The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, June 14, 1872, Image 4
'TftE MftfGRAN
plater; I have soared into the fleecy
clouds in the balloon, and I have
Miscellaneous,
> Many former* after haring boflt
their bonnes hi a prairie country are
more or less troubled with their
cellar bottoms moist day la not a
alee thing to be stepping shoot on,
and moist day la the rale for cellar
of Monthly tells bow the bottom may
be made secures but we will just
here advise thorough drainage of
the cellar before paring and groat
lag. This may easily be doae where
4 The Display at Treating t
If Borne has lost much of its Cue
earth and versed the deep' *
leries that penetrate the unknown
wooden of that hidden land.
“I have lately been travding with
an explorer, but having desired rest
pcttodlealfy attract* to *lt thousand*
of people from all parts of the
Continent. Holy Weak, without the
is couceakd
is womb ;
been looking about for a patrou
lends u quiet life
rtit that can pierce the gloom ;
lyrtals would the veil wtifeftai
ui dim futurijty;
il see what suers prophetic saw
loly ccstacy!
Before 1 went off
with this explorer 1 was with a liter
ary man, but be can now spare me
for a time in order that I may assist
a younger student Now, my friend,
I have been looking in on you for
several days, and I have come to the
conclusion that I could he of tome
assistance to you, and since you
appear quite earnest ia year desire
of knowledge, l aui going; to make
you an offer, f will choose you as
my patrou, anti if you desire it, we
will work together for the good of
others.”
After thin be caqeed, and looked
up into my face with a pleasant
smile. X was so delighted 1 could
hardly answer, but I said, “1 thank
you most heartily, little friend, and
gladly aooept your kind offer. I can
not express to you my gratitude for
your help, and I consider it an
honor for otic who h «» been the
companion of phffo*opl*r* to come
Mu piloting your age to "be fifteen
years, or thereabout*, 1 can figure
you up to a dot. You have 16#
bone* and XX) muack*; your blood
weigh* 25 pounds; your heart Is
five inches in length, and three ia
diameter; It boats 70 times par min
ute, 4,200 times par hour, 100,*00
times pm d*y, and 34,722^00 times
per year. At eaoh beat a little over
two ounces of blood IS thrown out
of it; and eaoh day it ssssiass and
discharge* about seven ton* of that
woadarfoi find. Year kings will ooo
turn 4 gallon at an. ami you inhale
24,000 gallon* par day. The aggre
gate auHbea af the air srtfo of your
lungs, supposing them to be spread
out, exceeds ffoOUU oqUarr niche*.
The weight of your brain is three
pounds; when you are a man, it will
weigh about eight minors marc.
Year nerve* exceed 10,000,000 ia
a am her. Your shin is compass* of
layers, and varies from cm
fourth to ouamghth of aa Inch ia
Ithiekoaas. The area of your skin
latest dispatches
prayer Accept **
*.(( *e *hall s*k ax
, .rii *» «"-**•»'
Oar Lord’* woi
Ofert intended for ■■
«wpte. They e<"
Pdpl» <*
^gisd for gulc
meat in the wor
rt, worker* with <*
tubing 'Hhe 8 isyi
plying the benefit-
m eut to the soul-
junction with th**
grace, to this end
prayer as a might:
root) comes opportunely to compen
sate the sojourner* in Italy for the
lorn of the ceremonial of the Church
aft the efose of L»t, the papal pm
oee*ion, and the bleating mheetorhi,
>n* of the il*y
nigJil’s Unix dose.
* would sink with
louding vin)
«U dawn* a
uortal Leal
ight of sum >\v'» frown ;
en faith cohid see instead
er Smt^Vlif prewtit gloom
thoughts *f coming light,
n the shadows of the tomb
rentes to aatiihiuo bright.
to the biasing mountain, and the
gloam of the Tmtthfn is as uothfog
in comparison with the darkness of
the surrounding iaadaaupu m the
interval* of the voftaaaie eauwnl
To any that thi* ia |e most spteu-
did disnlav Ihui has been witacaard
since Kttl, i* something that may
could
tiie kingdom* of ii
idenee. and of gr.
by the bumble, < L
tourists that cuu poasfbly gat them
Sir Wllham Hamilton's dew—tptioa
iu sways the *C4-|.
the King eternal a I.
the Lord of heaw !
