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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL UI.
MIFF LINTOWN . JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 17. 1898.
NO. 36.
CHAPTER II. (Continued.)
"I thjpk Herbert looks rather glare,"
said Miss Oakeley when she returned to
her aunt, who was sitting very straight
up, with a frown on her cold face.
"You observe it, too? and I am not sur
prised.. Mabel is so greatly attached to
her guardian that his word is law. Heav
en knows I am the last to think evil, but
I cannot forget that hermother married
the late Ca'ptain Wynn during the lifetime
of her first husband."
"Why, auntie!" cried Miss Oakeley in
a tone of delighted excitement, yoti do
not mean to say that she committed big
amy?" "No, Henrietta, but, what was as bad
ihe left her husband for another man."
"Well, perhaps number one was a brute;
to be sure, I am not a strictly religious,
high-toned woman. I should scent out
more wickedness if I were."
Meanwhile Colonel and Mrs. Callander
drove home in silence, and found that
Porothy- had gone to bed, but the lamp
was still alight in the pretty drawing
room." Two or three letters, which had
come by the last post, lay upon the table.
Callander stood reading them beside tha
light. Maliel threw aside the white In
dian shawl in which she had been wrap
ped, and watched him while he read. lie
had agrd certainly there was a heaviness
aliotit bis brow that used not to be there.
WohIiI he ever be quite the same as ha
was liefore that unfortunate sunstroke?
Presently be laid down his letters with
a sigh.
"There is nothing unpleasant in them,
dear?" asked his wife, coming timidly to
him, and, slipping her arm through his,
pressed her fair young head against hii
shoulder..
"Nothing whatever; they are of no im
portance." He stood quite still, and Ma
bel, stilT pressing against him, said:
Toes anything disturb or worry you,
Herbert? I cannot help fancying "
she stopped abruptly. lie looked down
Into the sweet face uplifted to his so
gravely, that she could not continue and
yet he made no movement to return her
caress.
"What la there to make me unhappy?"
lie asked in a cold, composed voice. "I
am with those I love and I believe, love
me. I have dear children, and a sweet
wife. Oh, how aweet and fair," he ex
claimed, with a sudden change of tone,
and, clasping her In his arms, he gazed
into her eyes as if he wotrld draw out tbe
secrets of her soul. "Whom I love too
welt-too well!" ..She felt the strong best
ig "of his heart as he strained her to him,
and' his lipa clung to hers in a long, pas
sionate kiss.' '
Suddenly he released her. "Are yon
co!l, that yon ahlvered so?" be asked
quickly.-
"Xo, not at all but but you make me
a little uneasy. Do not thrust me away
as if I were a naughty child, Herbert.
You know I love youl" She took hia arm
and put it around her.
."If I did not believe it, chaoa would
indeed be. come again," cried Callander,
gathering her to him in a close embrac.
"lo not mind my variability of mood,
Mabel I ., Whatever I may seem, never
doubt that you are all the world to me!"
- CHAPTER III.
Paul Standish was a capital "aide-decamp"
In organizing a picnic, and Eger
ton benefited by his assistance. Standi
was a man of good family, very well
known, and popular in certain London cir
cles. Though generally considered a
shrewd worldling, there was a kindly core
to bis heart, and he deeply enjoyed hi'
quiet visits to the Knoll. His work (he
whs in the Foreign Office) had taken him
much abroad, and he liked the repose and
refinement of Mabel's home. Though no
longer young, he had still all the vigor and
elasticity of youth, and was not yet chill
ed by tbe effects of a tolerably wide expe
rlence.
The day before that fixed for Egerton'a
yachting party, not finding Dorothy In the
house or garden, Standish started la
search of her, and, knowing her haunts,
was not long in discovering his ward. Sb
was kneeling on the short, partially
bleached herbage which covered a low
rising ground at some little distance east
ward from the Knoll; behind It the sun
had already sunk, leaving the waters of
the bay somewhat dull and mournful.
"I looked for you in vain," began Stan
dish, when, Dorothy, her hands full of the
long grasses she had been gathering, start
ed to her feet with a low cry, a startled,
pathetic expression on her mobile face. "I
have frightened you," said Standish, smil
ing. "Why, where are your thoughts,
Dorothy?"
"Not very far, Paul." beginning to tie
her grasses together. "They are never
very far from me at present."
"Hum! That might be accounted for
in two ways."
"How?"
"They may be occupied by Mabel. Tliej
may possibly dwell on our fascinating
friend Egerton."
'Fascinating! Do you think him fasci
nating'" . ,
"Well, I am scarcely a Judge; but he Is
a handsome, accomplished fellow."
"Yes, he is, and you are right. I wns
thinking of him." She uttered these
words with tbe utmost composure.
Standish looked at her with steady scru
tiny, but she did not perceive it. "I am
waiting for further confessions," he said
at length.
"I have nothing to confess, I aul, at
least, not at present." She paused, and
then went on: "Mr. Kgerton's mother was
a Spaniard, was she not?"
"Yes, I believe so. ne looks like a
Spaniard himself."
"He does, and I think he could be very
revengeful. I feel afraid of him some
times." :
"What, do you think he will plunge a
stiletto in your heart because oh, say
tan-anse you walked with me?"
A faint color roue in Dorothy's cheek,
but h lauched low and exclaimed
n,o he too illleocalV Too art
my guardian, and I have a sort of right to
"A right I shall never question, Doro
thy." His voice grew soft as he spoke.
."Thank you," she said gentiy
she made a sudden movement. "Let us
go back," she exclaimed,-"that dreary
looking sea makes me sad."
"My dear Dorothy, you cannot be your
self, or you would not have these "-ck'
fancies. Yon hate everything in the world
to. make youjiaejiy. so prv fall BP 70
Cuinmon sense, of which von have nlentv.
"I will, Taul," said Dorothy, laughing.
"Come, let us walk back, and we shall
be in time for tea."
An hour later Col. Callander and hli
mother were taking a final turn upon the
pier.
Their conversation had not been pleas
ant or exhilarating. Mrs. Callander look
ed more than usually severe, and her
mouth waa rigidly closed save when sbi
opened it to speak.
Callander's face was wtnte Rri Inert
was a dull burning glow in his eyes.
