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A CORRESPONDENT of the Lancet gives the
collowing method of self-asphyxiation as an
"ffectual remedy for insomnia in his own case: After taking deep inspiration be holds bis breath till discomfort is felt; then repests the process a second and a third time. As a rule this is enough to procure sleep. A slight degree of asphyxis is thus relied on as a soporific agent."
A GAMBLING house keeper was charged before Mr. Wodehouse this morning with receiving the gold watch and gold ring stolen from Lieutenant Scott by his boy on Tuesday. Previous to his trial the boy took Mr. Scott to the prisoner's house and said he had given him the valuables $46. The man admitted that he had received in payment of gambling debts amounting to them, but refused to give them up until he was paid that amount. He was therefore arrested. The case was remanded.
THE Court of Survey on the Pasig will sit at 11. a.m, on Saturday,
A VICTORIAN woman who was lately arrested for bigamy excused herself on the plea that her
frat kusband was a dwarf,
THE Count and Countess of Bardi, Baroness Hertling Counts Lucchesi, and Zeleri, and Baron Herdebrand arrived yesterday by the steamship Haitun from Foochow
A RUMOUR was about this morning that the Ichang had broken down on her way to Canton, found to be without foundation. but on a police-launch being sent out it was
A PHYSICIAN in the American Magasine says that the practice of beginning breakfast willi catmeal has caused more dyspepsia than any other single habit that he recails. It places," food against a membrane that is already torpid he says, layer, of sticky, pasty, carbonaceous enough and needs sharp stimulus of fruit or danche of water to start gastric secretions, instead of a clogging mass like the meal, that all day lang works ill until it is gotten rid of!!
SIMB REEVES could sing a bit once, but his recently published autobiography shows him to be an arrant old egoist. He records that, on one occasion, Sir Michael Costa called upon him to thank him for the style in which he had sustained the tenor part, and declared that there place Reeves tells us that he sang "transcen- was "no beltersinging in Paradise. In another denly" and again and again we read that he "was never in better voice or sang more magni- ficently."
Oun morning contemporary is informed that the Portuguese gunboat Tejo, which arrived yester day from Macro, is under orders to proceed to Chinking. We have not taken the trouble to Lcertain the correctness of this report, but will assume it to be true. We have, however, -endeavoured to find out the probable motive which may have induced the Governor of Macao to send a gunboat to the scene of the recent riot in Northern China, but are still entirely in the dark. Chinking is not blessed with the existence of any Portuguese subject; the Hongkong Direc tory makes no mention of any descendant of Vasco de Gama's, Albuquerque's or Castro'à having alighted and built his nest in that remote THE Sanitary Board met yesterday afternoon. In converting the masses there-and perhaps cows had been found suffering from rinderpest this may account for the occurrence of the riot, and two others had died. No other cases bad There is no Portuguese Consul in Chinkiang; occurred, and the sheds had been disinfected. A nor is any of the other Consuls in charge of set of rules for the guidance of the Sanitary "Portuguese interests” at that port, for the surveyor were submitted and passed, ́and an simple reason that Portuguese interests in the amended set of bre-laws relating to the compul- Far East are a myth, excepting, of course, the sory vacation, disinfection, &c., of infected interests attached to the neighbouring fantan-premises passed. The Chairman reported that ridden colony of Maczo. What on earth can
Challenger (Mr. Reynell) had no trouble in a The progressive motion of light, die reversing the form of Tuesday last with || covered by the Ingenious methods of Foucault, Bandsman (Mr. Hough) in a mile and a half Fizsau, (see Ganor's Physica) and Struve, shows spin, the griffin coming away at his leisure from that light travels at the rate of 191.515 miles per the half mile post and finishing very strongly, in second. If any change took place in the sun we 35, 69, 1.43, 2017), 2.57 and 3.241. The sub-would see it about eight minutes and thirteen scription griffin Frigate started. in a mile seconds later. It having been ascertained that dropped astern, Venger winning cleverly from his take many hundreds of thousands of years to gallop with Venger and Vespasian, but quickly there are stars so distant that their light would
stable companion-times 36, 1.13, 1:46 and 2,181, | reach us, it necessarily, follows that since we can Gridiron (Horse) almost distanced Melapi see them, they must have been created and must (Mr. Hutchings) over the Derby course, the have been shining so long Amoy pony finishing full of running, but the times were not very startling, namely 32, 65, 1.39 2.16, 3.57 and 130. Honesty galloped sharply by himself, but for too short a distance to be of any use in estimating his form by the time test. Leap year galloped considerably over two miles, slowly at first but when Grey Goose joined in at the judge's box last time round the Derby winner of a year ago put on the steam and very soon wore the griffin down-time for Leap Year's final mile and a quarter, 2.50
