The Goderich Star, 1904-04-08, Page 3sT7PPLMMENT TO
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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE COUNTY OF HURON.
NOL. 45 -NO. 2303.
GODERICH, ONT., APRIL 8) 1904.
AmPAINIMIA
MITCHELL & TODD, Owners.
AMONGST THE CHURCHES.
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS FROM SEVERAL
DENOMINATIONS.
VICTORIA BT. RALLY DAY.
The following notice, which has
been sent to all the members of the
church named, explains itself, and the
service will no doubt be very interest-
ing:
Thd Victoria street Methodist 'Church cor-
dially invites you to be present at its Reunion
and Roll Call on Sunday, April 17th, at 11 eau.
All our members aro specially expected to be
present with thole fatuities. If providentially
prevented, send a vorso of Scripture to be read
in response to your name. N. 13. --The annual
Card of Membership will bo renewed at this
service to all the members. W. 13. GRAHAM.
Pastor.
A very successful entertainment,
under the auspices of the Junior
League, was held in the lecture roots
of Victoria St. Church on Easter Mon-
day evening. April 4th. The room
was filled to the door. The chair was
occupied by Rev. W. H. Graham, pas.
tor of the church. The programme
was an excellont one, consisting of
recitations, songs, mouth organ Inutile,
dialogues, boys drill 'Fair Canada', and
girl's floral drill. The evening closed
with singing 'God Have the King'.
The people then dispersed, many con-
gratulating Miss Hattie Harris, Supt.
of Jr. League, on the grand success of
her evening's entertainment.
FOR CHURCH UNION. -
An informal meeting of the pastors
and some of the members of the
Presbyterian and Methodist churches
of Halifax, held last Friday, discussed
the question of union. Rev. Dr.
Lathers spoke of the resolutions of
the Methodist general conference and
Presbyterian general assembly in
favor of union, and of the recent in -
forme' meeting in Toronto which had
awakened so nnuch enthusiasm. Rev.
Dr. Pollock, Rev. Dr: Murray,' Rev
John McMillan, Rev. Dr. Forrest. Rev.
Dr. Falconer, and Rev. Dr. McLean
stem spoke strongly in favor of union.
Resolutions in favor of the movement
were passed unanimously. The great •
est unanimity and coediftlity pre•vniled
at the meeting. After passing the
rtaoluttons, a oonlmitlee s ll' 11
ed to bring these expressio s of ion to oopin-
ir
el(ittee and of notice <the ('hon11
e h1 N. the 11on
It he
NamP clay a meeting of pi 11 0 114
Presbyterian. Methnlli'o and mgr's
gat ional Itbtist.er8 and Tay (01 we4
held at Wesley College, \Wil ;peg, for
the discussion of 'mien of a ,winos
holies. 1)t•, Patrick u•ti, • tens pre-
pared to take orf his .11 and work
for union. The feels „ in favor there-
of wets prneti,•.&Ily 11 memoirs. and en-
dorsive speeches we ' made by Messrs.
William Whyte, .1. Ax, Aikens and
(Itherm. \
WITII TIIE Hi-NnaY HCHOOIL WORKERS.
The i•:xorntive of the Provincial S.
S. A,so•intion met in
frento last
week, and ,tuongst oth r important
r.,it tors (reie0to m norialize the
various Orr 1 church t h courts vitht(a view of
n,rer11tining their nal *<1 m4( petitioning
the Minister of Educe ion to authorize
the daily readings r• 4
t slut in i nnpcti m with
Y R
the International nternationnl NN(1 � r
�.p 4(N n the
Scripture to bg.rrefil In the Puhlie and
High Scho %s,This idea w(kN('ndorsed
by the B,(ron Co, Convention hold in
lilytJn Lust June, 1(5 being more profit
at//t than the more or less fI ItgI'en
selections now read. A Kingston
rTespateh, eonunenting on the plant
Proposed, says : ThIe is(1oNsihl' now.
I lie JUngston Board of Trit,tees near-
ly ten yeaxs ago, with the concurrence
of 111l whA are engaged in ethical
totwhing, undertook the task which
the Sunday Sellnol Association 15 now
discussing. in thel-junior classes the
golden texts are metho • zed,����a'__nd���rrie
the senior ARSFIeN the less�s tat ,tsaa,.aarrld
and im pressed upon ttkte scholars.
