Signs Of Weather

Dew is a sign of fine weather, and is never seen except vmder a cloudless sky. "Wind and clouds are snvc preventivos of dew, from the simple reason tliat clouds are able to retuin some of the solar lieat; and, as they can give forth warmth, the riuliation from the earth is ; checked, and u warmer temperature ! served. Wind evaporátes the moisturc as fast as it appears ; and, if the wind is westerly, therc is little dew or clouds to be seen. The contrary is observed with an easterly wind, but ii west wind blows over a vast expanse of land, and, having lost its vapor, dries up any moisturo it may come across ; whereas an east wind, ; ' crossing the Atlantic, is full of vapor and sheds dow on all sides. These remarks, of course, apply chiefly to j ticular localities, but the influence of a west wind may be seen in the spring. Dew is more copiously deposited in spring and antumn than in slimmer, as ; there is usaally a great difference in those seasons between the temperature of day and night ; in tho spring, however, there is a small deposit of dew when a vast wind prevails; but ín autumn, during the soft influences of the south and west winds, the earth is éreá with moisture. It has also been observed that there is a greator forma tion of dew between sunset and midnight. ■ Helen Tuacy, playing the heroinc in I " The Gilded Age," in Cincinnati, tried to shoot the villain, but the pistol wouldn't shoot. The predicament va awkward, 81ie vlubbeil the piutpl, imd Walked tro to the rascal and banged liim on the head with the handle. He dropped dead. But, when she started back in affccted horror and cast the pistol npon the floor, the thing went off close to lier f eet, makiiig lier yell with fright.