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Prestatyn District Council | The monthly meeting of the Prestatyn District Council was held on Monday evening under the chairmanship of Mr T J Scott, J.P. There were also present:—Councillors Thomas Jones, J.P., J B Linnell, J.P., T Hughes, J Banks, Inglefield, Greenwood, Wright, Griffiths, and the Rev F Jewell, with the Clerk (Mr John Hughes) and the Surveyor. 'lr Linnell said complaints were made as to the number of loose stones lying about on the roads, and asked why the roller was not being used. The Surveyor said the roller had been detained owing to the frost. He had, however, teen expecting it all that day. He was instructed to wire if the monster di,d not put in an appearance the next morning. (Mr Banks was informed that the Koad Com- mittee had not yet inspected 1' tordcllas Uoad, as they had resolved to do. Mr Jewell said the matter was standing in abeyance. Mr Banks suggested that it should be done while the roller was available. At a meeting of the Water Committee the Surveyor reported that a drilling 1Ila",lint. whicj, had been sent on approval by the III iii,:Ts had not come up to expectations. The dulling wa. done neatly enough but not without flo :c trench, and trouble was experienced with the patent ferrel. It was resolved by the com- mittee to return the machine. Mr Inglefield regretted this decision. ITe said some of them had the pleasure of seeing tthe machine at work, and it seemed very effec- tive. It certainly saved a great deal of water and the convenience and temper of householders. He thought it was rather retrograde to return the machine, which was in general use in the country. Mr Wright said the first time the machine was used it nearly drowned the man. He explained that the resolution only referred to the particular .machine, and if the makers cared to submit a stronger one they would be leased to try it. The Surveyor said there was a flaw in the machine, which he pointed out at the time. A discussion arose with regard to the railway facilities and the Chairman moved a proposition that the clerk be instructed to communicate with other authorities along the coast with a view to concerted action towards inducing the railway company to modify the existing facilities for the taking out of contracts by agreeing to issue tickets for a quarter on a sort of sliding scale. He complained that it was a very serious hard- ship on the head of a family that he should have to pay down a big sum of money at the begin- ning of a year for contracts for the memibers cf his family, and suggested that the adoption of a system by which the same sum could be paid in a year in quarterly instalments would induce many people to come and reside along- the coast. He had a letter from Mr Walmsley, who had taken a great interest in the proposal. He en- closed a copy of a letter from Mr Turnbull, an official of the company, who, in reply to a question on the subject, wrote that his compmy had no intention of altering the present contract rates. •Mr Jewell asked if "rates" meant the ar- rangement. The Chairman said it did. Mr Banks warmly supported the recommenda- tion and in,the discussion it was suggested that all businespscompanies would be very pleased to consent to such an arrangement, and that the arrangement was in force on part of the London and North Western Railway Company's system, and on other lines. The proposition was carried unanimously. Mr Linnell complained and the conditions prevailing at the station goods yard, mentioning that on a recent day shunting was in progress for four hours, men waiting to work at the waggons being kept idle for -that period. Mr Jewell: It is an intolerable condition. Mr Scott said Mr Howe (the general manager) 'had promised to do his best to remedy matters, tut had declined to give a definite promise. t> None, but such as are good men, can give good things.—Milton. A friend's worth is at its best when an enemy tests the strength.—W." Stewart Royston. The meanest flower that .blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. —Wordsworth. Love make;, people believe in immortality, be- cause there seems not to be room enough in lii'o for so great a tenderness. Pleasure appeals to the senses alone; but happiness appeals to the spirit, and it is created by love and good will.—Lilian Whiting. We must not only cultivate our friends, but our own power of friendship; we must preserve it with care, tend it and water it, so to speak, -Joubert, He who cannot feel friendship is alike incap- abel of love. Let a woman beware of the man who owns that he loves no one but herself.