The late Principal Grant was a keen
oh,erver of plowing even tI, however,
and he romtnended the action of the
Kingston trustees and (((Named 11(e
Hrhool Hoards of other places to bni-
tate it.
The following members of the Ex-
ecutive of the Huron County 8.5. and
C. E. Association stet at Clinton last
Friday to arrange a programme for
, the convention of 1I04, 1). B. Munro.
president ; Dr. 'fowler, Corr. Hery. :
J O. Stoneman, Rer. Secy.: Revs.
Jas. Hamilton, Goderirh, John Rolnick,
Blyth ; Buchanan, Hensall ; Miss
Anderson, Clinton, and Meagre. Coop-
er and Scott of Clinton, and James
Mitchell, of Goderich. Dr. fowler
reported that in answer to a circular
sent out last August, asking for a
collection towards assisting the Prov-
incial Association and to meet the ex-
penses of the county convention of
1004, only $38.00 had been received ; of
this $24 had been sent the Provinbihl
body, antj expenses of printing Raid
postage left the balance on hand $0.08.
It was decided to make a further appeal
to the various schools and societies in
the county, and the President and Mr,
Mitchell were appointed to draw it up,
and when mnileli, certain persons are
to be asked to act a; district superin-
tendents in helping to g t a general
response. 1'he dates of the 1004 con-
vention ate June 14 and 16, the O. E.
to have the first day and bhe Sunday
Schools the second. The indications
are that the people of Wingham will
make extensive preparations fol• the
reception of delegates and the success
of the gatherings.
$ASTEE AT ST. GEORGE'S.
There were large congregations at
St. George's morning and evening on
Easter Day, and the 8a. m. relebrat ion
of Holy Communion was also largely
attended, the aggregate attendance
being in excess of that of the past few
Easters. The chancel, pulpit, desks
and font were prettily deeorated with
plants, ferns and •flowers, the effect
being exceedingly Easter like. The
rector's discourses wet• en Eastersub-
jects, and the muldeal programme
war4 in keeping with the occasion. the
singing of the choir being pe t.i•ul:u•ly
good. The organists playing was 4(p
to Mr. Ouff's usual high standard, and
the evening offertory with Harrold,
131acketone, Hate, and Harry ('utf,
elarionet, assisting the ergttn, was a1
much appreciated piece of sacred
rnusir.
The annual vestry meeting of St.
George's t'omgr•gution wax held in the
school roonrorrM'mi(hly, with the ter -
ter presiding. There arms not a large
attemlalltN,• the tot0+on probably bre
ing, es given by ono of the wardens.
that the Orutneiftl statement wits 84(
satisfactory, that tt would be better
to Leave the management with the
wardens. Judge Holt WAS again re-
elected as the people's warden, and
Georg• Portera pj)uintr I as the 1.e.(•-
Glr'N. Messrs. \4. L. Eliot and A.
Bisset Thom were elected delognl•s
to the annual synod, the wardens lr
big elected alternates. '1'h• salary of
the enretaker teas raised $25, all others
retaining no last vertu'. \1e551s. \\'.
L. Eliot and E. 1.. 1)1 'kitwnn were
elected atulitors, and the following
were appointed Rtd•NI11.'11 : 11ev51's, W.
D. Tye. I. 1e. 'awl et r, D. Naftt•l.
\\'. L. Eliot, E. N. L•tvi.. le. Jordan,
1;. Woodeoek, .ino. S. Nall, .fns, 1).
Tigert, H. L. Diek,ineen, and 1V. A.
McKim. Thr people's wit ellen, in ad-
dressing the vestry, •,lit( 1 he fbmneial
statement arts the most satisfarinry
pt•eNPIIi(•(1 fill' ,1(111e V'a1'5, as, in 180)8
the mertgege was �1001 withe t note
1 ,' t
in the loll 11 $(N , when as to -tory
the mortgage had been redness' to
$2501. and the pal 1,11 was wit hoot any
otherfinancial
b, end during
the present year the entered and .1,211
of principal on the mortgage had ),''u
paid, 1111,1 (1 hank balance from L,st
year of $'1111 had been pa§I off. I'he
speaker highly (tnmplinlcnted 1he
Senior and Junior (milds for rhiir
good work. ,tn.) thanked tl,o vestry for
the honer 4(t' hi- appointment. The
reetill''s ltnr111( 1 'ttttti•1111•1(1 slloti('(1 that
Ile attendance at clnu•ch and the
number of communicants hall increas-
ed, Oral the Lenten ret vices wet
largely 11ttendel, Indult Indantling the
Mt4lrnty period. He rtnnpliln•nted Thr 1
Guilds and the A11xil{nries for their.
good tt•nlk, And mentioned that Easter.
