Show nmns THAT WONT SIT ft dwell known that the Australian megapod U a bird that It accustomed not to ill on Hi eggs In certain part of Australia are found numerous moundi considerable sloe and height which the first explorers took to be bur lal mound These were made by the Megipodlui tumulus which uses them for hatching eggs They have tome ilmei considerable illmeniloni a nest that li 14 feet high and 55 feet In elr cumference may be regarded ai large Each megapod bulldi Iti own nest with material which It gathers from all side and these are eiactly what the gardener uses In the month of March to make Mi forcing beds namely leaves and decomposing de-composing vegetable mailer which by their fermentation give off an appreciable appreci-able amount of heat In the forcing beds this heat hastens the sprouting the Itedlln the nest It I suffices for the development and hatching of the young bird and the mother can go where the Ilkei and occupy herself ai the wlihei wllhout being troubled bt her dudes of titling In the small bland of Nlnafou i In the IacUc another bird has a somewhat some-what ilmllar habit In 10 far ai It alio abandoni eggs but In place of obtaining ob-taining the necenary heat from termen litlon It cell It from warm land The Lelpoa or native pheasant of Australia acts like the megapod and watches the temperature of III mound very closely covering aid uncovering the till several time a day to cool them or heat them ai becomes necei save After hatching the young bird remains In the mound several hours I It haves all the second day but return for the night and not until the third day U It able to leave for good the pn tetrad abode KevlevrSclentlllquei why wa rrsh alas Korth Geologliti are andoul to hue borings made with the diamond drllli which will show the actual condition of the rocks at the utmost depth which can be attained Such an exploration carried on with the modern iklll In labor ol this kind would prabably give ui lest tube honing a depth ol 10000 feet or lay Ihrlce the depth ot iur deepest mitten From these problngi we might be able lo find facts which would tell ua the actual rate at which the heat of the earth Increases ai we go from the surface toward to-ward the center The Information which li obtained from mines leads to the conclusion that this Increate li at the rate of not far from degree Fahrenheit for each hundred hund-red feet ol descent yet this evidence U Iso I-so Irrrguiar and perplexing that no tale conclusions can be founded on It Ills In the highest degree deilrable hat we ihould Incieaie our knowledge at to Ihe condition ol the eailhi Inter lor for the reason that Ills In that realm that the earthquake and volcanoes have their origin These convutilve phenomena phe-nomena ape a perpetual menace to the lnlerelt ol mankind more than hall the Inhabitable Reid ol the earth being In continual danger Rum them Youthi Companion TrjrThrm > llriiiillr To prevent chapped hindi a little bo ran In the wash water Or one ounceof glycerine toijdroju of tincture of hydratli Or dusting the hand wltn floe starch alter washing them In cattle snap and warm water Or washing them In bran water Or a fen drops of gltcerlne I diluted with milk Or sweet cream Or rubbing the hind at night with glycerine powdering with pulverlied Irch and sleeping large gloves To remote frullttalni from thehand a weak tolutlon of oiallc acid Whitening the hand with two ounce of cologne two ounces ol lemon juice aU ounces of powdered Windsor soap mlted together Rubbing italned hand with tail and I lepton Juice To whiten the funds two drachmi 01 diluted iiilphurlc acid one ilrachm of Incture ol myrrh four ounce of loft water Alter washing with soap dipping dip-ping the flngeri In this mixture Removing slobs from the hands by II Illle oil ol vltrol and cold water Singeing the ends ol the hair Instead of cutting |