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I've NOSet1ea.

ST. LorI.. August IA Highland, ills..
.p.cisl ,sys John Garnell. farmer oeG
J,m.,tozn. committed suicide on Account
pnh, Tuouipsr, o millinsr, also shos
ti..if ,bronyh the heart With shot gun.
C,u,e. financial trouble.
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n VVteuAIv RSssssf.

M,pyp August % The Imperial says
the Spanish government, after the rsoens
rising, informed It's representatives soros!
that sfriendly request vonld be nsds tnss
France comply with the in'srnstpn
snd eIpel the rsputsd author ei 'hs''''
break.
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Torn in strips from His Rody
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

Fourteen Persons Drowned In Maine.
Bc-Tov. August p 1t is reported from
Portland, Maine, tina; fourteen persons
were drowned a. Wells. in that State. The
tele! raph Office is closed, and no particu-
lars can bs had.
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p.,,,,,xau,. Knight. Of Pysbiss.

SCRANTON. Pa. August % e. B; Emery
was elected Grand Guard OF the Knights
OF Pythiss 10 day. The report OF the com;
rirtse on laws was adopted oy To'e o.
Isi 10 81.
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Tho TrDhps Union Congress.

New YORK, August 23.-The Congress OF
Trades Unions voted day that labor or
CARNATIONS Of tn CT y be urged to aid the
ladies' deprived of employment as opera
tors by the strike until they obtsin e n
ployment. The Legislative Committee
we're instructed TO keep record OF all
strikes. their causes, results and effects,
and also to prepare petition 10 Congress.
urging the establishment of Bureau OF
shnr Statistics
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Jatiee Sent Up.

LITTLE Rock. ARK, August B." Z
Acsms. ex Judge OF Faulkner county. hs:
hsen convicted by th> Circuit Court oi
Van Barren county of stealing sl51 fr"a'
Sheriff Tounsend. apI seEisnced 20 yes'
in the penitentlsry.
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BRIEFLY TOLD

Girl IN hammock
Reading book,
Catches man
By hook or crook.
Girl in kitchen
Scrubbing pan
Cannot Gobble
Any man.
Ten years later,
Head In Bhirl;
Wishes he'd taken
Kitchen girL.N
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Annexation In Australia.

MELBOURNE. August 23-Ten colonies
have accepted The invitation 70 attend q
conference shortly to discuss the question
Of the annexation of Guinea and other
islands in the Pacific.
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White Sulphur Springs,


published to-day, says when Mr.. Mcdonald
was asked stout the alleged interview be
repl ed: Il stopped over in Washington
part of one day on my way from Deer
Park to this place. Mrs. Mcdonald was
with me. | missed the morning train to
White Sulphur, and it was necessary to
wait for the next train. We stopped at
the National Hotel, which was convenient
10 The railroad station at which We had
arrived, and from which we pro.
posed 10 depart. did not
visit the Riggs House, and
Had No Conversation
relating to politics with any newspaper
correspondent or group of friends whatso.
eyer. The remarks attributed to me are
manufactured out OF whole cloth. | have
expressed n opinion as to Mr.. Arthur 5
candidacy. | have expressed no opinion as
20 Mr.. Tilden candidacy. have not been
in New York for two years
The Massachusetts GOyeruOrshtp.
TosToN, Mass. August 23.-Mr. Chss.
Francis Adams, Jr., VINO has been often
mentioned as strong man to oppose
the reelection OF Gov. Butler, has written
a letter 10 friend in which occurs this
emphatic passage: Having just returned
home from five weeks absence. have
favor of the nomination of Henry
L. Pierce as the best man TO
put up sgainst Butler. Under no Circum-
stsnces whatever would l allow my name
10 be used in the coming convention, but
least OF all would allow it to be used
against Mr.. Pierce, whom | have long de-
sired TO see q overnCr and never more than
now Mr.. Pierce, is however on the
other side OF the ocean and no one knows
what attitude he will assume regarding the
statement in his behalf.
New York Democratic Convention.
SARArCGA y. V, August 23-The Demo
cratic State. Convention has been called for
September 9th. at Buffalo. A resolution
introduced by Roosevelt. of the New York
County Democracy, was adopted, providing
that the primaries IN New York for the
election Of delegates to the State COnven
ton be conducted under the direction OF
he State Committee, pending 4 settlsmen;
Of the uitferenle OF the several factions.
The resolution brought 40 a hot debate
and vas finally adopted b. vS:e OF Is
10 y.
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Fatally Shot.

