Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1913 — Page 2

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HANGING GROVE.

Miss Ethel Parker spent Sunday' 1 with Mr. and Mrs. Felix Parker and family, near Roselawn. Oscar Williamson had a very close call to what might have been a very painful accident last week, while helping A. E. Stewart cut corn. They were using a one-horse cutter and had just started to get of! the machine when the horse gave a sudden jerk. Oscar’s foot came in contact with the knife blade, cutting away one side of his shoe, just missing bis foot. The accident gave him such a scare he Was unable to work any more that day. * S. B. Snedeker assisted R. M. Jordan with some cement work Tuesday. John Maxwell moved his tile ditching machine to the John Wuethrick farm Monday, where he has a big job of tiling. His brother, Hugh, and Ira Williamson are helping him. George Parker is suffering quite a bit with sciatic rheumatism. Charles Erb and family autoed to Harvey, 111., Saturday for a short visit with relatives, returning home Monday. They had a very pleasant trip, although encountering some rain and mud. v Elmer is doing some repair work on his house, where Millard Pross lives. Wash Lowman came over from Goodland Tuasday for a short stay. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stewart ai\d Mr. and Mrs. John Jordan and daughter, Ruth, went to Shade land Tuesday morning for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Stewart and R. S. Drake and family. They returned home Wednesday evening. Mrs* James Lefler visited at O. A. Letter's Tuesday. Mr. Lefler expects to start for her home in Wisconsin Friday morning. About the swellest social function that occurred here for some time was a birthday surprise party given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Stevens Tuesday evening, in honor of their son, Paul’s, 18th birthday. The parents had very carefully planned a whole evening of very interesting entertainment and invited all of Paul’s friends. The guests were hidden in an upsairs room and when Paul came in they rushed down upon him in such a turmoil that he hardly knew where he wag at for a moment. Refreshments were served at 10 o’clock, at which time the parents of the young man presented to him a beautiful gold ring. It was a lively time from beginning to end. W. C. Rose is now able to hobble about with the aid of crutches. He has been confined to his bed with sciatic rheumatism for several days. Mrs. J. R. Phillips visited with Mrs. Ann Rishling Thursday.

Obituary of Alonzo E. Blair.

Alonzo E. Blair was born in Lorain, Ohio, March 15, 1835. Pie enlisted on the 13th day of May, 1864, as sergeant of Co. K, 138th 111. Yol. Infantry. Was mustered out at Springfield, IIL, xm the 14tli day of Oct, 1864. He was married to Rachel E. Connor July Bth, 1855. To this union six children were born, of whom are living, Luey J. Eggleston, of Pair Oaks; Geo. A. Blair, of Ottawa, Ill.; William A. Blair, Western Springs, Ill.; Linda E. Lemmuel, Chicago, Ill.; Fannie K. Bonham, deceased; David W. Blair, of Fair Oaks, Ind. Mr. Blair and wife moved to Indiana Dec. 3, 1891, south of Fair Oaks, where they resided up to the time of their deaths, lie w r as buried from the M. E. church at Fair Oaks. The out of town friends and relatives who attended the funeral were Miss Zola Bonham, Miss Grace Bonham, W. A. Blair, Western Springs, Ill.; Miss Mamie Boyd, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Lemmuel, Chicago; George A. Blair, Ottawa, Ill.; Byron Henderson, Streator, Ill.; Wm. Jordan, Indianapolis, Tnd. He was a member of Post No. 84, G. A. R., of Rensselaer, Tnd. D. H. Yeoman, commander, and A. J. Bellows, chaplain, assisted by J. C. Thompson, of Fair Oaks, read their part of the cetemony at the grave. Mr. Blair was a splendid citizen, a much liked man by all, and his death brought sorrow to many homes. He had lived a scrupulous and industrious life and possessed a jovial manner that attracted many friends and made him one of the best liked men In the community where he lived.

A Marvelous Escape.

