North Otago Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1906. THE END OF THE WORLD

North Otago Times, 1 November 1906, Page 2

North Otago Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1906. THE END OF THE WORLD

Prophets, wise men, and men who . could nut conic under either denomination, have foretold the tate of the world. There was an old Hebrew belief that found expression in holy wr.t, that the world would disappear in "fervent heat," on, in clearer language, that it would he burnt up, With this expression to fortify them it was deduced that the "fervent heat,' 1 would raaiijfcst itself, with an abnormal attenuation of the atmospheie surrounding the earth. These wise men, however, were not aware that the highest peak of tlfc Himalayas, Mount Evcesl, no cvi" dence iif support of their peculiar ' bel cf, nor yet did the moon. In the first caso the atmosphere is attenuated enough, but there is no " fervent heat 1 ' on'thc al'cx of Mount Everest, but much that might be termed perfervid cold. The moon, too, is sup. posed to be devoid.of atmosphere,arid yet- it does not burn; indeed, it is iifcless and cold, as cold as liquid air'. These wise men, wci'e .they still in existence, would thus have to shift tjicir base, and usher in an era of a thickening up of the earths atmosphere. A little.more solidity .about It, and we would certainly sizzle. That at all events, is the obvious deduction fio:n a rational viiew of the subject. But the more recent philosophers do not intend to'allow us thus easily to shift oil this mortal cojl. It is assimwd that as the earth h„d a beginning so it will have an ending, or at least that the people who cluster ujion it like mites in a cheese will meet with a violent end when the coi'dit.ons arise that suddenly bring hiiniuii life to an end or th a t make it unendurable. One method of removing the obstructions to a clearer conception of how the people of the earth wiil be wiped out is to suggest the reasonableness of the hypothesis that as thc'icc pack's continuously arid heavily in its ever increasing volume at the poles, these will eventually become top heavy, arid swinK round in response to the magnetic attraction of the sun. The poles will tluis become the equator ]

a,ul l 'io cqfiator (lie poles, and liiitnatl J 'life ■ will suffer a serious diminution 1 It will be remembered when the San I Francisco earthquake took place a prominent siesmologist suggested that the catastrophe was due to a sudden I ii'cll of tlii! earth ol'i its recognised axis, and the accompanying jerk to recoyer itself fractured one Of |.s 1 r -bs, and that rib happened to ho in | | the neighborhood of 'Frisco. This is ]no more than guesswork, for any ■ j\arialion of this kind in the. regular movements of the earth would be difficult of detection. However, tlm is one of the suggested methods by which the earth is to be " burnt lip,' 1 and those wh,o like to acceftt ' the theory—for it is only coirecture—may do so without hurrying on the Catastrophe in the slightest degree. The methods ol getting rid of. the earth, or rather of the people who live oil ' llie earth," arc not exhausted by,, those we have mentioned. A Mr J. C, Eiliolt, writing in the Arena, says that the earth's glacial zones arc rapidly and permanently; enlarging— thut is, that the ice of the frigid zone is rapidly bearing down towards the sunshine of the torrid zone, and in a short time the earth will lie covered with ice, and when that climatoric is reached the fur seals, the walrus and the polar bear will he all with life in them that can inhabit the c a rth, and they too will die off owing to want of food. Our imagination can easily d.agnosc the difference between Mr Elliott's w ft y of getting rid of the earth's inhabtants and that suggested in Scripture. One is fire ami the other is ice, and the dividing lines between the two are as yet so far apart that we can afford to allow the wise men—the astrologers., and soothsayers—to indulge in ' their disquisitions on the subject, feeling perfectly certan that they know no more about it than we do, and that is—nothing

Until further not cc the mails (or the first express for the north will be closed at 11.15 a.m. We understand that Mr W. W. Dawson, who hits been appointed to the posit on ot manager of the urain department of the North Otano Co-operative Association, enters upon his duties to-day.

The rainfall in Oamaru fox the inoiii of October was 0.82 inch.

The Mayor and the Hon. T. Y. Duncai left (or Christcliurch yesterday to he pre sent at the opening of the Internationa Exhibition.

The following will represent the Oauiaru Cricket Club lirst and second elevens against the Capulcls to-day, on Hie North Hoad Ground and Takaro Parle: First—Oiijrlev &). Joins, MowbraV, Barton, Curran (2), Mitchell (2), 'l'lvimas, and Atkinson. Second—M'Leay, Hood, Fiuniltoii (2), IValpy. Caßiiey, Bailey, Brown, Smyth, and Cooney. The following will represent the Caplet Cricket Club in their match with the Oaniaru Clu|> 011 the North Road Ground to-day: Grant, Caldcr, llambley, Kane, F Glass, Gil>b, Kennedv. Sinclair, Riaeh, Wilson, and Adair, limer^ncies: Mayhew and Broad. The team lo play the Hiish School to.dav at the School ground will consist of E. Glass, G. M'Ghic, Paris, 11, Glass, D. Hurst, Cox, Syminuton, Mayhew, Broad, Fraser and Green. Eincrgciicii's: Hobson and Howo. The second eleven will meet the second Oamaru on the Park, and a team from the following will he chosen to play for Hie Club: Bennett, Halpin, Urecd, Hrown, ;Uobson, Tonkin, i/ronnan, Veriior, M'Combie, Jlonfaoniet'v (21, Hoss, Howe, Downey, Watt, Bcattie, Lawson, Luxon, and King.

