Churches, live churches, follow tlie
same law, but the simple division of the
cell into two equal, similar and inde?
pendent cells is confined to the lowest
branch of the animal and vegetable
kingdoms. It is ia church history as
lt is in natural history. When we find
on opposite sides of the road two little
white churches exactly alike, except
that the steeple is on the north end
of one and on the south end of the
other, we know it belongs to the proto?
zoan period of ecclesiastical develop?
ment. We have outgrown the stage
of the multiplication of churches by the
primitive processes of splitting, seces
sion and recession. Even In Scotland,
where the process was formerly most
active until a church was reduced to
"me aud Sandy" with doubts as to
the latter's orthodoxy the title bas
turned and the churches are reunit?
ing.?Century.
Value ot the 'Weather Man.
In spite of the standing Jokes about
the weather man it is probable that for
every dollar spent on the weather
bureau ten are saved. At tbe
time of the Mississippi Hood of 1MI7
$15,000,000 worth of live stock and
other property were saved as a result
of warnings Issued s week ahead, sin
nals displayed for a single hurricane
have detained tn port vessels valued.
