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columns of steam issue. The clouds of
steam sometimes thrown out cover the
whole heavens from the view.”

“Ts the water hot water ?”

“Yes, it is very hot, and spectators of
ten get scalded by its falling upon them.
At one time, Mr. Henderson was looking
into the pipe of one of the largest, and
the column of scalding water came up as
swift as an arrow, within a few inches of
his face.”

“T guess he ran. But what is the
cause of the water’s spurting up so ?”

“T can tell you the general cause by

which it is thrown up, though I cannot
explain the particular manner in which it

is done. The volcanic fires underneath
are the cause. The fires are near the sur-
face, and the phenomena we have been
considering are caused by their action,”
“Isn't it dangerous to be there ?”
“Tt is.

moment.”

“ What makes the fire there ?”

“T can’t answer that question. Proba-
bly all the interior of ‘the earth is one
mass of fire.”

“One mass of fire! Do you suppose
there is fire under our feet ?”

“TI presume there is; the crust between
us and the fire is much thicker than in
volcanic countries.”

“ But still it may burn through. I did
not think that we were in so much dan-
ger.”

“ We are always in danger—are never
safe but when in the Almighty’s hand.
There alone is safety. If we put our trust
in Him, we are safe anywhere. If we do
not, we are safe nowhere. Put your trust
in God, then, my children, at all times

and in all places.” —Selected.
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The crust of earth over the
fire is very thin, and may fall in at any

Anecdotes of the Stork.

w former times, storks were objects
of great veneration in Germany.
The houses which these birds alight-
ed on were supposed to be under

the special favor of Heaven. It was usual
to contrive a small, flat place on the roof
of the house, for them to build their nests

upon. “I observed,” says a French tra-
veler, in Germany, “the stéeples of four
or five different churches that were honor-
ed by the nests of these birds. Some
people are so fortunate as to attract them
into their poultry yards, where they stalk
about with the hens, though they are
careful not to yield any particle of their
freedom. If any one were to kill a stork,
he would be pursued like an Egyptian in
the olden time for killing an ibis.”

There was a fire, a long time ago, by
which the town of Delft, in Holland, was
burned to ashes. A stork, who had built
her nest upon a chimney, strove, with all
her might, to save her little ones. She
was seen spreading her wings around
them, to keep off the sparks and burning
cinders. By and by the flame seized her,
but she took no care for her own safety.
She only thought of her young. There
she remained, trying to save them, until
she was burned to death, She preferred
to die with her young, rather than fly
away and leave them in the flames. This
interesting story was written in verse, by
a poet who lived in 1503. The title of
the poem was “The Stork of Delft, or
the Model of Maternal Love.”

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