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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.


The poet Whittier Is taking rest at
the Isle Of Shoals.
1T Is reported that Gen. sherman Is a
grandhther--a hoy named Fitch, June -
Lady Franklin is reported not only
still alive. but slowly improving. The
news will be gratifying to all the civilized
world.
Professor Bates. professional me-
dunn. has been exposed i'm Boston. Of
Tended spiritualists helped to smash his
cabinet and drive him from the hall.
-" Doesticks was twice married-flrst
10 "A daughter Of Gen. Cline, of Michigan,
and afterwards 10 "A daughter of Fanny
Fern. He had son by his first marriage,
and daughter by his second. The latter
is now with her grandparents.
Edgar A. Poe's Raven ~ has been
translated into French by Stephan NAL
larme. with original Illustrations hy
Edouard Manet. and has just been pub
lished IN folio form in Paris. The English
verses are placed side by side with the
translation The illustrations are said 10
be very fantastic.
Carl Schurz Is treated more royalty in
Germany than prince of the blood would
be- A marked contrast is the style of this
reception with the manner of his depar-
ture from his fatherland; but then the
times are also different. The Cologne Ga
zstte OF the 10th inst contains an account
OF his visit 10 the House of Representa-
lives in Berlin, accompanied by Mr.. kapp.
formerly Commissioner of Emigration
IN New York, and now member of the
Prusslan Parliament. He received
hearty welcome.
On the lst of June the Pope COM
menced his summer practice of getting up
in the morning az $50. Att he says mass
in his private chapel. at : takes a breakfast
of a cup of broth with an eggin il and
cup OF coffee. At 10 he receives Cardinal
Antonelli, and at 1 gives private and pub
lie audiences. AT he dimes lightly on
dish Of boiled beef or a frittura' figs. and
some of the white wine from the casteli.
After dinner he takes a rest until 1870 in
his private library. AT 10 his valet asks
his benediction and bids him good night.
Until the 1st of December this system Of
life is not changed, except through sick
ness.
Victor Hugo has written his life, and
the work. under the title of " Before Dur
ing, and Since Exile" will shortly be
issued in three volumes. by the Paris firm
OF Michel Levy. OF course he author j.
his own hero and from extracts already
made public II is clear the said hero Will
not suffer from any lack OF theatrical tone
and treatment. | am the son of my
mother and father" says Monsieur Hugo,
land was educated by an old priest
terrible thingl Servile stupidity j. catch
ing. When | was about To be named. an
intimate friend of my father said TO him.
Hugo Is Northern German name: let
Hs soften IL by Southern word and call
him Victor II was his own. was
called Victor. Always serious, had birds
and flowers for my rlaymates and grew.
One day" etc.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-30
Odds and Ends.

"A bora man who persists in talking
about himself when you wish to talk
about yours self.
Its all right for the widow to mourn
the departed one, OF course, but II does
seem like going little too far when she
has her pretty little white poodle dyed
black 10 match her dress and her feelings.
Elder sister (condcscendingly)- Scc.
Ethel. you had better come and walk IN
my shadow. II will be cooler for you /.
Younger sister (who resents PATRONAGE
You are very good, Maud but have a
shadow Of my own, thank you.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-30
Science and Industry.

Gen. Bidwell says that raisin-makins
With native grapes is an industry worth
soOO,oO0 annually to California.
An invention for steering vessels by
steam has just been perfected, by means
OF which one man can do In TIN seconds
what u requires eight men TO perform in a
minute and "A half under the old system.
Two attendants arrived at Des Moines.
iowa, the other day with $4,000 shad from
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06
GeIu Oanleo--A Alale5.

CTENOGRAPHER-lf having excellent quail
> acauons can AdT fyic.r4'S
AEI salary expected G.. T.. e4J FToadSay
NXYANTED-An AGENT 10 solicit adver-
w uaug in thn cr uew and exclusive moirl w a0Ec -
chance for 80 iiyA As-r"s No 'eoe
L. ID. JAMES. y. \. p. o. Box JU64
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06
Bcar5 ano Rooms.

