laden with hand-packs, entirely at a loss as to what is best to be done next. The whole place seems smiling and friendly, and close by the wharf is a group of shadowy trees under which some pleasant-looking girls are sitting on rustic seats. We turn our steps thither, and desire them to instruct us as to how we may best obtain shelter and suste nauce at this place. We are told that the hotel is spacious and has, as yet, few guests; and that almost all the handsome cottages before us are prepared for boarders and hope for applicants soon. My eye selects the best for situation, outside blinds, and verandahs, and behold, the young maiden with whom we are discoursing is the daughter of the proprietors, and offers to conduct us thither. We find the kindly and cultured family of a Baptist minister, and are given the choice rooms of the house, commanding near views of the lake, and here we rest. We have acquaintances at the hotel, which occupies the high place of the Point, and immediately wait upon them, but, for divers reasons, prefer the modest beauties of the Pease Cottage to the manifold advantages of a hotel, which claims to be strictly first-class, stands on a site commanding a noble view of the lake, and has a lovely back ground of forest. We trust to abide by the waters, listen to the murmur of their wavelets on the strand, watch the glories of the sunset, and welcome the dawning for many days to come. will come upon him. On the first sign of the approaching vortex he must run-always to the north, unless by going in that direction he will have to cross the entire path of the storm. If he is nearer to the southern edge than to the centre of the probable path, he may go south, bearing slightly east; but in no event should he ever run directly to the east or northeast. It is impossible to save any building that may lie in the path of the tornado, or any property that cannot be got out of its way. No material, no method of construction can be competent to resist the raging destruction. Nothing rising above the ground can escape it. The most practicable measure of precaution is to construct a dugout" at some suitable point, within easy distance from the house, to serve as a place of refuge or shelter. The retreat should be entirely under-ground, with a roof at least three feet thick, not rising above the surface of the earth, and entered from the northern or eastern side. A "cellar-cave" may be constructed from the cellar, if the house has one, to serve as a substitute for the "dug-out." It should be excavated from the west wall of the cellar, toward the west, and should be made as complete and secure as the "dug-out." If, however, the storm cannot be escaped, if no refuge is at hand, or there is not time to get to it, the safest thing to do is to place one's self against the west wall of the cellar, face forward, or against the south wall, as near the southwest corner as possible. The northeast quarter is in any case a fatal position, and should always be avoided. If one is actually overtaken by the tornado, his only resource is to cast himself face downward upon the Lake Chatauqua lies diagonally across the western end of the State of New York. Its head lies to the northeast within nine miles of Lake Erie, and its lower extremity is twenty miles to the southwest, where its out-ground, with his head to the east and his let finds a way for its waters into the Alleghany. We are assured of an elevation of 1,400 feet above the sea, and the fair shores have a tranquil beauty without any very striking features. This morning the thermometer at 9 o'clock stood at 60°, and a gentle breeze gives an atmosphere bracing and stimulating. Twenty steamers are plying on the lake, and numerous rowing and sailing boats are traversing the sparkling waters, inviting us to pleasures as old as time, yet ever new. S. R. Point Chatauqua, Seventh mo. 9th, 1883. HOW TO ACT IN A TORNADO. Sergeant John P. Finley, Signal-Service officer at Kansas City, Missouri, has published, in a pamphlet on tornadoes, some useful directions concerning the course to be taken to escape the dangers of those terrible forces. The inhabitant of a tornado-frequented district must be watchful in the season of visitations, for he can never know when the destruction arms thrown over his head to protect it. If a stump or large stone, or anything heavy that the wind will not blow over, is near, he may get a trifle of protection by throwing himself to the eastward of it. If in a house with no cellar, he should get into the west room, on the ground-floor if possible, and away from all stoves and heavy furniture. The people of towns might find it to their advantage to provide for having a watch, to be on duty on all days when the air bears the premonitory symptoms of a violent windstorm, to give a signal to the whole population on the appearance of the first real threatening signs. The signs of the formation and approach of a tornado-cloud are distinct and sufficiently suggestive to afford opportunity for timely and concerted action. Sergeant Finley is continuing his investigations of the phenomena of tornadoes, and he has prepared three full schedules of minute inquiries calling for the facts attendant upon the appearance of the storms, which he sends to persons who were within the path of one, who were on the outer edge of the path, and who were from ten to one hundred miles from it. DANGERS ATTENDING THE USE OF CHLORAL. A well-known physician of New York gave to a reporter