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IpoLATRYIN GEORGIA.
An Image Of a Deceased Preacher sc, up In q
Colored Church.
Americus (Ga.) Recorder.

Americrrs (tia.1 Recorder.
A phase Of hero worship has developed, or
rather cropped out, among the negroes Of
certain portion OF Lee county, which is sin
gularly peculiar, and al, the same time curl
ously suggestive OF an interesting chain of
ethnoi tgical points. Lewis Barber, color
preacher or the Baptist denomination, had
in his charge membership numbering per-
haps three thousand making up his four
churches. He was typical represent stive
of the negro clergy, and Welded almost an
absolute power, body and soul, over his large
congregation. "Brudder Bafber's" word
was law and gospel among his followers, and
none ever dared to question his authority or
to dispute his sway. Vehement, magnetic
and powerful, one swing from his long arms
and a chant from his strangely musical voice
would set hundreds Of sisters to swaying
their bodies to and fro, and as many broth
ers keeping time u the wild rhythm with
beating feet; in awful interest the sermon
would grow, a medley Of defamation and
recitation, until one wild, deafening cry
brings to climax the ecstatic JOY in shouts
and frances and moaning. Last summer the
preacher died, and his friends and followers
refused to be comfored. He was honored
with burial rites beyond precedent, and such
funeral was indeed seldom seen. The
deeds and memory left by he good pastor
were not sufficient for his members and not
comforted by these they have set up sort OF
craven image, so to speak, OF Barber, which
is placed above the pulpit Of his principal
church. The image ITSELF Is a work OF the
crudest art, made Of white and black cottt Il
cloth stuffed with straw and painted, with
charcoal, To an unbiased critic it look,
more like scare-crow set up to, Fighter
hawks than anything else, but devo,t mem
Der informed the writer that Il was a strik
ing likeness of the deceased; We marvelet
much with another brother of this church a
this strange thing and asked him its object
He informed us It was Q remembrance Of tn
deceased, and added, "aithoagh Brddder Bar
Der is gone we still has de shape OBJ him vii
u.s."
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The Age of.the Earth.

dcntIeUldns udbdh'hV'
AS soon as our earth ceased to- be iircan-
descent and became covered In large parts
bv water. It commenced its deposition OF
submarine sediments. The oldest known
sedimentary rocks, comprising the Lauren
tan and Hurunian systems Of Canada, have
total average thickness which certainly
cannot be- estimated at anything less than
10000 feet. Sir William Logan, indeed, the
greatest authority upon these primeval form
atoms, considers the measurable thickness
Of his Upper. and Lower Laqrentisn alone to
amount to 10000 and 10000 feet ), while he
sets down the Huronian system as reaching
some $4,000 more. But as .s"nieG doubts
have been raised whether, the, H,,ronian Sc
series are not really the metamo pl.csed rer-
resentatives of the Upper .Laslentisn. We
will omit then altogether to- avoid any pos
sible cause Of offense. The great sCambrian
system, the next In order of time, has .
thickness which has been rariously estina-
ted at from 25.OO0 to $4,000 feet. We will
adopt the smaller figure. The Silurian Is
preLLy well kuOWn W huihocA o,ooO ASes'
The Old Red Sandstone, with Its doubtful
contemporary, the Devonian, cannot be put
down for less than 10000. The Carbonifer.
ous series amount to At least Il, 900 feet, the
coal measures alone sometimes attaining
that thickness. Y Thus the whole Primary
group, including the so-callcd azoic rocks
I has I sotsi yericsi extent Of not less tha.
4 50, 600 feet By the side Of these spormou'
thickaesses we can only allow 10000 feet fol
the lwhoie Of the Secondary formation, from
the Permisn to the Chalk Inclusive, whii'
we shall be generous If we assign 1000 fee
to the little group Of the Tertiary and Pos
rTerisry deposits. dTbis gives US ,ota
thickness for the whole geolsgical series Q
$4,000 feet. Let us allow 5000 more for tn
bresls between each Of the, main division
OF the unrepresented strata, and we have th
round number I0O, 900. Q"
1 A tabular statement WIN make these reis
tions clear, and viii allow US to, trsnslat
our known thicknesses Into conjectural bu
re- q lively ascertained dates: ~
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The Planets in Decen, ber.

