IND OF THE WORLD.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11988, 15 July 1907, Page 4

IND OF THE WORLD.

HOW IT MAY COME FROM £ DEAD PLANET. From time immemorial men have asked themselves whether it is possible that'the world may come to a euddon and castatrophic end. II used to be thought that such an end would come, if at all, as th< result of a collision with a comet; But closer astronomical study has shown that fear to be groundless. la his jusfc published "Astronomical Studies'- |Mr Ellard [Uon declares that the real danger to the world is to be feared from the existence of dark bodies in [epacei There is no actual evidence thai such bodies exist, but most astronomers fsuspect that Ijhere and there are dead suns, devoid of light and radiant activity. And it is quite possible that in its career through space the sun might collide with siich a body* when its'heat and light would be | enormously increased, and the earth would instantly be destroyed. The total time from|the date when it became visible to the cataclysm would be only about three years, One convent provided a hundred littie shirts for the young future King of S a:n, while another religious house t.iraed out four dozen magnificent robes, m >st of them silk and satin. A " simple life " hotel has been opened at the Garden City, Letchworth, England. Fruit and vegetables are the main articles of diet, and the butter snpplied is made of nuts. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint. Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d. A County Derry farmer is the owner of a- ewe which has shown extraordinary fecundity. . In six fyears this animal has given birth to 28 lambs, all of which have lived except one. Holland has 10,200 windmills, which exercise r n aggregate power equal to that of 52,200 horses. The area drained by each mill is on an average 310 acres. For Children's HackinglCough at night Woods' Gfreat Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d.