BE EARNEST.
Tbcv tell mo that 'mid Alpine now,
And rock, nnd avalanche, nnd dorm,
Rime flowers In regal eplcndof prow,
Ueahtlous nllke In line nnd form.
TIi In old ocean' depths profound,
Vhcro umllslurlicd tne waters lie,
.Ai finer forms nnd (lowers found,
Than ever meet the common eye.
That In tho deepest, darkest mlno
Is ffjiind Die richest, purest irem
That e'er on regal lirenst did shine,
Or f Kirklo in a dlmlcm.
Frnni these I lenrn tills slnirlc truth:
T.f. not (lie tlioiiplitlcM, lieedlecs throng
Wlio find earth's richest jinn Jorpooiri
- Or live lier grandest scenes among.
Hat rather they who seek with care,
In earnest action, word and thought,
And And them only when and where
The fickle croud had never foimht.
A. O. Wltton, in the Current.
IIUMPUltEY'S BELL.
.Mr. Giles was seated nlono in tlio
tap-room of St. Agnes inn, with Ii is
fret on a table and a half-filled mug of
ale in li ib liund. lie was lookin
through tho open door at tlio fading
nunlight and wishing somo thirsty ctis
fomor would coino tip and drop a few
hillings into his till. When about
finishing ids alo a sound of footsteps
without caused hi m to remove his feet
from the table and assume a more bus
incfw liko attitude by standing witli his
hands behind his back and an indiffer
ent look on his faee. as though inde
pendent of the entire world.
"Good evening. Mr. Giles," said tho
newcomer.
"Good evening, Parker, good ovo
ning," answered Mr. Giles. 'Come in.
What will vou have, and what is tho
nowfl?"
"Alo. Giles, and a bit of cheese. Yon
sink for tlio news: then you haven't
lic.inl it?"
"Not ii whit. What is it?"
"Silas Humphrey."
"What, of lump" asked Mr. Giles.
"Dead."
"Dead?"
"Yes, dead," repeated Mr. Parker,
db lie brought his hand down on tlio
table Willi emphasis, as though driving
tlio hut nail into Silas Humphrey's
rxifiin.
"WhenP" asked Giles.
'Two hours and a half ago."
Many a secret dies within him,"
nam Air. lilies, slinking Ills head in a
mysterious manner.
"Giles, what do you mean?"
"Nothing," was tho unsatisfactory
minwer.
It must, bo somothing."
"No matter, no matter," replied
Giles. "What did ho do with his
money?"
"llo divided it among some kinfolks
in Wales; all excepting onu hundred
pounds."
"What's tliat for?"
"Tho good of the parish," answored
Mr. Parker.
"Heaven help tho parish then."
"What do you mean, Giles? I want
to know what you mean."
"Nothing, Parker, nothing. What's
that money for?"
"For a bell to put in tho vacant
tower of St. Agues church."
"It will never ring might but a donlh
knoll.
noil." said Mr. Giles in a sopul
jptileliral
voice.
"Give mo an cxplunnt'nn to your
words Mr. Giles. I demand iU What
do you mean?''
"That tlio parish must not touch tho
monov."
"Why?"
'Hecausn it's cursed, 1 sav."
"Cursed, Giles! Was that tho wordP"
"Yes, cursed every penny. It will
hriug only mischief.""
"How cursed?" asked Parker.
"There is blood, red blood on it"
"I don't understand."
' "Thero is a great deal you don't un
derstand. A vast, great deal, Mr.
Parker. Hut 1 toll you, 1 will not en
ter tho church if a boll purchased witli
Silas lluinjirey's money is ever hung in
its tower."
You am wrong, Giles. You are too
novoro on Silas, who may have been a
little wild a few years back, but lately,
you know, ho has been a sober and well
behaved man."
"1 know it. 1 know It. And 1 know
h deal more."
What is tho matter with you. Giles?
There's something on your mind, and I
ray out with it liko n man."
"Parker."
"What, GilosP"
"Do you remember tho groat num
lior of robberies which were committed
twenty years ago on tho very road
which lies before this house?"
"Yes."
"And tho murders?"
"Yes."
"Who was tho robber?" askod Mr.
Giles.
I don't know."
Who was tho murderer?"
"1 don't know."
"1 do," said Giles.
Who?"
