Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-11-12
or GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL 'NIeHE9''
The estimated wealth Of the United
a+a+es. that is, the value of all lanos'
,u;1dinus railways, ETC., Is put at so1' .
400 oO0. 600. The amount OF money VI
IN kinds is estimated by the secretary
~ the treasury to be 81, 10e, lso,o"S.
According to the census report .he
whole number of males IN the oneeu
states in 1890 was S.,O67,s5o ana the
whole number OF females "o''o
For the United States as who.e, 'ne
<or.. there we're for every 100000 males
81, ESQ females in 1890.
"A watch is usually composed OF 90
nieces. and its manufacture EN- braces
over 9. 900 distinct operations. Some Oh
its screws are SO small as TO oe 1tnp
ceptiblc to the unaided eye; and tne
slit in the heads OF these scre"S 40
. e-1OoOths of an inch in width.
Time cures many rnishaps "A oog
followed a coon into cave ana gov
wedged in narrow crevlce ""ele -
had to remain until he got team eno
to "pull through which took Twelve
d,ys Of fastiur-a kind OF treatment
witch one NAV often lean on to advan-
| tage.
| The fists" of the kings of England
Who could write have been preserved
| ,rhe autographs of nearly all the hn-
| o1ish KINGS from Henry vi. u4oo) 10
J George II. and the kings and queens Oh
| ENGLAND since the second George are
| contained in the remarkable coilcc1ioi
of ]. Picrpont Morgan. the banker.
| -Georee w. Vanderbilt is increasing
his stupendous estate in North Caro'lna
The estate comprises about lo,ooo acres'
and is about 1900 feet above the sea'
II cost $500. 900. 1t is drive OF twenty
Ave miles over hill and mountain ~ 20
cirdle this property. 1t will take sl>
Years to build the house, which Is son
1es feet The ceiling OF the banq"e'
+ hall will be 65 feet high The mouse
. will have four floors and 12o rooms
Indeed Mr.. Vanderbilt will have oou
. 100 servants about him when he Is Keep
S ing open house.
The swallow nuisance continue
a | with una batcd vigor at the Na'a. az oa
n denny. Annapolis. From e.ooo 10 NV
@ swallows gather every evening IN nv
q or six mamie trees in front Of the super
l. ;nt.ndent's residence and make c"enih
- and morning hideouS with their cries
@ All efforts to drive them away nav
failed, and bell and gong are kept S'
C ing at intervals to drive the pests 1ro,
!, the two trees next the superintendent
II house. Every year from the loth
n July to October this disagrecablc re-
A. dezyou, is maintained by the swa!'o"
RS The Dutch from New AmsteTaa
ic first settled in New Jersey. at Berge
I'd about the year 1920. Sir Edmuno flo
OF den obtained grant of the country
to the Delaware in 1924. from King Chari
d drove Hat tu sh2EtlX ss1t attsrwaras the D"e
lis who had settled on the east si.oi
ct Nine ,..ars later Charles II. granted
ed the territory from the Connecticu'
on th. D.lawar, to his brother, the du
ay of York and sent an armed force "no
to Col. Nichols, which con1uerea ~
no. Amsterdam and took possession OF
We country. .,
eat The curious 'traveling stones
ms Australia are parallelcd IN Ne!a'
cr- They are described as being periee
ost -ound about as large as a walnut a,N'
gle anivorv nature. When distributed a"'
INA on the floor, ia bic, or any stnoo'i
;,,i f,cc within two or three feet OF e.
ure other they Immediately commence =.
the cling toward each other and meet 2
rd. common center. and there lie huod
hat IN :. bunch like eggs in a nest. n SIN
ries r+,,a removed to distance OF four II
en- unn, being released, returns to
urh bn,p but if taken away as InAtil
last fv, feet. remains motion!ess. ~
hat needless to say that they are laf@
ned composed of magnetic IRON orc
Inns An interesting relic Of the oia q
near in California. the days before tHc
aorc flag" WIS raised and the ArSona"'s
ugh gan to swarm into the lana, Is '.'e -
his frame house near Aqua Cailcnte O
ONE pied nearly half century ago =" -
,rin- then Lieut. Joseph Hooker. ho'
I.,Il. 10, "a 4
ness | purchased from ten. Nai'eJ'
rday ship of la nd. and on a his' N. , -.
tered by oak trees built the mouse W
i still standing. 4 correspondent
;,oa the cottage recently and foun
49,. ". ,.,;,. MANY souvenirs of the S'
hich. the attlc H'''"S .,,n,, \ ::
1 and some pistols, hut most prlzeo
t,ILc on which Hooker used 10
.: .,css with the young officers Oh
,ixcd | garrison. -, .~
over --Rctcreh'T - Eor. York
t. where there is an average or hei
'ect ,ar,,r. TO every dwelling. Furth
- ycs.ioa tions show that over ~ per
Il,,s of the houses are tcnements-
81, 1GS families only $1,000 NV
ta.,, houses by themselves, leaving
families living under the same
,.,+or with other people mere
{ the dwellings, ,,., ,..,,- biph.
haped lies eac'' ~. ,.,,;,,,r foi. more t
.anccs menus III 1t 40 a.ta, ci+ies an
s has Wh".e "o"so 80, c,, the
have Phrchan' va -, al, ;oction.
tn the Tnen' p'hi' 80 I'D ..tLe Iant
a deep orN mas
where pafa"'S'' ----
marks tsf''.'y o, Ia,d
= that The nature oi .''S 49, ,od
: foot roughly divided into three coho
those Snow ana icc he'"7 - L,,,
. I.reo rance and choke up every non