Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-08-28
BURLINGTON, IOWA, AUGUST %, 1915.

bottom OF the cratef, SAYS Professor
Nichol, who has examined in detail the
iabors OF Beer and Nader, rs very Of.
ten convex and low ridges Of noun
tans run through it. We also find in
il insulated conical peaks and smaller
cratrrs, whose heights, however. sell
dom reach The level Of the base Of the
Interior wall. These curious objects
are in some parts Of The moon so crowd
ed thai they seem 10 have pressed on
each other and disturbed, and even
broken down each other boundaries,
so that through the mutual interference
the most oddly shaped caverns have
arisen. Ii has often heen observed
that smaller craters are found on the
walls of The crater. aud III many IN
stances we can discern that the wall has
been shaken by force
Among The surg llarlvremarSable ap-
pearances upon the III o.. Is that OF
system of rays which appear 10 dlvefge
from the crater shaped ridges. One OF
the most remd kable Of these Is exhibit
ted III the appearances OF the noun
tain called Tycho. AT the time Of full
moon. these appearances generally
cast very broad brilliant bands. issuing
from all sides Of the crater. and stretch
ing to greater or less distance, some
Tim. extending over space Of several
hundred miles. Two characteristics
of these singular BANDS necessarily at
throw is exactly of the same kind as
that reflected from the edge of the era
tel itself, and from the lowest part OF
the chasm; so that we mus, suppose
ina, the matter forming them had the
same origin and source as the other
portion of these mountainous forma.
lions. Secondly. ii will be observed
that they hold their course without be-
ing interrupted hy other formations on
the lunar surface. If, instead OF gen.
eral rugged surface, the face Of The
moon had been one unbrnken plane,
the course Of lhe-e radiatng lines could
not have been less disturbed, except
that they accommodate themselves 10
the contour Of HE surface; If they meet
| a valley, they bend with il; if preclp-
itous mountain they rise with i! pre-
cipi,ously; and then pursue heir previ.
! Gus path.
Before we dismiss the mountainous
/ character of the moon SUFFICE, it may
be well to state the heights of these
mountains, and the depths. in many
cases. o! their cavities, have been pretty
accurately ascerlalned By the measure.
men, of their shadows. Ii is generally
stated that they are higher than the
mountain ranges OF The earth. Ihls,ln
literal sense, is not rue. The lunar
mountains do not attain 10 the actual
height Of some Of the highest Of the
terrestrial ranges; but, considering iha
the moon is g,obe on scale one
fourth that of the earth, il NAV be truly
stated that, according 10 The relative 81
yes OF the globes. the lunar mountains
are considerably higher than those o
! the earth.
Ii is not the mere height Of these
mountains that so forcihly command
auenton;it is ,he,r universal prevalence
LET Us ALONE.
This is motto which the youn!
State Of FLORIDA has, Ivy same strange
perversiiy, adopted. II has called upo
the arms Of the United States TO cate
IT'S runaway slaves. and conquer lis In
dams; and has very lnlle prospect o
being able TO stand alone wlthon, BEN!
boosted up by all tbs other members
The Union, and vet with most unac
cnun.able taste. adopts 'Lel US Alone
as her motto! One OF our cotempora
ries has been hunting up the origin Z
LET us Alune," and here ii is:
III was the frantic exclamation of a
"unclean spirit" TO our Savior, an
occurs in Mak, lst chapter, 24t
verse:
81. And thew wen, into Caperni
um, and straighlway on the Sahbat
day he entered into The synagogue an
taught.
%. And they were as,onlshed
his doctrine: for he taught them as o.
that had authority, and not as Il
scrlbes.
% And there was in their syn
gogue man with an uncean spirI
and lie cried out,
"a. Saying, LET Us ALONE
VIVA, have we Ia do with thee, thu
jesus Of N ,zsre,h! ar, thou come
destroy us!'" ~
G., NIXON.
The N. York Sun gives the tollo'
ING acconn, of General Cameron c
reer:
.Some thirty years ago. bare fo'
ed boy h,atpd down the Snsquehanl
river on an humble raft, and arrived
lIarrisburgh, Pa. He came from Il
North and belonged to large iamil
with all his worldly goods ued in
tie pocket handkerchief. He sane
and obtained employment IN prlnti
office as an apprentice. From an