Hoforo answering, Mr. Giles looked
nil about tho room, and then sinking
Ids voleo to n whisper, said:
Silas Humphrey."
"Silas Humphrey!" repeated Parker.
How do you know?"
"Listen," Mild Mr. Giles, as ho took
Ids astonished friend by tho arm ami
drew him nearer. "About four years
ago Silas was in hero alone, as you are
now, and had been drinking a great
deal, as you have not. Ho was talka
tive, unit so tlruiik ho mistook mo for
nmo onu else some companion of
twenty yours before-and ho talked
about robbery and murder."
"Well?' put in Parker.
Ho said ho hail been the loader of
the gang, continued Mr. Giles, "and hu
kept referring to mo to corroborate his
stories as though 1 had been with him."
Whv haven't you told this before?"
"I didn't dare while Humphrey lived.
Indeed no. My live wouldn't bo worth
that owtcr pot if 1 had. Silas was
too drunk to Kuow what ho nud, nnd I
didn't propose reminding him of It."
"I ruthor-thluk he was so drunk ho
Imagined the whole thing." answered
Mr. Parker.
"Think ni you w'H. Parker. Think
a you will. Hut you will soc. Mis.
chiof, and mischief alone, will comn out
of that bell. 1 have nothing moro to
say about it. and will have not h in
to do witli it."
"ion am silly, Giles. llecaue S las
Humphrey may have done wrong it is
no reason tlio church should not accept
tno 1)011. '
..it . . .
-nave your own w.iv, i'.irKer. nave
your own way. Hut 1 tell you the nion
ey came through evil, ami tho bell will
bring onlv evil.
"Ion are a croaker. Giles. The bell
will bo swinging in SI. Agnes lower be
fore two months, anil on Christmas
day will ring as merr ly as nnv bell in
all Lngliuid. '
"Let it lie croaker, Parker. We'll sec,
wc 11 sec, said .Mr. Gilc.
So tlio conversation ended for that
day, and the subject was not mentioned
again ior iiooul a niontn, when one
night, as the two friends were seatd at
the table where Silas Humphrey had
told of his crimes, tlio clerk of the par
isu entered the room.
"Good evening, Mr. Miller, good ovo
ning," said Giles; "como. take a scat
and tell us tlio Loudon news. When did
ou reach homo?"
'This very afternoon," returned tho
clerk.
What nows about tho casting of tho
bell?" asked Mr. Parker.
Had news" said tho clerk.
"I told you so. J told vou so." said
Mr. Gilo-. "What is it. Miller? Out
witii it."
I went to sco them pour the bell."
answered Miller, "and all was roadv at
th roo o clock yesterday. Tlio metal
was in a nugo iron not. winoli some
workmen wcro swinging by a crane in
to place to pour, when a chain parted
and tlio niolloii mass was spilled onto
two ottiio mou, kill. tig them instantly
"What did 1 toll you. Parker, what
did 1 tell you?" asked Mr. Giles in an
excited manner. "Didn't sav it would
urmgoviir noro are two good uvea
sacrificed, and there may bo more,
J. hero may lie more.
"Jiioy will try again next week.
said the clerk.
J hoy had belter stop right where
they are. 'I hoy had better ston." an
swered Mr. Gilc.
Jlr. J'arker had nothing further to
say at tliat tunc, llo was much affect
cd, and bogau to fear, that nerhans Mr.
tiiies was right, lint on that dav two
weeks ho had forgotten his fears and
entering St. Agnes Inn said: "The
bell is here, and will ho hung to-mor
row. It, is so largo wo must build a
scallolding and take it up outside of
tho tower, and let it down through the
roof. You must come and see us hanir
it. J hero will bo a lira in tho church
stove to keep your lingers warm."
the shallow of the church s hall
novcrfall on mo, after the boll is on tin
ground," said Mr. G.Ies. "Hut 1 will
bo there."
That is rigid, Giles. Come and
near mo ben ring out a mcrrv laugh at
your tears."
1 ho next, morning tho bell was denos-
ited at tlio foot of St. Agnes tower, and
tho men who had gathered at the
church were warming themselves at
tho lire inside, waiting for those who
had not. yet. come. When Mr. G.les
came ho did not go near the church.
but stood some distance from tlio tow
er, looking upon the bell in a half
frighlonod manner, as though it were
some brass-jawed and iron-jawed wild
nonsi ready to spring on him. To .Mr.
lilies it was not a senseless mass of
metal, but (lie incarnation of S las
n i t t t
uuiupiiroy s evil deeds, llo was
frightened at the very thought of Us
blasphemous vo.co calling God's wor
shippers together. Ho was startled b.
the cheerful
voice of Air. Parker bo-
hind him.
