Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-10-02


a doctor he's been making ser
les u eSpes'iipenss upon dogs, for
The puf2ose o. finding the proper
treatment Of persons who have been
feozea. He found that OF twenty
animals treated by the method Of
gradual resuscitation in cold room
fourteen persisted !: OF twenty placed
III once IN q warm room, eight died;
while twenty put Immediately into
= hot hath recovered quickly, and
without accident.
A very remarkable elm bing plant
is Che matapalo, or tree killer of the
Istbmus of Darien aud lower Gen.
trail America. This curious vine
will begin TO Irvine itself around the
trunk of a large forest tree, and will
soon reach the lower branches. 1t
then throws out many shoots, which
Irvine all around the trunk and
branches and also loose tendrils,s
which, as soon as they reach the
ground, take root. In few years
the vine completely covers and
chokes the tree to death. The whole
of the inner dead tree rots away,
leaving the matapalo standing alone
and fiourishing.
When mole is out bunting it has
to return home by the same road, be-
cause, as a rule, it makes only one
track from its fortress. Some years
ago French gentleman thought he
would find out how fast mole could
run. He examined the ground until
he knew where it's road lay, and one
day when it was hunting at the far
ther end Of its tnnnel he pushed a
Of straws with paper flags
attached to their tops down into the
tunnel at various places along the
line. Then he blew horn close TO
the end of the tunnel where the mole
was, and the frightened mole start
ed for home. As he ran he knock
ed out the straws that held the flags
as fast as he came TO them, and this
showed his rate of speed. The man
said it was as great as that ola horse
at full trot.
The great Sphinx, which has lain
buried in the sands Of Egypt for.
ages, is being dug out. The whole
of the great body will soon be visi-
BILE again, when, it is thought, valu-
able records of ancient Egyptian his
tory will be found. The monument
is supposed to be the oldest in the
world. More than five thousand
years ago it had become buried in
the sands, and was dug out by King
Tothmes 3,400 BIC. The date at
which it was first chiseled out of
rock is not known, but it is thought
to be more than $500 BIC. Its i'm
mense size can be imagined from the
fact that its great ear measures six
feet from top to bottom, and the
other features are in proportion.
The Nicobar Islands, situated
northwest of Sumatra, have become
known as place where old hats are
In demand, All Of the inhabitants,
young and old, chief and subject,
try to Guido each other in the mum
Der of old hats they can acquire dur
ing their lifetime. On fine morn
ing the surface of the ocean in the
Of the islands is dotted over
with canoes, in each of which, the
noble savage, with nothing whatever
ON but q slip of cloth and Call
white hat with a black band, may be
seen, standing up, and catching fish
for his daily meal. Secondhand hats
are most in request, new hats being
looked upon with suspicion and dis
favor This curious passion is so
well known that traders from Cal
cutta make annual excursions to the
with cargoes of old hats,
which they barter for cocoaputs, the
only product of these islands; a
good tall white hat with a black
band fetching from tifty-five to six
Iy-fiye good cocoa-nuts.