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sweet r0afars pef b o.
Colorado iirai Lettuce pcr dozen
e.
Celery c.'aala per iaa.r fialts 1r.
CDnrfa Cabbage gao urr ih.
Colon - Nuap hears per -a-uhshel
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colorado ncets per dezeu bunsh es.
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COLORADO tuu'ips per doaeu bunshes
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Colorado cucumters rer tesnn CO.,
cslorAdo onions psa doqeu auuohes
81
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Groocry Sgndrics
careaafln ereain Daisies ger ih Csc
Rice. extra fancy head. per H.. Nc
Rise, fancy Aead, per ~, Te.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-03

pfnhpmH rlfs Cattle fe'elpia 1850
msiafi steady airrrs. - ipH 90 eres
ani Lelfsfs ttso1bev. eslfes ltooa
500
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Miscellaneous

NEAI HfIf.NlHt
rr fa.t H sItIr coed ..mHlt
lontna Nn IuH Wmen girIn.
NH WHN U.rH. un fa.h
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naf . f NIIH ..t kaa f.m
r.u fa 600 In.l it.n. sa
fai lun
Nlluitf 5000 nafp fhe parry rau fht
Vacuum Nltanrf man and hato nIm
clean four .arpeia. mHftnEs sails
aui tofjthIuF in coo huate Phone
ais
WlNr WWTt or rrnons Laredo
Emplofmot Company fur 400 k.ndt
gf labor rtoues tpl .h2t. laredo.
rcnH INam
0NsufNE hnh $50 nau aHt
al1. nf NIUE fu Nm si naf nH
NIr nant U,rnn whtlf
my yoHf fnruitnf lrs and pay
later rhp o. our clan sagarmhn
supply GO. isbpafi at 20
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rtrau Nfd between Soon n.neN
htf and caldwell ave. dnrnY north
10 Tfuirr en 90 lma
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nfrsi nn all nu immnf. In1r
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f.. Naf nHn. NHHm ln $3.50 laU.1n
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$500 aH u 900 InH.i snf.s nai
f..m HnIfI.t NHI0 m.
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-03

hs fancy Japan. per Boz. GMr.
fns rIut california. psf U,. Gao.
rrarlfH nney Jumbo per ib ssc.
neanuiH nnoy So. D per DO. IHc.
iHfruff $50 gT rer In. A'sc
hsHf I.r .iHf randlti. $500
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'rramru NuH.r 500
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'hN Pepper. peg ih aet
Sweet Pickles iu gers ibWfl2 60.
tWtt Pickles. ln bottles. g. goo
0O
0nr pirtles in ksss s. soa g. 900.
Sour Pickle. in 1offIss afrH92 60.
hics popcorn aheilrl. rer h. ~
sugar Eranulsfed. per 700 ltu
81 lb
Dried Truif
Ra.a'ns. loose Mamatel per
Aas.nH London Layers. .9.lh boxes
90 hoK fie0
apaat.i arpirs por Ih for
IAhfN pfhrhea. rHf Ih. i2iac
Fancy Apur0's per De- t1r
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prunes. 10-kos. per ih..aac
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-03
CLASSIFIED ADS In THE CALLER HERALD
Bring What You WantWhen You Want 1t

II You Wan, Help Wan, Job, Want to Buy Pin q,
Circus Tent. or sell Onc--Th Page is The Solution
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ufom a ~ pepot Tig,f and
AHurri Niffftal
Leaves fUf Hau Aninni0. Wafo and
iiUusi0n tiah m
ifafrs CO. Hsu Aninnlo0 % a. y ~
Leaves ieg Waco ana Houston. 2 g
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i,Hte- fef SAN AnioHin iiifo " %.
A'tnrs fnHm hau AnfOnlo 800 ps
Affitea ffNm Waco sna Houston
lo 70 m
Arrives num Sou Aninnio tt n
Affnss f,om tan Anionle Wars sne
iihHriDN Nt b m
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Special Notice

ffFNFNf niur eco boys ga kinit
90 hldra half and aeon 1850 Icon.
$3.50 aUfIt H.l In
ns RAY WulUnrON. rfadhats
nurso frum nsttie creek, Nlch slssa
farial. Special Abdominal sni Zen
erai swedish Masses hef residence
0n she'll Reach Those aiN
G G. srovr arpAia co Repair.
sns tina ~ sis,s 81 fsnus I've stove
pelses go wiuiau phons fof
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-03