"Come. Giles." sad Mr.
J'arker.
"don't stand hero freezing
this cold
morning, but lend a hand, and wo w.ll
have the bell, in place in no time.''
iNo, rarker, no! ot I, 1 wouh In l
touch a hand to tlio thing for all tiie
royal treasure."
i noil stay wuero vou are. nm in
half an hour you will seo tlio bell m ing-
ing, and hear its voice laughing at vou."
Mr. Parker said as ho went towards tho
el nirch.
Mr. Giles stood looking at the bell.
wiiiio i no men prepared to put it mi
position. Mr. Parker took lus place at
ino top oi i lie tower beside an Im
promptu crauu which had boon erected
with its projecting arm reaching beyond
the wall, and holding suspended u ropo
which was to raise the boll. All was
inado ready. One end of the rope was
scoured to tno noli, wlul.i the other.
which had boon run over a pulley on the
crane above, was fastened to a windlass
on the ground. Eight men seized the
arms of the windlass and walked slowly
around with it. Tho boll began to rise
ami was soon swinging clear. Higher
aim nigner it went, wiiiio jur. rarker
above allowed tho rope topnas between
Ids hands, and gave directions to tlio
mon below.
Mr. Giles stood spooehlos.s, shading
his eves and watching this monster of
a bell suspended between earth ami
sky. Tlio thought camo into his mind
that such should havo been the fatu of
Silas Humphrey.
Tho boll reached tho top of tho
tower, and slowly r sing was a ou
above it. Mr. Patkor took a linn hold
of the ropo with one hand and called
for help to swing tho bell over the par
apet, that It might lie lowered to the
bearings prepared for it. llo looked
down to Mr. G.les, and waved his
hand oMillingly. Was it only imagi
nation tliat caused Mr, Giles to th nk
tlio crane was vibrating, or was it actu
ally moving? Ho thought he saw il
leatiliigi'toward the church and Mr.
Parker appeared to bo us ng his strength
to stay it. It was no imag nation.
i no crane was toppling and Doing drag
ged by the weight of the boll. What
was Air. Parker's strength compared
with tho gravity of that mass of brass?
Nothing. The fastenings ouco loosened
twenty men could not have hold it. It
must go. Mr. G los saw this, and cried
out with alarm. 1 ho mou below jump
ed from under, and tho ponderous bell
and ropo and crane swung partly
around, with mr. rarkor still cling ng
on. Ho loosened his hold, but loo
Into. Ho hud been dragged Iwyoud his
balance, and conscious man wont down
witli senseless metal. Not onto tho
ground, but onto nnd through the
church roof. Tho men rushed nsldo,
ami a cry of "lire! was raised. Tho
bell had b truck the stove, crushing it
to the floor and scattering tho burning
coals, which lighted thd surrounding
wood. Soon tho church was filled
With smoke and llamc. Water camo
too late. Tho church was doomed.
The men could not do nothing but
stand by and watcli tho devouring
llames destroy the templo of worship
and leave nothing standing save a few
jagged nieces of wall.
I told you so, I told you so." said
Mr. Giles. "Poor Parker wouldn't
believe me, and now whom is ho?
Dead! His lifo sacr.Iiced and the church
destroyed, all on account of the ac
cursed" ball, which 1 know could bring
only evil."
When tlio lire subsided Mr. Parker's
bones were found beside the bell, which
was cracked from rim to top, and lay
half-buried in tho ground, hot a man
was found who would touch it. There
it was left among tlio ruins of St.
Agnes on tho ground it had cursod.
And there it lies to this day, amid deso
lation to bo avoided, especially after
nightfall, excepting by the ghost of
c C iIZ r .ilia'i.r i. ". ..
44iiiujMii uj f n uiuit i a iu inkling tuu
spot, nnd with its skeleton hand to
nightly strike tho hour of twelve on
tlio almost voiceless bell. Chicago
ilcraul.
