Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-11-05
TEACHERS, INSTITUTE.
DR.. Phillips lecture Closing Notes RE-
solutions aud Statement


told by DIR. Phillips in most inter-
esting and instructive manner in his
lecture before the teachers Of pike
county on Wednesday evening.
DR.. Phillips is particularly fortun-
ate in posses sing a strong, clear,
voice and delightfully."- easy manner
Of delivery so necessary to the sue
cess of public speaker
"rhe Sun, of such vast import
ance to one small world, came frs
under consideration.
ut is 100000 miles away, so
far chat if one of our fingers ex-
tended so as TO touch it's surface, il
would be number of years before
we would feel the sensation Of pain
'ln size the Sun in 300, 600 times
as large as the earth, and 50 bright
that if our sky were studded with
full moons, the light would not b
equivalent to that produced by the
Sun. One interesting fact not gem
efelly known is that within is
hours after a total eclipse of the
Sun an aurora borealis will proba-
sly be seen in the Northe1n SKY.
The heat of he Sun was formerly
supposed TO be cansed by the burn
ing of planets.
IF the earth were made Of solid
carbon or coal and cast into tho
Sun the heat produced by burning
would be sufficient to LAST only six
days. The accepted theory is shat
the Suns heat is produced by its
ON 1-contraction, and It the present
rate of deorea in 10000, 900 years
it will becomes solid and grow cold.
The earth and its sat elite, the
moon, were spoken of next.
"Ihe diameter of the moon is 1000
miles. AS the same side of the
moon is always presented to our
view it must in revolving about
about the ear th revolve on its owl
axis also.
"The other side of the moon we
know nothing about. Owing to the
absence of an atmosphere the moon
can not be inhabited by any foIm
of life we know anything about
Mercury is 5000 miles in diameter
Venus ia almost as large as tn
Earth and is the bri ghtest of'all til
planets Mars is red planet, it is be.
lieyed that the foliage there may be
red instead of green. It has two
small satellites six and seven miles
in diameter revolving about it.
"Jupiter has five moons and il
1, 900 times as large as the Earth.
"Shooting stars are small pieces
of iron or stone revolving about the
Sun, which in rushing against one
another are consumed by the heat
produced by the shock A shower
seen some years ago will return and
be visible in November 1899. The
nearest stars are so far away that
the light we see started on its Jour-
ney about 90 years ago The belief
that the moon or it's phases has any
thing to do with the weather or has
an effect upon the crops is pure i'm
agination
Thursday evening, Rev. 7. II.
MeKensie, of Port Jervis, gave q
bright and entertaining talk OF
How Olives Grow It was not a
story Of those green things pat ur
in bottles which have b /, salty
taste, but of the little olives
which are growing in every WI
reg Ilat9d family, and which in
time may become the salt of the
Earth, if they ere properly piokled
and preserved while in the tender
state. The lecture was replete with
auecdote and illustration happily
interspersed, and charmed the large
and attentive audience.
Friday morning there were brief
talks by Dr. Phillips and Prof.
Kemp in the nature of farewell
words Of advice, the reading of the
financial statement and resolutions,
and the successful and profitable
sessions of the institute closed.
Supt. Sawyer merits the thanks
not only of tie teachers, but of the
public for his zeal in the work ol
the institute and for securing men
of such ability and high standing as
educators to aid in the instruction
The lectures were all largely at
tended by the pablo and everyone
came away thoroughly pleased ant
satisfied v iuh the speakers.
The financial statement showed
substantial balance in the hands o
the treasurer, and we shall bt
pleased to publish it in detail.
Following are the resolution
adopted
RESOLVED, That this institui
, has been one of much benefit to tn,
.eachers Of the county.
RESOLVED, That each teache