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ft-iends entertain- How the Idea of the'Device Came to Thomas Godfrey. Concerning Thomas Godfrey. at fa- mous American mathematician. there, is an interesting account in the "Lit- erary History ot` Philadelphia." n-n.-_.-.. ('0.-Ileana nine 9 oinlil-I1`- H9 1 em DIHIUFJ UL I uunuxaynoupu Thomas Godfrey was a glazier. He ` seemed to be one of the most singular phenomena that ever appeared in the learned world. . l i one day while at work at his trade I ayoung girl came to a pump andlied a pail with water. which was left upon the sidewalk. The sun s `rays were re iiected from Godfrey's glass to the pail 0: water and then to his eye. thus com- pleting a triangle. This is said to have suggested tothe gia:ler`s mind the idea which in 1730 became the basis for the double reecting sea quadrant. A- a|_x.. 51...... Innlinli nvmrinor: . Prior to this time English mariners had been using Davis"bow to ascer- tain their latitude at sea. but it could not be adjusted in a storm. Godfrey gave the subject careful study. taught ; himself Latin in order to read New ` ton s Prinipia" and endeavored tn have the value of his invention rec-o;:~ nized in England. While thus engaged he determined to have the device tested on a ship bound for the West indies In Jamaica the quadrant was exhibit- ed. or presented. to an English sea captain. Thus the important discovery ' came into the possession of Hadley. a mathematical instrument maker in A | London. whose name it" usually bears 1 -3 4:... 1.... 1aOt\lI"'l\I'IlI Of inn. Londan. W005? Ulk` ll uuuaug us... In spite of the long exertion of inu- ential Americans of the eighteenth century to have Godfrey : cmlms es- tablished and honored. Ergotino Io Tried on Chickens. Digi- talis on Froga. A lot of sorry looking chickens. dogs and rats loafed ln the black. in smell- ing yard of the great chemical plant. "We use these animals to test ourh drugs on." said the "chemist. "They `come ln very handy. They more than E earn thelr hoard. n V A- _ 4...... `Iva one? An (think. earn lutflr uucuu. Ergotine is a drug we test on chick- ens. It is a simple test. Ii` a dose of ergotine fails to turn :1 chicken s comb black. we know that the drug is for some reason or other worthless. "Hasheesh we test on dogs. Hash! ieesh is made oi` female hemp buds. Male hemp buds have no medicine! vaiue. yet some dishonest dealers put male buds on the market. and since they resemble the female buds precise- ly it is impossible to detect them save , by an actual test. Dogs given hasheesh i get drunk and happy if the stuff is goou. _ I "Digitalis. the heart ` etimuiant. is` tested on frogs. We inject a drop of "it into a frog : stomach. and in the kymograph, or heart recording mn- t chine. we study the changes that take place in the fro;-:'s heart action. Thus ~-~ -- n -canon -\ntaI1VIf'D [)iBC'. In Lue llun a-cu... ..... -. _._.e we get a very accurate knowledge of what our digitalis can do. Do we ever test drugs on ourselves : Oh. yes, indeed, often. Chemists have lost their lives. chemists have gone in- curabiy insane. through too rash :1 bravery in testing drugs on their own persons.- The Raven. t Writing on Birds in Christian Leg- end and Symbol" in the National Re- view. Rev. B. L. Giles says: The raven is looked upon with divid- ed feelings. He is the "bird of ill omen" par excellence. "Corvo di mnl \uugurio" is indeed the Italian equiv j alent of the phrase and Uugluck~ ` I srabe" the German one. According to the fathers, he is the emblem of pro crnstination. with` his cry of Cras. _i cras"-'1`oxnorrow. tomorrow." His not having returned to the ark has al- ways been rememberedagninst him. Yet he. too. i a pious bird. He played his part in thsichristmns mystery. It was said that at the hour of the great birth 1 the crock crowed "Christos natus est." the raven croaked Quando?" the rook cawed Bac nocte." the ox mooed ..