The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-12
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
II. n. ROBINSON,
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
The sabbath Dav.

r. The Sabbath Day.
Here we are again upon the outstanding
verge of another Sabbath Day. Who il
there of the toiling millions OF our cities
who does not, when Saturday night comes,
look forward to the dawn of tomorrow
with feeling of pleasure, and at this sea-
son of the year when nature Is awaklho
from itslong winters sleep, more especially
soY But few, very few. To the great
world of labor it is a resting spot so pecu-
larly appropriate, that every Christian ma
tion recognizes 1t, and makes it day of
rest and also day of worship.
At this almost universal pause of labor,
we can not fail of seeing one of the strong
est arguments of the truth of the Bible. 1t
speaks to us by so visible token of God.
that we almost wonder why there are so
many to be found who deny both, and pro-
Tess TO believe that we are the mere crea-
lures of chance. In fact man is SO consti-
tuted as to make IL necessity that there
should be day of rest-one in seven. I'm
ceasing toll would soon so wear out the
PHYSICAL machinery, that ere we had reach
ed one-half the ordinary years of mans
lie, we should be worn out and ready to
fall to pieces.
No, reader, Sunday is day to be looked
for with pleasure and feelings of devout
thankiulness. To us at least at this beau
tiful season of the year, sounds the "church
going BELLS and self-satisfying it is to sit
in the grand Cathedral buildings, whose
spires point upward to that Heaven which
lies beyond the grave, and listen TO anthem
and hymn, to organ notes, and tuneful
voices and solemn words of admonition and
hope. Blessed day Let it ever, ever be
held sacred, by men of all classes, and more
especially by the poor. TO them its value
can not be estimated.-Bgra'o Post
The "Frost Flower" of Russia Pro-
duced in Boston.
A Boston journal describes an extraor-
dinary ''frost flower of Russia, which has
been produced, it is said, in Boston, in
temperature of artificial cold, in the follow
ing words ttl ....... ..,.r -.
This wonderful plant, or flower is found
only on the northern boundaries of Siberia,
where the snow is eternal. IL was discov-
cred In 1863 by Count Swinoskoff, the emf
nent Russian bOtanist, who was ennobled
for the discovery,
Bursting from the frozen snow on the
first day of the.year it grows to the hight
of three feet and flowers on the third day,
remains in flower for twenty -four hours.
and then dissolves itself into its original
element-stem, leaves and flowers being of
the finest snow. The stock is about one
inch in diameter; the leaves, three in num-
ber. in the broadest part are an inch and
half in width, and are covered with intin-
itesimal cones of snow they grow only on
one side of the stalk, to the north, curving
gracefully In the same direction.
The, flower when fully expanded. is in
shape perfect star the petals are three
inches in length, half an inch wide In the
broadest parts, and tapering sharply to a
point. These are also interlaced one with
another, in beautiful manner. forming
the most delicate basket of frost-wOrk that
the eye eyer beheld-for truly this is FROST
work the most wonderful.
The anthers are five In number and on
the third day after the birth of the ''fiower
of snow" are to be seen on the extremities
thereof, trembling and glittering like dia-
monds, the seeds of this wonderful flower,
about as large asa pins head. The old
botanist says, when first he beheld this
flower: -.... ...- ,....,..
II was dumb with astonishment; filled
with wonderment, which gave way to Joy
the most ecstatic on bcholding this won
derful work of nature, this remarkable
phenomenon of snow, to see this flower
springing from the snowy desert-born of
its own composite atoms. | touched the
stem of one lightly. but it fell at my touch,
and morsel OF snow only remained in my
hand" e.,, '..
Gathering some of the flowers in snow, in
order to preserve the little diOmOnd-like
seeds, he hied to St. Petersburg, with, TO
him, the greatest prize of his lifetime. All
through the year they were kept in snow.
and on the first day Of the year following
the Court of st. Petersburg were delighted
with the bursting forth of the wonderful
"frost-lower." r.r
Our friends in Boston succeeded in, OBJ
tanning several of the seeds, and all through
the summer and autumn they have, been
imbedded in snow brought at great expense
from the White Mountains and the coast of
Labrador, and they now have the most un-
bounded satisfaction and pleasure in an
nouncing that all signs are favorable to the
realization of their fondest hopes-the pro-
duction Of the ''nower of snow" The snow
and ice are in a large glass refrigerator,
with the thermometer 40 degrees below
zero, and the solid bed of snow has already
begun to show little assures and slight
bulging In the center-unmistakable evil
denees ofthe forthcoming of the phenome-
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