V "My little boy had a marvelous escape," writes P. P. Bastiams, of Prince Albert, Cape of Good Hope. “It occurred in the middle of the night. He got a very severe attack of croup. As luck would have It, I bad a large bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in the house. After following tlw directions sot; an hour and twenty minutes he was through all danger. Bold by A. F. bong. o

Tomato and Cucumber Jelly Salad

Peel and grate four good sized cncumlbere and put In a small saucepan with half a cup of water, four tablespoonfuls of vinegar, a teaspoonful of onion Juice, half a teespoonful of salt, and half a dozen whole peppercorns or a dtesh of white pepper. Simmer live or ten minutes, press through a sieve, and add a few drops of spinach green coloring. Into this stir two tablfcspoonfuls of gelatine, which have been previously soaked in half a cup of cold water. Or In adding the gelatine be governed as to quantity by the directions on the box, as different makes vary somewhat Pour the liquid Into a small ring mold. When stiffened, unmold on a small lettucecovered platter,, fill the centre with mayonnaise dressing flavored with onion Juice and tarragon vinegar, and surround closely with overlapping siloes of small red tomatoes. Tills will serve about eight persons, and is exceedingly pretty.

Homemade Fly Destroyers

A cheap and reliable fly poison which is not so dangerous" to human life Is bichromate of potash in solution. Dissolve one dram, which may be bought at any drug store, in two ounces of water, add a little sugar, and place about the house In shallow dishes. * tt » To clear rooms of flies use carbolic acid, heating a shovel and pouring on it twenty drops of the poison. The vapor will kill the flies. ,

Serving Helps

Watermelon-—Let them lie at least four hours on ice, then wipe clean. Cut off a slice at each end, then cut through the center. Stand on end on platter and slice down. Thus you allow each portion a part of the heart. tt tt Muskmelon —Wash, wipe dry and cot in two. Shake out the seeds lightly and put a lump of Ice In each half. Eat with pepper and salt. Use a silver spoon to eat with. tt tt Pineapples—Slice on a slaw cutter or thin with a knife. Mix with finely powdered sugar. Set on ice until ready to serve. tt tt Oranges—Serve whole, the skins quartered and turned down, form a pyramid with bananas and grapes. tt tt Orange and Cocoanut —A layer of siloed oranges, then Bugar them. Then a layer of cocoanut crated, then another of oranges, an dso on till dish la full. This is known as “ambrosia.” fx tt Siloed peaches—Peal and slice ripe peaches. Lay them, In a dish with plenty of sugar, for two hours, till meal time. Eat with cream. tt tt Stewed Peaches —Make a sirup of sugar and water. Halve the peaches. Leave the stone In one-half, drop Into sirup; allow all to simmer slowly until fruit is tender. Then remove fruit and let the sirup boll till thick. Then pour over the fruit and serve at once.

Empire Waistline

Don’t be afraid of those smart looking little coats with the Empire waistline. One might Imagine that they are a new fashioned cut which Is way beyond one’s own skill as tailor. Actually, some of them we nothing but the ordinary straight-out coats, and the illustration of the Empire style is produced Blmply toy the addition of a band sewed on flatly above the waistline.

Lemon Cream

Stir two tablespoonfuls cornstarch wet in a little oold water, Into one and one-half cupfuls of boiling water, add beaten yolks of three eggs, juice of one large lemon, one oupful of sugar. Cook five minutes, stir In whites of three eggs beaten stiff, beat until cold, pour into glasses and serve with whipped cream. This makes six good diSPee.

Dyeing Hint

If you are going to dye any material at home, dissolve a pinch of bicarbonate of soda in the water in which you mix the dye. This will prevent the color'from cracking and will insure its covering the material evenly. If you cannot buy the shade you wish, It can easily be mixed. For instance, mix blue with pink to make violet, a little yellow with green to make moss color, black with ecru for yellow smoke, etc. Be sure to rinse the material very well with oold water before hanging to dry after dyeing. Press while damp.

Floor Hint

Buy an ordinary mop; saturate In crude paraffin oil, purchased at any druggist’s. Wrap the mop In cheesecloth and stand In a draining pan for several days, until the paraffin oil Is thoroughly absorbed. You will And It invaluable for hardwood or painted floors and the cheesecloth excellent for dusting highly polished furniture. DEVILED EGGS—Hard boll half a dozen eggs, cooking them for at least half an hour. Remove the shells and cut the eggs In half lengthwise. Carefully remove the y oulks s <J as not to break the whites, dropping them Into a bowl. Rub them to a smooth paste and add gradually one-half of a teaspoonful of made mustard, two teaspoonfule of olive oil, one heaping tablespoonful of finely chopped ham or tcngue and salt and pepper to taple. Fill the hollow whites with this mixture, and serve on lettuce leaves. «T~ ~" in r

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VALUABLE SEAWEED.