__- .-.- .. - u_I_,-A_A II`J1u|`4|`|1|II'| " Cuwau 7 IJIIU I.|U\ LU. can: so Ub1?" the sheep bleated "Be;.hle.h-511'. -' and the as brayed Eamus." This is found as egrly as the fourth century. Time She Began. It was on a Sixth avenue surface car. A woman sat with her little daughter, who to an appearance: was seven or eight year: old. . The conduct- ` or came for the fares. and the woman 1 qveehim a ve cent piece. 41. 2.1.- nun- ...|..I cl-I`f`\ nan madam?` V -IILI B HVV L685 J`i\\IO V "II the little cm with you. madam '7" united the conductor. - Yea, assented the woman. Her fare, please." sald the man. "But I never have paid for her." he- can the woman.. And does that prove that- you're nevefgolng to?" asked the conductor. taking the fare reluctantly tendered. ; Gonluu Dened. . Professor of Polite Literature and High Art-Now. young gentlemen. can ` any,ot you give no a S00dd9nm AC 4n|'I`Qq `llnlnun y,u; you `lV_V In otgenlua? Beloved Disciple-Genius. air. is an unlimited capacity` for taking --er-`-what belongs to othere.-8ydney e (N. B. W.) Bulletin. . Tho_8_pondthI-lft Vorulon. V `_`Y`ou knowjnthat `old saying." began` Kwotet. `Take carg of the. pennies E110 "- And." interrupted Galley. the dol- lars will take care of your he " L An Agreement. Parishioner (a little 5tbe worse for liquor)-I hearzh you preazh Ins night. New Min!st'er--You didn`t hear much. I fancy. Parfsbloner-Thaz whit-`-hlc -1 tlgought tnyselvt.-V-LealIe __s` Weekly. Whenever fund a great deal of` gratitude Ina, poor man"! take it for _grdntedT-there wonldbe an` mnch`geh- ; : 11. h".".-;" |I.II.I-x-1 ,v0-; . THE Anunnmr. 'Coba1t. in Barrid. ' TESTING Annucs. ' It is nearly thirty years since Bar- 1 rie [held its, first big rowing `regatta. , Professional sculling was at that time . at ood tide. Eglward Hanlan, then r in thermeridian of his powers, held the championship of America, and he has "as contemporaries such men as Wallace Ross, the black Brunswick- er, Eph. Morris, -Charlie `Courtney, Fred Plaisted, the lightning scul- ler, Georges Hosmer, the butcher YT T'I?`_,, `boy" Patsy Luther, James -H. Riley, L; Alex. Elliott,Harry Coulter_,-Bill`Mc- re Ken, Warren Smith, Frenchy John- m son (colored), Jimmy Ten Eyck and ee others of lesser note. Itwas a gal- e; axy of aquatic stars that assembled ta here on Aug. 12th, 1878, for with as three of four exceptions all of the t1 above named oarsmen met in c0mpe- t} tition. Theeregatta lasted three days 5] and Barrie never contained so many ti people before or after. Probably fteen or twenty thousand spectators witnessed the sport. The Advance of that day in describing the main event 11 --the 4-mile race with turn for pro- a fessional single sculls-says: It c would be impossible to imagine a I more beautiful or animated panora- c ma than was the whole scene during i the contest. Kempenfeldt Bay was 3 calm with scarce a breeze rippling ltS!1 surface. The sun was setting and the western sky glowed in red and`1 gold. Hanlan won the first money, $500, rather easily, with Wallace`. 1' Ross second and Hosmer third. Had; V Ross not made a mistake in striking ; ' the wrong buoy at the turn, thereby losing many lengths, he might have ;. pushed the champion hard. In the 1, consolation singles, the following day, Plaisted won, Luther taking second place and McKen third. The double-scull event `for the champion- 5` ship of Lake Simcoe went to the I`: Gaudaur Bros. of Atherley, this being ,9 the starting point on a career that L3. made Jake Gaudaur famous. The strenuous life of the athlete is ap- parently not conducive to longevity, r ,,,-__1_ 4_L_4. ...