Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-08-26
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.

Il is estimated that there are / ,2l9,aOO,
UuOuuO cubic feet of water delivered an
uuully from rivers in Maine into the
ocean, falling u distance OF GoO rect
This would he equal to 2.GlG, 700 horse
power. or equivalent To the labor OF
3i,0OO,OOO men 'or one year without IN
remission.
At Edinburgh % jet OF water is seen
gushing from an old elm tree ON the
NAL, near Or. Moir's statuc-thC wa
ter, which Il fruthy and tastClets, bulb
bling through a crack in the bark about
five feet from the ground. Various thee
TiCs are preached to account for this SIN
gular freak, one Of which is that the tree
Is hollow, and that the water rises from
Il spring in the vicinity.
The Ostrich can probably hr accli-
mated in Australia, rs the 'ohr birds
which were sent TO the Royal society
of Victoria, some time ago, have thrlvCd
and increased their number to sixteen
since their arrival in the country. Tho
young birds OF Australian nativity are
taller than their South African parents
The number of described species Of
insects is estimated by GcrStaccker at
100000. 1--WE can, therefore, y says Mr..
Bcntllam, mo longer hope for a work
on several species of insects by Il
hand, or wen guided by 4 single mind.S
Tbcy oro FIR TOO numerous. a similar
work nm nlonts is almost homeless. since,
at tho loyrrst estimate tLn number of
snrrins now cyrcrds 1NoOO.
It's stated that the practice OF prev
ma ncr in Cermanv iTEiS5 hcrr Is
| said tn hr Of n very cIcar. nolo color. of
an extremely nIpasnnt. mild taste, foam
Inc ]sfron~lv, and VET retaining well il.
raTThorir g9cil The Chinese nrrparr a
| drink from rico Sqn,-shu (which IS
NOT only i~ntoyicatin~, but like absinthe
| ncculiaJrly mi.rhiry6rI. in its pprmaprnt
| Garctq.
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uoi IT, ~ rt 10 "Hott avn IL on ~ wov
,,nloonJ ~ o"t AL Wirtho NJ nTt w"y
mpT"i hcI 1U i1 tho 'H,,Y If w ~ ! bc ont oi
r na"oS ToEoro aHothpn,, cnt nonId no m,Jn
nIoro y ~ '''
"DU'o'
me explosion OF tlc volcano on IIH
iSlahq OF IT; ' llcelIt' Whlcll occurred III
I,N'l' iiurlcu clo"u OF uu?I 10 harpI-
where the earthly matter tcll like 4 S.
lent rain, causing almost total darkness,
so that a gentleman who went out
among ms trees on the lawn could ma
Tilclll oiliy py lcelllS iGr IllelI ruins
s{J Is S" in t In"' W. u SJ'G ImIios n Hrns ' aI r Iy
BADGES nj tbis time, and that Immediate
ly upon perceiying the fine dust on the
%window-sill of his house he exclaimed,
The volcano in ST. Vincent has broken
ouI at last, alulllS IS INC aI''t Oh It,
Tue MAHIrosA GIANT GRovM-A
traveller speaking Of the giant grove IN
Mariposa, says the grove contains GO
ICes' ABOUT dozen OF Whlcll are 290to
40 lccI n helSllt, anH On hayc clTGUlillcr-
C GioG1 y" " 20 n W ,iuaii tEa lT Iorn nIVt' II, NM!
G]cr%ncc hmt tHrn sEvw0rd hci"ht 70
which he once lifted his Loary head has
been blasted, Nothing cun produce
more wonder ana vcneratlon than THIS
magnificent oiI veteran OF inc lorest'
Who has toSSfu ms iliill'cLsc lililoi IL,
. u,v3" i IN "ucrv s,o avn" I ror I Iro. %I'! 50o
ven, ycaTs. "TIis t. tLr Shortest cajrnlafj"Y
Which has been made of the ace Of the
largest trees, some estimates placing 1t
at 1900 years.
Contoin .IoLr uriry vhn IN 1917
crossed thc Atiautic ON aIirc-rofl' Il nrc,
pairing for another VOYAGE to Europc
on a smaller raft 0 fsimiiar construction.
The raft Is composed of inflated India
rubber tubes which, when not filled
with air fold up m a comparatively
s ,hn mn col,Pa U.s., PoJ ,n l'I,algo T VII carry r a.,
raft ON Which Captain Nciks paftnrm"d
his last voyage was y feet long by Is
feet wide. lie then had two men with
him. A canvas tent was erected on the
raft ana the three crossed the Atlantic,
arIlIlilS S3leiy III ENGLAND III iorty days
HGp,al nacIh' p % nayli,@ an9tnct
, ,iIIl"' ON i'u which L NV in iVtmS1 "', Coi ~ i't =.
Europe, sccomnanicd oniy ,yC 'a a ioyv,
lie viii be ready to start ab6yuliIemiddic
Of August, and will take with him sixty
DAYS provisions, lie intends lakino tLC