This our gracioii i
counsels of bis 1 W
great thing* for hi 1
made many “pn - I
j*ccordanee then •” |
contemplate j*ro», I
their realisation
of by the house « t ?
this to do it for thf I
bestow men t* ot -
^Aak aud ye sb* I
and ye shall tint] I
oeptable. prayer i I
the way that <i< I
As ita great end ii I
through Jesus (
ground must l*e
forest
“111 tell yoa what I will do, thru,”
id Manikin. M J will ait here by
hi and toll you all the wonderful
logs about Mature that I know,
(‘vel ever In tfoisun,
in only pi uckljoy's flowers
height of two thousand feet ▲
mass of rock, Mvtofoen feet thick
aud oUe h wired and eight feet in
cirtomfereace, was r i nfested to a
down and send them that they may
ap(>ear in print, and then the chil
dren win learn to know me too. I
am well acquainted, patron, (for so
Manikin call* me), with your goad
friend, the editor, and have often
sat in his stndy with him. In fact,
many a long year have 1 joined with
him iu the pursuit of knowledge.
he is wt|££jdUbA4tf‘<l and thor
oughly informed ; he is a wise man,
so be can bettor spare me. To foil
you the truth, my presence here,
and my offer to you are due in a
great measure to him. Yes, often
have 1 sat within the curling wreaths
of his big pipe, and watched him
preparing the copy for bis readers.*
Just at this point Manikin paused,
and seeing his little eyes blinking,
I thought he must be sleepy ns I
was; so 1 proposed that we and
Aui landing on he dixzy height
O future and o ' fame.
Tin foml to seetl e humbling sight
O our Redeem* r’s shame.
Thepf let us feel t mt every thing
t fy work for good;
r what«'er the future bring,
t be a* t should,
ly is in lie hand,
re we need not know ; «U
Oui fortune's heig its our feet may stand
Oi ’adverse gak » may blow.
Ant Mi o’-the cup that’* overrun
May lia/tler be jo hold,
Yet «)Yn when skates the it—ding sun
Hjs strength will still uphold.
All things ours, tfe Scriptnrr* with.
mouth of the orator da 1144 tfow
Wm- «1H (Tfv» To tferf “in lflfi*,
and again ia ISfil, eruption* of great
violence changed the whole fa—e of
the country aronnd the bane of V*
savins. The —option of lfltl oc
curred ia the month of I Van—her,
and wan Markable for tha fearful
detonation* that aero—ponied it, re
seniMing the heaviest eiptotioaa of
iofoodod to catch thunderbolt*, but
lag, wfalofa was imwti wtifa gas
e pos in (fee streets, qb being strack
lightning convey•& the clnctrfeity
MWU foot, cracking mrj joint ia
the pipes where the load packing
prevented a direct rood actor la
Indianapolis, la lflfin. flQO feet of
pipe ia the street* had their joint*
[>m Mis loveJ not even death.
Satan's fieimlish hate.
nMe come wV>’H feel that God
vex on our sidC;
tlio' «re only Heel the rod,
ill can — l*4idc.
iy» that He i ill never leave,
tit he |rill ne n forsake;
that bis love to us will cleave
“And whatsoever
name, that wf1! <
“that the Father :
the Son* And tl
double aeauraiK-o
mediate connect i
ask anything in
do it.* This is"
and author!re* t
and confident'
prompt and gntex
not mi auUmitinl
what we please, i
desires and exp ■<;
inseparably oonn.i
of Christ—his
occupied with —inti—r and —ore
dreadful kind of can Doom ir The
evhihMIoa ef rleefofo Xgfaf* la the
eruption of 1Ǥ) was mdrarrtbabJy
briFHant, and that the pnmmt aprr
tarle hi even finer than that woatd
hr euoogli to inspire tv«w| woht ol,
fate oroaa feiagraias With titwdmnrr
to get to Maple* without loss of
time.
partment
little soft bed, with peu wipers,
gloves, &c., with handkerchief* for
sheets, aud a scarf for a coverlet.
\V« expect, dear children, soon to
have something to interest you, and
I will tell you the (dan I will pursue.
I will get Manikiu to sit near me
aud foil me of what ho has seen,
and thus be shall dictate a letter
to you, for I have made him promise
that he will write directly to you.
