StNicholas [serial] . one anda half quintillion grains! The mind has ceased tocomprehend such figures, and were we to add adozen or two ciphers they would mean no moreto us than this tremendous sum. Any one with a calculating bent may expandthese figures as he pleases. One might computethe sandy coasts of the United States, the NorthAmerican continent, and so on, or might computethe number of grains in the Desert of is really no limit when once a basic num-ber has been determined. Never was a truer statement made than the onein the Bible where it says that the sands of thesea-shor
StNicholas [serial] . one anda half quintillion grains! The mind has ceased tocomprehend such figures, and were we to add adozen or two ciphers they would mean no moreto us than this tremendous sum. Any one with a calculating bent may expandthese figures as he pleases. One might computethe sandy coasts of the United States, the NorthAmerican continent, and so on, or might computethe number of grains in the Desert of is really no limit when once a basic num-ber has been determined. Never was a truer statement made than the onein the Bible where it says that the sands of thesea-shore would never be numbered. They neverwill be counted by man, but the probable numberin certain limits may be roughly determined bythe method outlined above. Fitch C. Bryant. SNAPPING-TURTLE EGGS A snapping-turtle lays about two dozen are placed in damp sand in a hollowscooped out by the turtle. The mother turtlealmost or wholly buries herself in the sand. Thenin crawling out she lets the sand over her shell. MAGNETITE Magnetite is one of the varieties of iron ore,while the name of lodestone is given to thatspecies of magnetite which readily attracts anyiron substance. Magnetite is quite common, and
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