"You may turn a deaf ear to me if you
will said the dowager as they approach
ed the gate which led to the Esplanade,
Intending to return to the hotel "'ut I
am right, I know I am!" -
He made no answer and they advanced
slowly till, catching sight of a group on
the common below, Mrs. Callander paused
and pointed to it. The group consisted of
Mabel, Standish and little Dolly as they
looked, Mabel took her ex-guardian s arm,
and, slackening her pace, seemed to be
conversing with profound Interest. "You
see," said Mrs. Callander, "they are never
long apart. Be warned In time, Herbert!
You know what blood she has in her
veins you know her mother's history !"
"Be silent," he interrupted in a strange,
half-choked voice. "You do not know
what you are saying! My wife is spot-
less will be spotless so long as she lives!
Never dare to touch upon this topic again.
1 rust my honor to myself, I know how
to keep it clean."
To the Imperious woman's surprise, he
turned, and leaving her to make her way
as she best could alone to her temporary
abode, walked rapidly forward to over
take his wife.
The morning of the day which Egerton
had fixed for his party was bright and
clear, with a little more breeze than some
of his guests approved. The object of
the voyage was to visit the remains of an
old Norman caetle, which crowned some
picturesque cliffs, about eight or nine
miles east of Fordsea also to inspect a
curious rocky islet not far from it, on
which a modern lighthouse replaced the
Beacon of a Hermit, who in former days
devoted himself to keep it alive, and ae-
cording to the legend, built himself a
I chapel without any human aid. The ruins
' of this remarkable edifice were still visi
ble from the sea.
At breakfast a slight change of plans
took place as Mabel suggested that she
feared she was too indifferent a sailor to
enjoy the excursion by sea and with a
pretty coaxing air, asked Callander to
dnve her to Itavenetone, which was near
er by land than by water. He consented
very readily, and Standish undertook to
escort Dorothy. The party was not very
arge, but bright and sociable, though
Mrs. Callander senior, who honored it by
her presence, was somewhat snappish
"it was so thoughtless of Mabel to ex
pose her husband to the glare and sun on
that unsheltered road!" she said, "and
for a mere whim!" Egerton, too, was
rather silent and cynical, when he did
speak.
There was enough breeze to give life
nnd motion, the rippling waters glittered
in the suo, and the mnsjc of a band sta
tioned amidships made a delightful under
current of harmony. Yet Dorothy looked
thoughtful and preoccupied.
"Mrs. Callander has found It more con
venient to go below," said Standish, plac
ing his camp stool beside Dorothy as she
sat In the stern, watching the shadows
f the swift-sailing clouds as they flitted
over the water. "Miss Oakeley seems to
consider it her duty to rouse St. John's
dormant mental energies, and the rest of
the ladies are neglecting their cavaliers,
to amuse and interest our fascinating host.
So I beg you will devote yourself to me,
Dorothy."
"With pleasure!" she returned, smiling.
"Are you still In the dolefuls?" asked
Standish, looking keenly at her.
"No yet I am uneasy! I was so glad
Mabel decided to drive with Herbert to
Kavenstone, but I went into her room just
before I came away and found Nurse giv
ing her sal-volatile she had almost faint
ed! She seems to me to lose strength in
stead of gaining it."
"That must be your fancy, Dorothy!"
"I do not believe It is! I told her she
ought to make Herbert take her quite
away from every one for a few weeks to
Scotland or Switzerland, or Sweden or
Norway. It would do them both so much
good!"
"You are a wise little woman. I be
lieve, too, it would be a complete cure."
Mabel seemed to like the idea, and
said she would mention
"Standish !" said their host. Interrupting
her "Miss Oakeley Is asking for you; she
says you know the Legend of the Island
Hermit! I think she is getting a little
tired of her benevolent efforts."
Standish rose somewhat reluctantly, anil
Egerton took his place, which he kept for
a considerable time.
When the voyage was accomplished,
ml the yacht glided into a small rock-in
closed creek, at the foot of which nestled
a few fishermen's cabins, and the inevit
able tavern, they found Col. Callander
and Mabel waiting on the rude little jetty
alongside which the yacht found ample
depth of water. It being luncheon time.
Egerton proposed having tliat meal serveu
on deck, before they attempted the steep
ascent. His suggestion was adopted
unanimously, and a gay repast ensued.
Mrs. Callander sat on her host's right,
apparently not much the worse for her
voyage, and supported on the other side
by the Bev. S. Cole, with whom she ex
changed from time to time a few words
disapproving the fun and laughter going
on around her. Ultimately she preferred
a comfortable seat on deck, an early enp
of tea, and the society of her favorite di
vine to a long fatiguing walk to inspect
relics of the past which did not interest
her.
The rest set forth to make their way
upwards to the old Towers which frowned
.w at mn formidable a height.
Egerton took charge of Dorothy so de
cidedly that they were prejr ru "
themselves. .
"It is a terribly ruined ruin," remarked
uwrtnn. when they had finished their ex
plorations, "come, let us make our way
down. There is a pretty nook I want to
how you you have, I know, an artist
eye for beauty." , it .
Dorothy found then that they had lin
gered to the last, and that Mabel had
taken her husband's arm and was walking
Dorotny was a little vexed that her
guardian had scarcely spoken to her since
Egerton had interrupted their conversa
tion In the morning; she was consequently
more disposed to be friendly with hef
host.
About half way between the ruins and
(he pier a faintly marked footpath turned
to the left, leading apparently across the
face of the cliff. "Let me show you the
way," said Egerton, passing her.
"Is there a footing?" asked Dorothy.
"Trust me!" he returned, and following
him she soon found herself on a small
projective; platform, in front of which
some gorse bushes and several moss
grown stones formed a natural parapet,
while a fragment of rock served for a
eat the outlook over the sea, to the light
boose and chapel on the Isle before men
tioned, made a delightfully tranquil, pic
turesque scene.
"This Is charming." cried Dorothy.
"How sweet and peacefulf
. "Y " sweet. Jlajlt. '
few minutes ana forgive me. It 1 am ab
rupt, but I seldom have a chance of speak
ing to you alone. I cannot lose this pre
cious moment. Will you listen to me? I
want to tell you what I think of you."
"Don't be too complimentary," said
Dorothy, with a little uneasy laugh.
"No, I shall speak the truth. Well,
then, I think you are the brightest, sau
ciest, most womanly girl that ever charm
ed a man's heart and the desire of mine
is to caH you my wife, sweet Dorothy I"
ne tried to take her hand; she drew II
hastily away with a startled look.
