Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CLOUD BAROMETERS. How Tc Foretell The Weather B, Look:-ig Overhead. 7 -1,2A~ V 11 VT'' ivc -llt vi. T,'s .n* tha: bec e e w d c me vi,ii in the '.ky :By are Therefore goin; * di:-charge tie:r cifntesi up<.n o(. ni, heads. On the c ntrary some cl501d1 ar ac:ially pr(.ph,,ts of fne weather. Cir rus. for instance, or curl cloud, as i is often picturesquely called is. as rule. the highest of all clouds. Yoi n tell that by the fact that its thin twitv. fibrous strea'.s are illumina ted by the last rays of the setting su long after the earth below is wrappe< in shadow. Threads and groups o cirrus clouds. the finer the better, ap pearing after a gale. presage a lon continuance of settled weather. Oz the other hand. if after several day. cirrus appears in long parallel band: stretching right across the sky in th< form popularly known as "mares tails." there will almost certainly b< a change of wind and probably raiz to follow. Unlike other clouc'. cirrus is com posed not of water vapor. but of tin, crystals of ice. You can tell by it! motion what the pace and directioi -of the highest current of wind. Quiet ly as it appears to be moving. carefu observation has proved thai cirru: mntetimes travels a- the rate of mile in eighteen seconds. Another forn of cloud which .i;suallv an accomCpanimen of ane w:rm weatner are :h se cottonlike. whitish bal% .hich are -cientiaeall I V C . e . . ~ * : :n .".er ay ~f,--r:in a b..e. Thee ec k- gr 4w and tn large wiho:'. 's a :--ie. iravelin very- fas:. :.-r thev are formedl h vapor a.:cending from the earth ii co:mns. Cy early afternoon the: often cover the whole skyv but towar 4 or ; o'clock they usually decreas and finally vanish by sunset. If the behave in this way vou may be al most certain that the ensuing twenty four hours will be fune. On the other hand. if the cunmulu clouds increase toward sunset. tur black in their centers and shine at th edges with an angry light, rain wi follow,. or, in very hot weather. thur der. Thunder is specially foretol by the cumulus clouds showin rounded sharply% marked tops wit silvery- white edges. Cumulus. whic turns very dark with black. shagg edlges, means ec.ld rain acconmpanie by wind. Cumulus is m::ch the bigest oft an fo rm of cloud. A single cloud of thi dlescriptio n will measure six or eve seven miles fr' mn ite flat, dark base t its r unded. gitening sumnmi-tha is :n ay. s Imuik :ad lheigh: far ex ceed th *se .f earth's greatest mnt tains. The temperature in such cil ud as this has been measured t vary aver ,-: dgres-that is. fror 8o dlegrees Fahr.enh,ei a: :he base 1 75 djegrees belt w zero at its summi1 Stratus is still another fo*rm o cloud which presents no special indi cation of rain. It is more commo: at night than in the day and consist of long horizontal bands of darkis] cloud, which lie very low and nea the earth's surface. It rises on caIrr clear evenings after wvarm days ani may often be seen in mountainou districts slowly creeping up the hill sides of the sun rises through lay ers ot stratus it is usually a sign o a fmne, warm day to come. Afte sunrise, stratus. as a rule, rise higher into the air and slowly dis appears. In early summer, when the weathe is showery. y'ou may perhaps notice through breaks in the rain clouds, ai appearances of dense white cloudlet in small. irregular tuf:- brigi:tiy irra diatedl by sunThine The childrei call itm:ckeres -v. 1:, rea; :iamn icirr eaum:.h:-. and~ it is a -are sig1 '1f heat a:nd 'r *bable -ine weathier Seen in the winter. makerel sky por tends a thaw and wet. m~'ild weathei It iS the next higThe.s ebl* u t' : cirrus and is sometimes called son der cloud. ha ludi he t aving ium mn i upea ini mas o idenie. t o!oe vr hsi an ome . .Aa'ever electric al ditrbne andc i vc r I i i a V i I i a I Michiga Possessed the oCt Alt of Tmperng Cpper W111c :,I"! -'n k-ca . zxh~ e to 1 over as over. Tlis Is an onmen soreltctrical dist urbance aed fu rlouis squall. ANCIENT RACE. FIn Michigan Possessed the Lost Art of Tempering Copper. S There xvas recently found on the Ishiore oi Lake Gogebic. by campers engaged in gathering sticks for a fire. a tempered copper implement. clear ly of the prehistoric age. The es pecial purpose of the tool is a matter of conjecture. It is described as about nine inches in length, two inches broad at the large end and one I and one-fourth inches at the other, its weight being about two pounds. Interest in the discoverv centers in the fact that the implement was tem - pered. Within the recorded history I f man. no people have lived. possess jig the art .,f tempering clipper. That 1 existe bu t w)a.t 1st before an age f whi1ch this generation has any ':nle!dge. i proved 1y the few is K~~~ T, I.p.