Dcar1 ano Rooms.
East Side.
IssY PARK-AVE.-An elegant suite Of front
t3sb ro.1s 10 LIT without private @be also, nee s-gs
sbH- EAST GJTH-ST T.-Persons wishing good
~ BOA.D pIeierur. 60 e ai not eao1Sh 10 eat EN-
obta the with qret Amercsn family.
IOob EAST 30TH-ST one door from Lex
s10 or so plant nes! furnished ROO IL
m pTvat. family With without BOARD saOoathrespec~ng var
tes ,rees-e4
an EAST 2fTH->T.-A well furnished
~ ,,c1ntorr HOlN southern bot 1ul r wafer
-s clos-is senAta aitl board .cisclces
cr-Iiuge1
Board and Rooms Wanted.
BOARD and ROOM WANTED below 1tth-
-Bv geuenu wl.a. and -lt; acove pr"'srfe or
1g axe best references gwen and
aimed Aii-oss stating cA be Moderate A. Co. Box
los Tribune No kl Of Communications uol meHton
ing pure
WANTED pa furnished or unfinished
W HOUSE below jOtl b.,soa Misoa aud jntgc- Tor
rry-e f-ry A'dre,s wiz '..'a. D. s. uAlLtY 557 d,lLe
VNANTED--For lady and gentleman, two
nicely FURNISHED bEDROOd' al.o taae aad room
Tor girl n,Asn ncee.n tolree1t-st and r li5
st F,urh IeasanaJ Address loi
Tribune Omce !-feuee-
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06
REAL ESTATE.

NEw-YoEK Friday. Feb. 5. 1875.
1t the Exchange Salesrcoms today James
n Miller sold nouss and lot on TAirtysocond st. ana
tenement properly on Seyen5Y Y-f0nrtu-st.
Jo,e0u McGure sold by order OF the Supreme Court.
ia p.rtiou % tenerlcut house Twentyninth-5t ana
cant IJ.s Oh Avenue 4 and Seyenty-fOurta-st. De
tails s.- De IOund below.
AUCTION, SAILS OF NEw-YORX REAL ESTATE.
~ Jqr,ef 8ii--
Voasto-v hrown-stonc q 3-l-s;. 4i5
" of jhav: 1l1o .; Wn g. Aor 29OCO
tenement houses l1aufl aud lot 53it9 c-
e. o. -'Lt "a IL A" q, i'
,o-s.,s By 1osp' ' w. .T, 5e -;''; a and eol, r
On, it.so ID 100 # cf 2l-.ve 2,1Ioc2. James
Two i5tsss q 79a, 'aj a1as atoy. 2oEl o2 Jnes .,
r. i | bach tc5,-a,a. fols. ana lo, -51 o. sof
45.l-sl 10 -d--Je, E1abeh Cushing. $4,000
OFFICIAL TRANSFERS OF REAL EsrAB2
NEw-YORK CITY.
vst.-.e. No g-n n g. ls lrC2 It Doves rTo. A)
e44 e. ,itorre Jores to l~ Ec,-Yorz Brig. Cos2O 600
A. hist ESQ. 81 We 2JIj-J lti Lsibef i|en'eh-
stem F1ra wife Leopo , Honlnal
Sane s'2e1'', Waa b. 20 i'' $500
'I6j q W cf qt.. ave r-j 80. 5Ca-st,
cent hue ,Se1 T. To- 20 - . ,.-o 10000
71... Una, m 100 20 Il.ega -, ..,.. 20o
10 r. J. Roper 1ebsnge
,l,5 d1.Ico \ Il R'ber.oa %. ~ 5000
2",r cor o. 3i..t sI1iO6 2 f-st 24o e
hone s as9 S55oG Aaron Ba1n C4larse oiJeas
Vsie-t-e. Js1t wife Of Valentine W smith u T
Go-i C5 10 5o o-1 I'D a. JsSes Sou,hT Nominal
6'aye ls 'To L1o o. . Is Ooo
R7-r.on., 20, ~ ia 116 .al l78, cor = Aftor
years % ft.JUU year
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06
sGlcs IN Arrrou
Cet1Ilsfrn.

DR. WAIT g. son. - EAST 23D-ST., have
= , F. h..c lor ...e- sl --tsf
eooirr any ehef and berg perfect oo-tnor " l-
h,st p--r;, Leai .T1u.. -JJ rr 4Arf
nor ,l k4nh~r prices Zine O.Ii tyrug
srrcAe. Teeth extracted pure gas
aui jUc each suc~ee.1g A lady In stt~rd'uc-
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06
Gin Rea! gslate for 5Gle.

