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A I'l: T OF THE TRUNK OF A LEPIDO- 



DENDRON. 



of the -cars represents the 



of the leaves around the trunk: the 

 - have fallen off, and thes< re the 



s of their insertion. 



found beneath these rocks which, like 

 the pottery, are gradually crumbling. 



Fossil impressions are, we may 

 properly say, compressed vegetation, 

 being a part of the composition of coal, 

 which did not get into the mixture 

 which formed the coal. These speci- 

 mens run soft, medium and hard, and 

 we might say that the harder they 

 fire the nearer they are to coal. The 

 coal veins lie above one another, sepa- 

 rated by certain layers of rocks, and 

 the fossils are found in these rocks and 

 coal seams. Some fossils are close to 

 the surface but generally this rock is 

 soft. 



Besides these impressions, petrified 

 trees of immense size and perfect in 

 shape are occasionally found. There 

 are miles upon miles of tunnels and 

 excavations in this coal field and many 

 specimens are consigned to the dump 

 where they become hidden again by 

 being covered up. 



Pyrites and crystals are found in the 

 coal mines, the former a cube, six- 

 sided and often perfect, the size being 

 from that of a pin head to more than 

 an inch. These are also often in clus- 

 ters of cubical forms, symmetrically 

 combined, and are much worn as jew- 

 elry being generally called sulphur- 

 diamonds. Crystals are generally in 

 clusters and some specimens are beau- 

 tiful. The pyrites here is decomposed 

 and as such is generally called f< 

 gold. ' 



I- air nature's charms are ever free. 



And better still, are ever near : 

 To all the open sesame 



Is "Eyes to See, and Ears to Hear." 



— Emma Peirce. 



Some Trick Photography. 



Chester, West Virginia, 

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ittle 

 was made in the . The 



l)i »y v\ as pla 

 with 



black i 1 id. I ! is i >n was 



carefully 11 1 on tl und g 



and the e ire made. plate 



not developed, as it had to be 



again used for the bottle. I placed the 



bottle on the box, raised the box to 



2 convenient height, and again 1 



I it with the black cloth. 1 he image 



the bottle was arranged on the 



ad glass so that the interior was 



HOW DID THE BOY GET INTO Tin-: BOTTLE! 



