St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03

the staid Germans of Hamburg, who,
however, do not exhibit the least inten"
tion or desire of participation in a game
requiring 80 much useless exertion.
THERE is a process of Matching shad
eggs by machinery, in operation at
Havre de Grace, Md, where over eight
million shad were hatched last year. The
eggs to be hatched are placed in sheet.
iren cylinders, with wire-netting bottoms,
and half submerged in the river. The
cylinders aresuspended from the shaft
arms of levers. and given a slow up and
down movement by means of shaftings
carrying eccentrics acting On the long
arms of the levers the whole is set in
motion by ten-horse power steam en-
gine. The engine and other machinery
are carried by large scow anchored in
the stream. The fish so Matched prove
hardy, and bear transportation well, even
rs far as California.
A CHICAGO honey dealer, Perrine by
name, has undertaken to develop the
Industrial habits of bees by arranging
arge for the accommodation of two
Thousand beehives. This was sent down
the Mississippi early in the year and
anchored within the borders of Louisiana,
where the bees could reach the first
flowers Of spring. Thence it has been
towed northward, keeping pace with the
early flowers of different latitudes. 1t
will 20 as far north as Minnesota. This
is rather severe test of the homing
instinct of the bees, but 30 long as they
are kept at the north in the winter they
probably will retain their provident
habits.
The proposed tunnel between Spain
aud Africa would appear to be no longer
matter of doubt. This tunnel, accord
ing to the plan at present contemplated,
/, to extend from within short distance
OF Algisiras, on the Spanish side, to be-
tween Tangier and Centa, on the African
side, The length Of the submarine tun-
mel will be nine miles, with an inclina-
tion Of one foot per hundred, and the ap-
proaches viii have an extent of six or
seven miles. The greatest depth of the
sea is 5000 teet; and, ss it is intended to
have thickness of some 300 feet of rock
left between the roof of the tunnel and
the sea bottom, the greatest depth of the
tunnel will thus be $500 feet below the
level of the sea. This tunnel, with that
between Dover and Calais, will form
"land route" between England and
Africa,
A NEW English idea is a bullet.proof
shield, thus described: The shield is of
bullet-proof steel. swinging on the axle
tree of two light wheels, and containing
four loop holes. Its entire weight is
about one hundred and fifty pounds.
Two front-rank men, laying their hands
upon the axletree, push it before them,
their rifles being placed ii, q rack in the
shield. Then two rear.rank men follow
closely, rife il hand, being protected, as
well as the front.rank men, from direct
fire.. Wien the commence firing" is
sounded, the two front-rank men take
their rifles from the rack, and in the
cid kneeling position, fire through Two
loop holes in the middlesof the shield.
The rear-rank men fire through the upper
hoop holes, and the wholeAtwo files being
in the position Of double rank firing with
"irontrank kneeling" r4@t
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THERE is horse at Penn Yam, N. Y,
with snake ander the lens Of one Of it's
eyes. The reptile i comfortably located
in the watery humor Of the left eye, is
about three feet in length perfectly
formed, Of white color, and about the
size OF an ordinary darning needle. It
is plainly visible, and is constantly on
the move, viggling and twisting in every
direction. It's presence does not seem
to annoy the horss in the least, and has
evidently created no Inflammation in or
about the eyes It has. however, changed
the color of the eye ball, it being Of
lighter shade than that OF the right eye,
and has affected the sight somewhat.
,ahe snake was first discovered about two
Iaontbs since, when IT was much small.
sv M than II is'now. How it came in the
sssrse's eye is Q question which puzzles
incientists, The above is told by the
Penn Van Express. The snake may have
been In the editors eye.
7 PoRf WINE marks: Several sur
geons, says an English paper, have of
late sndassoFed to remove this disigure-
ment from the human face, obliterating
the mark without ascar. In these cases
the mark was confined to the right half
of the face, and the treatment consisted
of scarifcation, by means of parallel in
zion, the entire thickness of the skin.
made hy d frozen acalpel, the akin being
flso frozen by the other spray. The cuts
r,s ere cneSsixteenth of All inch apart, and.
Wits soon as these were healed, second
,iey Ioyt of parallel inciaions we're made, OBJ
sundegy to, The direction Of the first set,
ay account with series Of operations
ction.