Venus Is evening star and retains her place
of honor among the stars that stud the De-
cember sky, though still receding from the
sun, moving eastward, She will continue
her eastern course until the Goth Of Febru-
ary, when her greatest eastern elongation
will be reached. At the end Of December
she will grace the winter evening sky until
eight o'clock-more than three hours after
sunset. Jupiter is also evening star, rising
In the east as Venus descends below the hor-
izon. They are also approaching each other
and will be In conjunction, on the 2lst OF
February next. The famous red spot re-
mains ON his disc, and several otherspots ap-
pear on his northern hemisphere. The phe-
nomena exhibited on Jupiter prove that
fresh disturbances are agitating his surface
and help to support the theory Of planetary
attraction as the cause of the sun spot, theo.
ry. The earthquake In Austria and the ex'
cessiye low temperature in the West arr
looked upon by some theorists as the as ths
reflections OF the solar outbuIsts. Jupite'
now sets at two O'Clock In the morning, and
at the end of the month about midnight
Saturn Is also evening star, and,gss seer
| through the tele1cope, is the most interesting
of the planets Jupiter and Saturn tu1
little In their positions with regard to eacl
other. Saturn now sets at three o'clock and
at the end of the month about one O'Clock
Mars is morning star and Is getting ia
enough from the sun TO be of come interest
He now rises shout an hour before the Sun
and may be known by his red color. tn
The planetary picture b worth, getting a
An hour before sunrise to see. He viii b
| In conjunction on the Esd with Mercury
which Is also morning star. About the IN
\ he may be hooked for an hour before sunrise
| December will present the unusualspectaci
4 or two new moons, each Of which eclipse
the sun. That of the LIT was invisible an
that of tthe 3lst ~ill be only partly ySvisibl'
On the zth the moon was I'm Iconjunctio
with Venus, the crescentI and evening 81
aforming celestial picture that every ST
gaser admired. The ever changing aspect !
1.-The planets during the month will never
repsatsd during the lives Of fhe obseSers-
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Miners Notes

~ ~ ss4s -silA r>----s8E9
J! The discoyerer of . mineral deposit on the
public domain is D entitled TO = reasonable
lengthof time in which TO perfect the devel-
opment which the local law requires Of him;
has right to the possession without inter
ference, and hisright is ~ absolute as after
the development ia cemplete.rop.os szt <
saBefore quartz claim caa be legally loca-
ted o lode must discovered and before
snchla discovery can be called q discovery at
|lsst one vell-de6ned wall or aide OF the
lode must he found :. iuodE 1nid+yua
III The rules sdopted BY the miners Of q dis
ltfictapeqaipa EalidisH not from their mere en-
|sctnent, hnt from the customary obedience
and acaaiescence Of the miners following the
enactment. Hi 81 s.1Gg .fHo ssi.I ,aa |ssa -,a'
q The extent of q, mining district may be
ehaneed by those who created il, II yeafed
rights are not thereby aiateneredo with o
A ditch ussd for the conveyance Of water
| Tor mining purposes Ii nota mere easement
or incnrporesi heredisanentr1 r1IayG lol
! "a Tbe.owndr Of ., ditch has exclusive and
sAsshte pswes Of ceHtrol over and right o'
Sajoyment Of the wster running in his ditch
lwhahes the .Eater ID or not, In. . strict lega
sense, his prixate property. .sf1Iie.7I sEf z
4 IA widow b not enatled 70 dover out a
unspened mines--beds. Of coal underlying
the land. lgze al 15l satsis bsi,nJ 9iIt
The natural pereolaiipn of vater from
ons nina =, .anather II not 4 matter towhicl
ths exner of ~ l0vs- mine has any right 9
e0nplsint sgeiust stbs .oHper 7of the oths
mine. The owesrpf The upper mine has
riehs 10 work III iHat - he .!lkes, and 81
lpelellbor below cahpot complsln unless = =
II mlne 81 1 chinnsi Of aftiAeial arrangement
1 = E1ckmge. 4 mes issw siit sdiAats -.
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Doc Cultivation Increase Rainfali