I timed Mont Brèvent and St. Gothard for a the former cantering at the finish. Mont Brèvent mile and a quarter, 31, 64, 1:39, 2.15, and 2.50,
actually covered two miles, but I did not time and easily beat Vanguard (Mr. Ker) in a mile the full distance. Veteran (Mr. Hart Buck) led and a quarter gallop-winner's times, 35, 10, 1.45, 2121, and 2.531, Zara beat Persimmon three lengths in a six furlongs spin, covering the last half-mile in 33 and 66; the full distance would be about 1.40. In a mile and a half Value and Valiant, the full times.b ing 371.12; gallop Violent (Mr. Ker) finished in front of 1.461, 3.21; 2.57, and 3.323. Rosy M going alone, galloped half a mile in 290 and 60 15th
6. The mathematical figuré of the earth is. ample proof that our globe has previously been in a liquefied state, produced by its rxraordinarily high temperature. As at present the earth has reached a state of equilibrium as regard its temperature-a fuct easily demonstrated by its uniform size, for a great decline in temperature would bring about a diminution of size, and consequently a reduction in the length of the day, and it has been ascertained that since the time of Hipparchus, the day has not shortened by one two-hundredth of a second- it necessarily follows that the earth has taken prodigious periods of time to cool by radiation Professor Sir William Thompson estimates this in = vacuum, and to assume its present form.
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then be the motive of the Tejo's proceeding to Chinking? We have asked our Macao corres- pondent to explain the seeming mystery, and he may possibly be able to do so, although we have grave doubts on the subject.
four children from Graham Street were in the
Hospital, suffering from a mild attack of small pox. There was no other business.
P.C. 660, an Indian constable stationed at Shau-
Orlando galloped a mile and a half at some moved freely enough, the big chesnut is scarcely so blooming in his coat'as I would like to see him within five days of the time when Greek will meet Greek or rather when John Humphreys will throw down the gage of defiance this 'goak' is strictly copyrightta John Peel. A capital race between Talisman, Lord Chancellor, distance ended in favor of the first named, het and Strawberry Jam over the Valley: Stakes with a stronger jockey the Chancellor" must have won, Mr. Sampson, who steered the dun, being unfortunately a bit off colour. The full was beaten off. times were 32, 65, and 140, and Mr. Sykes' roan
d. The universal occurrence of igneous rocks, of reins of various mineral constitution and shows ing different dates of appearance through the upper surface, the layers of lava that are found in succession one under another, the dislocations subsidences and elevations which are to be seen of a loss of heat; of a contraction in diameter and everywhere in the crust of the earth, indications the consequent fracture of the exterior shell along lines of least resistance, are evident proofs that the forces of Nature have been in operation in a very long period of time. For the whole course of Nature reveals very gradual processes, nöt sudden add abrupt changes or catastrophes. The Moon as revealed by powerful telescapes presents a broken surface, volcanic
succession of events like those of the earth, vis. cones and craters, mountains with lava-clad sides, and other prominent points which prove a
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primitive high temparature, a gradual decline, and therefore a long process of time.
ƒ. A vast mass of evidence of the remote
forat and Scaletta in a mile gallop registered fond hope of seeing both these noble racers per 32, 651, 1.41 and 2.16), and I am living in the
forming useful service in the regiment of light horse which I, with my well known patriotic philanthropy, shortly propose organising for the defence of the local sharebiokers. [N.B.-The Macao mounted police are defunct.]Hats off antiquity of the earth is found in the filling gentlemen." Vigour, ridden by my old friend up of lakes, the formation of deltas, the cutting Mr. Punch, raced clean away from Victor in a power of tunning water, the deposit of travertines, mile and a quarter "pow" and won by the carrying of their detritus into the sea, the the denudation of immense tracts of country, number of lengths like a high-class racer-times, 921, 651, 1.38, 2.13 and 244. If I were in changes of shores by tides and waves, the forma the prophete line of business, I should feel tion of strata kundreds of miles in length, and the strongly disposed to predict that Vigour is a very imbedding therein of fossil remains in numbers probable winner both the Derby and Cham-atrated that there are in the course of formation pion; and if I had not long since given up "backing my fancy-it's so wicked, don't you know I would feel very strongly disposed to take a long shot about the dagble. My mis sionary readers will kindly, excute this epidemic of horsey slang.
