... madness of these unaccountable objects. Most . people know what is meant by a mackere, vtry. And when there iv a mackerel sky at night we may see bright stars was am) wane. as the cloud hocks pass over them, the clouds themselves invisible in the darkness ...

... river before th© entry of the Southern army. The blaze of fires which marked the retreat ail the Chinese armies lit the sky last night, and this morning the Southern troops entered the city. Foreigners who left Nanking prior to its fall described the occupation ...

... upstairs to bed. (To be Continued.) Cassiopeia, or Cassiopeia’s Chair THIS beautiful group of stars ie for it bangs in the sky at night like an immense capital W rotating round the pole star. If you look at the diagram you will see the shape of Cassiopeia ...

... invitations have been issued for the garden party Buckingham Palace tomorrow, and there must have been many glance the sky to-night, not also a silent petition for fine weather. The party, which completes one of the most brilliant,' not say exhausting ...

... motorist. By day the beauties of the hedgerow; tree and flower; the growing crops; the ever-varying loveliness of sea and sky; and night the glory the spangled heavensall this lost to our children. Nowadays children’s observational faculties are satiated ...

... Sailors possess an uncanny knowledge of impending weather changes. Most people know the old baying: A red sky at night. , The snike's delight, A rod sky in the morning, The sailor's warning ; and not a few dry land sailors swear by this doggerel. People hying ...

... ..1.-..ii dean omen late, and early. .The bun travelF. in a ,outli, and Its riot is still' • Wilson when in begin the sky. As night deepens black die stars take on the rnbri!haii r Of Trees 7*. r ai th.• .old with sounds like pistol 1 ..11, of thunder ...

... are lots of things for son to write !thorn, there's the wind on the heath brother, and the eters that 'mangle the Summer sky at night. Or a commercial traveller coming home from Omagh may stop by the wayside and gather a hunch of primroaes and leave them ...

... Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury being the other six. Mars has very distinctive and gloriously red colour it gleams in the sky at night, which is said to be due to its sandy soil; it is inclined like the earth, and has ice caps, as Earth has, el the poles. Being ...

... came on shortly before midnight. There were lashings of rain, and the thunder roared and Niue Rashes of lightning lit the sky. The night porter of the Hotel Witte Brouck, where the Belgian delegation is staying, closed the Klan doors. It was like a scene ...

... understand the point view of a local poet who has written about storm. It was no common storm, for it ” rode through the sky last night,” hurried throuch each mountain pass, then ** beat upon the desert’s face,” swept through forests, t> roam over ** trackless ...

... moon in a brilliantly clear sky, the nights have been full of sheer loveliness, for against the snow the lacework of gaunt trees cast velvet shadows in the moonlight till one was reluctant to sbut one’s eyes to it at night, and eager to wake afresh in ...