Fut to Many Uses by the Coast ers of Japan. “A large income is*derived by the Inhabitants of the coasts of Japan from gathering and selling ordinary seaweed,” sgid Jeremiah King of At lantic City. “More than 3,000,000 yen is derived by the harvesters of the deep each year. This does not include the large amount df the product consumed by the natives. “Certain kinds of Beaweed are used for food and Its by-products represenl thousands of dollars annually. As choice a dessert as I ever have eaten from weeds gathered on the southern coast of Japan. This mixed with sugar and sprinkled with rum makes a dessert rarely equaled on this side of the Atlantic. .“There are families on the coast of Japan whose ancestors for hundreds of years have lived entirely from the proceeds of the seaweed gathered from March to November and sold for food. The natives anchor branches of trees at the mouths of the rivers which flow Into the ocean. The Incoming tide deposits seaweed on the branches. The natives gather it, dry It and after mincing It with huge knives sell it in large quantities.”

Where Immense Energy Lies.

Talking before the Institution of Electrical Engineers at Glasgow, on the unknown energy contained In the chemical elements and the prospect of making it available, Mr. F. Soddy said that the forces at our disposal compared with those exhibited when an atom suffers change are of a different and lower order of magnitude. Suppose, he said, that a way could be found In which uranium, which disintegrates to the extent of a thousand millionth part annually, could be made to disintegrate completely in the course of a year; then from one gram of uranium 1,000,000,000 caloric could be evolved, which, converted Into electric energy, would suffice to keep a 82 candle-power lamp burning continuously through the year. By the expenditure of about one ton of uranium, costing less than $5,000, more energy would be derived than is Bup-plied-by all the electric supply-stations of London put together.

Blind Tom.

"Blind Tom was bora near the city of Columbus, Ga., of slave parents, about the year 1846. He belonged to General James N. Bethune, at that time editor and proprietor of the "Corner Stone.” Being blind, Tom would stray away from home and was often found in the woods, roaming around and listening to the blrdß. It was in his whistling imitations of the bird-songs that his wonderful musical ability was first revealed to his mastor. He could repeat perfectly anything that he heard in the line of music. As to his Idiocy, It is generally understood that, his musical ability aside, he was very near being a “nattural." Outside of his love for music, he seemed to be quite Btupid, and if nßt an idiot, he was dangerous near being one. Blind Tom Is still the standing puzzle of the psychologists.

The “Marseillaise."

It depends upon what you mean by er of firing the heart and rousing the will, then there is no other “national song" that comes within a thousand miles of the “Marseillaise.’' “The sound of it,” remarks Carlyle, "will maiiA the blood tingle in men’s veins, and whole armies and assemblages will sing it with eyes weeping and burning, and hearts defiant of death and despots.'* It ie the greatest soulawakener over known on this earth. The famous anthem was composed In 1798, by Rouget de Lisle. The scene Of Its birth was not, as some suppose, Marseilles, but Straßburg. It took its name from the fact that a force of Marseillaise first marched to its inspiring strains.

History of Cotton.

Prior to the middle of the eighteenth century cotton, so far as mo* am time is concerned, was practically unknown. It was grown only In the flower garden. When eight bags of the staple arrived in Liverpool in ITB4 the custom house officers seized It on the ground that so much could not have been raised in America. In ITBT our first cotton mill was set In motion at Beverly, Maas. In 1798 Whitney invented the cotton gin, which rendered cotton raising profitable, and it soon became the leading crop of the South. The Southern Hotted States produce most of the ootton of the world, and will In all proMUty continue tor all time to hold a monopoly of the staple.

The Habitable Barth.

Ids entire habitable area of the With is given at 48*000,000 square miles, of which the extreme fertile Barit may be pot at 37,000,000 square mikes. With the generally accepted sustaining capacity of 200 persons to the square mile, this area oould, by systematic tillage, ha made to yield —bststunos to 7,400,000,000 human be tags. It has been calculated that within ISO years the world's population wfll be swelled to 7,440,000,000 souls. What will happen MO years hence, whan the population of the earth will be HOQQ,OOO,OOO, remains to be seen.

War of 1812.

