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Cards In the "Business Directory" column, one
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1 1. ELWEIA7' SUtwianUnprUtori.
BLOOMSBUIIG, PA., FRIDAY , NOYEMBEll 30. 1877.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XI, NO. 48
COLUMBIA IIK.MOCHAT.VOL.XLU, NO. 84
Columbia County Official Directory.
I'reilfl 'iit Julgu-Wtltt.im Llwolt.
Associate Judges-!. It Krlikbuuin, P. L. (-human.
I'Mtlioujtar. , tc.-ll. Frank Zurr.
U mrt stemigrapuer-s. N. Walkt r.
tirHt'T v, .I'.jjrl.-r -Williamson il -Iambi
mt.-lct ttnrn -v -Inlin M.t'lark.
'lierirf lolm W. Ilotrinau.
s ir?n or-Is.iae lieivlti.
Trus'irer-nr II. V. MclteynoMs.
Oj n nlsiti.iers-iolin ilernur, s. W. Mcllcnry,
I is.nh .in Is.
U.) n nlliini'rs('terk-Wllimn Krlckluium.
A i lltors-M V. II. Kllnn. I. II. Casey, K. II. Ilrown.
turner -I'll iries il. Murpli .
lu.-y i.'u nmlsdoiiera l.icob II. I-Tltz, WHIlam II.
Ott.
Omit Superintendent -Wt llam II. "njrtor.
Illo) ii I'mr Dhtrl.'t -lilri'Ctors -(. 1'. Knl.iroit,
Vm. Kramer, Illoomsburg and Thomas Hetcc,
Ho t. o. I'. Cut, Mccretar. .
3lo msburg Official Directory.
Pri'sldvit nf Town Council-!)'. Lo'.vonbcrg.
Clerk V. Win.
t'tUMt of I'.ill o-M.C Woolwnnl
I'rHi I 'nt i f (us Ciimmuy s. Knorr.
HocreUrv c. V. Miller
ill MHiiur ii.iuklti; I'oinp.iti .lohn V. Funs'on,
t'rml I'n , II. 11. ln J, caslili-r.
Fin vi loii.il liink-cii.irleilt. Pat'on, resident
r. I'. 1'iisilii, cmliler.
C it nihil i'iiuui Mil ual "mlnir Kmid and Lnaii
si i -t i Ion II. II. Ul lo, I'realilen , c. w. Miller,
iM'ivt.iry.
ill ) nViiir 'lulldliiv audMadui; Fund Assocla' Ion
-Y 11. I'oaeiKk, President, .t. It. Itolilson, secretary.
llloo'iiibiirit Mn ual iaUntf Fund Assoel.i Ion I.
I lirotrer, 1'resMon , C. (I. U.irkle , Mccreary.
ciruiicn DiitKcronY.
nAPTIST cnt'itcii.
tec. .1. I', rm In. ftipplv.)
rtlav MervlCL's 1 v, a m andcp. tn
H'ln.la school -it a. m.
I'rivcr Mnutlng - Kicry VVeilneida evening at niv
e ocu.
Sal s tree. The puhllc are luvlred n a lend.
T. MATTItKW'S I.L'TllF.HAN ClIL'HCn.
Minister llev. . I. "cC'ron.
Sun lay Servlcpi-loitf a. in. and tup. in.
Sundae school Hn.in.
i'ra or Meo lu,'-Kvery Wednesday evening a' H
Moek.
seats free. N'opews nn "d. All are welcome.
PKKSHYTEUtASCIIL'KCH.
Mlnls'er-llev. stuun Mp-hell.
Sunday services io a. in. and p. m.
sundav sehool-9 n. m.
I'ra cr Meo ln Kvery 'ednesda evening a CH
'eld'1,:.
seasrreo. No pews rented. Si rangers welcome.
MKTIIoniST EPISCOCAt. CltCKClt.
Presiding nider-llcv. s. S. Iiucktnjhara.
Minis er llev. M. I.. injser.
uuda services 1 a and ,' p. m.
S'inila School p. m, .
tllble Class -liver Moml.iv evening a- 6J4 oclook.
I'.mng .len's I'ra er Men Ing-liver Tuesda.v
enlnsra fi'a o'clock.
'leneral Prayer Meellng-I'.very Thursd.i eienlng
f o'clock.
KEKOKMKP cnUKCII.
Corner ot Third and Iron streets.
I'astor llev. (1. 1). Hurley,
itesl-leneo Centr il Hotel.
Sunday services 10 a. m. and 1 p. m.
sund.ii school 0 a. in.
I'rnjer Meeting Saturday, p. m.
All aro Inilted There Is alwajs room.
st. ru'L'scucncu.
'l.-ctnr-ltev I.. Zitlmer.
suiid.i Services 1 a. in., p. in.
Sunday school y a. 111.
Flrt Siif lav In tho month, Holy Communion.
St r Ices preparatory tit Coiniuunlon on Frldaj
iveulng heioro Hie tt Sunday in each month.
1'ewsrenttd; buteveriboiU welcome.
RVANIlkLlCAI. CHL'ltCI!.
Presiding rid-r-ltev. A. I.. Itcctcr.
Mllil-tel'-llev.J. A. Irvine.
Sunday Servleo 3 p. 111., lu the Iron stree t Chui eh.
I'm er Meeting livery Sabbath at -t p. m.
Ml are Invited. All aro welcome.
THE ClIl'llC'll tif CltKIST
Meets In "tho llttlo lirlck Church on the hill,"
known as the Welsh llaptlst chur. h-ou nock btreet
east of Iron
Uck'Ular meeting for worship, every Lord' day at
lernoon at 3)4 111 lock.
-eats tree ; and tho public are cordially Invited to
attend.
m.OOMKI!UIUJ WKIX'TOUY.
OI'IIOOI, OHDKKS, Mank, pi-l printeil and
m.ntli hnnnJ In cnnll luinks mi hum! and
for sale ut'tho Colombian onico.
1!.A.NK DKKDS, on I'arcliunt aiiiFLimn
) Paper, common and tor Admlnls rators, i:i cu
lm's inil trustees, for s'de cheap at the columhian
onice
MA Kill AO K CKUTiritJATKh ju.t prinud
and for sale at tho columsias Ofllce. Minis
ters of the (losrl and. lustlces should supply Ihcm
selves with theso necessary ortlcles.
TIISTFuKS anil Om-taliles' Fee-IlilN for sale
at tho coLuuniAK onice. They contain tho cor
rected fees as established by the last Act of the la'g.
slatureupon tho subject. Kvery Justice and Con.