\.._'l-. >l` [I '9 Lb Io yttlvnnuod ..v., _-__ ,_ as it is worthy of remark that nearly fall of the men who gured in the professional races at this `regatta are now with the silent majority.I Fred Plaisted is the only one whom I know to be alive to-day. Barrie held another big regatta the next year, but apart from the excitement over the dead heat between Hanlan and Riley it did not measure up to the standard of its predecessor. I notice that Peterboro is to have La 36-hour walking contest, lasting Ithroughout one week, some time dur- ing April. The entries include Hoag- land, champion heel-and-toe walker of the world and winner of the re- cent grind at Kansas` City; who finished second; Dave Hartley, |the Peterboro man, who was fourth, Blake, the negro, who made such a game struggle in the same race, and .' others. About 25 years ago heel- and-toe contests were in great vogue in Canada and it is not unlikely that we shall witness a revival of this form of athletics. last `season of Jimmy Reynolds and Dave Hartley seem to have stimulat- ed_ the interest of the Midland dist- rict, and the approaching Peterboro walk is no doubt the logical out- come. -Walking constitutes, perhaps, the mosthealthful of all exercises, and, while long tests of endurance are protless and are to be discour- ' aged, there should be no objection to ' a race of reasonable limitations, Slater, v The performances i Pl-IASES of spam` C 0 0 Beautiful Lamp We Arg 3 Giving Away FREE ? Everv purchaser of White Enamel Steel Ware is entitled to a numbered coupon. '\ The person holding the lucky number will receive this beautiful $7.50 Parlor Lamp FREE. The White Enamel tWare is the best for the money we ever where the competition is not contin- uous, but such as to afford plenty of opportunity for recuperation during the stated intervals of rest. It will be interesting" to seejust what time the pedestrians will malce in the Pet- erboro` contest. Of course, much de- pends upon the condition of track, ~ number of laps per -mile etc. The- - nearest approach to 36 hours in the ' records is the performance of G- . Littlewood of Sheield, who in 1882 -`reeled off 200 miles in 40 hours, 46 minutes, 30 seconds. But this was continuous going with only such int- - ermissions as the walker chose to 1 take. At Peterboro, the men are ll asked to engage 4 hours a day for 8 three days, and 8 hours a day for :- the remainder of the six. They 8 should be able, under these condi- y tions, to hang up a pretty fast mark. p The baseball season is once more near at hand. What the prospects are for a team this year in Barrie cannot yet be stated with certainty. It is believed, however, that the nu- cleus of a fairly strong nine exists in the left-overs from 1907. Cum- my Scott, Frank Smith, Lum Len- lnox, Sib Rowe, Jack Lawr, Todd and {Coffey are all available. Burton's re- moval from Town, if permanent, will {mean a great loss, as pitchers of his `calibre are hard to find. Landry, a new arrival, promises to be a decided ' acquisition, and Joe Ramsay will ' once more gure inside a Barrie uni- ? form. It is probabe, too, that Allan- 5 dale will be able to furnish a good man or two. The main thing is to create enthusiasm, and players will develop as a matter of course. One ` great drawback hitherto has been the absence of interest owing to the non-existence of an organized dist- t rict league. True, we had such 24 9 league in 1906, but_ the organization " was imperfect, and the mileage as re- gards Huntsville altogether too great. Y It has been suggested that Barrie, `3 Orillia, Midland and Pcnetang would almake a suitable 4-club league. I fail "-'to agree with this suggestion. .