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Away back. in the prehistoric times, when our forefathers first started the great work of populating the globe, they mass have, had they d them, appreciated ju their fiveral sense, the words, the night cometh wherein no man can work." ig} Granting, and it is of course open te dispute, that primitive mau did not possess ihe faculty common to a great tuan forest animiis, of seeing in the dark, the dip of che san must base forced him to abandon all occupations until the morning. But with the discovery of fire and its use in rendering fuad more palatable and digestible, "a great want. was tilled,—and puterfamilias returning fom with wolves and things, now found that by its light he could yet his year ready for the next day's bust, and pass the time much more pleasustly until realy for sleep. Having cooked his food, (he fire lit up the yarkness, and thus served a two-fold end, True it sailed the-roof of his cavern dreadfully, and kept the children at work most of the othering fuel, But—what would you compared with ihyoswuras-tail it with sury of being able to reach the eld
bing toes against a stalagmite ing yourself against a tree trunk, Presently, aftertheeursvofafew hundred years or $0, sume genius noticed that the fat of his pork chop would burn if assisted by a small piece of dried grass wick, and give a clearer and steadier light than a wood fire, Possibly this was not arrived at without some loss; the father of inventors most probably lost his dinner in the embers "us i winking his discovery—Seience the passage of a few coons of patent for the production of atti-have been infringed, the ery proved upon, a monopoly' was probably held in fish vil, and a ring formed for tallow, bu: the nun features of the light-machine remained the san place (x cracked marrow-bone, skull. fore tot bark or dried gra nud the 1. In'a modified form this is still with us, and known asthe slush Then in. the fullness of tin os bivathet upon a man and ed the exndie, Wonderful tear you could carry 1 without fear of spilling thesis! Which ely needed attending to about once in the ten minutes, and really dit not make suet a very bad smell when llew tour 1 Lainp and eawdle thi pevular favone through Muditications ant wlditions exch, The substance feeding the flame was expecta ky prepared and retin" eds beh w ty have reached the excellence, and one fathers adaviting, and said "ore. blow ap at A-fearing men, their wives and little on ante: King ne. What madness next As if the pies which were to convey this dangerous air about the place would red hot and set fire te the town; awl poison everyone, in general con-man lit his pipe. One lowned architect, designed astaaly pile, p.eposing te sumptuously seit with good wax tapers, and when linen greater than he that eco smitst depend upon this new cart dangerony thing for ite light at night time, he turned is face to the wall and wept,—crushed buz not conquered Ifwen would be so reckless, let them;—
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