(table should havn one.
Y
ENDUK NOT liS just printeil anil for sale
cheap at tuo coi usmhan onice.
CLOCKS. WATCHES, 40.
K.SAVAOK. Dealer in Clocks, Watclio
and Jewelry, Main St., Just below the Central
IMIOFnSSION'AL CAKDS.
c
1 (1, ItAIlKI.F.V, Altorney-at-l.aw. Otlue
lu llrower's building, 2ud story, Ilooms4 s.
I W.M. M. HKllKIt, Surgeon anil I'hysi
1 J clan, onice b. K. corner Hock and Market
stiei ts. '
T 11. KVAXS, M. I)., Surgeon anil I'liysi
) . clan, (Onice and ltei-ldence on Third street,
'ori.er .leilerson.
I 1!. McKKLVY, M. I)., Surgeon ami I'hy
J . slclan, north side Jlaln street, below .Market.
11. KOB1SON, Atlorney.at-I.aw.
In llartman's building, Main street.
Oflkc
E
HOSKNSTOCK, 1'liotographer, over
, Clark t Wolf's store, .Main street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
D
AVID LOWKNIIKUO, .Merchant Tailoi
Main St., above Central Hotel.
S. KUUN, ilealer in Meat, Tallow, etc.,
Ceutro street, retwecn second and Third.
CATAW1SSA
WfM. II. A11HOIT, Alloroey-at.l.a, Man.
) street.
y7M. I,. RYKHI.Y,
rrtlHNEV-AI-LAW,
Catawlssa, Fa.
.'nlM-tlohs pioiuptlj made and remitted (iniei
vitiostte catawlssa lieiosll Hank. m-A
Aia. 1. tin. jn, e ri vuint. cms. a ehwakiw.
W-.M R llAUI.XllUt'll,
WITH
list uii. iijiiiiti &i: i'"ik,
(Miccessors toHeKdltt Iione ft Sons, va Market
stred,
Importtrs and deulers In
L'HINA, OLA1S AND QUEENSWAKE,
t23 Market Hret-t, rhlladelrhla.
. CchFtmllv on bund ( iltnal and Assorted Packages
luuew, 17-ly
Cr T Oreat (haiae lo make mo
t 1 1 1 1 , 1 ) l"" Ktt gold ou enn
VA J lJiyaiu(ks u ni cd a pen
noney. it vou
enn git gieen-
1 Mrttin i-Aerv.
whereto lake uiMrtptloiiR 10 the largest cheapest
and best Illustrated fan 11) publlcallon lu the orld.
Any one can U come a sumtslul egnt 1 ho most
elegant works or art given freetosubscrbers. 'Mie
price Is so low iliui almost everybody subscribes,
onoogent repirts making virf foina week. A
ludy agent leports taking oi(r 400 subscribers In ten
dajs. All who invtige make uioityfusl. ic.utan
mvote all )onr time lo the IusIi.csh, or on!) )our
Bparo tline. Y'ou rued not bo awsv irom home our
night Youiuu do It as veb nsolhcrs. Fullpartlc
ulais. (Ilucihijs and urn s frte. Klegnnt andex
nentlve oumt tree. If vou wsnt rrnnt.birt work
tend us jour uddiiss st or.(e Itiosis loth'ngto
ID Ihe busimss. No one who enfagea lalls to make
cieut ray.
' land, Maine.
AuuitM "iuo j vopien journal, 'l orv-
aug,
"y AINWHIOHT Si CO.,
WHOLESALE OliOCKllS,
N. B.CornersecondandArchBtreejs,
PuiiADiLrnu,
Dealers In
rAS, YIU'PS, COFFEE, KUOAH, MOLASSKf
KICll.SPlCia. B1CAHB aODA, 0., AC
, 'ird"rs will rweive prompt irtentlon.
B
V. HA HTM AN
KU'BlsrMHTllli roitowiNa
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES:
Dcrmlngof Muncy I'ennsvlvanla,
.cnh American ot Philadelphia, l'a
IranUln. ot " "
I enus)lanIaot
i armcrs of York, Pa.
Hanover ot New York.
1 sanation ot "
onicib i8iUtMl(tt,ic. c, Mutu tug, 1'a.
oct. M, ir-iy'
IlUSINEfcS CAUDS.
Jll. J.O. llUTTKll,
t'lIVSlCIA.N&SDHOEON,
omce, North Market street,
Mar.27,'74- Illoomsburg, Pa.
li 011V1S,
. ATTO UN E Y-AT-I.A W.
OFEtcK-tloom No. 1, ' Columbian" Uutldlng.
Sept. Is.istb.
gAMUKI, KXOKU.
A T T O 11 X K Y-A T-h A W,
iiLooMsmrito, pa,
onico llartman's lilock, corner Main and Market
streets
N. C. I tNk. L. I. WALLCR.
FUNK & WALLER,
Attn npys-nfLnw,
llLOOMSllUim, PA.
onico In Coi.cmbian licit. tiiNo. Jan. 1, "7T-ly
D
U 1. I,. UABIl,
I'UACTICAL DENTIST,
Muln street, opposite Episcopal Church, lilooms
bur -. Pa.
in- Teelh evtrocted without pain,
augst, 'T.y.
jIiOrinVAY AKI.WKLL,
A T TO 11 N E Y S-A T-L A W,
Cou'miiian llctLDiso, Illoomsburg, Pa.
Members of the I'nlted States Law Association,
'iillectlons made In any part of America or Europe
c
1 I'. W.J.IIL'CKALEW,
ATTOUNEVS-AT-LAW,
Illoomsburg, Pa,
Jillce un Main street, nrst door below Court House
I". it J. .M. t'l.AHK,"
ATTOIINEYS-AT-LAW
Illoomsburg, l'a.
unice In Ents Hulldlng.
7 l'. HILLMEYKIi,
" ATTOltNEY AT LAW.
nmct-Adjoining C. II. & W. ,T. Uuckalcw,
Illoomsburg, Pa
v. ti. 1 irrt v. kob't. r. mttlr.
7 II. & II. 11. I.ITTI.E,
' ATTOllNEYS-AT-LA W,
Tlloomsburg, l'a.
ffTnuslness before the IT. s. Patent onice attended
to. onice In the Columbian nulldlng. 3s
TI
EHVEY E. SMITH,
ATTOnNEY-AT-LAW,
onice In A.. I. Evan's New Pt'UbiNO,
lll.doMHHlIItO, PA.
