The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-09-10

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fifteen feet In diameter, within which
scraggy rose bushes are planted and tied
TO sticks painted red and white. A plain
slab, with the name and the dates Of
birth and death, marks the grave.
ROSIE CoTrERMAN, aged ten, a little
German girl Of Bloomington, Illinois,
bravely stood in the way of an infnriated
COW tiu she had put four or five smaller
children over fence. Her clothing was
almost all ripped from her, and she was
badly bruised; but the Mayor and police
force, As they descended from the lamp
posts and telegraph poles, were loud in
praise Of her courage.
In July a diver in submarine armor,
working at u wreck on the coast Of Nor.
mandy, was seized by devil-fish, who
held fast to a neighboring rock. His
comrade came to his assistance, and was
seized also. 1t was only with great diff.
Guilty they could give the signal that
they needed help. Others went down.
Cutlasses were brought, and the mon
ster's arms were hewed off,
The voyage Of Captain Boyton across
the English Channel showed that the
shipwrecked mariner need not fear death
from drowning, provided he has the life
saving dress. The voyage Of Webb does
much better. II shows that the mariner
can dispense with the dress il he will
provide himself with an attendant skifi
from which he can procure regular ra-
tions Of brandy, coffee, and cod-liver oil.
The State census Of Massachusetts, il
now being made, and the Springfield Re
pubtioun claims for the State a population
Of 100000. The order in which the
larger cities stand in regard to the mum.
Der Of their inhabitants, is Boston, Wor-
cester, Lowell, Cambridge, Fall River,
Lynn, Lawrence, and Springfield. Al
though the returns are not yet complete,
Boston is said to have less than 1896, 900
inhabitants, Worcester not less than 5O,-
900, and Lowell 5000. II is claimed
that all the cities, except Newburypor.
and Salem, have increased ten TO seventy
per cent. since 1870, while in the agricul-
tural districts there has been no gain on
the contrary, in many places a positive
los.
Ir is hardly a matter Of wonder that
the notions of cremation and the wicker
basket mode Of burial should take root
in England, when such state of things
can exist As that in the parish church.
yard at Tolland, Cornwall. In this
ground, only half an acre in extent, the
register shows that over eight thousand
bodies have been buried, and these null
tiplied interments have raised the ground
considerably above the level of the
church floor, in which the people gather
for worship. The air in this sanctuary
is 80 impregnated with sulphureted hy-
drogen that flowers ON the altar turn
black in few hours. Why should not
intelligent persons recommend crema-
tion, even with fervency, To escape such
a state Of things as this. The rate-pay-
ers Of Tclland, however, are not intelli.
gent people il appears, for they refuse TO
do anything to abate the poisonous
nuisance.
A RECENT number of the Scientific
Ameriodn contains notice of the death
of Washington Donaldson, the aeronaut.
The writer remarks that as the public is
familiar with Mr.. Barnum's ingenuity
in converting all sorts OF phenomenal
circumstances into useful advertisements
for his show, many people believed that
Donaldson's disappearance was inten-
tional, and that in due time he would
return with some marvellous recital. The
recent discovery Of Grimwood's body,
however, leaves no question that the
daring aeronaut is actually lost. "In
certain sense" continues the writer,
"Mr. Donaldson's death is loss to
science, for, although his proclivities
tended more toward the sensational, and
his achievements were accomplished
more by sheer rashness and pluck than
through any desire for scientific investi-
cation, still he possessed many qualities
which eminently fitted him to be
pioneer In branch of knowledge re-
garding which SO much remains to be
practically discovered. He had consid-
cradle inventive ability, and courage
enough to attempt tasks before which |
the majority of men would shrink and |
these qualities, coupled with an extended !
experience, gave fair promise that in the
future his efforts might result in useful
data toward the solution of the problem
Of aerial navigation"
A PLANT known in California as rat /
tie weed" is said to produce in animals
which eat of II symptoms much resem-
bling amentia and frenzy. A correspon-
dent of San Francisco newspaper, writ
ing from Monterey county, describes as
follows the effect produced by this plant
ON herd of fifty horses ON a ranch in |
the southern part Of that county; They
became crazy, forsook the farm, and wan
dered of one by one over the plain, pay
ing no attention 10 their mates or any
thing else. They were too muddled in
their brains TO seek for water, and most /
Of them died Of Thirst. Although they
were wild and had never been handled,
any person could walk up To them on the .
plain and hit them with his hand, when 1
they would jump perhaps straight up in .
the air, perhaps some other way, and act .
AS though they were trying to lespa fence
at every step. They seemed to retain |
their sight, yet would not turn aside for
anything. Tue poor, demented beasts
would walk over precipice without the