ki-wan, is a credit to the force. He was recently punished for being drunk and assaulting some- Wx extract the following additional particulars body, and on Sunday he again distinguished from the Manila Diario of the 9th inst. Only Wan Gap and taking eleven cents, a pair of of the shipwreck of the Spanish troopship Remus himself by "bailing up" two coolies at Chai eight minutes elapsed between the shock and pincers, and a thimble. He would have taken the sinking of the vessel. The confusion on their immortal souls if they had had any, ut board was beyond control. A rush was made being conlies, they hadn't. They reported the for the boats; the ropes were cut, and the theft, and the minney was found on him by passengers precipitated themselves into the Inspector Baker. In the ordinary course of things boats regardless of the danger of capsizing six months' imprisonment should have been his them. The first boat, containing the Com-punishment, but Mr. Wodehouse thought a fine mander of Police and a Franciscan friar, on of $15 sufficient, coming into contact with the blades of the ship's propeller, immediately capsized. The Captain of the Remus lost no time in throwing overboard all he could lay hand on, to help those struggling in the water to float. Lieut. Col. Tamayo who was in his cabin when the shock was felt, rushed on deck, and finding that the passengers were overcrowding the boats, fired a shot from: his revolver and phtained sufficient submission to enable him, in conjunction with the Captain, to organise an orderly landing of the remaining passengers. The two last boats had barely left the ship when she gradually sank stefn foremost. There were lots of people forward; the Captain ordered them to strip and jump overboard there was no more hope of rescue. Many obeyed, but a good number remained on we have been favoured with a copy of Mr. make out why this handsome and racing-likell fessor Geikio, argues as to the beginning of the
board and went down with the ship. The Captain, who was the last to leave the ship, held on to A severe snowstorm has passed over Great
one of the boats, unwilling to increase her weight Britain and the Continent, blocking the railways by getting inside. The bears and the swimming and telegraphs.
portion of the shipwrecked passengers made for the shores of Maripipi, and in half an hour were housed and treated with great hospitality by the natives. The boats returned to the scene of the wreck in search of victims and their effects, and continued the search for the whole of the next
THE PRIESTS AND HOME RULE. Father Macfadden and some others have been charged with the murder of police Inspector
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
QUR further comments on the Rope Company "corner business must stand over until to
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A MOVIMENT has been set on foot by the Rev. J. B. Ost to found a ragged school. The Chinese are subscribing freely,
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THEY had just had their first quarrel. The violence of the storm had spent itself, but the calm that followed was ominous. "Mr. Corkins," said the wife at last, with cold, biting sarcasm. "you have often complimented me on the beauty of my teeth.
Take a look at them, if you please Here they are 1" And she took them out and placed them on the table. "Madam," replied Mr. Corkins, without betraying any surprise, "you have frequently spoken of my glorious dark eyes. Here is one of them. Oblige me by looking at it, madam." And he took out a glass eye and laid it beside the teeth.
Lawrence's pamphlet "Ignorance the Cause of Numerous Eye Diseases" After a cursory perusal of this interesting little book, we have conie to the conclusion that it is really a multum tion on Light and Refraction, on the Less and in parve of ophthalmic lore. After an introduc- its uses, and on the Eye, the common diseases of the visual organs-Presbyopia, Hyperme. tropia, Myopia, Astigmatism, Cataract, Night and Colour Blindness, Anerytbrism, etc., are specified, and their cure indicated, the work concluding with some very useful remarks on the eyes of Children, and on the use of Spectacles.
day. The following were reported missing: The Commander of the Police, Portillo, Dr. Sevills, the Administrador of Samar, Perez del Rio The Chamber of Deputies has passed the bill Valverde, a merchant of Surigao, Barban, a for a scrutin de liste.