As to Food.
upmions about eating havo taken a
more sensible turn under lato medical
observations, contrasting with tho tinio
in memory wliou conscientious pooplo
studied to limit their faro to tho fewest
ounces that would sustain life. Pious
people and iniidcl philosophers alike
thought it an advance when they could
record their daily diet at fifteen ounces,
mostly of bread and weak drink. Higid
persons oarripu scales to tho table and
weighed their food allowing so many
minutes and so many ounces, after
which they rose from the table hungry
or satislioiLns tho case might be. Hy
gienic rolormors are still harping on
tho mistaken rule, "Always rise from
thn t;thlo hnmri'i- If (ho fitfnt.l in.
- ri'J'
stmcts of the body wcro given soloy to
bo disregarded, and to bo a constant un-
casiness. J his ascetic rule is one ex
treme of the food question' opposing
which wo may place tho homely old say
ing, tliat the way to cat mush and
milk was to "sit two inches from the
table, and cat until you touch." Science
and common sense aliko forbid hunger
and repletion.
Dr. Hodges, before tho Hoston So-
oiety for Medical Improvement, takes
high and well-sustained ground that
the body requires not only to bo fed.
but filled;" and says that the underfed
absorb a largo part of medical practico
tor the reliot ot diseases lrom lack of
nutrition, among which are, "nervous
prostration, aiuemia, neuralgia, cough
and throat troubles, constipation, back
ache, and nausea or sick headache
Tho symptoms of "chronic starvation,"
he declares, are louud not only in Irish
and Lanohasiro famines, or among un
derpaid operatives and shop girls, but
in good tamilics, among growing
sciiool children, boys fitting for college,
society girls, young mothers of fam
ilies, ami working women. (Quality of
food, with all the heat and forco it'may
contain, will nol. make up for quantity.
and tho better educated classes readily
deceive themselves, and mislead others,
as to the amount ot lood necessary
tor weltare. under tho con -eit
that eating heartily is neither whole-
some nor relined, a habit of going with
out enough sustenance is established,
till tlio stomach grows contracted from
want of sullicient v ctualing, and tho
result is low tone, and weakness of
body and brain. Much of the ill-humor,
tho dullness and llatness of intercourse,
tlio fa lure in business and literature,
is directly traceable to defective nutri
tion. Tho mind is slow or confused.
the nerves give way under strain, and
tliat suappishnoss results which is
realy a form of hysteria, in men and
women. Llie snortcoiuiugs of the usual
diet are apparent.wlion it is seen that
the ordinary rat on of mixed faro
should weigh with in an ounce and a
half of seventeen pounds of the hoart
iest food. Tho utter inadequacy of tlio
genteel restaurant portion was forcibly
shown at the International Health Ex
hibition in London, when tlio Vege
tarian Sooiety illumed itself on fur
nishing six-penny dinners to four or
live bundro I persons daily. From the
carefully kept account ot bill of faro.
compared witli the standard diet agreed
upon ly physiologists, it appeared
that six of tho six-pojiny dinners would
be needed to support a man during a
hard day's labor. And growing crea
tures, hard students, and overtasked
women require not loss than two-thirds
this amount, or tlio body languishes,
and it takes but a few years to estab
lish disease. Experience confirms tlio
necessity of a heartier diet. Within
twenty years the rat onsof armies, and
of charitable institutions, hospitals
and prisons have boon liberally increas
ed. It is hardly possible to exagerato
the necessity for an amended d et.gen-
orous in quantity, quality and variety.
The Coisircantionulist,'
. Maggie's Sixpence.
A missionary told us tho other day a
very allectiug Utile incident. Ho had
been preaching a mission sermon in
Scotland, and tolling of the condition
of the poor women of Inil a, and ob
served that many of tlio and eneo
seomed quite atl'ected by his account.
A tew daya attorward, tho pastor of
tho church where he had preached mot
on tho street one of his parishioners, a
poor old woman halt lutnd, who earn
ed a precarious 1 volihood by going er
rands, or any other iittio worK of that
kmd that came in her way. She went
up to him, and with a bright smile nut
a sixpence into his hand, telling h m
that was to go for the mission work in
India. Her minister, knowing how
poor sho was, said. "No, no, Maggie;
that is too much for you to give; you
cannot ailbrd this." She told him sho
had just been on an errand for a very
kind gentleman, and instead of a few
coppers sho generally received, ho had
given hor three pennies and a silver
sixpence; and she said: "Tho silver and
tlio gold Is the Lord s and tho copper
will ilo for poor Maggie." How many
lessons do God's poor teauh us'!
