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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
Deadlock In Delaware.

Dover, De-, Jan. 6. With three
fourths of the members on the ground
the outlook is that a deadlock will de.
lay the organization Of the Delaware
legislature which assemblies here to-
day. 1t is now kncwn that the legis-
lature Is divided into 21 Democrats, 81
Union or Addicks Republicans; 8 reg
ular or anti-Addicks Republicans and
Republican whose status is in doubt
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07

Gloucester, Mass, Jan. 6.-Two men
were swept overheard and drowned
while others narrowly escaped the
same fate on Christmas day when the
fishing schooner Aloha, which has just
reached here from Newfoundland, en-.
countered terrific gale.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
contlnred shortaae Of Coal.

Bradstreet's says: The one unfa.
vcrable feature is the contin-
ued shortage of anthracite coal in
the East The numerous holiday shut
downs Of manufacturers and mild
weather generally have enabled this
shortage to be borne with fortitude
Unfortunately. however, The miners
themselves have been celebrating ex
tensiyeh- al d the result is marked
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
Mother Of Four Infants.

Toledo, o., Jan. 6.-Mrs. Stanislaus
Spychalski is the mother of four in.
fants, three Of whom came Sunday
night and the fourth Monday. The
mother and her quartette are well and
strong. Mrs. Spychalsk was already
the mother of one child, less than a
wear old
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
Mr.. schwab lakes Full Amount.

New York, Jan. 6.-President C. NJ.
Schwab of the United States Steel cor
poration has cab,ed from Europe to the
officers of the corporation asking that
60 shares of preferred stock be allotted
him under the offer recently made to
all employees. Sixty shares is the max
linus amount Mr.. Schwab could apply
for
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
Salmon Eishinn Closed.

Washington, Jan. 6.-Secretary Shaw
has signed an order closing the streams
in Southeastern Alaska against salmon
fishing until July l. This action is
taken with a view to preventing the
threatened destruction of the fishing
industry.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
care Of earthoTdl Statue.

Secretary Root has received letter
from the commission having charge
of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe
island, New York, suggesting the ad.
visibility of congressional action pro
viding for the transfer of The statue
to the government
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
Trousers Pocket Burglar.

Fred Penn, son of the late George
Penn, one of the wealthiest men Of
Syracuse, N. Y, 10 years ago, was ar
rested last Sunday night on suspicion
of being the mysterious trousers
pocket burglar" whose operations have
baff'ed the police for the past year.
Four houses were entered Saturday
night and the occupant of one de-
clares Penn is the man seen at work
in the house. He denies any knowl-
edge of the affair and his friends say
he was abed in his room when the
burglaries occurred Young Penn was
formerly prominent socially.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
Hard Proclaimed peror.

Te1If thousands Of pple from
the q of Delhi, India. md from
villaa< <far and near an gath
ering daybreak New rar's morn
ing 4 e great plain on pe the city.
TheIeie waited pately for the
suprN announcement othe durbar
that .ng Edward wtssmperor of
India
Thrrival at the amp}eatre of the
Wed of India, Lord uzon of Ked-
lest land other dignbies and the
priIr was one of e brilliant
epides of the day The princes
wert lad in silk and horned with
jewt and their horseend carriages
we1brilllant WITH trajings of gold.
Ahting from his arriage, Lord
Cu1l mounted the da TO the throne,
Will was decoratedSwith golden
liotand around VIII were placed
ma te silver footstdo The throne
itsd was surmountkkby canopy
Of te and gold. Vn the viceroy
reatd the throne the ltlonal anthem
wa played and a s>fe of 21 guns
watred.
re was anotheuf{urish of trump
ct md Lord Cursot rose. and stood
fof moment impaFe. Then in
ini es'ive tones he hivereda speech
ansread the imessse from King Ed
w& In his addresthe vicer2y an
ndced the corona In of the king;
h4 4xtolled the id Indian people
al prophesled pr{berity for the
hn Empire. IItkaid also that 1t
N been decided h to exact inter
d<for three years 6hll loans made or
Arantsed by the government Of
y la to the native ) tes in connection
Vh the recent fame. The viceroy
anounced also II, abolition of the
Liian staff corps. lch has long been
army sinecure.
Verdict on Wastead Collision.
me coroner's jpF which has been
pestigating the week at Wanstead,
-lt., in which q lives were lost,
fought in the follwing verdict:
"We find that rthur w. Ricketts,
as killed in thetllision at Wanstead
the evening / Friday, December
ith, 1902. Tia sail collision was
used by wronl orders being given
D. 5 at Wanstea.
sponsibilitt Tor the issuance of
rong orders wo IRE not agreed upon
between Ope+tor Carson and Dis.
tcher Kerr.
That after NJ had left Watford
the issuance of wrong orders we
nsider that u accident could have
en- averted by he operator at Wyom-
3 or Kings OcIrt Junction had the
llway compan had more experien.
d operators al these points Zone be-
but a boy of16), at each of which |
ices the dispitcher had ample time
do 1t and 0Geavored to get the
posing trains stopped"
The prlncipa feature of the testi.
my was the evidence of James Troy
the night olsrator at Kings Court |
notion, wher Dispatcher Kerr en-
ayored to Stop the express train.
rroyer who is a boy of 16 years,
ted that ht was on duty for the
It time on the night of the accident
1 that his total previous expert.
e as an ope,ator was for two nights
Strathroy. where he received only
total of fur messages.
lie gave as reason for not hearing
'patcher Kdrr calling him for seven
eight minutes, that he was study
the time table and did not recog.
e the oGfice call which he had heard
y once before.
rogers extreme youth and appar.
incompetency made deep impres.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
Through Electric Line.