"Will you not speak to me?" be con
tinued. "I do not know how to speak to you, Mr.
Egerton," In a distressed voice. "I da
not I do not seem able to believe you
to believe that you love me, I mean, when
I do not love you, for. Indeed, I do not."
"I ksow that only too well. But let me
try to teach you. If you love no one else,
I may succeed. Do you love anyone, Dor
othy?" "No, Indeed I do not, but somehow, Mr.
Egerton, I do not think I should ever love
you, nor do I feel I am the sort of girl you
ought to marry " She broke off ab
ruptly. "I am quite old enough to know my own
mind," said Egerton abruptly. "If your
heart is free, I will not accept your pres
ent 'no' as final. I am desperately perse
vering, when my heart Is set on anything,
as it is now, Dorothy I"
"Still, Mr. Egerton, do not think me un
kind, but but I do not believe I shall ever
change.'
"We shall see. Now you are looking
uneasy. I do not want to keep you here
against your will. Remember, though, I
do not accept your refusal; give me a little
grace." He caught and kissed her hand,
holding it for a minute In his own.
"Do not keep me, Mr. Egerton," said
Dorothy, who was greatly distressed. ".
am more sorry than I can say to vex yoi i
and and I want to overtake Miss
Oakeley 1"
(To be continued.)
Household.
RF.CTIES.
Crab Oumbf.. Boil and pick oat the
in- at I'rom half a dozen good-sized crabs.
llf.it two tables pooufuls of butter or butter
ami lard mixed and add one finely-chopped
onion, oiie-quurter of a pound of raw
ham cut into small dice one-half of a
pound of finely-chopped raw beef or veal
ami one-half, of a good-sized red pepper
linely chopfied. Stir until nicely brow net
add four tablesooufuls of Hour aud
brown again. Add two quarts of water,
one cupful of sliced okra and the crab
meat ami simmer for two hours; add one
cupful of rice and one pint of hot water,
simmer until the rice is very tender and
servo with thin slices of lemon.
Chocolate Mousse. Melt two squares of
unsweetened chocolate over hot water,
water, add a few talilespoonfuls of cream,
ami wh-n mixed add it to the bowl of
croiiin three cupfuls altogether. Add
one cupful of Mwlcred sugar and stir
until dissolved. Whip and take off the
froth as it rises, laying it on a sieve to
drain. When no moi-c froth can be taken
oil turn the drained froth into a wetted
mold, cover and bind the edee with a
strip of muslin dipped into melted butter
I. u t y in lee anil salt and set aside for thro
hours to freeze.
Kasplierry Foam. Whip the whites of
four i-usa until frothv: add four table-
sponnfuis of powdeix'd sugar and whip un
til very stiff, dropping in a little at a
time three tuhlcsxonfuls of raspberry
juice. Heap in glasses and serve at once
Dandelion Wine. Four anarts of the
vellow flowers, four ouarls of water, the
grated rind of two oranges, the grated
rind of one lemon, ltoil nil together 20
minutes: then strain mid add four iiounds
of suggar. When cooled until lukewarm
stir through three-quarters of a teacup of
yeast. Slice the oranges into it, first hav
ing removed the thick rind and seeds.
let it stand in an oncn vessel three or
four days; then strain, bottle aud cork
ugntiy.
Currant Water Ice. One quart of cur
rant mice, two pounds of sugar, one
quart of water. Freeze in any freezer, as
t loes not require to be lieuten anil
turned like ice cream. When partly
frozen stir in the whites of three epes,
beaten very stiff. The ruby mass thus
obtained is "the most decorative of all ices.
Clams a la Xewbure. One pint raw
clams; take out the soft part, remove the
black end und chop the tou;h parts very
tine. Put one tablespoonful of butter in a
itewpan with one-half teaspoon salt ami
i saltsooon of nanrika: add the clams
and simmer ten minutes. Then add two
t tMespimns of sherry and the soft art.
Ileal volks of two ei.'!;s, mix with half a
rup of cream, and stir in quickly and re
move as soon as the egg thic kens.
General Sports.
It is said that the Hawthorne Club, to
ho built at Cheektowaira. near Buffalo,
will seat 12.000 iersons.
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Ju.ltre, of Scranton, are matched to box at
the latter place 2u rounds during the lat
ter part of this month.
Tho Hrooklyn Kcvolver Club contem
plates holding an open tournament in the
fall. The object of the club in arrang
ing this tournament is to arouse interest
in the sport and promote friendship be
tween revolver shooters. Shooters of all
classes will be brought together.
Maryland's State game and fish war
den, R. II. Gilbert, has appointed tho fol
lowing depnty wardens for the eastern
and nothern counties: Jacob Stevenson
and Addison Williams, Harford County;
.I:-mes Daley, W. T. Dietrich, C. Moyd
Kodirers. Jr., Hnltimore County; II. E.
Kirbv, Dorehesler County; W. McKnew,
i Kreaii City; Josiah Atkins, Berlin and
Worcester County. .....
The next shooting festival of the Na
tional Schuetzenbund of America wxll be
held in California in 1901. . .
John Kelly having declined to act, it is
prolHible that Tim Hurst will be asked to
referee the Corbett-McCoy bout. I
The cells composing the epidermis
are 1-1G0 of an inch in diameter.
Tho Philadelphia Zoological gardens
containedfon January 11,019 living ani
mals 339 mammals, 421 birds, 23s rep
tiles and 21 batra loans. ,
Dartmoor is tho largest tract of un
cultivated land in England; it occupies
one-fifth of the county of Devon. .
PRAISE TO BE CALLED AN ASS.
Borne of tha Hr Virtnea f That
Creature Briefly Reviewed,
To be called an ass Is a great compll
meut. HnuiUlty, patience, charity and
industry have been recognised as great
virtues ever since mankind has been
introspective; but the world has failed
to notice that the ass, which la the
bruut of the Jests of all nations, pos
sesses these qualities more fully than
suy other animal or any human being
exc-opt the proverbial one In a million.
Often we call the man whom we like
a "rare old dog," and he rather like It.
If we call hlia a rare old ass, which la
finer praise, he would got mad, how
ever. We write poems In praise of ths
horse, though the horse la la so many
respecta the ass' inferior. Tbe horse
makes the brlllant oavalry charge, but
It Is the aas who brings up the army's
ammunition and the food supplies.
