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This Molten Rock Is a Most Pt
cutiar Substance.
REDHOT SNOW SANDWICHES.
Curious Cffct en Mount VnhvIui
Product by tho Lava's Amaairh)
Pro partial aa a Nonconductor of
Heat Ooadly Voleanio Ashoo,
Vesuvius, th most famous to lea do
u the worlJ, with Its mighty Tomlt
tugs of lara and dust, I guilt? of
many queer freaks. Mighty rainstorms
bare set In motion tbe lava dost and
lava cinders tbat lie on Its sides, and
torrents of muddy lata have over
whelmed towns and Tillages as It
swept down to the sea. The resnltlnf
effect from this has been so great that
it chanced the face of tbe coast line
by forming a new promontory.
Lava is one of the most curious of
substances. It is simply rock melted
by a "hwtt so intense that It flows like
thin gruel. Worn Vesuvius is in erup
tion thousands of tons of It are squirt
ed up the "pipe" and out of the crater.
As it flows out over the edge It soon
cools and leaves a thick, ropy costing,
which spreads over tbe entire coun
tryside. But it is only on the top that it really
cools. A few Inches below the sur
face of the lava is often red hot Vis
itors are often Invited to light their
cigarettes In the chinks of a bed of
lava tbat has been lying out In the
open air for twenty years or more.
It is the most wonderful noncon
ductor of beat known. Borings made
through some lava beds have shown
that they are made up of layers of lara
and layers of unnielted snow. As suc
cessive torrents of lava came pouring
down tbe surface that lay on tbe
snow cooled at once, and the surface
open to the air also cooled at once.
But between the two surfaces there
was blazing beat; so if you bored
down through some lava beds yon
would find a cool upper surface, a
redhot Inside, a cool layer, snow,
cool layer, a redhot one, a cool one
and then snow again.
In fact, a layer of lava will let nei
ther heat nor cold through. If you
built a house entirely of lava on a
scorching summer day you would still
have 05 degrees inside when there was
snow outside. If yon built it In the
winter Ice would fonn jn your parlor
in July. "
This clerrly demonstrates what an
extraordinary nonconductor lava is.
There is, ln-leed, on tbe slopes of
Vesuvius a little lava hut Into which
summer visitors put bottles of wine
to got them chilled.
Mi hen a volcano throws its lava out
with such tremendous force that it
Jets high into the air it very often
falls In the form of dust, owing to the
explosive power of the high pressure
steam that spurts out with it. It
bursts Into a fine spray and falls as
dust dust far finer than any other
dust known.
It is so fine, indeed, that sometimes
years elapse before it settles. When
the mighty island volcano of Kraka
toa blew Itself nearly Into bits In 1883
with a crashing sound of cannonading
that smashed windows hundreds of
miles away the lava dust was so thick
in the air that for hundreds of miles
round midday was as black as night
Volumes of infinitely fine dust sailed
round and round the earth in the up
per atmosphere and made England's
sunsets of that year unusually splen
did. It was three years before the
upper air became quite clear again.
Lara dust has the same properties
cs lava. Shepherds on the slopes of
Vesuvius sprinkle patches of snow In
the winter with lava dust so tbat
they may have It when the scorching
days of summer arrive.
It was lsva dust turned to mud by
torrents of rain snch as usually come
with volcanic outbursts, that, nearly
2,000 years ago, destroyed the famous
pleasure city of Herculaneum, and it
was showers of volcanic ashes that
overwhelmed Pompeii. Herculaneum
still lies nearly forty yards from the
open nlr.
There are rivers of lava mud tbat are
blotting out towns and villages now.
A curious point has always been
noticed when Vesuvius is In eruption,
and that is the strong odor of washing
day that bangs around the mountain.
One might wonder why the slopes
of such a mountain are so thickly
populated when there is always dan
ger of eruptions and of avalanches of
lav mud. Well, the reason Is that
volcanic soil is always very fertile.
Some of the best wine of Italy comes
from Vesuvian vineyards, and people
nre ready to take the risks. London
American.
Putting Him on His Mottle.
"The doctor says you have but an
hour to live."
