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LAST DAYS OF THE SIEGE.
THE FIRING on THE FIFTH DAY.


PARIS. Jan. 0-11.30 p. m.-The partial bonn
bardment which commenced the 9TH, is at this hour
bciug prosecuted with terrible carncstncss In the
course OF the day tic shells sprnkled not
tlcly IN the neighbOrhOod Of the Pantheon the sOr
bonnie and the district Of MOntrOuge and Vauyes. II
seemed as though the Prussians were merely
toying with their guns, far as the interier Of
the city was concerned and threw in their explosives
Just by way OF keeping lively. Tonight tt Of fury
would seem to have attacked them AS the shades Of
evening fell the bombs dropped in upon the doomed
quarters in numbers gradually increasing. They are
now literally delugng The districts which have already
damaged, and scarcely expect 10 hear, tomorrow
shat any portion has escaped. This morning people
removing them goods and chatels with all the celebrity
the consciousness Of imminent danger inspires. But
vehicles scarce and hundreds Of these poor people
have very little than could be conveyed away in
q handcart. Even these appear not to be obtainable
for many families going of each member laden with
one OF more articles while others soliciting the help
their neigbOrs carry their furniture to place
Of safety. The emigration nevertheless does not
appear 10 De general The refugees seek shelter in
occupied houses chiefly, and 1 noticed that almost
AL Of the households in flight were accompanied by
children. The cellars the safest retreats under
such circumstances these and witnessing
Btrasbourg over again The Place 81. supice is still
tho extreme limit Of the PTussian range, the Church
towers OF which are a prominent target. At this
Inent the quays and the Place dc le Concord the bridges
and the bOuleyards looking south crowded. have
Just in from these spots, and bear testimony
the camness Of the population but also their exaspera
ton DO not believe in NJ. dc Bismarck theory Of ter
rfying the Parisians into submission. From the Pont
dee SAINTS r6O one. and them may heara loud deto-
nation, marking the fall OF shell not far from
that spot but from any part Of the quay
tie fash Of the proectres may be seen distinctly.
There has been cOnhagratiOn somewhere in the drec-
uOn OF the IDvades, but no one seems TO know pre-
eisely where. intend going TO the Trocadero though
IT now past midnight There is horrible fascination
IN this thunder Of in the dead Of the night aud
cannot resist the temptation Of going out again 10
whether there be anything worth recording.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1871

cause three ourths Of the furnaces In this valley now III
blast To suspend operations
PROPOSED CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE OPERA
TORS AND THE MINERS.
MAHANoY CITY, Penn, Feb. 2.-lt If now
rlmored that the purpose OF the meeting OF the coa
operators Of the schuyi region in Philadelphia to-day "
10 meet representatives from the General Connc OF ne
Workugmen's benevolent Association, appointed ht u
session held at PittstOn Tuesday to make arranee-
ments for rcsumpton The basis Will probably De PR
pared SO that work will be commenced ABOUT INC lo'n
inst
ANTHRACITE COAL OPERATORS IN COUNCIL
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2.-Three hundred leau
ing representatives Of the Anthracite Coal trade met IN
private session to-day in the rooms OF the Commer'a
Exchange The meeting held at the call OF the rhi
adelpha and Reading Railroad and tho assembly IN
stated to have been the largest aud most lrlnonous
ever held I'm the trade" James Neil, Leaning optr
atOr presided and Franklin b. GOwen President OF the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad participated III .I
proceedings. Several subjects relative 70 INC gei
interests OF the trade discussed but no lnpuII
action WAS taken. A vigorous campaign agaihst tno
WorknCmens Benevolent Association, and the strlhc IN
augrated by IT, Is in contemplation Another SESSION.
will be held here next week. at the call OF the EAecuN
Committee, and the conference may DC pIolonoou
through this month.
ALL QUIET IN LUZEltNE COUNT
BETHLEHEM, Penn, Feb. 2.-Eveythlng Is
quiet in the Luzerne County coal region at present IL
f. reported that operations will he resumed in short
time Whatever Is done in the Schuylk REGION VIII
probably be followed In Lnzone County
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THE FRAUDULENT DIgoRCE BUSINESS.
A HUSBAND PERsONATED BY ANOTHER MAN IN
A NEW-HAYEN COURT.