( ICpp' I' I -Z \ 1 P 2.1 :uE~v:. i'whic Cr - me:. aTa :m a2P'it so vahab i 1etepe i if copper it a hard ,t iva,ng 1 0 di ilest se I h 'l *''* ~ ~ ~ ~ I Icav,u' ' crZ'v Shave C%v e .mi d b,een l1st. 1eavin hehindl "io few w~'tie'5se, 5eemsl in e expliable. It value was ich as to have brouglit into use a great - number f devices handy in w\ar and - fo r mechanical and domestic pur p ses, yet probably less than a score all told, of such implements have been rescued from the grave oi th< Cscientinic past: but these few witness es relate a significant story of th< -human race and its achievements ir an age of whose history we are per mitted to examine only the title page Away From Temptation. Several lawyers vouch for this story acco rding to the New York Sun. A~ overnment ofticial was appointed tc ? a ' ceti pos ~t on thle ground of h j 'ind. bted mnt"grity. His predeces r* hadll -':eenmhed to the graf1 I h a:'~i ea! id well. B at at l ast er -ra' service. he handed hh~ . \\1 i.. a-kedl lii chief. "iSn t vous i rv ,::iet ? Don't vou like vomi ery:ingis perfectly -atifa *r'. reulied the official. "but. a: i you know. I am frequently approach~ - ed withi offer, of bribes. The othet a day aman offered me S35.0oo, and a that's to) near my p)rice so I want tc 1 res'izn. Foresaw Compensations. s The Pittsburg Post. - "Madam" said the friend who had - propped tip Mr. Jaggsby's helpless i form and rung the door bell, "I r feel very sorry-" s "Don't you worry about that.' - saidl the lady of the house, calmly. as she reached for the inebriated one's co llar. I feel verv so rry-" 1 "eve'.r ind vour sorrow." s I merely wsh1 to explain that this -A wa nti' fault. I-that is I d n'. keer wvhose fatult it was. 16 hsis stich a terrible condi e n :r 2 man D) -:'t yo bother about that." in -terrup i.d the lady impatiently. "this m'ean'. a trip to Sarategy fer me. an elothes to go with it, so you kin jest - bottle up yer sorrow an' skedaddle Ialoner aou yer bizkness." HUTTIE McIYER LERYELL. (B. I. W aLl s L Ia chmoli v?. Pri! of Tle Virml P8o Shool of New Yorl, N. Y.) PIANOFORT STUDIO OVER Mower Co's Store. School Opens September Ist, 1904. SPECLa ATTENTION TO BECINNERS. Torms-$3.OO per Eigt Lessons. MOWERS, RAKES, AND Grain Drills. Do not place your order for these ma chines untiH you get our PRICES. we have the BEST MADE. F. A. SCHUMPERT, Sec',y and Treas. Best Mineral As phalt Roofing. C. H. CA NNON, Near C., N. & L. Depot. 'Shingles! Shingles! Shingles' 200,000 Shingles just received, FOR SALE CHEAP, also Lumber and Lath?, Rough or dressed. Houses Built on short notice. SHOP WORK such as Mantles, Doors and Window Frames .a specialty. Repairing 'of all kinds. Shop in front of jail. Shocl(ley&L.ivingstoil Newberry, S. C. Southern Railway. Best Line, Choice of Routes, Through Pullman Sleepers, Dining Cars. Stop-overs allowed at Western North Carolina Summer Re sorts and other points. Low Excursion Tickets. For full information or World's Fair literature apply to any agent Southern Railway, or R. W. HUNT, Div. Pass. Agent Charleston 5, C. GENUINE GAU All sizes from f Best Leather and All sizes from Large Line of Stean We are prepared to sen the above at lowe Summe RELIABLE A Pelhom SE) SBORO TALCIJ This Powder bears ourr *quality to be as good as that When you want the highes . cines at the lowest prices ca -:0: We prepare prescriptions we are licensed pharmacis *Brn your prescriptions i *blank and we will please yoi Reliable Ph + Newberr * A Thrillin In the September Munse) N. Munson, of Mosly's Guer: The story of Amalgamatec son, is running in Everybod) them. MA YES' BO 4,/ TEE9 $5,000 EORG;A-ALABA 2Ui ESS C0LU'(, C. Brick! Brick!i For Sale by C. H CANNON. DY BELTING, our inches up. I Rubber Belting one inch up. i and Pipe fitting. re you in anything ir, st possible prices. r Bros. IEDICINES. IM POWDER iame, and we guarantee* sold usually for 25c. can. t quality drugs and medir ilon us. in a first class manner: ts of liberal experience.* a us. no mnatter on whose a rm acists, ly, S. C. ig Story.+ will begin a story by Jno. rilla Story of the Civil War. 4' I Copper, by T. W. Law- 4 r's Magazine. Don't miss 4 OK STORE