"Give me pen and paper," said the
dying man feebly.
"To make your will?'
"No; I am going to give the doctor
niy note for thirty days. He will have
to keep me alive at least tbat long to
collect if '-Judge.
LAorfomoKET
The Custom Official Hod tons of
Humor Himoolf,
In tbe smoking room of the UotW
Crt lies Brltannlquea at the lovely re
sort of Mcntone, oa the French IU
vtera, some three year ago two Eng
lishmen met After half an hour's
con versa t Ion the Englishman front
Manchester said to his new acquaint
ance from London:
"I say, old fellow, would you nilud
taking small pared for me to Paris
and have It sent to this address there?
I'm leaving fur Milan in tbe morning."
Tbe Londoner willingly consented to
do this much fur one of bis country
men. "Awfully good of you. Ml have the
boy take the parcel to your room in
the morning.' acknowledged the Eng
lishman bound for Milan.
In tbe morning the package was left
at the other's room.
"So that 1 what he calls small
parcel,' he exclaimed. "And what
might It contain? A package of such
slse tbe custom o (Boers would certain
ly want opened.' What cigarettes and
3.000 of them! Is it possible that any
one could have the audacity to ask
such a favor to smuggle 8,000 ciga
rettes into France! That chap shall
pay for this, for I shall declare these
cigarettes and leave them to be called
for when tbe duty is paid."
The Londoner left Mentone that aft
ernoon. The following day he was In
Paris at the Gar de I'Eat, bis luggage
ready for examination.
"Anything dutlabler asked the cus
toms officer.
"Nothing." replied the Englishman,
"excepting tn that parcel there."
"What does It contain?"
"Three thousand cigarettes," said the
Londoner, with a smile upon his face
a smile of embarrassment at having
such a parcel with him.
The Frenchman raised his hands tn
the air and laughed heartily. He, too,
was as ready for a good Joke as any
one, and on each piece of the English
man's luggage went bis O. K. cross.
Hardly realizing what bad happened,
tbe Londoner found himself riding tn
a taxlcab along the streets of Paris
with the parcel of 3.000 cigarettes un
der his arm and nothing left to do but
to deliver It as be had been asked.
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A French Naval Officer". Daring Ex
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Those who have visited Monte Car
lo have beard of if not seen the pitiful
ruin of many an unfortunate person
who has lost his last franc tn playing
at roulette in that palatial gambling
den. All are not so fortunate as to
nave an armored cruiser at their dis
posal, as was the case with a French
naval officer aome years ago. He bad
gone ashore in the morning with
naught in bis pockets but bis own
earnings. By noon It was all gone.
If he but had another BOO francs he
was sure of winning. During those
morning hours of failure he had work
ed out a system, and with Just a few
francs more success was certain. He
would use the ship's money. Perhaps
it was not Just tbe right thing to do,
but in another two hours be would be
able to return it, would have recouped
his own loss and have won who knows
what fortune besides.
At sunset be returned to bis ship a
ruined man. The system, like all sys
tems of the sort, had failed. What
was to be done? To return home
would mean a dishonorable discharge,
lifelong disgrace, if not even more se
vere punishment. Death seemed the
only alternative. But no; he would
make one final attempt to save him
self. He would force the authorities
of Monte Carlo to return to him what
he had lost or be would blow up their
gambling palace!
As soon as he was again on board
bis order was: "Clear decks for action.
Baise tbe muzzle of every gun and let
them point toward the heights of Mo
naco." r
Whatever the sailors might think of
such an. order mattered little; obey
they must. With all haste a messen
ger was sent ashore with a note, and
the captain meanwhile paced tbe deck
In silence awaiting the reply-a reply
which meant life or death to him.
Finally the messenger returned car
rying a bag of gold coins. Tbat night
the French cruiser weighed ancnor
and quietly steamed out into the Medi
terranean, her captain happy that he
had fared no worse and the authorities
of Monte Carlo only too glad to be rid
of so dangerous a visitor. Washington
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tbe fancy ball was a horri creature."
Why?" ' -
He asked for mv picture to publish
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a minute and forget my picture, which
was lying on the table near where ne
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