The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-08-20

The pedestal Of the equestrian statue
of Peter the Great, in the Russian
npits1, is the largest block Of granite
which has been quarried and transport
ed in msdern times. Il weighs fifteen
hundred tons, and Was moved over
twenty-five miles BY rolling il on bronze
cannon balls. Iron balls were tried
and smashed by it. ~.
"A Yankee has devised new way to
reduce the tax on cigars. He makes
them twice the ordinary length, and -
the tax is on the cigar, irrespective Of
sise knife will make one taxed cigar,
into two. % -
CASTLE. soap is the best kind to use
| in washing oilcloths. The surface is
acted on by the 'alkAlies Of 'stronger'
soaps. xaa~s- s<,-s .:..
i Baron Cuvier states that if the
progeny: Of : pair Of behring's should
increase without molestation for twenty
years Il would require all the seas in the
world to contain the herring that would
result IF only half the spawn came
to life, and half the young fish lived,
boat could not move in the sea-
The best drink for hot days, is water,
and the value of any drink depends on
the amount Of water it contains. Lie
big gives as reason why epirituous
liquors are especially unhealthy in sum-
mer, that "Alcohol, the chief constitu-
ent of all spirituous liquors, is mainly
composed Of carbon, which is the fuel
required BY the body to keep up the
animal heat; in summer, of course, but
little Of this fuel is required: 1t, how
ever, large quantity is supplied there
will be- an excess, which is lett uncon-
sumed, and, remaining in the body
without use, does. harm in various
ways"
The Military Telegraph system now
used in the q. S. Army is probably
the most perfect in the world. At the
recent examination at the West Point
Academy, the operation Of the Tele-
graph Corps attracted great attention.
Wires were laid, and the telegraph put
in operation At the rate Of mile in ten
minutes.
Five thousand different articles in
common use are manufactured from the
ordinary willow.
A fsh-brceder at Holyoke, Mass, is
Matching seven million shad a day.
He says: "Every acre. Of water il
worth two Of land, and it can be titled
At one-thousandth part of the expense"
It is said that room may be cleared
Of mosquitoes by taking a piece of gum
camphor about one third the size of an
egg, and evaporating it by placing it in
q tin vessel, aud holding it over lamp
or candle, taking care that it does not
ignite. The smoke will soon fill the
room and expel the mosquitoes.
Some one says that a coat Of gum
copal varnish applied to the soles OF
boots and shoes, and repeated as it dries,
until the pores are filed and the sur
face shines like polished mahogany.
will make the soles waterproof, and
also cause them to wear three times as
long as ordinary soles.
The island of Santa Cruz is the apex
of an immense submarine mountain.
Within mile and half of its shore,
have been made to the derth
Of 5000. feet-over a mile-without
finding bottom.
Its said that red ants eaa be kept
of shelf by covering its surface with
a spr;nkliug Of salt, and setting on it
the jars of sweetmcats which they SO
covet.
The signals produced by the mag
nesium light, lately tested by Napoleon
are distinctly visible at sea for dis
tance OF % miles.
Obese persons suffer greatly, especi-
ally in warm weather, from chahns.
A wash of alum dissolved in water, and
applied with linen or cotton nag, Is
as great alleviation.
Astronomers tell US that the moon is
drawing gradually nearer to the earth
by about an inch every year. They
have also discovered that the day is
about one. .huudredth of second longer
than it was 1000 years ago. Nervous
people need apprehend no trouble from
these facts however. The moon will
probably not hit them as soon as some
thing else will.
The gross earnings Of all the rail-
roads in the country last year, were
$340,OOO,OOO- CT an: average Of ten
dollars for every person in our popola-
ton. .,.:: $50. - -.
A. T. SrEwARr's ssUProwN" STORE
When the grand extension and i'm
proo,v,,ement nov, nov, in progress shall have
been completed, the uptown store Of
Messrs. A. T. Stewart 4 60. will far
sarp.ss any establishment Of the kind
on this continent. not only in size and
maRni6cence, but BY the perfection Of