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Ice $4,000 Years Old.

The altitude Of the Stevens mine on
Mount Mcclellan, CAL, is $500 feet. AT
the depth of from sixty to 200 feet the
crcvice matter, consisting of silica,
calcitc and ore, together with the sur.
rounding wall rock, is a solid frozen
mass. Mcclellan is one of the highest
eastern spurs of the snowy range. It
has the form of horseshoe, with bold
escarpmcnt of feldsparic rock nearly
1000 feet high, which in some places is
nearly perpendicular.
In decending into the mine nothing
unusual occurs until depth OF eighty or
ninety feet is reached, when the frozen
territory begins and continues for over
1000 feet. There are no indications of a
thaw summer or winter.
The whole of the 1000 feet of frozen
walls is surrounded by massive rocks.
The miners, being unable to excavate
the frozen material with pick and drill
in the usual way, found that the only
way to mine in this peculiar lode was to
kindle huge fire against the "face" Of
the tunnel, and in the morning take out
the ore that had been thawed loose dur
ing the night.
In fact, this was the only mode oil
mining used when going through the
frozen belt some ten or fifteen years
since. The tunnel is now many hun.
dred feet deep, and still there is no
diminution of the frost. There is,so far
as can be seen, no opening or channel
through which the frost could possibly
have reached such depth from the sur.
face. Besides this, there are many other
mines in the same vicinity in like frozen
state.
The theory is that the rock was de-
posted in glacial times, when there was
cold enough to freeze the very carth's
heart. In that case the mine is an ice
house, whose stores have remained un.
thawcd for at least so, 900 years.
The phenomenon is not uncommon or
iuexplicable when openings can be found
through which current of air can pass,
but cases which, like the Stevens mine,
show no opening for air currents must be
referred to imbeddcd iccbergs of the
glacial period.-Troy (M. ~ Times.
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RAINBOW LAND.

From the valley OF morn, where teardrops
hung,
The glitte-ing bow of promise sprung,
So near it was plain to the duiiest sight,
So distant no hand could reach it quite;
And over the hills and far away
1t stretched waere the heights uatrodden
lay;
But Fancy, true- os eye than truth,
Could sec Rainbow Lani from the plains OF
youth.
There was gold uncountei in that fair land,
There were shiuing laurels and honorS
grand,
There was love undyins and friendship true,
Over the moun:aaS bright and blue.
Bur rough and hari was the upward climb
On the treachecouS slope of the hills Of time,
The laurels We saw from the plain below
We missed ere we reached the line OF snow,
And the gold for which we greeiily wrought,
If we found at all, it was dearly bought.
Few are the eyes that are best to find,
The road to the land where all are blind,
Where the happiest one is he who lives
Alone for the happiness he gives,
And the only poor is the wretch whose aims
Go begging in vain for needy palms.
God set its bounds His realm above
For Rainbow Land is the land Of love.
James j. Roche, Ill Boston Pilot.
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one thing. Your voice ought to be cul.
tivated. And I won't say another word
of objection about the conservatory, Re-
becca."
"Thank you, Aunt zillah,' said Beck.
"Bccause really, you knew, athorou9h
knowledge of music-church music, |
mean-is almost indispensable to a
minister's wife, some day. hiding her
face behind the veil of honcysucklc
blooms as she murmured the words.
coal" said Aunt Zillah. 'sRandolph
Villars, eh?'
"Please don't tell anybody, Aunt zil-
lah, said Beck, "It's . great secret at
present. We are both so very young,
YOU see. But, OH" with long breath
of surprise, "what have you done with
the blue butterfy?"
"I've sent it back to New York, " said
Aunt Zillah. "I'm going to sell IL to
Marcuss professor for twenty-five dollars.
And shall take the money toward a
new parlor organ for YOU, on the install
ment principle.'
"Oh, Aunt Zillah! The blue butter
fly that you thought so much of" cried
conscicncc-st stricken Rcbecca, clasping her
hands.
II did set deal Of store by it" said
Aunt zillah, slowly. "But amt sartin,
Rebecca, that I don't set more store by
you, for all I'm cross and grabbed some
times"
With tears in her eyes, Rebecca went
up to her aunt and kissed her.
The blue butterfly certainly couldn't
have done that SATURDAY, Night.
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Turtles That Draw Boats.

