iota, 514. Calves, veale, 55.25 to $8; North west hogs,' 518,25; sows, $9 to $9.50. Cheese, finest vests„ 221/4c; do finest easta., 221/ o. Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 87;4 to 88c; do, No. 1. creamery, 37 to 371/4c; do, seconds, 36 to 8631c. Eggs, fresh specials, 42c; do, fresh extras, 40c; do, fresh firsts, 36c. The fish is almoet as big as the 111- tle tot. Both hail from Lake of the Woods. -e August 8 Date Set for New Brunswick Elections A despatch from Fredericton, N.B., says: -The date for the Provincial elections in New Brunswick has been fixed, polling to take place on Satur- day, Aug. 8. The standing of the parties in the Legislature on Feb. 4, 1025, was:. Ministerial (Liberals) „ 29 Conservatives 12 United Farriers 7 Hon, P. J. Veiiiot is the Prime Minis- ter. Huge. Painting for Doge's. One of the largest paintings in the world, exclusive of panoramas, is in the grand salon of the Doge's palace at Venice. The painting is eighty-four feet wide by thirty-four feet high. The swanboat which capsized at Pinafore Park Lake, St. Tlioina4, causing the de picniekera, - h of night Sunday school REDUCTION QF HYDRO RATES IN 12 CENTRES Demand for Power Shows Growth Despite Year of Industrial Depression. A despatch from Toronto says: -The fact that the Ontario Hydro -Electric Power Commission has been able t0 reduce the service and consumption charges for power supplied to many of the rural districts represents one of the features of the seventeenth annual report just published. Coupled with We, there is the fact that the Commis- sion is able once again to reportthat the revenue obtained from the con- atimers.,has beau more than sufficient to meet the Riff cost of generating and transmitting electrical energy, as well as to provide for all operating ex- penses xpenses and fixed charges of the muulci. pal utility equipments. The third fea- ture of the report Iies in the statement that, in spite of the general industrial depression, there has bean a consider- able growth in the demand for power on nearly all systems, and on several systems the Commission has reached the limit of the capacity of the existing generating planta. So far as the reduction 1n charges is concerned, Sir Adam Beck an- nounces a revision of rates 1n the rural power districts now being served by the Commission. The Commission has contracts with 146 townships situated in various parts of the Province, 138 of which are now being served as part of 90 rural power districts established by the Commmefon. A number of these rural power districts have been operat- ing since 1920, and in many of them rate adjustments have been made from time to time. Cheaper Money Lures British Vacationist:; from Own Isle A despatch from London says: - Britons, like Americana, are getting more and more in the habit of taking their holidays on the Continent, not to much because they are bored with their own green island, but because the pound is the pound, while neither the franc nor the lira looks anything like its pre-war self. Last week 25,000 passports were issued by the British Government, and for several weeks the daily average has approximated 8,000, 75 per cent. of them being for Continental travel. Nearby France and Belgium capture most of the English, Scottish and Welsh- who go abroad, but many others, go farther afield into the dis- tant parts of Europe. Luck Brings London Engineer $250 at Stone -Breaking Job A despatch from London says : An unemployed engineer who took a rock breaking job in a street gang rather than accept•,a government dole is nearly 5250 'richer from a find he made on His new job. While he was wielding a hammer, the man, who was Sidney Hammel, of Chelsea, noticed in the roadway a string of white beads, As his mates assured him they ;were worthless, he took them home for his daughterto play with. They turned out, however, to be pearls valued at 2.1,000, lost by Violet Lady Beaumont, who, when they were returned tb her, handed Manson no, Golf Lhvlgs at Jasper Patiti A)1 over trio world the tteeortene6 outdoor recreational reseuro,$'is tj recognised, The raphe pace of mad life demands physical o'21I1 gi trom the crowd anti dual 6f' eltia Canada le rich lel these tsitottroee art they ate )ring in±roasingly trade of, both by heir own citizens and l ` those who conic from abroad, T14 Canadian Bookies have many- attracts Lions - motoring, riding, elimbita, swimming ie. the mountain lakes, an. not least, ebbing in the crisp uplan air, for several of Capadiau Natrona�' Parke have beim Provided with faetiSa ties far enjoying this popular genie, The golfer )hist: variety. Ile asks a good course, with a touch of severity and still not too arduous, and the troductl0n of something unusual, Got ors visiting Jasper Park this year wit find a course of nine holes Which cell? banes: all these things. The nature; terrain' of the Jasper links is one its features. The gravelly sub -loll, 'a t essential to the production of goat golfing turf, has made the introduction of clay neoeasary. 