Day ,eller•tient were over $2'221. t hat
of the Bible cisme, $12,80, and the Snow
day School $10. 1)n (lotion of the
wardens acordial vote of thanks was
tendered the ('hntrhw•ntnnn's ntld ,
Young Peoples Guilds. A vele of
thanks proposed by Messrs. Porter'
and Jordtln was earTied, thanking 1l is
da,io.s Holt and Porter, Du. 11(41(05 w h4(
manage 1 he envelope to11 rt lona. andtbe' choir members were heartily
thanked for their services ell motel,
of ittessra. Jordan and Eliet.
At the fortnightly meeting of the
Young 1'eoplP s Guild in Ht. Gem-TP.4
school room next Tuesday evening,
Mrs HI isken's suhjeet%tell be '•111111 le
throngh West f`nrnwall," giving poi I(t M
of interest, life among the mime -R.1
their work and native dialect., with i
recitations, humorous and sentiment•
noted residents, in the person of Coad-
jutor Bishop Carmichael. This 1911110
gentleman was one of Olinton's earliest
ambassadors of the word of Gott, hav-
ing had charge of St. Paul's aongI'ega-
tion, throughall itstrying scenes from
1850 to 1808, Rev. Jas, Carmichael, «s
he was then called, was a wttlr•((Ille
visitor to all homes and denominations.
nations.
It was under his inhere that old 14L
Paul's (that was burnt down iti 1805,
was erected in 1811, of which w•0 wilt
say more litter, olid the present edifice
that the Anglican, and their friends
are worshipping in delay ((14(11 built
underhis gutdauce, ''lutt he has been
divinely guided from his Best humble
palish in (Sinton to one of the highest
In the Chore ti's gift is est 1bli.htd.
The church will he thrown upt•n loan,
he to 1111111'0VN his healers at beth
moral ng and evening serviette.
EASTER EXAMINATIONS.
List of Successful Pupils in Code -
rich Public Schools.
The names are in order of merit.
The asterisk theatre, the absence of
pupil for pact of the examination:
I)t\'isu e I. Steelier t''ot.:tern. -- \lacy
Mel.•otl, Agile, 11-ooilton, Chester El-
liott, Augusta( Jit Loull, Ileal rite Hain-
iletn. Melville .11idt+rnun, Olive Smith,
Roddie Johnston. (leeks Mutineers,
Vern Elliott, Rose M<•Ntt'{e, Vette]
\•nlstone, John McAuley. (lt'u•e Ellis,
Archie Tom, Janes \Viggins, Botta
('Itu•k, Clare Swltrts, Pearl Knox,
Chrissie Cantelen, Merit Ilevi(15on,
Harold Johnston, May Thont•on, lleg-
• inald Platt, (;mit• Nit•in-, Wady.
Platt, \\'inner 11.•11• espial 1, Jelin
Salsbury, •(fay 'I'h,n•I.rw-, Effie Sotle-
e•Iand, Jaunt's M.•\'11.111', .burl i'rood-
-foot, Lizzie ('l.ok, Nina Sharma(,
I\N'illit) Cali;,., It win I. labile Howl lo,
Mason )loll. 111110111, More(((( tiallews,
Angie; Mrlkt)1411 I(nhert farcy, (:1.111
14.1101 Heaton.
1)1vlslov I1., Jrvtmt Portrrn.
11:aud 11.•110100, h,lurltr Weikel. Toni
Elliott, 1'e Irl i[rOil{icray. John Me -
Nevin. Roderick l.e•on:u\I, Gt t 1'' \'•ir
ion, \\'ilfrid Lewitt, (armee \'.11,.tone,
Margnrot 1.,i wsoll,Ett.at I hivol .nn, irelc
Nieh1:1Z11•ur,lI 1,Neil .NI,Aeley, 'Ern
est Ilendor' 11 '(iirdnn Ih nikw:uet.