Member of CommtrclallJiw and Hank Collection As
soclatlon. Oct 14, 'JT-tf
TII-L1AM nilYSON,
ATTOllNEY-AT-LAW,
Centralia, Pa.
1'uti Is, '70.
A r. SMITH,
A ' ATTORXEY-AT-LAW.
(intco In "Est liciiuiso."l'loomsburg, Pa.,near
ouri nouse.
nug to,'77-tf
c
1 W. MILLER,
ATTOItNEY-AT-LAW
omceln llrowcr's building, second Iloor, room No.
I. Illoomsburg, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS.
T HOW E L L,
DENTIST.
onice In llartman's Illock, second floor, corner
Main and .Market streets,
BLooMsiiuna, pa
Mayso-ly.
c
M. DRINKER, CiUNand LOCKSMITH.
sewing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re.
paired. Oitba IIocsk Hulldlng, Illoomsburg, Pa.
E
XKCUTORS' NOTICE.
CSTATK OP JACOB BOUBOV. OECEA.SKD.
Let tors Testamentary on the estato of Jacob
luimbov. late of centro townshlD. Columbia Co.
IV . deceased, have been gr nted by tho Ileglster of
and P. E. Homboy, lo whom all persona Indebted
.110 lequested to make pament, and those having
claims or demands against tho said estate will make
aid county to i-.uwaru tariman 01 ine teuiro iwii.,
them known to me saia executors wiuiout uc
luy. KUWA1II) HAItTMAN,
1". E. BUMliUY,
executors.
no., t n
TfflLLIAM Y. K1CSTER,
MlillCHANT TAILOR
comer of Meln and M'est t-trefts, three doors below
j, K. t(rbttori, nioin.ti.urg, i .
All orders promptly attended to and satisfaction
Kuaraiiieeu.
April -11, 17-tf
F
REAS BROWN'S INSURANCE AGEN.
CY, Exchange Hotel, Illoomsburg, Pa.
Capital
Etna, Ins Co., of Hartford, Connecticut. . s,boo,w0
Liverpool, London andoiobo . 20,i 0,010
Itoyalot Liverpool 13 500,oou
Lancanslilro lo.ooe, 00
Fire Association, Philadelphia 8,100,000
Atlas of Hartford &O.000
Farmers Mutual ot Danville 1,000,000
Danville Mm ual 7o,oui'
Home. New York .s.dno.000
Commercial Union 17,000,000
$17S,M,000
March !S.-77-y
Oraucvillo Academy.
REV.C. K, CAKFIELD.A, Mrrincipal
If )ou want to patronize a
l'IIlsTCLA.-S SCHOOL,
WHF.lti: PO.MIl) ANH 'll'nlON AIIE LOW,
give us a trial
' Nest term leglns
MONDAY, JANUARY 21 ISTS.
For Information or catalogue apply to
THE PIIINCIPAI.
Julys!, 77-ly OrangevlUe, 1
jlTlllTTllANSI'lJRTATlOX CO.
OFFICE OF THE PI1ESIDENT,
1WU1RAIIDSTKET,
ruiLAPEi riiiA, Octobensth, 1S77,
Notice Is herfby glvf n that the Empire Transnor
tatlon Company has (eastd to transact business,
ui d has entered on a liquidation or Its affairs pre.
parutory to Us dissolution as a Corporation.
Jos. I), iwis, President.
n hu Fmnlro I Ine. formerly owned and onerated bv
the b'rap re Transportation Company, will com lnue
to bo oiarated as heretofore, but for account of lu
new owners.
F. J. FIKTH,
n(T 16, H-lin Oen, Managr Empire Ltn,
TMUTISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO,
NATIONAf. FIHE IFSUKANCE COMPANY.
The asseta of these old corporations are all In.
vested lu SOLID SECUKIT1KH andare liable to the
hazard of Fire only.
Moderate lines on tbo best risks ore alone accented.
I.osspb I'kouiti r and honestly adjusted and paid
as socn as determined by Christian f. Knait, spe
cial Agent and Adjuster. U'oomsburg, Penu'a.
'ibecltlzeLSOf Columbia county should ratmnlze
the agency where losses. If any, are adjusted and
paid uy ouu oi iiieir own ttuzeuB. nov. iD, (t-iy
is not easily earned In these times but It
can lie made In threo months by anyone
of tlther tel. In any nan of the country
who Is willing towork steadily at tho employment
thut ua riiriiUb. im tn r uefklnvour onu town.
lou need not bo away from home overnight. You
can give jour hoiotlm&to the work, or only sour
spare moments, it costs nothing to u-yvue ouei.
ness. Terms and lo outfit free. Address at onoe,
11. Iliumt Co., Portland, Maine.
Feb. 11 17 lyr.
BUSlNEfiH CARDS.
VIH1TINO 0AKD8,
LBTTKIt II BAM,
WLL USA Da,
OSTBK8, ll tO,
Neaily ply printed t thcroi.ru
BUN (mice
TJLANK MOJITO A O E8 for sale cheap il tha
, p UUUhUU ilillOi
VEGKTINE
-WILf. CUHH-
SCROFULA,
Scrofulous Humor,
Vecellne will eradlcatn from the svstrm evrrv
faint of scrof. la and scrofulous Humor. It has per
manently cured I' "usncds tn Huston and vicinity
w ho had been lo ir and painful suffc rcrs
Cancer, Cancerous Humor.
Thnmarvelou- effect of Veiretlne In case of Can-
cet and cancerous Humor rhnllences tho mostpro-
iouiiu aiieniion m ine meaiosi i.vcuiiy, many 01
whom are prescribing Vegellnc to their patients.
Canker.
er failed tocv
Vecettne has never failed to cure the most lnAe!.
bio case of Canker.
Mcrcuriiil Diseases.
The Veeellnn "eeta with wonderful success In
the cure ot this class ot diseases.
Salt Uheum.
Tetter, salt Itbeum. scold Head. &c. will certainty
yield to the great alerattvc effecta ot Vcgetlne.
Erysipelas.
Vetretlne has never failed to euro tho most Invete
rate cso ot Lryslpela.
Pimjucs and Humors on the
Face.
Reason should teach us that a blotehv. routrh or
pimpled skin depends entirely upon an Internal
cause, and no outward appltcatl n can pver cure the
detect, Vcgetlne Is the great blood purlOcr.
Tumors, Ulcers or Old Sores
Are caused by an IriDUre state of tho hlood. Cleanso
tho blood thoroughly with Vegetlne, and theso coal
plaints will disappear.
Catarrh.
For this eomnlslnt the only substantial benefit can
be otatned through tho blood. Vegetlne Is the great
blood puriner.