Sergeant of Engineers; four soldiers of the same corps, three Infantry sergeants, three corporals," THOMAS Moss, 20, of Italy, unemployed," was three servants, a Jesuit priest, vicar of Surigao, one of the crowd whose fates Mr. Wodehouse 2 Franciscan brother, two cabin boys, four determined this morning. He is the son of steward, a cook, a boatswain, a groom, eleven Mr. Musso, the Italian Consul, and the charge Chinese, and a lady, Mrs. Nerl, whose corpse against him was one of stealing two gold watch- was the only found. The total number lost was chains, two diamond rings, seven other rings, a 43, 127 having survived the disaster, of whom gold scarfipin, and $115-altogether some $480 B1 were passengers and 46 belonged to the crew.
worth. from a Japanese woman. The two were passengers on the Ancona, their cabins adjoin. ing, and on the way Musso was very attentive to the woman, who was sea-sick. He saw the jewelry in her box, and told her not to lock her door whilst ill as it was dangerous. Some time on Monday morning he opened the box, abstracted the things, and relocked it. She missed them on her arrival, and told the police. Detective Macdonald was busy all night tracing Musso, but next morning Inspector Quincey with all the plunder in his pocket. Musso sald secured the youth in 312 Queen's Road Central, his father had disowned him, he had gone to Japan to seek work, and, falling to find it, had stolen the things. He denied taking the money, though His Worship read him a lecture, and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
THE Superintendent of the P. £O, 8. N. Co. courteously informs us that the steamship Pekin, with the next English mail, left Singapore
for this port at 5 p.m. yesterday.
THX telegrams brought on by the American mail this afternoon are held over until to-morrow, as they are not of sufficient importance to warrant our delaying publication until a late hour,
THE children's party on board H.M.S. Imperieuse that was postponed from last Tuesday afternoon will take place next Tuesday afternoon, the 19th instant. Those invited are requested to accept this notice.
GENERAL Boulanger in an Interview the other day said: "The first act of my Government, if my country rates me to the Presidency, will be to repeal the laws relating to banishment, readmit everybody and open to all Frenchman the France I ́love so well.
We find the following in the Sydney Bulletin: -A Mr. Fawcus, or Focus, or Floorcloth, or some such name, writes to a British agricultural paper to point out that the horse, as at present constructed, is "too stifled an animal," and is | badly in want of re-organisation.
to take a bit of the anison. He proposés
here and
there and put it on somewhere else, and turn other parts of him, round back to front, and, by doing this, he believes that a really superior brute could be manufactured at moderate cost
The tack that I would suggest to brandara la the shortening of
half their present peneral langik, and my reason for wishing to do so la that I think it would give an increase of both speed and
the metatarsal and metacarpe), the cannon bones, by about
pouma for I have goticed that a short canson babe in cart kors is always associated with a long step and great power, and a long stride la of equal advantage in a thoroughbred for galloping length of the femur and tibia, the thigh and sila boses, would And giving what you take off she cannon bone to increase the
give as to mil the pace.
TRAINING NOTES.
A fine clear sky attracted a large and some- what mixed audience" at the rails" this morning, The taċe-course-was in capital order, and consequently some very fast times were recorded, Defiance was the first on the track, but he merely trotted, being under orders for swimming exercise later in the day? Quadruped, ridden by Mr. Hough, galloped a quarter twice, in 30 and 32 seconds respectively, which is hardly good enough for the flyers he is certain to meet in the Valley Stakes and German Cup. Juia, owner up, led Muhlberg throughout in a mile and a half spin, and after a fine finish beat the black rather easily times, 341, 68, 1.43, 2.20, 2.55 and 3.291.
We rather like this programme, and intend to buy an improved horse as soon as they are on the market. But what we particularly want to suggest is that, while Mr. Flatfoot is on the job, a few alterations might be made with advantage in the breed of human beings, the ordinary stud Caucasian having gone to seed a good deal of late. Among other things, It occurs to us that the hair might be moved THE tramway car an rents to the Peak jolts with advantage off the head and put on to violently, and the stout lady is thrown into Mr. the feet, and that the head itself might be Fuddie's lap. Stout Lady (blushing)-Excuse moved down a little to as to be on a level with me, sir, but the car-Mr. Fuddly (sadly the ordinary keyhole, thus enabling the common Don't mention it, ma'am. Don't mention it,
or stereotyped citiren to find the lock without going down on all fours and often being unable I'm used to being sat on by women.