Harry lockwood, young man who
has been around the globe moro than
once, was telling some acquaintances
about his travels in the Richelieu last
evening. Some one asked him what was
the strangest sight he had seen in the
Old World.
"Thst is hard question to answer
he remarked, 'sbut think turtle-rida
in the Gulf of Siam was as unique as any
thing. While going over China / stopped
at Haitian, port on the Gulf of sism,.
and there enjoyed strange experience,
The natives make the immense turtles
common in those ports do service in draws
ing boats. They swim rapidly, and are
worth only few dollars a pair. They
are tanned easily and then fitted out with
light harness and reins. They are at
tached to the small boats with traces. !
rode about .genty miles one day, the,
animals being mssssed by the owner Of
the boat. After they y~Sere hitchcd up
we jumped into the boat and the man
took up the reins and we were of. The
animals padded along evenly and we
went faster than one gould row: They,
are guided BY long; stick not unlike q
fshpole, and can be handled as easily as
ponies. It is not often tha. any tEeARlss
Is experienced, but last summer q young
man was drowned. Just as he was start,
ing out from Haitian his stick broke, and
instead of coming back then he went out
to sea, thinking he could guide the tur'
ties by the reins. He would pull up the
reins until he upset the animals, but they
would soon regain the use of their flip
pers and go right ahead for the open sea.
At the last resort he cut the traces and
let his harness and the steeds 60. But
he was so far from shore that he perished
before drifting in.-Chicago Tribune.
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Tile noWer of the snake to charm was

THE power of the snake to charm was
demonstrated near Litckfeld, Conn,
the other day. Miss Perkins and hel
brother went out to gather arbutus and
became separated. Miss Perkins says
she was bending over to pick flowers
and as she tried to rise she saw an ad-
der gazing at her. She tried to run
away, but could not, and she was not
even able to turn her head. As her
brother came up and shot the snake,
she was growing dizzy. 1t was the fat
head adder, three feet in length.
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Novel Device to Elule Bloodhounds.

The tracks of the incendiary were dis
covered, and J. A. Trutis's bloodhounds
were put on his trail, but the cunning
scoundrel used a novel device for battling
the keen-scented brutS: He sprinkled
cayenne in his tracks, and this the hounds
got in their eyes, causing them great ag-
ony and ending their usefulness for the
time being.-S. Louis Glo6s Democrat.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
WEALTH, FAME, LIFE, DEATH.
What 2, fo,,,o

WEALTH, FAME, LIFE, DEATH.
What is fame?
IT'S the sun-gleam on the mountain.
Spreading brightly ere il flies,
'Tis the bubble on the fountain,
Rising lightly ere it dies;
Or. if here and there hero
BE remembered through the years,
Yet to him the gain is zero
Death has stiled his hopes and fears.
Yet what dangers men will dare
If but only in the air
May be heard some eager motion of their
name;
Though they hear it not themselves, its
much the same.
What is wealth?
'Tis rainbow still rccedng
AS the painting fool pursues,
Or try that youth, unheeding,
Seeks the readiest way to lose; :,
But the wise man keeps due measure,
Neither out of breath nor base;
But lie holds in trust his treasure
Fo. the welfare Of the race.
Yet what crimes some men will dare
But to gain their slender share
In some profit, though with loss of name or
health,
In some plumber, spent on vices or by
tn.
What is life?
'Tis the earthly hour of trial
For life that 8 just begun!
When the prize of scif-denial
May be quickly lost or won;
'Tis the hour when love may bourgeou
To an everlasting flower;
Or when luSts their victims urge on
To defy immortal power.
Yet how lightly mon ignore
II the future holds in store,
Spending brief but golden moments all In
strife;
Or in suicidal madness grasp the knife.
What is death?
Past its dark mysterious pO'tal
Human eyes may never roam;
Yet the hope still springs immortal
That it leads the wandcrer home.
On, the bliss that lies before US
When the secret shall be known,
And the vast angelic chorus
Sounds the hymn before the throne!
What is fame, or wealth, or life?
Past are praises, fortune, strife;
All but love, that lives forever cast beneath,
When the good and faithful servant takes
the wreath.
1-London Academy.
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ONLY LENT.