An agreement has been reached
by the representatives of the To-
ledo and Western, the Garret, Auburn
and Northern Indiana and the Chi
cago and Indiana Air Line Rail-
road companies for a through cleo
trio line between Toledo and Chi.
cago. The Toledo and Western rail
road has already been constructed as
far as Fayette. near the Indiana state
line. The project is being pushed
by syndicate headed by Judge G. M.
Stone, Luther M. Allen and ]. e.
Seagraves of Cleveland, who are build
ing the Toledo and Western.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
TEL WEAVER,

Il. A. WEAVER, Proprietor.
||.is hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House. has undergone complete change,
&rI h now furnished with al, the mod
efn iWDrOvements. Heated and lighted
IIrlu1IDui with natural gas. bathrooms,
.ol aud cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07

6<1>lefIan Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
II sabbath School at 1000 a. IN.
|.|.nt a M. Il. Church every Sab
|@'||oH by Rev. o. II. Nickle
|.1|nH In the Il. M. Church every
e<ening At the usual hour. Rev.
te. n the Presbyterian Church
s1Iath morning and evening,
l|af meetings of the w. G. n.
~ the headquarters on the
@0| Iourth Tuesdays OF each
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
Mrs. Grants Presents.

A valuable collection of relics of the
tour Of President and Mrs. Grant
around the world were placed New
Years day for the first time on public
exhibition in the National Museum at
Washington.
Their transfer to the government
was provided for in the will of Mrs.
Grant, to whom they were originally
presented.
The collection was placed beside
that of General Grants relics which
have been in the governments custody
for several years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
Buffalo Hay Market.

HAY - Timothy.sper ton, looses
1e.5OG17OO; hay prime on track, per
ton. S15.50G16OO; No. do, do. $3.50
d14.5O; No. 2. do. do, s11.OOQ12.0o.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
||.HTRAL HOUSE,.

~ GEROw ~ GEROw Proprietor,
|'1nseia. Pa. This is the most centrally
'1ratsd hotel in the place, and has all tho
|udern improvements. No pains will
Ne spared 10 make il a pleasant stopping
Place for the travelling public. Firsi
|'1es Liyerv in connection.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07
SETLEY,

]. >ETLEY,
JUS rICE OF THE PEACE.
Keeps a complete line of Justices blanks
If *e|e. Also Blank deeds, mortgages,
||t 'Iionesta. Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07

b. LANSON.
Hardware, Timing & Plumbing.
TiOnesta, Pa
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pAClFIChElORKIN|
Hawaii lied With Rd|
q Wild. |