A HUSBAND PERSONATED BY ANOTHER MAN IN
A NEw-HAYEN COURT.
NEW-HAvEN, Conn, Feb. "A few weeks
since petition for divorce presented IN this city TO
the Supreme Court from Lucien b. Randolph through
Charles H. Fowler, an attorney Of Eew-Hayen. The
grounds set forth adultery deseron and miscon-
duct The case was heard by Judge Minor and decree
granted upon the testimony Of two persons one purpor
ing to be Lucen Randolph who it appears acting as
soopigeon for the real Randolph and the other pur-
porpg 90 be one Samuel s. Wood, who 10 turns out was
an accomplice In the The party personatng Ran
dOlph he had heen resident OF NewHaycn Tor 70
wears The decree granted Dec. %, 1870. Two DAYS
afcrwaid the real Randolph having by this fraud been
freed from his marriage relation with lsadOIe H. Kan
dolph now II is believed living in Virginia married the
stcidauchtcr Of Jacob II. WycOf Manchester, " j.
Through a NcwYOTk paper the fraudulent divorce came
to the attention OF Mr. Wycon treaty alarmed anu
mortified. Mr. Wycof Immediately wrote TO Judge MI
nor informing him that Randolph bad married his step
daughter, and that he (andopl) had not been absent
from NewJeTsey in over three months past long enough
To have appeared in New Haven, and that there must
have been fraud practCcd. THIS morning, also, MI H.
p Herman Of No. ~ NaSsau-st, NewYork sOnln-law
Mr. WyCO6 appeared before the Court the attorney
and friend OF the injured girl, and subsantated the
statements In Mr. WycOns letter. The fraud appearing
cOucusycly the Court the decree Of divorce was an
uuled The Court took the counsel for Randolph sharply
task and demanded of him that he clear MS skirts OF
all complaints in the base transaction IL Is,
Judge Minor said, the grOsscst fraud prdCuccd upon
tho Court in his knowledge OF practice Randolph had
been before the Court and was pesonated 10y one
VINO probably unknown in the city, and certainly
who had resided here 20 years The Court uher
stated he had been Informed that the divorce petuoh
came through one house, noted divorce ~ lou ~
NcwYOrk City. Mr.. Fowler, the attorney IN the case
here stated at length his connection win inc case A.
sorting that he had acted IN good faith and had been also
a victim OF fraud The attorney was ORDERED 10 lIahc
thorough investigation Of the aud report 10 me
Court. The daughter Of Mr.. WycOf thus married Is
represented lady Of excellent character ANA one
highly esteemed and ID is cOTJcctuTcd that Randolph
thus deceived and married her ia expectation OF obtain
ing possession OF funds belonging to her and theh De
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RoURBAKrs ARMY IN swITzERLAN