Cameron, Ellet lirlinleotuhee, Kathleen
Sutherland, Sara Bencoul, Mabel Del',
t)aisy Fisher, Lizzie Muir, Ruby StotYl•
ere DMule Johnston,
Elsie Duel:ad, out Tul4ord, here alert
awls, Angus Mr Navin, Luau' Mel hal.
!LW, Annie Melee 1, label \\'uuteul,
Bella Mel)ouald, Eva :Maze], Roy
Slum. tuan.
HISNIe1R I)1\'IHttN, `T, ANDREW'S
\\"AttD. SIntlr ('htsv. ('ll.ulea Ink-
ster, Maitland Symonds, Marlyn
\Wvntt, Elmira Salton,. (!elan
son, Iamb( Iamb( ('fury, 11 :y \'oueg, tit set.
MacLelin, Lizzie \\'the, lt•g{nalt 1' n••
inn. Marie' C'urrell, Etta Mlu 1),(unid,
11Rrjr(ry 1100(1•, Jean Nairn. 11iddle
Ague, Mae Donald, May 4ynt
mule, Merge rel Leonard, Ed gay Sw,u•ts,
:11/try '1'ont,(ittrnt•t. '('lrth•t('e\, 1t z'l
14acl)unald, Iba11'l.1ones, lltu r)' Ifrinti
mints, Tena Murtety, ltny Mnr(iuir•.
Jnniur Class. - 17nlrultn !MaeDeuuld,
Ha%el 11.4..1 vol., Doris Niel/an.. Nur
111.11) 1\1 0...1.40)(1, Alfred iiaxtol„John
\turtvty. Ethel Carey, t'athrtinr Nine.
I),u,tt,1, Lily Postlethw.11re, Beryl
Er.ille, 11ort,ul 'road.
Stcslant 1)1\-IH1nx, S'r. 1).tvnes
\Veto>. Senior t',.(s,. dilly Morrow,
Sadie Balers, 1'borte 'I'ho11tR., Ibtrold
1{oggarlh, Stella ('lurk, 1'llemei''
Thomp5uu, 1'9uteurh \\•ontuu, Nettie
Robinson, Irene' Ibt'Iidn)•, Mena,•
'Thomas, !lentl•irr. \\'elle, 111o'tt u,•t
/tiller. 1liddl• ('1a5., Mate, sil-
ken. Iiiltltr.l \{,•('ollg.l :a')ih 'u \I., err, i
Earl Allele, Leslie Ste\val1, (leo. Bell.
Marge' 01 It >11'. 1,1,1..1 111:e1, It'.1Ly'
Kni;lit. Isrne.t
Kemp. Junior Clore.
- (Lipoid Milson. Nellie Bell, I:rne,t
Steven,. (lalccy (,'tulruu,•It, 11
'lay Hirnie. Junior Cit i.iete,
Senior ('lass. \•inlet Ilt:o I., Varlet
Kroll,..\I:njerie \(otruti, 111("• (limn
nu'tt, eel leelend Lngau, Kerurtl Hog
girth, '110 .1,1 11aten, 1.'111 Phillip-.
•1.tura 11or,ott.0.1(1(.11 ll,uli5uu.
Ilit-Isios. MI'. I's•I'HIu'K'N
v'(11, e'l:r.. .1. !bar)' 'folioed.
1; n11en Hoskin, Itru. Slta\r, Ilnreld
Melba(tfu1, ,Timer Hawkins, ('Mastics
l:17i. i;i ic'i1,a1.itis, Mamie \\'4(1 rimer,
11e11(0 Ila.., Fred 1lrlhertson, .11(1111
\' 1ut.1„4(t•, Lem14. bless, Ellg.ti 141(10 11
liyl en Shirley. Hold,• \I t'tlt•I ('lass •
It. Erle 1(o(J, Alma Sil otla, Muted
Dookwnrt11,' IIeggie Iblll., Blanch'.
Ellis, Ilei i 11un Fisher. I•:rnr'l l'ridlutul,
li,•ry \1'tu•on, l(uyel 84(4(,•1, Maggie
Ro.1, .lo.,•pl1 114'u k. h'•tuk \\'01ket.