While one rides on a galloping horse
over a plain in safety he despises the
ass, and he still despises the ass when,
forsaking hU horse, he trusts his lift
to the ass In a mountain puss.
The ass Is to be found In every part
of the world, always melancholy and
s'or,-, nobly doing his work, whether In
the Andes, the Himalayas, the Rockies,
or l4the "lace of hhi nativity, tha Ori
ent. Wherever he la, his dominant char
acteristics are the same. Wherever
he Is, he Is generally ahussd; perhnpt
because he puts up with abuse st
meekly.
Always he Is the friend of the poor
In countries where horses cannot be af
forded he Is the sole means of trans
port. All day long he will go over s
hot plain or up a rocky mountain sldo
loaded down with more than any horse
could bear, though bis weight Is only
half that of the average horse, while u
a horse were limited to the food It sub
sists on the horse wojild fall down In
Its tracks and die, though It had no
loud. With the load it would fall down,
anyway,
That the nss can lie cured of his only
two vices of braying and kicking It
proved by the superior conduct of the
I guidon moke, who Is aliout a third
cousin of the oriental ass of myth, of
fable and biblical story. Tho moke,
who Is about the size of a big New
foundland dog, draws the barrels of the
costerinongers who vend fruits and
vegetables from door to door in all
parts of the city.
All day you may occasionally hear
him out of your window chlvy-chlvylng
with his rapid and mincing ltttlo stops
over tbe asphalt pavements. At the
same gait be will carry his barrel, well
loaded with produce, and two big cos
termongers, up the side of a hill. This
sometimes calls for sharp remarks
about brutes who ought to be In Jail
from old gentlemen with white side
whiskers and a kindly expression of
mouth, to which the costermonger usu
ally replies: "G'irn, old plnm pudding.
It 'urta you more'n 'lm."
Until Baroness Burdett-Coutta and
the Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals organized In Imitation
of the original American society took
the matter in hand and made the pass
age of the law a matter of great senti
mental moment In the House of Com
mons, Instead of feeding his little don
key the costermonger usually beat him,
and the moke, too patient and too hum
ble to attempt to petition the Commons
Itself, tried to thrive on the whipping
nud succeeded wonderfully.
There is no finer playfellow for chil
dren than a moke. When hi fuzzy fur
Is washed it Is soft, fluffy and pretty.
A youngster may crawl all over him
and under him and pound and pull him
in every part of his anatomy, and he
will only smile the contented stuMe of
the moke who Is living In the moke
heaven of currycombs and good ra
tions. That the ass Is not stupid is proved
by his equal cleverness with the horse
la learning tricks, by his picking his
way where a horse cannot go by his
calmness under conditions that moke
a horse uncomfortably fretful. But he
seems homely and out of proportion,
unless you look at him closely, and tbe
world too often goes by appearances.
Scrutinise sharply the patient face of
the ass, and you will find those quali
ties which make a face educational and
perhaps ever beautiful.
Few Crimea In Sweden,
la Sweden a crime is an event. Theft
particularly la very rare. Honesty Is
tbe fundamental quality of the race,
naturally recognized and officially
counted upon. In this respect the
Stockholmers show a confident care
lessness which is always a surprise to
strangers aud causes them some un
easiness. In the theaters and concert
halls there are large cloak-rooms,
where hats and furs are left without
the Smallest safeguard. The perform
ance over, each one again takes posses
sion of his effects, nor does an "acci
dent" ever occur. Tbe Inhabitants are
accustomed to expect a reciprocal pro
bity in the transactions of e very-day
life. Upon most of the tramways in
Stoekhobm conductors have been dis
pensed with. The passenger himself
deposits 10 ore In a till placed at th
end of tbe vehicle, behind the driver.
Tnnnel Cnder the Danube.
The Danube Is to have a tunnel be
neath Its bed. Tbe Hungarian govern
ment has just completed the necessary
arrangements for the construction
without delay of a subway beneath the
river at Budapest, on tbe same prin
ciple as that of the sew Blaokwall tun
nel under tha Thames In London.
There la to be a footpath for passen
gers and an electric railway. The up
per way will be reserved exclusively
for vehicular traffic, and ventilation Is
to be provided by electricity.
Odd Corner In a Famous House.
In the late Baron da Hlrsch's famous
white drawing-room In his house in
Paris, there Is a corner which the dec
orators and artists have never touchc I
with their brushes. The wan and ceir
!ng are as bare as wbsn the plasterers
left them. This peculiar feature of a
beautiful apartment is In commemora
tion of the forty years wandering In
tbe wilderness and of the fact that
"toer to no abldlnf city." It la said
tha tvw nart of tha houses ef all good
Jews is left Incomplete, as a constant1
Asunder ef thlff Biblical saying. In
the same custom has been observe
and a part of the gilded celling in the
ball-room Is unfinished. An American,
with the lnqulsltiveness of the typical
Yankee, once asked Baron de HIrsch
his reason for leaving a corner of his
drawing-room unfinished. The Baron
U said to have replied, with tbe utmost
gravity, that the money gave out be
fore the decorations could be completed.
The great hydreearbon belt stretchet
from northeast to southeast for 10C
miles across the Uncempahre and Utn
tah Indian reservation. Here occur tht
largest known .bodies ef gllsonite, elat
erlte mineral caoutchouc asphaltlt
limestone and sandstone.
At a meeting of the Torrey Botanical
Club, recently, the president described
some remarkably small pine treef
which he bad found growing on the t
of a precipice In the Shawangunb
Mountains, at an altitude of 2.200 feet
These trees, although they had per
fectly deevloped cones, wer only six
Inches In height.
The working of a plan of ventilation
of rooms devised by Ir. Castalng, prin
cipal physician of the French armies. Is
highly eo in mended. It consists in tht
Use of double windows, with'opentng:
at the bottom of one and at the top of
the opposite one, through which the all
comes In freely without any one feeling
It. The system Is said to possess slsa
pllclty, efficiency and cheapness.
A writer in Harper's Kound Tablt
describes a piece of amber ta which
is imbedded a lizard eight Inches Is
length and belonging to a species which
is no longer extant. The little animal li
perfectly preserved In Its golden-bued
prison, all of Its colors showing
through. This is not the only instance
in which the fossilized gum named am
ber has preserved specimens of living
forms that have now become extinct on
tho earth.
