Feliciana sentinel., 1892-10-22
o GENERAL INTEREST.
John Clifford, instructor OF botan!

southern New Jersey for some time
past. He found many Indian tehcs
while exploring near Mays Landing. 4
"A bus in London costs t'oo tc
build; is ten weeks in building; mas
twelve coats Of paint; has two roots'
weighs 80 cwt. when empty ana over
two tons when full; lives twenty year:
earns l6 cents (average) every niue ~
runs for hire and runs sixty 10 eiShtS
miles day.
The manufacture of an artlnc'a:
India rubber has lately been protected
by patent Tho component p''r'S VI
this composition are man'ia gum oe.
zine. bitumen and resin oil 1t is saic
the proau,, obtained from careful adj
mixture and special treatment OF these
materials gives a substance which pos.
scsses all the elasticity. s"ilditv an"
supDlencss Of the finest India rn p"er.
The cow-horn fiy, or b"i1ato-h"rh
ffy. as it is sometimes called. has heeh
very annoying this season IN so'ss
| northern states and in Canada. IL Is So
called because it attaches itself 70 the
roots of the horns at night. Cows SC
torncnted lose their appetite and give
little milk The application OF 'afo 10
the parts affected is said TO DE renc |
DIV, but farmers generally consioer !"
too expensive.
| Tho lofticst point so far as yet
known to have been attained by
mountain climber is - 700 feet. winch
was accomplished by a Mr.. Graham IN
the Uimalayas He states that in spite
| oi the great altitude he did not lind any
| difficulty in brca thing. nor did ne eN'
pcriencc nausea, bleeding at the nose or
temporary loss of sight or hearing. me
motion OF his heart was. however, per
ceptibly affected. as its beating became
l audible and it's rate was dccldedty IN
| creased.
The Saltop lake. that great body OF
water which covered so large part "'
| the Colorado desert, after an oEerho"
of the Colorado river. and when many
n.opic supposed had come to stay, has
ro,x entirely disappeared, and won
derful sea of verdurc marks the P'ace
that was once barren sand. 1t Is con-
yiucing proof given by nature that the
Q so-callcd desert is susceptible OF h'Sf
;, cultivation. and under system OF
3 storage reservoirs may become thlckly
peoplcd.
"A singing rat hos made 1t appear
u aucc in Valiosta, Ga. Several pcoP"
y have heard its musical notes on nulner
p ous occasions The strange little roden
ls makes lis headquarters in W. II. brisg
'e s Sens store O.. Patterson street, an
le occasionally during the day 1t Will ar
III rear on She shelving singing IKE
hird. The Messrs. Briggs Mr.. Harris
l ,,bo c,crl,s for them. and Presiden
he Ashley, of the National bank, hay
ne heard it sing and testify to the trutt
fulncss of this report.
Vo A new hotel. at the corner OF fltt
I'M avenue and Fifty-nirth street. Ne
0" York. is said to be the l"ftiest III Tn
world. The depth of the eXcavatlo
re- for the foundation ranges from :" 10 :
!" feet. This has been necessary so as
III have rock basis, the rock being nlaStt
s,,s to render it even. The new hot
ne has seventeen stories and is 22o 1e
e" high. The site is 100 feet on Fifth av
g" nue bv 1,5 feet deep on fifty-n'n
street The building cost about 81, ,oo'
. .s coo and took two wears I" construct
eE- 1t NAV seem a little odd to 1maSl
ths America as exporting coal to Englan
NY vet the proba bilitics are, as lately
d;c,ted bv President Mcleod. OF t
Heading system. in q statement. tn
i'"a there is likely to bc an early advent
=, rrcat period Of coal expectation. i
1e"' upper yicns in England are being {
ner huustcd. and deep mining is bccoml
az more dangerous every year ana
fact tended with rapidly-ircrcasing
'pie pense. England will not long be a
t's 10 keep up her annual output OF 3d.
The non +nns and when she begins to
'n' strict, the American coal must take
pm place e-Wilkcsbarre Recort-
hich Henry Georges Standard, just .
the ,o,d.a once had a circula ton of
eks, tween so 600 and $1,000. but it stead
Y TO s,n,, in circulation during the
uish 4hrc, vcar, OF its existence save TO
ss"s shor, time when special effort
inc, made to obtain new subscribers
the " enough however, It came he'
'dcn waving its wav during the last y
cart than at any time since its brief sea
ttriS of early prosperity. Its circulau
eks. like that of most propa Gand'st "rg'
the , ,,.,,,.,,, scattered, not only in
face I-,;,od S,a.as but in England and !
tralia. Its annual detic't was met
con- few wealthy men who Shared
are Georges theory. and its snbscrlp
st of list was kept alive by the efforts
thet few hundred enthusiastic single-t:X
sc or A Studv of the meteorological {
the of Idaho leads to the conclusion
ssels the humidity of the atmosphere is
'ni''s creasng year by year. Never sihce
dden settlement of Idaho has there
) sy*- such an immense crop all over the
armed a,,,;,,, ,hc present season.
ablts nroduct of grass and grain has
'omc. wonderful. Scientific estimates att
ighly 40 ,I,is rcsult to a change in clir
not 4 a.a b- +be multipication of
anent ,;nr, o,p,ls which moisten a
girl So. ~ country and create a II,
girl .,,h,ro I, has been observed
alton. t,aa,.n, rims now fall during
ntrol, n,hs Julv and August. Natu
lines nIo.;rrr IN the gap between the
and dry seasons and equalizins
ton is rarhiai' Nia"S ,,,han tho arid
vn by 's no. iar ',I.,
emists VIII oeco'he" " "i
ghtful RATHER EXAGGERATED
down ~ c,r