The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-11-15
ARTS, SCIENCES, ETC.

| ARTS SCIENCES, ETC.
TIE GULF srREAM.-T There is river il
the ocean. In the severest dropths it nevel
failss nor in the mightiest floods ,oyerf1ows
its banks and its bottom are of cold water
v ts current is of warm. The Gulf Of
Is its fountain, and it's mouth is il
the Arctic Sea. It is the Gulf Stream
There is in the world no other go majestic
flow of water. Its current is more rapid
than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its
volume more than 3 thousand times great
er. Its waters, as far out as the Carolina
coasts, are of an indigo blue. They are &c
distinctly marked that the line Of Junction
with the common sea water may be traced
by the eye. Often one-half of the vessels
Stream wates, while the other half is in the
common water of the sea, so sharp is the
line and want Of affinity between these
waters; and such, too, the reluctance, so to
speak, on the part of those of the Gulf
Stream to mingle with the common water
of the sea. In addition to this, there is an
other peculiar fact. The fishermen on the
coast of Norway are supplied with wood
from the tropics by the Gulf Stream. Think
of the Arctic fishermen burning upon their
hearths the palm of Hay ii, the mahogany of
Honduras, and the precious woods of the
Amazon and the Orinoco!
. CURIOUS WORK OF iBEEs.-The poppy
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ing down about three inches. At the bot
tom she makes large round hole, and lines
it splendidly with the scarlet leaves of wild
poppy. She cuts and fits the pretty tapes
try, till it is thick, and soft, and warm, then
partly fills the cell with honey, lays an egg,
1 folds down the red blankets, and closos up
the hole, SO that it cannot be distinguished;
and there, in it's rosy cradle, with food to
eat, and safe nook to rest in, she leaves
her baby bee to take care of itself. The
leaf cutting bee makes her cells Of green
leaves, shaping them like thimbles. These
little Jars she half fills with rose colored
paste of honey and pollen from thistles,
lays her eggs, and covers the pots with
round leaf lids that fit exactly. The mason |
bee makes it's nest of mud or mortar. 1t |
looks like bit of dirt sticking to o wall, |
bat has little cells within. The mother bee |
Ices all the work, sticking little graiss of
sand and earth together with her own glue.
The carpenter bee bores in posts, and
makes its cells of sawdust and glue. The
'arding bees live in holes, among stones
Ind roots, making nests of moss, lined with
wax, to keep the wet out, with long gal
cry by which to enter. They find bit of
moss, and several bees place themselves in
row, with their backs toward the nest
hen the foremost lays hold of the moss and
'ulls it up with her jaws, and drives it with
Ter fore feet under her body as far towards
he next as possible. The second does the
anne ; and in this way heaps of prepared
noss are got to the nest; others weave it
ato shape.
singular fact was recently communica-
ed to the French Academy of Sciences. In
.ugust last violent thunder storm visited
aa.sjsH 81. aIHstes~ durin&.. Which u gent)ea
nc bridges OF the Canal de Bretagne at the
lme, suddenly found himself enveloped in
blaze of light. The phenomenon lasted I
title more than second, and caused no
effect Affnr1yorl hcx |
aston to examine the money in his purse, ,
discovered that a half Napoleon was t
overed with thick coating of silver. This +
range phenomenon was thus explained. l
he gold piece had been put in the com L
artment of the purse adjoining that CON t
lining the silver coin. The electric fluid a
olatized part of the latter metal, which, 10 t
lis state, had penetrated through the lat a
r partition, and deposited itself on the a
,ld piece with remarkable uniformity. a
his is the first time such an effect has ever u
zen observed. a