II You Want TO Get Some Good Bargains in
Hieh-Class Wall Paper and Paints, 20 to
Browning's this week :; :: 4:
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-03

Cotton.
lfurnIfhel hf D g. nsidwnl
iIoH oniion seld an tle leading mar
elf yesterday
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l'feliif .Ielf,d Nn ine NHNnatnn ~
an om,ome ~ az ettt "a weston
NrlnNn
1nln l.fniH tIunDl hffi M fhf Aim
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N.rlfun ft se4eilfg 40 slaie ~ iha
REPUBLICAN tl0pr be- ehln
nnn 3 Laws t.hpDl mayia ~ kintt
tnr and Uno ef ihf leia,ur hasmfss
'aen uf inai eli. eaa b. lh. fiN leeL
ufdat ~
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e.
frlsoo Lives a. =, .. 4 a. ~
itatra Gov uni,rslnn aud lipu1tun.
iH m
i.sat,s tn Galveston snd livustou
lo atr m
i.atos 81 Ninrssils ana Browns.
uir ia n nl
iates fo' gainesville ana i'rp~ess
lme $3.50 m
h.fNta ifom iiousiou ana ualt'ston.
10 o m
Afnts fom iloslon ana ua'teaion
in m
AnNn 1om nrovns,lllo ava l>,ass.
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Prom uusor "enni ~ RAILROAD
Ave.
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ADVERTISING RATE CARD

CtaaIset i.res ccnt per vufd
frt INSERTION Subsequent hsofuous
te core Ger wore
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-24
LIE Mar Cravats
Lemarine Wash Ties
just Received
L. F. JONES Dry Good S

Mr. B. j. Hussey of Bangor, Me-, was
in town Wednesday on business.
Mr.. Geo. Rowen and Miss Alice Mason
of Barton we're the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. R. Powell, over Sunday.
I. H. Mason chief dispatcher, is off
duty owing to severe cold.
| The lumber has arrived for the re-
flooring of the viaduct and the work on
this will start in the near future.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Nc
Faden, May Z, daughter.
Attorney c. r. Powell was business
visitor in Newport the former part of
the week.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Davis, a
son, May II.
The Grand Trunk has large gang of
men working at East Brighton, complet-
ing the overhead bridge which was
started last fall. When the work is
finished the bridge will be one OF the
best of its kind in the state, the structure
being wholly of steel and concrete.
Miss Gladys Stevens is assisting in
Jones' store while Miss Florence Blake
is taking months leave of absence.
John Stott and family of Farnham,
P. O., have returned here to occupy
their cottage on the lake shore for the
summer.
The Womau's Relief Corps will serve
dinner in the M. E. Church vestry May
3Oth for the members of the G. A. r.
and their wives also the w. r. G.
Rev. w. G. Christie will deliver the
annual address to the local Veterans of
the Civil War at tie Opera Hall on
Memorial day. Subject, The Crisis of
the Victory.
Miss Clara Boardway spent Sunday
and Monday in Coaticook, Que.
Miss Tillie White has left town for
the Raugley Lakes, in Maine, where she
will spend the summer.
Chas. Street has been at Averill for
the past few dsys angling for few of
the finny tribe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-24
What Was Happening Here
80 Years Ago

Mrs. John Morse claims to have two
creeper hens which will be % years old
this spring.
A. o. Dechene has purchased build
ing lot near the residence of Luther
Laid and has commenced the erection
of handsome and commodious dwell
thereon.
Mr., John Holmes lost a valuable
horse last Saturday. The horse was in
the stable and kicked some planking
out of the stall, and In so doing broke
his leg and had to be shot.
Telephone communication has been
established between W. w. Lombard
jewelry store and his residence in All.
Boulett's building,
Charlie Gonya and bride returned
home last Saturday and DR.. Pottle and
bride last Tuesday night.
Auction sale at the residence of the
late Willard Sawyer IN Charleston Mex
Thursday.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-24
0DDFELLOWS GO
TO WOODSTOCK

