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The herald., 1895-08-18

wannered through the forests of Missouri
and Kansas long before the prairies ap-
pearcd. Tracks have been discovered
which one geologist concludes were made
by fouf-tooted birds, which resembled.
somewhat, the mammals. and others that
were made by batrachian, or frog birds.
Near Amiens. in France. geologists dug
from layer that had never been disturb
ed, tie remains Of man, mammoth,
rhinoceros. ami several animals long since
extinct; this goes 10 prove that man was
coeval with the mammoth. This hugo
beast wandered all over this country from
Maine to California and its remains have
been frequently found. In California
several specimens have been discovered of
men OF gigantic stature. In Trinity coun-
ty. in 1860. thigh bone and skull were
found OF man estimated to have been
twelve feet in height, and in Lower Cali,
fornia in 1852 an ola Jesuit priest found
the vertebrae. skull. ribs, ETC., OF man
eleven feet in height. In Southern Ore
gon. in 1862 there was discovered a pair
OF human jawbones measuring seven
inches across, and there have been several
other instances of the discovery Of i'm
mense human bones in this part of the
country. Fossils show that the horse was
common in America during The tertiary
period; yet when she Spaniards first came
to this country. no animal Yesem bling the
horse was to be found here. and the In
dians had never seen one, for they thought
upon first beholding tho mounted Span
lards that the horse and rider were one.
The megatherium, or monstrous beast,
lived in South America. and by the con-
struction of it's teeth it is learned that it
must have feed upon whole trees.
The list might be carried on indefinite
ly. but enough have been spoken of to
show how little we would have known of
the strange creatures which formerly in
habted this earth, but by the aid OF
geology.
Many things we learn from the study
of geology that without it would remain
unsolved mysteries. In various parts of
the world are found huge salt beds, and
lakes intensely salt. How were these
beds formed? A probable theory has
been advanced that as the burning lava
streamed down the mountains it flowed
into the sea in such a manner as to cut
off portion of it. in the form of lakes,
tho waters of which, coming in contact
with the boiling lava, arose in clouds of
steam, leaving the salt uehind to settle
on the bottom.
Not long ago it was found that certain
portions of the earth were slowly sinking.
and as great deal OF land is being de-
voured yearly by the waves of the ocean,
the question arose whether we would not
finally sing altogether into the sea.
There is no danger of it. dere again
geology comes to our aid, and we find
creasing, and that it is not improbable
that soIne time the entire surface of Ethe
globe will be composed of land alone.
The land surface OF the earth today is
greater than at any time in Its history.
Faster than the sea can DESTROY the land
the streams of the eartil build it up and
gain upon It. Fire and water are the two
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90 on for many ages yet. During the car

60 on for many ages yet. During the car
honiferous period, no grain, grass or edi-
BILE fruit existed the whole land surface
of the globe was covered with rank
growth of weeds. The terrible monsters
that formerly wandered about the earth
have become extinct, and the dangerous
beasts and poisonous reptiles and insects
of the present time. as well as no1ious
weeds shall also disappear. Man will ever
maze war upon these things. The I'M
proved varieties of plants show what has
Jeen accomplished in that line. When We
think of the former torrid condition of
the earth, and OF .he ice age, we must ac-
knowledge that the climate also has Won
deriuily improved. And the means by
which these changes were ccomplished
exist and operate today. As man is
born. reaches his meridian and dies, SO II
is with nations. Many races have lived
ana attained high state of civilization.
and perished tens of thousands OF years
ago. And so it will probably be with us.
Slowly the earth and the moon approach
each other, both gradually drawing to-
ward the sun. as are all the planets. suns
and worlds drawing together. until they
all will meet and by their loss of motion
create heat all consuming and the uni
verse will be as it was in the beginning.
But before all this comes to pass, we on
this earth shall have attained a state of
civilization never before reached by man,
and shall live in land Of peace and
plenty.
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THEY SAW THE DIRECTORY.
And No Ono Else Got . Look 1t It For
Moro Than an Hour.