Samuel Aughey, rh.D., IL. D., Professor |
of Nat,,. al Sciences in tile University OF
Nebraska. at Lincoln, in his sketches OF the
physical geography and geology Of the state, \
work published withiti the present year,
and IN which an exhaustive discussion Of
this subject may be seen. says 1t Is the |
great increase in the absorptive power Of the
soil, wrought by cultivation, that has, caused 4
and has continued to cause an increased /.
rainfall in the State" The Professor, after
repeated tests made in different ways, reach
ed this result: ....Tbe mean Of fifty of thee
experiments gives an average .absorpti'e
power, Of cultivated ground over unbroken
prairie of niue to ONE. To make allowance,
however, for possible mistakes, ! will make
eight to one the basis Of our future caleula-,
lations on the subject l quote further:
aBefore the settlement of the, Sta.e and
before the subsequent cultivation of the soil,
4 what rain did fall, as ALREADY stated, soon
1 left the State through creeks and rivers.
| Now the greater part of what d"es fall on
cultivated or broken ground is ret by
the soil, which becomes . reservoir 10 sup
ply growing crops and to give grea' er humid
ity to the sphere.n This, IN my judg-
ment, gives clear explanation to Mr. Sher-
mans difficulty and y conclusive answer to
his donbt. ~ 49, ......
H. Professor Aughey claims that more rain
4 does fall in Nebraska now than formerly,
and that this rainfall is increasing with the
march of settlement and consequent cnlti-
4 yation, and gives the following proofs Of hi
= position: /. The appearance Of new springs
| He knows of one hundred and 1fty sucl
springs that have appeared since he lived ir
the! State. g. The appearance, of water u
old creek beds, where il apparently had no
been flowing for ages. many Of which hay'
become living streams 3. The cons constant
= and sure retreat of the buffalo grass, AM
"a here Is another OF Mr.. ShermaHs point
!. fairly answered. As late as; 1912 the bufial'
4 grass was 1.-THE most conspicuous yesetabl
, ffom west of the, Missouri, Now how cha ns
, ed, Ii has almost entirely disappeared TO
q 200 miles west of tho Missouri. There J
/. comparatively little of 1t 1now! IN the thir
4 hundred. Every year II is retrrsing farthe
4 westward, Other proofs might be given
al show that Mr.. Sheiman's conclusions ale nd
. all In kee ping with the facts. ltseeeInAs
4 ! me, after.all, that It may take ''until Al
: 500, OO0'---the return Of the next glacial p
riod-nor yet 800 years, till all the vast pla'
q from the Missouri TO the Rocky, Mouhial
will be hal ita ,le fr,und for in ilstriht + us IA
n mers. "A land that is supplied with suf
4 clent moisture In such climate as this,
I produce food for such an iatiluenee Of amin
a life, can always be- made available for u
Il purposes Of a high civilization ... =.
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EvE-ANaELIcAL coRNzA.

How thin Is Sara Bernhardt. pa,
That people caii her sparef
Is her waist so thin that she could crawl
Right through the'keyholr there:
oh, no. my chill TO draw II mill,
Shes only just sn fbtn
Sh. could make meal of lsrgc sized eel
And then crawi Iuto the SKIN
Stefano is the name of new shade of dark
claret.
Golden lawn and the new pinkisl dove
colors are favotites.
Little Biiou Heron Is living In London,
an enormously stout and tall young woman.
Novel scarf pins represent dlminutivc oys-
ters and HOLSTERS, miniatHre newspapers, let
ter envelopes and pearl bootjacks, inlaid
with mock rubes.
Il 1t shows how fashion rules the taste that
fars artifcally colored are preferredto those
Of natural hues, even by people OF wealth,
who can crafty every wish. H.. u.. ...
For ladies whose sole objection to short
skirts Is that the heels kick them UP at every
steep has been devised the plan of running
short piece of watch spring through n ca
sing in the back BREADTH, ..'.."
To satisfy the passion for novelty, some
aher dinner coffee cups are now made square
with square saacers. They are highly ptais-
ed by dressmakers and tailors, for they are
admirably adapted for spelling gowns and
coats.
f.. Among the wedding presents received by
= Philadelphia bride was 1, note from her
fathers counsel, agreeing to conduct the di-
vIrce case freeo charge. This may not be
exactly appropriate, but Il proves chat there
Is at least one good hearted lawyer. l.
MIS-. Garfield is described as having a
strong sense Of personal dignity ard rauch
reserve Of manner. She Is clever and judi,
cioas, having . business head, and planned
not only her washington house, but al 80
improvements on the Mention cottage.
Some AAtonishing Memoue-.
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Blackwood's Magazine.