The Grand Encampmefft |. o. o. f
of Vermont was held at Woodstock, Vt,
with Grand Patriarch l.. F. Jones OF
Island Pond presiding
The grand patriarch appointed II. H.
Somers of st. Johnsbury custodian of
the secret work. EigLty-fve members
were present and % took the Grand En-
campment degree.
Reports showed that of subordinate
encampments the full State membership
Dec. 81, I9II was 1914, one encamp.
ment, 80, of Chester has become defunct
during the year. Fifty four cases of
sickness representing 45 weeks were
paid, the cost being $498.25. The total
cost of relief was $S29.25. The receipts
from subordinate encampments for the
year were $7I9I.I3 and the expenses
$446L94. Available assets, $7IS7 At.
Total property, STA, 076.94.
Mr.. d. p. Mackenzie attended from
here and was on the committee on Gre
dentials. j. w. Thurston represented
the Ross Encampmeut. E. A. Bemis
and E. j. Maxwell represented The Essex
Lodge and Miss Leta Eaton the Re
beccahs.
Mr.. L. F. Jones was elected as Grand
Representative to the Southern Grand
Lodge which will convene at Winnipeg
this year. Il. A. BemiS was appointed
District Deputy Grand Master, District
No. 5, and d. P. Mackenzie District
Deputy Grand Patriarch, District No. 4
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-24
Resolutions

At regular meeting of Court Island
Pond, No. 423, l. O. F., the following
resolutions we've adopted; Whereas
1t has pleased the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe to call to the Court on High
our beloved Companion, Agnes j. Letters
be it Resolved, That we, the members
of Court Island Pond, No. 523, |. o F.
share with her afflicted mother and family
their sorrow, and take this opportunity
to place on our records aud extend to
them our heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved That copy Of the fore
going be sent Mrs. Letters and family
also published in the Essex County
Herald.
Fl. A. ALDRICH
M. E. WALLACE
E. G. PAQUETTE
Dated May 16, 1912.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-24

Mrs. Alexander Frew Of Everatt
Mass. is visiting her daughter. Mrs {,
u johnston, at her home on Derby st.
s. IooL pn;5u .a &c. - -,
- Moo.obood ,houo A. pn;5n,;.
state fire warden. They have made
many friends during THEFT stay here, and
all hope for their return in the fall.
90,
$50 - Wv q -"
Stern.
L. W. Drake is assisting in The
rrsb
hooerC Olliey Is nome from ForClahu'
"A large party oil Town nSnermeh are
'oJou'"ius "V AFo'l'i Lane O''iS "eeA'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-24
M. E. CHURCH.

Next Sunday morning the pastor will
preach sermon on the subject, The
Leprosy of Sin. At 3 o'clock pm. the
pastor will deliver an address to the
members of the Grand Army Post of Is
land Pond in the M. E. Church A
quartette will sing. On account of this
service being at 3 o'clock there will be
no evening service. A general invitation
is extended to all to attend the 3 o'clock
service.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-24
CHURCH NOTES
CHRIST CHURCH

Next Sunday being Whitsunday there
will be celebration of the Holy Eu-
charist at IL o'clock, and evening service
at z o'clock. Right Rev. Bishop of the
New Hampshire diocese will visit thu
parish on Tuesday next. Evening SER
vice will be held at 100 o'clock at which
the Bishop will speak to be followed by
the sacrament of confirmation. The
Rector and Rev. A. M. Dunstan Of
Groveton will assist in the service.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-24
Become Our Representative

A company having the highest repu-
tation for reliability and liberality for
over twenty years, can put on a number
of men in unoccupied territory, training
them in salesmanshIp, paying them a
llDera commission on acceptance OF
orders. If written to at once can place
inexperienced men and those having
had experience in nursery stock or other
lines. Unusual Inducements to square
reliable men.
Allen Nursery Co,
Rochester, N. Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-24

STOP KICKIN' THE TOWN AROUN'l
In every town folks keep some houn' aroun''
An every time strangers come to town
Some folks go to kickin tn town aroun';
IT'S even worse'n kickin' houn'.
Stop your kickin', be hopeful an profoun';
It's mighty poor way t. build up town,
To keep kckin' public morals aroun
Who wants to locate N a town that's DOWN
This is tn best town anywhere aroun',
But like others, we've few oil houu
who get at tn str anger who's in town,
Say TIL towns houn'-an' kick it aroun'.
If a houns houn', towns town,
And can't build up if kicked aroun';
You have right t. kick you own houn',
But it hurts us all if you kick TIL town.
Now let's pull together for good old Brighton
town,
And stop kickin' our houn's atoun';
Tho tn houn', if a myth, II make no SCUM,
If you don't stop kickin' we'll get the strangers
frown.
j. A. Kidder has started housekeeping
in the Davis Block on Derby Street.
Users of electricity were left in dark
ness for an hour or more Monday night
caused by tree on the fat falling across
the wires with resultant short-circuit.
Mr.. Sweeney was quickly on the job
and as soon as the seat of the trouble
was located he Immediately had it rem
edied,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-05-24
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Charley's Aunt at North Stratford to
night.
The base ball team will play North
Stratford High School here Saturday
May %, and will play return game
with West Derby, at West Derby June l.
There are SO many absent with the
me asles that 1T is useless to try to give
n ames.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
The LITTLE White HOUSE
WILSON'S OFFICIAL
COUNTRY HOrE.