'A2
EXECUTORS SALE OF REAL ESTATE
SIZE { following urcrIn eei PBoPESTY, TO close
10 Na'sar Il Whhsm,' ~ o. F'' 3at an ~ -
81 ant 81 P lois togethrr iorn'ag an Of Land
ue JG front Fouravr zoo e le.2 o. ana
oeerfc wh .so upoC the san,vL Cs 4escaed
House hs Fourth-ay lots anq or s Oe & OF M ]
of o terms good repair and are veil
rented 20 ] 5e ne zen N poS 70 W., BET 20
T. E'1I g. BESa5I5T s I1 Rf''u'oF'
NOR SALE-The elegant stone front HOUSE
20 Bat leih pnos oE' T- M @ To,a ,a excel
TOR SALE-The tmee-st0ry- basement
rg,o spd Tves feet BY lo2 feet contains double
celia, s 5ad h1S9 S9s s % md Tus E,S
soe neatly SAsgs 70 eyery ~n9. FHe5 inc @ sans
shades gee aIiaes e5s @ SUNNI M % % % i5 ON ,1or,g9r
asis''ae be 4sni..: s''o3 oi . y q 12 T ca1
L. LEAYCRAFT,
y. RIAL ESTATE AND HOUSE AGANT
Gs5 Egbth-ave, aeal Forty olrt-s~ , - .,
and 90
Rem, coeced EnhTe 5hsge Of property Reo,-ces gwen #
4 FXTZGT0Y-AVE HOUSE for SALE-VcIy
l. 53d three story nigh s''0p n'lfl'e 'i'e
BrookIpn Real estate for 5a!e.
OARROLL-ST., north side. 100 feet west OF
I Coar-Por SALE the three-'ory bgts'ooo b1owl-.ionr
- nt BcE HOUSE LOT 226rOD vii be sod on very a.
5oaJle terms Apply GkO. H. PktN ls2 50 BIo..t y L
Tor SALE on VERY EASY TERMS,
il So lO2 P.uespDe-st-Frsme store and house; o -'F'
Nos 49, 81 50 SassaufFra'n~ fWelugs lot. AK w.
aua wash IFr Ing o 4uL.b
WiiiOsst 3stor ll basement J1'A A'u -
No ~ W.lougbby-s--3so-' hrcE house i'i, -'IIO@
Eo .- u.cE.-s..-3siSry lcE hOGse. lot, -31. Nv.
l, IL Ksmaeust-3.sfory brck hons o 2jrlOl
W.. COOK, @5J " Wssningion St brootyn
ID s. BUSSING, jr., No 2O4 Montague-st:
"a. rorreptsi BuIuri BrOoklru, BROKER 10 HEAL LHIAIE
CAGES se Brooklyn hghts ~ l4rhoes On
srrepnt Mont que Wios cks, adj lienf sh nd On Ness
b'-bfs Clara icFTr Doli . 1e latter
u ov rootnR Ksst River snd New lok 81 e1etn opiu
a. 10 secure such mOcfrIe cost Near Fos' FaIA
trreft seleut uroR-'olr ioLi 3A H''e
eD. ,u er. finished NEloA '' sr' iuoh
house lie above lhtht4 IN "N II
An er rsed adjacent eIchsbSs iof o'Ae poIt ae
brCi hou-, leo rfs rf,A l' - o'Oi
ss.y -r nsvr-pt IN sorth BoosTu NJ non rache 'I'h
G,., mi oytA AMI elsewhere, great btEs 30 me p- cAse q"
-. -, po 1e .eruI tl.ul a.. ave iA ft '4A - oi
1oo nd lfsreeayes houses OF various d''i 'i1n ~ p
yng rom 81 1000 800 some o 1Aem "eiH o 'u
Aa0 holcs o! ehelpe gsles 81 PI'
~, Tor m - 81 500 each Faant lots 10Y safe tne
80 fr. and avenues Prospect Part ana on me rAt %
MOItag gust, en4 40 on ~ fhs'i
vse~nt oroperg B g-g lots ccniraiI' '.' M io'-
s,e tor Farm pLn Of h-G-lork sod irs veil
-,ss 5urunbered FOR Fsfhcs bavig
Clniamp d1C O. p4fcasr NAV L-- 70
with AuFcrrr ihr Aesot'A
nj ye, on real carefully te1dcl TO- lIh cp s
ps 10 pve security sTB without eaaTSe o. A'o'Oe
opportunities, application 70 To- m, n, ., -, u.,otir,
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06

