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THE TIDES ON THE BAY OF FUNDY |

To the Editor of the Scientific American: Referring to the article in your paper of Decem ber 9, 1882, headed “Blomidon”: these high tides, and the still hygher stories we often hear of them having perplexed me from youth, Iset out sos summer to study their reputed phenomena, befcre venturing to take & purty of my friends in the steam yacht. The idlloreten course was sailed

over: From this city to Halifax, N. 5., standing well out to sea; thence coastwise to ae Sabl., ard Yarmouth ; cross the inner month of the

Bay to Grand Manan Island ; up the coast of New Branswick to St. John and Truro, at the head of | the bay ; : polis, which river and several others I ascended, thus circumnevigating the ent‘re sheet of water, |

which is about 180 miles long by an average |

width of 40 miles. Soundings and deep sea and | surface temperatures were taken during the | eruise. A week was spent at Kingsfort, Nova} Scotia, on the beeutiful Basin of Minas, a few | mi'es from Cape Blomidon and Cape Split.

These tides are, as you sxy, one of the wonders | of the world. They are caused, as are also the | dease fogs of this region and of the North Atlan- | tic, by the cold Gulf Stream, pouring from the | Arctic Ocean by Smith Sound, Baflin’s Bay, and | Davis Strait, along the coast, of Labrador, and | throngh the Strait of TBelleisie, which dis-| charges into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. These | cold, heavy currents hug the coast line as they | run. |

On doubling the southeast corner of Nova Scotia | at Cape Sable, they strike for the first time the | warm and lighter waters from the south, 6nd drive the latter before them toward the point of least resistance, which isup the Bay of Fundy. At its mouth, opposite Cape Sable, the tide rises 6 feet; opposite Digby, 28 feet; at St. John, 38 feet ; off Windsor, 45 feet; and when ebb, a bucket eould not be filled with waterin the harbour; at Truro, 60 fect : and at ebb the red clay bottom is exposed fora distance of 25 miles. These measure- mi nts refer to spring tides, which are highest. Rut the belief which so generally prevails, that the tide assumes, as it rushes onward with loud roar and great velocity, «a high, almost vertical wave, or “bore” as it is termed. which even draws into its vortex such animals as may stray near the beach, is wholly erroneous. Zhere is no bore or tidal wave in the Bay of Fundy. there is neither dangerous nor di be from fog or ice. tides, ebb an aripple. Even at Cape Split, where the Bay sad-

denly contracts to a width of about 3) miles, the |

“wave” will not measure ane-inch in height. What can have been the origin of this fable, which

has not only obtained general credence among |

many, but is even accepted by men of science withoat question, and is yet chimerical as a mad- man's dream? Probably the very trifling bore which does really exist on two small tributaries of the bay, the Petiteodiac and Shubenacadie. The bore on the former river I measured at Moncton, N. B., 89 miles E. N. E. of St. John, and found it just 3) feet high, with a travel up stream of 6 miles per hour. Itia caused by the last of the ebb tides being met and repelled by the flood tice fina narrow stream confined by almost vertical banks.

1 cannot close this hastily written sketch with ont adding that the British people of the Lower Provinces are reasonably courteous, and quite as honest and honorable as any among whom I have

ever traveied. P. J. McCourt, M, D. New York, Dec. 9, 1882.

Horsford’s Acid Phosphate AS A NERVE FOOD,

Dr. J. W. Smutu, Wellington, O., says : — **] have used it advantayeously im impaired nervous supply.”

An Australian Tom Thumb has been on exhibition in England. His real name is David John Armstrong. He was born in 1851. He is 3 feet 2 inches in height and weighs seventy pounds. His limbs are in perfect condition, He is very intelligent.

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A stnaie box of Mack’s Magnetic .Medi- cine will prove to any sufferer from nervous prostration or weakness of the generative organs, that it is the best and cheapest medicine ever sold for this class of disease. Read the advertisement in another volnmn and send at once for the great Brain and nerve food. {jan25 2wks eod wkly.

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Special Notices.

We will introduce our Club Work on and after the Ist of February for two months, Cook & Co., over the Apothecarie’s Hall.

[jan 29 3i.

Go right at once to Dorsey, Goff & Co.’s, and buy a right pair of Boots.

ANY person in want of acow to fatten can ge: one for cash, or in exchange for a good mich cow. She is now in good condition.— R, K. Brace.