is the house in which Maj. Andre passed
the night before his capture.
Mr.. Rockefeller has his private golf
course directly In front of the house.
Down behind his red-roofed stables are
sunken gardens. studded with a success
sion of pools from which fountains throw
up their spray. Miles OF driveways wind
gracefully through the estate. every cor
ner of which may be electrically illumi-
mated at night. For winter pastime the
petroleum magnate has his own skating
pond, but. like Mr.. Carnegie. he esteems
golf above every other form of sport
And just as the Laird of Skibo has an
adherence of gunners, Mr. Rockefeller
has an adherence for stray dogs Ii Is
said he offers reward of s. head for
their capture. This new estate I'm the
POcantico Hills liz the fourth home or
the oil magnate. and is his favorite. while
Mrs. Rockefeller prefers that In Cleve-
land The others are on J4th street, New
York. and at Lakewood n. j.
But Americas greatest country estate Is
that which George w. Vanderbilt has de-
veloped in the Blue Ridge mountains OF
North Carolina. Ii has been said that in
order to lay out Biltmore according to his
fancy he blasted away a mountain al a
cost of a million dollars. and. instead or
utilizing the hundreds of tons OF roc<
thus quarried. sent his engineers thou
sand miles away to get enough limestone
to build upon this truncated peak Nor
man castle such as he had seen in the
valley of the Loire.
He toured the world In search of the
proper tapestries. rugs and draperies to
adorn the interior. Masterpieces in oil
and marble were hauled up the hillside.
and the best landscape engineer procur-
able was set to work shaping the environs
Of the estate to harmonic with the Nor
man architecture of the castle. Models
Of garden paradses surrounding the most
picturesque chateaux of the Loire were
first made and carefully studied.
The Vanderbilt domain surrounding Biz
more comprises 100000 acres rolling over
mountains covered by fifteen square miles
of virgin forest and two square miles OF
cultivated field and pasture lands. Inside
the grounds are twenty miles of macadam
roads, along which are scattered cottages
for 300 employees OF the estate.
Copyright, 1912. by John Elfreth WatkinsD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23

his defense Of angling being based on his
theory that the playing Of a fish is a
painless operation, save when one is foul
hooked His dislike for shooting was
illustrated during the last grouse season.
when after but two guns. in the hands of
his friends, had brought down forty brace.
he called the gunners off and told them
not to cause further slaughter for several
days.
In the Pocantico Hills Mr.. Rockefeller
has lately completed country home said
to be worth s5.OOO,OOO 1t lies in North
Tarrytown, n. Y. and comprises a 5000
acre tract, larger than Central Park.
New York city. To obtain all the land
he wished, the oil king bought up vii
lage, tore it down and erected another
on the site, for inside the high stone wall
surrounding his new estate are about
hundred separate buildings, including
no less than seventy-five homes of men
working upon the property.
The porches Of the mansion command
a view of the Hudson river and of Sleepy
Hollow, made famous by Irving. Nearby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23

United States senators were elbowing
their way through the crowd in an en-
deavor to get in the direction of 18th and
f streets. 1t was between innings and
for this reason they found it comparative
easy sailing. They were talking Of the Chi
cago convention in low tones, and just
as they passed the two young men one
of them remarked in q loud voice:
well. II Teddy can't get the nomina-
ton. and Taft can't get 1t, who will get
it? That's what I'd like to know"
His companions answer was lost In the
crowd, but the two colored men took up
the subject while waiting for the next in
ming to begin.
There goes two politicians" remal ed
one. Talking about Teddy and Taft:
when Washington Is doing all this win
ming! The republican party sure is hav-
ing terrible time this year. They don I
know who to nominate for President"
IF those fool republicans would only
nominate Walter Johnson, he'd win in a
walk" declared the other.
Just then the next inning began and
politics were forgotten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23