Constipation.
Vepptlnedoes not act as a cathartic to debilitate
tho bowels, but cleanses all the oreans. tnabltnc
each to perform the functions devol lng uoon them
Piles.
Vecettno has restored thousands to health who
have been long and palntul?sufTercrs.
Dyspepsia.
If Vecetlne Is taken reirularlv. according tn direc
tions, acertaln and speedy cure will follow Us use.
Faintness at the Stomach.
Vecetlne Is not a stimulating bitters which cre
ates a Cctlllous apnellte but agentlo tonic, which
asslstR nature to restore ll.e stomach to a hen thy
action.
Female "Weakness.
Vceetlno acta directly unon tho causes of thesi
complaints. It lnvl?(ratcs and strengthens the
whole system, acts unon theseerollvo orcransand
una) a luiiaiumuiiuu.
General Debility.
In thl cornrlftlnt the trooil effcts of tho Ye eetino
are reallzi'd liamedlatcl' after commenclne totake
us det 11 tv tlfnotea delic encv of the blood, and
ttgeune ucis oireciiy upon iae diooq.
la Prepared by
I-I. R. STEVKNS. Boston.
Veetine is sold by all Druggists.
nov.
TUOUAS II. HAKTMAN.
AlBEKT IIAKTUAH
HARTMAN BROS.,
DEALERS IN
TEAS, CANNED FRUIT,
OIOARS,
TOBACCO.
Biffurr,
CONFECTIONERY.
Spices of all kinds, Glacs & GuceEtvraro
FINE GROCERIES,
Foreign and Domestic FruitSi
AND GENERAL LINE OF
Family Provisions
IlllliU'l 111 ISIll,
IlHIK.m ItLOC'K,
4th door below Market street, Illoomsburg, ra.
Itr- uoods delli crcd to all parts of the town
prll T,tT-ti
HIGHEST AWARDS
Onlennlill
Kxhlblllou.
J REYNOLDS & SON,
NOKTIIWEST COUNEH
ThU t cnfliiiiKl rilbprtSlN.
PHILADELPHIA,
MANUFACTCRERS Ot rATXNTID
WfoiiglMroD Air-Wt Heaters
With slinklnv nml C'llnkf r-drlndlnc irairfor
HiirnlnK Auibrnrlie or llliuuili om toil
CENTINNIAL
AVHOVGU'MHOK UFATFIIS.
you I1ITUMIN0US LO A L,
Keystone
WRODGHT-IRON HEATERS,
00011111; Ranges, Low-down Orates,
fcc tc,
Prscrlrtlre circulars sint ran to any address.
EXAMINE BEFOHE SELECTING.
4 lull 7, 1t-ly ui
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El?bt larce I'area! 48 columiui of Choice Miscella
neous Iti-adlng Mailer every wetH, together llh be
lectlooa from the pen of audi wrVera as Nasbt.om.
via orric. hyM'aniiiC'oiip, Jb 11 im Imist alcott,
WllJ. CAKI.TOK, J T. TKOWBHIIKII, AliBA TWAIN, KDd
Man. Mary IIolmco.
Youthi', Humorous, Seitntijie, FaMon,
uouttktrpvitj, ana Atwt ieparimenu com
plete.
COUTLITI, rrB, RHKeiBtR, FABClNATlNd HTORII8
each eelr. I'ull of Kun and wit. A peculiar fca.
lure ot tho i m I ion l'a liooik Is Its short aneC'
doles and raragraphs for which llbaa a wide rcpu
tatloa.
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trial, wo offer to send Tun Lkookr u any address
errry wealcfor I liree months on trial, on receipt ot
only CO cents. We ask only a trial.
Thi Tkoplx's Lbmku Is an old-etablhed and rs
liable weekly paper published erery raturasy,
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FORMATION' OF COAL.
by JttLia vr.rtNi:,
I.N "IlLACK INDIM."
During tlioie geological perioil,wlien tlie
terrestrial apheroiil wuh still in irocess of
fiirmntinir, a thick atmosphere surroundeil
II, completely saturated with watery vapnts,
and largely impregnated with carbonic acid.
Little by llttlo these, vapors were condensed
In dlluviaii rain, which' fell ai if thrown
from the necks of millions and tlitittiand of
millions of bottles of seltzer-water. It wa,
In truth, a liquid charged with carbonic acid
which overflowed In torrents on n sticky soil
spongy, subject to sudden or slow chance of
form, at that lime kept in a half fluid con
dlllon as much by tho heat of the sun as by
that of tho internal mass. The internal
heat was not then confined to theccnterof
the globe. The crust of tho earth being thin
and not thoroughly hardened, allowed the
heat to escape through lis pores. Hence a
phenomenal vegetation ; such no doubt as
is produced on tho surface of the inform
planets, Venus and Mercury, being nearer
than the earth to tho central blazing lumi
nary.
ihcsoilot the continents, still spongy,
was then covered wttrt immense lorests.
Carbonic acid, so necessary to the develop
ment of the vegetable kingdom, abounded
Hesldes, vegetation developed itself in the
form ot trees. There was not a single her
baceous plant. Everywhere were enormous
clumps of trees, without fhwers, without
fruit, of a monotonous appearance.
which could not have sufficed for
the nourishment of a single living creature
The earth was not yet prepared for the ad.
vent of the animal kingdom.
Such was the composition o( these anledi
luvian forests. Tho class of v.vcular crypto
gams prevailed. The calamites, a variety
of the trc Euhelacew, the Lepidodeudroni,
kind of gigantic Lycopodianac, seventy-five
feet in height and two or three feet in di
ameter, Aileropodiums, ferns, Slgillaria of
gigantic proportions, of which they have
lound impressions in the mines at Salute.
Etienne; in tact all the enormous plant.", to
which we find nothing analogous except
among the most humble specimens of the
habitable earth. Such were the few varieties
of species, but enormous in their develop
mcut, which composed exclusively the for.
ets of that period.
These trees were immerged in a sort o
immense lagoon or swamp, made perfectly
moist by the union of fresh and salt water
They eagerly assimilated tho carbon whicl
they absorbed by degrees from the atmos
phere, yet unfit for the functions of lite, aiul
we may say that they were designed to 9lore
up this carbon in the form of coal In the
verv bowels of the earth Itself.
In fact this was the period of earthquakes
of those upheavals of the soil due to the
internal working and the plutnnian laboi
which suddenly modified the yet uncertain
features of tho earth's surface. Here, swell
ings which became mountains ; there, gulfs
which' filled oceans and seas. Then, entire
forests buried themselves in the crust of the
earth, passing the shifting layers, until they
found a resting place, such as the primitive
soil or the granite rocks, or in sinking, form
ed a resistless mass.
