The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

TnE bec-beetle can draw forty times
its own weight
/ THf eggs of the checsemito are so mi
mute that II pigeons egg would hold fully
| 100, 900, 600 OF them.
THG sea anemone can at its pleasure
turn inside ont, and again assume its
natural shape and appearance.
TM census figures show that more
than threc-fomths of the people i'll the
United States live at an elevation Of less
than 600 feet above the sea.
There is in Springfield, Mass, api%no
nadc IN ITO by m uncle and brother Of
( john Jacob Aston, both Of whom were
at that time piano makers in London.
THE grasshopper has between his
tToat and his stomach m apparatus
called - gizaard, with more than 200
teeth in it, for grinding hi, food.
!r has been rccloncd that single
ophls, or pnut.lousa, may give ris" in
ON" summer ~ q qUiutilLIon q 600, OOO,-
yOj, 600, 900, 900 Of little oncs,
WHITE aIIigators found in Brazil trayc.
Mr and well on band Their skulls and
bones are frequently seen in the forests
and they deposit tncircgGs in the woods
WleRG los buried near Naples, not
only the ckics Of lIcrcuIoncum and
Pomp ii, bat another which nouIishcl
,UDJ years before Christ, the ancient
.ty Of Cumm. Few remains Aow exist
10 'Imuatc the mind OF the traveller.
NoRE than snc.tpnth Of the inhabi.
yn;s Of the United States live in ten
..t's--Ncw York, Philadelphia, Brook
lyn Chicago, Boston, st. Louis, Bait.
more, San francisco, New OrIcnn8 and
Nlny'lnnd-whosc aggregate population
i. 1888, zoo.
lW whistle Of locomotive can be-
rrad $500 yards through the air; the
Yo.tn al Il train $500 yards the borli Of
Il do" and the report Of muskct can he
Iead 500 yards the roll Of drum cr
~ orchestra l,G0O yards; tho human
voice travels 900 yards the croakiug
OF frogs, $50 yards; the chipping ii
crchots, 500 yards.
DIX. JoHNsoS tells an cxtrnordiuar,
81 ~ Of ~ soa-cucumbor which he pos
aosscd. He forgot 10 furnish it with
fresh water, and the creature became
sick and detected Under Tins nrglcctit
wasted away in Il most remarkable man
n'r. One by one il elected its tcntaclcs,
its teeth, it, digestive tubes. These
fragments lay hero and there, scattered
aDult the aquarium. Still what was left
Of TIE creature was not dead. its empty
suck contracted ut the least touch. A.
'noI ~ fresh winter was provided the
nunuuI begun TO revive again, reproduce
ing one nfcr another Of It's lost organs,
m.d nt the end Of two or three months
II pcmcd TO be- as we'll and rs happy as
before.
I'mNcu newspapers report the discoy-
cry N AIgclr, by the Archaeological NJ.
rmrN,oi city which Ind been intombcd
in the sand. NJ, Tarry's attention had
hcon awakened by the mound-liko up
romnncc Of tlo sandy soil, md some
digging brought to light the ninalcts
aud upper portion OF IL mosque. Further
excavations Lid baro u terrace, II tower
and about dozen houses, nil in excel
lent preservation. He reported his dis
roycrlc5 TO the Government Of AIsicrs
which hus undertaken to have the site
thoroughly explored. The place is in
the southern part Of tho province, not
Im from the town OF Ouargia and cx-
posed to the full blast Of the sandy
winds from the desert. Probably sue
cefsIun Of 5lrOccos bearing clouds of sand
completely flied up the streets and
houses, making the town uinhabitablc,
and so drove cut the population. At
present there is no ground for conjecture
70, b. the date of the occurrence.