Troy. y. y, August 23.-Dr. T. Hudson
probably fatally shot by Charles Osterbout
at Ho0sac. Falls Is charged oy OTternonts
vile with indecent conduct toward her.
Hudson denies the charge.
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MANY times you want to keep NEE. or
fish for several dsys. Lay it in solution
Of Rex Ms9nns over night and you can
keep il for weeks. You can also keep it a
week ~ so ~ s'ir-'ng in a little of the
Snow Flake brand.
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LABOR INTELLIGENCE.
Wages of GraSsworkers at Pittsburg

Wages Of GIassworkers at Pittsburgh.
PIrrsrURGH August 23.-At meeting OF
the window glass manufacturers and work
mems conference committees to settle the
rate of wages for the ensuing year, the
manufacturers made proposition which
embraced general reduction in wages OF
loper cent. The workmen refused to act
at once and asked time for conslderatl1n
Of the matter. which vas granted and the
conference adjourned until some day
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ARTHUR As AN ANGLER.
He lands % Two mud . Half POund
Trout In = Costest NiIh hsssior

Vest.
CANr i.urToS, oS SshEE RIyER, August
23.-The r.sidcnt and party reached this
Camp after travelling about eighteen miles
along the foot hills between the ShoshOns
ard TetOnp mountains The camp IL named
in honor OF Senator Wade Hampton, who
was expected 10 accompany the party. Its
loca,ioD IL grand, on bluff of Snake
River and facing ihe entire range of the
Teton mountain Judge R9llin. shot and
brought in his fir. antelope to-day. Az
kinds Of game abound this camp. Nearly
all the party are
Engaged IN AnsltsE
for trout The President and Ssnstor
Nest outstripped the rest Of the party aud
are vieiBg for the supremacy. each having
snded two and shalt pound trout, the
feat being witnessed froLI the blnf fsciog
the camp by the entire command Their
catch for the day 10 much larger tina, any
day during the trip. AZ our lsst camp the
umper OF the entire party was severely
uitd by the extremes OF the weather. Hot
weather IN the middle Of the day, and Sc
e,re gales OF ChenOok winds throughout
the night, accompanied with binding
clouds Of dirt.
lee Fsvmsd - Inch Thick
on The water buckets before the tents by
morning To day the weather IL clear and
brscing, and all OF the party are In ercel'
lent health and spirits. To morrov's march
will take us 10 the southern boundary OF
the YelloTstOne Park.
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AaafheR l,Nl0aI,
nGG~ Africa.

Loxpos. August S.-Ihe bn M,
eminent has scquired the siny
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ss,nrssDsssh ~ B<ss.

8, Lor,. August 23.-A Nation, llls.,
.p.cisl ,sys David Woods and BIZ nn
r.rr .,urg 10 death by swarm oi nsneJ
bees 10 day.
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p-.,.. August 3.-1t IL reported tas.
t..,sl,sn Of British troops h" Deso
ordered to z ilulsnc.
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The Cholera I'm Egypt.

ALHvA>DsIA. August 23 - There we're
;hirtr ore d-a:hs frUm clo.=Ts haze yes
teIday.
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Es1yrr,igse local seepn usn.sa ~ IN Iii Iii
toun for 90 sr'isis tos. @ A.
Live dIcsyisu trs gr'ccsI. p,r,,,v. "a n
drS,. Hun,iston folS' ffsssI's"N W
-s. ....s:. +-:scS
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WEST FALMOUTH, Mass. Angus. -
Iherr 5 now ltte doubt in the mind, q:
lho>e c. INJECTED with the members of the
larry Tllch SAILED on the yacA. Mystery
That he yacht was wrecked and an o
loSrd drowned. al y"
VET FALMOUTH, August 23.-Anotbs-
pody has been found at Pocassets Glenn
o. ''' Sargent families have gone there,
Niw BEHyoED Mass, Arguss a3-Tbe
yacht SuEken at the Hen and CS;,tsD. y,
Leei SA7 visited ;his afternoon hv s,s,1,
srs. hu, II vas iuu"d impossible 10 r,i,e b"-
pr The WECcksge indicates m a.,
sEe = o"ut the size OF the Mystery.
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MaIaria at watering Places.

PORTSMOUTH, y. H, August, 23.-Malaria
has appeared al several New Hampshire
beaches and many people have left: MT
Lewis, a wealthy Phiiadelphian, died in
his cottage Yesterday Of malignant typhoid
fever. His servants and family are ill.,
Defective drainage is the supposed cause
OF the trouble Mrs. Ward, hotel guest
at Rye Beach, also died yesterday.
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SUMNER SICKNESS.
Quarantine Declared.

