The Portland daily press., 1892-04-04
shoulders, and it's only use, if it has any
at all is to keen him erect.

shoulders, and it's only use, if it has any
at all, is to keep him erect.
The cocoanut trees of Florida are due
to nuts washed ashore from wrecked
vessel sixteen years ago. Now the state
furnishes nearly all the cocoanuts used
in the United States.
The Empress of Austria lately ordered
that 0,O00 rose trees should be planted
around the statue of Heine, to be erected
on her property at Corfu, on a rock over
1000 feet above the level of the sea.
By photographing three persons ar
ranged between two mirrors placed in
certain position, photograph will be
produced of thousands of persons crowd
ed close together.
Lemons are used for soap in many
countries where they grow. When the
men and women Of the East Indies want
to wash their hands, they squeeze the
Juice of lemon over them brlskly In
water until they are clean.
Richard Henry Stoddard is one Of the
few literary men who take the pains to
punctuate and paragraph their copy"
with view to the convenience of the
printer. Stoddard writes microscopic
feminine hand, so that one sheet OF his
closely written manuscript will repre-
sent nearly half column of newspaper
print.
DR.. Emil Doom, who for several years
lived in London and correspondent for a
number of scientific German and Aus
trian periodicals, is contemplating a
walking tour this Spring from New York
to San Francisco. He will make this
journey in the interest of science, and
will publish his experience in book form.
He expects to make the journey in $50
days, and will have as his companions
three young Englishmen.
The peanut plant has one pecsliarity
possessed by no other shrub or plant in
the world. The flower of the plant grows
downward, and after it falls the pod
which contains the embryo nut is literally
forced down into the ground by the sud-
den and rapid growth of the rigid stalk
from which it depends. The phenome-
non may be watched by anyone VINO
from curiosity plants peanuts in his yard
and he will a. so notice that if from any
SAAO
into the earth the peanut will at, once
cease to grow and remain undeveloped.
In the Scientific American appears a
short description of a very simple phono-
graph. 1t consists of mouthpiece SINH
lar to that used for a telephone, but on
the under side it has the photographic
style or needle fixed to it. Fastened onto
this mouthpiece is circular rim Of wood
with two grooves opposite to each other
cut in it: piece of wood with groove
along it's length accurately fits these
grooves, and when piece of stout tin
foil is attached by beeswax on the sur
face next the needle, the wood and foil
being drawn slowly along while a person
is speaking into the mouthpiece, the
usual photographic impressions are
made on the foil. In this way. very
simple and inexpensive monograph may
be made.
Probably the oldest living authoress in
this country is Mrs. Elizabeth Cakes
Smith, who was very prominent before
the war, not only as a writer, but as
lecturer. Although she is still a con-
tributor to one of the literary weeklies,
both in prose and verse, her name is
rarely seen elsewhere, and the general
impression, doubtless, is that she has
passed away. Born at what is now Cum
berland, Md.-her maiden name was
Prince-she was married at sixteen to
Seba Smith, author of the once famous
Major Jack Downing letters. She be-
came widow some twenty odd years
ago, and has been living most of the time
! since at the small town of Hollywood, N.
! c., near the coast, where at eighty-foul
| she is in excellent, vigorous health. She
was one of the early advocates Of
woman's rights, speaking on the subject
in all the larger cities, and contributing
articles to the magazines of the day.