The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-31

S frOm the German of Ieonhard.
aThs Pe,stsao Kangmoa, Chinese
Worksen natural history, composed in
the yesr 1875 of our era, mentions a
kind of mountain meal, which "groars
IN gears Of famine" and is regarded
as wonderful substance, but by no
means as an ordinary production
Accounts from missionaries in the
year 1884, report that in China, at GER
tam times very many people lived ON
athe inner bark Of trees, while others
used as food a kind of :".ight white
earth" which is found in mountains.
Such, was the case il, IA, S09, 10 flR6ll2,
1862, 1850, and 1884. In the year lS34,
a. fountains burst forth, forth from the
ground, which decomposedt stones and ans
transformed them intog mea[lt, meFa[lt,9 = r. In the
year 1884, this kind ,oeff Of mineral, SUBJ,
stance was sold at very high PRICES; VI,
DISTRESSING famines Occurring often
in China needdiot excite QUE dWoader,
when we,considerithathe here are proF-
inces largerthan half the French emf.
pire, (which ,consistssof low, plains,
girded with dykes, and when the lriY-j
efs by which they ARE commonly kept
in their channels; break through those
dykes, yo1; overflow J the Hsame, these
plains are exposed to the most aeyasi
tatih g floods 81 then in spite rof the
fruitfulness of the soil, whole haryests
We're swept tofrtlin, and the numerous
population are compelled to, struggle
with -afBthaiterrors of famine eut The
Basil Chboniclet9 t9of' :a59 597nmentieps q,
kind i0ftTmountaino lmeabIeefs which
cakes were baked in Elsaee, rand sent
te,inarkef:R " In themahnscript ChRon-
IicIenwhiehis is preserved, in Klicken, in
0onoig, near Dessau, mention is made
of a mineral PfDduct, which, in times
of farnine eywas,Isedf foF food. In COM
sequence rofa examinations recently
mahe, ithe isaanei variety. of earth has
Observation-Disclosures bark along
the shore of the Elbe, ten toatWenty
feets dBoNeIithe rivers surface Phis
mineral isItclaYey, frhaYmga a fgrayish
Yellow bolor, and densistsqef infusoria
here ahdV there mingled with animal
reniaihs.i hIrlTl9; aas we'll asfiR l7332
fnvPomerania and LauEitz, asffmealy
eafths.0iiwas eatennint the fortress fof
| Wittenberg;Ii Iitawas also used for the
sdme purpose lin ythoser territoFies sdu-
ring the 81 hhirty Years MARI 4 As in
the year 1882, several districts of .SWe-
den were threatened with starvation
= in consequence Offfsilure, in vegetable III
4 products, the1peopleref those regions
! prepared bread from the "Ipoqntain
. meal YIoceurripgfm !Degernas,I on the
! -beRder neaii Eaplandsemixed with
common meal and the innerf bark ol
trees. Mealy earth consists ofinfqs0.
ria, and contains several species which
arei now met with: in, the living stats
near Berlin, In the West Indliis d
islands, especially in the Antilles balls
are kneadeaa putief a asskind kind 9f re .eartf ut
bana solaliip the markets. which ~ hilp Inc ne
| groes eat as dainties,qu a4utngv sreE
+Tsznoo- sdt R9I4YyTHHALfAAlMdIAso.I R9I4YyT HHA LAMA ms
sd Naturehas also assigned toiaH tothel
mief6ScopicT animals, ,naszwel as to in
tfusoria3 the part to- be acted, viz. :iit'
labor for theO Oincreascfofl the. earth
: crust by meanseof their hard body
hdlls oFTshellsoe iTtI hassTbeen known
J d6Fing, "a long timer that here ant
there occur NastInasseS of iMeFyi 'smal
calcareous casesJscal;ceiy visible to tn
naked eye. No doubt need be enter
tanned that titheseaodwaEf muscles ar
fproductsiof ofianimalculse,i belonging tt
the ocean; but, until Eprehberg,sIre
i searehes,asveEys Investigation ftf directed
towaEdsethem failed to reveal ,thei
true nature. 1sHs found the ,mealyi hal
>. lsidieious. eases, ief. the ffrestone as, vel
- Nassthe chalk oleselSi adjacent, who'll!
filled with oFalranimalsi whose man mInff
sifold species were aexhilbtiHtedi hlt il partly q
single individuals, and partly fermet
,kpdly pepianesai Tor these, animal nal group
d the efdupa1neupe lythalamia has beel
q retained. What is now known, = Q
4 thein5strHetuge sepaFatesT them .Yer.
!, 4 decidedly from ipfqsoria Only in tn
d Nerylminute sizerde they stand amons
% all the known animals near to these
. 1.-THE roelszfolming. office, is also alloWet
70 ito othemoinoi like measure. The shell
+ of polythalamia consistvef lime, tant
I ohalk;isIfognd byytheirFca ops case
$ amassedRto Rtogetherfthe cases of thhes
. Ecreatures, ,ywhirhb by measurement
have diameter often Of one twenty
c fourth, 4qrrtl to one tYo hundred and eight
J, ieth part l If Sd gdlbiaqe, ,a9nndlJa end the space
one cqbic inch GOULD more 9Y than hs1 mi mill
| ioii o!t !tslEsp99s shlEsip99s sd; tsli8gG Ie5f cid gni
e 4oI9 edt nj 30 I etPEANFssI 4ofnp"
: A petr'ifed forest. .'{n;aFellers win
9iituf6 tewardss sot1tlpfroInIthetomb
: of the baGaliphs,C NEARLY alright. angle
Y with Stheo street, towards Suez, enter
II low jabarreh valley ,scoyered with, sand
,2t'g1avel and mnseledshells; it present
Il the sanielappearance as if the delug
| | had aiast retirea from 1its A series o
! rsand bills is soon n reached, which lrul
+ a considerable distance parallel to tn
ti fead but at last mast be, crossed
D Now spectacle s ltf presents pit itself, desc
I late and lQnelyn b4qt7o iph iIph . gsologica
% Point Of view BIZ truly worthy p A Of }ll men
tqPln, and very PECULIAR il in tt its pictur
esgpe charaeteri For mi nile e,i1 in Preadtl
Goniysai mass of 7the, trunks of trees
b mapnef tAemsffteen feet long, vary
y ing. from sener half q feot to tbFee feet
s.| CLOSELY pressed to,ene another, and b.
= siliciouS infiltrations, all .transforme,