Each was provided wi tn little memo
randum book, and when they entered tho
drug store they went straight to the direct.
ory, unmindful of the clerk who had
come forward to wait upon them.
"You call off the names" said the one
in the gray dress, "and I'll look up the
addresses.
The one in blue agreed and began call
ing off names and addresses, which the
other looked up in the directory. For ten
minutes the clerk watched them in a won
.dering sort of way, and then his specula-
tions were interrupted by q man who came
] in hurriedly. "a
"Gimme good 10 cent cigar, =" said the
man, and then, looking around, "Where's
your directory9"
Two pairs of eyes greeted him with q
stony stare as he finally located it.
"Beg pardon" he said quickly. 81
didn't notice any one was using it. I just
wanted to get an address"
He lit his cigar and waited five minutes
for chance to get the directory. Then he
left.
"I'll try somewhere else," he said as he
went through the door.
"What an impertinent mani" exclaimed
the one in gray.
IA brute, said the one in blue.
A few minutes later lady entered and
ordered glass of soda water.
"May see your directory moment9'
she asked as she paid for the soda water.
Two pairs of eyes shot indignant glancey
at her, and she explained to the clerk that
1t was Of no consequence and went out
She evidently knew too much to wait.
One or two others came in and went
out after noticing that the two women had
appropriated couple of seats and large
section of the counter in front Of the soda
fountain, and then boy entered.
"Say," he said, "you didn't give me tho
right address for tho geezer that wanted
tho quinine!"
Didn't I?'' asked the clerk.
"Naw, you didn't" replied the boy.
"Better get out your directory and look 1t
up, or you'll lose tho old skates trade"
One woman rested a scornful glance on
the boy and tho other looked at tho clerk
The clerk wilted, but the boy was made Of
sterner stuff
"Kin 1 sec that book a minute?" he
asked.
They merely gave him whitening look
"The fellows waitin to get this staff, -
he persisted.
They got up and walked haughtily out.
II shall never 60 to that place again, I"
said one, with determination.
"Nor l., replied the other. "Where shall
we go to finish verifying that invitation
list?''
And the clerk was looking at the clock
and muttering, "Held it 6S minutes, and
now they've gone away mad. "-Chicago
Times Herald
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Keeping Cut Flowerv.

Don't fall into nearly everybody's mis-
take Of supposing that cut flowers must
always be in water. Take them out of
their water every night, shut them up in a
cardboard box and let no air got to them.
You can keep flowers for many days in
shut up box. A little water sprinkled on
them with the hand Is enough. You sec,
when you cut a flower from its parent
plant, it keeps on growing, and the faster
1t grows the sooner it will fade, because,
alas, fading begins directly growing ends.
So you must not too greatly encourage the
flowers growth after it is cut. But you
will do this if you keep it always in water,
for it will drink and drink and yet weak
with growing, like some boys and girls,
and die by tho very means which you in
tended should preserve it. "Killed with
kindness" might be its epitaph.
Now try the other plan, which have
told you about in strict confidence, for 1t
is quito trade secret among the florists,
who are always giggling in their sleeves to
see people buy beautiful orchids and other
costly blooms and then go and drown them
without ercy.-London Illustrated News
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great agencies that will accomplish this
great work for us. By fire 10 the material
thrown up from the interior of the earth.
and by streams of water is it carried
down 10 the ocean, to ev mutually fill it.
AS the earth cools. great crevices appear
in the ocean bottom, into which its
waters will flow. thus reducing its area
and leaving more land surface to be oc-
cupied by man. -i Fstv r"f5 d31I6a I
The Mississippi river is "a good example
to show the great quantities of soil
which are annually being carried into the
ocean. It'is said to gain upon the Gulf
of Mexico at the rate of one mile in
century, ard with the aid Of other streams
will in time completely fill it up. The
land formed by the sediment carried
down by its waters contain 13 600 square
miles. Probably the Amazon RIVER in
South America carries into the ocean
larger amount of sediment than the Mis-
sissippi. but it is carried away by the
gulf stream. which flows past its mouth
at the rate of four miles an hour and car
RIGS its sediment far out into the ocean.
The greater part OF Egypt was formed by
the river Nile, and at its mouth it has
made delta containing more than 5000
square miles. The River Ganges. it has
been computed. carries annually seven
thousand million tons of mud into the
Bay of Bengal, and at that rate it seems
probable that it will not be long before
that body of water will disappear, to be
renlaced by dry land. The city of Adria
isl wenty miles from the gulf to which it
gave its name, but at the time of Au-
gustus 1t was seaport. which shows the
land gain in that locality. Thus are the
CULTS and lakns. and even the ocean itself,
being filed IN. and as they are being re-
placed by dry land the people of fnture
ages may dig in the soil and finding
there the articles that have been lost by
us. learn of our time, our mode of life
and our advancement in civilization.
AS we read in the rocks of the condi-
tions of the past. so geology will aid us In
ginning living things have improved. in
ferior forms died out and higher forms
took their place, and there seems no reas-
on to doubt that this impfoyamant Will
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the ice. On the summit of Mount Wash
lngton in the White mountains owe 5000
feet above sea level, it is noticeable that
the surface is. rough, Unpublished and
bowlder-sre wn; yet justa little way be-
low the sum nit the action of the glaciers
is seen, showing that the mountain reared
it's head above the ice fields. which could
not have been much less than 60v0 feet
in thickness in this region, The sap Q
kind OF ev idfnce is seen an the mount
aims ofother spafts of thess country, fbr
where the peaks are of InuchSless than
passed ever them, while or those of a
higher elevation the submits have never
been affected by glacial action. The
grinding on the mountains of these huge
glaciers did much toward the formation
of the soils of the country, carrying to
various places the elements that were
lacking in the soil of that particular spot,
and perhaps taking from that place in
gradients of which it had an oveIabund-
ance. and distributing it where it was
more needed, thus enriching the earth
fur the benefit of the agriculturist of the
future.
There are three orders OF sandstone;
they are those of the beginning. the mid
die and the end, and in these sandstones
are found the iossilized remains OF Or
ganic life, BY which we may read the his
tory of the past inhabitants, and vegeta-
tion of the world. In various parts OF the
globe there have been found the remains
of many. to us. strange and curious ami
mails. They are altogether too numerous
to mention here, but to speak OF few of
them might prove of interest. The bones
OF enormous oxen, as large as elephants.
have been found in the sandstones OF
Europe and Great Britain; also bears
much larger than the great grizzly bear of
California; enormous hyenas. and ele-
plants of species now extinct. In Ger
many were found fossils of gigantic tur-
ties. tortoises and lizards. The sandstones
of Pennsylvania reveal the remains of i'm
mense frogs and creatures that com bined
the parts of bird, fish and reptile. Tusks
have been found measuring from twelve
to fourteen feet in length, which belonged
ID the mighty mastodon, herds of which
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cal fact that in London out of every 100
widowers who marry again, twelve marry
their housekeepers. Every little while
the world hears OF match which is not
made in Heaven.
The herald., 1895-08-18