Our children, relations, friends, honors,
houses, lands and endowments, the goods OF
nature and fortune, nay, even of grace itself,
are only lent. 1t is our misfortune and, it
may be added, our sin to fancy they are
given. We start, therefore, and are angry
when the loan is called in. We think our
selves masters when we are only stewards,
and forget that to each one of us it will one
one day be said: "Give al account Of thy
stewardship" Bishop Horne.
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In educational matters Iexas mas
record of which any State in the Union
might be Justly proud. About s3,OOO,-
900 is annually expended on the public
schools and half o million more on the
higher institutions of learning. There
is school population of nearly half
million, abont one-fourth of which are
colored. Normal schools for both white
and colored pupils are supported by
the State, and over three thousand
colored teachers are in service in the
public schools. This year $500, ,Ol0
more than last year will be expended
on account of the schools of the State.
From this exceptional educational activ-
ity Texas cannot fail 10 reap rich har.
vest in the intelligence of its peoole.
THERE are buffers and buffers. One
of Robert Browning's buffers became
photographer, and he it is who took the
last photograph of the poet. "The po
sition," so writes an American in Lon
don, "is the one in which the old SER
want oftenest saw his master while at
work. When Browning sat for it, he
assumed the pose indicated by the
operator as "the one what you usel to
drop into, sir, when you and me was q
workin' together, sir-you at your writ
ing and me at my fire, and my tidyin
hup, and the rest of it."
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Stanley's Remedy for Slavery in Africa.

There is only one remedy for these
wholesale devastations of African aborig-
ines, and that, says Henry NJ. Stanley, in
Scrbner, is the solemn combination OF
England, Germany, France, Portugal,
South and East Africa, and Congo State
against the introduction of gunpowier
into any part OF the continent except for
the use of their own agents, soldiers, and
employees; Or scizing upon every tusk OF
ivory brought out, as there is not single
piece nowadays which has been gained
lawfully. Every tusk, piece, and scrap
in the possession OF an Arab trader haa
been stepped and dyed in blood. Every
pound weight has cost the life of man,
woman, or child; for every five pounds
a hut has been burned; for every two
tusks whole village has been destroyed;
every twenty tusks have been obtained
at the price Of a district, with all its peo.
pie, villages, and plantations. 1t is SIM
ply Incredible that because ivory is red
quired for ornaments or billiard games,
the rich heart of Africa should be laid
waste at this late year of the nineteenth
century, signalized as it has been by SO
much advance; that populations, tribes,
and nations 7honld be utterly destroyed.
lz1,.,,,n,o>, 1o, 1,no,, oranad A.
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a CINCINNATI woman, enraged at her
husband, determined to ruin him inan-
cially. She shopped all day and piled
up bills to his account to the amount Of
$1,000. -, -
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SEVERAL years ago the residence OF
Cora Pearl in Paris was entered by
thieves and robbed of $4,000 One
of the robbers was captured and con-
demned to five years imprisonment, but
the property was not then recovered. On
his liberation from prison lately he en-
deavored to raise sum from q banker
with which he might go to Ger
many and redeem the stolen property.
That had been deposited in German
bank. Tbs bankers suspicious were
excited and the man was arrested, and
has revealed the name Of his accom-
plice. The great sum may be recovered,
but too late to be OF any value to Cora
Pearl, who died in destitution, after
having vainly endeavored to make a
little money by publishing her me.
moirs.
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Cover my defence!ess head
With the shadow of Thy wing,

nv gun dropped, and you were saved. Jesus
did cover your defenceless headw
How many have been comfo-ted and saved
in the singing Of that hymn. When Gods
children are in the night and Loneliness Of
sorrow and longing, the shadow of the di-
vine wings is over them like great shelter
ing dome. When the deadly aim of unseen
danger covers them, there is another cover
ing, which is their safety from all danger.
The covert of His wing sayes.-Christian
Advocate.
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THE SAVING COVERT.