Ccuntrn Real Gstaif Ior Sale
T,op SALE or EXCHANGE-GRIST and
stW ALL, wafer ufl,e.t Tor hs1ui1ciule puros'
-, se1lt b A. MALLErf. Damp'iIe. LtcDfr.a Co onn
TTOI FOR MARYLAND!l 30 page FARM
I CATALOGUE frri map MIA t'oD ~ 40, l,,' 80 w..
chuIch kc.. ~ oenp O. T. AA-'"-iA' --.''-'
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06

I ACE-WORk.-An expert lace hand COR
l. merry forewonan IN ase DAnulrnf -'i.''-lsal @ tcs
4CR WORK ~ or.er u lrrs, AMI cleans a rpfs
soes In mpeo manner Fle Cal OF llItaa 'AAh-
STRESS. JiJ Ba1rr.. ths fancy sfIrL
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06
Seamstressss.

FIRST-CLASS IRONER and FRENCH
a PLUTEa wishes 60 0gI l'y two private imi or
lluniry pryse family pre,ret % "e't -1t5, Room D.
SITUATION WANTED.-A respectable
woman As 6rstcass sEAMsrRBS 8 goi oucraiori Do OBJ
con 70 assist aaDberEo. best o city rtrr-a-e Ca BE-
ssap r tso DAYS 525 C-aye, between 3lst s 3-dss
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06

nRESSMAKING.-Mis BARBER, an old
~ DREssMAKER will By ghe day NoS a. home No. T4S
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06
Situltions Uantc0--lenIlc5.

! ND CLINTON-PL ACE.--A highly respect
f1.D abe woman per'ou INVALID has lad
evea ye,r expsreno; iotoT'
er;lGcate. AJlTess I'll elg4ge1.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06

gountrr properIn to Eel.
GREENWICH, Riverside, stamford - At
II trcuve COUNTRY HOMES RENT and LhASE shed loi
uuia5iisbeI. prices aa.y oa'r- or sALE several
ll,pelrs address j. " ar" A iTcisle eai'"
Conn
TO ET-NEW-DURHAM, y. IA fine
RE,DENCE' II momsi good sas-en. fur, 81 location
WN. r. DAY l99 wooserst., y. 7.
NO LET, furnished or unfdrnl,hed, for one
YEAR. saGcio. MANSION eusted Fa.nins j.
Ij ~ l.oad. a. aa ir
law horls. sst-l-, auI vrf flr oi AIT
tullIlar -l.l.ss b.. Box So 4J-Jutc. ~ l.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06

y RIAL ESTATE AND HOUSE AGhNT.
Eebth-aye. fO.ty 0lft--st
c.rntfy property Sld ionsfs frIt'
R.rt collected Entire charge aAea Of property hto-ce gwen
required. -------------
7 EXINGTON-AVE. HOUSE for oALE-NeIy
Ie pear 53ds-; story, high ssOOD, no1erase 3ee
EILAhD WHITING, Bee1mal-ts
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06
THE FLUSHING, NORTH SHORE, and

70 lsip HAyVihe ana FAuosu
4-f Point 700 T.--Bt1fiou "@F Nal
30 mPstcnYEue maj Han VIE P~i''
car aJtacheL
Lave ilert-r pint 900 p. HL-Psirho-ue wav train 80
Lave Hunter mPAtclosuc express VAN WIZ pA
o a
l~avs Hs5'ers FONT 800 p. u.-IlP way tram . . 49,, -.
par..lIrrs Also %
Nfle Parh hLslaie
p--,s-. sv. New YarE Jsnes bas RIVER. 80
lpg sn o o. Esi River - nDutes previous %
oftrB o. ID Hunters Point TIckes su AID baggage
,beKe Al Jauss aud T ourH-si ohcs Aun-eY tAns Ioa
yjry poDt h. .,t Ssca hemUstecd Garden Y FSchogue
49,, II, va ,p A. 81 a 500 For Pushing Coi
'-ge Paat all a. lntra.l-t' At- orS -,
zoo. r rui .3D 3:l 800 $50 4 D. BhhlON Supt
New-York tribune., 1875-02-06

