Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-11
VARIETIES.

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Mr.. Peter Lorillard, of New York. the
millionaire tobacconist, died at Saratoga
on Sunday, in the 72d year of his age. :.
Marcus Morton was elected Governor of
Massachusetts, In 1889, by majority of
one in vote of 102,066, after being can
didate for sixteen consecutive years. .als
The water of lake about sixty miles
from Houston, Texas, is so sour that it
cannot be drunk. Analysis shows that it
contains iron, alum, magnesia and sui
phuric acid. a.f......,
Next Thursday has been named by the
Lord Bishop OF Toronto, to be observed as
day of general thanksgiving throughout
Canada for the abundant harvest. -
DGrape vines trained on the south wall of
a building, with full southern exposure,
VIII rlpen from two to three weeks earlier
than the same kind of vine and the same
exposure, with the vines upon an open
trellis. - 1e lq 'on 5f
The receipts of the Paris Exhibition
from April lst to September 10th were Just
s1,500,000. A further sum of $500, 600 will
be required to cover expenses. 1t is sup=
posed that this will be forthcoming during
the seven weeks that remained. .i6 rD
AT the lakes in the northern part of
Maine on Monday, the snow fell to the
depth of ten inches. At Rumford, Oxford
county, there were four inches, which re-
mained on the ground and roofs of build
ings all day. Such SNOW storm was new
er before known in these regions in the
month of September. ~
They have way of renovating old figs
in New York. The figs are soaked for a
time in common whisky, which, being alb
sorbed by them caused them to swell and
become quite fresh looking. They are then
M fr1II ~ Cra6 -
new boxes, and exposed for sale as new
figs on the street corners. -. aa
M. Grandidier has presented to the
French Academy an egg of the remarkable
extinct bird, the Epiornis, of Madagascar
Having lately returned from the island,
he says the eggs of Epiornis are found on
plain on one side of the island, aud at q
height of several metres above the sea lev
ell. Strange that though numerous eggs
have been discovered, the bones of this
creature are rarely found. From what NJ.
Grandidier has learnt from the natives
there seems little doubt that the Epiornis
is extinct. .i- i9s J.lt TO- r
The population of the earth is estimated
by German statist at 1,350,000.000, of
whom 28o 100000 are in Europe, 796 600, 600
in Asia, 600 in Australia and Polyne-
sia, 1SS,000,O00 in Africa, and 74,500,O0O in
America. This estimate, it is acknowl-
eugeu, IS only an approximation; for the
statist admits that it is impossible to arrive
at anything like an accurate statement of
the population of Asia and Africa, there
being no census or other means of ascer-
tanning the number of inhabitants in those
portions of the globe.
The London Mechanics Magazine describes
new and very effective ice machine. 1t is
simply an air-pump fitted to bottle. The
bottle is half filled with water, and the
pump is set to work. Air is first pumped
out and then the water rapidly evaporates.
To complete the vacuum and increase the
pumped out is made to traverse a hollow
cylinder containing sulphuric acid, which of
evaporation, the air and aqueous vapor
course instantly absorbs the moisture. The
evaporation is so great that the remaining
water is quickly converted into a mass of
ice. Four minutes pumping suffiees to
produce two pints of ice with an appara-
tus which only costs about fifty shillings
sterling. Y