— Tallyrand. Better to grow grey in a night from the pains of love than to live in peace without it. For to go through life without love is like travelling through a country in a dark carriage without windows. j The proper object of ridicule.—Those smaller improprieties in character and manners which do not rouse our feelings of moral indignation, nor impress us with a melancholy view of human depravity.—Dugald Stewart, Pleasm-e, like quicksilver, is bright. and coy; Al-e strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still; If seized at last, compute your mighty gains; lvhat is it, but rank poison in your veins. -young. Some of us need to work less, others to work more; and we all want the art of employing leisure. Thei-c is no real happiness without character, and it is ten chances to one there will be no real character in a man who is never not one hour in the twenty-four—master of himself. I have lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is this: never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage, too many irons in the fire," conveys an abominable false- hood. You cannot have too many-poker, tongs, and all; keep them all going.—Dr. Adam Clam. ———J°( DOAN'S OINTMENT IS THE" THOROUGH 31 CURE FOR PILES. INTERESTING STATEMENT. Everyone who suffers from that most distress- ing disease piles will envy Mr Dawson, who was cured, thoroughly cured, that is, by Doan s Ointment. Here is his own statement: — Over 4-5 years after Mr E Dawson, 46, Morris Green Lane, Middle Hulton, Bolton, was cured of piles by Doan's Ointment, he informed bur representative that he was still free from the maladv. "There has been no return of the troubl.e," said 1lr Dawson; "and I have re- commended Doan's Ointment to a great many people." "I suffered from piles for months," ran Mr Dawson's letter in which he told us of his case. The itching was dreadful and although I tried different medicines, and had medical treat- ment, it was all in vain. Reading an account in the newspaper about Doan's Ointment (being a good remedy for piles and itchiness of the skin, I lost no time in getting some of it. I ;am glad to say I found great relief before I had used half a pot of this ointment, and was soon cured. I shall always keep some Of Doan's Ointment by me, for I have proved its worth.Yours truly (Signed) E Dawson. Doan's Ointment, cured him, can you doubt that it would cure you ? Just try it send us (see below) your name, address, and a penny stamp for postage, and we will send you a free sample. Doan's Ointment is composed of ingredients which possess remarkable healing and purifying properties for the skin. It has been tested in the most severe cass of skin complai, and has never been known to fail when the direc- tions have been carefully followed. Doan's Ointment at once allays skin irritation it soothes and heals the pOres, restoring freedom otf action to the sweat glands. It will not irritate the skin, or dry up too quickly. Doan's Ointment is two shillings and nine. pence a pot (six pots thirteen shillings and, ninepence). Of all chemists and stores, or nost free, on receipt of price. direct from Foster- McClellan Co., 8, Wells Street, Oxford Street, London, W. Be sure you get exactly the same kind of ointment—'DOAN'S—that Mr Dawson used.

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SCIENCE AND INVENTION. Remarkable details are to hand of the voyage of two Italian aeronauts, Signor Usuelli and Signor Crespi, from Milan over the Alps to Aix- les-Bams. The extraordinary height of 9,530 yards, cr over five miles, was reached, and the aeronaunts underwent a temperature of 61 deg. Fahrenheit below freezing point. They car- ried tubes of oxygsn to insure being able to breathe, but at that great height their pulses beat 122 to the minute. They are said to have passed over the summits of Mont Rosa and Mont -Blanc. PROPOSED NEW RAILROAD. The commission of experts appointed by the municipality of Turin to report upon the pro- jected new international line which will pass under Mont Blanc and join the valleys of the Rhone and Dora Baltea (Piedmont) has just concluded its work. The report recommends that the line should start at Aosta (1,600ft. high), and pass through a tunnel under Mont Blanc at a height of 3,100ft., leading to the vil- lages of Les Houches (Chamonix Valley) and Pre St. Didier. The distance between Turin aud Chamonix would be reduced by 116 miles, and from Turin to Geneva by 166 miles. As the new railway and tunnel would pass through three separate countries, each Government