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Show AN CAnTHQUAKE SCIENTIST. Toiumr Hat I ouo I Hi Almaaao la Hi , llsrral. j This occurred Just beforo tho last j full moon at a pretty residence on JfL Trumbull avenue, say (ho Detroit Freo b9 I'rcsa. Tho head of tho bourn Is of a scientific turn ot mind, loves to laves- fi-llgalo fi-llgalo tho phenomona of nature and T Z takes It as n part of his duty to Impart Vf his knowledgo to tho rest ot tho fam- SA lly. On lho ulght In question ho found an almanac on tho (able, which bo -$ reads. Turning tho leaves carelessly jti whllo thinking about going to bod, ho "1 was surprlsod to come upon tbo In- x formation that there waa to bo an almost total ccllpso of the moon that f-1 night, and that It would bo ylelblo f, trom thl part of the globo at I a m -ft? In his excitement ho was about to call "$& tho rent ot the folks, who had retired J but on second thought be hunted up -IB broken bits ot glass and went to ' smoking them, Jutt as though It w.re ( tho hinting sun which was to b6 ? Viewed This dono he watched tht clock vigilantly until It was tlmo to waka lho others They had none of 1 bis enthusiasm, hut wont yawning and j) shivering to tbo back porch, from which tho. boit view was to be ob- talncd Tho moon never looke I bright- ? cr than It did at 1 o clock It mult e$ bo that ths almnnao meant 1 o clock standard tlmo be explained nervously, W nnd for nnothcr half hour ho kept hit & eyos glued on lho silvery orb Not a spot darkonod Its surface Ten mln- .... utes later bis wlfo mutinied and her sleepy brood followed her Into tho house, desplto his protest Uo followed fol-lowed them anl again took up tho al "" , manac. 'round that In (ho attic to- - day,' explained 0 year old Tommy Slowly the father read aloud from tho back until ho oarae to eighteen hun- ' dred nnd fit when be ripped the book to fragment and began saying things that cauicd tho mother to rush ' tho children upstairs uj . r if |