ROURBAKTS ARMY IN SWITZERLAND.
MANTEUFFEL's CAPTURES AN ARRANGEMENT
MADE BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND SWISS
AUTHORITIES.
BoRDEAUX, Wednesday, Feb. J. 1871.
Gen. Manteu1el reports that the Fourteenth
Division of his Army captured 10 guns and seven
mitrailleuses and took two generals and 1900 men
prisoners at Chafois and Sombacourt, west OF
Pontarlier. The Seventh Brigade, coming up on the
south the next day, captured two eagles and 1900
more prisoners at Frasne, halfway on the road be-
tween Chauparnole and Pontarlier, Our losses were
light. The roads to Pontarlier were strewn with
material abandoned by the Tetreating French.
Every avenue Of escape for the latter is closed on
French soil
1t is reported here that Cen Manteufel has re-
fused to recognize the Amistice, and that disIe-
Rarding the protests Of the French commander has
continued hostilities by which he has forced the
French Army of the East to surrender or retreat
into Switzerland.
Gen Clinchart, who now commands the Army Of
the East has concluded a convention with the Swiss
Authorities, and crosses into Switzerland with his
whole army to-day Gen. Billot covers the retreat
YorETie Auce did lot the Fast until
Jan 81 one day before the Bordeaux dispatch was wnieu-LD
TKtBrsK1
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BUFFALO, Feb 2.-The Turfmen's National
Congress met to-day, pursuant to adjournment. Inc
Committee Oh Rules reported progress and asked for
trrtbor time The Committee on Permanent OrSanila-
lion reported the following nominations Tor omeers ior
the ensuing year. and the report Wa anoPVcu'
p,,fIffnt-Amtsa npngue, POvidenoe, H. L.
S.cTstary If,asHrsr-Gtoge H. SIa H. FroVldsne
Boari or dpp,lls-r Vail COnnetlcui neoxc - nan G
yorl, If RUSSELL Nasssehusrtsi G. J. Hann heNloti y w
Wooy ohio X g. BArte. Michigan David u-g imAoHi ia'
H. Barnard Kes-iort. -. -. ,
The Congress then adjourned until tomorrow morning
After mnsiing the delegates were entertained py e
madr. Tie "Reminiscences Of Capt. Rynders nd OF 9lher
old mrfnen formed neresting part OF the evening
eAcfciscB.
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EXTENSIVE FIRE IN VIRGINIA CITY, NEW

SAN Francisco, Feb. "A most destructive
fire occurred in Virginia City, Nevada, this mornings
The flames crossed DIST and swept two-thirdr OF the
east side Of the street from Union 10 suttonayes 40
one time the stables OF Mckay of and Union
sts were on fire, and the work OF tearing down tho
buding 10 save Piper's Opera House was commenced
but by the eXertons of the remep, II was saved AohS
DIST the east and west sides, the destruction was
ascertajned. Pat Lyons ana bOot-black, who were
sleeping in OF the houses destroyed persisted III mo
GnIrLA
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DIR. HELMRoLD sEHENADED.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb Pr. II. T. Helmbold
was the recipient of serenade last evening from mo
citizens of Philadelphia his native place. m eomeo
ration of the opening Of his drug store m e 'o-
tinenta Hotel. The doctor made an appropriate speech
from the balcony Of the hotel. thanking the latg' con-
course ahsembled for the compliment tLey ma unsisu
him and assuring them that lac owed the cltlci OF
dcDia debt OF gratitude which 40 lucrc coud pay ps
which ne should endeay u disc barge 10y proving
worthy of the honor he had received The pro'eSdES
were closed by bOunte,u cOiatfon y MI Nhe90'' w
which the serenaders were al invited.
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THE TRIAL OF FILEINs POSTPONED

ALBANY. Feb. Fin the case OF FnkinS' mo
- robber the counsel for the prisoner toiay urged
that the trial be put until the next Court OF oyer ana
Tcrminer in May. The District AtorDey, On ~" 0'r
hand Insisted that the trial should take pace ~ M "u
ioured term of the Court in few weeks VINE tt a'ts
are fresh in the minds Of the Witnesses IuI htSr
The wouned express messenger, Is aole 10 WAN aoui IN
fhah psn
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TRIAL OF THE REV. CHARLES f. CHENEY.

Chicago, Feb. 2.-Thc' trial of the Rev.
Mr. Cheney by the Ecclesiastical Court was resumed this
morning. letter from Mr.. Cheney to Bishop white
house. dated June 1909 which he says that after de
lberate and prayerful consideration, ne came
10 no other conclusion In the difference De
tween than that which he has expressed In con
yersAtion with tho BishOp introduced and reai
The defense objected, and after argn:nant the Court DC
aired 10 soc the letter The Rev. DIR. Rylance OF 81
Ismes's Church. Bryan Philpot member of Mr.. Cheney
church and occupied the remainder Of the day In
"a testimony.
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VOL XXX.....No' 1897
THE ARMISTICE.