Kregelo & Bresee, funeral directors.
Broadway and Sixth street. Tel. M3.
The Canton times., 1895-05-31
WoMANLY IN ALL THlNG
True Mothsrs Are the Loveiicat OF W<n
ON, Says Ons Who Knows.

True Mothsrs Are the Loveiicst OF Nsrn-
ON, Says One Who Knows.
A lovely woman is lovely in all
things, self-sacrifcing, gentle, tenGer,
true, full Of sympathy, ready to listen
and to do acts Of kindness, as we'll as
great, brave and decided in the right,
yet yielding in matters Of slight impor-
tance. '.Home-maker" could be ap-
piled to such woman, for sense of
home comes with her presence, little
children are attracted to her, old peo-
pie love her. and even the animals feel
her magnetism. Sisterhood in its
broad sense is understood by her, and
she appreciates and understands the
girls and women with whom she comes
in touch, even If they are in different
social circles. Hearty, sympathetic,
loving smiles are visible signs OF the
lovely or lovahle woman, and what
strength, cheer and encouragement
these smile sunbeams develop!
With the above In mind it is delight
full to realize that lovely women are
found everywhere, in hospital wards,
in dreary tenement surroundings, in
crowded school rooms, in the busy rush
OF store life, in dressmaking esta blish-
ments, in the noisy din Of factory life,
in the wayside country cottages, in the
large city homes. Dress and surround
ings make little difference, and age
does not count; sweetness, sympathy
love, with tactful common sense, can be
common property, and when they are
found lovely woman or her influence
has been found. Above all, homes re-
veal them, for the loveliest of women
are the true mothers, tender, charm
ing, self-sacrificing. They should be
honored and revered, for so many fol-
low out in their lives these beautifully
expressed lines:
"a partnership with God Is motherhood;
What strength. what purity, what self-con-
troll
What love. what wisdom. should belong to her
Who helps God fashion an immortal soull'
Grace h. Dodge, In Boston Herald.
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drowsy child on tho animals back over
the many miles Of rough road that lay
between them and safety; it was Inn
possible to remain in their defenseless
position, So he must make the effort
He could not imagine how the squaw
had dismissed his assailants, and he
expected their return with darkness to
finish their programme OF vengeance.
Wawaga herself carried out the boy.
With a good deal Of wrenching and
pain Pete clambered into the saddle,
the sqnaw lifted the boy before him,
the man gathered the bride INTO his
useful hand, encircling the child with
the same arm. Before he put spurs to
his horse and set out on his perilous
journey he leaned toward the stunted
and sqnalid hag at the horses head, say
ing, hoarsely: You're a good un, Wa
waga! I'll do as much for you II ever I
git thcr chance"
..Ugh! grunted the old woman.
..Squaw no good! Heap good white
man, no let oil Injun die! All even
now. Here oil squaw take um-no
good, b'long white man." She thrust
black something into his hand. and,
turning stolidly around, reentered the
desolate cabin.
Pete Oberlin buried his spurs in the
ANIMALS flank, and the beast sprang
forward past the heaps Of .smouldaring
cinders and the blasted row OF gum
trees and headed straight for the noun
tains In his unwounded hand, with
the brindle. Pete held his long-lost
briarwood pipe. San Francisco ASgo-
naut
The Canton times., 1895-05-31
THE MoDisH coIFFURE.

