The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-03-14

morrow we must have regular hunt
through the premises. The live one is
supposed to be on the lookout for its
mate in order to wreak its vengeance
, upon the murderer"
ooh! Mr.. Harter, you don't really
mean that!' cried Mrs. Mornington, in
such an agitated voice that We all
turned to look at her. "Listen! oh, do
listen! The piano has stopped"
"What's the matter, Fanny!" asked
Mrs. Harter in alarm. "You are not
becoming afraid of snakes surely?
"You know they are remarkably
fond of music,' laughed Tom.
She answered in a hollow voice, that
awed us most completely
IL have put the dead snake on the
piano.
There was brief silence, unbroken
even by the house lizards. Then Tom
sprang to his feet and ran to the draw
ing room door, and l followed him as
fast as 1 could. Never shall l forget
the sight that met my eyes.
On the top Of the piano lay the dead
cobra, which Amy had apparently not
noticed, but coiled round one of the
legs of the instrument was live one
about the same size, Kissing violently,
with its head arched back and its fork
ed tongue working to and fro. With
in few teet of this deadly reptile COW
cred the poor trembling girl, petrified
with terror, unable to speak or move,
merely staring with CLASSY eyes and a
face of CHASTITY whiteness.
Fortunately, Tom had his wits about
him. He had snatched lady's riding
whip from one of the racks in the ver-
andah, and now, not moment too soon,
sprang forward and cut the cobra in
twc-or, at least, divided its vertebra.
And so the incident terminated with
out fulfilling the devil birds hideous
forebodings.
But, so far as was concerned, 1t
was by no means resultless. | at once
made up my mind not to ask the
charming Fanny to be my wife. To
tell the truth, was afraid that she
might try to educate me.
HEAVENS DIMENSIONS.
One of those eccentric mathematical
fellows who are always calculating the
distances which a given number of
things will reach when extended in the
straight line, has been devoting him
self to the dimensions of heaven, TAX
ing for the basis of his calculations the
verse, "and he measured the city with
the reed, $4,000 furlongs. The length
and the breadth and the height of it
were equal" The results which he
obtains for his figuring are somewhat
formidable.
The entire space represents 469, 1885,
Oss, 100000, 100000 cubic feet. He
generously comedies half Of this space
for the throne and the court of heaven
and half its remainder for streets,
which would still leave 124,19S,272,-
600, ,OGO.O0O,OOO cubic feet. Dividing
up this space, he gets 30,32l ,s43,7 $780,
600 rooms, 16 feet square. Figuring
in like airy way upon the population
of the earth, he finds that if LOG worlds,
containing the same number of people
as this should send all their inhabi-
tants for thousand centuries to come
to heaven, there would he more than
100 of the 16 foot square rooms for
each person.
This is distinctly reassuring, for
there probably has been question in
every ones mind at some time or other
as to the ability of the heavenly city
to receive all who are going there
Time was when this question did not
plague people so much, or theologians
who thought for the people, for the
elect were considered as few in num-
Der, and most people were regarded as
foreordained for the other place, whose
dimensions have not been calculated,
though no doubt was ever expressed
of its ability to accommodate all who
went there. 1t is realm of endless
space. or, at least, Milton says it is.
With the growth of liberal thought,
however, and the relaxing OF the old
iron bound dogmas, the question may
have asserted itself more and more.
1t is pleasant, therefore, to be assured
that there is room for all in the heav-
enly city.
Of course, the calculations of this
mathematician may he all astray, and
may rest on wrong basis. Then they
will only illustrate the mysteries and
astounding possibilities of figures in
great and lnconceivable sums. But
if they are correct, or even approx
mately so, they settle any doubt as to
the amount of room. If there is room
for all in the heavenly city, the pulpit
must point out and lead the way. so
that everybody in this great world of
saints and sinners may become the oc-
cupant of heavenly mansion.-Ch
rago Tribune.
"Hush! It's wrong to say anyone is
going straight to the devil"
"That's so. You have to be crook
ed to 60 there