This is the geological order; the primitive
soil ; next, soil frm other places, composed
of primary rocks ; then the secondary for
mation, in which the coal deposila occupy
the lower strata ; then the tertiary formation
and above, the alluvial deposits.
At this period, tho waters unconfined and
widespread, tore from the scarcely formed
rocks materials to inako schist, sandstone,
and limestone. Theso fell on the sub-forests,
and deposited tho elements of tho
strata which lie over tho coal, In time
periods counted by millions of years these
rocks hardened, formed layers, and, enclosed
under a thick shell of pudding-stone, schist
sandstone, compact or friable, gravel and
pebbles, the whole mass of imprisoned
forests.
What took place in this gigantic crucible,
where was accumulated vegetable matter,
burned at various distances ? A truely
chemical operation a kind of distillation.
All tho carbon that these vegetables contain-;
ed agglomerated, aDd by degrees the coal
was formed, under the double influence of
an immense pressure and the high temper
ature produced by internal forces, so near it
at this period.
Thus, then, was one kingdom substituted
for another in this slow but irresistible re
action. The vegetable was transformed Into
the mineral. All the-e plants, which had
lived a vegetable life.under the active agency
of these early days, petrified. Some of the
substance enclosed in this vast herhatiuut,
partially destroyed, left their imprint on
other products more rapidly mineralized,
which preserved them, as it were, with a
hydraulio engine of Incalculable power. At
tin same time, the shells, the zoophytes, the
starfish, polrypes, spirlfarae, even fishes,
lizards, brought in by the waters, left on the
coal, still soft, their clear impression, as it
beautifully drawn.
We must hero remark that all the plants
whose impressions have been found bt long
to the species now limited to equatorial
regious, We may thence conclude that at
this period heat was equalized over the globe
whether carried by currents of warm water,
or caused by the inner heat reaching tin
surface through the porus crust Thus is
expallned the formation of carboniferous de
posits in every latitude of the earth.
I'res.-ure seems to havo played an impor
tant part In the formation of the carbonlfor-
ous deposits. In fact, to its degree of poweJ
we owe the various kinds of coal used in
industrial pursuits. Thus, In the lowest beds
of coal strata, we find the anthracite, which
almost entirely deprived of volatile material
contains the greatest amount of carbon. In
the highest beds, on the contrary, appears
lignite and fossil wood, substances in which
tbo quantity of carbon Is Infinitely less. Be
tween these two strata, following the degree
of' pressure applied, we find veins of grap
bites and coal, good nr bad. It may be
atlirmed that the lack of sufficient pressure
has prevented the bed of tbo peat marshes
from being entirely changed.
Thus, the origin of coal, wherever found,
ts simply this : The burying under the
crust of the earth of great forests of th
geological period, then mineralization of
vegetation la the course of time, under the
lnllueuc.es of pressure and beat, and the
action of cuboulo acid.
Meanwhile nature, usually so prodigal
has not burned enough forests for a con
sumption which may comprehend some
thousands of years. Tho coal will fall ono
of tnese days, that is certain. A forced
est will then be imposed on tho engines of
the world, if some new combustible does not
replace coal. At a period moro or 'ess dis
tant thero will bo no moro carboniferous de
posits, unless tlioso covered by an eternal
bed nf snow, In Greenland and on tho bor
ders of Itaffins' Hay, the working of which
s next to an Impossibility. It is inevitable
fate. The coal business of America, still
irodigiously rich, those of Salt Lake, Ore
gon, and of California, will one day yield
an Insufficient amount. It will be the same
itli the mines of Capo ISreton and tho
St.Lawrerce.tho deposits of tho Alleghanles,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, Indiana
and Missouri, Even If tho carboniferous
seams of North America were ten times
greater than all tho deposits o( the whole
world, ono hundred centuries will not have
passed before the railllon-moulhed monster
of industry will havo devoured tho last mor
se,of tho world's coal. The scarcity, we
know, will first be felt in tho Old World-
There exist many beds of combustible ma.
terial at Natal, Zambeyl, Mozambique, and
Madagascar, but their regular working pre
sents the greatest difficulties. Those of Iiur-
mah China, Cochin China, Japan and Cen
tral Asia will soon be exhausted. The Eng
lish will have certainty emptied Australia of
her coal products, rather freely buried in its
soil, before the day when coal will fail in
the United Kingdom. When that period
arrives, already the carboniferous seams of
Europe, worked to their extremo limits, will
have been abandoned.
We may judge from tho following figures
of the quantities of coal which have been
consumed since the discovery of the first dc.
posits. The coal basins of Itussia, Saxon v,
ami Havana comprise six hundred thousand
hectares (a hectare is two acres, one rood,
and thirty-fivo perches ;) those of Spain.one
hundred and fitly thousand; those of Bo
hemia and Austria, one hundred and fifty
thousand ; tho basins of Belgium, fortv
leagues long by three wide, also count one
hundred and fifty thousand hectares, whicli
extend under the territories of Liege.Namur
Mens, and Charleroi. In France, the basin
situated between the Loire and tho Khone,
Kue-de-C'ier, Sainto Etienne, Gwar.s.Epinac,
Illanzy, Creuzot the works of Gard, Alois,
Grand Combe those of Aveyron at Aubin,
the deposits of Carmaux, of Ilarsac, and
Oraissenac in the north, Auzin, alen
ciennes, Lens, Ilethune, will cover about
three hundred and fifty thousand hec
tares, The richest coal country is, undeniably
the United Kingdom. This, excepting Ire
land, in which there is hardly any enmbus
tible material, possesses enormous carbon
iferous riches ; but, like all riches, they may
oe exhausted. The most important of these
different basins, that of Newcastle, which
occupies the sub-soil of Northumberland
County, produces, per year, as much as
thirty minions ol tons ; tnat is, nearly one
third of the amount consumed in Englan
and more than double that produced in
France. The basin of Wales, which ha
gathered quite a population of miners ai
Cardiff, at Swansea, at Newport, produces
annually ten million tons of the fine coa
known by that name. In the center are
worked the basins of the Counties ol York
Lancaster, Derby, and Stafford, less pro
luclive, but yet giving a considerable sup
ply. Finally, in this part of Scotland, situ
ated been Edinburgh and Glasgow, between
these two arms of tho sea which indent i
for such a distance, is spread ono of the
greatest coal deposits of tho United King
lorn. Altogether, these various basins coin
prise no less than one million six hundred
thousand hectares, and produce annually
nearly one hundred millions of tons ol coal
But why discuss it? Tho consumption will
become such, owing to tho demands of in
dustry and commerce, that these riches will
he exhausted. Tho third thousand of the
Christian era will not be finished before the
raiuei's hand will havo emptied in Europe
these storehouses, in which, to use a true
illustration, is concentrated tbo solar heat oi
the first period.
