. Christian herald and signs of our times . Mark 4: 26, 2;.) An Impregnable Tomb. One of the most remarkable graves inthis country has just been finished. It isin a cemetery at Norwich, Conn., and itsconstruction has been planned and super-vised by the lady who intends her bodyshall occupy it after her death. The sidesof the grave are of the finest pressed andcemented bricks, and thick and massiveas the foundation walls of a casde or rest on a single titanic slab of pol-ished granite that weighs considerablymore than a ton. while a similar stone,beautifully finished and weighing
. Christian herald and signs of our times . Mark 4: 26, 2;.) An Impregnable Tomb. One of the most remarkable graves inthis country has just been finished. It isin a cemetery at Norwich, Conn., and itsconstruction has been planned and super-vised by the lady who intends her bodyshall occupy it after her death. The sidesof the grave are of the finest pressed andcemented bricks, and thick and massiveas the foundation walls of a casde or rest on a single titanic slab of pol-ished granite that weighs considerablymore than a ton. while a similar stone,beautifully finished and weighing , forms the lid. The ground aboutand above the grave has been laid out andturfed evenly and with precision, so thatthere is no external token revealing its ex-is .ence or location. The lady has ex-pressed herself as entirely satisfied withthe vault, believing implicitly now thatwhen her body shall be laid between itstwo mighty monoliths, it will be foreversecure from invasion by the dreaded grave-robber. When the time has come, how-. ^ATION AT CAIRO, EGYPT. OF THE them. So it is with many men who havefound when they have been converted andhave given up their dissolute companionsthey are not left friendless, but enjoy thecompanionship of men whose spirit is inharmony with theirs. Like Moses theymake a wise choice in Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the peo-ple of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for aseason. (Heb. 11:25.) A Silent Mighty Force. A significant natural curiosity is de-scribed in an Oregon journal. It statesthat a farmer whose kind lies near Pleas-ant Home, had brought into the city asection of the root of a tree from which apotato protruded. He discovered it whiledigging potatoes on his farm. The potatovine seems to have crept into the root,and the new potato then started down inthe depths. It flourished in its strangesurroundings and developed into a largeand well-formed potato. The room in theroot was too small for its expansion, andso the s
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