Defeo I', Olt on, \lek-
Not•ninn lvavl.. I?Inn 1 \,Jl I!s, e, 1,t,. seam -en, 1Lu'ohl,. \\'.u'trner. Edith
• Viola .Inhn-'nil, \(.ua \\'11.,,4(, .1[041 Mail, John Felker, Leine \iehl.(tt,fl,
31rllonuI 1, 'llury ungrnur, I) ,( (1tty aeril Nelson. Junior 1)ixi5uu1, M,•ninr
Tan -wt. '.11 ,• l'. ,..er, 't:,nes! 11 it 19.(•5. 1',\lea Hamilton, ilg'n011
Curious Bits of I' ws.
If mold (tae de 1,
'VII la 1'4.111 nth 1" , 'I it•Aer (",,a7.1,, 11.u1th,n, iA•xsee \\ alkel , '.1
(stare ('•1., e•), 'liladys lioeg.0 {t,
•Edit) Co -ford,
31(5l4'in� 1I1.,Sr:'lo)t'l'nntn ❑1 a'1,•
• 111. Murray ',l -I)nnttll, E. 1'nr'lnl., .1
: Swart-, Lade Symetels, i've, y li,lite.•\.
('Lly (on Pe,u•e.ek, Prat l \Ci..et(, ,111 ,
Saundets, Hai old Aitken, Edda• inn
tart, Isnh,•I 11111hesnn, Harold11Hobo.
sen, Otee 11 'Todd, Belot ier
Phren•(' ('oll', 4(,c. Fred Lave, 1•.,111(,
litr.leaul. (irnd,• I\'. 1111111 1111'• h4l,1,
Edit If. \I'nt.,,rl. (1111 (' \\'14( nock. ( i,4(,•
11 dbtw, I'rvrtl 1?t.4(,.• llitrL.(t'•1 M,•
to• ,•I, e••.1 1 '..Ihn'te ti
I r.IL•t :111 . )•; Ir toe,
M,Eiride, Pan{ buff, Reggie i) uilol,,
I': u l I•:Iliot 1, Sydney 1 ,I,\( , 11e.(11 310,
,tin 811117,4.1.\1ar Mott rat 11
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a N o� \'. See o " r ' p.
it t t I 14(LI,u sal
• I11, -Hattie Itelchei, Bow (iel'ou,hy,
Mary Sethrrlalul. Ntitrgar•t (Litt. Ira
•nest Young, \\'. Bohinsnu, (i,•,,. Ti
Iow, 1101•lle Mrl,1a(. 'I:dtilr ,lbirll•m 1
Old, Nnrt'nn llt' Kai', Elmo (•1.11 k.
Maly Melo. in. 'He -;lir Stan, (wile.,
Itoberl III• IA•.*l, 'Belt Murphy. '1'..,1
Kennedy. (trade 1 V. -11 ane
loan, lirtr}rr I'ridlusa . ,)rssic 1x
IteKKie I'ridlianl, Edwin (Tarek, Neil, -•
Henderson. 4.',,tBlair. Ernest Bell.
Intek Elliott, Cos Jost M( -N,'
Niehol'cn, Nina EON', L"(tII. 11•
('rrnth, Lewin Robinson, Donald 11,-
I Ien1ld.
Al,
BISHOP CARMICHAEt. AT CLINTON.
The Clinton New Era sari: On Sun-
day, April the 10th, this town is t(1
have a vinit from one of Montt pal's
Room 3',, (lRnotc 11.. 131.
111.
Elizabeth Stngrlill, Lary Young', Alt's.
Maunders. Annie McLeod, Sadie Wil
sun, NN.' ills NivtnN, 1 h,ul ito ('ot1.
('emend Carry, Inhn liner. FSO..'
Tilhhtrne, (*trimmer. An(i(,tg... N.•I
lie Black, :Mabel i'l:u1, ((Indy.1
('orates, Oat win PiItIng. )(amid
Thnrnpson, Frei rriek Bennett, An
nae Knight, Erten hitch'. (Frady 1.
Clarence I•ieekett, iris 4%.t-11ork, Mar
Stogllill, Lanett Elliott, \\'alter hurt
nnan, Lillie Ramsey, Harry 1'(lhot'nr
Nellie Wineries, Golding Snlith, Ell 1
Therm Ann, Leslie ('emelt, NIinnieTait
reit., Ernest Mwart.m, Wilfrid Bell, Roy
Mau!lnnnld, .1. 1'. hell, Nina ilnthc•
son, Willie De hong, Lizzie Ross.