MorrLE, ALA, August 2}.-Upon the re-
ceipt OF the news of the discovery Of yell
low fever at Pensscols, the Mobile Board
OF Health recommended the establishment
Of quarantine against that place, and
government reservation proclamation will
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-24

The marriage OF Miss Carrie Keever, daugh-
ter OF D-. W. e. Keever, to Mr.. Jason D..
Curtis will take place at the resi-
dence of DIR. K. on the evening
of the above date. 4 large number
of guests have been invited, and
the OCCASION will be the social event OF the
season in Bellyille. The happy, groom,
that il TO be, is a well.known and highly
esteemed steamboat pilot and known all
along the Ohio, from Cincinnati 10 Pitts
hurgh. having been a long time on the St.
Lawrence, Sidney and other favOrite
packets. His host of friends can congratu-
late him on winning one OF West Nirginia's s
fsirest daughters.
Capt. Frank Cooper, OF the Sonoma, took
ont the c. c. Martin to-day, loaded with
visitors for the Harvest Home picnic at
Little Hooking.
Miss Mamie Roberts, of Wheeling is
visiting ~ Mr. Brownings in Relpre.
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Panic STRICKEN FugitIyes

ATLANTA. August "a large number OF
people from Pensacola, Fla, passed through
here to-day refugees from the fever. Tney
reg ort thst FIVE hundred left Pensacola yes
teTuGy.
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PARKERSBURG.
Quiet Wedding - Brilliant Society
Event in Prospect.

EPdE"C 10 bte Itg'StT'
PAEHERsm:EG, August 2&.-William G..
Wright, Of Spencer, formerly of this city,
and Mrs. Mary Huffman, OF RockpOit,
went quietly TO Marietta few days ago
and were married. The worthy couple
have the hest wishes OF their hosts of
friends for long and prosperous voyage
through lie.
The building in course Of erection by
the enierprising firm OF Gently X Gering
on tine corner Of Ann and Sixth streets,
will bea credit 20 our city and a monument
to the energy and enterprise OF the propri-
etors Of this new industry IN our midst.
capt Charley leavitt, late OF The steamer
Henry Logan, has bought the Harry Knox
Al Eut her in the Marietta and Ravens
wood trade on Tuesday.
Mrs. W. ii. Hunter and daughter have
returned from a six weeks stay in the
country, much improved by the change.
The X y. Logan Carriage Company are
selling quite number OF the McElroy
wagons.
our re,ghboring town Of Bellville will
on the evening Of September 9TH be the
scene OF
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AGONY UNSPEAKABLE.
The Fearful Experience of a
French Aer0naut.
Carried TO a Height Of 1Wo Miles by a
Cord Attached to Two Fingers
Badly &angied.

pAE,s, August 23-A RDyan. on tho Oh
rundp, there has Just transpIred scene
perhaps Unprecedented in the annals OF
balIoOning NJ. Graltlen, well known
atrOnsui was about tO make al ascent in
4 bot air balloon called "La NidOuvllaise.
NJ lie Albertine, the heroine Of several
ha,!uon asCenSluus WAS seated IN the car.
VI. Grati-n was holding in his right hand
a loose coil tied u one o! the C0rIs that
served To- attached the balloon. fhe bal
loon
Unexpectedly Broke Loose.
and the cord, unroIling itself with light
ming rapidity, caught IN n sort Of running
knot around the first and second fingers OF
Gratien's right hand. Gratien was immed.
isteiy whisked of into the air SIX hundred
meters high. In vain he tried 10 haul
himself upon the cord and loop IL over his
arm After frantic efforts he became ex.
hausied and hung solely by his two fingers
and suffering cXcTuciatiug agony, and oT.
ing TO the jerking OF the balloon the cord
cut like araZor
yhrough the Flesh 60 the Rome.
In that situation C-atien was carried 10
Il . Gis,aLcp OF nearly four miles, at the
height of six hundred metres above the
earth. Mile AIbertine, overcome by the
horror Of the situation, tainted away and
ank helpless TO the bottom OF the car. As
tie air In the bal ,o1n became cool the bal.
| on descended, int bumped against the
q r'h IN the midst Of dense mass OF
thmny chr. bbery. GratiPn was not only
t-ipI ed of h's clothes, but his skin was
literally
Torn in strips from His Rody
as be was dragged for nesrIy half a mile
through he thOrny brambles. Finally
some pPassnts managed TO cut the cord.
GratIen appeared 10 be mass wounds
and to be near bleeding to death. Strange
TO say. be drd not lose consciousness for
single instant He suffered no internal In.
iury. and alihDugh his condition is critical
he probably will recover. When the rope
MAS cut and the balloon was freed from the
weight Of Gra,len's body it again arose in
The air
Carrying of Mile AIbertfnc.
BY singular good fvr,Une L soon Ian led IN
a marsh. and madejlpiselie at last stool on
Terra fIma. She ~ sOrely distressed Ia
mind and badly scared, but otherwise sale
and sOund
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OTHER POLITICAL.
A Sweeping Denial From Mcdonald.