of "The Tribune" the following statement. Chloral hydrate stands first in the list of hypnotics and to overcome pure and simple sleeplessness is without a rival. When it first came into use much was expected which experience has failed to verify. It is not to any extent an anodyne; it is simply the best hypnotic known and the most deadly. The opium habit is easily acquired, indeed, to some temperaments its cautious medicinal use is perilous, from the readiness with which the drug is resorted to in every trifling illness, and the fatal habit formed. But it needs no bitter season of pain and suffering to become habit. uated to the use of chloral. So softly, so gently, so gradually does its subtle, fatal chains bind its victim that he only realizes its power when too late to break the bonds which bind him. Chloral is resorted to for an ordiattack of insomnia, and, perhaps small nary doses are taken for a few days, the result being sound, refreshing sleep, with none of the evil results common to other narcotics. The period of sleeplessness past, which may be the result of overwork, business anxiety, or nervous prostration, the drug is abandoned, and all goes well for a time. Sooner or later sleeplessness returns; chloral is resorted to, kept up for a longer time and taken in larger doses. It is again abandoned for a time, only to resume its sway, and so slowly and surely the habit is formed that renders sleep impossible without chloral, which like all narcotics, must be increased in quantity as the system becomes habituated to its poisonous effects. The larger class of victims of the chloral habit are men who lead sedentary lives, and who, from temperament and the nature of their work, are peculiarly liable to suffer from sleeplessness. One of the most notable examples of the baneful effects of the chloral habit was Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who, during the latter years of his life, was accustomed to take enormous doses, reaching a total of nearly one hundred and eighty grains daily. For many years he took chloral regularly, at first in small quantities, but gradually increased the dose until his power of resistance was gone. His life was darkened by a power he fought against in vain. His latter days were spent in solitude. He became a recluse and a hypochondriac, filled with groundless fears for himself, cherishing unfounded suspicions against his best friends and admirers. Dr. Maudsley, the great English alienist, stigmatizes chloral as "chrystallized hell, and condemns its use, even in disease, except to tide over some pressing emergency; and there is certainly an increasing reluctance on the part of physicians to prescribe chloral except in exceptional cases. Unlike opium, there are, as a rule, no unpleasant effects, no reaction following the use of chloral. It simply produces perfect sleep, or the best possible imitation of dreamless rest, with no headache or sickness as a reminder that the slumber has been purchased and the debt must be paid for. It is paid later on and the interest demanded is health, hope and often life itself. OUR COUNTRY. BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. We give thy natal day to hope, Tried as by furnace-fires, and yet By God's grace only stronger made, To meet new tasks before thee set Thou shalt not lack the old-time aid. The fathers sleep; but men remain As wise, as true and brave as they Why count the loss and not the gain! The best is that we have to-day. From the warm Mexic Gulf, or where, To where Katahdin's cedar trees Are dwarfed and bent by northern winds, The Old World's evil outcasts came. But, with thy just and equal rule, Making a blessing of the ban; The alien elements of man. The power that broke their prison bar The Union fast to Liberty, The Circean cup which shames and kills, Redress the red man's grievance, break And Labor full requittal make? Alone to such as fitly bear Thy civic honors bid them fall, Great without seeking to be great Of virtue which thy children hold, With peace that comes of purity, And strength to simple justice due: So runs our loyal dream of thee; God of our fathers!-make it true! O land of lands! to thee we give And at thy need shall die for thee! "AS THY DAY SO SHALL THY STRENGTH BE. BY THOMAS DRIFFILL. O God, I cease my prayer, I do not ask for light More than thou givest to my sight; Be it as thou dost will, or dark or bright. For light enough to me Is given my present way to see, And strength enough each day Thou, Lord, hast done thy part, much more than a horseshoe. These organs aid the sense of sight so largely that the bats can find the beetles, on which they feed, when it is so dark that other species have retired to their hiding places. They are the most found with a beautiful and brilliant covering sensitive of all bats, and some individuals are of golden fur. The Golden Mole of Africa is another instance of such a richly-colored fur found among mammals. The fruit eating bats are the largest animals of the whole group of chiroptera. They are very abundant in parts of Africa, India, Australia, and many of the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They are sometimes even seen in broad day light, in flocks which take hours in passing. When they alight, they usually hang head downwards, holding on to the branch by the large curved claws of their hind feet. Like the sloths, they climb well along the under side of branches, and in this manner, they proceed quite rapidly. They are voracious