The treaty of Ghent between England and the United States, Deoember H 1814, ended the Whr of 1811. Its main provisions were the restoration of nil territory, plaoas and possessions token by either pwW Cram the ether taring the war, except oartrin Winnie

Incubator Mothers

DID YOU KNOW that Incubator chickens are of a more confiding nature than the hen-raised chickens! An Incubator chicken being motherless, has no one to warn it that the big creature In a Mother Hubbard, or the larger creature In overalls, that comes out to feed U, Is not an angel, as It Imagines, but a monster who will some day grab it, wrtags its little neck and eat It. Therefore, it trusts the big creature in a Mother Hubbard, and the larger creature In overalls, tags It all over the yard, and jumps on its lap, and feeds out of its hand. And when the little head of this trusting incubator chicken Is under Its wing In the brooder at night the heaven of Its dreams is peopled with big angels in Mother Hubbards, or larger angels in overalls, carrying ears of corn. But the little hen-raised chicken Is taught the day It breaks Its shell to run as fast as Its legs win carry It from all big creatures in Mother Hubbards and all larger creatures In overalls, and because of these warnings It lives longer. The little incubator orphan has no one to warn It of danger, that being the mission of the mother, whether in the barnyard or house, and meets its tragedy earlier In life. Just two words explain the difference between the hen and the incubator —maternal instinct. The hen, possessing It in a degree that has made her a model of motherly devotion, warns her chickens against all who make chickens their prey, and this warning ie sounded in their ears from the day they are hatched till they reach an age of discretion. The incubator’s interest ends the day the brood Is hatched. Its task is ended and some other wooden mother —a brooder —takes It up. There are mothers like the hen and mothers like the wooden Incubator. Which are you? The mother who lets her daughter trail the streets with a man whose morals are an unknown quantity, is an incubator mother. Her Interest in her offspring ended the day it was bora, and she turned it over to some other -Wooden mother—a nurse or the etreets.| There are beasts of prey roaming around looking for the sons and "daughters of incubator mothers, and when they catch them the mother is not a bit less guilty than they, for the beasts of prey have the plea that It is their nature, and she violates every law of nature In her neglect. With motherhood, there should come keen eyes, an Instinct of danger a passion to warn and protect. She knows in what guise and form her children will be tempted, and unless she guards them with her love and protects them with her wisdom, she is of no more use in the progress of the world than a wooden frame, containing an alcohol lamp and warranted to hatch.

Grass Stains.

At this season of the year most mothers of tiny tots are worrying about grass stains on the dainty clothing. Even though they may know that alcohol or lard wil remove the stains before they are put into the water, they are fearful lest some article stained with the grass may get into wash unnoticed. They need worry no more. Fill the hollow spot on the top of a cake of white soap with water and let It stand until the soap Is soft, then take the grass stained article out of the wash (If It has not been boiled,) smear the softened soap on the stain as you would smear on lard, rub and rinse. One application will remove small stains. For larger stains repeat the application until stains disappear.

Heavy Laces are Popular.

Heavy linen laces are far ahead of other kinds in the race for popularity. The designers have turned to history for ideas, and some very antique and charming patterns are shown in Venlselace, or in the broad bands of Irish. By the way, now that the Irish laoe manufactured in this country is called Irish, this lovely trimming will be more in demand than ever. Formerly it had to be made in Ireland to win any appreciation/ though our American product was every bit as good Jackets, hat crowns or brims, are being made of it, handbags we have had for a long time, but a new and pleasing Idea is to combine Irish and Venise in one article:

The Cost of Tents.

A tent large enough and strong enough to shelter two people comfortably can be bought tor ten dollars. With care It will laat years. Add three or tour flies, at an expense of a dollar and a half to five or six dollars each, and you have a summer palace. A fly above the tent makes It rainproof. A fly stretched over the front entrance makes a spacious veranda. Another fly at the back furnishes a luxurious kitchen, and an extra fly to run along the windward side of the kitchen protects the Are from a too enthusiastic breeze. The veranda fly and the 3lde one for the kitchen can be home made, of unbleached muslin. The roof should be of heavy duck. — "Harper's Bazar.”

To Make a Polishing Cloth.

Mix together two quart* gasoline, one pound Spanish whiting and onefonrth ounce oleic acid. Take woolen okAhs of the desired site and eoak in the mixture then wring and hang to dry.

CUCUMBER FRITTERS—PeeI and grate a number of large cucumbers Press all the juice from the pulp ana measure. To each pint allow one tablespoonful of melted butter, three tablespoonfuls of cream, two eggs, salt and pepper to taste and one-half of a cupful of sifted flour or sufficient to make a very thick drop batter. Beat well together for a moment, add one scant teaspoonful of baking powder. Drop by spoonfuls into smoking hot fat and when well browned drain on en glazed paper.