would have to bear a portion of the expenses, as well as the municipalities of Turin, Chamonix, and Geneva, which are most interested in the project. • WARDING OFF SHOCKS. Professor Milne believes that something may be done to ward off tho effects of earthquake shocks. He thinks it extremely probable that many portions of Tokio have from time to time been protected from severe concussions by the many moats and deep canals which intersect the city. Theory would lead us to Expect that the ground vibrations would be interrupted by breaks in the surface; and the fact seems to have been observed by persons who had no idea of the theory. The temple of Diana at Ephesus was built at the edge of a marsh for this reason. Pliny says that the Capitol of Rome was saved by the Catacombs, and Elisee Reolus reports that the Greeks and Romans were aware that cavern wells, and quarries protected edifices in their neighbourhood. The tower of Capua was saved by its numerous wells. Vivenzis 6tates that in building the Capitol the Romans sank wells purposely to deaden the effects of terres- osc trial oscillations. Humbolt makes a similar statement as to the practice in San Domingo. Quito is believed to have been protected by the canyons in its vicinity. ♦ NEW ZEALAND OIL FIELDS. The Taranaki Oil Fields in New Zealand have at last been tapped with success. For 15 years efort.s have been made to find the source of the oils exuding through the sands on the beach and flowing into the open sea. One syndicate im- ported an American expert, and succeeded in obtaining a supply of oil, but too much mixed with water and grit to be usable. Numerous other syndicates have been formed, but have failed to obtain results. Last year another syn- dicate with another expert adopted a new method, and sank a cylinder which formed an encasement to the original tubes, and stopped the inflow of water during the sinking proce-s. After sinking several hundred feet they obtained a good supply of chocolate-coloured fluid, which flowed freely from the tubes without pumping. This flow (says the Australasian Hardware") has been constant, and the assurance of success is so firm that the shares have jumped from 25s. to £ 65. A fresh syndicate has been formed to carry out the purification as well as the cleaning of the oil. From the heavy oil 13 per cent. of the crude petroleum was obtained in paraffin wax, and the lubricating oil after filtration from the wax proved to be a good lubricant. The oil is semi-solid at ordinary temperatures, but com- pletely liquid at 80 deg. Fahr., flashes at ordi- nary temperature, and has a not unpleasant odour of benzine. ♦ ■ PLANTS PREDICTING ATMOSPHERIC AND SEISMIC DISTURBANCE. Prof. Josef Nowack, Austrian scientist, has arrived here, bringing with him 26 cases of the plant Aborus precatorius nobilis, which is said to have extraordinary properties in the prediction of atmospheric and seismic disturbances. The total number of specimens which the professor has collected in Mexico and Cuba is 1,400, and they are to be exhibited in London. Prof. Nowack intends to establish an institute in Eng land for the prediction of weather conditions and the forecasting of storms, earthquakes, volcanic eiuptions, and accumulations of fire-damp in mines. His system, he explained, is primarily based upon the discovery of the weather plant, "also upon data obtained from studies of sun- spots, statistics of natural phenomena through- out the world, and upon general studies in phy- sics, geology, chemistry, and the physiology of plants." The weather plant, he says. has been T found peculiarly sensitive to magnetic influences, and when changes occur in the electric and mag- netic forces of the atmosphere, its twigs and leaves perform peculiar and abnormal move- ments, each movement having a definite signifi- cance. By its aid earthquakes and other influ- ences can be predicted 26 days in advance. One thousand of the plants have been placed in the Botanical Gardens, New York, and those now brought to England are to remain here. There are to be bureaux in Bombay, Tokio, and San Francisco, and one institution already exists in Vienna. Prof. Nowack says that he can issue daily forecasts showing from two to seven days in advance the lists of rainy, foggy, and fine weather. One station, he says, will be sufficient for an area of 3,000 square miles, covering the whole of -Europe, North Africa, and the North Atlantic Ocean. We have heard a good deal of this before during the past few years, and it is time that some definite information about the weather Dlant" should be obtainable.