Trade cons = proclaimed h.
4 eeror-vPn Pn Wanstead W *.
PresIden option = cave- at
olyphan rough Electric he'
Mrs. CIR a. esents.
The fol,1 cablegram wal re-
ceived at Vhite House al 80
o'clock Fl ornins' dated 'Olu'
lu, Jan. / D. m.
"The Pre- Washington.
THE I'd bf the territory Ha-
wall send greetings to and
express d tb:ratification at e in.
auguratid1 telegraph coniInica-
ton with ainland. We aAblieve
that tae val of the disa1'ntage
of isolati< III prove a strohfactor
in the tding of a patriof and
progress american commog gealth
in theso lds.
Henry COD
Secretary of Hail"
The d ent's response was fol.
lows:
White Hoy,
Washington, Jan. 1908.
"Henrykpe Secretary iawaii,
Hond Hawaii.
"Thd sident sends Il gh you
to Cow Dole and the p De of Ha.
wall II arty congratul lns upon
the on ucI of the cable. Bbelieves
that 4 tend to knit t & eople of
Hawaf n e closely than to their
fellow ems of the main and will
be fol great advantaS NJ all our
Deople
George B. Cbelyou,
retary to the kident."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07

b. SIGGINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
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Dill. EMERr

FANCY BOOT Il sHOEMAKEf
shop In Walters building, Cor. El
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do d
Kinds of custom work from the finest b
NE coarsest and guarantees his work b
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atte-
.|op given TO mending, and prices re-
<0nable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07

1'"1<|ay Of February.
|'"0.|ny OF May.
@| <'1 Monday OF September.
1'f| Monday OF November.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07

NORGE STOW CORPS, No.
r. q. meets first and third
e<enLng Of each month, In A.
&>' IIonesta, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07

'rT0RHEY-AT LAW.
fuer Building. Cor Elm
- s n, Iionesta. Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07

4 Al TENT, No. 1854, X. o. t.
.|< <ud and 4th Wednesday
1|t1 month In A. 0. U. W.
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s.. d. b. 0KEAvEs,
Physician and Surge on
||.. and residence above The Davis
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|.onGIi, No. 1884, 40. u. W.,
HFf Friday evening in, ,A.O.U.
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>oRGE STOW POST, No. 274
Meets LIST and Sd Monday
'@.n month, in A. o. U. W.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07

UpDgE. No. ses, 100. #.
1<< Tuesday evening, in Odd
AIS Partridge building.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-07

& bUNN,
n fSfCIAN AND SURGEON.
Md uRUGGI T. ONCE over store,
|'@ pa Professional calls prompt
|<'|'>|cd 10 at all hours of day or
&|. Hesldence- Elm St, between
||.* grocery and Gerow's restaurant.
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IIzHoW. N. d..

<e|cIan. Surgeon & Dentist.
i<Ns|dence three doors north
HIeu. Tionesta. Professional
|@||'I|y y responded to at all hours.
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1TT6RNEY-AT-LAw,
Tionesta, Pa.
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Al. SHAwKEY,
- I<2 EY-AT-LAW.
Warren, Pa.
Practice IN Forest Co.
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['cH OFFIcERs.
7. Dale. W. F. Blum,
q. Gaston, J. b. Muse,
N. Landers.
euce-C. A. Randall, s.
.'1fs~~L. Fulton. J. @.
<cnk, Patrick Joyce, L.
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NIY OFFICERS.

..@F><s- Joseph Q. sibley.
x P. Hall.
r. N Lindsey.
H p. Crawford. W.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16
A Queer Legend: Of Tailed lien.

When native Hollander wants to
show his hatred for an Englishman
he simply refers to him as "steert
man'-in other words, 1.-The man with
a tail" The legend says that Thomas
q Beckett cursed the Kentish men who
spitefully cut off the tail Of his horse
while he was riding the animal
through the country, and that the en-
tire generation of Kent which followed
wore tails like those of horses. John
Bale, Edward Wis bishop of Ossory
mentions the legend, but gives some
variations as to the cause of the ig-
noble punishment. He says John Cap
grave and Alexander of Esseby say
eth that for castynge fyshe tayles at
st. Augustine Dorsetshyre men had
tayles ever after that"
But Polydorus applies it to Kentish
men at Stroud, by Rochester, ''for cut
tinge off Thomas Becket's horses
tayle." One account says that only
those living in Kent at the time of
the curse were afflicted with large,
dropping tayles, like brutes; their pos
terity being not so affected
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16
Will Be National Bank.

