The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-24
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.

ocean, falling Il distance OF Wv wv
This would be equal to 2,GJb,2OO morse
power, or equivalent to inc laDor u
3L0OOUw men fur one year without III
tcrmissiOn.
At Edinburgh 4 jet of water II seen
| on.hino from an old elm tree on the
| Mall. near Dr. Moir's st~atuc--thc wa
irr which il nothy and tastelees, buD-
hljno through a crack In the bark about
five feet from the ground, Various thco-
ricS arc preached to account Tor TINS SIN
| pular freak, one OF which is that the tree
Is hollow, and that the water rises from
a spring in the vicinity.
The Ostrich can probably be accli-
mated In Australia, ~ the four Dlrds
which were sent to the Royal society
of Victoria, some time ago, have tllrlWd
and increased their number to sixteen
since their arrival in the country. The
Young birds of Australian nativity are
taller than their South African parents
The number of described species OF
insect. l. estimated by Gcrstacckcr ut
10000. ave can. therefore, y says Mr..
Bcntham, mo longer hope for II work
on several spccics OF insects ny one
hand, or even guided Ivy a single mind.'
Tl,cy arc far too numerous. y similar
work ON plants is almost hopeless, since,
at the lowest estimate, the number OF
species now exceeds 100000.
IL i, stated that the practice oibrcw-
inc beer from rice IS rapidly coming
Into use in Germany. ThlH beer l.,
said 10 be- Of very clear, pale color, OF
an extremely pleasant, mild taste, foam
ing -trOnglv, aud yet retaining well IT."
carbohic acid, The Chinese prepare Il
drink from rice" Sm-,lu ~ which j.
not only Intoxicating, but like abslntIIc,
peculiarly m%i.cliicvouS In it, permanent
effects.
The walcryinc, 4 very curious west
Indian plant, is described by Mr.. Charles
Kingsley, in writing Of his late visit to
the West Indies. This vine when cut,
first above and then below, yields a
draught of pure water, which has been
collected by the roots and is on its way
upward so fast that "iftIc first cut was
made below the sap, it would be out OF
reach before another cut could be made
above"
The cNpIo,iom oI the volcano On the
island Of st. Vincent, which occurred In
ISL, hurled a cloud OF dust to Barba-
does, lying some eighty miles distant.
where the earthly matter fell like a 81
lent rain, causing almost total darkness,
80 that Il gentleman who went out
among his trees on the lawn, could find
them only by feeling for their trunks.
II i said that a scientific man then re
siding in the West Indies, was at Bar
BADGES ut this time. and that Immediate
" upon pcrcciying the fine dust on the
windOw-sill Of his house he exclaimed,
The volcano in st. Vincent has broken
out at last, and this il the dust OF it,
THE MAWIro,A GIANr GEOvE.-A
traveller speaking of thc giant grove III
Mariposa, says the grove contains GVt
REG, about a dozen Of which are 30 t.
10 feet in height, and have Circumlcr-
rnccs of - to nearly 100 feet. "GriIhly
Giant is perhaps the largest IN circlim-
ference, but the skyward height t
/ which he once lifted his lIoary head ha:
been blasted. Nothing can produce
more wonder and vcncration than thi,
magnificent old veteran OF the forest
who has tossed hiS immense limbs il
these mountains and sung his 1olial
songs in every storm for ut least l,5Ol
wears. This j. the shortest calculation
which has been made OF the age of TIN
largest trccl, some cstimatcS placing !
ut 100 year.
Captain John NIriks who, in lSG1
crossed the Atlantic on a lilC-rill, l. pre-
maring for another voyage to Europ,
on asmallrr raft Of similar construction
The raft i, composed of inflated India
rubber tubes which, when not file,
with air, fold up in Il comparatively
amal! compass, but inflated will carry III
I the persons that can crowd ON it. TIL,
raft ON which Captain McihA pcrlormc'
his last voyage wn - feet long by i
feet wide. lie then had two men will
him. A canvas tent was erected ON thu
raft, and the three crossed the Atlantic
arriving safely in England in forty days
Captain Mciks is now having anotlI"
lilc-rait made H. feet long and T. fee
wIdc, on which he intends going t.
Europe, accompanied only by Il boy
/ He will BE- ready toStart abouttlIc mildl
of August, and will take with him SlNt,.
days PROVISIONS l'c ll'''lns l'hl,% Vi
o,rctl steamer 'r''N' '"" ''''''''"
SroNuE rArrE This i3n new ar
tirlr. recent, PATENTED in France, /
. !, aid tn Inc modc of spon"c rom,
into min. and made into sheets, Xix,
nrLinorv umpcr, IFS ab,orbcut bow
rr is very GREAT, and as a DRESSING lu,
wouud. il !, hirhly spokcn of.
h\"'S ~ MA,,'' hl','-,A EC'''Ic
man residing AT lcr'!' Annoy ~: l.
mas pa'c'''c" II ll'c''i,'c "i'c', ''cS !
square Knot ''ca,' DC 'sro III ro''
'lcc,I"n WIN 'cap!hS-i'l''c'''''cS' n,'
WIN TIE ,n' ''r'"Sa 'ro'','a .n'
S,c'VoI IT. 'l'l arc MAUI 'i"h ',ia
o''''% inc ,a''l'c' ""'Sl'GhHc M''h NV
expense OF one 'h''' n,o lcllo't .n'
team o' HIS WclSn'' 'no ,ic'ics' "F'
nIi,hiu" tyinu by machinery consis.
led. we believe, in twisting the ends
of fine string or wire together and
tuckiu" them under the band. A
rc,piuy-machirc may now be made
io deliver shcavcs ready tied up.