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Show , A Stone Barometer. B In northern Finland, so a natlvo H jiapor Informs us, Is a largo stone which serves tho Inhabitants ns an H infallible barometer. At tho approach H of rnln, this stono turns black or blacklah gray, while In flno wentlior H it is or a light color nnd coverod with H Whlto spots. Probably It Is a fossil H mlxod with clay, and containing roclt H palt, nltor, or ammonia, which accord-H accord-H ing to n greater or leas degree of H dampness in the ntmo3phero, nttracts ; jt or otherwise, Sunday Magazine. bBJk |