Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-25
Interestinsyariety.

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Interestins Variety.
One Of the most common causes Of
badness is the presence of an animal
invisible to the naked eye, at the root
Of the hair.
There is abel in the French Cathe-
dral in Montreal, Canada, which weighs
twenty-nine thousand pounds, and
which requires sixteen men to ring it.
Sweden and Norway are slowly be.
ing lifted out of the sea at the rate Of
from one half to one-tenth of an inch
per annum.e The West coast of Green,
land is as gradually sinking. :. -
Petri6ed remains Of shell-fish very
closely resembling Holsters, have been
found in the rocks some Of them are
over six feet in length.
1t is stated that all the fixed stars,
IS they are called, are in motion i but,
though some of the motions are very
rapid, the distance Of the stars is 30
great that it will require many thous-
ands Of years to produce any consid-
cradle change in the appearance of the
consultations. daas Ess 5Hs
When dead bodies decay, they are
converted principally into gases, and
pass off into the air, where q portion
Of them is absorbed by the leaves Of
plants, and being formed into grain Or
fruit, is again eaten by animals, and
thus travels the great circle Of change
ordained by the Creator. @
There are four millions of people in
France who cat no bread. Some eat
chestnuts, and some other kinds of
vegetables. The people Of Ireland,
for long time, subsisted ms:aly on
potatoes. These facts prove not only
that there are large numbers in civil
lied countries who do not raise their
own bread, but an equally important
fact that they have not the means Of
buying it. @a@3 :. 80
The formation Of the wings of q fly
enables it to attain the velocity Of from
80 to IS feet in a second. In this
space Of time, a race-horse would clear
only 80 feet, which is at the rate of
more than mile per minute. Now,
our little fly, in its swistest fight, will
in the same space of time, 60 more
than third Of mile. If, therefore,
we compare the infinite difference Of
the size Of the two animals, how won
derful will the velocity Of this minute
creature appear! 81 go. sais
Tho following is set down as the rel
alive heating values Of different kinds
of American wood. Shelbark hickory,
being taken as the highest standard /;
pig-nut hickory, IS white oak, "a !;
white ash, II, dog wood, Is; scrub oak,
70; white hazel, 70 /; apple tree, 70;
red oak, So; black birch; 70; yellow
oak, go hard maple, 50; red cedar,
50 !; red cherry, A.; yellow pine, IA ;
chestnut, So yellow poplar, 81 but
ternut, 81; white birch, 49,; white
pine, AZ. There are two stages in the
burning of the wood ; in the first the
heat comes chiefly from flame, in the
second from red hot GOALS Z, sas ga
The first railroad constructed in the
United States was at Quincy, Mass,
connecting the granite quarries with
tide water. 1t was about three miles
in length. The Baltimore and Ohio
was the first passenger railroad. = It
was opened in 1880, distance of Is
miles, with horse power. Next in the
order Of time came the Mohawk and
Hudson. from Albany to Schenectady,
Is miles, opened for travel also with
horse power, in the summer Of 1881.
The first locomotive used in this coun-
try was on that road in 1881. Loco
motives were in operation. in South
Carolina, and upon the Baltimore and
Ohio road in 1882. ss.- s4s,s