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[Continued from Ist page.] which is required, and that is live such a life that they will be ready whenever the summons comes. The presumptions are all against any great cataclysm next December or any particudar time. , T'his planet has been whirling in space for millions of years. We know, by reading the geological records written on it by time, that it has passed through many vicissitudes. It has had epochs of heat and epochs of cold; continents have risen from the sea and have sunk back into it. Civilizations have come and gone, but the human race has man- aged to weather every storm. - We are very insignificant particles of a universe which is far beyond our powers of comprehension. Time is either infin- itely long. or it will come to an end sooner or later—and it is equally impossi- ble to imagine either one. Space is either limitless or has bounds; if it is limitless how can you explain it, and ‘f it has bounds, what is there beyond it? * You at once get out of your denth when you try to consider these things. But the most insignificant of us has his part in creatien. The Creator has brought you forth and he is responsible for you. Biilions of other human beings have lived and labored and died, and what they have >ndured you can endure. Little children have come out of eternity and go back to it, knowing no fear of the future. Is your faith and trustful- ness less than theirs. It may be that terrible things are com- ing—but whatever thev are, you can stand them Don’t let the soothsayers ‘‘get your goat’’. Go on in the even tenor of your way and if you don’t come out as well as the trouble-pro .h- --ets it will not be your fault. If the calamities which are predicted for next December come to pass, it will be time then to admit that the prophets knew what they were talking about and they will have the supreme satistaction of saying ‘I told you s»’Until ten the sane, common-sense person will sus- pend judgment and refuse to take such ominous predictions seriously.—The Pathfinder, Avgust 23rd : : Assurance Company W e @ Limited OF LONDON GEO. L MA.KOE Agent for Frederiksted’s Daistrici M. K. ARMSTRONG. Agent for Curistiansted’s Disir.t P\"li\‘i(‘.‘%‘ are not Suhj?‘-l {0 ViR¢ o 0 Wy X & ¥ I 3 is hereby given that no charcoal can be supplied by this Institution from date to October Ist. a. c. Richmond Penitentiary, St. Croix. V.L., September 17, 1919. (. ESPERSEN, | Director in Charge. URSUANT to Ordinance of Au2Zust 19th 1874 it is hereby made known that I have received announczment from Mr. LAUR NIELSEN that he, ac- cording to power vested in him by she joint stock Compauy ~‘De darske Sukker- tabrikker’’, during his absence from St. Croix has empowered Mr. KNUD | NIELSEN, Chief engineer, to sign the | firm of the joint stoeck Company “'St. Croix | Sukkerfabrik’’ jointly with Director | AXEL BERLAND. | The Police Office, Christiansted, St. ! Croix, September Bch 1919. D. NOLL. ONE LATUTIES BICYCLE with a Three-speed attachment in perfect order. Apply to Dr. J. R. MAYHEW, Christiansted. - Ask Your Dealer Fur BORNNS BAYRUM Made On Honor Sold On Merit. Our Aim Is To Make It The Best In The World. Important. RECEIVED BY § 8. YPAEIMA” Van. vwuiers, Fig Newions, SALTINES, Svei | Tea, Cakes with leing. FRESH wVAr. <« PKICUTS, KING FISH OK, Brussels Sprouts, Purce de I[‘oie Gras, CAMPBELIL SGUPS. assortad, Pancake Fldur, Maple Syrup. and Red Curran. Jam. WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR. GRAHAN FLOUR, Queed and Aristocrat Tab. in glas- jars a" . pks. PSSI . Shredded Codfish, Boneless Herrings, FaNCY CHOCOLATES, BON BON and CANUDILS, We have ng room lor new goods; in order to make I®om ve will allow from 28% to 5% discount from regular prices, on five and ten dell. order respectiveiy. : We have it, ask to be shown Sugal7 Tabie Sugar, Wasned d&d Gran. Sugar 9——12—!30. respi. FRESH O. E. BREVAS, old renabie kind, what you like. N West End New Grocery. L s delivered in Whlte lee town from Estate Southgate Farm at 60 cents pr. barrel. CATHRINE L UDVIG