THii WiauOM OF THE WISE. Great minds.—The lighthouses of humanity. —Schopenhauer Evil is wrought by want of thought, as wei] as want of heart.—Hood. Trust him little who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least who is indifferent tj all.—Lavater. It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance.—George Eliot. Can wealth give happiness? Look around and see What gay distress, what splendid misery? —Pope. Happy is that man that eats only for hunger, and drinks only for thirst, and lives by reason, not by example, and provides for use and neces- sity, not for ostentation and E.mp.-Seiaeca. < ♦ A SINGULAR EFFECT OF FRICTION. In a communication presented to the French Academy, E. Guyou comments upon some curious experiments made by De Santignon, of which Guyou gives only a brief account. A spherical vessel is rotated about its vertical axis some 800 times per minute; dimensions are not given. Powdered substances are distributed in the water contained in the vessel. When the vessel is rotated the powdered particles will ar- range themselves along the axis of rotation if they are less dense than water. But if they are heavier than water they will collect, not on the equator of the ve-sel, as one might expect, but on two rings corresponding to eight equal parallels of latitude on both sides of the equator. In ex- plaining this apparent paradox, Guyou points out that, ifter a certain time, the particles will revolve with the velocity of the globe, and the effects of gravity and the centrifugal accelera- tion may be neglected. The resultant of the re- maining forces will urge any particle in the direction of the radius of the parallel in which it finds itself. If the particle is less dense than the liquid, the resultant will be centripetal, and the particle will move towards the axis of rota- tion; if the particle is denser than the liquid, the particle will travel towards the wall of the vessel. Having reached the wall, the particle will be pressed against it by this radial force which is at right angles to the axis of rotation, and therefore oblique to the wall. The angle which the normal to the respective point of the wall forms with the force will be equal to what we call latitude in determining positions on our globe; we may thus speak of the latitude of the particle. If now the latitude of the particle'ia greater than the angle of friction between the particle and the wall corresponding to the con- ditions of the experiment, the particle will glide towards the equator. If, however, the latitude of the particle is smaller than the angle of friction, or equal to it, the particle will remain at the point where it met the wall. The globe may thus be imagined to be divided into three zones. The central zone will lie be. tween the two parallels north and south, of the equator, whose latitude is equal to the angle of friction; the two other zones or segments will lie outside thi." equatorial belt. For the particles within the belt the latitude will be smaller than the angle of friction, and they will therefore re- main in their belt; the particles outside the belt will have a greater latitude, and they will glide down to the parallel where the latitude and the angle of friction are equal to one another. Thus, with powdered charcoal, we observe two black circles of latitudes about 30 deg., limiting an equatorial belt which is turbid with black spots of charcoal, while the two polar segments will be clear. The case of coal is unfortunately the only one concerning which the brief details quoted are given. It would be interesting to have fur- ther data, and to ascertain whether friction is really the only or the chief determining factor in the phenomenon. Experiments might be made with heavy precipitates. Guyou suggests that the observed latitude should be measured for the direct determination of the angle of fric- tion.—" Engineering." i' lUlrl1¡)l' G copper iiines IN utaii." The first of the mines of the Bingham Camp to b2 introduced on the London market was t- Utah Co-i o'idatcd. Thii; Company commenced paying dividends in May, 1C01, and has distri- blv-d in all sin e that time an amount equiva- lent. to over 4CO per (ent. of the face value of the E.ireF. Other properties that are also do well and whoc shares stand at considerable premiums are the Boston Consolidated and Utan J ex. Among the younger properties is tho Ut:.h Development Co., and excellent progress has t trade during the past year. The claims con- I, trolled by this company comprise about 1CO acres. A large amount of development work has L -~n accomplished, and, in addition to the high- t de ores, a very large tonnage of milling oro cz'.syi'ig values in gold, silver, lead, and somo I copp?r has been expo-ed. A mill is being built I on the company's property to cowentrate this 0 > and the product will1 then be shipped I to tho local smelters for treatment. The cori- pany is now trcp.i'ng about 1 ( 1 tons per month, shewing a net value of from ludol. to 12dol. per ton. Tho new mill will shortly be completed, w ien the output will be trebled. Mr. Arthur L. Poarse (of Poai>e, Kingston, and Browne), tl.o consulting engineer of ;he Utah Development Co., st res that "ior e onomical working conditions Bingham is p-obahly unsnrpaseed anywhere i" the world." Gubbins and Co., of 65, London Wall. London, E.C., are issuing a very i i, r"ting U tnh handbook (with 1 map), whii.li I c:n be had without cost on application. Mr. E. Robertson, Secretary of the Admirafy, has stated that there was no reason to believe that leaflets distributed on warships on the eve of tho General Election had anything to do with the Portsmouth mutiny. King Hakon and Queen Maud, with Prince Olaf, arrived at Christiania on Thursday after- ¡ noon. on their return from England. J Popular emotion is always to be dreaded, be- cause bad men always arise to mislead its ef- forts: how desirable it is that it may be pre- vented, by conciliatory measures, by timely con- cession of rights, by redress of grievances, by reformation of abuses, by convincing mankind that governments have no other object than faithfully to promote the comfort and security of individuals without sacrificing the solid hap- piness of living men, to national glory, or royal magnificence.