The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17 00:00:00

6tle toartiribse &luau,

S!TUBDA`i, DECEMBER 17th, 1881.
SOIL.NL,E AND THE WEATHER.

AsTßowomY has been described as so noble and
sublime a seine° that no opportunity should be
lost of iinpresting it upon the young and tender
mind. The illituitabie range of the planetry ,
system, and the relation of our sun to other orbs
of equal splendour aronud whibb.2ountless worlds
revolve, have for erAtturis occupied the thoughts
of master minds, which have longed for more
irformation upon the exalted theme than it has
been possible to obtain.. - Are the other world 9
inhabited, and if so by what "manner of nrien ?
Astronomical science hag gone s%) far as to de-
clare that Mars, the next planet to our own, and
fifty tailliona of miles further away from the sun,
presents all the appearances which we are ac-
customed to associate with this habitable globe.
Its poles can be plainly seen through a powerful
telescope, and there are distributions of land and
water like our awn._ _ _ _

important as is the progre's of astronomical
science to the student end the philosopher, more
practical and to the purpose as affecting the
general pepulation of iie civilized lauds of the
earth is the development of the science of
Meteorolegy. Astronomy may be said to have
been a study on the part of great intellects for
thoueands ef yet.rs. The binding of Orion and
the sweet influence of the Plei:nies are men-
tioned in the Book of Job; indeed throughout
all the writings of sacred Story the repeated
references to the heavenly bodies show the at-
tention which th:.se commanded when the pro-
phets wrote and spoke. St. Paul, writing to
the Corinthians, cieecribed the varying glories
of the sun, the noon, and the stars. and told the
people to whew his epistle was addressed, that
"one star ditlereth from another star in glory."
But the iefluence of the celestial bodies upon
the earth and *non the atmosphere surrounding
it,-is a enhject of comparative modern inquiry.
Potting aside the stars, which are too distant to
affect us, there ';all be no question whatever of
the inflnenee of the moon upon the earth. It is
to the luminary of the night that we owe the
regularity of our tines; und although she is
seven& d from us by 240,000 miles, there is
equally little doubt of hr influence upon the
weather. The pliesi=.s of the moon are studied
with as mach interest, if not with more, than the
hours of the rising and setting of the sun. The
fact that 61,0 is a were burnt-out cinder with no
atmosphere, and from which the earth, as the
larger bedy, has drawn off all the water, does
not affect her brilliancy when at the full, for, as
at the Creation, she still rules the night. Looked
at throuol a powerful glass, the solitude of her
cavernous mountains seems :n strange contrast
with the busy life of cur continents and islands,
and the sunlit brightnus.; of our glittering seas.
Meteorology, ,heungh in. its infancy us a
science, is rapidly seeming devotees to its im-
portence. The territde weather which has lately
been experienced in that most tempestuous of
oceans, the ...I.tittntie, bee brought home to all of
us the momentous nature of the interests coin-
nutted
to the uncertainty of an impending change
of weather tn-it omnot, 141 foreseen. Many a
gallant ship that hue guile down would have
rerna;ned it port ;net the witLnteed and the
storm had passed had her connoander known
what was corniag. ,pur s'.‘st wealth as a mari-
time nation is leieeely coannitted to the custody
of the sea, whe.e when sw pt by a sudden and
unexpected hoe-e-mail° e,ngu.:phe many a gallant
ship with its precious 1.-eight of human life. By
establishing an elaborate system of observations
along the immense extent of the seeboard of the
United Str.!es, an attempt has been made to
warn the people in this hemisphere when a
tempest is crossing the western main and ap-
proaching these shores, and these predictions
keve often proved of great value. Semetineet
the steer') ie e,et y another crele,7eg from the
ot.posite direction, and the twain rend each
other asunder in mid-ocean without again reach-
him; 4le. laud. But as frequently as not they
corou wient they have not been foretold, and
bril &Ade and disaster with them. The public
jock to the meteorologists to supply a more com-
plete and trustworthy system of weather warn.
ing, not so much in the interests of scienoe,
although these may be important, as in the in-
terests of human life and of that enterprise which
has placed Great Britain in her position amongst
the nations of the earth.

THE IRON TRADE.
BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.
The proximity of Christmas when consumers
tally curtail their requirements in view of
int: to settle for their contracts, caused a
dmuntion of inquiries for most classes of iron
at the market this afternoon. A. very steady
tone, however, prevailed, prices being well main-
taincl. T.ncal makes of common pig iron were
slightly than last week owing to the dim-
ini.3l2-..Ai supply of Northern pig. There was not
moil inquiry on foreign account, India being
the most active market, while Russia and Scan-
diciavia were the quietest. The quotation for
marked iron was unaltered, at 17 10s and /8 12s
6d for bars. Unmarked iron was quoted at from
16 to 17 for bars, cable and rivet iron, 17 12s 6d
10s ; rivet iron angles, /6 513 to 18; nail
rods, /5 15s to ii; hoops, /6 7s 6d to 17 10s;
strips, 15 12s 6d to 7 ; y.beuts (singles), /8 to /8
I.os. Pi:ldled bars wc-n sold fit froln /4 15s to
15 ss. There wa4 pot.•: icinaarl for coal, but
the supply was fully equal to the r,quirements.
Tiae action of the assooi.•:.-id coalowners in revlg-
ic:; ti e Slid •g scale 1.. •-o• interest of h‘t mine CH
w.ltt;l.Cr:ol u.pruvil tiy COLIIVIzI,II present,
and fuith N-tional Colrence oi 2,liners now
being held itt Binaingbdm the aunouncenient of
the decision oi toe whicia was made
by the South S7afrad.ihire delegite this after-
noon, was received with cheers. The conference
resolved at the same sitting tb aak the coalowners
to meet their representatives in a national con-
ference to consider their claims for an advance
of 10 per cent. in wages.

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