You mast not get impatient with
ns if wo do not wrila vary often, for
we are both very busy in other em
ployments, and can give you only
a part of our hoiks of recreation.
We will endeavor, however, to give
you a letter every fortnight.
As Manikiu has lately been aaioug
the rats, I have asked him to give
yoa next time a fall account of them.
1 expect there will be so ameh to
say about them, it will take more
than one letfor, for the rat family
* Mr, IMS*, and Ultra arc Mi) ;
branches. Perhaps we will take oae
branch of the family at a time, ami
tell of Manikin’s travels with all
So, little friends, be carefut to
look well into the paper that (frees
tiro treetoi from thit, nod you wifi see
juiaU becoming epen. In this city
within a few yetis, dating oae m
mi there were twenty ares cases •
building* *crwck by lightning; aw
,u Visitor
in all preceding eruption* been a
Children With the hope
on have i wived and read
it letter tq you, I will now
ftMIHF fa twenty,
boose* without rods
direction of the moaatiuu, carrying
the sarred vial that held the eoaga-
luted blood of ML Janaanaa. t to
reaching the burning tide the bfcnnl
miraculously liquified and the pro
gvene «f il—ftictiou wa» stayed. /
The change of ruler* ia Italy lure
wrought a change In the —ode of
deahag with rntetHc dawn iilslfare*. 1
Mtmefo* bare had their day ft t*
not axartly a caar Uke that drwrfgard
ia the aW French epigram : ^ ,
IV far V r*»v. .likwr • lUew
A VWirv mtraclr —» rr Hew ;
hut it ia a reliaqu—hmeaf of the'
priestly fouynw ta fovor of waftd
ly legialtiion. The Italian |forlis
merit ha* had its atfontion called to
the matter, sad If It can not stop
the flow of the la?a, it may at |*a*t,
aad let os hope it will, adopt area*
ore* looking tn the foture both to
prevailing, becai:
torious. Pleading
plead in vain. A
rtfUMe to God th
Ckritfg name t ho
dex out it may see
quent it may soui
And no true beh
unite knowingly
oonneienoe, in a
the name of Jesu
only Saviour, is
such prayer is n<
but it is an ofl
altomination in hi
Ifrayer **in tlx
comprehends a he
finished work of
desire to glorify
promotion of his
that all may come
°f the truth as if
we pray, “HuIIom
“Thy kingdom <xj
the ground ot i
prayer, that His
' n both as can <
£iory is involved,
deny himSelf.” h
Plead with all tl .
a «»d the gather i
Ibe crisis of the
l be hearts or moJ
for fear; when iu
ut the throne' < > *
timt it was Ohri J
'HR, Lather’s, si
148 ^bus he pcfiycdl
Godl help il
wisdom of this
should st do thi*
bat Thine
48 Thine. • • j d
this work. * 1
aoeonipUsIt
foreake me not.
''ell beloved Sou
defence, my bock
uf a budding
know, I left off iu my last
just where 'Manikin had told
to he was, and had offered me
ilp. I assnie yon I was, at
juito amused at the little fcl-
offer to help me, but, I can
ra I have Ittand him exceed
rk^, aad I |iave do doubt you
pj so too When you bnow a
oore of him.
)r bearing his account of him
ly curiosity was all the more
1, and I saki “My wire little
, if you want to make me hap
t many an bvening, promise
e me a full] account of your
nd what yoli have been do-
Abbeville Brand
Irart Cokwhnry for fillitirfife—LfiMfo
i highly nitrogeni red rhararfor given
* thereto fit* ft for the need* of the
‘ wheat i*fanf A* most, if ant ail (ac
* ronflag tn Voefoker.) of the nitrogen
, , CoLl HBJA, I
N red after M<md*r
following Schedule 1
There l* 4 (Irr—Xfhl amVitiun
abfuad to hr , 4 %«ut«uL* Wo k—t>
idr, It hi found that ammonlar*!
—tore* are w—pinUKdy Ha rt oa
thi* t*o£ their virtue, when up
pWed, apparentty lying over the noil
1H5A 4 , lfiTfi.
