StNicholas [serial] . extraordinary five-arch bridge over the nishekigawa, iwakuni, japan. Photograph copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, New York City. very high indeed; (3) the ordinary, one-arch,semicircular where the reflection completes the circle. Photograph from Sunday School Commission. keystone to the Japanese arches. They are notgenerally familiar with the keystone. A greatmany of two classes of bridges, the camel-backand the high curved bridges, are found in thepalace-grounds at Peking in China. —WilliamWalter Smith. SEEING ONES OWN GLORY White Mountains, N. St. N
StNicholas [serial] . extraordinary five-arch bridge over the nishekigawa, iwakuni, japan. Photograph copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, New York City. very high indeed; (3) the ordinary, one-arch,semicircular where the reflection completes the circle. Photograph from Sunday School Commission. keystone to the Japanese arches. They are notgenerally familiar with the keystone. A greatmany of two classes of bridges, the camel-backand the high curved bridges, are found in thepalace-grounds at Peking in China. —WilliamWalter Smith. SEEING ONES OWN GLORY White Mountains, N. St. Nicholas: A day or two ago, at the WhiteMountains, my father, brother, and I were sitting on a highbank overlooking the Intervale of the Saco. As it waslate in the afternoon, we could see our shadows on theground below. My father asked us to see the bright lightaround the head of his shadow. Why, no ! Aroundmine, said my brother. I could see just as clearly a lightabout the head and shoulders of my shadow and nobody-elses. My father remembered having heard of this effect ofhalos being seen toward sunset, especially on low, marshyground. I wonder if any of your other readers have everobserved it ? Sincerely yours,
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