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Show jTefegfaniYuinst77ias"Serrat . . . . . TMggg Hg S4YV QUlRgEl gig A5 A PEg SASIT SEEMS DyJHLc TywP im." i&ismo w m ewpioH of mw CV f "JLT "t Mli H Wha,CHTrt0UC CHURCH DEATH OF A CHintCH ... On April IS. 1936, an avalaneht of moltan lava crawled down th waatern aiopa of Mauna Loa, towering volcanic peak. Immediately In ita path waa a amall Catholic church. The wall of lava awirled around the building, rockinf it on Ita foundation!. The Ingle bell of the tiny church began to toll, literally ringing out Ita own death knell! Thia Ironical occurrence continued until the building waa completely wallowed In the 29-foot lava itream. Today only a croaa marks the aite where the church once atood. ATOMIC THEORY ... Generally regarded aa a product of the nineteenth century and the Investigations of John Dalton, Engllih scientist, the atomic theory waa actually known and taught In the fifth century before Chriat! Democrttue of Aboers, well-to-do Greek physicist, waa among the first men to teach ita principles; that "everything In the world is the result of a fortuitous concourse of atoms, all of the aama substance, but making various things through the varioua forma they take in uniting. (Copyright. 1937, for The Telegram) |