-J ohn Knox. Character is that stamp of individuality which marks off one man from another. ft shows the peculiar bent and bias which domi- nate him in all the relations of his being. And therefore to bring out his character is to at- tempt some outline, however slight, of these peculiarities, as they manifest themselves in the personal, social and religious aspects of his nature. Now, as to personal character, the pro- foundest moralists find the perfection of it in the presence and predominance of two leading features: firmness of will and flexibility of will; the unmoved consistency of conduct with con- science, and the ever-moving adaptation of a many-sided personality, in ever-widening com-1 pleteness, to all the varying circumstances of life. Going a little farther than one nee-1s to-in 1 the right direction-is the only way to make progress. Not to do better than is expected of us is to become mediocre. The head of a great business gave this solid advice: Let every man in public or private business, whether he is working for himself or for another, a little more than fill the position he occupies. When he does that, and has established the fact that he can a little more than fill that position, a wider one will open to him, and then he will have an opportunity to a little more than fill ttat, and he will go onward and upward until ne finally reaches^the highest step in his profession or calling. Character-building and spiritual growth demand the same rule. It is God's way toward us: Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over." Belief and unbelief are not simply the effect of more or less evidence presented to the mind. If they were so. and the human mind acted in this uniform way upon evidence, we all would come to an agreement about things great as well as small, and that very quickly. But we fiee that the evidence which convinces one man •leaves another untouched bv its force. While other elements enter into the problem. it is not to be doubted that the choice of the will has much to do with our beliefs. We decide to be- lieve or to disbelie-e, according to our notion of what will suit us. The man who is follow- ing a course of conduct which must fall under the divine condemnation, has a great induce- ment to disbelieve either God's existence, or His iretributive justice. As Clough says:- There is no God," the wicked saith, And, if so, it's a blessing; For what He might have done with us It's better only guessing." Your memory is bad, perhaps, but I can tell you two secrets that will cure the worst memory. One, to read a subject when in- terested. The other is, not only to read, but think. When you have read a paragraph or a page, stop, close the book, and try to remem- ber the ideas on that page, and not only recall them vaguely in your mind, but put them into words and speak them out. Faithfully follow these two rules, and you have the keys of know- ledge. Besides inattentive reading, there are other things injurious to memory. One is the habit of skimming over newspapers, all in a confused jumble, never to be thought of again, thus diligently cultivating a habit of careless reading hard to break. Another is the reading of trashy novels. Nothing is so fatal to read- ing with profit as the habit of running through story after story and forgetting them as soon as read. I know a grey-haired woman, a life- long lover of books, who sadly declares that her mind has been ruined by such reading. Men of mind rarely are captivated by a face merely very beautiful, but what it represents or what they imagine it does. Woe be to the beauty who has no better capital than her face. With it she can allure someone into marrying her, but if he married for an intel- lectual companion, he is likely to prove the mo;t disappointed and indifferent of husbands on discovering the fraud. The world will never get over its old belief that a fair face is the index to graces slightly veiled, and ready to be revealed when the right to know is gained. In nursery rhymes, in fairy tales, and the average novel the beautiful heroine is always lovely, and so, in spite of adverse experience, the world will ever expect wisdom and truth from red lips, till they say too much—till the red lips themselves prove the contrary. Then come the anger and disgust which men ever visit upon those who deceive and disappoint them. Beauty is a dainty and exquisite vesti- bule to a temple, but when the worshipper is beguiled into entering only to find a stony and "misshapen idol and a dingy shrine, this doea .ot conduce to future devotion.—E. P. Roe. mi

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Ten-year-old Fred was going to a party for the first time. "Here's a half-crown, Fred, said his father; "if it rains be sure you take a cab home." But Fred reached home drenched through. "Why didn't you take a cab?" said his father. "I did, father," said Fred; "and I sat on the box all the way home. It was glorious." COUSIN KATE. i. ■.in occurred at London-road, Northwich, of Mrs. Anne Wakefield, eighty- three, who lee v-s ten sons and daughters, thirty- seven grandchildren, and thirty-eight great. grandchildren. Three hundred aged of Jrlam and Cndi^hcci- many of them over eighty years of age. were entertained to tea or* Saturday by Dr. G. M.P. for tho division (Eceles), and his wife.

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