ITJR WARIIKE FEELING ABAI L'" Nv -,
the ACTION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF Do''D. ~
DpxouNCED-NEETING CALLED TO NOM
NATE CANDIDATES FOR THE ASSEMBLE
Programme OF THE RADICAL CLUB
1oSpoN Thursday, Feb 2, 1871.
,;.uo.ob from Berlin announces that inc
po-;s;o, Government, in its own most urgent
,D+srost has become the ally Of Germany IN pre-
,sn+ino q fresh outbreak of thu war, and. so
utilizing the Armistice to secure real peace
The Pror;acal Correspondent of Berlin to-day states
rosidvelv that the Emperor will remain at Versailles
during the Armistice, on account of the pending
negotiations for peace.
Military operations in the South Of France nave
been concluded by convention.
The Echo du Nord Of Lille is in favor Of peace
II calls the appeals for resistance made by the
municipality of Bordeaux cncroachments upon the
povers of the Constituent Assembly. Meetings are
.allcd in the Northern departments to nominate
candidates for the Assembly.
lie Proqi1s newspaper Of Lyons publishes the pro-
rramme Of the Radical Society in Paris founded by
. Rolln. Delcscuze, and PeyroutOn. 1t pronounces
for the Republic. with one Assembly; an Executive
70 be chosen and recalled by the Assembly; the sup
urcssion Of the standing army and substitution
therefor of a militia comprising all citizens; the re-
dnction of the Budget and the abolition OF the titles
and privileges of nobility. Ii regulates forever all
wars for purposes of conquest and concludes with
the demand that no negotiations he made with the
Prussians while they remain on French soil.
special dispatch to The Times, dated Versailles
Eays Bismarck is indisposed and was visited yester-
day by the Emperor.
Odo Russell telegraphs the Slst from Versailles
that postal service has been reestabshed from Paris
and Versailles to Havre and Dieppe, which ports
are now in communication by steamship with En-
gland. The transmission of sealed letters is for
hidden.
The French do not wish foreigners to enter Paris
until the city has been revictualed and no cxcep-
ton VIII be made to the regulation to that effect by
the German authorities
A bureau for receiving and forwarding provisions
to Paris has been established at Dieppe. Supplies
from all quarters are invited
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Revenue Bureau and all departments where they could

Revenue Bureau and all departments where they couu
obtain information. ,,--t
A meeting OF the Trustees Of the National Telegraph
Memorial Association, whose purpose h. 10 erect Onu
meut 90 Prof Morse, held to-day. The act OF moor
poration was accepted and the Rev. Dr. Samson ircs
dent OF Columbia College, elected President Acon
tract was entered into with HOratiO Stone for me non
ment ard n committee, composed In part OF W w Cor-
coron and IL d. Cooke was appointed to select slte
THE only nomination sent 10 the Senate today was t
~ samuel Coulter 10 be Collector OF Internal Revenue
for Washington Territory.
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A CHILD KILLED BY HIS FATHER.

DETROIT, Feb. 2. information has Just
reached this city of murder which took place ON Mon
day last in the township Of Wsyland, Allegheny County,
Mich. Joseph Wheaton, well known desperate charar-
ter lost his wife about six years 1hey nah "s
about one year old whom Wheaton gave 20 Ir. Btn,
who kept the child without interference until lost Fa
Since then Wheaton three times took possession OF tho
child aud on Monday last because the boy wished 20 l-
turn 10 Mr. Baird's family. he was whipped 10 deaiH
The excitement the ghbOrhood l. very great ani
81
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DID PARIS sURRENnFR I

10 me RdftOr OF The Tribune
SIR Is the surrender of the forts also the
surrender of Paris EG.
POHkers, N. y, Jan. so, 1871.
Pans Of course was surrendered with the forts It
remains for the present camp of prisoners closely
guarded, aud without power Of resstance.-lEd
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u1scP1IANrous CABLE DISPATCHES

49,. The Marquis de Avla has succeeded in
the work Of reeODstructiDg the Portuguese Cabinet
- The Italian Chamber Of Deputies has, by
vote Of 2s2 against 90 resolved TO sDfer the capital
" Rome.
49,. The Twenty-fourth French Corps. form
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PRICE FOUR CENTS.

