Feliciana sentinel., 1892-08-13

Of GENERAL INTEREST.

or GENERAL INTEREST. r
Since the United States constitu'
ton was adopted, Massachusests mas p
been the birthplace OF two Pres'oehts
New Hampshire, one; Vermont, one; n
New York. two; Pennsylvania. one' II
Virginia, seven; Ohio, four; New Jer- U
sev. one: North Carolina, threei Ken
lucky, one.
] MIR. Austin Corbin designs to plant
%. 600 hawthorn trees on his great game Q
park in New Hampshire. The trees S
have all been imported from EnSiano'
and 4,Ooo have SO far been set OUT
They are to serve as hedgs '" rel.In
the buffaloes and other large game
within the limits of the preserve.
The ella monster, Hcloderma hor-
r;dum. il the only species OF known
: noisonous lizard in the world. IT is
| native of the ella river country III
Arizona. and has seldom or never been
!. seen Mt ary great distance from the
stream. The Indians OF Arizona DC
, ;icve the spittle, or saliva and even tlle
. breath of the animal to DC oeaa'y
poison.
"A curiosity was lately found IN |
4 boattoad OF Holsters brought from New
brunswick waters The strange crus-
| tacean was of blush whitc-one OF the
q rare and remarkab BILE albino Holsters II
!. Was sent to Washington, where it is tc
Re- hccomc a part of the exhibit of tile
: lIJnitea states. fish commission. Only
"a one ,tl,er white lobster has been taken
IL | In these or any other waters
TO- Among the other great things IN TINS
country the number OF us h'g r, ~ h.>' =.
a, aims is a rcmarka BILE feature. There are
ri, $50 mountains in the United States, each
of exceeding 10, 900 feet in height Inc
greatest number are found in Colorado
and Utah. In Alaska there are hve
On which each exceed $4,000 feet, and
-" Mount Elias 800 feet high. is the lott
m lest peak in the United States territory,
L." ,r-Ten miners in Pu(mas county Cal.'
I'D were descending asnow-coSeren nlooNo
ad ain, .dinncr-psls in hano. oues
r. there was an avalanche, and the miner:
shot. down the noun ntain with. fright1u
n" velocity. In few moments the snow
slide separated, five of the men golnf
IN. down a slope TOO, feet long, and TN
others not halting until they ma
,o,s bounded over a: precipice 80 feet h'en
md and come to a stop unhurt after travel
.ar- ing fully 1,700 feet. w.
eIv I'm ls.s John Wilson went from Ire
Mr.. land to Missouri ana tooh up ia" ~"
.sv in =, bic cave in Miller county, abor
four miles south of Jefferson Clt.
nv When John Wilson died he was burie
in a smaller cave close by, with a DEN
d a John of the best liquor to be hao
it his side. This smailcr cave on '".
Iage Tavern creek, has never oeen vpen.
,kcd ths local historian says, since Jonn al
his liquid treasure were sealea up III
he The flags used by the colonial troo
during the first two years OF the rex
},+icnarv war were Of various dss'gi
the THE New York forces used the oranf
white and blue of their Dutch anc
said tors: the Connecticut regiments l
~ three yrapcvines: some OF the OIL
New England troops the rattlesna
Sill. Hap. and yet others, the pine tree III
a modification of which had oeeH u;
Miss ,t bunker Hill. The first flag used
naval warfare bore black rattlesns
+hs IN :, yellow ground, and was thrown
IS, in breeze by Comlnooore iAoPNAA'
cccn- 1876
,.l,.. Aslx the average man what he thu
80, &; ,,,out the average diameter OF
,;Io.s f,n,as or smokcstacks, of the la
Atlantic steamships and he VIII II
nrobablv say somewhere between
i and eight feet. the latter hgure p'
= mt as the outside limit. And he
/ hc about ten feet wide Of the mari
cvcrv guess, for steamship tunnels
the most deceptive things ahoat.
tunnels of the Etruria, which ma
~ t,l.en as standard for the big liz
,ne,snre over eighteen feet in diam
One OF the leading engineering jour
ih in the country is responsible 1o1
Il' N measurement
VII NN Some New York dogs go o'
NYf\ town for summer vacations just as
VIM masters and mistresses go, aud nc
.vavs with their masters and m1stre
IT. An enterprising colored man has
lE~ a summer resort for dogs IN new
W. sew. where the board is SIX doii
-\WA month for big dogs and less for
&NW ones. The keeper of the resort
~ family of boys whose duty ana PIE
r OPEN 1t is to take the canine ooaruers
ming every day. Some member G
Erebus family calls for the dogs when the
ning to to leave town and returns them to
borrow ,rban homes when the vacation is
1'he big dog of a famous actress
: mo- ! his summer at the canine resort
TLIn Noble county. W. Va, the
remcm- f,thomless sea, composed OF SAT-
you are and oil from which gas escapes
tremendous roar. Twenty years
Mayor we'll was drilled there to the oe
all my 900 feet Some years later wat
first in ,,s escaped from the hole WIZ
start in pressure, tearing out the tupif
should rut.inr a cavern apparently hu
as quite of feet deep and forty feet in ola
enough After it ceased to flow farmer
red act. up and built a barn over u, ana
~ years few GaysS-age terrlhc Tepo
pd repay K non mced another e4pioslon Oh IL
but yong oil and water pouring out in apul
: nobody In a single day the hole became
of your less and about forty feet wide.
" thank ,7,1,, onc Hrrcd.
own YOU eff understand YOU" said u
1'e CAT YER to the man who called to =
him, your COW was thrown IF
en-. "orn track at a street crossing by
intly. .h.T v & Il. road, a
ton," sa d wv 49, s,;. AGAINST the c
A'i for damages?"
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