"Poor in this world, rich in faith and
heirs of the kingdom!" .t( Home and
AbroaiL
TROUBLE IN THE CAMP
A Decision That Ilni Caused Much
Discontent tu tlio .Salvation Army.
The recent autumn maneuvers of the
Salvation army in England wcro highly
successful. Tho Amen artillery chal
lenged general admiration, and was es
pecially effective at long-rango practice.
Tlio Hallelujah infantry, which were
recently equipped witli now drums and
tambourines maintained tho old-time
csirit de corps.
When the Salvation cavary came into
view a laughable incident occurred, for
a religious hobby horse took the bit in
h s mouth and cavorted and pranced all
over the hold witli a Salvation army
lieutenant, who was utterly unable to
hold him. Among tho corps whoso
evolutions won especial praise wore
"the Hlood and Fire Foncibles," "tho
Cold Stream Guards" (Haptist), "tho
Royal Seven Dial Hrigade" "tho Petti
coat Lano Light Cavalry," "tho Cheap-
i side Cuirassiers," "tlio Collection Plato
Dragoons," "tlio Mosaic Veterans,
and "the Mount Ararat Invinciblcs."
A largo part, of the army aro to bo
armed w th repeating sermons. Since
going into winter barracks the Salva
tion army, not to speak disrespectfully
of that excellent organization, lias
adopted the military system of the Zu-
Ins. for it has decided tliat no officer
inay marry until ho has dLslinguisncd
himself in tiie service and lias reached
the grade of captain. Ho must also
obtain the consent of his post com
mandant, and must have sufficient mil
itary capacity to command three fort
resses of the army at once.
People who are" not familiar witli tho
grades and ranks of the Salvation army
may bo interested to know that a can
didate, after going through a thorough
course of military instruction in the eat
ecliKm, and parsing rigid examinations
on tlio art of holding camp-meetings,
becomes a "cadet." Ho often serves
two years as a cadet before he gets to
bo a lieutenant. If lie survives four or
five years of active service as a lieu
tenant, he is promoted to be captain. A
captain may grow grey in tiie service
without, ever becoming a major. In
botnc instances the ambitious cadet
sorves fifteen years before he wears a
captain's shoulder-straps and com
mands a class-meeting.
A promising cadet of tho Salvation
army who becomes enamored of a pret
ty daughter of the regiment has now to
wait hftcen years before ho may wed.
Promotion is slow, and unless ho distin
guishes himself in parsing the collection
jdato tho young salvation soldier may
never reach tho rank of captain. Sev
eral hussars in tlio Salvation cavalry,
who aro engaged to pretty young ladies
in tho Amen light artillery, havo des
pairingly given up all hopes of ever cel
ebrating their nuptials. There is great
discontent over the now military order,
and hundreds of soldiers aro deserting
every day. he vera 1 battalions have
openly mutinied and thrown away their
prayer-booKS.
Iho rule has been adopted to encour
age gallantry in tlio Held, and to pre
vent marital incongruities. Under tho
old system a callow cadet of the Salva
tion light infantry often married a vet
eran skirmisher ot the "tsiood and i-ire
Fcne. bio," or a young and pretty tam-bourinc-playor
in the "Flying artillery"
gave her hand and heait to an ancient
drummer of the "Mosaic veterans."
Husband and wife wore seperated for
many years. They shouted in different
battalions. Tlio husband might be sent
to Iud a witli his battalion to sap and
mine undor a heathen temple, while at
the same tinio tlio wife might bo sent to
Switzerland with hor battalion to skir
mish with tho Lutherans on the Alps.
The adopt. on of the rule w.ll also
give t ho Salvation army ollicers time tc
devote themselves to" religious work.
They will no longer pass delightful
hours in paving court to cliariniii" j
young ladies, the Hour of the religious
army, nor longer hide tlio r lamps un
der a bushel on Sunday evenings.
Henceforth tlioy will have to face grim
war everywhere, anil will go to India
to be eaten by t gers and to Switzerland
to 1)0 stoned by other Christians.
Tho now order about tlio ollicers mar
ry ng has not yet been received m this
country, but it is fearfully expected
every day. All the cadets and lieuten
ants in New York are ind'gnant, and
talk of throwing up their commissions.