MEN’S BONES ON FOOTPATH

Remains of Ancient Indiana in Rojd Material Taken from an Old Mound. Mill Valley, Cal.—Mill Valley has public roadways that are unlike any others in the world. Every time milady walks on the pretty, smooth, white pathways and drives that lead to many of Mill Valley’s fashionable homes she treads on the bones of men long dead, the aborigines of America, for mingling with the shell and gravel that compose tae paths are the remains of the Tamal Indians. Whenever she puts down a dainty French heel the sole of her shoe stamps into the earth a fragment of a skeleton of a redman. Now there are those who object to all this, and therefore Mill Valley is split into factions. One side has no qualms about using the bones of the Indians for paths, tennis courts and driveways, while another protests strenuously, because they look upon it as a desecration of the dead. Near the entrance to Mill Valley la a high mound called the ancheria. It Is about the height of a three-story house. Until investigations were made the pile was thought to be composed of shells. Lately it was discovered that the mound was an old burial ground of the Tamal Indians, after whom Mount Tamalphais was named, Tamalpais meaning land or country. Owing to the accessibility of the “shell pilo” a number of persons in Mill Valley have paved their garden paths with material from the mound and unwittingly carried with the shells the bone:, of the dead Indians. And now the dust of the red American—remains of mighty warriors and hunters —serve to offset with dull white the gorgeous flowers and green lawns of *he Anglo-Saxon conqueror. Efforts are being made to have the trustees erect a monument over the remains of Mill Valley’s first settlers and to stop the cartage of the shells and bones from tae mound. The protesting ones aver that more respect should be shown tue dead whether Indian or white. Even though they be iperely bones the Idea of using them for footpaths does not appeal to them. Many of those who already have their paths laid out, and others who Btil cast covetous eyes on the “shell pile,” have different Ideas. They look at the proposition from an eminently practical standpoint “Bones are bones,” and that settles the matter. By experience they hage discovered that shell and none mixed makes excellent coverings for soil paths, as the rain waters percolate through easily and one may pass dry shod over the path: Several persons have been quietly excavating the mound, and a number of relics have been unearthed. Among them are stone nortars used in grinding grains and nuts. A skull in a mortar also nas been dug out The skull is undoubtedly that of a woman, as the Tamal Indians always buried females in this manner. Long arrow heads of obsidian and a dozen spear heads of volcanic rock also have been brought to light Further and deeper explorations will no doubt uncover skeletons, relics and implements of both peace and war.

100 YEARS FOR ROCKEFELLER.

Dr. Biggar Gives Three Reae3ns for His Fine Physical Condition. Cleveland, Ohio.—Dr. H. F. Biggar of Cleveland Is John D. Rockefeller's physician. “Is the report true that Mr. Rockefeller is suffering from rheumatism T" a reporter asked him. "Absolutely untrue,” said the physician. “I saw Mr. Rockefeller only three weeks ago. His health is perfect He will live to be 100 yeara old, for three reasons: "First, he avoids all worry. “Second, he takes plenty of exercise in the open air. “Third, he never overloads his stomach and always gets up from the table a little hungry. "If other men would follow Mr. Rockefeller’s physical methods, we would all be young at seventy."

500,000 Opium Suicides a Year.

Cleveland, Ohio.—-“ Opium causes half a million tulcides a year," declared the Rev. A S. Gregg, of the International Reform Bureau, artth reference to the opium conference. The statement is based on letters god reporta from Dr. E. W. Thwlng, special secretary of the reform bureau, sent to China by the bureau to attend the opium conference. Dr. Tthwtng states that he has obtained statistics from the provinces of Kuelchau, Tonnan, Szo Chuan and Annwei, with a total population of 680,000, In which he says the proportion of the population using opium is from 20 to 80 per cent and the amount of money spent for the drug is 8200,000,000 a year.

City Pays 10 Cents Kach for Rats.

Seattle, Wash.—Bounty on four hundred rats, the catch of one day this week by the bounty squad, was paid by tbe city at the rat laboratory. Driven out of tbe brush bulkhead near the Moran Shipyard by excessive high tides, the animals sought shelter along the water front, and were trapped and poisoned by the men who make their livelihood from the bounty of 10 oents per head for all rats brought to the laboratory.

Dog Fur Train’s 700-Mlle Trig.