\lid~ land and Penetang do not possess d the necessary railway facilities, and. 1` unless the visiting clubs are prepared *9 to stay over night the proposition is ` bad. A much better league, I think, would be Barrie, Orillia, Gravenhurst and Bracebridge. They are all on the same line of railway, and the train service leaves nothing to bet vc desired, making it easy for the road ig team to return the same day. In my .r- opinion, Gravenhurst and Brace- g- bridge are just as good ball towns as er the two on Georgian Bay. If :1 4- 'e- game series were arranged, it would zr, 'mean a total of I2 games for each ry, club. This would t in nicely with ah, the _months of June, July and :\ugust and at the same time leave plenty of nd open dates for independent ball. :3 s. T 3 V Harking back to the subject of ?baseball, the playing rules of 1908 have escaped material alteration. Only two changes have been made-the rule to prevent pitchers from soiling the ball, and the rule crediting a batsman with a sacrice hit (and consequently exemption from a time at bat) on a fly which scores a base- runner. As a result, pitchers will nd less opportunity to retard the game, and batting averages will be slightly boosted. AJAX. ek. here ngxtg ood visit-V '1\/I11sl('oka'. _ e1} enter- ezr friends few days. into T.._ a few 7 3 M #0O6000000096vOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONQQO; our great stocks `are leg dltiall reduced, Thrifty buyers are _taking advafitage. theu Ieardol prices that prevail throughounei he e `ire esto The 5316 is now on in dead earnest, the s `ck st positi- Ve1y be cleared. No b` led `measures will be,-re-. sorted to. Cost not % conerede nor prots looked for; ean' justewhat we say. No The Pces Ruling In the Barrie and Toronto Markets Durinll the Weak If you are taking` saving much money, at customers, we i and note the gr e . young 'enmg at day. V eeting of. s held at. -Giffm - on. Whfjaly . . . . . . . - . .. ..-o--cannons: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - ooonovouunli Peas . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........------ Barley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R)'(5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . uooootl|' Buckwheat. . . . . . Flour . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. Beef,h'mr1qr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....-- Beeforcqr . . . . . . . . ............- Lamb pcf1b.,,....u..-..-ncoooo- Mutu)n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-ouoovI"" Live Hogs, srelactiolms 170 to 230-- hnuvv R TIRING FROM BUSINESS. IJVU XIUKH, HI`-1l`.ClJUI " heavy. Dressed Hmfss. . . . . .` Chmkenn.per1b.", Turkeys . . . . . . . . . . .. Ducks . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Geese . . . . . .... ..- - 1190.. V) ..\1 _._... IL UBCSC . . . . . . . . Butter, R 011. per 1b.. Lard. mm lh ' scum/C1, Ill): Pu: `U Lard, per lb . . . . . . .. 5. per (102. . . . . . .. Potawess, per bag Hay. Der ton . . . . - - Rough Hides . . . . . .. Green Hides - - . - - - -~ Caltekins, per lb. .. Tallow, per lb .... .. Wool Picks . . . . . . .` Horse Hides . . . . . . . Horse Hair.. .. Wool, washed .. . . . Wool. unwashed .. iheelp skins .- - 1) es. per . Food. 4 ft ....... . . U 09 TVuwu-7-, --.---_____ , ___ nd. ' Wond rful. rgains in Men's and Boys Suits and Overcoats. ' Dry Goods G thing. Boots and Shoes, Ladies I . coats and Blouses, Dress Goods slory, Linens, cottons, _ Mews Furnishings, Mon s and Boys suits, Ovoroonts, Ralncoats, etc. "'}:v- (.`:a ;.'u`.:..'xn Fairbanks 00., Ltd .NAME" Please send us your from (`r.x:xir~-(3. 1 may want a . . . . . .- `KY 1: A `DDR H.} . lug LU Elly .. '- ' ` 0 G, the Auctxoneer, B11119: "cattle, some '1: hand} . `"5 "edit sales of farm ato_ck "expo:-.t werq b and imple fact '1 meats p'mPt1? Ind 3" er in ? I Datggl gem 3: affoo dam!" up"'d" Zatte astolcg `alt: an f' `t THE loads at $4.25 ADVANC E OFFICE. medium were ~ ' week, the on . LL--- cIvQ*|1(j ` Wheat. mu. do lrnnm. Al)l)l{1'iSS THE CANADIAN`F'AIRBANKS CO., THE MARKETS for. MARCII-I 6, :gos_&% 6 Dunlop Street. near Five 5 Points. b'uU"w& TIC! t `v V -- - 88 . ------------- For the County of Simcoe. :::::::::::::::: 33:: 9.5-. Appraiser. Arbitrator. Etc-a """"""" " 5&";;', 6% FARM Am) srocx saws I-IANDLED ::';:;:::::::::: 832: 323 FOR $5.00 AND UPWARDS- """"""""""" -- -- - `2 .............. .. 