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Show riif ri . ' ' ' i , M l.r-i-i t. . This rpm:ir'-;il.l. .,ke ui:.y W swn at any time ilm-in;,' ll:,- year, fii'.iy exposed. ex-posed. Wniff even nt its U-si i inn t!,e sun is shinimr InwUy upon it. This wonderful U, .civ of water is one of the s-ilti-st of the suit hikes, and is situated ne;;r Obdorsk, Siberia. The lake ii nine mill's wide anil seventeen lnn(r, and within the memory of man was net entirely roofed over ty the salniepo-ir. Originally evaporation played the uio-.t prominent part in coating the lake over with salt, but at the present time the salt springs which surround it are adding add-ing fast to the thickness of the crust. In the lon;r ajro rapid evaporation of the lake's waters left preatsalt crystals tlo;tin;jr on the surface. In eourse of time these caked together. Thus the waters were finally entirely covered. In 178 the lake found an underground outlet into the river Obi. which lowered it; surface about three feet. The sa't crust was so thick, however, thy', it retained its old lev; 1, and now presents the curious spectacle of a salt-roofed lake. The salt coat increases in-creases six inches in thickness every year. The many islands with which the lake is studded are said to act as braces and to help keep the arched salt crust in Dosit ion. Detroit Free Press. GRINS AND GIGGLES. "How old is your coat of arms?" asked Mrs. Dimling of Mrs. Freshrox. "Old?" replied Mrs. Freshrox, with some feeling. "Why, we had that coat of arms made to order." Harper's Bazar. Ba-zar. DiNNEn-table Amekities. Young Van Sprawl ''I believe in being above board iu all that I do." Old De Goute "Then I wish you would stop kicking me under the table." Kate Field's Washington. Rosamond "O, dear! What a wretched memory I have! There's my dentist's appointment this afternoon, and I've just remembered it!" Gertrude "Well, I don't see but what you've thought of it in time." Rosamond "That's just it; I didn't want to remember remem-ber it till to-morrow," Harvard Lampoon. Lam-poon. Intereating Ezhiblta. Philadelphia will draw on Independence Indepen-dence hall for some of the exhibits which are to represent the state at the world's fair. It has been decided by the committee in charge that the articles art-icles that were used by the continental congress, and which are now in the east room of the hall, including the desk, chairs and pictures of the signers sign-ers of the declaration of independence, shall be sent to Chicago. The committee commit-tee also wants to borrow the statue of William Penn, in order to set it up in front of the state building. Citizens of Philadelphia are offering some of their pictures for the art gallery. Among these are Giaecmelli's fine painting, "The Festival of the Brides of Venict and the mosaic picture known as "The Discovery of the Remains of fiu Marcus." Mar-cus." It contains overdone, million pieces, and seven years were apent in |