Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1886 — Thought He Was an Episcopalian. [ARTICLE]

Thought He Was an Episcopalian.

Secretary Chase was not originally b profane man. He learned lieur to swear after he went into Lincoln’s Cabinet. One day, after he had delivered himself rather vigorously, Lincoln said to him: “Mr. Chase, are you an' Episcopalian?” “Why do you ask?” was the some- . what surprised counter-question. “Oh, just out of curiosity,” replied Lincoln, “reward is an Episcopalian, and I hid noticed that you and he swore in much the samemanner.” —- Washington Hatchet. The discovery of a hitherto unknown lake in the Persian desert was announced at a late meeting of the Vienna Geographical Society. It is at least twenty-five miles long, and from M ohammedan evidence appears to have dried up after a previous existence, and to have again filled up at a quite recent date. , . /. Prof. Langley’s researches have led him to conclusions which imply that, in the absence of absorbing atmosphere, the earth would receive sufficient heat from the sun t o melt an i#e-shell about IKO over the globe’s entire surface. Recent German researches 'show that the purification of natural waters is effected almost wholly by plant and animal agencies, the chemical action of ozone, peroxide of hydrogen, and atmospheric oxygen exerting but a feeble influence. 1