feeders, and devastate the fruit orchards and gardens on which they descend. The fruits mentioned as being preferred by them, are cocoa nuts, bananas, plantains, mangosteens, mangoes, wild almonds, figs, jambus, guavas, custard apples, as well as ripe peaches and pears. They are not satisfied with any thing inferior, and will taste and reject until the ripest and best are reached. The amount they can destroy seems almost incredible. In three hours one was found to have eaten double its own weight of fruit. They are also very fond of a drink made from the juice of the wounded Spathes, of the cocoanut and other palms, of which one tree will sometimes yield as much as one hundred pints in twenty-four I will do mine henceforth with stouter heart. hours. The effect of drinking this toddy or palm wine, is as disgusting and injurious to the bats as it is to men. They return home in the morning in a state of extreme and riotous intoxication, or are found the next day at the foot of the tree, like other drunkards, in a state of helpless imbecility, sleeping off the effects of their midnight debauch. They are frequently very quarrelsome with each other and at such times utter screams of petulance. They are, however, not wanting in intelligence, and can be readily domesticated. The eye is large, with a round pupil like that of a dog, and the expression is so similar that it is no wonder they are known as Flying Dogs and Flying Foxes. They are also called Goblin Bats, and Rousettes, the Javanese species being known as Kalongs. The horseshoe bats are so named on account of their curious nasal appendages, which have a fanciful resemblance, in form, to a horseshoe. These nose-leaves are, however, so intricately folded and doubled on each other that the name conveys little idea One of these was kept alive in the Philaof their wonderful expansion. They are in- delphia Museum (well known to our fathers tended to increase the amount of surface for and mothers as Peale's Museum) for several the nerves of touch, and they are so convo-years, and was perfectly tame and gentle luted that they resemble a double flower towards persons it knew, but disliked stran gers. During the voyage from Batavia to | 8,543 bales; receipts from plantations 1872 Philadelphia, it was fed on boiled rice, sweet-bales. The crop in sight is 6,880,623 bales. ened with sugar, and on its arrival at the museum, it ate every kind of fruit which happened to be in season, and also occasionally picked the bones of a boiled fowl with avidity; showing that it could learn to taste animal food as well as fruit. Some years ago, a specimen was to be seen at the Zoological Gardens, but it has now disappeared. In Egypt, members of one species have taken up their abode in the Pyramids, as if to confer life on these monuments of the past. GRACE ANNA LEWIS. How beautiful this world would be, if we always saw God in it as our friend and father; if we saw him in the rising and closing day; in the events of life, stern and sad, or gay and joyful; in the birth of the little child and the departure of the dear father, mother, friend! If we saw immortal love in all things, how joyful would work become, how easy all our duty grow, how simplified the problems of life! That would be the coming of the kingdom of God, the reign of the Prince of Peace. The essence of the Bible from beginning to end is this great hope for humanity. This gives to it its undying power over human hearts. It is not its Orthodoxy or its Liberalism, but its faith in a God who is the All in All, the everlasting Faith, without whom not a breath is breathed, and not a sparrow falls to the ground.-James Freeman Clarke ITEMS. THE oat crop bids fair to be large. Illinois alone, the State which devoted 2,461,655 acres to oats last year, and produced one-fifth the oat-crop of the United States, expects in 1883 to show a yield of considerable over 100,000,000 bushels of oats. THE value of the gold coinage at the mint in Philadelphia during the past year was $7,729,982.50; silver coinage, $12,325,470.15 ; minor coins, $1,428,307.16. The actual wastage at the mint, upon the operations on the precious metals, was $830.12, while the legal allowance was $89,311.38. TEN years ago the Wyoming Stock Growers' Association was organized with ten members, representing 25,000 cattle worth $500,000. The membership now numbers about 100, representing 1,000,000 cattle, worth $30,000,000. Last year 200,000 head were sent to market, netting the owners about $1,000,000. THE total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,493,525 bales, of which 1,722,625 bales are American, against 215,840 bales and 1,187,750 bales respectively last year. ceipts of cotton at all the interior towns are The re THE new Green Mountain Railroad up Mt. Desert is 6,300 feet long, and is like the road up Mount Washington, except that it is laid down to the rock ledges. In one place the on the ground, and in many places is bolted grade rises one foot in three for 500 feet. A little steamer, Wauwinet, from Newburyport, has been placed on Eagle Lake, part way up the side of the mountain. A new three-story hotel has been built on the sunimit, 1,800 feet above the sea level. OVER 1,200 trunks were moved at the Broad Street Station on Saturday; 1,500 are considered a fair day's work. Last year 300,000 were checked out and as many more received. In August the average is 1,600 trunks outward and 1,000 received. The biggest day's work at the station was on the day