KenslngtOn from Charleston for Boston, sunk ~ apons
half an hour after the collision. The TempiaF aS p''"
tOwed to Norfolk for repairs.
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STATE OF THE WEATHER.

TELEGRAPHIC REPORT FROM SIGNAL SERVICE
CORPS, L. s. A., OF OBSERVATIONS AT ll'4'
O'clock LAST NIGHT,
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ing portion Of the Army OF the East has escaped the
grasp Of the Germans under Gen. Maut 'uie and moved
toward Lyons.
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THE WEST POINT TROUBLES.

sr,rrvrsT OF THE CONGRESS INVESTIGATING
CouvITTEE-FULL DETAILS OF TIE EXPUL-
SION OF THE THREE CADETs-CADEr GRANT
ONE OF THE PROMINENT Participants IN
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TrrRFMEN's NATIONAL CONGRESS.

IBarometer corrected for temperature and elevation
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miscellaneous.
Narrowing in Florida.

The Richmond Dispatch has the fol.
lowing from Florida In the spring
and summer mauy people go narrowing
in Florida. 1t means to 20 out into
the woods and camp with the whole
family, to fish and hunt aud amuse
yourself generally under tents or huts
to lead wild wood life, and enjoy a
little Of savageDess with all the appIi
ances Of civilization.
The who'e family aud the neighbors
will gather, and generally 90 to some
island on the coast, taking guns and
fishing tackle, boats, dogs, servants,
cooking utensils aud some food, lest the
hunters might be unsuccessful, and
camp out for some weeks.
An island is generally selected, be.
cause it is more fishing than u hunt.
ing party, and then au island is less
likely to be disturbed by s1akes and
wild cattle. The wild cattle of Florida
are really wild animals; hey will attack
man on foot, Of break into camp,
and give trouble just like other wild
animals. An island eau be searched at
once to see it there are any bears or
ea ,na evor,,2;nm urona.a1 ~" ~ I.a'S ~, -
women and childror 60 % 1ha, ,hon m ,,", "r y.
he loft in safety divine ,ho ahsoooa s aaJ =,
Tho hunters Tcnts arc ~, Nv ~ ~
sbo,,ers mado or ,ho n.I,,p,,o P r. rh;a -
hahn will mike stont ,ha,ch ho io,'' ,
Stems are fastened witL bcar arass st .;n', ~
to noles and /, sbel,er m,js ,ha, vii
endure for n,anV se,sons IF sn.lns m
are fo,rod hommnot . are s,rn,,, hs,rae,,
,ho ,raos a fro I;,,M,od anJ IT,, D't"uo' 49,
inc aay md n;cL, and oo"t ' in,, O naa
bonseLcon;n, ,o % ~, s "''
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The Prairie Dog.

