Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1913 — High Winds In Ireland. [ARTICLE]

High Winds In Ireland.

The West and South Clare Light railway, in Western Ireland, has occasionally had its trains derailed by high winds from the Atlantic ocean. In order to obtain timely notice of the occurrence of such winds the company has borrowed from the British meteorological office a pressure tube anemometer, which is installed at Quilty station in charge of the station master. This anemometer is fitted with an electrical attachment, devised in the meteorological office, which gives a signal when the wind reaches a certain strength. The first signal is given for a wind velocity of 65 miles an hour. Uftder such conditions ballast lh placed on the trains to increase their stability. If the wind rises to 85 miles an hour a second signal 1b given, and traffic is then suspended.—Scientific American. The first thing his satanic majesty says when he sees a man coming to take up his abode with him is: “I told you so!” , ' Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely gives them little. —Samuel Johnson.