90 CHRISTOPHER-ST top floor.-As first
81 cA.s LAUSUhas private ay ci Or eoaatfI excellent
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-07

A recent letter writer says that
one Mexican town will generally
serve as a pattern for all, though
there may sometimes be individual
departures from the rule. The oldest
feature Of Mexican houses is the
spouts which carry of the rain from
the o These sponts are of clay
ware .re cylinders, aud some two or
three inches in diameter at the
mouth. which projects over the side
walks, or where the side walk should
be. With their glazed, dsrk-red
color, these conduits look much like
cannon thrusting their muzzles out
some two or three feet from the
front wall. The stranger who first
sees these spouts can compare them
to nothing so fifty as TO cannon
planted in a b~reastwork, and thus, as
be casts his eye along a block, the
latter looks for all ike a fort. But
let him be under them when a genu-
inc Mexican thunder shower comes
on, and the discharge will be of g
character that will leave no doubt 10
his, mind either as the quality or
quantity. The roofs Of houses are
here made fiat, generally OF tiles,
overlaid with tin or asphalt or other
kind Of material. The floors are of
tiles, some two or three inches thick,
and about nine inches square. Some
of the ceilings Of the better class of
houses are formed of tiles of some
design or figure, and some Of the
floor tiles are figured in various pat
terms.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-07
Rsm.rIabr. discovery OF Coal.

Some wonderful coal discoveries
have Just been made in FL Dorado
Canon, a few miles southeast OF Day
ton. A short time since there occur
red a food in the canon which swept
away the toll road leading up along
its channel and tore things generally.
The road being washed away, it ap-
pears that no one tried to travel
through the ravine. a day or two
since, however, the Virginia City
Coal Company, whose mines are
well up towards the head of the can
on, sent some of its employers out to
examine the road in orde to see if it
were possible to repair it. la travel
ing down the canon these men came
to d place where the water bad torn
up and swept out the whole bed OF
the stream, exposing an immense
bed of coal. The coal had been torn
up and washed down the stream, and
there remains a regula- pavement OF
it across the canon for a considerable
distance along its course. As yet
they have not dug through the bed to
ascertain its thickness Virginia
{ NeUGdd) Enterprise.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-07
Rain.

Professor Tyndall's experiments
upon the condition of the atmosphere
in relation to fog-signalling, have led
TO some conclusions which are of the
utmost importance TO mariners. His
observations as to the effect Of hail
and rain upon the transmission of
sound through the air tend to reverse
all the notions hitherto entertained
upon that subject. 1t has generally
been considered that falling rain was
a powerful obstruction to sound.
ITO rain, however, says Professor
Tyndall, Il have never been able
to trace the slightest deadening in
fuenee on sound. The reputed bar
rier offered by thick weather to the
passage ofsound was one of the eaus-
es which tended to produce Lesita-
ton in establishing sound-signals on
our coasts. 1t is to be hoped that
the removal Of this error may rebound
the advantage of coming genera
lo1s OF sea-fariug men," Hail does
not appear to be any more serious
than rain.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-07
Accurate A~IIEnnents.