'An abundance, 4t sand assures eubstantlai :and numel' ons bunkers, Tho course as designed shows sport!. nese, for the most part supplied by nor tura: hazards, but this le of oarridd so far' as id be rosoine ai' a 8� � Th lottg,�, holes are constructed with it 714±1 td assisting, rather than •retarding, the usual game. For the moms ambitlotli there is plenty of scope for a display of the highest ;golfing skill, while short course 18 4.vailable for the les enthusiastic. In additiah to the many unique fee- tures of the playing held, the unusual la generoualy displayed in the grana deur of the scenic setting, Toweriii5', sno -a ad w 1 mountains fringe the Hake, , hila w the beautifully clear, opalescent, Lae Beauvert, besides offering oppor; , tuaities for the skilful introduction Of water hazards, frames a setting for some of the holes that is perhaps un- paralleled among American courses. The total length; of the course com- pares favorably with come of the pre- Wrier courses of America. Nine holes are ready for play this season and the course will be raised to the standard size of eighteen holes for the 1928 aaaeOn, Natural ResourcesBulletin. The Natural Resources Intelligence Service' of the Dept. of the Interior at Ottawa eays: The fruit season is now upon us, and berries, cherries, peaches, plums, early apples, etc., are coming on to the market in tremendous quantities, and in a variety of containers, boxes, baskets, orates and barrels, with many shapes and sizes of each. Some conception of the quantities required for a season's fruit handling is given in a report by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for 1922. In that year there were 14,906,892 berry boxes made, together with 18,830,021 bas- kets and 1,025,176 crates. Between seasons practically all this enormous number of containers has disappeared, and a new supply is re- quired. 'True, they are very frail, be- ing made for temporary useonly, and in order to produce the most attrac- tive and saleable fruit new containers are necessary. The interdependence of industries is very clearly shown in the relation of the fruit grower to the forest. Practically all the containers used are the product of the forest, whether they be of wood or paper. In the menu - lecture of boxes, baskets and crates in 1922 there were used 96,550,000 board feet of softwood, 14,162,000 board feet of hardwood, and 7,000,000 feet of veneer, An Inverted Rainbow Sight for Londoners. A scientific correspondent has com- municated to the London Daily 'Mail details of a phenomenon witnessed in the sky at Dulwich, S.E., just after 6.30 one evening recently. At that hour filmy clouds appeared across the sky and gradually a section of a rainbow appeared about 20 de- grees from the zenith, and thus almost directly overhead. The curve of the rainbow was re- versed, the outer side of the are in- stead of the inner side, which is usual, being towards the sun. The outer side was colored red and the inner aide violet. At the time this unusual sec- tion of the rainbow was observed the sun was 95 degrees from the horizon. Usually when a rainbow is seen the observer stands between the sun and the am in the heavens. In this case the position was altered, for the mo- tion of arc observed was almost over- head verhead and between the observer and the sun. Old Sarum. Two miles north of the town of Sailg bury, England, is an enormous heap of ruins which once composed the an- cient ncient town of Sarum, now known as "Old Sarum, a rotten bore," Sarum was founded by the Romans, became a considerable city and hada great bish op'e castle. War came along and ree, duped the city to ruins, and everybody departed, In .1825 Lord Caledon paid eixty thousand pounds Por the whole thing, and from that time -the "rotten born" regularly returned two members to Parliament, the elections taking place an thefield where the city hall once stood. Compared with kngiishnien, Scots- nien, akin Weds t in Ito Irish 6, much the largos