a Sweeping Denial From Mcdonald.
WASHINGTON, August 2S-When eX-
Senator Mcdonald, OF Indiana, passed
through here few days ago, en- route from
Deer Park to White Sulphur Springs, an
alleged interview was telegrap' ed from
here which represented the Presidential
candidate as standing in the main corridor
of the Riggs House discoursing as to the
political prospects and Presidential candi-
dates in particular. A special dispatch
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IH'r poor hsdriddep, invalid wife as.
Hr. mother or d'ngnter. can be made tb-.
Ct"tr OF mesIth tE few bottles os Hon
I'' VIII YOU rrt them suffer: whar
30 easily GuIsd.
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gUCKHANNON.
New Newspaper BuiIdiDg-COunfy In
stIIuie-ChuFch Changes.

Special 10 he Register.
BrcKHAxNoN, ". VA, August 2.-One
OF the best evidences OF newspaper thrift
and enterprises in Buckhannon is the
handsome new building which now en-
closes the Banner o"ice. The proprietor
of the Banner ias erected very pretty
building on his own lot and sufficiently
commodious for all the needs Of his Office,
and as proprietor thinks the prettiest part
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The Comfy Institute

Leld in this place last week was the largest
attended institute hsve ever seen. Up
skur county can furnish the whole State
with good teachers. The sessions were in
terestiug aBd Creditable.
Rev. 4. D. CarlIle sewers his connection
With the Presby Church OF this town
r.1t Sabbath. in order TO return TO his
course at the Allegheny. Theological Semi.
rsry. His minisiration here has been
Popular and Effective.
end the people regret TO loose him. He
will carry with him the arjsnt wishes To-
future success and happiness OF the entire
ropnIaiion. 1t expected that Rev. Fiu
gerald. Of Ciarksburg, will receive call TO
the Church.
Mr.. Jackson. the partner OF Ben Rich.
in the "Lsnd Crab Bureau" is attending
County Court. endesyoring 20 get reiuc'
ton on the land claim, by. the Bureau.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-04
BRornrR GARDNER ON HONEST,

II should find a perfcckly honest
man-honest in his expressions, honest
in his dealings, sincere in his statements
Il shouldn't like him. He would be q
lonesome object in dis aige. He would
seek in vain fur companionship. While
/ believe dat honesty am de bes' policy,
I doan' look 10 see il practiced beyand a
certain limit. When trade mules wild
q man / kinder like 10 doubt his word.
want TO feel dat he am keepin' still
bout de ring-bones an spavins, an dat
de beast he says am iist turnin' fo'teen
vars will nebber see his 2lst birthday no
moar. II am monotonous 10 deal wild q
man who am PERFECTLY honest II / lend
q man money 1 want him 10 be honest
'nufT TO return IL, but II he kin trade me
watch worth SO for gun worth seben
shall think none de less of him. II
men were 30 sincere dat we felt obleeged
10 believe whateber dey asserted We
should hev no use fur theories an argy-
ments. When glib my note Iexpect TO
pay il. When AZ a man how he would
like TO trade his wheelbarrow fur my
dog TN not gwine TO inform him dat
Cesar am all bark an no bite, an he am
not gwine 10 tell me dat he borrowed
dat wheelbarrow in de night an forgot
TO return il. II grocer leaves me in
charge of his sto' lie gwine TO sot fur
half an hour beside box Of herrings ar
keep my hands in my pockets oil de
time. Yet, il dat same man sells me
pound Of tea he expects me to try an
pass off on him a half-dollar wild hole
in it.
Continer, my frens, to believe dat hon
esty am de bes' policy, but doan expect
too much of so-called honest men. You
kin trust men wild your wallet who would
borrow a pitch-fork an nebber return
il. You kin lend your horse 10 man
who would cheat you blind in tradin'
obercoats. You kin send home par O.
dead ducks at MONDAY Ly q man who
would steal your live chickens at mid
night When / lend my naybur
Mocha coffee 1 like TO wonder il he
won't pay il back in Rio. When de ole
woman buys kaliker on a guarantee she
rather hopes it will fade in de washin'.
solemnly believe dat de world am
honest nuff iist as it am. When you gin
your word stick to it il it busts de bank.
When you do job Of work do it we'll.
When you make a debt pay it. Any
man who AN mo- honest dan dat will
want you to cut penny in two to make
out his shilling he will ring you up at
midnight to return your mouse-trap he
will take one shingle from your bunch
an offer you de one-hundredth part of
what de bunch cost he will borrow
your boot jack an insist dat you borrow
his washboard to offset it.-Detroit Free
/ PresS
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FISH IN TUE OLDkx TIME.