A process of plating aluminum with
copper by a welding method has been
Invented In Germany by nerr Wnch
nltz. This is regarded as Important be
cause one of the obstacles to a wldci
use of aluminum has been Its compara
tive lack of resistance to tbe action ot
many fluids and Its failure to hold
paint These objections are removed
when It is covered with a thin plating
of copper, while Its weight is not ma.
terially Increased.
A Taris Ice company now obtains Its
supplies from the glacier da Casset,
near Briancon. The foot of the glacier
Is 0,000 feet above sea level, and the
300-pound blocks of Ice are carried to a
station 1.400 feet lower by a telphet
line 7,000 feet long. The loaded can
or boxes on this line pull up the empty
ones, no engines being required. The
cars bring down hourly ten tons of ice.
which is carried in carts from tie lowei
station to a railway about eleven miles
away.
Electrical machinery operated by on
man Is applied to the ringing of the
three great bells of the church of Pt.
George, Berlin. A motor of ten hors;
power gives 100 revolutions per mlnutt
to a shaft, on which are three loos
drums, each having at Its side a fric
tion wheel fixed to the shaft. Pressure
of the wheel against the drum causes
both to revolve. A rope on the drum
acts on the bell-lever, and as tbe bell
reaches the middle of Its swing, an
eccentric releases the drum and allows
the bell to ring back.
According to tbe recent calculation
of Prof. J. C. Kapteyn, of Amsterdam.
000,000 miles a day Is the velocity with
which the sun and Its planets are speed
ing through space in a northerly direc
tion. Tbe brightest star In that part ol
the heavens toward which we are going
Is the brilliant Vega In the constellatloc
Lyra, a sun unquestionably much great
er than ours. Every year, by Trof
Kapetyn's estimate, we draw iomi
three hundred million miles nearer t
that star.
Cornell professor makes an Inter
sting announcement about brains. Thi
main portion of the human brain k
composed of the cerebrum, and th J
portion anterior to it, devoted to smell
and known as the olfactory bulbs, I
sometimes treated as a mere appendli
to the cerebrum. But this professor
after comparing brains from all grado
of the lower animals, declares that tht
human brain Is an anatomical mn
stroslty, and that. In a historical view
of the brain, the portion devoted tr
thinking Is more properly to be stylet!
a mere appendix to the part devoted t
smelling. In some creatures, the olfac
tory portion Is much the largest par.
of the brain.
War Makes Pineapples Scarce.
The war with Spain has caused s
scarcity of pineapples, which deliclow
fruit comes largely from the Bahama
Islands, and which has hitherto been
brought to our markets principally by
mall vessels flying the American flag
Hoc si Temperance Country.
A story was told relating to Scotch
hospitality, as explaining Scotland'
reputation as a drinking nation. Some
years ago a Scotchman residing In the
Interior, who had accumulated a for
tune In America, paid a visit to his old
borne. Before leaving a fellow coun
tryman asked him to take In his pocket
a notebook, and to make a note of every
visit be made with an observation as
to whether or not he was offered liq
uor. During a two months' absence he
paid ninety-two visits In Scotland and
waa asked to take liquor. at eighty-serin
of the houses he visited.
Rumors of war are less Interesting to
landladies than roomers who pay In ad
ranee.
After a man has been a model fathe
for years, be Is expected to become i
model grandfather.
How easy It Is to collect a crowd
Bcv SMVst loro In rnfcbgnMafc,
SERMONS OFTHE DAY
"Silenee la Heaven." the Subject The
Mighty Import of the Cessation Do
M-ribe! In Revelations Half Honrs
Which Have Determined Destinies.
Text: "There was silence In heaven
about the space of half an hour." Reve
lations, viii., 1.
"Take this watch and keep it," said a
dying Christian as he picked it up from
tha stand at bis pillow, "I have no more
need of it. I am going where time shall
be no longer." But it seems from my text
that heaven was at least onoe measured
by an earthly time-piece.
The busiest place in the universe Is
heaven. It is the center from which all
good influences start; it is tho goal at
which all good results arrive. The Bible
represents it as active, with wheels and
wings and orchestras and processions,
mounted or charioted. But my text de
scribes a space when the wheels ceased to
roll and the trumpets to sound and the
voices to ehnnt. The riders on the whltej
horses reined in their chargers. The dox-(
ologles were hushed and the processions)
halted. The hand of arrest was put uponi
all the splendors. "Stop, Hnavenl" cried
an omnipotent voice, and it stopped. Fob
thirty minutes everything celestial stood;
still. "There was silence In heaven fori
the space of half an hour."
From all we can learn it Is the only time
heaven ever stopped. It does not stop, asl
other cities, for the night, for there is no
night there. It does not stop fora plague
for the Inhabitant never da vs. "I ami
sick." It does not stop for bankruptcies J
for its inhabitants never fail. It does not
stop for impassable streets, for there are)
no lauon snovrs or sweeping freshets.
What, then, stopped it for thirty minutes?!
Grotius and Professor Ktuart think it was
at the time of the destruction of Jerusa
lem, ilr. Lord thinks It was in the yeari
311. near the close ot the Diocletian ner.se-!
cution and the beginning of the wars by'
which Constantine gained the throne. But!
that was all a guess, though a learned andi
brilliant guess. I do not kuow when it'
was, and I do not care when it was, but ofi
tbe fuct that such an interregnum of sou mil
took place I am certain. "There was.
silence In heaven for the space of half au
hour." i
And. first of all, we may learn that Oodj
and all heaven then honored silence. Tbe
full power of silence many of us have yotj
to learn. We are told that when Christ)
was arraigned "He answered not a word."j
That silence was louder than any hunderj
that ever shook the world. Ofttinies, whenj
we are assailed and misrepresented, the;
migntlest tbiug to say is to say nothing
and the mightiest thing to do is to do noth
ing. Those people who aru always rush-.
ng into print to get themselves set right,:
accomplish nothing but their own chagrin.!
Hileneel I)o right and leave the results'
with God. Among the grandest lessons,'
the world has ever lnnrned aro the lessons!
of patience t.ugbt by those who endured
uncomplainingly personal or domestic or,
political injustice. Oil, the power ofj
patient sllencel Eschylus. tbe immortal'
poet, was condemned to death for writing!
something that oiTended the people. All;
the pleiis In his behalf were of no avail, un-i
til his brother uncovered the arm of theJ
prisoner and shoarwl that his wrist had;
been sacrillced for his country nt tbe battle,
of Knlnmis. That eilent plea liberated
him. The loudest thing on earth is silence
if it be of the right kind and at the right;
time. There was a qnaint old hymn,'
pelled In the old style, oncn sung In the
ihurches:
The raco is not forever get
By him who fastest runs,
Nor the Battel by those peopell
That shoot with the longest gun.
