The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-06-16
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

1t is announced that the Virginia
exposition board intends to reproduce
at the worlds fair, Mount Vernon, the
famous home and last resting place Of
George Washington. If this is done a
large and interesting collection Of
Washington relics will be exhibited in
the structure.
DIR. HenryJ. Reynolds and Samuel
B. Foster, Chicago tourists, recently
climbed to the summit of South Dome,
one of the highest points of the Yosem-
ite range, and painted in enormous
letters on one of the most conspicuous
cliffs the words: "Visit the Worlds
Fair in Chicago in 1893"
"A calculation of the average volume
Of the water of the gulf stream that
passes Cape Florida in one hour gives
the enormous sum of 10000, 900, 900.
We're this amount evaporatcd the re-
naming salt would require more than
one hundred times the number of sea-
going vessels now afioat In tho world to
carry it.
The largest orange tree in the coun-
! try. it is said, is on the property of j. T.
Hancock, Sr., two miles west of Fort
Meade, Fla. 1t measures twenty-four
inches in diameter two feet above the
ground. Six years ago it bore 1000
oranges, but it was vigorous tree forty
years ago. when Mr.. Hancock took the
property.
Bees will never thrive in quarrel
some family. Many think that bees
only thrive when they are stolen, while
1t Is generally considered unlucky to
purchase bees, and that the only way
to get them-if they are to-do well--is
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
greenhouse. Already the stalk has
reached nearly to the peak of the green
house roof, and the plant will probably
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 brooks
of that state, and yearly makes a hand
some profit on his industry working
only two months, April and May, if the
winter has been mild one. The pearls
are found in fresh water CLANS. and are
| generally the size of IL pea or larger.
Joseph rockingham. of Exeter, y.
| H., who is ninety years of age, relates
| that he was at church in Salem, Mass,
| on the Sunday when the United States
ship Old 1ronsides was chased into
! Marhlchcad Bay by three British frig-
ates. Old DIR. Bentley, who was preach
| ing when the news came, dismissed the
| congregation with these words: I'VE
have served God in the forenoon, and
now we will serve our country in the
| afternoon.
During the recent session of the
| Maine Methodist conference at Augusta
lot OF ministers ont sightseeing mis-
took the state house for the asylum for
the insane and asked some clerks in the
vestibule where the patients were. 'Oh,
in the different rooms; pass around and
you'll see them" and the country par
sons proceeded to stare the occupants
OF the various Offices out of countenancc,
inquiring at last: Haven't you any
real wild oncs?"
The people of Surry, Me-, will not
tolerate liquor selling in the town if
they can help it, but they are opposed
more strongly to the cigarette. Good
Hope temple, having discovered tn at
some of its younger members had been
indulging In the penny weeds, voted to
buy and burn all the cigarettes in town,
on condition that the dealers would sell
no more. The dealers agreed to that
and there was one big, final cigarette
smoke in the public square.
"A London horse dealer SAYS of our
horses: "Pcrsonally, thoroughly dis
like foreign norscs with the exception
OF American, and much ns like a good
English and Irish hunter, am firmly
Of opinion that, as carriage horses,
Americans are superior to our English
and Irish horses. believe this to be
due to the fact that for generations the
carriage horse In the states has hcen a
distinct race, and has never been spoiled
by the mixture of any cart blood"
"A physician who has studied human
nature along with medicine admits that
: hc often orders mineral water for pa
, ticnts when Croton would do quite as
well, Water, he explains, not only
helps to make fat, but also tends to
cleanse the system. Croton does both
these things, and so do the popular
mineral waters, but the average patient
would not regard an order to drink
Croton, when he would obey prescrip-
tion requiring certain quantity of
mineral water every day.
1T is the intention, if possible, to an
range for grand international regatta
for both salt and fresh water yachts
during the Columbian exposition.
Chicago has as fine water front as any
city In the world, and races could be
easily held in sight of hundreds of
thousands Of spectators. Foreign yachts
can reach Chicago by way of the We'll
land cansl without great difficulty. 1t
Is proposed to provide large prizes and
! make perfect arrangements so that
yachtsrhen will become deeply interest
ed in the project. The Cleveland, O.,
yacht club and its founder, EX-Mayor
George w. Gardner, are taking the lead
| in the matter.
A Freak.
4