Several years ago party were boating on
The Potomac River. 1t was suggested that
there be singing; and y gentleman in the
company sang, very beautifully, Jesus,
lover of my SOUL" Another gentleman
among the number, being deeply moved by
the singing. exclaimed, MY friend, did 1
rot hear you sing that same hymn one
night cn the battlefield years ago." The
singer reflected moment and replied that
he did remember 10 have sung it one night
when OH picket duty He had not heard
from home for weeks; his heart was very
heavy; and there as he stood alone under
the heavens on that clear night, he sang to
the Lover of his soul, that he might get
comfort. The Confederate so.dier-for such
he was--said, "Yes; that was when heard
you sing. was q sharpshooter. When /
saw you out on picket duty raised my gun
and took deadly aim. caught the voice OF
your singing; and when you plaintiyely
pourel out those words
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A SUBSCRIPTION has been opened ut
Hamburg to purchase two estates Dor,
dering Friedrichsruhe, as present to
Prince Bismarck. 3ss
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SABBATH SCHOOL.

INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
JUNE 20.
!
Second Quarterly Review-Golden
Text: Johni., II.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-02
SUBLIMITY IN ASSURANCE.

The cool proposition which has been intro
duced bv Senator Stewart, OF Nevada, that
the Government shall dig tunnel through
thelSierra Nevada for the benefit of the
Central Pacific, indicates an extremity of
assurance on the part of the corporate CLIQUE
which owns the Nevada Senator, that rises
to the level of genius. Of course the bill
will not be resurrected from the committee
to which it is referred; but the hardihood of
even submitting such proposition is some
thing so magnificent as to compel recogni-
ton.
This proposition is based upon the plea
of protection from snow blockades; and the
snow blockades are the sequel of the history
of the Central Pacific. The Government
advanced the money to build the Central
Pacific road and something in addition.
Out of the profits of the road the benefciaries
Of the Government built the Southern Pa
cifc, so that they nave another line open if
the Central Pacific is closed. The Califor-
mia papers are very outspoken TO the effect
that the bIockades this winter were due to
the fact that the company permitted its
snowsheds to 60 to ruin. But most people
do notrecognize that this was done expressly
for the purpose of damaging the property
on which the Government loan was secured,
and forcing renewal of the debt on the
terms which the Central Pacific millionaires
should dictate. while they were reaping the
profits of increased traffic on the Southern
lines which they have accrued from the plum
der of the Central Pacific.
1t is appropriate that this record should
be enlarged by the claim of Senator Stewart
as the Senatorial attorney of the Central
Pacific, that the Government must spend
millions in building tunnel for that line,
as compensation to it for letting its snow
sheds decay in order to depreciate the Gov
ernment's lien on the property.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-02
AEAPoCHRyPHAI. BARGAIN,

The report that Senator Quay intends to
settle the Gubernatorial contest by securing
the new place of Assistant Secretary of War
for Hastings is an interesting one, but it
will be much more interesting when it has
enough confederation to give it serious
weight, Until then we are constrained to
place it in the rank of things that are mod
erately important, if they are true.
The most obvious phase of the rumored
deal of birds in Que bush for fowls in
another is the very slight chance it would
have of serving the purpose of either party.
The Assistant Secretaryship of War will, it
is true, fill Sam Weller's definition OF good
place very fully. There will be nothing to
do, and plenty Of assistance in doing it.
But we take it that General Hastings is in
this canvass for something more than a sim
ecure as halfway house on the road to
political oblivion, and that is what an ac-
ceptance of this reported offer would mean
for him.
On the other hand it does not seem proba-
bic that so clear-neaded a politician as our
Matthew Stanley would suppose that this
TO him. The report does not represent Sena-
tor QuaY's services to give Hastings this po-
sition as inspired by love for the Adjutant
General; but as produced By his dislike to
have his State interfered with. Against that
theory there is an understanding that the
State is still tolerably intact; and beyond
that the fact that the peril of the State lies
as much in the opposition to Delamater as
in the popularity of Hastings. With Has
tings in the field, the opposition is divided.
If he were taken out of the canvass the oppo-
sition would be more likely to concentrate
on some other candidate, than to fall into
the arms of the slated candidate. We have
an idea that this feature of the present situa-
ton is recognized about as clearly by the
astute Senator, as by any other man.
If any such bargain as this should be con-
summated, its first effect would be to bring
into increased prominence the boom of
Pittsburs's eloquent and popular candidate,
Major E. A. Montooth.
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CUTTING EVERY WAY.

