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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Aug 7, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 30.

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High Up

HIGH UP.—The crown of the hat of the statue of William Penn, which is to surmount the tower of the new public building of Philadelphia, will be just 525 feet above the pavement. This is ten feet and one inch higher than the highest towers of the Cologne cathedral.
An Oneida Indian preacher said, in a recent sermon, he was thankful that "the Creator did not give the Indian enough language to allow him to be profane without first learning English." There is a good deal of keen, quiet sarcasm in the remark.