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from the the dwelling w;aose .;destruci,ou

from the the dwelling whose 'destrucuon
is threatened by the approach of the lava
stream; but in an earthquake, direct oni
flight whithersoever we will, we still feel
IS though we trod' upon thessefy focus of
lestr Iction."
Indeed, there is not, In all the forces
OF nature, q more terrible agent, or one
more to be dreaded than that Of which
We are now speaking. Lei me quote a
few instances from history, showing the
effects of earthe uake agency.
I'm 1892 the Island Of Jamaica was
visited by On earthquake, which caused
tie ground to swell and heave Nike q
rolling Sea. In thousands of places the
earth opened, and plantations, villages
and cities sank 10 rise no more. A tract
of land of'100O acres around Port Royal,
went down, in less than minute du.
ring the first shock, and the sea immedi-
ately 'tosed In. The courses Of rivers
were Changed; new lakes were formed,
and the old ones were obIiterated."
ION the LIST of Nov.,-Ah Saints Day
m the year 1855 Lisbon was destroyed.
On that fearful morning the churches
wereerwded with worshippers. About
o'clock q dismal roll of subterranean
thunder announced the coming convul-
sion: the next moment an earthwave
passed under me city followed by q
crash Of walls and topping 'of stespfes
and in sir minutes 10000 lives were sac.
riiced, $4,000 of which were engaged in
religious devotion. During this couvul.
sion, the largest mountains OF Portugal
were split and shaken from their very
foundations. Even the lead miners In
Derbyshire England, heard the grinding
rocks and hurried out Of the mines for
greater safety.
The waters Of q hot spring at Bath,
England, 8 1denly became red and hotter
than usual. In the islands OF Antigua and
Barbados. in the West Indies the tide
(Which usually rises two feeD rose sud-
denly to 20 feet; and the water became
black as ink. In fact, even the'whole bed
of the whole Atlantic seems 70 have been
raised. The writer's Of Lake Ontario
were observed to be unusually sgitated.
Even at Algiers In the north of Africa,
the earth ives es much shaken assat Per
tugal and . city of 5000 inhabitants was
engulphed within the opening jaws OF
the greedy earth. Itwes estimated that
of the entire surface of our
globe was sensibly convulsed during this
most fatal catastrophe.
The cause OF such an effect mus. have
been deeply seated within the earth's
rocky bends"
will give one more instance "In
the year 1912, the Mississippi Valley was
terribly shaken from New Madrid &c the
mouth of the Ohio River. The earth
was raised in waves. so that the tree tops
stopped to the ground, and as the waves
rolled on they recovered 'their.erect posi-
ton. Lakes were formed several miles
In extent, and chasams opened in the
woods, 30 that In some cases men chop
ped down trees and sat upon them to
save themselves from being swallowed in
these openings.
And now the question comes before us,
what Is the cause OF such fearful disturb
ances? If you will descend with me.
Tor q few moments, q few miles beneath
the spot on the earth's surface which you
are now occupying, I will try to show
you what 1t is that makes our seemingly
solid, rock-bound earth the theatre of
such appalling and dire commissions.
Remem Der our descent. fis only in i'm
aginstion, hence YOU have no cause to
aprrehend any dangers in the Journey.
And first - through soil, sand and gravel.
and al ternatiDg strata of sandstones and
imestone'-we descend 10 the depth of
about 1000 feet. And here, in this het-
mass of rocks. We notice q
vast graveyard of unnumbered genera
hons. In these rocks rest the remains of
hose gigantic mammals whose home was
amid the swamps and forests of pre-
Adamlc age.
FRO BE Continued