LUTHEUAM
PUBLICATION 800IE5y,
90. 42 WORTH WTXTH STHKHT,
miLADKLTFIIA. 1
J.’ IC SHKYOCK, SUP’T
UOIKO SOUTH
retia, 8 » p »
OOfrm NOUTH-
Arrive at Ai
*g^lag’ its:: > g:
Arrive at Chlotfo.fi 10 p *
The Fatherland Sc: ?s
will bear rhat Manikin retr among
the rate, lex ayr letter ••hall contain
one from Manikin.
1 waat yoa all to beeo—e inter
ested in what we foil you Ahont, and
if any of yea (sever maud how —il
ypu are) wish to bear alx^t^ny par
ridiraloa*lv plraee
—d to gcaiifj the
—hntaatial genteel
tell yon now that 1
been ii^psat in windyi
in "•aaing out |er
her gficrets. Though
sprite, I am oklcr jtii.
eratiot)^ of men, w
life teen many a«
havo*traveleil by ai
the vwote world 01 «r
Eurrefe and Am m
searched over byjai
raw.iwe
8. C. B*ilro»A
Only a Oartle— lal
Two |ermf meet »n ordina
ry day’* activity- hneh, anki—a
IJttir
ticutar animal or curioas creature.
Manikin ami 1 will be glad to tell
you ait we know about it. Wo wilt
write a fetter e«|ioeMl1> for you,
knowing that it may infofeel others
of a like taefo.
red with the nnlphafo of
miigucvda ftWnaher and
Ge/rrWaUyior.FideUtylfonanVrd. l-fifi
The— *ix feivr been put np in * neat
fine net tire* are iHeritably e—fehed
to death What « refr, what -i*orj,
a hat baaktoplQ, eoore fro— all this
—Ohllisn ta d—tie other* uiiU the
TbuiUVeu
4tT’ v • • • "T.' vrr i '"
■ V iftf* irfiv—l • • • * ••mm
Hun. d in thi* Know. (0.S0
Dominic; or, Breadjpou tin- Watei * 1 10
HcpprH, (he Rui— But . j 0.W
Forming fiel No. g, pot up ia • neat
COMP.
The r.rrek Slate; of. Filial Love,. .fat.10
1<4—uhnrd. the Runan *y«v....* -,.0.00
aad *eIf ooulrol of the day
Tever wisej men have been,
ave I been also; for you
; Is a law closely connected ]
e existence of our race that
ild accompany a philosopher
tigator of (tme sort,
tie been o» the desert* of
aud on the snow* of Siberia;
the mat forest*
|ept nnder broad
[sweet flowers of
the sea I hare
jper Nautilus” or
red on lake and
the water fowl,
ive been studied
them well,
the depths of tbe
The School Mo—r 1 *»4 hi* bon,. 1.0*
Forming Set No. 8, pot up in a neat
Jn*t pnblUVd f >?idforeg, Prince of
Anl—tit Tlvleon A—»of G—n—j. ,
In ptvsaand will tUm tly be jmbUsbcd:
ta eantribuVe Indkrvtll to the
1—it of the **U with nitrogen,
•> Wfogtag the —r ka aU tbe
torn* rereatial ia Uan highest
v are *0 —ach for thonr uho ha
aa for ti— hnndnda of itiaonrnt
foaufew uho are an involved ia their
run
be published
sim! TVAHAnt
B. B. Ptcna,9a.f»HiF . ;
^S. c. Bidlroad JJompany,
COLUMBIA, |CUW tt » 18;
Chong* of Schedule of Sight P**
rar—a.—A friend inform*
drive* the ^rtrfti* from
titit Tkf Eanci*kl; The Three fb*t;
KailMul lutil Dtrel.. ^ _
wY Nmv# a litiQHK't of ofliev Trnn*la-
tftows LOider way. whirl* wewtU annannee
*clrcicj1 wltb fmu*ual
CidniHift Onoui* and Mel
nished to Sunday-schools ai
dear
by -treggnog WL
romea; btriVtirUDti*
h»arfai of 1 th—1 In
wiihi
vn I wen the «—
Mariner,”
tbccLl^ 1 wo
closer our wa
«« inclination w
??? I^®*8ures in 1
Funnies# without mlldaeMia harsh
aud forbidding; mikla— without
firm ueaa becomes weak aad —
tsmpttble; both aatied make a rhar-
acter respectable and amiable
d churches,
rs *apptied.