before the last and in. Great care is now taken with every Fourth of July, when 2,500 were checked out trunk, and between this city and New Orleans each one is receipted for ten times, once with every change. Of the 300,000 sent out last year none were lost. THE new law reducing the rates of postage will go into effect on the first of October next, and the authorities are now engaged in the substitutes two cents per half ounce on letters work of preparing the new stamps. The law for three cents, the present rate. The old three cent stamp will be abolished, and in its stead will be issued a two cent stamp of new design. The form of the new stamp has already which is a profile of Washington, similar to been decided upon. It contains a tablet upon that on the present three cent stamp. Surrounding the profile is an oval band, and in the upper part of the band the words "United States postage." Beneath the band is a large "2," and at the extreme bottom of the tablet the words "Two cents." The present two cent stamp, with the head of Jackson thereon, will be discontinued after the 1st of October next. The vignette on the new cent is copied from the life cast used in making Houdon's statue of Washington. Several designs for a new four cent postage stamp have also been received by the Post Office Department, but none have as yet been selected. This stamp is also to be issued on the 1st of October next, and is meant for use on double-weight letters. FRIENDS' INTELLIGENCER. "TAKE FAST HOLD OF INSTRUCTION; LET HER NOT GO; KEEP HER; FOR SHE IS THY LIFE." VOL. XL. PHILADELPHIA, SEVENTH MONTH 28, 1883. No. 24. EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY AN ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS. CONTENTS. COMMUNICATIONS MUST BE ADDRESSED AND PAYMENTS MADE TO ❘ Memorial of Alfred Moore. JOHN COMLY, AGENT, AT PUBLICATION OFFICE, No. 1020 ARCH STREET. TERMS:-TO BE PAID IN ADVANCE. The Paper is issued every week. The FORTIETH Volume commenced on the 17th of Second month, 1883, at Two Dollars and Fifty Cents to subscribers receiving it through mail, postage prepaid. SINGLE NUMBERS SIX CENTS. It is desirable that all subscriptions should commence at the beginning of the volume. REMITTANCES by mail should be in CHECKS, DRAFTS, or P. O. MONEY-ORDERS; the latter preferred. MONEY sent by mail will be at the risk of the person so sending. AGENTS:-Edwin Blackburn, Baltimore, Md. Benj. Strattan, Richmond, Ind. Entered at the Post-Office at Philadelphia, Penna. as second-class A matter TESTIMONY OF OSWEGO (NEW YORK) MONTHLY MEETING CONCERNING OUR BELOVED FRIEND, ALFRED MOORE, DECEASED. Feeling deeply sensible of the loss we have sustained in the removal by death of our friend Alfred Moore, our minds are drawn to prepare a brief memorial concerning him. He was the son of Stephen and Ruth Moore, and was born in the town of Union Vale, Dutchess county, State of New York, on the 20th of Eighth month, 1805. He was blessed with the love of parents who were concerned for the spiritual welfare of their children, and who labored to instil into their minds a love for the principles of truth. In the guarded education of their son in early life was laid the foundation of character which led to usefulness in mature years, and by his taking heed to the light Divine as revealed in his mind, he attained to man's estate in Christian experience, becoming a useful member in the Society, and well respected in the community wherein he resided. In the year 1829 he was joined in marriage with Charlotte, daughter of Isaac and Lydia Haviland, of Oblong, and his beloved partner, who shared with him the vicissitudes in life, is still living an estimable Friend and elder in the Church. It may be said with propriety that he was a devoted and affectionate husband, a kind and indulgent parent, and to those around him an obliging neighbor and friend. Memorial of Job Wilbur, The Decline of the Quakers.. Christian Ethics in our Schools... Editorials: Note-" From Whence no Traveler Returns " Marriage. 369 370 371 371 373 .... 373 374 376 ..... He won a large circle of friends both within and without the religious society to which he belonged, who will long feel his loss; but how much more is it felt in the home circle, where his smile of welcome was like sunshine to dispel all clouds, and unmindful of his own trials he was ever ready to bring good cheer to those nearest and dearest to him. In his serious impressions of a call to the ministry, as presented to his spiritual view, he learned by experience that the work of grace must abound and the testimony for truth in its measure, as revealed, find in him an advocate, and by keeping close to the impressions of duty and following the light of Christ manifest in the soul, he became endowed with a capacity of discernment which enabled him to divide the word aright, and his gift in the ministry was early acknowledged by Friends. About this time, when doctrinal controversy disturbed the harmony of the Society of Friends, and when many of those of whose tender counsel and friendly sympathy he felt the need, withdrew from the religious communion in which he was ardently engaged in seeking renewed evidence of Divine favor, he remained calm amidst the turmoil of adverse opinions, and exercised forbearance and charity towards all, and his faith was firmly sustained in the unchangeable love of the holy and blessed Jesus, and in his heart he held an abiding trust in the Divine efficacy of the immaculate Son of God |