Who would be without light, in the dark ages, when you can pst 6 five allon tin of best American Kerosene at the Diamond Grocery for two dollars?—D. MacKacuern & Co. {jan2

Fresu North River Oysters at the Union House. tf

Our Club Tickets will be sold by the lead- ing druggists, and bookstores, Coux & Co., over Aputhecarie’s Hall. jan 29 31.

SLeIcus ror Save.—A few new and second- hand sleighs for sale by P. H. Tratnor, Kent Street, opposite the Recklin House. [de 27

THe CarxivaL.—Breminer Bros, just re- ceived Ladies Costume Plates. Ladies and gentlemen wishing to attend the carnival can procure these for 25 cents.

R. B. Hevsris sells Wajnut, and Designs for Fret Sawing, very cheap. [janl6 lm

Get your Carnival Suits Photographed and Colored by Cook & Co., photographers. {jan 29 3i. Mryisters, Lawyers, Teachers and others whose occupation gives but little exercise, should use Carter's Little Liver Pills for torpid Liver and billousness. One a dose.

Sieicus repaired and painted at the usua low prices, at P. H. Trainor’s, Kent Street.

[dec 27 Bey a good Fret Saw Machine cheap of R. B. Aecstis. {janl6 lm

Canptzp Pzet—One cwt. Keiler’s just received at Beer & Gorr’s, wholesale and

retal. {dec27

A LARGE stock of Fur Caps, at cost, at D.

A. Bruce’s. [de2I wy tf PFARLINE for sale at Beer & Gorr’s.

[dec 6

Potato Farina (very choice) at Bern &

Gorr's dec6

Ir you wish to get a good Wringer, buy the Imperial of R. B. Hevsris. (janl6 Im

Cau. aa the Farmer’s Grocery for good Tea Molasses, Kerosene Qil, Vinegar, Raisins, Currants and Confectionery, cheap.

[jan 4 wkly

LADIES Goff & Cos.

Every customer, big or small, gets five per cent. discount for cash off shelf goods. Ac- counts paid monthly five per cent. off. The Fa nily Grocery is, without a doubt, the place to get value for your money. (jan23

Coke. Coke. eo is considered to be one of the best

‘and che*pest kinds of tuel for BASE BURNER STOVES and particularly suited for the DENMARK 80FT COAL STOVE, now so much in use. A first-class quality of Coke can now be had at the Gag Works, for

ter cents per bushel, Co’town, Jun ¥ 188¢,—Jua vod

Skating Boota at Dorsey,

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Navigation | cult, untess it | In the absence of storms, the | flood, are accompanied by scarcely |

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And will completely change the blood in the entire system in three months. Any per- eon who will take 1 Pill each night from 1 to 12 weeks, may be restored to sound health, if such a thing be possible. For curing Female Complaints these Pills have no equal. Physicians use them in their prectice. Soid ev erywhere, or ae oe gg eight letier-stamps. Send for circular. I. 8. JOHNSON & CO., BOSTON, M \

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An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist, now traveling in this country, says that most of the Horse and Cattle Powders sold here

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any other Paper Published in P, E. Island,

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| COFFEE Java and Jamaica. Cruet Stands, China and Glass Bonquet| Bear River| ‘6.46 * | and this Dominion!

Molasses, bright and heavy. | holders, Epergnes, Toilet Sets, Lustres, Souris ....j | Ar 7.20 *“*

| Golden Syrup. : | Moustache Cups and Saucers, etc., suit:

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Black Basket, Finest DeHesa and Valen-| L( XOKING GLASSES, a large assortment (READ UP.) -

cia Raisins, Currants,Almonds, N uts, etc. to select from. : ant ee

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CANNED GOODS, in Pine Apple, Peach,' Shelf Hardware. | f Tomato, Green Peas, Baked Beans.| Kuives and Forks (Dinner - Dessert). Oe 8 pe y XaMiner Salmon, Lobsters, Corned Beef, etc. | Carvers and Forks, (good quality). Sh’town ..|Ar 4.15pm)|Arll.l5am Arl].30am

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Railway Office, Charlottetown, Nov. 25, 1882.

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AT PRICES LOWER THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED

FOR ON THIS ISLAND.

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Perfect Fits and Good Workmanship Guarante cd

OUR READY-MADE CLOTHING,

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W" Headache, indigestion, Constipation or Cos- tiveness we cannot cure with West’s Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions are strictly complied with. They are purely Vegetable, and never fail to give satisfaction. Coated. cents.

counterfeits and manufactured only by JOHN C. WEST & CO., ‘The Pill Maker,” Chicago and Toronto. Free trial package sent by mail prepaid on receipt of a 3 cent stamp. & REUDIN, and all Druggists.

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