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from IG to 20 the column swelled out till it formed a rectangle twice 

 as broad as the double column from 10 to 16 ; passing 20, the column 

 narrowed again, changed direction, and ascended perpendicularly, but 

 in such a way that it was impossible to tell how the new column was 

 connected with the former descending column ; but it went up, what- 

 ever might be the fate of the other column, presenting its rectangular 

 swelling at every 10. Passing 50, it curved to the right, still retain- 

 ing its dimensions and its swelling at every 10, then descended in a 

 curve to 100, where the vision stopped. 



All of the seers so far quoted had the numbers presented to them 

 in a plane. One other one described his vision as that of an arrange- 

 ment around the three sides of a triangular prism. On the first face 

 appeared the first 30 numbers, running in a zigzag line, 10 and 30 

 being seen at apical angles, 20 at a depressed angle ; on the second 

 face the numbers from 30 to 100 ran in a straight horizontal line ; and 

 on the third face those from 100 to 1,000 in a straight ascending line. 

 The spiral returning to the first face of the prism, the numbers from 

 1,000 to 80,000 appeared upon it in a zigzag line parallel to the first 

 line of 1 to 30. The second face again contained the numbers from 

 30,000 to 100,000, and the third face those from 100,000 to 1,000,000 

 in lines parallel to the other lines on the same faces.] 



JOHN JACOB BAEYER. 



By J. HOWARD GOKE. 



WHEN Frederick the Great, June 22, 1740, wrote, "In this coun- 

 try every man must get to heaven his own way." there were 

 many sturdy Germans who were glad to embrace the opportunity to 

 turn aside from the route to which the beliefs of their ancestors re- 

 stricted them. But they did not wish to be alone upon the unknown 

 sea into which their independence had launched them ; every one felt 

 the need of that encouragement which comes from the association of 

 those whose aims and methods are the same. To secure this, the gra- 

 cious sovereign allowed colonies to be formed of those of like faith and 

 order. One of these colonies was Muggelsheim, about fourteen miles 

 southeast of Berlin. Among the founders of this village there was a 

 "faithful follower" who came from Odernheim seeking that religious 

 sympathy which was here vouchsafed. This pilgrim sat as magistrate 

 in the new settlement, while another coming from Mainz was the 

 school-teacher ; these two became connected by the former's son mar- 

 rying the latter's daughter. On the 5th of November, 1794, this 

 couple rejoiced over the birth of a son — Johan Jacob Baeyer. The 

 first few years of the lad were uneventful ; he watched the geese, 

 herded the cattle, and laid, in healthful exercise, the foundation for a 