to get up again, on a dark night. Then if the MILAN, Paris and London lead the world in all wait were put up where the head generally is it would facilitate the hang of a fellow's pants, that pertains to a thoroughly artistic knowledge and if the principal vital organs were hung of dancing. The Royal Academy "de la dance" outside in place of inside it would save a vast at Paris, founded by Louis XIV, and which expense in doctor's bills and qualify the owner Dot (Mr. Sampson) and. Exeter were sent a presided over at the present time by M. de Soria, to discover at once what was the matter when rousing gallop.over the German Cup course, lo is the most finished school of dancing in the he didn't feel well, young man. Also, the which Mr. Tanman's handsome little racer made world, and approached by none save that of “ La arma might possibly be lengthened to enable a capital show throughout, although the Hankow Scala,” In Milan.
him to go on all fours when he was tired, or racer had him very easily at last. The me cise a pair of collapsible telescopie legs record was very satlafactory, namely 34,66, might be added which could be farled $40, 3,16) and a shade over 2.50, Vengeance or unfurled at pleasure. These ideas, of course, and Victory galloped together, but for what are merely an amateur's impressions of what a = distance I am not quite sure, However, the first human being ought to be, but they could be nained romped in, and the last three quarters edited and rerised by, competent anatomists till were covered in 341, 68) and 1.40. «Haben (Mr. the correct design was arrived at, and then the Ryggs) was powed with Soll for a mile and process of cultivation might commence at once, | a quarter,, and, after making the whole of the. An improved and revised horse is no doubt, an rubbing won handily by several lengths--times important consideration, but an improved and 313, 63,4.388, 2.138 and 2.481. On paper this rorised man to drive the horse is at least equally performance looks very promising both for the essential, and wedesire to impressúpon botanista, | Valley and Germah, and Mr. Tay is nich physiologists" and others that the matter is one thorough epost * that no victory would be more which requires their best attention and wants it | heartily soonival, but wall in " I am not inclined
'to pitanj" faith in Haben for either race,
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The comparatively high-priced Vendetta could never fairly extend. Fleet Foot in a mile gallop! -times 35, 69, 143 and 2.14-and I cannot griffin has not been tried over the Derby dis- tance. Can't stay 7 Bosh! let him have a fair trial and see how he finishes. Strathpeffer was thrught to be only a half-miler, but yet over two bably the two best all-round ponies China has miles he beat Tajmahal and First Comet, pro- yet seen, Fleet Foot will get inside 3 10 when- ever he is asked the question-and, as "Sammy" would say, don't you forget it.
Lochinvar galloped, a mile and a half by himself in 35,684, 142, 2:15, 2.511, and 3.261. but finished in rather groggy style. McDuff was supposed to help the old moke along the last six furlongs, but Capt. Sankey availed himself of a flying start and walized away by himself, "Wee Wallies's" speedy little racer registering a very fair performance. I clocked" Pacolet 13,671, 1431 and 2.171 for the last mile in a mile and
throughout at his own pace. quarter spin, the free-going chesnut striding
almost beyond belief. Mr. Ponton kas demon-
on the coast of Florida, coral reefs, constructed continuously of the same species of polyp, and their average rate of progress can be carried back 30,000 years. The same time is arrived at by calculating the attrition of the rocks by the action of the falls of Niagara. Agassiz estimates the growth of the coral reefs of Florida to have taken 135,000 years to form the southern half of it. Sir Charles, Lyeil puts the delta of the Mississipi, at the lowest, at 100,000 years. Pro- Paleolithic Age, that it must date back from the present time some 200,000 years. M. Quatre- fages proves that our globe has passed through several epochs, that living beings have not appeared simultaneously, and that our fauss and flora were preceded by very different ones, Suppose, says Quatrelages, a bed of peat to have a regular growth, and a coin to be found: at the depth of four feet, marked as belonging. to the twelfth century; it would follow that the growth above it could not have taken more than 600 years; a bronze batchet found six times a deep would give 3.600 years as its agé. By this process a very remote antiquity has been found for the fossil remains of plants and animals deeply imbedded in the crust of the earth. M. Forel first ascertained the annual volume of the mud which the Rhone deposits in the Lake of Geneva, and then the volume of the whole lake, and thus calculated the time required to