Extra, Ia, July l1.--(Specialto Reg
ister-Leader. )-On Monday July ID,
the Farmers and Merchants bank OF
this town will be changed to the First
National Bank of Extra. On January
of this year the Christensen and
Stuart interest of the bank was bought
by Messrs. F. M. Leet and Asmus
Boysen, of Audubon, who decided to
change it to national bank. They
applied for charter. 1t arrived to-
day. The directors of the organized
bank are F. M. Leet, Asmus Boysen,
F. M. Hensley, d. E. Stranger, VIM.
Doffing, Sam Brown, w. G.. Tibben,
w. FL. Covault, N. p. Christensen and
N. p. Lauritzen. The officers are
F. M. Leet, president; Asmus Boysen,
vice-president; J. E. Mcclure, cashier.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16

Why do we no longerxNind in these
magazines the long essays that were
the backbone of the old style period
icals? Is it because there are nova
days no men who like to and are able
to take their pens in hand and ramble
on and on aimlessly over hill and dale,
with many leisurely pause and occa-
sional airy flights? Is it because the
editors can find no writer's who are
surcharged with views on all sorts Of
abstract subjects and could be moved
to impart those views at length to the
readers of magazines? Certainly not.
Almost every man who writes at all
would like to write essays-long es-
says. But the wise editors won't have
them any more, because the people
won't read them and won't even take
magazines that get the reputation of
harbOring them. If an editor Graves
small circulation in this day let him
gather the essayists about him and
freely turn them loose upon his pages.
Success.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16
HOT WEATHER EDITORIALS.
The Crown.

There Is no mention of crowns before
the eighth century after Christ. The
crown really did not become the head
covering of kings until the times Of the
Christian rulers after the might and
power of pagan Rome were broken.
Before those days the browning was
done with a helmet. This change In the
method of browning the rulers Is typ
zeal of the changes that occurred In
the spirit that animated nations and
races in the selection of their kings.
The first kings and chiefs, after the
world had emerged from the patri-
archal forms Of government, We're Sc
lected almost altogether for their
prominence as leaders i'm war. Thus,
gradually, the chief of the army be-
came the chief of the nation. Almost
all the ancient kings were military
despots. Then, with the prevalence of
Christianity and the overthrow Of the
old governments, came the new rulers
who claimed to rule by divine right
They, too, were almost all military
despots, especially in the beginning,
but the world had progressed far
enough to demand more proof Of au-
thority to rule than mere brute power
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16

There is q Cussel library probably
unique in the world 1t is bound in
timber. printed on timber pageS-pos-
Sibly from GOD b!ocks-and deals eX-
clusiv"ly with timber. The library in
question Is the HolzbibliStek, which
was compiled ut the end of the last cen
fury by Karl Schicldbach and is com
trees in tie park ut WilhclmshOhe.
Every volume bears on tab-nOt in
timber but, uu"crly enough, in moroc-
cO-thc name of the tree from which it
was obtained. There ar" plates of the
tree in all stages Of its growth. and the
letterprcsS is treatise on the forest
ing and natural history of the tree.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16

Some one has been hunting up the
history of the mattress. Its beginning
was the collection of rags, husks or
reeds which We're bound together and
thrown down anywhere to form a rest
Ing place for the binds and serfs of the
rich. 1t is suggested that their names
Of shakedown and makeshift were de-
rived originally from the Arabic
word ''matrah." In the middle ages
feather beds found favor with the
wealthy and the mattress was not used
by them. Inventories of estates owned
by the American colonists show that
mattresses We're then worth $500 each,
being made of hair. In England mat
tresses of rabbits fur We're once used
and vegetable fibers of various kinds
have served their turn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16
The Blood as n River.

The blood is a very river of human
life, its pulmonary and systematic cir
culations constituting an intricate net
work of canals, making the body sort
of corporal Amsterdam or human Ven
ice, writes George Dana Boardman in
Ethics of the Body" Each corpuscle
is a barge, moving with varying rates
of speed in different parts Of the body,
toiling through the capillaries at the
rate of two inches a minute, rushing
through the arteries at the rate of from
twelve to twenty feet second, cease
lessly carrying on the organic functions
of the body by perpetually exchanging
freight, depositing at the depot of this
and that tissue oxygen and taking up
dioxide of carbon. What money is to
society that blood is to the body. 1t is
the means of exchange or the circulat-
ing medium.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16
SO2on IONS HOrses.