Mv friends, the tossing sea ot Galilee,
leemcil more to offend Christ by the amount;
of noise it made, for He said to it: "Be
still!" Heaven has been crowning Kings!
and Queens unto God for many centuriesj
yet heaven never stopped a moment fori
any such occurrence, but it stopped thirty
minutes for the coronation of Silence.'
" There was silence in heaven for the space,
of half an hour." ',
Learn also from my text that heaven
must be an eventful and active place, from:
the fact that It could afford only thirty'
minutes of recess. There have been events
on enrth and in heaven that seemed to de-j
mand a whole day or wholn week or whole
year for celestial consideration. If Grotius'
was right and this silence occurred at tlied
time of tlio di struetion of Jerusalem, that"
scene was so awful and so prolonged that
the inhabitants of heaven could not have
done justice to It In many weeks. After
fenrful besicgoment of the two fortresses ot
Jerusalem Antonio nnd Hippicus had
been going on for a long while, a Roman
soldier mounted on the shonlderof another
soldier hurled into the window of the tem
ple a 'flrobrnnd, and the temple was all
atlnme, and after covering many sacrifices
to the holiness of God, the building Itself
became a sacrifice to the ragf of man. The
hunger ot tbe peeple In that city during
the besiegemeut was so great that as
some outlaws were passing a doorway and
inhaled tho odors ot food they burst open
tbe door, threatening the mother of the
household with death unless she gave
them some food, and she took them aside
and showed them that It was her ownohilil
she was cooking for the ghastly repast. Six
hundred priests were destroyed on Mount
Zion because, the temple being gone, there
was nothing for them to do. Six thousand
people in one cloister were eonsumed.
There were 1,100.000 dead, according to
Josepbus. Grotius thinks that this was the
cause or silence in neaven lor hair an nour.
If Mr. Lord was right, and this silence was
during the Diocletian persecutions, by
which 844.000 Christians suffered death
trom sword and fire, and banishment and
exposure, why did not heaven listen
throughout at least one of those awful
years? No! Thirty minutes! Tbe fact is
that the celestial programme Is so crowded
with spectacle that it can afford only ono
recess in all eternity, and that for a short
space. While there are great chorouses in
which all heaven can Join, eacn soul there
has a story of divine mercy peculiar to it
self, and it must be a solo. How can heaven
get through with all its solos, as well as
all its recitatives, with ail its cantatas,
with all its grand marches, with all its vic
tories? Eternity is too short to utter all
the praise.
Not only are all the triumphs of the past
to be commemorated, but all the triumphs
to como. Not only what we now know of
God, but what we will know ot Him after
everlasting study of tho Dei fie. If my text
had said there was silence in heaven for
thirty days, I would not have been startled
at the announcement, but it Indicates thir
ty minutes. Why, there will be so many
friends to hunt up; so many of the greatly
good and useful that we will want to see;
so many of the uusorutable things of earth
we will need explained; so many exciting
earthly experiences we will want to talk
over, and nil the other spirits and the aget
will want the same, that there wtll be nc
opportunity for cessation. How busy w
will be kept In having pointed out to us the
heroes and heroines that the world never
fully appreciated tho yellow fever and
cholera doctors, who died not flying from
thoir posts; the female nurses who faced
pestilence in the lazarettoes; the railroad
engineers who stayed at their places in or
der to save tbe train, though they them
selves perished and went down through
the open drawbridge.
Hubert Goffln, the master miner, who,
landing from the bucket at tbe bottom ot
the mine, just as he beard the waters rush
in, and when one jerk of the rope would
have lifted him to safety, put a blind
miner who wanted to go to bis sick child
In tho bucket, and jerked the rope for him
to be pulled up, crying: "Tell thorn th
water has burst In and we are probnblj
lost; but we will seek refuge at the other
end of the gallery," and then giving the
command to the 'other miners till they
llgged themselves so near out that the
people from the outside could como to their
rescue. The multitudes of men and wom
en who got no crown on earth, we will
want to see when they get their crown in
neaven. I tell you heaven will have no
more half hours to spare.
Besides that, heaven Is full of children.
They are In the vast majority. No child on
earth who amounts to anything eaa be kept
quiet half an hour, and how are you going
to keen O0.000.0Q0 of than quiet half aa
hoar, "lira know heaven Is much more of a
place than it was when that recess of thir
ty minutes occurred. Its population has
quadrupled, sextnplod, centupled. Heaven
has more on hand, more of rapture, more
of knowledge, more of intercommunica
tion, more of worship. There is not so
much difference between Washington, a
mudhole seventy years ago. and Washing
ton now, tbe most beuatlful city on earth;
not so much difference between New York
when Canal street was far nptown, and
when Canal street Is far downtown, as
there Is difference between what heaven
was when my text was written and what
heaven is now. The most thrilling place
we have ever been In is stupid compared
with that, and if we now have no time to
spare, we will then have no eternity to
spare. Silence In heaven only half an bourl
My subject also impresses me with the
Immortality of a half hour. That half
hour mentioned In my text is more widely
known than any other period In the cal
endar of heaven. None of the whole
hours of heaven are measured off, none
of the years, none of the centuries. Of the
millions ot ges past, and the millions of
ages to come, not one is especially
measured off in tho Bible. The half hour
ot my text Is made immortal. Tbe only
part of eternity that was ever measured by
earthly timepiece was measured by the
minute hand of my text. Oh, the half
hours! They decide everything. I am
not asktng what you will do with the years
or months or days of your life, but what
of the half hours. Tell me the history of
your half hours, and I will tell you the
story of your whole life on earth and
tbe story of your whole life in eternity.
The right or wrong things you can think
In thirty minutes, the right or wrong things
you can say In thirty minutes, the right or
wrong things you can do In thirty minutes
are glorious or baleful, inspiring or draper
ate. Look out for the fragments of time.
