ONE LIVING ONE DEAD 



exact duplicate of trees that were living 

 millions of years ago. 



It may be interesting to know that the 

 Diatoms are most minute, that they are of 

 vegetable origin, and so small are they 

 that in one cubic inch of rock, in which 

 they have been fossilized, it is estimated 

 that there are forty-one thousand millions 

 of these plants; also that silica constitutes 

 about one-third of all the minerals con- 

 tained in the earth except limestone. 



Whence comes the wonderful coloring 

 one sees in these ancient wonders? For 

 here you will find the brilliant red of the 

 hematite, the blue and green of copper, 

 the yellow of iron and sulphur and colors 

 that no name can describe, prepared from 

 combinations known only to the God who 

 paints the sunset and the rainbow. 



When one looks at the walls from 

 whence they come forth one will there see 

 and find the source of the color matter 

 used to give these remarkable results. 



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