If an attempt is made to enforce t lie
new rule in New York there will be a
mutiny in tlio Salvation army second in
history only to the Sepoy mutiny. Sew
York Star.
A Solid City.
Horlin is a solid city, for tlio Hcrlin
character is deep and substantial. Its
solidity is moro manifest than its good
taste, though this is by no means al
ways lacking. Since Germany lias en
deavored to compete with Franco in
tlio markets of tho world she has at
tempted to imitate French goods, even
those into wliioii art largely enters, but
with imperfect .success. Gorman cloths
are not equal to those of either France,
England or Helg um. German hosiery
is invariably poor. German jewelry is
honest, but not as tasteful as that made
in Paris or Now York and San Fran
cisco. So witli the i ii tin it u category of
fancy goods. A shop window on "tlio
Uutor don Linden doos not compare
favorably with one on tho Par s boule
vards, either in repoct to quality of
goods, elegance of pattern, or tasto of
arrangement. Whether it is a suit of
clothes, a night shirt, a ncoktio. or a
sot of toilet articles, tho want of skill
in making and of taste in designing is
seen at a glance. On tho other hand
there is no apparent effort to make a
thing sooni bettor than it is. On this
point tlio purchaser is rural v deceived
Car. San Francisco Chronicle.
Ho Thought It Wrong.
How's prohibition out hero?" asked
an Eastorn clergyman of a rural lowan.
"Prohibition be hanged! There isn't
any. by you can buy all tho whisky
you want for fifteen cents a glass."
"My friend, do you think that's
right?"
"No, of course I don't."
"I'm heartily glad to hoar you sav
so, inv friend."
I that
"so, wo ought to got too drinks for
money." Tul-llits.
NATURAL GAS.
How It Is Accumulated nnd Stored
Tlio Safety Vnlves of tho Ololx;.
Dr. II. W. Faucctt. of Neosho, Mo.,
who has for many years been docply in
terested in natural ga. its origin, and
results, and who has made experiments
and investigations in the oil regions of
Pennsylvania, is at tho Hotel Moser.
Ho talks very entertainingly and in
structively upon the subject that proba
bly occupies a major portion of his
thoughts and shows that he has given it
much careful research.
"Science tells us." .hid ho yesterday,
"that tho central portion of this globe
is a molten mass of heat, if so it must
necessarily be an incandescent or electri
cal heat, burning in vacuo without oxy
genhence no combustion. Admitting
this to be the case and considering that
at least two-thirds of the globe's surface
is covered with water, thero must bo
an immense quantity of that liquid
gradually working its" way by gravity
through the crust of tho earth and com
ing in contact with this great heat, the
natural result of which is that immense
quantities of hwlrogcn gas arc liberated
from tlio water, and, it being verv vol
atile and expansive, linds its" way
through to the many cavities and cav
erns in the earth's crust, which are.
! il u"wrc "fituro's gasometers on an im-
mcn.-o scale, and thero accumulated
and stored tint 1 under that immense
pressure it must find vent, and in doing
so it is constantly coming in contact
with sulphurous gases, which aro also
generated by the internal heat, and be
comes a hydro-sulphurous acid gas. In
other instances it comes in contact witli
organic or carboniferous matter; each
having an enmity for the other it be
comes a hydrocarbon gas and burns a
white flume, while in the original slate,
or a sulphurous acid gas, it burns a. yel
lowish and blue flame. Thesis gases find
an outlet through and between tho dif
ferent strata formation of the earth's
crut and in doingso under that intense
or inconceivable pressure and expan
sive force with great velocity cause tho
waves or undulations called earthquakes
and the escape of these gases aro what
are generally noticed in tho odor of sul
phur at the occurrence of these undula
tions or waves Vesuvius. iEtna, and
other volcanoes are the safety-valves of
this globe, and when the crater or out
let of any one of theso cools or closes
these gases have to seek other outlets,
and generally do so where tlio crust
may be the thinnest, or find their way
between tho dilferent strata to wliero
tlioy may outcrop, frequently under the
bod of tho ocean. Tlio largo quantity
of dead fish seen floating on the surface
at times are evidence of these results.
either from sulphurous acid gas or con
cussion. The tidal wave that occurred
on tho west coast of South America a
few years since was the result of an out
break under the ocean.