Room \'T., (tenon 1., .11'N111R 111.
Hector McKay, Oral Stoddart, Mttry
(lark, Ida Currie, Evelyn Mennelyy,
Adeline ('lark, ,lack 13tew•trt, Itla
Smith, John Hegira rth, (i rare Seeger,
Edith Morrow. (trace Deft, Nellie
Trethewav„Lames leemart', L. Mellon.
ald,[3eat.rice Hoggarth. (h'ade 11.- Lila
V 1111 '11• \ Ube Stoszel. .l uulol ( 1a45.
1ln41l 111, 1,9-..11,, (1 uss, 11 Neilson,
Ilea u.l Illy•, ('.e1•4111 !,Irnhhut, .be.Neits•,11, 310110,• 11 I)n.11), ElilI
itnl,itl.to,
Exploiting the First -Hand.
\ well-known puh..'I .. I wh.5e 4(4117
1.111 br II1.p1 dnk1, 11.15thought 111 .
.I nrlvertisrment 01 u 111,1.'1 by
ell known authoress (Io -1 31,511 II
('urelli bythe w(1) 1 to ra11
�o *newly 15 rye o a u•
In London wet 1y,f ty n ku t
ls. - - Is One 1,f the must 4„ •ght n
u of 14110(11. she urn thee. eine
a;h lite urn ue c
n no mt,reat 3,1111 n
I
un 111111.• x'4111 11."
•o end 1111 ('5.1041.11' is pretty aura to 1.
J,.tt el.
and a m(1r Munn et pert to w
,1.l;(i•rrp;l5 farmed on the name intrust,
As fel lost., roe.
Miss .1lnnrr11i5 Int ho»hndp ie nhout 1
NI' 1',e ('111111 n 11)11111W Of 0711111 ate,
w'1(1) tel• 11.11111•r i1 1.41111 an the 111'
. 111 1111.111 ti11- .\M it is no)Ot(Iua eh
'11• nal tenets is the 114"81 pr. posed to d,
',ltarlte of the ('nron.Ilion year, sh.
eat it wrIIl'M w'Itll rel, 111r1,•11,I1 111 t•xpl•,
:ve 11n1t rnut hardly be rsroII 11 Or rat'
';vnllr(1. i
"hack+harp" is t1 (• title of a fat 1'
.ming %you 11 by 1(11 :la)nymr)I1N alit t,..
\'1 tn111,),tand that us hr I,15
',MO of Lee most gen)10(1(Anly a11t,uI, ,
,•i l vrnp<• u li.('1y nn<1 piquant hook nu.,
on6,lrnaly era looked fol
Lolrl Lt0t•e,jt x%44(11'* book on "Map.
111nve Mot.' as In the presto and will 11. -
ready nlv,..,eo immediately. As L,ml j
Let tem 1lnvil.t hold's the reeord for free
.ions of boroughs presented for ter vice lr
South Afrirn, it is eleiIr that Rome enter
taining experiences can hanily fail to b
recounted.
Mr. hippo Petunias has just completee
the work on animals on which for arrme
years past he has been engaged. As Mr
Potatmis Is himself an nwhit beast, he
writes with first-hand knowledge orf hi.
subject.
Caution.
Let's go have a drink, Ithers.•
I've sworn off Wrfs week lir a teat."
"Why, What areou testln i
As long as I find lean stop I
but as soon as I find 1 can't
atop."-•.,1&:tt.
Professor Curio of Paris, who, aided
by his wite, discovered anO extracted
from pitch -blonde the strange subettuloe
sailed radium, recently rebooked that
ho would not venture into a room cone
tabling one • kilogram of radium be•
cause 11 ttuuld probably destroy hia eye-
sight, burn oil his akin, sad even kill
him. Radium gives off more abundantly
then en) other known substance the
tnyaterwus emanations named Becquerel
rays, which are supposed to consist of
almost uubtitely mututo particles. They
are driven oil' with a velocity 4(a high ns
100,000 miles per second, and cause
serious iutbunninttons upon the hands of
pentons working with the substance.
They also give rine to luminous effects.