They are pieces of eternity. It was the
half hours between shoeing horses that
made Etihu Burrltt the learned black
smith; the half hours between professional
calls as a physicial that made Abercromble
the Christian philosopher; the half hours
between his duties as school master that
made Salmon P. Chase Chief Justice; the
half hours between shoe lasts that made
Henry Wilson Vioe-I resident of the United
States; the half houis between canal bouts
that made James A. Garlluld President.
The half hour a day for good books or bad
books; the half hour a day for prayer or
Indolence; the half hour a day for helping
others or blasting others; the half hour
before you go to business, nnd the halt
hour after your return from business; that
makes the difference between the scholar
and the ignoramus, bet wee u the Christian
and the inlldtl, between the saint and the
demon, between triumph and catastrophe,
between heaven and hell. The most tre
mendous things of your life and mine were
sertain half hours.
Remember, we are mortal yet, and can
not endure the full roll of heavenly har
monies, and cannot endure even tbe silent
heaven for more than half an hour. Hark I
the clock in the tower of heaven begins to
strike, and the half hour Is ended. De
scend! Come backl Come down! till your
work Is done. Shoulder a little longer your
battles. Weep a little longer your griefs.
And then take heaven not In its fullest half
hour, but in its mightiest pomp and instead
of taking It for thirty minutes, take it world
without end.
But how will you spend the first half hour
of your heavenly citizenship after yoa have
gone In to stay? After your prostration
before the throne in worship of Him who
made it possible for you to get there nt all,
I think tbe rest of your first half hour in
heaven will be passed in receiving your re
ward if you have been faithful. I have a
strangely beautiful book, containing the
pictures ot the medals struck by the Eng
lish Government In honor of great battles;
these medals pinned over the heart of the
returned heroes of tho army, on great oc
casions, the royal family present, nnd
the royal bands playing the Crimean
medal, the Legion of Honor, the Victoria
Cross, the Waterloo medal. In your first
halt hour in heaven in some way you will
be honored for the earthly struggles in
which you won the day. Stand up before
ail the royal house of heaven and receive
the Insignia while you are announced as
victor over political misfortune, as victor
over the droughts and freshets ot the farm
field, victor over the temptations of the
stock exchange, victor over domestic in
felicities, victor over mechanic's shop, vic
tor over professional allurements, victor
over the storehouse, victor over home
worrlments, victor over physical distress,
victor over hereditary depressions, victor
over sin and death and hell. Take tbe
badge that celebrates those victories ,
through our Lord Jesus unrist. raice it in
the presence of all the galleries, saintly,
angelic, and divine, while all heaven
chants: "These are they who came out of
great tribulation and had their robes
washed and made white in the blood of the
Lamb."
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Khali conquer though they die;
They see the triumph from afar,
And seize it with their eye.
If heaven is all this while baited, what
will it be when on the march? If heaven
is all this while silent, what will it be when
In full triumph? Many years ago, at the
Crystal Palace, in New York, Julian gave a
great concert, 3000 voices and 8000 players,
upon instruments. He aontrolled that
igreat harmony, beating time with band and
ioot, and to myself, who had never before
beard music on a grand scale, it was over
powering. But oh, when they shall oome
"from the north and the south, and the east
and the west, and sit down in the temple
of God and the Lamb, and Christ shall
rise, and all heaven shall rise with Him, He
shall control that harmony with once
wounded band and once wounded foot, and
it will be like the voice of many waters and
the voice of mighty thundorings. Worthy
is the Lamb that was slain to receive bless
ing and riches nnd honor and glory and
power. Amen and amenl
A NORWEGIAN'S PRAISE OF US.
Captain Gade. of the Itoyal Navy, Com
pliment the American Gunners.
Captain Gustav Gade, of tbe Royal Nor
wegian Navy, has returned to Washington
from Santiago, where he witnessed the de
struction of Cervera's fleet. He was sent
by bis Government to study the war. He
said: "I think the battle at Santiago was
the grandest sight that has ever been wit
nessed. Your gunners are wonderful
marksmen, and the work of your navy has
set at rest forever any doubt In tbe mluds
of such nations who may have been so de
luded that Americans do not know how to
fight.
"Your army Is a fine body of men. Your
regulars are without a doubt as well
drilled as any European army, and they ap
p jar to me physically and intellectually far
above the average ot European soldiers."
Pensions For Our Hem Vr.
Owing to tbe number of applications for
pensions being received as a result of the
war with Spain, Commissioner ll. Clay
Evans, of the Pension Bureau, Washington,
has established tho "Divislou of "!W." To
this all applications originating through
service In the prment war will be leferrod.
Medical officers of tho Pension Bureau esti
mate that at least two-thirds of the men
who have been sent to Cuba and Porto
iilco will eventually beeomo pensioner.
In TYaiK-e. it is :i punishable offence
for anyone In t;tvc infants mnlei- one year
any form of stti, food unless such ho i.r-dei-ed
by wriilen prescription xigninl by
a qualified me licul man.
The number of I'hinese in San Fran
cisco is about 20,000.
Barcelona is now tho most populous
city of Spain, the result of a census just
taken showing 520,000 inhabitants, to Ma
drid's 507,000.
It is said -.hat excessive tea drinking
among tho humbler classes of Ireland
has cuused an alarming increase of in
sanity, esjiecially among women.
A German bird-fancier bos marie ob
nervations as to the elfect of balloons on
birds. Some of them look no notice of
the aerial monsters, others seemed to
regard them with placid curiosity, while
tome were thrown into a panic.
Nearly 1,200,000 pounds of colors are
used by the United Stales government
annually for printing paper money, rev
enue and postage stamps.'
Farm Notes.
Separate the younger from the older
stock when feeding. The natural conse
quence of promis-'uous herding is thut the
largest ami strongest take their choice,
and leave the refs to lie eaten by the
weaker, whereas tho best should lie given
to the poorest in order to help them to a
condition of thrift and growth
Ropy milk is caused by a bacteria, but
it is not as yet known how this bacteria
gets into the milk unless it is from tha
body of the cow. Wash the udder, teats
and body of the cow before milking; also
3ee that the vessel and hands of the milker
are clean. Tho animal heat in the milk
ihould be removed as soon as possible by
passing the milk over a cold surface or
through a pipe surrounded by ice.