There never was greater misuomcr
than that Of calling the little animal
found burrowing in prairics, dog" 1t
has nothing canine about il, aud its true
relationship is among the squirrels,
marm0ts aud woodchucks. IL is SO
much like our common woodchuck in
general appearance thatit is well enough
described by calling it woodchuck iu
miniature. Its length varies from ten
to thirteen inches, and its weight from
one to two and a.half pounds. The
ears are very short, aud the tail about
one third us loUg us the body. The
general color is reddish brown; the
shade varies with the season, aud ligh.
ter upon the lower part OF the body
than elsewhere. The tail for one third
or one half from the tip is bluck, the
rest being OF the color of the body.
The prairie dogs are social animals, aud
hive IN large communities known as
dog towns" The animal burrows,
aud with the earth from the excavation
forms dome shaped hiIock which con
talns as much as two cart. loads OF
earth. These mounds are often seen
upon the prairie as far as the eye cap
reach. The writer once, 10 Western
Texas, was three days in passing through
one OF these dog towns, aud as the dis.
tance made by the train was estimated
at twenty miles day, the colouy was
at least sixty miles in length and ex.
tended on each side Of the road as far
us We could see.
ln each mound is an opening. some.
times two, extending downward at an
angle Of 40 degrees. How deep the
animals burrow we cannot state. but
some assert that they 70 down until
water is reached. Where these auimals
abound in such number the herbase is
very scanty, and We have frequently
seen "towns" where the surface in eve
ry direction was so barren that il was
dlihcuIt to imagine how such multi
tudc could subsist.
Ii traveller approaches town eau
tiously, he will see the animals in cou
stantmotio and chirping to one another
IN the llycllest manner. As soon as ne
is seen some animal gives the alarm
and away they all go, each for his own
hole where it stands with its head pro
jectng and utterng its sbrill bark.
The prairie dogs are very difficult to
shoot, as they dodge with great rapid.
lty, or II shot they tumble into their
holes out Of reach. Those who have
eaten the flesh Of the animal pronounce
1t excellent. The young are easily
timed, but make rather uninteresting
pets, as they sleep great portion Of
the time. In the dog towns one meets
with rabbits, numerous rattle snak es
and small burrowing owl. The prairie
men assert that these live in common
with the Prairie Dogs, but it is more
probable that they find il convenient
to occupy the vacated dwellings of the
Prairie Dogs.
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WESTMINSTER, MD, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 25 1871

that the diameter of our earth is about
5000 miles The volume of Uranus is
seventy-four, and that of Neptune l05
times that of the earth The disc of the
sun, as seen from Uranus, is less than
that which we see, in the proportion of
nearly 800 to one, while Neptune has
sun only about | 900th of ours in ap.
parent size. So small does the sun up.
pear to those planets that, to eyes such
as ours, it would appear like an exceed
ingly brilliant day star, Uranus is eigh
ty four of our years in circling once
around the sun, aud Neptune something
over one hundred years. His distance
from the sun is estimated ut 100.
900 900 miles.
The fixed stars, so called, are supposed
to be suns Illuminating other worlds.
Their distance from our world is so
great that the mind cannot well grasp
such an 'nmeusity of space. The star
Alpha Ceutauri is one Of the brightest
in the heavens, Sirius and Canopus alone
supassiug it in splcodor The distance
Of Alpha Centauri form us is about
twenty millions Of miles. The star 81.
rlus is four times further from us. To
give US the light, he does at that dis.
tancc, it is estimated that he has n
diameter Of nearly 1900 900 miles,
and volume 2 6S9 times as large as the
the suns.
Light travels at the rate Of near 200.
QUO miles per second. In a single
second light traverscs sp ce equal to
eight times the circumference OF the
earth. From the moon, light takes
little more than a second and quarter
IN reaching us; from the sun, more
than eight minutes longer or shorter
interval in travelling from Mercury,
Venus and Mars, according to the posi-
tlon OF these planets; from about thir-
ty five to about fifty minutes from Jupi.
ter; about an hour aad twenty minutes
from Saturn, aud about twice and three
times as long from Uranus and Neptune
as from Saturn. The star of 6l Cygni
is so far from us that it takes its light
ten years 10 reach us, making distance
from us Of 63,070, 900 900 900 miles.
Astronomers tell US that there are other
stars that it took their light thousands
of years in reaching us. When the hu.
mnn mind can grasp the infiuity Of
space, it will then be able to grasp the
iuiioity of God, His existence, know.
ledge, power and goodness.