This table will show, by tho increase in
the consumption of coal, the periods assigned
by the last calculations to the exhaustion of
combustible minerals in Europe :
France 1,140 years
England 800
Belgium 750
Germany, . .300
In America, allowlug for the annual con
sumption of five hundred million tons, the
deposits will produce coal for bIx thousand
years.
A iiouiauce of the Penitentiary.
It seems for the past two years, boarding
in a private family, there has been a very
lovely young lady, who spends her time
among her (lowers and birds, reading and
visiting her lover, who is confined in tin
prison. Some three years ago they became
engaged, and one evening, after a concert
stopped at a fashionablo restaurant for an
oyster stew. While engaged in discussing
it and sweet nothings, a half-drunken rough
walked iu and insulted the lady. With the
hot blood of youth the young lover sprang
to his feet and seeing more than his match
in size, drew a revolver and threatened to
shoot if tho bully said another word, which
he did, repeating the insult. The defender
of the fair one fired, shot his man dead, and
after a brief trial was trotted to Jollet for
couple of years. Loth to leave her lover 1
his banishment, the lady who had plenty o;
money iu her own right, took up her resl
denco near the penitentiary, her visits to
which have kept up the spirits, and there
fore the health of her lover. All her preuv
rations are made for the wedding day, now
near at hand, and eveu a new suit ordered
for tho expectant groom, who will In
few weeks throw off tbo shackles of iron for
the light and sweet ones of matrimony,
Chicago Lttttr in Cincinnati Inquirer,
To Prevent Moths. Moisten with tur
pentiue a small linen rag and dace it In the
chest or wardrobe, renewing It two or three
times a year, aud no moths will enter there.
When furs are packed away in the Spring,
they should be beaten well with a siua
rattan, In order to dislodge any egg of th
moth afleward brush thoroughly ; and sew
up carelully with a linen pillow case; over
mil nln nenartaneri.leavlnp no rrevien wlierA
'u laseotaould insinuate iUalC
I
onscnvATio.vs is rmsT class nAurtooMs.
'Monsieur X" thus writes tn tho New
ork i$un .'
Physicians say that nearly two thirds of
their male patients suffer in ono way or an
other from alcoholic poison.
No close obserrer will be disposed to doubt
this.
From tho low shops on Soutli nnd West
streets, along the lino of more fashionable
aloonson and uear Broadway, In the vicin
ity of tho old post office, in tho gilded re
treats that gird the Astor house, In tho sev-
ral places of note on Printing House square,
n the cozy boudoirs of Union square, and
tho maguificent marbio palaces that
fringe Madison square, not omitting tho
frescoed club room and the dingy slopshops
f tho extreme east side Irom the first to
the last, aud iu them all, the samo ttory of
Intemperance may be learsed.
I went into tho basement of ono of Go
tham's greatest architectural piles this morn-
ng, and stood at tho end of tho counter,hal
an hour, to seo what was done.
There were four bartenders, all busily en
gaged.
In that brief time they sold to all sorts
and conditions of men two hundred beers,
thirty-two whiskies, ten lemonades, two
plain seltzers, and three gin cocktails.
It was an exceptionally busy half hour, to
be suro ; but as I took my seat at a little
table uear the counter, I noticed in tho
next half hour, aud made a memorandum to
guard against mistakes, a sale of ono tiun
dred and thirty beers, fifty whiskies ajd six
gin cocktails.
The men who drank were not "bums.
Very many of them are known to tho
world of politics, several aro noted writers,
the city hall furnished its quota, some do
business iu the snamp, and not one seemed
ii tho least degree affected by what ho
drank.
Leaving this place wo went to another sa
oon, equally well known, whose proprietors
ay an annual rent of $00,000 for the prem
sea, which nre kept open from eight o'clock
n the morniug until seven in tho even
S'
Standing by a little cigar case which is
laced at one side of the room, I devoted
half an hour to a closo count of the drinks
and drinkers.
There were three barkeepers, and they
had all they could do to attend promptly to
the customers.
One company of six young men drank six
times iu less than fifteen minutes, and each
took bis whisky straight.
In half an hour's time that bar sold nine
ty-eight whiskies, four ginger ales, three ci'
lers, and fourteen gin-cocktails.
as i went out i sam lo one ot the six
young men who drank six times : ,' What aro
you drinking so much for to-day?';
Oh, nothing," he replied I "I didn't in
lend to. Charley and I went in for an oys
ler, and were ordering when thoso four fel
Iowa Irom Albany camo along. Charley
asked em to drink, aud one followed the
oilier."
That a the history of many a spree. The
spree doesu't intend to go off, but meeting a
triend tho one tempts the other.
Heluiniug to the saloon I visited first,
ordered a lunch, and was soon joined I at
am by an acquaintance, who, of course,
aid, "What'll you take I"
Being in a taking mood, I said I would
try a glass of rye. He took the same. Hay
ing said, "How," and cmtied our glasses, I
said, "Itufe, what did you drink lhat whi
Icy for? Do you like it?"
"No, I don't liko it. I'm drinking too
much, too. Guess I'll pull up."
'Well, tell me, what did you order
it
for?"
"Why, for sociability's sake, I suppose
What did you driuk ft for ?"
"Because I wanted to ask just this ques
tion, I've been looking at the fellows drink
there, and I beliuve that eight out of ten
drink just because they Uou't like to say
no 1"
"Does it make your head acbo to drink
whisky?"
"Yes."
"So it does mine. 1 swore off whisky
and took to beer, but beer makes me bil
lious." "Why drink auytning?"
"Hanged if I know, but we all driuk."
Wo were joined by au actor. Being an
actor, and Iu the company of a newspaper
man, there was, bethought, but ono thing
to do.
Said he, "What'll you take?"
We took whisky.
So did ho.
We each said, "How," and then said I,
"Dan, do you liko whisky
"I hate It."
"Why doyou drink it?"
"I don't often, 1 generally take gin ;but
they both upset me; give mo a fearful head
ache. Hut what aro you going to do? Must
drink something."
