642 State Board of Agkicultuke, &o. 



spectrum the scientist now finds the lines detecting the 

 faintest presence of the rarest mediums,even in the rays of the 

 sun, and reveals to us some of the mysterious compositions 

 of that great light and life giving orb. 



The nauseous and refuse waste of our gas houses is col- 

 lected and distilled into the rarest and most delicate shades 

 of color, and the most fragrant perfumes. And way down 

 from among the pines, the lepidodendrons and the liliaceae 

 fossils of the coal beds, come pouring up vast reservoirs of 

 oil to light the world. 



While now, in our own day, silently and slowly creeps up 

 a simple combination of steam and sand, which starts out 

 on its journey to waken new life, and create new forms of 

 usefulness, and aids to point to all ages to come, the sacred 

 spots where lie entombed the ashes of our patriotic and 

 honored dead. 