49,, .o.ore tho game Uas slated
-, ana ,ba ,h.'u.ands gathered
go, ~ IN. S,a, electric score
h..ra zero earerIv discussing the
- ,he.nce. 10 Sa,ionaIs mad of drag
,1,,,5.s ch,rn;,ns down in de-
suns - -. -, ,,ood an
leat. iWo eiderS BUSINESS ~.
the outskirts OF the huSe cTowa dhu sotN
"a over the remarkable showing of the
y.a.b;,,,,a, teau
- ~ NO., I, ,be hi-b
u"i'S' !, ,...os.
al. what lure TINS base pan business
1.il exert over all classes. when the home
,...,,7 Z v-nnfnr had a most remark
.t ~ !. ~ otbar dav
90 o'"' -,
- .tst II N"N NH'" 'i'' 80
- sar#N the family 10 Europe this sum
ta.s Ven tie other day | had "A few
, Ill, t,na. ana 6a ..ded that IL
~
%"'" .' go" s''i' - fei''iao'
N4.r r. #..@t : Uill need Ter the TRIP
- 8". l,,. mi. j clothing store just
SPA t,,-. . Ill, attn that purpose
..t,..d -, ~. IA.
t''t'"' ~ wy NsH'S - ms me io'
gsats vs. Gle ~ ways ard never-iaii-
lu- e.u4t,srA tai made Il nit with rSe
ana nat..s always WISHED him to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23

golf. The rich paper king. Senator Win
throp Murray Crane, also of the Bay
state. has located his country home in
the western end of the state, at Dalton.
in the Berkshires.
bungalow in the game paradise of
Alaska is occupied for ten weeks every
summer by Chairman Sulzer of the
House committee on foreign affairs. Here
since their marriage four years ago he
has camped with his wife. and their rustic
abode is a vertiable museum of trophies
of the hunt-walrus tusks. beaver skins
and pelts of the brown Alaskan bear.
This roomy camp is built near the In
dian village of Ketchikam, in glorious
wilderness Of sky and sea and wondrous
geologic formations. Mrs Sulzer shares
with her laird the pleasures of hooking
the abundant salmon. halibut and deep
sea fishes of various species. And while
Mr.. SulZer tracks the willy bear in the
forest his wife bargains with the Indians
for such curios as carved worries, pottery
and blankets.
Although he makes his summer home
at hotel in the suburbs of Chicago.
Minority Leader Manp of the national
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
THUNDERSTORM SEASON is AT HAND

same course as that used in reviving a per-
son rescued from the water. Efforts to
restore animation should not cease for
at least an hour. There are often visible
effects of lightning upon the human body.
such as red lines or markings whose
irregularities and branchings have led
to the fanciful idea that a lightning fash
has the power to photograph surrounding
objects on the body, when in reality they
are localized COMPOSITIONS OF the small
blood vessels OF the skin and In time
disappear.
The thunderhead. the giant of the
an anvil. with q fibrous-appearing
screen above 1t and a mass like a rain
cloud beneath. The instruments sent
up in the balloons from Mount Wealth
Virginia, have found some OF these
vaporous mountains to be as high as
eight miles. Since a thousand million
volts Is the electric force required to
send lightning to the earth from a
thunderhead whose base is a mile high.
the enormous electro-m motive force OF
many of these floating masses can be
judged. Bolts from these storpclouds
have been known to sink thirty feet
into the ground. The distance they
have gone has been discovered by fol-
lowing the glass tubes they make when
penetrating sandy soil. The National
Museum at Washington has collec-
ton of tubes made by thunderbolts
which vary in size from a quarter to
three inches in diameter
Many have counted the number Of
seconds between a flash OF lightning
and the first sound OF thunder be-
lieving that the storm was distant as
many miles as counted. In reality IL
was distant about mile for every five
seconds counted. The light of the fash
travels at speed OF nearly 100000
miles a second. or. in other words, IL is
practically instantaneous Thunder Is
rarely heard more than fifteen miles
away. It's sound cannot be perceived
nearly SO far as the fash. so what we
call heat lightning" is but a flash OF
lightning which is SO far away the
sound of the thunder cannot be heard.