IL Partakes of the Es shionAbly voiu-
minous Eject.
There are two distinct styles of hair
dressing in vogue at the moment and
the modish woman must elect to one or
the other as she cannot affect both
without an entire change of access
cries With the little Dutch bonnets
worn far back on the head, the hair
should be parted and drawn plainly
back, in what may be termed a severe
colonial style. To the woman which
this style suits at all, it is very becom-
ing, but there are other women who
cannot stand it, and the pity of 1t is
that such seem not to discover its try
ing qualities.
Another, and the French mode, is the
loose all-around pompadour. This il
and is not Ia Marie Antoinette; there
is no pad used beneath the roll, the
encircling puh being light and fluffy.
French women are wearing this coif-
fure to the increasing suppression of
all others In Paris the parted hair is
just going out altogether. When the
puff pompadour is used the hair is
drawn up and arranged quite fat on
the head. This makes 1t a diflculs
style for the woman who owns head
of fine long heavy hair; such will not
well take the roll back from the face,
dropping apart unbecomingly from its
own weight, and 1t Is also hard 20 coil
the leftover thickness to the requisite
degree of fatness. Such women must
resort TO tongs and curl papers to pro-
duce the holding flufiness, and must
mat the hair very close at the back.
Unquestionably that woman whose
hair is short but thick has the best
possibilities for varying coiffure, and
If nature has kindly endowed her with
curly locks she has achieved blissful
condition Of Independence in regard to
doing her hair. IN. Y. Times
The Canton times., 1895-05-31
SLOW TRAVEL.
An Incident of Early Packet Dsyss1
Island Sound.


Island Sound.
Before the advent OF the p
steamers now plying through
Island sound the passenger and 2
traffic between New York az
New England sea coast towns W
ried on by a line of sailing p
which made as notable tripsn
the Atlantic liners do to-day
packets hailing from the smal
were usually of sloop rig, ana
more for freight than passensi
journey from Westerly, L. I
city in one Of the old sloops s0ls
meant a trip of six or seven y
that the rural travellers OF 'n'|
would on their return have SOM
to spin as lengthy as the trip
is a story told of q party VINO,
under the most favorable ausg
visit the metropolis, but me. WI
winds and rough water ail 81
and seemed Obliged to appear
with boards of a weeks grown
Only one man aboard vas T.
possess . razor, and he absolaf
y,.ad 70 allow Il out Of his own
His unhappy companions thd|
no..d m,s duuapps chat hs should shave ths.|
sor.sa to this proyiding he Be-
The Canton times., 1895-05-31
SCHOOL AND cHus,

