fron burn. ! iH that the consolidated crust of the : : 25 1! metuls from the in- the planet, and rich mines opened in the dikes that are formed. describes the rock about Boul- . as an ancient batholite, which covers 5,000 square kilometers of surface. But there are others still more prodigious in extent. + 1 3 f The face of the moon shows us most clearly what batholites are capable of. The vast circular plains ringed with steep mountains, which make its sur- face so marvelous to look upon with a telescope, have, according to this view, been formed by intrusions of colossal batholites, and Suess calls them by the startling name of “smelting fur- naces”—furnaces thousands of square in extent—in which the frame that little world has been melted dissolved like s snow bank lylug path of a flow ot molten iron. if we could remove the sedi tary accumulations of ages from face of our world, says this aston- g German savant, we might tind hidden under our feet a network ' seared skeletons of ancient | grander thau any on the l—Garrett P. Serviss in New York American. beict IE] | i Von Moltke’s Simplicity. | Once while traveling General Moltke i entered a small Swiss hotel, and as the | head waiter saw his gaunt figure stalk. | ing in, wrapped in a wornout. dusty | cloak, carrying an old leather satchel, | he measured his wealth by his looks and ordered his assistant to show him to a small room (ob the ' ppermost | story. As he was making himself com. | fortable in the attic another assistant ! came, as is customary there, to ask the | silent stranger his pame and rank. The consequence was that a few min- | utes later the proprietor, in full dress, | appeared at the door of the attic to in- | form his excellency that a better room ' had just been vacated. “Give that to my servant.” replied Moltke, “when he comes with my car. riage. This is good enough for me." And he remained. i The Silks of Samarkand. i The silks and velvets of Samarkand. | long famous for the rainbow blending | colors, have a season, exactly ts or garden truck, and can only purchased at that particular time i i § : H s i g i g k i i; “Yes; he apnoyed me yesterday, ana 'T told him to go and take a back seat.” “And he took affront, eh?’—Boston ‘Transcript. i | old man.” | Be —————— At once in every college a committee was estemporized of lead- ing undergraduates, charged to collect presents of flannel jackets, trousers, “blazers,” rugs. greatcoats, furs, even sealskins. In a few hours box after box was filled with these treasures, and all the boxes were kindly and gratuitously packed for us by the leading upholster- er of the town, his foreman simply re- marking to me in a tone which General Gordon would have enjoyed: “A nice cousignment for a lady, sir.” Cause of Twilight. Twilight is a phenomenon caused by atmospheric refraction. Whee the sun gets below the horizon we are not im. mediately plunged into the darkness of night. Although the sun is below our horizon, rays of solar light are bent or refracted by the terrestrial atmosphere and continue to furnish some slight fllumination. The process continues with diminishing intensity until the sun is so far below the horizon that the refracting power of the atmos- phere is no longer able to bend the rays enough to produce a visible ef- fect. The time after sunset that the sun reaches such a position varies with the latitude of the place. There is less twilight at the tropic zone than at the temperate or frigid zone. This Is due to less time taken by the sun's rays to pass through the atmosphere, at the tropic zone the sun's rays being per- pendicular and at the temperate and frigid zones oblique.~New York Amer- fecan. With a Grain of Salt. The earliest record of the saying “with a grain of salt" dates back to the year 63 B. C.. when the great Pompey entered the palace of Mithridates and discovered among his private papers the description of an antidote against poisons of all sorts, which was com- posed of pounded herbs. These, ac- cording to the recipe, were to be taken with a grain of salt. Whether this was meant seriously or as a warning sarcasm is not known, but thenceforth it became the custom to say that doubtful preparations should be taken with a grain of salt. From this the meaning got transferred to sayings of doubtful truth. “Attic salt" was a Greek synonym for wit or penetration, and the Latin word “sal” had some- what of the same meaning. It is thus easy to see how the saying “cum grano salis” could have come to mean the necessity of accepting doubtful or suspicious statements “with a grain of salt.” Molokai and the Lepers. The general idea of the leper settle- ment on the island of Molokal (= wrong, says a writer In Harpers Weekly. Instead of the entire island being used for the leper colony the set- tlement comprises only eight square miles out of a total area of 261 square miles. It occupies-a tongue of land on | the northern side of Molokal. The north, east and west shores of this tiny spit are washed by the Pacific, while on the south side rise precipitous cliffs of from 1.800 to 4.000 feet, whic make the isolation seem even more hopeless than the beautiful deep blue waters of the sea ever could. The | most difficult and dangerous trail. con- stantly manned by government guards. | foils escape. if it were ever contem- plated. by the land side. Stupid Husband of a Noted Singer. Catalani’s husband. a bandsome Frenchman, was even more unintel- lectual than his wife—he was stupid. Once, having found the pitch of the plano too high, she sald after the re- to her husband: “The piano is befo came husband sent for the car- ter, who declared that be bad saw- inches from each leg. as ordered to do. husband soothingly Through the Cracks. the celebrated divine Edwara Irving was on a preaching tour In two Dumfries men of decid- wen to hear him. When hall one said to the other; you ous stamp, Opportunity seldom comes with a letter of introduction. — en — wo — . Will you see that it is made re the concert?’ When the Catalani was annoyed find that the piano had not been i “Surely It ! can’t be too high now, my dear,” sald B i £se i821 7 i ; § iF sg Fg ifs £ / | i : 2k ge ! Ae isi ol i 3 gs i 7300 5 PERF i HI §A 38s : : A3EEf Hitt 1 ound them the bird a chance of rearing use among the military forces of sev- eral European nations. For many years the whipping was always done | is automatic in action, soon as the culprit is fastened With perfect regularity the victim's back is scourged by the throngs, the handle of the whip being moved by a screw device after each stroke so that Each blow is of uniform severity, and as soon as the required number has been given the machine comes to a rest, and the offender is released, with the assurance that the exact pun- ishment ordered has been meted out to him.—Harper's Weekly. Obedient. “Well, my little man.” queried the minister who was making a eall, “cu you always do as Four mamma teins you?" “You bet | do.” answered the prec cious five-year-id, “snd so does paps.’ | Papa Was Seen. { She—~You will ask papa. will yen pot, or must I? He Oh, | have seen him. Fact is, he made the suggestion that it was about time for we to pro- pose. Conceited. Gyer—That fellow Pufkins reminds me of a ball of twine. Myer—What's the answer? Gyer - He's completely wrapped up In himseif.—San Fraucisco Star. a —————————————— Medical. A Hard Struggle MANY A BELLEFONTE CITIZEN FINDS THE STRUGGLE HARD. With a back constantly aching. With urinary disorders. luk & Struggle, Ea pel C. J ea Bishop street, 5 Lom ey 0 in backach lame around Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria. § f g it i £3 E I i 2 “l am very much obliged to you Mr, Simpson's book, which | will read when [ have a moment's leisure. | am glad you bave taken the command at St. Helena, upon which | congratulate you. You may tell ‘Bony’ that | tind his apartments at the Elysee Bourbon very convenient and that | bope be likes mine at Mr. Balcom’s. It Is 2 droll enough sequel to the affairs of Europe that we should change places CASTORIA FOR INFANTS anp CHILDREN. Bears the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER. The Kind You Have Always Bought. In Use For Over 30 Years. CASTORIA 54-35-2lm The Centaur Co., New York City. Insurance. JOHN F. 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