"What other results havo you no
ticed?" There aro many different results pro
duced by the overpressure of gases;
ranges of mountains aro thrown up,
continents and islands are formed and
sunk, lake and inland seas are formed
by depressions. With our contracted
ideas wo can scarcely conceive tiie
magnitude of the work going on in na
ture's laboratory, and only when such
occurrences as the undulations or
waves that have recently taken place
at Charleston and vicinity do wo con
shier their fores or magnitude.11
"What's the nature of the-io gases?"
"Tlioy aro the most volatile and ex
pansive .substance known and under tlio
uninenso pressure tliov are subjected
to aro permeating ami escaping from
the earth's surface at all times yet tlioy
are not noticed except in extreme low
temperatures or wliero they may cs
caps through still water. The spas
modic How of the geysers at Yellow
stone are identical with tlio regular
spasmodic now oi tno petroleum wells
in some instances, and both are caused
hy the accumulated head ot pressure
ot gas behind the liquid. J here is noth
ing novel in t he use of tho gases for
fuel or illuminating purposes. I and
others generated steam in our boilers
and lighted and heated our oHices and
buildings witli it over twenty years
since in the Pennsylvania oil region."
"How do you account for the stor
age of these gases in certain plaeas?"
"There aro no geological theories by
which the storages of those gases can
be located or deiiued. The underlying
strata or formation of tlio whole area
or basin, from the breaks on tho west
base of tlio Apalachiau rango to tlio
Koeky rango lying horizontally and
being unbroken or undisturbed, confma
tho ga, and only through connecting
crevices or at the outcroppings can it
find an outlet in quantities. Every
ody and town within that area can as
well be suppl ed wdh natural gas from
nature's gasometers at far less cost for
plant and product than erecting works to
manufacture from coal or other substan
ces. There aro surface indications in
tlio outcroppings of gas on the water
springs as is tlio case on the Muskingum
river, in Ohio, on tho Kanawha in West
Virginia, and in tho Cho.taw and
Chickasaw nations in Indian Territory.
Tlio Indians value those oil and gas
springs for their medical properties, and
light their camps by inserting a tube or
gun-barrel in tlio earth."
"Hut wottlil not the supply soon bo
come exaustcd?''
"As to the pennanancy of tho supply
of those gases thero can bo no doubt,
but in cases whoro the outlet is in ex
cess of the accumulations tho head or
pressure must necessarily doeroas. Hy
proper management experienoo wiil
soon demonstrate tho supply of any
given outlet without decreasing the
pressure. Where crevices or cavities
may bo struck in drill ng wells that lead
to largo caverns or storage places for
gas the supply will bo in proportion to
tho accumulations, and
the escaoo
t
should
bo regulated accordingly. In
many instances in the Pennsylvania oil
tields crevices have boon struck that
have afforded many millions of cubic
foot of gas daily, escaping undor a pres
sure of MO to 40Q miiinds to the inch
through tho usual 5J casing, and sutli
ciont to light any city on thooont nont.
Petroleum has lu origin in deposits
of organic matter of a marine growtli
of fatty vogotatiou. while natural gas is
a separate and distinct formation, being
accumulations as above stated." St.
Louis Jlcpubliean.
The Old Anil's Trouble.
Two prominent citizens of wealth
and respcetabil tv, about hxty years
old, met at a lunch counter in a saloon
for the noon meal a few days since, aa
is usual -with them. They rescued a
few pieces of no bread from the plate
on the countar, painted placques on tho
slices witli a mustard spoon, spread a
few floating slices of head-clieeso from
the vinegar on a plate, and taking their
glasses of beer, sat down at u round
tabic, blow the foam off tho beer and
drank a cow-swallow before tackling the
lunch.
'Hill." said one to the other. "I havo
noticed lately that you hail aJi air of
nervousness and irritation. You look
cross, and I have thought that inn v bo
things wore not going all r ght with
you in business. If thero is anything
wrong, and you need a friond, you
ought to know mo well enough to speak
out. If there is any tiling 1 can do to
help a friend, I will do iu"
"O, John," said the other, with a
sigh, as lie shook his boor-glass and
watched the bubbles ra so to tho top.
"there is nothing you can do for me
It is not business that bothers me. 1
am a great sufferer. There is not a
minute of the day but I suffer tho tor
tures of tho damned."
