Show TEMPERANCE NOTES We take the following extract from jan article in the August Chaulauquan by Noble Canby In the case of that part of Chicago known as the levee along which the tide of humanity runs downward very swiftly there shines forth nightly the light of a room through whoso open door music draws straying feet Inside the attraction in not more than can be furnished by a I 1 a t4 ti 1 J 1 A1 r c 5 > a = 1 f z sa = k b 1 t IA Night View of Vesuvius in Eruption 2The Eruption of 1872 8 Lava Beds of Vesuvius 41ho Crater of Vesuvius broken up and afterwards solidified The redhot molten rock which Is discharged dis-charged from volcanoes Is known as Java This varies in character when cool from masses of chrystals whole and broken and woven together to veritable honeycombs the latter being caused by cavities in the hot lava filled with steam Some lava has been so completely burned as to become glassy and Is known as volcanic glass or obsidian Ashes and sand fragments from the size of a pea to that of a walnut known as lapill and coarser materials ringing to huge blocks of many tons weight are hurled from theso immense chimneys of the earth Most volcanoes have periods of rest Avery A-very few are continually active as Strom boli in the Meditorreaa which from the earliest historic times has been emitting steam lava and hot stones without stopping stop-ping or as Sioa among the Molucca Islands or Tofua among the Friendly Islands or Sangay a volcano of the Andes The demonstrations nccomoaving a volcanic vol-canic eruption depends upon the character of the material within the crater and the passage leading down wards If the crater has a thin floor and passage below is partially parti-ally open or filled with molten lava the volcanic gases can escape upward and outward out-ward with comparative quiet But if the passage is badly obstructed violent explosions ex-plosions may take place preceedod by rumblings and even by earthquakes far reaching in effect In Hawaii tho lavas arc very liquid and often are discharged quietly but in 186S a great eruption was accompanied by earthquakes earth-quakes Where the sides of the volcano give way j before the floor of the crater or before the hardened materials of the passage yield to the upward pressure fissures occur In the I mountain generally diverging from the cone toward the base and showing the red hot mass within If indeed as Is most likely lava Is not discharged from these rents Finally the lava in the fissures cools and binds the mountain together more firmly than before At times lava may appear at the mouth a couple of good faced women and a man who have nothing to offer but the old gospel gos-pel story baited with singiug Outside footsteps are ceaseless whether of a child hurrying with coon pitchers or of reeling crowds trying to steady themselves as far as the next saloon or women engaged In the saddest traffic on earth This region is called the darkest in the city Hero the W C T U courageously plants its Bethesda mission and Bethesda day nursery nur-sery kindergarten and Sunday school Crowds drift into the meetings some of them to come again finally to begin a now lifo and take leftvo of the locality for it is said no Christian can live long on the levee The chief good possibly pos-sibly comes to tho children gathered in daily from 6 to 0 Knowing nothing but misery often blighted with the weight of heritage these pitiable little lives find their only sunlight in this fairyland of cradles and toys We think It Is well for us to know what our fellow laborers are doing It gives usa us-a broader outlook and makes us realise more clearly the fatherhood of God and tho brotherhood of man It seems to be the mission of the W O T U to light up the dark places of earth by lifting uo the banner of Christ in their midst There are very few women but would rather stay quietly in their homes than to engage in thls work as far as mere personal feeling Is concerned Yet if they feel they can give healing to one of those souls for whom Christ died they cannot resist reaching > outQ helping hand trusting that through Gods blessing someone may be helped The W C T U of this city feel encouraged encour-aged because of the support and encouragement encour-agement given them at the mass meeting and are thankful indeed for the Interest taken in their work The command has goo forth Help these women and right nobly have our brothers come to the rescue MRS IDA DAY Press Superintendent |