"VI
-Monsignor del Va, I,
well-known Spanish a a;n ne 81
Rome. ie preacI
fornia senator, has giv..' oi thd
erect a girls school in oa1 sll'
with the Protestant catbasc conn
ington. ural in
IN. Felix Faure, the n..-
OF the uneasy French rennh,,] prs|
Protestant and deeply ipuolld ia.'
Young Mems Christian assaa.1 ,aseres1
in France. ociatlod
i. 9. Bulla, for seven !.
in the record and pens;ou ssars \
Washington, has resigned l !. y
the pastor of a Methodis. y y
Roanoke, Va. cnu'
Miss Honeybus, a wo.. II
school teacher, had a a,bie bos
chastised for kissing her wiz HUy
consent. The boy probably ,as wv l
earn whethera a kiss by any o,sa] MI
would taste as sweet. ''Is1
Rev. E.. v. Evans. recto. :. 4
?. E. church, st. Augustine 7 NJ
fallen heir to the title and ~
his uncle, Lord Carbery, bv .hs] S.1
OF that relative, and has pons
gland to assume possession '-'
The Church Of England n
Missionary society has twen.s|
ladies from England and Irsl.l
gagged in mission work at thsi|
charges, and there are seven
ladies at work without salary
"A floating society Of Christi
deavor has been organized on bo.]
receiving ship, Wabash, at the M
ton navy yard. The members i /
the Charleston, now at japan
letter Of greeting to be read at Il
meeting.
Rev. DR.. o. A. Bartholomev \
the first sod the other day N
foundation of a new church \
Louis. 1t will be the seventh vbI
has built in that city. The s,|
gentleman draws the plans, ordsI
material and superintends ths
struction himself.
Cardinal Steinhuber publhl
history Of the German-HungariaI
lege at Rome. The German colleg
founded by Ignatius Loyola in lsS|
Hungarian college was added toi
years later by Pope Gregory Kill
graduates include 2s cardinals, ii
bishops and $50 bishops.
The gifts Of the women Il
Presbyterian church to home Mi
from April /, 1894, to February /,
were sos, 500. These gifts wers
in the support Of schools and
among what is known as ''excepl
populations" Spanish and Mexic
the territories, mountain white
The American board receip|
March are $47,OO9, against ssal
March, 1894. The total for
months has been $3.50, ,43l, against
321 for the first seven months
last financial year. The receip
the month show an increase Of
in reglar donations and Of 81,
donations for the debt, butsf
off in those for special objects
The total receipts
Decrease in regular donations, 81
decrease in special donations,
decrease for the debt, $22,l@i
crease in legacies, $40, 3sS.53; ns
Biz. 900. .0e.
The Canton times., 1895-05-31
SAVED By 4 sQUAW.

IL was SO not Jnat Lne DIue-RuI
Aeaves fairly sizzied. So hot that, as
Pete Oberlin looked across the road
from his shanty, the outlines of the
Oasis saloon, and those OF the COM
bined post office and grocery, seemed
TO wave and dance in the furnace cur
rent rising to the glaring. brazen sky.
Hot as it was outdoors, it was still
more like an oven in Peters little one
room hut, for the fire was blazing, and
seeing frying-pan of bacon and a
mess OF boiling potatoes.
The appetizing odor fioated out of
the doorway and spread over the
neighborhood. Ii was distinctly
noticeable as far off as the row of.lopped
eucalypti beyond the saloon. At the
foot of one of these trees lay what at
FIRST sight seemed only a bundle of
rags, but closer inspection revealed
n shock Of black hair and glimpses Of a
brown parchment skin that indicated
a human being. Gradually, as the
welcome aroma penetrated the ,crea-
tnre's befogged brain. the heap of
riggs stirred and tossed, and finally, up
lifting bodily, resolved itself into a
: very dirty and torn blanket, sur
mounted by a hideous. blear-eyed
countenance. The old hag-for it was
a woman-sniffed at the wandering
fragrance, trying to catch its direction,
and then staggered unsteadily across
che road to Pete's cabin.
: Hello there, Wawagal Gettin' over
yer spree9" greeted that gentleman,
easily. g
"UmphI No drunk! Iniun hungry"
remarked the visitor.
Pete, laughing good-naturedly, re-
piled: "You wait; I'll give you bite
pretty quick now"
The old woman squatted on her heels
by the stone and greedily eyed the
preparations for the feast, while Pete
kept his own optics steadily on his
cooking to forestall any possible burn
ing. The squaws restless gaze roved
around the room, finally pausing at the
the shelf behind the stove. upon which
stood a cheap alarm clock and big
black bottle; here 1t remained hxed
until Pete looked at her once more,
snereupOu bHe ouuouhcco, IL hch 4u''
-ering croak:
.Ol' Injun heap thirst"
Pete laughed again. go along out
to ther pump, then" he said.
But wawags's eye was still glued to
the interesting object before her. Soon
Pete himself went out to the pump,
pail in hand; immediately the bundle
of rags by the wall stretched up lean
arm, with quick and stealthy motion
of q pouncing cat, and, SEWING the bot
tie, poured the fiery contents down
through the brown, parched throet-
such an unearthly bowling and yell
ing as followed this successful thieveryl
Pete dropped his pail and came run
ming In, TO find his guest doubled up in
agony and rolling around on the floor
screeehing like mad. rrst,ss.
what in thunder's struck her?' he
cried; but just then. catching sight OF
the black bottle still clutched In the
Indians skinny claw, his blank look
turned TO a wide grin. He dropped on
4he nearest box, slspping his thigh
and chuckling: isMy eyel Of the old
fool amt drunk that ther quart o
7xerosener' The terrorstricken scream
ing redoubled, while the man watched
che poor wretch's antics I'm ecstasy.
--Guess it'll teach her 10 quit meddiin',
he muttered, gleefuliy; but ~ the mo-
naents passed he began 70 realize that