Feliciana sentinel., 1892-06-18
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

At the worlds fair, Mount vernon, sne n
famous home and last resting place OF '
George Washington. II this is done . J
large and interesting. collection oi c
relics will be exhibited in
the structure.
--br. Henry j. Reynolds and samuel 7
4. foster, Chicago tourists, recently I
climbed to the summit of South Dome, s
one of the highest points of the fosem-
ite range, and painted in enormous
letters on one Of the most cepsPicuoua
cliffs the words: Visit the Worlds
Fair in Chicago in 1898.
"A calculation of the average volume
Of the water of the gulf stream that
passes Cape Florida III cre honr gives
the enormous sum of 10000, ,OOo,ooo.
Were this amount evaporated the re-
tnaipipg salt would require more than
one hundred times the number of sea-
going vessels now afioat in the world to
carry it.
The largest orange tree in the coun
try, it is said. is on the property OF ). L.
Hancock, ST., two miles west OF Fort |
Meade, Fla. It measures twenty-fouf
inches in diameter two feet above the
ground. Six years ago it bore ''ooO
oranges, hut it was vigorous tree torty
years ago, when Mr.. Hancock took the
property.
Bees will never thrive in a quarrel
some family. Many think that bees
only thriv. when they are stolen. while
it is generally considered unlucky to
purchase bees. and that the only way
to get them-if they are to do WELLS
| to have them given, catch wild swarm
or to steal them, leaving some goods IN
exchange.
A New York suburban florist is
watching with tremulous interest the
towering of a century plant in his
rreenhonse. Already the stalk has
reached nearly to the peak of the green
house roof, and the plant will probab bly,
not be in full bloom before the first OF
August Meanwhile many persons visit
the house for the purpose of seeing the
plant.
Mr.. Chapel is said to be the most
successful pearl hunter in Connecticut
he searches for these gems in the
mountain streams and meadow nrooks
, of that state, and yearly makes hand
some profit on his industry, working
only two months, April and May, If the
, winter has been a mild one. The pearls
are found in fresh water CLAIMS. and arc
I | generally the size of pea or larger
e Joseph rockingham, OF Exeter n
t H.. who is ninety years of age, relate:
= that he was at church in Salem, Mass.
!. on the Sunday when the United State
: ship Old Ironsides was chased mt
,, Marblehcad Bay by three British 1rl9
|, ates. Old DIR. Bentley, who was preach
It ing when the news came, dismissed Tn
d conure pat ton with these words: wv
If have served God in the forenoon, an
)" now we will serve our country In Tn
k afternoon"
h During the recent session OF IN
Maine Methodist conference at August
70 | a lot of ministers out sightseeing mi:
" took the state house for the asylum fc
,e the insane and asked some clerks in tn
p. vestibule where the patients were. ol
s, in the different rooms: pass around an
ID | you'll see them,'' and the country pa
I'd sons proceeded to stare the occupan
Of of the various offices ont of countenanc
he inouiriny at last: Haven't you an
rs real wild Ones?'
he The people of Surry, Me-, will n
of tolerate liquor selling in the town
or they can help it, but they arc Oppose
We more strongly to the cigarette. uo'
&C, Hope temple. having discovered tn
ad some of its younger members had pe'
to indulging in the penny weeds, voted
Ct buy and burn all the cigarettes IN TOW
ls on condition that the dealers would 81
i '''t
ycr and there was one big. final clgate'
nd smoke in the public square.
ar A London horse dealer says OF o
TO- horses: "Personally, thoroughly d
,cd like foreign horses, with the cNccpti
out of American, and much as like a 60
My | English and Irish hunter, / am hrH
nee | of opinion that, as carriage hors
vs. Americans are superior to our Engl
and Irish horses. ] believe this to
er- due to the fact that for generations
Id. carriage horse in the states has beer
lite distinct race, and has never been sPoi
up by the mixture of any cart blood.
the A physician who has studied hun
re- nature along with medicine admits Z
tier he often orders mineral water for
hey | tients when Croton would do quite
ght we'll Water, he explains. not o
inc helps to make fat, but also tends
Not cleanse the system. Croton does
not. these things, and so do the popn
lem mineral waters. but the average patti
lay, would not regard an order to Or
re- Croton. when he would obey presc
hal, | +ion recurring a certain quantity
tire | mineral water every day.
af- 1T is the intention. if possible, to
ecu range for a grand international reg
for both salt and fresh water ya'
until during the Columbian eNPosit
the chicago has as fine water front as
ber; city in the world, and races coul
rent easily held in sight of hundred
the thousands of spectators. Foreign va
ood- can rea ch Chicago by way of the
ltter land canal without great difficulty.
ming | is propo.ed to provide large prizes
any, make perfect arrangements so
rted vacbtsmen will become deeply inte
woe | cd in the project. The Cleveland
the Yacht club and its founder, Ex-M
lssed George w. Gardner. are taking the
lore. | in the matter
and ---
one A Freak.