The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31
Scientific Notes.

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How viii this 40 for a oae-hor.e
tale.
one of the objects OF Is >r 6. ;.
Mares expedition IS to make careful
surveys OF some OF the passes in the
Straits y Magellan.
The Boston Advertiser mentions the
a.e IF a cow IN that market for 500,
which for the last sixteen months
yielded IN butter and cheese S-.}. b
sides what Vas used in the :4mivtt
The owner, 2 farmer in Brad. r1. 4
mont.
\ white man named Henry II. Poe
from Forsythe county, y. c.. who
went 10 Nlr1inian and stole a cow. VA
sentenced 10 80 lashes by the Mayor OF
LynchburS, which was immediately
inflicted By a Constable. No jail fees
incurred.
Qainodine. says VI. BurleIl. is very
like quinine in its action. but IS not
likely to supersede the latter IN acute
intermittent feverS. In chronic cases
1t IS, however, really superior. and III
t%elIuric and benignant fevers it may be
administercd with good results.
COURT House BURNT.-The Court
House at klnston. Lenoir county. was
DESTROYED by fire on SUNDAY night last.
the 2lth, together with a large portion
Of the County Records. Court WAS 10
have opened on Monday the 2lst.
\ notable instance Of that curious
natural illusion known as mirage. was
observed early last month at Haiber-
stadt. The house and tower on tfe
Brocken We're reproduced on a large
and unusually distinct Sc le for about
Il minute The architectural details.
even to the outlines OF the windows.
We're represented.
Miss Clara Morris is usually seen in
n private box on the first night of a
distinguished actresses engagement IN
this city, and on such occasions is
generous with applause. She rides In
her own carriage and on the backs of
her own horses. Her husband is Mr..
Harriet, a member Of the Havemever
family.
1t appears that DR.. Petcrmann. the
great German g~eOgrapher. committed
suicide. Domestic troubles of a very
serious and a~ggrayating character. and
sickness of quite as aggravating and
serious q character, led him to hang
himself. His father and his brother
We're suicides, and evidently he was IN
sane. He waS of the age of fiftv-six
years.
The Lynchbuvg Ncns reports a most
~dastardly attempt to Kill Rev. Mr..
Kelley, a we'll known Presbyterian di-
vine of that town. He was fired at
three times from a freight boat on the
canal, but he fortunately escaped UNI
hurt. He was on his way to preach at
a country chapel, and Was walking
along the tow path. The scoundrel is
known and he is hotly pursued.
A j"anitor of a New York public
school went to Coney Island, and left
his wife IN charge Of the engine and
boiler, telling her that there was a
patent gauge on it and the steam pres
sure could not run over seven pounds.
1t ran over twenty-fOur pounds, and
the wife, becoming frightened, ran to
a factory where q brother engineer
was employed. He found no water in
the boiler, and 1900 children in the
school overhead.
Gold was first discovered at Duri-
ness, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, by
Gilbert de MOrava in 1915. and at in
tervals a sort Of gold foyer has been
occasioned by the discovery Of gold in
that county evcr since. Ia 1868 and
1868 there was a rush Of people who
expected to become suddenly rich by
developing the gold deposits. But in
1868 there were only 81 ounces found.
and the product dvindIei down next
year to Il ounces
a thoroughbred or grade is much
more certain to make good use of his
food than d common or scrub animal.
Feed in warm places: feed regularly.
Do not kick, and yell. and thrash your
stock, if you care to have them thrive.
Roots and bran have a good sanitary
effect in the winter. Their food value
cannot be estimated by the amount Of
starch or albumen they contain
Rural New Yorker
An Ohio husbandman tells the Prac-
teal Farmer hat in the field he can
always move a heavier load. under all
circumstances. with his broaI-tired
with much less danger of up
setting on hillsIdes, and without max
ing any ruts, than with the wheels Of
ordinary width, but that on the COM
mon roads over which he travels it is
Just the reverse. \ Slight shower OF
rain makes IN extra team necessary TO
overcome the extra width Of tire. and
he finds that the wheels 10 nearly an
equal depth, let the tire be narrow or
broad.
\ plant OF somewhat remarkable
properties is partially described by
Major Stuart, IN his report on Hayti.
Its narcotic properties are 50 powerful
that they can produce coma OF any de-
sired intensity and duration. \ priest