The growth of a young animal is the main
fac tor in the increase of its weight, and
when tho food is both nitrogenous and car
bouaccous there is a greater gain than
when the fod is mostly carbonaceous, as
when corn ulone is used. At the Alabama
Experiment Station pitfs pastured on near
ly matured cowpeus,anil supplied with corn
uiiule ulinost three time the gain in live
weight marie by similar pigs fed exclu
sively on corn. Pigs also gained more
rapidly on ground cowpeas and corn 'ban
on corn alone. In ollect o.M pounds of the
mixed food was equal to 8.06 pounds of
ground corn. One pound of cornmeal,
however, proved superior to three pounds
of sweet potatoes.
Tho pumpkin contains a largo propor
ion of water, but it is an excellent ad
dition to tho ration of hogs, according to
i-xh i inients made, Ihe. pumpkins being
f.M.k. il in winter and fed with shorts. The
result was that the hogs made greater gain
than on any other fund, the quality of the
meat was superior, and the cost was less
than when the hogs were fed without the
us.? of pumpkins. Pumpkins have been
grown mostly for cattlo, but it may be
of value to farmers to grow them and
give them a trial as food for hogs.
It will take 1000 quarts of milk at 2 1-2 .
.'ents a quart to pay for the keep of a
cow one year. Every quart over that
amount is profit. Such is an estimate
niadu by a dairyman who has kept accu
rate accounts. It is plain, therefore, that
if one cow yields 3hhi quarts of milk in a
year and auother 20OU quarts, the one
yielding the larger quantity will pro
duce twice as much profit as the other,
although she gives only one-third more,
l'his is due to tho fact that the first cost of
support of the cow must be met without
r.. .. i i v a. 1 11 lrnrn Ihut
regard to the yieiu. im ie " "
loiim cows will yield more milk on the
'anie quantity of toou man oiuei,. -light
increase of milk may change a
small profit into one that is large.
. . -. t : . : 1 ... n a. in eli t for
wuaiiy 1 11 iruifc i -'"-j - ft ,
liv purchasers. When the grower semis
inferior fruit to market ho often gives
two quarts or bushels for the price of one
uid has also taxed his trees or vine to
that extent, having lmpoverisiiou m
more than he should, as well as paid twice
s much for commissions and freight.
W hen there is a surplus in market only
tho lH-st will l in demand, and all infer
ior fruit must be sold at a loss or given
iway.
There is no way of exterminating the
Minmn daisy except by plowing r de
Hroving the individual plants. Probably
plowing in the spring, and constant and
!.. . ....I. .. Ilk a..,.io tiuil like
li equeiib i utkivutiuK ------ -
thu cutaway or disk harrow during tho
J i ... .....
runinicr, wouiu ueswoy v.
. t, i : 1.1 tavm bmll
A lanauian exei . -
out a for uiu In for sterilizing grape juice
in that it may be kept without fermenting,
reiaining us natural nv - n--- --
ually to 170 degrees Fahrenheit, and keep
it at that toincraturo for 10 minutes.
Have the bottles in a kettle of boiling
water, take them out, fill and cork tight
ly immediately. Being iifectlv sweet
and thoroughly sterilized, it will keep
for an indefinite period. Probably cider
could also be kept in the same way and
other fruit juices.
Different valuations are given horse
maiiure,as it is mode from many dilferent
substances. It is estimated that a ton of
manure contains about ten pounds of nitro
gen, ten pounds of potash and four pounds
f phosphoric acid, tho value of which
is alsiul two dollars. It will lie interest
ing for farmers who buy manure to con
sider whether it will pay to haul manure
a long distance unless it is of tho most
valuable kind. Manure from livery
stables, which is wmiposed mostly of
straw, is not worth as much as that which
is free from litter, heme when the fiiimT
give hi lalsir and that of his team to
haul a ton of manure a mile or more, as
well as load and unload it, he may pay
more for it than it is worth. Fertilized
are i-heaior unless the manure is worth
over two dollars a ton.
Variety of food cheapens its cost, as
fiere is "more product when the food is
varied. Corn and wheat are standard food
for poultry, and farmers have contented
fie nisclves that grain is sufficient; but the
Indiana experiment station has demon
strated that when fresh milk is given
chicks intended to be sold as "broilers"
t!.e gain, when milk is added to the grain
ration, is nearly twice as much as when
grain alone is used. For laying hens it is
b. tter to give milk liberally also, as milk
supplies the albumen of the egg and a
largo share of mineral matter, which is
deficient in grain. Skim milk is cheaper
and can be very profitably used for both
bogs and poultry.
Labor Notes.
The diamond mines of the Kiniberlcy
listrict produced lost year diamonds of
;lie aggregate weight of 3,717,785 carats.
Hamilton, Canada, is the latest place to
e taken with the idea that a municipal
Council can profitably add a fire insur
ini e department to the machinery it looks
ifter.
British railroads, it is said, have com
bined to stop Saturday half-holiday ex
.Ursion trains during the summer months
n tho ground that they have their hands
ull with the more profitable regular
a-afQc.
Seattle will Rend 30,000 bales of cotton
to Japan during the criming winter. This
is a rather large order for a single port,
tbout 50 per cent, more in value than the
value of all American exports to Japan
luring 1894-95.
The forest wealth of Mexico in timber,
lyewoods, medicinal and other useful
plants is very great. The exports of
cabinet and dyewoods alone amouut to be
tween two and three million dollars per
innum, while the abundance of the prn
luct is such that the industry is capable
if indefinite development.
Indian cotton goods continue to make
headway in China, says the Bombay Ga
otto, and it is encouraging to find from
the latest reports to hand that the oppor
tunities for the sale of cotton goods in
West China are practically limitless, as
its many millions of inhabitants are al
most entirely clothed in garments made
from cotton.
The output of gold in Austrialia for the
first half of this year will be largely in
excess of that for the same period last
year. The same is true of the South
African gold mines and of the United
States mines. The Klonkike and Alaska
regions will yield $25,000,000 this year.
The estimate that the world's output of
gold would reach 300,000,000 in 1900 was
Vjo low.
Tho amount of silk produced by each
spider is so small that a scientist com
putes Gti.1,522 would be renuirerl to pro
duce a pound of thread.
M. Phisalix announced to tho Acad
t-mie des Sciences, Paris, some time ago,
that chotcstcrine injected into tho blood
of animals moIt; them resist the enoin of
vipers. ,
The number of people who have lived
upon this earth since the time of Adam
is calculated to be somewhere about 36,-627,841,600,000.000
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