fill up the whole by the sediment of the Rhone. The alluvial deposits have been formed since the " retreat of the glaciers and aro. in' proportion of one to three, so that they require one-third 64, 1.40, and 2.13, Viking, besting Vis Therit that there must have been in North Wales three Vanquisher and Vandal " powed "a mile in 32, the time calculated, which involved a great number of centuries. Professor Ramuty concludes over the distance in 34), 681, 1.49 and'5.16).| The famous Tonquin race horse Roderick Dhu glacial, epochs, changing the elevation of (late Swivel-eye) at the end of a mile spin made the land, 13,000 B.G. 44,000, B.C, and 75,000 shoot for the gate, and comlog/down on his B.C. respectively. Professor, Geikle, rom head unslipped his pilot, the ubiquitous Jim, astronomical calculations, puts the coldent period who luckily escaped with smashed nose and The stratified rocks afford another con
t $10,000 years ago. the loss of a few of his front teeth. There has Tooth Manufacturing Co,.La-but that is by was it possible, says Deaper ("A History of the since been a great rush on the shares of the vincing proof of the age of the earth. "How the way. The other Tonqulu racers were at Intellectual Development of Europe that beds exercise, and the race for these long-legged many hundred feet in thickness should have been flyers on the "Off-day in certain to prove precipitated: suddenly: from water Their interesting, as is the match, owners up, between mechanical condition implied slow disintegration Mr. Jordan's chesnut waler Sterling and Mr. and desudation in other localities to furnish material their contents showed no trace of W. Cruickshank's bay Australian mare Bessie.
violence's they rather proved the deposition, to have occurred in a tranquil and quiet way, What interpretation could be put upon facts continually increasing in mumber, like those observed in the south-east of England, where fresh water beds a thousand feet thick, arecovered by other beds a thousand feet thick, but of marine, origin
4. What upon those in the north of England, where masses once uplifted a thousand feet above the level, and at the time of their elevation, presenting abrupt precipices and diffe of that height, als proved by the fractures and faults of the existing strata, have been altogether removed, and the surface left plain. In South Wales there are localities where 11,000 feet ink thickness have been. bodily...camied... away, Whether, therefore, the strata that have been formed, and which remain: to strike us with Astonishment at their prodiglows mats were considered; ́or those that have been destroyed,”? not however, without leaving unmistakeable traces of themselves; the processes of wearing away to furnish material as well as the accumula tlon, of necessity, required the lapse of long periods of time
I have just heard from the Clerk of the Course that the race-course will be again thrown open to-morrow morning. The early birds who are anxious to get hold of the wily worm--this, in my facetious way of alluding to Wischere and Aneroid being spun out for all they are worth-, had better be on the spot by daylight, By the way, I am very glad to hear that in future note but members of the Hongkong Jockey Club and approved visitors will be allowed withthy the enclosure during training operations. Thli tale ought to have been enforced long ago, i
AN OLD SPORTSMAN, Hongkong, 14th February, 1889. ..........-
THEISM ✔, "REVELATION.
A CONTRAST AND A STUDY,
THE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE
. INTRINSICALLY CONSIDERED
SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF BIBLICAL COSMOGONY,
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Among the organic Elustrations of the
Wandguity, the Coal and Chalk periods are
Imefutable, The true ccal beds of Wales, says Cattell, represent a sea level of former times, and He vertical displacement is calculated to be sufficient to have brought the summit of the Alpe to the sea level Professor Philips estimated the time, at half a million of (Continued)
years; Mr. Hall at 640,000. Mr. 1. P. Birku- TIME (Continued)-Geology, in accordance F G S finds not only plants, tices, fishes, with Astronomy and with all the other physics and repelles, but also evidences of four sciences in, as we have said, essentially, based on footed creatures and mammals. Drayson, by the countless periods during which abe,york of taking pao revolution of the pole of the earth for creation of the universe, has been performed, ¦ each seam or layer of cost, requires two milliod The arguments and facta, demonstrating this yeari to produce rixiy layers........ Hat in some boda assertion are so numerous that wawill only priéßy, there are as many as eighty layers of coal. Ip polus them out for the bendil's convenience. Wiimilar way, be calculates the formation of