We have a slip from a Philadel-
phia paper, giving some particulars
of the tunnel through the Musconet-
congMountain, on the line Of the Eas-
ton and Amboy Railroad. The
length of the tunnel is about 5000
feet, through a mountain some $50
feet above the g:ade. In making a
tunnel, as our readers doubtless
know, we have given a hill in which
a hole is to be bored, the position of
the ends of the hole, and the grade
at which it is to be run; and as two
headings are run at once, n from
each end, it is very desirable that
they should be on the same line, and
should conform to grade, SO that they
will meet in the middle of the hill.
The length, direction, and grade of
the headings must then be calculated
from outside measurem ents; and it
becomes an interesting matter, after
the work is completed, to see how
closely the lines, as actually run,
conform to the requirements. In The
case of the Musconetcong Tunnel,
the statements are made that the
le1gth, as a%scsrtained ty claiming
over the mountain, only differed from
the actual length, measured after the
headings were completed, by six and
four tenths inches, that the center
lines of the two headings were only
out Of the line about one three-hun-
dreth Of an inch where the headings
met, and that the grades of the two
headings, where they met, conceded
to within one eight-hundreth of an
inch.
The measurements were made with
ordinary instruments; and if the re-
suits are reported correctly, the
work reflects great credit upon tie
engineers having it in charge.
In this connection, we may men,
ton q statement, in a Virginia paper,
tnst an engineer, in the employ of
the Belcber Mining Company, in
joining two drifts by q short tunnel,
1891 feet in length, could not detect
any error in the alingment, after the
two headings were connected.
The Hoosac tunnel, it may be re-
membered, is 25,03I feet long, and
there is an ascending grade of TWEEN
ty-six and four-tenths feet to the
mile, from each end to the central
shaft. On testing the work, after the
completion of the tunnel, it was found
that the error in alignment was nine
sixteenths Of an inch, and the differ
ence of level, between tie two head
ings, at the central shaft, one inch
and a half.
While on the subject of great
bores" some reference 20 the Mont
Gents Tunnel may not be out Of
place. This is about 10000 feet in
length the level in the Italian side
is about ABS feet above that of the
French side, and the level at the sum-
NIT, where the two headings meet, is
about ten feet above the level at the
Italian end of the tunnel, so that the
two headings run to meet each other
on very different ascending grades.
On testing the work, after the two
headings were joined, it was found
that the heading from the French
end was about twenty-four inches too
high, and the error of alignment was
about eighteen inches.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-07
A Boy Painter.

The Brussels correspondent Of the
Pail Mall Gazette writes: IA mar
velous exhibition is taking place at
the Cercle ArtistiQue ct Literaire at
Brussels. Some months ago Frede-
rick van de Herkhove, the son Of a
corn merchant at Druges, died at
the age of ten and a halt years. lie
had always been sickly, and was
therefore not sent to school, but al
lowed to roam about. His chief
amusement was to paint with such
rough painting materials as be could
procure. The paintings left by him,
of which about a hundred are exhib-
tied at the Cercle, were discovered
after bis death, to be productions
which the best landscape paint
ers of the age would not disown. In
Brussels good judges Of art are as
tonished that an untutored child
should have equalled and even sur
passed some Of the most celebrated
masters. In all those of the pictures
where there is a river, a little boy is
introduced in the act OF angling,
representing, of course, the deceased.
Large sums have already been offer
ed for the collection, but refused"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-07
Correlation of Bees md Flowers.

The bees, Mr.. Darwin says, have
solved a difficult problem. They
have made their cells of . proper
shape to hold the greatest possible
amount of honey with the least pos
sible consumption of precious wax in
their construction. No human work
mar is skillful enough to do what a
crowd Of bees can do, working in a
dark hive-make cells of wax of the
rue form. The number of humble
bees in the country will depend upon
the number of cats. How can that
be? Because the number of bees is
dependent upon the number of field
mice, which eat the bees. Hence the
more cats the fewer mice, and the
fewer mice, the more bees. If the
whole genus of humble bees became
extinct, or very rare, the hearts ease
and red clover would become rare or
would disappear. How is that! Be-
u bees promote the growth Of
these flowers. The visits of bees
are necessary for the fertilization of
certain kinds of clever, and almost
indispensable to the fertilization Of
the hearts ease. In q word-no
bees, nj seed; no seed, no increase of
flowers. The more visits from the
bees, the more seeds from the flower;
and the more seeds from the flower,
the more flowers from the seeds.
Nearly all our orchidaceous plants
absolutely require the visits of in
sects to remove their pollen masses,
and thus to fertilize them. Twenty
heads of unprotected Dutch clover
yielded 1900 seeds. The same num-
Der protected from bees produced not
D seed; one hundred heads of I'M
protected clover yielded 27,0op, aud
the same number protected from
bees, cot a seed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-07
What IL Gum Arabic?

After the rainy season in Morocco,
a gummy juice exudes spontaneously
from the trunk and branches of the
acacia. 1t gradually tLickens 10 the
furrow down which it runs, and as
sumes the form of oval and round
drops, about the size of a pigeons
egg, Of different %colors, as it comes
down from the red or white gum
tree. About the middle Of Deem
Der the Moors encamp on the border
Of the forest, and the harvest lasts a
full month. The gum is packed in
large leather sacks, and transported
on the backs of camels and bullocks
to seaports for shipment. The hsrv-
est occasion is one of great rejoicing,
and the people for the time being al
most live on the gum, which is nutri-
tious and fattening.