Winnipeg Man.—From a TOOrnOe Journey across the wastes extending to Hudson Bay ten dog .trains, heavily laden with fun, reached Winnipeg. Tbe furs, which are valued at hundreds of thousands of doctors, are bounu for the London mar tori.

BALTIMORE'S SHOWER BATHS.

They Are Set Up In Bummer In Tents • on Vacant Lots. The city of Baltimore has a system of portable shower baths in which the residents of/the congested sections may enjoy both hot and cold water baths during the summer months. Although called portable the baths are not moved from place to place every lew hours but are housed under canvas or constructed of galvanised Iron sheeting. They are erected, says Popular Mechanics, on vacant lots In congested districts and remain at one place all summer, the “portable" meaning that they can then be taken down and packed away until required the nest year. The patronage of suck a bath on warm days, it is stated, numbers Shout 400. On two days a week women attendants are placed in charge and the baths are turned over to women girls. From 850 to 400 availed themselves of this opportunity. Last year more than 15,180 persons used the bath.

Dene-Holes.

These curious well-like excavations, found In Kent and Sussex, are popularly supposed to belong to the time of the Danish rule in England. They are invariably about 3 feet In diameter and seldom less than 60 feet deept Ingress and egress were provided for by means of rude ladders or ropes. Various explanations have been ottered to account for their existence — some supposing them to have been places of refuge, others that they were connected with secret forms of worship, still others that they were dug for the extraction of chalk and places of refuge, others that they flint Mr. A. J. Philip, in a reoent study of the subject, advocates the view that the holes were made to serve as silos, or granaries. They are found close together in groups, corresponding with the habit of various tribes of clustering in restricted areas.

Dogwood.

The industrial value of dogwood la psobably but little appreciated except by manufacturers and users of bobbins, shuttles and spindles employed In ootton and woolen-mills. These are made of dogwood or persimmon wood, and hitherto the supply has come from the Southern States. The Forest Service now calls attention to the fact that the supply In that part of the country Is nearly exhausted. Fortunately dogwood abounds In Oregon, Washington and California, and large plants for the manufacture of spindleg have recently been erected in the Cascades In Oregon. In the Bast an attempt has been made to substitute the wood of the mesqult and the tupelo for dogwood. The mesqult Is very hard, heavy and close-grained t the tupelo is heavy, but less hard. It has the valuable property of wearing smooth by friction.

The Earliest Men.

Recent studies by Professor Penck in the Alps, combined with those of Mr. Hugo Obermaler, a distinguished pupil of Penck, in the Pyrenees, have bed the effect of considerably shortening the estimate of the length of time that has elapsed since prehistoric man left the marks of hie presence In Europe. It now appears that both In the Alps and the Pyrenees there exist contemporary geological records showing four successive periods of alternate advance and retreat of glaciation. Heretofore it has been considered probable that prehistoric men dwelt in the neighborhood of these mountains during the last two invasions of the ice, but the new evidence is regarded as proving that it was only of the last, or fourth, glacial advance that man was a living witness.

Cataclysmic Geology.

“Cataclysmic” geology no longer exists. It was once the accepted opinion that the great changes on the earth's surface had been mainly brought about by sudden and violent Sitaclysmlc) agencies, but Sir arles Lyell, as far back as 1888, demolished the old theory of cataclysm at once and forever. Sir Charles proved by facts which were Indisputable that the great geological changes have been produced slowly by gradual processes of subsidence and elevation, and not by earthquakes, volcanic action, etc. Lyell may bg/paid to be the father of modern geology, or, to put it more correctly, of real, scientific geology.

The Afterglow.

It has been shown that the afterglow that follows the ordinary twilight, and which produces swab beautiful effects upon the snowy summits of the high Alps, Is a phenomenon of general occurrence, and the hypothesis has recently been put forth that the light may be due to a peculiar form of radiation from the sun, composod of waves lying beyond the ultraviolet of the spectrum, and remaining in the upper air a quarter of an hour after \ die disappearance of the visible sunset rays. The supposition Is that these rays, although themselves Invisible, may excite phosphorescence in thb atmospheric particles, thus producing a visible glow. >

Early Notions of Future Existence.

Ooidaagea says: "The earliest opinion of tho ancient generations was that man lived In Che tomb, that the soul did not leave the body, and that It remained fixed to that portion of ground where the bon eg lay burled. Besides, man bad no account to lender of bis first life. Once pleoed ta the tomb he had neither rewards nor punishments to expect This is a vary crude opinion, surely, but it It the beginning of the nod on of a future life”