The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-12

the CordiIIeras de los Audes is the
longest aud the highest range OF
| mountains in tue world. 1t extends
from TERRA del Fuego TO tho lsthmus
of Panama, and although some Of the
peaks OF the Himalayas are higher
they are not as numerous.
Chemical examinations made in the
laboratory of the University of Ur
bana, ILL.,, have shown that soil in
which for twentyfour years Indian
corn has been annually raised showed
fifty per cent. more exhaustion than
soil on which for tue same length OF
time there had been rotation OF
crops, no manure having been used in
either case.
DR.. +. A. Cook, describing the ef.
fects Of the long Antarctic night on
the human body and mind, says that
on the exploring ship Belgica, as the
cold night heightened, all became
pale with a kind of greenish hue"
The heart grew feeble in its action.
The men were incapable of concen-
trated attention, or OF prolonged
thought One sailor was driven to
the verge of insanity, but when the
returning sun began to appear above
the horizon he recovered
The ecliptic is the suns path, the
great circle Of the celestial sphere in
which the sun appears to describe his
annual course from west to east, real
ly corresponding to the path which
the earth describes. The ecliptic has
been divided into twelve equal parts,
each of which contains thirty degrees,
and which are occupied by the twelve
celestial signs or consultations.
These are also called the signs of the
zodiac, the zodiac being belt of the
heavens, extending nine degrees on
each side of the ecliptic.
Between the northern point of Long
Island and Watch Hill lies a row OF
little islands, two of which, Plum Isl.
and and Goose Island, possess n pc
culiar form of mineral wealth. 1t con-
sists in heaps of richly -colored quartz
pebbles, showing red, yellow, purple
and other hues, which are locally
called agates. They are used in maS-
ing stalned-glass windows, and there
is a sufficient demand for them in New
York City to keep the owners of one
or two sloops employed in gathering
them from the beaches, where the
waves continually roll and polish
them, bringing out the beauty of their
colors.
According to the recent studies ot
Signor De Sanetis, of Turin, children
begin to dream before their fourth
year, but are unable to recall dreams
before the age of four or five. This
age, he concludes, is that at which
child first becomes distinctly con-
scious of self. Aged people dream
less frequently and less wildly than
the young. Womens dreams are
more frequent, more vivid and better
remembered than those of men.
Criminals and delinquents dream
much less frequently and much less
vividly than other people. Two
thirds of the most depraved criminals
examined by Signor De Sanctis wero
never conscious OF dreaming. This
is ascribed to lack of mental activity.
Astronomers are bringing forward
numerous theories to explain the
gonenschein, the great patch that
sometimes grows mysteriously in tho
sky at midnight. The light occurs
near the ecliptic, but usually two or
three degrees removed from exact OPP
position to the sun, and is quite gen
orally believed to have no connection
with the earth's atmosphere. A plausi-
BILE, though not wholly satisfactory,
view is that it is reflection from the
ring of fragments to which the known
asteroids belong. Another sugges-
tion is that it is comet-like tail of
hydrogen and helium streaming away
from the earth in direction opposite
to the sun, while many astronomers
are inclined to connect the phenom.
enon with the meteoric ring producing
the zodiacal light.