THE WEATHER MAY CHANGE BUT THE QUALITY OF THE Cook's Friend Baking Powder Is Always the Same. COOK'S FRIEND Proclaims the fact that it is E STEEMED ABOVE All similar preparations by a discerning public. Manufactured only by the proprietor of the trade mark, without which none is genuine. W. D. McLAREN, MONTREAL. H. R. IVES & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWARE, STOVES, Iron Railings, &c. FOUNDRIES AND WAREHOUSES: Queen Street West, MONTREAL. Full Moon. MOON'S PHASES. 8th 6.54 mo. New Moon... 22nd | 6.57 mo. Third Quarter.. | 15th | 6.08 mo. First Quarter... 30th | 6.50 mo. WEATHER PROVERBS AND OTHER PROVERB \, IWED CIRCUMCISION. 2 THU O, all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise FRI him and magnify him forever. SAT O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify Sun 2nd Sunday after Christmas. [him forever. EPIPHANY-Twelfth Day. MON WED 12 Sun 13 MON 14 TUES 15 WED 16 THU 17 FRI 18 SAT 19 Sun 20 MON If the grass grows in Janiveer, It grows the worse for 't all the year, 'Twill be wintry weather till the calends of May. 1st Sunday after Epiphany. At Twelfth Day the days are lengthened a cock's stride. A field requireth three things: fair weather, good seed and a good husbandman. He that is master of himself will soon be master of others. 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. He that is proud of fine clothes gets his reputation from 21 TUES his tailor. He that is surety for another is never sure himself. He that hinders not a mischief when it is in his power is guilty of it. He that returns good for evil gaineth a victory. 3rd Sunday after Epiphany. He that preacheth up war when it might be avoided is the devil's chaplain. He that speaks, sows; he that hears, reaps. He that shows a passion tells his enemy where he may hit him. THE MIRAGE OF THE DESERT. THE MIRAGE.-There is a certain angle at which a ray of light, having passed through one medium, on coming to the surface of the one below will not pass into it, but will be totally reflected back into the first medium as from a mirror. This is called the critical angle. Different strata of air answer this purpose, and hence the mirage. Suppose the atmospheric strata in the figure decrease in density from a to d, owing to the A. LAVIGNE, Music and Piano Dealer, AGENT FOR KRANICH & BACH, BILLINGS & CO., PIANOFORTES, AND FOR "MASON & HAMLIN," "BURDETT,"-Loring & Blake ORGANS. 25 St. John St. (Saving's Bank Building), QUEBEC. EAGLE FOUNDRY, 14 to 34 King & Queen Sts., Montreal. GEORGE BRUSH, IMPROVED HAND & POWER ELEVATORS, Specialities: PATENT BOILER TUBE BEADERS, PATENT SHINGLE MILLS. Full Moon... MOON'S PHASES. Third Quarter.. | 13th | 2.00 ey, New Moon..... | 20th ISAT 2 Sun 3 MON TUES WED THU FRI 8 SAT 9 Sun IO MON WEATHER PROVERBS 11.09 ev. AND OTHER PROVERBS. O, ye waters that be above the Firmanent, bless ye the 4th Sunday after Epiphany. Lord: praise him and magnify him forever. O, all ye powers of the land, bless ye the Lord: praise him and magnify him forever. February fell dike, be it black or be it white; But if it be white, it's the better to like. All the months of the year Curse a fair Februveer. If the sun at rising appears enlarged, there will shortly be IITUES sudden and sharp showers, if in summer; but in winter set12 WED tled and moderate weather. The enlarged appearance of the sun is the result of dense vapor in the air on the point of condensation. The different electrical condition of the atmosphere secures the contrary result in winter.-Steinmitz. Sexagesima Sunday. 13 THU 14 FRI 15 SAT 16 Sun 17 MON 18 TUES 19 WED 20 THU 21 FRI 22 SAT 23 Sun 24 MON 25 TUES A clear sky and sun setting in a well-defined form without dazzling the eye, and a deep, solemn calm, in winter is attended by the sharpest frost of the season; in summer it foreshadows a hot and brilliant day. Quinquagesima Sunday. The abuse of riches is worse than the want of them. 26 Wed Ash Wednesday or 1st of Lent. 27 THU 28 FRI Winter's back breaks about the end of February. heat arising from the desert's scorched sands, a ray of light coming from the object will be refracted from the perpendicular in passing downward through the stratum a, still more in passing through b, and so on until it reaches a stratum, d, where the critical angle is reached and the ray becomes totally reflected. The direction of theray will then be upward. The sky, being thus reflected from near the ground, looks like a lake MIRAGE OVER WATER. in the desert. 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