Iu that way I hava spoken to not leas
than twenty men this yery day. Of the
twenty, fifteen said that drink always gave
them u headaclie; ono owned that bo "loved
tho taste," one said ho drank because he was
"blue," and ono confessed ho was ''on a
tear," and ho "didn't care who knew it."
It stands to reason that this sort .of thing
must produce soino Impression on tho hu
man form divine,
The doctors say it induces paralysis, in
digestion, headache, rheumatism and weak
ness of many kinds.
Not being a doctor, I don't attempt to en
dorse their opinion; but this I will say.fhat
among all the hundreds ot drinkers regu
lar topers, not drunkards to be found in
tho fust class saloons of New York to-day,
it would be impossible to find a dozen men
who will say that they drink because they
are fond of liquor.
1 hey driuk because it seems to be the
thing to do.
3. W. freeman, late of tho Comet, has as
suined charge of the sprightly little Vtcning
Jrcit, of l'lttstou, as hditor-ln.chief.
An Oshknsh, Wis., genius solves the re
sumption problem, Asgoll is only worth
three per ceut. preuiiuui.let tho Government,
he says, stick a three-cent postage stamp on
each dollar bill, aud the thing is done.
Oeoeral Banks has introduced a bill iu
the House to give everybody tVervthlnir
I without oost to anybody.
1'eoploWho Drink.
American families.
Tho announcement that ono of the Lorll-
lards is building at Newport the largest
Iwelllng house In tho United States lias sug
gested tho comment that in twenty years the
house will probably bo a boarding hotlso,
withonoof tho Lorlllards In the kitchen
There is only too much in the history of
American families to mako the suggestion
pertinent. Oliver Wendell Holmes has trac
ed tho rise nnd downfall of the avcragoAme
rican family from its humble beginnings on
the little farm to its final extinction in the
city gutter, nnd has found that the process
usually occupied just three generations ; tbo
son building on tho foundations which the
father had laid, and tho grandson wasting in
lissipation a fortune which he had not the
energy to cam, nor tho sense to appreciate.
Even in cases where criminal folly and fool-
sh waste do not dissipato tho fortuno, the
process of division docs its work nearly as
mickly, and the acute observer, from whom
we have quoted, has followed the dwindling
subdivision of a fortune of a million, which
u tho next generation supports four fami
lies in quiet luxury, in the next barely suffi
ces for the maintenance of a single spinster,
and in the next furnishes a boy with enough
capital to enable him to fail In business in a
small wav.
From the operation of these two causes-
waste nnd division it has enmo to le looked
on as the rule that the wealth which wo usu
ally identify witli tho existence of a family
should disappear in a generation or two,
and that tho proverb with regard to riches
having wings should be fulfilled with pain
ful accuracy iu this country. But thero are
not wanting indications that tho rich Arner
ican is learning how to take care of his dob
lars, and that tho self made man is not des
tined to be forever tho only representative
of American wealth. The fortune of the
Astors began nearly a hundred years ago,
and there has never been a year that it has
not held its own ; tho Vanderhilt estate
seems to bo assured in safe hands for many
years to come, and conservative Boston
which has always cared less for money than
for blood and culture, has managed to both
families and fortune amid the chances and
changes of American history.
A paragraph which has goiio tlieiounds
of the papers stating that thero were now
in Harvard college representatives and
namesakesof Martin VanBuren of Edward
Everett and James Ottis, shows that all the
old families do not utterly disappear. It
would be a matter ol great regret if it were
otherwise, and if the building up of a great
fortuno were the signal for its' dispersal,
The country hasjust passed through !an or
deal which has severely tested the resources
of every industry, and it is impossible to es
timate the beneficial influence of a fortune
like that of Vanderhilt and Stewart in stead
ying the investments they respectively rep
resent. Merely from a business point of
view, theso colossal fortunes are national
benefits ; in times of adversity they stand
like bulwarks to resist attacks of disaster,
and to mitigate its fury, and if wo wish to
understand their action we havoonly to con
trast the bubble fortune Jay Cooke built
on credit, and tho downfall of his interests
with tho stability of a Vanderhilt, and of
the interests which depended on him.
It would bo incredible stupidity to assume
that any good could como from the waste
and destruction of savings or property of
any kind, but there is no denying that the
American people look with jealousy, if not
with downright hostility, on collossal for
tunes. This is largely due to the low tone
of political morality which always finds Its
profit" in denouueing the few and pandering
to the prejudices nf tho multitude. But the
value of large fortunes to a country, from
tho business point of view, is, perhaps, even
less than their valuo as the ministers of
learning, of art, of culture of every kind.
All that the richest millionaire can do with
ins money Is either tn save or spend it. If
ho saves it he feeds the channels ot trade,
must minister to the higher demands
which make up civilization. Tho man who
has more money than ho can spend soon
finds his fortune overflowing into pursuits
which Uo not pay, and which can be sus
tained only by immense wealth ; aud as long
as music and sculpturo and painting have a
value, as long as libraries and museums and
art galleries are desirable instruments of
culture, it will be desirable to perpetuate
the fortunes by which alone thev can be
sustained. Olobe Democrat.
Mark Twain's Military Experience.
Mr. Mark Twain in a speech at the din
ner of the Ancient Artillery company, of
uartloru, tho other day, described witli se
rious simplicity his military experience in
Missouri in the early days of the war, His
company of eleven meu bivouacked in
barn, and waited for tho invader. "We had
a good enough time there at the barn, bar
ring the rain and storm and the rats, and
the mosquitoes and things. Wo lived on
both parties impartially, and both parties
hated us impartially. But one day we heard
that tho invader was approaching, so we bad
to pack up and move. Insido of twenty
lour hours tno invader was coming again
so we moved again. And the next day he
was after us once more. We didn't liko it
much, but we moved rather than to mako
trouble. This went on for a week or ten
days, and we saw considerable ecenery. Then
Ben Tupper lost patience." He says, "war
is not what it is crackod up to be. I'm eo
ing home if I can't ever get a chanco to sit
down a minute." Thero was mutiny and
uissatisiaction all around, and of course,
here came tho enemy pestering us agaln.tw
hours more than two hours before break
fast, and nobody wanted to turn out at that
hour. I detached ono one of my aids, and
sent him to the brigadier, and asked hlni lo
assign us lo a district where thero wasn't
bother going on. He sent back an Indignant
message. He said : "Stay where you are
tills time, or I will court martial and hang
the whole of you." Said tho orderly ser
geant ; "If Tom Harris wants the enemy,
'ct him come hero and get him, I haven't
got any use for my share. Who's Tom Har
ris, any way, that's putting on so many
frills? Why, I knew him when he wasn't
anything but a telegraph operator, Uen
tleuien, you can do as you choose, As for
me, I've got enough of this sashaying round,
So off goes my war paint. You hear me?"