10 consequence of the construction of
the great Aswluan dant on the Nile, 000
utiles above Cairo, the famous temples
on the Island ut Philno aro partially sub-
merged when rho reservoir Is full of
water. But tits chinned world would
not willingly see three magnificent relic&
of antiquity destroyed, and accordingly
an elaborate system of underpinning tie
buildings was adopted. Some of the
oulonundee and temples wero found to
be resting on fractured atone beams,
broken by suasidee,e of the soil. Heavy
steel girders, 01101eard with rubble
masonry and mortar, wit''h protect
(leen from corrosion, were placed under
the broken foundations. and-themasonry
was t•nrried down to bed rock beneath.
The work wan done in the face of eon•
lidertt1le danger, but without accident.
The project of climbing the loftiest
mountain on the earth, Meant Evere(lt, in
the Himalayas, whose tremendous head
rises, according to trigonometrical meas-
urements, 211,002 feet above sea -level, has
now reached n stage immediately ante-
cedent to the set(nl nitempt. A party,
led by Mr. l';ckenstem, an experienced
climber, has art out for the foo of the
greats peak. Several Frtet`nr'11:fe'd moan.
totti-cllti(bers have expr(•rmed the opinion
thut the feat in fen.lhle, but only by
the method of gradual ascent, wheteby
the adventurers may broom' Moira to
the etfrrta of a nasi tiII m''11l
Months, and even yonr4. Duly he open
in ascending to higher and higher level..
a long pause being mule after every
considerable advance. The highest
ascent nmr On maned to that of Aeon
engnn, in the .1 ales, the elevation ei
which in 23!940 feet, 5,922 feet, or more
than n mile, lens than the height o'i
I(erent pros. despatches announce the
rli.euvery by n professor in Prague of
lamp ligated M• 111eaa's of beeteria. O
this report "The i.nneet" (London) re
marl's, "We 4(71(34151' duet the discover\
amounts to nn improve(( method of feed
ing photogenic bacteria, (tun tXistcner n'
which luta been known for some yeah:
. Tho experiment In quite gimp!
and enslly Rlir'er441e. All that in nue'n
'tory in to pinee the flesh of fresh hna'
docks or herring in n two or three fr.
.ant -.Mallon of ...Toulon milt, I(eepn •
I net
r mixture r t n 4(b
h n ter 4(t a tempera seen Orr f
1
i degrees C. nhuvn (airing point Afle-
e few Oaten it will he found that not
merely the flesh of the fish bat 5140 the
whole ofthe (amid whieh I s Im
1 tt 1 aid in i i
I
mer11(1 ;Own off a pale greenish 1ig11' .
which 11Penales mere mnre brilliant if .
little sugar 1s added. . Donhltesa
by paying attention to the steeds •.f
thews specific. bacterin -by emptlyiett.
for example. highly stimulating food
more Intern. light than wits hithertn1
O11410 hna been obtained ft in even s(1
gents) That the hnelerla light rnlu','
nRord a safety lump for the miner."
Probnbly few persona who go up ,.r
elnwn Broadway or rev other Imports e•
thoroughfare of New York arty h.,
ever stopped to risk why ibe hands '• r
the been of nearly n11 the big wooden
'leeks that swing ns 11ign4 over new. I••1'
storos indleate thnt it is eight. ,.•,
minutes peat right e'as'el These ('100)1
hand Indic -ate, nerording to the New
York "Tribune" the exnrt ti a in the
evening when iAneele, nee. punted by
his wife, left the With.1 se on April
14, 15(15, to go to Ford'. Theater. Wcah•
ingten, where .Tnhn Wilkes Booth, the
rioter, shot him. 'The man who first
Irlginated this wooden clock sign idea
had a workshop in n downtown street in
1506, and alewife Her 1hr nsanrtsination
he erinreived the idea of painting the
hands on all his 41gns to point out this
'merle! time 11111 anreenors in the
bnalna/a continued the praetiere, its aid
other met'. There IR prohnbJ7 not n
great street in New York cit total
that has notpone or more of these re.
"Myself. ; n saw Johnaor, going harem with my
'net atop' ' new hook under his ram"
top I will "yea Joni built him a houseand his
1 wife wanted Rome bile n•h1$e in red R*i4
gold to scatter around..
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