By great many people Arabia is
supposed to be the home of the horse.
From ancient Roman, Grecian and
Jewish history we readily learn that
the horse was unknown in Arabia long
after he was common factor in the
life of southern Europe. The horse
was scarcely known to the Hebrews
prior to the days of Solomon, that
worthy and illustriOus sovereign hav-
ing been brought into closer contact
with the horse by his marriage to a
daughter of Pharaoh, the reigning king
of Egypt, whose gorgeous wedding out
fit was supplemented by large num-
Der of elegant horses, adapted alike to
the service of war and the chase.
The appearance of those beautiful
animals as they sped swiftly along the
streets of Jerusalem excited the envy
of few jealous princes, but added to
Solomons popularity with the masses.
After his marriage with the Egyptian
princess Solomon began buying horses
from his father-in-law, and so rapidly
did he multiply them by purchase and
breeding that those kept for his own
use required, as it is written, 1000
stables and 10000 stalls"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16
About Magnets.

. Magnets are frequently made in the
form of horseshoe or letter U, but a
horseshoe magnet is really nothing
more than n bar magnet bent. AS both
poles will attract iron it is apparently
twice as strong as when in the bar
form. a piece Of iron laid across the
poles is attracted by both of them. In
this case the poles act on opposite ends
of the iron and do not destroy each
others effects, for each pole magnetizes
the portion of the iron opposite it. The
iron therefore becomes strong mag
net with its north pole touching the
south pole of the horseshoe magnet and
its south pole touching the north pole.
This is popularity called "keeper," be-
cause it keeps" or preserves, the
strength of the magnet, which be-
comes much weaker when the keeper
Is left off.-St Nicholas.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16
Presbyterian Notes.

The pastor took this morning S
train for Sioux City where he goes to
look after some business of the Synod
of Iowa.
The Junior Endeavor society has
chosen new officers as follows: Mrs.
Funk, superintendent; Marie Adams,
president: EllOween Phelps, vice-presi-
dent: Anna Wilson, secretary: Hazel
Kellogg, assistant secretary; Julius
Hecker, treasurer; Bonnie Vermilya,
Organist; Lila O'Connell, assistant
Organist.
The Flower Social at the Burnside
residence on Tuesday evening was a
very fine affair There were flowers
in richer effusion and more brilliant
hue than those of California arranged
with artistic skill. Besides there was
a fine dumb bell display by Charles
Burnside who is an artist in that line.
There was plenty of music both in
Strumental and vocal, all of high
order. The refreshments were first
class. -,-...u-...-. .--.---.-......--
The sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be observed next Sabbath morn
ing. At this service the new individ-
ual communion service which has just
been purchased as a memorial to the
late Thomas Oliver will be consecra-
ted and used. The doors of the church
will be opened for the reception OF
new members and the ordinance OF
baptism will be administered to either
adults or children.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16
Glory.

Glory is but q transient dream that
gives color to sleep bespangled with
illusions of greatness; mirage, gilt
teriAg, but unsubstantial, lowering
above the oasis in the desert of life at
whose fountain many a weary travel
er would quench his burning thirst
that he may press on to grander
heights. 1t beckons us on to whel
the broad light plays on countless
graves of those once called great, but
now forgotten, upon whose gravestone
is chiseled the mocking phrase, "Sic
transit gloria mundi." How often
does the victor, spent and worn, look
around for the laurels and the peace
he has earned, only to find the bubble
bursted, the colors faded.-Roanoke
Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-16
Travels of n Bullseye.

A German scientist says that If a
marksman at noon on q cloudless,
MINDLESS day sets his rife so that 1t
will cover the bullseye of target the
gun will in the same position the next
day, if 1t also happens to be cloudless
and MINDLESS, shoot high left" 'The
bullseye is apparently attracted by the
position of the sun or of any other lu-
minous point" says the scientist, "and
apparently during the day follows the
course of the sun in semicircular line
on the target"
This seemingly changed position of
an object under the changing influence
of light cannot, he thinks, be produced
by refraction nor by the changing
temperature of the air nor by chang
ing barometric pressure. The change
of position is instantly responsive to
the sun breaking through cloud. 1t
cannot be akin to mirage, because the
shooter would then have to lower his
gun at noon instead of elevating 1t as
he now does.