The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-20

here seem to prosper save Us pnor officers Of
the army Whose sIlaiirs rem in fh, sltne. so
( that when Others prosper W. decline. and
even IN the worst times sc can barely exist
For my part have gni desperate aud have
relinquishrd all hopes Of ever getting int,
smooth water again Far belter wculd il
have been, had been ordered to Oregon.
Eut | am departing from my topic and
must return. You will perceive | have DIS
posed Of the juice, but the vegetable mat
ter Of the cane is grcdi bore. 1t il called
Bagasse. Some manage 10 pile il up, dry il
and use it as an auxiliary fuel OTHERS viii,
their machinery lave il conveyed into large.
chimney pUrpDscly constructed TO burn IL:
but most planters do ~ Dr. Courier, haul /,
as it falls from the roller to the leyre and
throw il on the edge TO help check the cfpr-
nal action of the current Ol the mighty Mis-
sissippi. stsid three days on the panta-
/ tiOn aud returned night before last, Just in
time TO take part in the grand ecicbraiion
or funeral Of Calhoun, Clay and Webster.
w. T. S.
*The writer gives a drawing, which OF
course we have no way ofpnblishng.
The STRENGTH OF INSECTS In avUl.
ume published by Van Yoorsi, on The Nat
ural History of Animals" several illnstra-
uons are given OF the super hercuean
strength with which ihe cummonFst insects
are endowed. The common flea, as every
one knows, viii without any apparent effort
Jump two hundred times its own length "a nd
several grasshOpPers and locusts arr said TO
be able TO perform leaps quite as wonderful.
In the case of the insect they scarcely excite
our notice; but IL a man were cody 10 take q
standing leap Of three hundred aud eighty
odd yards, which would be an equivalent ex.
ertiOn of muscular power. PEI haps our admi-
rers Of athletic sports might be rather start.
led at such a performance Ag4i.I, for a
man to run ten miles within the hOtr would
be admitted to be a toIerably good display OF
pedestranism; but what nre v c to say OF the
little fly observed by Mr. Delisle. $50 min
ntc as TO be almost invisible" whith ran
nearly six inches in second, and in that
: space was calculated to make onr thuusand
and seventy steps! This, according to the
calculation OF Kirby and Spence, is as il d
man whose steps measured only two feet
% should run at the1ncredible rate of 20 mile.
in minute. Equally surprising are the in
stances of the insect strength given by Mr.
- Newport. The great stagbeetle, which tear
off the bark from the roots and branches o
trees, has been known 10 gnaw hole al
incn in diameter, through the side of an lrol
canister in which it was confined, ard OF
: which the marks of its jaws were distinctl,
: visible. The common beetle can withou
injury, support and even raise very grea
. weights, and make its way beneath almos
: any amount Of pressure. In order to pu
:. the strength Of this insect Atlas TO the test
experiments have been made " hich do prov,
that it is able to sustain and escape from be
meath load Of from twenty to thirty pounds
a prodigious burden when it is remenbere
that the insect itself does not weigh as man
: grains: in fact. once more taking man as
y standard Of comparison, it is as though
person Of ordinary size should raise and g
y from under weight Of between forty an
1t fifty tons.