Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-29
Reported for the Grant County HERALD.
Popular Science Notes.

There is near Newton, Now Jer.
say, an inseres.i ing ravine in which
it is aaid natural ics remains
throughout the summer. 1t lies at
the foot of Blue Mountain. is several
hundred yards long, from ten to 80
feet deep, with caves aud clefts in
the rocks, filed with ice. Near the
gorge, 3 spring of delicious sparkling
water, tasting slightly Of iron, bub.
bles up sui stands 81 degrees by
the Thermometer. The shade al the
gorge is described as very dense,
sun apparently mover penetrating it.
The LOCALITY would certainly be q
pleasant resort for iavalids and
others who wish 20 escape the ex-
cossively warm days Of summer.
Difficulties, apparently unsur.
mountablo, have supervaded in the
construction Of the st. Gothard tun-
nel, which threaten seriously to no
tara tho completion Of the undoc.
taking The waiting has given
away several times, at point " here
a formation of white stone has been
encountered, and it has required
the greatest care and constant STAY
ing with timber to prevent he pas
sage thareab0uts from completely
coiiap5i1g. A wall SIX feo. thick
succumbad to the pressure of the
s1perlncumbent mass of white stone
aud aow the eugjnoArs ere as tn cir
wis cad how to overcome tho
difficulty.
The subscription for the Statue
Of Ljborty to be eroc3od on Bedloe's
| land, New York barber, has Just
been completed in France. 1t is an.
n2uQc9d that the statue VIII be
flashed in 1883, on monumental
pedestal, provided the American
public comply with the request to
prepare a suitable foundation. 1t is
hoped there may be no delay in the
work caused bv the scion OF the
proper authorities in this country.
The oonvertioa Of sugar cane into
paper in attracting considerable ct
tention 10 Louisiana and other south.
ern statas. Il il estimated that the
cane for Zach hogsboad Of sugar,
Will yield ono ton Of paper, and as
louisiana alone produces 200 900
hogshe2a Of sugar, annually, some
idea may be formed Of the impor,
tanoo attached to the manufacture
of paper from this article.
From observations extending over
several ycare, it has been Gscsr-
tanned that Australian trees q 3ur>
ish as we'll 10 California as in heir
native country and vice versr. Also,
that the native vegetation iuclud!cg
whe- and o4her grain may DO au5,
cessfql accIimatzod from one
country to another, and that The
crops which succeed IN lae one
will do as we'll IN the other
The annual exhibit of the Amsri
can Institute, Of the city OF New
York. will open or September 18TH
next, One of the most promising
features Of the ceeasjon vii be 40
exhibition Of The works ofarlaseurs
and eppreoticea 10 ali branches OF
mechanical industrial aud decora-
two art.
a new breed IF ghales is said
70 hsvo appeared il the Arctic Seas,
supposed 20 have emigrated from
the sea 81 he poles. Fbey are de-
scribod % very much larger than
the cid whales, ere very gantle and
confding and easily captured.
After twenty-five years Of labor
the Canal de 10 Marced, 10 Chill.
has just been completed a. cos. Of
$500, 600
TIE Moathyoo Prize has been
awarded TO IL. Camille Fesmmsr.
ion, by the Paris Academy of /
Science, for the work entitled CAS-
tronomic Populaire" 10000 copies
OF which were sold the first year.
Tue we'll known writer of books /
of adventure aud travel, Captain !
Mayne Reid, has been engaged the |
past three years in experimenting |