In London in the old time the market
price Of fish was prearranged by author
ity. Edward I'LL, for instance, issued
very stringent regulations for keeping
down prices; while the profits Of all fish
mongers were 10 be no more than a
penny in the shilling. The following
were the market prices; Maekerel, one
penny. and turbot sixpence each; soles,
twelve for threepenee; picked herrings,
one penny per score; oysters, twopence
per gallon. and cells four pence per 100.
No fish were allowed TO be sold that
lad been more than one day cut of the
wates.
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DOLLY.

Rag, wood and india-rubber, china,
composition and wax-we can imagine
the immense doll population gathering
about us, impatient for attention, and
all leaning up against each other, for 1t
is a peculiarly of doll physique that, as
regards standing up independently in
the world, doll is unmatched for help
lessness by anything under the sun
except a saltwater bottle. The weak
point of the primitive rag baby was the
human face divine in colored chintz,
until at last il has been painted on white
calico. The wooden genera of the fam
ily had an Objectionable stare, and were
too liable TO be scalped The china
cousins suffered from fragile noses land
heads) and an unnatural shining skin.
India-rubber got over the danger OF
breakage, but the immortals have, like
old Tthonus, the gift Of life with the
gift of youth forgotten, and, the period
of doll existence being over, their
washed-out Kafiir complexion is fright
full to see. Composition with thin skin
of wax is most popular in nursery So
ciety, but the elite of dolls will ever be
the waxen fair ones endowed with human
hair. All dolls hair has at least one
human property-that Of falling of.
But, fortunately, human badness is q
gradual sorrow; not, like poor dolly's.
one shock Of CONSERVATION. This is q
most trying misfortune to q doll-lovine
child. A creature with only ono eye,
one leg and one arm may still DO cher
ished, but scalped doll is a monstros'
ity. Yet even greater defects than thu
can be cured; indeed, medical sciencs
pales beside the wonders done in q Lon
don "Doll's Hospital" "What beau
tiful doll r. we once remarked 10 com
municative- looking little stranger
Eyes" said the communicative httl'
one proudly; "and this is her secon'
head r"-Chaml5ers Journal
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-04

Everything living, however small and
Insignificant it appears, is susceptible to
kindness. In Massachusetts town
there is a young woman who has made
quite number Of the piscatorial inhab-
itants of a pond her most intimate
friends. She makes daily visits TO the
pond, carrying a generous supply OF
food. Any one of the fish, turtles, frogs,
etc, will eat out Of the lady's hand, and
allow themselves TO be handled without
betraying the least fear. The most IA
miliar Of this colony is large eel, over
three feet long, which will permit him.
self to be taken from the water and toyed
with at pleasure, the only consideration
being that his head alone shall remain
in the water. Among her other acquaint-
ahces are two snapping-turtles. who
seem to relish the terms Of familiarity.
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Ac,ryCE rs PROGREss.

To sciercc, again. We owe the idea OF
prugs IS. The Gncients, said Bagehot,
bod no conception Of progress; they
Ill not ~ much AS reject the idea; they
3ii not even enter tain it," II is not, ]
think. now going too far to say that the
m.. test Of civilization OF n nation must
be measured by its progress in science.
u Is often said, however, that, great and
unexpected Ms the recent discoveries
have been, there are certain ultimate
problems which must ever remain UNI
solved. For my part, would prefer
To abstain from laying down any such
limitations. When Park asked the Arabs
what became of the sun at night, and
whether the sun was always the same OF
new each day, they replied that such a
question was childish and beyond the
reach of human investigation. Even as
late rs 1912 so high an authority a.
Comic treated as obviously impossible
aud hopeless any attempt to determine
the chemical composition Of the heaven
ly bodies. Doubtless there are ques
lions the solution of which we do not Al
yet see our way even TO attempt; never
theless the experience Of the past warm
ms not to limit the possibilities of thu
future. Sir John Lubbock before IN
! British Association.