DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-01-09
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The camel is used successfully as
pack-animal in Australia, and is consid
cred superior to the mule for that region.
"A region where buIfaloeS are incrcas-
ing, and that at a rapid rate, is North
Australia. Specimens of the wild buf-
falo were introduced in 1929, and vast
herds are said to be now wandering over
the country.
Some doctors at the Pawnee agency
recently tested the pulse of an Indian
who had run a mile. and it had increased
only one beat. Another ran up hill
side for five hundred feet and down
again and the increase WAS two beats.
A railroad dog, who travels steadily
with his master in the cab of a Dsnver IL
Rio Grande locomotive, is said to be
highly valuable in many ways. He can
scent cattle on the track when they can
not be seen, and drives them off when
they are indisposed to get of
Concerning the sale of roses with
out thOrnS on the streets of London.
Truth says: The poor women who
sat at corners selling them carefully
strip off all the prickles so as to encour-
age customers to buy. There is some-
thing little touching in seeing the
venderS. whose lives are 50 full of thorns,
clearing them away for the purchasers.
The United Brethren church at l'al-
mouth, near Lancaster, Pa, is built
directly on the ground without cellar,
and in the floor just in front of tn" pull
pit is knot hole, through which u
small spicewood tree has grown to tho
height of three feet 1t is full of green
leaves, and thrivcs without any attcn-
ton. The members of the congregation
christencd it "The Tree of Life" and
will not allow it to be removed.
There are twenty-scycn COlorcd
churches in Philadelphia, branch of
the Young Mems Christian Association
and three amateur dramatic societies.
There is a colorcl Working-Man's Club,
with kindergarten attached, and two
influential race papers are published.
There are twelve colored Masonic
lodges, six colored lodges of the knights
of Pythias and twenty colored Old-Fel-
lows lodges. There is great deal OF
wealth and refinement among the col
orod people of Philadelphia
For the removal of foreign bodies
from the stomach the highest authori
ties are now recommending the eating
of potatoes only, in large quantities
cooked in different ways to stimulate
| the appetite. Cases are cited in whic!
articles Of jewelry, brass weights, nails
pins, etc, were successfully ELECTED
after few days of the potato diet
Nothing should be eaten but potatoo1
during the time required, which yarie.
from two to nine days.
The Sum tcrvillc (Fla.) Times know
a girl who made last year ten bales o
| cotton, worked two acres in potatoes
MIXED three COWS, did the Churning
did all the washing and ironing, WORKED
| the garden, made l15 gallons of sirur
raised twenty-five bushels Of peas, ant
| sold them for S33 She sold her pO
tatocs for SIS, her cotton brought he
$S45l, she made SIS taking in sewing
making in the aggregate $i2l. She diC
most all the work herself, and only paiC
out a few dollars for extra work.
The flight of birds can be caStl
measured; but it is very difficult t.
guage the speed of fishes. AS genera
rule. the fast fishes are trim and poinCc
in shape after the manner of yacht
| and their fins lie close to the body
Fishes of prey are believed to be tn
foetesC. the ordinary food-tishes bcin
| slow and easily captured, but CORE
spondingly prolific. The dolphin an
bonito are exceedingly swift, but thci
highest speed is not known. Dolphin
have been seen to swim round and roun'
n steamer, so that they are capable 0
doing at least twenty miles an hour.
among the Piutes," says the Vii
ginia City (Nev.) Enterprise, 1T
always the fathcr-in-law that makes tn
trouble. Every married Piute is alway
| clad Of visit from his mothcr-in law
lie welcomes her with his broadcast grin
The arrival of the mother-in-law give
him double team, whore before he hat
only one animal He halls hcr appear
ance with delight, and piling jackas
load of wool upon hcr willing old buck
sends her into town with his wife (sim
ilarly pacled) to peddle out the fuel AM
bring back to him a supply of money TO
his favorite game of poker the Piut
father-in-law is of no use as a wood
packer, nor will he gather grass seed
or pincnutS.