The trustees of the North Otago Benevolent Society have been discussing for some timo (lie subject of a formal opening of the new Home, and it was yesterday decided to ask her Excellency Lady Plunkct to perform the ceremony during her visit here, between the 10th arid 'l3th November, and a letter was accordingly i forwarded l«v Mr W. Gibb, the secretary, jit may ho mentioned that a start _ was ma'de with the rcmovd of tlie furniture, etc., Prom the temporary carters _ to the new biiildines on MondaY, and it is hoped tfiit the inmates will all lie comfortably and permanently housed once more uy the end of this week. Tte visit ot Lady' Plunk®! would therefore lie a W'v appropriate occasion for the opcnin'i!. more esneeiallv a'< her Excellency is knrwn to lie interested in all such work. The amount of £SO mentioned in the Supplementary Estimates as lor the Main road, Waitaki, is intended for tlje Main road, Herbert. A welcome shower of rain fell in most parts of tho distr ot on Tuesday n rM. At Mahcno there wore 28 points ofrain, at Totara 34, and at Clifton Falls 17, while judffing from appearajioes the fall was still heavier at Ngapara and Oamaru. A few more such falls would do incalculable good.

A sale of work will be held in the lecture hall attached to Wesley Church this afternoon and evening The goods to be ofierM comprise a uuaiifity left over from the recent sale, and they include a number of very pretty and useful articles, which will he offered at prices that should command a ready sale, John Findlay, who stands committed to the Supreme Court [or trial for the Papakaio murder, was taken to Dulicdin l,y the first train yesterday. Though the suggestion lor a North UUno bay at the international fcxhnntion icli through, the district is not to altogether unrepresented at tlis inn snow that is now occupying so much ot puuiic attention, A gcod entry lias been made for tho home industries section, the following having forwarded the articles named for competition in the various classes: Miss-b\ Moscrop, illuminated lettering for competition in the open class, and an illuminated ailfcss for Cumpetition in the class for any article of merit; Miss C. Teller, a water color painting for competition in the class for landscape paintings, and an oil painting for competition in tho same section; Miss It. Glynn, drawn thread traycloth, for competition in section for drawn thread work, and Mount Mellick traycloth, for competition in class for this class of work: Mrs A. Glynn, ornamental box for competition in class tor such work, collection of coins for competition in open class, two. needlework pictures for competition in class for cross-stitch work, sampler for competition iji class for cross-stitch samplers, an article for competition in the class for the _ liest dressed oddity, and a needlework picture for compettdon in class for original design in decorative needlework; Mr James S. 13, Anderson, c<vcd sideboard lor competition in class for relic! carving, by amateurs, and collection of wardrobe panels,. relief carved, for competition in the saino class; Miss Ruth Williams, point lace collar, point lace handkerchief', ami 2-point lace collars, ail for competition in class for any article of this description ; Miss W. Hudson, light and shade study in monochrome, for competition in class for oast of head or other detail of human fiKifi'c, and landscape painting for competition in class for such work : Mr F, Uaxter, ten panels on scrim and naper. being imitations of woods and marbles, for competition in class for such work. Mr Lindsay, headmaster of the North School, has also sent, through the Otago Education Board, * number of specimens of liis pupil's skill in cartoon woi'k', 011 cardboard modelling, some very neat and skillful pieces ot work I cing included in the collection. In addition to these exhibits the following firms have taken space, and are showing at the Exhibition : Mr 13. G. Lane) .Lane's Emulsion, etc.; Messrs E. Glass and Pons, graining, marbles, etc.: Messrs Clark Bros., white stone and Snaw Drift flour • Mr B. Perry, white stone, from the T.T. awl O.K. stone nuarries; Mr D. Sutherland (OmaraniaV wool: Messrs H. Drown and Co,, bicvclcs; and Messrs IroI,mil ami Co.; Lilywhitc flour. .

A nicctinc of the Committee ot tlic North Ota® 'Agricultural and' Pastoral Association was held yesterday afternoon lo arranec details in connection with tho sliow. Mr W. W. Wvlfc was in itlic chair.

, ■ To start this (lav at Penrose's a special Curtain Sale. Havim secured a hie lot of Sample Curtains at 25 per cent discount off the Home price, we are able to retail these Curtains at less price tmm than taey can ,be bousht for in England. There is amone this lot of Sample Curtains - fair proportion ol clieap curtains, hi/ti (lie creator ntiantitv is made up of hleh-era'dc Rooils. Nottineliam. Lace, Guipure, Muslin rn*l Swiss Ourtans—all hlili-class poo'ds-niarvcd to clear at low nriees. Now is the time to cct Mod Cur-1 fains at low prices—PENROSE'S Dia"f>r« Establishment. •Bad! Bad!! Bad !!!—Bail Wood comes from had dieostion-frad 1 ' stomach, bad liver—attended with bail. foul wreath, coated ton?ue, trad taste, had headache, bad appetite and kindred! symptoms. Bad as all these are and serious as are the d seases to which they lead, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets come to the relief and cure of all

these. ihy regulating and invigorating Stomach, Liver and Bowels, and-putting all these organs in good order, For sale by all chemists and storekeepers, A prescription tor Imlijdestion that iicvcn fails to fciyp rapid relief-take ten to twenty drops of Dr Grassland's Noxol in half a cup of 'hot water half an hour after meals. It is a sJre thing, take it- in ' sips, 2s, at oliemjsts -and stores,

Diarrhoea.—Diarrhoea, in its first stages, cured hv a few (loses of that pleasant, reliable, ami l effectual medicine, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy. In many instances one dose is sufficient, hut as a rule three or fort doses arc necessary, It is a-.good thniH to keep in the house. Get a bottle to j ilay; ft may save a life. For sa'c by all oliemists and storekeepers.