Show A WITNESS OF THE ELEMENTS the Th imury ettory cf wind and wave for the opening af 1895 already is ie 0 of f such V a character as to be given rank anc icing tie most thrilling and disastrous it IQ we me annals of the nin century rho fierce storms that have swept over laud anil and sea aea and tiie the intense cold that accompanied and foli followed owed have pressed through the agonies of death hundreds whose hearts were filled with life and hope at the bawn atik of the new year while the he sufferings Huffe rings of those who have escaped the grim reaper for a time will wil make an awful tale of grief and gloom and even anuw the is that further catastrophes of an as palling appalling character will be bb added to the already long ert err were is a cessation to afford relief it will not do to take a view of conditions which prevail for such ouch a method if cf observation would be neither just nor beneficial bent on oil the other band in the face of theo thee the o e la men table circumstances it is improper to bring to the front he cold and unsympathetic attributes that laugh at we the sor sorrows of others and characterize as happy and hopeel a situation so productive of fruits of an opposite kind tell the best beat that can be 0 1 the presents present a d the guidepost guide post of the points unwaveringly to a culmination of overwhelming morrow and distress tor many nations and bilmes too toe sad aad tale of wind and wave is but a companion to the equally sad avid recital f t bat ia ca cari ti be mide in almo albort t every avenue of f human life and in bust bual aers in society in moral and physical while we advance IQ science BOi enoe lu in lifesaving life saving devices la medical and ean anitaray ani tary itry knowledge to check or overcome disease la is bot diminished or fateful calamity averted it may be that much of this unfortunate position la in because men do not observe tho known conditions that are conducive to health life and hamoi nest nes probably it la in to a great extent yot yei man cannot control the fury m of the elements elemen tp and against ur nis assumption or of superiority because of his bis advance adv ance in knowledge there am corns 9 the protest that still above hina him a the power whose commands the winds and waves obey slid and who will not jot permit to go the sinfulness and unbelief in deity to which mankind so universally are giving themselves |