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Show Thirty MU In the Earth. Hev. Osmond Fisher, in a very reliable reli-able work entitled "Physics of the Earth's Crust," says that "the rate of increase in temperature as the distance beneath the surface is augmented is, ri the whole, an equable one and may V- aken to average about a degree for each 51 feet " Figuring on this statu-i statu-i ment as the most reliable, we find that at a depth of 80 miles below the surface sur-face all known metals and rocks are in a state of white hot fusion. A venerable Chinaman oi Amoy nas been engaged for 32 years in fashioning in miniature an elaborate pagodaof ivory and stone. It contains upward of 35,000 pieces, and when completed, which will be in about five years, will be sold for $300. |