"Great heavens, you surprise me,"
said his friend. "I supposed you wore
the healthiest man in tlio world. Have
you talked with a doctor about it?"
"Doctors arc no good for what ails
mo," said the old party. "I stiller
from underclothes. My skin is sensi
tive, and for forty years I have tried to
get some sort of flannel for underwear
that would not set mo crazy. I sui
poso 1 have spent a hundred" thousand
dollars experiment' ng with undonvoar.
Some times I will sco in a otoro a suit
of lino flannel that is aa soft as silk,
and warm, and I will buy it, and think
that I am fixed for the winter, and tliat
I will bo happy. Tho first time it is
washed the shirt shrinks so 1 can not
get into it. and it is not big enough for
a child ton years old. Tho drawors
shrink so tlioy come up above my
knees, tlioy aro too small around, and
tlio cloth "fulls," so it is as thick as a
board, and smells liko soap groa.se. O.
how I sutler. Again I will give the
underclothes to the hired man, nnd
buy somo soft knit goods, and find that
they are full of burs, that soom to come
off the slice), and every little pieco of
burr sticks cruelly into "my skin, and 1
not only wish I was dead, but I wisli
the man tliat made undcrolothes was
dead, and tliat tho sheep tliat raised
the wool, with the prickers in it, wius
dead. Last year a friend steered me onto
some sort of camel's hair underclothes.
and when I felt of them I thought
I was fixed, but after wearing
them a day 1 found that each par
ticular camel's hair in the goods was a
hog's bristle, put in so tlio sharp ond
would perforate me, and I was wild,
and wanted to kill my friend. I havo
tried all tho different kinds of under
ware that was over manufactured, and
after wearing it once, havo given it
away, until every man that works for
mo is wearing my underclothes, and I
havo sent car loads of it to relatives all
over this country. I am a victim of
rough drawers and sand-papor lined
undershirts, and shall go to my grave
scratching my back and legs, and cuss
ing somebody. Now, you sooni to bo
perfectly contented and at your ease,
what do you wear for underclothes."
"1 don't wear any," said the friend,
as he einpt ed the glass of hour anil
rapped on the table for moro. "Evory fall
1 have a house painter come and paint
my body a good warm color terracot
ta is my style th s fall rub it down with
sand-paper and shellac' and put on a
coat of varnish, and I am warm and
comfortable all winter."
"You aro a condemned liar," said
the ouo with the underclothes, nml
they shook dico to seo who should
pay
for the lunch. reck s hun.
Hccuuse of Thee.
My life has grown so dear to me
Because of thee!
My maiden with the eyes demure,
And quiet mouth and forhcad pur
Joy makes a summer In my heart
Because thou art I
The very winds melodious bo
Because of thee!
The roe Is Mveeter for thy sake,
The waves in softer mule break.
On hriuhtei uiutrs the swallows dart
Because thou art I
My skv is swept of shadows free
Because of thee I
Sorrow and caro have lost their stlug,
The blossoms glow, the linueU shifi
All tilings lu my delight havo part
Because thou art!
CJfa TbnUr.
A Silent Hell.
Something very, very sad happened
near tho corner of Monroo avenue and
Randolph street yesterday. A very
meaty man had mot throe friends at
that point and stopped to toll a couple
of stories. A young man, who was a
stranger to all, was leaning against tho
front of a store, bearing tlio general
appoaraneo of one who know all that
was worth knowing before he out his
baby teeth, and was now hanging onto
lifo "because death refused to como.
Pretty soon tho meaty nlan got off
somo pun, and the hand of the weary
young man was lifted up and the tones
of his chestnut boll rang out oa the
morning air.
"Was that you?" asKod tho story
teller as ho wheeled around.
Vans." .....
"Did I get off something old?
"Very old."
Hni' vour nardon, sir. 1 will now-
got off something entirely now for your'
benefit. . ....
He soisod tho woary travolor, whirled
him around, and a stout calf-skin boot
was planted against him four times iu
succession.
"If there s anything old about that
just ring two bells on mo,'' said tho
kicker as no ceased ins labors.
It must have been a new thin?.
The young man had tears in his oyes
aa he steered himself around tho near
est corner, and the sharpest oars
caught no melody from his little boil.
Detroit t ree iress.
The wind is ahvajri blowing at nut itomo-
tblug; but thero Is notniug lu lu AVm Or
ltmt Pieay aa.