3 oo . . 1o 00 . I 7 .. . o ' `y"....1.."..`T .... .. o 00.... gig Live Stockarkets. , .'.'.'.' 103.: Toronto, Tuesday, ---------------- -- 1:. . -With another light "run, and a bet- 1t,'_'.','_'_`_','_'_'_'_','_`_'_ 25:: ' 27' _ter demand, trade was fairly brisk at ............... .. mi the City Cattle -Market to-day. Only` ------------- -- 13--u 99` 44 cars of live stock came. In alto- .g: 1o$If'.I19'8" gtthert These contained 755 _ cattle, 4--u 4: `I26 sheep, 600 hogs and 206 calves. """""""" " `3 Prices, while not quoted higher, were '.'.'.'.'.I'.'.'.'.'.C'..'.II 1'11 5 fl . d ii? 8 fW C3535 izhtly --- 5---- 1 iiiary Th; ziiality `of the catt was ;_ ' 238:: 2 22 Still very poor, for the greater part, ............... .. 3 {mt these were a few of exception - .._'.:1wygooquIyAV . . . - . - . - . . . . . - no 1 I O A ;::::::::::::::':: 3&2; 23 steers brought fairly mg prices. ' I and export -bulls_so_1d`_11P BARBIE. MAR. 26. 19W Tonomo. MAR. 24} 1903 A nllon 0`. gdvantage of` this sale you are if not numbered among our ,to call, look through the stocks ; to be made on all lines of If Every PW! K"EYY how much money he could save during Harvest season this fall by using a Fairbanks-Morse Jack-of-all-Trades Gasoline Engine to sew wood, pump water, shell corn, grind feed, run thresher, etc., etc., we would not be able to supgly the demand. Cut out this ad. and sen It .. tis to-day, and let us send you our -1.... .....I to" vnu all. about this ' Anm:. ONT. | {Licensed j Aut_:}_i an ear} % Appraiser; Arbitrator, upwmns. ; ADDRESS, . bet- ter brisk at Lthe to-day. Only '44 live in _g tt_herZ 12.6 `very rm, and cases slightly --`- 'N... hunlitv `of cattle was; 12 sheep,_ 000 mg qu 3 illlu avv ywun v `. oted Alex. Brqwnlee ly EUUU \iuunu;o ` couple of loagls of good expo-rt [steers high` lgmd export bulls_sold' up $4.40. _ Ow- mg to the scarcxty of good butcher `cattle, export bought as butchers _ at very fancy _ prices. Picked butcher cattle sold at.$4.5o to`$s, and good Inads $4.25 to Common and ----A an Inci- CBIUC Ul\I so-u vr-,..,V _V $4.25 to $4.60. Common 1 were about the same as only change bexpg. there waseno difficulty in selhng the poorest Vanimals. Choice. h want_ed, and over iwere lllu\.u u..---- , -week s'h:ghest pnces were `for the best.rCornmon an- cows sold at $2 to $3.40. No stockers were on 1:] today, and quotations we nominal. `Some very goo: were bought at $ f-.. this class voffered were Live Styockyarkets. F;>r th LTD. , TORONT 0,0NT. S senu yuu out. all. and OVCT law: were often gaxd {"011 and medxum _,._'- the marlget 115 were _qu1te Lunuuuu m... same as last a being, that n selling ev_en Choice. cows Id last "L-- -\n:r` `paid for the best grain-fed lmbs, which are in active demand.` A few spring lambs sold at $4 to $7 _each, according to their size and quality. 151.: 1 o , .___7_ .l___ u\.\.uauua5 sv ways: can. uuu sl......-_,. . {Although the delivery. of hogs has I not decreased to at very great Nex- tent the feeling seems to be preval- t that they are becoming scarcer, arid the demand for them _is more eager. The market is strong,` and prices 10 cents higher than they were last week. The Harris Abattoir Com- pany bought" practically all that were offered. Ououtionu on Tuudw we-: ` -C UIJUIIE Common cows. . . . ... Gunners Choice stoclcers. . . .. Light Itockera. . . . . . Milch cows. choice . In -_.-2_.__ "War Office Methods and the Test of a ` `Mountain Gun. The story that a gun or marvelous posslbllitles invented in England may be sold abroad owing to the apathy of the powers that be is not altogether 1. surprising. ttn.u.