OF Fuller we are told that he could write
1t once, and he could do tile same with as
many as five hundred words II, an unknown
language after hearing them twice. One
day he undertook to walk from Temple Bar
to the further end Of Cbeapside and to repeat
on his return every sign oil either side or The
way in the order Of their occurrence, a feat
which he easily accomplished. Aud What
has lately been reported Or the Rev. Orlando
Hymail, as All example OF his Most distinct
I've faculty, that his memory was such that
as he read Liddelr and Scott's Creek Dietion-
ary be destroyed tile successive pages, con-
tent with having mastered their contents,
is told Of Bishop Bull at the End Df mas
terly array Of intellectual apo sers; 4" And
as his reading was great, sdhis memnry was
/ equally retentlve. He,neyeso kept any hook
aofrtfefence of common places nseither did
I he ever need any," tllr writefoj adding that
together with this happy yfatmlty y lie " as
I blessed With another that seldom accoInpan-
led II IN The same person. and that WAS All
was IN a past day more sy steInatira y culti-
waited than with u.s. People ssst, theIiisely,s q
tasks. Thus Thomas Cromwell, ofihu Ref
orii,ation pcriod, as 4 travelling task connnir-
ted 10 memory tlIe. .whsb of Erasmus Paa-
phrase Of the New TEST anne iIt.G Bishop San-
derson could repeat all the odes of Horace
and Tully's Offices, ANT much Df Jnvei nj
and peisius without bnrk. Bacon alludcs TO
receipts for its Improvement, as well as hat
herbs, in the popular mind, tvud 10 strength
ell Imperfect memory, as onions or beans or
such vapornns food, Again. he writes, we
find in the art Of memory that images ysi-
, BILE work better than .conceit In, impressine
: things on the mind. A. fact which finds mod
ern illustration IN the case Of The, Fiflh Ave
nue. Hotel waiter, who daily receives some
!. 5o0 hats from Persons, dining together, il
! the same room, aud without, any, system o
arrangement promptly returns each hat t'
|, its owner, explaining that be wears mehta
:. picture, of the owper's. face inside his hat
]. and that on looking Into the hat the owner /
. instantly, brought before him. Again, TO re
cur to Bacons specnlaiiops,. he, fluids tha
: hasty speech confounds memory. Again, a
!. writing makes an exact man, So a ma
!. writes little be has need Of Q great memo y
= And he, eriticises VIZ, exercises used in tn
a universities as making too great divorc
!, bstween Invention and memory in the cult
\ vation of both faculties. 81, vi ,....
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THE GREAT pAI.RYMpI.E FARM. I

How many acres are cultivated on the
Dalrymple farm on Red River,and average
Weld Of wheat per acre 1911
Answer.-Mr. Dalrympie's headquarters
are .r,t two q miles east Of casteitcn, d. I. The
farms farms have four grand divisions the Cass,
Cheney, Grandin aud .Aiton-caiiec afterthe
men MAJ who have money invested in them.
The whole Of this vast tract Is under the su-
peryjsion OF Oliver Dalrympic. . tall, thin
Yankee. There are in all 100000 acres
thI, vel year there have been broken q, ,0oo acres
IN wheat 1000 acres have been broken for
4 next !, year; the wheat viii average eighteen
bushels to the acre d very moderate ssH
mate. They employ through hsrves 7eO
mer, q I, 800 teams, iun 14O self-bindinglhar-
yesters, and in October used twenty steam
thr,essshers,a each Of which threshed 1000 to
| 1900 bushels day. They comnencs SOW
inr, April and take month 70 put the
grain in, each team sowing eighaeez' acres =
day. The farms are cut up into divisiene q
5000 acres each, With . saperinfendenf ~
each, and these divisions are sgsin mad
sections Of $500 acres each, and each disis
/ lon hss ! complete set II baildlngs Of ~
!, own and the place Is run Ike yast ma
chine. s. 5asXa aes i IIts SIR .gsea
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Old Curiosity shop.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
OLEOMARGA ARINE.

From the Chicago Inter oceah.
oLEoMARGARINE.
Will you please give me the receipt for mz-
king oleomargarine, or chemical butterT
Answer.-It Is the fat resembling butter
extracted from beer taliow. The fat is cut
into fine pieces and boiled in vessel with
water, a little carbonate Of potash aud fresh
Sleeps stomachs, and the whole warmed 10
1872 Fahr. Under the influence Of the heat
and the pepsin of the stomachs the fat sepa-
rates from the cellular tissue. This fat is
allowed to cool till It solidifies, when 1t is
subjected to hydraulic pressure, then 1t sepa-
rates into two portions, one of which is ste
rine, which is used for making candles, aud
the other an oil called oleomargarine. The
latter is poured into churn while still IL
qnid, with about half its volume OF fresh
milk, and nearly as nuch water. After
churning the mixture yields the butter p
which is then salted and colored with an
nato. ....... ......
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THE CORN LAWS OF ENGLAND.