The wholo regiment said ; "That's the
talk for us. So then and there, on the spot,
my brigade disbanded Itself."
Japan has just had her first railroad acci
dent, and her people are already beginning
to boast of thiir civilization.
Poetical.-
IHSHOP HEBEIl'S ARCHERY SONO.
In an old volume of "Notes and queries" wo find
tho following spirited song, by Illshop Heber, for
Dow Meeting, near St, Asaph, seventy j ears ago.
Hesldes tho Interest attaching to tbls rollicking lyr
ic in connection with the revival ot archery In this
country, It Is also by way ot contrast, very noublo
as the production of tho author of"From Greenland?
Icy mountains," the well-known missionary hymn.
I.
Tho Soldier loves the laurel bright,
Tho Hard tho myrtle bough,
And smooth shtllalahs Jleld delight
To many an Irish brow.
The Fisher trims the hazel wand,
Tho Crab may tame a shrew.
The lllrch becomes tho pedant s hand,
But bows are modu of J ew.
C110RV3.
The yew, the yew, tho hardy yew I
still greenly may It grow,
And health and fun
Havo every ono
That loves the British now.
It.
Tls sweet to ell by Beauty's lido
Beneath tho hawthorn shade ;
But Beauty Is moro beautiful
In green and burr arraed.
Jlorc radiant are her laughing eyes,
Her cheeks of ruddier glow,
As, hoping tor tho envied prize,
She twangs tho Cambrian bow.
Tho yew, the yew, etc,
ill.
The Fop may curl his Brutus wig,
And sandy whiskers stato.
And fold his cravat broad and tig ;
But all Ids arts are vain.
Ills nankeen trousers we dcnolse,
t'ntlt for rain or dow,
And. ptnctied In stays, he vainly tries
Ills strength against tne yew.
Tho yew, tho yew, etc.
IV.
The heiress, once, ot Bowdalo Hall,
A lovely lass, I knew
A Pnndy paid his morning call,
All oizen'd out to woo.
I heard his suit tho Co.tcoiub ply ;
I heard her answer, "No
A true-love knot ho no'er could tic.
Who could not bend a bow.
Tho yew, tho yew, etc.
Harper's Hagazint.
IIEKORi: Till: MIRROR.
nv riCL n. iiiyne.
Where In her chamber by tho southern sea,
Her toper's light shone soft and f Uvcrly,
Fair as a planet mirrored In the main,
Fresh as a blossom bathed hy April rain,
A maiden, robed for restful sleep aright,
Stood In her musing sweetness, pure and whtto
As some Bhy spirit In a haunted place ;
Her dew-bright eves, and faintly flushing face
Viewed In tho Gloss their delicate beauty beam.
Strango as a shadowy dream within a dream.
1th lingers hovering like a white dove's wings.
-Mio little, tender sighs nnd murmurlnes.
Joy's scarce articulate speech, her eager hands
Loosed tho light coif, tho ringlet's golden bands
Till, by their luminous loveliness embraced,
rrom uiy-head to lltho and lissom waist.
Poured tho free tresses llhe a cascade's fall.
Her Imago answered from tho shimmering wall,
Answered and deepened, whllo the irraclous charms
Of brow and cheek, bared breast and dimpling
arms,
To Innocent worship stirred her happy heart :
uer ups iwm rosebud petals blown apart
Quivered, halt breathless ; then, subdued but worm,
Around her perfect face, her pliant form.
A subtler air seemed gathering, touched with lire
By many a fervid thought, and s Itt desire,
Willi dreams ot love, that, bee-like, camo nnd went.
To teed the honied core ot life's content 1
Closer toward her mirrored self she pressed,
w llh largo, chlld-ej es, and gently panUng brexst,
Bowed as a Flower when May-timo breezes pass,
Anil Kissed her own dear Imago In the Olass I
The Galaxy,
SIR THOMAS CAT.
How doth the busy Thomas cat
Improve the inldrlght hour I
Entranced upon tho root he jawps
wttn all Lis fellno power.
4 nd now anotiier Thomas cat,
Kncouraged by the sound.
Sends up a challenge to his too
To meet him on the ground.
And still another and a fourth,
Convene to scratch and bite,
Whllo fretted mortals toss and moon
Throughout tho dismal night.
What boots It though a boot be throws
Aye, tnarry, or tho Jack I
They scamper on, but. In an hour,
Come smiling, yawping back.
" 5f. Louis Journal.
Death is liirth.
No man who is fit to live need fear to die.
Poor faithless souls that we are I How wo
shall suiilo at our vam alarms when tha
worst has happened 1 To us hero death i
the most terrible word wo know. Hut when
we havo tasted its reality, it will mean to u
birth, deliverauce, a new creation of our
selves. It will be what health is to the sick
man. It will be what homo Is to tbo exile.
It wilt be what tho loved one given back is
to the bereaved. As wo draw near to It a
solemn gladness should fill our hearts. It is
God's great morning lighting up the sky,
Our fears are tho terror of children in the
night. Tbo night, with its terrors, its dark
ness, its feverish dreams is passing away ;
and when wo awako it will be into God's
sunlight.
The Ass anil tho Angel.
15 , when years enough had passed lo
make him the father ot a good-sized family,
received a visit from Dr. , a specially
congenial member of tho old tcminary class.
Neither bis own olive plants, nor the rather
early gray hairs of his visitor, seemed to
have touched tho spirit of former days, and,
like regular old boys, as they were, the two
could not wait for toilets to be completed
the next morning, but began an old-time
run of jokes and nonsense through the bolt
ed door that separated them, This went on
successfully, until at last it struck II 's
youngest, peacefully waiting Ills turn iu his
cradle, as a mysterious and disorderly pro
ceeding, and ho began to signify his disap
proval by an outcry that no particular ef
fort could subdue.
"What's the matter with lhat baby?"
called Dr. at last his patience under the
interruption bcgiuulng to glvo way,
"Oh, I don't know," drawled 1! j "I
suppose, like 1'aul, ho hears a voice but
sees no man. No probably moro like Baal,
am."
"Ah," retorted Dr. , "he tttt the ait
but dot in' t tee the angel,"
The laughter Inside the room left the bsby
free to come in on any key be pleased for
some indefinite time following, JCJitorU
Drawtrm Jliuptr't JUagatint fvr Ihvmltr,