__-..n. -..l......A Mnnnlnnn l`I, ` . aurpuauug. Whitworth refused Napoleon 1II. s ` otter of $50,000 a year for life to go to ` "Paris and manufacture his cannon for the French army. but perhaps our war I ` otce was not so faddy then as now._ _..... .. -snu-cu aunn fnn` Ulucu Wan uuu. nu Lauu; nu... .. ..- ..-_ _ Some little time ago a new gun for` hill ghting was offered and was sent out to India to be tried. It was drag- ged up steep hills, rushed down rocky denies, left for a week at a time in : : mountain` torrents--in tact. submitted I to all the tests which a veteran oicer ` accustomed to war with the hill tribes l cuuau Isuggcau The report was satisfactory in every respect. but a war oice genius bland- ly asked it the gun had been dropped % down a precipice. It had not. III!-A --.- `an 1-nan hnI'l"4I,l` and: COW}! I precipice. an uau uvu l The war omce was horried and amazed at the neglect of so elementary `a test. The gun was now dropped down a precipice with the inevitable result- its internals were irremedlably dam- s How was it possible, the war oince asked. to accept such a weapon? And the army of India was left to potter along with obsolete weapons because` this new arm would not stand impos- I ' ,nn_u . L- ..A._ Ti A-u4IA| `Ill XIUW Btu: vvvuuu any. -- Jllble tests.-I`.ondon sketch. The Awful Cold That Comes With Eighty Degrees of Frost. -It is diilicult to form any conception of the degree `oi. cold represented by 80 w degrees ot trost that at times prevails [ in certain parts 0: Russia. Sir Leopold Mcountock tells us how in one or his arctic expeditions a sailor was foolish enough to do some outdoor work at ` precisely this temperature. His hands I froze, and when be rushed into the I {cabin and plunged one of them into a ` basin of water so cold was the hand that the water was instantly converted into a block of ice. At 25 degrees. Dr. Kane says. the mustache and underlip form pendu- lous beads of dangling ice. Put out ` your tongue, and it instantly freezes to this icy crusting. Your chin has a ` trick of freezing to your upper jaw by the happy aid of youtbeard. My eyes have often been so glued as to show i that even a wink was unsafe. -. _ .;.|.-..4...&..nI .-un-llnsonuanno ch). EVBU u Winn wan uuuunvu During a theatrical performance giv- en by the crew of his ship at an inside temperature of 30 degrees the con- ` densation was so excessive that we could. barely see the performers. Their hands steamed. `When an excited Thes- pian took oi! his coat it smoked like a dish of potatoes. Any extra vehemence of -delivery was accompanied by vol- umes of smoke."- - A Wrong Diagnosis. The small boy" with the D18 blind ?f_P_E_EE `:3 .f .'.2`*:`;'..`f.`3 `:1 ":..`.:`"`..,..; or Wu! UUHVI VCIJ IV III IIIv--vv-- I my some of his stock in the street fountain. __ 1-; on man a hnnnvnlnnf nld tountam. Ah, my land." said a benevolent old gentlemgn, "it does me good to no such an illustration of cleanliness." , ` What do yer mean. boss? naked ; the boy as he stated up in wonder. "'"-`- --AIIVO can fP"IIQ4 f `Inll LIIU Irv; cow I--""-- `U ' why, u-'.e'n t you trying` to will `the mud 390 03 310.9539 9' 7 papers? .~ . No, boll: you 910 `"7 ``' 7 % see, some of dam D8119 13 "'0 `*3 l -.. _.u u 1' Anvnnnn am no 1 bit neo- if the con gins. mp IIUDU T Univ old. an it I dampen `en; up 1 bit peo- ple will think they are just from do i press an never think ot lookin' -at do Fdntegp Good graft, old sport! Bey, Iomedoywhenlamncaptainotino dnltry I'll give you 9. job." But the benevolent old `gentleman I vvvv-. vu medium ` Tho Ordor of 3:. Patrick. The most illustrious Order of st. Patrick" A dates only :1-om 1783. says a when it wu founded in not to becom- In 33` '""" ""' """' "-'"" and mostnoble Order of the '.l!h1I`t`11e." much, dating tram a remote antlq Tthi. iwurovivedby-T8m3n`L187' ' ' tn bands, or rib- I u'_.P...`bo:`.'E magma in that St. THE NORTHER\7' ADVANCE ENGLISH man TAPE. AWAY BELO\Lv zeno. Buy Avian y brought were then. V e meeting. stess.. V?