In reading the life of James A. Garfield
find reference to the corn laws OF England
What is meant by these laws? .a
Answer.-The corn laws were for the reg
ulation of the trade in grain, and are OF very
ancient origin. Immediately after the Nor
man conquest expectation was prohibited
and this principle was adhered to until 1885,
when a law was enacted allowing 1t wheney-
er the price of wheat should not exceed six
shillings and eight pence per quarter, and Of
barley three shillings and four pence. In
the year 1853 the Importation was prohibited
unless the domestic price should exceed the
rates named in the law. Of 1875. There were
many changes made from that time forw arc
and after the accession Of Charles Ii. the
protection of agricultural land and landed
interests became the policy. The laws were
continued, with various notifications, until
Sir Robert Peel became a con7ert TO ffef
frade. and In 1s46 his free trade measure was
passed, with the aid Of Golden, Bright and
others, reducing seriously at once the corr
duties. This went into force FEBRUARY
1S49. ..atna-a s--srssmi 80 -.
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A FarniIy or BAcheiers.

z e Il u
J Recent English court practice bears record
sf q family of bachelors, The will Of the
.l.se Mr.. Gibson, Of Ravenstonedale, has
been proved IN the Carlisle Court under $i,-
$4,000 personality, The history Of thetes-
taaor4 family IS curious. Their weree five
spthsE who were born fat the end Of the
lsss oentsry. erths beginning q the present,
in one sf the little dales q. Westmoseisnd,
apd the iast Of the five has Ecceptly died.
One brpther succeeded y, The small famiiy
yestste, two entered the church, and one BE-
, came. naanfaotnrer at Rerdal, ths fifth dy-
Ing IT. cempasatiyely early sge, All were
careful men, each remsining YnsparFied. and
each bespeathed 20 the surviving brct hera
his wealth. The result y seen 10 the prov
ing Of the will q the Ravenstonedale Glib
sosaS. - - a hsfs <sst#st II :, - =
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POETRY.
&" FEW Err
by A. T. FULLERTON.

A cup of water, Nora,
What, do you call this cool?
Ii is like they used TO give us
In summer days at school!
Well, well, good soul, no matter,
Ii IL all the same 10 me-
Raise the window just little,
can hardly breathe you, see.
1t Is the waltz Of Weber,
That the musicians play
For fairest feet to dance by,
Over the way.
How strange are the shadows fitting
Around on the dusky wall
But the fire in my heart grows stronger
And ghostlier than them all.
Is that the town clock striking?
think that IL Is tonight ..
NV fever will reach its crisis,
There are long hours yet till light.
Delicate, cooling ices 49,
Are plenty this night in May, &c.,
For little red lips to toy with, /" /. ..a#
iL !. Over this way. 4 L. -..auta
Mother, at home, come bless me
Can Won sleep when your boy in pain
Longs so for the touch of your finger,
To cool his feverish brain?
Sing me to rest with the murmur
OF your hymn In its holy tune;
In my broken dreams l hear II
Through the long, long afternoon.
Again that waltz Of Weber
Sets heart and feet 10 play,
whirling, and thrilling, and throbbing,
Over the way.
cannot bear much longer
I've great, great work to do,
Wealth insult win for the dear ones,
Fame. How ] wish knew!
Perhaps, perhaps she would love me
II she could but see the star
That will one day shine above me.
All me tits so very far
The soft white cheek IL flu hing,
IL IL often 40 hot in May?
Talk they only party gossip,
Over the way?
Quiet and grey was the cleaning
That frightened upon the wall;
For the mercifuI day was breaking,
And the birds began to call.
But face was changed In the shadows
OF the early lonesome dawn
And pulse had ceased its throbbing,
And the fever was all gone.
But hushed was the waltz OF Weber,
And weary, that dawn in May,
The hearts and feet that danced 80,
Over the way.
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bs.Jn, Judge. Mel I.anghlin's Court last week q
cult very snexrlys ? csnln,y: old took step
,lorwari tes ard ~ and. y 10 The old Peck
Va. Bonie,,r sase,oqfl which, ths original liti-
ssnss- arc Aa shslr. g. ayes asarly "A half cen
'tarH, ase.esT The original cause y lio years
old. .sakths sRst sandsr hs. present Ute was
tspmmenced ips itzy1l5 The crrp,rt ef Com
uaa'h'sessC Chsylss ti.a,s an, esiaslislhg thu
pidsrtj,x.f pys1aaQ hsi,s 40 Abe falri. was
,ceNaenss by Aisu Gsa.i and ihs h,nd,
annan,lnsfo ssAQoo b 40 br distributed
among thcsu-- aflsr II u Subjected. Fl