The reported interview with the Secretary
of the State Liquor Dealers Association, as
TO the means adopted by that organization to
defeat the prohibition amendment in this
State, cuts In every way at once and slashes
all classes with beautiful impartiality.
According to this statement, which it must
be remembered comes to us through the
medium of the Voice. the national prohibi-
tion organ, the liquor interests started out to
win their point by a scheme of wholesale
bribery and bought politicians, press and even
pulpits in round lots and by the single
piece. Republicans and Democrats par
ticipated in the division of the funds ac-
cording to this story, and the campaign of
the liquor sellers is alleged to have been con.
Quoted by the rule of buying everything
that was in the market. The statement
may be taken with large grain of allow
ance. No doubt the liquor interests con-
Quoted their campaign on the monetary
plan, and inevitably the strikers of both
parties reaped harvest from them. But it
is improbable that the popular vote was
materially affected by the expenditure of
the liquor mems funds,
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THE READING DECISION.

The decision of the Supreme Court in the
Reading case, which was made public yes
terday, is regarded by the city's legal
authorities as settling all constitutional
questions concerning the street bill of
Pittsburg. 1t is certainly to be hoped that
this may be the case. But the ultimate
tribunal of this State, if not an uncertain
body, is one that draws some fine distinc-
tions, and possibly by these distinctions, it
may yet discover some flaw in our fire.
quently amended street act. The text of
the latest decision points very strongly to
the objections of the Court to acts based
upon a classification which practically
makes different laws on subjects of a gen.
eral nature, from those in force in the rest
of the Commonwealth" Is it certain that
there is nothing of this sort in our legisla-
tion TO which the Supreme Court can take
exceptions? We shall be glad to know that
the Reading decision settles the matter; but
in view of the proverbial uncertainty of the
Supreme Courts views, il is not wise to
shout before we are sure that we are out of
the woods.
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loaning money on any such lack of
security as that. The second propo-
stion calls for an investigation
of the law authorizing the issue
of certain Government bonds, for the pur-
pose of testing an already exploded idea that
the bonds can now be paid. The second
and third proposition call for the election Of
Senators and railroad commissioners bv the
people, as if change of method in elections,
which the people now can control if they
will, would reform the consequences of their
neglect. Finally, they propose the exemp-
ton of homesteads from taxation and the
cumulative taxation of lands held from
speculative purposes new and radical
amendment of the George theory.
The tone generally adopted by the press
is that of sneering at this indication of revo-
lutionary ideas as "a revival of Granger
ISM" But such talk fails TO catch the real
significance of such principles. 1t is not
Grangerism, but revolt from corporate
rule and the burden of combinations that
may prove more serious than Grangerism.
American citizens do not drift into schemes
of confscation and socialism when the pres
ent system preserves their interests. The re-
suit of disearding or nullifying the prin-
ciples of democracy for the benefit OF great
corporations is seen in these subversive
ideas that are gaining ground in the West.
OF course, such measures would only
further involve the condition of the
farmers. But it should be full of instruc-
ton for the influential classes that the
fayors showered on certain classes of capital
for the past twenty years, have driven the
most powerful class in the country to the
verge of economic heresies beside which the
widest vagaries of Green backism were sober
and conservative.